Pomeroy Council Sets Bid Advertisements and Plans
Village leaders approve bidding on a street department truck and a front end loader tractor, with Collins drafting specs. A snow plow under $1000 is approved, and plans to present the sewage plant story to the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board are set for January 12 in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Pomeroy Council
Don Collins
Collins
Richard Jones
Leslie F. Fultz
Edna Schoenleb
Burgess and Niple
Water Pollution Control Board
Ohio River
Fultz
Columbus
Main St
Charles Legar
Lincoln Hill Rd
Reservoir Hill
Pomeroy National Bank
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Catholic Women's Club to Host Imperial Electric Co Dinner
The Catholic Women's Club will host the Imperial Electric Co annual dinner on December 17 at Sacred Heart Church auditorium. Kitchen committee includes Loretta Beegle John Goett Jr George Hackett Sr John Mitch Kat Wells Philip Meier Harman Hannigan Leon Brinkman Emma Radford Dorothy Glockner Phyllis Hennessy John Kokovitch John Lengen John Goett Sr Katie Grueser Elroy McGlone EF Follrod Joseph Wippel Luetta Phalin Isabelle Wehrung Margaret Wadell Francis Biron Dorothy Nievi Anna Howell Alice Freeman Eugene Conde. The waitress group will be led by Martha Horwell Helena Brickles Roberta Dailey Yvonne Seally Jean Grandenetti Barbara Mullen Lucille Hackett Rose Sisson Vera Buchanan Mary Kunzelman Mary T Meier Phyllis Knopp Shirley Huston Patricia Hennessy Carolyn Arman Ella Gordon Sarah Hannigan Ted Chapman Kay Burkett Mary Bacon James Sheppard Christine Grueser John Handley Mary Ann Brinkman Rita Hamm Tom Ables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kokovitch
John Lengen
John Goett, Sr
Katie Grueser
Elroy McGlone
E. EF. Follrod
Joseph Wippel
Luetta Phalin
Isabelle Wehrung
Margaret Wadell
Francis Biron
Dorothy Nievi
Anna Howell
Alice Freeman
Patricia Hennessy
Carolyn Arman
Ella Gordon
Sarah Hannigan
Ted Chapman
Kay Burkett
Mary Bacon
James Sheppard
Christine Grueser
John Handley
Mary Ann Brinkman
Rita Hamm
Tom Ables
Joint Meeting of Societies Held Sunday
A Sunday joint meeting of the missionary societies of Pomeroy First Baptist and Naomi Baptist Churches occurred at Naomi Church. Rev. Samuel Jackson gave a welcome, with talks by Rev. Ralph Zandel on weekday religious education and by Mrs. Joseph Cook on rural development. Readings, songs, and prayers were led by Naomi members and Rev. Zundel closed with a benediction.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ralph Zandel
Missionary Societies
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Naomi Baptist Church
Naomi Church
Samuel Jackson
Jesus
James Stephenson
Joseph Cook
Jeanette
Belinda Scott
Jewel Price
Charlene
Charles Brown
Christ
Zundell
Callie Banks
Naomi Group
Shain
Pearl Scott
Zundel
Pomeroy Church
Edward J. Foster
Lorain Sterrett
Daisy Jasper
Ellen Couch
Zandel
Stephenson
Cook
Twin Sons Born to Mr and Mrs Qualls Chester Road
Mr and Mrs James E Qualls of Chester Road announce the birth of twin sons Blaine and Dwaine born Saturday Dec 5 at Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg WV Grandparents are Carl Qualls Coolville John Harvey Coolville Joe Boyd Pomeroy and William Tabler Coolville with great grandparents Joe Boyd and others The Qualls have a third child Jimmy age 22 months.
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Pomeroy
James E. Qualls
Chester Rd
Blaine
Dwaine
Camden- Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carl Qualls
John Harvey
Coolville
Joe Boyd
William Tabler
Qualls
Jimmy
Middleport Firemen Plan Food Drive for Christmas Baskets
Middleport volunteer firemen will collect non perishable foods Sunday at 1 pm for the Christmas program aiding needy families. Four firemen per section will cover the village with trucks used for pickup and basket delivery starts Tuesday at 6 pm December 22. Kenneth McElhinney Russell Mills and Bob Byer lead the committee and applications are at the village hall.
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Middleport
Middleport Village
Kenneth McElhinney
Russell Mills
Bob Byer
Five Men Are Fined In Meigs County Court
Five men were fined and two bonds forfeited in Meigs County Court before Judge Emmet W. Peoples. Fred Jenkins Jr. paid 100 and 25 dollars with suspensions. Wendell Gilmore 50 with suspension for disturbing the peace. William S Milard 100 and costs plus three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. James S Millard and FE L Millard forfeited 25 bonds for intoxication. Blaine Bing and George Bing were fined 95 and costs for disturbing the peace.
