Building Code Read in Middleport Council Meeting
The Middleport village council passed the first of three readings on a building code ordinance aimed at fire limits and the use, construction, and maintenance of buildings. Council discussed enforcement, fees, and fire-insurance rate implications with the Ohio Inspection Bureau.
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Middleport
William Childs
Middleport Planning Commission
Childs
Emmett Shuler
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Kenneth McElhinney
Bernard Fultz
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Cincinnati
Social Notes Highlight University Here and Nearby Guests
Middleport Social Notes record visits from Miss Sharon Jones and other university members in Athens and Meigs County. Families welcome guests from Columbus Langsville Rutland and St Albans while residents host relatives from Minneapolis and Camp Polk.
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Emerson Jones
Barbara
Dennis Saelens
Athens
College of Fine Arts
Sharon Jones
Women’s Glee Club
University Chorus
University Singers
Marianne Woodgerd
Columbus
Harold Woodgerd
Chester Erwin
Dwight Brown
Mary
St. Albans
W. Va
Cecil Bolin
Langsville
Joe Bolin
Rutland
William Ault
Perry
Merri
Springfield
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Randolph Riffle of Racine welcome a daughter. Admitted are Robert Hysell Racine Route 2 Erma Jean Riffle Racine Route 2 Lillian Clark Middleport Martha Ohlinger Middleport Discharged are Erma Vale Eva Stout Payton Thomas Martha Ohlinger Sylvia Johnson Clarence Randolph Mrs Etta Green and Mahlon Eblin
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Randolph Riffle
Racine
Robert Hysell
Pomeroy
Erma Jean Riffle
Lillian Clark
Middleport
Martha Ohlinger
Erma Vale
Eva Stout
Payton Thomas
Sylvia Johnson
Clarence Randolph
Mrs. Etta Green
Mahlon Eblin
Democrats Meet Middleport In Meigs County
The Meigs County Democrat Club will meet at 7 30 P M Thursday at Middleport elementary school. A Christmas program will be presented and members are to bring either sandwiches or cookies.
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Middleport
Meigs County Democrat Club
Vinton Socials and School Events Highlight Week
Mrs. Opal Cre means and others attended a G. C. Murphy Co. Christmas party. BTU class met at the Castos. Hobart McGinnis and children visited Mrs. Horace Metcalf. A pancake supper by the Vinton Elementary PTO drew crowds. G. P. Ewing is improving at University Hospital Columbus. Dor White spent an evening with sister Anna Higgins. Mattie Chasteen visited the Chasteens. Maggie Holcomb returned home from Holzer Hospital.
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G. P. Ewing
University Hospital, Columbus
Dor White
Marine Corporal Dorrence Hess Stationed at Camp Pendleton
Chester son Cpl Dorrence Hess enters Marines in July 1958 and is assigned to Hq Co 7th Engr Bn Camp Pendleton California. His parents are Mr and Mrs Omer Hess of Chester.
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Chester
Dorrence Hess
Omer Hess
Camp Pendelton
Calif
Marines
Cpl
7Th Engr. Bn
Camp Pendleton
Gene Brooks Wins OSU Band Award
Middleport resident Gene Crooks son of Mr and Mrs Walter Crooks has been named the most inspirational band member at Ohio State University for 1961. He won the Jack Lee trophy at the OSU football banquet from four finalists among 152 marching band members. Crooks a Phi Mu Alpha member plays trumpet as a senior majoring in music and previously attended Middleport High School where he played in the band for five years.
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Middleport
Gene Crooks
Walter Crooks
Ohio State University
Crooks
OSU
Jack Lee
Jack Evans
Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
Housewarming Gathered for New Pomroy Neighbors Burton
Neighbors in Pomroy held a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burton in their new home. Guests included Miss Callie Kloes, Miss Bertha Conde, Mrs. Ira Dickfoos, Mrs. Dayton Phillips, Mrs. Hattie Smith, Mrs. Ed gar Arnold, Mrs. Joe Conde, and other locals. Games and refreshments followed the gift presentation.
