Chester Youth Center Opening Set Monday
A youth center will open at 7 30 pm Monday at Chester Grade School announced by Rev. Lewis E Buell. The Eastern Local School District approved use of the building and the center will run one evening a week for two hours with activities and supervision.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Lewis E. Buell
Chester Methodist Charge
Eastern
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Buell
Chester Charge
Youth Fellowship
the Charge
Alfred
Lloyd Dilinger
Grace Swartz
Olive Kelley Installed as Secretary at Daughters of America
Olive Kelly was elected and installed as assistant financial secretary Tuesday evening at Chester Council Daughters of America with Mary Kay Holter presiding. Ruth Broedling sent greetings from state councilors. Gifts were given to Mabel Van Meter Zona Biggs Margaret Tuttle Olive Kelly Zana Gainer Myrtle Walker.
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Mabel van Meter
Zona Biggs
Margaret Tuttle
Olive Kelly
Zana Gainer
Myrtle Walker
Literary Club Meeting in Middleport Delivers Biographies
Middleport Literary Club gathered at Mrs. Harry Chesher’s home for papers on two prominent Americans. Mrs. Henry Null led the business portion as members reviewed Eleonor Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson through works from Hyde Park Museum and Herbert Hoover. Refreshments followed. The next meeting set for April 1 at Mrs. Cedric Clark’s home.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Harry Chesher
Henry Null
Arthur Strauss
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park Museum
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Bess Sanborn
Bradbury PTA Forms Nominating Committee
A Bradbury Middleport PTA meeting appointed a nominating committee of Mrs. Herschel Gilkey Mrs. Nathan Biggs Mrs. David Cummings Mrs. Norma Wilson and Mrs. William King to propose officers for the new year at the April session. Plans were made to buy books for indigent children and to fund next year’s similar need. The group also voted to obtained materials for the first aid room. The meeting led by president Mrs. Robert Bailey opened with the Lord's Prayer and the pledge. Secretary Mrs. Everett Lightfoot and treasurer Mrs. Edith Forrest reported a balance of 234.99. The attendance banner and award went to Mrs. Norma Wilson fifth grade.
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Middleport — A
Bradbury Pta
Herschel Gilkey
Nathan Biggs
David Cummings
Norma Wilson
William King
Robert Bailey
Everett Lightfoot
Edith Forrest
Sample Fair Planned By Letart PTA
Letart Falls PTA met at the school to plan a Sam ple Fair on April 25 with candy sale continuation. Ramona Allen presided. A nominating committee was named with Elizabeth Toney Donna Hill and Mildred Donahew. The fifth grade of Eileen Buck received the attendance award. The program featured an Easter reading by Mabel Roush Max Hill piano solo March of the Toreadors Peter Cottontail and a Buck talk on juvenile delinquency followed by discussion.
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Mabel Roush
Max Hill
Peter Cottontail
Middleport Youth Fellowship to Present Camp Life Film
Parents invited to Middleport Baptist Youth Fellowship meeting Sunday at 5 45 p m. Clifford Stumbo chairman of youth work will show a camp life film. Refreshments will be served after the program.
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Middleport
Middleport Baptist Youth Fellowship
Clifford Stumbo
Salisbury PTA Names Nominating Committee
Salisbury PTA met at the school Tuesday evening naming Mrs. William Bar tels Mrs. George Brothers and Mrs. Merlin Tracy to the nominating committee. Mrs. George Starcher presided as the meeting opened with the PTA prayer.
Palm Sunday Services at Pomeroy Baptist Church
Palm Sunday events at the Pomeroy Baptist Church include a choir in new robes performing Hosanna to the King. The sermon asks Does King Jesus Weep Over Our World and a 3 p.m. conference on the Church and the Lordship of Christ led by Dr. Harold Loughhead and a Granville state office team. Three discussion groups for workers with children youth and adults follow. The conference is open to the public. Dr. Loughhead directs town and country work for the Ohio Baptist Convention.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Jesus
Church
Lordship of Christ
Harold Loughhead
State Office
Granville
Loughhead
Ohio Baptist Convention
Bradbury PTA Plans Talent Show at Bradbury School
Bradbury PTA outlines a talent show set for April 10 at Bradbury School with a 1st prize of 10 dollars 2nd prize 5 dollars and 3rd prize 3 dollars. Local participants are urged to call Mrs. Guy Russell at 6124M to register their acts and a rehearsal is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 7.
