Feeney Bennett Post Names Boys Staters
Feeney Bennett Post 128 American Legion selects Buckeye Boys State delegates and a nominating committee at Middleport meeting. Delegates Roger Roush Michael Morris and Ronald Hanning named. Hanning first alternate. Also votes to protest postal cuts and organize shelter house labor. Little League registration set. hospitalized veterans listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Buckeye Boys’ State
Feeney- Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Boys’ State
Ohio University
Roger Roush
Albert Roush
Michael Morris
William Morris
Ronald Hanning
Wilbur Hanning
Middleport High School
Henry Clatworthy
Don Roush
Emmett Barnhart
Post
Frank Murray
Cincinnati Veterans’ Hospital
John Kauff
Huntington
W. Va. Veterans Hospital
Herman Bailey
Meigs General Hospital
Women Give to Meigs County Cancer Society Fund
Loyal Women's Class of the Middleport Church of Christ contributed to the Meigs County unit of the American Cancer Society on Thursday night. Mrs. Oscar Roush chaired the meeting with devotions by Mrs. David Durst. Attendees included hospitalized members Mrs. Edgar Wolfe and Roscoe Satterfield. An attendance contest winner was announced and plans for a dinner for the men’s class were made with a committee named. Desserts were served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
American Cancer Society
Robert Reibel
William Reynolds
Roscoe Satterfield
Homer Jones
Ernest Lallance
Jones
Darst
Lena McElhinney
Wolfe
Minerva Childers
Auto Dealers Burnish Cars For Safe Driving Drive
Five area auto dealers will supply new cars for the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce safe driving road event. About 40 finalists, selected from county high schools, will participate in a four part driving course starting Sunday at 12 30 p m in the lower parking lot. Southern Local High School track team will hold a car wash Saturday at Bailey s Service Station Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Racine
Meigs County court fines for two drivers and local fire incident
In Meigs County Judge Frank W. Porter fined Jeb White twenty five dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace and Parker Chaney ten dollars plus costs for driving a vehicle without a muffler. Pomeroy firefighters battled a brush fire on Wyllis Hill. Isadore Bryant was taken to Meigs General Hospital after a fall at Modern Chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Frank W. Porter
Jeb White
Parker Chaney
Wyllis Hill
Isadore Bryant
Meigs General Hospital
Fire destroys home of Ward Coleman in Richland Twp
McARTHUR The five room frame dwelling on Bolan Road owned by Mr and Mrs Ward Coleman burned last week. Fire Chief Loyd Gill blamed faulty wiring and estimated losses at 5500 covered by insurance. Delays occurred due to a detour as Richland Twp firefighters responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Ward Coleman
Bolan Rd
Richland
Twp
Loyd Gill
Gill
Attorneys Admitted To Supreme Court In Washington
Fifty attorneys were admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in Washington D C. McArthur Vinton County Prosecuting Attorney John L Beckley and Meigs County Prosecutor Bernard Fultz were among them. Congressman Homer E Abele sponsored Beckley's admission. Beckley flew to Washington for the ceremony.
CBC Club Meeting at Reedsville Hosts Picnic Plans
Mr and Mrs Denver Weber entertained the CBC club at their home Saturday evening. Members planned a picnic for the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Denver Weber
CBC
Meigs County land transfers and quiet title suit filed
Meigs County records show Murl Douglas and Margaret Douglas transferring Lot 12 in Harrisonville to Robert L. and Sharon A. Jewell. Easement in Salem Two from Ernest C. Wright and Rosa L. M. Wright to Meigs County. J W Arbaugh and Ethel Arbaugh to Clyde and Mamie Headley. Gene and Mae Puckett to Frank and Kermit Puckett. Gerald O. Pullins and Clara K Pullings to Seldon and Aldine Baker. Pomeroy suit to quiet title filed by D Earl Cowan against Norah Hannigan and Sam Hannigan. In the same court a money suit from Bobby Cremeans against Martha Howell was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murl
Margaret Douglas
Robert L. Jewell
Sharon A. Jewell
Harrisonville
Ernest C. Wright
Rosalie M. Wright
Meigs County
Salem
J. W. Arbaugh
Ethel Arbaugh
Clyde Headley
Mamie Headley
Olive Two
Gene Puckett
Mae Puckett
