Bricker Attacks Truman Policy in Pomeroy Caravan Speech
Sen. Bricker charged that Truman and Acheson bungled leadership and started the Korean War, urging voters to back his reelection bid and the GOP ticket. He warned of synthetic prosperity through war and criticized Democratic claims of rising buying power while noting tax burdens on lower earners.
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Bricker
Truman
Pomeroy
Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson
John W. Bricker
Sen
Reblican
Congress
Ohio
Harry Truman
Democratic Party
Ted Brown
Middleport Social Notes: Presbyterial Meeting and Halloween Party
Reports from the River District of the Athens Presbyterial met at First Presbyterian Church with Mrs. John Evans presiding. Afternoon program featured Dr. Anna Pearl McVay speaking on her Mexico trip. Over 50 attend. Later in Middleport the Busy Bee Class held a Halloween party at First Baptist with costume parade, prizes, программа, and guest attendees.
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Middleport
River District
Athens
Gallipolis
Overseas Sewing
Lowell Probasco
Home Missions
O. H. Stewart
Iva Brown
A. A. Dillard
Stieff
Paul Haptonstall
Anna Pearl McVay
Hebbardsville
Mexico
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Syracuse
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Heiner
George Anderson
Thomas Rue
Dwight Wallace
First Baptist Church
Busy Bee
Lillian McGhee
Cc. E. Hoyt
Charles White
Florence Bush
Allen Knopp
Dale Mourning
G. G. Werner
Hughes
Beulah White
J. E. Wilson
Frances Beards
Dana Hamilton
Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters Meet in Middleport
The Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters will convene Monday night at the home of Mrs Lillian Stieff on S. Third Ave Middleport.
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Middleport
Pythian Sisters
Lillian Stieff
S. Third Ave
Fathers Night Observed By Middleport PTA
Middleport Father-Teacher Association observes Fathers Night Monday at the high school. Mrs. Arthur Skinner chairs a program with refreshments during the social hour and special recognitions for oldest father youngest father and the father with most children in school.
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Middleport
Arthur Skinner
Timber Harvest Show Draws 1300 on Second Day
The timber harvest show at the Southeastern substation of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Carpenter drew over 1300 registered visitors on the second day. Winners in the sawing contest included Duane Jordan and David Horner, with other top finishers from Albany McArthur Amesville and Middlefield in chopping and logging equipment events. James D. Wells led ceremonies with safety teams from Pomeroy and Middleport on standby. Over 50 manufacturers and dealers showcased equipment and demonstrations continued for a two day program.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Carpenter
Farmers of America
Duane Jordan
David Horner
Albany
Ivan Martindale
Vernon Mercer
McArthur
Ralph
Blaine James
Amesville
Neil Gotham
Middlefield
Robert Reynolds
James Withrow
Winchester
Wallace Lee
Vinton
P. J. Thomas
Waynesville
R. W. Hageman
Dayton
G. R. Thompson
James D. Wells
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Columbus
Middleport
Future Farmers of America
F. W. Dean
Agricultural Extension Service
John Hamill
Southeastern
Howard Wells
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Wilkesville
Ross Wright
Athens County
O. D. Diller
Department of Forestry
Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station
Wooster
Ralph K. Day
Central States Forest Experiment Station
J. W. Mercer
Francis C. Byrnes
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County records show transfers from Harry and Gladys Adams to Jesse Baker and Melvin Barnhart for 30 acres in Olive Township and from Dale A Hysell and Mary E Hysell to Verlie Workman for four acres in Rutland. Additional listings include several parcels and lots transferred among local residents and families in Orange Township Racine Pom eroy Salem and Rutland.
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Harry Adams
Gladys Adams
Jesse Baker
Melvin Barnhart
Olive Township
Dale A. Hysell
Mary E. Hysell
Verlie O. Workman
Rutland
Floyd Vincent Hawk
Lowell W. Barnett
Dolores M. Barnett
Orange Township
L. McKnight
Bessie McKnight
Howard Vining
Salisbury Township
Henry O. Curtis
Hattie Curtis
Racine
Willis Will
Faye Will
Tennyson Young
Pomeroy
Howard Bashan
Rose Cross
Ruth Cross Bashan
Melvin E. Cross
Louise Cross
Salem Township
George Oiler
Georgia Oiler
Charles L
Lorain Oiler
Middleport
Helen Rathburn Young
B. B. Rathburn
Marvin R. Morris
Mildred M. Morris
Hugh Leifheit
Daniel E Thompson
Clyda L. Thompson
Lillie Fisher
Gladys Moran
Joseph Grueser
Effie Mooney
Rutland Township
Son Promoted to Corporal for Meritorious Action
Pfc George Robert Thomas, son of Mrs. Doris Thomas of Minersville, has informed his mother of a corporal promotion for meritorious battlefield action. Inducted July 1951, he has served nine months in Korea and received a seven day leave in Japan for rest and recuperation.
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Pomeroy
George Robert Thomas
Doris Thomas
Minersville
Thomas
Marines
Korea
Japan
Middleport church services list for Sunday calendar
Multiple Middleport churches publish Sunday schedules for First Baptist Claremont First Presbyterian Howard Ruppelt and Syracuse Presbyterian. Activities include worship services at 10 15 am 10 30 am and 7 30 pm with sermons on Rise Up O Men of God Conversion or Convention and The Overcomers of Philadelphia. Youth fellowships choir practice and midweek prayer sessions are noted along with a Ladies Missionary Society meeting and Westminster Fellowship planning.
