Legion Speaker Describes America as Paradise at Pomeroy Post Event
More than 100 residents heard Dr. Michael Chakeres, Ohio Department commander, at Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion’s birthday party. He praised America's opportunities in education and work, urged dedication to liberty, and honored the flag. Awards were given to Outstanding Legionnaire 1966 Frank Vaughan and others for Americanism efforts at Pomeroy High School.
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Pomeroy
Michael Chakeres
Ohio Department
Drew Webster
American Legion
America
Chakeres
Ohio
Frank Vaughan
Russell Moore
Leonard Jewell
Charles Swatzel
David Hargraves
Millie Legar
Alta Schrimshher
Ion
Ohio Department Legion
Bob Hoeflich
Scholarship Program Committee Is Formed in Meigs County
Fred Morrow of The Ohio Power Co heads a temporary committee to launch a Cit izens Scholarship Foundation for Meigs County. The group includes representatives from three districts and meets Thursday at 1 p m with George Hargraves, Meigs Local District superintendent, stressing countywide citizen control separate from schools.
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Pomeroy
Fred Morrow
Ohio Power Co
Citizens
Meigs County
Morrow
Bill Perrin
Vernon Weber
Jack Welsh
Meigs
Horace Karr
Bob Wingett
George Hargraves
Hargraves
Physicians Take Course In Coronary Disease
POMEROY Two Pomeroy physicians are among 42 doctors registered for an eight week course in Current Concepts in Coronary Disease at University Hospital, Columbus. Dr. Roger Daniels and Dr. Charles Mullen join Ohio State University College of Medicine faculty as instructors. Topics include Coronary Proneness, The Epidemiologic Approach. The Heart and Its Blood Vessels. The Electrocardiogram. Coronary Care Units. Patients Evaluation and Management, 1967. and Coronary Arteriography and Coronary Artery Surgery. The program is sponsored by the Central Ohio Heart Association Professional Education Committee.
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Pomeroy
University Hospital
Columbus
Ohio State University
College of Medicine
The
Central Ohio Heart Association
Rutland Students Tour Power Plant
Rutland Opportunity School students in grades five to eight toured the Kgger Creek Power Plant as part of local industry studies. Planned by building director Eric Hart and teachers with plant officials, the visit included a film then guided tours. POMEROY council meeting postponed due to lack of quorum.
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Rutland
Kgger Creek
Eric Hart
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
Booster Meet Postponed for Meigs High Boosters
Meigs High School Athletic Boosters Association and committees meeting set for today has been postponed to Tuesday April 18 at 7 30 p m at Pomeroy Senior High School. Football stadium committees urged to bring duplicate reports to the April session.
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Pomeroy
Meigs High School Athletic Boosters Association
Middleport Man Charged After W Main St Collision
Middleport resident Richard Slack was cited to mayor's court on assured clear distance charges after his car struck the rear of Elmer Van Meter's vehicle on West Main Street in Pomeroy. The collision, which involved two cars, occurred as Van Meter slowed to avoid another vehicle.
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Pomeroy
W. Main St
Richard Slack
Middleport
Elmer van Meter
Clifton
W. Va
van Meter
Slack
Pomeroy FTA Orders Pins For Next Meet
Pomeroy High School Future Teachers Association planned initiation for next month and ordered pins to arrive in time for the meeting. A thank you note from Middleport High School FTA was read as Middleport attendees were guests at a recent meeting. Refreshments were served.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School Future Teachers Association
Middleport High School
FTA
Middleport
Officers Retained By WSCS Group
Mrs Albert Hill hosted the WSCS gathering at her home with Mrs Critt Bradford leading the program titled Participating in Joint Action for Missions. A skit by Mrs Ann Coe, Mrs Margaret Houdashelt and Mrs John Kimbl er illustrated the session. In business, officers were reappointed for another year.
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Racine
Albert Hill
WSCS
Critt Bradford
Ann Coe
Margaret Houdashelt
John Kimbler
Esther Circle Meeting at Racine Church Basement
The Esther Circle of the B M Sayre Missionary Society met in the church basement with devotions by Mrs. Harry Curtis and a program by Miss Vera Beegle. A nominating committee was named: Vera Beegle, Lina Curtis, and Marie Roush. In Meigs County, Phyllis Rowley of Middleport was granted a divorce from George Rowley on grounds of gross neglect, extreme cruelty, and wilful absence.
