Chaplain to Address Middleport Youth Problem at 23rd Achievement Day
The Rev. Charles Harrison, chaplain at the Boy's Industrial School in Lancaster, will speak at Middleport High School Auditorium on April 1. He will discuss parental help for children's adjustment and understanding youth development as part of a home demonstration project themed The Family The Tie That Binds. Registration begins 9 45 a m with groups coordinating morning events and a style revue to open the afternoon.
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Middleport
Charles Harrison
Boy's Industrial School
Lancaster
Middleport High School
Geneva H. Nolan
Meigs County
Harrison
Bedford Home Demonstration Club
Harold Doster
Clarice Edwin
Middleport Group
Alfred Group
Catherine Shenefield
Home Demonstration Council
Missionarys Speech Set Wednesday
Miss Margaret Ruth Finney a Disciples of Christ missionary to Africa will speak at a Long Bottom Long Bottom Hemlock Grove Orange and Tuppers Plains meeting of Christian Churches women at the Tuppers Plains Christian Church at 1 30 Wednesday afternoon. She is guest of the Christian Women's Fellowship whose president is Mrs Phyllis Newland. The CWF opened the session to all interested women from other churches. In the evening she will address pre Easter meetings at the Long Bottom Christian Church starting 7 45 p m each evening except Saturday through Easter Sunday with a reception at the Long Bottom Church after the Wednesday service.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Ruth Finney
Disciples of Christ
Africa
Long Bottom
Hemlock Grove
Orange
Tuppers Plains
Christian Church
Miss Finney
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Phyllis Newland
Good Friday Services Set By Presbyterians
Good Friday services will be held at Syracuse First United Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. The junior choir will perform Easter music and Rev. Howard Ruppelt will deliver the sermon. The public is invited.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse First United Presbyterian Church
Howard Ruppelt
Middleport Man Fined and Jailed for DWI
Richard Reuter of Middleport was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail Monday night in Mayor C. O. Fisher’s court on driving while intoxicated charges.
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Middleport
Richard Reuter
C. 0. Fisher
Fire crews quell brush blaze near Bailey Run
Middleport volunteer firefighters responded to a brush fire along Bailey Run Monday afternoon. No injuries reported, fire officials said the flames were extinguished quickly and the area was secured.
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Middleport
Bailey
Middleport High Hosts Bowling Green Band on Tour
Five hundred Middleport pupils attended a Monday concert by the Bowling Green University symphonic band at the high school. Director Ray J Weger led with assistant Richard Ecker. Guests included neighboring directors, band mothers, and Mrs. Charles Minelli wife of the Ohio University band director. Lunch for 73 visiting students followed. the band is on a five day tour.
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Middleport
Bowling Green University Symphonic
Ray J. Weger
Richard Ecker
Charles Minelli
Ohio University
Horoscope Forecast for Summer Growth and Romance
The star signs favor business gains and social progress with help from others. If tomorrow is your birthday focus on opportunities to advance at work in the next four months. June July and October bring superior attention, with favorable long term and monetary prospects overall. Travel shines late July and August, romance peaks mid June, and a child born now may show strong intellect and business sense.
Parking meter receipts total $155.50 in past week
Chief of Police Herbert Gilkey reports the collection period for parking meters in Middleport totaled 155 dollars and 50 cents for the past week.
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Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Point Pleasant Man Is Jailed for DUI and Fines
Russell Byus of Point Pleasant West Virginia was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail in Mayor Charles Legar's court for driving while intoxicated. Also fined were Georgia Gray of Columbus and Mabel Swartz of Athens five dollars and costs for failing to yield the right of way. Robert Tucker of Letart Falls paid five dollars and costs for no muffler, Landlin Fick of Letart Township five dollars and costs for driving without an operator license, and Sam Byus of Point Pleasant five dollars and costs on intoxication charges. John Byus of Point Pleasant forfeited a fifteen dollar appearance bond on the same charge.
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Pomeroy — Russell Byus
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Charles Legar
Georgia F. Gray
Columbus
Mabel C. Swartz
Athens
Robert Tucker
Letart Falls
Landlin Fick
Letart Township
Sam Byus
John Byus
Juvenile Case Counts Rise in Ohio 1958 Reports
Columbus Ohio preliminary figures from the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction show juvenile court cases rising to 66 630 in 1958 from 39 290 in 1948 a 70 percent increase. 1958 marks the second year all 88 counties are represented.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Accident in Meigs County injures two drivers
Robert Fife of Middleport and Georgia Gray of Columbus were treated at Meigs General Hospital after their autos collided on FE Main St. Gray, who was fined by Mayor Charles Legar, attempted a left turn into Fife’s path. Passenger Elva Gray also received minor injuries.
