Park Association Elects Officers in Middleport Meeting
Middleport Park Association officers were elected as they reported progress toward securing park lots and financing plans. Bruce Lloyd announced state approval of incorporation. reports highlighted park preparations, a giant April 16 auction, and committee actions with Meigs County officials to ready grounds.
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Middleport
Middleport Park Association, Inc
Bruce Lloyd
Ted Brown
Lloyd
K. D. Amsbury
E. S. Schaaf
David Darst, Jr
Forrist Rachtel
Municipal Youth Council
Paul Davis
Don Mills
Richard Rawlings
Joe Young, Jr
Frank Vrooman
Robert Craig
James Buchanan
Robert Hurley
Cc. F. Gibbs
Hysell
John Handley
Pomeroy
Middleport society hosts anniversary turkey dinner
Middleport Society held an annual turkey dinner for Staff and Officers of Meigs Temple 153 Pythian Sisters at Woodman Hall. Mrs. George Childs thanked members as outgoing president, with Mrs. William Allman new president. Attendees included many local residents and families. The event featured a cherry tree centerpiece and meals of turkey and delicacies. The luncheon for Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR in Point Pleasant was invited. 4 H tea postponed from March 7 to March 10 due to leadership training in Gallipolis.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Woodman Hall
Phil Meinhart
Wiliam Lowe
William Allman
Homer Jones
Otho Watts
Milton Russell
George Childs
Regent of
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Colonel Charles Lewis
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
L. W. McComas
Gallipolis
Three Middleport Women Celebrate Washington Birthday
Three women born on February 22 gather for a birthday dinner at Martin Restaurant on Feb 24 and a gift exchange at the Bradford home on Brownell Ave. Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Hysell have shared the celebration for 18 years with Miss Mees joining more recently. Miss Mees, a 14 year telephone operator, was retired and honored with a company dinner and a television set.
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Middleport
William Bradford
Dey Hysell
Helen Mees
Pomeroy
Martin
Hysell
Bradford
Brownell Ave
Miss Mees
Volunteer Firemen Auxiliary Meeting in Middleport
Mrs. Sidney T. Russell hosted the Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary at her Mill Street home last night. Mrs. Jack Bechtle led the business session with plans for March's anniversary dinner and officer elections. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Charles Murray Mrs. David Ohlinger Mrs. Wayne Gibbons and Mrs. B. F. Parmalee, with many members present and a salad course served to conclude.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Firemen's Auxiliary
Mill St
Jack Bechtle
Charles Murray
David Ohlinger
Wayne Gibbons
B. F. Parmalee
Tyere
O. E. McKinley
Thomas Darst
Everett Bachner
Emmet Shuler
John Vroman
Robert McElhinny
Russell
Hawkins Family Dinner Celebrates John Hawkins Jr Birthday
A Friday dinner at John Hawkins Jr home honored his birthday with guests including Mrs Hawkins parents Mr and Mrs Warren Thomas of Bladen and their daughter and family, Mrs Lula Russell, the Hawkins daughter Juanita, and J E Wilsons and Rob ert Turner family. A second dinner the following day for Mrs Ginther’s father featured a cake baked by Mrs Russell.
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Middleport
John Hawkins
Mrs. Ginther
Kennedy Family Visits Cheshire for Mrs Grapes Birthday
Mr and Mrs Ernest Kennedy and daughter Judy of Akron spent the weekend with Mrs Edith Thomas and Mr and Mrs W H Grapes in Cheshire. They were there for the birthday of Mrs Grapes who has been ill.
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Middleport
Ernest Kennedy
Judy
Akron
Edith Thomas
W. H. Grapes
Cheshire
Daughter Debra Ann Higgins Born in Gallipolis Ferry
Birth announcement for Debra Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Higgins of Gallipolis Ferry, born January 29. The family also includes son Rickey Joe. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pyles of Gallipolis Ferry and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Higgins of Ambrosia, West Virginia.
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Middleport
Debra Ann
Joe Higgins
Gallipolis Ferry
Higgins
Rickey Joe
Charles Pyles
Ambrosia
W. Va
Portland Social Notes Mention Funeral and Visits
Mrs Esta Roush attends the funeral of her brother S F Johnson in Trimble. Mr and Mrs Elmer Schreiber of Pittsburgh and Mrs Clyde Lawrence of Long Bottom guest with Mr and Mrs Eugene Ritchie for dinner. Mrs B F Price visits sister Mrs James Rush in Columbus. Charles Ward on towboat Beaver spends vacation at home. Edwin McLean family of Little Hocking visit relatives here. Mrs Clara Larson with Mrs Freda Larson and Gloria spend a day in Pomeroy. Mrs Eris Price of Point Pleasant visiting her mother in law Mrs Anna Price Alice Adams.
