State Seeks Local Growth Role at Three Day WV Planners Meeting
West Virginia planners explored a new state role in local development during a Pleasant Point Resort session. Dr. Richard Slavin outlined a three part federal state local framework with money, guidance, and local initiative. An Gus Peyton urged officials to study plans to align with statewide programs and attract growth.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Slavin
Department of Commerce
Angus Peyton
State Department
FTA Unit Planned At Rutland High School
Northwestern Local Education Association executive committee organized a Future Teachers of America chapter at Rutland High School with Miss Sally Schaaf as president and Miss Mary Elizabeth Chapman and Miss Leda Mae Kraeuter as advisors. A Christmas party is planned for December 20 at 6 30 p.m. in the home economics room. No village council meeting occurred due to lack of a quorum.
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Middleport
Future Teachers of America
Rutland High School
Northwestern Local Education Association
Sally Schaaf
Mary Elizabeth Chapman
Leda Mae Kraeuter
Anna Ogdin
Gladys Major
Christmas Floral Show Opens in Pomeroy
Meigs County Christmas flower show begins Saturday at Pomeroy Elementary School judged by Mrs. Gilbert Cullen Accredited judge of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. Four ribbon awards in 16 artistic and four junior divisions. Exhibits set by 11 a.m. Saturday. not removed before 4 p.m. Sunday. Theme Everywhere Christmas Tonight features decorations garlands gourds and educational displays by Rio Grande extension class and local businesses.
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Middleport
Gilbert Cullen
Marietta
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Cullen
Charles Lewis
Middleport General
Larry Hasbargen
Robert Lewis
National Gourd Society
Wiliam Mayer
Rio Grande Extension
Eva Persinger
Margaret Blaetmar
Althea Bryan
Virginia Dell Nelson
Eva Robson
Addalon Lewis
Mary Nease
Columbus Minister Slated For Thanksgiving Service
The Rev. Samuel Jackson of Naomi Baptist Church will deliver the sermon at the annual Pomeroy Union Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Federated Church Other ministers will take part including the Rev Wilbur Perrin host pastor the Rev Jerry Masters the Rev Carver Williams and the Rev C Melvin Alkire The service will include an invocation responsive reading scripture and a collection for CROP and local food aid.
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Pomeroy
Samuel Jackson
Columbus
Pomeroy Union
Federated Church
Wilbur Perrin
Jerry Masters
Carver Williams
Rio Grande Library Opens on Rio Grande College Campus
Rio Grande College unveils a new 420000 dollar library after more than three years of planning. The three floor, red brick building houses over 18 000 square feet and 60 000 volumes, central to the campus near Anniversary Hall. Beverly Russell notes the library is Southeastern Ohio’s most modern and best equipped.
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RIO Grande — Rio Grande College
Ohio
Beverly Russell
Rio Grande
Alen
Births and dismissals at Holzer Hospital listed
Holzer Hospital announces births for Nichols Crown City Meadows Racine Hill Gallipolis families and Thomas, Jenkins, Gerlach, Eubanks among others. Dismissals include Ault Bergdoll Blazer Burton Childers Cox Harvey Hill Lucas Marks Musser Nichols Reynolds Tennant Tucker Wallace Morris Bailey Ball Brady Clench Creel Dennison Elliott Folden Gibbons Hill Hoffman Houck Jones Mahorn Mollohan Naugle Plymale Norris Oney Ravencraft Rice Saanders Sheets Sisson Stephens Tracy Wippel.
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Frances Ault
Wayne Bergdoll
Garfield Blazer
Charles Burton
James Childers
Norman Crace
Gerald Cox
Avel Harvey
Kyle Hill
Earl E. Henry, Jr
Jackie Lee
Brice Jayjohn
James Lucas
Dennis Marks
Robert Musser
Louise Nichols
Dencil Reynolds
Oscar Tennant
Robert Tucker
Bernard Wallace
John Morris
Valerie Bailey
Marjorie Ball
Frank Bradley
Charles Brannigan
Paul Burgess
Orville Clench
Donald Creel
Ronnie Dennison
Car
E. Elloitt
Ray Folden
Wayne Gibbons
Thanksgiving Playlet From Middleport Baptists
The Gol den Harvest a Thanksgiving playlet by Rev. Donald Boone was staged at Middleport First Baptist Church. Gift bearers in pastel robes presented a Bible water safety clock and pumpkin pie as packets of grain were shared with the congregation to recall Plymouth 1620.
