Two Crashes Reported In Meigs County Area
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol post reported two weekend accidents in Meigs County. One occurred Saturday on Route 7 north of Pomeroy involving a tractor trailer driven by William McConnaughay. The other Saturday occurred Sunday on Route 33 near Route 680 where Keith R. Kunkleman caused a collision with Arthur M. Henderson’s vehicle. Several occupants were treated for abrasions and several fines were imposed in Grindley’s court for offenses including driving left of center and DUI.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Meigs County
Pomeroy
William McConnaughey
Bridgeport
Keith R. Kunkleman
Charlotte
Mich
Arthur M. Henderson
Almeida Henderson
Kunkleman
R. E. Grindley
Minersville
Grindley
Robert Roush
Letart
Betzing Buried Sunday
Mrs. Orma Betzing a lifelong Meigs County resident died last Thursday evening at a St Peter Minnesota hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her husband Ernest Betzing three children Carla Leona and Ernest two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services were held Sunday with family and friends attending.
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Dell Smith
Elsie Midkiff
Daisy Gaul
Lucy Gaul
Chester
Bert Smith
Long Bottom
Myrtle Bowles
Athens
Ida Eastman
Jessie Midkiff
Letha Koblentz
Pomeroy Social Notes Meeting at Mrs Woodard’s Home
At Mrs. Albert Woodard's home on E Main St past councilors Theodorus Council Daughters of America will meet Thursday evening. Mrs Lelia Flint and Mrs Lawrence Smith will be co hostesses.
Pomeroy to Host School of Instruction at Shrine Meeting
Mrs. Nettie Far ley deputy of District 16 will conduct a school of instruction at the Mary Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in the OOF Hall. All officers are asked to attend and pot luck refreshments will be served.
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Pomeroy
Nettie Farley
Mary Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Methodist Women Invited to Training Day in Portsmouth District
Gallia and Meigs Counties unit members invited to Officers Training Day at United Methodist Church on Thursday. Portsmouth District Officers to attend with clinics for all local society offices through 3 30 p m.
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Pomeroy
Gallia
Meigs
United Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Hartinger Falls and breaks hip in yard accident
Mrs. D B Hartinger, wife of the late Dr Darryl Hartinger and a prominent Republican Women’s Club member, was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a Monday morning fall that broke her hip. She had just returned from her son Dan C Hartinger’s home in Letart and was working in the yard.
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Middleport
D. B. Hartinger
Holzer Hospital
Hocking Area Group Holds Annual Meet
The annual meeting of the Children's Band of the Hocking District Baptist Church was held Sunday afternoon at Naomi Baptist Church. District superintendent Mrs. RR Young presided with readings, prayers, a Bible story, and music by Sol Johnson of Pomeroy. Groups from Rendville Athens Middleport Pomeroy Kerr's Run participated. Meeting time was moved from the second Tuesday in June to the fourth Sunday in April.
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Middleport
The
Baptist Church of the
Hocking
Naomi Baptist Church
RR. Young
Phoebe Harper
Emma Bland
Margaret Bowles
Sol Johnson
Pomeroy
Rendville Athens
Kerr’s
Middleport Parking Meter Take Sets Record
Parking meter coins and fines totaled 225 dollars and 25 cents, Chief Leroy Bartrum reported. The sum is the largest collected since meters were installed, signaling a pickup in Middleport business as empty homes begin to fill and workers seek housing. Mrs. E S Schaaf of the Chamber notes business is rushing. workers and families hunt housing.
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Middleport
Leroy Bartrum
E. S. Schaaf
Chamber of Commerce
Philip Sporn Plant
D Rivermen
Middleport Rose Dance crowns baseball star king
A king and queen were chosen at the Middleport Rose Dance in K of P Hall. David Hindy, catcher-pitcher on the Middleport High School state baseball championship team, and his cousin Diana Stumbo were selected as reigning couple. Her attendants were Bonnie Van Cooney Kay Durst Jeannette Crooks and Phyllis Stanley. The Moonlighters and Ge Notes bands played rock n roll as a guest soloist Barbara Jones performed.
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Powder Puff Club
Sharon Jones
Anna Howell
Emerson Jones
Arthur Skinner
Cash Bahr
Skinners
Bahrs
David Hindy
Middleport
Diana Stumbo
Bonnie van Cooney
Kay Durst
Jeannette Crooks
Phyllis Stanley
Miss Stumbo
The
Moonlighters
Ge Notes
Stephen Coats
Bo McGlothlin
Junior Kennedy
Gordon Guthrie
Dave Hindy
Middleport High
King
Shawn
Kay Darst
Hindy
Middleport High School
White Rose Lodge Meeting and Local Club News in Middleport
Middleport notes announce White Rose Lodge Auxiliary to the B of RT will meet Wednesday at Woollman Hall. New Haven Mothers Club enjoyed dinner at Martin Restaurant then a movie with members including Mrs. Bobby Muncy president and other officers. Diane Criswell birthday party featured games prize winners and refreshments with family and friends. May musicale report given by Mrs. C. R. Young. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Arlena Reese’s home. President Kathryn Payne improving after illness.
