Second Meigs Escapee Is Recaptured Monday
William Pyke Pomeroy age 23 of Racine escaped Meigs County jail at 3:25 a.m. on August 1 and was recaptured Monday evening by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach. Milton Little age 42 of Cheshire remained at large, while Norville Souder age 23 of St. Albans West Virginia was recaptured shortly after the morning break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Pyke
Racine
Meigs County
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Milton Little
Cheshire
Pyke
Norville Souder
St. Albans
W. Va
Lyons
Hartenbach
Ravenswood
Little
Sheriff's Department
Robert Payne
Middleport Garden Club Holds Last Meet of Year
Middleport The executive and program committees planned the club year end meeting a covered dish supper at the home of Mrs M L French Monday evening. A mass arrangement of garden flowers centered the dining room table as fried chicken and other dishes were served to members and guests. Mrs Edward French honorary member asked the blessing. Mrs James F E Harley retiring president who served two terms praised each committee for efficiency and cooperation and thanked all attendees.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
M. L. French
Edward French
James FE. Harley
Eastern Local teachers assigned for new school year
POMEROY J S Davis executive head announces the assignment of teachers for the new year. At the new high school O C Bibbee is principal and a large staff includes Eleanor Well Nora Rice Wilmer Rice Dorothy Michael and others. Cooks Kathleen Milhoan Mae Vinyard and custodian Charles Massar. Marion Parker named principal at Chester Grade School with staff Eleanor Knight Wilma Herrmann Thelma Orr Fannie Brown Fred Rice Orville Brown. Riverview Grade School has Charles Norris as principal and Grace Weese Maxine Reed Rose Easterday Greta Suttle Bertha Smith on staff. Tuppers Plains Grade School lists Charles Knowles principal with Olive Osborne Helen Caldwell Violet Milhone Goldie Story Augusta Barnhart Ralph Weigel. Tom Dye custodian and cooks Mayme Headley and Mrs Luther Boothe. District board members listed. Resignation of Mrs Clifford Erwin accepted. Civic committee plans noted and club botanist papers discussed.
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Pomeroy
J. S. Davis
C. Bibbee
Eleanor Well
Nora Rice
Wilmer Rice
Dorothy Michael
Robert Martin
Anthony Gennette
Henry Beaver
Theodosia Frecker
Alice Frecker
Howard Parker
Alice Nease
Leonard Johnson
Kathleen Milhoan
Mae Vineyard
Charles Massar
Marion Parker
Chester
Eleanor Knight
Wilma Herrmann
Thelma Orr
Fannie Brown
Fred Rice
Orville Brown
Thelma Case
Laura Hartung
Harry Lodwick
Riverview
Charles Norris
Grace Weese
Maxine Reed
Rose Easterday
Greta Suttle
Bertha Smith
Charles Knowles
Tuppers Plains
Charles Bissell
James van Meter
Bill Swain
Ross Cleland
Paul Chevalier
A. K. Abbleby
Bob Marcinko
Virgil Westfall
Fritz Goebel
Cecil Caldwell
Creston Newland
Clyde Headley
Edmond Life
Frank Hoffman
Goebel
Legal Notice in Middleport Estate Case
Bernice Newton Scherbing Lois Newton Edwards Rosealie Newlon Turnbull Joseph Newlon Phyllis Newton Youngs and Kenneth Newton residents of Pontiac Michigan are named as defendants in a probate filing by William Dowland administrator of Joseph Adams estate Athens County Ohio seeking sale of real property to pay debts. The long description covers two tracts in Hollister Hickister and tax deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Newton Scherbing
Delrose Road
Pontiac
Michigan
Lois Newton Edwards
Coleman
Rosealie Newlon Turnbull
Case Lake Road
Joseph Newlon
Phyllis Newton Youngs
Chesecent Point Drive
Kenneth Newton
S. Avery
Poenigan
Hickister
Athens
Ohio
John Seiler
Athens County
Ohio Company
Hollister
Eaidom
GO Rowland
Joseph Addama
Birthdays Honored at Syracuse Sunshine Makers
Syracuse notes report birthday tributes at the Presbyterian Sunshine Makers class held at Agnes White’s home. Esther Harden Agnes White and Margaret Winebrenner honored with gifts. Layette gifts given to Marie Leadingham Florence Reibel. Genevieve Schneider receives traveling basket. Nine members attended. Bible study covered Psalms 86 87. Other attendees listed.
