Big Bend Minstrel scores hit at Middleport
The Big Bend Clio and Minstrel drew outstanding praise at Middleport High School Auditorium with an overflow crowd on Tuesday and Wednesday. Bob Hoeflieb the show’s producer and director thanked the audience for inspiring top performances as choruses in colorful world costumes and solo numbers drew repeated applause.
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Big Bend
Middleport
Clio
Minstrel
Midleport High School
Bob Hoeflieb
Pomeroy
Racine
Orval
Meigs County Churches List Autumn Services
A consolidated church notices list includes monthly and weekly schedules for Meigs County congregations. Details cover sermons, Sunday schools, midweek prayers, youth groups, and special events across multiple churches and pastors.
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Meigs County Church Services
Brownie Scouts Deliver May Day Baskets to Shut-Ins
Troop 1 Brownies led by Mrs. Don Mills made May baskets on May Day for sixteen shut-ins at Heath Methodist Church. Flowers gathered by Mrs. Mills and assistant leader Mrs. Roger Morgan were placed in baskets after school and delivered with a May Day explanation.
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Middleport
Brownie Scouts
Don Mills
Heath Methodist Church
Mills
Roger Morgan
Susie Moody
Sweet Williams
Susie
William Moody
Cub Scouts
Moody
Cub Scout
C. F. Hawkins
J. W. Parsons
Ben ‘Ervin
Robert Washington
R. A. Miller
Althea Anderson
Emmet Cray
C. P. Dutton
D. S. Harold
Bert Dodridge
Mary Saunders Vesta McCoy
Lois Cecil
Bertha Grant
Ida Mourning
Local 4-H Advisors Train at Logan High School
Narcomites 4-H Club advisors and officers plus parents attended a training meeting at Logan Senior High School Tuesday evening. Social and family updates followed with reports of weddings and long-time residents visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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Haydenville
Don Hopstteler
Lester Crothers
Charles Vollmer
Narcomites
Karla Hopstteler
Karen Vollmer
Linda Swain
Delores Brooks
Judy Devol
Patty Bailey
Carla Bond
Anita Swain
Mary Ann Stover
Logan Senior High School
Friendly Ten Club
Harry Swaim
Arthur Keplar
Nellie Allen
Porter Moore
Delmar Martin
Gertrude Achauer
Roy Crothers
Charlotte
Ronald Housel
Kres
Larry Crothers
Janet Roush
Columbus
Raymond Benton
Westerville
North Canton
C. S. Matheny
S. M. Hardgrove
Harold Rowland
London
Mary Jane Martin
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Joe Patton
Harold Knapp
Cora Crane
Jay Karshner
Ralph Hess
Jackson
William Newman
Buchtel
Lewis Moore
Springfield
William Moore
Washington, D. C
Marie Moore
Cantaloupe Dessert Idea With Berry Filling
A simple cantaloupe dessert suggests removing seeds and slicing into rings then filling with black berries and seedless grapes. The playful note emphasizes a tasty, easy presentation.
Tuppers Plains News Briefs Include Local Visits and Accidents
Mrs. Howard Caldwell returns home after Parkersburg Hospital surgery. Guy Boggess to Meigs General after serious illness. Marion guests of Mrs. Ethel Stout include Tim Coffey and daughter. William Watson injured by a hunting accident. bullet removed at Mason Clinic. Birthday dinner honors Miss Patty Dorst. Rev W W Bragg hosts St Clairsville and Charleston visitors. John Arbaugh back from Florida trip. Vivian Hoffman returns from Wheeling. Mr. Adams suffered a heart attack. Emile Matlack of Florida visits Myrtle Frost.
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Tuppers Plains
Howard Caldwell
Parkersburg
Guy Boggess
Meigs General Hospital
Tim Coffey
Josephine Daniels
Marion
Ethel Stout
William Watson
Mason Clinic
Effie Watson
Wilma Guinther
Ray
Harold Watson
Marvin Walker
Everett Branscomb
Eugene Story
Darwin
Doug Adams
Adams
Emile Matlack
Florida
Middleport Churches Observe National Family Week
Middleport churches prepare observances for National Family Week with family pews. The Nazarene and Heath Methodist list services, Sunday school at 9 30, morning worship at 10 30, and youth groups in evening programs. Local congregations plan family nights and choirs.
