Easter Seal Drive To Mail 6000 Letters In Meigs County
Meigs County residents will receive about 6000 Easter seal letters this week. Mrs. Cash Bahr, fund drive chairman, says 74 percent of funds stay locally for rehabilitation and medical care for the handicapped. rest goes to national and state associations. The drive, led by Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club, ends on Easter Sunday with coffee day on April 20.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Cash Bahr
Crippled Children’s Society
John Werner
Middleport-Pomeroy
The
Crippled Children's Society
United States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Minstrel Night Draws Two Full Houses in Area Shows
For the second straight evening the eighth annual Big Bend Minstrel and Olio played to a full audience at Middleport High School. Proceeds will be shared by the Middleport Senior Mothers Club and Pomery's Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion. Tonight at 8 10 the final Big Bend show is at Southern Local High School in Racine with proceeds split between the Racine Emergency Squad and the Southern Local Athletic Boosters.
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Middleport
Big Bend
Olio
Middleport Senior Mothers Club
Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Southern
Racine
Middleport Street Commissioner Lewis Ellis Resigns
Middleport official Lewis Ellis resigns after eight years to take a job with the Vanadium Corporation. The resignation becomes effective April 9 as he finishes a two week notice after vacation. Mayor McElhinney says applications will be accepted for the vacancy.
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Middleport
Lewis Ellis
Middleport Street
Vanadium Corporation
Ellis
Kenneth McElhinney
Radcliff Winton Township Grange meets with guests
The Radcliff Winton Township Grange held a regular session with 18 members and three Wilkes Grange guests. Allensville Grange will guest at the April 5 meeting. Refreshments include cake, salad, and sandwiches. Families from Amelia and Columbus spent the weekend with Mrs Pernie McLaughlin.
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Radcliff
Winton Township
Wilkes Grange
Allensville
Middleport Sailor Advances To Electricians Mate Fireman
Earl McKinley, serving on a Navy minesweeper, has advanced to electrician's mate fireman after completing apprenticeship training. Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. McKinley of Front Street Middleport, he is a Middleport High School graduate and is currently in Charleston South Carolina.
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Middleport
Earl MccKinley
United States Navy
O. E. McKinley
Front St. Middleport
Middleport High School
McKinley
Charleston, SC
Two Charged In B E At Zirk's Dairy Bar
Charges filed in Meigs County Court against Robert Cunningham 20 Syracuse and Fred Brown 19 Pomeroy for petty larceny after a breaking and entering at Zirk's Dairy Bar last Friday. Juvenile court action also pending against two youths allegedly involved.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Zirk’s
Robert Cunningham
Syracuse
Fred Brown
Mrs Brage Dies At 73 In Tuppers Plains
Mrs Lennie Bragg age 73 of Tuppers Plains died Thursday in Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia She was born in Long Bottom daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Whiteside She belonged to Long Bottom Christian Church and the Daughters of America Survivors include her husband five sisters and a brother Funeral services are set for 2 pm Sunday at the Long Bottom Christian Church with burial at Sand Hill Cemetery Daughters of America services will be held at 8 pm Saturday at Arbaugh funeral home Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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Tuppers Plains
Lennie Bragg
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Long Bottom
Benjamin
Margaret Millhone Whiteside
Bragg
Frankie Pickens
Wilma Buckley
Reedsville
Hobart
Long Bottom Christian Church
Sand Hill Cemetery
Daughters of America
Arbaugh Funeral Home
Local visits mark weekend in Vinton area
Mr and Mrs James Stambaugh called on Mr and Mrs Donald Crane and sons. Mr and Mrs Chester White spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs E E Hartsook Carpenter. Mrs Mattie Chasteen visited with Mr and Mrs Robert Chasteen and family. Mr and Mrs Wendell Love of Columbus spent time with John Love and relatives. Mrs Frank Cardwell visited the McGhee sisters. Mrs Eleanor White visited Mrs Anna Higgins. Chester White called on Mr and Mrs Homer Casto.
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Vinton
James Stambaugh
Donald Crane
Chester White
E. E. Hartsook
Carpenter
Mattie Chasteen
Robert Chasteen
Wendell Love
Columbus
John Love
Frank Cardwell
McGhee Sisters
Eleanor White
Anna Higgins
Homer Casto
Band Boosters Elect Officers At Eastern
Eastern School District Band Boosters select officers at 8 p m meeting in the high school. Plans include buying new majorette uniforms and band mothers soliciting business firms for the annual tag day set for April 7. The band will perform on the parking lot in Pomeroy during tag day. Racine firefighters answered a brush fire call at the Joe Thoren property in Nease Settlement Thursday afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Joe Thoren
Nease Settlement
Five Meigs 4-H Leaders At Workshop
Five Meigs County 4-H leaders and extension agent C E Blakeslee attended the Southeast 4-H advisors conference in Columbus at the youth center on the Ohio State fairgrounds. Sessions covered nutrition home furnishings home management family economics and related fields with Ruth Ebersbach of Portland joining a panel. Other Meigs attendees were Mr and Mrs Richard Sterrett Syracuse Mrs Elizabeth Lohse Pomeroy and Miss Dianne McComas Middleport.
