Baptism and Confirmation Rites Held at Grace Church
Grace Episcopal Church conducted baptism for Margaret Lochary and Robert Titus on Saturday. The Rt. Rev. Roger Blanchard then confirmed several members including Linda Carla Titus Nancy Story and Michael O Brien. A reception followed with Bishop Blanchard in attendance and a farewell for Rev. Roberts and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Linda
Carla
Michael O’brien
Thomas
Nancy Titus
Patrick Story
Larry Marshall
Irving Karr
Bishop Blanchard
Roberts
Theodore Reed
W. P. Lochard
Fred Crow, Jr
Middleport Athletes Hear Rules From Ohio Officials
Middleport reserve and varsity players were introduced at a Middleport Athletic Association meeting. Three Ohio University officials spoke on rules and regulations, with a scrimmage between the two teams. A Thanksgiving dance was planned for the High School auditorium, emceed by Kenny Hysell and Leon Jordan. Ed Smith was taken to Holzer Hospital after an early morning accident and the emergency squad responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Athletic Association
Ohio University
Robert Wise
Dwight Wallace
Middleport High School
Jays
Kenny Hysell
Leon Jordan
Ed Smith
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Mith
Holzer
Officers Elected At Enterprise EUB Church Meeting
Mrs. Carl Moore was elected president of the Willing Workers Class. Miss Dorothy Long becomes vice president and Mrs. Dixon secretary. James Will is treasurer, Myrtle Long birthday secretary. Dec 21 Christmas party planned at Mrs. King’s home. dessert course served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed King
Dixon
John Smith
King
Smith
Pomeroy Reports October Parking Receipts Total 2021
Pomeroy police chief Jed Webster reported October parking meters collected 979.50 and lot meters 1042. Thirty two unpaid tickets remained. 657 meter violations were issued. Six illegal parking arrests and 12 warnings were recorded. Other department functions were approved along with the meter report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jed Webster
Webster
Gallia County Officials Approve Convention Attendance
Gallia County commissioners approve expenses for Judge Betz to attend a common pleas judges convention November 29-30 and Auditor Dickey to attend a county auditors convention December 7-9. Gallipolis schools announce a two day Thanksgiving break for students Thursday and Friday with classes resuming Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Robert M. Betz
Common Pleas
Morton L. Dickey
Gallipolis City
Gallia County
Boone Child Dedicated At Service
The infant David Boone son of Rev. and Mrs. Donald Boone was dedicated during a Middleport First Baptist Church Thanksgiving service led by Rev. Francis McCarty of Columbus. Presenters including Mrs. Richard Owen and Mrs. Bert Bodimer conveyed symbolic gifts as readings and choir selections accompanied the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Boone
Donald Boone
Middleport First Baptist Church
Richard Owen
David
Francis McCarty
Columbus
Bert Bodimer
Gerald Anthony
Janet Baker
Henry Null
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
A list records births at Holzer Hospital including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Shir ley Tucker Grimms Landing W V a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Louie Pope Gallipolis a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Norris Price Gallipolis Route 1 a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Paul E Smith Point Pleasant a son for Mr. and Mrs Ray L Saunders Scottown and a son for Mr. and Mrs Harley A Payne Bidwell. It also lists admissions for Edwin J Smith Pomeroy Albert N Bengal Pomeroy Joseph S Willis Pedro Route 2 James P Koerper Beaver Route 2 Diane M Smith Pomeroy Route 1 Myron T Evans Wellston Mrs Grover B Con ley Oak Hill Route 3 Mrs Pony W Lykins