Pomeroy Council Approves Emergency Squad Remodel
In a short session the Pomeroy council authorized remodeling of the emergency squad rooms behind the fire station at city hall. Joe Struble led the proposal with squad members to do the work. Mayor Legar reported November receipts of 526.65 and clerk Edna Schoenleib listed 11 008.18 general fund balance plus 92 195.03 in all active funds. The November report introduced water works operating fund of 10 008.91 and an improvement fund of 40 000, tied to the Meigs County Water Company bond issue. The Lincoln Terrace rock sliding project was handed to the street committee. Attending were Mayor Legar, the clerk, and Councillors Hysell, Collins, Fultz and Rizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
City Hall
Joe Struble
Edna Schoenleib
Meigs County Water Company
Lincoln Terrace
Street Committee For
Legar
Hysell
Collins
Fultz
Rizer
50 Year Pin Presented To Emmett W Jones
Emmett W. Jones lifelong Bur lingham resident and Harrisonville Lodge No 411 F and AM member received a 50 year pin in a ceremony at his daughter Mrs Dorothy Dandakis Athens. Wayne Wingett past master presented with nine past masters in attendance and many lodge members and family present. Jones recuperating from recent surgery at Athens home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Stanley
Fred Stanley
Harold H. Collins
Norman Will
Harley
Dandakis
Jones
Athens
Sorority Gifts To Meigs Servicemen In Vietnam Plan
Ohio Eta Phi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi meets to send boxes to Meigs county servicemen in Vietnam. A box to John Hood is noted. They donate to TB and Health, plan March of Dimes drive, discuss Miss America pageant in June with Bend Regatta Weekend, sponsor pageant for Meigs Gallia Washington Athens. Christmas party Dec 19, dinner Dec 8, ritual cloth from Xi Gamma Mu, decorations demo, bazaar items, door prize won by Donna Byer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Vietnam
Ohio
Eta Phi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ann Barnitz
John Hood
TB and Health Association
Bonnie Thompson
Meigs
Gallia
Washington
Athens
Jennifer Anderson
Annie Chapman
Oscar’s
Gallipolis
Xi Gamma Mu
Martha Curl
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Donna Byer
Canvass Planned By Church
Plans for an every member visitation canvass in January were announced by the Official Board of Heath Methodist Church. The Rev. Max Donahue reported on the Finance Commission meeting and new budget copies were distributed. The Rev. George Sidwell will speak at Pomeroy Methodist Church on December 13. Nan Moore noted the annual Community children's party on December 12 for Heath Methodist School children grades one through six, with donation contacts listed. Candy treats for the children are planned for December 24, and class plans for that morning are requested. The parsonage improvements and disposal work completed by Class 12 Circle were acknowledged. The MYF will lead candlelight services December 17 at Heath and December 24 at Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Max Donahue
Finance Commission
George Sidwell
Korea
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Nan Moore
Moore
Mildred Zeigler
David Entsminger
Church Board
MYF
Heath Church
Pomeroy Church
Veterans Memorial Hospital Admission Report
Admitted are Eileen Weeks of Racine Dorothy Roush of Middleport Larry Collins of Long Bottom Sidney Hayman of Middleport Roy Rupe of Bidwell Ruth Campbell of Pomeroy Nellie Hamson Denise Krisel Robert Molden Mrs Joe Lawrence and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Weeks
Racine
Dorothy Roush
Middleport
Larry Collins
Long Bottom
Sidney Hayman
Roy Rupe
Bidwell
Ruth Campbell
Pomeroy
Nellie Hamson
Denise Krisel
Robert Molden
Joe Lawrence
Meigs General Hospital Notes Remove Names Mentioned
Meigs General Hospital notes list staff from Pomeroy Rutland Route 1 and Anna Reuter with Helen Turner dismissed. A separate line states uranium is abundant, about 400 times more common than gold in the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dodson
Pomeroy
Lee Burnem
Rutland
Anna Reuter
Helen Turner
Commissioners Draw Grand and Petit Juries for January Term
Wallie Toney and Fred Greene drew the grand and petit juries for the January Circuit Court term. Grand jurors report January 2 at 9 30 a.m. and petit jurors January 15 at 9 a.m. Local names include Arbuckle district Linford Sisson and Rose Withers. Clendenin district Rose Withers. Gallipolis Ferry names. Point Pleasant area residents. multiple districts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wallie Toney
Fred Greene
Arbuckle
Linford Sisson
Pliny
Clendenin
Rose Withers
Apple Grove
Goldie Pullin
Gallipolis Ferry
Colgene
George Rairden
Cooper
Virginia Rayburn
Graham
John Ord
New Haven
Clarence Blessing
Letart
Hannan
Wilmer Rowsey
Charles Reynolds
Milton
Lewis
Armo Morrison
Virgil Siders
Gene Ball
Robinson
James Allen Ferrell
Old Town Road
