Meigs Hospital Plan Outlined At Jaycees Meeting
Meigs County officials and the Jaycees presented a $500000 bond proposal for a new Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital to serve about 25000 people in Meigs, Vinton, and Wilkesville. The plan calls for a 40 bed hospital, site at Talbott Middleport, and existing funds totaling 680000 with no federal aid required.
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National Integrated Hospital
Division of Hospital Facilities
State of Ohio
Meigs County
Athens
Marietta
Parkersburg
Gallipolis
Meigs General Hospital
Ohio Hospital
Talbott
Middleport
Vinton
Wilkesville
Knight
William Childs
The
Jaycees
Wheeling Men Nabbed In Wild Police Chase
Two Wheeling men William H. White and Joseph White were arrested after a high speed chase on Route 124. Officials fired about 15 rounds at the tires of a dual-wheeled truck carrying about 100 bushels of corn they allegedly stole from residences in Long Bottom and Portland.
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Pomeroy
Wheeling
W. Va
Long
Reedsville
Long Bottom
Portland
W. N. Swain
Swain
William H. White
Joseph White
Mail Delivery Expands to 62 New Homes in Pomeroy
Pomeroy postmaster Albert Russell announced that 62 additional homes will receive mail delivery starting Oct 1 if plans proceed. Areas likely to gain service include Breezy Heights, Kerr Street, and Cave Street. Residents must install mailboxes near the highway and register at the local post office before deliveries begin.
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Pomeroy
Albert Russell
Breezy Heights
Kerr St
Cave St
Russell
School Lunch Program Workshop Is Planned
POMEROY The annual school lunch program workshop will be held at Salisbury Consolidated Elementary School. County Superintendent O O Patterson announced the event at 4 p.m. next Tuesday. State supervisor Wade Pash of Columbus will conduct the workshop. Principals and cooks from schools with the lunch program are invited to attend.
OU Extension Class Starts Thursday in Pomeroy
The Ohio University Extension Class on Studies of Children begins Thursday Oct. 1 at 6 30 p m in Room 14 at Pomeroy High School. The course meets weekly for 15 weeks and offers three semester hours of credit.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University Extension
Pomeroy High School
Bake Sale Saturday for Bradbury Church basement repair
The Martha Class and Homebuilders Class of Bradbury Church of Christ will hold a bake sale Saturday from 9 a.m. at Tri Luster Cleaners on Mill Street. Proceeds go to the church basement repair fund.
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Middleport
Martha
Bradbury
Visitors At Hocking County Fair Provide Wide Local Turnout
A long list of local residents from Gore Webb Summit New Straitsville and nearby communities attended the Hocking County Fair. Families from Logan Maysville Sugar Grove and Enterprise joined in the event. Hosts Frances Sater and Ralph Cook celebrated birthdays on Sept 28 with their son Louis.
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Oreville
Hocking County Fair
Ralph Cook
Kenneth
Bob Angle
New Straitsville
J. E. Harmon
Charles Donaldson
Ethel Murphy
Rose Marie
Ray Cook
Francis Sater
Mary
Erma
Carolyn
Shirley
Near Gore
Hal Saunders
Roy Venetta
Ruth
Wilma St. Clair
Logan
William Hansel
Westerville
Henry McManus
Howard Miller
Frank Dupler
Carl Engle
Joel
Emma Kate Mathias
Fay Blosser
Bessie Disbennett
Enterprise
Richard Mowrey
Everett Mowrey
William Jacques
Sugar Grove
Dick Dye
Greendale
Howard Nelson
Terry
Charlene
Jane Weaver
Orlandeth
Seber Lehman
Harold Carpenter
William Tucker
Gore
Carl Hartman
Scotts Creek
Vivian Thompson
James Lemon
Meade Lemon
Maysville
Frances Sater
Homer Mason
Webb Summit
Harry Lehman
Near Maysville
Louise Mason
Louis
Band Boosters Rummage Sale Set for N Second Ave Location
Sale location named Middleport the room once home to White's and Karr's Grocery Store on N Second Ave owned by H N Swift will host the Band Boosters rummage sale on Thursday Friday and Saturday. This is the boosters third money raising project this late summer and early fall. Committee in charge includes Mrs Dulcie Young Mrs G F Bailey Mrs Eber Lewis and Mrs Emerson Jones.
