Vaughan Youngest Man In Knights of York Cross
Leo O Vaughan of 526 West Main Street becomes the second youngest to join Ohio Priory No 18 Knights of the York Cross of Honour as he joins peers from Meigs County and Ohio Priory, Ohio Priory now the largest in the world with 475 members. Vaughan has held leading roles in all four York Rite bodies within six years and is Logan Monument Co Meigs County representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Marshall
Vaughan
York Rite of Freemasonry
Lodge
Harry C. Risser
Findlay
York Rite
Vaugh
Leo
Vaughan An
United States
Canada
Mexico
Pomeroy
John F. Bisettnar
Harry P. Smith
Fred S. Bisettnar
Joseph E. Foster
Everett J. Tracy
Meigs County
Logan Monument Co
Meigs County Veterans Memorial
Meigs GOP Women Set Luncheon With Speaker Morris
Final plans completed for a 1 p.m. Saturday luncheon at Rivervne Restaurant by the Meigs County Republican Women's Club. Guest speaker will be Flor ence Morris, member of the state executive committee. All county women invited.
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Pomeroy
Rivervne
Meigs County
Republican Women’s Club
Florence Morris
Brotherhood Elects Four New Officers
Two Meigs County men filled posts in the Brotherhood of Group Four of the North District of the Ohio Southeast Conference at a Tuesday session at Enterprise EVB Church. Thomas Bowen became secretary and Eldon Weeks treasurer, with Bowen to report activities to conference papers. Other officers named include Charles Woodruff president and Mr. Parker of Jacksonville vice president. The group discussed church markets and the year’s project to build two churches in California and Michigan, along with two minister contributions overseas. A hymn and prayer opened the meeting led by Rev. Gerald Coster.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Brotherhood of Group Four
North
Enterprise Evb
Thomas Bowen
Eldon Weeks
Bowen
Charles Woodruff
Mr. Parker
Jacksonville
Woodruff
Corning
California
Michigan
Gerald ‘Coster
E. W. Seymour
Marietta
Gerald Coster
Wilber Crace
Jackson-ville
George Rogers
Morgan City
Joel Meyers
Middleport church schedules upcoming services and meetings
Local churches listing weekly times for Bible School worship sermons and youth groups across multiple congregations including Church of Christ First Presbyterian Baptist Heath Mount Moriah Nazarene and more. Schedule notes evening services prayer meetings and special topics.
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Church OF Christ
Fred Gardner
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Westminster Youth Fellowship
First Baptist
Claremont E. Hoyt
Pomeroy Baptist
Aten Shain
George Daniels
Ohio Baptist Convention
Heath Methodist
L. A. Bangerter
Forrest Bachtel
E. M. Blake
MT. Moriah Baptist — Thel
N. D. Bordon
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Church OF Christ In Christan Union
Guy F. Sayre
Syracuse Presbyterian
Bradbury
Dexter Church OF Christ
John Edmonds
Bam
Zion Church OF Christ
John Eggleton
Meigs General Hospital Births and Discharges
Birth announcements list a daughter for Charles Ferguson Middleport Enzo Barsett Mid dleport and William Ratliff Middleport Route 1 plus daughters for Fletcher Welch Langsville and a son for Barsett. Discharges include Alita Weaver Nettie Roush Edgar VanInwagen baby James Smith Carl Stewart and James Holt with Larry Badgley.
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Faye Fawlings
Roderick Grueset
Charles Ferguson
Enzo Barsett
Middleport
William Lenew
Pomeroy
Alita Weaver
New Haven
W. Va
Juanita Ratliff
Betty Cheatham
Port
William Ratliff
Fletcher Welch
Langsville
Nettie Roush
Edgar VanInwagen
James Smith
Carl Stewart
James Holt
Larry Badgley
New Officers Named By MHS Marching Band
Middleport announces officers for 1953 54 with positions including president Roxie Price senior trombonist and drummer as well as vice president Danny Sanborn junior trombonist Terry Gallagher and treasurer and other posts.
