Tag Day Nets $642 For Middleport Band
Middleport bandsmen and Band Boosters raised 642.23 dollars Saturday through a village wide tag day. About 1700 tags were distributed as volunteers solicited donations at corners and door to door in downtown Middleport. The group plans to perform at the Jackson Apple Festival on September 19 and holds a booster meeting on September 24.
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Middleport
Middleport Band Boosters Association
Ade
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Leo Searles
Association
Tony Fowler
Kenneth McElhinney
Wallace Bradford
Lewis Long
Iva Stewart
Wesley Fry
Kenneth Cooke
Paul Theis
Lionel Boggs
Charles Asa Bradbury
Charles Edwards
Iaa Tea
Eugene Gherke
Jackson
Band Boosters Association
Lakin State Hospital Choir Sings on Lakin Day
Middleport church hosts Lakin Day with the Lakin State Hospital choir under Floyd Winston. They perform You ll Never Walk Alone and No Man Stands Alone with soloist James Hughes and piano by Veneda Hodges, followed by a fellowship hour.
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Middleport
Lakin State Hospital
Middleport Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Campbell Harper
Oretha Johnson
Jack Higgins
Belmead Eub Church
Point Pleasant
Risden Miller
Julius McCloud
County Judge Fines Eight Defendants in Meigs Hearings
Eight defendants appeared before Meigs County Judge Emmet W. Peoples in hearings. Billy Joe McDaniel paid 10 dollars plus costs for crossing a yellow line, Noel Delmar Wilson 10 dollars plus costs for running a stop sign, Charles L. Athey 10 dollars plus costs for no muffler, Bennie R. Newhouse 10 dollars plus costs for incorrect muffler, Charles H. Fitch 10 dollars plus costs for no operator's license, Jerry F. Roush 10 dollars plus costs for no registration, George D. Stobart 10 dollars plus costs for no muffler, and Charles Wolfe 50 dollars plus costs for intoxication with 40 dollars suspended.
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George D. Stobart
Charles Wolfe
Job's Daughters Plan School of Instruction in Pomeroy
About 200 people attended a Thursday evening football pep rally in Pomeroy with the team introduced and the band and cheerleaders in uniform. The Pomeroy Athletic Boosters met to discuss membership drives and funded dressing and shower rooms at the stadium. they will cover half the cost of jackets and mouthpieces for the team. Bethel 62 plans a school of instruction with initiation set for Sept 20 and church attendance on Sept 23. Candace Grueser celebrates a birthday with cake and punch. A Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting is slated for 1:30 Wednesday at Rock Springs Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
Bethel 62
International Order of Job’s Daughters
Becky Toney
Walter Grueser
Candace
Helena Mullen
Grueser
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rock Springs Methodist Church
Meigs Man Dies Sunday at 72
Merlin O. Shiveler 72 of near Pomeroy died Sunday morning at Meigs General Hospital. A World War I veteran, he belonged to Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans. Surviving: wife Hazel, son Gene of Cincinnati, daughters Kathryn Shumaker of New Lexington and Charlotte Folmer of Syracuse, and two nieces. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Enterprise EUB Church with military rites at Rock Springs Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until noon Tuesday before the body is taken to the church.
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Pomeroy
Merlin O. Shiveler
Meigs General Hospital
Drew Webster
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Hazel
Gene
Cincinnati
Kathryn Shumaker
New Lexington
Charlotte Folmer
Syracuse
Enterprise Eub
Drew Webster Post
Rock Springs
Ewing Funeral Home
Eastern Star Observes Friends Night in Middleport
Evangeline Chapter 172 of the Order of the Eastern Star held Friends Night at the Masonic Temple with Mr and Mrs James Pullen presiding. Guests included Blanche Hart Mary Hughes Geral dine Young and other dignitaries while skits songs poems and a Girl Scout campfire medley entertained attendees.
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Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
James Pullen
Blanche Hart
Mary Hughes
Kansas
Geraldine Young
North Dakota
Harry Smith
Rosemary Lyons
Virginia Neutzling
Olive Satterfield
Lois McElhinney
Lena Bunce
Bess Sanborn
Odella Mack
Cheshire Chapter
Middleport Girl Scout Troop 221
Mabel Bennett
Mary Hindy
Nora Rice
Mrs. McElhinney
Dorothy Morris
Constitution Rites Stated for DAR Friday Meeting
Middleport will host a Constitution Day program at the home of Mrs. Guy Neighler Racine with Mrs J E Harley presenting The Constitution Speaks. Mrs Emerson Jones presides as regent. yearbooks will be reviewed. District conference reservations for Lancaster on Sept 20 will be taken. Hostesses include Mrs A R Knight Mrs Everett Hayes and Mrs Dorothy Amsbury.