Frank Puckett
Kermit Puckett
Gerald O. Pullins
Clara K. Pullings
Seldon Baker
Aldine Baker
Pomeroy
Bedford Two
D. Earl Cowan
Near Pomeroy
Norah Hannigan
Sam Hannigan
Cleveland, Tenn
Southern Local High School To Perform At County Festival
Pomeroy Mrs. Lee chooses Southern Local High School students to join county girls and mixed choruses for the vocal music festival at 8 p m Tuesday in Pomeroy Junior High School. Representatives include Sandra Adams Terry Bradford Robert Chancey and many others. Southern Local will present barbershop harmony with Roberta Kraeuter Judy Cozart and Terry Bradford and Jocelyn Taylor is the accompanist for the county girls chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lee Lee
Sandra Adams
Terry Bradford
Robert Chancey
Charles Cleland
Dixie Circle
Judy Cozart
Russell Cummins
Claudia Cunningham
Donna Dailey
Vernon Donahue
Tody Durst
Linda Eichinger
Bob Essington
Karen Furbee
James Hamm
Don Harden
Roberta Kraeuter
Larry Lewis
Linda Lipscomb
Bob McNickle
Jean Miller
Marsha Moran
Karen Nease
Clarice Norris
James Osler
Nancy Parker
Isabel Pickens
Donna Powell
Beverly Price
Susie Price
Gayle Rees
Faye Roush
Judy Sayre
Eleanor Schnider
Ellen Shuler
James Smith
Carol Teaford
Melvin van Meter
Cathy
Banquet Set for June 1 in Wilkesville
Wilkesville alumni plan their June 1 banquet under president Mrs. Betty Sayre. Howard Wells will show films and discuss his Russia trip. a memorial service is planned for Ray Strausbaugh, alumnus and teacher who died in September 1962. Committee chairs include program Mrs. Betty Penn decorations Mrs. Thelma Raines table decor Mrs. Dorothy Cray table favors Mrs. Mary Mae Cottrill menu Mrs. Madeline Wiseman nominating Mrs. Ralph Wiseman dance Clovis Strausbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Wilton-Wilkesville
Betty Sayre
Howard Wells
Russia
Ray Strausbaugh
Betty Penn
Thelma Raines
Dorothy Cray
Mary Mae Cottrill
Madeline Wiseman
Ralph Wiseman
Clovis Strausbaugh
Afternoon Circle Elects Officers at Heath Methodist Church
Miss Bess Sanborn was reelected president of the Afternoon Circle at Heath Methodist Church. New officers include Mrs. Norman Wayland as vice president, Mrs. Emerson Jones as secretary, and Mrs. M. L. French as treasurer. An installation is planned for the May luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bess Sanborn
Heath Methodist Church
Norman Wayland
Emerson Jones
M. L. French
McMaster
Miss Sanborn
Herbert
Perry Mitch
H. E. Cook
Carlin Keeler
Blood Bank Talks Meigs County Program At Pomeroy Meeting
Red Cross officials Edward Heffernan and Bertha Rice outlined Meigs County blood program at Pomeroy High School. They noted a 90 unit per visit threshold for success and reported 595 pints used since Oct 1961, leaving one blood credit. A bloodmobile is set for Monday at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
American Red Cross Blood Center
Huntington
Meigs County
Pomeroy Senior High School
Edward J. Heffernan
Tri-State
Bertha Rice
Irene Grueser
Pomeroy Junior High School
American Red Cross
Holzer Hospital
Meigs General
Meigs Memorial
Racine Legion Auxiliary Names Nominating Committee
Mrs Blanche Spencer Mrs Opal Diddle and Mrs Mary Roush were named to the nominating committee for the Ladies Auxiliary of Racine American Legion Post 602 at the post home. Plans were made to serve the Racine band on Memorial Day. Miss Carol Shain elected as second alternate to Girls State in Columbus. Activities conference for juniors set for Saturday at Jackson. Reports on Pan Americanism and child welfare given by Mrs Louise Stewart and Mrs Diddle. Past presidents meeting to be held Tuesday at Mrs Stewart's home in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Blanche Spencer
Opal Diddle
Mary Roush
Racine American Legion Post
Carol Shain
Columbus
Jackson
Louise Stewart
Diddle
Stewart
Athens
Voted Levies Boost Realty Tax in 1962 Half-Year
Vinton County Treasurer John Crow reports total realty tax collection for the first half of 1962 reached 288 726 23 compared with 282 220 20 in early 1961 due to levies. Richland Township led with 29 292 86 and McArthur Corporation followed at 34 286 04, ending the McArthur sewer assessment totaling 5 870 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
John Crow
Crow
Richland Twp
Mc-Arthur Corporation
Mc-Arthur
Meigs General Hospital Notes Names Listed
