Cleanup Work Advances After Meigs Flood In Pomeroy
Pomeroy businesses clear mud and water from Main Street while workers replace heating systems and dry out stores. Fire crews struggle with pumps amid mud and debris as residents await repairs and Red Cross aid limits municipal use of equipment.
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Pomeroy
Main St
First
Second Ward
Upper Pomeroy
Olin Goodwin
Third Ward
Highway Department
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
Lynn
Charles Russell
Win
Dows
Red Cross
Stobart Dies at 39 in Pomeroy
Earl J. Stobart, 39, of Pomeroy, died Monday after a brief illness. Survived by wife Wilma, mother Maude, sister Frances Frye, and brothers Henry Columbus Oscar Senecaville and Charles Minersville. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. United Brethren Church Enterprise. burial Rocksprings Cemetery. Friends may call at Claire Grueser’s home from Wednesday noon until the funeral.
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Pomeroy
Earl J. Stobart
Wilma
Maude Stobart
Frances Frye
Bellaire
Henry
Columbus
Oscar
Senecaville
Charles
Minersville
United Brethren Church of Enterprise
Rocksprings
Claire Grueser
Absentee Voting Law Changes Pointed Out
Meigs County Elections Board clerk Albert Gloeckner urged absentee voters to read the ballots instructions carefully noting changes in the law. He said all absent and disabled voters’ ballots will be sent by special delivery.
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Pomeroy
Albert Gloeckner
Meigs County Elections Board
Library at Middleport To Be Open Thursday
The Middleport Public Library will open on Thursday. The basement used for Boy and Girl Scout meetings is unavailable this week due to dampness. Equipment and supplies have been moved and will be returned once rooms dry. The Scouts room will be redecorated by the Business and Professional Women's Club.
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Middleport
Business
Smalley Rites Set At Chester Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Billa Smalley are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Chester Methodist Church after a change from Racine Methodist Church. She died Saturday morning at a son's home, Emmett Smalley. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home Pomeroy until the cortege leaves.
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Racine
Billa Smalley
Chester Methodist Church
Racine Methodist Church
Mrs Jacobs Services To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jacobs, 86, who died Saturday, will be held in Palestine Saturday. Friends may call at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home until then. She moved to a Pomeroy rest home when flood waters threatened her son's home on S. Second Ave.
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Middleport
Mary Jacobs
Pomeroy
Palestine
Rawlings-Coats
General Hospital Notes and Dayton Visit Summary
Discharges include Pearl Ash George Shields Rob ert Cornell Jake Turner Victor Neutzling Robert Cunningham and several Mrs names. Admitted Stanley Swan for minor surgery Mrs E F Long medical and Mrs William Swain for childbirth. Dayton residents Mrs Garland Weaver and daughter Ann returned home after visiting relatives in Pomeroy.
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Pearl Ash
George Shields
Robert Cornell
Jake Turner
Victor Neutzling
Robert Cunningham
C. W. Vance
John Lyons, Jr
Hershel Rose
Helen Postelwaite
Rachael Edwards
Lenora’ Sigman
George Hix
Iva Powell
Stanley Swan
E. F. Long
William Swain
Dayton
Pomeroy
Garland Weaver
Ann
Missionary Society Meets at Hud son Street Home
Middleport gathering of Mount Moriah Church Missionary Society set for Thursday April 29 at the Hud son Street residence of Mrs Con Young. Event highlights local church outreach and community plans.
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Middleport
Mrs Earl Lama Rushed To Holzer Hospital
Mrs Earl Lama of Middleport was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Monday by an Ewing ambulance for treatment.
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Pomeroy
Earl Lama
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ewing Ambulance
Ihle fiftieth wedding anniversary open house held in Pomeroy
Mrs. Henry Ihle and husband celebrated their fifty years with an open house on Sunday April 11 in Pomeroy. About 42 relatives and friends attended including many Ihle children and grandchildren from Columbus Ravenna Cleveland Minersville Storys Run Pittsburgh and Bradford. A three tiered cake and flowers adorned the table as gifts were exchanged.
