Style Revue Showcases Achievement Program at Middleport
The Style Revue highlighting achievements of Meige nty women and county home demonstration projects will be held April 1 at Middleport High School auditorium. Activities include clothing displays from tailored garments to cotton dresses, exhibits from various clubs, a home lighting exhibit with film, and hobby displays. Participants are asked to prepare displays on firm cardboard and bring Carnavies for display. setup occurs March 31 from 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigenty
Middleport High
Geneva Nolan
Vy Lane
Columbia Home Demonstration Club
Syracuse Group
Middleport Club
Laurel Club
Tuppers Plains
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Coffee Day Aims to Aid Meigs Crippled Children Fund
Twenty two Meigs County restaurants join a Friday coffee day to raise funds for the Meigs County Crippled Children's Society. Participating venues include Martin Restaurant Reynolds Dairy Shop Friendly Tavern Headquarters Jack's Dairy Bar and others in Middleport Pomeroy Racine and Rutland. Over $800 has been raised this year with an April 1 deadline and a summer eight week speech clinic planned.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Meigs County Crippled Children’s Society
Gene Grate
Martin
Reynolds Dairy Shop
Friendly Tavern
Jack’s
Blue Tartan
Home
Bailey's Drive
Middle “Port
Eva's
Greens Lantern
Century Bar
Liberty Restaurant
Court Street Grill
Stark's
Crow's
Pomeroy
G .A. Deem
The
Club
Racine
Carter's
Markins
Rutland
Mr and Mrs Lewis Walker 40th anniversary celebrated
Mr and Mrs Lewis Walker marked their 40th anniversary with relatives and friends visiting their home on Sunday. They received flowers cards and several gifts as tributes to the milestone.
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Pomeroy
Death in Small Doses stars Bob Hope Vera Miles
Bob Hope and Vera Miles headline Death in Small Doses as a crime drama project. The film centers on a mysterious poisoning plot with Hope and Miles in lead roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Vera Miles
Village Begins Cleaning in Middleport Spring
Middleport starts spring cleaning with street sweeping under foreman Lewis Ellis. If weather permits, project aims for completion before Easter. Patching holes and cemetery cleanup underway. Spring cleanup week slated for April 6, weather permitting. move to following week if needed. Residents to place trash in curbside containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lewis Ellis
Ellis
Brush Fire Reported on Chestnut Street Area
Middleport Fire Department responded Wednesday at 11 30 a m to extinguish a brush fire in the Chestnut Street area.
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Middleport
Chestnut Street
Minersville Resident Taken by Ambulance to Huntington Hospital
Frank Sullivan of Minersville was taken by ambulance Tuesday to the Veterans Hospital in Huntington West Virginia. Accompanying him were his sisters Mrs Ben Kesterson and Mrs Ernest Stuart both of Minersville. Mr Sullivan's room number is 243.
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Pomeroy
Frank Sullivan
Minersville
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Ben Kesterson
Ernest Stuart
Sullivan
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Hold Monday Meeting
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters met Monday at Mrs William Lowe home with Mrs Homer Jones assisting. President Mrs Willam Albea opened with prayer. Easter theme needlework and a poem Two Pieces of Wood were shared. April hostesses named Mrs Nathan Biggs and Mrs Opal Biggs. Prizes awarded to several members. salad course served.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian
William Lowe
Homer Jones
Willam Albea
Ats
Nathan Biggs
Opal Biggs
Allman
Ira Butcher
Owen
C. P. Gallagher
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Homer Jones of Middleport and Patricia Hennessy of Pomeroy are listed. A birth is reported for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayman of Middleport a son. Discharges include Mrs. Joseph Ebersbach and baby Byrne Vaughan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Jones
Middleport
Patricia Hennessy
Pomeroy
Robert Hayman
Reba Board
Hartford
W. Va
Joseph Ebersbach
Byrne Vaughan
Anna Young
Charles Grover
William Estep
Joe Bolin
Rena Myers
Three Sermons Planned At Presbyterian Services
Three sermons will be delivered at the annual Good Friday union service at First United Presbyterian Church in Middleport at 7 30 p m Sponsored by the Middleport Ministerial Association sermons by Rev Raymon Konkright Rev Fred J Gardner and Everett C Delaney will focus on The Cross and Prayer The Cross and Suffering and The Cross and Surrender The host church pastor Rev Howard Ruppelt will be liturgist with invocation by Rev Warren M Hulburt and scripture read by Rev Robert Palmer Senior choir will sing Good Friday Spiritual with soloist Lewis Sauer Jr and a large choir listed by name.
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Middleport
Union
First United Presbyterian Church
Local Health and Travel Notes From Gallia County
Jimmy Brewer to enter Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Friday for surgery Saturday. Mrs. Otho Karr reported improved at Holzer Hospital. James Arnold returned from Miami Florida after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Donavan Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Aleshire back in Dayton after pre Easter visit with Mrs. Aleshire's parents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chambers. Robert Harris operated on after four weeks in Meigs General Hospital. Pic Edward Kitchen stationed at Camp Eustis Virginia here for Easter holidays visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Bradbury.
