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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1956

Page

3

Majorettes Chosen for Middleport Band by Warnke

Earl Warnke, Middleport instrumental music instructor, selected four majorettes and one alternate for the Middleport marching band. The chosen teens are Judy Clark, Kay Darst, Carol Blaker, and Janice Asbury with Carla Wilson as alternate. Eddie Kitchen serves as drum major.

Middleport Earl Warnke Fone Judy Clark T Kay Darst Carol Blaker Janice Asbury Carla Wilson Eddie T Kitchen

34 More Sign Requests For Telephone Changes

Meigs County residents pressure Ohio utilities over General Telephone service in Chester area. Signatures rise from 10 to 44 supporting toll-free options centered in Chester, Pomeroy, and Middleport amid protests that medical, police, and fire calls must routing away from Chester. Local residents argue routing costs and longer lines hurt the area’s communication access.

Pomeroy Chester General Telephone Co Ohio Ohio Public Utilities Commission Citizens. Telephone Co Coolville General Co John Gallipolis He Utilities Commission Chessision Commission Joe Doe Meigs County Columbus General Telephone Co. Service Public Utilities Commission Middleport Coolville Company Athens Messenger Brown One Sac Atiddleport

Barge Death Case Prompts Police Lead in Barrett Death

Chief Russell Bailey and officers pursue an early solution to Henry Isaac Barrett's death. The body was found on a mid river barge near Middleport July 23 after missing July 22. Lie detector tests will be sent to London, with testimonies collected from many locals. An autopsy was hindered by embalming. preliminary verdict labeled accidental death by asphyxiation though details remain unsettled.

Anddleport Russell Bailey Henry Isaac Barrett Middleport London Bailey Barrett Meigs County James O'Brien Henry Ewing Ewing

Meigs County Land Transfers Include Multiple Township Transfers

Meigs County records show transfers across Scipio Sutton Salisbury Rutland and Pomeroy townships. Transactions include Lloyd and Elsie Boring to Kenneth and Beulah Cross 147.44 acres in Scipio. Others include transfers from Emma Warner deceased to Eva Warner Price via affidavit and multiple family transfers in Sutton and Salisbury townships among Canter Parsons and Vealey families.

Lloyd V. Boring Elsie M. Boring Kenneth B. Cross Beulah M. Cross Scipio Emma J. Warner Eva Warner Price Rutland Township Bessie M. Pickens Harry M. Pickens P. A. Parsons Sutton Township Maggie P. Parsons Mildred E. Radford Oral Canter C .Canter Raymond Canter Dana Canter Charles Canter Ethel [Syx Michael Canter Thelma "Thompson Salisbury Township Flossie Canter Ethel Syx Vera Syx Betty Canter Ruth H. Canter Thelma Thompson Tex Thompson Cora Canter Salisbury Branch C. Fleming Ces Fleming Clyde Winebrenner Pomeroy Emil G. Ball Nora G. Ball Bertha Terrill Mary Evans Ann Gilkey Clinton C. Gilkey Sherman Leach Vealey Rosie Ellen Vealey Scipio Township

One Way Street Collision Checks Low Street Damage

A Tuesday evening crash on Route 7 in Middleport involved a station wagon and a semi-trailer truck at South Second Street and Locust. The station wagon driver pulled into traffic after starting north on Third Avenue. No arrests. the truck sustained no damage and the wagon incurred about 50 dollars in damage per Officer Parolman Stewart Harris.

Middlepont Lower Middleport Parolman Stewart Harris S. Second and Locust Third Ave Harris

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