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Middleport
Donald Boone
Middleport First Baptist Church
Frances Leiving
Dorothy Anthony
Ruth Jenkins
Hallie McIntyre
Beulah White
Marilyn Fultz
Elizabeth Slaven
Plymouth
Mable Bennett
Jennie Kauff
Nora Hamilton
Janice Gibbs
Bonnie Boone
Mrs. Slaven
What Are We Thankful For Speaker At Bank Offering
POMEROY on Sunday Paul Smart president of the Citizens National Bank and church worker spoke at a bank offering service by the Women's Guild at the Federated Church. Mrs Keith Riggs led devotion with We Thank Thee Lord. Mrs Ben Neutzling presented a gift to Mr Smart. An offering supported the church orphan home and the Sandusky Home for the Aged. Refreshments followed in the church social room served by the Federated Circle.
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Church
Federated Circle
Leon Man Is Fined On Hunting Counts
Leon Edgar Kirker pleaded guilty to two hunting counts in A. M. Goodwin’s Justice court. He was fined $20 and costs for hunting on Sunday and for hunting from an automobile. Sylvester Knapp of Buffalo was fined $20 and costs for having a loaded gun in a vehicle. Mrs Beulah White hosted a Sunday dinner party honoring Betty Darst with guests Jeffrey Darst and Mr. and Mrs. Charles White and daughter Texanna.
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Point Pleasant
William Edgar Kirker
Leon
Justice of the Peace Court
A. M. Goodwin
Sylvester Knapp
Buffalo
Middleport
Beulah White
Betty Darst
Jeffrey Darst
Charles White
Texanna
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth Notice
Mr and Mrs Gerald Baird of Gallipolis welcome a son. Admitted include Mrs Samuel Salem of Point Pleasant Ruth Ann Dunn of Apple Grove Mrs Homer Mash of Leon and son and Mrs Vernon Stanley of Patriot with daughter.
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Gerald Baird
Gallipolis
Samuel Salem
Point Pleasant
Ruth Ann Dunn
Apple Grove
Homer Mash
Leon and Son
Vernon Stanley
Patroit
Columbus Man Faces Meigs Forgery Count
JAMES N Harris 25 of Columbus is jailed in Meigs County on forgery charges after Middleport police arrested him. He will appear before Judge John C Bacon in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court on an information affidavit.
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Middleport
James Nathaniel Harris
Apple St
Columbus
Meigs County
Harris
John C. Bacon
Vocational Course Set At PPHS
Milton Burdette announced a new vocational program in business and technical education at Point Pleasant High School. J Burside of the State Department of Education advised on implementation. Enrollment plans target 80 students with Mrs. Mary F. Cooper teaching. Advisory members include Charles Chambers, Charles Lanham, and H A Hutchins.
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Point Pleasant Mason County
Milton Burdette
Point Pleasant High School
QO. J. Burside
Bureau of Technical and Adult Education
State Department of Education
Burdette
Mary F. Cooper
Cooper
Charles Chambers
Two Civil Actions Filed Against Firm in Point Pleasant
Two civil actions have been filed in the circuit clerk's office against West Virginia Industries Development Corp of Point Pleasant. Lonnie Safford of Point Pleasant Professional Photography seeks 680 dollars with interest and costs for services and materials. The Hamilton Provision Corp seeks 5580.37 dollars plus interest and costs for goods sold and delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Circuit Clerk’s Office
West Virginia Industries Development Corp
Lonnie Safford
Point Pleasional
Hamilton Provision Corp
Middleport Driver Fined For Violation
Middleport resident James Cundiff was fined 51 dollars including costs after arraignment before Justice of the Peace Edith Fox on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. The incident followed a sideswipe on Route 62 in Clifton with driver Jesse Lyons. Separately, Charles Stansbury of Langsville was taken to Meigs General Hospital by the Middleport emergency squad for medical treatment at 6 am Monday.