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Jimmy Brewer
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Otho Karr
James Arnold
Miami
Florida
Donovan Allen
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Aleshire
Herbert Chambers
Robert Harris
Meigs General Hospital
Pic
Edward Kitchen
Camp Eustic
Virginia
Mrs
P. T. Bradbury
Mothers' Club Meets Monday for Big Bend Minstrel Plans
Pomeroy Senior Mothers Club will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the senior high school to finalize the year end project and co sponsor the fifth annual Big Bend Minstrel and Olio The group aims to raise 300 more this year with an upcoming popcorn sale in Pomeroy on Saturday Tickets for advance sale will be distributed and show details for April 16 and 17 in Middleport and Pomeroy will be set.
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Pomeroy
Big Bend
Pomeroy Senior Mothers Club
Middleport
Sunrise Service with Rev Buddy May in Middleport
National evangelist Rev Buddy May will speak at the sunrise Easter service at 6 15 a m at Middleport Church of the Nazarene with participation from Nazarene churches of Rutland and Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Buddy May
Sorority Officers Elected at Beta Sigma Phi Meeting
Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi elected new officers at the DAV Home in Pomeroy on Tuesday. Nellie Brown is president Ruby Baer vice president Marjorie Crow treasurer Roberta O'Brien secretary Joyce Kennedy corresponding secretary and Vera Crow executive officer. A rummage sale April 2 3 and 4 at Pieretti building and an April 18 party at Helen Atkins home were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Atkins
Pieretti
Pomeroy
Ruby Baer
Mrs. Krautter
Rose Sisson
Mildred Well
Norma Amsbury
Alice Gilbert
Two New Members Joined Middleport Legion Auxiliary
In regular session the Middleport Feeney Bennett Post 128 auxiliary welcomed two new members. President Mrs Norman Wayland led the meeting and thanked helpers for the annual birthday dinner. Bills for dinner expenses were approved and Mrs Lillian Stieff reported piano tuning. Refreshments followed after hour of games.
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Middleport
Women’s Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Feeney-Bennett Post
Post
Norman Wayland
Lillian Stieff
Mayor Fines Two in Pomeroy Court
Two men in Pomeroy were fined by Mayor Charles Legal on Tuesday evening. Raymond Russell aged 23 received a $5 fine plus costs for failing to stop at a stop sign, while Warren D. Stover aged 18 of Middleport was fined $15 and costs for speeding.
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Pomeroy
Charles Legal
Raymond Russell
Warren D. Stover
Middleport
Easter Sunrise Service at Langsville Church
Rutland note announces Easter Sunrise Service at 6 am Sunday led by Mrs. Guy Stradley with public invitation extended.
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Rutland
Langsville
Walk-In Garden Club Holds March Meeting
The Walk-In Garden Club met at Mrs. W. E. Williams home on March 16. The group discussed a summer project and civic plans, noted two ill members for recovery cards, and voted a donation for a fire loss. Nine members and three guests attended. awards and a plant display accompanied refreshments. Next gathering set for April 16 at Mrs. Olen Harrison's home.
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Pomeroy
W. E. Williams
Glen Hart
Sherley Mulford
Harley Riges
Avery Sler
Barbara Barnhart
Bertha Williams
Belva Williard
Louise Harrison
Letart Falls Methodist Church Hosts Chicken Dinner
The Women’s Society of Christian Service will serve a chicken dinner at the community hall starting at 5 p.m. A bake sale will be held. Florida is noted as an important manufacturing state with chemicals, paper, and lumber as principal products.
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Pomeroy
Women's Society of Christian Service
Letart Falls Methodist Church
Florida
Long Bottom Pre Easter Service Held
Long Bottom Christian Church hosted a Bible treasure hunt for elementary students before the pre Easter service led by Pastor Harold C. Doster. The event featured adult prayer, special music from nearby churches, and a candlelight communion planned with Shade Valley Unity elders and deacons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Long Bottom Christian Church
Charles Welter
Irau
Leslie Wise
Totmy Osborne
Martin Osborne
Marie Livingston
Marlene Kuhn
Tuppers Plains
William Hoselton
Jessie Babcock
Harold C. Doster
Shade Valley
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Mt Lee
Beau James
Vistavision & Technicolor
Mala Powers, Peter Graves
Chuck Connors
Swisher & Lohse
Meigs
Mary Lawrence
Long Bottom
Bobo the Cat
Snowball
Fred Tobias
Los Angeles
Gale Hysell
Paul Haptonstall
Farie Erlewine
Lucy Gregg
Fred Lewis
Floyd Carmack
Harold Sauer
Beverly Perrin
Lynn Buchanan
Judy Sauer
Judy Gregg
Karen Gregg
Janice Zirkle
Widdleport Personals
Atle
Mothers’ Club
McMaster
Ohio
Garden Club
Naoma Reed
Olen Harrison
Rd Ap
Elberfelds
Springfield
Briggs & Statton
Eclipse Mowers
Ebersbach Hardware
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