Frolics Acknowledges Hoeflich As New Director In 1952 Finale
The 1952 Meigs County Farm Bureau Frolics in Middleport and Pomeroy closed with a rousing finale spotlighting the Stars and Stripes as Bob Hoeflich earned praise as a full fledged director. Assistants Mrs. F Whitney Ingraham and Danny Thompson led musical numbers with the Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus and a dynamic minstrel act. The curtain call honored Hoeflich with a $25 gift certificate as interludes praised cast members and participating communities.
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Pomeroy
Stars and Stripes
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Middleport
Umew
Bend
Bob Hoeflich
Hoeflich
F. Whitney Ingraham
Ouo
Blue Moon
Ted Wildermuth
Bob Morris
Danny Thompson
Virgil Brown
Gerald Powell
Larry Birch
Shirley Beegle
Saralyn Harmon
Lila Sue Terrell
Carolyn Christy
Rita Beegle
Jean Joachim
Virginia Windon
Donna Holter
Circle
Vernon Weber
James Lochary
Russell Rupp
Old Man River
James Carnahan
Brian Simpson
Lowell Salser
Joe Thoren
Kermit Epple
Junior Salser
Victor Wolfe
Farm Bureau
Goldie Anderson
Evelyn Murray
Bernice Winn
Fern Gaul
Frankie McKelvey
Mattie Circle
Jo Ann Webb
Dorothea Salser
Alice Epple
Isabelle Carnahan
Rosemary Rose
Ada Holter
Pauline Atkins
Emma Salser
Bonnie Theiss
Donna van Meter
Wildermuth
Marilyn Turner
Rutland High School
Evelyn Cleland
Racine
Sandra Kay Ingraham
Joe
Judy Jacobs
John Beaver
Don Anderson
Max Ward
Eugene Buckley
Mrs. Ingraham
Howard Mullen
Paul Sayre
Bill McKelvey
Sacred Heart Church
Episcopal Church
Liberty Theater
Pomeroy Motor Co
Louis Reibel
Henry Ewing
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
Jean Ashley
Birthday Party for Becky Allensworth in Park
A merry go round cake and striped tent poles highlighted Becky's birthday party in the park on Thursday. Guests included Becky's playmates and many adults from the Allensworth and nearby families, with Mrs. Frank Wilson hosting the next gathering in two weeks.
Ninth anniversary of P. M. Club observed at Farmers Hotel
Middleport members marked the Ninth anniversary of the P. M. Club with a Wednesday dinner and canasta at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis. Autumn decor graced tables. favors of pastel cookie cutters filled with mints and prizes were prepared by Mrs. Lewis Sauer Jr Mrs. William Hobstetter and Mrs. Ralph Welker. Prize awards were given to Mrs.
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Middleport
P. M. Club
Farmers Hotel
Gallipolis
Lewis Sauer, Jr
William Hobstetter
Ralph Welker
Band Activity Meeting At Racine High School
Band activities and instrument demonstrations will be discussed at Racine High School at 8 p m Monday. Mrs Richard Lee band director says the meeting aims to boost participation by children in band activities and invites parents and students from Syracuse Letart Falls Portland and Racine schools to attend.
