Pomeroy Council Sees Absentee Appointment and Quorum Clash
Village politics in Pomeroy reach a fever pitch as Mayor Delmar Canaday appoints Dwight Parker to replace the absent Dale Smith, claiming automatic resignation after three missed meetings while council members fail to attend. The event follows court petitions against the mayor and a pay dispute with police, with a crowd present and tensions high at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Parker
Council
Smith
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Dale Smith
Canaday
Ted Downie
Holliesteen
Court Street
Meigs County
Mayor Canada
City Hall
Parker
Big End Reel
Pomeroy Firemen's Association
Middleport
Albert Groeckner
Loeckner
Gloeckner
Bomeroy Ward
Roy C. Betzing
Wayne Swisher
Edward Lohn
E. F. Robinson
Ralph G. Spencer
Charles Legar
Lezar
Robinson
Spencer
Sidney T Russell
Frank Vroman
Walter Bunce
David O. Jenkins
Joe Young
Ijr
Wayne Gibbons
L. R. Wiley
H. K Woodgerd
Jacob Turner Jean Lama
Charles Muray
Board of Elections
Reedsville Tops Quota in Red Cross Drive
POMEROY Meigs County still lagging with about 2600 collected of an 6808 goal in the annual Red Cross drive. Reedsville leads the county as the first to go over the top and report to the local chapter. Grace Pickens was the sole solicitor in the community. The drive, planned to end March 31, was extended to April 15 due to general lag. Mail gifts to the American Red Cross Chapter in Pomeroy if not contacted.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Red Cross
Reedsville
Grace Pickens
American Red Cross
Troe Hendrix
Middleport
Meigs County Law Library Association
Middleport Center, Inc
Lindsey L. Lyons
Second Street
Meigs County Cancer Society Drive Opens This Week
Meigs County Cancer Society annual fundraising drive starts this week led by county president Mrs. Guy Reynolds. Mrs. Homer J. Russell heads the drive with volunteers including Mrs. Cedric Clark Middleport Mrs. W. A. Smith Pomeroy Lucille Smith Chester Reedsville Vinas Lee Racine and others urged to give generously.
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Middleport
Meigs County Cancer Society
Guy Reynolds
Meigs
Homer J. Russell
Cedric Clark
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
Lucille Smith
Chester-Reedsville
Vinas Lee
Racine
4-H Club Camping Plans To Be Made
Meigs County plans for a 4 H Club camping session this summer will be discussed at a planning meeting in the county extension office at . p m. C E Blakeslee Meigs County agricultural agent announced the session is open to 4 H Council extension service and home demonstration representatives and 4 H Club members and leaders. Financing and the camping program will be the main topics.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
P.m
C. E. Blakeslee
4-H
4-H Club
Blakeslee
Meigs Spelling Bee Moves to High School Auditorium
The annual Meigs County spelling bee shifts from the county courtroom to the Pomeroy Senior High School auditorium at 8 p m on Wednesday. Superintendent O Patterson cited courtroom painting and redecorating as the reason for the move.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
O. ©. Patterson
Meigs County
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples
Joseph Postlewait 52 and Marie Archer 49 both of Robert Casto 22 Middleport and Wilma Jean Priddy 17 Rutland. William Charles Smith 27 Pome C and Norma Jean Hayman 27 lg.
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Pomeroy
Joseph Postlewait
Marie Archer
Middleport
Robert Casto
Wilma Jean Priddy
Rutland
William Charles Smith
Pome C
Norma Jean Hayman
Red Cross Thanks County Donors After Record Blood Drive
Meigs County blood drive on March 26 drew 122 pints from 163 donors, surpassing the 100 pint quota for the Red Cross bloodmobile visit the first since April 1951. Lists donors by town including Pomeroy Middport Rutland Rock Springs and others, with recruitment for two upcoming visits May 22 and May 6 announced.
Denney kinship birthday dinner in Coalton and area guests
Pomeroy residents Earl and Mrs. Denney join Mise Betty Dempsky and Junior Denney in Connton for a birthday dinner honoring twin brothers Alonzo and Lee Denney. Attendees include relatives from Wellston Columbus Rio Grande Parkersburg Glouster and others visiting Coalton and Sattis. The celebration also honors Mrs. Odetta Pericetti and Mrs. Alex Downie’s 101st birthday.
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Pomeroy
Earl Denney
Mise Betty Dempsky
Junior Denney
Connton
Alonzo Denney
Lee Denney
Ros Tomilson
Coalton
Albert Mees
Gallipolis
James T. Trip
Hamden
Virginia Miller
Arthur Lambert
Homer Denney
Lois Dickerson
Wellston
James Dickerson
Richard Lott
Columbus
Frank Denney
Rio Grande
Earnest Lynch
Vavay
Ind
Douglas Gidford
Rose Marie
Letha Lucille
Scott
Clint Gidford
Logan
Glouster
Mary Ellen Tomilson
Paul McBride
Claudia
Mr. McBride
Parkersburg
Clarence Struble
Danny
Janet
Sue
Joseph Struble
Otto Nes
C. E. Downie
Downie
Alex Downie
Sattis
W. Va
Down
Dexter Star Garden Club Holds Meeting at Bolen Home
The Star Garden Club met at Winnie Bolen's home with 14 members present. Mildred Jeffers led the business session, Louise Mec Laughlin directed the program featuring readings by Nellie Nelson and J E Radekin, and a tree-planting centennial commemoration letter was read. Ice cream and cake were served to 46 guests including Mrs. Ralph Turner and Mrs. Max Bolen, with Donna Jean Bolen assisting. The next gathering will be at Mrs Mittie Nelson's Wilkesville residence.
