Middleport votes to place two mill operating levy on ballot
Middleport Council adopts a two mill operating levy for five years to fund the general fund and reduce fire insurance rates. The measure passed 4-1 with John Zerkle dissenting. The Ohio Inspection Bureau backs flexible use of funds and recommends fire department equipment and updated fire limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Hoeflich
Middleport
John Zerkle
Bernard Fultz
Zerkle
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Bureau
Orrdnance
Merchantile
Wayne Gibbons
Gene Grate
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
William Childs
Car
Six Fined In County Court On Monday
Six defendants faced ten hearings before Meigs County Judge Emmet W. Peoples. Potts Jr. paid 15 dollars plus costs for driving with a revoked license, Moses 10 dollars for defective brakes, Russell 100 dollars and costs plus three days in jail for intoxication, Conger 25 dollars with costs and suspended on intoxication charges, Swartz 10 dollars with costs suspended for intoxication, and Phillips 5 dollars with costs for driving without a license. Pleas of innocent were entered by Barringer, Smith, Bartimas, and Crisp with further hearings set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Phillips
Floyd Barringer
George L. Smith
Elza Bartimas
James Crisp
Meigs Marriage License Issued for Ralston Pugh Couple
Charles L. Ralston age 29 and Louise Pugh age 18, both of Port Meigs, obtained a marriage license. The couple resides in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Charles L. Ralston
Louise Pugh
Middleport
Meigs General Hospital Admission and Discharges
Meigs General Hospital records show admissions including Mrs Lawrence Wiley and discharges listing Ethel Jones Jerry Hill Mrs Edward E Kitchen and Bernice Molden Elmer Nelson Tammy Bahr Miss Cora Rupe and Mrs Eva Ebersbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Jones
Jerry Hill
Edward E. Kitchen
Bernice Molden
Elmer Nelson
Tammy Bahr
Cora Rupe
Eva Ebersbach
Rutland Pair Granted Marriage License
Herbert Grate aged 20 and Ruth Spangle aged 17, both of Rutland, obtained a marriage license confirming their union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Grate
Ruth Spangle
Rutland
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Travel Visits and Local Happenings
Miss Lily Girolami leaves for Chicago after a week with relatives in Pomeroy. Dick Fisher and son host in Glendora while families visit Virginia Beach and Ohio events. Activities include state fair attendance, coaches moving to new posts, hospital care for Jerry Lee, and numerous family visits across Columbus, Norfolk, and Ath ens with extended kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Girolami
Chicago
Ill
Basillio Girolami
Miss Girolami
Columbus
Paul Casci
David
Dick Fisher
Rickey
Glendora
Calif
L. F. Schoenleb
A. H. Fisher
Jack Kennedy
Robert Hartenbach
Virginia Beach
William Gibbs
Mary Amberger
Paula Sayre
Junior Wolfe
Paul Klees
Eleanor Robson
W. A. Gibbs
Jeff
Washington, D. C
Quantico
Mrs. Earl Williamson
Middleport Social Notes Camp at Lake Alma and Visits
Middleport social news highlights Miss Beverly Tennant and family visiting. groups camping at Lake Alma with Mrs. Everson and Miss Tennant. Many local residents travel for visits, vacations, and family events across Ohio and nearby states, with numerous gatherings in Gallipolis Wheeling Steubenville and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Tennant
Steubenville
William Everson
Miss Tennant
Everson
Patty
Leo Smith
Kenny
Lake Alma
Larry Wiley