Ashland Ky Mrs James R Harrah Ravenswood Chauncey W Rife Jackson Wilbur C Williams Crown City Route 1 Mrs Charles E Staats Point Pleasant Mrs Dan O Dennison Chesapeake Thomas H Bus Lee Gallipolis Robert L Schaeffing Vinton Route 1 Mrs H Jean Kiser Cheshire Route 2 John C Blackwood Rutland Mrs Herbie L Lance Bidwell Route 1 Mrs Eugene B Freeman South Point Route 1 Mrs Brycel D Durst Leon W Va Route 1 Lois Marie Wickline Gallipolis Mrs Beatrice Reinhart Pomeroy. Discharged list includes Randolph Moore Lois Wickline Miss Luella G Rapp Everett Phillips Mrs Ellen Moss William A Davis Clarence Griffith Mrs Beecher L Davis Sheila Osler Valerie Saville Mrs Max O Davis Lloyd Durst Mrs Douglas Hall George Wiseman Mrs Larry J Kelton Mrs Charles E Fellure and daughter Mrs William J Davis and daughter Mrs Floyd Wallace Jr and son. Blood used Monday two pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. Smith
Pomeroy
Albert N. Bengal
Joseph S. Willis
Pedro
James P. Koerper
Beaver
Diane M .Smith
Myron T. Evans
Wellston
Grover B. Conley
Oak Hill
Pony W. Lykins
Ashland
James R. Harrah
Ravenswood
Chauncey W. Rife
Jackson
Wilbur C. Williams
Crown City
Charles E. Staats
Point Pleasant
Dan O. Dennison
Chesapeake
Thomas H
Brycel D. Durst
Leon
W. Va
Lois Marie Wickline
Gallipolis
Beatrice Reinhart
Randolph Moore
Lois Wickline
Luella G. Rapp
Everett Phillips
Ellen Moss
William A. Davis
Clarence Griffith
Beecher L. Davis
Sheila Osler
Valerie Saville
Max O. Davis
Lloyd Durst
Douglas Hall
George Wiseman
Larry J. Kelton
Charles E. Fellure
William J. Davis
Floyd Wallace, Jr
Middleport Receives $5550 Federal Grant for Town Planning
A $5550 Urban Renewal Administration grant awarded via the Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development funds Middleport for one year planning work. The grant will be supplemented by $1850 from state and local contributions to support base mapping population studies and community facilities planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Urban Renewal Administration
Washington, D. C
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Enterprise EUB Youth Meeting Highlights EUB Church
The western half of District Four of the EUB youth fellowship met at Enterprise EUB Church. Sharon Dill led opening singing with Rev Glen Bate giving prayer. Miss Dill presided as president and announced the attendance banner and mileage trophy won by Enterprise and Carmel groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
EUB Youth Fellowship
Enterprise Eub
Sharon Dill
Glen Bate
Bonnie Smith
Coe
Lottridge
Ann Carleton
Dixie Circle
Enterprise
Miss Dill
Roy Gearhart
Menzel Smith
Enterprise Group
Carmel Group
Mr. Smith
Dorcas Church
E W Jones Hosts Birthday Dinner in Burlingham
Mr and Mrs E W Jones celebrated their daughter Dorothy Dandakis of Athens with a turkey dinner at Burlingham. Guests included Emerson Jones Sharon Jones Barbara Jones and Lee Davidson from Ohio University and other relatives. In Meigs County Judge Emmett W Peoples suspended fines and jail for three men charged with disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
Floyd T. Chapman
Aleta Lynn Alten
Columbus
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emmett W. Peoples
William Evans
Wiley Cornell
James Ritchie
No Charges Filed In Bus Car Accident
Minor damages were reported in a collision at the North Second and Race intersection. Elbert Fairclothe 55 of Racine drove a school bus and struck a parked car owned by Robert Faulk of Pomeroy as he turned onto Race Street. Patrolman Ed Haggerty investigated. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
North Second
Race
Elbert Fairclothe
Racine
Robert Faulk
Pomeroy
Race St
Ed Haggerty
Dinner Party Slated by Middleport Church Group