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FE. L. Millard
Blaine Bing
George Bing
Jingle Bell Rock Dance Planned at Pomeroy High
Jingle Bell Rock will headline a record hop Saturday in Pomeroy High School auditorium. The Jays Kenny Hysell and Leon Jordan lead the event with a Teenage Couple of the Week contest and best dressed pair awards. Also, Christ mas dinner for Theodorus Council Daughters of America scheduled at New Haven Church with gift exchange.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Senior Mothers Club
Jays
Kenny Hysell
Leon Jordan
YALE
Theodorus Council, Daughters of America
New Haven
Disturbance and License Violations Lead to Fines and Bonds
In Middleport Mayor D. Fisher's court one man was fined five dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace from a noisy muffler dispute. Gerald Donald Sayre of Middleport paid fines for the disturbance, and James Denard of Lakin West Virginia forfeited two appearance bonds totaling fifty and fifteen dollars on intoxication and unlicensed vehicle charges.
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Middleport
D. Fisher
Gerald Donald Sayre
Herbert Gilkey
James Denard
Lakin
W. Va
Weigs General Hospital Notes Update
Hospital notices list names of patients and births. Carol Manley Middleport Mrs Ronnie Myers Pomeroy Wilbur Wyant Pomeroy William Collins Pomeroy Thelma Custer Minersville Mrs Janice Wright Racine Marcia Harrison Middleport A D Morrison Carpenter Mrs Lula Dillon Reedsville Mrs Maxine Miller New Haven W Va Mr and Mrs Ronnie Myers Pomeroy a son Mr and Mrs Danny Wright Racine a son Mrs Maida Russell Mrs Sidney Pickens Mrs Maxine Miller Robert Painter and Mrs Bertha Pannell.
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Carol Manley
Middleport
Ronnie Myers
Pomeroy
Wilbur Wyant
William Collins
Thelma Custer
Minersville
Janice Wright
Racine
Marcia Harrison
A. D. Morrison
Carpenter
Lula Dillon
Reedsville
Maxine Miller
New Haven
W. Va
Maida Russell
Sidney Pickens
Robert Painter
Bertha Pannell
Christmas Carnival Planned at Racine High School
Plans for a Racine PTA carnival at Racine High School feature a 6 p.m. start with a talent show from 6:30 to 7:30 and a 7:30 record hop. A sweet shop handiwork table fish pond games and a fortune teller will run, with proceeds for a new piano.
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Pomeroy
Racine High School
Racine Pta
Birthday Party Celebrates Jennie Chapman Third Year
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chapman honored daughter Jennie with a Sunday party for her third birthday. A three candle cake and ice cream topped the celebration, with favors of Christmas books for each child. Attendees included Susie Clark Mark Clark Peggy O'Brien Cindy Lou Donigan Mitchel Chapman and Mrs Delmar Canaday.
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Pomeroy
Paul Chapman
Jennie
Susie
Mark Clark
Peggy O’brien
Cindy Lou Donigan
Mitchel Chapman
Delmar Canaday
Racine PTA Meets as Mothers Singers Stage Holy Land Program
The Racine PTA gathers at 7 30 next Monday evening in the high school for a topic Let s Visit the Holy Land Together with the Racine Mothersingers performing Christmas music and Rev John Richardson showing Holy Land slides A 50 cent gift exchange is planned. Ohio Valley Grange holds Christmas program at 8 p m Friday with a gift exchange and potluck.
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Pomeroy
The
Holy Land
Racine Pta
Racine Mother Singers
John Richardson
Garden Clubs Yule Party Planned for Wednesday
MIDDLEPORT The Amateur Gardeners Club will hold its Christmas party Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Arthur Strauss home. Mrs. Forrest Bachtel will present a reading Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Members will answer roll call with a Christmas idea and a gift exchange with wrapped gifts judged for awards.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Arthur Strauss
Forrest Bachtel
Ben Philson
Gerald Preston
Charles Bradbury
Strauss
Robert Coats
Clifford Rhodes
Philsen
Preston
Middleport Personal News From Local Hospital and Homes
Mrs Opal Turner Priddy underwent surgery Saturday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Turner visiting. C H Wise Sr a Holzer Hospital patient for a fractured pelvic bone has returned home on Walnut Street. Howard Holmes of Smith Ferry Pa and Miss Bess Sanborn visited Max Sanborn. William Lowe Powell Street had major surgery at Holzer Friday and is stable. Mrs Fred White Columbus visited Hattie Smith and Bessie Enzenauer. Reed Varney and family left for New Mexico for work as his parents will stay in Powell Street home with Philip Varney. Mrs Sidney Pickens has returned home to convalesce after Meigs General Hospital stay.