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Pomeroy
Robert Fife
Middleport
Georgia Gray
Columbus
Meigs General Hospital
Main St
Gray
Charles Legar
Fife
Elva Gray
Women’s Society of Christian Service Meeting Set
Middleport residents are informed that the Women’s Society of Christian Service of Heath Methodist Church will meet Thursday afternoon at the church.
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Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Schools To Close For Good Friday Observance
Schools in Middleport will close all day Friday in observance of Good Friday announced by L W McComas the superintendent. The Middleport Park Association will meet Tuesday evening to plan a community day for Memorial Day to raise funds for spark playground equipment. An Easter breakfast will be served Easter morning at Mt. Marsh Baptist Church by the Girls Guild from 7 30 to 8 30 open to the public. Harold Eugene Rose 20 Antiquity and Linda Mae Hubbard 16 Syracuse obtained a marriage license.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Middleport Park Association
Middleport — An
Mt. Marsh Baptist Church
Girls Guild of
Harold Eugene Rose
Antiquity
Linda Mae Hubbard
Syracuse
Middleport Personal Notices Toasts and Weekend Guests
Guests and weekend visitors fill a list from Middleport noting Mrs. Leonard Culp and her mother Mrs. Madge Mossman in Oklahoma City, Lt. and Mrs. Max Lambert with son Joe in Jackson, and Mrs. Lambert’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mills marking an anniversary. Additional visitants include Mrs. W. M. Barnett of Southside West Virginia visiting at Jack Bechtle’s home while her husband is hospitalized. Other listed families host relatives from Columbus and Orville.
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Dana Lambert
Leonard Culp
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Madge Mossman
Lambert
Max Lambert
Joe
Jackson
W. Va
Jack Bechtle
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Elmer W. Smith
Orville
Josephine Russo
Columbus
Phil Meinhart
Erma Smith
C. R. Wise
Miami
Fla
Landscaping talk and Easter egg sale plan at Town Hall
Syracuse events report a Garden Club meeting in the firemen room of Town Hall with George Carper of Carper's Nursery as speaker. The group, led by Ada Slack, approved selling color dyed Easter eggs at 65 cents a dozen and invited orders through Slack or members.
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Syracuse
George Carper
Carper
Garden Club
Town Hall
Ada Slack
Eleanor Carroll
Margaret Cottrill
Florence Harden
Selah Hendrix
Ora Nease
Lizzie Quick
Anna Shields
Jane and
Janice Teaford
Sylvia Zwilling
Esther Harden
Frankie Mumaw
The
Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Rachel McBride
Mrs. McBride
Mary Lisle
Mayme Holmes
Hazel Clark
Naomi London
Genevieve Schneider
St. Patrick
Lisle
Easter Dance Planned by Meigs County Eagles
Se Meigs County Aerie 2171 Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts an Easter Saturday night dance at the hall with games and other activities. Open to Eagles and guests.
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Se Meigs County Aerie 2171
Order of Eagles
Bank Liabilities and Deposits Figure Summary
The balance sheet shows liabilities totaling 813 203 47 with demand and time deposits from individuals partnerships and corporations. State and political subdivisions deposits total 82 154 26 and other deposits 4 538 27. Capital accounts amount to 240 47 and total liabilities plus capital reach 887 819 57.
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Erik
Eddy
Dean
Kastler c
Danford i
Moore
State OF
Pomeroy First Baptist Young Adult Class Elects Officers
The Young Adult Class at Pomeroy First Baptist Church elected officers for the new year. President Mrs Harold Lemley Vice President Mrs Guy Cowan Secretary Mrs Ward Gorby Treasurer Mrs Roy Domigan. They plan to mend clothing for overseas use after Easter and provide a monthly food basket for a needy family, plus a May tea.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Harold Lemley
Guy Cowan
Ward Gorby
Roy Domigan
Leroy Ruschel
Demonstration Club Re-Elects Its Officers
The Reedsville-Long Bottom Home Demonstration Club re elected its officers at a meeting held at Mrs Margaret Brown home The session focused on finishing and caring for wood floors furniture and other wooden items with Mrs Brown and Mrs Ruth Ann Balderson teaching.
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Pomeroy
Reedsville
Long Bottom
Margaret Brown
Brown
Ruth Ann Balderson
Birth announced for Beverly June in Gal Grandparents named
Mr and Mrs James F Will announce the birth of a daughter Beverly June on Sunday at Holzer Hospital in Gal Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Marion Howell of Columbus and Emmet Will of Pomeroy Star Route Mrs Walter Walker of Pomeroy is the great grandmother The couple has two other daughters Becky and Brenda
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Pomeroy
James F. Will
Beverly June
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Marion Howell
Columbus
Emmet Will
Walter Walker
Will
Becky
Brenda
Pretty nurses from MCV aid children at hospital ward
A group of 35 Thomas Jefferson High School students trained to assist in the children’s ward at the Medical College of Virginia read to, feed, and play games with young patients. Birthdays are noted at Pomeroy Grange meetings with a quarterly observance at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Richmond
The
Medical College of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson High School
Rock Springs Grange
Easter Seal Parade Set for Mason West Virginia
POMEROY An Easter seal parade for the Crippled Children’s Society is set for 2 30 p m Thursday in Mason. Funds will be collected by the Good Luck Clover 4H Club led by Mrs Fred Spencer. The committee forms a local society to keep 74 6 percent of funds in Mason County and a campaign goal of 1500 dollars is set with allocations for a speech hearing clinic and Camp Horseshoe.
