Athens Pastor Speaks At Father Son Dinner In Middleport
Dr. John Versteeg, pastor of First Methodist Church, addressed about 65 fathers and sons at a Middleport church dinner on the topic What Did You Bring With You as part of a series preparing for the Methodist evangelistic mission in Ohio. He urged men to engage with God’s program and to attend church as partners with God.
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Middleport
Methodist
John Versteeg
First Methodist Church
Heath Church
Ohio
Athens
General Conference of the Methodist Church
San Francisco
Dr. Versteeg
Harold Woodgerd
Vernon Weber
E. S. Schaaf
Homer E. Cook
Alfred Social Notes and Booster Night in Alfred
Alfred Social Notes reports a dinner honoring Wilbur Windland prior to military service hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Okey Pullins on Sept 28 with relatives and friends in attendance. Alfred Grange held Booster Night Sept 27 at the hall with a program including poetry, music by the Pullins and others, readings, and a winning men versus women contest. Doughnuts and cider served to about 70 attendees. Local residents and visitors are listed among the guests and ill health notes are mentioned for several individuals.
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Alfred
Wilbur Windland
Okey Pullins
Alfred Grange
Thelma Henderson
Scott Snodgrass
Ella Yost
Edgar
Betty Pullins
Helen Woode
Lena Belle Pooler
Sweetheart
Grace
Beulah Swartz
Shirley Goen
Mary Lou Snodgrass
Grace Midkiff
Vera Henderson
Edgar Pullins
Betty
Local Social Guests Visit Friends Across Town
Mrs Alma Swartz and Mr and Mrs John Koehler were dinner guests of Mrs Koehler s brother and sister in law in Gallipolis. Mrs Grace Kelly visited Rav enswood to stay with Rev E J Bannan and wife, co workers with Kelly in China. Mr and Mrs Arthur Atherton were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Carrie Swartz.
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Albert Warner
Ernest Taylor
Clarence Warner
Athens
Russell Archer
Charles D. Woode
Clair
R. M. Grove
Delbert Gaul
Bernard Sturm
Millstone
W. Va
Eleanor Boyles
Vere Swartz
William Bentz
Maynard Bahr
Chester
Robert Robinson
Clair Woode
James Woodyard
Charles Hudnall
Harry Findling
Columbus
Iva
Russell Findling
Alma Swartz
John Koehler
Reasons for Church Attendance Highlighted in Sept Meeting
The Rev. Mr. Grove spoke on church attendance at the Sept 28 service, noting divine command and Jesus as exemplar. Attendance last week was 22 with Charles Taylor leading music by Helen Woode and readings by Lucy Gaul and Garnet Windland. The Methodist Youth Fellowship met the same day with 10 youths and 10 adults, planning winter 7:30 p.m. meetings.
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Christ
Charles Taylor
Helen Woode
Boyles
Herman Taylor
Lucy Gaul
Garnet Windland
Windland
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Johnny Taylor
Charles
Florence Boyles
Cornet Solo
Jesus
Carpenter
Sandra Boyles
Philip Boyles
Eugene Windland
Clarence Atherton
Clair Woode
WCTU Pushes Ban on Liquor Ads Across States and Transport
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention backs a legislative program calling for a nationwide ban on interstate liquor advertising, prohibitions on sale and consumption on trains and planes, and state laws restricting barbiturate and sleeping pill use.
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ST. Louis — “P
The
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
Game Films Shown To Boosters In Middleport
Middleport athletic group viewed footage of The Plains Middleport and Wahama Middleport games using a new motion picture machine voted for purchase. A shelter atop the press box for game pictures was approved, with schedule signs to be erected. Bruce Lloyd chairs the membership drive. Wilbur Ashley presides. Coach David Winefordner outlined tactics for the Nelsonville Middleport game this Friday night amid a season recap.
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Middleport
Plains-Middleport
Wahama-Middleport
Middleport Athletic Association
Wilbur Ashley
Bruce Lloyd
David Winefordner
Nelsonville-Middleport
Cars Damaged In Collision In Middleport
Namon Joseph of Athens was cited to appear in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court this morning for failure to yield the right of way after a two car crash at Main and Fourth. Anna Margaret Howell drove east on Main when her car collided with Joseph’s southbound vehicle. Both cars suffered extensive damage.