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Middleport
White Rose Lodge
B of
Woollman Hall
New Haven Mothers Club
Martin
Bobby Muncy
James Cunningham
Jeannette Moore
Ralph Fink
Delton Sayre
Joe Bradley
Gerald Clark
James Criswell
Lincoln St
Diane Criswell
Carol Criswell
Linda Nelson
Michal Noyrd
Marilyn Stumbo
Paul Wilson
Ann Criner
David Covert
Richard Wilson
John Blake
Celeste Ault
Tommy Blaine
Michael Archer
Connie Bobo
Diane VanCooney
Carolyn Searles
Michael Puckett
Seren Lewis
Barbara Leonard
Sandra Bunce
Ellen Hawley
Narsa Frost
Jimmy Hackett
John Hood
Helen Capteina
Patty Bailey
Rachel Wilson
Susie Chapman
Joy
Jeff
Jimmy
Dennis Boggs
Michael Bratton
John Ketchka
Ed Ketchka
Widen
W. Va
Lionel Boggs
C. R. Young
Jones
Arlena Reese
Kathryn Payne
Oliver St
Charleston
Sam Tinsley
Mt Moriah Missionary Society meets at Sadie Jones home
Mrs Campbell Harper led devotionals as vice president in charge of the Mt Moriah Baptist Missionary Society meeting at the Sadie Jones home on S Second Ave Thursday evening. A discussion of food followed.
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Middleport
Campbell Harper
Mt. Moriah
Letart Falls Area Church Posts and Visitation Notes
The Rev. Floyd Workman installed WSCS officers at Apple Grove. Local residents and visitors from East Liverpool, Parkersburg, Beckley, and Columbus attended Memorial Day events and visited families in Apple Grove. Several local residents and relatives are noted, including Norma Ann Chapman at Athens and William Hayman at Lockbourne Air Force Base.
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Letart Falls
Floyd Workman
WSCS
Apple Grove
Dorse Higgins
East Liverpool
Sam Dils
Guy Kelly
Parkersburg
Early Roush
Robert Owens
Columbus
Owens
Dolly Wolfe
Dale
Dallas Hill
Francis Coe
Luella Flowers
Marie Casto
Beckley
W. Va
Earl Robinson
Gerald Hayman
Will Stover
Workman
Charles Sayre
Hattie Shank
Lakeside
Norma Ann Chapman
Athens
Spence Hayman
William Hayman
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Roy Buck
Buck
Frank Buck
Group 1 Women’s Association to Meet at First Church
The Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church Middleport will meet Thursday at the church. Hostesses are Mrs. Clarence Lacey Mrs. Joe Bailey and Martha Ohlinger.
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Middleport
Women’s Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Clarence Lacey
Joe Bailey
Martha Ohlinger
Residents and visitors gathering at Searberry home
Mrs Sally Wilson Lacey visits Parkersburg while several families from Columbus Tipp City Huntington and Akron spend time with relatives in Ohio. Rev Styers resigns as Nazarene pastor and plans two weeks in Michigan. Others host guests from Zanesville Racine and Tucson with summer farm visits in Plants.
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Sally Wilson Lacey
St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing
Parkersburg
Henry Morris
Columbus
Ralph Stockmans
A. A. Searberrys, Jr
Tipp City
A. A. Searberry
Lois Cecil
Ohio University
Marie Swope
Lena Rowe
Huntington
Ed Ketchka
Widen
John Ketchka
Randy Sue Manley
Akron
Bonnie van Cooney
Bernard Schramm
Zanesville
John Lyon
Racine
Rush
Thereon Johnson
Lend A Hand Circle Meets At Grange Hall
The Lend A Hand Circle met at Grange Hall with Mrs Wilda Mae Wise man in charge Devotions led by Mrs Ruby Halliday and a social hour by Mrs Hazell Stanley Dads night observed with a covered dish lunch.
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Harrisonville
Grange Hall
Wilda Mae Wiseman
Ruby Halliday
Hazell Stanley
Funeral set for Fred M. Ogle in McArthur
Fred M. Ogle of McArthur Route 2 died at home Monday. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Wrightsel Chapel with Rev. Fred Winteruth officiating. Born March 8 1879 in Bainbridge Ohio he was a farmer, Green Valley Grange member and Methodist. Survivors include his wife Grace Mercer Ogle one son Collins five daughters and 11 grandchildren. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon.
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McArthur
Fred M. Ogle
Wrightsel Chapel
Fred Wintermuth
Mr. Ogle
Bainbridge
Ohio
John W
Rosa L. Collins Ogle
Vinton County
Green Valley Grange
Methodist Church
Grace Mercer Ogle
Collins Ogle
Faith Summers
Columbus
Rosalee Buckett
Marion
Eleanor Howe
Denver
Colo
Christina Ogle
Richards Air Force Base
Kansas City
Lydia Mercer Snyder
Tiffin
Harry Ogle
Greenfield
Only One Ticket Unpaid in City Delinquent Meter Sweep
Mayor's office reported that all but one holder of delinquent parking meter tickets has paid. The last payer mailed funds from Florida. Ten violators totaled 97 dollars two weeks ago as Chief Frank Hudson urged council action to collect. Letters were sent to all involved.
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Pomeroy
Florida
Frank Hudson
Hudson
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Weeter
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Widdleport Personals
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Eastern Ave
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West Virginia
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Dayton
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Springfield
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