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Opal Turner Priddy
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Jacob Turner
C. H. Wise
Walnut St
Howard Holmes
Smith Ferry
Max Sanborn
Bess Sanborn
William Lowe
Powell St
Fred White
Columbus
Hattie Smith
Bessie Enzenauer
Reed Varney
New Mexico
Philip Varney
Powell! St
Sidney Pickens
Meigs General Hospital
DiSalle Proposes Regional Juvenile Training Centers
Governor Michael V. DiSalle outlines a plan for smaller regional units with education and vocational training to rehabilitate juveniles. He notes Lancaster Boys' Industrial School crowding and 22 Thanksgiving walkaways as signs of program inadequacy and calls for follow up after release. Christmas party for Philathea Society at Middleport Church moved to church 7:30 due to bad weather.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Xenia
Michael V. DiSalle
di Salle
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
DiSalle
School For Girls
Delaware
Ohio Penitentiary
Circle Plans Exchange at Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Eleanor Circle meets at 7 30 p m Thursday at Mrs Bernard Fultz home. Mrs Ernest Covert leads devotional program followed by a Christmas party and $1 gift exchange. Hostesses are Mrs Fultz and Mrs Donald Stivers.
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Middleport
Eleanor Circle of Heath Methodist Church
Bernard Fultz
Ernest Covert
Fultz
Donald Stivers
Lawsuit filed in Meigs County over promissory note
The McArthur Savings and Loan Co. sues Ruth Blake and Edward M. Blake of Middleport for 3543.30 in a promissory note dispute in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. A Rock Springs Grange meeting will be held Thursday after a 7 p.m. potluck. members should bring gifts for a needy family.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rock Springs
Pep Bands Organized for Basketball Games
Middleport High School has formed three pep bands for home basketball games. Band director George M. Dallas says student conductor Bob Preston will lead most programs this season. A dance band will also perform as one of the three pep groups.
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Middleport
George M. Dallas
Bob Preston
Dallas
PTA Meet Postponed to December 16 With Santa
The Sedford PTA meeting is postponed to Wednesday December 16. A school Christmas program will be held with Santa Claus visiting in the evening. Parents attending should bring cookies. Also notes of Parkersburg visitors and a Grange Christmas party with an oyster supper and 50 cent gift exchange at Pomeroy tonight.
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Pomeroy
Sedford Pta
Santa Claus
Grange
Chester
Choir Christmas Dinner at Martin Restaurant
The Middleport Church of Christ choir will hold its annual Christmas dinner tonight at 6 30 at the Martin Restaurant. After the meal the group will visit the home of Mr and Mrs George Meinhart for a party.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Martin
George Meinhart
Ninety Miles to Christmas Play at B H Sanborn Society
The B H Sanborn Missionary Society of the Middleport First Baptist Church presented Ninety Miles to Christmas, with Mrs Richard Owen narrator and costumes by Mrs Gene Kauff Mrs Dale Mourning Mrs Blanche Haptonstall and Miss Frances Beards. After the program group singing followed and donations were given to foreign students at Rio Grande College and a Christmas gift to Ohio girls at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago.
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Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Harold Chase
Willis Anthony
Rio
Electa Circle
Charles Lewis
Child Injured On Sled Needs Lengthy Operation
Bobby Werry six year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Werry Rock St Nay lors Run was seriously injured sleigh riding Monday evening. His sled overturned and struck the other sled causing a deep facial laceration near the right eye. He was taken to Holzer Hospital then Gallipolis hospital where surgeons performed over two hours of surgery and placed more than 60 stitches.
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Pomeroy
Bobby Werry
Charles Werry
Rock St
Harold Lohse
Naylor
Young Werry
Werry
Holzer Hospital
Ptrolman
Henry Werry
Emeregency
Gallipolis Hospital
Christmas Communion Is Planned in Middleport
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church session met to plan a Christmas communion service for 7 30 p m on December 2. The Rev Howard Ruppelt moderated as the selection committee reported and officers were named to contact elders deacons deaconesses and trustees. The group voted to grant the pastor a leave of absence from services on Sunday December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fanie Erlewine
Miss Park
E. O. Tewksbury
Arthur Lewis
James Buchanan
Judson White
Judging Set For Lighting Contest In Middleport
Middleport residents will judge a cooperative Christmas lighting contest on the evening of December 21. Outsider judges will tour the village with Middleport Garden Club and Amateur Gardeners members. no advance registration is needed. Prizes will be awarded in secular and non secular categories. The Middleport Chamber of Commerce recently contributed to the project. POMEROY event notes the Pomeroy WCTU will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at the Federated Church with gifts for a needy family to be brought to the meeting.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Federated Church
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
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Middleport, Ohio
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Rod Taylor
Ouelity, Bang
Weigs General Hospital
Danny Wright
Jennie Chapman
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Ohio Valley Grange
Philathea Society
Jileen Rogers
New York District Attorney's Office
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Freed
Bobby Darin
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Victor Hannahs
George Hoeilich
Gerald McIntosh
Proctorville
Bill Woods
Claudine Hagen
Cohen
Sandra
Claudine
Jack Whalen
Underworld
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Sandra Hagen
Elberfelds
B. H. Sanborn Society
Garen Stansbury
Electric Co
W. Main
Amber Warner
Ada Nease
Plymouth
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Karr & van Zandt
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