Ohio State Fair official addresses SEORC on fair progress
Harry G. Dodson assistant manager of the Ohio State Fair spoke to SEORC in Middleport detailing the fair’s impact and educational value, noting a strong, self supporting program, major entertainment and a 442 million economic boost with 12 million attendees. He emphasized long range planning and urged experience for leadership, followed by questions and SEORC exhibit planning.
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Francis Klein
Middleport
Harry G. Dodson
Ohio State Fair
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
SEORC
Middleport Highcchool
Russell Mallory
Waverly
Dodson
Middle East
Ohio
Meigs County Churches Schedule Summary
A compact listing of church services across Meigs County with ministers, Sunday school times, worship hours, and midweek activities. Entries cover Dexter Bradford Rocksprings Syracuse Zion Rutland Columbus and neighboring congregations noting specific sermon times and event meetings.
RAM To Meet Monday for Royal Arch Degree
POMEROY Pomeroy Chapter 80 Royal Arch Masons will hold a special session at 7 30 Monday evening at the temple. The Royal Arch degree will be conferred and refreshments served. All companions urged to attend the last degree of the calendar year.
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Ram
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Temple
Royal Arch
Garden Club Picnic Planned for July Thirty
Wildwood Garden Club set at Syracuse Roadside Park for July 30 at 6 30 p m the annual picnic. Meeting at Mrs William Nease home with co host Mrs U S Nease. president Mrs Milton Houdashelt led. Members discussed yearbooks, road marker signs with Meigs County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, talks on arrangements and on regal lilies and roses. Refreshments served to 23 members and three guests.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Wildwood Garden Club
Wiliam Nease
U. S. Nease
Milton Houdashelt
Meigs County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
David Nease
Russ Watson
J. E. D. Hartinger
Clifford Phillips
Robert Young
Meigs County cancer fund drive urged for final push
The Meigs County Chapter of the American Cancer Society appeals for last minute contributions toward a 3500 goal. Meeting in the Meigs Supervisors office under Supt L W McComas discussed aid to local cases and distributing cancer education at the Meigs County Fair. Attendees included Mrs Cedric Clark secretary Mrs Catherine Shavorinsky Mrs Lawrence Bing Miss Nina Russell Mrs Carroll Swanson and Mr McComas.
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Middleport
American Cancer Society
Meigs ‘County
Supt
L. W. McComas
Cedric Clark
Meigs County Fair
Clark
Catherine Shavorinsky
Lawrence Bing
Nina Russell
Carroll Swanson
McComas
Parsons Accepts Post at City Loan Co Pomeroy Office
Mrs Betty Bryson Parsons joins City Loan Co at Pomeroy office after Racine High School class of 1955. She previously worked at Provico Feed Co and Kaiser Aluminum Co. The Parsons reside in New Haven West Virginia where her husband works at Kyger Creek Power Plant.
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Pomeroy
Betty Bryson Parsons
City Loan Co
Parsons
Racine High School
Provico Feed Co
Kaiser Aluminum Co
OES Meeting Tuesday in Pomeroy Temple
Pomeroy Chapter 186 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a regular session at 7 45 p m Tuesday at the temple.
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OES
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chapter 186
Order of Eastern Star
Temple
Mt Moriah Homecoming Closes With Three Sunday Services
Mt Moriah Baptist Church wraps homecoming week with Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 11 a m devotions by Will Lewis and Franklin Greene special music by the Bidwell Chorus and guest speakers including Rev Nyle D Borden former Mt Moriah pastors A A Bass and A G Freeman. The 2 30 p m afternoon service features Devotions by Charles Smith and John King sermon by Rev Charles Smith pastor of Beulah Baptist Church Ports mouth and presentations by Rev A G Freeman. Dinner served free in the dining room with ice cream and beverages for a fee. Earlier Women s Night featured School Day Memories with Kathryn Payne presiding and guest speakers and musical solos. Tonight a joint American Legion program with Lewis Manley Post guest speaker Frank Cheesebrew ends week.
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Edmond Life
Racine
Portland Methodist Charge
John Elwood
Forest Run
Lewis Burger
Ohio Temperanre League
Great Bend
Elwood
Morse Chapel
Jose Raguindin
Portland
Carmel
Syracuse
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Carpenter Baptist
A. T. Biddle
Rutland
Hysell Run
W. H. Strausbaugh
Robert E. Smith
Jehovah’s Witnesses
J. Minor
Watchtower
Kingdom Hall
Main and
Cherry, Pomeroy
First Church of Nazarene — Union
Mulberry
Richard Adams
Christian Science
Middleport
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Arlena Reese
Nyle D. Borden
Will Lewis
Franklin Greene
Bidwell
June Carter
Elbert McGhee
Margaret Bowles
Ser
Mr. Borden
A. H. Wright
Charles Smith
John King
Beulah Baptist Church
Portsmouth
A. G. Freeman
Providence Association
Mt. Moriah
A. A. Bass
Beulah Baptist Choir
First Baptist Church
Glouster
Peggy Tinsley
Charleston
Lavelle Roberts
Rendville
Earl Cooper
Athens
Charles Jones
Oscar Hardaway
Nellie Winston
Carrie Cassell
Florence Richards
Bertha Jackson
Myrtle Brown
C. R. Young
Campbell Harper
Young
Reese
Jackson
Sew-Rite Sewing Club Meets at GOC Building
Mrs Donald Mullen and Mrs William Wear hosted the Sew-Rite Sewing Club at the Ground Observers Corps building on Lincoln Heights. An outdoor barbecue preceded the meeting with Mrs Edward Wells reporting on ways and means. Members donated one cent per inch of waistline to the treasury and an ice cream social was planned for July. A high chair was presented to Mrs James Butler who returned from Virginia with her infant son. Mrs Blowers recently moved to Gallipolis. traveling prize from Mrs Wells went to Mrs Charles Spencer. Next meeting July 9 hosted by Mrs Donald Marks and Mrs Jack Fowler.
