Family Picnic Planned By Meigs County Farm Bureau
Meigs County Farm Bureau Home and Community Committee plans an old fashioned family picnic at Lake Hope on June 29 with 1 p m eating, and an ice cream social on June 24. The Farm Bureau Youth Councils fund drive aims to send delegates to a July 6 to 12 Athens district conference. Mrs J M Gaul Chester was named spokesman for the congressional district legislative committees. Harry Guthrie district trustee recently returned from Washington after meetings with government officials on farm issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Athens
Chester
Chester School
F. Whitney Ingraham
John Heiskell
Shirley Summerfield
James Carnahan
Racine
Returned to Army Placed on Probation
Howard Abbott, 20, of Pomeroy was arraigned in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on charges of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and felonious fraud by trickery. Indicted by the May term grand jury, he was placed on probation and returned to the Army after the arraignment before Judge Emmet W. Peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Howard Abbott
Abbott
Pomeroy James E. Chaffee Wins Ohio University Scholarship
James E. Chaffee son of Mr and Mrs Charles Chaffee and graduate of Tuppers Plains High School class of 1952 has been awarded a scholarship to attend Ohio University He ranked first in the county in the annual senior scholarship tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James E. Chaffee
Charles Chaffee
Tuppers Plains High School
Ohio University
Chaffee
Miracle Vitamins With Iron Solu Seals Ad
An Athens Ohio drug store ad promotes Miracle Vitamins with Iron Solu Seals for nerve health and skin. It claims benefits for better blood and sleep with vitamin B1 deficiency linked neuritis. 100 tablets cost $2.50 with mail orders and a 25 cent wrapping and tax surcharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick’s
Athens
Ohio
Church notices from Syracuse area congregations listed by date
The Athens Presbytery meeting at 10 a.m. at Syracuse Presbyterian Church. various churches including Laurel Cliff Hysell Run Naomi Baptist and more publish Sunday school times, worship services, prayer meetings, and special events with pastors and lay leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Presbyterian
Athens Presbytery
Sunshine
Free Methodist
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Rock Springs
J. Leslie Kunze
Rutland Church OF the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Young Peoples
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Church OF God
W. Main St
N. W. Jenks
Chester
Tuppers Plains
Eue
W. A. Frost
Lottridge Harmonaires
Church OF Christ
Donald Seevers
Grace Episcopal
William Paddock
United Brethren
Weber D. Thoma
Mt. Hermon
Nease Chapel
Letart Falls
Walter A. Frost
Lottridge
Albert Warner
South Bethel
Christian Science
Harold F. Hess
Native Born Australians Seem Immune to Polio
Canberra reports that Australian natives appear immune to poliomyelitis due to a racial factor, with no aborigines affected in the current Central Australia outbreak or the prior Darwin epidemic. Dr. Arthur J. Metcalfe notes no research has identified the cause of this immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Arthur J. Metcalfe
Darwin
Metcalfe
Rare Edward VII coin found in Calgary collection
In Calgary Alberta a British West Africa one cent coin bearing Edward VIIII surfaced. The owner Duncan Hamilton says he has been offered as much as 50 dollars for the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alta
Edward Viiii
Duncan Hamilton
Hartford Ladies Bible Class Hosts Pot Luck Supper
Hartford residents attend a church pot luck with members including Mrs. Arthur Wayland and Mrs. Elizabeth Grueser. A daughter Sharon Miller was born at Mason Clinic to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Miller. The report also lists visits and gatherings from families in Hartford Ravenswood Huntington and St. Albans. Virginia Carleton is noted among attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Arthur Wayland
Elizabeth Grueser
William McKnight
C. E. Haney
Thurl Stone
Harry Gibbs
Emil Knight
Rutter Knight
Esther McKnight
Leroy Miller
Mason Clinic
Sharon
Millers
Walter Bulmer
Point Pleasant
Doyle McKnight, Jr
St. Albans
W. Va
Earl, Dean and
Carroll
Ravenswood
Stanford Powelleft
Arizona
Helen Jenkins
Charleston
Henry Jenkins
Richard Jenkins
New Haven
Patty Lou Smith
