Garden Club Plans Floral Arrangement Contest and Projects
Middleport Garden Club met at Miss Frieda Faehnle home to plan state wide floral arrangement slide contest and to prepare arrangements for Achievement Day on March 27. The group elected George Anderson and set March civic beautification tasks led by Mrs J E Harley Mrs E F Maag and Miss Hallie Zerkle.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Frieda Faehnle
Edwin L. Mizick
Athens
Ara Swisher
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
Albert
Church Garden and Border Planting Talk At Meeting
At the meeting Miss Lenore Giles and Miss Nellie Zerkle arranged church use details. The program included Planting a Church Garden by Mrs Crary Davis and Perennials for Border Color and Continuous Bloom by Mrs C M Hennesy. St Patrick Day decorations and refreshments were prepared by Miss Faehnle with help from Mrs William Morris and Mrs Carl Horky. Charles M Werry of Rock St was taken to Meigs Memorial Hospital by the Pomeroy Emergency Squad and is confined there with pneumonia.
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Lenore Giles
Nellie Zerkle
Crary Davis
C. M. Hennesy
Faehnle
William Morris
Carl Horky
Pomeroy
Charles M. Werry
Rock St
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Linda Cochran Birthday Party Observed in Middleport
The 10th birthday and anniversary of Linda Cochran daughter of Mr and Mrs James Cochran was celebrated at her home in Middleport. Games and prizes went to Cathy Bunce Anita Fultz and Jennifer Goble. Balloons jumping beans cupcakes and ice cream were shared with guests including Brenda Edwards Jane Acree Joyce Riley Kathy Moore Sharon Glaze Gene Hood Brenessa Hood Timmy Cochran Patrick Cochran and Linda's grandmother Mrs C Williams.
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Middleport
Linda Cochran
James Cochran
Cathy Bunce
Anita Fultz
Jennifer Goble
Brenda Edwards
Jane Acree
Joyce Riley
Kathy Moore
Sharon Glaze
Gene
Brenessa Hood
Timmy
Patrick Cochran
C. P. Williams
Linda
Ex-Meigs Engineer J E D Hartinger Dies by Suicide
J E D Hartinger 81 former Meigs County engineer and Republican leader died Tuesday at his Five Points home. He was found by his wife after taking his life by hanging in a barn. Hartinger had been ill for three years and had major operations at Holzer Hospital. He served 22 years as county engineer and helped build roads and the Rock Springs highway garage. He led the Hartinger Republican organization and headed the WPA in Meigs County. He was active in Grace Episcopal Church and Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce. Burial is Beech Grove Cemetery after Thursday services at Ewing funeral home.
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Gallipolis
Daniel S
Hannah Jacobs Hartinger
Marshall Fields
Chicago
Ill
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Meigs County
Dan C. Hartinger
Hartinger Republican Organization
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
WPA
Grace Episcopal Church
Hartinger
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy Gun Club
Freda
D. B. Hartinger
Middleport
M. D. Hartinger
Pomeroy
William Thomas
Charleston
W. Va
Ewing Funeral Home
Emmett Smith
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Annual Hereford Show Scheduled At Rock Springs
The 16th Annual Southeastern Ohio Hereford Association show and sale will take place March 19 at Rock Springs fair grounds in Middleport Ohio. Catalogs from association secretary-treasurer Hiram Slanter list 43 head including 21 bulls and 22 females.
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Rock Springs
Middleport
Southeastern Ohio Hereford Association
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Hiram Slanter
Association
A.m
Walter Bentz
Alfred Gans
Hugh Leifheit
Pomeroy
Lloyd Blackwood
Chester
Butler Hereford
Gallipolis
C. A. Close
Marietta
Larry Cunningham
Frost
Ona
W. Va
A. C
American Hereford Journal
Pomeroy National Bank
Carl Close
Ruth Butler
Huntington
Slanter
Stanley Shaver
Vinton
H. B. Vickers
E. R. Wagoner
Athens
Sanborn Plans Meeting for Rio Grande Baptist Association
Middleport church hosts March 28 gathering with women’s workshop 10 to noon and a covered dish meal. Christmas card project aids missionaries in Burma. Nomination committee named. love gift and devotional programs featured. multiple members named for duties and refreshments served.
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Middleport
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Middleport First Baptist Church
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Burma
Edison Baker
Valley Forge Forward Fund
John Fultz
Eloise Wilson
Charles Sennett
Freddie Houdashelt
Harry Houdashelt
Charles Smith
J. M. Archer
Ethel Hughes
Emma Mathes
Grace Lyman
Baker
Gerald Anthony
Harold Thomas
Smith
Richard Hovatter
Wilson
Harold Chase
Betty Durst
James Souders
Pearl Hoffman
Isabelle Winebrenner
Willis Anthony
Milton Hood
Geraldine White
Middleport Presbytery Delegates Named for March Meeting
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church session selected Mrs. J. E. Harley and Mrs. E. O. Tewksbury as delegates to the Scioto Presbytery gathering at McArthur on March 19. Rev. Howard Ruppelt will accompany them and attend a Steubenville Catholic Diocese briefing on Vatican Council positions.
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Middleport
Scioto
Rutland Friendly Gardeners Host Plant Discussion
Mrs Vernon Weber led a potting house plant demonstration and Mrs Carl Morris presented a paper on plant selection and care at a Rutland Gardeners meeting held at Mrs Ronald Williams home. Two upcoming events were announced a horticulture workshop at the Civitan Building in Marietta today and an officers meeting March 15 at Gallipolis. A card project and charitable gifts were noted with a valentine candy distribution to Meigs County Children's Home.
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Middleport
Vernon Weber
Carl Morris
Rutland Friendly Gardeners
Ronald Williams
Robert Snowden
Civitan
Marietta
Gallipolis
Meigs County Children’s Home
Weber
Joe Bolin
Don Harrison
Jim Nelson
Williams
Randy
Linda
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