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Margaret Cottrill
Syracuse
Ball Park
Presbyterian Church
Sunshine Makers
Agnes White
Esther Harden
Margaret Winebrenner
Layette
Marie Leadingham
Florence Reibel
Genevieve Schneider
Rachel McBride
Mary Lisle
Gertrude Duffy
Pythians Hold Picnic Supper and Meeting in New Haven
Meigs Temple No 153 Pythian Sisters members and officers held their annual picnic supper and meeting at Mrs. Ralph Pratt Jr s home in New Haven. Mrs Horace McElhinny assisted, prizes were awarded to several members, and a business session followed by recreation.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian
Ralph Pratt
New Haven
Horace McElhinny
William Allman
Homer Jones
Griff Russell
Frank Cheesbrew
Minnie Gilmore
William Lowe
George Child
Cash Bahr
Phil Meinhart
Karl Owen
Myron Miller
Lena McElhinny
Bertie Watts
C. P Gallagher
Christine and
Candace
Ralph Gibbs, Jr
Gloria
Greg
Owen
Miller
Fireman To Give Report On Akron Convention
Firemen who attended the 21st annual Ohio State Firemen's Association convention in Akron Aug 22 24 reported a large parade with 170 units featuring new equipment and antique apparatus. Sidney T Russell will report at the next fire department meeting. local units now use walkie talkies at scenes and radios on trucks 11 12 13 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio State Firemen’s Association
Akron
Sidney T. Russell
Kin Club Holds Shelter Dinner At Pratt Home
The Kin Club meeting moved indoors to Mr and Mrs Edgar Pratts home at N Third Ave Middleport due to bad weather. A covered dish dinner followed by games during the recreation period with attendees including the Ebersbachs Vaughans Lehews Leifheit and Pratt families and others from Groveport and South Side W Va.
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Middleport
Kin Club
Edgar Pratt
N. Third Ave
Harold Ebersbachs
Darlene
Jimmy
C. J. Ebersbach
Willard Ebersbachs
Chevyl
Joyce
Linden Plants
South Side
Richard Vaughans
Pat
Judy
Marty
Teddy Warners
Don
Bill
Neva Pratt
Verda Lehew
Robert Lehews
Debbie
Groveport
Emma Leifheit
Johnny
Teddy Lehew
Debbie Laney
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Coal and Property Shifts
Transfers show Guy Edmondson and Anna Edmondson selling 72 acres of coal land in Salem Township to Ohio Power Co. Other deeds include James B. O'Brien acting for Curtis R. Lallance estate transferring Lot 297 in Syracuse to Elizabeth Lallance. Also Mayme Hobart and M C Hobart sell parcels in Pomeroy to Mollie Brown and A Niesel Weatherman to Robert V Weatherman for Wayne Brickes and Evelyn Brickles., plus wills and certificates transferring property in Middleport to Martha Hunnel and a Middleport lot from Lon Y Greenlee and Gertrude Greenlee to Dorothy A Daniel and London D Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Edmondson
Anna Edmundson
Ohio Power Co
Salem Township
James B. O’brien
Curtis R. Lallance
Elizabeth Lallance
Syracuse
Mayme Hobart
M. C. Hobart
Mollie Brown
Pomeroy
Middleport
Lon VY. Greenlee
Gertrude Mae Greenlee
Dorothy A. McDaniel
London D. McDaniel
Pomeroy First Baptist Women to Meet at Wolfe Home
The One Won One Class of the First Baptist Church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Walter Wolfe, with Mrs Harry Lee Bailey as co host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Francis Glazier
Pomeroy Charge
EUB Church
Morning Star and Enterprise
Glazier
Columbus
First Baptist Church
Walter Wolfe
Harry Lee Bailey
POMEROY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MARKED AT HOME
Mr and Mrs Stephen Archer observe their 64th wedding anniversary at home on Thomas Fork. Mrs Edward J Strauss of Pomeroy is identified as a daughter in the notice.
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Pomeroy
Stephen Archer
Ther
Thomas Fork
Edward J. Strauss
Wedding Rites Held Aug. 17
Howard Kitchen Jr and Martha Greene wed at 4 30 p m Monday Aug 17 in Hillsboro at the home of Mrs Oren Layman with Rev Paul Jones officiating. Kitchen is son of Alma and Howard Kitchen of Pomeroy. Greene is daughter of Heber and Mrs Greene of Hillsboro. They visited Lake Hope and will reside in Wilmington where Kitchen works for Standard Oil Co.
