Sacred Heart Guild Plans Bazaar Elects Officers
The Sacred Heart Guild met in the church auditorium for its November session. Officers elected for the new year were Mrs. Francis Biron president Mrs. Paul Casci vice president Mrs. Richard Freeman secretary Mrs. Eugene Conde treasurer Mrs. Leland Sisson auditor and Miss Anna Howell historian. The group finalized plans for the November 20 bazaar and assigned roles for cashiers kitchen waitresses and operations. They also organized plans for the Imperial Electric Co Christmas dinner and set the next meeting for December 7 with Nativity Deanery attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Horak
Francis Biron
Paul Casci
Richard Freeman
Eugene Conde
Leland Sisson
Anna Howell
Imperial Electric Co
Nativity Deanery
Martha Howell
Thomas Hennessy, Jr
John Mitch
William Clark
Pearl Poulin
George Buchanan
David Ohlinger
Theodore Beegle
Frank Gress
Franklin Hepp
Philip Meier
Charles Knopp
Michael Hackett
Joan Patterson
John Goett, Jr
John
Playlet Presented By Women's Guild at Pomeroy Meeting
The Pomeroy Women's Guild of the Federated Church featured a playlet This Business of Thank Offering with many members in roles led by Mrs. Pearl Morn. Devotional thoughts by Mrs. Mora and reports from members followed, along with thanks for a thank offering box and quilts sent to a Presbyterian home. Refreshments concluded the evening hosted by the Happy Harvesters Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Werner
Marcia Marvin
Sumpter
S. C
Presbyterian Home
Waldo J. Bartels
Mayage College Banking
Louis Reibel
Roy Seyfried
Erma Smith
Portsmouth
Happy Harvesters
Charles Hoffner
Findlay
Kitchen Hazards and Safe Practices in the Home
RAMONA S. HOLLIDAY urges careful kitchen habits to prevent falls cuts and burns. Clean up spills use a safe step stool store knives separately wash individually and keep potholders and tongs handy. Warn children about hot ranges and always take time to be careful.
Pythians Plan Holiday Fete and Christmas Dinner
Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters announce a Thanksgiving dinner in conjunction with the next regular meeting at Mrs Henry Reibel home with Mrs Olan Goodwin assisting and Mrs Amanda Kaspar presiding Plans also set for the annual Christmas dinner at 6 30 p m on Dec 4 at Federated Church with a gift exchange A Wilkesville convention is planned for Nov 15 A devotional period opened the meeting Prizes were awarded during the social hour to Mrs William Fisher Miss Lena Grueser Mrs Richard Campbell and Mrs Charles Hoffner Refreshments were served by hostesses Findlay was a guest
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William Fisher
Lena Grueser
Richard Campbell
Charles Hoffner
Findlay
Eastern Star Initiation Held for Two Candidates
Pomeroy Chapter 186 of the Order of Eastern Star initiated two candidates Friday evening at the temple. Marie Curd and Harry P. Smith led as worthy matron and worthy master with five guests from Point Pleasant, W V present. Plans were made for installation of new officers on December 2. Refreshments were served after.
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Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
Temple
Marie Curd
Harry P. Smith
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Lula Nease
Nellie Tracy
Health Club Meets at Laurel Cliff Home
The Laurel Cliff Better Health Club gathers this evening at Mrs. Lou Diehl’s home with co host Mrs. Charles Diehl assisting.
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Pomeroy
Laurel Cliff
Better Health Club
Lou Diehl
Charles Diehl
Grange Grants Degrees to Eight Candidates at Meeting
Rock Springs Grange held a regular session naming the home economics committee for the year and awarding the first and second degrees to eight candidates. An additional special session is set for Navy 13 to confer the third and fourth degrees. A program featured songs, quizzes, poems, and historical questions. The Grange marks its 25th anniversary with a public meeting on November 20.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs Grange
Fred Leifheit
Helen Collins
Frank Grueser
Amos Leonard
William Grueser
Navy
Huber Brown
Grange
W. A. Morgan
Avery Goeglein
Homer Rice
Dorothy Long
Officers Re-Elected By Happy Harvesters
Happy Harvesters class of the Federated Church re-elected all 1958 officers: Mrs Henry Reibel president, Mrs Dale Smith vice president, Miss Thelma Grueser secretary, Mrs Carl Shields treasurer. They planned a Christmas party and potluck dinner for the Past Chiefs of Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters on Dec. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Happy Harvesters
Federated Church
Henry Reibel
Dale Smith
Thelma Grueser
Carl Shields
Magnolia Temple
Pythian
Weekend Quiet in Middleport Police Report
Chief Leroy Bartrum said the Middleport police had an all quiet weekend with only routine calls and a single arrest, George Rupe, on intoxication charges.
