Mayor Breaks Deadlock On Coal-Loading Letter
Middleport Mayor Sidney Russell cast the deciding vote to write a government engineers letter, opposing Konitz Coal Co. extending piling on the Bosworth property near Pearl St. to block Middleport Coal and Dock Co. loading operations. Reports say the two firms sought permits. council had allowed docks and conveyors and awaits further review.
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Middleport
Sidney Russell
Middleport Coal and Dock Co
Ee Ie
Horton Brown
Harold Chase
John Zerkle
David Jenkins
Russell
Jenking
Konitz Coal Co
C. W. Ward
Swisher
G. W. Wallace
Coronet and Ward
Kouitz Coal Co
Ward
Locust St
State Highway Department
Assessed Valuation Up 20 Percent in County Over Year
Property tax values rise from 1948 to 1949 with Point Pleasant adding about half a million in value. Total county valuation increases from 19,493,995 to 23,686,530, driven by returns from Philip Sporn power station and nonresidential holdings across districts including Arbuckle Clendenin Graham and New Haven.
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Point Pleasant
C. F. Buckle
Philip Sporn
Public Service Corporation
Arbuckle
Clendenin
Henderson
Cologne
Leon
Cooper
Graham
New Haven
Hartford
Hannan
Lewis
Lewis District
North Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Independent
Robinson
Union
Waggener
Mason City
Independent School District
Teaching Staff Adjusted at Middleport High School
Middleport board of education completed staffing last night with William Maize of Columbus hired as high school science teacher. Carl Boyer resigned after a brief tenure and will take a similar post in Bedford. Janitors Hubbard Bowers and Grogan re employed, coal quotations authorized, Citizens National Bank named school funds depository.
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Middleport
Board of Education
William Maize
Columbus
Carl Boyer
Bedford
Maize
Ohio State University
Harold Hubbard
Howard Bowers
Frank Grogan
L. W. McComas
Citizens National Bank
Tax Levy Explained CentraL Local levy debated by Walburn
Pomeroy county official Charles Walburn explains a three mill tax levy in the Central Local school district election. He says passage will cut district taxes by a half mill next year as existing levies expire and notes the impact on state school aid. If approved the district gains 120000 in aid but pays 25000 in taxes. rejection yields no aid.
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Pomeroy
Charles Walburn
Walburn
Central Local
Births and hospital admissions at Point Clinic
Mrs K F Ridenaur of Letart admitted as medical patient while Claude Leonard of Middleport discharged. A son named Ernest Eugene Cook born July 29 at the Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs Richard E Cook of Apple Grove. Robert Earl Lee of Point Pleasant Route 2 admitted. baby named Wayne Lozelle.
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Point Pleasant
K. F. Ridenaur
Letart
Point Clinic
Claude Leonard
Middleport
Richard E. Cook
Apple Grove
Ernest Eugene
Robert Earl Lee
Wayne Lozelle
Mutual Home Savings Association Financial Figures
Financial figures show balances and totals for Mutual Home Savings Association. The data includes multiple account values, totals in dollars, and reference numbers.
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Mutual Home & Savings Association
Mrs Earl Shank Apple Grove Reporter Linked to War Veterans
Correspondent Mrs Earl Shank of Apple Grove area writes for The Messenger. She is wife of the lock master at Ohio River Dam No 23. Born in West Virginia she spent most of life in Meigs County, taught school 10 years. Her husband and two sons are war veterans. Robert was a bomber pilot in World War II and later stationed in Spokane with his wife and three children. Scott served in the signal corps and works in Racine. Earl Shank spent 11 years at Lock No 21 Portand and 34 years in Ohio River service, 18 at Apple Grove. Mrs Shank remains active in church activities.
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Earl Shank
Apple Grove
Ohio River Dam No. 23
Shank
West Virginia
Liverpool District
Ravenswood
Mr. Shank
Henderson
United States
Robert
Air Force
Spokane
Wash
Scott
Signal Corps
Racine
Portland
Ohio River Service
Cole Rites Are Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Mae Cole 78 who died at her home near Pomeroy Monday evening will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ewing Chapel. She is survived by two sons Raymond and Conley and a brother Robert Cox and sister Minnie Jones. Burial will be in Gilmore Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Cora Mae Cole
Ewing Chapel
Conley T. Cole
Raymond
Conley
Robert Cox
Minnie Jones
Marion
Gilmore Cemetery
500 Acres Are Sold on Winfield Road to Pace
Garland B Pace, oil gas drilling contractor of Huntington, buys 500 acres of the former Townsend farm on Winfield Road. The deal includes 104 head of livestock and farm equipment. Pace and family occupied the home April 1 and Pace is to manage the dairy.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
John McNeill
Townsend Farm
Winfield Road
Garland B. Pace
Huntington
Jones and McNeill
John A. Blain
Ralph Lee
John E. Evans
Blaine
Lee and Evans
Jones
McNeill
Mr. Pace
Robert Pace
Class Attends Rites For David Knopp
Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church members joined locals at the funeral for David Allen Knopp held at his Clifton West Virginia home. Attendees included Mrs. J M Mygatt Mrs Shirley Mills Mrs Dale Mourning and others with interment at Graham Station.