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Pomeroy
Crippled Children’s Society
Mason
W. Va
Billy L. Thomas
Fred Spencer
Gratus Aldridge
Mary Artis
Henry Burgess
Jane Burgess
Steven Burgess
Beverly Burns
Steven Cadle
Jackie Capehart
Gay Cartwright
Steven Creamer
Charlene Diehl
Jane Dodson
Vic Ebersbach
Dee Ebersbach
Connie Harbour
John Grueser
Janice Henry
Marilyn Huddleston
Glen Johnson
Kathryn Johnson
Paula Maynard
Sharon Maynard
Juhling McClung
Ann Newland
Patty Newland
Harrietta Newland
Nancy Proffitt
Mary Ann Rickard
Billy Roush
Sheldon Roush
Tion Clinic
Mason County
Camp Horseshoe
Parsons
Crippled Children and Adults Society
Spencer
Thomas
Moose Club
Point Pleasant
Letart Falls Minstrel Planned for April POMEROY News
Letart Falls Grade School plans the second annual Laff-o-Lott Minstrel on April 9. Seventh and eighth grade students join in performances including Mexican dance, a Western medley, and numbers like Philadelphia U S A and Little Girl Dressed in Blue. Teachers assist, with choruses and a mascot.
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Philadelphia
Carol Shain
Russell ‘Cummins
Kathy Connolly
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Meigs General Hospital reports new births and admissions. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hysell of Middleport welcomed a daughter and Mrs Glenn Chapman of Clifton W Va a son. Admitted include Rebecca Chapman Clifton Stella Byer Middleport Ward Johnson Racine Rosemary Hysell Middleport Ella Freker Minersville Victoria Stacy Middie Carl Shields Pomeroy Harry Carman Pomeroy Arthur Fick Pomeroy Harry Durst Middleport discharged include Clarence Ambrose Wilma Fitch Esther Pickens Arch Hanning Ernest Davis Kate Fick Mrs Carl Dill Max Folmer infant Gladys Stumbo Sally Goldsbury infant Edna Blumenauer infant Charles Tipton James Hamley and Wilma Farley.
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Lawrence Hysell
Middleport
Glenn Chapman
Clifton
W. Va
Joseph Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Rebecca Chapman
Stella Byer
Ward Johnson
Racine
Rosemary Hysell
Ella Fre*ker
Minersville
Victoria Stacy
Middie
Carl Shields
Harry Carman
Arthur Fick
Harry Durst
Clarence Ambrose
Wilma Fitch
Esther Pickens
Arch Hanning
Ernest Davis
Kate Fick
Carl Dill
Max Folmer
Gladys Stumbo
Sally Goldsbury
Edna Blumenauer
Charles Tipton
James Hamley
Wilma Farley
Affidavit Dismissed in Meigs County Court Case
An information affidavit charging Clyde King with crossing a highway centerline was dismissed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court per an entry by prosecuting attorney James B. O'Brien.
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Pomeroy
Clyde King
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
James B. O’brien
Meeting Is Postponed for Middleport Lodge 363
Middleport Masonic Lodge 363 has postponed its special meeting originally scheduled for this evening. Master Paul Darnell announced the delay and said a new date will be announced later.
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Middleport — A
Middleport
Bake Sale at Chester Methodist Church Saturday
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Chester Methodist Church will hold a bake sale at 1 p.m. Saturday at the town hall. A sale of homemade woven rugs will also be held.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Chester Methodist Church
Film Shown At Meigs Izaak Walton Meeting Supper
At the 156th Meigs Chapter meeting of the Izaak Walton League in Middleport, a film Cot tontail Rabbit was shown by Don Williams. An oyster supper for 30 was hosted by Elmer Biddle and Mrs John Guinther before the business session.
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Middleport
Don Williams
Meigs
Izaak Walton
Paul Smart
Carl Kautz
Kautz
Wld
Bob Byer
Roscoe Wise, Jr
Henry Well
Delmar Baum
Support For Campaign Urged By Chairman
Mrs. Sara H. Owen, chairwoman of the 1959 East er Seal campaign, urged Meigs County residents to join the annual appeal for crippled children and adults. About 90 percent of funds stay in Meigs, with the rest for the national program. The campaign ends Sunday, March 29.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Sara H. Owen
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