Meigs County Schools To Receive Fuel Tax Shares
Meigs County school districts will soon receive 8273.98 in quarterly liquid fuel tax distributions from Auditor of State Joseph T. Tracy. Pomeroy leads with 1665.13 and several districts follow, as districts plan to borrow to cover back salaries, repaid later with state funds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Joseph T. Tracy
The
Messenger
Middleport
Bedford
Chester
Columbia
Dester
Great Bend
Harrisonville-Scipio
Lebanon
Letart
Long Bottom
Minersville
Morning Star
Olive-Orange
Pleasant View
Portland
Racine-Sutton
Reechaville
Rutland
Salem
Salisbury
Wiliams
Syracuse
Reverend Hayes Preaches on Christian Growth at Forest Run Church
The Rev Edward Hayes pastor of Forest Run Baptist Church Charter Oak Hollow selects morning sermon on Christian Growth from second Peter verses one and thirteen. An afternoon talk by Reverend Mayes on three Christians from Luke nineteen will follow at 2 pm. Sunday School at 0:30 and prayer time, midweek service at 7 pm, and Missionary Society meeting Thursday at 2 pm.
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Pomeroy
Edward Hayes
Forest Run Baptist Church
Charter Oak Hollow
Peter
Mayes
the Missionary Society
Middleport Notes On Local Visits And Illness
Mrs. D. C. Miller left Thursday for Portsmouth to visit her aunt Miss Alice Willard. Edward Spooner, longtime janitor of Central School, has been seriously ill but is now recovering. A group including Dr. A. B. Bingham and relatives attended a Portsmouth banquet hosted by a gas company before Dr. Bingham and wife continued to Columbus. Mrs. Shef Russell has returned home after visiting Mrs. A. J. Winegar. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wilburn and daughter Julia Mae returned home after a trip to Beckley West Virginia prompted by the death of Mr. Wilburns brother-in-law Jack Hurt.
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D. C. Miller
Portsmouth
Alice Willard
Edward Spooner
Central School
A. B. Bingham
Harold and
Walter Chase
Clarence Sanborn
William Kennedy
Shef Russell
A. J. Winegar
Martin's Ferry
W. P. Wilburn
Julia Mae
Beckley
W. Va
Mr. Wilburn
Jack Hurt
Marriage of Geneva Davis and Charles Gilfillin in Middleport
Marriage announcement from Middleport states Charles Gilfillin of Brownell Avenue and Miss Geneva Davis of Mansfield wed in Pt. Pleasant on Saturday morning March 17. Officiant was Reverend Bedow. Gilfillin, son of Mr. and Mrs. B O Gilfillin, graduated from Middleport High School in 1929 and works at the Inter-Cities gas station. The couple will live with Geneva’s parents for now.
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Middleport
Charles Gilfiliin
Brownell Avenue
Geneva Davis
Mansfield
Pt. Pleasant
Bedow
Gilfillin
B. O Gilfillin
Middleport High School
Inter-Cities
Henry Thaxton Dies at Home in Middleport
Henry Thaxton died at his Park Street home Thursday at 1 30 PM from complications of disease and old age. He is survived by five children, three daughters and two sons. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 30 PM at the Beptiet Church with Rev. F C Kreager officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire.
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Middleport
Henry Thaxton
Park Street
Beptiet Church
F. C. Kreager
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Middleport Youth Named Phi Beta Kappa Member
Carver Dale Wilson of Middleport has been elected to the Ohio University Phi Beta Kappa chapter. A senior and son of Rev. L. K. Wilson of Greenfield, the former Middleport resident was noted for academic achievement in the national honorary society.
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Carver Wilson
Middleport
Carver Dale Wilson
Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
National
Young Wilson
Rev
L. K. Wilson
Greenfield
First Baptist Church
Confession Links Chicken Thefts in Minersville
Meigs County officers report Lewis Hudson confessed Wednesday night to stealing chickens from his father and a neighbor in Minersville. The thefts affected several residents, with 26 of 30 birds missing from Hudson's father’s flock. Hudson remains jailed awaiting a hearing. charges likely include breaking and entering.
