Pomeroy Council Tables Gas Rate Increase Again
Pomeroy Ohio officials tabled a request by Ohio Fuel Gas Co to cancel the current contract expiring Jan 4 1957 and to approve a higher rate. Mayor and council discussed the increase with Ray St Clair of Gallipolis noting similarity to other area rates. A $15 000 street equipment bond and an $180 000 sewage plant bond were approved for ballot placement. A traffic light at Butternut and Main is being sought, while sewage extension and a donation request for the Fire Company were also discussed.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Pomeroy Village
City Hall
Ray St. Clair
Gallipolis
Ernest Ebersbach
Lower Monkey Run
Robinson
Union Ave
Ralph Sisson
Pomeroy Fire Company
Butternut and Main
Wayers
Pomeroy CYF Plans Retreat and New Officers Named
Pomeroy Society the Christian Youth Fellowship of Hemlock Grove Church held a July weekend planning retreat at Rosalie Nelson’s Burlingham home. Officers elected include Larry Curtis president Linda Stockton vice president Harley Saylor secretary and Rosalie Nelson treasurer. They will organize a monthly choir at Sunday services and a community religious census to map church affiliation.
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Christian Youth Fellowship
CYF
Hemlock Grove
Rosalie Nelson
Burlingham
Larry Curtis
Linda Stockton
Harley Saylor
Vacation notices and weekend visits fill local pages
Residents report vacations and family visits across Meigs County and nearby areas. Deputy Auditor Mrs. William Warner takes a week off. Grover Salser Jr and daughter Rita visit from Racine. theiss and Salser families host relatives from Columbus and surrounding towns. Others travel to Columbus, New Haven WV, Vermont, New Jersey, Florida, and Lake Anna. several households host and reunite with kin while properties recover from a fire.
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William Warner
Perry Riggs
Meigs County
Grover Salser, Jr
Rita
Racine
R. G. Theiss
Emma Salser
Carmen
Ooster
Columbus
Charlies Werry
Bob
Ralph Gibbs
New Haven
W. Va
W. O. Barnitz
Gary Barnitz
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Folke
Dean
Doan
Three Lyons Children Home After Blast At Home
MEIGS COUNTY MIDDLEPORT John Lyons and wife recount how their three children Tommy Bernard and Debra aged eight four and five were treated for powder burns after a dynamite cap exploded while Tommy was pounding it. The cap found under the Lyons porch had not come from a barn as first thought. Debra suffered the most burns but Tommy escaped serious injury aside from shattered eyeglasses. Grandparents Mrs Ada Haefner and Mr Bernard Schramm visited then returned to Zanesville leaving Mrs Schramm with the Lyons for a few days.
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Middleport
John Lyons
Tommy
Bernard
Debra
Meigs General Hospital
Lyons
Bernard Schramma
Zanesville
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Property Changes
Meigs County records list transfers including 6 acres in Sutton Township from Maxine S Wingett and Ernest A Wingett to Edwin S Cozart and Ollie M Cozart. Other deeds cover 3 acres in Chester Township to W A Orr and Ethel Orr and 174.10 acres in Chester Township to Marvin L Kelly and Opal L Kelly.
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Maxine S. Wingett
Ernest A. Wingett
Edwin S. Cozart
Ollie M. Cozart
Sutton Township
A. W. Young
Ida B. You
W. A. Orr
Ethel Orr
Chester Township
Jennie L. Roush
Margaret FE. Heaton
Marvin L. Kelly
Opal L. Kelly
Alwin S. Nease
Leah C Nease
Russell C. Herman
Grace E. Herman
George H. Baker
Birdie Mae Baker
Middleport
Lester Lathey
Mary Lathey
Paul F. Thomas
Evelyn B. Thomas
Salisbury Township
Alvin A. Combs
Myra M. Combs
Helen Combs Wyatt
Scipio Township
Emmet Heiney
Gladys Heiney
Way F. Clark
Audrey M. Clark
Oliver Township
Vaughn M. Price
Jessie C. Price
William R. Hayes
Audra Hayes
Rutland Township
Virgil B. Teaford
Helen L.teaford
Edwin P. Cozart
Syracuse
Firemen Scrub Dry 1450 Feet of Hose
Middleport officials report last night firemen scrubbed and dried 1450 feet of firehose from the Kgger Creek conveyor belt fire. Water for washing came from local wells once used to extinguish blazes.
