1500 Letters Circulated On Two District Consolidation Plans
Fifteen hundred letters on the proposed consolidation of the Central Local and Olive-Orange Local School Districts are being prepared for distribution. Petitions to consolidate were presented to the Meigs County Board of Education, with a state education conference held. The plan includes a new high school between Chester and Tuppers Plains, with cafeterias, and a reformulated grade schools, at a total cost of 664 038 dollars. The district faces an eight percent bond potential to raise about 299 400 dollars, plus state aid of 364 638 dollars. The letters cite unsafe facilities and the intent to merge to improve education and property values. Carl Barnhill and Walter Brown will sign, with Mildred Gaul and Charles Humphrey leading circulation.
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Pomeroy
Central Local
Olive- Orange
Meigs County
Chester
Tuppers Plains
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Carl Barnhill
Olive-Orange Board of Education
Walter Brown
Central Board
Mildred Gaul
Olive-Orange
Charles Humphrey
Pomeroy Social Notes Hobstetter Family Reunion Held
Seventy five persons attended the first Hobstetter family reunion at Portland Park, planning an annual event on Aug. 9 at the Hobstetter farm Nease Settlement. George Hobstetter Sr was elected president, Edward J. Strauss secretary treasurer, and a coffee committee named. Birthdays for Lenore Hochstetter and George Hobstetter Sr were celebrated. The notes also report a Junior Sunday School picnic at New Haven Park attended by church members and a Federated Youth Fellowship picnic rescheduled to Aug 19.
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Pomeroy
George Hobstetter
Edison Hobstetter
Robert E. Hill
Marcia Lee
William Hill
Dayton
Richard Chambers
Eric
Middleport
William J. Hobstetter
Bill
Virgie Hobstetter
H. J. Strauss
Athens
Charles Strauss
Carol Ann
E. J. Strauss
Brenda
John
Donald G. Strauss
Columbus
Robert Ferguson
Two Vehicles Wrecked In Gravel Hill Collision
Two cars were demolished in an afternoon crash on Gravel Hill. F C Cook of Columbus was found at fault after a stop sign violation. Cook and Mrs Cook sustained injuries while Paul Pody Johnson suffered fractured ribs. all treated locally. Cook pleaded guilty with reservations. mayor fined him five dollars plus costs and suspended costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gravel Hill
Russell Bailey
F. C. Cook
Columbus
Broadway St
Ash
Paul Pody Johnson
Cook
Young Johnson
Co. E. Meadows
Pearl St
Sidney T. Russell
Johnson
Russell
Knights of Columbus to Meet at Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Parish Knights of Columbus plan a Tuesday 8 p m meeting in the school hall. Local social notes list visitors and relatives from Athens Beaver Falls Greenfield Dayton Cincinnati Xenia Apple Creek Rossville Pittsburgh Findlay and Columbus with many extended family visits and tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Knights of Columbus of Sacred Heart Parish
Thor Olson
Athens
Hart Stanbery
Stanbery
M. Amon
John Cunningham
Beaver Falls
Agnes McGrevvy
Harry McCerter
Greenfield
Ohio
McCerter
Anna Williamson
Vale St
William Watson
Findlay
Apple Creek
Turners
Dale Roush
Roy Smith
Linda
Robert Arnold
Dayton
Herman Kaspar
Rossville
Lil
Theo Kaspar
Billy
Amanda Kaspar
Susie Kaspar
Aten Shain
Oliver Geary
Frank Smith
Viola
Whitehouse
Pittsburgh
Nobel Rompe
Xenia
Delbert Chase
I. B. Weed
Nobel Rompel
United Methodist Church
Jerusalem
East
Dr. C. S. Shumaker
Pomeroy Boys Club Eyes Junior Football Teams
POMEROY plans to invite a Boys Club of America representative to discuss affiliating the Pomeroy Boys Athletic Club and sponsoring two junior football teams for grades six to eight. Equipment costs hover near 600 dollars with potential fundraisers and a possible Middleport sponsorship. The group aims to start after school and seek parental consent and medical exams for participants.
