Awards Presented At Eastern High School May 1962
Eastern High School held class day with J S Davis as executive head. Kaye Bahr and Carolyn Parker were valedictorian and salutatorian. Richard Hensley announced the program. Donna Bahr read the class will. Teachers honored included Bob Brown and Melanie Brown for American Legion Post awards in essay contest. Numerous students received English, Latin, history, math, science, and bookkeeping certificates and yearly average awards. Glee club honors were also presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Eastern High School
J. S. Davis
Kaye Bahr
Carolyn Parker
Richard Hensley
Donna Bahr
Elizabeth Buchanan
Tom Mankin
Bob Brown
Melanie Brown
American Legion Post of Racine
Connie Spencer
Janet Bissell
Marilyn Koehler
Janet Hetzer
Sandra Mundry
Larry Landon
Sandra Sprague
Kenneth Hartung
David Leonard
Alice Harris
W.A. Rice
Judith Ellen Codner
Kay Bahr
Michael Will
Lyle Nichols
Sharon Frecker
Dennis Parker
Howard Parker
Richard Koblentz
James Meredith
Sharon Knowles
Robert Marcinko
Glee Club
Alice Nease
Mary Jane Cashdollar
Roger Starcher
Geraldine Durst
Lila Bahr
Marilyn Stearns
Virgina Wright
Judy Fick
Joyce Ginther
Marsha Evans
Janet Caldwell
Entertains Cast of Rutland High School Junior Play
Miss Sally Schaaf, teacher at Rutland High School, entertained Friday evening with a party for junior play cast members she directed. The group then attended the Middleport senior class presentation, The Handy Man, with refreshments at Miss Schaaf’s home served by cast and faculty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sally Schaaf
Rutland High School
Handy Man
Schaaf
Marlene Hoffman
Brenda Turner
Alice Crouser
Billy Hill
Charles Hoffman
Joe Chapman
David Grate
Guy Harper
David Scragg
Blaine Turner
Keith Carson
Injured Man Landers Admitted After Mine Fall
William Landers of Leading Creek was admitted to Meigs General Hospital after a fall at the Joe Stewart coal mine. Emergency squad transported him. he suffered back injuries and was not struck by an object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Landers
Leading Creek
Meigs General Hospital
Joe Stewart
Landers
Pomeroy Bosworth Council 46 Meeting Notice
POMEROY BOSWORTH Council 46, R and SM will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Work will be conferred on two members by regular officers in the royal degree and the select masters degrees will be conferred by the past illustrious masters. Past masters night celebrated with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — Bosworth Council
R&sm
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Admitted patients include Judith Treadway Letart Falls Roma Reynolds Ches hire Route 2 Mrs Gladys Turley Dexter Route 1 Ferne Hayman Letart Falls Laura Watson Racine Kathy Huddleston Pomeroy. Discharged: Robert Edwards Radcliff Hager Inez Pooler Roma Reynolds and Ed Sauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Treadway
Letart Falls
Roma Reynolds
Cheshire
Gladys Turley
Dexter
Ferne Hayman
Laura Watson
Racine
Kathy Huddleston
Pomeroy
Robert Edwards
Radcliff Hager
Inez Pooler
Ed Sauer
Petty larceny fines suspended in Meigs County court
Pearl Chaney was fined 10 dollars and costs with both suspended on petit larceny charges and released after serving 30 days of a 90 day sentence. Robert Clyde Salser received 15 dollars and costs for fishing without a license at Forked Run Lake. Don Williams of the Division of Wildlife filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pearl Chaney
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples Chaney
Robert Clyde Salser
Forked Run Lake
Don Williams
Division of Wildlife
Neglect and Cruelty Cited In Ohio Divorce Petition
Virginia Olson of Tup pers Plains files for divorce from Harold M Olson of Knoxville Tenn citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Meigs County Common Pleas Court also records the ending of George Lynn Beegle’s deputy sheriff appointment due to accepting other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Virginia Olson
Tuppers Plains
Harold M. Olson
Knoxville
Tenn
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
George Lynn Beegle
Beegle
Story Hour Continued At Middleport Library This Summer
The Middleport library will carry on a weekly story hour during summer under the Child Conservation League. Eleven preschoolers attended Saturday to hear Bible stories and fairy tales told by Mrs Dale Walburn and Mrs Paul Theis. Assistants included Karen McElhinney, Marilyn Stumbo, Sherrie Shuler, and Rhonda Hysell. Sessions run 1 to 2 PM each Saturday for children aged 4 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Child Conservation League
Dale Walburn
Paul Theis
Karen McElhinney
Marilyn Stumbo
Sherrie Shuler
Rhonda Hysell
Meigs County Land Transfers
