Two Women Hurt As Route 7 Crash Involves Semi Truck
A three vehicle collision on Route 7 two miles north of Pomeroy injures Mary Brewer and Clara Riley. Elmer Farley charged with following with insufficient distance. Another Meigs County crash on Route 124 near Pomeroy injures Richard Nutter and James Haggy.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Mary Brewer
Middleport
William R. Bahr
Long Bottom
Route 2
Elmer Farley
Holden
W. Va
Bahr
Farley
Meigs County
James L. Haggy
Richard C. Nutter
Harrisonville
Nutter
Haggy
40 Out Of Towners At Lohn Funeral
Edward Lohn funeral services were held at the Ewing funeral home in Pomeroy. Among attendees were residents from Zanesville Lexington Huntington Napoleon Ravenswood W Va Ja sonville Ind Reynoldsburg Columbus Dayton Springfield Lancaster West Rushville Gallipolis Rio Grande and many others traveling to attend the service.
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Pomeroy
Edward Lohn
Ewing Funeral Home
John Backman
Vergil Hayes
Bentley Peeples
Columbus
Charles Wilkinson
Dayton
Leonard Scholl
Jasonville
Ind
Herman Wilson
Springfield
John Weeks
Reynoldsburg
Robert Wilson
Jackson
Raymond Sohn
Napoleon
Roy Wilson
Theron Brown
Paul Johnson
Wiltelman
Zanesville
William Peeples
Lexington
Earl Spurlock
Huntington
William Ohlinger
Willis Ohlinger
Logan
Bruce Scholl
Lancaster
Guy Wilson
West Rushville
Ronnie Calvert
Gallipolis
Thomas M. Brown
Rio Grande
T. R. Fish
Ravenswood
W. Va
Sixth Birthday Observed For Sharon Wilson In Middleport
The sixth birthday of Sharon Wilson was celebrated at her parents’ home on Brownell Ave. Attendees included Sheila Moore, Debbie Triplett, Nancy Buskirk, Rita Casci, Ida Casci, Tina Nieri, Jeffrey Darst, Pamela Dodson, Billy Dallas, Ronnie Howard, and Paul Pullen. Favors, games led by Ann Wilson and Ruth Ann Klees, ice cream and cake, and gifts marked the occasion.
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Middleport
Sharon Wilson
Frank Wilson
Brownell Ave
Ann Wilson
Ruth Ann Klees
Sharon
Shiela Moore
Debbie Triplett
Nancy Buskirk
Rita Casci
Ida Casci
Tina Nieri
Jeffrey Darst
Pamela Dodson
Billy Dallas
Ronnie Howard
Paul Pullen
Westminster Youth Plan To Go Caroling
Westminster Youth Fellowship met at Middleport First United Presbyterian Church to plan a caroling party and participation in the Dec 24 morning worship. Richard Vaughan and his wife will lead the program with devotions by Bruce and Alan Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Middleport First
Middleport Emergency Responds to Lemley Residence Illness
The Middleport emergency squad was summoned to 567 N Front St Friday at 4 54 pm when Leland Roush became ill. He was transported to a local physician for treatment.
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Middleport
Lemley
Front St
Leland Roush
Postal Hours Announced for Christmas Season at Pomeroy
Pomeroy Post Office postmaster W. P. Lochary announced holiday hours from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily including Saturday December 16. On Sunday December 17 stamp and parcel window open 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday December 23 windows open till noon and stamp window til 4 p.m. Christmas parcels to be delivered on December 24 with possible delivery on Christmas Day. Lochary urges early mailing.
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Pomeroy
W. P. Lochary
Lochary
Two Birthdays Observed At Dinner In Akron Area
Mrs. Guy Reynolds hosted a Sunday dinner party in Middleport for the birthdays of her husband and his mother Mrs. Minerva Childers. Mrs. Childers turned 87 on Friday and a decorated cake followed the meal. Attending were Mrs. and Mrs. William Bland and daughters Cathy and Carla of Akron and Mrs. Frank Betz.
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Middleport
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Injury Sends 22 Month Old Moss To Holzer Hospital
Janet Ann Moss, 22 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas G. Moss Jr., Gallipolis Route 2, was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 1 30 Saturday afternoon with deep lacerations on her right knee after falling at home and striking her knee on a tin can edge. She is listed in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Janet Ann Moss
Dallas G. Moss, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Ceremonial Held By Mary Shrine Of Jerusalem
The Mary Shrine of Jerusalem met Friday night at the IOOF Hall with Mabel Bennett as worthy high priestess and Allen Hughes as watchman of shepherds presiding. The annual inspection was announced for August 1962.