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Pomeroy
Boys Club of America
Pomeroy Boys Athletic Club
City Hall
Fred Crow
Rex Jarvis
William Lehew
Crow
Middleport
Crow, Jarvis
Lehew
Light Damage Is Reported In Accident At Main Street
Minor damages occurred in a collision at the W Main Street traffic signal. Wayne D Burton of Mason City West Virginia struck Henry Schiltz of South Charleston after turning into a business. Burton fined $5 and costs for reckless operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Main Street
William Lehew
Lehew
Wayne D. Burton
Mason City
W. Va
Henry Schiltz
South Charleston
Schiltz
Burton
Schiltz Auto
Delmar A. Canaday
Charles Wagner
Thomas Fork
Canaday
Alvin Hall
Wagner
Alan Goodwin
Hall
State Highway Patrol
Boy Struck by Auto Recovering at Local Hospital
Robbie Parker 11, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Parker, is reported to be recovering satisfactorily at Meigs General Hospital from contusions and abrasions after being struck by an automobile Saturday afternoon. A hospital spokesman said the injuries are not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
Robbie Parker
Herbert Parker
Forfeits $125 Bond On Driving Charges
Ever Ett Jacks 28 Granville Route 1 forfeited a $125 bond for failing to appear on charges of driving under the influence. Sheriff Charles Russell said Jacks was the driver in a Rutland Saturday night accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Everett Jacks
Granville Route 1
Charles Russell
Jacks
Rutland
Funeral Rites Held For Joseph Lindsey
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Ewing funeral home for Joseph Lindsey. Attending were Elmer Lindsey of Columbus and Bertha Searls with daughter Betty of Williamsport Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Ewing Funeral Home
Joseph Lindsey
Elmer Lindsey
Columbus
Bertha Searls
Betty
Williamsport
Ohio
Parking Meter Receipts Reported by Mayor Canaday
Mayor Delmar A. Canaday reported last week parking meter receipts amounting to 286 dollars, detailing the weekly collection period and indicating ongoing city revenue from street meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerqy
Delmar A. Canaday
Dorcas Circle Meets in Middleport for Devotions and Projects
The Dorcas Circle of the B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society met at Mrs. Florence Bush's home with Mrs. John Mayer presiding. Reports, bandage making plans for White Cross, and devotionals for September were discussed along with home and foreign missionary sponsorships. A September devotional leader was announced and members shared refreshments and guest visitors. James Arnold and family were noted visitors in Middleport with a weekend wiener roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. J. Beaver
Paul Smart
Dorcas
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Florence Bush
C. H. Wise, Jr
John Mayer
White Cross
del Fife
Leo Russell
Colorado
Homer Hysell
Fielding Hawkins
Bush
Mrs. Bush
Sharon Bush
Cincinnati
Meadows Family Picnic Guests From Roseville
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs C E Meadows visited the farm home of their father J F Meadows in Long Bottom for a picnic dinner on Sunday. The party included Mr and Mrs Harvey Kinnan Kay and Trena of Roseville and Mrs Her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. E. Meadows
Pearl St
J. F. Meadows
Long Bottom
Harvey Kinnan
Kay and
Trena
Roseville
Her
Girl Scouts Active At Meigs County Fair
Meigs County Fair opens with Girl Scouts running a free day nursery staffed by Junior Counselors from Troop 1 and Troop V. Mrs. Jo Hardy leads the childcare tent between the Poultry Building and Rocksprings Grange Hall, open 1 to 9 p.m. daily. The Scouts also host a blood donor pledge booth and an Outdoor Cook exhibit in the junior fair displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jo Hardy
Martha Sayre
Shirley Wippel
Corky Clifford
Shirley Smith
Annie Canaday
Phyllis Googlein
Janet Smith
Jo Chapman
Patty Carpenter
Carol Ebersbach
Fern Colmer
Barbara Dewitters
A. C. Will
Rita Neutzling
Carol Curtis
Carolyn White
Betty Ingraham
April Shasteen
Diana Daniels
Poultry Building
Rocksprings Grange Hall
Meigs
Fairgrounds
Sister Dies Brother on Canadian Trip
Mrs. Virginia Varney Hatfield, 28, of Williamson West Virginia died unexpectedly in Williamson. Funeral services were planned for Saturday. Her brother Reed Varney had traveled to Moose Jaw, Canada, with Clifford Stumbo to fetch his car and hoped to join the family before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Clifford Stumbo
Canada
Reed Varney
Virginia Varney Hatfield
Williamson
W.va
Youth Breaks Arm at Butler Springs Assembly
Jan Hauck, son of Mrs. Marie Hauck, attended the Christian Assembly at Butler Springs with Church of Christ youths. He broke his left arm after falling from a bed, was treated in Portsmouth hospital, then at home with a physician. He has tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jan Hauck
Church of Christ Young People
Christian Assembly
Butler Springs
Jan
Marie Hauck
Portsmouth
Middleport couple marks silver anniversary at family gathering
The Middleport celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Byer occurred Sunday at Mrs. Byers sister Mrs. John North in Gallipolis. Guests included their son Bob with a tiered cake and silver candlesticks, and relatives Carter Bromfield and Deborah Louise North. Their older son Pfc Charles Byer serves in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Kenneth Byer
Byers
John North
Gallipolis
North Yard
Bob
Byer
Carter Bromfield
Deborah Louise
Bromfields
Norths
Pfc
Charles Byer
