Middleport Seal Sale Nets $2042.90 Short of 1950 Goal
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association treasurer Miss Frieda Faehnle reports Christmas seal sales totaling $2042.90, $557.10 short of the county goal. Edison Hobstetter, seal sale chair, notes late returns may boost funds for 1951 expansion. About 1415 individuals were contacted via mail, showing broad response to the 1950 appeal. Wayne Gibbons, association president, thanks local contributors for their generosity.
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Middleport
Frieda Faehnle
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association
Edison Hobstetter
Ben Philsen
Wayne Gibbons
Tuberculosis Association
Meigs County
Pomeroy School Board Elects Dr. P. E. Stanley President
Dr. P. E. Stanley succeeded J. O. Roedel as president at the yearly organizational meeting in the Supt. W. A. Smith office. Ralph Graves is vice president and J. E. Foster clerk treasurer. The board reviewed 1950 achievements including a new football field with lights and public address system, and multiple rehabilitation projects across four village schools. Superintendent Smith was elected president of the Ohio Exempted Village Superintendents Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
P. E. Stanley
J. O. Roede
Pomeroy Board of Education
W. A. Smith
R. G. Webster
Ralph Graves
J. E. Foster
Roedel
Rolland Neutzling
Dr. Stanley
Graves
Webster
Smith
Pomeroy Boosters, Inc
Columbus
Sugar Run
Central
Baptist Church
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Club and Visits
The Middleport Women's Organization of Cheshire Baptist Church gathered at the Little House for dinner with 23 members at floral decorated tables. Devotional leader was Elizabeth Mulford, and a brief business session followed at Mrs. Allen Hughes home, with a gift exchange around the Christmas tree. Attendees included Marcella Rice, Vida Allensworth, Betty Hamrick, Jean Reynolds, Roberta Kail, and many others. The column also notes Christy Ann Barsotti’s second birthday party with family and friends, a furloughs and transfers of local service members, illness updates on Karl Rothermund and Pete Mills, plus numerous holiday visits and guest updates from area residents.
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Middleport
Cheshire Baptist Church
Little House
Elizabeth Mulford
Allen Hughes
Gravel Hill
Marcella Rice
Hughes
Vida Allensworth
Betty Hamrick
Jean Reynolds
Roberta Kail
Mary Jane Neal
Clara Thomas
Phyllis Hawley
Vivian Kirby
Garnet Kirby
Grace Shamblin
Edith Shamblin
Ruth Mack
Odella Mack
Jewell Martin
Elpha Orion
Violet Russell
Mildred Scott
Frances Long
Ruth Roush
Lorena Reynolds
Mary Hughes
Christy Ann Barsotti
Enzo Barsotti
Jimmy Butcher
Elaine Hackett
Butch Cullen
Michael Bratton
Kathy Bratton
Polly Ann McKinney
Stephanie Cullen
Rita Nieri
Norma Jean Stewart
David Casci
Roger Roush
David Jenkins
Ira Butcher
Michael Hackett
James Cullen
Owen Bratton
Orville Bratton
Patricia McKinney
Remo Nieri
Norman Stewart
Paul Casci
Walter Roush
Nellie Barsotti
Rome Stewart
Becky Jo Magnotta
Pat Story
David Ashley
Celebration of Joan Mourning’s Fourth Birthday
A family dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Mourning marked Joan Mourning’s fourth birthday on Saturday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harvey Mourning, Henderson Mourning, and Betty Walker of Dickinson West Virginia.
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Middleport
Joan Mourning
Paul Mourning
Harvey Mourning
Henderson Mourning
Betty Walker
Dickinson
W. Va
Middleport Personal News Highlights Holidays and Moves
Mrs. L. E. Burford, a Meigs General Hospital patient since December 22, returned home New Year’s Day and will be bed-bound for six weeks after heart treatment. Relatives include Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Shrumm in connection to Mrs. Lyons III, and Fred Allen of Zanesville. Numerous visitors and relocations appear, with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ervin moving to S Second Ave and the Daniels Thompson family moving to Lynford Johnson’s home. Gales of travel and family visits extend to Columbus and Evanston Illinois where Mrs. Garette Russell Fleck broke her hip Christmas.