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Racine
Esther
B. M. Sayre Missionary Society
Harry Curtis
Vera Beegle
Lina Curtis
Marie Roush
Pomeroy
Phyllis Rowley
Middleport
George Rowley
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Garden Club Sale Spotlight at Winton Two gathering
The Winton Two Garden Club announces its upcoming sale to be hosted by Mrs. Ruth Swisher. Plans were finalized at a recent meeting hosted by Mrs. Harvey Collins, with emphasis on the Elephant Sale event.
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Radcliff
Winton Two Garden Club
Ruth Swisher
Harvey Collins
Meetings In Meigs
The Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Bernard Fultz home with programs by Mrs. John Welsh and Mrs. Arthur Strauss. Past Matrons of Evangeline Chapter OES will meet March 31 at the Masonic Temple hosted by Mrs. Jack Bechtle and Mrs. Walter Hayes due to Good Friday. WSCS Afternoon Circle Heath Methodist Church moves to March 30 with program leader Mrs. Nan Moore and hostesses Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Everette Davis, and Mrs. O. P. Klein. Veterans Memorial Hospital Women’s Auxiliary executive board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at the hospital. regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.
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Middleport Literary Club
Bernard Fultz
John Welsh
Arthur Strauss
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Jack Bechtle
Walter Hayes
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
Nan Moore
Moore
Everette Davis
O. P. Klein
Veterans Memorial Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Garage Fire Damages Walter Cleland Property
Damages estimated at 2200 dollars after a fire damaged a garage on the Walter Cleland property Saturday night. An overheated stove caused the blaze which gutted the garage and stored furniture, and blistered paint on the adjacent residence of Allen Sayre. There is some insurance.
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Racine
Walter Cleland
Allen Sayre
Landscaping Project Debated by Middleport Garden Club
Middleport Garden Club discussed landscaping around the new Meigs County Welfare Department building to be completed this spring. Civic beautification plans will be finalized by the committee, with entry to the Sears Community Improvement Program. Other notes included invitations toGardners Day Out in Dayton and a Kodochrome slide contest participation request.
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Middleport
Meigs County Welfare Department
Middleport Garden Club
C. M. Hennesy
Sears
C. E. Weaver
Albert C. Pool
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Dayton
Edward L. Misico
David Farmer
James Arnold
Nellie Zerkle
Hallie Zerkle
Carl Horky
Williamsburg
Niagara Falls
Mount Vernon
Middleport Personal News Highlights Summer Weekend Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Archi bald and son Archie of Cincinnati visited the L. W. McComas family. Archie, a U S Air Force member, heads to England for a three year assignment. Weekend guests included Charleston pair C S Wilson and wife, with Mrs. Neighborgall of Huntington visiting. Virgie Lee Bechtle, after six weeks with her son, is confined to Pleasant Valley Hospital. Also visiting were Lawrence and Bechtle and Freddie Lanier of Henderson. Other guests included Robert Coleman and son from Dunbar, and Pvt. Doug Price on weekend leave from Fort Lee with the Bechtle family. Martha Nicholson and Peggy Jones of Parkersburg visited the Nicholsons in Rutland. Sunday dinner guests to Mrs James Titus included Garen Stansbury, John Kincaid, and George Lasher, honoring Mrs Kincaid on her birthday. Michael Anderson Tredway and Candida Lee Blevins noted as celebrants in Scottown and Honolulu respectively.
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Arthur Archibald
Archie
Cincinnati
L. W. McComas
U.S. Air Force
England
M. C. Wilson
C. S. Wilson
Charleston
W. Va
C. R. Neighborgall
Huntington
Wilson
Virgie Lee Bechtle
Jack
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
Robert Coleman
Dunbar, W. Va
W. M. Barnitz
Doug Price
Fort Lee, Va
Sarah Bechtle
Jack Bechtle
Martha Nicholson
Peggy Jones
Parkersburg
Miss Nicholson
Dale Nicholson
James Titus
Rutland
Garen Stansbury
John Kincaid
George Lasher
Kincaid
Meigs General Hospital Admission and Discharge Notes
Admitted at Meigs General were Mabel Winebrenner of Middleton Port C M Baker of Middleport Maude Van Meter of Clifton and Robert Edwards of Langsville. Dismissed were Ray Turley and Mildred Wolfe.
