Local births and community service notes in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Tra Butcher welcome a son born March 1 at Hober Hospital joining a daughter and a son. Mrs Lucile Duckworth named Red Cross fund campaign chairman. World Day of Prayer events at Heath Methodist Church and Middleport High School fund mission work among American Indians migrants and in Japan China and India. Union services list Jean Collins Reedville farmer and Nola Blake Reedville along with several local laborers and teens.
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Middleport
Tra Butcher
Hober Hospital
Butchers
Syracuse
Lucile Duckworth
Red Cross Fund
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport High School
Japan
China
India
Chamber Urged To Work For More Tourist Trade
W A Smith urged the Southeast Ohio Regional Council cooperation to boost tourism in the area at the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting. A Kent University show boat noted last summer on the Ohio River was discussed as a potential week long engagement with publicity paid by merchants and coordinated sales days. The group also considered housing expansion under FHA and recent coal land deals involving Union Carbide and John Lyons estate. A tax rate reduction study was proposed to make Meigs County more competitive with neighboring counties.
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Pomeroy
Southeast Ohio Regional Council
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Martin
Hobart Dillon
Ohio Valley
Edison Hobstetter
John Lyons
Union Carbon and Carbide Co
Meigs County
Knight
Chamber
Auto Victims Recovering
Miss Ruth Humphrey was released from Smith-Everett Hospital Ports mouth February 14 after an automobile accident several weeks ago. She and her mother had been patients at Holzer and Smith-Everett Hospitals. Mrs Humphrey will remain in the hospital for weeks. Miss Humphrey has returned to teaching duties in Wheelersburg school.
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Middleport
Ruth Humphrey
Smith - Everett Hospital
Portsmouth
Miss Humphrey
Holzer Hospital
Evangelistic Crusade Speaker Addresses Middleport High Students
Pastor Rev. Dudley T. Pomeroy of Piqua Baptist Church spoke at Middleport High School during a 10 day evangelistic crusade. He assisted his brother Rev. Charles Pomeroy in addressing the assembly of young people on Wednesday.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Dudley T. Pomeroy
Piqua Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Commercial Balsa Wood Noted As Lightest Known Wood
The article states that commercial balsa wood is the lightest wood known, weighing only seven to eight pounds per cubic foot.
High School Honor Roll Announced for Middleport
Middleport High School lists honor roll students by grade in the March 2 edition. Freshmen include Esther Clark and Dorothy Greenlee. sophomores Wanda Connolly and Nancy Fink. juniors Emma Jane Buell and Betty Greenlee. seniors Katherine Bachtel and Richard Bailey. Junior high honors name Seventh Grade students Jack Lloyd and Rae Ann Mills. Eighth Grade list includes Robert Byer and William Darst.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Esther Clark
Dorothy Greenlee
Charles Haskins
Harold Hinkle
Harry Keig
Adrienne Mills
Carolyn Pierce
Richard Rawlings
Larry Rice
Ann Rupe
Robert Russell
June Seines
Jean Smart
Billy Taylor
Bracky Wood
Wanda Connolly
Nancy Fink
Janet Frost
James Roller
Faye Roush
James Singer
Bill Swisher
Clara Taylor
Katherine Bachtel
Richard Bailey
Carolyn Clark
David Diles
Thelma Ebersbach
Rosemary Fisher
Christine Peters
Frank White
JoAnn Wood
Jack Lioyd
Virgil Manley
Rae Ann Mills
Roxy Price
Lanny Sanborn
George Swindler
Carl Taylor
Marcella Taylor
Charlen Winebrenner
Robert Byer
William Darst
Pete Davis
Charlene Dillard
Paddy Jo Lambert
Local visits dot Union Furnace social notes
Mr and Mrs Dan Jones visited Mr and Mrs Edwin Worthman of Logan. Mrs Carl Hull and Mrs Paul Hull visited Barbara at Children's Hospital. Mrs Millie King stays with daughter Verlie Rein shell who returned from Hocking Valley Hospital. Several families from Pomeroy Carbon Hill Lancaster and others shared day visits and weekends with relatives and friends including the McGuires Smiths and Geigers.
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Bob Smith
Carbon Hill
Bobby Smith
Powhattan
John McGuire
Ella Cramblil
Mary LaGore
Lois Dishennet
Lancaster
Clyde Dishennet
George Geiger
Brent Geiger
Dan Jones
Cousin Death Shocks Pomeroy Resident
Mrs. Babe Carter Trueheart a former Pomeroy resident died Wednesday evening at 2 PM in Columbus. The funeral service will be held at the high school during the assembly period, following her death at the Methodist Church.
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Middleport
Con Young
Columbus
Methodist Church
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Jean Collins
Reedsville
Farmer
Nola Blake
Ronald Grindley
Mechanic
Minersville
Joan Martin
Racine
Levi Adam Partlow
Miner, Pomeroy
Helen McKee
Charles BE. Finley
Surgical
Harvey Woodard
Jo Ann Ralston
Sure Gical
Clyde McKnight
Langsville
Robert Shuler
Letart Falla
Liberty
Theatre
Ohio
Richard Dix
Jane Wyatt
Albert Dekker
Max Baer
Victor Jory
Joe Sawyer
Cheshire
Akron Modern
Greyhound Bus Station
The
Crosley
Union Furnace
Becky
Children’s Outing
Infants & Children
Y Drug Store
Phillips Milk
Magnesia
LUNA
Colgate Shaving Cream
PILO
Garcia
Selecto
Bach
Kranks
Helene Curtis
Fitch
D. R
St.joseph Stae
Formarn
Ars Fur
Aaa
Shasta
Copper Pot Cleaners
Woodbury’s Special
Woodbury’s
Lustre Creme
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