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Elmer Schreiber
Pittsburgh
Clyde Lawrence
Long Bottom
Eugene Ritchie
B. F. Price
James Rush
Columbus
Charles Ward
Beaver
Edwin McLean
Little Hocking
Clara Larson
Freda Larson
Gloria
Pomeroy
Eris Price
Point Pleasant
Anna Price
Alice Adams
Middleport Literary Club Meeting Planned
The Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D B Hartinger on Third Ave Mrs Noah Haskins will be hostess for the gathering.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
D. B. Hartinger
Third Ave
Noah Haskins
Andrews Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for Harold Andrews, who died of a heart attack at his parents’ home in Ansonia Connecticut, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Georgetown Pennsylvania. Andrews was an original Kyger Creek Power Plant staff member and a maintenance foreman. He came to Kyger Creek last July but resigned due to ill health. He and his wife and two children resided in Middleport for several months before moving.
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Middleport
Harold Andrews
Ansonia
Kyger Creek
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Meigs General Hospital lists admissions including Victor Hysell and Luther Smith and discharges such as Rebecca Jean Casto and Betty Lou Little. Additional patients include Arthur Grover Esther Mills and Phyllis Goeglein among others.
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Victor Hysell
Minersville
Beecher Kessinger
Middleport
Luther Smith
New Haven
Arthur Morarity
Donald Brickles
Pomeroy
Frank Gibbs
Hartford
W.va
Janet Gibbs
Hannah Hunter
Jacob Janey
Langsville
James Smith
Portland
Rebecca Jean Casto
Thelma Davis
Mason City
Arthur Grover
Esther Mills
Betty Lou Little
Edie Durham
Leona Graves
Harold Davis
Nelle Turner
Phyllis Goeglein
Cora Vance
Byrne Vaughan
Sister-in-law Mrs Chase in serious condition
Harold Chase and his wife were notified Monday of the serious illness of their sister-in-law Mrs Walter Chase of Columbus. Mrs Chase, once Dora Vaughn of Jackson, has been in ill health for an extended period and was reported in a critical condition. She is a niece of Mrs Shirley Mills of S Fourth Ave.
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Middleport
Harold Chase
Walter Chase
Columbus
Chase
Dora Vaughn
Jackson
Shirley Mills
S. Fourth Ave
Wo mens Study Club host and local notices in Radcliff
Angela Van Meter hosted a Women s Study Club meeting with eight members and a guest. Devotions were led by Luella Scheer Schmidt assisted by Marie Price and Osia Kyger. Irene Jackson reviewed David Harum. Next gathering set at Clara Phillips home. Local notices list hospital, travel, visits, and farm work involving Radcliff area residents.
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Radcliff
Angela van Meter
Luella Scheerschmidt
Marie Price
Osia Kyger
Irene Jackson
David Harum
Clara Phillips
Wall Slide Closes Laurel Street Ramp in Pom eroy
Rain caused a hillside slide in Pom eroy over Laurel Street onto Mulberry Avenue Sunday. A wall built to support the road partially collapsed while a dead tree fell, prompting railing and lantern setup by the street department. Utility crews surveyed damage Monday amid reports of ongoing earth movement and the high cost of a heavy duty repair.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
Laurel St
Mulberry Ave
Mulberry, Ave
Pomeroy Street
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Dexter Ladies Aid will meet at the Dexter Church on Wednesday for a quilting day with a potluck lunch at noon. Mrs. George Hetzel returns to Lincoln Terrace after two months with daughters in Cleveland and Akron, accompanied home by Mrs Stern for a short visit. Everett Reedy moves from Rutland to Beulah Neutzling property on Breezy Heights. George Powell and children of Parkersburg Wo were guests of Mrs. Powell’s parents. Helen Windmiller of Columbus visits the Ashworths. Lon Custer and Mrs. Walter Miller travel to Huntington West Virginia to visit Mrs. Custer’s sister. Ted Wildermuth of Portsmouth stays with his mother Clara Wildermuth.