See list of property transfers in Meigs County including buyers and sellers such as George and Gladys Mowery to John L Ketechka and Mae Ketchka with lots in Pomeroy and other transfers across Letart Two Sutton Two Salisbury Middleport Lebanon Two Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Gladys Mowery
John L. Ketechka
Mae Ketchka
Pomeroy
R. Scarberry
Mildred M. Scarberry
Anna L. Childress
Letart
Leroy J. Kennedy
Joyce M. Kennedy
Kenneth D
Mary Grover
Chester Two
Thomas E. Diddle
Maxine Diddle
David Grindstaff
Rose Marie Grindstaff
Sutton Two
Carl J. Baer
Mary Baer
Amanda Baer
Stacie L. Arnold
Marcia S. Arnold
G. W. Cook
Katie Cook
Joseph Schuler
Ollie Schuler
Salisbury
Jimmy F. Little
Betty Jo Little
Marvin Kelly
Opal Kelly
Middleport
Albert Kelly Appleby
Shirley Appleby
Lebanon
Clark Jividen
Lillian Jividen
James Jividen
Racine
Middleport Speakers and Meetings This Week
Middleport A A Scarberry Jr principal of Middleport High School will speak Thursday evening at a Child Conservation League meeting at Mrs Earl Davenport's home on moral and physical child development. New officers will be installed. The Middleport Women’s Association meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the First United Presbyterian Church. Magnol ia Temple Pythian Sisters plan a 7 p m practice at the DAV home for Thursday inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. A. Scarberry Jr
Middleport High School
Child Conservation League
Earl Davenport
Scarberry
Women’s Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Pomeroy
Magnolia Temple
Pythian _ Sisters
DAV
Middleport Personal Notes Highlight Family Visits and Distances
Mrs R L Hamilton and sister Mrs W T Moore visited Mrs P Klein in Middleport with Vernard Evans of Chesapeake. Mrs Moore, confined to a wheelchair, hasn’t been here 13 years. Sherri and John Mayer were Mother's Day weekend guests of George and Mrs Meinhart. Mrs Lucille Mayes returned after a Portsmouth trip. she and the Covert family visited Columbus with Wallace Barnhill. Marianne Woodgerd, OSU employee, stayed with H K and Mrs Woodgerd. Clarence Bailey and family visited Minnie Erlewine and William Bailey’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
H. K. Woodgerd
Clarence Bailey
Minnie Erlewine
William Bailey
Carpenter Group Meets at Church With Family Focus
The MYF group gathered at the church with Judy Seel as program leader and Janet Massey leading devotions on The Christian Family Works Together. Attendees included Judy Seel Walter Jordan Brenda Mary and Janet Massey along with several Woodrum Stansbury and Gillogly family members visiting relatives in Sheltering Ams Hospital and Gal lis, Athens, Columbus, Middleport, and Orange Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westina Crabtree
Temple Myf Group
Judy Seel
Janet Massey
Walter Jordan
Brenda
Mary
Butch Wallace
Janet
Johnny Myers
Bob
Philip Woodrum
Carolyn Davis
Marie Seel
Arthur Crabtree
Local Visits Scatter Across Central Ohio
The courier lists several small social calls in Columbus Newark Chillicothe and surrounding areas. Mr and Mrs Jan Howell visit Glen Jewell’s home while Leroy Howell and family dine with Mrs Nina Howell. Annalee Dilcher visits grandmother Mrs Lou Perry and Arlis Robinson with Shirley Lee visit Pearl Robinson home. Mrs Harry Bolin calls on Mrs Nina Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Howell
Columbus
Glen Jewell
Leroy Howell
Chillicothe
Nina Howell
Annalee Dilcher
Lou Perry
Noland Haning
Shirley Lee
Arlis Robinson
Newark
Pearl Robinson
Harry Bolin
Alumni Association To Meet Wednesday In Chester
Chester Alumni Association plans its annual banquet and dance for May 26 at 7 30 p m with 8 p m Wednesday meeting at the Chester Grade School. Eastern graduates may contact Mrs Walter Brown or Mrs Don Williams for reunion details. A Willing Workers Class food demonstration is set for 7 30 p m Friday at Ohio Fuel Gas Co offices with transportation arranged by Mrs Herbert Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Alumni Association
Walter Brown
Don Williams
Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Herbert Dixon
Pomeroy Chamber Names Eight New Directors
Eight men were named to the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce board for two year terms beginning July 1. New directors include Kirkland, Ted Reed Jr, T A Downie, John William Blaetmar, N. W. Compton, R. L. Jacobs, Irving Karr and Leslie Fultz. The chamber votes to join the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Hige Power Scome
Ads Kirkland
Kirkland
Ted Reed, Jr
T A. Downie
John William Blaetmar
N. W. Compton
R. L. Jacobs
Irving Karr
Leslie F. Fultz
Chamber
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Ebersbach Family Has Sunday Dinner
The Ebersbach family gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs C J Ebersbach for a Mothers Day surprise potluck dinner. Mrs Ebersbach received several gifts and the group included Willard Joyce Harold Darla Jean Hosell Pratt Powers and their children.