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Middleport
Race Street
N. Third
N. Fourth Streets
Kgger Creek
Potluck Supper Planned by Eastern Star Chapter
Middleport Evangeline Chapter No. 172 of the Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday at the Masonic Hall. A potluck supper at 6 p.m. precedes the regular meeting at 7 30 p.m. A memorial service will be held and landmarks will be read.
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Middleport — Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Hoyt Weds Air Force Lieutenant In Middleport
Josephine Eleanor Hoyt daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Claremont E. Hoyt married Lt. William Burke Bero of the United States Air Force in a First Baptist Church ceremony. The couple plan to reside at 394 Young St Eau Gallie Fla after a Smoky Mountains Florida honeymoon. both are Ohio State University graduates previously linked at Tiffin Columbian High School.
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Middleport
Josephine Eleanor Hoyt
Claremont E. Hoyt
William Burke Bero
United States Air Force
First Baptist Church
Mr. Hoyt
John Hoyt
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
N.Y
Baskets
Diane Bero
Carroll Smith
Tiffin
James Griffes
Carroll
Neb
Clair Harman
Mendon
Bero
Ohio State University
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Nephew Wins Akron Derby
Middleport area friends of the Forrest Bachtels show heightened interest in the National Soapbox Derby in Akron. Bruce Bachtel, 12, son of Harold and the family, wins Akron city race and will receive a $500 scholarship and a $100 bond. The boy’s family plans to attend the national derby in Akron, after a church Bible presentation this Sunday.
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Middleport
Forrest Bachtels
Akron
Bruce Bachtel
Harold Bachtel
Bachtel
Fomne
Forrest
Butch
Pop 1 Year Old Maniey First Birthday Held At Grandparents
Michael James Maniey aged one will be described in newspaper clippings and pictures for his first birthday party at the home of his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Walton. Attending were maternal grandmother Mrs. Marie VanCooney and the event marks the return of Airman Virgil J. Manley after military service in the Philippines.
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Middleport
Michael James Maniey
Walton. Maniey
Marie VanCooney
Michael James
Virgil J. Manley
Philippines
Manley
Jeffers Family Attends Cousin’s Wedding in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Aléo K Jeffers and son Kent returned from Columbus where they attended the wedding of Miss Jean nette Jeffers and Stanley Nollen berger Jr The bridegroom’s sister was the mason of honor The ceremony took place July 29 at the United Brethren Church A reception followed at the Beechveld venue
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Pomeroy
Aléo K. Jeffers
Kent
Columbus
Jeffers
Jeannette Jeffers
Stanley Nollenberger Jr
United Brethren Church
Beechveld
Army Captain Speaks At Lions Meeting
POMEROY The Lions Club meets at the Federated ChurchWednesday at noon. Captain John Feimer of the Army will speak about The Atomic Bomb and Energy He served in World War II and the Korean War and attended an atomic test The next meeting will cover Wild Life.
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Pomeroy
Lions Club
Federated Church
John Feimer
Army Roes
Feimer
Social Guests Across Blue Lake and Barboursville
Mr and Mrs Earl Wallace and Mrs Clarence Waugh visited Mrs Myrtle Brumfield in Guyandotte. Alma Tobias and Jo of Penn Boynton Fla. week with R Sheets of Blue Lake Drive. Lyda Hobbs and Clyde Mays visited Barboursville residents Chauncey Sheets. Eleanor and Rosetta Sheets of Letart Falls were guests of Pearl Hazlette. Basil Randolph and Donald Stewart of Columbus visited Bertha Cootington. Herman Craft saw his daughters Ruth Morris Judy and Patty Craft in Cincinnati. The Trump of Barboursville preached at Mina Chapel recently.
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Blue Lake
Earl Wallace
Clarence Waugh
Myrtle Brumfield
Guyandotte
Alma Tobias
Ay Jo
Penn Boynton
Flas
R. Sheets
Blue Lake Drive
Lyda Hobbs
Clyde Mays
Barboursville
W. Va
Chauncey FE
Eleanor
Rosetta Sheets
Letart Falls
Divorce Granted in Common Pleas Court for Garnet Proctor
Garnet Proctor was granted a divorce from William Proctor in Common Pleas Court. She received custody of seven minor children in the divorce settlement.
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Garnet Proctor
Common Pleas Court
William Proctor
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples in Ohio
The notice lists marriages for Charles Kenneth Byers and Helen Jean Gilkey both of Middleport. Frank A. Bain of Bud Springs West Virginia and Ber tine L. Hess of Chester Star Route. William Snyder and Doris Gillispie of Pomeroy Ohio. Gary H. Parsons and Helen F. ---- aged 18.
