Middleport Halloween Carnival Brings Busy Booths and Parade
Middleport hosts a community carnival under the stadium with a hot foods booth and prizes from local merchants. The P T A coordinates booths including fish pond penny pitch and hoop throw, while the high school band leads the parade at 7:15 from Rutland and Second Streets.
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Middleport
WCHS
Charleston
Smith Brothers
Happy Hiram
Citizens National Bank
Meigs County
Will Juhling
P.T.A
Charles McMaster
Sidney Russell
Carl Owen
M. L
Clyde French
George Meinhart
George Schaaf
Carla Clark
Leah Whitlock
Freda Hysell
Everett Davis
American Legion
Frank White
Literary Club
Katherine Brown
Garden Club
O. E. McKinley
Fire Company
Wesley Green
Rotary Club
Rutland
Second Streets
Corning Social Notes Recaps Visits and Halloween Gatherings
Corning society rounds up weekend visits as Mr. and Mrs. John Murray host relatives with Mr. and Mrs. Otis McDonald of Mt. Vernon. Miss Lenore Young joins Bettie Rodgers at the Athens game while the Past Chiefs meet in New Lexington for Halloween games and a noon lunch with a long guest list.
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Leon
W. Va
Standish
Good Samaritan Hospital
J. G. Blower
Lenore Young
Bettie Rodgers
Athens
Charplett Chute
New Lexington
Bess Teal
Kate Wright
Lena Fenneken
Julia Ferguson
Hannah Rodgers
Mildred Ferguson
Lula Brown
Ballis
Edith Nichols
Kate Hardy
Libby Roberts
Harris
Lurene Penrod
Catharine Binderbasin
Dessie Sands
Mayme Rodgers
Jacqueline Lamb
Notice of Waterloo Township Election and Tax Ballots
Notice from Athens County Board of Elections for Waterloo Township voters. Election held Tuesday November 7 1959 at regular polling places. Ballots include two proposed tax levies for four and five years respectively to fund hard surfacing roads and cemetery maintenance in Waterloo Township.
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Waterloo Township
Athens County
Ohio
Athens County Board OF Elections
David Johnson
Len B. McCune
Halloween Prank Fallout in Middleport Turns Violent
A large group of high schoolers faced ongoing pranks described as persecutions before ending in violence as a resident confronted them with a gun. Porch swings were taken down, flower boxes overturned, rugs missing, and other property damage reported at the high school. A bicycle hung from the flagpole and a garbage wagon sat on the front steps.
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Middleport
Middleport Class To Meet At First Presbyterian Church
The Whatsoever Class of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at the church Friday evening. Several matters of business will be presented to the class. Gordon Harris, instrumental music instructor at the schools, is recovering from influenza at his home. Ed Healy, retired clothier, in ill health for months, is unimproved at his home.
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First Presbyterian Church
Gordon Harris
S. Third Ave
Ed Healy
S. Second Ave
Halloween prank robs cider from school trip
Future Homemakers of the Home Economics Class with instructor Miss Louise Drake left Middleport for Cheshire in a hayrack at 7 last night. The ride entertained the girls as they sang popular songs. On return they were served doughnuts but three gallons of cider in Miss Drake's car were missing, chalked up to roaming Halloweeners.
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Louise Drake
Middleport
Cheshire
Miss Drake
Contract Club Hostess Night Highlights Chrysanthemums
Mrs O P Klein hosted a Contract Club gathering with only members present. Miss Marie Richman and Mrs Alfred Elberfeld posted high scores while Klein garden chrysanthemums adorned the rooms and corsages. A salad course concluded the evening and Mrs Dor Schaefer will host next.
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O. P. Klein
Marie Richman
Alfred Elberfeld
Klein Garden
Dor Schaefer
Miss Maxine Erwin Birthday Party Held at Erwin Home
Twenty five youths gathered Saturday evening at Mr and Mrs A E Erwin on S Third Ave to celebrate Miss Maxine Erwin s birthday. Refreshments followed several hours of merrymaking.
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A. E. Erwin
S. Third Ave
Maxine Erwin
Amos Junod
Jean Hennessy
Logan
Junod
Denver
Colo
Kathryn Bramlage
Athens
Elmer Ashworth
Butternut Ave
Columbus
Clarence Shaffer
Second St
Sandusky
Shaffer
David Evans
Dorothy Grossman
Pomeroy High School
Ravenna
Marion Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Evans
Social notes from Parkersburg to Point Pleasant
Mrs Elizabeth Maupin returns from Parkersburg after visiting her sister. Several families visit relatives in Huntington Athens Sewickley Pa and Shade. The item notes travels, gatherings, and a funeral in Akron for Christina Manuel.
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Elizabeth Maupin
Parkersburg
R. C. Meadows
Lelia Hawkins
M. J. McCarty
S. Third Ave
McCarty
Dea Hayes
Huntington
James Meadows
Orion Flesher
Flesher
M. G. Brown
Athens
L. V. Brown
Ohio University
David Miller
Mac McAllister
Sewickley
Pittsburgh
Carla Clark
Lenore Kent
Michael
Shade
Mr .Howard
Edna Smith
T. W. Jones
S. Third J Ave
Holzer Hospital
Virginia Gregg
Mary K. Hartenbach
South Dakota
Dale Dennis
C. M. Gregg
Dennis
Townspeople Urged To Help In Rat Banquet
POMEROY town rats face a one day extermination drive on Friday November 11 as officials with the Agricultural Extension Service and the U S Biological Survey urge residents to aid in distributing red squill bait at cost. Mayor M D Hartley says a complete town effort can set back rat numbers and reduce spread when sewer rats emerge during high water. Village workers will place bait on damp heaps and in sewers to reach hiding rats.
