Pomeroy Council Approves 1959 Budget and Traffic Measures
Pomeroy village council in regular session approved a 1959 budget totaling 96 958 for expenditures with income of 62 999 59 to the general fund and 22 155 to the street fund. The meeting also addressed parking meter concerns and traffic rules, granting limited parking for Knight and his salesmen, designating loading zones, and considering truck and postal deliveries exemptions. A sewer petition from Union and Osborne Streets was referred for study, and a street name change request from Cole Street was discussed. One way adjustments on Condor Street were approved for west to east traffic with north side parking.
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Pomeroy
Weed Wholesale House
Postal Department
Union
Osborne
Cole St
Lower Monkey Run
Buckeye St
Commissioners Approve Gas Line Work and Related Bids
Meigs County Commissioners met at the courthouse approving a $5000 bid from Ohio Fuel Gas Co. to lower a gas line for road improvements from Naylor's Run to Laurel Cliff Road. They also advertised bids for diesel oil, accepted Harold Chase’s bid to install a county home gas furnace, and approved pole purchases for the Farm Bureau signs.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Naylor
Laurel Cliff
Meigs County Board of Commissioners
Deisel Oil
Harold Chase
Lincoln Heights
Meigs County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Resi
Club Sponsors Social On Heights Tonight
At 6 p m the Sew Rite Sewing Club hosts an ice cream social on Lincoln Heights on property owned by Mrs Dorothy Clark. About 25 gallons of ice cream in hand freezers will be sold on the grounds or to take home with pie and cake also available.
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Pomeroy
Sew Rite Sewing Club
Lincoln Heights
Dorothy Clark
Garden Club Plans Floral Placing Class In Ravenswood
The Garden Club outlines a six lesson flower arrangement course starting August 26 at 1 30 pm in the Appalachian Electric Power Co building. Instructors are Mrs C Russell Gildchrist and Mrs Polan of Parkersburg. New members may join, and the club's officers for next year include Mrs Martin Cloran president and Mrs James Hammond vice president.
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Garden Club
Martin Cloran
Appalachian Electric Power Co
C. Russell Gildchrist
Polan
Parkersburg
Cloran
Donald Dickey
Feder
David Magill
James Hammond
William Enos
al Giroir
Paul Mardis
John S. Hall
Frank Sohn
al Gayda
Jack Martin
Bart Benedict
Rene Bastin
Kenneth Kuhns
Joe Williams
Jack Saucer
W. S. Ritchie Sr
Robert Landerhalm
James A. Burbank
Jack Thomas
Mothers Plan Auction in Pomeroy on Main Street
The Pomeroy Senior Mothers' Club will hold a public auction starting at 10 a.m. Saturday on the Pomeroy Motor Co. used car lot on East Main Street. Lunches will be sold and the auctioneer will be Critt Bradford Jr.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior Mothers’ Club
Pomeroy Motor Co
Usec
E. Main St
Critt Bradford, Jr
Bond Forfeited After Franklin Arrest At Regatta
Bert J. Arn of Franklin Furnace forfeited a 325 bond and was jailed Sunday at 10 30 on an intoxication charge. He was the lone arrest reported during the regatta weekend by local police.
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Middleport
Bert J. Arn
Franklin Furnace
License Revoked for 15 Years After Crash
Monterey Park California report describes 3 year old Johnny Underwood driving a car in a park and crashing into a wall. His father Edward Underwood says the incident leads to a license revocation for at least 15 years. The boy suffered a head bump.
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Monterey Park
Calif
Johnny Underwood
Johnny
Edward Underwood
Boosters Plan Ice Cream Social for Football Stand
The Eastern Athletic Boosters announce an ice cream social at the high school on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Proceeds fund the construction of a refreshment stand on the football field.
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Pomeroy
Eastern Athletic Boosters
Marriage Licenses Issued For Two Local Couples
John Nacy Watson 27 of Minersville wed Linda Marie Stockton 18 of Hemlock Grove. Ronnie Eugene Myers 19 of Minersville married Thelma Marlene Torrence 17 of Tu
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John Nacy Watson
Minersville
Linda Marie Stockton
Hemlock Grove
Ronnie Eugene Myers
Thelma Marlene Torrence
Tuppers Plains
Pomeroy Merchants Announce Dollar Days Event
Pomeroy merchants will observe dollar days at their stores on Thursday Friday and Saturday this week the announcement came today.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Jayceeettes Host Ice Cream Social Saturday
The Meigs County Jayceeettes will hold an ice cream social at 3 p.m. Saturday at City Hall as a money making project.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Jayceeettes
Direct Word On Sputnik Visible In Pomeroy Meigs Area
Wal lace Bradford of Middleport reports from his brother Alan Bradford in Washington DC that the Sputnik satellite will be visible this week. He says sightings occur at 8 52 last night and 14 minutes earlier on each preceding evening, with both rocket and carrier observable on Wednesday. Bradford uses his own tracing equipment to track the satellite's path.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Wallace Bradford
Middleport
Alan Bradford
Washington
D. C
Bradford
Middleport Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
The column lists numerous guests and travels including Mr. and Mrs. C A White with foster sons Bruce and Ricky visiting Laurelville for a regatta, the Yeagers from Kent State on vacation with the Vances, and Leah Vance of Kent. It notes Susan Probasco returning home, and multiple Cincinnati and Columbus families visiting relatives and attending regional events.