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First Baptist
Claremont
E. Hoyt
Paul Smart
Senior Baptist Youth Fellowship
Hi Baptist Youth Fellowship
Electa
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
The
Overcomers of
Philadelphia
Young People's Meeting
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
Syracuse Presbyterian
Howard FE. Ruppelt
Rotary Club Losers To Eat Beans Tonight
Middleport Cubs the losing team in an attendance contest with the Rotary Club will dine on beans at Heath Methodist Church tonight. The Cubs captain is Rev Howard E Ruppeilt and the winning team Bobs Bums is led by Robert Coats. The Bums will have the usual dinner menu served by church women.
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Middleport
Curley’s Cubs
Visitor from Pomeroy Visits Lincoln Hill Ewings
Mrs. Lucille Naylor sister of Mrs. Glenroy Ewing arrived Thursday to visit with the Ewings on Lincoln Hill in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Lucille Naylor
Glenroy Ewing
Ewings
Lincoln Hill
Meigs County Names Officials for Three Polling Places
Meigs County board of elections clerk Albert Gloeckner announced presiding judges and clerks for Pageville Harrisonville and Middleport Third stations. Pageville lists Matthew W Reeves and others. Harrisonville includes Eugene Young Don E Cottrill Howard Birchfield Eliza Jordan and Eva Willoughby. Middleport Third names Edna Juhling Ruth Johnson Zella Riley Clarice Erwin Beulah Jones Roma Hawkins.
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Pomeroy
Albert Gloeckner
Meigs County
Beulah B. Jones
Roma Hawkins
Salem
Ethel Milan
Ethel Miller
Dexter Child Receives First Aid From E Squad
In MIDDLEPORT the emergency squad of the Volunteer Firemen aided a five month old child of Mrs Beecher Cooper at the White home. After revival of the child Mrs White fainted and was revived by the squad.
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Middleport
Neglect Is Charged In Divorce Action
Robert V. Rice was granted a divorce from Minnie Mur Rice by Judge Emmet W. Peoples in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. They married on Oct. 12, 1929. Carrie Baker filed for divorce from William M. Baker on Thursday, citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Robert V. Rice
Minnie Mur Rice
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Carrie Baker
William M. Baker
Conservationist's Dad Dies While on Trip
Carl Bilikam of Meigs County learns his father Oscar Bilikam has died on a trip to Mammoth Cave. The Columbus resident had been in failing health for months. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Pomeroy
Carl Bilikam
Meigs County
Oscar Bilikam
Mammoth Cave
Bilikam
Columbus
Republicans Caravan Brings Campaign Flair To Middleport
Middleport welcomed a Republican Caravan with Eisenhower and Nixon lithographs as bands played and speeches followed. Senator Bricker asserted opposition to sending boys overseas without congressional approval, while local officials and speakers including Rep. Jenkins and Lt. Gov. candidate John Brown urged support for the ticket in a multi county swing ending with plans to visit several more counties.
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Brown
Ohio
Boards of Elections
John W. Brown
Francis B. Douglas
Supreme Court
Oakley C. Collins
Thomas Jenkins
Jenkins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Colling
Meigs County
George A. Meinhart
Meigs
General Assembly
Columbus
Sen
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Collins
Meinhart
E. E. Follrod
Republican Party
Frances H. Klein
Middleport
Neva Pierce
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D. B. Hartinger
Stansbury
Mill St
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Richard Nixon
Jorettes
Franklin Ginther
Ohio State Marching Band
OSU
Congress of the
United States
Korea
Sidney T. Russell
George Meinhart
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ford G. Hunker
John Brown
Athens
Medina
Oakley Collins
Charles Russell
Roger Tracy
Elmer Hugh
Sockeye) Davis
Ohio State
Francis Douglas
Ted Brown
Portsmouth
House-Raising Underway For Gardner Family In Langsville
POMEROY Residents begin rebuilding for Earl Gardner family whose home and belongings were lost in a fire early this week. Friends and neighbors will pour a foundation this afternoon and start construction on a new three room shelter with sections built by Saturday. Volunteers have cut logs to lumber and canvases are raised for funds and canned foods to aid the family of six children and two adults with no insurance.
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Don Gorby
Stevens
Wood Rites Set Sunday
Mrs. Sean Ota Wood, 75, died at about 11 a.m. Thursday at her daughter’s home in Racine. A resident of Apple Grove, she is survived by her husband Alta B. Wood, children Audrey Brownell, Kananga, Robert and Jess, and daughter Mrs. Norris. two sons William and Ralph preceded her in death. sister Lillian Gatts of Cuyahoga Falls also survives. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Letart Methodist Church with burial in Letart Cemetery. The body will be at Ewing Funeral Home until noon Sunday, then taken to the church.
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Letart Methodist Church
Letart Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Mrs. George Huston Dies in Indianapolis
Word reaches here of the death of Mrs. George Huston, daughter of Mrs. Oscar Myers of Mulberry Avenue. She died Wednesday afternoon at her home in Indianapolis after Mrs. Myers traveled Monday to be with her daughter.
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Pomeroy
George Huston
Oscar Myers
Mulberry Ave
Indianapolis
Holzer Lists 3 Residents At Holzer Hospital
In MIDDLEPORT Mrs. C. H. Wise Sr. is reported in serious condition after surgery Thursday morning at Holzer Hospital. Rosemary Fisher will undergo orthopedic surgery today. her sister Miss Fisher, a home economics student, broke a leg in Athens. Arriving from J. Lee Virginia, Sgt Sara Jane Fisher is on a 10 day leave. Marie Richman has had surgery this week and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Middleport
Holzer Hospital
C. H. Wise
Rosemary Fisher
Miss Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Athens
J. Lee
Sara Jane Fisher
Marie Richman
William Wyatt fined in assault case in Mayor Russell's court
William Wyatt pleaded guilty to an assault and battery charge in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court last night and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Middleport
William Wyatt
Sidney T.russell
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