Camp Conley
Union
Evelyn Proffitt
Mason
Jack Fox
Clifton
Donald Henry
Gallipolis
Lions Club Presents Eye Container To Pleas ant Valley Hospital
At a dinner meeting in Gene Balls Restaurant the Point Pleasant Lions Club presented an eye shipping container to Pleas ant Valley Hospital administrator Mrs William Marnhout. Walter Stein highlighted prior donations and WV eye operations and cornea transplants funded by Lions in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lion’s Club
West Virginia
Gene Ball
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Walter Stein
William Marnhout
Stein
Lions Clubs
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Washington
New York
United States
Holzer Hospital News Births List Opens Prolific Week
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walter Lewis of Proctorville announce a son. The notice also lists numerous new arrivals and family names from Gallipolis Point Pleasant Cottageville and other towns, including Ratcliff Gue and Rainer, with several mothers named alongside their children. The long roll call covers doctors, spouses, and locations in the Holzer Hospital news brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Walter Lewis
Proctorville
George E. Johnson
Point Pleasant
Keith Gordon Reiker Jr
Middleport
James F. Nelson
Gallipolis
Floyd Allman
McArthur
Sandra Sue Ratcliff
Charles Tackett
Bidwell
Gene Armstrong
Benjamin F. Gue
Chesapeake
Chris M. Burkholder
Cottageville
Grant Long
Harry Snyder
Alexander Pinkerman
Kitts Hill
Terry Adams
Jesse Sheets
Michael Sanders
Kelly Lewis
Gerald Higginbotham
Buffalo
Chevyl Leedy
Oak Hill
Virgil Michael
Thurman
Paul P. Simon
Pomeroy
Fruit School for Pomeroy-Tri-County Growers Dec 12
Pomeroy Tri-County fruit growers are invited to attend a Fruit School on December 12 at the Amesville Grange Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eldon Banta Extension Fruit Specialist will discuss weed control wildlife and last summer problems. Richard Miller Dr Blair Janson and P A Bond will cover insect disease control and sprayer calibration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tri-County
Amesville
Eldon Banta
Extension
Richard Miller
Blair Janson
P. A. Bond
Geigy Company
6th Graders Will Discuss School History On Air
POINT PLEASANT The Leon Grade School plans a Talk of the Town segment on WJEH Thursday at 8 45 a m. Sixth graders have interviewed teachers and parents researching the school history and note it was the first erected with funds from Mason County’s special levy. Principal Lois Shinn will accompany the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
WJEH
Mason County
Lois Shinn
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Notable Residents
Pleasant Valley notes report new births for Mr and Mrs Charles Clark of Clifton a daughter and Mr and Mrs David Lanham of Point Pleasant a daughter. Other listed residents include Luther Young Jr Ashton Homer Mayes Glenwood Robert Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs H A Bright Point Pleasant John Dalton Ashton Mrs Sidney Durst Grover Legg Mrs Mike Hysell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice W. Adkins
Henderson
C. G. Jones
Maxine Walters
Point Pleasant
Donald C. Roush
New Haven
George F. Bright
Pliny
Mrs. Maurey Pridemore
Wiliam Pancake
Smith Kinzel
Cottageville
Robert Watterson
Howard I. Carder
Odell Bush
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Arthur
Milton
Sidney Bauer
Leon
Oxley Blaine
South Side
Cecil Derrick
Thomas Walden
Glenwood
Ralph Gibbs
Floyd Rayburn
Emery McCallister
Edwin Legg
R. P. Dunn
Apple Grove
Raymond Eckard
Roy Ball
Elizabeth Calloway
Mozell Dabney
Ashton
George W. Oliver
Letart
Lyda Garland
Gall
Charles Clark
Clifton
David Lanham
Luther Young Jr
Homer Mayes
Robert Taylor
H. A. Bright
John Dalton
Sidney Durst
Grover Legg
Mike Hysell
Roy Rupe Pomeroy 79 admitted to Veterans Memorial Hospital
Roy Rupe Pomeroy of Bidwell, 79, was admitted as a medical patient at Veterans Memorial Hospital Monday at 2 55 p m. He arrived with assistance from the Middleport emergency squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Roy Rupe
Bidwell
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Middleport
FAA Hold Talks On Airport Near Point Pleasant
Mason County Court members E H Bissell Clarence Adkins and Lawrence Gerlach Jr clerk L W Getty and Airport Board chair James H Lewis returned from Washington DC where they met with the Federal Aviation Authority to discuss federal funds for enlarging the nearby airport The present airstrip is 3200 feet and a larger one is needed for larger planes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Court
Mason County Airport Advisory Board
Washington, D. C
Federal Aviation Authority
Washington
E. H. Bissell
Clarence Adkins
Lawrence Gerlach, Jr
Meetings in Meigs area church rummage sale and club notices
