Middleport seeks new fire station with voter bond issue
Middleport's 150 year old fire hall is cramped for trucks boats and equipment. The volunteer department asks voters in November to approve a 1.2 mill bond increase to fund a new fire station across from the present site. The plan includes funds already raised and pledges to keep costs low as bids come in.
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Judge Porter Addresses Chester Group
Judge Frank William Porter Jr spoke to the Chester PTA on developing God given talents and fostering a well balanced child. Grandparents were honored with corsages while Mabel Van Meter was named grandmother with the most children. Howard Caldwell Jr urged honesty on the school board campaign and Roger Epple supported high school expansion to ease crowding.
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Frank William Porter Jr
Chester Pta
Dren
Mabel van Meter
Roy Parker
Howard Caldwell Jr
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Roger Epple
Local Legion Post honors WWI and Vietnam veterans in Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post No. 39 in Pomeroy recognized World War I veterans Harry Hanning Frank Clark Hosmer Roush William Houdashelt and Lawrence Stewart along with Vietnam veterans Melvin Swisher and Fred Wolfe at a Tuesday meeting. Post Commander Leonard Jewell reported patient Charles Werry at Veterans Memorial Hospital and solicited help for Gift for Yanks bread sales November 23. A Veterans Day program is set for Meigs High School at 10 a.m. and a push to have the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital become a veterans hospital was raised. An oyster supper followed.
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Passion Play Is Displayed at Dorcas Circle Meeting
The Dorcas Circle of the Middleport First Baptist Church met at the home of Mrs. John Fultz. Devotions by Mrs. Fielding Hawkins cited Matthew. Members noted a Gatlinburg passion play. They plan gifts for Thai missionary family the Tennises and for a Syracuse Nursing Home.
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B. H. Sanborn Society
Syracuse
Elizabeth Searles
Billy Graham
Honor Roll List At Meigs High Crowns 205 Students
ROCK SPRINGS Meigs High School lists 205 students on the honor roll for the first six weeks. Names span freshmen to seniors, including Sharon Bing Evelyn Burnett Mandy Carter Charles Conger Robert Council Carla Crisp Cindy Demoskey and many others.
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Sharon Bing
Evelyn Burnett
Mandy Carter
Charles Conger
Richard Couch
Robert Council
Carla Crisp
Cindy Demoskey
Bonnie Dillon
Lois Fraser
Larry Fridley
Barbara Fultz
Linda Gerard
Robert Haley
Maureen Hennessy
Joyce Hutchinson
Sonia Justice
Deborah Kennedy
David King
Sonia Kiser
Debbie McLaughlin
Roger Nelson
Phil Ohlinger
Douglas Phalin
Brenda Stanley
William Richie
Steve Walburn
Joy White
Linda Williams
Brenda Will
Pamela Wilson
Basheba Witte
What’s My Brother Saying program at Lovejoy Circle
Mrs. McGhee led a Lovejoy Circle meeting at the Middleport First Baptist Church home of Mrs. Dana Hamm. Mrs. Lillian McGhee served as program chairman and read the poem Love. June Klees gave the opening prayer.
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Meigs Junior High announces six weeks honor roll
Middleport Meigs Junior High lists 79 students on the honor roll for the first six weeks. Names include seven graders Diana Arnold Debra Birchfield Mary Blaetmar Mary Boggs and many others with eight graders such as Bruce Blackston Brenda Bolin Monte Bolinger and George Carper. Several dismissal entries follow.
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Debra Birchfield
Mary Blaetmar
Mary Boggs
Dale Browning
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James Kennedy
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Mike Jose
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Bruce Reed
Steven Kecca
Elizabeth Roush
David Dale Sisson
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