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Middleport
Bradbury School
Bradbury Pta
Guy Russell
Pomeroy High School Variety Show Delights Local Audience
Pomeroy High School students presented a top notch variety show last night in the junior high auditorium with Robert Green delivering his third straight standout beat number Charlie Brown. The cast featured Sheila Strauss Bill Young Lee Jacobs Carolyn Bell and many others delivering song dance and comedy acts to an audience of about 500. The show will be repeated at 8 tonight.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Robert Green
Charlie Brown
Green
Sheila Strauss
Bill Young
Richard Clark
Andy Griffith
Lee Jacobs
Vickie Brown
Rose Horak
Craig Wehbring
Lucille Swackhammer
Barbara Snyder
Viola Tuckerman
Kitty Yoakam
Jo Ellen Follrod
Ruby Taylor
Sally Foster
Sharon Zundel
Marilyn Stockton
Kitty Woods
Bill Anderson
Jim Lohse
Bill Owens
Charlesanna Hess
Meigs County
Carolyn Edwards
Johin Webster
Rose Hovak
Ann Baker
Connie Woodgeard
Marlene Seholl
Paula Sayre
Ruth Ann Brothers
Edna Carman
Miss Brothers
Carolyn Meier
Charles Swisher
William Gibbs
Arnold Evans
Myrna Maag
Miss Maag
Carolyn Allman
Andrea Evans
Benneth Clark
Penny Moore
Marilyn Price
Donna Rea
Cherry Scott
Nancy Skinner
Jackie Seidenable
Mary Smith
Ernestine Stockton
Judy Vaughan
Susie Woods
Sharon Wilson
Lola Ziegler
Charlene Zundel
Easter Seal Drive Sees Third of Goal Reached in Meigs County
The Meigs County Crippled Children Society reports about 500 of the annual 1200 to 1300 dollar Easter Seal goal raised so far. Local efforts fund Meigs County projects and a possible summer speech clinic with a therapist from the Ohio Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Crippled Children’s Society
Gene Grate
Grate
Nell Davey
Ohio Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Sara H. Owens
Columbus Girl Marries Franklin Gene Mills
Miss Ann Ankrum of Columbus wed Franklin Gene Mills in Syracuse Church of the Nazarene ceremony at 6:30 pm. The bride wore a blue nylon gown and carried pink carnations, with a reception at the Hysell home. Attendants and guests from Columbus, Syracuse, and surrounding towns joined the couple, who plan to reside at 82 Hayden Ave. Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Ann Ankrum
Columbus
Charles Ankrum
Franklin Gene Mills
Charles Hysell
Syracuse
Frank Mills
Hadd Holmes
Church of the Nazarene
Claude Cunningham
Larry Brammer
Robert Hysell
Deborah
Dorothy
Darlene
Bernard Dame
Bernard, Jr
Mary Hinch
Gertrude Mills
Mie Cowie
Gertrude McBride
Holmes
Christine Joy
Charles Hysell, Jr
Middleport
Ralph Badgiey
Reedsville
Pittsburgh
C. L. Arnold
Gerald K. Arnold
Central High School
Bliss College
Wartburg Press
Pomeroy High School
Holy Week Rites Set By Methodists at Pomeroy Church
Several guest speakers will appear during Holy Week at the United Methodist Church in Pomeroy. On Sunday at 7 15 p m the Rev Carl Wetherell will speak and Tuesday evening the Rev Howard Housholder will speak. Dr Richard Bauer district superintendent will speak Tuesday evening. Wednesday’s speaker is the Rev William L Nofcier. Communion services Thursday evening with the Rev Eugene Brown officiating. Union Good Friday services at the Federated Church will feature the Rev Mr Brown.
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Federated Church
Mr. Brown
Heath Class Meeting Held at Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Heath Class 12 of the Heath Methodist Church met Wednesday evening at the church parsonage. A nominating committee was appointed to present a slate of officers at the April meeting. Mrs. Emerson Jones presided with a devotional by Mrs. M. L. French on Meditations on Spring. Mrs. Forrest Bachtel spoke on the life of Harry Emerson Fosdick. Birthday gifts exchanged and refreshments served by hostesses including Mrs. Raymon Konkright and others.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
John Ketchka
Orin Smith
Everett Davis
Emerson Jones
M. L. French
Ben Philson
Forrest Bachtel
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Raymon Konkright
B. N. Rast
Harry Chesher
Jack Bechtle
C. M. Hennesy
Columbus Couple Adopts Six Month Old Son
Mr and Mrs Roy Fick of Columbus announce the adoption of their six month old son on March 10. The child is named Dennis Allen. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dana Fick of Chester and Mr and Mrs C A Barnett, formerly of Reedsville, now in St Petersburg Florida.
Cantata Planned at Heath Church in Middleport
The Heath Methodist Church choir will present The Way of the Cross cantata at 7 30 p m Thursday at the church Local communion will be served after the performance
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Middleport
Chor of the Heath Methodist Church
Meeting Postponed Pomeroy W C T U
A Pomeroy Women s Christian Temperance Union meeting at the United Methodist Church was postponed to the first week of April.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
United Methodist Church
Union Service Friday at Middleport Churches
Good Friday services led by ministers from Middleport churches will be held at 7 30 p m at the First United Presbyterian Church in Middleport.