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Ralph Turner
Max Bolen
Donna Jean
Vivian Bolen
Linda Wogan
Mittie Nelson
Wilkesville
Winding Trail Garden Club Meeting Planned at Canterbury Home
POMEROY residents note the Winding Trail Garden Club will gather Thursday at Mrs. Harry Canterbury's Nye Avenue residence. Members should bring a guest, and prizes will be awarded during the social hour’s games.
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Pomeroy
Winding Trail Garden Club
Harry Canterbury
Nye Avenue
Sacred Heart Guild to Meet Thursday Evening
The Sacred Heart Guild will hold a meeting Thursday evening in the church auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Sacred Heart Guild
Church Auditorium
Pomeroy Personalities Return Home from Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ebershach and Miss Olga Perrotti returned to Columbus Sunday after spending time away.
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Robert Ebershach
Olga Perrotti
Columbus
Southeastern Ohio Broiler Producers Meet in Pomeroy
The Southeastern Ohio Broiler Producers Association will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in Pomeroy City Hall. President FE Wingett says committee reports will include the Chicken of Tomorrow sponsorship. A special speaker will discuss Success or Failure in the Broiler Business.
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Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio Broiler Producers Association
Pomeroy City Hall
A. Wingett
Broiler
Wingett
Green Divorce Granted by Meigs County Court
Judge Cedric W. Clark grants Walter L. Green a divorce from Alease Green on charges of willful absence in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Pomeroy
Walter L. Green
Alease Green
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas
Meigs Dairy Board Plans Mobile Testing Unit Visit
The Meigs Dairy Service Unit board met to set a mobile testing unit visit for April 27 to conduct milk ring tests for bangs disease. They also scheduled the April 16 production testing analysis and heard reports from Cris Smith and Critt Bradford Jr. Attending were Clark Idle Charles Theiss Roy Holter Wilbur Parker Earl Dean and C. E. Blakeslee.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs Dairy Service Unit Board of Directors
County Extension Service Office
Cris Smith
Critt Bradford, Jr
Clark Idle
Charles Theiss
Roy Holter
Wilbur Parker
Earl Dean
C. E. Blakeslee
Bone Hollow Road Name Sparks Middleport Debate
Middleport village council discussed proposed housing site on Bone Hollow Road and debated naming options. Residents opposed Bone Hollow as undignified and considered Lovers Lane Hill Crest Drive and General Forsythe Road, given local history and landscape.
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Middleport
Bone Hollow
Lovers Lane
Hillcrest Drive
Boosters Meet Thursday at Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy High School band boosters will hold a meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the senior high school building.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Gideons Plan Two-County Rally in Athens Meigs
Harold Gerber Ohio Gideons chaplain will speak at a Saturday banquet in the Federated Church Athens for an Athens Meigs rally. Freeland Norris will lead singing. The following day Gideons visit county churches to explain Bible placements in hotels clinics hospitals schools and jails and to present testimonies to boys entering military service. The Athens camp will assist and a local camp may form.
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Pomeroy
Harold Gerber
Ohio
Gideons
Federated Church
Glenroy H. Ewing
Ewing
Christian Fellowship of Song
Meigs County
Gideon
Freeland Norris
Racine
Boscabel
Wisc
Right of Way Offered for Middleport Housing Project
Middleport Village Council discussed a land right of way and land donation to back a proposed housing project. Garen Stansbury offered cooperation and collateral land, while the council coordinates with the Chamber of Commerce FHA and insurers. The meeting approved road name changes and began pool and dump-odor remedies.
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Middleport
Middleport Village
Sidney T. Russell
Charles Murray
Jean Lama
Garen Stansbury
Bone Hollow
Council
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
FHA
Insurance Company
Stansbury
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Jones
Colleen Waddell
Joneses
Jones
Hillcrest Drive
Hubert Pullen
Pomeroy
Pearl Jewell
Tom Edwards
R. C McCoy
Russell Bailey
B&b Cab Company
Bailey
Dowling Construction Co
Columbus & Southern Electric Company
Easter Dinner Hosts Helper Hoyt Family Visit Columbus
Middleport reports Rev. Clare mont E. Hoyt pastor of First Baptist Church and his family dined Easter Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Permalee. Mrs. Hoyt will spend three days in Columbus with daughter Josephine and her guest while Miss Hoyt attends Ohio State University.
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Middleport
Claremont E. Hoyt
First Baptist Church
Familly
B. F. Permalee
Hoyt
Columbus
Josephine
Miss Hoyt
Ohio State University
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Models, Inc
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Missouri
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Soap Savings & Loan CO
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Pomeroy, Ohio
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