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Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Guy Neighler
Racine
J. E. Harley
Constitution
Emerson Jones
Lancaster
A. R. Knight
Everett Hayes
Dorothy Amsbury
Mrs Fletchner Guest Soloist At Heath Church
Mrs Mike Fletchner formerly Mary Adeline Smith of Columbus was guest soloist at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport. Accompanied by Mrs C M Hennessy on organ she sang My Heart Ever Faithful by Bach. She is a soloist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus.
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Middleport
Mike Fletchner
Columbus
Mary Adeline Smith
Heath Methodist Church
C. M. Hennessy
Arthur Pauley
David Konkright
Chambers
Palmer St
Jane Gilkey
Sixth Ave
Charles Byer
Sharon Jones
Jackson
Emerson Jones
Pomeroy United Methodist Church
E. W. Davis
James
Sheffield
Ala
Harold Sauer
Mary Ruth
Joy
PTA Planning Meet Sets Bedford Instruction School
Meigs County Parents and Teachers Association executive committee completed plans for a school of instruction at Bedford school on Oct 4. Mrs. Harold Sauer presided. instructor安排 includes Mrs. Dale Schussler of Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers and Mrs. Ralph Zandel.
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Middleport
Bedford School
Meigs County Parents and Teachers Association
Harold Sauer
Dale Schussler
Bridgeport
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ralph Zandel
Meigs County Health Department
Howard Griffsartunn
Anne Wettooo
Vere Smith
Athens
School of Instruction
Robert Reiber
Paul
Steam Boat Avalon To Sail Again
POMEROY The Avalon will sail again after a September 27 start on the cabin rebuilding. Alan Bates of the Jefferson County Fiscal Court advisory committee says the ship, built as Idlewild in 1914 and renamed Avalon in 1947, will emerge next spring with a restored natural wood cabin and period mouldings.
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Avalon
A. V. Howell Pomeroy
Alan Bates
Jefferson County
Bates
Idlewild
Pittsburgh
J. Herod Gousage
Peoria
Ill
J. S
Washington
Rutland Band Attends Annual Camp at Canter's Cave
Rutland High School's 55 member senior band held its second annual band camp at Canter's Cave near Jackson. The schedule ran from 7 a.m. workouts to evening music sessions with cabins housing the group and mothers acting as cooks and chaperones. Roger Roush led activities and the rosters named many students and chaperones. Also noted were local travel and visit updates and a water emergency lifting by the Rutland Board of Public Affairs.
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Rutland
Canter’s Cave
Jackson
Max Edmundson
Northwestern
Middleport B P W Club Members Attend State Symposium
Five Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club members travel to Wilmington for a leadership symposium titled Leadership a Dimension in Democracy. The event, one of three in Ohio, is sponsored by the Ohio Federation with Mrs. Harry S. Moore as president and hostess committee member for the coffee hour.
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Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wilmington
Ohio Federation
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Ohio
Middleport Club
Harry S. Moore
Grace Pratt
Wesley Fry
John Werner
Allen Roush
Moore
River Traffic and Dams Report for Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Gauges show multiple dams on the Kanawha River sill locked with rollers. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington district are up. Listed boat movements include Andrew P. Calhoun Eugenie P. Jones Salvati Waverly Sandy New Martinsville and others with varying up or down readings near Lock 14 through Lock 23.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Huntington
Andrew P. Calhoun
Eugenie P. Jones
Salvati
Bob Benter
Waverly
Sandy
New Martinsville
Eugene Woods
C. V. Harner
Creditor
Larry Turner
Bayou la Reine
Western
Craig M
A. E. Dyke
Peggy Downey
Criss Jr
Elgercliff
Kanawha
London
J. S. Lewis
Marmet
Helen B
Solvay
Winfield
Merrill
Beaver
H. E. Bowles
Church Class Plans Dinners
Happy Harvesters Class at Federated Church chaired by Mrs. Phil Meinhart outlines Christmas dinners and a make believe tea for Oct. 1 with invitations. November events include devotional leader Mrs. I. B. Weed and hostesses, plus a luncheon and tea for a Presbytery meeting. Prizes were won by several members.
Vehicle sales report for August details Pomeroy Meigs
Mrs Nellie Brown deputy clerk of courts reports 103 new motor vehicles sold in August breaking down into 87 passenger cars 12 trucks 3 motorcycles and 1 trailer. Residents bought 196 used vehicles in August including 169 passenger cars 20 trucks 4 trailers and 1 motorcycle.
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Pomeroy — Meigs
Nellie ‘Brown
Church Of Christ Plans Meetings in Middleport and Pomeroy
The Philathea Society of the Middleport Church of Christ meets at 7 30 Thursday evening and a county wide youth rally of Churches of Christ is set for 7 30 Monday at the Bradford church. Roy H Dutch er files cross petition for divorce and custody in Meigs County Court alleging Wilma S Dutch er gross neglect of duty.
