Second Car Safety Check To Be Held Saturday
Middleport police plan a second voluntary safety car check this Saturday from noon to 6 pm on S Third Ave in front of the high school. Chief Leroy Bartrum reports 285 cars passed last week with 29 failures. four were repaired and rechecked to earn the Circle of Safety sticker. Mayor Fisher backs Safety Month with tougher penalties for reckless operation and faulty equipment. Patrolmen Gilkey DeWees Bostic will inspect brakes lights windshield wipers glass horn tires. Boy Scouts Troop 245 assist.
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Middleport
Leroy
Bartrum
Herbert Gilkey
Fred DeWees
Everett Bostic
C. O. Fisher
S. Third Ave
Boy Scouts
Woman's Society Rites Held at Asbury Methodist Church
POMEROY The Woman's Society of Christian Church of the Asbury Methodist Church met Wednesday at the home of Miss Frieda Fields and Mrs S F Clark in Syracuse. Miss Marcia Karr president led devotion and program on The March of Missions with two final study chapters presented. 154 sick calls were reported, $125 paid to missions, a committee named to plan the year's calendar, flowers to be sent to two members, and members asked to turn in sales tax receipts.
Tax Receipts Rise in Meigs County Week
Meigs County retail sales tax receipts for the week ending April 26 rose to 4412.95 from 4333.17 the previous year, per weekly state treasurer Roger W. Tracy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Health Council to Meet Pomeroy
The Meigs County Health Council will meet at 7 30 Monday evening in the county courtroom.
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Health Council
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio River Flood Crest Expected at Pomeroy
The Ohio River was set to crest at 47.5 feet at Pomeroy this morning per Huntington Weather Bureau data relayed by Apple Grove Locks. Water covered FE Main St and Butternut Ave area while the rise slowed to half a tenth of a foot per hour. The flood, about one foot over the danger level for upper E Main St, was expected to cause little damage.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Huntington Weather Bureau
Apple Grove
Main St
Butternut Ave
Rutland Area Social News Highlights
Rutland residents and families are mentioned visiting relatives across several states. Mr and Mrs Jack Coleman of Florida visited the Phillips family and grandparents in Rutland. Kenneth Michaels and family visited Elisa Michaels and sister Thelma. Betty Vanmetter visited her parents Clarence and Mrs Price. Nathan Taylor of Delvue West Virginia spent a week with his mother Ethel Snowden. Betty Jeffers of Dexter and Dee Thomas traveled to Columbus as delegates to the Ohio Association of Future Homemakers of America.
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Jack Coleman
Florida
Howard Phillips
Joe Phillips
Kenneth Michaels
Elisa Michaels
Thelma
Betty Vanmetter
Clarence Price
Nathan Taylor
Delvue
W. Va
Ethel Snowden
Betty Jeffers
Dexter
Dee Thomas
Columbus
Ohio Association of Future Homemakers of America
Miss Sandra Butcher Heads To State Spelling Contest
Harrisonville student Miss Sandra Butcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butcher and taught by Mrs. Iva Ryan, was named champion speller in Meigs County grade schools and will travel to Columbus Saturday for the state contest.
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Pomeroy
Sandra Butcher
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Columbus
Charles Butcher
Iva Ryan
Riding Club Meeting and Show Dues Due
Ty Riding Club schedules a 8 p m Tuesday meeting at Rock Springs Grange Hall. Members must pay dues by May 18 to join the Ohio Valley Horse Show Association awards program. first point show set for May 18.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Central PTA to Install New Officers Monday
Central PTA prepares to install officers Monday evening at the school. Parents of children who will begin school at Central next fall are invited to attend the meeting.
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Pomeroy
Central Pta
Central
Chauncey Personal Visits Highlight Weekend Activities
Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs. Homer Omen and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Westphal Jr and Mrs. Katy Ashworth in Portsmouth. Lois Jean Davis is hospitalized in Mount St Mary. Lanning family hosted callers including Rev Pidcock and others from Chauncey and Glouster. Sunday visitors to Mrs Jessie Fulton included cousins from Parkersburg.
