New Officers Named At First Baptist Church
Middleport reports its First Baptist Church annual meeting and family night supper with about 100 attendees. Officers elected include Kalad Hindy Sunday School superintendent Edison Baker assistant superintendent Ethel Badgley secretary Isabella Winebrenner assistant secretary and others with deacons deaconesses trustees and ushers chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Middleport
Clifford Hayes
James Hall
Claremont FE. Hoyt
Robert Mills
Shirley Mills
Paul Smart
Jean Bennett
Betty Darst
Charles White
John Kauff
Kalad Hindy
Edison Baker
Ethel Badgley
Isabelle Winebrenner
Harry Houdashelt
Vaughn McKnight
Ethel Hughes
Mary Lyon
Florine Talbott
Clara Mae Darst
W. K. Beaver
Frank Cheesebrew
Thomas Darst
Mabel Bennett
Lucille Diles
J. F. Wilson
Willis Anthony
David Durst, Jr
James Pullen
Clifford Stumbo
Harold Chase
Fielding Hawkins
Charles Bennett
Patty Baker
Margaret Hoyt
Mary Bradley
Williamson Rites Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Williamson 80 who died Friday afternoon at her Pears l Street home will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at First Baptist Church with interment at Middleport Hill Cemetery. She is survived by her husband two granddaughters a son in Bucyrus a grandson and four great grandchildren and several relatives. Two daughters died previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Williamson
Pearl St
First Baptist Church
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Rawlings-Coats
Williamson
Charles Marvin Williamson
Bucyrus
Torral Morrison
Charles Lambert
William Bolin
Kathryn Starkey
Shawnee
William
David Burnelle
Nelsonville
Tad) Bolin
Charlotte Williamson Bolin
Helen Williamson Brown
Party Honors R. C. Cross at Retirement Dinner
POMEROY R C Cross master mechanic of the New York Central Railroad Columbus who is retiring May 31 was guest of honor at a dinner party Wednesday night at the Second Ward firehouse Genial H V Hecox retired road foreman of engines now residing in Charleston W Va was toastmaster for the occasion Cross received a gift from attendees Out of town guests included C S Thompson Dickinson W Va O J Pittman I K Hanson T G Bourne A F Fauber J C Fauber and Jack Dudding of Charleston W Va O Larrick E F Greenless W Cristee and Mr Langhurst of Columbus and Malcolm Davis and Robert Dean of Corning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Pittman
I. K. Hanson
T. G. Bourne
A. F. Fauber
J. C. Fauber
Jack Dudding
Charleston
W. Va
O. Larrick
E. F. Greenless
W. Cristee
Mr. Langhurst
Columbus
Malcolm Davis
Robert Dean
Corning
Notice of Quiet Title Suit in Athens County Ohio
John C Heldt must answer by May 30 1953 in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio to a quiet title action filed by Ralph E Patterson and Doris J Patterson in Cause No for real estate in Athens Ohio. The property is described as part of Lot 962 bounded by Franklin Avenue Townsend Street and related points. Plaintiffs seek quieting of title and other relief with attorney Foster B R Cornwell representing them.
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John C. Heldt
Maple Avenue
Los Angeles
California
Ralph E. Patterson
Doris J. Patterson
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
City of
Athens
County of
State of
Wit
Franklin Avenue
Townsend Street
Cald Real Estate
John Patterson
Foster BR. Cornwell
Middleport Churches observe National Family Week with Mother’s Day emphasis
Local pastors announce Sunday observances across multiple churches. First Baptist Claremont hosts services with "I Thought of You Mother" sermon and "The Fine Art of Motherhood" talk, plus youth activities and a film "The Conversion of Saul." Presbyterian Howard E Ruppelt leads Morning worship and Evening service with "Greatness of Mothers."
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First Baptist
Claremont FE
Hoyt
Conversion of
Saul
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
Bangerter
Heath Service Guild
Church OF Christ — Wert
Joseph Bronson
Huntington
Christian Endeavor
Syracuse Presbyterian
Syracuse
R. H. de Mott
Women’s Missionary Society
Pomeroy Women’s Prayer Group
Church of Christ
Grace Episcopal
Charles R. Speer
Cincinnati
Church OF the Nazarene
C. Coolidge
St. Marys
W. Va
Young Peoples
Christian Science
Adam
Dale Ratliff
Mr. Ratliff
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Tor
Pilgrim Holiness
W. V. Gilkerson
Forest Run
Area Men To Serve On Seminar Panels
George Bolin of Athens and E R King of McArthur to serve on three day agricultural seminar panels at Ohio State University in June. Both men are with the Southeastern Ohio territory of the Jackson Production Credit Association. All fieldmen and directors from Ohio and Indiana will attend the Columbus seminar.