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Dexter
Ladies Aid
Dexter Church
George Hetzel
Lincoln Terrace
Harry S. Stern
Cleveland
J. Y. Corpening
Akron
Hetzel
Stern
Everett Reedy
Rutland
Beulah Neutzling
Breezy Heights
George Powell
Parkersburg
W. Va
Powell
Adam Ebersbach
Helen Windmiller
Columbus
Elmer Ashworth
Lon Custer
Walter B. Miller
Huntington
Custer
Loren Caveriee
Pomeroy Soldier Ends School With Honors
MSgt. Thomas G. Parker aged 39 and his wife Kate plus his parents live at Pomeroy Route 1. He recently graduated with honors from the Army European Engineer School in Murnau Germany after completing the non commissioned officers course. Parker has been Overseas since December 1953, entered the Army in 1942 and served in Europe during World War II.
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Pomeroy
Thomas G. Parker
Kate
Pearl Parker
Pomeroy Route 1
Army
European Engineer School
Murnau
Germany
Parker
Europe
Funeral Service Held For Mrs. C Reuter
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Reuter who died Friday were held at Sacred Heart Church at 9 AM. Rev Father John Turel officiated. Pallbearers were Rolland Neutzling Milford Grueser Edward Hoeflich George Sauer Richard Sauer and Lewis Reibel. Burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Charles Reuter
Sacred, Heart Church
John Turel
Rolland Neutzling
Milford Grueser
Edward Hoeflich
George Sauer
Richard Sauer
Lewis Reibel
Beech Grove
Community News Highlights in Rutland Area
Mrs. Della Philips hosted ten neighbors for a party with Mrs. Alice Haggy organizing games and refreshments. Several residents traveled to events in Columbus and Cols venues, including hairdresser conventions and family visits. The Rutland Ladies Aid enjoyed a quilting day at Church of Christ, with a potluck and devotional, as well as a weekend visit from Mrs. Ballengee’s sister-in-law Mrs. Castoe near Langsville.
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Rutland
Della Phillips
Alice Haggy
Carl Hysell
Meigs Lass Wins National Home Contest
Pomroy Miss Janice Story, Pomteroy High School senior, won the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest at the school. She scored highest on a written homemaking exam and will compete to name Ohio's All-American Home maker of Tomorrow. A $1500 state scholarship, trip, and Britannica set go to her school. national winner receives $5000.
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Pomeroy
Janice Story
Pomteroy High School
Betty Crocker
Philadelphia
General Mills
Washington, D. C
Colonial Williamsburg
Science Research Associates of Chicago
Ship Ahoy Musicale Rehearsals Begin in Middleport
Middleport rehearsals for Ship Ahoy the home talent musicale sponsored by the Mid deport Business and Professional Women's Club started Monday director met the dancing chorus and cast including Judith Jacobs and Cherole Blake from Middleport High School. Jacobs an advanced Parlish Dance Studio student will perform solos Blake active in the Glee Club and Health Methodist Church choir will also perform solos.
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Middleport
Middeport Business and Professional Women's Club
Judith Jacobs
Cherole Blake
Middleport High School
Miss Jacobs
Parlish Dance Studio
Miss Blake
Glee Club
Health Methodist Church
Pvt Hope L Harris Finishes WAC Course
Pvt Hope L Harris daughter of Mrs Havana Lightfoot of Middleport completed the clerical procedures and typing course at The Women’s Army Corps Center Fort McClellan Alabama She is a East Bank High School graduate from East Bank West Virginia and enlisted October 27 last year She has been transferred to Fort Monmouth New Jersey for duty as a clerk typist.
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Middleport
Hope L. Harris
Havana Lightfoot
Women's Army Corps Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
East Bank High School
East Bank
W. Va
Harris
WAC
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Puritan Road Community News Highlights Family Events
Mrs. Martha Riddle returns to Chicago after visiting her ill mother Mrs. Albert Kirkendall. Several local residents keep busy with illnesses, weddings, new births, and weekend visits across Hamden Radcliff Reynoldsburg Mansfield Wellston and Chillicothe. Notable items include two newly married couples Don Walters and Harley Canode with connections to Sally Eberts and Ronnie Campbell, and a birth at Chillicothe hospital on February 19.
