Pedestrian Safety Talk Opens Driver Education at Middleport
Middleport High School hosted a Monday evening session led by Cpl. Pierce D. McCreedy and Coach John Parsons. Attendees included Mayor Sidney T. Russell and Chief Russell Bailey along with PTA officials while McCreedy urged adults to model safe behavior for children and reviewed traffic studies and classroom requirements.
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Middleport High School
Sidney T. Russell
Russell Bailey
John Parsons
Richard Davis
Richard Rawlings
Rawlings
The
RE. Hi. Rawlings Sons
Middleport
Cpl
Pierce D. McCreedy
Gallipolis
Virginia Mayes
Parent-Teacher Association
Mayes
Leo Kennedy
James Stewart
Darrel Bechtle
Billy Stobart
Roland Morris
Raymond Klees
Rice
Bobby van Cooney
Billy McCool
Randall Bowles
McCreedy
Jay
Parsons
MHS
Ben Philson
PTA
Middleport Society Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner and Meeting
Middleport chapter of the Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters held a Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the Little House with Florence Bush presenting chrysanthemum corsages. Officers for the next year were elected with Gallagher as president and Allman as vice president. A later meeting featured a poem by Mrs. Gallagher, social games, and assorted prizes. Attendees included Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Mayer, Mrs. Stace, and others, with hospitality by Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Mayer.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Little House
Florence Bush
John
C. P. Galr
Gallagher
William Allman
John Mayer
Flower
E. R. Tompkins
Allman
Philip Meinhart
Lillian Steiff
Peter Stace
Homer Kennedy
Griff Russell
Gallagher and Mrs. Mayer
William Lowe
Carl Owen
Bush
C. P. Gallagher
J. B. Downing
Homet Ky
Milton Russell
C. F. Hawkins
Anniversary Celebrated In Middleport For Mourning Couple
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Harvie Mourning on South Second Avenue was quietly celebrated at their home today They were married in Gallipolis on November 16 1904 and later lived in Point Pleasant before moving to Middleport where they have resided for many years Mr Mourning is a retired Chesapeake and Ohio railroad man and is an invalid
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Middleport
Harvie Mourning
South Second Avenue
Mourning
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Birthday party honors Ricky Joe Morris in Middleport
Middleport hosts celebrate three year old Ricky Joe Morris with a Sunday dinner. Guests include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Otho Karr. Don Karr and other relatives from Leading Creek and New Haven attend. A cake and ice cream are served to family members.
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Middleport
Ricky Joe
Robert Morris
Otho Karr
Don Karr
Leading Creek
Albert Young
Dwight Parker
Myrtis Kay
William Young
Roland Karr
New Haven
Church group meetings scheduled through Friday
Meetings listed for MIDDLEPORT include the Homebuilders Class at the Church of Christ Tuesday. Wednesday features the Senior choir social hour after practice at the Church of Christ. Thursday the Busy Bee Class of First Baptist meets at Mrs. C. H. Wise Jr.’s home. Friday the Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ meets at the church. The Past Marons of Evangeline Chapter OES meet at Mrs. Lee Roush’s home.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
First Baptist Church
C. H. Wise Jr
Evangeline Chapter
OES
Lee Roush
Plans Completed for Parcel Post Sale at High School
Mrs. Arthur Skinner presided as Band Boosters finalize plans for a parcel post sale in the auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. Packages should be delivered to 258 S Fifth Ave by noon. Committees include tickets, candy sales, and package sale. Instruments for rhythm and dance bands will be purchased. Thanksgiving Day marching band practice at Bandroom 12 30 p.m.
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Middleport
Arthur Skinner
Band Boosters Association
Guy Reynolds
Skinner
Fifth Ave
Charles Murray
Emerson Jones
James Daniels
George Childs
Walter Crooks
Neils Powell
Rodney Sauer
Robert McElhinney
Eber Lewis
Francis Anderson
Carroll Swanson
Earl Warnke
Bruce Lloyd
Alfred Roush
Mrs Bratton Honored In Langsville Shower
Arrangements of fall flowers decorated the Earl Riggs home Langsville for a misc shower honoring Mrs Orville Bratton former Geraldine Minor whose marriage on October 8 was the event of the month. Guests included Mr and Mrs Orville Bratton Mr and Mrs Otho Burson and others.