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Pomeroy
Mary Shrine of Jerusalem
IOOF
Mabel Bennett
Worthy
Allen Hughes
Shepherds
Yule Party Held by WSCS At Asbury Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Asbury Methodist Church held a Christmas party at Mrs. C. B. Weese's home. A candlelight dinner opened the evening with Mrs. Alice Capehart in charge and Miss Marcia Karr leading the program on Christmas. Thirty shut in calls were reported and gifts were exchanged.
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Pomeroy
Woman‘s Society of Christian Service
Asbury Methodist Church
C. B. Weese
Alice Capehart
John Sauvage, Jr
Marcia Karr
Carl Herring
William Eichinger
Sauvage
Weese
Bidwell Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits
Local residents share weekend and weekday visits among Bidwell families. Notables include Fraley Faris Hull McClaskey Shoemaker and Waugh households, with Roger Williams, Elizabeth Dennett, and Julia McGhee among those mentioned. Charles and Joyce Thomas from Rio Grande are noted visitors.
Kyger Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Moves
Recent guests of the Rev and Mrs Robert Duty include Fred Bowling and son Ray Chapmanville W V, Joseph Martin Cambridge Ohio Hazel Burke Carol and Margaret Mosier Carpenter Miss Sara Kay Gohn Painsville Ohio Juda Doss Cincinnati J O Grim Junior Grim and Bobby Carpenter Paul Chapman Point Pleasant Ora Conley Anita Estep Gallipolis Violet Snyder Akron. Also Sisson and Fife spent weekend with Perry Ralph Morral and relatives. Gail Sisson Rita Stump Ann Sisson Columbus. Mayo Bales family moved back to Ryger Charles Mack property vacated by Rodney Spires. Joe Stewart and Charley Wise moved to the Joe Stewart property Lincoln Heights Pomeroy. Garden Club members Ada Ward hosts Way Side gathering.
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Ora Conley
Anita Estep
Gallipolis
Violet Snyder
Akron
Fred Sisson
B. L. Fife
Perry Ralph
Morral
Gail Sisson
Rita Stump
Tommy
Ann Sisson
Columbus
Mayo Bales
Ryger
Charles Mack
Rodney
Charley Wise
Joe Stewart
Chester Ward
J. Perry Bradbury
Wendell Bradbury
Wayside Garden Club
Ada Ward
Local Residents Share Visits And Well Wishes
Mr and Mrs Dean Brinker and Bill Carleton hosted guests in Portland. Melvin Circle of Columbus visited his mother Mary Circle. Edith Shain visited Lloyd Roush and Wayne. Tim and Faith Smith reported illness. Allen Taylor from Athens spent the weekend at home. Dan Smith and family were Sunday guests of his Portland parents Paul and Shelby Smith. Chester and Ralph Rose visited near Baileys Lake with the Pickins couple. Reverend Lester Roush and wife are in Florida for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
William Fraley
Hazel Faris
Allen Faris
Dan Eaches
Frank
Mt. Gilead
Gerald Hull
Anthony Murray
Charles
Stella George
Charles Wilson
Clair Vance
Ernest Carpenter
Paul Saunders
Joyce Thomas
Rio Grande
Kerr McClaskey
Goldie Cromley
Jeanette Brenamen
Holzer Hospital
Johnie Leach
Columbus
Roxie Shoemaker
Harold Deval
Melvin Circle
Mary Circle
Edith Shain
Lloyd Roush
Wayne
Tim
Faith Smith
Allen Taylor
Athens
Dan Smith
Paul Smith
Portland
Chester
Ralph Rose
Shelby Pickins
Baileys Lake
Lester Roush
Bashan
Florida
Middleport Personal News Roundup
Mrs. Leah Whitlock and her mother Mrs. C E Vance returned to Kent after a several days visit with friends. Sandra Brewington is a patient at Holzer Hospital under observation and treatment. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Brewington. Mrs Rodney Downing visited Columbus to take her mother Mrs J Harley Bovie to the home of her son Fred Bovie for the holidays. Mrs Bert Pickett of Darwin visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs R C Lansbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Whitlock
C. E. Vance
Kent
Sandra Brewington
Holzer Hospital
James Brewington
Rodney Downing
Columbus
J. Harley Bovie
Fred Bovie
Bert Pickett of
Darwin
R. C. Lansbury
Parking Meter Receipts Totaled $2062 in City Week
Middleport police report shows parking meter receipts for the past week totaling $202, according to Police Chief Herbert Gilkey.