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Middleport
Leroy Bartrum
George Rupe
Bartrum
DAR meets Friday in Rutland for Meigs Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution return to meet Friday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. M. E. Rathburn in Rutland. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Harold Sargent and Mrs. George Parsons.
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DAR
Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
M. E. Rathburn
Rutland
Harold Sargent
George Parsons
Middleport Squad Gives Aid at Lane Home
The Middleport Emergency Squad answered a call Sunday to the home of Calvin Lane on Middleport Hill to administer first aid to Mrs. Lane.
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Middleport
Calvin Lane
Middleport Hill
Lane
Past Officers Meet Pomeroy in Racine Chapter
The Past Officers Club of Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday November 20 at the home of Mrs Ruth Barnitz instead of the previously announced November 13.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Barnitz
Mrs Oscar Smith Hosts Laurel Cliff Youth Gathering
Mrs Oscar Smith will entertain the youth of the Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church at her home Tuesday evening. Potluck refreshments will be served.
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Pomeroy
Oscar Smith
Laurel Cliff Free
Circle Meets Wednesday at Federated Church
The Federated Circle of the Federated Church will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the church social room for its regular gathering.
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Pomeroy
Federated Circle of the Federated Church
Church
Gloria Swanson Says Stars Going To Waste
AP motion picture writer Bob Thomas reports Gloria Swanson faulting producers for sidelining top stars as aging male leads pair with younger women. Swanson argues identification drives movie success and urges mature love stories to lure back female audiences who built the industry.
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Gloria Swanson
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Greer Garson
Irene Dunne
Claudette Colbert
Bette Davis
Jean Arthur
Ginger Rogers
Ida Lupino
Jane Wyman
Loretta Young
Joan Crawford
Katherine Hepburn
Barbara Stanwyck
Betty Grable
Paulette Goddard
Ann Sheridan
Betty Hutton
Miss Swanson
America
Clara Bow
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County records show multiple transfers and affidavits of transfer across Salem Olive Scipio Bedford Pomeroy and Columbia Townships. Transfers include Anna Black Kayser Fischler to George W Black and several families among the Fishers Karnes and Cullums with properties ranging from 28 to 108 acres and 90 rods.
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Anna Black Kayser Fischler
George W. Black
Columbia Township
John R. Steel
Benjamin E. Steel
Flora R. Woods
A. E. Steel
Salem Township
Shirley Peters
Harry Peters
Ohio Power Co
Harold K. German
Neva German
Disciples of Christ
Olive Township
Minnie Nichols
Leland M. Buckley
Cora N. Buckley
Clarence E. Ratcliff
Anna Lois Ratcliff
Clarence Hook
Opal Hook
Bedford Township
Irvin Ross
Laverna Ross
Herbert E. Hager
Norma E. Hager
Scipio
Mary Fisher
Hattie Fisher Smith
Eugene Smith
Carl Fisher
Richard Fisher
Marcella Karnes
Pomeroy
I. T. Cullums
Orpha Cullums
Russell Cullums
Charlie Cullums
Lena Burk
Ernest Cullums
Roger Cullums
Charlie Culllums
Lena Buck
Roger Culums
Middleport Personal Notes Highlight Weekend Guests
Mrs. Margaret Davis of Athens was the weekend guest of Miss Harrie Marie Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Stanley of Upper Sandusky were weekend guests here. he is a former New York Central Railroad conductor. The Hawkins families from Bellefontaine and Belle, West Virginia visited on the return from Florida, with Shrine trip stops in Bradenton and Sarasota. Hazel Van Cooney, vacationing from Middleport post office duties, joined Parkersburg visitors Emma Smith Maude Taylor and James Murray. John Lockwood and daughter of Bowersville were weekend guests of Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Konkright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Davis
Athens
Harrie Marie Smith
Ottie Stanley
Upper Sandusky
Stanley
New York Central Railroad
Middleport
John Hawkins, Jr
Bellefontaine
Fielding Hawkins
Belle
W. Va
Florida
Bradenton
Charles McMaster
Ralph Burnette
Sarasota
Meigs
Hazel van Cooney
Parkersburg
Emma Smith
Maude Taylor
James Murray
John Lockwood
Bowersville
C. R. Konkright
Grace Episcopal Women Host Regional Meet
Grace Holton Mrs A H Carpenter and Mrs William Roberts hosted a Grace Episcopal Women's Regional meeting with local auxiliary members aiding hostess duties. Mrs Everett Hayes assisted in planning with Mrs Patrick Lochary and the Rev William Roberts, the local rector.