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Pomeroy
Minersville
Lewis Hudson
Tracy
Hudson
Charlies Houdashelt
Playlet Stirs Philathea Women at Middleport Church
The Philathea Women of the Church of Christ in Middleport hosted a pot luck dinner at 6:30 and staged a comical playlet titled The Comical Country Cousins. Cast included Aunt Ophelia Mrs Lewis Burford Sukey Mrs Clyde French Delia and Sarah Mia Lawrence Reed Mrs Fred Whitlock Jane Cecelia Mrs Sidney and Mrs H B Curd Samanthy Mrs Peary Hyseil Sis Hopkins Mrs Oscar Roush Amanda Mrs Edgar Allensworth Magnenny Mrs Guy Reynolds and Topay Mrs Charlies Howard.
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Middleport
Philathea Women
Church of Christ
Ophelia
Lewis Burford
Sukey
Clyde French
Delia
Sarah
Mia
Lawrence Reed
Fred Whitlock
Jane
Cecelia
Sidney
H. B. Curd
Samanthy
Peary Hyseil
Sis Hopkins
Oscar Roush
Aianda
Edgar Allensworth
Ma'ginney
Guy Reynolds
Topay
Charlies Howard
Musicale planned by Pomeroy and Middleport clubs for benefit
Pomeroy Music Club hosts a public musicale Monday at 8 at Peace Evangelical Church. The Middleport Music Club attends Easter Sunday recital at Heath M E Church. A joint concert is set for April 10 at Peace Church with Miss Amy Lee as guest artist, a Cincinnati Conservatory graduate touring the state. Nominal admission charged.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Peace Evangelical Church
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
the Peace Church
Amy Lee
Lee
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
New Yor City
Louise Reibel
Gleaner
Federated Church
Missionary Society of Presbyterian Church
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Patrick Lochary
Services Concluded Syracuse Meetings End to Receive Members Sunday
In Syracuse Rev Gaylord L Borgardus concluded evangelistic services at the Methodist Church. Palm Sunday 10:30 March 25 district superintendent Dr Foster will receive members and perform baptism. Easter program features The Rock by Mary P Hamlin. Various local visits and society meetings noted.
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Syracuse
Gaylord L. Bogardus
Methodist Church
Niswander
Carrol
Ohio
Foster
Portsmouth
Mary P. Hamlin
Naomi Swatzel
Fred Shumway
Robert Roberts
Parkersburg
Ira Fleming
Standard Bearers Society
the Methodist Church
Sylvia Hendricks
Dora Duckworth
Byesville
William Jenkins
Lenten Service Leaders, Local Illnesses, and Travel notes
Mrs. George McQuigg and Mrs. Earl Titus led the weekly Lenten service at EpIscopal Church Thursday evening. Mrs. I B Weed and Mrs. Otto Kreinbeck spent Thursday in Columbus. Mrs. Charles Foss fractured an arm at Central School yard Wednesday. Mrs. Herb Spencer was taken by ambulance to Mc Connelsville Sanitarium Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Gans traveled to Portsmouth Thursday due to the death of his brother.
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George McQuigg
Earl Titus
Episcopal Church
I. B. Weed
Otto Kreinbec
Columbus
Charles Foss
Central School
Herb Spencer
Wright Street
McConnelsville Sanitarium
John Gans
Portsmouth
Rev. Emmett Elliott Heads to South Charleston Meeting
Syracuse reports Rev. Emmett Elliott will conduct a youth meeting in South Charleston on Sunday. He preached at the Gallipolis Church of God this past Sunday.
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Syracuse
Emmett Elliott
South Charleston
Gallipolis Church of God
Ackley Host Birthday Dinner Honoring Quillen
Syracuse social note: Mr. and Mrs. Rex Ackley entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Claude Quillen to celebrate Mr. Quillen's birthday.
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Syracuse
Rex Ackley
Claude Quillen
Mr. Quillen
Panthers Honored For Excellent Work At Banquet
Pomeroy High School Panthers basketball team honored by coach Ray Farnham with a Thursday dinner at a local tearoom. Afterward social at the Russell home on East Main Street. Team members include Casci Jenkins Shumaker Moore Russell Stivers Cottrill Klees Kindle Murray. Managers Vaughan Joachim Mees. Season began with one veteran Casci. under Farnham they formed a strong lineup and won the Southeastern Ohio High School Athl...