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Pomeroy
Donald Mullen
William Wear
Sew-Rite Sewing Club
Ground Observers’ Corps
Lincoln Heights
Mullen
Ways and Means
Edward Wells
James Butler
Virginia
Ray Blowers
Blowers
Gallipolis
Wells
Charles Spencer
Donald Marks
Jack Fowler
SEORC Highlights Small Attendance and Lively Meeting
SEORC drew a small crowd but drew praise for the new high school cafeteria the fried chicken and homemade noodles. Crooner Danny Thompson entertained and Pete Abele and John Epling drew attention amid cheery remarks from Harry Dodson and senior mothers raising funds for a New York trip.
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Middleport
SEORC
Danny Thompson
John Epling
Congress
Pete Abele
Thomas A. Jenkins
Harry G. Dodson
New Pastor Honored At Rock Springs Church Reception
A reception for the Rev and Mrs L E Buell was hosted by the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Rock Springs Methodist Church in Pomeroy. Hospitality aides included Mrs Amos Leonard, Mrs William Grueser and Mrs John Hartung. guests listed include Harold Blockston Oliver Clark Frieda Will and many others.
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Oliver Clark
Frieda Will
Amos Leonard
Wilbur Bailey
Clifford Leifheit
William Bartels
Roy Biffle
Howard Bolin
John Hartung
Homer Radford
Lewis Grueser
Betty Leonard
Carolyn Goeglein
Avery Goeglein
Cub Scouts Visit Royal Crown Plant and Holsum Bakery
Cub Scouts of Den I Letart Falls Pack 241 toured the Royal Crown bottling plant and Holsum Bakery in Middleport. Den mothers Mrs Clifford Hill Mrs Dale Hill and Mrs Virgil Roush led the group which included Marvin Hill Dale Hill Billy Pickens Max Hill Clarence Hill Marshall Roush Terry Roush and Danny Hill.
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Pomeroy
Cub Scouts
den I
Letart Falls
Royal Crown
Holsum Bakery
Middleport
Den
Clifford Hill
Dale Hill
Virgil Roush
Marvin Hill
Billy Pickens
Max Hill
Clarence Hill
Marshall Roush
Terry Roush
Danny Hill
Tax Receipts Dropped In Meigs County Week
Meigs County retail sales tax receipts fell about 600 dollars in the week ending June 14 compared with the same period in 1957. The weekly total was 4354.12 dollars versus 4998.49 dollars the prior year, per state treasurer Roger W. Tracy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
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Ted Lewis
Chicago Bears
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Olive Ingraham
Ron Springer
Ted Reed, Jr
William T. Grueser
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
Athens Messenger
Wellston Paper
John Sylvester
Maxine Cramer
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
New York
Sicily
Max Conrad
Palermo
Conrad
Minnesota
San Francisco
UPI Radiotelephoto
Point Pleasant
W. VA
Ened Ev United Fee Artists
Mason Drive-In
van Heflin
Susan Hayward
Technicolor
Kansas Raiders
Audie Murphy
Brian Donlevy
Walt Disney
van Johnson
Piper Laurie
Martha Hyer
Kelly and
Taylor
Julie London
Wm. Campbell
Martha Scott
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MEIGS
Slim Carter
Jack Mahoney
Julie Adams
Tim Hovey
June Kenny
Fay Spain
Peyton Place
SAT
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jeff Chandler
Orson Welles
Walt Disney Features
Meigs County Church Services
Dexter Church of Christ
B. H. Morris
Bradford Church of Christ
Gene Rutter
Christian Endeavor
Rocksprings Methodist
R. M. Grove
WSCS
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Youth Fellowship
Salvation Army
Salvation Service
Kingsbury Church
Rev. Williams
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
C. W. Proffitt
Columbia Chapel
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klinger
NYPS
Chester House of Prayer
Alfred Methodist
Lewis E. Buell
Seventh-Day Adventist
Butter
Rio Grande College
the Farmer's Bank
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Carano
Kristan
Karen Carano
Hubbard
Fred Zimmer
Charles Zimmer
William Hogue
Charles
Gerald
Ronnie
Evan Boswell
Greg
Karen
Kay Bycofski
Jacksonville
Garden Club
Cancer Fund
Petty Bryson Parsons
GOC Building
George Hudson
Lester Bailey
Doyle Miller
R. L. Miller
Martin Abbott
Gene Kelly
Mark Abbott
Dale Miller
Alma Baumgardner
Carole Criswell
Member
Nelsonville
Thrifty
Victor Mature
Diana Dors
Lex Barker
Amie van Doren
Liberty
Rory Calhoun
Kris Miller
Sal Mineo
James Whitmore
Carrol Naish
Columbia Comedy
Mason
Goeglein
Allen Appliance
Bendvue Theatre
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