Athens Adopts Union Street Resurfacing Financing Plan
City of Athens Ohio approves funds from Street Maintenance and Gasoline Tax to finance resurfacing of Union Street No 11A15 and No 12C10 in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Department. Authority granted May 4 1943 with seven thousand and five thousand dollars respectively reallocated.
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Highway Department
State of
Ohio
Athens
Ita
Union Street
Anid Oy
West Union Street
Winfield Avenue
West Union
Court Street
State of Ohio
Athena
Ender
S Presteins
A For
Tnnion 5
Tin Antic Ee
City of Athena
City of
Family Dinner Marks Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their Front St. home. They married April 21, 1897, in Baden West Virginia. They have five living children, 13 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
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Middleport
Thomas J. Lewis
Front St
Lewis
Albert Gwynn
Shawnee
Mr. Lewis
David Lewis
Pomeroy
Baden
W. Va
Jasper Baker
Charles
Woodrow Daugherty
Richard Norris
Pamela
Ricky Schoonover
Clarence
Raymond
Columbus
Church Notices From Pomeroy Area Churches
A dense list of Sunday school and worship times across Pomeroy area churches. Includes Church of God, Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Nazarenes, and other congregations with service hours, evangelistic events, Bible studies, and special observances through spring and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland Church OF God
T. P. Satterfield
Antiquity Baptist
Blaine Farley
Carleton Church
Evangelistic Bible Conference
Guy Norris
Household OF Faith Mission
Church OF God
N. H. Jenks
Syracuse
Church OF the Nazarene
M. C. Larimore
George Voytke
Chester Methodist
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesse C. Hayes
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Hysell
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Bearwallow Church OF Christ
Truman Dodson
Divorce action filed in Athens County Ohio
Elizabeth Chesser files for divorce from Claudius H Chesser in Athens County Court Cause No 20401 alleging gross neglect of duty. Hearing set for on or after June 17 1953 with request for custody of the children.
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Claudius H. Chesser
Route 4
Athens
Ohio
Elizabeth Chesser
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
William A. Lavelle
Poppy Days Proclaimed in Middleport by Mayor
Middleport sets May 22 23 as Poppy Days in a proclamation signed by Mayor Sidney T Russell. The event, annual and sponsored by the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion auxiliary, will run street sales and house to house canvassing with Mrs Sidney Pickens as chair. Poppies are made by disabled veterans and funds aid veterans and their welfare. Citizens urged to wear a poppy to honor war dead and remember veterans of three wars.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Feeney - Bennett Post
American Legion
Sidney Pickens
America
Oil Company Banquet Held At Middleport
Ashland Oil and Refining Co dealers and salesmen from Meigs Gallia and Jackson counties gathered for the annual dealers sale meeting and banquet at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe Middleport. Speakers James Mahan and Robert Boyd outlined a spring safe plan and 1953 54 sales push while noting refinery upgrades and a large fuel transport fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Meigs
Gallia
Jackson Counties
Mary Jane
James S. Mahan
Robert S. Boyd
Ashland
Canton
Findlay
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Theo C. Heines
Dayton Phillips
E. L. Wickham
Henry Amberger
Gerald Amberger
Lou Diehl
Pomeroy
Orville Morris
Harry Moore
Vig Brown
Minersville
Arthur Upe
Kananga
S. B. Folden
Calvin Layne
S. B. Runyan
J. T. Ehman
Irvin Folden
Eugene Johnson
Gallipolis
R. H. Vaughan
Cheshire
George Wilson
Point Pleasants
Cecil Swick
Ravenswood
H. R. Bary
Jr. Sandeville
W. Va
Harry Kay
Evans
Fred Greenlee
Vinton
Meigs County Chest X-ray Units Reach 697 Total
Two mobile chest X-ray units visited Harrisonville Racine and other Meigs County sites, taking 279 pictures Thursday. The 12 day goal is 2000 X-rays, with 697 completed to date. units return to Middleport and Pomeroy after visits to Pomeroy and Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Boring
Russell Mason
Irene Jewell
Harrisonville School
Ben Philson
Harrisonville
Racine High School
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Joane Brewer
Bertha Foreman
Yvonne Heiney
Elizabeth Diddle
Bonnie Grindley
Martyn McIntosh
Nelli Bing
County Health Department
Mary Shelton
Laura Bell
Henry Euler
Pomeroy
Rutland
Middleport
Meigs Farmers to Rally Over Slumping Prices May 14
Meigs County farmers will gather May 14 at 8 p.m. in the Pomeroy High School auditorium for a farm price rally. Raymond Furbee says the meeting, part of a statewide series, seeks farmer opinions on price drops and will include a 8:30 p.m. radio address by John W. Sims of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation via WLW Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Senior High School
Raymond Furbee
Racine
WLW
Cincinnati
Sims
Warren Pickens
Reedsville
C. E. Blakeslee
Harold Carnahan
Earl Humphrey
Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Benson
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. M. Gaul
Chester Star
Farbee
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