County Republican Rally Attracts Four Hundred Attendees
About 400 Meigs Countians attended a Thursday rally at the Rock Springs Fairgrounds to hear county candidates. Out of town speakers included Paul Tague assistant state attorney general Oakley Collins state senator candidate and B Lewis Jones central committee candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Tuy
Paul Tague
Oakley C. Collins
B. Lewis Jones
Horton Brown
Middleport
E. E. Follrod
Meigs County
William D. Stewart
Racine
Stewart
O. Jake Gaul
Clyde G. Millhone
Common Pleas Court
Cedric W. Clark
Frank Harmon O'Brien
John C. Bacon
Charles Russell
Russell R. Bailey
Board of County Commissioners
Dan C. Hartinger
Charlies Walburn
Ray Gibbs
Henry Spencer
Roy Proffitt
George A. Meinhart
General Assembly
James O’brien
Virgil V. Brown
Henry Ewing
John D. Thomas
J. E. D. Hartinger
O'Brien
Olive-Orange High plans senior class activities to May 14
Olive-Orange High School outlines senior year events from a Washington, D C bus trip to May 14. Activities include a junior senior banquet May 8 at Farmers Hotel Gallipolis Senior Class Day May 9 at 1 30 p m baccalaureate May 11 at 2 p m in the high school auditorium and commencement May 14 at 8 p m with Dr W G Scarberry delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Washington
Olive- Orange High School
Charlotte Adams
Lilly Lee Arbaugh
James Lee Bailey
Harold Boston
James Chaffee
Betty Chapman
Ruth Frost
Marvene Gaul
Margaret Harris
Marlene Hoselton
Patricia Kibble
Robert Longenette
Yvonne Lott
Larry Milhone
Mary Moore
Roxie Randolph
Doris Reed
John Rice
Wanda Rockhold
Anna Sampson
Helen Seals
Barbara Ann Sisson
Richard Spencer
John Shank
Farmers Hotel
Gallipolis
Harold F. Hess
Federated Church
Pomeroy
W. G. Scarberry
State School For the Blind
Columbus
Two Movies Shown For Cancer Campaign Workers
Pomeroy workers met Wednesday evening to receive campaign materials and watch two American Cancer Society films. Thursday began the soliciting phase with a long list of volunteers led by chairmen reporting to Rev. Harold F. Hess at the Federated Church on Monday and again next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Cancer Campaign
American Cancer Society
William Woodard
Pauline Mayer
Jane Stansbury
Chester Zirkle
Donald Hauck
J. W. Oo
H. D. Cunningham
Ira Channing
T. A. Lownie
Ed Baer
Norman Kloes
Ed Strauss
Robert Coates
Dorothy Johnston
Frances Cady
Harold F. Hess
Federated Church
Pomeroy Social Notes at Le Tart Falls Church Service
Pomeroy Racine Chapter CBS will attend Sunday services at Le tart Falls Methodist Church in a group at evening time. Worthy Matron Chiorus Grimm asked members to meet in front of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
CBS
Letart Falls Methodist Church
Worthy
Chiorus Grimm
Syracuse Garden Club Postpones May Meeting to May 13
The Syracuse Garden Club postpones its May meeting from May 6 to May 13. Members should bring flower slips roots bulbs or seeds for exchange and meet at the home of Mrs. Charlie Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Syracuse Garden Club
Charlie. Wagner
Vets Have Reunion in Middleport at Childs Home
Col. Paul D. Meek of the state highway department visited Middleport and hosted a reunion of World War I Company C veterans attached to the 37th Division. Guests included Frank Arnett Racine Owen Watson Alfred Elberfeld Pomeroy Charles Childs Everett Davis and Dan Price Middleport. Future gatherings were planned. Colonel Meek stayed overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul D. Meek
State Highway Department
George Childs
N. Second Ave
Company C
Field Signal Corps
Childs
Frank Arnett
Racine
Owen Watson
Alfred Elberfeld
Pomeroy
Charles Childs
Everett Davis
Dan Price
Colonel Meek
Outboard Boat Club Members Called to Meet at 8 Am
Members of the Outboard Boat Club of Pomeroy are asked to meet at 8 am Sunday in the lower parking lot to prepare for a trip to Gallipolis. The club’s houseboat, dry docked for months, will be launched into the water in a major operation led by Leonard Hess Jr. The boat is used at the club house during summer months.
