Meigs Child Burns In Car Fire At Home
Henry Hysell Jr aged 1 year of S Second Ave Meigs County is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after accidentally igniting a car fire parked at the Taylor home Tuesday afternoon. His half sister Mrs Doe Simon cut her arm breaking the car glass while attempting rescue. Jean Whaley 10 aided the boy. Ambulance transport arranged by Rawlings Coats. Fire crew had difficulty locating the blaze due to an incorrect address.
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Middleport
Henry Hysell
Gusta Taylor Hysell
S. Second Ave
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Bunus
Taylor
Volunteer Fire Department
Anniversary of Church Observed in Rutland
The 117th anniversary of the Christian Church in Rutland will be observed Sunday October 13 with morning afternoon and evening services. Pastor Del A Romine announced that local ministers will speak and a basket dinner will be served at noon. The celebration is open to the public.
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Rutland
Christian Church
del A. Romine
W. H. Braley
Romine
Former Pomeroy Resident Visits Minersville Figures
William Hazlett longtime banker and former Pomeroy man now serving as Colorado superintendent of banks visited his youth era in Minersville last week. He called on Mrs. Mary Huber and Charles Withrow and resides in Denver Colorado.
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Pomeroy
William Hazlett
Colorado
Mary Huber
Charles Withrow
Minersville
Mr. Hazlett
Denver
Colo
Post-nuptial dinner honors Mrs. William Yeager in Middleport
Middleport notes report a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C E Vance Palmer Street for their daughter Mrs. William Yeager and husband following their Sept 21 marriage. Close family attended including Mr. and Mrs. W E Yeager Grav el Hill and members of the extended kin group. A birthday cake celebrated three year old Tommy Anderson with cousins and relatives present.
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Middleport
C.E. Vance
Palmer St
William Yeager
Vivian Vance
William E. Yeager
Gravel Hill
H. L. Carson
Leading Creek
Ralph Davis
Scott
Nate Price
Virgi Mayes
Jimmie Whitlock
Betty Price
Dorothy Scout
Vance
Mr. Yeager
W. E. Yeager
William Foss
Tommy Anderson
Bill Anderson
Charles and
Barbara Swisher
Keith Anderson
Esta Heines
George Anderson
Jsr
William Anderson
John Davis
New York City
Wayne Swisher
Ace Skipper Command of the SS America
In 1940 Captain Manning then skipper of the U S Liner Washington argued a German U boat commander out of sinking the ship while carrying 1000 American refugees from Europe. The message notes Manning later commanded the SS America, the largest U S owned passenger liner.
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America
Harry Manning
Manning
U. S
Washington
Europe
Fellowship Holds County Youth Meeting at Racine
Miss Kathleen Erwin joins Heath Methodist Youth Fellowship officers and members Virginia Lu Schaaf Sally Schaaf JoAnn Wood and Kitty Bachtel at Racine Methodist Church for the County Youth Fellowship gathering. About 107 attendees elected Robert Mallory Racine as president Mary Slaughter Letart Falls first vice president Mary Ben Hayman Racine second vice president Frank Vaughan Pomeroy third vice president Robert Meredith Chester fourth vice president Donna Wolfe Letart secretary treasurer Ruth Ebersbach Pomeroy as county adviser and Rev Albert Bitters Pomeroy as county ministerial representative. A social hour with punch doughnuts and apples followed.
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Kathleen Erwin
Heath Methodist Church
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Sally Schaaf
JoAnn Wood
Kitty Bachtel
Racine Methodist Church
Robert Mallory
Racine
Mary Slaughter
Letart Falls
Mary Ben Hayman
Frank Vaughan
Pomeroy
Roberti Meredith
Chester
Donna Wolfe
Letart
Ruth Ebersbach
Albert Bitters
Racine Fellowship
Middleport Locals Note Several Weekend Travels and Visits
Middleport residents and relatives are reported visiting and returning from trips this weekend. L A Fulcher returned from Charlottesboro Virginia after three weeks with his sister while Marcella Walburn Phillips came back from a week with her husband in Rittman. Virginia Lu Schaaf attended an Ohio State game with her father Dr. G C Schaaf and returned home. Visitors Included Nelle Childs Cash Bahr in Wheeling and Ruth Humphrey resuming teaching at Wheelersburg.
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L. A. Fulcher
NYCRR
Charlottesboro
William Phillips
Marcella Walburn
Rittman
Nelle Childs
Cash Bahr
Wheeling
G. W. Frank and Son
Wellston
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Columbus
G. C. Schaaf
Ruth Carson
Wayne Gibbons
Bucyrus
Ruth Humphrey
Wheelersburg
Eugene Viola
Oak Ridge
Tenn
St. Louis
Sanborn
Viola
Techni
C. P. Gallagher
C. C. Burns
Zanesville
Frank Brooks
H. G. McMillen
Lee Alexandra
Maybelle Brown
Casstown
Charles Pomeroy
J. B. Hayman
Pittsburgh
Ruby Hayman
Racine
T. L. Morrison, Jr
Point Pleasant
Helen Brown
Charles Williamson
Mirs
Wallace Russell
Youngstown
Charles Sauer
Sally
Marriage Licenses Granted in Meigs County Probate Court
Meigs County Probate Court issued several marriage licenses. Couples include Alpha E. Atkinson and Velma Dial. Willard Bommer and Florence Keiper. Carl L. Braden and Dorothy Mae Anderson. Ray J. Golder and Wanda Lee Pickens. Eugene Hersman and Olive Eblin. Nathan DeWeese and Eliah Oldaker. Lloyd Hodge and Mildred Leve llyn. Ages range from 18 to 45, with residences listed in Huntington Dexter Pomeroy Syracuse and other towns.
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Pomeroy
Meirs County
Alpha E. Atkinson
Huntington
Velma Dial
Willard Bommer
Avon
Florence Keiper
Carl B. Johnson
Athens
Jacqueline Timmons
Dexter
William D. Houston
Chesapeake
Sophia Craft
Hob~son
Richard E. Daniel
Patricia Smith
Homer Clark, Jr
Syracuse
Mary Kaylor
Ine Berta
Madison
Barbara Brooks
Herbert D. Dawson
Ruth J. Dean
Carl L. Braden
Wooster
Dorothy Mae Anderson
Middleport
Ray J. Golder
Ripley
Wanda Lee Pickens
Okev M. Sprouse
Kaylong
W. Va
Virginia C. Bennett
Eugene Hersman
Crown City
Olive Eblin
Cheshire
Nathan DeWeese
Elmwood
Eliah Oldaker
Lloyd Hodge
Vincent
Mildred Le‘vellyn
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Middleport Social Notes
Frid
Jane Russell
Louis Hayward
Kent Taylor
Penny Singleton
Marie Wilson
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Cummings
Diana Lynn
Patric Knowles
Perry Wood
Wille Best
Cowboy
Lonesome River
Charles Starrett
Monterey
Gilbert Roland
Frank Vacanelli
THE
Royal Mounted Rides
Bill Kennedy
Aladdin Shrine
Minstrels
of Columbus
Middleport High School
Meigs County
Twin City Shrine Club
H. P. Westinghouse
Hobart
McCaskey
Register
Ewing
Ohio
Os . A
Second Streets
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