Aid drives split $520 for Pomeroy Middleport squads
A solicitation committee led by Jean Parker and Thelma Hysell divided $520 between the Pomeroy and Middleport Emergency Squads. J. M. Soulsby accepted $260 for Pomeroy. Louis Ellis and Howard Dailey received $260 for Middleport. Various donors across Rutland Village Rutland Route 1 Salem Center Hysell Run Happy Hollow and other areas contributed amounts ranging from $10 to $197.65 to local units and the Rutland American Legion and its Auxiliary contributed $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jean Parker
Thelma Hysell
Middleport
J. M. Soulsby
Louis Ellis
Howard Dailey
Rutland Village
Margie Davis
Joan Stewart
Twila Hysell
Jessie Molden
Patty Carson
Rutland
Alice Priddy
Reva Snowden
Connie Black
Rosalie Sayre
Minnie Hutton
Salem Center
Vivian Pierce
Hysell Run
Iris Williams
Donna King
Happy Hollow
Flossie Hysell
Virginia Pierce
Cooks Gap
Leading Creek
Fay Sauer
Edna May Swick
Langsville Village
Emma Leadlie
Langsville
Freda Davis
Donna Morris
Danville
Adria Swick
Dexter
Helen Williams
Harrisonville
Lee Hysell
Rutland American Legion
West Indies Ag Chief Visits Meigs County
Charles M. Cadet the agricultural superintendent of St. Lucia is visiting Meigs County to study U S rural life. He will tour until Sept 14 with Meigs County agent C E Blake. Cadet oversees agriculture animal health forestry fisheries and cooperatives for St. Lucia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
St. Lucia
West Indies
Meigs County
United States
Charles M. Cadet
C. E. Blakeslee
Cadet
Department of Agriculture
King Family Picnic Brings Kinship Ties Together
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne King hosted a family picnic in Middleport on Sunday honoring Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hysell and their children Marsha and Danny of Akron. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ervin and others from Bradbury Rutland Minersville Pomeroy Oak Hill and Oak Hill area relatives and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Wayne King
Bradbury
Nathan Hysell
Don Hysell
Marsha
Danny
Akron
Leslie Ervin
Edna Russell
Robert Canaday
Sabra
Rutland
William King
Debra
Kathy
Sherry
Kevin
Robert King
Thomas
Carol
Timothy
Victor Hosell
Grace
Vickie
Gene Norton
Mike
Steve
Minersville
Robert Honver
Laura
Howard Hysell
Pomeroy
Tmhboden
Mildred Hoysell
Russell Roush
Eric
Oak Hill
Meigs Gallia Granges Set Meeting Friday at Rocksprings Hall
Meigs County Pomona Grange will hold its regular session Friday at 8 p.m. at Rocksprings Grange Hall with Gallia County Pomona Grange making an annual exchange visit and presenting the fifth degree. Alfred Grange assists as hosts. Meigs members are asked to bring flowers for the stage. Virgil Atkins, Meigs County Deputy, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Rocksprings
Gallia County
Alfred Grange
Meigs
Virgil Atkins
BPW Dinner and Civic Program in Middleport
Middleport BPW club sets monthly dinner next Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Martin Restaurant followed by a Civic Participation Committee program in the Electric Co social rooms chaired by Mrs. Guy Reynolds. Pomeroy hosts rummage sale Friday and Saturday at Rutland Church of God starting 9 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Martin
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Guy Reynolds
Pomeroy
Rutland
Rio Grande Night School Planned Meeting Set
Rio Grande College plans an off campus night class at Pomeroy High School. A 7 p.m. meeting Monday will decide subject and weekly schedule, with a minimum of 12 students required. Roy E. Holmes announces the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rio Grande College
Pomeroy High School
Roy E. Holmes
Social notes list weekend visitors and reunions across Ohio