Amputate Two Fingers After Accident
Two fingers on the right hand of Danny Masters near Cheshire were amputated Monday afternoon at Meigs General Hospital after his hand became caught in a bicycle wheel. Middleport emergency squad members reported severe injury at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Danny Masters
Cheshire
Meigs General Hospital
Middleport adopts pool director salary and plan
Middleport village council adopted an ordinance setting a 250 dollar monthly salary for the combined recreation director and pool manager position and scheduled Memorial Day as pool opening. Other hires include assistant park director 199.55 monthly and lifeguards 3.15 a day. The meeting covered repairs, gas masks for fire trucks, and budget transfers, with planning on village growth and dust complaints at the ball field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frank Eschelman
Charles Murray
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Middleport Planning Commission
Caroll W. Hill and Associates of
Columbus
Village Hall
Miami University
Alma Newton
Plum St
Childs
Atlas
Middleport Levee
Big Bend Boat Club
No Charge To Be Filed In Wounding In Middleport
Prosecutor Bernard Fultz announced no charges will be filed after knife wounds to William Walters 40 in Middleport. Walters injured while trying to separate meat from a freezer and said his wife Sally was not implicated. Walters is in fair condition at Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bernard Fultz
Meigs General Hospital
William Walters
Walters
I. R. Neal
Fultz
Sally
Herbert Gilkey
Eastern Senior Class Goes To Washington
Forty nine seniors from Eastern High School will depart Parkersburg West Virginia at 10 30 p m Tuesday for Washington D C with side trips to Mt Vernon Arlington and other points The group will return home Saturday accompanying adults are Mrs Nora Rice Mrs Dorothy Michael and C C Bibbee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eastern High School
Parkersburg
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Mt. Vernon
Arlington
Nora Rice
Dorothy Michael
C. C. Bibbee
Rev. Howard Ruppelt Attends Presbytery Meeting
The Rev. Howard Ruppelt pastor of Syracuse and Middleport First United Presbyterian Churches attends a Scioto Presbytery meeting in Oak Hill. He is joined by delegates Mrs. E. O. Tewksbury and Mrs. J. E. Harley from Middleport and Charles Blake from Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
Syracuse
First United Presbyterian
Oak Hill
Scioto
E. O. Tewksbury
J. E. Harley
Charles Blake
Morton Mullins Rites Held At Home May 8
Mr and Mrs Wayne Cooper announce the marriage of their granddaughter Rebecca Jean Morton to Pfc Willis Gene Mullins The ceremony took place May 8 at the home of the officiating minister Rev Earl Buckley of Wellston The groom is in the army stationed at Fort Hood Texas The bride will graduate from Wilton High School May 25
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
Wayne Cooper
Rebecca Jean Morton
Pfc
Willis Gene Mullins
Earl Buckley
Wellston
Ft. Hood
Tex
Wilton High School
Coeds Host River Party Following Ohio University Meet
Miss Carol Essington entertained classmates from Ohio University with an afternoon boat trip on the Ohio River. The group included Mareo Falstetti of Steubenville, Bunny Odell Findley, Phyllis Haines of Youngstown, Lou Angell, Delores Hoak, Marilyn Mulvaney of Dayton, Sue Corsman of Sycamore, Pay Gyson of Castellia, Nancy Williamson of Oberlin, Linda Cortney of Chillicothe, Sheryl Owen of Marion, and Ila Makee of North Philadelphia.
Ray Unit To Visit In Meigs Again
The Ohio Department of Health chest x ray mobile unit will return to Meigs County from November 19 to December 1 continuing a 1960 effort that reached about 3000 residents. A school skin testing program will screen students with positive readers scheduled for x rays at the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Department of Health
Meigs County
Wallace Bradford
Meigs County Health Department
The
Tuberculosis Association
Literary Club Meeting in Middleport This Week
Middleport Literary Club meets at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Mrs Emerson Jones home. Mrs Everett Hayes will present the program with members responding to roll call by naming a recent play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Emerson Jones
Everett Hayes
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Larry Bailey
Tom Hoffman
Sue Snyder
CC. Bibbee
Iris McCoy
Mike Miller
Lyle Nicholes
Richard Nease
David Chadwell
Kenny Taylor
Henry Beaver
Barbara Hill
Henrietta Russell
Ruth Bahr
Meigs Hospital
BUICK
Karr & van Zandt Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
Child League
A. A. Scarberry
New York
Flushing Meadow Park
U.S. Steel
R. L. Hamilton
W. T. Moore
Vernard Evans
Chesapeake
P. Klein
Mallie Lowther
Armstead Perry
Warren G. Turner
Teresa
Dale
Larry Stansbury
Reynoldsbury
Clair Dale Stansbury
Jerry Stansbury
Dale Stansbury
Ams Hospital
Fern Gilloglv
Ralph Frazier
Susan
Danny
Jerry
Gallipolis
Cecil Gillogly
Steve
Carla
Robert Parker
Montgomery
Ala
Ney Carpenter
Charles McCall
Orange Park
Alumni Association
Ebersbach
Rock Springs
Better Health Club
Amos Leonard
Council
Recreation Committee
Village Street
Eastern
Washington
Wiss Norton Weeds Pfc
Willis Mullins
Meigs
Barre
W. Main Street
Logan Monument Co
Logan, Ohio
Kentucky
Cussins & Fearn Store
Athens Ohio
W. Washington St
Scotty Roberts
Second St
Public Square
Nelsonville
S. Main St
VY Loan & Savings Co
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