New Pastor greeted at Heath Methodist service
MIDDLEPORT A Children's Day program welcomed the new pastor of Heath Methodist the Rev Raymond Konkright on his first Sunday. Elaine Davis led a greeting and the program featured songs recitations and piano and organ numbers by children and adults. The Konkright family was introduced including sons Udell and David and two older children plus a grandchild. They plan to move here Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist
Pure
Raymond Konk
Elaine Davis
Diana Criswell
L. W. McComas
Bertha Wilson
Barbara Jones
Christine Coats
Sandra Brewington
Mary Carol Swanson
Barbara
Betty Covert
Charlene Davis
Ernest Covert
Sharon Jones
George Dallas
Dallas
E. 8. Schaaf
Konkright
Heath Church
Bowersville
Methodist Chasches
Udell
David
Bankrights
Crary Davis
Middleport Wedding and Community Notes Highlight Local Life
Miss Norma Winona Fink wed John Buckley in a Middleport home ceremony conducted by Pastor Fred Gardner. The couple’s reception followed, with guests from Middleport and Zanesville. The issue also lists birthdays, visits, and local social notes across Middleport scenes.
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Middlepo
Middleport
Norma Winona Fink
Owen Pink
Third Ave
John Buckley
Chris Buckley
Zanesville
Fred Gardner
Middleport Church of ‘Christ
Gardner
High St
Fink
Middleport High School
Bel Hysell
Gallipolis
Ohio
Pomeroy High School
Morrow Brothers Construction
Meigs
Hemlock Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Karen Turner suffered a double fracture of her left arm and was x rayed at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. Mrs Rose Babanick and daughter Rose of Congo were injured in an auto accident and treated at Ball Clinic in New Lexington. Local residents and relatives including the Campbells, Bennetts, Love family, and others from Barberton, Barberton, Seville, Lancaster, Columbus, Woodsfield, Somerset, Murray City, and Glenna Williams share visits and hospital updates this week.
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Ivan Campbell
Jimmie
Bennett
Leonard Love
Barberton
Frank Erb
Erbac
Frank Neal
Murray City
Albert
Dwight
Malcom Marshall
Jack Hemrock
Seville
Albert Harsh
Lancaster
Jessie Lehman
Roebuck
Columbus
Airs
Harry Tharp
Alda Detler
Carl
Detler
Haynes
Woodsfield
Lane
Charles Bope
Somerset
Benneatta Hodgson
Auction Crowd Is Poor At Middleport Park Benefit
Middleport C Hibbs chaired a community auction for the Middleport Park Association sponsored by the Rotary Club. Heat and 10 degree conditions kept attendance low though items were plentiful. A $5 bill donated by Clay Bryant was frozen in a 100 pound ice cake and awarded to Fred J Gardner for the closest melt time. Future plans for auction items will be announced.
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Middleport
C. F. Hibbs
Community Aucion
Middleport Park Association
Middleport-Pomeroy
Clay Bryant
Fred J. Gardner
Church of Christ
Park Association
Hills
Pomeroy Social Notes and WSCS Meeting Report
Pomeroy notes describe the Reedsville WSCS meeting at Mrs. Della Ruth’s home with Dorothy Riebel as new president. July plans include a Racine venue for the next meeting. The item covers local visits, travels, and illness among residents, naming several families and the Ohio Methodist conference at Lakeside.
Pomeroy Mourns Sherman Casto longtime street commissioner
Sherman Casto 92 known as Sherm, longtime Pomeroy street commissioner, died Saturday night at Holner Hospital Gallipolis. Survived by son Clarence Carnegie Pa daughter Alta Joy Cox Columbus, wife predeceased last July, ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. He spent much of his life on the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cairo. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Ewing funeral home with Rev Ralph Zandel officiating. Friends may call anytime.
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Pomeroy
Sherman (Sherm) Casto
Holner Hospital
Gallipolis
Clarence
Carnegie
Alta Joy Cox
Columbus
Jehildren
Casto
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
First Baptist
Ewing Funeral Home
Ralph Zandel
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Mrs. Klein Returns To Writing Duties
Mrs. C. P. Klein resumes her full time employment as Messenger correspondent after a seven months sick leave. She can be reached at 62 Rutland St or by telephone 6236. Richard Joe Pierce of Sharpsburg was killed Saturday morning in an automobile accident and was a brother of Roy Pierce Jr., formerly of Middleport now of Marietta. While living here he was manager of the Factory Outlet Store.
