Middleport Minstrel Delights Packed Local House On Opening Night
A packed Middleport audience cheered the first of three performances of the Big Right in Migdheart minstrel show directed by Bob Howth. The program featured a full chorus, standout solos by Dottie Mae, Annalena, and others, elaborate dance numbers, and a suitcase gift to Howth. The cast included Kathryn Crow, Norma Chapman, Bill Childs, Curley Wiles, James Carnahan, and Orville Wiles, with Pauline-like costumes and a lively air throughout the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Migdheart
Racine
Pomeroy
Bob Howth
Kathryn Crow
Dollie” Mae
Chiorus Grimm
Dollie Mae
Katheyn Crow
Annalena
Norma Ann Chapman
Hoeflich
Bill Child
Tommy Reuter
Charles Hayes
James “Carnahan
Orville
Curley
Wiles
Dottie Mae
Finnny Thompson
Alabama
Tommy Renter
Dorothy Stark
Mary London
Lila
Sue Terrell
Ruth Horak
Do Finda Wilson
Santana
Harold Brown
New Orleans
Norma Chapman
Bill Childs
Bill Clark
Mr. Banjo
Carolyn
Shirley
Doreen
Norris
Curley Wiles
Blackbird
Moerlich
James Carnahan
Cho
Enda Cane
Vicki Brown
Middleport Church Reports Improvements Completed
Under the title Trustees Are Getting Things Done a Middleport Church of Christ notes storage room sanctuary and parsonage work. Gifts include an electric clock from Edward Lewis and an organ clock wiring by Don White. Also Heath Methodist education committee met to plan Christmas observance for Sunday School with Mrs Brewington presenting material and a planning committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listen Middleport
Church of Christ
Edward Lewis
Cleveland
Fred I. Gardner
Ira
Don White
Cassmenepost
Heath Methodist Church
Ernes Covert
James Brewington
L. W. McComas
Ernest Covert
Ben Philson
Brewington
Emerson
Local Society Notes Highlight Community Events
A Middleport community gathering celebrated a grandson Ray III with a dinner at the Clifton home. The Pickens home hosted a Sub-Ded Club dinner honoring new members and recognized Anna Margaret Howell and Emmet Stuler for club support. A Layette Shower honored Mrs. Thomas Darst at First Baptist Church with pink and blue decor and prizes awarded to several guests. The event featured a family dinner at the Darst home with 26 attendees and gifts from 23 others. A local talent event capped with a Grand Old Flag performance featured Olive Ingraham and a strong orchestra led by Earl Warnke and Stephen Coats as the pianist and drummer respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Margaret Howell
Emmet Stuler
Cherole Blake
Middleport
Stork
Baby
S. White
Beulah White
Charles White
Linda Fiering
Roxanna White
Ames
Bus Fowler
Alarri Myles Mclntosh
William Jandson
Ovis
Lilian McGhee
RR. Plekens
Eenpreem
Agate
Sears
Olive Ingraham
Central School
Pomeroy
Earl Warnke
Kenneth McElhinny
Stephen Coats
James Car
Federated Church marks 50th anniversary and new pastor install
The Federated Church observes its 50th anniversary with a 10:30 a m service led by memories of past pastor Rev J D Bretz and the surviving building committee member John Strauss. At 7:30 p m a service installs Rev Waldo J Bartels from Trinity Evangelical Reformed with support from Rev Chester Alspach and others. New pews will be dedicated during the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Chester Alspach
Canal Winchester
Howard Ruppelt
Middleport
Leslie Kunze
Pomeroy
Fred Bilachinar
History Club Plans Annual Meet in Pomeroy
The Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at the United Methodist Church in Pomeroy Saturday at 11 90 p m. Topics include designating the Buffington Island Memorial Highway, erecting historic markers at Chester Rutland and Harrisonville, organizing local history clubs, and providing school history material as required by Ohio law. All interested in Meigs county history are urged to attend.
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mavuLe
Meigs County
Chester
Portland
Arvisan
Ohio
Pomeroy Drunk Driving Fined and Jailed in City Court
Kee 39 Huntington West Virginia fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail after driving while intoxicated in Mayor E F Robinsons court. Charges filed by Patrolman Henry Werry Hemlock Grove. Social notes list multiple local visitors and weekend guests from Columbus Dayton and Bunker Hill.
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Pomeroy
Garrison
Kee
Huntington
W. Va
Jai m
EF. Robinson
Henry Werry
Hemlock Grove
Wees
Porter Hidkife
Gary Midkiff
Earl
Grace Midli Huron
Kenneth Romine
Bert Romine
Janet Heines
Avery Nelson
Dorsel Smith
Mire
Brooks Folk
Dayton
Clara Paulsen
Bernard Paulsen
Columbus
Ziba Midkiff
R. V. Hichman
Bunker Hill
Donna Curtis
Sam Curtis
Meigs County Land Transfers Report
Transfers filed with the Meigs County Land Transfers Board include various parcel changes in Rutland Salisbury and Sutton townships. Notable items: Taora Mason to Janet Snyder one acre. Janet Snyder and Harry Snyder Jr to Taora Mason ten acres. multiple transfers in Middleport Olive and Scipio townships among others. Some notices reference church parcels and affidavits of transfer.
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Board of Calls
Nicholas Grueser
Matie Grueser
Rutlan
Taora Mason
Janet M. Snyder
Salisbury Township
Harry Snyder
Zora Mason
Middleport
Lloyd Roush
Hattie Roush
Wayne Roush
Mt Carmel
Larry Hubbard
Helen M. Hubbard
Sutton Township
Mary Hendricks
SR. Hendrix
Sylvia Zwilling
Woodrow Hendrix
Ruth Buckley
Ruby Starling
Roland R. Stethem
Tressie R. Stethem
Denver O. Curtis
Bette J. Curtis
Olive Township
J. E. Barnhart
Martha Barnhart
James Wilson
Gertrude Wilson
James B. Hawk
Mae Haw
Bessie Welch
Scipio Township
Jesse W. Sisson
Dessie M. Sisson
Robert S. Turner
Winifred Turner
Columbia
Meigs County Retired Teachers to Meet in Minersville
The Meigs County Retired Teachers Association will meet at Miss Ethel Farland's Minersville home at 1 30 PM Saturday. Mrs George Ner will be guest speaker discussing Australia and related topics.
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Orville Wiles
Esther
Sylvester
Eileen Roush
Lucille
Queens
Letart Falls
Swackhammer
Anne Webster
Pomeroy Central
Betty Reihel
Elizabeth Lohse
Quen
Janice “Webb
PTA
Dorothy Taylor
Dorinda Wilson
Shelba Hill
Linda Sue Terrill
Rt Society
En Vance
Ray III
Pickens
Clifton
Ohio Valley
Associated Radio
Ewings Furniture and
Main St
History Club
Meigs Co
Elberfelds
Athens Messenger
Kiddie Korner
The
Messenger
Goessler
Court Street
Plymouth
Messanes
Rmereaere
Pavoy
Raza Ana
Priscilla
W. L. Douglas
Middleport, Ohio
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