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Middleport
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
David Allen Knopp
Clifton
W. Va
J. M. Mygatt
Shirley Mills
Dale Mourning
J. O. Leonard
Downing Roush
George McGhee
Gaylord James
Dana Hamilton
James Souders
Owen Fink
Herman Haddox
Clarence Clark
Ethel
Harry Clark
Hugh McCoy
Allen Knapp
Graham Station
Ticket Price Cut On City Bus Line
Dana Wright the city treasurer says bus line tickets are now three for 25 cents. The price reduction lowers the cost of fares for riders.
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Point Pleasant — City
Dana Wright
Draft Board Lists Ten Delinquent Men for Selective Service
Ten persons are delinquent from the local selective service board according to L. S. Carrick head of the board. They are Paul Bonnette Eugene Watson Richard Snodgrass Harry McCoy Alvin McClure Everal Cooper Shelby Gaines Junior Trail Jesse Cochran Elby McComas Jr. They failed to return questionnaires or did not report for examination on the exact date.
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Point Pleasant
Selective Service Board
L. S. Carrick
Paul B. Bonnette
West Columbia
Eugene D. Watson
Henderson
Richard S. Snodgrass
Hogsett
Harry Leroy McCoy
Leon
Alvin McClure
St. Albans
Everal Fugene Cooper
Hurricane
Shelby Ayward Gaines
Liberty
Junior Beecher Trail
Jesse Leo Cochran
Bancroft
Elby McComas, Jr
Glenwood
Corrick
Gus Young's Widow Dies in Columbus
Catherine Jordan Young wife of the late Gus Young died in Columbus Saturday night. She was the daughter of the late James M and Letitia Jordan of Point Pleasant. She had lived in Columbus 25 to 30 years and is survived by two sisters, two brothers and two cousins. Graveside service set for Lone Oak Cemetery at 2 p.m. Wednesday led by Rev. Holly O Shamblin.
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Point Pleasant
Catherine Jordan Young
Gus Young
Columbus
James M
Letitia Jordan
Lone Oak Cemetery
Holly O. Shamblin
Bus Schedule Announced for Point Pleasant Route
Red Arrow Bus Lines president C. G. Jones unveils a new Point Pleasant Saint Albans schedule effective now. Buses depart Point Pleasant for Saint Albans at 6 10 and 4 daily. return trips at 7 30 1 and 5 30. A Saturday special runs to South Side at 5 30.
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Point Pleasant
C. G. Jones
Red Arrow Bus Lines, Inc
Saint Albans
Jones
South Side
Bridge club hostesses in Point Pleasant
The Messenger reports that Mrs. A. E. Thomas of Park Drive entertained her bridge club at her home Thursday evening. Mrs. Casby Meadows hosted the bridge club at her mother’s home, Mrs. A. E. Thomas’s residence.
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Point Pleasant
A. E. Thomas
Park Drive
Casby Meadows
Garbage Collection Sold to Walter Bentz in Village Deal
The Pomeroy council sold garbage collection to Walter Bentz who will operate as a village employee under a five year contract. He must post a $500 bond and maintain $10,000 in liability insurance with services continuing at current rates supervised by village officials.
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Pomeroy
Walter Bentz
Council
Frank Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Phillips
Middleport Mission Society Hosts Time Talent and Treasure Event
Sanborn Missionary Society met at First Baptist Church with theme Time Talent and Treasure. Officers to be installed in September. Alice Mae Simmons guest speaker from Rio Grande. Mrs James described work as house mother for 33 boys at Lorain County Children's Home. Refreshments served by local members.
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Middleport
T. A. May
Leo Russell
Homer Hyseil
Beulah White
Sanborn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Harry Houdashelt
Russell
Houdashelt
Esther J. Ehnbom
Belgian Congo
Gaylord James
Oberlin
J. M. Mygatt
James Sauders
Alice Mae Simmons
Rio Grande
Charles Bennett
Pomeroy Baptist Association
White Cross
James
Lorain County
James Souders
John Mayer
Wyatt Swindler
Co. P. Bradbury
George McGhee
Daughters of America Install New Officers in Pomeroy
Theodorus Council No. 17 IOOF held a Monday meeting in the IOOF Hall with new officers installed by Doris Durst Mary C. Goodwin Eva Hendrix and Thelma Dill. A potluck supper follows at 139 Butternut Ave Aug 15 at Mrs Mary Goodwins home.
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Pomeroy
Local families visit in Medina and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs George Buchanan and daughter Sandra of Medina visited H B Smith on Lincoln Hill. Others included E B Knight Chester and Mrs Earl Witt who returned home after a two week stay with her mother. Various relatives traveled to Dayton Cleveland Ashtabula Colorado and Washington for visits and vacations.
