Pomeroy Council Accepts Bid On New Fire Tanker Chassis
The Pomeroy Council accepted the low bid of Blaettnar Auto Co. for 3962.50 to supply a new fire department tanker chassis. The truck will be funded by the fire department levy and state civil defense flood funds if available. The council also passed a resolution supporting a proposed boating facility in Pom eroy, with cost estimated at 70000 and a local one third share.
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Pomeroy Council
Pomeroy
Fire Department
Ford Motor Co
Meigs
Mar
Frank W. Porter, Jr
Ohio Waterways Council
Charles Legar
Ted
Leslie F. Fultz
Rutland High Football Banquet Highlights Coach Speech
Logan High School coach Mel Adams urged Rutland High athletes to take responsibility and work with others in a community program. Richard Martin and Frank Knight assisted as awards were presented at the Monday night banquet in the grade school cafeteria.
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Rutland
Mel Adams
Logan High School
Richard Martin
Frank Knight
Rutland High School
Cafeeria
Adams
Logan
Martin
Knight
Ray Sutherland
James Lambert
Ken Dingus
Mike Stewart
Melvin Brown
Larry Rupe
Donald Smith
Tom Hysell
Larry Rufe
Darrell Smith
Bill Porter
Terry Myers
Lee Wood
Joe Hawkins
Rusty Little
James Barrett
Bob Barrett
Jane Lucas
Sally Williams
Beverly Forbes
Darlene Smith
Joyce Clench
Latischia Gates
Bonnie Grate
Pomeroy Library Receives New Children's Books
Edith H. Reed donates eight children's books to the Pomeroy Public Library in memory of Elizabeth Reed. Titles include Tales From Shakespeare The Ugly Duckling and Dear and Glorious Physician. Also presented are works by De Jong Carlson and American Heritage editors, with a Christmas literature gift from J W Herschel.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Edith H. Reed
Elizabeth Reed
Charles
Mary Lamb
Singing Hill
Mein
Dert de Jong
Laura Wilder
Hans Christian Andersen
Magic
Williams- Ellis
de Jong
Andrew Jackson
American Heritage
Paris
Natalie Carlson
J. W. Herschel
Charleston
W. Va
Pomeroy Wctu
Flora Downie
Hurlbut
Ellen Chase
Ruby Wince
Coke
Pittsburgh
Steele
Lucy Gainer
Pomeroy reports year end village fund balances and party plan
The village clerk reports a total balance of 12860.31 in active funds as of December 1 with detailed totals for general fire cemetery street highway utility parking lot and park meters. November expenditures and receipts are listed, inactive funds unchanged at 197665.57. Also noted is a Pomeroy Bend Citizens Band Radio Club Christmas party at Mason Youth Center with potluck at 7 p.m. and a $1 gift exchange. An agricultural note states about 95 million forage consuming animals are fed annually on L. S. farms and ranches.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Citizens Band
Radio Club
Mason Youth Center
Mason, W. Va
L. S
Three Fined By Mayor In Local Court
Three defendants were fined and a fourth forfeited a bond in Mayor Charles Legar’s court. Carlos Thompson of Logan received 50 dollars and costs for resisting arrest and 15 dollars for disturbing the peace. A charge of issuing menacing threats was dropped. Eddie K. Coleman of Cheshire was fined 20 dollars for reckless operation, and William Hester 10 dollars for peace. A 25 dollar bond forfeiture was posted by Booth Huntington W.Va on fraud charges.
Middleport OK council approves fire truck bids and police cruiser study
Middleport council met in special session and accepted the Sutphin bid for the fire truck body after firemen’s committee approval while chassis bids favored Goebel Ford. A police cruiser with a bent frame faces replacement, with insurance around $1000 expected. a committee will study need and financing. Parking meters are freed for the holiday season with a $200 Chamber gift accepted.
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Middleport
Village Hall
Fire Department
Howe Fire Apparatus Co
Anderson, Ind
R. E. Tracy
Harry Sutphin Fire Equipment Co
Columbus
Logan Fire and Safety Co
Council
Sutphin
Bob Fisher
Bob Byer
Goebel Ford Co
Pomeroy Motor Co
Meigs Equipment Co
Goebel
Lee Smith
John Zerkle
Gene Harris
Roger Mor
Gan
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Two Cars Damaged In Crash In Middleport
Police report two cars damaged on Ash Street Saturday night. Harold B. Wirth 39 Middleport allegedly struck Theo Neutling’s parked car then ended in a ditch in Hobson. Wirth to be charged with driving while intoxicated. Damages minor to both vehicles.
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Middleport
Ash St
Harold B. Wirth
Theo Neutzling
Hobson
Wirth
Veterans Memorial ADMITTED and Discharged List
Veterans Memorial Hospital admitted Elsie Barnhart of Middleport Juanita Frazier of Kanawha Kananga West Virginia Hilda Frederick of Minersville Hobart Sigman of Middleport to hospital. Discharges include Ruth Adams Woodrow Call and Linda Yost.