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Richard Sterrett
Syracuse
Elizabeth Lohse
Pomeroy
Dianne McComas
Middleport
WSCS Meeting Raises Funds With Jello Pie Project
The WSCS regular meeting at Eleanor Boyles on Tuesday 20 included 12 members and one visitor. Nina Robinson led the business session deciding to raise money with a Jello and pie filling sale as a project. Isola Taylor displayed four rugs for sale by the society. Florence Spencer spoke on The Great Physician Is Still Healing and Millie Parker reported on Basic Christmas Beliefs.
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Alfred
WSCS
Eleanor Boyles
Nina Robinson
Isola Taylor
Florence Spencer
Millie Parker
Led O'Brien
Columbus
Harry Guthrie
Church Leaders Training Class Outlines Purpose
Middleport leaders discussed the meaning and purpose of the church at a meeting of the church leaders training class held at Rutland First Baptist Church. Another session is set for Sunday at Naomi church in Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Rutland First Baptist Church
Naomi Church
Pomeroy
Brush Fire Runs Through Hollow Near Middleport Dump
Meigs County reports its worst brush fire of spring near the Middleport village dump on the flood road. About 20 firefighters from Middleport and Pomeroy battled 3 to 4 acres as Honeysuckle vines fueled high flames. Fire began around 1 30 p m with four trucks on scene and one truck remaining until early evening.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Women's Group Observes Temperance Date in Pomeroy
The Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at the United Methodist Church with president Mrs. G. H. Ewing in charge. Miss Lucretia Genheimer announced youth temperance week plans for April 8 to 15 and urged members to contact Congressman Walter H. Moeller about HB 2297 on alcohol advertising in interstate commerce.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
United Methodist Church
G. H. Ewing
Edna Russell
Thomas Bentz
Lucretia Genheimer
Walter H. Moeller
Daisy Jasper
Edith Cook
Frances Willard
Crusader
Pomeroy Public Library
Linnie Rummel
Rock of Ages
Francis H. Glazier
Bentz
Augusta Genheimer
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Mrs Rodney Downing spent Thursday in Gallipolis with her mother Mrs Harley Bovin to attend a community concert. Mrs Paul Ruttencutter of Point Pleasant WV visited Middleport and Pomeroy with friends while her husband receives observation and treatment at Meigs General Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Miller and children plan to move into the home of the late Mrs Walter Harris on South Second Avenue. Mr and Mrs Willis Aleshire of Dayton recently visited her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers. Mr Chambers recovers from a fall. The Moore families returned Tuesday from a weekend at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs.
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Charles D. Woode
Pomeroy
Clifford Hayes
J. B. Hayes
Middleport
Helen Findling
Columbus
Iva
Russell Findling
Donald Randolph
Fort Knox
Robert Whitlatch
Robert Robinson
Mabel Griffin
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Richard Campbell
Hobart Swartz
Cincinnati
Vere Swartz
Vernon Swartz
Tena
Rena
Belpre
Rodney Downing
Gallipolis
Harley Bovin
Paul Ruttencutter
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Meigs General Hospital
George Miller
Walter Harris
S. Second Ave
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Herbert Chambers
Chambers
Harry S. Moore
Herbert Moore
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Middleport men receive suspended sentences in petty larceny case
POMEROY Three Middleport men Ellis Clench 18 Delmar Hawley 19 and Richard Hawley 19 were given 90 day suspended sentences in county jail after pleading guilty to petty larceny. Clifford Decker paid 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication charges.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Pettit
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Ellis Clench
Delmar Hawley
Richard Hawley
Clifford Decker
Weekly Story Hour Opens at Middleport Library
A weekly story hour for children ages four to six starts Saturday at the Middleport library. The program is sponsored by the Middleport unit of the Child Conservation League and runs at 1 p.m. Mrs Richard Vaughan Mrs Dale Walburn and Mrs Robert Mills lead the first month of sessions.
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Middleport
The
Child Conservation League
Richard Vaughan
Dale Walburn
Robert Mills
Hartford Hikers 4 H Club seeks skilled crafts tutor
A Hartford based 4 H Club seeks a crafts expert to teach members small projects like bird houses book ends and coffee tables. Interested persons should meet at the Hartford Baptist Church for the next meeting on April 17.
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Hartford
Hartford Baptist Church
Garden Club Meets at Bard Home With Noted Guest
Garden Club convenes at 2 p m Monday at Mrs. Edward Bard’s home with co host Mrs. Roy Betzing. Guest speaker Mrs. Robert Reibel of Middleport is a past regional director and accredited flower judge.
