Roadside Park Filled From Morning to Night by Picnickers
Middleport's Roadside Park next to the post office drew large crowds yesterday. Members of Main Street Baptist Church of Point Pleasant hosted a noon picnic with 121 signers, led by Rev. D M Dorsey who thanked caretaker Ward Kennedy. In the afternoon Marilyn Rae Swan’s sixth birthday party drew relatives from Pomeroy, Middleport, Racine and Portland with cake, ice cream, favors, and a long decorated table. The Friendly Neighbors Club then held a covered dish supper with games and a prize package Source lists numerous attendees and guests from local families and nearby towns.
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Middleport
Main Street Baptist Church
Point Pleasant
D. M. Dorsey
Ward Kennedy
Ohio
Kennedy
Stuart Burdette
Charles Clark
Hugh Barr
Harry Swan
Marilyn Rae
Portland
C. Price
Patsy
Pomeroy
Eugene Conde
Cyndie
Robert Beegle
Bruce
Racine
J. E. Ingram
Jane
Mildred Arnold
Susie Kaspar
Frank Titus
Frank Allen
Milton Hood
Jimmy
Johnny
Sam
Robert McElhinny
Karen
Harley Swisher
Melvin
Edward Wells
Ruetta
Robert Morris, Jr
Otho Karr
Carol Jean Hudson
Theo Neutzling
Jim
Billy Dick
Susie
Iz Buck
Robert
Pamela Hobstetter
Janie Baer
Bryce Smith
Rita Neutzling
Victor Hannahs
Kathryn Jane
Brenda Potts
Martha
Charlotte Starkey
Donnie Karr
Pam O’brien
Betty Lee
Jim Ingram
Virginia Wyatt
Friendly Neighbors Club
Naylors
Althea Reibel
Lucretia Smith
Catherine Russell
Betty Russell
Martha Struble
Charleen Thoma
Elsie Hines
Thelma Milhoan
Carolyn
Marty Williams
Thelma Lytle
Eileen Bowers
Eleanor Werry
Ernestine Werry
Elizabeth Lohse
Shirley Bowers
Peggy Bowers
Betty Reibel
Ter House
Langsville
Darwin
Middleport Social Notes highlights local Legion officers
Mrs. Cora Bennett was reelected president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit Feeney Bennett Post in a Woodman Hall meeting. Officers include Mrs. Lawrence Bing and Mrs. Charles Bennett as vice presidents, Mrs. Phil Edwards chaplain, Dr. Kathryn Poindexter secretary, H. M. Cross treasurer, Will Haptonstall sergeant at arms, Virgie Major color guard, and historian. Delegates to the Columbus state convention Aug 10 12 are Mrs. Bennett Mrs. Rorman Wayland and Dr. Kathryn Pindexter. Donations voted to Crile Hospital and Chillicothe Veterans Hospital. A picnic followed at Roadside Park with Poppy Sale committee members named. Also reports a marriage in Rutland of Bessie A Waugh and Walter L Athey and a correction about Dr. and Mrs. Cluff not accompanying daughters to New York. An informal Loyal Berean Class meeting at Church of Christ discussed July picnic.
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Middleport
Cora Bennett
American Legion Auxiliary
Feeney-Bennett Post
Woodman Hall
Lawrence Bing
Charles Bennett
Phil Edwards
Sidney Pickens
Kathryn Poindexter
H. M. Cross
Will Haptonstall
Virgie Major
Avery Drenner
Metta Mulford
Maxine Smith
Dee Sauer
Myrna Russell
Juanita Bangerter
Sheila and Davis Stover
Linda Beaver
Jean Chapman
Patty Lloyd
Bill Losee
Carole Goff Lohse
Mary Jane Williams
Mary Lou Horn
Barbara Patrick
Jim Mourning
Pauline Zirkle
Farm Bureau to Sponsor Talk by Foreign Exchange Student
POMEROY An all county meeting of Farm Bureau members will feature a foreign exchange student as speaker to illustrate life in another country. The event aims to show the American way of life through the visitor and host family experiences. Proceeds from a planned ice cream social at Rocksprings Fairgrounds will support the 4-H Camp fund drive, which targets $3000 for the county.
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The
E. Main St
United States
Meigs County Fair
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Chillicothe
J. M. Gaul
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Gaul
Meigs Youths Attend Meet At Ohio U
Seven youths from Chester and Racine travel to Athens for the District Five Farm Bureau Youth Conference at Ohio University campus. Attendees include Shirley Summerfield Esther Hayes Eleanor Well Ben West James Carnahan Gary Gibbs Gary Dill. Ingraham acts as dean of women and pianist. Tignor is dean of men. County agent Blakeslee will teach Friday. Participants will learn to run youth meetings and recreation programs for home town leadership.