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Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
EUB Class Christmas Party Held at Rock Springs Grange
The Willing Workers Class of Enterprise EUB Church met at Rock Springs Grange Hall for a 6:30 p m dinner and program led by president Mrs Dwight Logan. Women presented the Christmas story, poems, and a reading while a $25 contribution was voted for the church improvement fund.
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Dorothy Long
Church Improvement Fund
Myrtle Long
John Smith
Geoffrey Wilson
Edward King
Claude Husted
Daisy Brown
William Frecker
Three Men Fined One Held To Jury In Pomeroy Court
In Meigs County Judge Emmet W Peoples court on Saturday William Kibble Reedsville was bound over to the grand jury on a driving while intoxicated charge with a $1000 bond. Grant Randolph Reedsville and Emmett Welch near Pomeroy were fined $50 each for intoxication and Lewis M Brown near Pomeroy was fined $25 plus costs for assault and battery with costs suspended.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Emmet W. Peoples
William Kibble
Reedsville
Grant Randolph
Emmett Welch
Lewis M. Brown
Car Demolished in Route 7 Crash. Driver Uninjured
Sheriff reports Earl Brooks 19 of Middleport skidded and overturned his car on Route 7 near Forest Run Road after skidding. Brooks was thrown from the vehicle before it rolled and left the road into a ditch with no serious injuries.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hartenbach
Earl Brooks
Middleport
Brooks
Forest Run Rd
Loyal Bereans Christmas Party At Middleport Church
The Loyal Bereans Class holds its annual Christmas party at the Middleport Church of Christ. The Philathea Society will host a holiday gathering Thursday at 7 30 p m. A children s program is planned for Sunday evening at the church.
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Middleport
Bereans
PTA Family Night at Portland PTA
Family night will be observed at 7 30 this evening when the Portland PTA meets at the elementary school. A Christmas program will be presented and refreshments will be served.
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Pomeroy
Portland Pta
Drunk Driver Jailed in Pomeroy Court
Noah May of Kingsport Tennessee was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail by Mayor Charles Legal on Saturday night after being charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Pomeroy
Noah May
Kingsport
Tenn
Charles Legal
May
Grange Plans Potluck and Christmas Program
Pomeroy Rock Springs Grange will meet Thursday evening at the hall. At 7 p.m. a potluck supper precedes a Christmas program and a 25 cent gift exchange. Members are urged to bring food for the needy.
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Grange
Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Honor Roll Announced At Bedford Elementary School
The Bedford Elementary School announces the second six weeks honor roll. Eighth grade students listed include Jeanette Butcher and Charles Smith. Seventh graders are Ronnie Eastman and Carol Hall. Sixth grader Dawn Carper earns the honor, followed by fourth fifth grade names Linda Beal and Roger Ziegler. Other ranks include Janet Betzing and Pamela Burson among many more.
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Pomeroy
Bedford
Jeanette Butcher
Charlotte Lambert
Nancy O’brien
Charles Smith
Robert Smith
Gail St. Clair
Deryl Well
Ronnie Eastman
Carol Hall
Geraldine Hayes
Dawn Carper
Linda Beal
Janice Eastman
Roger Ziegler
Wendy Carper
Kenda Chaney
Janet Mees
Edward Smith
Janet Betzing
Cheryl Biggs
Pamela Burson
Donna Campbell
Sue Douglas
Jane Hazelton
Tommy Kern
David Lambert
Mary Midkiff
Margie Biggs
Ronnie Smith
Brenda Whaley
Sue Wood
Carolyn Brickles
Mary Brickles
Steven Burson
Jimmy Campbell
Richard Dean
Diana Good
Mary King
Russell Sargent
Brenda Smith
Nancy St. Clair
Wayne Well
Mike Wiliams
Janet Biggs
Bill Chaney
Sheila Hawk
James Morris
Danny Robson
Melinda Sargent
Paul Smith
Stephan Stanley
Barbara Well
Patti Well
Toothpick trees boom in snowbound Pomeroy shopping
Shoppers like Shirley Beegle and Helen Fields stock up on materials for toothpick trees as snow creates hazardous driving. Toothpicks run scarce while 70 election candidates still must file expense reports by 4 p.m. December 22. Margaret Taylor's polio case at Children's Hospital draws support from Cheshire groups. Pomeroy officials plan a January Cincinnati meeting about sewage disposal delays and a $180,000 bond issue to fund part of the project.