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George Buchanan
Sandra
Medina
H. B. Smith
Lincoln Hill
Buchanans
Pomeroy
Smith
E. B. Knight
Chester
Earl Witt
Ashtabula
Laura Bowen
Spring Ave
Joanne Wildermuth
Dayton
Cleveland
Lorenzo Davis
Birdie Warner
Emma Davis
Washington
Colorado
Canada
H. E. Boney
David
Eddie
Joe
Marietta
Dennis Boney
David Stage
Willard Ashworth
Corrine
Kent
D. W. Ashworth
Court St
George Wildermuth
Condor So
Doris Leifheit
Helen Leifheit
Naylors Run
Charles Evans
U. S. Nease
Banner
Herbert Davis
Athens
Doris Jean Brafford
Coolville
Davis
Josephine
Lawrence Baer
Columbus
Vernon Cady
Lincoln Heights
Lewis Miller
Upper Sandusky
Aten Shain
Izaak Waiton Minstrel Cast to Rehearse in Pomeroy
The Izaak Waiton Minstrel cast will rehearse Friday night at the IOOF Hall in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Izaak Waiton Minstrel
IOOF
Vandalism Reported Around Pomeroy Homes
Police investigated extensive vandalism on Spring Ave and Wyllis Hill in Pomeroy. Windows at Jed C Webster and Dana H Peoples properties were broken, with 21 and 16 panes damaged respectively, by two high school students. One boy admitted guilt and agreed to pay. another confessed and left with his mother. Investigation continues into more damage near the old organ factory and routes used to harass newspaper carriers.
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Pomeroy
Spring Ave
Wyllis Hill
Jed C. Webster
Dana H. Peoples
Webster
Peoples
Walter Wolfe
Jenkins Rites Set Thursday
The body of Harry Jenkins 75 formerly of Middleport died Monday at his Kenton home. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Gravel Hill cemetery Cheshire with burial following. He was a retired New York Central Railroad employee and survived by two nieces a stepson and three stepdaughters.
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Middleport
Harry Jenkins
Kenton
Rawlings- Coats
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire
Jenkins
Henry and
Elizabeth van Dyne Jenkins
New York Central Railroad
Hobgen
Paul French
Abra Bailey Thomas
Athens
Albert Lovesy
Columbus
Adrian Carson
Charles Hanson
Neva Lovesy
Births and surgeries at Meigs General Hospital
Meigs General Hospital lists births for Eleanor Collins Pomeroy Route 1 a son Ernest Durst Cheshire a son Marie Burke Cheshire Route 2 a daughter and discharges for Eleanor Collins and her son and for Mrs Robert Hill and her son. Admitted and emergency cases include Donald Stephenson Middleport tonsillectomy and several surgeries for Irene Stewart Larry Misner Chester and others.
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Eleanor Collins
Pomeroy
Ernest Durst
Cheshire
Marie Burke
Donald Stephenson
Middleport
Ronald Stephenson
Viola Edwards
James Weber Phillips
Harrisonville
Philip Reibel
John Eber Bass
Lorena Wolfe
Chester
Irene Stewart
Larry Misner
Mid dleport Garden Club Picnic at Kincaid Terrace
The Middleport Garden Club held its annual picnic at the Kin cai d back yard terrace with Mrs. Walter Harris as president and chairwoman assistance from Mrs. C. M. Hennesy. Guests included Mrs. Gordon Clay of Atlanta and a long list of members attended for buffet service and yard seating.
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Middleport
John Kincaid
Middleport Garden Club
Gordon Clay
Melissa Hennesy
Atlanta
Lenore Giles
E. F. Maag
Walter Harris
C. M. Hennesy
R. C. Lansbury
Kincaid
R. A. Miller
Roscoe Meadows
Helen Terry
J. H. Grate
C. A. Emmish
M. L. French
Edward French
C. O. Fisher
Cub Scouts Outdoor Supper Planned at Mid aeons Park
Mrs. L. W. Mc Comas, picnic chairman, announces the Cub Scouts outdoor supper will be at Mid aeons Roadside Park Thursday at p.m. Each family should bring a covered dish and sandwiches. At least one parent is expected to attend with the Cub Scout.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Midaeons
Middleport Hosts Sunday Guests of Local Families
Sunday visitors ricochet among Middleport and surrounding towns as families hosted relatives from Montgomery West Virginia Columbus and Akron Roberta Beulah White Beulah White joined N S White and Florence Hannay while Col William Keith Kincaid and Judy Wildermuth traveled with their hosts and Bobby Brickles required four stitches after a scythe incident.
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N. S. White
Roberta
Akron
Florence Hannay
Buffalo
N.Y
Robert White
Beulah White
Middleport
White
N. S
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Weich
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Mason County
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Mason County News
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Union Avenue
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Meigs County
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs Theatre
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Waynesboro
Meigs Pomeroy
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Butch Jenkins
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James Craig
Masonizzs
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Michael O’shea
Jean Porter
Jimmy Lydon
Sweet Genevieve
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Brunette
Frank Buck
L&z
Main St. Ph
United National Farm Loan Association
C. Gibson
Sec
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Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis
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