Area Residents Named to Jackson Credit Association Panel
Norman Bahr of Meigs County and Clyde Walker of Gallia Meigs joined a discussion panel at the 24th annual Jackson Production Credit Association meeting held at Jackson High School. Nearly 400 members attended as a WLW broadcast covered the panel with FE. R. King and Leon Evans leading interviews. John Webb and George C. Smalley were elected to three year board terms representing Adams Pike Scioto and Jackson counties.
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Pomeroy
Norman Bahr
Meigs County
Clyde Walker
Gallia
Meigs
Jackson Production Credit Association
Jackson High School
WLW
Cincinnati
FE. R. King
Board of
Leon
Evans
Jackson Band
Bob Miller
King and Evans
Vernon McNair
John Webb
Adams, Pike and
Scioto County
George C. Smalley
Jackson County
Membership Discussed By Local Legion Post
Drew Webster Post 39 Amer ican Legion held a meeting to map four upcoming gatherings and review the year’s membership drive. Chairman Mickey Williams said 204 members have not paid toward a 350 quota and planned a spaghetti supper with guests. Upcoming meals include chicken December 1 rabbit December 15 corn beef and cabbage January 5 and baked ham January 19 with entertainment planned.
Auxiliary Has Meeting Picks New Officers
White Rose Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Middleport elected officers for the year. Dorothy Morris was named president Edna Mattox vice president Garnet Entsminger treasurer and Frances Fleming collector. Next meeting set for December with a one dollar gift exchange and plans for a Christmas dinner to be announced by a committee. Refreshments were served after the meeting by Hattie Woodard Jean Wright Ulah Price and Margaret Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
White Rose Auxiliary
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Woodman Hall
Dorothy Morris
Edna Mattox
Garnet Entsminger
Frances Fleming
Edythe McNeal
Francis Fleming
Mary Green
Hattie Woodard
Jean Wright
Ulah Price
Margaret Andrews
Modern Mart Opens Here in Pomeroy Grand Opening Planned
The Modern Mart Department Store expands from Middleport to Pomeroy occupying the Ewing building, formerly the Pickens Paint and Hardware Store. Staff prepared merchandise for a reopening sale and a grand opening is planned soon. Manager Loren Lynch of Waverly leads the store.
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Pomeroy
Modern Mart
Middleport
Ewing
Pickens Paint and Hardware
Loren Lynch
Waverly
New Coats
Mrs Roller Hosts Dinner For Miss Susie Taylor
Mrs Max Roller entertained at the Martin Restaurant for Miss Susie Taylor who left Thursday for Baton Rouge Louisiana to spend the winter. Guests included Mrs George Childs, Mr and Mrs Fred I Gardner, and Miss Taylor. Miss Taylor a former Middleport teacher spends summers with Mrs Childs and winters in Louisiana. She was accompanied to Athens by Mr and Mrs Max Roller.
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Middleport
Max Roller
Martin
Susie Taylor
Baton Rouge
George Childs
Fred I. Gardner
Miss Taylor
Gifts for the Yanks Who Gave raises $76 for veterans program
Feeney Bennet Post 128 met at the post home as receipts for the Gifts for the Yanks Who Gave Christmas program were $76. Henry Clatworthy chaired the meeting with Charles Asa Bradbury in charge. Membership reached 134 paid members or 80 percent of quota, placing the post 13th in the district. A membership contest led by Lewis Long won. William Swisher led the losing side as hosts for a banquet.
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Middleport
Henry Clatworthy
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Charles Asa Bradbury
Paul Haptonstahl
Lewis Long
William Swisher
Franklin Triplett
William Ratliff
Police Group Sets Election Delayed by Fire
In Gallia County the Fraternal Order of Police meeting in Middleport was postponed due to members being unable to attend because of a fire in Gallipolis. A turkey dinner was served at the village hall by Mrs. Jack Satterfield. The next meeting will be next Thursday night in Middleport with officer elections to be held then.