Middlewort residents and guests from Byesville Gallipolis Athens McConnelsville McWane area shared holiday visits with family in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Columbus Marietta and Kal multiple housekeeping gatherings highlighted by Edwards Reunion at Mason County 4H Camp with numerous families from Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy Charleston Elkview Corning and Nelsonville. Names include Courtney Robinson Hamilton Wilson Hinkle Harri son Day Bacon Crooks Hysell Hudson Kishbaugh Kellogg Lucas McElhinney Byer Hill dore Mackin Gibbons Grooms Ury Ward Triplett Edwards and other relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Courtney
Arnold Robinson
Marguerite Hamilton
Byesville
Max Elliot
Gallipolis
Russell Wilson
William Lohrer
Athens
Cincinnati
Lehrer
Harold Hinkle
Butch and
Debbie
McConnelsville
Audrey Frost
George Hudson
Wayne Harrison
Meigs County Fairgrounds
Roger Day
Miami
Fla
Russell Rice
Joe Turner
Jack Bacon
South Charleston
W. Va
Mary Bacon
Walter Crooks
Susan Probasco
Jeanette Crooks
Marietta
Gene Crooks
Columbus
James Criswell
Diane
Kenneth McCullough
Frank Shumaker
Pittsburgh
Don Hysell
Marsha
Danny
Akron
Nathan Hysell
Herbert Robinson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clarksburg
Henry Hutsell
Cuyahoga Falls
Guy Reynolds
Arthur Kishbaugh
Adam
Pleasantville
Ohio
Herbert Gilkey
Homer Jones
Lena McElhinney
Caldedonia
Charles Lucas
Lucas
Mayme Hartenbach
Kent
James Simpson
Sandra
Ralph Grimm
The
Simpsons
Victoria Stacey
Springfield
Mae Markin
Curtis Jenkinson
Mary Jane
Mary Long
Forked Run Lake
Elmer Miller
Wooster
Doyle Miller
Carol Hudson
Clintonville
Hudson
Milligan College
Evelyn Gibbons
Wayne Gibbons
Holzer Hospital
Rethel Coleman
Roy
Jack Coleman
Lancaster
Carolyn Miller
William Rhodes
Point Pleasant
Mary Ury
Jeff
Tennessee
Randolph
Virginia Ley
Hazel Walters
Charleston
Herbert Edwards
Russell Moses
Elkview
Donald Edwards
Corning
Don Betzing
Pomeroy
James Edwards
Nelsonville
Forked Run Picnic Set By Boosters
A Pomeroy band boosters group plans a potluck picnic for band members families and friends at Forked Run Park on September 28. Tag Day is September 14 with a parade at 10 a.m. A record hop is slated for Sept 27 at the Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Forked Run Park
Ronald Woltz
Lois Burt
Jackie Menchini
Rowena Vaughn
Marie Watson
Ruth Ebersbach
Phil Goodwin
Alma Russell
Maxine Arnold
Rose Sisson
Mary Buck
Vera Crow
Radio Club Picnic Draws Members From Several Towns
The Pomeroy Bend Citizen's Band Radio Club held a Sunday picnic at Rocksprings Fair grounds. Attendees included members and families from Mason Syracuse Racine Pomeroy Middleport Rutland and Columbus with prize winners named for several games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Citizen’s
Radio Club
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Doyle Shuler
Mary Ann
Penny
Larry Wholrey
Larry, Jr
Rickey
Cheshire
George Carson
Beverly
Eddie
Fred Taylor
Becky
Wayne
Mason
Robert Dunfee
Vicky
Debby
Columbus
James Carnahan
Tony
Janice
Racine
Freeman Enoch
Doug
Robert Harden
Jimmy
Agnes White
Syracuse
Marion
Nathan Biggs
Bill
Sharon
Jennie
Jed Webster
Elwood Bowers
Eugene Hawkins
Ronnie
Tim Neutzling
Jim
Susie
Becky Goodall
Middleport
Raymond Wilcox
Carl Hysell
Rutland
Larry Whobrey
Betty Biggs
Virginia Neutzling
Joyce Carson
Bob Dunfee
Pythian Sisters Hold Meet at K of P Hall
Pythian Sisters of Meigs Temple met at the K of P Hall Tuesday evening with Norma Zirkle as Protector and Maxine Owens as manager for Opal Biggs. Fifty sick calls were reported in the past month and $26 spent for altruistic work. Plans were set for a rummage sale September 20 and 21 in the French building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple Pythian
K of P
Norma Zirkle
Temple
Goldie Gilmore
Maxine Owens
Opal Biggs
Ways and Means
Mabel Sanborn
Mildred Lowe
Thelma Theiss
Marjorie Grogan
Jean Zirkle
Ben Neutzling
Phil Meinhart
Homer Jones
Meigs 4 H Delegates Prepare For Congress
