Evangelist Mel Dibble Draws Crowds in High School Crusade
Middleport crowds pack the High School Auditorium as Mel Dibble of Atlanta formerly with radio and TV ministry leads a Baptist crusade. His Dibble Evangelistic Team includes his mother and Frank Catanzaro. Rev Hoyt says meetings are open to all denominations and reflect a broader outreach beyond Baptists.
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Middleport
Pertecersh Survivas
Baptist Church
Mel Martin Dibble
Mel Martin
Down Port High School
Memory Lane
High School Gleen
The
Masons
Eastern Star
Fire Department
Mel Dibble
Atlanta
Iater George Dibble
Lost Tabernacle
Chicago
Clarke Conservatory
Philadelphia
Mel Dibbles
Billy Graham
Cincinnati
Dibble
Mel
American Baptist Convention
George Dibble
Billy Sunday
Los Angeles
Frank Catanzaro
Claremont Hoyt
First Baptist Church
Organist 98 Is Oldest In Nation
Viola Edwards returns from Columbus visiting sister Mrs. Lillie Gokey. Gokey works as nurse to Hartsel S. Mervin, America's oldest Hammond organist, who at 98 plays the organ an hour daily and performs on violin and mouth organ. Born in Zanesville, Mervin moved to Columbus at 17 and held roles from bookkeeper to cashier at New Pittsburgh Coal Co. He is a Methodist and Mason and attends Jet baseball games when able. Gokey says his health is tops.
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Middleport
Viola Edwards
Columbus
Lillie Gokey
Gokey
Hartsel S. Mervin
America
Mervin
E. Rich St
Mellvin
Hammond Times
Zanesville
New Pitttsburgh Coal Co
Home Leveled by Fire in Pomeroy
The Russell home on Route 7, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Russell, burned Wednesday afternoon. Fire Chief George Hicks said the loss was about 22 000 and started in a built in oven in the kitchen as Mrs Russell roast and left to do washing. She returned to find flames filling the kitchen and basement doorway.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Russell
George Hicks
Russell
Coolville
Delbert Spencer
Belpre
Pomeroy Department
Second Ward
Hicks
Grace Cards Observed In Local Eating Places
Grace cards were distributed to restaurants during Constitution Week by Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. An article notes the origins of the grace line from George Washington’s 1789 proclamation and references local details about a 1789 blaze connected to the Van Duyn family.
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Auddleport
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Coolville
Roy Ie
George Washington
Sponse
Hicks
Elias Pomeroy
Boudinot
Trious Boudinot
van Duyn
Jed
Paul French
Second Ave
Duyns
Antiquity Note on Local Residents
Richard Wolfe, recently injured at work, remains a patient at Holzer Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J E Foster, traveling home to Lake Worth Florida after a month in Columbus, stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck. Mrs. Esther Pickens visits granddaughter Mrs. Perry Smith in Columbus. Miss Sandra Adams of Letart Falls spent a night with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oval Diddle and Mrs. Frank Buck.
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Richard Wolfe
Holzer Hospital
J. E. Foster
Lake Worth
Pla
Columbus
Frank Buck
Esther Pickens
Perry Smith
Sandra Adams
Letart Falls
Oval Diddle
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Turner in Columbus
Local relatives traveled to Columbus Wednesday for the funeral of Mrs Bertha Turner 34 who died Sunday. Survivors include her husband Ben Turner and four children. Other attendees named include Mr and Mrs Charles Turner Mrs Hattie Woodard Aaron Turner Mrs Della Cleland Joe Turner Mrs Dorothy Park and Mrs Opal Priddy.
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Middleport
Columbus
Bertha Turner
Charles’ Turner
Hattie Woodard
Aaron Turner
Della Cleland
Joe Turner
Dorothy Park
Opal Priddy
Turner
Ben Turner
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Fr Man
Coats Servers
Kiostins — Coney & Persians
Pomeroy Ohio
Grace
Schmoll
Fed
Hursday
Becky
2Nd Ave
Moore
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Reile
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