Meigs County Granges Plan 1957 58 Activities
13 Meigs County granges meet for annual officers conference with 73 members. Plans include community service youth programs home economics and Pomona visitation to neighboring counties. Prince and Princess contest names announced with alternates. County totals 2139 members. all granges entered the Community Service Contest.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rock Springs
C. N. Jones
Pomona Young Farmer’s Committee
Pomona
Alfred
Harrisonville
Chester
Pomeroy Bend
Columbia
Great Bend
Star
Racine
Hemlock
Laurel
Ohio Valley
Olive
Rock
Ter Grange
Meigs County Granges
Prince
Sharon Atkins
Harrisonville Grange
Kermit Epple
Melva Faye Jordan
Columbia Grange
Grange
Meigs General Hospital
Mary Heinbach
Mary Heinbach Memorial Fund and To the Magnetic Springs Foundation
Mrs Sargent Funeral Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Sargent were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Letart Falls Methodist Church. Burial followed in Letart Falls Cemetery with pallbearers and local relatives in attendance. The Rev. John Elwood officiated with special music by Freeland Norris and Mattie Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Evelyn Rohmiller
David
St. Albans
W. Va
Cleveland Alderman
Lakin Ryan
Spencer
Florence Reefer
Athens
David Stephenson
Mineral
Burton Webb
Bernard
Mansfield
Dale Alderman
Akron
D. W. Roush
Chillicothe
Russell Quillen
Ross Norris
Herbert Shields
Bert Grimm
Albert Hill
Harold Roush
John Elwood
Racine
Freeland Norris
Mattie Circle
Samuel Sellers Rites Held in Syracuse
Samuel Sellers 85 of Syracuse died Thursday at Meigs General Hospital after a life on Ohio River boats. Survived by wife Clara son John and sister Gertrude Krider. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Syracuse Hill Cemetery. Friends may call anytime.
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Pomeroy
Samuel Sellers
Syracuse
Meigs General Hospital
Coon Elimination Hunt Planned for Tomorrow
Meigs County Coon Hunter's Association announces a wild coon hunt for Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Sand Ridge Road clubhouse. The event uses an elimination format. The group also schedules its annual banquet for Friday at 8 p.m. at the same clubhouse.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport Boy Fractures Arm on Vine Swing
Johnny Blake a Middleport fifth grader fractured his right arm the second time in two years when a vine swing near his Seventh Street home gave way and threw him to the ground. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E M Blake.
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Middleport
Johnny Blake
Seventh St
E. M., Blake
Automobile Collision Near Hobson Bridge Causes Minor Damage
Deputy Sheriff Howard Frank reported a two-car rear end collision on Route 7 near Hobson Bridge at 4 15 p m Wednesday. Guy Roush 63 Mason stopped for a school bus and was struck by Raymond H Blowers Jr 32 Pomeroy who could not stop in time. No injuries and no charges.
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Pomeroy
Hobson Bridge
Howard Frank
Frank
Guy Roush
Mason
Raymond HH. Blowers, Jr
Blowers
Star Grange Elects Officers at Dexter Meeting
Star Grange No. 778 elected Edwin Nelson as master Rex Shenefield overseer Norma Gail Wilcox lecturer James Nicholson steward Cecil Nelson assistant steward Ora Profitt chaplain Paul Montgomery treasurer Neva Nicholson secretary Pauline Halliday assistant secretary and F W Wilcox gatekeeper Also elected were Adria Wilcox Ceres Anna Halliday Pomona Betty Jeffers Flora Goldin Nelson lady assistant steward John Colwell executive committee for three years Catherine Shenefield home economics chairman Robert Holliday youth chairman Grange members selling mailbox markers contact secretary for information
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Dexter
Star Grange No
Edwin Nelson
Rex Shenefield
Norma Gail Wilcox
James Nicholson
Cecil Nelson
Ora Profitt
Paul Montgomery
Neva Nicholson
Pauline Halliday
F. W. Wilcox
Adria Wilcox
Ceres
Anna Halliday
Pomona
Pomeroy Church Women Plan Regional United Church Women Meet
Meigs County Council of Church Women led by Mrs. Patrick Lochary hosted a coffee hour on High St to promote Church Woman publications. The council will host the Southeast Region meeting Oct 17 at United Methodist Church Pomeroy with regional leaders attending. World Communion Day is set for Nov 1 at Syracuse Presbyterian Church with speaker Oscar Cordon and donations to Church World Service. May Fellowship Day designated May 2 with theme A Place To Live. Various church representatives attended and officers listed.