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Pomeroy—Al
Outboard Boat Club
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Leonard Hess, Jr
Motor Vehicle Sales Decline In Meigs County April
Donna Wilcox, automobile title clerk, reports Meigs County dealers sold 49 motor vehicles in April, down from 68 in March. The breakdown shows 44 passenger cars and five trucks and buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Donna Wil
Births Announced by Two Families
MIDDLEPORT announces the birth of a daughter Sara Elizabeth Sally to Sir and Mrs. Orville Chambers at Camp Rucker Alabama on April 28. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chambers of Mill Street and Mr. and Mrs. C L Knapp of Atlanta Georgia. A son John Vernon was born May 1 to Mr. and Mrs. C L Tannehill at Meigs General Hospital, the couple's third child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sara Elizabeth
Sally
Orville Chambers
Camp Rucker
Ala
Herbert Chambers
Mill St
C. L. Knapp
Atlanta
C. L. Tannehill
Meigs General Hospital
Tannehills
John Vernon
Play Opens Tonight at Racine High School
The annual senior class play Spring Fever, a three act comedy directed by faculty member Carl B. Weese, opens at 8 p.m. tonight in the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine High School
Carl B. Weese
Middleport Church Circles Plan Rum Mage Sale and Yearbook slate
The Afternoon Circle of the Woman's Society met at Heath Methodist Church to discuss a rum mage sale for May 27 28 29 in the Michael building with Mrs C F Hawkins in charge. Everett Davis was elected chairman for the coming year and a yearbook committee was named. Plans also covered church family night on May 11 with plant purchases assigned to several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Michael
Woman's Society
Heath Methodist Church
C. F. Hawkins
Everett Davis
R. C. Lansbury
A. W. McKay
W. W. Hayes
FE. S. Schaaf
Nazareth
Juan Lebrero
Coloma
Robert Harris
Noah Haskins
Perry Mitch
E. R. Tompkins
Bruce Lloyd
Layette Shower Held For Mrs Gene Walburn
In Cheshire at the home of Mr and Mrs Max Yeager a layette shower honored Mrs Gene Walburn. Attendees included Mrs Charles Walburn Mrs Dwight Frost daughter Narsa Lee Mrs Harold Hinkle Mrs Pearl Graves Mrs Eber Lewis Mrs Norman Yeager Mrs George Childs Mrs Ralph Gibbs Jr Middleport Mrs Ralph Graves Mrs Estella Walburn and Pomeroy. Gifts were wrapped in pink and blue papers with ribbons and a dessert course was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gene Walburn
Max Yeaguer
Cheshire
Harles Walburn
Dwight Frost
Narsa Lee
Harold Hinkle
Pearl Graves
Eber Lewis
Norman Yeager
George Childs
Ralph Gibbs, Jr
Ralph Graves
Estella Walburn
Pomeroy
Mt Moriah Church Junior Guild Postponed After Death
The Junior Guild of Mt Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport is postponed until Tuesday due to the death of Alfred O. Guthrie of Kansas City Kansas. Guthrie, formerly of Cincinnati, was uncle to Mrs William Winston and Dewey Guthrie. Mrs Winston, her son Charles and daughter Virginia Nell attended services today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mt. Moriah
Whitchnac and Rue Families Host Guests from Hawaii
Captain and Mrs. James Whitchnac and daughter Penny of Hawaii visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rue and daughter Sue on S Third Ave. Whitchnac and Rue served together in the Pacific theater during World War II aboard ships stationed in the Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Whitchnac
Penny
Hawaii
Tom Rue
Sue
S. Third Ave
Whitchnac
Rue
Oki
April court receipts total seven hundred seven
Receipts for April in Meigs County were $707.60 for Virgil V. Brown, clerk of courts. The month’s activities include titles 552 cancellations of lien 191 affidavits 237 memo titles 146 notation of lien 258 and duplicate titles 10. County share $492.20 and state share $215.40.
