Halloween Party Draws 100 Masked Guests in Pomeroy
More than 100 masked participants joined a Big Bend Minstrel Association Halloween party in Pomeroy last night. Judges awarded 30 prizes across two age groups for prettiest, funniest, and most original costumes, with cash prizes and 10 silver attendance prizes.
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Pomeroy
Big Bend
George Francis
Leona White
Frank Bassinett
Dick Rosenbaum
Roger Moore
Barbara Snyder
George Miller
Wally Grueser
Helen Handley
Harold Ebersbach
Dis
Halloween Festivities Mark Quiet Middleport Night
The Feeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion hosted a large Halloween parade and party on the parking lot by City Hall, with the Middleport High School band and multiple city officials judging costumes. Winners in four categories received cash prizes as church and auxiliary members served refreshments and favors to a crowd, while no property damage was reported.
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Pomeroy High School
Ray Woodgeard
E. F. Robinson
Charles S. Gibbs
Charles Legar
John Richmond
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Leroy Bartrum
The
Legion Post
Middleport High School
George Dallas
C. C. Fisher
C. E. Hoyt
Harold Hinkle
Frank Cheesebrew
Chester Erwin
Connie Cook
Suzanne
Mary Elizabeth Bradbury
Mona Lee
Mae Clark
Asa Bradbury
Karen Ferguson
Danny Bryant
Ring the cow dog saves farmer from tractor wreck
Floyd Cleland of Rutland is credited with Ring a seven month old collie saving his life after a tractor overturned trapping him. Ring barked and led wife Della and her mother Mary Turner to the scene prompting neighbors and emergency help to lift the machine. Cleland thanked Ring and God for the rescue noting no bones were broken and he should recover.
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Cleland
Della
Mary Turner
Ernest Thomas
Junior Chasteen
Harry Edwards
Robert Bets
Oscar Wheeler
Ring
Middleport church schedules and pastors advertisements
Local church notices list services for Church of Christ Fred Gardner pastor with Bible school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m plus evening sermons Lost and Found and Last Again The First Baptist with C E Hoyt and Ralph C Zandel hosts youth groups and prophecy talks Council of Rio Grande Baptist Association meets at Vin ton Church Monday and weekly prayer groups and Bible studies announced Heath Methodist pastor Raymon Konbright outlines 10 30 a m service and 6 p m youth fellowships Pentecostal church opens new building at 7 45 p m with Edna Hawk speaker Nazarene pastor Robert Palmer notes regular weekly services and infirmary visit
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Gardner
C.E
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C. E. Hoyt
Robert Mills
Frank Cheesebrew
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Ralph C. Zandel
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Council of the Rio Grande Baptist Association
Vinton Baptist Church
Lisle Diles
Heath Methodist
Raymon Konbright
B. L. Barrett
Edna Hawk
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Ralph C. Zundel
Associational Council
Winton
Waldo J. Bartels
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Jackson
Youth Fellowship Group
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Ezekiel
Laurel Cliff
Free Methodist
W. H. Strausbaugh
Hysell Run
Laurel Cliff Church
Salvation Army
F. W. Carlson
Cincinnati
YPL
Sally Landers
Salvation Meeting
Glenna Rummel
Syracuse
Dorcas
Richard Young
Youth Fellowship
Carmel
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Rutland
NYPS
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klinger
Apple Grove
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
L. M. Mohrhoff
St. John’s Lutheran
Lawrence Chapel
Chester House of Prayer
Edmond
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff
Racine Warger
the Methodist Church
John Elwood
Floyd Workman
Arlie Marks
Freelana Norris
Bill Orr
Victor Brown
Racine
Oak Grove
Sutton
Antiquity
Letart Falls
East Letart
Plants
Carpenter Baptist
A. T. Biddle
Portland
Jehovahs Witnesses
Cherry and Main
Raymond Hummell
Letart Falls PTA Reports 102 Members
The Letart Falls PTA at Letart Falls Grade School reported 102 members to date. Committees to revise by laws were named and room mothers for each grade were announced. Fathers Night is planned for the November meeting with eighth grade girls acting as babysitters. Betty Roush led the evening program and her fourth grade won the attendance banner.
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Pomeroy
Letart Falls
PTA
Mildred Donahue
Ramona Yonker
Eileen Beegle
Bernice Roush
Jane Hill
Virgil Roush
Jane Ashley
Donna Hill
Kathryn Hunt
Pauline Hill
Florence Hill
Betty Roush
Missionary Society Meeting Set at First Baptist Church
The B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will hold a meeting at the church at 7 30 Monday evening.