Wilkesville Garden Club elects officers for year
Wilkesville Garden Club named Mildred Strausbaugh as president and Catherine Shenefield as vice president for the new year. Other officers include Ada Strausbaugh as second vice president Dorothy Cray secretary and Jewell Strong treasurer. Committees include Shenefield Cray Phillips Cottrill Strong and others with flower judges named. The November meeting at Mrs. Charles Wright's home featured a memory themed roll call and the Christmas party planned at Mrs. Strong's home with Leona Calvin reporting civil defense and refreshments served to guests including Mrs. Ray Cooper Mrs. Lawrence Calvin and Mrs. Theodore Boring.
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Catherine Shenefield
Dorothy Cray
Clara Phillips
Mary Mae Cottrill
Althea Strong
Lena Cray
Shirley
Erma Nelson
Charles Wright
McArthur
Strong
Leona Calvin
Ray Cooper
Lawrence Calvin
Theodore Boring
Annual Football Dinner Planned By Rotary
Middleport Rotary announces the annual football banquet for Middleport High School and staff on December 11 at the high school. Harold Edward Hubbard named chairman for the December 19 Christmas party. Gene Grate reports vacation on the riverboat Lady Grace.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Middleport-Pomeroy
Heath Methodist Church
Gene Grate
Lady Grace
Harold Edward Hubbard
Veterans Day Dinner Set Tuesday Evening
In MIDDLEPORT Feeney Bennett Post 128 American Legion plans its Veterans Day dinner at 6 30 PM Tuesday in the hall Speakers include Athens residents Mr and Mrs William Stewart former Meigs County residents Mrs Stewart is eighth district auxiliary president and Mr Stewart a past district commander Organizers Lillian Stieff Charles Bennett and Henry Clatworthy lead the program banquet and dining room duties All members and families are invited
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Middleport
Feeney- Bennett Post 128
American Legion
William Stewart
Athens
Meigs County
Stewart
Eighth District Auxiliary
Lillian Stieff
Charles Bennett
Henry Clatworthy
Afair
PTA Meeting Mon via Pomeroy Blakeslee Civil Defense Talk
Portland PTA convenes at the school auditorium this evening with C. E. Blakeslee speaking on civil defense topics.
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PTA
Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Portland
Notable weekend visit recalls Ripley Believe It or Not tale
Ottie Stanley of Middleport, once said to have three legs cut off, recalled by residents as the subject of a Robert Ripley Believe It or Not bit. He lost a leg working for New York Central Railroad and later another in an accident at Dickinson. The piece notes springtime oddities, a second apple crop on a Gravel Hill tree, and humor around a pet squirrel’s nut hoard. It also reports on traffic concerns along State Route 7 Meigs County, band fundraising, local political shifts, and recount possibilities for county commissioner posts.
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Ottie Stanley
Middleport
Robert Ripley
Stanley
Ripley
New York Central Railroad
Dickinson
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June Kenney
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