Union and Imperial Electric Reach New Two Year Contract
The Imperial Electric Company of Middleport and IBEW Local 1587 completed a two year agreement running to Sept 1 1953. The deal includes a pay increase of 2 cents on night shift plus a further 7 cents pending Wage Stabilization Board approval, and a 90 day union membership requirement for new hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Imperial Electric Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Imperial
C. E. Hasler
J. K. Smith, Jr
Bruce Lloyd
Roscoe Fife
Francis O. Anderson
Woodrow Daugherty
Vaughn McKnight
James Quivey
Smith
Wage Stabilization Board
Smth
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Westinghouse
General Electric
Imperial Company
Akron
Two Bound Men Bound Over To Grand Jury
Two men arrested in Athens County pleaded guilty to non support checks and were bound over to the Meigs County Grand Jury by Justice of the Peace Percy Peoples. James Hudnall of Harrisonville and Donald Stoops of Parkersburg were each held on $500 bonds and jailed. Stoops's wife is also jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Athens County
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Percy Peoples
James Hudnall
Harrisonville
Justice Peoples
Donald Stoops
Parkersburg
Stoops
Local social notes collect visits and gatherings across towns
Mrs Karl Place hosted WSCS guests while Dale Winters visited Pinehurst. Donna Law and Betty Kee from Columbus spent the weekend with family. Mrs James Nolen and children from Bellaire visited the Babins. Richard Wells family from Circleville visited the Baisins, and Ray Goddard visited relatives in Columbus.
Social News From South Bloomingville and Middleport
South Bloomingville gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. George Thress hosting guests and visits by numerous families with MSgt Arthur Pearson and others. Middleport hosts Electa Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society meeting led by Fielding Hawkins with planning for a Children’s Home project and a care package to Saddle Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bloomingville
George Thress
Fern Linn
B. M. Shaw
Raymond Shaw
Edson Shaw
S. A. Reichley
West
J. J. Johnson
Darrel Johnson
Arthur Pearson
David Walters
Edwin Notestone
Jack Notestone
Josie Fleming
Pearl Shriner
Lorenzo Thress
Pamela
Mack Shaw, Jr
Mack Shaw
George Davis
Esley Davis
David Watters
Logan
Chester Blue
Lillie Bone
Hazel Turner
Jewell Hill
Clendell Reid
Jesse Starkey
Ivan Brown
Austin
Tex
Charlotte Brown
Pearl Shaw
Guy Tatman
Stewart Dennis
Tarlton
Dixie Johnson
Rs. George Thress
Barberton
Middleport
Fielding Hawkins
Electa
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
H. M. Cross
Allen Hughes
Frances Beards
Hawkins
John Mayer
John Kauff
C. P. Bradbury
Homer Hysell
George McGhee
Hughes
Clarence Clark
Lettie Young
Florinell Talbott
Charles Bennett
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Meetings and Visits
Middleport residents attend Pythian Sisters event in Pomroy with plans for a Gallipolis gathering on Aug 29. Numerous social visits include families from Meigs County and Cleveland and reports on health, travel, and church activities. Choir rehearsal announced for Rutland Methodist Church Thursday at 8 p.m.
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Middleport
Phillip Meinhart
Meigs
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
R. B. Laughead
Meinhart
Irma Smith
J. H. Grate
Homer Jones
Pearl Huggins
Lillian Stieff
C. F. Hawkins
Jones
Lena McElhinney
Barbara Smith
Griff Russell
Hawkins
Grate
Stieff
Huggins
Laughead
John Mayer
John Downing
C. P. Gallagher
Homer Kennedy
Rutland
The
Methodist Church
WCTU Potluck Supper at Roadside Park Friday
Middleport residents will attend a potluck supper by the WCTU at Roadside Park Friday at 5 30 p m. Members are asked to bring a favorite dish and their own table service.
