Blood Drive Urges Donations As Bloodmobile Arrives
Meigs General Hospital administrator Vergil C. Hayes urged June 29 blood donations as the Red Cross bloodmobile comes to Pom eroy Junior High School from 12 noon to 6 p.m. He stressed a stable supply of all blood types and noted whole blood can be used for 21 days before processing into plasma and serum albumen. Miss Marion Ebershbach said the visit would help stock the hospital’s operating room and welcomed walk ins during the hours posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Red Cross
Vergil C. Hayes
Meigs General Hospital
Hayes
American Red Cross
Pomeroy Junior High School
Meigs County
Marion Ebershbach
Red Cross Blood Program
Middleport Society Plans October Pything District Dinner
Middleport Society officials and the Meigs Temple group met at Mrs Karl Owens home to discuss a dinner for the Py thian Sister District convention in October with Meigs Temple as host. A card was signed for ill Mrs William Huggins and a group gift sent. New member Mrs Jane Johnson welcomed. Funeral gifts, prizes awarded to several members, and luncheon at Martin Restaurant announced for Friday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple
Karl Owen
Third Ave
Horace McElhinny
William
William Huggins
Jane Johnson
Milton Russell
Allman
Homer Kennedy
Johnson
Lillian Stieff
McElhinny
WCTU Meeting Set at First Baptist Church
Middleport news item says the WCTU will meet Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Marvin Kelly serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
WCTU
First Baptist Church
Marvin Kelly
Middleport Chapter DAR Sets Board Meeting
Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the D A R has called a board meeting in Middleport to organize activities and discuss chapter affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
Free Kids Movies Planned by Merchants in Middleport
Middleport merchants and the Retail Merchants Association announce free children’s showings for ages 12 and under with parent supervision. C Hindy of the Liberty Theatre helps organize. The screenings are at 10 30 am Friday July 1 and 1 30 pm Saturday July 2 with possible July and August repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Retail Merchants Association
C. Hindy
Liberty Theatre
Merchant
Mrs. Kate Kimes to Celebrate 90th Birthday
Former Lincoln Hill resident Mrs. Kate Kimes ages to 90 this Thursday while ill. Her daughter Mrs. Dana Fick hosts at Long Bottom Route 3 and friends plan a card shower in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kate Kimes
Lincoln Hill
Dana Fick
Long Bottom
Route 3
Kimes
Navy Seaman Apprentice Ronald L. Abbott Aboard USS Lake Champlain
Ronald L. Abbott airman apprentice USN serves aboard the attack carrier USS Lake Champlain. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L W Abbott of Cutler Route 1 Cutler Ohio. Abbott graduated from Waterford High School before entering the Navy in February 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Lake Champlain
Ronald L. Abbott
USN
L. W. Abbott
Route 1
Ohio
Navy
Waterford High School
Aging Bathrooms and Blind Care Costs Highlighted
An estimate puts 44 percent of U.S. households with residential baths and a third over 40 years old. The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness reports Americans spend 150 million dollars annually on blind care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Announces Rummage Sale
The X Gamma Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority announces a rummage sale Thursday through Saturday in the room once used by The Associated Radio in the Eagles building at Pomeroy. The sale is organized by the sorority’s ways and means, social, program and service committees with Eleanor Thomas as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Associated Radio
Eagles
Pomeroy
Ways and Means
X Gamma Mu Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Eleanor Thomas
Third Ave
Mildred Karr
Helen Atkins
Charlotte Coates
Virginia Clifford
Clarice Krautter
Rosie Sisson
Teresa Swatzel
Pearl Welker
Phyllis Mullen
Velma Rue
Jean Blazewicz
Freddie Houdashelt
Norma Amsbury
Jean Morgan
Local residents attend vacations, funerals, and gatherings across towns
Mr and Mrs James Thomas and relatives from Rutland vacationed at Crow Lake in Canada at a fishing camp run by Mr and Mrs Dayton Will formerly of Pomeroy. Several graduates enlist in the Navy at Bainbridge Md. Others visit or relocate between Columbus Buckeye Lake and Terre Haute with various family matters and hospital stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas
S. Third Ave
Carlos Snowden
Junior Williams
Rutland