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MHS
Middleport
Paul Johnson
Roxie Price
Danny Sanborn
Terry Gallagher
Tax receipts rise in Meigs County weekly report
For the week ending October 3, Meigs County retail sales tax receipts rose about 1600 to total 4722.54, from 3152.22 the prior year. State treasurer Roger W. Tracy released the weekly figures.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Community Events
Pomeroy notices celebrate 36th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Fugate with a decorated cake. A turkey dinner honors birthdays of Mrs. Edison Hollen and Miss Freda Grueser. Activities include a Friendly Farmers Farm Bureau hayride, a Women’s Society Halloween party, Girl Scout cookie sale planning, and prayers at the Women’s Prayer Group. Sugar Run PTA endorses a school levy and plans a Halloween party. Emma Seltz guest speaker discusses child upbringing.
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Pomeroy
Fugate
W. Mann St
Mary Virginia Rei
Joseph H. Grueser
Edison Hollen
Freda Grueser
Helen
Edna Grueser
Larry
Linda Hollen
Friendly Farmers Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Edison Hollon
Reid Young
Donald Mora
Ray Holter
Horace Karr
Earl Dean
James Titus
Hugh Custer
E.blakeslee
Carl Bi‘kam
C. L. Tannehill
PTA Executive Meeting at Sugar Run Pomeroy
An executive meeting of the Sugar Run Pomeroy PTA was hosted by president Mrs. W A Gibbs. Officers for the coming year were re elected. The Federated Circle of the Federated Church also met at the church with officers re elected and plans to repaint the church organ. A six o'clock potluck preceded the session with Halloween decorations and a pumpkin centerpiece.
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Sadie Brown
Edward Parker
Pomeroy
Dale H. Ratliff
Pomeroy Women’s Prayer Group
Federated Church
Ratliff
Phil Williamson
J. Leslie Kunze
R. H. DeMott
Rattiff
R. C. Milbourne
W. F. Baxter
Officer Tells Of Experiences in His Career
Lt Robert Chambers, Korean veteran and Middleport High School and U.S. Military Academy graduate, spoke at a Middleport High School assembly. He outlined service in Arkansas infantry, West Point appointment, Korea front lines, and leadership training at Camp Roberts and Colorado mountain/cold weather schools, with a leave before Austria posting.
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Middleport
Robert Chambers
Ona
Middleport High School
U.S. Military Academy
Chambers
MHS
Franklin Ginther
Arkansas
West Point
Japan
United States
Korea
States
Marcus Chambers
Camp Roberts
Calif
Colorado
Austria
Friends Become Dads This Time of Sons
Middleport reports two longtime friends from Ohio University, Leonard Duke Bitler of Cleveland and Donald Mills of Middleport, becoming fathers within their families. After each family welcomed a daughter two years ago, the Mills announced a son born at Holzer Hospital. days later the Bitlers announced a son born in Cleveland.
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Middleport
Ohio University
Leonard
Duke) Bitler
Cleveland
Donald Mills
Mills
Bitlers
Middleport Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and News
Middleport personal notices detail visits by Herold Mills from Springfield en route home from Korea, Ernest Jones and daughter Carol Jean of Columbus, and others to families in Middleport and Cheshire. The column notes travel, illnesses, visits to relatives in Amesville Bidwell Lakin Point Pleasant and Athens, and a death in the Hunkett family with related family movements through January.
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Herold Mills
Springfield
Korea
Middleport
Harry Mills
Shirley Mills
Ernest Jones
Carol Jean
Columbus
Earl Lama
Jean Lama
Clyde Ingels
South Dakota
Marion Darnell
Tommy
Cheshire
Orin Smith
Paul Grueser
Lois Cecils
Amesville
Downing Roush
Jean
Bidwell
Julia McGee
Harry Swisher
Swisher
H. K. Wilson
Lynford Johnson
S_ Second Ave
Beesor
James Chisler
Nellie Winston
Ar‘nold ‘Richards
Campbell Harper
Arlena Reese
Carrie Cassell
Lucy Hardaway
Lakin
Ces
Rome Stewart
Norman Stewart
Allen Hughes
William Hawley
Richard Schwib
Marcia Lynn
Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Ina Louise Rupe
James Edward
Henry Fultz
Bill
California
Archie Rumfield
Judy
Athens County
Tom Brannon
Gordon Gardner
John Mayer
Garnet Entsminger
Athens
Brownell Ave
Fred Whitlock
Kent
C. E. Vance
Palmer St
Pomeroy
Dale Vance
C H. Wise, Jr
Fred Hunkett
Cleveland
Badger Construction Company
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Hunkett
William Ransom
Rutland
Harry Barnes
Seniors Take History Test at Local High School
Three Pomeroy Poimeracy High School seniors Phil ip Collins Lela Grueser and James Nester from the Class of 1954 took the Ohio History Ohio Government and Ohio Citizenship Contest under Principal Harry A Bennett. The county winner advances to a final exam at Ohio University Athens where winners from other counties are guests of the university. Several top district scorers may receive Ohio University scholarships.