Middleport First United Presbyterian Group I plans a Thanksgiving dinner at the Martin Restaurant tonight then a meeting and party at Mrs. Edward Burkett’s home. A divorce suit filed by Kethel V. Dinguss against William C. Dinguss has been dismissed in Meigs County court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Kethel V. Dinguss
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
William C. Dinguss
Meigs General Hospital Discharges Three Patients
Erma Johnston of Minersville Bertha Hobstetter of Pomeroy and Kathry Payne of Middleport discharged from Meigs General Hospital. Joseph Smith listed as discharged in hospital notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Johnston
Minersville
Bertha Hobstetter
Roy
Kathry Payne
Middleport
Joseph Smith
Bethel event plans in Gallipolis schedule announced
POMEROY plans for a new Bethel at Gallipolis set for December 8 were discussed during the International Order of Job's Daughters 62 meeting at the temple with past honored queen Alita Carpenter presiding. Reservations for a dinner, due by November 30 to guardian Mrs. Harry P. Smith, accompanied initiation of three candidates. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Jack Bechtle, Mrs. W. R. Carpenter and Mrs. James Pullin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bethel
Gallipolis
International Order of Job’s Daughters
Temple
Alita Carpenter
Harry P. Smith
Guardian
Jack Bechtle
W. R. Carpenter
James Pullin
Men's Fellowship Packs 22 Boxes for Mountain Mission School
In Grundy Virginia the Meigs County Churches of Christ Men’s Fellowship at Bradbury Church completed a project for Mountain Mission School. They packed 22 large boxes of new and used clothes linens and toys for shipment. If items are unusable they are traded to mountain people for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mountain Mission School
Grundy
Meigs County
Bradbury Church
Mission School
Council Approves Sewer Plant Plan Contract
POMEROY Ohio council with Solicitor Crow approves Burgess and Niple to draw revised plans for a sewage disposal plant and lines costing about 440000 The village expects 167000 from a bond issue about 135000 federal aid and 138000 raised by sewer rent Over 50 percent of town would receive treatment with rest on priority list and bonds to be sold next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hoeflich
Pomeroy
Fred W. Crow
Burgess and Niple
City Hall
W. Main St
Ohio River Sanitation Commission
Ohio Water Pollution Board
Legar
Ohio Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Main St
Elwood Bowers
Cherry and
Condor Sts
Thanksgiving Party for Children at Middleport Church
Children from the Meigs County home attended a Sunday evening Thanksgiving party at Middleport First Presbyterian Church. Margaret Sauer gave the meditation, Vincent Dabo led as master of ceremonies, and a humorous reading was read by Mrs. Will Reynolds and others. Music included a piano duet by Mrs. Haptonstall and Mrs. Stieff, with several selections sung by Dr. Howard Ruppelt and Mrs. Haptonstall, followed by refreshments served by a long list of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Middleport First Presbyterian Church
Margaret Sauer
Vincent Dabo
Will Reynolds
Billy Haptonstall
Howard Ruppelt
Paul Haptonstall
Haptonstall
Lillian Stieff
James Sanborn
Richard Vaughan
Karl Owen
Everett Bachner
Dale Walburn
Edward Burkett
Herman Bailey
Marcus Chambers
Russell Lyons
Carl Horky
Leland Brown
Mrs. Epple Dies At 84 In Pomeroy
Obituary notices funeral services set for Mrs. Eddie Epple 84 of Pomeroy after a heart attack at home. Survivors include husband Eddie B son John Terrell and multiple grandchildren. Service led by Rev Waldo Bartels burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. Also reports juvenile auto theft sentence and local community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eddie Epple
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Ewing Funeral Home
Epple
Eddie B
John Terrell
Joseph Struble
Eugene Mitch