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Middleport
White's
Karr
N. Second Ave
H. N. Swift
Boosters
Dulcie Young
G. F. Bailey
Eber Lewis
Emerson Jones
Meigs Woman Featured in Columbus Paper Spotlight
Margaret Davis O Donnell of Middleport and Columbus, wife of Ray O Donnell, former assistant U S attorney general, appears in a Columbus feature with photo and article. A mother of three, she donors blood 25 times and serves Elizabethan Guild supporting the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor, living at 2548 Sherwood Rd., Columbus.
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Middleport
Ray O’donnell
Margaret Davis
Columbus
U. S
W. G. Davis
Davis
O’donnell
James
William
Robert A. Bell
Margaret Davis O’donnell
Elizabethan Guild
Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor
License Plate Charge Filed
Middleport resident James R. Miller faced two $50 fines and costs for changing cars but not plates after appearing before Mayor Sidney T. Russell who suspended $25 on each count. Other Middleport defendants William Lee and George Russell faced $15 and costs for intoxication. Rutland’s George H. Kennedy paid $5 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign in a State Highway Patrol case. Dexter’s Junior H. Keller changed to guilty on unsafe operation and paid $10 and costs. James N. VanCooney was released on $50 bond and must appear Saturday at 10 am for a hearing.
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Middleport
James R. Miller
Sidney T. Russell
Russell
William Lee
George Russell
George H. Kennedy
Rutland
Junior H. Keller
Dexter
James N. VanCooney
Pastor Gardener Speaks At Middleport Men’s Group
Fred I. Gardner returned to Middleport Church of Christ and spoke to the Heath Methodist Church group on the Right of Way with text Seek Ye First His Kingdom. He urged Jesus be given priority in life and noted conversion and constructive effort as results. Rev. L. A. Bangerter also addressed the group as dessert was served.
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Middleport
Fred I. Gardner
L. A. Bangerter
Grange Installation Ceremony Scheduled
A joint Grange installation for all Meigs County grange officers is set for 8 p.m. Saturday at the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium. A Gallia County youth team will perform the installing, led by Paul Northup. All Meigs granges are invited to install their 1954 officer-elects and the public is welcome. attendees should bring sandwiches and donuts for refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallia County
Paul Northup
Grange
Hemlock Grove Visitors Share Weekend at Local Homes
Residents in Hemlock Grove hosted and visited relatives from Nelsonville Columbus Dayton Point Pleasant and West Virginia including Mr and Mrs Avery Nelson Mrs Harold Witham Mrs Nancy Rawlings and Ethel Ann with multiple social calls and weekend gatherings among local families.
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Harter Schell
Dayton
George Heines
Bert Romine
Gene
Porter Midkiff
Everett Bissell
Point Pleasant
Silas Taylor
Hunter and Taylor
West Virginia
Ziba Midkiff
Cecil
Robert Hawk
Avery Nelson
Mary Rawlings
Charles Levering
Coolville
R. V. Heilman
Bunker Hill
Dorcas Circle rolls bandages for overseas missions
Members of the Dorcas Circle at First Baptist Church met to roll bandages for Baptist mission hospitals abroad. They cut and wound cotton, plan to send a clothing box to Mrs. Charlotte Gaedigk and her daughter in Berlin, part of the Overseas Christian Friendliness project.
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Middleport
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Baptist Mission
Charlotte Gaedigk
Harzerstrasse
Berlin
Baptist Missionary Society
B. F. Parmalee
Parmalee
Charles Bennett
C. E. Hoyt
Beulah White Durst
Pearl Hoffman
John Seines
David Sneller
Milton Hood
Clifford Hayes
Will Haptonstall
Pythian Sisters club meets at Mrs Lowe home
The Staff and Officers Club of the Pythian Sisters met Monday evening at Mrs. William Lowe's home with Mrs. Homer Jones assisting. President Mrs. John Mayer opened by reading Edgar Guest's Autumn. They discussed fund-raising and tax stamp collection by Mrs. M. R. Sanborn. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Otho Watts, Mrs. Cash Bahr, Mrs. George Childs, Mrs. Homer Kennedy, and the traveling prize to Mrs. David Bahr.