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Pomeroy
Poimeracy High School
Philip Collins
Lela Grueser
James Nester
Ohio History
Harry A. Bennett
Meigs County
Ohio
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio U
Isaac Mohler Services Held
Funeral services for Isaac Mohler of Leading Creek were held Thursday at the Church of Christ in Christian Union Hobson with ministers Carl HO and Edison Weaver presiding. Burial was in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire with Rawlings Coats Funeral Home in charge and Feeney Bennett American Legion post providing military rites. Pallbearers included F O Boyer William Lynch Charles Childs Charles Karr Dale Mourning Gordon Wolfe and others. out of town relatives listed.
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Middleport
W. G. Davis
Rawlings-Coats
L. A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
EB. S&s. Schaaf
Riverview
Emmett Shuler
C. D. Reichman
Robert Schmoll
Harold Ef, Hubbard
Gene Grate
Cash Bahr
Ray O'Donnell
James O'Donnell
Robert Bell
Collis Dawson
Columbus
Crary Davis
Royal, Oaks, Mich
Isaac Mohler
Leading Creek
Church of Christ
Christian Union
Hobson
Carl
Edison Weaver
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
F. O. Boyer
Willam Lynch
Charles Childs
Charles Karr
Dale Mourning
Gordon Wolfe
Sadie Wolfe
Bertha Rife
Harry May
Reynoldsburg
Frank Fimerick
Tile Lines
Gore
Chester Raiders Host Coalton in Dad's Night Opener
Chester High School will host Coalton High School at 8 p m on the Middleport field for the first home game of the year. Principal Bernard Krinke announced a special Dad's Night show by the band directed by Krinke, as coach Hartsell Dodrill prepares the team for a strong scoring effort.
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Pomeroy
Chester High School
Coalton High School
Middleport
Bernard Krinke
Krinke
Hartsell Dodrill
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Athens Messenger
Knights of York Cross
Meigs Gop
U.S
Citizens National Bank “the Friendly Bank
Meder
Federal Reserve System 8
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Brotherhood
Middleport Churches
Meigs General Hospital
Foreman & Abbott
Philco
Pomeroy Social Notes
H. Jacobs
Near
Ryger
Farm Council
Forest Run
WSCS
Girl Scout
Girl Scout Council of
A. R. Knight
J. E. White
Knight
Sugar Run Pta
Charles S. Gibbs
W. A. Gibbs
Elmer White
Edward Baer
Harold Ebersbach
Emma Seltz
Sugar Run
Willis McMurray
State Board of Education
W. D. Edwards
Leo Crew
H. E. Boney
Chester Knight
Glenn Smith
PTA County Council
PTA Executive Meeting
Circle
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
the Yellow Haired Kid
Bil Hickok
Guy Madison
Andy Devine
Marcia Mae Jones
Howard Duff
Helene Stanley
Minor Watson
Harry Shannon
Johnny Parsons
Henry Banks
Duke Nolan
Shane
Alan Ladd
Wiliam Holden
Don Taylor Otto
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Pomeroy High School
Harry Bennett
Liberty Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Heldorado
Roy Rogers
Sons of the Pioneers
Gabby Hayes
Dale Evans
Panera
Arlen
Andy
Safari
Bombs
the Jungle Boy
Johnny Sheffield
Barbara Bentar
Alo
Lon Chaney
Martha O’driscoll
N. Second & Race St
Bennett
Pomeroy, Ohio
N Sa Amies
Audie Murphy
Susan Cabot
Ann Sheridan
John Lund
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Old Smokey
Donna Merrick
Michael Conrad
Mickey Rooney
Ann Dames
Nelsonville
Allen Appliance
Mill St
Beiter
Ion
Crosley
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