Eastern School Board Defends Need for Bond Issue
The Eastern Local Board of Education defends a $376,000 bond vote amid criticism and handbills urging a no vote. It refutes claims, outlines site plans for Reedsville Long Bottom, Olive Orange, Chester and Tupplers areas, and explains a November 8 seven mill operating levy replacing prior bonds.
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Eastern School Board
Pomeroy
New Easton
Eastern Local Board of Education
Committee For Better
Eastern
Division of
The
Industrial Commission
Reedsville
Olive Orange
Central
Olive-Orange
Centrel
Combs
Tuppers Plains
Racer Upsets in Powder Puff Race at Claybanks Speedway
Mary Zimmerman of New Marshfield was injured when her car overturned during a powder puff race while attempting to move into first. Ann Legg of Point Pleasant won the feature, Eva Nickles of Greasy Ridge placed third with Zimmerman finishing second. The show heat winners were Gene Shuman and Guy Hysell, Delbert Lynch. Fast heat victors included Larry Brown and Bob Nickles with Bob Veney third. A back-up race saw Kenny Sinclair win and Lynch second. Doril Morrow won the Australian pursuit with Leo Saunders and Marshall Miller in second and third. Bob Rhodes won the slow feature, with Elvin Legg and Lynch in second and third. Brown, Morrow, and Saunders topped the fast feature.
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Mary Zimmerman
New Marshfield
Bob Veney
Pomerey
Kenny Sinclair
Marietta
Lynch
Doril Morrow
Vincent
Leo Saunders
Greasy Ridge
Marshall Miller
Columbus
Bob Rhodes
Patersburg
Elvin Legg
Point Pleasant
Brown, Morrow and Saunders
Middleport Loyal Women plan church supper event
Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ hosts a covered dish supper at the Middleport church starting at 6 p.m. Business and a program follow the meal hour.
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Middleport
Loyal Women's Class
Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Women to Meet at Mme Branch Fleming Home
Middleport church groups plan weekly gathering with Group 1 of the Woman's Association meeting tonight at Pearl Street home of Mrs Branch Fleming and Mrs William Morris as co hostesses. The association will also meet at the church Thursday with Mrs Dwight Wallace presiding.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Woman's Association
Branch Fleming
Pearl St
William Morris
Dwight Wallace
Knopp home hosts Middleport family reunion
A Middleport reunion was held Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Allen Knopp’s home. Dinner guests included their daughters and families: Mrs. William Swisher, the Vogelsongs with Melina Ann of Ironton, Mrs. Harold Jones of Minersville, Frank Titus and sons Frank Allen Stephan and Robert Bruce from Pomeroy, and Mr. and Mrs. John Fultz with Anita Marie of Middleport.
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Middleport
Allen Knopp
William Swisher
Harold Vogelsong
Melina Ann
Ironton
Harold Jones
Minersville
Frank Titus
Frank Allen
Stephan
Robert Bruce
Pomeroy
John Fultz
Anita Marie
Mid- Heport
Middleport MYF Attends Officers Training at Grace Church
Middleport youths gathered at Grace Methodist Church Sunday afternoon for officer training. Rev. Louis A. Bangerter, the church pastor and Meigs County MYF chairman, led the session with Kenneth Murray and members Edward Lee McComas, Robert Hennesy, Roger Covert, John Ketchka, George Hibbs, Juanita Bangerter, Cherole Blake, Sue Knight, Nancy Roller, Mary Carolyn Miller, Vera Covert, and Shirley Roush in attendance.
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Middleport
Officers Training School
Grace Methdist
Middleport Youth Fellowship
Louis A. Bangerter
Meigs County
MYF
Kenneth Murray
Edward Lee McComas
Robert ¥. Hennesy
Roger Covert
John Ketchka
George Hibbs
Juanita Bangerter
Cherole Blake
Sue Knight
Nancy Roller
Mary Carolyn Miller
Vera Covert
Shirley Roush
Heath Methodist Church Class 2 Circle Resumes Meeting
The class will meet Wednesday at 8 pm at the Heath Methodist Church. Mrs. Glenn Lambert will preside and all church women are invited to attend the first post summer meeting. A special program will be announced at the session.