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Pomeroy
Robert Burton
Callie Kloes
Bertha Conde
Ira Dickfoos
Dayton Phillips
Hattie Smith
Edgar Arnold
Joe Conde
Cecil Hysell
Roy Mayer
Rollin Durst
Leonard Hess
Walter Terrell
Charles Hayes
Carl Hendricks
Ed Durst
Lloyd Moore
Bernard Nease
Leroy Ruschel
Garden Club Hosts Christmas Dinner At Mrs. Adelbert Lees
Fun While You Learn Garden Club gathered at Mrs. Adelbert Lees home for a Christmas dinner after a 6 p.m. turkey meal. President Mrs. Arthur Morarity led the meeting with talks on Christmas decorations and greeting cards. Mrs. Adelbert Lee traced the Christmas tree history as members recited poems and held a gift exchange.
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Pomeroy
Herman London
Archie Lee
Pomeroy Post Office Holiday Hours Set
Pomeroy post office will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. including Saturday Dec 16. On Sunday Dec 17 stamp and parcel window 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday Dec 23 all windows open to noon and stamp window to 4 p.m. Christmas parcels will be delivered Sunday Dec 24 and Christmas day if needed.
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Pomeroy
W. P. Lochary
Middleport youth fined for illegal exhaust system
Earl Brooks Jr. 19 of Middleport was fined five dollars and costs after appearing before Mayor Kenneth McElhinney on a charge of driving a vehicle with an illegal exhaust system.
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Middleport
Earl Brooks, Jr
Kenneth McElhinney
Meigs Marriage License Granted for Oldaker Pettit
Adam Floyd Oldaker aged 23 of Hartford West Virginia wed Frances Lou Pettit 19 of Middleport as marriage license issued in Meigs County.
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Meigs
Adam Floyd Oldaker
Hartford
W. Va
Frances Lou Pettit
Middleport
Christmas Operetta Delights Harrrisonville Students
POMEROY The first operetta in 12 years will be staged at Harrisonville Elementary School at 8 Wednesday. Under Mrs Maurita L Miller it features A Christmas Fantasy with Allen Gibson and Charles Scott as Santa Claus. Proceeds go to the music department.
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Pomeroy
Harrisonville
Maurita L. Miller
Allen’ Gibson
Charles Scott
Santa Claus
Pomeroy Cub Scout Pack 246 Awards Ceremony
Cub Scout Pack 246 held its December meeting at Salisbury School with a potluck supper for members and parents. Cub master Young awarded Max Folmer and George Skinner gold arrow points, Mike Young two silver arrow points, plus Bear and denner badges for various scouts. 14 Cubs were inspected by Cubmaster Young, Assistant Cubmaster Bruch, and Dr. John Moore. The next meeting includes a 6:30 p.m. potluck on January 6 at the school.
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Salisbury School
Cubmaster
Young
Max Folmer
George Skinner
Mike Young
Denner
Jack Lohse
Bruch
John Moore
Neck Injuries Result From State Route 7 Crash
Mrs. Mary Brewer and Mrs. Ted Riley of Middleport were treated at Holzer Hospital after a collision on State Route 7. The car owned by Riley and driven by Brewer was rear ended by a semi driven by Elmer Farley of Holden West Virginia, causing extensive damage. The State Highway Patrol Gallipolis post investigated.
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Middleport
Mary Brewer
Ted Riley
Holzer Hospital
Brewer
Riley
State Highway Patrol
Gallipolis
Suit for transfer of affections filed in Meigs County
Iola A. Bartrum of Langsville sues Joyce O'Dell of near Middleport for $60 000 alleging interference with her marriage leading to a divorce granted in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Syracuse Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Anniversaries
Syracuse residents report gatherings across Ohio and West Virginia as families and friends visit relatives in Columbus Wheeling Huntington and Parkersburg. The piece notes 25th wedding anniversaries for Pearl and Mrs McBride and Paul Mills's visit with Rev Delbert Mills.
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Huntington
W. Va
Buckleys
Florida
R. B. Sellers
Columbus
Lawrence Sellers
Maryland
Lawrence
Delbert S. Mills
Paul Mills
Pearl McBride
Edison Guinther
Gallipolis
Willis Leadingham
Thomas Clark
Guy Martin
Lancaster
McBride
Mayme Holmes
Helen Wetzel
Morris Harden
Parkersburg
Christmas Party Notice and Local Calls Listing
Darwin hosts several visitors from Columbus Pratts Fork and Athens. Aaron McGrath of The Plains visits his brother Emory McGrath in Darwin. The WSCS Christmas party is set for December 20 at the Guthries residence.
