Forgiveness Theme Marks Friendly Circle Meet
Friendly Circle met Tuesday evening in the Little Chapel of the Federated Church with Mrs. Paul Werner leading a program on Forgiveness. She spoke on confession of sin and forgiveness as keys to open effective prayer life, followed by hymns and scripture read by Miss Mary Virginia Reibel. A business session led by President Miss Elizabeth Fick approved church projects including Easter lilies, a $100 contribution, bed kits by the Women’s Guild, and funds toward the church hot water tank, with refreshments provided by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Friendly Circle
Paul Werner
Werner
Waldo J. Bartels
James Fugate
Henry Ewing
Altar Guild
Miss Fick
Women’s Guild
Dale Smith
Christian Service
Royal Auto Club Donates To Family
The Royal Auto Club donated to the Arthur Musser family after their home burned. The Middleport group met at headquarters on Rutland road with Larry Bunce presiding. Three new members joined, bringing total to 36, and a record hop was planned for April 2 at Middleport High School with The Jays, Leon Jordan, and Kenny Hysell providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Arthur Musser
Royal Auto Club
Rutland Road
Larry Bunce
Larry Wehring
Kit Neal
Pete Werner
Middleport High School
Jays
Leon Jordan
Kenny Hysell
Roger Gaul
Tuppers Plains
Joe Smith
Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital Notes List of Patients
Mrs. Rebecca Hudnall Pome roy Miss Clara Bing Pomeroy Mary K Starcher Pomeroy Jessie Lambert Middleport Mrs Sara Foss Middleport Robert Molden Dexter George E Thomas Rutland Eva Robson Mrs Bertha Spencer Irvin Green Mickey Williams Harry Schwab Elmer Wickham and Mrs Archie Gill man and son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Bing
Pomeroy
Mary K. Starcher
Jessie Lambert
Middleport
Sara Foss
Robert Molden
Dexter
George E. Thomas
Rutland
Eva Robson
Bertha Spencer
Irvin Green
Mickey Williams
Harry Schwab
Elmer Wickham
Archie Gillman
Priscilla Circle Plans April 19 Potluck at Coleman Home
Priscilla Circle of the B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society met at the Charles Vroman home in Middleport to plan an April 19 potluck at Mrs. Gene Coleman’s house. Freddie Houdashett chaired. officers to be elected next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gene Coleman
Priscilla
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Mildred Hawley
Sanborn Society
Coleman
Harold Thomas
Youth Rally Planned for Regional Baptist Churches
Fourteen youths from Pomeroy First Baptist Church joined by Mr and Mrs Calvin Simpson attended a skating party. They will meet Saturday evening with Baptist youths from Middleport and Racine at Cheshire Baptist Church for an area rally. Rev Nyle Borden, chaplain of Gallipolis State Institute, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Calvin Simpson
Middleport
Racine
Cheshire Baptist Church
Nyle Borden
Gallipolis
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Meigs County notices list multiple property transfers. Names include Carol F. Pierce and Vivian L. Pierce to Dale E. Priddy and Shirley Jean Priddy for 40.85 acres in Rutland, Spires to Eugene and Shirley Smith for 8 square rods in Selisbury Two, Ashburns to Estd Johnson and Keva Johnson for 23.5 acres in Salem Two, Katharine Baker as transferee from Willem Baker, Dixon to Earnie and Edith Welch for parcels in Scipio Two, Hettie S. Cross to W. B. Cross for Racine lots, Bolin to Avery Goeglein and others for 26 acres in Rutland, Pilcher and others to John C. Young and Leora Young for 25 acres in Letart Two, Kroher to John C. Young and Leora Young for Letart Two parcels, and Pauline Alexander Frome and Alva J. Frome to John C. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted E. Spires
Mary E. Spires
Eugene Smith
Shirley Smith
Selisbury
James Floyd Ashburn
Helen Bolin
Avery Goeglein
Albert Goeglein
Charles Goeglein
Rutland
Mark R. Pilcher
Walter Matz
Ruth H. Martz
Alice Matz Cross
Richard Cross
John C. Young
Leora Young
Letart
Carl Frederick Kroher
Pauline Alexander Frome
Alva J. Frome
Woman Ends Career With Store Closing
Middleport longtime businesswoman Grace McMaster will close the McMaster Furniture and Hardware Store after 37 years in town. She has managed the store for 17 years since her husband Harry McMaster’s death and helped run 31 rental apartments. Her daughter Alice Yurassits assists, and she belongs to the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club and the Church of Christ. After stock is sold she plans to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McMaster
McMaster
Harry McMaster
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Middleport Church of Christ
Middleport Officials Protest Express Office Closure in Columbus
Middleport Chamber of Commerce President Baker and Rep. George Meinhart traveled to Columbus to testify before the Public Utilities Commission about the closing of the American Railway Express office in Pomeroy. They argued re routing would delay deliveries to Gallipolis by at least one day, and the hearing's outcome was not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edison Baker
Accident Costs Cleveland Engineer Both Legs
Robert E. Raleigh, a railroad engineer from Cleveland, lost both legs when a freight car rolled over them in the Kaiser Nelson Co yard at Cuya hoga Heights. He had moved two scrap-loaded cars and stood beside them as five others rolled downhill and struck the two near him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Robert E. Raleigh
