Blackout Disrupts Daily Life Across Ohio Valley Area
About 8000 pounds of dough were lost at Ohio Valley Baking Co. as power failures halted work. Barbershops and beauty shops closed. bars operated only at night. Confectioneries and drive-ins ran reduced hours. ice cream stored where power remained. Imperial Electric and New York Central shops idled. residents with all electric kitchens faced outages. Urban myths circulated of air raid drills and a stuck siren near Pomeroy.
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Ohio Valley Baking Co
Imperial Electric Co
New York Central
Hobson
Pomeroy
Middleport
Polio Deaths Reported Across Ohio in Six Months
The Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics lists 13 polio deaths in the first half of the year with possible undercount due to late death certificates. Deaths by county include Summit four, Montgomery three, Franklin two, and one each in Cuyahoga Geauga Greene and Pickaway.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ohio
Summit
Montgomery
Franklin
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Greene
Pickaway
Boy Scout Leaders Meet in Huntington
George M. Deaver of Canton Ohio heads a 200 member group of West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky Scout leaders at a four day regional conference at Marshall College in Huntington West Virginia starting Monday.
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Huntington
W. Va
George M. Deaver
Canton
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Marshall College
Church Men Change Plans For Painting At Heath Church
Middleport plans to paint the Heath Methodist Church basement were altered due to a power shut-off during Rocksprings station repairs. Methodist Men met for business and social time with Harold Woodgerd in charge. The Rev Louis A Bangerter spoke on evangelism and announced the Layman's Evangelistic Institute at Ohio Wesleyan University September 5 to 7 with Bishop Hazen Werner listed among participants.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Rocksprings
Harold Woodgerd
Louis A. Bangerter
Methodist Church
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hazen Werner
Columbus
Ralph Radcliffe
Homer E. Cook
Charles McElhinny
William J. Graham
Ben Philson
Robert Coats
Ernest
Arthur Covert
Urges Farm Treatment For Chronic Alcoholics
In Toronto an American educator proposed confining chronic alcoholics to state farms where they could earn their keep. Dr. Andrew C. Ivy of the University of Illinois called alcoholism a serious incurable disease and said total abstinence is the only way to manage and prevent it.
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Toronto
Andrew C.ivy
University of Illinois
Burr Oak Community Notices Include Hospital Transfer and Visits
Mrs. Mary Samp was taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital. George Marshall and Mrs. Ida Marshall of Columbus visited Mrs. Grace Weaver. James Jenkins and Miss Lizzie Jenkins of Dayton visited Mrs. Eva Ivers. They were en route to Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. John Bassman of California visited Mrs. Anna Bassman. Glenn Dennis Rolf Drake and Mrs. Grace Weaver were in Corning recently. Eva Ivers.
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Burr Oak
Mary Sampson
Mount St. Mary Hospital
George Marshall
Ida Marshall
Columbus
Grace Weaver
James Jenkins
Lizzie Jenkins
Dayton
Eva Ivers
Pomeroy
John Bassman
California
Bassman
Anna Bassman
Glenn Dennis
Rolf Drake
Corning
Two Hoyt Daughters to Marry in Middleport Church
Middleport social notes report the upcoming double wedding of the Rev and Mrs. Claremont E. Hoyt’s daughters at First Baptist Church on Saturday. The event, planned by Zeta Chi Class, features candlelight, rose and white decor, and prizes for Mary Hoyt and Beulah White.
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Middleport
Claremont E. Hoyt
First Baptist Church
Zeta Chi
Harry Houdashelt
Freddie Houdashelt
Mary Hoyt
Beulah White
Houdashelt
Freddie Houda- Shell
Jean Bennett
Jean Clark
Sara Daune Hartley
Dorothy Chase
Marilyn Fultz
Frances Chase Leiving
Local residents report moves and departures for fall term
Eleanor Satterfield plans to enroll at Ohio University after working as a Farm Bureau bookkeeper following Middleport High School graduation. Ann Chisler and mother return to Carnegie. Mr. Chisler travels to Pennsylvania for his wife and daughter. Mrs. Owens and daughters sail to Buffalo to visit relatives, with Sandra starting school soon. Sgt. C M Owens is in France and expected home in December. Various relatives visit, travel, or prepare for overseas duty as September approaches.
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Middleport High School
Farm Bureau
Ohio University
Ann Chisler
Carnegie
Chisler
Pennsylvania
C. M. Owens
Sandra
Barbara
Kathy
Buffalo
Lil
J. W. Owens
U. S. Army
France
Owens
E. L. Hughes
S. Third Ave
Otho Watts
George Cahoon
Wilkesville
Clara Murray
Columbus
Nelle Ohlinger Bradley
Chester Zirkle
Danny
Bruce
Paul Zirkle
Diana
Butch
Logan
Zirkles
John Yates
Barry
Thomas
Akron
M. R. Sanborn
Bettie Bate
California
Rockhold Johnson wed in Baltimore home ceremony
Cecil Rockhold announces the marriage of his son Russell Rockhold to Doris Johnson of Baltimore Maryland. The double ring ceremony was held July 30 at the bride’s parents home. Several relatives and neighbors, including Lieut Charles Randolph and Mrs Randolph, and Mr and Mrs Bernard Blake of Lansing Michigan, visited and anticipated future plans.
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Cecil Rockhold
Russell Rockhold
Doris Johnson
Baltimore
Geo. Parker
Decatur
Charles Randolph
Schenectady
N. Y
Randolph
Puerto Rico
New Racine Dial Exchange Construction Underway
The General Telephone Company of Ohio begins Racine dial exchange construction with cable laying in the village. The $12 000 conversion should finish by October, with rural lines rehabilitated and two other projects in the area reaching completion about then. Letart Falls will start installation September 2 1952, and Portland builds a new dial building to replace an inadequate structure.
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Pomeroy
General Telephone Company of Ohio
Racine
Letart Falls
Portland
Two Families Leave Village for Batavia and Peoria
Two Middleport families move this week. Thomas Robinson and wife Elaine relocate to Batavia Ohio where Robinson will coach at Batavia High School after two years as assistant coach at Middleport High. Helen Barnhart and two daughters move to Peoria with their Gravel Hill home to be occupied by Minerva Childers. Nina Bland aids in the move.
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Middleport
Batavia
Ohio
Peoria
Thomas Robinson
Elaine
Fisher
Third Ave
Robinson
Batavia High School
Middleport High School
Robinsons
Heath Methodist Church
Helen Barnhart
Gravel Hill
Minerva Childers
Traffic Death Rate Set at 104 Per Day
CHICAGO Automobiles kill about 104 people daily on the nation s streets and highways. Last year 37300 traffic deaths were reported by the National Safety Council. In the first six months this year 16820 fatalties were recorded, up 3 percent from 1951 s half year. Traffic accidents make up about one fortieth of all deaths nationwide. In 1950 the toll was 35000 with 1456000 deaths from all causes.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ohio Supreme Court Stays Execution of George Ross
The Ohio Supreme Court postponed indefinitely the scheduled October 27 execution of George Ross, 27, of Cleveland, for the slaying of a Cleveland police officer.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Supreme Court
George Ross
Ceveland
Cleveland
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