Marietta College
Marietta
A. K. McClung
Keith, Jr
Huntington
J. M. Crump
Pomeroy
Camp Session Scheduled By Scouts
Plans are set for an eight day Scout camp at the Chester Boy Scout cabin starting Saturday at 2 p.m. Troop 245 of the Boy Scouts of America will run the camp with Assistant Scoutmaster John Vroman and Howard Dailey in charge. About 40 troop members signed up, with other scouters and committeemen visiting. The opening social is a pot luck supper Sunday evening with Girl Scouts of Pomeroy as guests. Music will be provided by the Troop 245 orchestra Junior's Jivin Four and One Extra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Plang
Chester
Troop 245
Boy Scouts of America
John Vro
Howard Dailey
Cam
Girl Scouts of
Pomeroy
Pomeroy WCTU Meets at United Methodist Church
Pomeroy chapter of the WCTU met Monday evening at the United Methodist Church with Mrs. George Parker as program leader. Parker spoke on Building for Total Abstinence Through Motherhood Around the World. Mrs. C. E. W. Downie led devotional, and Mrs. Glenroy Ewing, the president, oversaw a business session planning a membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
WCTU
United Methodist Church
George Parker
Memorial Day Weekend Visitors Gather in Local Towns
A string of weekend guests travels among Toledo Chillicothe Columbus Dearborn and other areas for alumni banquets visits and family gatherings. Notable attendees include Evelyn Feiger Ruth Hess Richard and Marguerite Duerr among families visiting relatives and service members at Moody Air Base and General Motors Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Lavonne Feiger
Toledo
Pomeroy
Jennie Sue Eiselstein
Robert L. Hamm
Chillicothe
Howard M. Cloke
Richard
Cincinnati
J. O. Roedel
Hamms
Ruth Hess
Harold Hess
Milton M. Davis
Ruth Ann
Dearborn
Mich
Davis
Thomas Young
Vernon Bobb
Columbus
Bobbb
Ralph Gilmore
Clair Karr
Tommy Reuter
Marguerite Duerr
Valdosta
Airman
Mickey Williams
Williams
Moody Air Base
Joe Foster
General Motors Institute
Flint
J. E. Foster
Dor Schaefer
Carl Schaefer
Florida
Edna Bradford
Harry Stoneburner
Spring Vallley
Ohio
Donald FE. Robson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Alice Robeson
Wolfpen
Robeson
S. L. Buckner
Jane
Tom
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Buckner
O. R. Faris
EF. Main St
Robert Wolfe
Bobby
Mr. Wolfe
Walter Wolfe
Wilkesville News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Club Events
Mr and Mrs Earl Spires visited from near the east coast of Florida. Pythian sisters earned an excellent grade on their annual inspection with Miss Erma Smith as inspector. Three new candidates were initiated. Mrs Anna Shenefield of Columbus visited her daughter Mrs Ray Strausbaugh. Mr and Mrs William Ogdin moved to Yankee St. Thomas Duffy is seriously ill in Dayton veterans hospital. Bearl Steele Sr of Barberton and Bearl Steele Jr of Indiana visiting relatives. Wilkes Cook and Sew Club held its first meeting at Wilton school with 13 members. officers elected Opal Frances Geer president Mary Duffy vice president Donna White Shelha Jean Arbaugh recreation leaders Mary H. Frazier news reporter. Mrs Ray Strausbaugh and Mrs Russell Woltz advisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Earl Spires
Florida
Erma Smith
Middleport
Anna Shenefield
Columbus
Ray Strausbaugh
William Ogdin
Yankee St
Thomas Duffy
Mae Duffy
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Bearl Steele Sr
Barberton
Bearl Steele Jr
Indiana
Wilkes ‘Cook and Sew Club
Wilton School
Opal Frances Geer
Mary Duffy
Donna White
Shelha Jean Arbaugh
Mary H. Frazier
Russell Woltz
Four Businesses Open In Former Vacant Quarters
Four new enterprises have moved into the Crary building, N Second Ave, Middleport. J H Cuckler moved his radio service here after 11 years in radio repair and repairs to the damaged room. Vernon Cady moved his studio from Pomeroy to the Koehler building. Yonker Coal Co Inc set up offices with Ralph Pratt as bookkeeper. Kenneth Yonker opened a strip mine near Rutland and loads at the Waterways Dock. Pearl Mack’s Tire and Appliance Store operates in the Rawlings building with George M McClintock Sr and his son George B McClintock Jr assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Crary
N. Second
Rutland
J. H. Cuckler
Smith
Second Ave
Vernon Cady
Pho
Jacent Room
Yonker Coal Co Inc
Ralph Pratt
Caldwell
Kenneth Yonker
Waterways Ag Co
Pearl
Mac
Rawlings
K of P
N. Second Ave
George M. McClintock
