Local option election drives high as vote nears
Pre election literature floods Middleport as voters prepare for tomorrow’s local option referendum on beer wine and liquor sales. Mayor candidates include Russell Leaper and Christy with council and school board races unopposed.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Elmer Leaper
George Christy
Village Council
John Zerkle
Horton Brown
David Jenkins
Wayne Gibbons
ALL BRAN Daily Claim Promises Constipation Relief
A reader letter extols daily one ounce of ALL BRAN for relief from constipation and urges others to try the cereal, offering double money back if not satisfied and instructions to return an empty carton to Kellogg's in Battle Creek Michigan.
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J.a.hamma
Main St
Portland
Ind
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Lions Club Dinner Set at Federated Church
A Lions Club dinner meeting is planned at the Federated Church at 6 30 p m Tuesday. President Howard B Kress said the gathering will be brief due to election night. The club will present a 250 donation to the fire department emergency and life saving squad.
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Pomeroy
The
Lions Club
Federated Church
Howard B. Kress
Fire Department
First Baptist Church to Open All Day on Election Day
The First Baptist Church will be open all day on Election Day. Coffee and doughnuts will be served to workers.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Mrs Carl Dies at 88 in Middleport
Mrs. Ronle Boice Carl aged 88 widow of Charles A. Carl Jr. died after midnight Sunday at her country home north of Cheshire. She was born in Gallia County, a member of First Presbyterian Church Middleport, and leaves a daughter Miss Freda Carl. Funeral plans were announced pendingWednesday services at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Ronle Boice Carl
Charles A. Carl, Jr
Cheshire
William and
Anna Maud Boice
Gallia County
First Presbyterian Church
Carl
Freda Carl
Rawlings-Coats
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Meigs County land records list transfers including M. E. and Bertha Montgomery to Oren and Ola Childers for 20 to 100 acres in Reedsville. Susie T. Taylor to Arthur W. Covert for lots 105 and 106 in Middleport. John B. and Serena E. Campbell to Clyde F. and Gwendolyn Burke for 113 acres in Orange. Qwen A. and Martha Anderson to Delbert and Helen Horschar for 50 acres in Letart. Elizabeth Menear and heirs to Dale and Hazel Gibbs for 50 acres in Olive.
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M. E
Bertha Montgomery
Oren
Ola Childers
Reedsville
Susie T. Taylor
Arthur W. Covert
Middleport
Lucille Leaper
James C. Donahew
Pomeroy
John B
Serena E. Campbell
Clyde F
Gwendolyn Burke
Orange
Qwen A
Martha Anderson
Delbert
Helen Horschar
Letart
George L. Menear
Elizabeth Menear
Olive
Dale
Hazel Gibbs
Illness Diagnosed for Mrs Hughes at Pearl Street Home
First Aid squad of the Middleport Fire Department was called to the Pearl Street residence of Mrs. Ed Hughes at 1 am Sunday for illness. She was suspected of a heart attack but diagnosed with pneumonia by a physician summoned by Night Patrolman I Neal. Attending the game were Mr and Mrs Richard Koehler, Mrs Schaaf, and Larry Rice.
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Middleport
Middleport Couple Wed In Simple Home Ceremony
Mrs Bertha Denny Mygatt and Mr J M Archer united in marriage at their Walnut Street home in Middleport. Rev Charlies M Pomeroy officiated as guests watched from an improvised living room altar. The bride wore navy crepe with pearls and carried a white Bible. Attendants included Mrs William Beaver and Mrs Dora Mae Matthews. A reception followed with guests and out of town relatives listed, and a later initiation ritual and sorority presentations completed the event.
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Middleport
Charlies M. Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Bertha Denny Mygatt
J. M. Archer
Huntington
Walnut St
Arnold Denny
Columbus
Lohengrin
L. A. Denny
William Beaver
Dora Mae Matthews
Mr. Archer
Mygatt
George Chinn
Earl Archer
Nicolette
Arno McComas
William Archer
John Jordan
Clarence Schwab
Celesta Long
Thomas Pelfry
Kathryn
Nancy
Kenova
W. Va
Bobby
Nathan Denny
Eldon Williams
Dan
Jane
Herman Mygatt
Toledo
Co. M. Pomeroy
W. K. Beaver
Linda
Christine
C. H. Wise
Archer
Middleport social notes highlight sorority events and alumni
Nine Middleport women became founder members of Eta Phi chapter of Beta Sigma Pi. Homecoming weekend at Ohio University included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bitler visiting, with Mrs. O. P. Klein attending a Chi Omega luncheon and visiting relatives. Other highlights feature Jack Welch of Sigma Chi returning from South America with oil work, and OU band members Bruce Bingham and Alan Rothrock, plus Sigma Kappa and sorority guests.
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Middleport
Eta Phi Chapter
Beta Sigma Pi
International Business Girls’ Soror
Ohio University
Donald Mills
Leonard
Duke) Bitler
Cleveland
O. P. Klein
Chi Omega
Orion Flesher
Millie Brown
Jack
Sigma Chi Fraternity
South America
Rodney Downing
Joan Kircher
Sigma Kappa House
Carla Clark
Wallace Riggs
Bruce Bingham
MHS
Alan Rothrock
Germantown
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Williamson
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Meigs County
Richard Koehler
Sally E. Schaaf
Larry Rice
Middleport Social Notes
Charlotte G. Coates
Mary Ohlinger
Hortense Jobb
Mildred Karr
Helen Atkins
Mary Ellen Seviey
Eleanor Ferrall
Bernice Spaulding
Athens
Phyllis Mullin
Rhea Hunnicutt
Marjorie Dion
Belle Kowalczyk
Ruth English
Ruth Jones
Mildred Allen
Nita Ewing
Jane McKibben
Juanita Boyd
Martha Sulka
Martha Tolliver
Mary Conkey
H. Southwell, Jr
Anne Hogan
Rita Tennant
William S. Davis
Edna Wright
Richard Cole
Fresh Meadows
New York
Ket
Elaine Bassett
New York City
Miss Bassett
Ragnolds Tobeces Co, Wintoo-Balem
Altmans
Ohio
GLEN
Dan River
Wescott
Meese
Chotee
Cash
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