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Chester
Racine
S.day
Athens
District Five Farm Bureau
Ohio University
Shirley Summerfield
Esther Hayes
Eleanor Well
Ben West
James Carnahan
Gary Gibbs
Gary Dill
F. Whitney Ingraham
Robert Tignor
Dc. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County
Meigs County Land Transfers Report Highlights Local Deeds
Meigs County records list transfers from Lorena Frecker guardian and family to John G. Roberts for parcels in Orange Township. Leo and Minnie Russell sell Lot 132% in Middleport to Dorris G. Spencer. Williams Co. Inc. sells 47 acres in Rutland to Bertha Rathburn. Willard Faudree and Alda Faudree transfer a lot in Racine to Helen Johnson. Ray and Forrest Adams convey 21 acres in Olive Township to Walter Rockhold. Landon family sells 10 acres in Olive Township to Elmer and Elva Blake. Lester and Ada Howell transfer parcels in Scipio Township to Harney and Blanche Chesser. Canyon de Chelly in Arizona contains over 300 prehistoric sites and 138 major ruins.
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Lorena A. Frecker
Guardian
Jeannine Frecker Boyle
Anna Lee Frecker Hand
Kenneth R. Frecker
John G. Roberts
Orange Township
Leo Russell
Minnie Russell
Dorris G. Spencer
Middleport
Williams Co.l Co., Inc
Bertha B. Rathburn
Rutland
Willard Faudree
Alda H. Faudree
Helen N. Johnson
Racine
Ray E. Adams
Forrest Adams
Walter Rockhold
Olive Township
Darrel Alfred Landon
Esther B. Landon
Eula M. Landon
Donald Albert Landon
Elmer C. Blake
Elva Blake
Lester William Howel
Ada Howell
Harney C. Chesser
Blanche Chesser
Scipio Township
Tag Day Set Saturday By Fire Departments
Fire Chief Henry Werry announced a tag day sale in Pomeroy for Saturday to support both Point Pleasant and Pomeroy Fire Departments. Volunteers from the village will distribute tags and take de jiations, with expenses borne by Point Pleasant. All Pomeroy members are urged to attend the Second Ward Firehouse at 9 am on July 4 for the Racine waterworks dedication parade. the Second Ward truck will join the parade.
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Henry Werry
Point Pleasant
Werry
False report of floating body near Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Pomeroy and county law officers with the Middleport Emergency Squad were alerted yesterday afternoon by a report of a body seen in the Ohio River near the Pomeroy Mason bridge. An investigation disclosed the call was a false alarm.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio River
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Canterbury Services Planned at Charleston
Charles Canterbury 81 died at his home on N Second Ave. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston Middleport
Charles Canterbury
N. Second Ave
Wilson
Charleston
W. Va
Reverend How ard Ruppelt speaks at WCTU potluck
Middleport note: Rev. Howard Ruppelt new First Presbyterian pastor was speaker at the WCTU gathering hosted by Mrs. Lillian Stieff on Second Ave. He read excerpts from a letter by Chinese minister Daniel Chu, a former classmate. Attendees included Margaret Sauer, Beulah White, and many listed guests and performers.
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Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
WCTU
Lillian Stieff
S. Second Ave
Ruppelt
Daniel Chu
China
United States
Margaret Sauer
Peter Stace
Beulah White
H. M. Cross
Florine Talbott
William Haptonstall
Sally McCormick
Stieff
Mr Ru
Will Haptonstail
C. P. Gallagher
Two Pomeroy Scouts Go to Week-Long Camp
Kress and Roberts left Sunday for the Scioto County Council of Boy Scouts camp near Portsmouth. Their mothers Mrs. H. B. Kress Mrs. Robert Roberts and Michael Roberts accompanied them and returned home Sunday evening.
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Bingham Kress
Bobby Roberts
Scioto County
Mayor Hopes Vandalism Stopped at Middleport Park
Mayor Sidney T. Russell says loitering and vandalism at Middleport Roadside Park has halted after state closure reports. Police patrols will arrest and prosecute youths. parents will be held responsible. Roof damage and damaged park facilities are alleged.Caretaker Ward Kennedy oversees the site, which hosts picnickers and adjacent Meigs County War Memorial with swings and a wading pool.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Shel
Curtain Falls On Brother Rat at Local Jewelry Store
MIDDLEPORT The third and final act of Brother Rat unfolded Tuesday as the rat’s remains were carted away and buried from a jewelry store. For two nights the large rat entertained passersby through the show window, playing among watches and diamond rings. A liberal dose of poison ended the act.
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Middleport
Boys' State Member Returns to His Home
Bill Smith son of Mr and Mrs W A Smith has returned to his home after a week at Buckeye Boys State held at Camp Perry. Smith attended as a representative of the Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion.
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Bill Smith
W. A. Smith
Buckeye
Camp Perry
Smith
Drew Webster
American Legion
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Tri County Farm Bureau Meeting Set in Pomeroy
A meeting of Farm Bureau boards managers and directors from Athens Meigs and Gallia Counties was called for Thursday at 8 p m in the Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium. State trustee Harry Guthrie announced the gathering Tuesday evening.
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Farm Bureau
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Pomeroy Junior High School
Harry Guthrie
Ohio Farm Bureau Board
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