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Middleport
Earl Riggs
Langsville
Michael
Raymond Luman
Ernest Molden
Marvin Chase
M. A. Nicholson
Seth F. Nicholson
Dana Epple
John Wyatt
Pamela
Danny
Billy
Florence Hysell
Judy
Larry
Dale Bachner
Rodney
Roger
Carl Weygandt
Earl Thomas
Gerald Minor
Norman Will
Nina Steele
Mary Will
Cash Braley
Walter Tudor
Susan
Ronald Davis
Nicholson and McKinney Nuptials Note Dedication
Mr and Mrs Ray Nicholson and Mr and Mrs Archie McKinney are listed as hosts or participants in a society social item. The fragment outlines family connections and social roles without further event details.
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Ray Nicholson
Archie McKinney
Family News From Meigs Hospital and Local Visits
William R Reynolds of Kalama and his sister Mrs Shelby King of Lansing were called Monday due to their father Will Reynolds illness at Meigs General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Carroll Swanson and daughter Sylvia returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Swanson and son David in Marysville. Mrs Louise Mugridge of Port Huron entered Bethesda Hospital in Zanesville for surgery accompanied by her daughter Mrs L A Bangerter who will stay this week. Darrell Fisher of Huntington and family joined Sunday dinner with Lowell Probasco family and Mrs E Shott who then returned to Sedalia Ohio.
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William R. Reynolds
Kalama
Shelby King
Lansing
Mich
Will Reynolds
Meigs General Hospital
Carroll Swanson
Sylvia
Charles Swanson
David
Marysville
Louise Mugridge
Port Huron
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
L. A. Bangerter
Darrell Fisher
Huntington
Lowell Probasco
Susan
Julie
E. §. Shott
Ex-Resident Assigned To Formosa
Captain Hosmer Will former Meigs County resident assigned to Liepid Formosa with the military assistance advisory group under General Chiang Kai-shek He served three years including overseas in England France Holland Belgium and Germany and later taught at Fort McClelland He helped open Camp Chaffee and activated the 19th division before his Formosa post He married Donna Gates of Rockland Ohio and has three brothers Roy Carl Paul and two sisters Lydia and Aundrey all former Meigs residents
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Pomeroy
Hosmer FP
Will
Liepid
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Etta Alberta Heaton Will
Vern Will
Flatwoods
Chester
Armed Forces
England
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Fort McClelland
Ala Will
Sargeant
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Ohio
Robert 8. Beightler
37Th National Guard
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Donna Dean Gates
Rockland
Roy D. Will
Cincinnati
Carl Edwin Will
Paul Will
Texas
Lydia Berry
Aundrey Rowan
Meigs County
Alumni to Report for Pom eroy Middleport Game
Middleport MHS alumni who want to play in the Pom eroy Middleport alumni game must report to Robert Mills by Thursday at Pomeroy Stadium to finalize plans for the event.
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Middleport
MHS
Pomeroy-Middleport
Pomeroy Stadium
Robert Mills
Salem Center Institute Program Is Set Thursday
The Salem Center community institute will be held Thursday in the Salem Center school auditorium. Morning sessions feature a school program led by Mrs. C O Chapman and officers assistants with talks by county agent Geneva H Nolan on fabrics and a vocal duet by the Linters. Afternoon speakers include George Kreier on Foreign vs US Agriculture and Capt Glenna Rummel on schools of India. Musical numbers and 4 H awards add to the day. Evening program begins at 7 30 with Dr H M Boocks of Meigs County Health and Kreitler on the program. Sunshine Quartet provides music and officers are Hurley Nelson president Margaret Edmundson vice president Evelyn Montgomery secretary treasurer Gladys Farley hostess Grace Colwell bazaar.
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Robert E. Linter
Rutland
George Kreier
Licking County
Glenna Rummel
India
Catherine Shenefield
Dixie Kaye
Wayne Roush
H. M. Boocks
Meigs County Department of Health
C. E. Blakeslee
Sunshine Quartet
Kreitler
Institute
Hurley Nelson
Margaret Edmundson
Evelyn Montgomery
Gladys Farley
Grace Colwell
Pomeroy Soldier Spends Rest Leave in Japan Camp Hakata
Pfc. Charles E. Lee, son of Mrs. Walter Lee of Pomeroy Route 2, spent a seven day rest and recreation leave from his unit in Korea at Camp Hakata on Kyushu, Japan. He is a jeep driver with the 7th Infantry Division, 324th Regiment, entered the Army in February 1953 and arrived in the Far East in September 1953.