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Pomeroy
Racine High School
Richard Lee
Lee
Syracuse
Letart Falls
Portland
Racine
Cowboy theme marks third birthday for Sauer son
A cowboy themed third birthday party for George Lewis Sauer Jr. was held Monday at the Sauer home on Brownell Avenue. Prize winners included John Cluff and Stephanie Pullen among a gathering that also listed Ann E. Wilson Becky Allensworth Stephen Pullen Rodney Sauer Jr John and Sam Hood Arthur and David Casci Jon J. Guinther of Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Florence Bush
Becky Allensworth
Becky
Marion Allensworth
Shelter House
Virginia Fife
Sue Rue
Johnny Allensworth
Stephen McCullough
Stephen Hindy
Melvin Swisher
Carla
Edgar Allensworth
Robert Allensworth
Harvey Allensworth
Harley Swisher
Milton Hood
Hubert Mace
William Ohlinger
C. H. Wise
Ruth Wise
Tom Rue
Remo Nieri
Kalad Hindy
del Fife
Kitty Lowe
F. M. Cluff
James Pullen
Frank Wilson
Viola McCullough
Marguerite Durst
C. M. Owens
Frank Heavilin
Tom Mankin
Pomeroy
George Lewis Sauer
Lewis Sauer
Brownell Ave
John Cluff
Stephanie Pullen
Ann E. Wilson
Stephen Pullen
Rod‘ney Sauer, Jr
John and
Sam Hood
Arthur
David Casci
Jon J. Guinther
Middleport Church Schedules for Sunday Worships
Multiple Middleport churches publish their service times sermons and programs. Nazare ne Church led by Robert Styers offers morning and evening services with sermons on the White Stone and Call of the Master. Christ Church and others list worship times, youth groups, choir rehearsals, and a united Bible observance with Dr. W Henry Shillington as guest speaker.
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Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
White Stone
Church OF Christ — Wert
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
MYF
Meigs
Gallia
Jackson
First Baptist
Claremont
Southern Cross
Church of Christ
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Westminster Fellowship
Ruby Yeanger
Nancy Rawlings
Syracuse Presbyterian
Conference Set For Saturday At Morning Star Church
The quarterly conference of the EUB church will be held Saturday at 7 30 p m at Morning Star church with Dr C M Bowman presiding Officers and all interested persons from Enterprise Morning Star and Cat churches are invited to attend
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Pomeroy
EUB Church
Morning Star
C. M. Bowman
Enterprise
Cat Churches
Pastor to Discuss New Bible Version in Meigs County
Rev W Henry Shillington executive secretary of the Ohio Council of Churches will explain the significance of the Revised Standard Version at a 7 30 Sunday service at the Middleport Church of Christ Meigs County. The event is part of nationwide observances ahead of the September 30 official release.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
W. Henry Shillington
Ohio Council of Churches
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
National Council of Churches
Pomeroy Church Listings Highlight Local Services
Broad schedule of Sunday school times preaching and special services across many churches in Pomeroy and surrounding towns. Notable events include Bethany Homecoming rededication and Union services at Syracuse with talks by visiting pastors and local ministers.
Pomeroy Youth Class Holds Halloween Party Plans
Pomeroy Young People's Class of the Keno Church met at Glenna and James Stout's home Sunday afternoon with nineteen members and three guests present. The next meeting will be a Halloween party at Dorothy and Lloyd King's home on Oct. 25. Ice cream was served.
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Pomeroy
Keno Church
Glenna
James Stout
Dorothy
Lloyd King
Hobstetter To Speak At West Virginia Banking School
Hobstetter, president of Pomeroy National Bank and vice president of the Ohio Bankers Association, will lecture on agricultural credit at the West Virginia School of Banking in Jackson’s Mill, West Virginia, sponsored by the West Virginia Bankers Association, early in October.
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Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Ohio Bankers Association
West Virginia School of Banking
West Virginia Bankers Association
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
New Hours Listed For Draft Office
Pomeroy announces new hours for the selective service office. Starting Monday September 28 it will operate Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with Saturdays closed all day.
Napper son serves aboard USS Myles C. Fox in NATO mission
Mr and Mrs Laurence Napper announce their son Laurence Napper is serving aboard the destroyer USS Myles C. Fox in the North Atlantic as U S Naval forces take part in a NATO operation and has landed in Scotland.
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Pomeroy
Laurence Napper
Laurence
Myles C. Fox
North Atlantic
U. S
Scotland
Office Hours Set by SSA Official in Portsmouth
Elliott P. Goslee field representative of the Ports mouth Ohio SSA office will hold regular office hours at Portsmouth City Hall from 10 30 to 6 on Wednesday October 1.
