Chester Garden Club Flower Show At Farmers Institute
The Chester Garden Club will host a Christmas themed flower show with amateur entries on December 4 at the Chester Methodist Church in connection with the Farmers Institute. Judging starts at 1 p.m. Entries must be in place by 12 noon and remain until show’s end. ribbons and exhibits feature junior and educational categories.
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Pomeroy
Chester Garden Club
Farmers Institute
Chester Methodist Church
Paul Baer
Clarence Neutzling
Karl Kautz
Neutzling
Santa Claus
Teachers Association Hears Guest Speaker in Pomeroy
POMEROY Chester J. Fair of the Ohio Bookmen's Club was guest speaker at the first Education Meeting of the Pomeroy Teachers Association in the Pomeroy Senior High auditorium. Superintendent Gibbs introduced Fair who distributed early texts The Horn Book and McGuffey's Eclectic Reader for examination. A sound film shown stressed that a capable teacher is the key to good teaching and that textbooks receive less than one percent of total public education spending.
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Pomeroy
Chester J. Fair
Ohio Bookmen’s Club
Fair
Sugar Run
C. S Gibbs
James A. Diehl
Elaine Rouse
Helen Smith
Margaret Lewis
Beatrice Reinhart
Althea Bryan
Reinhart
Mary Virginia Reibel
Group Plans To Sponsor Child Interest League
Middleport residents formed a plan to sponsor a Pomeroy child conservation league. Mrs. Richard Chambers hosted the meeting with guests Mrs. Ball and Mrs. Swisher. Mrs. Charles Bradbury was elected secretary, replacing Mrs. Russell who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Interest League
Middleport
Child Conservation League
Pomeroy
Middleport League
Richard Chambers
Martin
E. ©. Ball
Wayne Swisher
Charles Bradbury
P. K. Russell
CAP Changes Meeting Night in Middleport
The Meigs Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol moved its regular meeting to Friday at 7 30 p.m. at the Emmett Schuler property on N Third Ave in Middleport Capt H A Dailey commander urges all senior members to attend to register for 1958 and discuss important business The squadron seeks a senior member with electronic and radio experience High school students are invited to become cadets First aid is taught to senior and cadet members by Lt Andrew Lemley and Lt E W Shuler Red Cross instructors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lemley
E. W. Shuler
Red Cross
Plans Set for Middleport Pep Rally Ahead of Thanksgiving Game
Middleport Athletic Association met at the high school with Curtis Jenkinson presiding and outlined an upcoming pep rally for the Thanksgiving game against Pomeroy. A special meeting was scheduled for Tuesday to finalize rally plans following Union Thanksgiving services.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Middleport Athletic Association
Curtis Jenkinson
Electric utilities boost farms from 1934 to 1942
Between 1934 and 1942 the number of American farms wired for electricity doubled, Britannica reports. The surge reflects nationwide rural electrification efforts expanding farm productivity and rural life access to power.
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Britannica
Middleport Churches Schedule List
Middleport churches hold services with multiple sermons and ministries. Heath Methodist-Raymon Konkright leads morning worship at 10:30 and 9:30 Bible school with evening sermon Barnabas. First Baptist led by C E Hoyt offers morning worship 10:15 and youth programs. First Presbyterian led by Howard Ruppelt conducts Bible school 10:30 and worship 9:00 with sermon Why So Many Religions in Our World. Syracuse Presbyterian also led by Ruppelt offers morning worship 9:00 and church school 10:00 with same sermon topic.
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Heath Methodist
Raymon Konkright
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Barnabas
First Baptist
C. E. Hoyt
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Youth Fellowship
Syracuse Presbyterian
Church School
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Raymond Konkright
Ralph C. Zandel
Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Liston Halley
Federated
Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian
Waldo J. Bartels
Alfred Methodist
Rev
R. MpGrove
Group Holds Family Night at Heath Methodist Church
Community event at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport featured a family supper and a program. Barbara Jones performed with her mother Mrs Emerson Jones, Rev Eugene Brown offered imitations, Mrs Brown read God's Trees, Vera Covert sang Open My Eyes with Sharon Jones, and prayers were led by Rev C R Konk. Dinner committee included Mrs John Ketchka Mrs James Criswell Mrs M L French Mrs Harold Woodgerd Miss Bess Sanborn and Miss Carol Criswell.
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Middleport
the Heath Methodist Church
Barbara Jones
Emerson Jones
Eugene Brown
Pomeroy
John Ketchka
James Criswell
M. L. French
Harold Woodgerd
Bess Sanborn
Carol Criswell
X Ray Unit To Visit Meigs County In March April
An Ohio mobile X ray unit will visit Meigs County from March 25 to April 3, sponsored by the Meigs County Health Department and the Tuberculosis and Health Association. The unit offers free chest X rays to the public and will provide extra attention to food handlers due to mandatory chest X rays. A schedule will be announced later. Mrs F Harman O'Brien and Mrs Wallace Bradford attended a SETO group meeting at the tuberculosis hospital in Nelsonville.
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Middleport
Ohio
Meigs County
Nelsonville
Seto Group
F. Harman O’brien
Wallace Bradford
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Cheshire Social Roundup Includes Visits and Sermons
Mr and Mrs Robert Lee of Dunbar visited Mr and Mrs Bert Mern. The Rev Bates of South Webster delivered sermons at the Cheshire Revival. Mr and Mrs J N Shamblin spent a day in Huntington. Robert Lemley has returned to his base at Norfolk Va.