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Middleport
Circle of Heath Methodist Church
Glenn Lambert
Farewell party planned for Mrs Wilson by Jolly Bunch
Tonight at the home of Mrs L D Diles the Jolly Bunch Sewing Club hosts a farewell party for Mrs J E Wilson who departs Tuesday for a new home in Springfield Mr and Mrs Wilson have sold property on Beech Street to the Francises of Masonem and will join relatives in Springfield Mrs Wilson will work for the Federal Housing Administration Assistant hostess is Mrs Herbert
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Middleport
L. D. Diles
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
J. E. Wilson
Springffiled
Wilsons
Beech St
Francises
Masonem
Springfield
Wilson
Federal Housing Administration
T'S
Herbert
Mrs O E McKinley Recovering After Surgery
Mrs. O E McKinley is convalescing following surgery at the Mason Clinic.
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O. E. McKinley
Mason Clinic
Community Institute Dates Set for Meigs County
Meigs County officers fixed tentative dates for six annual community institutes during a Saturday meeting in the county courthouse. Led by Karl Kautz, institutes are slated for Chester November 10 Hemlock Grove November 11 Rock Springs November 15 Long Bottom November 16 Salem Center November 17 and Dyesville November 19 with a follow up meeting to confirm permanence and choose speakers.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Karl Kautz
Chester
Hemlock Grove
Rock Springs
Long Bottom
Salem Center
Dyesville
Alabama Uses Law To Keep Segregation
Andalusia Ala a new placement law to preserve segregated schools was used for the first time Friday to disqualify a 6 year old boy from attending a white school. Covington County Board of Education cited the act to exclude the son of a white farm wife and a Negro father from the grammar school in Gantt Ala where the mother tried to enroll him.
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Andalusia
Ala
Alabama
Covington County
Guests Entertained in Corning by Mr and Mrs Quinn
Mr and Mrs Fred Quinn entertained guests including Mrs Arch Mingus of Glouster Route 3, Mr and Mrs William Mingus and son Lewis of Columbus, Mr and Mrs Martin Barnett of East Fulham Ohio and Mrs Martin Taylor of Corning for a social gathering.
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Corning
Fred Quinn
Arch Mingus
Glouster Route 3
William Mingus
Lewis
Colmbus
Martin Barnett
East Fultenham
Ohio
Martin Taylor
Salisbury PTA Pomeroy Meeting Planned for Tuesday
The Salisbury PTA will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the school. Members are to bring either sandwiches or cookies to the meeting.
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Pomeroy
Salisbury Pta
Eiher
Five Day Parking Meters Yield in Middleport
Chief of Police Russell Bailey reports Middleport parking meters brought in 177 dollars and 25 cents during the past five day week. The figure reflects local civic revenue and municipal handling of meter proceeds.
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Middleport
Russell Bailey
Schools Mark Constitution Observance in Meigs County
Meigs County schools plan Constitution Week observance September 17 to 23 with enhanced history classes flag ceremonies and informal patriotic programs. Daughters of the American Revolution via regent Mrs. Dale Dutton reports broad enthusiasm from schools and village officials endorse flag flying all week.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Dale Dutton
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
DAP
DAR
Gertrude Carraway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP Women Pick Delegates
Meigs County Republican Women’s Club named delegates Mrs. Peggy Carpenter and Miss Jessie Sanders and alternates Mrs. William Woodard and Mrs. J. E. D. Hartinger for the state federation meeting in Columbus on Sept 29 and 30. President Della Windsor will also attend. luncheon plans were set for a future date and expanded at the Oct 8 meeting.
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Pomeroy
State Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Columbus
Meigs County
Republican Women's Club
Peggy Carpenter
Jessie Sanders
William Woodard
J. E. D. Hartinger
Della Windsor
Pomeroy Social Notes Officers Installed at WCTU Event
Pomeroy Chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted the Meigs Chapter at the United Methodist Church as officers for the year were installed. Miss Margaret Sauer led reports and announced a state meeting in Ashtabula from Oct 20 to 24. The gathering featured prayers, musical offerings, and a county and national progress review including 200000 pounds of clothing distributed and new driving safety signs.