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Pomeroy
Howard Kitchen, Jr
Martha Greene
Oren H. Layman
Hillsboro
Paul Jones
Church of Christ
Mr. Kitchen
Alma Kitchen
Howard H. Kitchen
Miss Greene
Heber Greene
Lake Hope
Kitchen
Standard Oil Co
Wilmington
Presbyterian Camp Party From Middleport Attends Presmont
Four Presbyterians from Middleport attended Presmont Camp near Piedmont. Alan and Bruce Wallace, Jimmy Miller, and Fran Reichert of New Haven joined by Mr and Mrs Dwight Wallace who drove them. The Wallaces visited Mrs Knox of McConnelsville. Wallace is on two weeks vacation from the Philip Sporn plant. Pauline Zirkle of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing also appeared at the camp on vacation and returned Thursday with Jimmy Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Camp Presmont
Piedmont
Alan
Bruce Wallace
Jimmy Miller
Fran Reichert
New Haven
Dwight Wallace
Wallaces
G. C. Knox
McConnelsville
Walace
Philip Sporn
Pauline Zirkle
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Moeller to Speak at Meigs County Democratic Meeting
Walter P. Moeller district Democratic Congressional candidate will be guest speaker at 7 30 Thursday evening in Pomeroy as Meigs County Democrats gather. Local families host relatives and guests from Gallipolis Ells more Findlay Moundsville Chillicothe and Chillicothe area visitormore details follow in community notes.
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Pomeroy — Rock Springs Grange
Picnic Held By WSCS At Reedsville Ferhan Meadows
A WSCS annual picnic at Ferhan Meadows hosted by the Reedsville Methodist Church featured a covered dish lunch and ice cream. Attendees prepared a gift box for hospital patient Dorotha Reibel and many members and guests from area families joined the event. The next society meeting is scheduled for September 10 in the church basement.
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Reedsville
Methodist Church
WSCS
Ferhan Meadows
Harold Sauer
Dorotha Reibel
St. Joseph Hospital
Verna Rose
Maxine Whitehead
Grace Weaver
Marilyn Buckley
Gladys Williams
Ruth Ann Balderson
Addie Fugate
E. W. Davis
Alabama
Sauer
Hazel Buckley
Martha Orr
Rushin Shumway
Della Ruth
Jo Pickens
Clara Massar
Laura Ruth
Military Day Graduates Centennial Year at Boys Industrial School
Middleport sees 57th Annual Military Field Day at the Boys Industrial School on September 11 to mark the school’s centennial. Col. T. Lyston Fultz, superintendent and Middleport native, calls the event a colorful culmination of military instruction with events from 1:15 p.m. field day drills to 4:15 p.m. parade and a reception, plus a public hobby fair from 5 to 7 p.m. in Detail Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Boys Industrial School
T. Lyston Fultz
107 Pints Donated At Pomeroy Bloodmobile
An American Red Cross bloodmobile in Pomeroy collected 107 pints of blood, surpassing the 100 pint goal as 119 people visited the junior high auditorium from noon to 6 pm. The event featured Dr. B J Allison as supervisor and Beta Sigma Phi staff aides with Xi Gamma Mu sisters, with students assisting in loading and canteen operations.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
B. J. Allison
Martha Gross
Jean Evans
Pearl Pouin
Daisy Bing
Bernice Ledlie
Jean Smith
Selah Weatherby
Blanche Easterday
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Aaron Zahl
Carl Shields
Hilda Schmoll
Lena Huber
Edith Kautz
Florence Hood
Neva Seyfried
Frances Reibel
Katie Baer
Davis Ice and Produce Co
Weed and Sons Wholesale Co
Youngs Celebrate Birthday With Family Dinner
MIDDLEPORT C R Youngs hosted a turkey dinner Sunday for relatives and friends in observance of Mr Youngs birthday. The cake was made by Mrs Vincent Young of Erie and iced by the host. Guests included Mrs Thelma Riley Mrs Edward Edwards Mrs John Ashby Sr Mrs Gertrude Mitchell and others from Rendville Columbus Charleston Lakin Liberty Ave and Erie.