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Elsie Barnhart
Middleport
Juanita Frazier
Kananga
W. Va
Hilda Frederick
Minersville
Hobart Sigman
Ruth Adams
Woodrow Call
Linda Yost
Firemen Collect $300 for Needy in Christmas Drive
Middleport firemen reported contributions exceeding $300 in cash and a large supply of canned foods during Sundays community canvass. The drive supports the annual Christmas food baskets for needy families with a second pickup planned. Firemen named Bob Fisher and Raymond Kloes to the department dependency board.
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Middleport
Bob Fisher
Raymond Kloes
Firemens’ Dependency Board
Pomeroy Auto Stolen Nightly Recovered in Wheeling
A 1957 automobile owned by Mrs. Carl Qualls of Chester Road was stolen from a Qualls garage between 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 30 a.m. Monday and found abandoned by the West Virginia State Police in Wheeling. Another car owned by Wallace Reuter of Pomeroy near Nye Avenue was tampered with overnight Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Carl Qualls
Chester Rd
Qualls
West Virginia State Police
Wheeling
W. Va
Wallace Reuter
Nye Ave
Army Asks Applicants For Yale Food Baskets
Residents of Pomeroy may apply for Christmas food baskets at the Salvation Army office 115 Butler Ave on Monday December 14 from 12 noon to 5 pm or Tuesday December 15 from 9 am to 4 pm. Donations may be mailed to P. O. Box 268 Pomeroy or placed in the kettle on Main St. Also reported a $7000 suit in Meigs County Common Pleas by Homer E. Cook and Mary Virginia Cook Middleport against J R Alison Mason W Va over rental of a building in Mid.
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Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Butter Ave
P. O
Main St
Meigs County
Weekend Visits Across Several Ohio Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woods and children from Columbus spent the weekend with the Woods family in Evergreen. Other guests included the Stevens and Gerlach families from Gallipolis. The Wharthams from Fairborn visited Stutler family, and Tac kett siblings stayed with grandparents in Bidwell. Ruth McKean from Marion, West Virginia, visited Earl Wilfong while her brother was ill at Holzer Hospital.
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Bill Woods
Columbus
Dell Woods
Evergreen
Emmett Ward
John Stevens
Mabel Gerlach
Julian Stevens
Gallipolis
Steve Whartham
Fairborn
Jack Stutler
Patty
Becky
Valda
Brett
Carl
Penny Tackett
Lester Waugh
Sons
Bidwell
Ruth McKean
Marlin
W. Va
Earl Wilfong
Holzer Hospital
Long Bottom Social Guests Share Weekend Visits
Numerous lists detail dinners and visits around Long Bottom and nearby towns. Families from Reynoldsburg Columbus Carlton Mich Athens Pomeroy Chester Westerville Huntington Belpre Parkersburg Mason Mentor Keno Columbus tourism and birthday celebrations are noted among extended gatherings and hospital trips.
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Long Bottom
Guy Hayman
Byron Hayman
William Murray
Reynoldsburg
Elbert Fitzpatrick
Robert Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Richard Hayman
Carlton
Mich
Keith Ridenour
Chester
Tom Hayman
Oscar Babcock
Lindsey Lyons
Utah Swan
Tuppers Plains
Lawrence Hashburgen
Pomeroy
Marion Riggs
Charles Massar
Henry Hensley
Gene Riggs
Athens
Weekend Guests Gather for Local Host Families
Middleport residents hosted weekend visitors including the Roush and Miller families from Huntington and Point Pleasant with a Racine birthday dinner for Mrs. Hilldore. Other guests included the Vogelsong family from Portsmouth. Dairy calves shipped to Europe arrived in six hours aboard a passenger jetliner in sturdy cardboard cartons per North Dakota State University.
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Albert Roush
Alta Miller
Bob Miller
Evans
W. Va
Leonard Miller
Huntington
Ralph Miller
Point Pleasant
Garnet Herdman
James Matheny
Jimmy
Leon
Bob Byer
T. G. Hilldore
Racine
Europe
Sys
North Dakota State University College of Agriculture
Two Vehicle Wrecks Reported in Pomeroy Week End
Pomeroy police reported two accidents in the village over the weekend. Elmer Hysell, 52, of Middleport and Naomi Teaford, 36, of Racine, side swiped on Union Ave with Hysell’s car total loss and Teaford’s vehicle sustaining medium damage. investigation ongoing. A separate collision on a parking lot left front of Martha Moore’s car damaged after a backing incident with Sue Ann Randolph of New Haven West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Hysell
Middleport
Naomi Teaford
Racine
Union Ave
Hysell
Teaford
Sue Ann Randolph
New Haven
W. Va
Martha Moore
Syracuse
Free Parking In Middleport For Holiday Season
Middleport officials approve free parking at park meters from Dec 11 to Christmas for shoppers. The council votes to accept a $200 gift from the Middleport Chamber of Commerce in appreciation for waiving meter fees.
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Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Middleport Council
Middleport Chamber
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Belpre
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Durward Swain
Westerville
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Leone Babcock
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Reno
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
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Joe Bissell
Mason
Ted Hayman
Janet Bissell
J. Grove Smith
Dayton
Starling Massar
Howard Young
Don Morrow
Paden City
Edith Osborn
Keno
Nellie Stethem
Selim Blazewicz
Theodorus Council
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Chester Council
Ray Morris
Welpre
Pomeroy Women's Christian Temperance Union
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