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Meigs General Hospital
Mabel Winebrenner
Middleport
C. M. Baker
Maude van Meter
Clifton
Robert Edwards
Langsville
Ray Turley
Mildred Wolfe
Middleport PTA Considers Purchase Of Eye Glasses
Middleport PTA approved buying two pairs of glasses for local students if the Meigs Local School District health program funds are unavailable. Fred Lewis will handle the project. A nominating committee includes Mrs Angus Howard with Manning Klees and Mrs Richard Owens. A bake sale Saturday at Dudley’s Florist Shop funds only project this year. Treasurer balance noted at 350.27.
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Middleport
Middleport Pta
Wendell Gerlach
PTA
Meigs
Fred Lewis
Angus Howard
Manning Klees
Richard Owens
Dudley
Treasury
Richard Slack
Meigs County Spelling Finals in Middleport Wednesday
Meigs County fifth through eighth graders compete in the annual spelling bee at Middleport High School auditorium at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Sixteen finalists were chosen from preliminaries. Mrs C E Blakeslee is pronouncer. Judging panel includes superintendents John Reibel George Hargraves Jr and Paul Powell.
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Meigs County
Middleport
Middleport High School
John Reibel
Eastern
George Hargraves Jr
Meigs
Paul Powell
Southern
Deana Jacks
Salem Center
Randall Butcher
Harrisonville
Gloria Goff
Rutland
Terry Hall
Bradbury
Stephen Stanley
Salisbury
Diane Carsey
Pomeroy
Steven Story
Mary Bard
Pupils Consider Joining Latin Club at Middleport High
Middleport High School hosts a meeting of the Junior Classical League with Pomeroy members presenting entertainment led by Karen Griffith on trumpet. Darlene Deem chairs the refreshment committee and Kathy Morgan leads the entertainment group. Marta Hubbard, Remalee Niere and others assist with refreshments and planning for the next session.
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Middleport
Ohio
Middleport High School
Pomeroy
Karen Griffith
Darlene Deem
Sheila Cowan
Mary Radford
Tim Glaze
Kathy Abbott
Celine McGowan
Roger Zeigler
Kathy Morgan
Marta Hubbard
Candace Bahr
Nancy Harris
Remalee Niere
Ray Hindy
Connie Bachner
Cathy Bailey
Mary Long
Remalee Nieri
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Hospital records list patients and staff including Elizabeth Well Pomeroy William Snyder Fannie Soval Pomeroy Anna Boyer Mason Joseph McCloud Middleport Gene Grate Middleport Charles Burgess Middleport David Goodwin Pomeroy Julia Brown Letart David Eschieman Middleport Edna Wander Clifford Rhodes.
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Elizabeth Well
Pomeroy
William Snyder
Middleport
Fannie Soval
Anna Boyer
Mason
Joseph McCloud
Gene Grate
Charles Burgess
David Goodwin
Julia Brown
Letart
David Eschieman
Sunrise services Easter at Hemlock Grove Church
Sunrise services Easter at Hemlock Grove Church begin at 5 45 a m. Sunday School is scheduled for 9 30 a m.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove
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Mame
Winchester Cathedral
Karen Griffin
Katherine Welsh
Swatzel
van Inwagen Pomeroy
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Lois Ann Burt
Frank Cheesebrew
Roger Daniels
Charles Mullen
Farnhan
Barre
Barre Guild
Logan
Monument CO. Inc
Logan Ohio
Seers End
Elberteid'st
Pomeroy Fta
Wscs Group
Garden Club
Henderson
Lawrence Bechtle
Freddie Lanier
Michael Anderson Tredway
Scottown
Candida Lee Blevins
Honolulu
Hawaii
Federal Reserve
Ninth Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Pickens
Don Mullen
C. E. Blakeslee
Bury
Middleport Central
Eighth
Meigs Local
William Ables
Portland
Barbara Fisher
Syracuse
Diane Farra
Mary McCoy
Southern Junior High
Judy Roberts
Letart Falls
Barbara Ebersbach
Chester
Dale Boston
Riverview
Jean Baker
Tuppers Plains
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Edna Wander
Clifford Rhodes
Nelsonville
MR. Delivered
Bunny
BANK
U.S. Mail
First National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Insurance Corporation
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