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Point Pleasant
James Cundiff
Middleport
Justice of the Peace
Edith Fox
Clifton
Cundiff
Route
Jesse Lyons
Mason
Charles Stansbury
Langsville
Meigs General Hospital
Middleport Baptist Women Attend Mrs. Jackson Funeral
Representatives of the Ohio Baptist Women and Providence Association attended the funeral of Mrs. Fred Jackson at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport. The longtime church clerk and former auxiliary president was honored by ministers and an out-of-town group, with a choir, dinner for guests, and tributes from state and district leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
State
District Baptist Women’s Auxiliary
Providence Association
Fred Jackson
Dorothy Levis
Bidwell
Jackson
Nyle Borden
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Edna Lewis
Akron
Ohio Baptist Women’s Auxiliary
Mount Moriah
Providence Women’s Auxiliary
Hocking
Mary Ellen Smith
Phoebe Coates
Karen Smith
Deserette Lenear
Clinton Flowers
Charles Rickman
Columbus
Lewis Rickman
Mount Clemens
Mich
Vincent Young
Erie
Aaron
Beconias Garden Club Meeting at Tuppers Plains
Rose Garden Club of Tuppers Plains hosts November meeting at Mrs. R. V. Weatherman’s home. Patricia Yeage reads verse of the month. topic on growing and propagating Christmas begonias. Traveling prize to Mrs. I. O. McCoy. arrangements judged with ribbons to Arbough Yeage Goebel and Goebel. Refreshments served.
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Tuppers Plains
R. V. Weatherman
Rose Garden Club
Patricia Yeage
Ethel Arbough
Patricia Goebel
Helen Goebel
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Meigs General lists names including Mrs Henry Ewing Mrs Ada Maiden Arthur Orr Chester Genevieve Dewhurst Rutland Leora Zwilling Lula Hall from Pomeroy Nelsonville and Rutland area residents in hospital notes.
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Henry Ewing
Pomeroy
Ada Maiden
Nelsonville
Arthur Orr
Chester
Genevieve Dewhurst
Rutland
Leora Zwilling
Five Fined For Truancy In Local Court
Five persons arraigned before Justice A M Goodwin for not sending children to school were each fined 50 dollars plus costs. Sylvia Kelley Mrs Dale Barr and Mrs Denzil Gordon were found guilty Virgil Smith and Hilda Stewart pleaded guilty. John Henson Hurricane was fined 10 dollars plus costs for left of center. Robert Lee Blackston Utica and James C Rea Point Pleasant were fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Bobby Winebrenner West Columbus was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Sylvia Kelley
Dale Barr
Denzil Gordon
Virgil Smith
Hilda Stewart
John Henson
Hurricane
Robert Lee Blackston
Utica
James C. Rea
Bobby Winebrenner
West Columbia
Meetings in Metes and Thanksgiving Events
Rock Springs Grange meets Friday at 7 30 p m with a program and refreshments. Gifts for Athens State Hospital patients will be collected. Thanksgiving service and family night set for Thursday at Rutland Church of Christ at 7 30 p m followed by a social hour. Wildwood Garden Club hosts a meeting at Mrs Vernon Nease's home with cohostess Mrs Victor Hysell. POMEROY Free Clothing Day at Salvation Army Headquarters 115 Butternut Ave Wednesday 9 30 a m to noon inviting area residents in need of clothing.
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Rock Springs Grange
Athens State Hospital
Rutland Church of Christ
Wildwood Garden Club
Vernon Nease
Victor Hysell
Salvation Army
Butternut Ave
Christmas gift drive across Meigs County seeks help
Community members are urged to donate gifts for patients at Athens State Hospital and Gallipolis Institute. Jaycees will organize food baskets while Middleport Fire Department assists with local and countywide drives. Welfare Department offers locations and contacts for rest homes and nursing facilities in need this season.
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St. Nick
Meigs County
Athens State Hospital
Granges
Garden Clubs
Meigs County Probate Court
Gallipolis State Institute
Meigs County Welfare Department
Sam
Gas Well Completed at Gallipolis Site
Gallipolis Kyger Creek Oil and Gas Co. reports a good producer on leased land from Lee and Bessie Mae Merritt in Addison Two. The current scout report from the Ohio Oil and Gas Association lists 57 823 cubic feet of gas and 20 barrels of oil produced in 24 hours, four days after fracturing.