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Pomero
Pomeroy
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Meigs
United Methodist Church
J. H. Stephenson
Margaret Sauer
Miss Sauer
Robert Styers
Fred I. Gardner
Middleport Church of Christ
Lillian Steiff
Conroys Return After Week With Dodson Family
Mrs Eroll Conroy and son Hugh Philip travel back to Akron after visiting Mrs Conroy s mother in law Mrs B A Dodson. Mr and Mrs Erroll Conroy of Plattsburg N Y spent a weekend with Mrs Dodson, also Mrs Dodson s home.
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Eroll Conroy
Hugh Philip
Akron
Vacation replacements named for village offices
Mrs Truman Russell is filling in at the mayor’s office during Mrs L F Schoenleb’s vacation. Also on leave is Franklin D Hudson acting chief of police.
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Pomeroy
Truman Russell
E. F. Robinson
L. F Schoenleb
Franklin D. Hudson
Holliday's Honey Boy shines at three county fairs
Holliday's Honey Boy earned champion honors at the Jackson Fair, Athens Fair, and Canton No 8 Show, marking a standout display across Meigs County events and boosting the exhibitor's reputation in junior livestock circles.
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Honey Boy
Jackson Fair
Athens Fair
Canton
Meigs
Middleport Gas Rate Talk Meets Tonight Over Franchise
Frank Phillips of The Ohio Fuel Gas Company and Middleport village council plan a 7 30 p m discussion on canceling the present gas franchise and setting new rates. The company argues a rate increase is needed to avoid losses, while council leans to keeping the contract until 1958 with talks to renew terms possibly at the end. Citizens plan to attend the open meeting.
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Middleport
Frank Phillips
Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Pany
Phillips
87 Year Old Teacher Takes Clifton Principal Job
Dean E. O. Saunders, an 87-year-old Meigs County retired teacher, has become principal of the Clifton grade school and will teach sixth through eighth grades. He previously taught in Kenova and Ashland, joins Clifton amid a teacher shortage, brings 20 Bible copies for students, and commutes daily from Route 33 Journey's End.
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Pomeroy
Dean E. O. Saunders
Meigs County
Clifton
Dean Saunders
Kenova
Ashland
Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Clifton School
Sunken Barge Raised In Five Day Project
Five days and a salvage crew raised a sunken barge loaded with 900 tons of coal at the Middleport Coal Company dock. The H. A. Carpenter Company of St. Marys handled the operation with a staged method including an empty barge, pumping, and tethering. Estimated salvage cost was about $2000 with divers earning $60 daily. A hole near the rake end likely caused the sinking about seven feet below the top of the 11 foot high vessel.
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Middleport
Middleport Coal Company
Low
H. A. Carpenter Company
St. Marys
W. Va
Shearer and Sons Co
Philip Spern
Boys Govern Senior Class at Middleport High
Middleport High School elected four boys to lead the senior class with Kenneth Murray as president, Robert McKinney as vice president, James Mourning as secretary, and James Van Cooney as treasurer. Other classes also named officers for the year per superintendent L. W. McComas, including juniors and sophomores with a mix of presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and executive officers.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Kenneth Murray
Robert McKinney
James Mourning
James van Cooney
L. W. McComas
Stephen Coats
Bruce Bradford
Carolyn Sowards
Kenneth Lewis
Richard Hovatter
Robert Coats Hospitalized After Heart Attack in Middleport
Middleport funeral director Robert Coats was taken to Holzer Hospital after a Sunday heart attack. He serves as president of the Middleport Board of Education and as a civic leader, having recently purchased the Lyons building for remodeling plans.
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Middleport
Robert Coats
Holzer Hospital
Coats
Mr. Coats
Lyons
Ohio University Extension Meet Set in Pomeroy
Ohio University extension class holds a second meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Pomeroy Senior High School auditorium. The subject is The Living World or Practical Design Workshop 160 C. Graduates invited to attend extension work.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University Extension
Pomeroy Senior High
Davy Sent To His Home In Middleport After Gun Incident
Reports say a man resembling Davy Crockett wandered Middleport streets on Saturday night with a shotgun. Police found him near a hardware store, he rode home in a cab, saying the gun broke en route and he was shown its mechanism by store employees.
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Middleport
Davy Crockett
Emergency squad called to Langsville home
The emergency squad was summoned to the Riggs residence in Langsville on Saturday afternoon when a man became ill. He received treatment from a physician at the scene.
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Ana
Middleport
Riggs
Langsville
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