Canada
Crow Lake
Dayton Will
Pomeroy
John
Jake) Mayer
Columbus
Middleport High School
U. S. Navy
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Freddie Dean Cline
Clarence V. Cline
Willard Don Miller
James D. Miller
William van Gilder
Galipolis
Lawson Bing
Nelson Bing
Leon Bing
Ollie Childers
E. S. Jewell
Alva Bing
Rawlings-Coats
William Hetteseimer
Sixth Ave
Meigs General Hospital
Jessie Tewksbury Mitch
Maude Tewksbury
Gene Bennett
Paula Jean
Bennett
George Tewksbury
Buckeye Lake
Richard Bailey
Bradbury
Holzer Hospital
Ferne Barker
Bailey
Junior Carter
Barker
Fred Mees
Hame
Mees
James Faulkner
Charles Owen
Barsotti
Gravel Hill
Terre Haute
Ind
Leland Welch
N. C. Welch
Gassaway
W Va
POMEROY divorce suit filed for Freda King
Freda King sues for divorce from George Clifford King in Meigs County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Plaintiff seeks custody of four minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Freda King
George Clifford King
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Russell Family Reunion Attendees Spread Across Central Ohio
The Chauncey backed reunion at Blendwood Park in Columbus drew families from Frost Athens Urbana Springfield Delaware Columbus and Mt Gilead with Mr and Mrs Hollis Stalder and son Sam plus Mr and Mrs Dan Johnson among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Russell
Blendwood Park
Columbus
Hollis Stalder
Sam
Dan Johnson
Frost
Athens
Urbana
Springfield
Delaware
Mt. Gilead
Ice Cream Social by Syracuse M E Church Choir
The youth choir of Syracuse M E Church will hold an ice cream social at 6 p m Saturday on the church lawn. Homemade ice cream cake and pie will be sold with proceeds to buy new choir robes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Syracuse M. E
Gas Meeting Set Monday Postponed to Thursday
Village councilmen and Ohio Fuel Gas Co. representatives planned a Monday meeting now moved to Thursday due to a scheduling mixup. Phillips district manager Athens and Ray Sinclair local manager Gallipolis attended with several councilmen including Wayne Gibbons president Jos Young Jr and L R Wiley. It is reported the gas company seeks a new franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Phillips
Athens
Ray Sinclair
Gallipolis
Wayne Gibbons
Jos Young, Jr
L. R. Wiley
Chauncey Area Family Visits and Relatives Return
Mr and Mrs Ray Johnson hosted Chauncey area guests Sunday evening. Chauncey Pat and Sue Carmean returned to Mt. Olena after a week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Don Henry in Chauncey. Relatives gathered in Oxford Virginia with the Hickman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Johnson
Dan Johnson
Chauncey
Pat
Sue Carmean
Mt. Galena
Don Henry
Claude Hickman
Oxford, Va
Ohio Fuel Gas connects first Amesville home after River transfer
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company completed its first consumer connection in Amesville since taking over the River Gas property. Citizens hope for a gas kitchen for the Amesville Bern School District economic department. George D. King attended a Wooster party honoring retiring department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Arthur Quinn
River Gas Company
Ames-Bern
George D. King
The
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Wooster
Ohio
Emergency Squad Responds To Dexter Area Illness
Emergency squad and a local physician were summoned to the Dexter area Monday at 2 30 for Charles Gotschall who became seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dexter Area
Charles Gotschall
Large Plane Sighted Over Middleport By Skywatchers
Mid afternoon Monday observers in Middleport described a very large aircraft seen in the vicinity. One witness claimed the machine carried six engine propulsion motors and four jet takeoff motors, marking it as unusually powerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rannells Family Noted For Livestock Dealings
The Rannells family of New Plymouth in Vinton County has long been prominent in farming and livestock. Originating 120 years ago on Raccoon Creek, they built a legacy as stock buyers, breeders, and drovers from the Mississippi to Pennsylvania, with extensive acreage and multiple family branches across Ohio and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Harris
New Plymouth
Creola
Vinton County
Middle West
Rannelises
Raccoon Creek
Thomas Rannells
Pioneer
Southern
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
David Rannells
William
Ellene Cable
Nelsonville
Ughter
Stiers
Haydenville
Manhattan
Kas
David Vance Rannelis
Longstreth
Missouri
Ohio
Rannells
Old Home Farm
Kansas
McArthur
C. S
D. W. Rannells