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Pomeroy
Virgil V. Brown
Meigs County
Boy Scouts Learn Two Way Radio Operation
In Middleport Troop 245 scouts taking the Junior Police course under Chief of Police Russell Bailey learned to operate a two way radio. A boy was given a chance to talk over the radio during the two hour session as Bailey noted the radio’s value for local and area police work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Boy Scouts
Russell Bailey
Boy Scout Committee
Bey
Bailey
Nurse in Parkersburg Aids Family In Medical Case
Mrs. Harold Edward Hubbard RN cares for a surgical patient Logan Kelly a magazine salesman at Middleport while Marta K. stays with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Lawson Seyfried. The Hubbards support the Volunteer Firemen magazine project during periodic visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harold Edward Hubbard R.N
Parkersburg
Hubbards
Marta K
Lawson Seyfried
Sixteen Pupils Represent Racine in District Tests
Sixteen Racine High School students traveled to Athens to take state district scholarships tests at Ohio University on campus. Winners of preliminary school exams, they were assigned to rooms for specific tests and planned to enjoy campus activities including tennis, field events, a stage production of Harvey, and a campus tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine High School
Athens
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Church listings and schedules prominent in Pomeroy area
A long church notices page lists times for many congregations including First Baptist United Methodist Federated Christian Science Grace Episcopal Free Methodist Naomi Baptist Rock Springs Methodist Rutland Church of the Nazarene Midway St Paul s Lutheran Church of Christ Church of God Chester Methodist Burlingham Sacred Heart Tuppers Plains Eve Syracuse Presbyterian and other local churches with Sunday schools worship services youth programs and midweek activities across multiple towns and parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal
Archdeacon Crittenden
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Young Peoples
Hysell Run
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Rock Springs
J. Leslie Kunze
Rutland Church OF the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Orship
Midway Church
L. F. Knight
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Middleport church services and fellowship schedule
Heath Methodist Church led by pastor Louis Bangerter holds church school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with a sermon on The Stewardship of Responsibility and Responsibility second in a series Youth Fellowship at 6 p m includes fellowship and potluck on May 4. First Presbyterian led by Howard Ruppelt offers church school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and Youth Fellowship at 6 p m A covered dish supper opens a fellowship period at 6 30 p m on Wednesday May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
R. H. de Mott
Know Your Bible Club
Youth Fellowship
Bible
Women's Missionary Society
United Methodist
Leslie Kunze
Athens
Harold F. Hess
Camp Presmont
Women's Guild
Helen J. Chappie
Nelsonville
Christian Science
Heath Methodist
Louis Bangerter
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Class Banquet Slated Today at Farmers Hotel Gallipolis
Rutland High School juniors and seniors hold their annual banquet tonight at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis. O. O. Patterson, county superintendent, gives the welcome. Bill Harmon and Bob Dennison lead the program. Rev. Robert E. Linter speaks. seniors plan a postbanquet movie trip.
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Pomeroy
Farmers Hotel
Gallipolis
Rutland High School
O. O. Patterson
Harry Bennett
Rutland
Bill Harmon
Bob Dennison
Robert E. Linter
Methodist Church
Two Special Services Are Scheduled Saturday
Religious services will be held at 10 am and 2 pm Saturday on the courthouse steps. Rev. Thomas A. Cleland of Racine announced the topics from Old Testament and New Testament teachings with music planned. All county ministers and the public are invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Thomas A. Cleland
Racine
God
Cleland
Divorce Granted On Cruelty Charges In Meigs County
Judge Emmett W. Peoples grants a divorce to Eva May Molden from Robert B. Molden on gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. A separate suit filed Thursday by Juanita K. Russell seeks a divorce from Delbert Russell on similar grounds, with custody of a minor child sought by the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eva May Molden
Robert B. Molden
Emmett W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Juanita K. Russell
Delbert Russell
Middleport Notes On Local Residents And Health
Meigs General Hospital patient James T. Lewis, 89, has been returned home on Front St. Beecher Kessinger of the Messenger circulation department is improving after a sudden illness Thursday morning. Ricky Morris, six months old, has returned home from Holzer Hospital after a serious medical stay. P. S. Mills, former Middleport businessman and Clock and Watch Shop proprietor, is reported in serious condition in Akron.
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Middleport
James T. Lewis
Meigs General Hospital
Front St
Beecher Kessinger
the Messenger
Ricky
Robert Morris, Jr
Broadway
Holzer Hospital
P. S. Mills
Clock and Watch
Akron
Marker rededication postponed by DAR in Middleport
The Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR postpones the placing of a marker on the grave of Mrs. BE W Kingsland Amy Whaley Kingsland from this Sunday to Sunday May 25. A bronze DAR insignia marker will be placed in line with local tradition during the memorial ceremony at interment or later per family wishes.