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Pomeroy
Gardeners Discuss Civic Plantings in Rutland Club Meeting
Rutland Friendly Gardeners met at Mrs. James Nelson's home to discuss civic plantings. President Mrs. Joe Bolin announced a joint civic committee meeting with Rutland Garden Club, a spring regional meeting April 28 at Keger Creek School, and reports from a Zanesville workshop.
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Middleport
Rutland Friendly Gardeners
James Nelson
Joe Bolin
The
Friendly Gardners
Rutland Garden Club
Vernon Weber
Kgger Creek
Zanesville
Robert Snowden
Carl Morris
Duston
Gardeners Plan Aged Home Visit And Regional Meeting
Wildwood Garden Club met at Middleport Ohio Fuel Gas Co offices to arrange a visit to the Meigs County home for the aged for Thursday April 19. They announced a spring regional meeting on April 28 at Kgger Creek school with principal speaker Mrs Dorothy Biddle. Prizes went to Mrs Lawrence Smith Mrs Milton Houdashelt and Mrs William Fisher. Mrs Dwight Milhoan read a poem If Jesus Came to Your House.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Wildwood Garden Club
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Kgger Creek
Dorothy Biddle
Lawrence Smith
Milton Houdashelt
William Fisher
Dwight Milhoan
Jesus
Fifty volunteers to survey Meigs County accidents health
A team of 50 volunteer interviewers will survey one third of Meigs County farm families from now to April 15 to collect accident and health data. Officials say data will be confidential and used to build a long-range rural safety program with repeats planned for July October and January 1963.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
the Rock
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs
County Extension Council
Racine Vo-Ag Department
Grange and
Farm Bureau
Sunday Socials and Family Visits Across Ohio
Syracuse readers note weekend visits in central Ohio with Mrs. Della Starkey in Columbus and extended family from Groveport Pomeroy Albany and Caledonia. Clyde E Watkins death prompts Marion trip. Wayne Weir recovering from Labor Day crash at Cleveland Veterans Hospital. Carson and Rick Crow attend Columbus basketball tournament.
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Ernest Theiss
Groveport
Carrie Sinclair
Rose Ann
Dan Shane
Ronald Browning
Pomeroy
Benny Blessing
Larry Blessing
Albany
E. E. Hayman
Herbert Mathias
Bashan
Pam Sylvester
Beverly Hunt
Letart Falls
Earl Watkins
Marion
Clyde E. Watkins
Wayne Weir
Caledonia
Weir
Labor Day
Cleveland Veteran’s Hospital
Carson
Rick Crow
Columbus
Nuclear test fires another underground detonation at Nevada site
A preliminary report states the Atomic Energy Commission conducted its 23rd underground low yield test at the Nevada proving ground in the ongoing series. In Meigs County, Farmers Bank sues Floyd and Grace Stobart for 616.97 on a note. Emergency Squad transported Mrs. Laura Wellman to Meigs General Hospital after she fell ill on Union Avenue.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Pomeroy
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Floyd Stobart, Jr
Grace Stobart
Meigs County
Union Ave
Laura Wellman
Meigs General Hospital
Runaway Car Steered From Heavy Traffic
Ohio Power Co. employee Bob Hill guided a drifting car away from traffic on West Second Street in Pomeroy. The vehicle owned by L. F. Russell of Columbus rolled into a parked car owned by Ralph Gilmore, causing heavy damage to both autos. Two boys were reportedly in the car.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Power Co
W. Second St
Bob Hill
L. F. Russell
Columbus
Ralph Gilmore
Second St
Gilmore
Meigs General Hospital Notes Read Names of Local Residents
Nellie Eblin Pomeroy Cora Rice Middleport Ruth Burrows Point Pleasant W Va Ann Shuler Middleport Mildred Fisher Pomeroy Edgar Greenlee Mrs Blanche Haptonstall Michael Smith Jack Moore Frank Sutphin Arthur Orr
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Nellie Eblin
Pomeroy
Cora Rice
Edgar Greenlee
Blanche Haptonstall
Michael Smith
Jack Moore
Frank Sutphin
Arthur Orr
Students view Northwestern senior play at Rutland High
Three hundred fifty six students from the Northwestern School District attended the annual senior play The Thread That Runs So True in Rutland High School auditorium. Seventh and eighth graders from Harrisonville and Salem Center joined the audience. The show repeats at 8 02 p m Friday with direction by Miss Sally Schaaf.
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Rutland
Northwestern
Rutland High School
Harrisonville
Salem Center
Sally Schaaf
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Keith Ridenour
Chester
Phil Williamson
Selective Service Board
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Ronald Melton Cremeans
Henderson
Raymond Kenneth Zuspan
West Virginia
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Joseph Howell
Nate Wise
Charles Stewart
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