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Puritan Road
Martha Riddle
Chicago
Albert Kirkendall
Dave Ebberts
Radcliff
Emma Gregory
Hamden
Floyd Buskirk
Roger Eberts
Chillicothe Hospital
Everett Eberts
Puritan
John Peters
Don Walters
Harley Canode
Walters
Barbara Fain
Canode
Ann Wilber
Sally Eberts
Ronnie Campbell
Miss Eberts
James Harvey
Reynoldsburg
Harvey
Hurley Harvey
Robert Murray
Rose Ellen
Harvey and Fain
Walter Grady
Wellston
Grady
Minnie Aburn
Lewis Haburn Jr
Mansfield
Homer
Lewis Haburn
Allensville
Co. A. Eberts
Glen
Nancy
Jerald Allman
Arthur Eberts
Leland Webb
Sue
Steve
Sally
Jeffery Allen Eberts
Chillicothe
Terry
Elizabeth Wiseman
Don Eberts
Robert Eberts
Jimmie and
C. A. Eberts
Blood Drive in Pomeroy Exceeds Quota by Six Pints
One hundred twenty Meigs residents reported to the Pom eroy Junior High School auditorium for a bloodmobile visit Monday, contributing 106 pints, six pints over the quota. The Red Cross termed the event very successful with 15 first time donors and six reaching the gallon club.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Pomeroy Junior High School
Red Cross
Meigs County Red Cross
Gallon Club
Harmon O’brien
Syracuse
Nettie Hunnel
Sara Moore
Nan Moore
Middleport
Betty Jo Martin
Martin Wilcoxen
Racine
Marion Ebersbach
County Blood Program
Bernice Ledlie
Elizabeth Smith
Blanche Easterday
Frances Brewington
Daisy Bing
Virginia Hubbard
Mattie Yost
Beulah Strauss
Louise Finsterwald
Edith Mallory
Mary Lawson
Dorothy Jonhston
Marion Dix
Lydia Ebersbach
Agnes Webster
Edmond Buthmas
R. C. Herman
Selim Blazewicz
Charles Mullen
F. M. Cluff
Pomeroy High School
Larry Wildermuth
John DeWitt
Tommy DeWitt
William Lambert
Jimmy
Snow Fell In Florida In 1829 Athens Mirror Record
An 1829 Athens Mirror edition held by Meigs County official John C. Bacon notes a February 15 snowfall in Tallahassee two inches deep, claims it the first such event since Florida’s settlement, and cites era anecdotes on sensational murder coverage and a council policy allowing shade-tree planting along sidewalks with curb edge placement.
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Pomeroy
Florida
Athens Mirror
Meigs County
John C. Bacon
Tallahassee
New York
Athens
Holstein Club Banquet Rescheduled in Meigs County
The Meigs County Holstein Club changes its annual banquet to 8 p m Friday March 4 at Chester High School. Decatur Ohio exchange student Charles Grimes and state field man I D Hadley will speak. Chester High Band performs at 7 30 p m. banquet served by Band Boosters. Roy Holster presides. officers elected. A Holstein heifer calf is awarded to a youth. Recreation to end the evening.
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Chester High School
Roy Holster
Daughter Born to Former Meigs Girl in California
POMEROY Word is received of the birth of a daughter Colleen Suzanne to Mr and Mrs Phillip Mulvey at St John Hospital Northridge Calif They reside Mrs Mulvey is the former Carol Canaday Local grandparents are Mr and Mrs Delmar A Canaday Pomroy and Mrs N R Canaday Gallipolis is the great grandmother.
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Pomeroy
Colleen Suzanne
Phillip Mulvey
St. John Hospital
Northridge
Calif
Pastor Learns Mother Illness Hits Home in Elkhart
Middleport report says Rev. Louis A. Bangerter of Heath Methodist Church told of his aged mother Mrs. Bertha Bangerter suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at her home in Elkhart Indiana. The pastor and his wife had recently visited her there.
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Middleport
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Bertha Bangerter
Elkhart
Ind
Local Families Move and Visit In Community Notes
Shade Shade reports Mr and Mrs Wind ling have moved to Perry Heights into the former John Douglas residence. Mr and Mrs Clyde Pratt relocate to Pleasanton and built a new home. Mr and Mrs Robert Bobo and son Phillip of Chillicothe spent a weekend at their home here with Mrs Bobo staying longer. A PTA meeting featured a student program with refreshments. Mr and Mrs Dan Nauer and son Danny of Cincinnati were guests of Mrs Nauer’s parents, Mr and Mrs Clarence Freisse. Mr and Mrs Hubert Fulton and their sons John and Jackie visited George Fulton. Audrey Sauters spent an evening with her daughter Mrs Charles Williams of Burlingham. Miss Mildred Fulton of Athens visited her sister Mrs Clyde Pratt.
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Shade
Windling
Perry Heights
John Douglas
Clyde Pratt
Pleasanton
Robert Bobo
Phillip
Chillicothe
Bobo
PTA
Dan Nauer
Danny
Cincinnati
Nauer
Clarence Freisse
Hubert Fulton
John
Jackie
George Fulton
Audrey Sauters
Charles Williams
Burlingham
Mildred Fulton
Athens
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