Swisher Paces Race for Council in Two Towns
In Meigs County Pom eroy and Middleport voters chose Republican nominees. Wayne Swisher led Pomeroy council races with 270 votes while incumbents like Ted Downie and Roy Betzing gained seats. Sidney T. Russell won Middleport mayoral nomination 227 to 162 over Frank Vroman. All nominated Middleport candidates are set for fall unless independents enter.
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Pomeroy
Sidney T. Russell
Middleport
Meigs
Wayne Swisher
Ted Downie
Roy Betzing
Ollie Green
Dale Smith
Pat Will
Edward Lohn
C. L. Heaton
Howard Kitchen
Dwight Parker
Council
First Ward
Swisher
Betzing
Downie
Green
Smith
Will
Lohn
Heaton
Kitchen
Mop
Charles Legar
Ralph Spencer
Robinson
Leger
Spencer
Delmar A. Canaday
Legar and
Frank Vroman
Nomi
Joe Young, Jr
Jean Lama
Charles Murray
Russell
Vroman
Murray
Lama
Bunce
Gibbons
Jenkins
Turner
Wiley
H. K. Woodgerd
Joe Young
dJr
District School Presents Music Recital This Sunday
The Western Local School District music department directed by Mrs. Cc O Chapman will present a program at 2 p.m. Sunday in the school auditorium. The girls glee club opens with Ave Maria On a Green Hill and Rock a My Soul followed by rhythm studies by first and second graders. Betty Brown Marilyn Turner perform a piano duet Deep Purple. Third and fourth graders present three lullabys. The song flute class and Richard Warner on bells play Waltz Those Evening Bells and America. Richard Likens auto harp and Judy Chase piano perform three pieces. The seventh grade performs three numbers with The Prayer Perfect sung by the girls ensemble. The boys ensemble closes with My Heart Stood Still Old Nam and The Gospel Train. Sixth graders offer three numbers The Ash Grove Merry Medley and A Thwarted Romance. The girls glee club concludes with Mother in tribute to Mother's Day.
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Green Hill
Girls Glee Club
Betty Brown
Marilyn Turner
America
Richard Likens
Judy Chase
Girls Giee Club
Middleport Garden Club Hosts Meeting With Floral Displays
Middleport Garden Club met at Mrs. D. S. Harold’s home as slide shows from the Ohio Garden Clubs State Convention in Athens and Hawaii highlighted Mrs. Margaret Keehne Davis. Guests Mrs. James E. Harley and others attended. Mrs. John Duerr to host next meeting. prizes awarded and desserts served.
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Middleport
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Athens
Hawaii
Margaret Keehne Davis
Pomeroyan
Ohio University
Middleport Garden Club
D. S. Harold
Lincoln St
Davis
Leo Beeson
John Kincaid
Lawrence Milhean
C. A. Emmish
James E. Harley
D. C. Miller
Harold
Beeson
Two Week Vacation Visitors From Parkersburg
Carol Bachtel a student nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Forrest Bachtel. Friday she joined sister Katharine for May Festival events at West Virginia Wesleyan Buckhannon. They stayed at Agnes Howard Hall and at Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority functions. Carol and Mrs Bechtel visit Columbus today.
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Middleport
Carol Bachtel
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Forrest Bachtel
Katharine Bachtel
Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan
Misses Bechtel
Agnes Howard Hall
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Carol
Mrs. Bechtel
Columbus
Belpre Senior Class Play Staged Haunted House for Rent
Gerald Warren led the Belpre Senior Class production Haunted House for Rent on Friday night. Joined by brother in law Mr Joe Young Jr and Melanie, the Warrens from Middleport attended with relatives. Mr Warren previously worked in transfer business.
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Middleport
Gerald Warren
J. Warren
Belpre
Gerald
Joe Young, Jr
Melanie
Warrens
Warren
Circus birthday party for Karen Bachner in Middleport
A circus themed birthday party was held Monday for seven year old Karen Bachner daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bachner. Prizes went to Trudy Klees Celista Searles Terry Johnson and Lynn Buchanan. Guests included Sandra Ohlinger Susan Ohlinger Kari Beck and others. Paul Haptonstall photographed the event.
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Middleport
Karen Bachner
Everett Bachner
Trudy Klees
Celista Searles
Terry Johnson
Lynn Buchanan
Sandra
Susan Ohlinger
Kari Beck
Sharon Evans
Christine Beaver
Judy Butcher
Peggy
Billy Salter
Darrell
Sara Bechtie
John Vroman
Edith Haptonstall
Connie Lee Bachner
Mary Schaaf
Arnold, Murray Family Dinner Celebrates Birthdays
James Arnold of Nitro W Va spent the weekend at home and attended a family dinner marking his son Jim Arnold's birthday after returning from overseas service. Larry Lewis joined Kenneth Murray on Sunday for dinner and a movie to celebrate his 15th birthday.