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C. A. White
Bruce
Ricky
Laurelville
Robert Sharp
William Yeager
Kent State University
C. E. Vance
Vances
Leah Vance
Kent
Yeagers
Columbus
Susan Probasco
Charleston
Doris Rice
Gene Rice
Headley St
Eastern Star past officers picnic held at Grimm home
Flora arrangements adorned the Racine Chapter past officers club of the Order of Eastern Star for a Sunday picnic at Bert Grimm's home. Attendees included families from Racine Athens Letart Falls Long Bottom and others with a September 11 meeting set at Mrs. Carpenter's home.
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Bert Grimm
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Grimm
Ralph Webb
Letart Falls
E. A. Wingett
Helen Johnson
Ed Simpson
William Stewart
James
Bob
Eddie
Athens
Charles Hensley
Long Bottom
Arthur Nease
Bill
Becky
W. Q. Barnitz
Jane Baer
W R. Carpenter
Alita
Carpenter
Two Petitions Cite Gross Neglect Cruelty
Two divorce suits filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court allege gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Marjorie Ferguson seeks a divorce from William Ray Ferguson. Joan Howell seeks a divorce from H. L. Howell. Each petition requests custody of two minor children.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Marjorie Ferguson
Middleport
William Ray Ferguson
West Columbia
Joan Howell
Agnes L. Mowery
H. L. Howell
Belpre
Stage and screen star Conrad Nage served in Navy in WWI
Stage and screen star Conrad Nage served in the U S Navy during World War I, according to a historical note. The veteran actor's service highlights his early years before or alongside a career in film and theater.
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Conrad Nage
U. S. Navy
Nelsons Return From Kalamazoo Visit
Pomeroy social note records the Nelson family Mr and Mrs Lawrence W Nelson and children Larry Sue Ann Tamara and David returning to Kalama zoo Michigan after visiting Mrs Nelsons parents Mr and Mrs W O Barnitz in Pomeroy. A chicken barbecue honored the Nelsons with guests listed and a Friday trip to Blenko Glass in Milton West Virginia.
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Charles Searls
M. C. Hamilton
Clanton
Ala
Judy Giddens
Bessemer
Sara Bechtle
Dunbar
W. Va
Ross Lanham
Jack Bechtle
Lanham
Denver Rice
Billy
Virginia
Mr. Rice
Captain Chester Rice
Arlington
Leesburg
Jamestown
Hart Dabney
Upland
Lawrence W. Nelson
Larry
Sue Ann
Tamara
David
Kalamazoo, Mich
W. O. Barnitz
Wilson R. Carpenter
Nelsons
Barnitz
Bob
Janet
James
Alita Carpenter
Johnny Young
Blenko Glass Manufacturing Co
Milton
Edward Koehler
Terry Allis
James Dawson
Jeanette Weaver
Pauline Dawson
Scott Dawson
Wayne Watts
Terry Dawson
Bob Cramer
Marty Holliday
All of Columbus
Errold Dawson
W. C. Dawson
Bell
Fred Gramm
Youngstown
Warren England
Toledo
Walter Ketter
Sherrie and
Terry
Morgantown
Virginia Fisher
Charleston
Charles Weaver
Honor Marcia Stewart On Sixth Birthday
Sixth birthday celebration for Marcia Stewart held Thursday with a party planned by her mother. Guests included Jan Long David Buskirk Greg Hill Rhonda Hysell Vickie VanMeter Jay Hobgood Danny Fink Stevie Osler and the Stewart children Iva Marie Jim Bill Clarence Mrs. Brown Mrs. John Hobgood and Mrs. Laura Saunders.
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Middle Port
Marcia Stewart
Mrs. Stewart
Marcia
John Brown
Jan Long
David Buskirk
Greg Hill
Rhonda Hysell
Vickie VanMeter
Jay Hobgood
Danny Fink
Stevie Osler
Stewart Children
Iva Marie
Jim Bill
Clarence
Brown
John Hobgood
Laura Saunders
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A. R. Knight
Police Department
W. Main St
Knight
Holzer Hospital
Children’s Home Repair Fund
Club
Bell-Ans
Orangeburg
WN. Y
Ravenswood
Karr & van Zandt
Pomeroy, O
Spruce
Mason, W. VA
Mason
Sputnik
William Lee
Robert
Richard
Frank Betz
Ella Stewart
Charles
Dayton
Henry Watson
Virginia Cheesbrew
Point Pleasant
Earl Bougher
Nancy and
Phil of
Leroy Lyons
G. G. Hull
St. Petersburg
Sidney Pickens
Oscar Mossman
Mr. Hull
McElhinny
Dana Lamberts
Siney Pickens
Lyons
Coffey
Kevin Coffey
Chicago
Paul Wells
Tollway
Kevin
O'Hare Airport
Beloit
Wis
Pomeroy Personals
Sylwyn White
Harry
Gallipolis
J. C. Russell
Union Avenue
Harold Brown
Harold, Jr
Robbie Brown
Florida
Paul Barnes
Jack Heiser
Cuyahoga Falls
Florentine
Prang
Scripto
Kodak
Gibraltar
Polo
Petee
Necker
Ball
Ben Franklin
Middleport, Ohio
Bend Theatres
Russ Tamblyn
Jan Sterling
E “the Sheepman
Temple
East OF Eden
James- Dean
Julie Harris
Mason Drive-In
Tim Holt
Audrey Dalton
Peggy Castle
Arthur Franz
Liberty
Ohio
Four Queens
Clark Gable
Eleanor Parker
Jo van Fleet
Kathleen Crowley
Robert Brown
MGM Coler Cartoon
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