Point Pleasant
George B. McClintock, Jr
Compensation Bureau Files Suit for $651
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation sues Robert D. Carson doing business as Goose Run Coal in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for $651.26 for unpaid amounts under the act from 1950 to 1951. A separate filing by Dorothy Peoples Savely seeks divorce from John Robert Savely on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty with custody of two minor children requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Robert D. Carson
Goose Run Coal
Carson
Dorothy Peoples Savely
John Robert Savely
Pythians Plan Morning Services Procession
Members of Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters to meet at First Presbyterian Church at 10 15 Sunday morning and march in a group to the sanctuary for the annual worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple
First Presbyterian Church
Rev Franklin Norris to Lead Services in Racine
RACINE The Rev Franklin Norris of Wren Ohio will conduct services at Racine Baptist Church Friday Saturday and Sunday at 8 p m The preacher who is guest of his father Sam Norris was seriously injured in an airplane accident last fall but has recovered enough to resume his preaching missions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Franklin Norris
Wren
Ohio
Racine Baptist Church
Norris
Sam Norris
St Marks Lutheran Ladies Aid Elects Officers and Heads Carpets
The St Marks Lutheran Church Ladies Aid elected officers led by Mrs Loretta Roush as hostess and Mrs Frank McDermitt as president. Members and guests mixed business with carpet rag work while other area women hosted socials and visited relatives in Letart and Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marks Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid
Loretta Roush
Frank McDermitt
Elmer Newberry
Arnet Roush
Albert Thompson
Donald Haynes
Lester Rickard
Clarence Blessing
Paul Rickard
Mildred Roush
Lon Roush
Gerald Rood
Jesse Brown
Vollie Cavender
St. Albans
Margaret Berry
Gale Berry
Charleston
Marcus Weaver
Rusisell Hoffman
Ersel Adkins
Nellie Adkins
John Cullen
Howard Rayburn
Goldie Smith
Rupert Rice
Kathryn Burkley
Tracy Short
Clarence Yeager
Howard Brown
Pencil Church
Harry Lewis
Harold Lewis
Mae Rogers
Bobby
Belva Lewis
Shiela Lewis
Walter Bush
Probe Roush
Near Letart
Ivan Bush
Mason
Detroit
Memorial Day Reminiscenses By Francis H Klein
Francis H Klein recalls cemetery visits on Memorial Day with reflections on life and death. He honors Helen Davis Dresser, longtime Middleport resident, Red Cross nurse aide leader, and Ohio River enthusiast, noting her wish to have ashes scattered over the Ohio. He notes Dresser’s education and career, and pays tribute to her and the river’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Yesteryear
Pomeroy
Cheshire
Ohio
John Brown
Helen Davis Dresser
Elmer Davis
Emma Stagg
Ohio River
Jack Dresser
Ruth St. John
Columbus
Helen
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Lee Blvd
Arlington
Jack) Dresser
J. A. Jones Construction Co
National Construction Advisory Board
Dresser
Helen Davis
Point Pleasant
Kellogg Institute
Battle Creek
Mich
Ohio State University
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Cleveland
Washington
Westchester Apartment
Lathey Hall Jr Wedding Notice in Chesire Published
Mr and Mrs Lester Lathey announce the marriage of their daughter Marlene to Jay Hall Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jay Hall Sr of Chesire. The couple wed in Richmond Indiana May 24. Marlene Lathey a Middleport High School graduate worked at Baileys Drive In Bradbury Jay Hall Jr a Chesire High School graduate is self employed. They will reside in Chesire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lester Lathey
Marlene
Jay Hall, Jr
Jay Hall
Cheshire
Richmond
Ind
Miss Lathey
Middleport High School
Bailey's Drive
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Memorial Day Observance
Mrs. Cora Bennett presided at Woodman Hall as the Auxiliary met. They planned wreath placement on the War Memorial for Memorial Day and voted on contributions to rehabilitation and child welfare funds. Co chairs Sidney Pickens and Wilmetta Mulford reported a very successful Memorial Poppy Sale and thanked all who aided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cora Bennett
American Legion Auxiliary
Woodman Hall
Sidney Pickens
Wilmetta Mulford
Canasta Club Social Hosts Dessert After Games