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Pomeroy
Charles E. Lee
Walter Lee
Korea
Camp Hakata
Japan
Kyushu
7Th Infantry Division
324
Lee
Far East
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Sisson of Pomeroy
Mr and Mrs Le land Sisson announce the birth of a son, William Richard, at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Sunday afternoon. Grandparents are Mrs Pauline Angeletti and Nathan Sisson of Pomeroy. The couple also has a son Freddie, age eight.
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Pomeroy
Leland Sisson
William Richard
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Pauline Angeletti
Nathan Sisson
Sisson
Freddie
Matron Roberts Improves After Seven Weeks at Point Pleasant
Mrs. Cora B. Roberts formerly of Pomeroy has shown improvement while staying with her son and daughter in law Grant Roberts at Point Pleasant. She is now with her daughter Mrs. Thomas Hennessy on Mulberry Avenue in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Cora B. Roberts
Grant Roberts
Point Pleasant
Roberts
Thomas Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
Colosseum Floods Held for Naval Mock Battles
Ancient Rome staged mock sea battles in the Colosseum by flooding the arena. Participants sometimes died during these staged naval combat performances.
Welker Family Announces New Son at Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Welker of Pomeroy announce the birth of a son Friday at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hawk of Hemlock Grove and Mrs. Eula Welker of Columbus. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bentz of Alfred and Mrs. Elpha Hawk of Hemlock Grove. The Welkers also have two sons, Jerry, 13, and Jackie, 12.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Welker
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Emmett Hawk
Hemlock Grove
Eula Welker
Columbus
C. D. Bentz
Alfred
Elpha Hawk
Racine Hi Junior Play Scheduled
POMEROY The Racine High School junior class presents the three act comedy Great Scotts Tuesday evening November 23 at the Racine High School auditorium. Principal roles are filled by Ruth Ann Carson Carol Salser Doreen Norris Nancy Shuler Janet Beegle Eileen Wolfe Marilyn Roush Jack Boyd Daniel Euler Robert Beegle Paul Hoback and Jimmy Cundiff. Promoters are Shirley Beegle and Janice Gillilan. Mrs Maude Young directs.
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Pomeroy
Racine High School
Edward
Albert Scott
Ruth Ann Carson
Carol Salser
Doreen Norris
Nancy Shuler
Janet Beegle
Eileen Wolfe
Marilyn Roush
Jack Boyd
Daniel Euler
Robert Beegle
Paul Hoback
Jimmy Cundiff
Shirley Beegle
Janice Gillilan
Maude Young
General Hull Receives Colombian Order of Boyaca Honor
Announcement of the presentation of the Order of Boyaca in the grade of official military category by the Colombian government to Gen. John F Hull, East and United Nations commander-in-chief. Gen. Hull is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Davis, Middleport.
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Middleport
Order of Boyaca
Columbia
John F Hull
Ar East
United Nations
Gen. Hull
T. H. Davis
Birth and discharges at Meigs General Hospital notes
The Meigs General Hospital register lists birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Winfield VanMeter of Mason West Virginia. Discharges include Elizabeth Frederick from Alva County Will, Emil Johnson, Vaughan Price, Austin Russell, Natalie Sigler, Roy Summers and infant, Gertrude Rickard, Vida Thie, Lorene Ashborne and infant.
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Carolyn Bell
Pomeroy
Cabile Klees
Roy Moler
Langsville
C. K. Little
Cheshire
Maggie Brown
Betty VanMeter
Mason
W. Va
Edith Kauff
Julia Title
William Reynolds
Middleport
Winfield VanMeter
Elizabeth Frederick
Alva Co
Will
Emil Johnson
Vaughan Price
Austin Russell
Natalie Sigler
Roy Summers
Gertrude Rickard
Vida Thie
Lorene Ashborne
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Paul
Paula
Joan
Federal Land Bank
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A. ©. Gibson
Seo’y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank
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Horse Canyon
Ye McCrea
Mari Blanchard
Temple
Miami
Barry Sullivan
Luther Adler
Rs. Bratton
Salem Center Institute
Pomeroy Area
Racine Hi
General Hull
Voice of the Theatre
Alaska
Robert Ryan
Jan Sterling
Brian Kelth
Oldsmobile
Karr & van Zandt
Budd Company
Budd
Texas Eastern
Philadelphia Gas Works
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