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Middleport
Gallia County
Fraternal Order of Police of
Gallia
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Jack Satterfield
Dodridge Divorce Granted in Meigs County Court
Dora L. Dodridge of Pomeroy Route 1 is granted a divorce from Jack A. Dodridge by Judge John C. Bac on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The ruling also assigns custody of three minor children.
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Pomeroy
Dora L. Dodridge
Jack A. Dodridge
Jackson
John C. Bacon
Meigs County
Two Await Hearings In Middleport Jail
Bill Roush of Hartford and Clarence Lovejoy of Middleport were jailed awaiting hearings before Mayor C O Fisher. Roush faces an open flask on the street charge and Lovejoy a intoxication charge.
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Middleport
Bill Roush
Hartford
Clarence Lovejoy
C. O. Fisher
Roush
Lovejoy
Meigs County Churches Compile Local Services
A list of area church schedules across Meigs County covers Salvation Army services in Bradford and Rutland, Syracuse EUB and Dorcas churches, Union and United Methodists, Lutheran and Baptist congregations with times for Sunday School, morning and evening worship, youth fellowships, and midweek prayer. Pastor names include Codner, Buckley, Williams, and Collar.
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Salvation Army
Butternut Ave
Salvation Meeting
Glenna Rummel
Pentecostal Assembly
Dorcas
E. A. Codner
Children's Church
Bradford
Gene Rutter
Christian Endeavor
Syracuse
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Youth Fellowship
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klingel
NYPS
Rutland Church of Christ
John Buckley
Kingsbury
Rev. Williams
Gallipolis
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
C. W. Proffitt
Columbia Chapel
B. H. Morris
Jehovah's Witnesses
Dexter Church of Christ
B. Morris
Chester House of Prayer
Edmond Life
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Carpenter Baptist
A. T. Biddle
Rutland First Baptist
Syracuse Church of the Nazarene
Roy K. Williams
Robert E. Smith
Harrisonville Presbyterian
Larry Woodruff
Antiquity
Council Plans Dinner for 46th Anniversary
POMEROY Theodorus Council Daughters of America will observe their 46th anniversary with a potluck dinner at the LOOF Hall. Members are to take a covered dish and table service.
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Pomeroy — Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
Housewife Injured in Stove Accident at Home
Mrs. Charles Scott of Bradbury suffered second and third degree burns to her arm Thursday morning after falling against a stove at her home. She received treatment at Jones Memorial Clinic.
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Middleport
Charles Scott
Bradbury
Jones Memorial Clinic
Middleport WCTU Sets Nov 21 Meeting at Hamilton Home
The Middleport Woman's Christian Temperance Union schedules its November 21 gathering for Friday evening at Mrs. Dana Hamilton's residence, one week earlier than their usual date.
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Middleport
Meeting Postponed for church Thanksgiving Dinner
The Young Adult Class of the First Baptist Church postpones the Saturday meeting to Friday November 21. A Thanksgiving dinner will be held at 6 30 p m following the gathering.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Fire damages Middleport home of Cornell and Mrs Vance
Firefighters responded to a blaze Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Cornell Vance on Sixth and Hooper streets. The kitchen and upstairs bedroom were gutted with water damage. Mrs Vance was in Gallipolis and Mr Vance worked at Imperial Electric Co. Fire chief Bechtle planned follow up as investigators probed the scene. A neighbor alerted the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department.
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Middleport
Cornell Vance
Hooper Sts
Vance
Gallipolis
Imperial Electric Co
Jack Bechtle
Farm City Dinner to Feature Pomeroy Youth Slides
Don Johnson of Racine will narrate a 20 minute slide show about his trip to the world plowing championship in Germany, the World's Fair in Brussels, and tours of London, Switzerland and Belgium at the annual farm city dinner in Racine High School. Tickets go on sale by Monday as Farm City Week observance opens in Meigs County with a governor proclamation.
