Unionport Chapter News Today

STEUBENVILLE — Morrill Worcester had more wreaths than he needed at his tree farm in 1992. Because of his indebtedness to fallen soldiers, he decided to send

Urban Mission to hold bash Aug. 17 STEUBENVILLE — Urban Mission Ministries will hold its annual Back-to-School Bash from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 17 in the Se

WOOSTER — Nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) is proud to announce its Mobile Education Exhibit’s national tour will be arriving in Ohio this May thanks to support from Meijer.

-- Contributed Four organizations each received checks for $736.25 as part of the Unionport Chapter No. 360 Order of the Eastern Star’s sponsorship of Wreaths Across America observances held in December at six cemeteries in Jefferson County that were first-time registrants in 2020. Those cemeteries were Pine Run, Unionport, Bloomingdale, Shaffer Cemetery in McIntyre and Mount Moriah Cemetery in Wayne Township and East Springfield Cemetery in Salem Township. Because the OES chapter was a spons...

Bloomingdale Mayor Dave Gaffney, right, was master of ceremonies at Bloomingdale Cemetery. -- Contributed UNIONPORT — While there were a number of area cemeteries among the locations for Wreaths Across America ceremonies, five cemeteries in Wayne Township and one in Salem Township were first-time participants on Dec. 19. “Our communities had a beautiful day with a lot of volunteers,” commented Le’Ann Gibbons, worthy matron of Unionport Chapter No. 360 Order of the Eastern Star, who coor...