The WSCS of East Letart Methodist Church will sponsor a rummage sale December 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Simpson Building in Racine across from the old Post Office. The Tri-County Citizens Band Radio Club and Chapter 56 of the United Citizens Band Radio Association will meet December 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Amerts hall in Pomeroy to plan the Christmas party. Evangeline Chapter CES Middleport will install new officers December 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple with Robert Mindling as installing officer. The chapter will have fruit cakes for sale. Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters meet Tuesday evening at the hall with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
East Letart Methodist Church
Simpson
Racine
Tri-County
Citizens Band Radio Club
Chapter 56
United Citizens Band Radio Association
Amerts
Pomeroy
Evangeline Chapter
CES
Middleport
Masonic Temple
Robert K. Mindling
Ohio
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
Big Bend 4-H Club Hosts Christmas Party
Ingrid Hawley and Vicki Clelland led a session on sprained ankle care at the Big Bend Junior 4-H Club meeting. Mary Ann Weyersmiller displayed a first aid kit. a Dec 28 Christmas party is planned with Sandra Ruschel, Sheri Reuter, Mary Ann Weyersmiller, and Karen Baity on the planning committee. Sandy Ruschel led recreation. refreshments were toasted marshmallows by Mila Powell. The gathering took place at Mrs. C. E. Blakeslee’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ingrid Hawley
Vicki Clelland
Big Bend
Jennifer Chapman
Mary Ann Weyersmiller
Sandra Ruschel
Sheri Reuter
Karen Baity
Sandy Ruschel
Mila Powell
C. E. Blakeslee
Buck Season Ends With No Injuries In Mason County
Mason County conservation officer Miles Durst reports 47 buck deer killed in the 12 day bucks only gun season which ended Saturday in 1966. No injuries or casualties were reported during the season. Comparisons show 63 deer killed in the same period in 1964, and 46 in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Miles Durst
Mason County
PTA Hears Junior Choir at Letart Falls
LETART FALLS The Letart Falls PTA met with president June Wickersham in charge. Eileen Buck led fourth grade program as East Letart Junior Choir sang two numbers and joined in America. Edison Roush shared slides from Europe. Attendance award went to fourth grade. banner replaced by potted plant. Committees named. refreshments served. POMEROY Cleo Hinzman fined $25 for operator charge. Shelly Hinzman found not guilty of driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
PTA
June Wickersham
Eileen Buck
East Letart
America
Edison Roush
Pomeroy
Cleo Hinzman
Cleveland
Charles Legar
Shelly Hinzman
Nitro
Miller to Speak at GOP Kickoff Dinner in Mason County
Rep. Clarence E. Miller of Ohio will headline the Mason County Young Republicans Club Kickoff 68 dinner at 7 p.m. in the new junior high cafeteria. Miller, member of the 90th Congress, ex-mayor of Lancaster, will be joined by entertainment stars Frank Bowles and others who won a Meigs County Fair talent prize. Tickets cost $3. call 675-4400 or 675-3195. Lawrence Gerlach Jr. chairs the program. Eddie McDermitt presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clarence E. Miller
Ohio
Mason County
Young Republicans Club
Miller
Ohi
Lancaster
Frank Bowles
Cecil Sargent
Owen Coffee
Benny Spires
Meigs County Fair
Miss Bailey Honored With Bridal Shower
POMEROY Ruth Ann Bailey was honored with a bridal shower at Rock Springs Methodist Church on Friday evening with hostesses including Mrs. Clifford Leifheit and Mrs. Harold Blackson. Guests included Mrs. Philip Radford and Miss Mary Radford among many others. Miss Bailey is the bride elect of David Wiley of Middleport. POINT PLEASANT Rex E Powers of Apple Grove was arrested on a non-support warrant and Robert Andrew Ross of Blaine, Ky., on an intoxication charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sisson
Roberta Wellman
Jessie Saunders
Hugh Beards
William Grueser
Gladys Morgan
Amos Leonard
Maxine Arnold
Ethel Grueser
Velma Douglas
Benton Eblin
Richard Eblin
Edward Ball
Arlee Abbott
Mary Radford
Kathy Abbott
Sherrie Blackston
L. R. Wiley
Wilbur Bailey
Earl Roush
Fred Goeglein
Fred Leifheit
Evelyn Romine
Jane Douglas
Homer Radford
Walter Wears
James Evans
Scott Fulmer
Becky Radford
Susanna Arnold
Roy Biffle
William Clark
Levi Partlow
Clay Bryant
Bailey
David Wiley
Middleport
Point Pleasant
Rex E. Powers
Apple Grove
Sheriff's Department
Robert Andrew Ross
Blaine
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Emmett W. Jones
Sorority
Meigs General Hospital
the Electric
Columblus and Southern Oid Electric Company
Lions Club
G. A. Biggs
Board of Trustees
Biggs
Appalachian Power Auditorium
Dandylions Club
Holzer Hospital News
Keither Bishop
Thurston Larch
Gary Layne
Debbie Lee
Charles D. Long Jr
Walter Wedemeyer
Court
FAA
Buck
GOP
Lawrence Gerlach Jr
Eddie McDermitt
Young Republican Club
REP
Miss Bailey
Kay
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