U. S. Army
Korea
Social visits and relatives gather in Columbus area
Mrs. Clyde Ingles and Mrs. Ben Philson visit in Columbus. Laura Heavilin of Hollywood and Major Leepig, stationed with the U S Marine Corps, travel to Washington. Castos, O Roush and Magnotta families join relatives for picnics, hospital visits, and weekend gatherings in Columbus and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Ingles, Jr
Ben Philson
Columbus
Frank Heavilin
Laura Heavilin
Hollywood
Fla
George Leepig
William
Laura Louise
Washington
Leepig
Major Leepig
U. S. Marine Corps
Helsinki
Homer Casto
Richard Owens
Lancaster
Lucien Casto
Dale Nicholson
Charles Murray
White Cross Hospital
Mae Roush
Parkersburg
O. Roush
Joe Magnotta
Becky Jo
Beverly
June Scines
O. Hindy
Don Crum
Donna K
Don, Jr
Delbarton
W. Va
Cincinnati
Tom Crum
Cpl
Robert Casto
Aberdeen
George Casto
Army Hospital
Edna Laing
Frances Roush
Nina Russell
Laing
Bessie Clifford
Jack Taggart
Jack
Patricia
Lorain
Richard Chambers
Taggart
Badger Construction Co
Fern Barker
George Werner
Harold Johnson
Springfield
Robert Hill
Marcia Lee
Pomeroy
Robert Beeson
Woo
Funeral Plans Are Changed for Charles Moore
Change in arrangements for Charles Neal Moore announced. Services at Rawlings-Coats funeral home Wednesday at 2 p.m. with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Moore, former village mail carrier, died Sunday in Columbus. World War I veteran. military rites by Feeney-Bennett Post, American Legion. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Middleport
Charles Neal Moore
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport Hill
Moore
Columbus
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Hospital notes list residents and recent births including a daughter to Mr and Mrs Harold Blackston and a son to Mr and Mrs Thomas Bentz and Mr and Mrs Harold Lohse Pomeroy. Discharges include Ted Bass and families with babies and several patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bentz
Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Herbert Ord
Harold Blackston
Russell Boone
Racine
Harold Lohse
J. W. Lee
Syracuse
FBI Instruct Police School Opens September Meigs County
FBI agents will lead a police school at the American Legion Hall in Pomeroy during four Wednesday nights in September. Enrollment opens to officers from Meigs and nearby counties and towns including Middleport, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Athens, Jackson and Wellston with invited Patrol Post Gallipolis and auxiliary No 40. Sessions cover road blocks interviews crime scene searches arrests and self defense taught by named agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Meigs
Middleport
Gallipolis
Highway Patrol
Ralph, D. House
Vernon J. Goertz
John D. Ryan
Middleport Bingo Council Hearings End in Confusion
Middleport Village Council ended a special session on William Lowe and FOE bingo in confusion as members, officers, and citizens offered divergent readings of state lottery law. The meeting adjourned to await Village Solicitor Clark, with Lowe allowed to operate pending further guidance and a large bingo sign ordered removed.
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Middleport — A
Middleport
William Lowe
Eagles Club
Sidney T. Russell
Russell
Charles Murray
David O. Jenkins
Wayne Gibbons
Joe Young, Jr
Walter Bunce
Frank Vroman
Horton Brown
John Bacon
Cedric W. Clark
Lowe
FOE
Pomeroy
FDR
Hayman
Meigs County
Eagles
Boys Town
Long Bottom
Beecher Kessinger
Five Hunters Receive Fines
Five West Virginia men were fined in Mayor Canaday's court for hunting raccoon out of season. The group included Elvin E. Thompson Franklin Thompson Clair W. Kennedy Bunt Bowen and Thomas Fowler with fines totaling 15 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Canaday
Elvin E. Thompson
Franklin Thompson
Clair W. Kennedy
Bunt Bowen
Thomas Fowler
Robert L. Gilkey
G. D. Parsons
Junior Fair Parade Leads to Morning Style Show
POMEROY The junior fair parade will precede the style revue to be held at 10 a.m. Friday in front of the grandstand instead of 6 p.m. Friday night as previously reported. Girls in the revue meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Grange building to model their garments, county agent says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Grange
Geneva Nolan
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Pomeroy Social Notes
K of C
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Dorcas Circle
Wise
Mayer
John Seines
Man Mattox
Jean Ann
Dickie
John Meadows
Patty
Paul Johnson
James Arnold
Nitro
Judy
Shirley Roush
Hobson
Meigs Fair
Tonsilius
Ted Bass
Howard Ervin
Eddie McGrath
Ethel Peters
Eugene Brickles
Isaac Oiler
Iliary No. 40
Bailey
Ed M. Davis
Dan W. Johnson
Jean Lama
Delmar A Canaday
Newell Hysell
Joe Burton
W.a
Athent
Galiaer’ S Drug & Athens
Primcy On
Burris Barber Shop
New Haven
C.E.W. Downie
Pomeroy, Ohio
Dean
Doan
Adv
Hhate al el Ae
Dick Powell
June Allyson
Reformer and the Redhead
John Ireland
Wayne Morris Son
Chaney
Lawrence Tierney
Myrna Dell
Dorothy Malone "the Bushwackers
Claudette Colbert
Patrick Knowles
Rod Cameron Jane Nigh
Fort Osage
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Ass'n
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Dr. Lakin
Cable Tabernacle
Howard Bros
C. L. Heaton
Secy
the Lion and the Horse
Steve Cochran
Ray Teal Lane
Chandler House
Peters
Harry Antrim
Sherry Jackson
Temple Middleport
Red Mountain
Alan Ladd
Lizabeth Scott
Arthur Kennedy
Jeff Corey
Logan Monument Co
Mr. Vaughan
Logan Monument Company OF
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
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