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Pomeroy
Don Johnson
Racine
Germany
Brussels
London
Switzerland
Belgium
Racine High School
Johnson
Meigs County
C. William O'Neill
Volunteer Firemen Have Busy Day in Middleport
Middleport Volunteer Fire Department members had a busy day on Thursday first aiding a serious fire in Gallipolis, then responding to a fire at Mr and Mrs Cornell Vance home in Middleport. While at the Vance residence they were sent to a maternity call at Bailey's Run.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Cornell Vance
Vance
Bailey
Community Notes From Alfred Area Weekend Visits
The Almanac records visits from Patricia Bartlett Harrisville and Martha Parker Mountain State to the Parker home. Elizabeth Yost Sugar Grove visits grandparents Guthrie Buckley. A birthday dinner honors Virgil Buckley with Charles Ayers. WSCS and Alfred Home Demonstration Club announce upcoming meetings. Henderson parents welcome a daughter born Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg.
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Alfred
James B. Crockarell
Alexandria, Va
Delbert Gaul
Patricia Bartlett
Harrisville
W. Va
Martha Parker
Mountain State Business College
Wilber Parker
Elizabeth Yost
Sugar Grove
Ohio
Harry Guthrie
Paul Buckley
Charles Ayers
Virgil Buckley
Clair Woode
Charles D. Woode
Robert White
Mabel Swartz
Athens
Dale Kuhn
U. S. Army
Millard Swartz
Helen Woode
J. B. Hayes
Clifford Hayes
Middleport
WSCS
Nellie Parker
Helen Woodyard
Alfred Home Demonstration Club
Findling-Caldwell
Harold Henderson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Church Circle Elects Officers for New Year
Federated Circle of the Federated Church met at the Pomeroy church and re elected officers led by President Mrs William Baxter. They planned a December 10 Christmas dinner at Martin Restaurant with decorations and a gift exchange.
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Church Circle
Sorority Plans Benefit Food Shower for Needy
Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meets at the DAV home in Pomeroy to stage a food shower for the Christmas project run by Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce. Members will bring an article of food at the November 25 meeting and the Exemplar tea is set for 7 p.m. at Charlotte Coates home. Ruby Baer led a cultural program on The End of Life from With Wings as Eagles. Mary Anderson and Joyce Kennedy served refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
DAV
Charlotte Coates
Ruby Baer
Helen Chapelle White
Mary Anderson
Joyce Kennedy
Pomeroy Plans Christmas Carnival at Junior High
Pomeroy Senior Mothers Club schedules a Christmas carnival for December 13 in Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium. The November Farm Bureau Council Three-A meeting at the Bolen home outlined club profit use and senior class trip funding. Members and guests included Harry Guthrie and Bob Pickens families with refreshments served by Mrs. Avice Frecker.
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Pomeroy
Harry Pickens
Farm Bureau Council
Howard Bolen
Harry Guthrie
Warren Pickens
Avice Frecker
Elmer Kauntz
Wilbur Parker
Eric and
Eddie Parker
G. L. Michael
Bureau Council Meets POMEROY-Selection of material to be discussed next year
Bureau council convenes to set agenda for next year with Pomeroy as key topic selection of materials to be discussed in coming sessions.
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Pomeroy
Middleport Church Services and Schedules Across Local Churches
Local Middleport churches list service times sermons and upcoming events. Church of Christ Bible school at 9 30 morning worship 10 30 sermon marching off the map. others include The Living Christ and Gods Building. Church of the Nazarene and Heath Methodist add sermons youth groups choir rehearsals and Revelation talks with guest speakers and ongoing programs.
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Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Heath Methodist
Raymon Konkright
Robert Duke
Bowersville
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Palmer
Frank Roddy
McArthur
Chester PTA Meeting on Reading Demonstration
The Chester PTA will meet at the school at 8 p.m. Monday. Mrs. Eleanor Knight and Miss Wilma Herrmann will give a demonstration on the teaching of reading, announced by president Mrs. Carl Kautz.