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Pomeroy
Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Biological Survey
M. D. Hartley
Wesley S. Green
Hartley
Middleport Lightweights Defeat Gallipolis in Night Game
The Middleport Lightweights under McCuen beat Gallipolis at their stadium in their first night game. Jim Hartinger carried for a third quarter touchdown as Middleport improved to four wins and no defeats after facing Pom eroy and Gallipolis twice.
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Middleport
McCuen
Jackettes
Gallipolis
Jim Hartinger
Pomeroy
Blaine
Klein
Sauders
Ohlinger
Young
Mayes
Stewart
Pullin
Pomeroy Band Boosters Form to Buy Uniforms
The Band Mothers Club at Pomeroy High School reorganized as Band Boosters' Club to fund new uniforms. At a Sunday meeting at the Senior High School officers were elected including president Mrs Harry Ohlinger secretary Mrs Eugene Bryant and treasurer Fred Rosenbaum. Concessions at a Halloween party tonight will support the fund and boost membership.
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Pomeroy
Band Mothers Club
Pomeroy High School
Harry Ohlinger
Eugene Bryant
Fred Rosenbaum
Band Boosters’ Club
Local marriages licensed in Meigs County Probate Court
Meigs County Probate Court issued licenses to Harry Hill 26 of Letart Falls and Katie Hensler 21 of Racine. Warner Halley 21 of Gallipolis and Frances Cragg 21 of Cheshire. Harold Eugene Shinn 22 of Zanesville and Marjorie Geraldine Richardson 21 of Bay City Michigan. In Holland a newly married woman feeds her bridegroom a traditional brandy and raisin mixture during the ceremony.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harry Hill
Letart Falls
Katie Hensler
Racine
Warner Halley
Gallipolis
Frances Cragg
Cheshire R. C
Harold Eugene Shinn
Zanesville
Marjorie Geraldine Richardson
Bay City
Mich
Holland
Scouts Invite Friends To Court Of Honor
All scouts and friends of scouting are invited to attend the Court of Honor at Heath Methodist Church Thursday at 7 30 p m. Several scouts will be honored for advancement from tender foot to second class and to first class, and another group will receive merit badges.
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Middleport
Friends of Scouting
Wildwood Garden Club Meets at Nease Settlement
The Wildwood Garden Club met Friday at the home of Mrs. Earl Scott in Nease Settlement. Members discussed year books and committee duties, planned a farmers institute display at Forest Run Church, and awarded flower arrangements with first prizes to Mrs. John Scott and Mrs. Homer Holter. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Mrs. H. B. Roush, vice presidents Mrs. Elizabeth Swisher and Mrs. John Bailey, Secretary Mrs. Hiram T. Fisher, Treasurer Mrs. Paul P. Fisher, and Corresponding Secretary Mrs. John Scott.
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Pomeroy
Wildwood Garden Club
Earl Scott
Nease Settlement
Farmers’ Institute
Forest Run Church
John Scott
Homer Holter
H. B. Roush
Elizabeth Swisher
John Bailey
Hiram T. Fisher
Paul P. Fisher
Mild laxative touted in old time cold remedy
An advertisement describes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children claiming to ease feverishness headache and stomach discomfort common in early colds. It invites readers to send for a free sample from the Ownd Gray Co Le Roy New York.
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Gray
Gray Co. le Roy
N.Y
Rat Feast To Be Held Next Month
POMEROY Meigs County plans a rat banquet on Friday November 11 with red squill bait provided through the Agricultural Extension Service and the U S Biological Survey. The campaign urges immediate cleanups and preventive steps, with orders for bait due by November 4 and over 2 000 letters mailed to farmers showing strong interest.
Voting Deadline Set For Meigs Absentees
Meigs voters absent on election day must bow to a 6 30 p m Thursday deadline set by election board clerk Albert Gloeckner. Mailed ballots accepted until noon Friday. Roughly 70 absent ballots cast so far. new rule first applied at August primaries.
To Honor Civil War Veteran at Meeting
Simpson Brotherhood plans a Tuesday November 14 gathering to honor Henry Dixon of Downington, the county's only Civil War veteran who turns 96. The event opens at 6 15 pm with a chicken dinner followed by a program featuring Judge Arthur H Day of the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Brotherhood
Presidnt
J. E. Mahoney
Henry Dixon
Downington
Dixon
Arthur H
The
Ohio Supreme Court
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Akron Middleport
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Akron
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Pomeroy Personals
Carl Gardner
James Clatworthy
Clarence Clark
Wesley
Green County
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Meigs
Hotel Pomeroy
Senkus Hotel
Fred Leifheit
Charity Senkus
Senkus
Dr. Pierce
Albert Bachman
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Saya
Dr Perce
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