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Middleport
C. R. Youngs
Mr. Young
Vincent Young
Erie
C. R. Young
Thelma Riley
Edward Edwards
John Ashby
Gertrude Mitchell
Douglas Jackson
Rendville
William Diltz
William
Columbus
Aaron Kennedy
Charleston
Earl Braxton
Cincinnati
Charles Jones
Lakin
David Jackson
Liberty Ave
Meter Receipts Reported for Past Week in Middleport
Reports show parking meter receipts totaled 190 dollars and 70 cents for the past week. Collections are made weekly by Chief of Police Bartrum or other department personnel.
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Middleport
Bartrum
Stevens seeks divorce in Meigs County Court
Virginia M. Stevens of Tuppers Plains files for divorce from William R. Stevens of Lebanon Virginia in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. She alleges gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty and seeks custody of their child.
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Pomeroy
Virginia M. Stevens
Tuppers Plains
William R. Stevens
Lebanon
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
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Meigs
Clifford Erwin
Fred Schroath
Bridgeport
Walter Harris
C. A. Emmish
Victor H. Reis
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
National Geographic Society
Library Board
Harley
Max Roller
French
Helen Beeson
O. P. Klein
Rodney Downing
John Zerkle
Garen Stansbury
W. M. Juhling
Clinton Fisher
C. O. Fisher
C. B. Forrest
Robert Harris
Nellie
Hallie Zerkle
Mary
Susan Dark
David Entsminger
W. W. Hayes
Lenore Giles
Crary Davis
C. M. Hennesy
E. M. Wood
James Titus
Tanners Run
Clarence Shields
Alfred Lyons
Howard Frank
Frank Currie
Carolyn
Lumberport
Herbert Chambers
Daisie Saunders
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Harry Mitchell, Jr
L. D. Diles
Fred Bush
Martha
Glenn Douglas
Gary
Vesta McCoy
C. N. Forrest
Homer Shank
Frank, Mason
Roger Kittle
Helen of
Glouster
Miss Kittle
Camp Butler
Dave Sherwood
Don McMillen
McMillen
C. R
Ray) Stewart
Dunbar
Ilinois
Chowchilla
Calif
Stewart
Ray Stewart
Texas
Bill Moss
Ann Miller
Union Congregational Church
la Jolla
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Moss
Fred MacMurray
Ginger Rogers
Linda Darnell
Syracuse News
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Sharlee
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William Eichinger
Nelsonville
Linda Kay
William Holter
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Harold Crouch
Aene
Clara Showers
Arnold Apartments
Enterprise
Cliff Decker
J. S. Shipes
Jacksonville
Fla
Richard Weaver
Shipes
Lena Weaver
Oscar Wince
Minersville
E. S. Mills
Harold Dewherst
Rutland
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R. L. Genheimer
Belpre
Willis Leadingham
Scott Moore
Russell Leadingham
Armstrong
Franklin Furnace
Rosa Leadingham
South Webster
Edna Summerfield
Gerald Lee Summerfield
Hubert Parker
Eldon Will
Henry Dailey
Gretaa Royster
Portsmouth
William Holmes
Helen Quillen
Fred Crow
Washington, D. C
Sharlee Neuman
Gerald Michael
Wilbur Frecker
Cleveland
Clarence McGill
Mattie Springer
Pythians
Presbyterian
Pomeroy Personals
Donna Reibel
Harley Strong
Wilkesville
Anna Margaret Canaday
Blanche Louise Canaday
Gallipolis
Delmar Canaday
Raymond Krider
Clyde Raines
Ellsmore
Russell Krider
Findlay
Don Thomas
Moundsville
Ralph Graves
Everett Thomas
Eugene Thomas
Chillicothe
Mrs
BIS
Eroy
Charles S. Gibbs
The
Pomeroy Board of Education
Youngs
Grange
Bell-Ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Leigh Snowden
Richard Hartman
Hot Rod
Dean Stockwell
Natalie Trundy
Meigs—Pomeroy
Marjorie Morningstar
Natalie Wood
Gene Kelly
the Law
Jake Wade
Temple
Desire Under the Elms
Sophia Loren
Anthony Perkins
Liberty
Randolph Scott
Karen Steele
Beast OF
Amazon
John Bromfield
Beverly Garland
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
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