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Pomeroy
Chester Pta
Eleanor Knight
Wilma Herrmann
Carl Kautz
Lutheran pastors lead meeting in Pomeroy for Trinity Church
Dr. and Mrs. P E Stanley visited Charleston guests of the Fischers. The Rev L F Stolzenburg of Zion Lutheran Columbus and Rev Robert Steffan of St Pauls Parkersburg led a Tuesday evening meeting in Pomeroy to support Trinity Lutheran Church under the Mississippi Synod on Butternut Ave.
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P. E. Stanley
Charleston
W. Va
Alice Fischer
Albert Fischer
Dan Fischer
L. F. Stolzenburg
Zion Lutheran Church
Columbus
Robert Steffan
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Parkersburg
Pomeroy
Trinity Lutheran Church
Missour Synod
Butternut Ave
Red Cross Chapter Executive Board Meeting
The Meigs County American Red Cross Chapter invites members to an executive board meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the chapter rooms here.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Red Cross Chapter
Busy Bee Class Meets at First Baptist Church
Middleport reports the Busy Bee class of the First Baptist Church will gather at 7 30 Monday evening at the church for a regular meeting.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Middleport Band Plans Tag Day On November Fifteenth
Middleport bandsmen, praised for their football season work, will hold their annual tag day Saturday to raise funds. Mrs. J. O. Pullins, vice president of the Middleport Band Boosters, chairs with headquarters at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric. The band will parade and visit nearby communities to boost the effort.
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Middleport
J. O. Pullins
Middleport Band
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Halloweentown Carnival Nets $167 for Columbia Elementary
The Columbia Elementary School carnival earned a net profit of 167 dollars. Faculty thank volunteers and contributors. Plans for the money include playground equipment map sets and other needed items.
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Carpenter
Columbia
Four-H Club awards presented to Columbia Make-It Club
Mrs Elizabeth Jordan and Mrs Freda Smith awarded all 15 girls in the Columbia Make-It Club with certificates for completed work. Rose Greenlees and Rebecca Dye earned Home Economics and Style Review pins and modeled outfits at the Ohio State Fair. Melva Faye Jordan got a Home Improvement pin, Mary Jeffers Jordan received a five year pin and state extension service certificate, and Helen Jeffers received a National 4-H Alumni Association framed certificate. The club earned an Honor Club certificate for 1958, calendars from Davis Ice and Produce Co and 4-H pencils from Extension Service.
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Elizabeth Jordan
Freda Smith
Columbia Make
Mary Jeffers Jordan
National
Treasurer Named At Sew Rite Meeting
At the Sew Rite Sewing Club meeting held at the ground observers corps building Mrs Donald Collins was named treasurer replacing Mrs Donald Marks who is moving to Belpre. President Mrs Don Mullen led plans for the annual Christmas party. Mrs Marks received farewell and birthday gifts. hostesses were Mrs George Conde and Mrs Elza Gilmore Jr. refreshments were served. The traveling prize donated by Mrs Charles Spencer went to Mrs Kenneth Finley.
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Pomeroy
Donald Collins
Donald Marks
Belpre
Sew Rite Sewing Club
Ground Observers Corps
Don Mullen
Marks
George Conde
Elza Gilmore, Jr
Charles Spencer
Kenneth Finley
Powder Puff Club Bake Sale in Middleport Saturday
The Powder Puff Club stages a bake sale on Saturday at the quarters of Tri Lustre Cleaners in Middleport. Proceeds support club activities and community events.
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Middleport
Powder Puff Club
Tri Lustre Cleaners
Swartz Family Visits Marietta Homes
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Swartz of Marietta visited the Follrod Robinson and Hobart Swartz homes recently, sharing a brief social call and greetings with relatives.
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Gerald Swartz
Marietta
Follrod- Robinson
Hobart Swartz Homes
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