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Pomeroy
Panther
Pomeroy High School
Ray Farnham
Ralston Russell
East Main Street
Levie Casci
George Jenkins
Chauncey Shumaker
Floyd Moore
Albert Russell
Robert Stivers
Donald Cottrill
Car] Klees
George Kindle
Charles Murray
Leo Vaughan
Henry Joachim
Jed Mees
Casci
Farnham
Panthers
Ath
Panthers Reach District Final in Athens Championship Run
The Panthers captured their fourth straight league title then advanced to the district tournament in Athens, reaching the finals before falling to Portsmouth by a narrow margin.
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Letic
Panthers
Athens
Portsmouth
Conductor J F Dillard Off Duty After Foot Injury
Middleport announces conductor J F Dillard will be off duty for an indefinite period due to a fracture in his right foot suffered recently.
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Middleport
J. F. Dillard
Local Visits Across Letart and Surrounding Areas
Letart Falls notes record Mrs Hiram Sharpnack and grandson visiting Dorcas with Altha Hayman, plus other households: Newton Wallace and children from Ashland Kentucky with Homer Pickens. T C Fowler and M V Shank from Louisville and Henderson with Earl Shank. E J Clark and daughter from Hemlock Grove visiting William Wilson. Also Mary Wogan informed of son in law Luther W Grayson of Nevarre Ohio dead from heart trouble. Grayson native of Middleport survived by widow Kathryn. burial at Nevarre today.
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Letart Falls
Hiram Sharpnack
Altha Hayman
John Hayman
Dorcas
Newton Wallace
Ashland
Homer Pickens
T. C. Fowler
Louisville
M. V. Shank
Henderson
W. Va
Earl Shank
E. J. Clark
Hemlock Grove
Mary Wogan
Luther W. Grayson
Nevarre
Ohio
Grayson
Middleport
Mason County
Kathryn
Funeral for Jessie M. Sayer at Chauncey Church
Jessie M. Sayer a 17 year old Chauncey Dover High School student died at her grandfather A L Tryon home in Athens after transfer from Columbus hospital She is survived by her mother Janie Sayer and brother Claire. father Charles Sayer and brother Myron Sayer preceded her in death Funeral services were held at the Church of God Chauncey with Rev Hollie C McClanahan and Rev C B Haines officiating Burial took place in Athens.
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Chauncey
Jessie M. Sayer
Chauncey-Dover High School
Church of God In
Hollie C. McClanahan
Middletown
Ohio
C. B. Haines
Athens Church
Donna Pinkerton
Inez Atkins
Mary Sams
Kate Bolin
Mary Pinkerton
Athens
Miss Sayer
A. L. Tryon
Millfield
Columbus
Tryon
Janie Sayer
Claire
Charles Sayer
Myron Sayer
Chauncey visit spans families in Chauncey and nearby towns
District gatherings unfold across Chauncey Catlettsburg and Portsmouth as Chauncey and Mrs Elmer Finsterwald Elia Erle Bridgewater Coe Clarence Stalder Mr Ward Quinn and the Theisen Fulton Sanders families join relatives visiting in Chauncey Lathrop Try Heights and Millfield with several farm couples and parents spending time with kin in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Chauncey
Aert Hixson
Catlettsburg
Otto M. Russell
Robert Hi Jr
Elmer Finsterwald
Chaunceying
Elia Erle Bridgewater
Coe
Clarence Stalder
Cha
Portsmouth
Herman Theisen
Daniel Fulton
Millfield
Lathrop
Farmer
Ward Quinn
Chester Sanders
Mitty
Sanders
Try Heights
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Doanville
Pappy
Howsadios Pree
Charles Gilfilien
M. T. Ellis
Simmons
Hogany
Bach
John Hancock
Cording
Meigs
Church of Christ Women
Club Plans Musicale
Baptist Church Meetings
Roy D. Wood
Bernard Souder
Frank Flowers
Pat Clifford
Corning
George Souder
Cornne
Carl Goulding
T. F. Ferguson
New York Central Railroad
Earnest Inboden
Linn Roush
Anthony Roush
New Haven
Mrs. Roush
Homer Roush
Clover Farm
Wheaties
Wayne
Pillsbury
Sunkist
Ibs
Nets
Oleo
Clover Farm Quality
Betty Crocker
Woodbury’s
Clover Farm Stores
Wee
Clover Farr
Glendale
South East Ohio
Kemp
Chauncey High School
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