Meigs County TB Fund Reaches Five Thousand Mark
Meigs County Tuber culosis and Health Association reports total assets of 5694.34 led by executive secretary Mrs. Wallace Bradford. 1960 receipts reached 3175.79 with 635.16 given to state and national medical research. Operating costs totaled 3185.88, yielding a net loss of 511.40 for the year. Seven chest clinics with Dr. Roy Donnerberg examined 85 patients and 190 x-rays were read. Seven new TB cases were found in 1960 along with seven residents admitted to the sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Wallace Bradford
National Association For Medical Research
Ohio Department of Health
Roy Donnerberg
Columbus
Meigs County
Carl Kautz
Don Betzing
Guy Neigler
Frieda Faehnle
Theron Johnson
Richard Chambers
Wayne Gibbons
Chambers
Joe Shaverinsky
Dan White
Clarence Headley
Paul Lawrence
Dwight Wallace
Charles Mullen
George Parker
M. D. Hartinger
Hayman Barnitz
Richard Barton
Virgil Atkins
Milton Houdashelt
Lucy Kibble
John Krawscczyn
M. E. Rathburn
Clarence Chase
Edna K. Stewart
Lucille Smith
Benn Philson
Christening of Jackie Todd Cummins
Son of Mr and Mrs Jackie Cummins christened at Minersville Methodist Church with Rev Robert Card officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jackie Todd Cummins
Jackie Cummins
Minersville Methodist Church
Robert Card
Special Rural Life Rites Slated at Hemlock Grove and Orange Churches
Special services Sunday mark Rural Life Sunday and Christian Family Life Sunday. Rev. J. P. Miller will speak on Rural Home Life at Hemlock Grove at 9 30 a m and perform a double ring wedding ceremony used for 27 Meigs County couples since 1937 41 and since July 1960. An 8 p m service follows at Orange Church with plans for Tuppers Plains on Mother's Day May 14. Public services will recognize long married couples, those with fewest years of marriage, and the couple with the most children present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove
Orange Christian
Miller
Meigs County
Orange Church
Tuppers Plains
Plans For Workshops By Women In Portsmouth
The Women's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church met at Mrs. A. G. Mehlman's Chester Road home to form plans for an officers workshop on May 9 in Portsmouth. Mrs. Fred Crow Jr. led the meeting, Mrs. Theodore T. Reed Sr. led a devotional, and a report on supply work was given. Mrs. Ted Reed Jr. reviewed The Glorious Liberty. Refreshments were served to 22 members and a guest, Mrs. John Buntz of Shelbyville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Portsmouth
Women’s Guild of
Grace Episcopal Church
A. G. Mehlman
Chester Road
Fred Crow, Jr
Theodore T. Reed
Ted Reed, Jr
John Buntz
Shelbyville, Tenn
Konkrights Announce Birth Of Third Son
Middleport announces the birth of a third son to Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Konkright of Springfield. The infant arrived April 26 at Mercy Hospital Springfield. Grandparents are the Rev. and Mrs. Raymon Konkright of Middleport and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Grimm of New Carlisle. Great grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Konkright of Bracken County Ky. Mrs. Raymon Konkright is in Springfield to help with the newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ottie Konkright
Springfield
Mercy Hospital
Raymon Konkright
Forrest Grimm
New Carlisle
Lewis Konkright
Bracken County
Brown Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
Helen L. Brown of Long Bottom sues Paul W. Brown in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for divorce on gross neglect and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of five minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Helen L. Brown
Long Bottom
Paul W. Brown
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Friday Ice Cream Social at Bedford School
An ice cream social begins at 5 30 p m Friday at Bedford School. Homemade pie cake and coffee will be sold. Proceeds fund baseball diamond facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bedford School
Remembering a Meigs County Once Blind Mother on 90th Birthday
Mrs Lucetta Folden Price of Long Bottom Route 2 near Meigs County will turn 90 on May 4. Daughter Winnie Smith Jackson requests friends to send cards to brighten her day as she lives with near total blindness and has few visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. I. Jackson
Columbia, S. C
Meigs County
Long Bottom
Lucetta Folden Price
Long Bottom Route 2
Mary Farley
William G. Folden
Dexter
G. W. Smith
Sanford, Fla
L. C. Smith
Sanford
Fla
Winnie Smith Jackson
Ministers To Back Drive For Clothes
MIDDLEPORT Meigs County ministers promise church cooperation with the National Council of Churches on a united clothing drive. Clothing will be collected at churches or at the county fair display booth in August amid strong public support for the association's stance on obscene literature and gambling. The June meeting was canceled and a July picnic planned. luncheon honored pastors at the Gallipolis State Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
National Council of Churches
Gallipolis
Institute
Francis H. Glazier
Eugene Brown
Richard R. Card
J. P. Miller
Ralph C. Zundel
Donald Boone
Carl Herring
P. A. Casto
N. D. Borden
Ira Tibbs
Racine OES Group Plans Inspections and Meetings
Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star invited attends to several chapters for inspections. Officers Phyllis Martin and William Stewart presided. May 26 inspection with dinner at 6 p.m. May 21 practice at 2 p.m. Past officers club meets May 11 at Harriett Neigler's home. Refreshments by Sabra Morrison and Cora Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Phyllis Martin
William Stewart
Guysville
Valley
Beverly
Marietta
New Marshfield
Wilkesville
New Lexington
Harriett Neigler
Sabra Morrison
Cora Webb
Missionary Program Planned Sunday Night at Local Church
The Middleport Church of Christ will host a missionary program at 7 30 PM on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Enlon Grubbs of the Glouster Church of Christ will present slides showing the mission fields of Southern Rhodesia Africa where their son David Grubbs and family serve. The local church supports the David Grubbs mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Registration Deadline Set For Scouts Camp Sessions
Middleport announces that Brownie and Intermediate Girl Scout camping registrations must be completed by May 26. Camp director Mrs. Betty Everson says the session fee is 2 dollars. A leaders training session led by Everson was held at Mrs. Sarah Moore's home with many attendees. Both camping sessions will take place in June at Camp Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Betty Everson
Everson
Sarah Moore
Phyllis Hackett
Betty Toney
Jerry Allen
Dorothy Clark
Virginia Campbell
Mary Hindy
Garnet Harbrecht
Joyce Mills
Janet Hinkle
Vera Crow
Ola Sinclair
Peg Carper
Naomi Reed
Jerry Grueser
Jean Blazewicz
Juanita Wright
Mary Schwab
Ancill van Meter
Rosemary Arnold
Jean Seindenable
Edna Hannell
Margaret Sheridan
Camp Chester
Pomeroy Couple Faces Divorce Suit in Meigs Court
Harry E. Glaze of Pomeroy Route 1 sues Neam Ie Glaze of Fayetteville North Carolina for divorce in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty extreme cruelty and failure to provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harry E. Glaze
Pomeroy Route 1
Neam Ie Glaze
Fayetteville
N.C
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Family Week Observances Planned in Middleport
Mrs. E. O. Tewksbury was named delegate to the Presbytery meeting in Sardinia on June 20 with Mrs. J. E. Harley as alternate. Membership Sunday is planned for May 14. Tewksbury, Harley, and Richard Vaughan will attend a stewardship promotion meeting at Jackson. Family night is set for May 11 by the deacons and deaconesses. A visitation program for shut ins May 3-14 will present each a gift, with Mrs. Russell Lyons as gift chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
E. 0
Russell Lyons
Inspection Schedule for Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
Middleport will host the annual inspection of Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Monday at the K of P hall with Wilkesville’s Mrs. Thelma Campbell as inspecting officer. A practice was held Tuesday. Mrs. Philip Meinhart announced a rummage sale in June. Hostesses named for June are Mrs. Ferne Cheesebrew, Mrs. Goldie Gilmore, and Mrs. Maxine Owens. Reported ill are Mrs. David Farmer and Mrs. Celia Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Temple
K. of P. Hall
Middleport
Thelma Campbell
Wilkesville
Philip Meinhart
Ferne Cheesebrew
Goldie Gilmore
Maxine Owens
David Farmer
Celia Young
Bricklayers Local 32 to Meet in Cheshire Hall
Bricklayers Local Union 32 will convene at 8 Friday evening at the Cheshire hall to discuss union business and upcoming activities. Members urged to attend for schedule updates and committee reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy Bricklayers Local Union
the Hall
Cheshire
Sanborn Society Hosts Mother-Daughter Fete at Middleport Church
The B H Sanborn Missionary Society of Middleport First Baptist held its annual mother daughter banquet at the church. Mrs Charles Lewis prepared tables as officers were installed during a ceremony led by Mrs Donald Boone with Mrs Gerald Anthony. The event featured a film at home with God, a solo by Mrs Frances Beards, and plans for June 18 worship services during the pastor's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Donald Boone
Gerald Anthony
Frances Beards
Edison Baker
Richard Owen
Beards
Charles Bennett
Owen Bratton
House Part
Harold Chase
Jacob Turner
Freddie Houdashelt
Rhoda Hall
Lawrence Bing
Lewis
Christian Service
A. R. Pullen
Willis Anthony
White Cross
John Kauff
Hughes
David Durst
Milton Hood
Tony Fowler
Freda Sneller
Joe Wilson
Ethel Hughes
Serviceman To End Course At Fort Knox
Army Pvt. Billy Coleman of Carpenter Ohio attends an eight week general supply course at The Armor School Fort Knox Kentucky. The course ends June 1. He joined the Army last January and completed basic training at Fort Knox. He is a 19 year old graduate of Brown Zaleski High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Army
Billy Coleman
Herbert Coleman
Route 1
Ohio
Armor School
Fort Knox
Brown Zaleski High School
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Daker Furniture
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Memphis
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Konkrights
Swisher Cohse Meeclim
Mrs. Jackson
Racine Oes
Evening Star
Jewelry Store
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Charles H. May
Circleville, O
Ohio Bar Association
Sanborn Society
Baker
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Horvatter
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Fieldcrest
Becky
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