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Russell Stark
Chicago
Fleck
Pomeroy
Karl Rothermund
Good Samaritan Hospital
West Palm Beach
Flats
Rothermund
Rothermunds
WVOW
Mason
Terry Gallagher
Charleston
C. P. Gallagher
Fred Whitlock
Kent
Pvt
James Whitlock
Camp Breckenridge
Pythian Sisters
Meigs Temple
No. 153
Woodman Hall
M. R. Sanborns
P. S
Pete) Mills
City Hospital
Akron
Mills
North Second Ave
Willis Aleshire
Tommy Chambers
Herbert Chambers
Dayton
Florence Bush
Xenia
Francis Bush
Bush
Roger
David
Paul Grim
Wheeling
Victor Grim
South Second Ave
Portsmouth
Dana Byers
Bob and
Beverly
Toledo
Byers
da Reuben Beck
Walda Byers
Huntington
Leland Griffith
Hurricane
W. Va
Becks
Mary Root
Clarence Root
L. E. Burford
Meigs General Hospital
N. Second Ave
Burford
Bernard Shrumm
John Lyons, III
Fred Allen
Zanesville
Lyons
William Bradford
Laurence Bradford
Columbus
H. W. Craig
Charles Crow
Lancaster
Thomas Ervin
Gallipolis
Sally McCormick
S. Second Ave
Daniel Thompsons
Lynford Johnson
Harry Johnson
Sayre Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Sayre 71 who died Sunday at her residence in Great Bend will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Great Bend Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband Thomas E. Sayre two sons Thomas D. and Paul W. both of Great Bend two brothers Charles E. Salser and Grover Salser both of Racine one sister Maud Gibbs Racine and three grandchildren Dwaine Sayre Roland Sayre and Paul Sayre. Burial will be in Letart Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until noon Wednesday and then at the church.
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Pomeroy
Fannie Sayre
Great Bend
Great Bend Methodist Church
Thomas E. Sayre
Thomas D
Paul W
Charles E. Salser
Grover Salser
Racine
Maud Gibbs
Dwaine Sayre
Roland Sayre
Paul Sayre
Ewing Funeral Home
Letart Cemetery
Woman Hospitalized After Fall Near Drug Store Entrance
Miss Tillie Schorn was taken by ambulance to Meigs General Hospital after slipping near Stark's Drug Store entrance and falling backward, causing her sister Katie Schorn to fall. Hospital officials expected discharge today. Katie was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tillie Schorn
Meigs General Hospital
Stark
Miss Schorn
Katie Schorn
Mayor Levies Fine In Intoxication Case
Ray Frazier was fined 18.70 in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court after pleading guilty to intoxication arising from a Saturday night arrest by Chief C. E. Parker. He pleaded not guilty to resisting an officer and was bound over to the Meigs County Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray Frazier
C. E. Parker
Sidney T. Russell
Frazier
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Residents Are Commended By Police and Fire Chiefs
Police Chief Walter E. Wolfe commended motorists in Pomeroy for a holi day weekend with no accidents, noting a record far better than the Christmas period. Fire Chief Henry Werry thanked residents for cooperation. only two calls occurred, none requiring extinguishing major blazes. Sheriff Russell reported no countywide accidents, two serious incidents last weekend.
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Pomeroy
Walter E. Wolfe
Chief Wolfe
Vilage
Wolfe
Henry Werry
Tee
Werry
Pomeroy Social Notes and New Year Gatherings
Pomeroy social notes report Mrs Glenn Dill hosting the Twin City Garden Club on E Main St with guest Miss Erna Jesse and prize awards to Mrs Jane Ann Hite Mrs Doris Dorst and Mrs Bessie Grueser. Luther League New Year party at Mr and Mrs Arthur Price home included Roy Mayer William Mayer C E Lytle Thurma Milhoan Martha Jane Karr Joan Wood and others. Several locals traveled to Nitro Dayton and Millersport while Roy Tracy Jr returned to Lawrenceburg Ind. and William Grueser led the VFW in Zanesville. Kennilworth Nease left for Dayton after visiting his mother.
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Pomeroy
Glenn Dill
Twin City Garden Club
E. Main St
Erna Jesse
Jane Ann Hite
Doris Dorst
Bessie Grueser
Clair Karr
Margaret Duerr
A. T. Henneman
Nitro
Otto Kautz
Roy Tracy, Jr
Lawrenceburg
Ind
William Grueser
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Zanesville
Kennilworth Nease
Dayton
Siith Nease
Spring Ave
Federated Church Youth Watch Party Plans Fellowship Group
The Young Peoples Class held a Sunday evening watch party in the church social rooms. Twenty-two attended as Rev. Harold Hess led the service and served as recreation leader. Ten tentative plans were made to organize a Youth Fellowship Group with refreshments provided by the hospitality committee.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Harold Hess
Local families host guests over the holidays
Virginia Burns Rickman of New York City visited her parents and son Ronald Rickman for the holidays. Several Rutland and Columbus area families hosted relatives and friends including the Mees family and Ethel Lowery's New Year visit to return to Columbus. Also noted is Aaron Kelton’s improving condition at Holzer Hospital after illness.
