Funeral Plans Ready For Accident Victims
Funeral rites for seven people killed in a Middleport car crash were announced by Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. One service for four McCoy family members will be held Sunday at Cheshire Baptist Church with burial at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Also scheduled are double services for George Halley and Elizabeth Halley at the Cheshire Baptist Church with military rites by Feeney-Bennett Post. Additional services note John Carter Smith’s funeral at Bradbury Church of Christ with burial in Riverview Cemetery. Survivors and connections are listed for each family.
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Middleport
Rawlings- Coats
McCoy
Cheshire Baptist Church
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Marshall McCoy
Pearl McCoy
Portsmouth
Vada Blackburn
Robert
William Edward McCoy
Columbus
Atlantic City
U. S. Navy
Greece
George Halley
Elizabeth
Cheshire Gravel Hill
O. H. Carr
Hobson Church of Christ In Christian Union
Halley
Elizabeth Counts
Parkersburg
Isaac Counts
Delaware
Earl Counts
Delano
Hilliards
Rush
Isaac Jr
Edgar
Ruth Martindale
Sunbury
Catherine Deems
Mineral Wells
W Va
John Carter Smith
Bradbury Church
St. Albans
W. Va
Ray
Bessie
Fred Hoffman
Robert Duckworth
Shirley Smith
Mary Ellen Spires
Pomeroy
Olympia Fabric
Chicago
Death Takes Virs Bennett
Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Bennett of Washington Court House died yesterday of a stroke while en route to a hospital in Gallipolis. She was born in Murray City daughter of John T and Elizabeth Ward Dolan. Survived by Edward L Bennett husband a daughter Mrs John McCauley Fairborn Ohio two sons John L Bennett Jackson Ohio and Clarence Bennett Nashville TN three brothers John Gilbert Dolan California Pa Norman Dolan Logan OH. Friends may call at Mary hew Funeral Home Jackson until noon Sunday in state at Methodist Funeral Home Nelsonville Sunday 2 pm. Rev S Melvin Wentz to officiate burial Green Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Elizabeth Bennett
Washington Court House
Gallipolis
Bennett
Murray City
John T. and
Elizabeth Ward Dolan
Edward L. Bennett
John McCauley
Fairborn
Ohio
John L. Bennett
Jackson
Clarence Bennett
Nashville
Tennessee
John
Gilbert Dolan
California
Norman Dolan
Logan
Maryhew
S. Melvin Wentz
Green Lawn Cemetery
Ohio Power Wins National Advertising and Employee Publication Awards
Ohio Power Co. earned two national awards. One honors its employee newspaper Ohio Power Review for 12 issues in 1956. The other awards its Reddy Kilowatt ad showing the state map and Ohio Power truck locations across five divisions. The awards were presented at the PYAA Convention in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio Power Co
Ohio Power Review
Ohio Power
Electric Company
Reddy Kilowatt, Inc
Reddy Kilowatt
Ohio
Review
PYAA
Cleveland
Mother’s Day observances across Middleport churches
Middleport churches plan Mother's Day programming with sermons and services at Church of Christ Mt Moriah Baptist Heath Methodist and First Baptist Claremont. Highlights include Moses mother sermon at 10 30 am CE hour 6 pm evening service 7 30 pm and Bible school preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Homer Rice
Jesus
Heath Methodist Church
Ernest Covert
Church School
R. C. Konkright
WSCS
Daily Vacation Bible School
First Baptist
Claremont Hoyt
Long Bottom
Joppa
Bill Orr
Hocking Evangelical Methodist — Bible School
Keno Church of Christ
Zion Church of Christ
Thomas H. Wyatt
Carleton
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
Trinity Lutheran
H. H. Fickenscher
Rutland
Ralph C. Zundel
God Our
Federated-Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian
Waldo J. Bartels
Church Council
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Daughters of Ruth
George Parker
Ohio Annual Conference of Methodist Church
Lakeside
Ohio
Central PTA to Install New Officers Monday Evening
New officers will be installed at the Central PTA meeting on Monday at 7 30 PM. A musical program will follow the installation, providing entertainment for attendees.
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Pomeroy
PTA
Montgomery Rites Held For Bessie Montgomery
Bessie Montgomery 72 lifelong Pomeroy resident died of a heart attack at her daughter’s Columbus home. Survived by son John and six daughters in various states, 25 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, two grandsons in military service. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 p m in Federated Church with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Bessie Montgomery
Dan Boziniski
Columbus
Theodorus Council 17
Daughters of America Lodge
Federated Church
John Montgomery
Oliver Springs
Tenn
Elmer Davidson
William Shumaker
New Lexington
Gordon Leyton
A. V. Mauss
Tooele
Utah
Boziniski
Neil Dickson
Albany
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Charles F. Montgomery
Charles F., Jr
Waldo Bartels
Beech Grove
Middleport Pool to Open Pending Weather Conditions
Middleport recreation commission announced the pool opening will depend on weather. Leo Kennedy Sr is pool manager with Mary Carolyn Miller as head lifeguard and John Ketchka as assistant head lifeguard. Thomas Skinner also guards. repairs and improvements were discussed by Lewis Ellis and Robert King. Attendees included Bruce Lloyd Paul Davis Lionel Boggs Charles McDonald and Leo Kennedy Jr.