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Robert Lee
Dunbar
Bert Mern
Rev. Bates
South Webster
J. N. Shamblin
Huntington
Robert Lemley
Norfolk, Va
Rutland High School Minstrel Show Opens at 8 P.M.
Rutland High School presents Showboat a minstrel show with comedy music and dancing at 8 p.m. in the Rutland High School auditorium. The matinee drew 400 pupils from Rutland Grade School and showcased Judy Chase as interlocutress along with numerous soloists and a 60-member glee chorus.
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Rutland High School Minstrel
Middleport
Meigs County
Rutland High School
Rutland
C. O. Chapman
Judy Chase
Roy Cremeans
Tiny Sabra Canaday
Rutland Boys and Girls Glee Clubs
Mandy
Swanee
Ballin
Keith Kennedy
Danny Cremeans
Dee Thomas
Tom Stewart
Judy Hayes
Judy Morris
Dorothy Combs
Naomi Carroll
America
Jed Webster
Pomeroy
Jon Webster
Alberta Snowden
Elizabeth Loyd
Baptist Church Group Elects New Officers
The Busy Bee r Class of the First Baptist Church in Middleport elected officers for the new year. Elected were Mrs. B. F. Parmalee, president. Mrs. John Lyons, vice president. Mrs. Shirley Mills, secretary. Mrs. E. L. Hughes, assistant secretary. Mrs. Harold Hubbard, treasurer. Mrs. J. Q. Rice, teacher. and assistants Mrs. A. R. Pullen and Mrs. Allen Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
B. F. Parmalee
John Lyons
Shirley Mills
E. L. Hughes
Harold Hubbard
J. Q. Rice
A. R. Pullen
Allen Hughes
Meigs County Church Services Listings
Meigs County churches list Sunday schools and worship times for Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Chester Methodist Pomeroy Seventh-Day Adventist Bethel Rutland First Baptist and many others. The notice lists pastors, service times, midweek prayers, youth meetings, evangelistic services, and special holiday programs across multiple churches.
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Laurel Cliff
Salvation Army
F. W. Carlson
Cincinnati
Sally Landers
YPL
Salvation Meeting
Glenna Rummel
Pomeroy
Christian Endeavor
Syracuse
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Youth Fellowship
Carmel
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Rutland
First Baptist
Syracuse Church of the Nazarene
Roy K. Williams
NYPS
Rutland Church of the Narva
Harold Klingel
Apple Grove
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Chester House of Prayer
Rev
Edmond
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff Free Methodist
John Elwood
Oak Grove
Victor Brown
Sutton
Antiquity
Letart Falls
Floyd Workman
East Letart
Plants
Carpenter Baptist
A. T. Biddle
Death Notice of Homer L Carson 85 in Gallia County
Homer L Carson aged 85 of Leading Creek Middleport Route 1 died Thursday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Born in Rutland son of the late William and Mary Wright Carson He was predeceased by a brother and two sisters Surviving his wife Hannah Price a son Kenneth two grandchildren Mrs Wendell Grate and Harold Carson three brothers George Robert and Bert Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with Rev Harold Klinger. burial Gravel Hill Cemetery
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Middleport
Homer L. Carson
Leading Creek
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Carson
Rutland
William and
Mary Wright Carson
Hannah Price
Kenneth
Wendell Grate
Harold Carson
U. S. Army
Germany
George
Robert
Bert
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Harold Klinger
Gravel Hill Cemetery
William Kaspar 83 dies after long illness in Meigs County
William Kaspar 83 of Pomeroy died Thursday noon at Meigs General Hospital after a lengthy illness. He owned a plumbing and electrical business in Middleport before retiring in 1932. Survived by his wife Clara a niece two nephews and distant relatives. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with Rev Eugene Brown officiating. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
William Kaspar
Meigs General Hospital
Clara
Kaspar
Middleport
Ewing Funeral
Eugene Brown
United Methodist Church
Beech Grove
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William ‘Torrow
Teachers’ Association
Peggy Houdashelt
Ann Chapman
Emma Clatworthy
Russell Wilson
L. W. Mc- Comas
Xmas
Men's & Boys
CAP
Allen Appliance
E. Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Dumont
Zenith
TV Sales & Service
Middleport Churches
Cheshire
By Francis Klein
Tammy
Roger Turner
Elaine Steele
Darrell Dugan
Allen Biddle
Lanna Turner
Pat Eads
Peggy Nelson
Richard Warner
Baby
Warner
Miss Carroll
Baptist Church Group
Sylvia McMaster
Lillian McGee
Edward Demosky
Harold Chase
Thomas Durst
Raymond Grimm
John Mayer
Betty Demosky
Wyllis Anthony
Meigs County Church Services
Portland
Arlie Marks
Jehovahs Witnesses
Cherry and Main—Watchtower
Raymond Hummell
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Chester Methodist
R. M. Grove
Earl Dean
Goegle IN
Gravel CO
H. L. Carson
Liberty
Theatre
Tim Holt
Richard Martin
Belle Starr
Keith Keith Sanelte
Don Drake
Columbia Comedy
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
Durango
George Montgomery
Ann Robinson
Steve Brodie
the Kremlin
Lex Barker
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Jeffrey Stone
Stalin
Jayne Mansfield
Tony Randall
Betsy Drake
Temple
Pomeroy National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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