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Middleport
Pythian Sisters
William Lowe
Homer Jones
John Mayer
Edgar
M. R. Sanborn
Otho Watts
Cash Bahr
George Childs
DAR Invited To Two Events In Ohio
Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter invites DAR members to two fall events. A charter presentation by the Gallipolis SAR chapter will feature speaker Louis A. Ridgway at a pre dinner at Farmers Hotel. Reservations go to H. H. Bratt. A joint meeting at Ohio University Speech Building on October 24 includes Nabby Lee Ames and Elizabeth Zane Dew chapters and runs 2:30 to 5 p.m.
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Middleport
lInvitations
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Gallipolis
Farmer's Hotel
Louis A
Speech Building
Ohio
Universiy
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Nelsonville
Nabby Lee Ames
Athens
Mayor Sidney Russell Celebrates Birthday With Family Dinner
In MIDDLEPORT, Mayor Sidney T. Russell was honored with a family dinner at the Russell cottage in Dexter on Sunday for his birthday. Observances continue with a planned Tuesday evening gathering, including his mother Mrs. Maida Russell and other relatives at the Mill Street home.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Russell Cottage
Dexter
Maida Russell
Mill St
Russell
Alfred Roush
Maida
Karl Klees
Betty
Raymond
Ruth Ann
Johnny
Johnny; the Russells
Richard Hayth
Myrna Russell
Band Tag Day Planned by Pomeroy High School Band
POMEROY The annual tag day to raise funds for the Pomeroy High School marching band will be held this Saturday. Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth leads the Band Boosters as president and Mrs. Joe Raub serves as general chair for solicitors among a list including Hattie Woodard Russell Brown Fred Blaetmar Theo Smith Wayne Swisher Phil lip Meier Dr Kenneth Amsbury Mrs Clifford Ebersbach Mrs Howard Cecil and Mrs Ralph Graves.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Gerald Wildermuth
Joe Raub
Hattie Woodard
Russell Brown
Fred Blaetmar
Theo Smith
Wayne Swisher
Phillip Meier
Kenneth Amsbury
Clifford Ebersbach
Howard Cecil
Ralph Graves
Forfeit Bonds Reported in City Court
Two men failed to appear before Mayor Delmar A. Canaday and forfeited bonds. Phillip Powell of near Chester posted $25 on intoxication. Harry LeMaster of Steubenville posted $15 on a speeding charge.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Phillip Powell
Chester
Harry LeMaster
Steubenville
Local Sorority Chooses New Social Director in Ohio Chapter
Mrs. Edison Hobstetter was named social director of the Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority at a meeting held at the DAV Hall. Mrs. Ralph Welker serves as president. Thomas Rue announced a rushing party on Oct. 6 and read the new pledges. Freddie Houdashelt spoke on maximizing library use. Hostesses were Dorothy Clark, Mildred Wells and Houdashelt.
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Middleport
Edison Hobstetter
Ohio
Local residents host family visits and travel updates
Mr and Mrs Bertram Payne and daughters Lucy and Rodney of Charleston visited Mrs Payne’s grandparents Mr and Mrs John B g Sunday. Mrs Paul Kautz and Barbara of Columbus visited Mrs Maggie Pickens and son Richard. Pickens ill. Kautz returned to Columbus after visiting parents Wendell and Kautz in Pomeroy. Tommy Baker, son of Mr and Mrs John Baker, returned to kindergarten after a throat infection. Mrs Charles Ludwig of Cuyahoga Falls visits her mother Mrs George Reynolds. Mrs James McDonald and daughter Judith were taken home to Pittsburgh by her brother Rev Howard E Ruppelt. they had visited Miss Phyllis and Elizabeth Joachim and stayed with Charleston friends. Rev Ruppelt, Mr and Mrs Clyde Kessinger of Akron visited Beecher Kessinger’s parents in town. L D Hartinger went with Bill Fink to visit cousins John Cunningham in Buffalo W Va and Mrs Bertha Dixon in Coon Creek W Va over the weekend. Mrs Carrie Boyles of N Third Ave underwent surgery at Meigs General Hospital. Mrs Robert Reed and two sons moving from Pomeroy to 619 Pearl St Bush property. Fielding Hawkins leaves for LaGrange IL for diesel engine plant instruction. Hawkins is a relief supervisor at NY Central roundhouse Hobson. Guests of Miss Lois Cecil Sunday were Mr and Mrs W L Heston and Mrs Max Heston of Vienna W V.