Florida
Atlanta
Charles Anthony
Billy
Dayton
Willis Anthony
Ellen Dutton
Dale Dutton
Cincinnati
Nancy Teeter
Allen Knopp
John Fultz
Anita
Mt. Pleasant
John Ketchka
John
Wheeling
W. Va
Gary
Celesta Ault
Gallipolis
Mary Lee Davis
Bernard Ginther
Todd Heinerman
Donald
Logan
Robert Ord
Jay Ord
Edward R. Johnson
Debbie
David
Bridgeport
Johnson
Fred Schroath
Rick
Clifford Er“Go Iva Ward
Columbus
Frieda Faehnle
H. D. Defenbacher
Faehnle
Defenbacher
Hershey
William’ Everson
Pat
Jean Smith
Middleport
Shirley Tennant
Pittsburgh
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Frank Betz
Nina Bland
Perry Mitch
Robert Mitch
John Seines
New York Central Railroad
Old Man’s Cave
Carol Bachtel
Forrest Bachtel
Michl Lloyd
Mark Vroman
Charles Vroman
McDade
Bernard Guinther
Syracuse
Frank Cheesebrew
Warren Hulbert
Steubenville First Baptist Church
Hulbert
Man Injured In Cave-In At Pipeline Work Site
Lamar Kemp 36 of Jackson was treated at Meigs General Hospital for a left leg injury after a trench cave-in at a Texas Eastern Pipeline Co. site in Carpenter. He was buried up to his neck before coworkers freed him. emergency squad arrived at 6 p.m. Kemp was transported by private ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lamar Kemp
Jackson
Meigs General Hospital
Kemp
Texas Eastern Pipeline Co
Carpenter
Nora Johnson 75th Birthday Noted At Pomeroy Reunion
Nora Johnson was honored on her 75th birthday with a decorated cake presented by Mr and Mrs Jacob Johnson at the Johnson and Smith family reunion held August 20 in Logan Park. Numerous relatives from Columbus New Lexington Junction City Crooksville Grove City Bradbury and Pomeroy attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Nora Johnson
Jacob Johnson
Johnson and Smith
Logan
Paul L. Johnson
Roger
Charles
Jerry
Mona Louise
Roy Johnson
Ted Layman
Frankie
Teddie
Clark Swair
Clark
Peggy
Judith
Letitia
Perry Sam
Columbus
Perry Smith
Kenneth
Dickie
Susan
Sandra
Patricia
New Lexington
Thomas Wolfe
Perry
Jane
Randy
Chris
Pat
Junction City
William Smith
Bruce
John
Robbie
Kathy
Cindy
Diane
Crooksville
James Stough
Joyce
Cheryl
David
Lawrence Belford
Ronnie
Larry
William Byrd
Ray
Sharon Burke
Karen Burke
Ray Johnson
Grove City
Gene Evans
Mike
Kay
Steven Winn
T. W. Autherson
Bradbury
Joseph R. Johnson
Everett Ray
Beverly
Brenda Wagner
Nelda Wise
Dreama Lee
Sandra Jean
Donna Lynn
Cecelia
Teenage Club Demonstrates Dance Styles in Chauncey
Pomeroy Teen age Square Dance Class members directed by Mrs. Jo Hardy performed Western style square and round dances at Chauncey High School last Friday. Chauncey PTA sponsors the event. Participants included Ginger and Spencer Stearns Racine Charles Lee Long Bottom Charlies Swackhammer Mason W Va Louella Mary Thompson Sally Gloebaker Raul Cambeses John Hardy and Mrs. Lucille Swackhamer. The program featured hash patter lines star figures and breaks with singing calls Good Old Summertime and Rocky Mountain Dew and rounds Shortcake and Pink Shoelaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jo Hardy
Chauncey High School
Chauncey Pta
Ginger
Spencer Stearns
Racine
Charles Lee
Long Bottom
Charlies Swackhammer
Mason
W. Va
Louella
Mary Thompson
Sally Gloebaker
Raul Cambeses
Final Record Hop in Middleport Caps Summer Season
The Jays Kenny Hysell and Leon Jordan will emcee a summer outdoor record hop at Middleport community park Saturday from 8 to 11 30 p.m. Sponsored by the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jays
Kenny Hysell
Leon Jordan
Community Park
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Local Post Vacation Notes and Community Highlights