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Virginia Burns Rickman
New York City
John Burns
Ronald Rickman
Virginia Rickman
Ronald
L. Bryant
Arza Bryant
Rutland
John Klein
Judy
Johnny
Point Pleasant
L. L. Roush
William Meier
William, Jr
Mt. Vernon
R. T. West
Aaron Kelton
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Charles Ward
E. Main St
C. M. Ward
James T. Ward
Rose Mary Ward
Victor Miller
Robert F. Mees
Michael
Columbus
Mees
Floyd Mees
Ethel Lowery
New Years Quiet Day in MIDDLEPORT 1951 opens with calm activity
On January 2 1951 Middleport reports a quiet New Year with post office bank and stores operating after the weekend. Two arrests for intoxication and two minor car accidents with property damage occurred. Taverns opened but most businesses closed as inventories were taken and schools resumed full schedules.
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Middleport
Two Named For Defense
Civil defense steps advance as Pom eroy Mayor Sidney A Spencer and Middleport Mayor Sidney Russell announce assistant directors to cooperate with C E Blakeslee in countywide plan. Middleport rep Charles McMaster and Pomeroy attorney James O'Brien will serve as assistant directors. No specific defense program details yet.
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Pomeroy
Sidney A. Spencer
Sidney Russell
Middleport
C. E. Blakeslee
Charles McMaster
James O'Brien
Thorn Rites Conducted for Mrs Lillian Thorn
Rites were held Saturday for Mrs Lillian Thorn of E Mainet. Once a roller skating champion, she traveled with her brother The Vernons and was known as part of that duo. A registered nurse, she later worked as bookkeeper for Thorn Post Control and had been ill for two years. Survived by daughter Janan Peterson and three Los Angeles grandchildren, mother Mrs Rena T Brock of Vienna West Virginia, and niece Mrs Lillian L Wheeler of Parkersburg.
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Janan Peterson
Los Angeles
Calif
Rena T. Brock
Vienna
W. Va
Lillian L. Wheeler
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Mrs Whitney Ingraham Announces Chorus Rehearsal
Mrs Whitney In graham of Spring Ave announces a Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus rehearsal at her home Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Whitney Ingraham
Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
Ome
Spring Ave
Man Found Dead on Hill Near Infirmary
Jesse H. Gandee, 75, was found dead yesterday afternoon on a hillside near the county infirmary after a Sunday disappearance. Coroner Henry Ewing ruled exhaustion as the cause. Survivors include three sisters Mollie Bookman, Lucy Sheets, and Lois Circle, and two brothers F. W. Gandee and Dudley Gandee. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Morris Chapel with burial in the nearby cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Jesse H. Gandee
County Infirmary
William Smith
Henry Ewing
Gandee
Mollie Bookman
Chester
Lucy Sheets
Louisburg
W. Va
Lois Circle
Salem
F. W. Gandee
Zanesville
Dudley Gandee
Marion
Morris Chapel
Racine
Ewing Funeral Home
Funeral services for Lon W. Boring held in Lisbon
Lon W. Boring 61 a Columbiana County game warden died after being struck by a car while talking to hunters. Born June 7 1889 in Reedsville he lived in Lisbon 44 years and leaves wife Mary and a large family including three daughters four sons 12 grandchildren and his father John S. Boring. Local relatives attended the services.
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Reedsville
Lon W. Boring
Lisbon
Ohio
John S. Boring
Lucille Smith
E. M. Ruth
Glen Boring
Juanita
Richard Boring
Tona Boring
John Hetzer
Ira Boring
Don Petty
Boring
Columbiana County
John
Melissa Congreve Boring
Mary
Doan's Pills Offer Relief From Backache
Aging and stress can slow kidney function causing backache fatigue headaches and frequent urination. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic used for over 50 years, claim to relieve these symptoms by aiding waste removal from kidneys.
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Dean
Doan
Lodge Will Install Officers At Local Knights Meet
Fides Lodge No 210 Knights of Pythias will install new officers for 1951 when it meets Thursday evening at Woodman Hall. The rank of page will be conferred on two candidates. Plans for observing the lodge's March third birthday will be discussed. Several Grand Lodge officers have indicated they will attend.
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Middleport
Fides Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Woodman Hall
Grand Lodge
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Dwight Frashure
Robert Tompkins
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