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Middleport
WCTU
Baer Family Reunion Captured at West Virginia Park
The Baer families from Forest Run held a reunion at New Haven Park in West Virginia honoring the late George and Catherine Baer. Attendees included numerous relatives from Ohio Kentucky and local towns with many couples and children listed among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scott
J. B. Marshall
Louisville, Ky
Olan Genheimer
Bertha Scott
William Knight
Mark Evang
Eugene Deavers
Portsmouth
U. S. Nease
H. W. Davis
Athens
David Nease
Frederick Nease
Purley Karr
Paul Karr
Horace Karr
Woodrow Mora
Clifford Hiller
East Liverpool
Weekend visitors attend Southside Charleston reunion
Jane and Ruth Ellis of Columbus visited their parents Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lambert and son Ricky of Chillicothe were guests of Mrs. Helen Brown, Mrs. Charles Williamson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bing for a Summer reunion at Southside Charleston on Sunday. Weekend guests at the Bing home included Mrs. L. R. Wilson of Greenfield and Mrs. Reed Taylor and children Michael and Lynn of Norwalk, who also attended the reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Baker
Patricia
Janet Kay
Houghton Lake
Mich
Kathryn Poindexter
Sadie Starkey
Toledo
George Daniels
Columbus
Daniels
Roxie
Larry Price
Ed Price
Cleveland
Lynford Johnson
Wesley Ward
Earl Johnson
Erie
Bell Telephone Co
Paul Graves
Kathy
Harold Hinkle
Narsa
Lee Strickler
Bowling Green
Audrey Frost
Charles McNamee
Alva Pickenuagh
Dora Hogue
Hill
Caldwell
Vannie Badgley
Clifford Cunningham
Denny
Lima
William Robson
L. L. Cunningham
Peter Lalich
Ted
Gilbert Hayman
Syracuse
Nick Simon
Albuquerque
Fred Jackson
Clyde Ingels
J. J. Davis
Daisy Saunders
Margaret Sauer
L. D. Diles
W. W. Hayes
James Martin
Harold
Charleston
William Kennedy
Billy
Ricky
Jane
Ruth Ellis
W. S. Ellis
Charles Lambert
Chillicothe
Helen Brown
Charles Williamson
Lawrence Bing
Southside
Bing
L. R. Wilson
Greenfield
Reed Taylor
Michael and
Lynn
Norwalk
Divorce Granted in Meigs County Court
Divorce granted to Myrtle Hoffman from Chriss Hoffman for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Filed divorce action reports plaintiff Robert Kim against Mar Dixon Kim alleging gross neglect. both marriages noted dating from 1948. Judge Emmett Peoples presiding. clerk records cited.
Meigs Couple Applies For Marriage License
Marvin Keebaugh aged 19 of Chester a farmer and Marjorie Matheny aged 17 of Reedsville seek a marriage license in Meigs County with residence details and ages provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Marvin Keebaugh
Chester
Marjorie Matheny
Reedsville
Middleport High School Registration Set for Aug 24
Middleport High School announces student registration on Friday August 24. Seniors at 10 am juniors at 11 am sophomores at 1 pm and freshmen at 2 pm. New students urged to register and returning pupils to confirm or change courses. School opens September 4 with a teachers meeting on September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Middleport High School
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Imperial Electric
Hamilton
Elgin and
Bulova
Heisey
Jewelers
Cutler
Elberfelds
Ohio
Walgreen Agency Drug Store
Mennen
Hades
TYSON
Walgreen
Electa Circle
Middleport Social Notes
Florence Bush
Holzer Hospital
Robert Allensworth
Allensworth
Mrs. Meinhart
Sandy
Robert Coats
Christine
W. E. Ervin
Albany
Howard Hoffman
Letart
W. Va
James Hall
Clara Grueser
Minersville
Charles McMaster
Maude Kohl
Mill Street
J. J. Schmoll
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
John Hooper
James Lewis
Roy Johnson
Lora Lee
Leonard Taylor
Ruth
Terry Gallagher
Danny Sanborn
Dennis Gallagher
Chips
Jessie Hoyt
Fred Hoyt
Marietta
Bess Sanborn
John A. Larson
Long View
Washington
Dwaine Larson
Washington, D. C
C. L. Tannehill
Mark
Janice
Donald
Louis Price
Louis Jr
Delores
Jersey City
N. J
Paul Greenlee
Texas
Elbert Greenlee
New Jersey
John Bowman
Powell St
Jo Ann Kircher
Rodney Downing
Bruce Bingham
Richard Watson
Excelsior Company
Jo Ann, Wilson
David Wiley
L. R. Wiley
Fred Gardiner
Crooksville
D. S. Hooper
Gardiners
Zanesville
Baer
Shirley Lee
Gabardines
Dickie's
Yfancy Litter Pan
Serge
Becky
Middleport, Ohio
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Ridin’ High
Bing Crosby
Colen Grey
Charles Bickford
Francis Gifford
William Demarest
James Gleason
Dana Andrews
Richard Conte
Salerno Beachhead
Disney
Budd Abbott
Lou Costello
Vera Vague
Phil Brite
Square Dance Katty
Meigs Pomeroy
Abbott & Costello
Invisible Man
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William Frawley
Island
Robinson Turpin
Temple Middleport
Excuse MY Dust
Red Skelton
Sally Forrest MacDonald
Carey William Demarest
Dane Darnell
Sugar Ray Robinson
Randy Turpin
Allan Lane
Eddy Waller
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