William J. Rannells
Deep South
Louisiana
William Rannells
Swan Township
Union Furnace
The
Presbyterian Church
Meigs General Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted list includes Ola Bush Letart W Va Mrs D J Morgan Chester Mrs Zane Hetteseimer Middleport Mrs Horace Karr Long Bottom Mrs Alla Steward West Columbia W Va Elmer Frecker Minersville Isahia Smith Pomeroy George Helvert Pomeroy Mrs Marie Norris Racine Mrs Robert Miller Middleport Mrs Hilda McDaniels Middle Connie Norris Pomeroy Ellen Nesselroad Pomeroy Mrs Raymond Kirk Middle Horace Karr and spouse Long Bottom welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Miller Middleport welcome a son. Discharged list includes James Norris Judy Miller and baby Emma Pratt Mrs Claude Durst Miss Louise Siders Harry McMaster Don Beegle Arthur Grover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Bush
Letart
W. Va
D. J. Morgan
Chester
Zane Hetteseimer
Middleport
Horace Karr
Long Bottom
Alla Steward
West Columbia
Elmer Frecker
Minersville
Isahia Smith
Pomeroy
George Helvert
Marie Norris
Racine
Robert Miller
Hilda McDaniels
Connie Norris
James Norris
Judy Miller
Emma Pratt
Claude Durst
Louise Siders
Harry McMaster
Don Beegle
Arthur Grover
Upper Flats Social News Ties Families from Malta and Ohio
Mr and Mrs Arnett Roush hosted two Roush sisters and families from Malta Indiana due to Barnett patriarch illness. Visitors included Minnie Biffle from Point Pleasant and several relatives from Charleston West Virginia and Lewis Center Ohio. Juanita Jean born to Mr and Mrs John Harrah at Schaekel clinic. Ada Rickard on leave from job and boating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnett Roush
Lola
Mervin
Roush
Malta
Barnett
Minnie’ Biffle
Point ‘Pleasant
Jesse Brown
Gale Berry
David
Margaret Berry
Charleston
W. Va
Jim Wolfe
Larry
Tallahassee
Fla
Ray Case
Carol
Lewis Center
Ohio
Gerald B. Rood
Probe Roush
Phil Zuspan
Marion
Bertha Hilton
Columbus
John Harrah
Juanita Jean
Schaekel Clinic
Ada Rickard
Sunshine Class Plans Picnic At Middleport Park
Mason Methodist Church Sunshine Class met at the Swackhammer home with co host Mary Berry. They planned a class picnic for July 21 at 6 30 p m at Middleport Roadside Park and a corresponding secretary duty for advance notice. Geraldine Greer nominated for two months. Devotions by June VanMatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Sunshine
Mason Methodist Church
Lucille Swackhammer
Mary Berry
Middleport
Geraldine Greer
June VanMatre
St. Joseph
Frank Young, Jr
Robert Harless
Roy Harless
Forest Casto
Charles Rayburn
Four Brides for Two Brothers Illegal Says Justice
In Houston Texas two brothers Edward Roberts and Lyle Roberts faced bigamy charges after a justice of the peace ruled four brides for two brothers illegal. Edward admitted marriage to Louise after learning his prior marriage to Russella might not be legal in Mexico. Lyle testified he wed Doris in San Angelo and later married Joan after an assumed divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Lyle
Doris
Joan
Edward
Russella
Mexico
Marrie
Louise
San Angelo
Mayor Fines Six and Jails Two in Local Hearings
Six men were fined and two received jail sentences in hearings before E. F. Robinson. William Yonker of Middletown and Seldon Baker, 27, of Pomeroy were fined 100 dollars and costs with three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Donald Stanley, Galpolie. Randolph Finley, Pomeroy. Eugene Hutton, Pomeroy. Lawrence Neal, Pomeroy were fined 25 dollars and costs for overloaded trucks. Ralph Icenhower forfeited a 15 dollar bond for disturbing the peace while under the influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ee E. F. Robinson
Henry Werry
William Yonker
Midd Re
Seldon Baker
Donald Stanley
Galpolie
Randolph Finley
Eugene Hutton
Lawrence Neal
Ralph Icenhower
Record High Newspaper Advertising Spending in 1955
National advertisers spend a record 650 million dollars annually on newspapers as May figures break records across 52 cities. Harold Barnes of the American Newspaper Publishers Association notes rising retail ads as well, with national and retail spending fueling economic growth and proving newspaper advertising pays off at the cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold 8. Barnes
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Media
Barnes
Community Attendances and Local Visits Reported
Local residents attended funeral services for George McAfee at Asbury Church and others visited relatives in Mineral. Numerous residents were listed visiting churches, attending Shrine meetings, or moving residences, with names linked to Hester and McAfee families and area churches in Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral