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Middleport
Namon Joseph
Athens
Sidney T. Russell
Main
S. Fourth Ave
Joseph
Fourth Ave
Anna Margaret Howell
Main St
Russell Bailey
Howell
Four Year Old Earns Sunday School Attendance Pin
The youngest attendee, four year old Stephen Hindy, received a Sunday school perfect attendance pin at First Baptist Church rally day in Middleport. Stephen has attended since six months old and was recognized along with other children by Paul Smart, superintendent.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Stephen Hindy
Kalad Hindy
Stephen
Paul Smart
Ashes of Ex-Residents Interred Here Tuesday
Beech Grove Cemetery saw the interment of Esther Roush Jackson and her son Russell Jackson on Tuesday. Urns were carried from Bryn Athyn Pennsylvania by Mrs. Fred Davis formerly Helen Jackson. The Jacksons, long-known in the Pomeroy Middleport area, had many children and attended local schools.
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Middleport
Esther Roush Jackson
Russell Jackson
Beech Grove
Bryn Athyn
Fred Davis
Helen Jackson
Jacksons
Pomeroy-Middleport
Ralph
Russell
Kenneth
Helen
Marie
Edward Frenches
Edward Frenches. Mrs. Jackson
California
All in Day's Drive On Area's Highways
Mr and Mrs G W Hamm of Rutland Street celebrated Mrs Hamm's birthday with a Sunday drive of 186 miles through southeastern Ohio. They visited Burr Oak Dam Nelsonville Park Kachlemacher Park in Logan Lake Alma Wellston and passed through 30 cities towns and villages. They traveled on eight Federal and State routes including 33 13 675 216 75 327 35 and State Route 7 and crossed 27 railroad crossings.
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Middleport
G. W. Hamm
Rutland St
Holzer Hospital Births and Admissions Note
Births list includes Ed White of Gallipolis and John C Markley of Gallipolis with daughters. Admissions cover Linda Massie Ironton medical and several patients in Gallipolis Ashland Ky Hogsett Bidwell and Oak Hill for medical or surgical care. Discharged include William Werling Edward Hughes Alfred Warren and others with infant.
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Ironton
Marshall Rumsey
Gallipolis
H. A. Haskell
Ashland
Roxy Nibert
Hogsett
F. H. Showers
Beverly
Medical
W. H. Burnette
Lonnie Morris
Bidwell
Surgical
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E. W. Gillenwater
Bladen
C. Proffitt
Carpenter
Paul D. Brookins
Oak Hill
Homer E. White
Pedro
Elba Ross
Jackson
Mack Williams
Dewey Gay
Bladenrs
Bessie Walters
John C. Markley
William Werling
Edward Hughes
Alfred Warren
James Hunt
Albert Stephens
Robert Montgomery
Sixth Annual Flower Show Opens In Middleport
Middleport invites the public to the Sixth Annual Flower Show sponsored by the Amateur Gardeners Club and the Middleport Garden Club. Theme Joy in Living, with a Saturday and Sunday 2 PM opening, includes a solarium display, an aquarium with parakeets, and an educational exhibit on seeds bulbs and garden accessories. District II garden clubs and presidents are listed. local residents attendments include the Bennett family from Mason County and hospital news notes.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Garden Club
L. E. Reynolds
Amateur Club
E. F. Maag
District 11
Albany Community Garden Club
L. H. Chase
Athens
Thomas Wolfe
Chauncey
Roy Pendergrass
Chester
Paul Baer
French City
Gallipolis
Clarence George
Friendship of
Point Rock
Warren Campbell
Garden Nature Club
Ray L. Smith
Glouster
Ella B. Sellars
John E. O'Dell
Harmar Hill
Marietta
Harry Wilhelm
Harrisonville
Mildred Alkire
Hemlock
Dorothy Whaley
Belpre
F. D. Keller
Logan
Carlton Bright
Malonta
Fred Manley
P. W. Griffiths
McArthur
John Chatfield
Muskingum
D. Morris
Nelsonville
Thelma Starkey
New Marshfield
Ada Kennedy
Open Gate
Rio Grande
Paul Kerr
Pomeroy
J. E. White
Reedsville
Emma Whitehead
S. H. Fadely
Rose Garden
Tuppers Plains
Howard Caldwell
Rutland
Carl Dennison
Star
Dexter
Lorena Fraley
Syracuse
Grace Weese
Friendly
Coolville
J. S. Walden
the Plains
Paul Tipton
Thurman
Clyde Walker
Town and Country
Hamden
Twilight
Ethel Garland
Vinton Township
Radcliffe
Floyd Proce
Jessie Curtis
Cheshire
Beatrice Briggs
West Side
E. E. Marquis
Wildwood
Minersville
J. E. Thoren
Dale Smith
Marvin Fee
Oak Hill
Nehaclima
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Golden wedding for Dr and Mrs Smith in Letart
Mr and Mrs George Baker and grandson Charles Micha Buskirk joined Mr and Mrs Kalad Hindy and son Stephen to attend the golden wedding celebration of Dr and Mrs D W Smith in Letart on Sunday.