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Middleport
Norman Wayland
Norma
Charles
Wayland
Henry Ihle
Pomeroy
Ihle
T. J. Shannon
Cleveland
Olin Booth
Martha Ihle
John Custer
Gerald
Minersville
E. S. Beegle
Victor Genheimer
Columbus
Elmer Ihle
Story’s Run
Lawrence Hysell
Shirley
Norman
Ravenna
Homer Ihle
John Lightfoot
Charles White
Bradford
Frank Findling
Betty Hysell
Lester Milligan
Idles
Classes To Resume At Middleport Schools
Superintendent L. W. McComas announced Middleport public schools will reopen Thursday for the regular schedule after flood waters are pumped from basements. The Yellow Jacket baseball team was to play Wellston at 4 p.m. on Wahama diamond. The Junior-Senior banquet and dance proceed Friday night at the high school with a PTA committee serving.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Yellow Jacket
Wellston Golden Rockets
Wahama
Mason County
Parent
Presbyterian Church Meetings Scheduled in Middleport
Meetings at the First Presbyterian Church of Middleport proceed as planned this week. On Wednesday at 7 30 p m a session for Sunday School workers parents and others will hear about the new curriculum. The Women's Association gathers at 7 30 p m Thursday in the church.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church of
Irene McDowell
Educational Department of Presbyterian Churches
Women's Association
Mother and Daughters Arrive in Tokyo
Dr. Kathryn Poindexter reports her sister-in-law Mrs. Thomas Daniels and daughters Jean and Meriam have reached Tokyo. They joined Colonel Daniels, Dr. Poindexter’s brother, stationed there. Meriam, though ill, sat up to watch a two hour Army Day parade.
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Middleport
Kathryn Poindexter
Thomas Daniels
Jean
Meriam
Tokyo
Colonel Daniels
Poindexter
Smalley Funeral Rites To Be Held at Chester
Funeral services for Mrs. Billa Smalley will be held at the Chester Methodist Church at 2 p m Wednesday with burial in the Chester Cemetery. She died Saturday at her son Emmett’s Racine home.
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Smalley
Chester
Racine
Billa Smalley
Emmett
Chester Methodist Church
Racine Methodist Church
Combined Meeting Set By C of C Council
A combined dinner meeting of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council is scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Sacred Heart Church basement. Ohio University President John C. Baker will speak. There is no luncheon meeting on Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Sacred Heart Church
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Heath Methodist Class 12 Meeting Postponed
The April meeting of Heath Methodist Church Class No 12 is moved from this Wednesday night to next Wednesday April 28. The meeting will be held at the church.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Funeral Services Held for Fred Varner in Lottridge
Fred Varner died Monday at his home and funeral services were held Wednesday April 7 at the Lottridge EUB Church with Rev. Walter A. Frost officiating. Many relatives from Marion Columbus Athens Shade and other communities attended along with friends and neighbors.
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Fred Varner
Walter A. Frost
Lottridge Eub Church
Varner
Marion
Columbus
Athens
Shade
Guy White
Lillie Davis
L. H. Allen
John Archer
Naomi
C. M. Warner
Russell Archer
Albert Warner
Archer
Warner
Belpre
Tuppers Plains
Elizabeth Christy
Ira Robinson
Charles Robinson
Linda
Rollie
John Burritt
Barbara Dean
Carrie Gainer
Edward Blake
Eileen
Buford
Carl Gillilan
Rodger Lee
Bethel Ridge
Smith Newcomer Wedding in Charleston Attended by Families
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ihle Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wyatt Mrs. Olmer Frecker and Mrs. Gus Brechtel attended the wedding of Miss Della Mae Smith and Mr. M. R. Newcomer in Charleston. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Smith of Charleston and granddaughter of Mrs. Brechtel.
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Elmer Ihle
Eugene Wyatt
Olmer Frecker
Gus Brechtel
Della Mae Smith
M. R. Newcomer
Charleston
James F. Smith
Brechtel
Widdleport Personal Sightings During Flood Weekend
Widdleport residents share visits with relatives during the flood including George Daniels and son in Columbus with Dr Kathryn Poindexter, Lonnie Farley in Marietta with the Finks, and Jack Rothwell on leave from Rawlings Coats visiting Monroe home.
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Middleport
George Daniels
George, Jr
Columbus
Daniels
Kathryn Poindexter
S. Third Ave
Lonnie Farley
Marietta
Richard Fink
Judy
Jack Rothwell
Rawlings Coats
Monroe
George McDaniel
Denner Roush
Minersville
William Hubbard
Dayton
Harold Hubbard
Jack Wallace
Wisconsin
G. V. Wallace
Duke University
J. H. Grate
Gallipolis
William Belcher
AWOL Charges Faced By Two Defendants
Kenneth Grover Pomeroy of Syracuse and William H Harmon of Middleport were arrested before the flood and held at Meigs County Jail. They were moved to Fort Hayes Columbus by military authorities for being absent without leave from their posts.
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Pomeroy
Kenneth Grover
Syracuse
Meigs County
William H. Harmon
Middleport
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Middleport Cleans Streets After Flood Debris Sweep
Crews under village supervision flushed Middleport streets with water and cleared debris and mud from the 1948 flood. Fred Collins notes driftwood littered streets while residents say this mud is harder to remove than before. Water pressure was weak and some services shut off as telephone lines were restored. Local shops reopened and relief efforts continued with churches housing evacuees and a Red Cross aided food center run by J. J. Schmoll.
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E. M. Johnson
First Ward
Second Ward
Middleport
Fred Collins
Street Department
Liberty Theater
Ed Strauss
Robinson Dry Cleaners
Pomeroy
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