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Rocksprings Methodist
R. M. Grove
WSCS
Chester Methodist
Dexter Church of Christ
B. H. Morris
Bradford Church of Christ
Gene Rutter
Christian Endeavor
Syracuse
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Carmel
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Roy K. Williams
NYPS
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klingel
Chester House of Prayer
Rev
Edmond
Salvation Army
Young Peoples Legion
Salvation Service
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
C. W. Proffitt
Kingsbury
Rev. Williams
Gallipolis
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Raymond Hummell
Main and
Cherry
Pomeroy
Columbia Chapel
Laurel Cliff
W. H. Strausbaugh
Hysell Run Free Methodist
Robert E. Smith
Harrisonville Presbyterian
Laurence N. Woodruff
St. Paul’s Lutheran
James H. Bolch
Columbus
Christ
Alfred Methodist
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
God
Wheelersburg
Waldo J. Bartels
Middleport
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Palmer
Lewis Ellis
Nazarene
NYP
Heath Methodist
C. R. Konkright
First Baptist
Warren Hulburt
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Judy Gregg
Athens
Meigs County Fairground
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
B. L. Barrett
Mt. Moriah Baptist
N. D. Bo
Surprise Birthday Dinner For Mrs Mamie Matthews
A birthday dinner for Mrs Mamie Matthews of Turkey Run drew family members including Mr and Mrs David Matthews and Debbie Terry and Tammie Mr and Mrs Wayne Matthews Mrs Lee McCarty Betty Jo and Kathy Billie McCarty Mr and Mrs Carroll Matthews and their son and Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor and son Bobby in attendance.
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Mamie Matthews
Turkey Run
David Matthews
Debbie
Terry
Tammie
Wayne Matthews
Lee McCarty
Betty Jo
Kathy Billie McCarty
Carroll Matthews
Fred Taylor
Bobby
Weekend Visits Across Kyger Creek and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Roy Nesbitt and Newark friends spent the weekend with the Nesbitts son in law Arthur Hughes and family. Phillip Sisson and Ann Sisson joined Fred Sisson’s relatives. Drumonds visited Rupe family Sunday. Joe Stewart Earl Snyder and Larry explored Hawk s Nest and Lovers Leap in West Virginia Sunday. Larry Thaxton of Columbus stayed with Wendell Bradbury family. Elmer Moses visited Reed West Virginia relatives. Jack Tipton and Bess Rupe of Columbus two days with Tipton family.
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Kyger Creek
Roy Nesbitt
Newark
Larry
Hawk’s Nest
Lover’s Leap
West Virginia
Larry Thaxton
Columbus
Wendell Bradbury
Richard
Perry Bradbury
Leslie Hawley
Elmer Moses
Reed
W. Va
Jack Tipton
Bess Rupe
Charles Tipton
Treasure Hunt by Brownie Scouts in Middleport
Middleport Troop 2 Brownies were led after school by Mrs Paul Theiss and assistants on a treasure hunt at Middleport Road side Park. Lollypops found by the Brownies served as treasures. The troop also enjoyed a Saturday hike over the Middleport hills led by Mr and Mrs Theiss.
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Middleport
Middleport Roadside Park
Paul Theiss
Marion Allensworth
Clifford Stumbo
James Pullen
Middleport Hills
Theiss
Middleport Personal News Highlights In New Haven
Mrs. George Childs attended a piano recital at the EUB Church in New Haven with Ms Gloria Gibbs performing three numbers. Dinner guests included Mrs Childs and the Gibbses as A C Woods etc traveled home from a trip en route to Middleport with stops in Belle West Virginia.
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Middleport
George Childs
New Haven
EUB
Irvin McGrew
Gloria June Gibbs
Ralph Gibbs, Jr
Childs
Two New Books Added To Pomeroy Library
The Pomeroy Public Library adds two volumes in memory of Miss Emma Seitz. Trustees P Lochary C E Blakeslee Miss Ethel Garland Miss Marion Ebersbach Dr P E Stanley and Mrs Elsie D Smith support the gift. Books are All of the Women of the Bible and Through Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Emma Seitz
P. Lochary
C. E. Blakeslee
Ethel Garland
Marion Ebersbach
P. E. Stanley
Elsie D. Smith
Women of the Bible
Elizabeth Elliot
Meigs Chapter Invited To Gallia Luncheon
MIDDLEPORT An invitation is extended for the Return Johnathan Meigs Chapter to attend the May Day luncheon of the French City Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The luncheon starts at 1 p.m. Monday at the Hotel Lafayette with reservations through Mrs. Claude Miller of Gallipolis.
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Meigs
Gallia
Middleport
French City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Johnathan Meigs
Hotel Lafayette
Claude Miller
Gallipolis
Ladies Club Plans Toffee Pull And Bake Sale
The Ladies Club met at the school house and planned a toffee pull at Inez Hunter’s home and a bake sale at the electric office on Saturday May 17. Members shared a potluck supper for birthdays and several local residents visited friends and relatives in The Plains Columbus Nelsonville The Plains and Wellington areas.
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Gary Carson
John Stonager
Alec Misteros
Johnny Slonager
Frank Slonager
Columbus
Roy James Azbell
Roy James, Jr
Nelsonville
Roy Azbell
Norvella South
James Beilar
Geneva Robinson
Linda
Jerry
Rita Bradbury
Richard Stanley
Frank Robinson
Donald Daugherty
the Plains
Dorothy Robinson
Daugherty
Philadelphia
Bill Boyde
Norval South
Florence Chalfan
Arvilla Williams
Wellston
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