Meigs County 4 H delegates to the Ohio 4 H Club Congress at Ohio State University Sept 14 18 held their first orienta tion meeting at the county extension service office The session covered how a bill passes with Representative George Meinhart explaining a mock legislative session The proposed bill would create student councils in each high school Attending: Duane Tuttle Dixie Roush Pamela Wilson Ruth Ann Bailey Louella Thompson Charles Cadet C E Blakeslee Mrs Raymond Baker announces the birth of Angela Rae on Sept 1 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis The Bakers other daughter is Kathy Ann Grandparents are Mrs Sam Baker Cheshire and Mr and Mrs Furst Gallipolis POMEROY All area high school students are invited to a dance Friday after the Wahama Pomeroy game at Wahama High School auditorium The Jays are in charge Opal Dailey visits Toledo relatives Varian McCullough underwent surgery at St Lukes Hospital Merle McCullough wife is hospitalized at St Vincent with a heart condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio State University
County Extension Service Office
George Meinhart
Duane Tuttle
Dixie Roush
Pamela Wilson
Ruth Ann Bailey
Louella Thompson
Charles Cadet
British West Indies
C. E. Blakeslee
Middleport
Raymond Baker
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Angela Rae
Bakers
Kathy Ann
Sam Baker
Cheshire
Furst
Father Wippel Earns Philosophy Doctorate at Louvain
POMEROY The Rev. Fr. John Wippel a Pomeroy native has earned the doctorate in philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain Belgium He joins the Catholic University of America as a metaphysics and cosmology instructor at Washington D C Wippel 30 was ordained in 1960 and earned summa cum laude in a field crowded with priests religious and lay scholars from many nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Wippel
Catholic University of
Father Wippel
Price Estate Is Filed In Meigs County Court
In Meigs County Court an entry was filed in the estate of Greta D Price of Lincoln Hill Pomeroy widow of Frank Price. Personal goods 3789 stocks and securities 194420 bank account 9070 real estate 15000 total 222279. Will of 1955 leaves jewelry and personal property to niece Helen Whitney who died before decedent. Church gifts total 12000 to Grace Episcopal Church and related auxiliaries and funds. Estate split into two equal parts for Paine nieces and Whitney. other half to Hawthorn Wheeler Stake and Harvout. Executor Edison Hobstetter also oversees other estates including Elmer Reed William Young and 1957 bequests to many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Greta D. Price
Lincoln Hill
Frank Price
Helen Whitney
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Guild
Southern Ohio
Lewis A. Paine
Frances A. Paine
Eleanor Hawthorn
Lois Wheeler
Eleanor Stake
Shirley Stake Harvout
Edison Hobstetter
Elmer A. Reed
Middleport Hardware Merchants
Hazel R. Reed
William F. Young
U.S
Picnic Held by Gilkeys and Friends at Forked Run Lake
Labor Day gathering near Forked Run Lake included Middleport residents Police Chief Herbert Gilkey and his wife along with families from Middleport and Athens. Attendees listed: Lewis Ellis family, John Nash and daughter Lisa, Emerson Dye, Kenneth Smart and children Carolyn Marilyn Edward and Kenneth Jr., Arthur Kishbaugh family with son Adam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Forked Run Lake
Gilkey
Lewis Ellis
Teresa
Gary
John Nash
Lisa
Emerson Dye
Kenneth Smart
Carolyn
Marilyn
Edward
Kenneth Jr
Athens
Arthur Kishbaugh
Adam
Pleasantville
Ohio
Tarzan jailed in Pomeroy on intoxication charge
Emmet Welch of Pomeroy, known as Tarzan, aged 54, was arrested by the sheriff and placed in county jail awaiting a county court hearing on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Marvin Hannell
Condor St
Tarzan
Emmet
Tarzan” Welch
Sheriff's Department
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Meigs-Gallia
Tery
Sordins
Rio Grande
Grafton
Boosters
West Virginia Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists Association
Irene
JoAnn White
Crow's
Steak House
Tom Boy
Pythian Sisters
Wahama High School
Pomeroy Personals
Rexall Drug Store
Goeglein Afany-Mix CO
Buster Brown
Elberfelds
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