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Middleport
George Baker
Charles Micha Buskirk
Kalad Hindy
Stephen
D. W. Smith
Letart
Middleport Notables Visit Families and Local Officials
Middleport area residents host relatives from Columbus and Pomeroy as Diles family members vacation and visit in Cincinnati Louisville and Nashville. Deputy Sheriff C H Wise returns to duties after illness, while Warren Bennett leaves hospital in Columbus improved.
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Columbus
Cecil Hysell
Pomeroy
L. D. Diles
Middleport
Diles
Associated Press
Nashville
C. H. Wise
S. Second Ave
B. Y. McCormick
St. Albans
Wise
Athens
C. E. Bell
Robert Durst
William Hawley
Bell
Hawley
Harold Johnson
Alma Leifheit
Springfield
Warren Bennett
One Arrest Reported By Highway Patrol
Gallia State patrols logged a single arrest in the 24 hours ending at 7 p.m. yesterday, arresting 55 year old Kenneth Birchfield of Gallipolis for intoxication. A city wreck on Eastern Avenue around noon involved a taxicab driven by Kenneth Woods, Gallipolis, struck from behind by Carl C. Guedbeck of New York City. no injuries or further arrests reported.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Birchfield
Eastern Ave
Kenneth Woods
Carl C. Guedbeck
New York City
Levies Fine on Rufus Hoschar in City Court
Rufus Hoschar was fined $10 and costs plus $2 for jail damage after pleading guilty to intoxication and disturbing the peace before Mayor Sidney T. Russell last night.
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Middleport
Rufus Hoschar
Sidney T. Russell
Bricker Warns GOP on Covenant Threat to American Rights
United States Senator John W. Bricker urged Gallipolis voters that a pending covenant could erode inalienable American rights, warning that no international court should override the U.S. Constitution. He contended treaties could supersede Congress and constitutional rights, praising Eisenhower and urging support for Taft and Jenkins.
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Bricker
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FBI History Outlined by Gallipolis Speaker
Charles Brown of the Cincinnati FBI lectured the Rotary Club about the bureau's history and evolution from its early days to a key national crime fighting agency. Forty three people attended including visiting Rotary members and guests.
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Gallipolis
Charles Brown
Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rotary Club
FBI
Rotary
DiSalle to Speak in Gallipolis Thursday at 11:30
Democratic Senate candidate Michael V. DiSalle will appear in Gallipolis on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. He will address supporters from the same park platform used by Republican Sen. John W. Bricker less than 48 hours earlier. A Democratic rally and local candidates will join the event. DiSalle, former Toledo mayor, previously headed the Office of Price Stabilization in Washington.
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Gallipolis
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
John W. Bricker
DiSalle
Toledo
Office of
Washington
Democratic Central Committee Advances Organization Work
A Gallipolis meeting at the courthouse pushed forward organizational work for the November election. The Democratic Central Committee reported progress in preparations and activities for the campaign season.
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Gallipolis
Democratic Central Committee
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