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Middleport
BE. W. Kingsland
Amy Whaley Kingsland
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Morse Lays First Underwater Telegraph Line Beneath New York Harbor
In 1842 Samuel F. B. Morse completed an underwater telegraph line under New York Harbor marking a pioneering feat in communication, linking distant circuits and advancing transatlantic networks.
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America
New York Harbor
Samuel F. B. Morse
Fides Lodge Meets with Grand Domain Official
Raymond Patton, grand prelate of the Grand Domain of Ohio, conferred the rank of page on a member during Fides Lodge No. 210 meeting at the castle hall. A large attendance remained for refreshments after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Raymond Patton
Grand Domain of
Ohio
Fides Lodge, No. 210
Castle Hall
Seventh Grade Pupils Stage a Varied Assembly at Middleport High
Middleport High School hosted a Wednesday afternoon program by Miss Mary Ohlinger seventh graders with help from two eighth graders. The lively show featured a ten member Reversible Singing Chorus, piano solos, tap dances, two skits and a pantomime.
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Middleport
Mary Ohlinger
Middleport High School
Franklin Ginther
Reuben
Rachel
Thomas Kelly
Stephen Coats
Charles Wayland
Ronnie Miller
Jim Wilson
Edward McComas
Gordon Guthrie
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Bobby Hennesy
Stephen Jacobs
Carol Owens
Gail Stumbo
Keith Little
Miss Ohlinger
Fred
James Mills
Barbara Patrick
Nina
Eddie Kitchen
Henry
90 000 Ohio Workers Idle
The CIO United Steelworkers strike idled about 90,000 Ohio workers, shutting down mills with 20 million tons yearly capacity. Hardest hit were Cleveland Youngstown and Lorain with many plants suspended while some sites with unexpired or independent union contracts kept operating. Other affected cities included Warren Niles Canton Massillon and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
United
Ohio
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Republic
U. S. Steel
Lorain
National Tube Division
Warren
Niles
Canton
Massillon
Portsmouth
Caution urged as cyclists and motorists share spring roads
MIDDLEPORT Chief of Police Russell Bailey warns motorists and bicyclists to exercise extra caution as spring brings more traffic. Children on bikes ride longer and weave through cars, making traffic signals crucial. Pedestrians and riders must follow signals. red lights carry fines. A recent fast cycling through the village prompted a safety campaign targeting youths. Bailey urges drivers and riders to be careful. the life you save may be your own.
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Middleport
Russell Bailey
Bailey
Child Clinic Is Reported Successful
A well baby conference at Middleport Public Library examined twenty two preschool children by Dr J J Davis assisted by Mrs James Brewington and Mrs Otho Karr of the Child Conservation League. County health officials and physicians provided free examinations and immunizations. Margaret Maxwell of the Southeast District Health Department attended. The clinic is open to county children and held the last Wednesday of each month in the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Public Library
J. J. Davis
James Brewington
Otho Karr
Child Conservation League
County Board of Health and Physicians
Margaret Maxwell
Department of Health
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Reg
Cordovan & Brown
Pat
Olive-Orange
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Middleport Visitors
Church News of
Church OF Christ
William Morgan
Church OF God
W. Main St
N. W. Jenks
Chester
Burlingham
William Chauncey
Sacred Heart
George J. Voytke
W. A. Frost
Lottridge Harmonaires
Syracuse Presbyterian
Athens Presbytery
Sunshine
Methodist
Bethel
Seyalem Center
Middleport Churches
Fides Lodge
Liberty
Captain Video
Master of the
Flaming Cinecolor
Jane Nigh
John Archer
John Litel
Marie Windsor
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Tim Holt
Hargo Haas
Beverly Michaels
MA & PA Kettle
the Fai
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
James Best
Lori Nelson
Esther Dale
Rex Lease
Pecos River
Charles Starrett Riley Burnette
the Nelsons
Ozzie Nelson
Harriet Nelson
David Nelson
Ricky Nelson
Rock Hudson
Barbara Lawrence
Cartoon Sun
AI Halu
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Burt Lancaster
Dorothy McGuIre
Edmund Gwenn
Joan Dixon
Gun Play
Abbott
Lou Costello
Bud “Hit the Ice
Janet Leigh
Tony Martin
Linda Darnell
Veronica Lake
Slaugherty's
Lula Russell
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Boston
Concord
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
ECV
Lonal Sea
Ofree Bible Lectures
B. F. Mowry
American Legion Hall
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