After a vacation the column returns with notes on Route 7 widening准备 and railing work, a helicopter landing at Horace Karr’s home, and birthday greetings for Albert Gloeckner who is sick but celebrated with about 50 cards. Mr. and Mrs. Gloeckner marked their 48th wedding anniversary. Jim Carnahan, a Racine cattleman and minstrel, was released from Meigs General Hospital after Rocky Mountain fever and expects to return to farming soon. Frank Johnston was featured in Ben Hayes' column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Crooks
Eddie Blake
Cincinnati
David Miller
W. Va
Fielding Hawkins
Belle
Charles Vroman
John Fultz
Anita
Mark
Delaware
Pontiac
Mich
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Fultz
Chester Hammond
Carl Jones
Coleen Waddell
E. M. Blake
Johnny
Charleston
Blake
Charles Mills
Toledo
Shirley Mills
Mary Bacon
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Louis Alley
Hillsboro
Lula Blankenship
Peebles
Clara Bacon
Carolyn Grueser
Joe Wilson
Meigs General Hospital
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Columbus
Freda Wiley
Richard Vaughan
Dunbar
Wilbur Parsons
Dale Walburn
Jill
Stevie
Ellen Forbes
Ann
Billy
Mayme Rainey
Kim
Kellen
Fort Meyer
Fle
Rainey
Florida
Luther Ramsey
James Hawley
Horace Karr
Karr
Horace
Albert Gloeckner
Albert
Gloeckner
Meigs County
Board of Elections
Mrs. Gloeckner
Jim Carnahan
Racine
Jim
Fined for Disturbing Peace in Middleport Court
William Conley of Apple Grove was fined $10 and costs for disturbing the peace and fighting when he appeared before Mayor Kenneth McElhinney's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Conley
Apple Grove
Kenneth McElhinney
Friendship Class Plans Wiener Roast
MIDDLEPORT The Friendship Class of Clifton Methodist Church planned a wiener roast for Saturday at Portland Park after a recent picnic supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pickens. William Brown presided over the business session and awards were given to several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Clifton Methodist Church
Ray Pickens
William Brown
Portland Park
Lloyd Hoffman
Pickens
Gene Riley
Richard Gilkey
Earl Robinson
Funeral services for Glenn See in Gallipolis
Funeral services for Glenn See, 34, of Yuma Arizona, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller funeral home in Gallipolis. He leaves his mother Mrs Mary See of Cheshire and three brothers, Guy E See of Pomeroy Ronnie serving with the Air Force in Mississippi and Roy of Columbus. Lee was a World War II veteran. Burial is in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Glenn See
Yuma
Arizona
Miller Funeral Home
Gallipolis
Mary See
Cheshire
Guy E. See
Pomeroy
Ronnie
Air Force
Mississippi
Roy
Columbus
Lee
Gravel Hill
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Walton Manley
Page St
Richard Folden
Sucher
ACO
the Food Mart
Lawrence Wiley
James Simmerman
Simmermans
Pomeroy Personals
French Handley
Don Reuter
Scotty
Page, Ariz
Rollin Wolfe
Gerald Reuter
Frank Johnston
Charles Chauncey
Canada Apartments
Butternut Ave
E. J. Strauss
Gon
Jason Adams
Strauss
Pete Elmer
Raymond Smith
Laurel St
Danny West
Rock Springs
Jerry Lee
Jake Lee
Holzer Hospital
IBM
Mary Dennis
East Liverpool
George Hoeflich
Nye Ave
Middleport Social Notes
I. E. Miller
Leo Swick
W. W. Robinson
Barbara
Martha Jean
Woodstock
George McGhee
van Zandi
Rambler
Chevretet
Ford
Plymouth
Buick
Olde
Pentiss
Mercury
DeSete
Cadilles
Chrysler
Lincoln
Falcon
Comet
Valiant
Platt's
Ohio Department of Highways
Ben Hayes
Anne
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