Rural Training School Explores Local Government and Tax Facts
A citizenship training school at the MIDDLEPORT courthouse hosted J P Schmidt and Robert Ragsdale who explained Ohio tax funding and local government. They demonstrated how state taxes are raised and used to support public health and county services, noting 38 TB cases in Meigs County and a proposed half mill levy to aid the medically indigent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
J. P. Schmidt
Extension Rural Sociologist
Columbus
Common Pleas
Emmett Peoples
John Bacon
Meigs County Sheriff's Office
Ohio
Schmidt
Robert Ragsdale
Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
Ragsdale
Meigs County
Meigs General Hospital
J.E.D. Hartinger
Erma Vale
PTA
Geneva Nolan
C. N. Jones
Middleport Churches Set for World-Wide Communion Sunday
Meigs County churches across Middleport announce World-Wide Communion Sunday with sermons and services at First Baptist First Presbyterian Heath Methodist Church of Christ Syracuse Presbyterian and Syracuse area congregations. Readings include Christ themes and outreach programs with Sunday school, youth groups, and special midweek activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist
Claremont FE. Hoyt
Church School
Church
Paul Smart
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
David Darst, Jr
Hamilton St
First Presbyterian
H. EF. Ruppelt
Church OF Christ — Wert
Keno Church
Syracuse Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Apple Butter Time Near at Rocksprings
The Rocksprings women met and planned making apple butter at Clifford Leifheit's home on October 8. Proceeds will benefit the Rocksprings Grange as church and school allocations have had their turn. Orders may be placed with Mrs. William Bartles or Mrs. Clifford Leifheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings
Clifford Leifheit
Rocksprings Grange
Grange
William Bartles
Pomeroy Social Notes Birthday Dinner Honors Cottrill
Mr and Mrs J F Foster hosted a birthday dinner for their granddaughter Mary Jayne Cottrill celebrating her third birthday. Attending were Judy Cottrill Mae Cottrill Sally Foster John Foster and Joe Foster who joined from Dayton for a short visit.
Nurses Ruth Daniels and Beulah Winebrenner Vacation Trip
Miss Ruth Daniels and Miss Beulah Winebrenner R N are on vacation from Holzer Hospital. They travel through the southern states visiting New Orleans and Lawrenceburg where they see Mr and Mrs Sam Buckner. Daniels is a former Pomeroy resident and Winebrenner a former Syracuse resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ruth Daniels
R. N
Beulah Winebrenner
Holzer Hospital
New Orleans
Lawrenceburg
Grace Episcopal women attend Southeast Auxiliary meeting
Grace Episcopal Church members joined the Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary of the Southeast during its fall meeting in Portsmouth. Attendees included Mrs. Patrick Loch ary, Mrs. Cedric Clark, Miss Grace Horton, Mrs. Everett Hayes, Mrs. H. B. Kress, Mrs. J. E. D. Harting er, Mrs. J. O. Roedel, Mrs. Fred Crow, Sr., Mrs. George McQuigg, Mrs. Greta Price, Mrs. Charles Speer, Mrs. A. R. Knight, Miss Vide Ihle and Mrs. Arthur Carpen ter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vide Ihle
Arthur Carpenter
Swick and relatives visit in Danville and surrounding areas
Danville residents host varied family visits from Columbus Akron Canton Wellston and Bladen. Relatives on leave and upcoming training mark the gatherings as visits unfold from Saturday to Sunday with attendance by the Dyke Keys Swick Strausbaugh and Vance families. Sam Dyke travels to Martinsville to see his critically ill brother Will after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Paul Swick
Columbus
Mr. Swick
Joe Swick
Alva
Lawrence Schmitt
Oahill
James Hewitt
Gregory
Mary Dyke
Ruth Hewitt
Wellston
Hollis Devault
Akron
Alta Dyke
Henry Keys
Canton
Keys
William Swan
Adra Swick
Donald Strausbaugh
Donna Ruth
Paul
Springfield
Sam Dyke
Martinsville
Will
Extensive Sunday church notices across Pomeroy area
A long list details worship times, sermons, Sunday schools, and special events for churches in Pomeroy and surrounding towns including Syracuse, Bethany, Letart, Letart Falls, and more. Names of pastors, venues, and service hours are provided for numerous denominations.