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Pomeroy
Patrick Lochary
Meigs County
Council of Church Women
High St
Lochary
Church Woman
Ohio Church
United Methodist
United Church Women of Ohio
C. R. Tompkins
Edison Baker
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Pearl McBride
Church World Service
Oscar Cordon
International Farm Youth Exchange
Guatemala
Johnson
Middleport
Naomi Baptist Church
Allen Hampton
Thomas Young
Meigs County Council
Arnold Richards
Lewis Grueser
McBride
Federated Church
River District
Athens
W. L. Sackett
Williamstown
W. Va
Kirkendall
L. J. Heiner
Mary Worman
Gallipolis
John Saxton
Athens Youth Presbytery
National Assembly of Westminister Youth Fellowship
Grinell
George L. Anderson
Anderson
Mary Westra
Thailand
Lowell Probasco
Margaret Sauer
Lillian Stieff
O. H. Stewart
E. O. Tewksbury
Dwight Wallace
Drive Chairman Named in Middleport Scout Campaign
Fred Hibbs, chairman of the Meigs Gallia Mason District Boy Scout drive, named Bernard Fultz Meigs County attorney as drive chairman in Middleport. Fultz will appoint a committee to run the drive from Oct. 15 through Oct. 19.
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Middleport
Fred Hibbs
Meigs-Gallia-Mason
Bernard Fultz
Meigs County
Fultz
Rummage Sale Planned at Bethany Church Pomeroy
Final plans announced for a rummage sale by Pomeroy-Racine Chapter 134 CES. The sale will be held Friday and Saturday October 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Bethany Church basement Pomeroy. The event aims to raise funds for chapter activities and community outreach.
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Pomeroy
Racine
CES
Bethany
Meigs County churches schedule full weekend services
Meigs County churches list Sunday school times worship services youth programs and special observances across multiple congregations including First Baptist East Main Pomeroy Alfred Methodist Federated Evangelical and Re formed Presbyterian United Methodist and several others with notes on Holy Communion MYF prayer meetings choir rehearsals and World-Wide Communion observance. Local activities include Cub Scout parent meetings and lay development workshops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
East Main St
Pomeroy
Ralph C. Zundel
Jesus
Womens’ Missionary Society
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Federated Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian
Waldo Bartels
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Downie
Chester Methodist
Seventh-Day Adventist
Butternutt St
Dav Hall
Leach
MIDDLEPORT SOCIAL NEWS Plans for Columbus Day society meeting
The Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Columbus Day October 12 at Hotel Martin in Pomeroy. A. V. Howell will preside, 50 members invited, and non members may attend. An exhibit of old relics and family Bibles is planned with a round table on future activities. Tea will follow.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Grace Horton
Alta Nelson
Della Windsor
George H. Parker
Ruby Halliday
Miss Horton
George Genheimer
Theodore Reed, Sr
R. C. Lansbury
A. V. Howell
Women Complete 21 Choir Robes at Middleport Church
Members of the Middleport Church of Christ finished a week long project sewing 21 white choir robes. A Thursday dinner at the church celebrated the completion with food prepared by Mrs Dave Farmer and others. Mrs Ernest Lallance served homemade ice cream to participating women.
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Middleport
Rummage Auction at Lyons Clover Farm Store
The Rose Garden Club sponsors a rummage auction at Lyons Clover Farm Store in Tuppers Plains on Saturday October 5 starting at 10 am. Lunch will be served and donations of goods are gratefully accepted. See Elizabeth Lyons for details.
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Lyons
Clover Farm
Tuppers Plains
Elizabeth Lyons
Rose Garden Club
Wedding for Miss Huffman and William Harden in Syracuse
Syracuse adds a church ceremony for Miss Sue Huffman and William Harden at 2 30 p m Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev Howard Ruppelt officiating A reception will follow at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Lisle in Syracuse
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Syracuse
Sue Huffman
William Harden
Syracuse First Presbyterian Church
Howard Ruppelt
Donald Lisle
Canasta Club Guests and Prizes Reported in Middleport
Mrs Emmet Shuler hosted the Tuesday Night Canasta Club at her home. Mrs Chester Erwin attended as a guest. Prizes were won by Mrs Russell Wilson and Mrs Millard Wildermuth. Refreshments followed the games.
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Middleport
Emmet Shuler
Chester Erwin
Russell Wilson
Millard Wildermuth
Room Mothers Named for Middleport PTA Year
Mrs. Rodney Sauer of Middleport PTA announced that Mrs. William Moody and Mrs. Edward Stiles have been named as room mothers for the coming year in addition to others named earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rodney Sauer
Middleport Pta
William Moody
Edward Stiles
Meigs County Coon Hunters Plan Evening Chase and Banquet
The Meigs County Coon Hunters Association will start a wild coon chase at 8 p.m. Saturday from the Sand Ridge clubrooms. Roy Arms, president, also announced the annual banquet set for 8 p.m. Friday at the clubrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County—Coon Hunters—Association
Sand Ridge
Roy Arms
Bandsmen Practice Before Middleport Halftime Show
Middleport bandsmen under lights Thursday held an evening practice in preparation for tonight's football game halftime show. Announcer for this year's show is Kenneth McElhinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Dallas
Kenneth McElhinney
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