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Middleport
James Arnold
Nitro
W. Va
Jim Arnold
Armed Forces
Larry Lewis
Kenneth Murray
Charles O. Murray
Bradburys Host Canasta Club at S Third Ave
Middleport Mrs. Charles A Bradbury entertained her Canasta Club Tuesday evening at her home on S Third Ave Three tables were filled with players in the gathering and cards were enjoyed by all participants.
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Middleport
Charles A. Bradbury
S. Third Ave
Pearl Graves Birthday Noted With Family Dinner
A family dinner marked the birthday of Mrs. Pearl Graves of Pearl Street on Sunday. Her daughter, Mrs. Charles Walburn, presented her with a birthday cake.
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Middleport
Pearl Graves
Pearl St
Charles Walburn
Gardeners Club Meeting In Middleport Tonight
The Middleport Amateur Gardeners Club meets at president Mrs. Bruce Lloyd's home. Mrs. James F. Titus leads a corsage making workshop and new officers will be installed.
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Middleport — Amateur Gardeners Club
Bruce Lloyd
James F. Titus
Local Residents Share Visits and Family News
Columbus residents host family and friends from across West Virginia Kentucky Delaware and Ohio in a roundup of social visits. Guests include Mr and Mrs Aaron Sheets Mr and Mrs Brooks McKinley Mrs Mildred Douglas and others visiting relatives and patients at Meigs General Hospital and St Josephs Hospital.
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Columbus
Clarence Clark
Jean Clark
Franklin Clark
Aaron Sheets
Brooks McKinley
O. E. McKinley
Front St
Homer Rice
Parkersburg
Mildred Douglas
St. Joseph's Hospital
Douglas
Hemlock Grove
Cora McKinley
James Ward
Charleston
Melvin Devol
Carolyn
Fred Whitlock
James
Kent
Torre! Morrison
Point Pleasant
Charles Williamson
Pear St
Ralph Parzell
Wendel Betzing
Kerri Run
William Morris
John Bowman
John Dudding
Bank Light Station
Lewes
Dela
Marie Dudding
Meigs General Hospital
Emmett Cray
Third Ave
Steps Taken By Middleport Board Of Education On Insurance
The Middleport Board of Education met at the high school to discuss insurance types for school buildings with local agent Rodney Downing. Superintendent L. W. McComas said an appraisal of building values will be made before changes. bids for rehabilitation projects including roof recoating, concrete work, auditorium seats refinishing, and eaves troughs will go to the State Department for approval. Coach David Winefordner outlined the summer recreational program and its management.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Rodney Downing
L. W. McComas
State Department
David Winefordner
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Jack Clark
Cheshire
Sheila Ann
Nettie Swisher
James Clark
Ohio Valley
Moore
Pt. Pleasant
Hartley & Bennett
Ohio
E. F. Robinson
Western Local
Cc. O. Chapman
Dutton's
Paris
Coty
Whisper and Tailspin Cologne
Dorothy Perkins
Chocolates Gilberts
Old Dominion
Greyhound Bus Station
Millard Wildermuth
Tom Rue
Kathryn Lois Thompson
Peter F. Klein
Lionel Boggs
Robert Schmoll
Don Stivers
Don Mills
Edward T. French
Robert Haggerty
Entertains
Canasta Club
Edison
John Baker
Amateur Gardeners Club
Ewing
Furniture
Howard B. Mullen
2Nd St
Liberty
Gary Cooper
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Raines
Bruce Bennett
Paul Douglas
Janet Leigh
Fatelita Robert Rockwell
Belle of
Old Mexico
Gilbert Roland
John Beal
Mlley
Tyrone Power
Choon Harm
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Ulmee
Dan Dalley
Diana Lynn
Hugh O’brien
Carole Mathews
Chet Allen
Scat Men
Crothers
Pleasure Island
Silvana Mangano
Wi. Y World Telegram
Winchell
Heer
Trop
Reg
Vincent Price
Frank Lovejoy
Phyllis Kirk
Athena
Theatre
Orson Welles
Macbeth
Cotorr
Echnicolor
Colorado
Joel McCrea
Barbara Hale
Alex Nicol
Charles Drake
Jimmy Hunt
Jim Arness
Arring
David Ferrer
Diana Dors
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