Kaiser-Nelson Co
Cuyahoga Heights
Raleigh
District managers meet in Columbus with C and S OED manager
Tom Hendrix division manager of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co attended a district managers meeting in Columbus on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom Hendrix
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus
Heath Methodist Circle Meets in Class 12 Skit
The Heath Methodist Church hosted a Class 12 meeting with the skit Mrs Barker's Smallpox featuring Cheryl Fife Carol Criswell Katie Morarity Diana Van Cooney and Joy Boggs. Mrs Carroll Swanson chaired the program and presented One Single Event a meditation about Jan Styka's crucifixion painting now in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jan Styka
Forrest Lawn Memorial Park
California
John Ketchka
School For Blind Earns Over $50 From Projects
MIDDLEPORT Over $50 was raised from items sold by the Ohio State School for the Blind, reported at the Middleport Literary Club gathering. Mrs. Robert Coats chaired the annual club project update while Mrs. Marion French spoke on The Status of Women and suffrage’s global impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State School For the Blind
Middleport Literary Club
H. C. Cook
Robert Coats
United Nations
Marion French
French
Arthur
Doreas Circle Reviews Book On Africa
Doreas Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society at Middleport First Baptist Church met at Mrs Willis Anthony home to review The Way In Africa by Mrs Richard Owen. Members donated wash clothes and towels for Meigs General Hospital project and prepared for a potluck dinner at the April meeting. Grace Lyman led the devotional and a dessert was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Africa
Richard Owen
Doreas
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport First
Grace Lyman
Anthony
Couple To Live In Chicago After Vows
Announcement of the marriage of Jill Brumbaugh daughter of Cleo Steck Dayton area to Jack Lloyd son of Bruce Lloyd Middleport. Vows were spoken March 14 at the Newport Kentucky Methodist Church. They will reside in Chicago where Lloyd works for Colliers Co. He is a Middleport High School graduate and attended Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jill Brumbaugh
Cleo Steck
Dayton
Jack Lloyd
Bruce Lloyd
Methodist Church
Newport
Chicago
Ill
Lloyd
The
Colliers Co
Middleport High School
Ohio University
Athens
PTA Jitney Supper Set at Grade School
Letart Falls PTA sponsors a jitney supper at the grade school on Saturday evening starting at 5 pm. Mrs Ramona Yonker serves as president of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Letart Falls
PTA
Ramona Yonker
Easter Attendance Goal Set by Middleport Church
The Middleport Church of Christ Homebuilders Class set an Easter Sunday attendance goal of 107. Wendell Gerlach led the meeting and appointed Mrs. Cash Bahr to mail letters to members. Plans were made to buy three fillies for altar decoration and Willard Bouyer led the devotional. Guests included Rev. Fred J. Gardner and several couples during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Wendell Gerlach
Cash Bahr
Willard Bouyer
Plan Record Hop Friday At Mason
A record hop will run 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday at St Joseph's parish hall Mason. Safety Club Queen and Mr Miss Sub teen Personality will be crowned with prizes including an appearance on the Dick Reid show in Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
St. Joseph's Parish Hall
Safety Club
Dick Reid
Charleston
W. Va
Thelma Sayre
Emergency call Crooksville man in distress
Crooksville Emergency squad responded to the home of Charles Denman on North Buckeye street where Denman had strangled and was having difficulty breathing requiring urgent medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooksville
Charles Denman
North Buckeye Street
Subdivisions Receive $2.8 Million Gasoline Tax
Columbus reports political subdivisions collected $2,822,400 in gasoline tax revenue on Monday from State Auditor James A. Rhodes. This push brings total distributions for the year to $10,844,445.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Political Subdivisions
James A. Rhodes
Judge Sits In Scioto County Common Pleas Bench
McArthur judge C. W. Smith sat on the Scioto county common pleas bench in Portsmouth by assignment of the chief justice. Mrs. Smith accompanied him during his two day session Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Common Pleas
C. W. Smith
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Fick
Elza Gilmore, Jr
Charles Spencer
Phil Globokar
Meigs General Hospital
Rebecca Hudnall
Pome
Roy
Elberfelds
MWE
Meigs County
Carol F. Pierce
Vivian L. Pierce
Dale E. Priddy
Shirley Jean Priddy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Meigs- Mason
Pomeroy Junior High Student Council
Dleport
C & SO
Becky
Heath Methodist Circle
Frieda Faehnle
B. N. East
Earl Knight
Bess Sanborn
Church
Nellie Zerkle
James Simpson
Knight
C. A. Emmish
M. L. French
Orin Smith
C. P. Klein
Emerson Jones
Klein
Norman Wayland
Jessie Hennesy
Lawrence Milhoan
Stanley Addlesburger
Pete Morarity
School For Blind
Carpenter
Doreas Circle
Bayer Aspirin
Main ST
Lawisher
Sol Ee Livi LL Lara Sa
Scioto
Goessler Jewelry Store
Breeze
Middleport Dept. Store
Ebersbach Hardware
Vanguard Paints
Vanguard and
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!