Mrs Calvin Reichman welcomed Canasta Club members Tuesday evening in Middleport. Guests included Mrs Harry McMaster Mrs Everett Davis Mrs Emmett Shuler and Mrs James Weber. Awards were given to Mrs John Zerkie and Mrs Clarence Rupp. A coffee hour followed with dessert. Other players were Mrs B F Parmalee Mrs Clinton Fisher Mrs Bruce Lloyd Mrs Cash Bahc and Mrs Jane Gilkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Calvin Reichman
Canasta Club
Harry McMaster
Everett Davis
Emmett Shuler
James Weber
John Zerkie
Clarence Rupp
B. F. Parmalee
Clinton Fisher
Bruce Lloyd
Cash Bah
Jane Gilkey
Miner James Osler Taken For Surgery In Columbus
James Osler has been taken to Grant Hospital in Columbus for surgery due to a back injury from a mine accident. Mrs. Nina Bland and Mr. Clarence Archer of Akron visitations noted among local families. Memorial Day weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kennedy of Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Osler
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Clarence Root
Susa
Michael Bart
Chillicothe
Leon
Edna Burdette
Nina Bland
Clarence Archer
Akron
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Rena Meyers
Local Shilo Valley Notes Fresh Visitor and Birthday Feats
Community updates show John Stevens and family welcoming a daughter at Holzer Hospital. Several residents visit relatives in Columbus and Gallipolis while others attend family birthdays and local gatherings at Brush Church. The Oiler and Hartsock families report illnesses and travel, with multiple calls and visits across the region.
Middleport church services and activities listed
Middleport churches announce schedules including Heath Methodist with school and preaching topics I Believe in the Life Everlasting and seven high school graduates to receive Bibles. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN and FIRST BAPTIST outline worship times, sermons on Salvation of Salvation Plaything or Power and The Church and the Non Christian, plus youth fellowships and a 6 45 p m session at Syracuse Presbyterian with similar themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Temple
Lillian Stieff
Westminster Fellowship
First Baptist
C. E. Hoyt
Baptist Fellowship
Sanborn Missionary Society
Syracuse Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Pomeroy Man Fined $15 for Property Destruction
Cecil Jewell, 28, Wilkesville, was fined $15 and costs by Justice Percy L. Peoples on charges of destruction of property. He was released from custody Thursday after arrest by Leroy Bartrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Cecil Jewell
Wilkesville
Leroy Bartrum
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J. M. Gaul
Jackson
Mrs. Gaul
Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Church News of
Happy Harvesters
Robert E. Linter
Syracuse
Bethel
Salem Center
Ernest Thomas
H. DeMott
Lula Russell
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
George Adam McKnight
Virginia
Carleton
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Tographic Studio
Koehler
Cadys
Compensation Bureau
Pythians
By Francis H. Klein
Middleport Social Notes
Canasta Club Entertained
Shilo Valley
John Stevens
Holzer Hospital
John Hale
Mary Hale
Erma Lou Hartsook
Point Rock
Isaac Osler
Billy, Thurman
Kelly Huntley
Chad Welker
Charles White
Henry McGhee
Frank Cardwelll
Elmer Sheritt
Harold Gibson
Thomas Brothers
Cherry Ridge Road
Isaac Oiler
Maggie Swift
Delcie
Eva Hartsock
Pearly Oiler
Kathryn Snyder
Gallipolis
Jim Snyder
Maggie
Middleport Churches
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Texas Lawmen
Johnny Mack Brown
Jimmie Ellison
Black Lash
Lash Larue
Fuzzy St
John
Peg Stewart
Kermit Maynard
the Unknown World
Bruce Kellogg
Otto Waldis
Sugarfoot
Randolph Scott
Adele Jergens
Jane Russell
Groucho Marx
Frank Sinatra
Gabby Hayes
Alan
Rocky” Lane
Rough Riders OF
Durango
Jerry Colona
Jean Porter
Our Gang Kids
June Haver
William Lundigan
Forrest Tucker
Wendell Corey
Meigs
South OF Caliente
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Pinky Lee
Douglas Fowley Trigger
Estelita Rodriguez
Warren Douglas
SUN
Mon
Susan Hayward
Temple Middleport
Billy, the Kid
Allan Lane
the Iron Man
Jeff Chandler
Evelyn Keyes
Stephen McNally
Dana Andrews
Dorothy McGuire
Farley Granger
Peggy Dow
Mildred Dunnock
Arlington National Cemetery
Pomeroy National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ullas
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