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Middleport
Philathea Society
The
Church of Christ
Churches of Christ
Bradford
Pomeroy
Roy H. Dutcher
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Wilma S. Dutcher
Trail Ride Plans Set By Meigs County Riding Club
Meigs County Riding Club will meet Tuesday evening at the Salisbury Township building to plan a trail ride. The meeting follows a church gathering at 6 15 pm with a potluck supper and meat beverages and rolls provided. Mr and Mrs Thomas Jenks and family of Kentucky visited relatives here.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Thomas Jenks
Kentucky
Bend community notes and business progress
Beat Of The Bend recalls locals among them ahead of the election. Happy Harvesters Class of the Federated Church led by Mrs. Phil Meinhart plans Christmas dinners. A new Bow ers restaurant on East Main Street nears opening. Meigs County Fair Secretary Frank H. Johnston reports 4015 membership tickets sold this year.
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Frank H. Johnston
Meigs County
Miss Ohio Jacquelyn Mayer Wins Miss America Title
Coverage notes Jacquelyn Mayer Miss Ohio capturing Miss America on Saturday night. Henry Ewing in Atlantic City predicted Miss Hawaii would win based on talent competition. Hawaii finished fourth runner-up. Bernice Ledlie serves as supervisor at Meigs Memorial Hospital nursing staff and earns praise. Gordon Caldwell launches hard campaign with a large sign on his yellow station wagon.
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Jacquelyn Mayer
Henry Ewing
Atlantic City
Henry
Miss Mayer
Ohio
Bernice Ledlie
New Meigs Memorial Hospital
Bernice
Gordon Caldwell
Gordon
Canoe-a-thon Teams Prepare at Apple Grove Dam
Participants will spend their first night at U. S. Dam 23 in Apple Grove. The arrival and subsequent departure will be logged as teams pass through our towns on Sunday in the same queue.
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U. S. Dam
Apple Grove
Middleport Personalities and Local Moves
Seaman Wayne Burton and family plan to settle in Newport Rhode Island after a traditional wartime duty tour. Families visit, enrollments, relocations and new jobs are noted across the Middleport area including students, church anniversaries, and local residence changes among Gibbons Clarke Konkright Jones and Byer households.
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Seaman Wayne Burton
Patricia Dodson
Steven
Christine
Newport
R. I
Burton
Arnold Dodson
Frieda Faehnle
Lena Mae Fels
Bainbridge
Mary Ann Case
Parkersburg
W. Va
Skyline Drive
Natural Bridge
Virginia
Wayne Gibbons
Evelyn
Hopkinsville
Bethel College
Miss Gibbons
Middleport High School
David Konkright
Raymon Konkright
Ironton
Ashland Refining Co
Middleport
Robert G. Clarke, Jr
Gregg
Columbus
Ind
Clothing Needed for Local School Boys
County attendance officer Otis Knopp asks residents to donate clothing for second third and fourth grade boys. Call the county superintendent of schools office WY 23883 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to arrange pickup or donation.
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Pomeroy
Otis Knopp
Marriage Licenses Granted for Mundry Powell and More
Sandra Sue Mundry 16 and Randall H. Powell 20 both of Reedsville received licenses along with Raymond Landers 35 and Ellenora Joan Salser 28 both of Pomeroy.
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Sandra Sue Mundry
Randall H. Powell
Reedsville
Raymond Landers
Ellenora Joan Salser
Pomeroy
Birth of William Todd Snowden at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Snowden announce the birth of a son named William Todd at Holzer Hospital on August 22. The couple also has a son Robert Lee and daughters Rosemary and Judith Lynn. Grandparents are Mrs Ethel Snowden and Mr and Mrs Drexall Lambert.
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Rutland
Robert Snowden
William Todd
Holzer Hospital
Robert Lee
Rosemary
Judith Lynn
Ethel Snowden
Drexall Lambert
Services Held For Mrs. Effie Hanning
Funeral services for former resident Mrs. Effie Hanning were held in Roseville on Friday with a large turnout. Attending were her son Wilbur Hanning and family, Donald and Ronald Hanning, Richard Goller, Mary E. Roush, Kathryn Werner, Mary Bailey, Letha Russell, Griff Russell, Thurman Carsey, Walter Grass, and Ruth Carsey of Waverly. Also noted a Middletown emergency call to Clifton West Virginia for Mrs. Shirley Ann Lewis and her year old baby at 5 38 a m with a Middletown physician summoned.
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Middleport
Effie Hanning
Roseville
Wilbur Hanning
Donald
Ronald
Richard Goller
Mary E. Roush
Kathryn Werner
Mary Bailey
Letha Russell
Griff Russell
Thurman Carsey
Walter Grass
Ruth Carsey
Waverly
Clifton
W. Va
Shirley Ann Lewis
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