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Middleport
Union
First United Presbyterian Church
Racine Methodist Men to Meet After Evening Service
The Methodist Men of the Racine Methodist Church will gather at the church at 7 30 p m Tuesday following the evening service for a regular meeting.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Church Class Sets Easter Attendance Goal at 100
Middleport Church of Christ Homebuilders Class met at the home of Paul and Davis to set an Easter Sunday attendance goal of 100. Herman Kincaid presided, Eloise White led the devotional on Easter, Wallace Bradford read a poem, and Denver Rice showed colored slides from a prior gathering. Hosts served a Saint Patrick themed salad course.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Paul Davis
Herman Kincaid
Eloise White
Wallace Bradford
Denver Rice
Arthur Skinner
Dan White
Raymond Cole
Burdell McKinney
Bob Hannell
Pwo Enter Art Contest By Local Club Members
Pomeroy residents Robert Jacobs, Craig Wehring, and Racine’s Harry Lee Ours entered the penny art contest sponsored by Federated Clubs. The Pomeroy Shakespeare Club met at Mrs. Robert Warner’s home where plans were made to entertain district president Mrs. John Phillips at the May meeting. The state Federated Clubs convention is set for April 14 to 16. A $33.50 thank you note arrived for articles made by patients of the State School for the Blind. Members were asked to bring nylons and buttons to the April meeting. Mrs. Jed Webster led the program.
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Pomeroy
Robert Jacobs
Craig Wehring
Harry Lee Ours
Racine
Federated Clubs
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Robert Warner
Ethel Garland
John Phillips
State School For the Blind
Jed Webster
McComas and Bensley Set Wedding at Heath Church
In MIDDLEPORT the marriage ceremony of Edward Lee McComas and Bette Sue Bensley will occur at 2 30 p m Sunday at Heath Methodist Church. A reception will follow at the home of Mr and Mrs L W McComas.
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Middleport
Edward Lee McComas
Bette Sue Bensley
the Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
Board to Meet at First Baptist Church
The board of trustees of the First Baptist Church will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
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Middleport
The
First Baptist Church
Scouts to Meet Pomeroy-Racine Group
Scouts to meet at 6 30 p m Monday at the Racine First Baptist Church with group leader names and program plans to be announced.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Racine First
Meinhart Reports On Assembly Activity In Ohio
Rep. George A. Meinhart outlines House bills of interest to Meigs Mountains. HB 5 would bar 14 and 15 year olds from motor scooters, HB 101 would permit quail hunting on state land if approved, HB 177 would allow school boards to insure employees, HB 14 enables time payments for tools and machines, and HB 71 would let counties engage in highway safety efforts. House committees are busy. sessions run long with many hearings attracting statewide interest.
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Pomeroy
George A. Meinhart
Ohio General Assembly
Meigs Mountains
Rep
Meinhart
House
Senate
Boards of Education
Rutland High faculty hosts world foods luncheon study
A Rutland High School faculty luncheon closed a unit on foreign cooking and world foods conducted by the Sophomore home economies class. The menu featured dishes from Italy China Mexico and Poland among others with Chinese decor and French menu cards.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
United Nations
Italy
China
Osa Turner
Joyce Hatfield
Janet Wright
Donna Jiiden
Gladys Stowers
Ecards
Sewing Club Meeting At Pomeroy Honors Mrs Hoffman
Mrs Elza Gilmore Jr hosted the Sew-Rite Sewing Club at her home with Mrs George Conde assisting. Mrs Edward Wells led the business session and a white elephant sale was planned for the next gathering. Mrs Conde’s traveling prize went to Mrs Gilmore and Mrs Hoffman received a handkerchief shower. St Patrick's Day themed games produced prizes for Mrs Ware White Hoffman. Mrs James Butler won the door prize.
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Pomeroy
Elza Gilmore, Jr
George Conde
Sew-Rite Sewing Club
Edward Wells
Conde
Gilmore
Charles Hoffman
William Ware
Elmer White
Scout Services Set for Salisbury Girl Scouts and Brownies
Fly up and investiture services for Salisbury Girl Scout Troop 6 and Salisbury Brownie Troop 169 are scheduled for 2 30 p m Sunday at the Salisbury School. Families of members are invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Salisbury Girl Scout
Salisbury Brownie
Salisbury
Syracuse Mayor warns dogs must be leashed under new ordinance
Syracuse Mayor Kenneth Cundiff announces a new ordinance prohibiting dogs from running loose. Owners will be held responsible and fined for violations, enforcing leash rules throughout the community.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Kenneth Cundiff
Portland Methodist group to meet in church basement
POMEROY The Portland Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the church basement.
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Pomeroy
Portland Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
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