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Pomeroy
Elliott P. Goslee
Portsmouth, Ohio
The
Social Security Administration
Pomeroy City Hall
Middleport EMTs tend to man at Letart scene
Emergency squad of the Middleport Volunteer Fire Company rendered first aid to Thomas Haymen at Letart Thursday morning. He was transported to Meigs General Hospital for treatment.
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Middleport
State Lands Village Books After Audit
Middleport Village officers receive a favorable state audit praising Mayor Sidney T. Russell and Treasurer Jean Lama for full compliance with monthly report filings and a balanced ledger. The report commends complete Mayor’s Court records, careful record keeping, and ready reference files for inspection.
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Middleport
Middleport Village
Sidney T. Russell
Russell
Jean Lama
Damage Suit Is Filed Here POMEROY MEIGS COUNTY
Three suits filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court allege negligence and unlawful operation of a motor vehicle. Russell Little sues Everett Jacks for 250 dollars after an August 9 accident on Route 124 near Rutland. Ruth Hersman seeks a divorce from Ruth Herman for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Ava Brick Co. sues H A Cole Lumber Co Inc H A Cole and Aneita M Cole for 300 dollars on a cognovit note.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Russell Little
Everett Jacks
Rutland
Ruth E. Hersman
Ruth E. Herman
Ava Brick Co
H. A. Cole Lumber Co., Inc
H. A. Cole and
Aneita M. Cole
Engineers Cite Defects in Ohio Telephone Exchanges
Columbus engineers reported defects at 129 of 138 Ohio exchanges operated by Ohio General Telephone Co. The state utilities commission heard requests for a rate increase yielding 1.326 million dollars annually across 60 counties. Company attorneys challenged including service complaints in the rate hearing, but the chair overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio General Telephone Co
Ohio
Commission
State Utilities Commission
Robert Moulton
Council Head Attends Phone Rate Hearings
Middleport council president Frank Vroman attended Public Utilities Commission hearings in Columbus on proposed General Telephone Association rate increases. He represented Middleport stakeholders and reported alleged service deficiencies.
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Middleport
Frank Vroman
Council
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
General Telephone Association
Vroman
Daughter Jo Ann Soltisz Born in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soltisz Jr announce the birth of a daughter Jo Ann born September 23 in Middleport. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of Middleport and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soltisz of Columbus.
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Middleport
Joseph Soltisz, Jr
Jo Ann
William Smith
Joseph Soltisz
Columbus
Polio Cases Reported in Meigs County and Gallipolis
The Meigs County Health Department reported at least seven polio cases with a possible eighth from Gallipolis. Victims include Michael Carleton a two year old from Syracuse and Garry Wayne Stivers a three year old from Pomeroy. Both were diagnosed as polio and moved to Columbus hospitals.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Michael Carleton
Syracuse
Henry Carleton
Garry Wayne Stivers
John Stivers
Spring St
Carleton
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Health Department
Carroll Richard Stewart Hobson
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Middleport Declares National Business Women's Week
Mayor Sidney T. Russell proclaims September 28 to October 4, 1952 as National Business Women's Week in Middleport. Citizens are urged to cooperate with the BPW Club as they observe the week with the theme The Ram parts We Build. Members will attend church services Sunday morning. Mrs. Allen Jenkinson chairs the planning committee and Mrs. Ralph Pratt leads the local observation.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
BPW Club
America
Middleport Bpw Club
Allen Jenkinson
Ralph Pratt
KUB Conference Set For Tuppers Plains
POMEROY The first local conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of the Tuppers Plains charge will be held at the Tuppers Plains Church at 7 30 p m Sunday evening. Dr C M Bowman conference superintendent of Westerville will be in charge. The Rev Walter A Frost invites all members to attend due to its importance in starting a new conference year.
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Pomeroy
Evangelical United Brethren Church of the
Tuppers Plains
Lottridge
South Bethel
C. M. Bowman
Westerville
Walter A. Frost
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Richard D. DeWitt
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Letart
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J. Leslie Kunze
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Middleport Church of Christ
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Women's Guild
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Robert Martin
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