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C. E
Irving Karr
Jonathan Meigs
Motion
C. P. Klein
C. C. Fisher
Columbus
Harold Moore
Fisher
Tommy
John Parsons
Middleport High School
West Virginia Universe
University
Parsons
George Sauer
Powell St
C. H. Fugate
Trs
Henry Dornick
Lucien
Huntington
Formv
Robert Coats
John Stolar
Neil
Lorain
Allen Knopp
Vogelsong
R. Neal
Tim
Edwin Coates
Willie
Aude Edwards
Fugate
Pomeroy
Cluff
N. Second
Coal St
Katharine Grant
Christine Grant
Fifth
Sis
Homer Grant
Anna Morehart Albers
Washington, D
Ocean City
Iddleport
Francis H. Klein
the Messenger
Meigs
Middleport
Richard Joe Pierce
Sharpsburg
Roy Pierce, Jr
Marietta
SARPENTER-Columbia to host baking and sewing contest
SARPENTER-Columbia will hold a baking and sewing contest at its next meeting on June 22 with prizes in the youth sewing contest. Potluck refreshments planned. A family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Gaston on June 10 drew a large gathering of relatives from Athens and Albany. Nearby fatalities noted in Lakeview area.
Milhoan Pickett Vows Exchanged At Pomeroy Home
The double ring ceremony for Milhoan and Robert Glenroy Pickett took place at the Pickett home near Darwin with music by Olive Ingram and Darwin and a reception featuring a wedding cake with a miniature couple. The bride wore a ballerina length organdy gown with lace accents and a nylon illusion veil, and was given in marriage by her brother. Relatives from Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood attended, with about 150 guests present.
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Fumeroy
EloWe Faye
Pickett
Pomeroy
William Markham
Fort Lau
Herdale
Fla
Fred Gardner
Port
Olive Ingram
Darwin
Martingtaeye
Claremont
Suchanan
Parkersburg
James Caldwell
Wadera
Smith
Russell
Cullum
Sam Curtis
Miss Pearl
Randolph
Paris
Markham and Sons
Mark
William
Fort Lauderdale
Delores Milhoar
Charles Pickett
Charles and
Carl
Lywood
A. L. Scott
Meliss Shirley Buchanan
Fairbanks
Alaska
Athens
Hollywood
Bruce
Recep Roach
the Lion
Four candidates gain degrees at Rock Springs Grange
Rock Springs Grange met Thursday evening with Homer Rice presiding. Four candidates received the first and second degrees and one membership application was accepted. The third and fourth degrees will be given next meeting by the degree team. The charter was draped in memory of Ward A. Gilmore. Refreshments were served by several couples after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Grueser
Harold Blackston
Licenses Suspended After Race In Meigs County Court
Two Tupe rs Plains residents Harold Ford and Mrs T H Hamilton were sentenced to six months license suspensions after pleading reckless operation before Judge Cedric W Clark in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. A third driver fled the scene. one more guest, Mrs Neil Tippett, was scheduled to appear. The event occurred Sunday night during a dinner visit hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles Harper in Cornersville.
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Cedric W. ‘Clark
Meigs County
Guy Driver
Russell Brookins
Tippett
Adda Tippett
Tip
Leslie Kittle
Hollis Stalder
Minnie Stalder
Don Forsythe
Chagrin Falls
Frances Howard
Middleport
Angialee Howard
Glenna Sue Ash
Ter
Janice
Pearl
Ash
Second Ave
Willoughby
Tor
Youngstown
Henry Ewing
John Cline
Nelson Wayne
Bainbridge
Chauncey
Cline
Squad
Dorothy Blackford
Backord
George Shirley
Nancy
Linda
Patsy
Columbus
Blackford
Pomeroy
Harry Albert Mary
John
Cartwright
Sam Showalters
Chester
Edmund Buthmas
Meigs
County Tuberculosis and Health
Ewing Funeral Home
Donald Seevers
Tv Department of Health
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Clifton
W.va
Elizabeth Smith
Beulah Strauss
Health Department
Wallace Bradford
The
Tuberculosis Association
C. R. Markwood
Columbus Chest
Brotherhood Meeting in Trimble Church of Christ
The Brotherhood of ChristianSharehes of Athens County met at the Trimble Church of Christ in Chauncey with about 30 attendees. Fred Lee Tom led a hymn sing, Mrs Lucy Harvey accompanied, and Trimble Willard Buchman C F Danford Malcolm Higgins performed. Robert Smith gave devotions, Jim Patton presided, Rev J A Long gave benediction, a film This is My Body was shown, and refreshments were served. The next gathering will be in Nelsonville Christian Church on the second Thursday in September.