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Pomeroy
Shirley Beegle
Helen Fields
Economy Loan Co
Board of Elections
Friendship Club
Cheshire Area
Margaret Taylor
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Middleport Sewage Report Due At January 11 Meeting
Middleport officials plan to attend a January 11 hearing in Cincinnati to receive a report by a fact finding committee from the Ohio Valley Sanitation Commission. The committee studied delays in a sewage disposal plant project and reviewed a 1960 chemical analysis showing no significant pollution variance linked to Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Legar
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Middleport
Ohio Valley Sanitation Commission
Kenneth McElhinney
Commission
Bernard Fultz
Donald Tarvin
Floyd G. Browne and Associates
Marion
Tarvin
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Orlanco
Middleport Driver Fined on Two Charges
Don Robert Manley, 42, of Middleport, was fined 115 dollars and costs and given three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. He also paid 50 dollars and costs for resisting arrest after appearing in Mayor Kenneth McElhinney's court.
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Middleport
Don Robert Manley
Kenneth McElhinney
River traffic and dam conditions on Kanawha and Ohio rivers
The report lists river elevations and roller readings at Gallipolis Greenup Kanawha Falls Point Pleasant and Winfield. notes dams on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers are up with numerous boat lock readings including names Robert E. Reed Edna Miss Rivers and Helen Z and vessels Solvay Kathy R and Aliquippa with up and down movements through locks 17 to 35.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Indiana
Robert E. Reed
C. V. Harner
W. A. Shaffer
Albert F. Holden
Diesel
Helen Z
Etta Marie
Carl Dd
Lock
Miss Rivers
Bob Benter
Edna
Dispatcher
R. B. Bosworth i
Onward
Stephen Foster
Southern
Lewis
Kanawha
Winfield, Criss Jr
Belpre
Kathy R
John J. Rowe
Floyd Blaske
Creditor
Aliquippa
Lelia C.r
Nelson Foot
Salvati
Dexter Woman Injured in Rutland Snow Crash
Mrs. Miles Nelson, a Rutland elementary school teacher, was hospitalized at Mason Clinic Mason West Virginia after her car skidded on snow and ice into a utility pole near Depot St Rutland. She suffered bruises and possible internal injuries and was transported by the Middleport emergency squad.
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Middleport
Dexter
Mason Clinic
Mason
W. Va
Miles Nelson
Rutland
Depot St
Nelson
Federated Circle Plans Christmas Party at Church
The Federated Circle will meet for a Christmas party at the church at 7 30 p m Wednesday. A Christmas program will be held followed by a one dollar gift exchange.
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Pomeroy
Federated Circle
Two Dairy Sessions Planned in Meigs County
Two dairy barn meetings in Meigs County scheduled for Thursday. At 10 30 a.m. at Paul Moore’s farm near Carmel Church and at 1 30 p.m. at the Roush Brothers’ Salem Center farm. OSU extension dairy specialist Ralph Porterfield will attend both open sessions. The talks focus on production records feeding methods and management procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Paul Moore
Carmel Church
Roush Brothers
Salem Center
Ralph Porterfield
Ohio State University
Middleport Chamber Elects Officers for 1962
Middleport officers for 1962 were elected Friday at village hall. John Werner was chosen president, Robert Coats the vice president, and Cash Bahr secretary treasurer. Don Stivers, the outgoing president, led the meeting as projects for 1962 were reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Village Hall
John Werner
Robert Coats
Cash Bahr
Donald Stivers
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Athens Messenger
Lohn Funeral
Westminster
Santa
Robinson
Bugs
Robinson's
E. Second St
Congo
United Nations
WSCS
Bidwell Social Notes
Crown City
Hal Shoemaker
C. A. Evans
Julia McGhee
Porter
Ivan Richards
Elizabeth Dennett
Glenn Soles
Eureka
Lester Soles
Lawrence Hineman
Jimmie
Emma Lawless
Raymond George
Roma Maze
Edith Langdon
Kyger Social Notes
Bashan-Carmel
Dean Brinker
Bill Carleton
Ross Hoback
PTA Family Night
County Board of Election
Genial Election Board
Dorothy Johnston
Keith Goble Ford
Middleport, Ohio
Ted
Dramn
Christ
Family
Chamber of Commerce
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