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Middleport
The
Recreation Commission
Bruce Lloyd
Leo Kennedy
Mary Carolyn Miller
John Ketchka
Middleport High School
Thomas Skinner
Lewis Ellis
Robert King
Lloyd
Paul Davis
Lionel Boggs
Charles McDonald
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Bedford PTA Bake Sale At Kroger Saturday
Bedford P T A led by Mrs. George Carper will hold a bake sale at Kroger in Pomeroy on Saturday from 9 30 a m Proceeds fund school equipment The group previously equipped the kitchen and playground County Superintendent OO Patterson spoke at the Wednesday meeting reminding about the November tax vote The program was run by the children.
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Bedford Ppa
Pomeroy
Bedford
P.T.A
George Carper
Burlingham
Krogers
OO Patterson
Church Addition To Be Dedicated In Pomeroy
The Chester Methodist Church addition and remodeling, fully paid, will be dedicated with an all day service on Sunday May 19. Sunday school starts 10 30 am a basket dinner follows at noon. Former pastors will give talks and the afternoon program at 2 features music and church history.
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Pomeroy
Chester Methodist Church
Meigs County churches schedule Sunday services
A compiled list shows Salvation Army and numerous area churches with Sunday schools and worship times. Notable entries include Racine Methodist with John Elwood, Oak Grove with Victor Brown, and St. Pauls Lutheran with L. M Mohrhoff, plus Easter and Mother's Day observances across congregations.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Meeting
Glenna Rummel
Carmel
Richard Young
Racine Target
The
Methodist Church
John el
Sutton
Victor Brown
Antiquity
Letart Falls
Floyd Workman
Apple Grove
East Letart
Portland
Arlie Marks
Reedsville
St. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M Mohrhoff
St John’s Lutheran
Sacred Heart
Father John Turel
Seventh-day Adventist church notices on services and events
Mothers will receive potted plants. The Sab bath school at 124 Butternut Street DAV Hall holds worship at 2 p.m with Elder Fred Cadie as speaker at 3:15 p.m Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m Church services are on Saturday.
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Old Town Flat
C. W. Proffitt
Joe Williams, Jr
Ironton
Seventh-day Adventist
Butternut St
Dav Hall
Fred Cadie
Birth announced for Middletown couple's daughter
Mr and Mrs Milton Smart of Middleport announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday morning in Middletown. They also note their daughter Susan Lynn is 3 years old. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Paul S Smart of Middleport and Mr and Mrs Julius Wander of Middletown.
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Middleport
Milton Smart
Middletown
Smarts
Susan Lynn
Paul S. Smart
Julius Wander
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Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Kaiser Construction Co
Haley
New Guinea
DAV
Middleport Lodge
F&am
Modern Woodmen of America
Mr. Halley
Delma Yeanger Halley
William Halley
Billy
Ruth Ann
Robert Halley
Cheshire
Robert McIntosh
More Yeanger
Frank Costello
New York
Criminal Courts
Paul Newman
Pier Angeli
Joan Evans
Ben Cooper
Strange
Randolph Scott
Marguerite Chapman
Huntz Hall
Stanley Clements
Bowery Boys
HOT Shots
Frank Sinatra
Marlon Brando
Jack Webb
Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Middleport Churches
Mt. Moriah’ Baptist Church
Arnold Richards
Emma Bland
N. D. Borden
ALA
Quick's
Montgomery
Meigs County Church Services
Great Bend
Morse Chapel
Styversville
Danville
W V. Gilkerson
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klingel
NYPS
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Lawrence Chapel
Dorcas Eue
Nesday
Church of God
E. Main
Cherry Sts
N. W. Jenks
Chester House of Prayer
Rev. Edmond Life
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff Free Methodist
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Dinsmore Boyles
MYF
South Bethel
Everett Branscomb
Izaak Walton
Chester
Dumont
Zenith
Crosley Refrigerators
Allen Appliance
E. Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Plymale-Wagner Company
Gallipolis, Ohio
Bardin Brothers Company
Athens, Ohio
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
RAW Edge
Rory Calhoun
Yvonne DeCarlo
Rex Reason
Neville Brand Mara Corda
Richard Arlen
Bruce Bennett
Faron Young
Big Boy Williams
Columbia Comedy Radio Romeos
Duke Cleaners
Pomeroy Gallipolis
PT. Pleasant
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Meigs—Pomeroy
Buster Crabbe
Ann Robinson
Nevill Brand
Slim Picken
Dane Andrews
Joan Fontaine
Sidney Blackmer
Gary Cooper
Anthony Perkins
Dorothy McQuire
Temple
Superscope
Technicolor
Virginia
Robert Stack
Ruth Roman
Alex Nicol
Hells Crossroads
Stephen McNally
Peggie Castle
Robert Vaughn
Battle Hymn
Rock Hudson
Martha Hver
Dan Duryea
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