Gabfest End Club Observance in Middleport
The National Business and Professional Women's Week observance in Middleport concluded with a Gabfest at Quality Coffee Shoppe last night and a radio broadcast this morning. Co chairmen Mrs. Allen Jenkinson and Miss Hallie Zerkle led the informal gathering with reserved dessert tables and fortunes on gilded peanut lapel pins made by the leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Allen Jenkinson
Hallie Zerkle
Jenkinson
Zerkle
Keltons Move to Nitro West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Aaron Kelton and daughter Kaaron will move Monday from Court Street to Nitro West Virginia where Mr Kelton has taken a new job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keltons
Nitro
Pomeroy
Aaron Kelton
Kaaron
Court St
W. Va
Mr. Kelton
Heath Service Guild forms in Heath Methodist Church
A new Heath Service Guild was organized at Heath Methodist Church sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Mrs. Nan Moore will sponsor, with Mrs. E S Schaaf as co chair. First regular meeting set for Oct 13 at Miss Katherine Bachtel s home with officers to be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Service Guild
Heath Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Vernon Weber
Nan Moore
E. S. Schaaf
Moore
Katherine Bachtel
Carolyn Bachner
Hazel Guinther
Norma Jean French
Schaaf
Weber
L. W. McComas
Sixth Annual Flower Show Plans Made
The Amateur Gardeners Club and the Middleport Garden Club plan the sixth annual Flower Show at Heath Methodist Church on Saturday 2 PM to 9 PM and Sunday 2 PM to 5 PM. Chairmen Mrs L F Reynolds and Mrs FE Maag organize unusual exhibits including a solarium with tropical fish by A J Strauss and parakeets from a Point Pleasant fancier. The Afternoon Circle hosts a coffee hour. open to the public and area garden clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. F. Reynolds
FE. F. Maag
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Garden Club
Robert Coats
Arthur Strauss
Heath Methodist Church
A. J. Strauss
Point Pleasant
Moonshine Find Leads to Fine and Jail Time in Middleport
Howard Nobles of Railroad Street pled guilty to possessing one ounce of moonshine in two gallon bottles. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 10 days in Meigs County jail in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court after testimony by a liquor control board investigator. Nobles was immediately jailed to serve the sentence. In a separate matter Wilbur Molden of Rutland Route 1 was fined 25 dollars and costs for unlawfully making license plates for his car, with arrest by the state patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Nobles
Railroad St
Liquor Control Board
Sidney T. Russell
Nobles
Meigs County
Wilbur Molden
Rutland
Route 1
Russell
State Patrol
First Baptist Church Class Meet Postponed
POMEROY There will be no Sunday school at the First Baptist Church this Sunday and the Youth Fellowship will not meet. Rev R H De Mott said the health of the community prompted the postponement and the planned contest will be delayed two weeks. Morning and evening services will be held as usual during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Syracuse
Bethel
Salem Center
Forest Run
Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Rock Springs
Groves
Visitation
Grace Episcopal
Charles R. Speer
Woman's Auxiliary United
Harold F. Hess
Christian Science
First Baptist
R. H. DeMott
Pomeroy Women’s Prayer Group
Church of Christ
Women's Missionary Society
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Bread of Life
Letart Falls
Richard D. DeWitt
Apple Grove
Letart
Carpenter Baptist
Rev. R. A. Bible
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
DeMott
Broadwell Ladies Aid meets with seven members and one guest
The Broadwell Ladies Aid gathered Thursday at Mrs. Laura James's home with seven members and one visitor present. Several local families hosted or visited over the weekend including Marietta and Athens residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Young
Roy Lee
Athens
Laura James
Freda Vandyke
Mamie Davis
Hattie Hendershot
Mt. Liberty Church
Cook Vandyke
Hobart Martin
Juanita
Guysville
Mike Bycofski
McLeish
Della Ellis
Amesville
Frank James
Ford Sampson
Mabel
Christene
Janet
Marietta
Stitch and Chatter Club Anniversary Dinner
The Stitch and Chatter Club celebrated at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe on Wednesday evening with members Colleen Jones Anna Howell Mary Louise Thomas Theda Lacey Jean Clark Joan Gilmore Hazel H Guinther Patty Karr Bauer Polly Karr Iris Davis Marilyn Fultz Maxine Fields Patricia Kloes Gloria Roseberry Carolyn Bachner and new member Dorothy Scott Walker. Absent were Sally Walters and Joan Morris. Mrs Jones serves as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Stitch and Chatter Club
Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe
Colleen Jones
Anna Howell
Mary Louise Thomas
Theda Lacey
Jean Clark
Joan Gilmore
Hazel H. Guinther
Patty Karr Bauer
Polly Karr
Iris Davis
Marilyn Fultz
Maxine Fields
Patricia Kloes
Gloria Roseberry