Meigs General Hospital notes include Sam Perry of Pomeroy Richard Folden of Middleport Reuben Swartz of Pomeroy Ruby Halliday and Ella Van Cooney referenced among patients or staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Perry
Pomeroy
Richard Folden
Middleport
Reuben Swartz
Ruby Halliday
Ella van Cooney
May Fellowship Day planned by Middleport church women
Middleport Women’s Association outlined the May Fellowship Day at the First United Presbyterian Church. The event on May 3 at Mount Moriah Baptist Church is sponsored by the Meigs County Council of United Church Women. Mrs. Sanborn led the meditation “The Lord Is My Shepherd” with deviations by Mrs. Shumaker and a foreign missions prayer by Miss Margaret Sauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Women’s Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Mount Moriah
Association
Susan Park
Sanborn
Edward Burkett
Emil Ball
Warren Davis
Kathryn Downing
Roscoe Fife
Kathryn Poindexter
Legion Dance Returns in Wilkesville Saturday Night
Wilkesville residents will see the Joseph Freeman Post American Legion resume its weekly dances this Saturday. The event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Legion Grove dance hall, a mile east of Wilkesville on Route 124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Joseph Freeman
American Legion
Legion Grove
Rt. 124
Middleport to install new postmaster and local shifts
Paul Casci, longtime Moore's Store manager in Pomeroy, will become Middleport postmaster Saturday after months of clearance. he takes over from acting postmaster Mrs. Maxine Allensworth. William David Watson succeeds Casci as Moore's Store manager. The town also celebrates Rio Grande College May Day royalty with Judy Sauer as queen and Sarah Hannigan as freshman representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul Casci
Brownell Ave
Moore’s
Pomeroy
Casci
Maxine Allensworth
William David Watson
Rio Grande College
Judy Sauer
Rodney Sauer
Sarah Hannigan
Thomas Hannigan
Miss Sauer
Judy
Sarah
Middleport High School
Pfc Nancy Hatcher Joins Paris Duty With Seventh Signal Battalion
Pfc Nancy L Hatcher, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Michael of Rock Street, was assigned to the Seventh Signal Battalion Headquarters in Paris France after completing six weeks of basic training at Fort McClelland Alabama and teletype switchboard work at Fort Gordon Georgia and Fort Ritchie Maryland. She spent 12 days on leave here before departing from McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey by jet for overseas duty. Her grandparents Mr and Mrs W W Bennett of Memphis Tennessee visited recently. A second notice reports the Middleport emergency squad responding to the Lewis Smith residence on Beech Street with Mrs Smith treated by a local physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Nancy Lee Hatcher
Oliver Michael
Rock St
Seventh Signal Battalion
Paris
France
Fort McClelland
Ala
Signal Corps
Fort Gordon
Fort Ritchie
Hatcher
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
W. W. Bennett
Memphis
Tenn
Michael
Pfc. Hatcher
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Feeney-Bennett Post Names
Boys Staters
Cmdr
Richard Pickens
Legion Recreation
Bailey Run Rd
State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Burnish Cars
Heloise
Heloise the Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Edwin Thomas
Cheshire
Gladys Zalman
Mt. Vernon
Helen Stewart
Ruth Eblin
Fhre
Lawrence Murphy
Keene, N. H
J. E. Harley
Murphy
Royal Oak
Mich
Keene
Clara Dilgard
Dearborn
Lakewood
Marvin Freeman
Freeman
Gail
Trudy Boleski
Germany
Dilgard
E. F. Maag
Bradford Maag
Council
POMEROY — _ Bosworth Council
R&sm
Temple
Alfred Crow
Pomeroy Chapter 186
Order of Eastern Star
Hartwell Card
Maude Grueser
Woman's Club
Olive Farm
Kgger Creek High School
Jays
Leon Jordan
Kenny Hysell
CBC Club
Sanborn’s
Sanborn Jewelry
Jeweler - Optometrist
Ohio
David & Lisa
Keir Dullea
Howard da Silva
David and Lisa
Sevcee
Paul M. Heller
Frank Perry
Eleanor Perry
Mark Lawrence
Continental Distributing, Inc
Time
Legion
Farmer's Bank
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bahr Clothiers
Bachner’s
Meigs Water Co
Charles Bing
Cleveland
Vivian Smith
John K. Smith
Bing
Vincent Dabo
Smith
Charleston
Baker Furniture
Betty Durst
Chievo
Ice Herbert Gilkey
S. Third St
Main
Third
Pfe Hatcher
Lewis Smith
Beech St
Dale Dutton
Middleport, Ohio
Safe Deposit Box
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Rutland
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