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Gallipolis
Kyger Creek
Mrs King Honored At Surprise Going Away Dinner
Mrs Ellis King, moving to Nashville, Tenn, was feted with a surprise dinner at her sister Miss Felena Lynch's Camp Conley home. Attendees included relatives and friends from Point Pleasant and nearby towns.
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Point Pleasant
Ellis King
Nashville
Tenn
Felena Lynch
Camp Conley
Clyde Roush
Larry Luckeydoo
Carl Lynch
Janice Lynch
David Dicken
Pontiac
Mich
R. E. Sheets
South Charleston
John Lambert
Chester
W. Va
Ronald Roush
Madison
Miss Lynch
Six Attend Drama Day At Ohio University Athens
Six members of Rutland High School English 4 class taught by Mrs. Harold Sauer attended the third annual drama day at Ohio University in Athens. The group included Jane Lucas Nancy Young Lee Wood Stephen Grimm Mike Nicholson and Bob Thomas. David Peterson, also a member of the class, visited Athens for the weekend as a university guest while competing in the Ohio History Test and placed first in Meigs County.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
Harold Sauer
Athens
Ohio University
Jane Lucas
Nancy Young
Lee Wood
Stephen Grimm
Mike Nicholson
Bob Thomas
David Peterson
Meigs County
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes
Veterans Memorial Hospital notes list patients and visitors including Amanda Smith Racine Ruth Campbell Pomeroy Laura Hoover Middleport Shirley Jeffers Pomeroy Nancy Gosney Middleport Don Becker Middleport Manilla Lemley Cheshire Edna Humphreys Middleport Elizabeth Humphreys Middleport Mrs Linda McKenzie and daughter Mrs Adam Beard and daughter Clarence Tennant David Roush Blanche Stanley and George Hoback.
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Amanda Smith
Racine
Ruth Campbell
Pomeroy
Laura Hoover
Middleport
Shirley Jeffers
Nancy Gosney
Don Becker
Manilla Lemley
Cheshire
Edna Humphreys
Elizabeth Humphreys
Linda McKenzie
Adam Beard
Clarence Tennant
David Roush
Blanche Stanley
George Hoback
Heights Church Hosts Local Conference in Heights EUB
Heights Church will host the West Virginia conference with Rev. Harry Eckles directing on Tuesday evening. A 7:00 p.m. pastor parish relations meeting precedes the 7:30 p.m. conference. The Rev. Char les Frum will deliver the Thanksgiving sermon at the First Church of God. A brief prayer period is planned at Heights Church at 7:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heights Eub
West Virginia
Harry Eckles
Heights
Charles Frum
Union
First Church of God
Heights Church
Women’s Society of World Service
EUB
Christian Builders
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FTA
Mr. Jackson
The
Naomi Baptist
Joseph Kraly
Richard Martin
Alice Nease
Ben Neutzling
Church World Service
Europe
Holzer Hospital News
Charles Nichols
Hamden
Archie Meadows
Crown City
George Hill
Oliver Meadows
John W. Spencer
Huntington
S. C. Wilhelm
Randy Saunders
Preston Hague
Ironton
Joseph Kroeger
Cincinnati
Obie Keeton
William Tobert
Oak Hill
Emmogene Lohn
Estel Herman
Jackie Jenkins
Wellston
Millard Johnson
George Shrewsbury
Omar
Okey Landers
Scott Depot
Scott Bennett
Thomas McKitterick
Connecticut
Meriden
National Automobile Assn., Inc
T. Chalmer Bryant
Mason-Dixon Line
Baptists
Leon Man
Pleasant Valley
Meigs
Charles Legar
Douglas Moore
Darrell O'Dell
Millwood
Wayne Nibert
Hogsett
Sally Sue McDade
Letart
Danny Ross Thaxton
Leon and
Joy Velvin Tucker
Grimms Landing
Garden Club
Lula Hall
Mrs. King
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Frum
Bellemeade Church
Nina Machir
Debra Love
Howard Love
Jack Mallett
Bucky Snodgrass
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