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Chauncey
Homer Omen
Billy
Elizabeth Willis
Edward Westphal Jr
Katy Ashworth
Portsmouth
Loren Ashworth
Lois Jean Davis
Homer Davis
Bailey Run
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Dan Johnson
Columbus
Melvin Hoar
Johnson
Morristown
John Mullins
Joe Lanning
Judy
Anita
Ronnie
Alex Vaido
John
Glouster
Allan Snyder
Dunbar
Cynthia Hammond
Ernest Lanning
Jessie Fulton
Ray Brannon
Barbara
Parkersburg
Fulton
Ray Fulton
Joe Galvin
Galvin
William Braley
Bobbie
Pennsylvania
Local church schedules and services listed for Chauncey area
Chauncey Churches Morristown Holiness Helen Tatman ministers 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 worship Young people 7 p.m. Raymond PidcockMillfield and other churches share Sunday schools evangelistic services prayer meetings and Mother's Day emphasis. Chauncey board meeting Tuesday night at 7 30.
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Morristown
Helen Tatman
Raymond Pidcock
Church of God
Freddie Crabtree
Millfield Methodist
Norman Dewire
Rural Life
Chauncey Methodist
Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Hal Zug
Mr. Courtney
Taylor Ridge
Millfield
Trimble
Robert Smith
Greens Run
Chauncey
Chauncey Board
Trimble High to Host Class Day and Baccalaureate
Trimble Township High School prepares a Sunday program May 18 with honor graduates presenting a panel on American Youth in Education. Wanda Kearns Hanley Morrison Morgan and Dan Simons will share top averages as the baccalaureate sermon is delivered by Rev. G B Courtney at 10 30 a m.
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Miss Morrison
Clarence Morrison
Glouster
Miss Morgan
Maurice Morgan
Trimble
Dan Simons
Otto Simons
Green’s Run
G. B. Courtney
Sinns Visit Glouster Kinney Family Returns Briefly
Lois Kinney Sinn visits Glouster with husband Melvin Sinn and son Jeff rey from Uruguay where Sinn serves as second secretary at the American Embassy in Montevideo. They flew home on March 12 for a homeland leave, spent weeks in Washington and New Jersey, then Ohio with Kinney relatives before heading to New Orleans to sail back to Uruguay May 29.
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Glouster
Fred Kinney
Columbus
Melvin Sinn
Jeffrey
South America
Esta Cunningham
Sinn
Lois Kinney
United States
Montevideo
Uruguay
Washington, D.C
State Department
New Jersey
Mr. Sinn
Ohio
Catholic Women’s Club May Meeting At Church Hall
The Catholic Women's Club held its May gathering in the church hall with Mrs. Charles Patton and Mrs. T. A. Noon as hosts. President Mrs. Hobensinki led prayers and thanked members for supporting the Bishop's Relief Fund and for the VFW at Jacksonville for hall use.
Meeting Note Highlights Father Nickel Talk and Dinner
Father Nickel gave a talk at the recent meeting. The next gathering features a pot luck dinner on June 3 at 6 30 p m. All members are invited to attend. Lunch was served to the 16 attendees.
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Father Nickel
Mrs Ley Hosts Wednesday Bridge Club in Glouster
Mrs Ed Ley entertained the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home in Glouster with guests including Mrs Mary Swyers. Prizes were awarded to first Mrs Ernest Vernon second Miss Josephine Hedfelt and third Mrs Ernest Williams. Others playing were Miss Wilma Ferrell Mrs Irene Morris and Mrs T A Noon. A salad course was served.
Local Churches Schedule in Glouster Area
Glouster and surrounding churches share service times and pastors. Notable entries include Glouster Nazarene with Rev George Williams. Jacksonville EUB and Hollister EUB under Rev L R Carmichael. Glouster Church of Christ led by Daniel K Teater. Glouster Methodist with Rev Dale Hoplight. Holy Cross Catholic led by Fr Anthony Nickel. plus First Baptist under Rev Franklin E Mitchell and Seventh Day Adventist with R G Collar.
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Glouster Church of Christ
Daniel K. Teater
Glouster Methodist
Dale Hoplight
Holy Cross Catholic
Anthony Nickel
Bishopville Church of Christ
Gerald Stemm
First Baptist
Franklin E. Mitchell
BTU
William M. Parham, Jr
Seventh Day Adventist
R. G. Collar
Oakdale
Miles FE. Hoon
Rural Life
Jacksonville
Trimble Methodist
Norman
Ned”’ Dewire
Jacksonvill Church
Widow Pays Bill for 18-Year-Old Hospital Care
An 18-year delayed payment at St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas was settled when a widow gave $100 to Sister Mary Helen. She said she had saved the money since her husband received care there.
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Dallas
St. Paul’s Hospital
Mary Helen
Banquet Postponed for Federated Church in Pomeroy
The mother daughter banquet at Federated Church in Pomeroy has been postponed until May 16 due to high water.
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Pomeroy
The
Federated Church
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