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Bertram Payne
Lucy
Rodney
Charleston
Payne
John B. G
Paul Kautz
Barbara
Columbus
Maggie Pickens
Richard
Pickens
Kautz
Wendell Kautz
Pomeroy
Tommy Baker
John Baker
Charles Ludwig
Cuyahoga Falls
George Reynolds
James McDonald
Judith
Pittsburgh
Howard E. Ruppelt
Phyllis
Elizabeth Joachim
W. Va
Carrie Boyles
Talbott
N. Third Ave
Meigs General Hospital
Robert Reed
Bush
Pearl St
Fielding Hawkins
LaGrange
Deisel
Hawkins
New York Central Roundhouse
Hobson
Lois Cecil
Beech St
W. L. Heston
Max Heston
Vienna
Property Is Sold By Oiler Family In Middleport
In Middleport Rev. and Mrs. George Oiler sold their Locust and Pearl property to Mr. and Mrs. John Fultz and moved to Point Pleasant where he preaches. The Fultzes and their daughter plan to relocate from the Tannehill apartment on S Second Ave. Also moving are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gibbs Jr. with children Gloria June and Jeffrey to the Carl Brannan property on Main St from the Gibbses’ former residence with Mrs. Gibbs’ parents on N Second Ave after leaving the apartment above the Yellow Jacket Club on S Third Ave which they operated.
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Middleport
George Oiler
Locust and Pearl
John Fultz
Point Pleasant
Oiler
Fultzes
Tannehill
S. Second Ave
Ralph Gibbs Jr
Gloria June
Jeffrey
Carl Brannan
Main St
Gibbses
Gibbs
George Childs
N. Second Ave
Yellow Jacket Club
S. Third Ave
Dance Festival Set for November Fourteenth in Pomeroy
The second annual mid-Ohio Valley Dance Festival will take place November 14 at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium with an afternoon workshop and evening dancing. Ohio ballad singer Anne Grimes will perform Ohio folk songs. Sponsors include Paw n Taw Square Dance Club 4 H Meigs County Junior Leadership Gallia Marietta College and the Mid-Ohio Valley Callers Club.
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Pomeroy
Anne Grimes
Ohio
Meigs County
Junior Leadership Club
Gallia County
Marietta College
Mid-Ohio Valley
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Meigs Hospital
Dan Carmichael
Carmichael
Howard
Mullen
Fe, 2Nd St
Goodwin Printing Co
Casto Lumber CO
S. 3Rd Middleport
RADIO
Harry A. Miller
Main
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Bing Crosby
Jane Wyman
Ethel Barrymore
Mysterious Cowboy
Aml
Dickie
Sanforset
Arrow Sports
Meigs Woman
Hemlock Grove
CAS Tvet Ks
Meigs
Pier Angels
Kirk Douglas
Farley Granger
Leslie Caron
Ricky Nelson
Dream Wife
Cary Grant
Deborah Kerr
Walter Pidgeon
Buddy Baer Betta St. John
Middleport Social Notes
DAR
Lon Chaney
Jean Parker
Dead Man's Eyes
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Lex Barker
K $ Pharmacy
Elberfelds
Dale Dutton
Dutton Drug Company
Greyhound Bus Station
Middleport, Ohio
Holland
Rowley
Reed
Hopalong Cassidy
Becky
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