Middleport cuts two city positions as austerity continues
Middleport Village Council on a one month trial reduced staff effective May 1 including mayor's secretary and dump attendant, cut patrols to half time, and ended sick leave vacation and uniform allowance. A two mill utility levy is planned for November to fund village operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Hoeflich
Middleport
Middleport Planning Commission
Betty Durst Mankin
Don Young
Robert Watkins
Police Department
Gene Grate
Lee Smith
Gibbons
Man Harris
Board of Appeals
Oho River Valley Sanitation Commission
Cincinnati
Smith
Commission
Pomeroy Village
Middleport Park Commission
Robert Craig
Robert Hartenbach
George Logan
Meigs County
Meigs County 4-H Officers Elected and News of Clubs
Meigs County 4 H clubs report March 1964 officer elections and activities. Beverly Price heads the Ideal Club with Paula Sayre and Lin dy Yost as officers. Clubs including Snip n Sew and River view announce projects, demonstrations, and new names or officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Livestock
Roy Holter
Dick Sterrett
Beatles
Holter
Ideal Club
Beverly Price
Paula Sayre
Lindy Yost
Charleen Ward
Joyce Ritchie
Judy Sayre
Susie Price
Sandra Sayre
Ruth Ebersbach
Mary Frances
Susan Heaton
Pomeroy Benders
Blakeslee
G. R. Thompson
Harrisonville
Harrisonville Grange Hall
Frank Epple
Virgil Atkins
Kenneth Carsey
Allan Gibson
Ray Alkire
Earl Wood
Kenneth Hartley
Robert Reeves
Rocksprings Busy Bees
Maria Grueser
Kathy Abbott
Sherrie Blackston
Connie Radford
Mary Lou Radford
Betty Leonard
Lottie Leonard
Don Smith
Nease Settlement Cloverettes
Betty Johnson
Annabell Houdashelt
Evelyn Houson
Mrs. Johnson
Karen Grueser
Annette Warner
Debbie Johnson
Debbie Norris
Five Point Star Studies
Chester Elementary School
Pat Holter
Blood drive at Pomeroy Junior High raises 85 pints
In Pomeroy Meigs County the bloodmobile collected 85 pints for the American Red Cross with 54 donors giving to replace blood and 19 first time donors. Notables include Lawrence Ward Ritchie Dixon and Vaughan as gallon to six gallon donors. Nurses supervisors students and volunteers supported the drive at the high school with local business and school backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Red Cross
Lawrence E. Ward
Robert Ritchie
Herbert Dixon
Leo Vaughan
Mary Fick
Nora Eason
Patricia Jones
Pearl Poulin
H. M. Broocks
Alfred Grange
Garland Caldwell
Clifton Stout
Aaron Zahl
Mary Nease
Jean Nease
Joyce Hoback
Mary Ellen Miller
Barbara Coates
Mary Hamm
Martha Mayer
Lula Hampton
Edwina Scott
Girl Crazy staged by Pomeroy seniors
Girl Crazy a straight play version of the musical comedy will be presented by seniors of Pomeroy High School at 8 p m Friday in the junior high school auditorium Roles of the play built around a dude ranch are taken by Don Mayer John Strauss Kenny Lawhorn Bob Buck Lance Hart Allen Swartz Frank Titus Alita Carpenter Judy Folmer Linda Cramer Louanna Leonard Louella Thompson Hilda Hart Jane Baer Jennifer Crew David Baker Keith Whaley and Alfred Sisson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Don Mayer
John Strauss
Kenny Lawhorn
Bob Buck
Lance Hart
Allen Swartz
Frank Titus
Alita Carpenter
Judy Folmer
Linda Cramer
Louanna Leonard
Louella Thompson
Hilda Hart
Jane Baer
Jennifer Crew
David Baker
Keith Whaley
Alfred Sisson
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Linda Weaver of Syracuse and Robert Sayre of Pomeroy admitted. Cuba Little Larry Schwab Linda Weaver and Selby Williams discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Weaver
Syracuse
Robert Sayre
Pomeroy
Cuba Little
Iarry Schwab
Selby Williams
Roush Receives Second Good Conduct Medal
Middleport Army Staff Sergeant William L. Roush son of Mr and Mrs L L Roush 39 Rutland Street Middleport was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for the second time on April 6 He serves with the Support Command U S Army Air Defense School at Fort Bliss Texas A 1953 graduate of Pomeroy High School he attended Ohio University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William L. Roush
L. L Roush
Rutland St
U. S. Army Air Defense School
Fort Bliss
Rex
Roush
Pomeroy High School
Ohio University
Five Pledges Given Ritual Of Jewels
Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held at Mrs A R Knight home. Five pledges Marty McCoy Beverly Perrin Lois Moore Patty Hindy Ina Meadows received ritual from officers Lucy Amsbury Dorothy Amberger Lee Seyler and Mary Carolyn Wiley. Corsage to Mrs Knight. May 13 style show and card party planned at Pomeroy Junior High. Gail Hovatter leads event. Recipes books to be sold. Reports due May 5. State Issue No One letters prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
Pomeroy Junior High School
Gail Hovatter
Ways and Means
Caravan to Columbus Draws Local Support for Route 33
Olan Genheimer of Columbus, a former Meigs County resident, sent a $100 check to George Hobstetter, finance chairman, praising the horse-drawn caravan to Columbus. The effort backs a new Route 33 between Pomeroy and Athens and the passing of State Bond Issue One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Olan Genheimer
Meigs County
Olan
Pomeroy
Athens
George Hobstetter
Genheimer
Middleport Personals and local notes highlight social visits
Mrs Homer E Cook is confined to Gallipolis Clinic after a fall. Local residents and visitors attended church, theatre and family dinners in Middleport and nearby towns. Highlights include graduates and friends from Athens Ada and Columbus, a shoe show in Charleston, a Bible school conference, upcoming surgeries, election site changes, and a Route 33 curve contest entry window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer E. Cook
Gallipolis
J. E. Harley
Holly Martin
Middleport
Margaret Davis
Athens
Springfield
John Harley
Ann
Frances
L. D. Diles
William Diles
George Anderson
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Christine Coats
Gay Gardner
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Robert Coats
Marshall Phillips
Bruce Lloyd
Geneseo Shoe Co
Charleston
W. Va
John Fornash
Bart Fultz
Chillicothe
Bernard Fultz
Heath Methodist Church
C. F. Tompkins
John Werry
Pomeroy
St. Anthony Hospital
Gordo. Wolfe
Freda Watkins
Fostoria
Mrs Dixon's Rites Held in Atlanta and Pomeroy
Relatives here report the death of Mrs. William Patrick Dixon in Washington DC. She was the second daughter of Mr and Mrs George Crary of Atlanta and funeral services were held there. Survived by husband a lieutenant at Quantico Marine Base two sisters Gail and Mrs Fred Reeser Jr a brother George Jr and grandmothers Mrs J E Goss and Mrs Mart Crary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Patrick Dixon
Dixon
George Crary
Atlanta
Washington, D.C
Crary
Quantico Marine Base
Fred Reeser, Jr
Villenova
Gail
George, Jr
J. E. Goss
Mart Crary
Police Cue Driver After W Main Crash
Pomeroy reports show two vehicles damaged in a Sunday W Main Street wreck. A parked car owned by Richard Lucas of Rutland was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Charles Sinclair of Chester. Sinclair faces Mayor Legar on reckless operation charges. Point Pleasant notes Arbor Hall, a barber and City Council member, is a patient at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. Main St
Richard Lucas
Rutland
Charles Sinclair
Chester
Sinclair
Charles Legar
Point Pleasant
Arlin Hall
Viand St
Holzer Hospital
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the Messenger
Planning Commission
John Zerkle
Carroll W. Hill
Moore
Council
Nation
Earl Smith
H. C. Ewing
Herbert Gilkey
Athens Messenger
Union ST
Athens, Ohio
Charles W. Wolford
Woodbriar Dr
Patti Ann
John E. Thomas
Edgar F. Thomas
Miss Wolford
John Deere Co
East Moline
Meigs County 4-H Club News
Cathy Chichester
Riverview
4-H Club
Linda Brown
Nola Meyers
Sandra Newtun
Linda Price
Shirley Drake
Patty Dorst
Jean Whitehead
Margaret Brown
Pauline Myers
Salem Center
Kate Roush
Linda Shenefield
Kay Wright
Diana Holliday
Pat Wright
Sheryl Johnson
Debra Turner
Dixie Roush
Marie Turner
Rex Shenefield
Wide Awake
McComas
Watson
Gail Buck
Chuck Bartels
Jack Stanley
Franklin Rizer
Jeffrey Howell
Jeff Folmer
Meigs General Hospital
Lila Mitch
Martha Eschleman
Ina Meadows
Barbara Riggs
Meigs Mountains
Mrs. Eschleman
Anna Marie Morrison
Amsbury
Marshall
Marshall University
John M. Sayre
Sayre
Rizer Oil Co
Ula Matlack
Route 7
Ula
Jay Myers
Deaconess Hospital
Straight St
Pratt
N. Second
Old Park St
Meigs County Board of Elections
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio Valley
Don Quisenberry
Pomeroy and Middleport
W. Main
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