Charles Spencer
Charles Legar
Waldo J. Bartels
Federated Church
Beech Grove
Middleport Band Elects Officers for High School Group
Middleport High School band officers were elected led by director Eugene Gherke. Positions filled include president Forrest Bach tel Jr , vice president Mich Lloyd, secretary Judy Wildermuth, treasurer Ellen Dutton, librarians Sean Mullen and Joy Boggs, reporter Janice Tannehill, sergeants at arms Michael Morris and Michael Archer. The band and the girls glee club plan a Silver Bellis Serenade on Thursday Dec 6 in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Eugene Gherke
Forrest Bachtel
Mich Lloyd
Judy Wildermuth
Ellen Dutton
Sean Mullen
Joy Boggs
Janice Tannehill
Michael Morris
Michael Archer
Thanksgiving Services Planned at St Paul Lutheran Church
Planned Thanksgiving services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at St Paul Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
St Paul Lutheran Church
Miller Fete for Two Children in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller held a party in Middleport for the birthday of their children David three and Megan two. Guests included Kim Walburn Lisa Lewis Joy Beaver and Jeff Beaver. Ice cream cake and party favors were provided and moving pictures were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Miller
David
Megan
Births and admissions at Meigs Memorial Hospital
Meigs Memorial notes report the Baker couple of Minersville welcome a son Walter. Admissions list include Lucy Garrell of Portland and Betty Cowan of Pomeroy among others. Roy Smith near Pomeroy announces a son Michael Ray born at Holzer Hospital with Amanda Kaspar of Pomeroy as grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker
Minersville
Lucy Garrell
Portland
Betty Cowan
Pomeroy
Ershel Biffle
New Haven
W. Va
Clara Probst
Cincinnati
Rebecca Toney
Gertrude Mills
James Swisher
Arbella Johns
Sophia Duffy
Margaret Reynolds
Lucy Potts
Roy Smith
Near Pomeroy
Michael Ray
Holzer Hospital
Amanda Kaspar
River Traffic Update on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Dam conditions show Kanawha and Ohio systems with all Huntington district movable dams down. Numerous riverboats report elevations and movements at locks 13 through 84 with mixed up and down readings, including Montgomery, Marion, and Marmet fleets and detailed tonnage at various checkpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Montgomery
James L. Hamilton
Indiana
Western
Southern
EB. Bngrem
A. H. Truax
Stevenson
Jerry Bosworth
Ovec
National
Dixie Vanguard
Jefferson
Cotton Guess
Phillorn
Aee Oe
Ie Om
Deana Oswi U
Lock
Rockford
A.m
Ward
Oliver C. Shearer
Jane T
Ee Em
L. W. Sweet
Kanawha
Marmet Gene
Leliever
Ikip
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Dean
Doan
Ae Doan
Officers
Commission
Mercury
Karr
van Lands
Pomeroy, Ohio
Boone
Winsimias
New York
Kenneth Cavanaugh
Albert Taylor
John Huston
Jeremiah Howard
Shirley Tucker
Grimms Landing
Louie Pope
Norris Price
Paul E. Smith
Ray L. Saunders
Scottown
Harley A. Payne
Bidwell
Enterprise Church
EUB
E. W. Jones
Meigs General Hospital
New Bethel
W. Washington Street
Second Street
Public Square
Nelsonville
Main Street
E. F. Maag
E. Main St
Deborah Lynn
Franklin Triplett
Triplett
Fairland Dr
Council OK
Lancaster
F. H. O’brien
Tom Rue Motor Co
S. Third St
WCTU
Frederick Eugene Werry
Joyce Marilyn Pierce
Racine Pta
Cecil E. Carpenter
Jill Harris
Walter B. Harris
John Mayer
Rep
George Meinhart
E. M. Wood
Ruby Scott
Princeton
Moundsville
Pittsburgh
James Steele Yount
John Yount
San Francisco
Ralph Terry
Giants
New York Yankees
Vic Raschi
Allie Reynolds
Yankees
Whitey Ford
Raschi
Sam Jones
Waite Hoyt
Loyal Women’s Class
Middleport Church of Christ
Garrell
Cussins and Fearn Store
Middleport Band
Ganges
Montgomer
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
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