County Fair Follies Benefit for Meigs Girl in Pomeroy
Meigs County hosts a charity musical on September 25 at the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium to aid Naomi Ohlinger, a three and a half year old from Monkey Run with a heart ailment. The first operation cost about 2000 dollars. a second may follow. Proceeds fund the Ohlinger hospitalization. Cast members from the Big Bend Ministerial Association reprise the County Fair Follies, previously seen at the Meigs County Fair. An intensive ticket drive has begun with about 20 volunteers. more helpers from the county are urged to join.
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Big Bend Mins
Trel Association
Pomeroy
Naomi Ohlinger
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Meigs County
Pomeroy Junior High School
Ohlinger
Conrad Ohlinger
Monkey Run
Pearl Welker
Olive Ingraham
Eileen Bowers
Emma Russell
Bill Childs
Bob Hoeflich
Mrs. Laura E. McCleary Dies at 78 in Rutland
Laura E. McCleary 78 died Wednesday afternoon at daughter Pearl Bradgen’s home in Rutland after emergency squad arrival. Born in Deer Park Maryland she belonged to United Brethren Church and is survived by seven children two brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Chase funeral home Rutland with Rev. Harold Klinger officiating. Burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Laura E. McCleary
Pearl Bradgen
Rutland
McCleary
Deer Park
United Brethers Church
C. A. Purgitt
Los Angeles
Calif
W. E. McCleary
Cumberland
Warren E. McCleary
Akron
Harold Arthur
Washington, Pa
Virgil Eackles
Joe V. McCleary
Charleston
Charles Peters
Chase Funeral Home
Harold Klinger
Miles Cemetery
Ralph Carl Named Acting Road Chief
Ralph Carl of Meigs County State Highway Department was named acting superintendent to replace Carl Offutt who resigned last month. Carl has 12 years with the department and five years as labor foreman. a permanent appointment is expected soon though no date is set. Offutt, a Democrat from Silversville, resigned August 30 after about ten years in the post.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Carl
Meigs County
Meigs Girl Is Sentenced to Indefinite School Term
Bernice Laudermilt aged 16 of Pomeroy was sentenced by Juvenile Judge John C. Bacon to an indefinite term in the Girls Industrial School at Delaware after a court appearance. Probation officer Carl Gorby cited a pattern of truancy and disobedience and an avoidance of a citation for an automobile accident in Middleport. Harold Caster, 26, of Carpenter, a missing local man, was found and returned home in Ohio. In a separate action Judge Bacon fined Randall Adkins $15 plus costs for complicity in petty scrap iron theft near Rutland, with his brother Leonard present.
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Pomeroy
Bernice Laudermilt
Delaware
John C. Bacon
Miss Laudermilt
Carl Gorby
Gorby
Middleport
Meigs County
Ohio County
W. Va
Robert C. Hartenbach
Harold Caster
Carpenter
Ohio
Bacon
Randall Adkins
Harrisonville
Rutland
Adkins
Leonard Adkins
Middleport Churches Weekly Schedule at First Baptist
The First Baptist Church of Middleport lists a full week of services and activities. Morning worship at 10 15 Sermon Spiritual Convalescense Evening worship at 7 30 Sermon Bought With a Price Cottage prayer meetings and women’s prayer groups are scheduled across homes and church premises along with choir rehearsal and mid week prayer and praise services.
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First Baptist
Claremont E. Hoyt
Edison Baker
Maple St
Bertha Archer
Walnut St
Bert Bodimer
2Nd Ave
Cheerleader Tryouts Set for Today at Middleport High
Today at 12 30 PM Middleport High School holds cheerleader tryouts during a special assembly. Ten girls compete for two vacancies left by Jane Hariig and Gail Stumbo, with holdovers Phyllis Stanley Betty Harris and Bonnie Van Cooney. Nan Moore oversees the process. Afterward the nominees will be voted on in home rooms.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Jane Hariig
Gail Stumbo
Phyllis Stanley
Betty Harris
Bonnie van Cooney
Nan Moore
Star Grange to Meet Saturday Evening
Star Grange plans a public meeting this Saturday at 8 30 p m Members are asked to bring a pie to share with attendees final timing and venue not specified in the accessible text
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Dexter
Star Grange
Star
Canada Has Old Cannon at Fort Henry Kingston
A 24-pound cannon that fires Dominion Day salutes at Fort Henry Kingston dates from 1797. The piece is part of Canada’s historic artillery, preserved on site.