Carolyn Bachner
Dorothy Scott Walker
Sally Walters
Joan Morris
Jones
Lucky Thirteen Club Dines at Little House in Pomeroy
The Middleport Lucky Thirteen Club gathered Thursday for a three course chicken dinner at the Little House. Attendees included Mrs Margaret Russell, Mrs Mary Grueser, Mrs Lorena Arnold, Mrs Carrie Grueser, Mrs Nellie Brown, Mrs Jane Swatzel, Mrs John Childs, Mrs Patty Bauer, and Misses Dorothy Hartenbach and Polly Karr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lucky Thirteen Club of
Pomeroy
Little House
Margaret Russell
Mary Grueser
Lorena Arnold
Carrie Grueser
Nellie Brown
Jane Swatzel
John Childs
Patty Bauer
Dorothy Hartenbach
Polly Karr
Local Social Notes Mention Military Leave and Health News
John Blosser of the U S Air Force visits his parents in town before California training. Warren Bennett improves after illness in Columbus and returns home with his parents. Sgt Raymond Allensworth of Bastrop assigned overseas. family to move to Middleport. Joe Lavely of Akron visits relatives. other residents noted for hospitalizations and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blosser
U. S. Air Force
Keesler Field
Miss
Raymond Blosser
California
Warren Bennett
Columbus
Worthington
Charles Bennett
Raymond Allensworth
Bastrop
Texas
Bruce Lloyd
Baltimore
International Electrical Workers of America
Arthur Stuart
Charleston
Homer E. Cook
Jane Bailey
Lancaster
William Bailey
Grant St
Fred Davis
Helen Jackson
Bryn Mawr
Esther Jackson
Russell Jackson
Garen Stansbury
Meigs Couple Fined In Court Thursday
Bertha Little and Wayne Little of Middleport Route 1 were arraigned before Judge Emmet W. Peoples in common pleas court Thursday. Bertha was fined five dollars plus costs for contempt of court and Wayne was fined five dollars plus costs for interfering with a court order. Prosecutor John C. Bacon said Bertha failed to relinquish a bedroom suite awarded to the plaintiff in a divorce suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Emmet W. Peoples
Common Pleas
Bertha Little
Wayne Little
Middleport
Opal Little
John C. Bacon
Bacon
Religious Survey To Be Made Sunday In Middleport
Middleport church workers will meet at First Baptist Church Sunday at 2 30 p m to plan a community survey. The project aims to identify the unchurched and is endorsed by Bishop Hazen Werner of the Ohio Methodist Church as part of the evangelistic effort starting in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Churches of
First Baptist Church
Hazen Werner
Ohio Methodist Church
Lightning strikes new Greek Orthodox church in Dayton
A lightning bolt struck the recently constructed 300000 dollar Greek Orthodox church in Dayton on Wednesday night. No injuries were reported and authorities assessed minor damage to the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Cleveland charity tops giving with Republic Steel gift
Republic Steel Corp. donated 65000 dollars to the Cleveland Community Fund, the largest contribution in the city’s history, backing community programs and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland Community Fund
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middleport Churches
W. A. Morgan
Salisbury Township
Maxine Geoglein
Chester Township
Alvin Dye
Columbia Township
Hope Swearingen
Louise Eden
Gladys Violet
Paul Atkins
Dale Dye
Ethel Garland
C. K E. Blakeslee
Thomas Sayre
Grace
Nelsonville
Genheimer Lumber CO
Mechanic Street
POMEROY, OHI/O
Lula Russe
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Pomeroy Social Notes
London Zoo
Britain
Church News of
Burlingham
Joe B. Maffett
Syracuse-Racine
C. A. White
Presbyterian Church
D. S. Mills
Bethany
C. M. Bowman
North District
Bowman
Walter A. Frost
Tuppers Plains
South Bethel
Church OF God
Main St
N. W. Jenks
Pas Sacred Heart
Donald Seevers
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Rutland Church OF the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Young Peoples
Chester
Ernest Thomas
Robert E. Linter
Dick Turner
Reg Ulett
NEA Berries, Inc
Pottieby
Middleport Social Notes
Guinther
Bachner
Miss Bachtel
Margaret Chamberlain
Janet Kidd
Betty Phillips
Edna French
Broadwell
Art
Celian
Lucky Thirteen
Meigs
Bolt
Democratic Party
Martin
Donna VanMete
Pomeroy High School
U.S
Far East
St.Joseph Aspirin
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Yukon
James Oliver Curwood
Kirby Grant
Rex Allen
The
Arizona Cowboy
Koko
New Miracle Horse of Movies
Buddy Ebsen
van Heflin
Yvonne DeCarlo and
Bowery Boys
Joel McCrea
Yvonne DeCarle
San Francisco Story
Red Skelton
Fees Astaire
William Boyd As
Hopalong Cassidy
Lassie
Edmond Gwenn
Challenge
Betty Hutton
Howard Keel
Mickey Rooney
Sally Forrest
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pomeroy Bend
Mark OF the Renegade
Ricardo Montalban
Cyd Charisse
Penny Edwards
Robert Clark
SUN
Mon
Ginger Rogers
Marilyn Monroe
Fred Allen
David Wayne
Judy Canova
John Russell
Grant Withers
Fuzzy Knight
Roy Barcroft
Pappy” Lynn
Roll ON
Texas Moon
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans Trigger
Will Rogers
Technicolor
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