Norman Saylor
Charles Hester
George McAfee
Asbury Church
Inez McWhorter
Lima
Addie Shaw
Uniapolis
Bertha Lightfritz
Izaak Walton League
Rebecca Buckly
Maude Brooks
Frances Summers
Ray Sickles
Ruth Cumrine
Athens
Halbert
Canaanville
Gerald Buckley
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Orland Ely
Frank McDaniel
Carbondale
Clara McVey
C. V. Hester
Anna Housen
Carbondale Methodist Church
Housen
Hester
Clifton Swaim
Charley Hester
Athens County
Athens Country Club
Ada Clark
Mineral- Albany Road
Lucille Woods
Sandra
Nelsonville
Owen McAfee
McAfee
George McAee
Dayton
Gene Thomas
B&o
Phillip Stephenson
Springfield
Fred Newlan
Allan Blackford
Hewitts Crossing
Newlan
Bob Taylor
Bill Jenkins
Glen Woods
Bridge Night Honors Chauncey Club Members
Miss Louise Muzio entertained her bridge club Thursday night. Helen Sanders won high prize with Elizabeth Willis second. Grace Border took the travel prize and Jessie Fulton the low. Refreshments were served. Helen Sanders will host in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Louise Muzio
Helen Sanders
Elizabeth Willis
Grace Border
Jessie Fulton
Meinhart Says Duties Not Ended As Session Closes
Meigs County representative George A. Meinhart returns to Columbus after a rough session with a record number of bills and resolutions. He notes his roles on the enrollment, taxation, and elections and federal relations committees, and explains several measures await the governor’s veto or approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George A. Meinhart
Meigs County
Ohio
Columbus
Meinhart
Taxation Committee
Elections and Federal Relations Committee
House
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Pwer
Pomeroy Church Groups Host Rural Sunday Outings
Youth Fellowship of the United Methodist Church held a horseback party at E. J. Hill’s farm after a picnic. The Federated Church Young Adult Class and their children enjoyed a hayride on the Donald Mura farm along Chester Red Route, ending with a stop for a wiener roast.
Community Guests and Visits in Meigs County
Local families hosted Sunday meals and gatherings with relatives from Chester California Pennsylvania Hillar Breezy Heights and New York. Workshops, employment moves, and family center teaching news were reported alongside illness-related travel and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Charles Pfarr, Jr
Rusty
Hillar
Beulah Neutzling
Breezy Heights
Rennie Pomatti
New York
Lorena Gardner
L. O. Gardner
Carpenter
Theo Kaspar
Billy
Carolyn Ervin
Rossville, Ll
Meigs County
Recreation Park Meet Scheduled for Tuesday
Middleport Park Association Inc announces a meeting for all members and others interested in promoting the recreation park. The meeting will be held next Tuesday evening July 5 at the Village Hall, per president Bruce Lloyd. There was no meeting last night, the date of the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Park Association, Inc
Bruce Lloyd
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Middleport Society
Martin Restaurant
Dale Dutton
Ree
Logan Monument CO
Logan, Ohio
Pomeroy, Ohio
Leo L. Vaughan
Mgr
Crop and Livestock Club
Charles Grubb
Normaler
Hubert Koehler
Sedwick
Jack Sedwick
Paul Kasler
Phil Kasler
Norma Ziegler
Sandra Nadroski
Dorothy Henry
Madelon Clark
Lynn Nadroski
Chesterhill
Sharpsburg
Kenneth Frazier
Continental
C Iio
Buleah Fawcett
Frazier
Louise Linscott
E. P. Adair
Jimmy
Carl Sedwick
T. J. White
Howard Starlin
Geralda King
Pickering
Barlow Park
Laural James
Broadwell
George D. Kirly
Jean Starling
Ceater
Peggy Blesszg
Mason Eub Church
Ray Workman
Earl Ewing
Quebec
Toronto
Herman Ross
Sandra Sorden
Connie Newton
Patricia Ann Riley
Lillian Grimm
Ellen
Eugene Rayburn
William Taylor
Jackson
Ernest Quillan
Syracuse
Forest McNeil
Ravenswood
Ross
Sandy
Harry Grimm
James Maynard
Paula
Sharon
Jimmie
Maynard
Harrison Maynard
Radnor
Hackett's Safety Service
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personais
Gary Grant
Jeanne Craine
People
aere _— MacMurray
the ‘Moonlighter
Bob Hope
Hedy Lamarr
Favorite Spy
Yvonne DeCarlo
Edmund O'Brien
Silver City
Liberty
Theatre
Gregory Peck
Brad Crawford
Rita Gam
Anita Bjork
Adventures OF
Hajji Baba
John Derek Elaine Stewart Thomas Gomez
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Meigs
Camille
Gerta Garbo
Robert Taylor
Lionel Barrymore
Temple
Hansel and
Gretel
Michael Myerberg
Constance Gingham
Mildred Dunnock
Frank Rogier
Keystone Cops
Bnd
Abbott
Lou Costello
Fred Clark
Fairmont Cottage Cheese
Mary Manning
Fairmont Consumer Service
P.O
Omaha
Nebraska
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