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Canada
Old Fort Henry
Kingston
Ontrio
First Rio Grande Baptist Convention Opens in Jackson
The 1st Rio Grande Baptist Association session begins Saturday at First Baptist Church Jackson with Rev Claremont E Hoyt as moderator. Dr Faithjoy Everson speaks on Missions in Belgian Congo. Rev Thomas Gibbon hosts. 9:30 a.m. start with devotions and morning address by Dr Paul Judson Morris.
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Middleport
The
Rio Grandé Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Jackson
Claremont E. Hoyt
Jesus
Gerald R. Brown
Vinton
Salem
Gallia
Thomas Gibboney
Paul Judson Morris
Ohio Baptist Convention
Wellston Baptist Church
J. H. Stephenson
Pomerol
Women’s Missionary Society of the Rio Grande Baptist Association
Briggs Kirby
Cheshire
Cheshire Baptist
Faithjoy Everson
Belgian Congo
Norwegian Baptist
Oslo
Norway
Arthur Bostic
Morris
Baptist Jubilee Advance
Baptist Church
Frank Cheesebrew
Women’s Missionary Society
Pomeroy
Board of Christian Education
Ralph Zundel
Pastor’s Council
W. Luther Tracy
Racine
Jackson Church
William C. Schwemlein
Ohio Council of American Baptist Men
Cincinnati
Heath Methodist Church to Mark 50th Anniversary
In Middleport the Heath Methodist Church dedicates its present building with a 10 30 a m service led by Hazen G Werner Ohio bishop Richard C Bauer district superintendent C Raymon Konkright pastor Mary Adalene Smith Glechtner will sing and the choir will perform an anthem A dinner at Martin Restaurant follows and souvenir programs recount 50 years of church history and past pastors.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Hazen G. Werner
Ohio
Richard C. Bauer
C. Raymon Konkright
Mary Adalene Smith Glechtner
Columbus
Secret union election announced for Sept. 24
POMEROY W A Comer of the Utility Workers Union said a secret ballot election will be held Sept. 24 at the Kgger Creek electric plant to decide union representation. The NLRB will run the vote with polling at the plant maintenance conference room from 6 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Approximately 190 employees eligible to vote.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Comer
Utility Workers Union of America
Aflcio
Kgger Creek Electric
Gallia County Court House
Gallipolis
Comer
OVEC
Kgger Creek
NLRB
McKnight
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
J. B. Harrold
G. Halfinger
Mr. Ribald
Canton
Utility Workers Union
Harold J. Straub
National
Lay Development Program Planned by Pomeroy Baptist Church
The Pomeroy Baptist Church will launch a two year lay development program with an introductory meeting Sunday at 4 p m followed by a family supper. Leaders for five workshops were chosen, with an American Baptist Convention commission guiding the plan and local members serving on the coordinating committee.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Baptist Church
American Baptist Convention
John Dawson
Chicago
Dana Oliver
Richard Owens
Shirley Wipple
James Stephenson
Jack Sorden
Joseph Cook
Franklin Hudson
Edward Foster
Elmer Wickham
T. T. Shelton
William Sterrett
Orval Wiles
William Watson
Selective Service Clerk Resigns To Teach Local School
Ann Russell resigns as clerk of the local Selective Service Board effective Sept. 23 to take a teaching position in the county school system. Pomeroy N. W. Compton notes the office remains open four days a week and that a local replacement will likely be hired. The office is in the Masonic Temple on Mulberry Ave.
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U. S. 3Rd Army
United States Army
Compton
Civil Service
Russell
Selective Service
Masonic Temple
Mulberry Ave
J H Snedden 81 Dies After Illness in Ohio Town
James H Snedden 81 died Thursday afternoon in Zanesville after a period of illness. He was a retired coal miner. Surviving: two sons William and Arthur of Pontiac Michigan two brothers Frank Newark and William Murray City one sister Mrs Lizzie McCall Murray City. Funeral arrangements by Norbert W Johnston funeral home.
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Glouster
James H. Snedden
Zanesville
William
Arthur
Pontiac
Mich
Frank
Newark
Murray City
Lizzie McCall
Norbert W. Johnston
National Park System Overview
The National Park System now administers 182 parks monuments and other historic sites across the United States in a comprehensive federal program.
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National Park System
United States
First PTA Meeting Set for Monday at Rutland High
POMEROY The Western Local PTA will hold its first regular meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Rutland High School auditorium. Refreshments will be served and all parents and teachers are invited.
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Pomeroy
PTA
Rutland High School
Meigs County Agricultural Society Board Meeting Scheduled
A board meeting of the Meigs County Agricultural Society is announced for September 9 at 8 p.m. in the secretary’s office at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds. President Hiram Slanter confirmed the plan.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
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