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Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Chester High to Stage Tell It To Ethel November 15
Chester High School seniors announce the annual class play Tell It To Ethel to be performed November 15 at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Cast includes Gilbert Spencer as Frank Adams Eleanor Evans Nadine Knight Yvonne Dampwood Janice Hayman Donna Frecker Nan Hanning and others with Alice Nease directing and Jo Ann Frost Sharon Summerfield as prompters.
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Stanley Kelley
Sandy
Nan Hanning
Alberta Adams
Mr. Adams
Janice Hayman
Sissy Davis
Donna Frecker
Elizabeth Hudson
Bill Bahr
Bill Myers
Alice Nease
Veterans Office Clears Korean Bonus Forms in Meigs County
The Meigs County Veterans' Service Office on Court Street reports a small supply of Korean Bonus application forms for eligible veterans living in Meigs County. A photostatic certified copy of DD 214 must accompany the application. the original is not accepted. Eligibility requires at least 90 days service from June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1953, with other than dishonorable discharge, and a filing deadline set for June 30, 1959.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Veterans’ Service Office
Court St
West Virginia
Price and Weaver Family Visits Tied to Pittsburgh Reunion
Herman Price of Washington DC visited his brother in Rutland with his sister in law. Mrs. Richard Weaver and Mrs. Lena Weaver joined Richard Weaver to Pittsburgh where he rejoined the crew of the M V Southern after a stay with relatives.
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Herman Price
Washington, D. C
Sherman Butler
Rutland
Richard Weaver
Lena Weaver
Pittsburgh
District Youth Rally To Be Held Sunday
The Portsmouth Methodist District Youth Rally will meet at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Jackson Methodist Church. Rev Raymon Konkright pastor of Heath Methodist Church announced. The program will focus on hospitals and homes with pictures from a recent trip to Cincinnati to visit Methodist institutions.
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Middleport
Portsmouth
Jackson Methodist Church
Raymon Konkright
Heath Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Tea Set for Sunday by Beta Sigma Phi in Pomeroy
Middleport reports the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will host its annual preferential tea on Sunday evening at the home of Mrs. James B. O'Brien in Pomeroy. Mrs. Richard Rosenbaum, president, announced the details today.
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Middleport
Beta Sigma Phi
James B. O’brien
Pomeroy
Richard Rosenbaum
Chester PTA Halloween Party Awards Prizes at School
The Chester PTA sponsored a Halloween party at the school Friday evening with judges Thelma Orr Pomeroy R. R. Gray and Howard Parker. Prizes went to winners in preschool primary intermediate and upper grades. About 150 parents and children attended.
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Pomeroy
Thelma Orr
R. R. Gray
Howard Parker
Chester Pta
Joy Kautz
Karen Bissell
Billy Gillilian
Terry Seidenabel
Diana Baer
Bobby Brown
Drusilla Will
Tommy Summerfield
Keith Ridenour
Vernon Cleland
Meigs County church services and schedules
A detailed listing of church congregations in Pomeroy and surrounding areas with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, youth activities, and contact notes. Includes First Baptist, Federated, Methodist, Christian Science, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist, Church of Christ, EUB and various other local congregations and meetings.
Nine Tax Levies Listed for Vote in Meigs County
Campaigning for nine tax levies highlighted pre election activity in Meigs County. Meetings at schools promote levies including Rutland Village renewals of one mill for five years Racine Village two mills for five years and Pomeroy Village renewal of one and a half mills for street lighting. Nine school districts seek various levies with renewals and increases over five to ten years. A majority vote passes levies while villages require 55 percent.
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Pomeroy
Albert Gloeckner
Meigs County
Racine Village
Pomeroy Village
Pomeroy Exempted
Northern
Columbia
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Bedford
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Gloeckner
Light Levy Renewal Is Sought in Pomeroy
Mayor E F Robinson and the Pomeroy town council urge voters to renew the 1.5 mill light levy on Nov 5 stating renewal won t raise taxes and keeps street lights. They warn without passage street lighting ends due to limited other tax revenue. Sample ballots circulated with signatures from Robinson clerk Le gar and council members Betzing Jones Swisher Mullen Schaefer and Smith.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Robinson
Robinson
Charles Legar
Roy Betzing
Richard E. Jones
C. Wayne Swisher
Don E. Mullen
Dor D. Schaefer
Dale Smith
Divorces Granted In Meigs County Court
Roger Winebrenner granted divorce from Marlene Winebrenner in Meigs County Common Pleas. Court approves prior property settlement and awards custody of their one minor child to the mother. Ralph Miles Sisson ordered to pay 40 per week temporary alimony and child support plus counsel fees during the action.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Roger Winebrenner
Marlene Winebrenner
Ralph Miles Sisson
Moose dance planned at Pomeroy lodge hall
Pomeroy Lodge 1085 Loyal Order of Moose will host a Saturday night dance at the lodge hall on East Main Street from 9 p m to midnight for members and guests.
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MOOSE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
East Main St
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