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Chauncey
Ken
Brotherhood of Chricsian+ Sharehes
Athens County
Trimble Church of Christ
Fred Lee Tom
Lucy Harvey
Trimble
Willard Buchman
C. F. Danford
Malcolm Higgins
Cott~ Jtrill Boys
Nelsonville
Mr. Tom
Robert Smith
Jim Patton
J. A. Long
Hollis Stalder
Trimble Mest
Grange Hall
Fathers Honored in Middleport Church Services
Middleport churches observed Father s Day with gifts and recognition. At Church of Christ, old and young fathers were honored by Sunday School officials, readings by Thomas Skinner and Kenneth McElhinny, gifts to C. E. Saunders and John Mayer, plus musical tributes. First Presbyterian, First Baptist, and Mt Moriah Baptist also held services with class leaders presenting tokens, a sermon on Father s Day, new member welcomes, and a regional Sunday School convention with delegates and meals served by church women.
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Muonleport
Church of Christ
Wallace Bradford
Thomas Skinner
Kenneth McElhinny
Homer Rice
C. E. Saunders
John Mayer
First Presbyterian Church
James Buchanan
J. H. Grate
Lewis , Sauer
Dana Walburn
John Parsons
Harry Hysell
Owen Bratter
First Baptist Church
Hoyt
Granville
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union Convention
Emil G Ball Dies at 56 in Pomeroy
Emil G Ball 56 a longtime Pomeroy resident died Saturday at his home after a lingering illness. He worked 35 years at New York Clothing House and was active in the United Brethren Church Odd Fellows Lodge where he was noble grand and trustee, the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department, Rock Springs Grange, and Meigs Chapter of the Oak Walton League. Surviving are his wife Nora G Ball. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ewing funeral home with burial in Leart West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Ball
New York
United Brethren Church
Enterprise
Odd Fellows Lodge
Quick Thinking Saves Woman From Trash Fire in Woolville
Hobart M. Dodderer, formerly of Coolville now from Toledo, acted quickly when a neighbor woman caught fire burning yard trash. He wrapped her in a blanket and smothered the flames. She was taken to Toledo Hospital with third degree burns over about 25 percent of her body. Dodderer is married to Beulah Kesterson of Mintersville and is the son of E. A. and Mrs. Dodderer of Coolville Route 3.
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Woolville
Hobart M. Dodderer
Coolville
Toledo
Dodderer
Toledo Hospital
Beulah Kesterson
Mintersville
E. A. Dodderer
Mrs J D Law Former Resident Is Dead
Mrs J D Law former Meigs County resident and widow of Rev J D Law died Sunday at Memorial Hospital Piqua Five children survive James Doc Mary Ruth and Jean Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Jamison funeral home Piqua
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Jean
Jamison’ Funeral Home
Piqua
Wedding Vows Read In Minister's Home
UMAUNCEY may narns and Genevieve Keirns united in marriage at 2 p.m. Wednesday June 13 in the home of Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Witnessing the ceremony was the mother of the bridegroom Mrs Ada Karns.
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Umauncey
May Narns
Genevieve Keirns
Gilbert Courtney
Ada Karns
Eads pleads innocent in Meigs County plate case
Cumford Eads pleaded innocent before Judge Cedric W. Clark on a charge of failing to return auto plates in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Bond was set at 500 dollars. Eads was indicted by the May term grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umeray
Cumford
Eads
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County
Children's Day Event Set for July 1 at Church
Mrs. Waliam Slater and Mrs. Denver Nelson will lead Children's Day exercises at the Church of Christ Sunday evening July 1. First rehearsal is Wednesday at 2 p.m. All children with recitations or wishing to be on the program should attend. Recitations will be provided for those without own selections.
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Sayyleport
Waliam Slater
Denver Nelson
Church of Christ
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