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Charles Kenneth Byers
Middleport
Helen Jean Gilkey
Frank A. Bain
Bud Springs
W. Va
Bertine L. Hess
Chester Star
William Snyder
Doris Gillispie
Pomeroy
Ohio
Gary H. Parsons
Ee. Ohio
Helen F “Ns
Chevalier Names Daughter Deborah Jo In Family News
Joseph Chevalier announces the birth of a daughter Deborah Jo with grandparents Mr. and Mrs Clark Chevalier. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Boggs Jr. Travel and visits are noted as Columbus residents visit Earl Wallace and Mrs Alma Tobias of Boyton Florida. Proctorsville Fair attendance and several family visits are mentioned along with the Lusher family staying with John Lusher in Painsville.
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Blue Lake
Joseph Chevalier
Deborah Jo
Clark Chevalier
Thomas Boggs
Thomas
Clarence Waugh
Columbus
Earl Wallace
Alma Tobias
Boyton
Fla
Phillip Mathers
Spriid
Ogle Notter
Leslie Brucker
Ronda Skeens
Proctorsville Fair
Charles Lusher
Painsville
John Lusher
Middleport Board Grants Funds Amid Enrollment Rise
The Middleport Board of Education received a 4294 grant tied to increased school enrollment from federal activity. Supt L W McComas led the meeting with Robert Coats presiding. Trustees approved new ladders and a chalk board, named Citizens National Bank as depository, and authorized coal purchases for winter. They also approved Legion use of the stadium for Labor Day and set September 2 for the next meeting, noting no action on changing first grade entrance age.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Supt. L. W. McComas
Harold Hubbard
Howard Bowers
Frank Grogan
Wilkie Holman
Citizens National Bank
Purchase
American Legion
McComas
Robert Coats
Waterless Villagers Get Scare In Middleport
Water pressure in Middleport ceased late yesterday afternoon causing panic among Meigs Water Company customers. A main break near Blaetm ar's in Pomeroy raised fears of prolonged shutdowns similar to past years. Private wells and new milk cans, buckets, and other containers were used as workers returned home. Service was restored in about two hours with reduced pressure yet enough for basic use. A separate note mentions U S meat consumption ranking fifth behind Uruguay New Zealand Argentina and Australia.
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Middleport
Meigs Water Company
Blaetmar’s
Pomeroy
United States
Uruguay
New Zealand
Argentina
Australia
Meigs Area Legionnaires Win Honors at Columbus Convention
Mrs Norman Wayland president of Feeney Bennett Post Auxiliary received honors for the unit at the Columbus convention. The unit earned third place state award for gain in membership while Wayland served as president. Delegates from Pomeroy Middleport Drew Webster Post attended along with auxiliary officers. Frank Cheesebrew installed as district commander amid district activities and reception for new department president Do Allstock.
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Middleport
Norman Wayland
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Columbus
Dale Mourning
Wayland
Drew Webster
Pomeroy
Frank Cheesebrew
Clifford Rhodes
Willian F. Baxter
Jennie Sue Eiselstein
William Baxter
Dey Hysell
Kal Hindy Named Manager of Pomeroy Economy Office
POMEROY Economy Savings and Loan appoints Kal Hindy as manager of the 300 West Second Street office, succeeding H L Kidd who moves to higher duties. Hindy was previously assistant manager as the office here last year, while ton too becomes assistant manager in Logan. Economy, among Ohio’s oldest consumer finance firms, operates over 60 years as a Capital Finance subsidiary with 87 Ohio offices and 19 percent of its branches coast to coast.
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Pomeroy
Economy Savings & Loan
Kal Hindy
Second St
H. L. Kidd
Ance
Hindy
Ton
Logan
Economy
Ohio
Capital Finance Corporation
Capital
Syracuse Man Suffered Cerebral Hemorrhage at Home
George Jenkins Pomeroy of Syracuse had a cerebral hemorrhage at his residence Sunday. The Pomeroy Emergency Squad was summoned, he received treatment, and was transported to the Mason Clinic for care.
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Pomeroy
George Jenkins
Syracuse
Mason Clinic
Television coverage of the Geneva Big Four critique
A New York observer argues television failed to provide disciplined background on the Geneva meeting. CBS NBC programs lacked clear structure, relying on scattered film clips and street interviews, while radio offered quicker, more direct reporting and live Geneva transmission.
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Geneva
CBS
NBC
Nbcs
Fiorello H
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