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Aaron McGrath
the Plains
Emory McGrath
Darwin
WSCS
Ralph Guthrie
Middleport Literary Club Meets Wednesday at 1 30
The Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Mrs. George Dallas home. Mrs. Henry Null Mrs. Bruce Lloyd and Mrs. Eleanor Zeiher present the program and members recite a Christmas verse.
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Port Literary Club
George Dallas
Henry Null
Bruce Lloyd
Eleanor Zeiher
Three Men Fined in Meigs County Court
Three men were fined ten dollars and costs each on intoxication charges in the Meigs County Court before Judge Emmet W. Peoples. The fined individuals were William Dingus Okey Kiser and Therill Randolph.
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Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
William Dinguss
Okey Kiser
Therill Randolph
Middleport Ends Fire Protection Contracts For Three Townships
Middleport council votes to withdraw fire protection for Olive, Orange, and Columbia Townships in Meigs County on December 18 at 7:30 a.m until contracts are signed. Councilman Wayne Gibbons will notify township clerks to explain cost and necessity, despite his dissent on the plan.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Middleport Village
Tak
Olive
Orange
Columbia
Wayne Gibbons
Gibbons
WCTU Plans Gifts For GSI Holiday
Pomeroy Women's Christian Temperance Union met at the United Methodist Church to plan gifts for the Gallipolis State Institute. They will send magazines greeting cards and gifts to veterans in Chillicothe and provide food for the needy.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Allen Hampton
Lucretia Genheimer
Warner
Duffy
Pomeroy Personal Notes Describe Local Visits and Travels
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Butler of Rutland included Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Butler and family from Findlay. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carsey returned from Florida. Mrs. Lula Nease visited Bridgeville Pennsylvania for two months with relatives. Roy Kasper and granddaughter Johnanna joined Connie Arnold of Logan and Jennie Folmer of Syracuse in a Columbus weekend visit with Mrs. George Hetzel and Mr. Arthur Kasper.
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Syracuse
Royal Thomas
Columbus
Paul Thomas
Raymond Miller
Carl Gheen
Frank Gheen
Robert Gheen
Wheeling
Robert Burton
Pomeroy
Nancy Leichinger
Keith Ann
Sharon Turnbull
Clifton
W. Va
Elizabeth Duckworth
Akron
C. T. Rhodes
Marengo
Simeon Davis
Charles Newman
Chester Buckley
Reedsville
Sherman Butler
Rutland
Cecil Butler
Findlay
Jack Carsey
Florida
Lula Nease
Bridgeville
R. A. Thompson
Roy Kasper
Johnanna
Connie Arnold
Logan
Jennie Folmer
Two Suits Filed One Is Dropped
Meigs County Common Pleas Court hears Martha W Carsey filing for divorce from Henry T Carsey with custody of a minor child. State of Ohio seeks $118.63 from Layton Sayre for Workers Compensation. Virginia Easter sues Charles Laudermilt et al for money. Davidson pleads innocent to breaking and entering with $1000 bond.
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Pomeroy
Martha W. Carsey
Middleport
Henry T. Carsey
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
State of
Ohio
Bureau of Workman's Compensation
Layton Sayre
B. and B. Cab Co
Virginia Easter
Charles Laudermilt
Donald H. Davidson
John C. Bacon
Former Middleport Girl Is Married
Announcement of the marriage between Susan Laura Toplift daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Toplift South Charleston and George King Murray Bethesda Md vows were read November 30 at Christ Lutheran Church Bethesda The couple resides at 5073 Bradley Blvd Bethesda Former Middleport residents are the bride and groom parents continue to live in South Charleston
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Middleport
Susan Laura Toplift
Edward Toplift
South Charleston
George King Murray
Bethesda
Christ Lutheran
Daughters Of Ruth Elect New Officers
The Daughters of Ruth Class of the United Methodist Church elected new officers at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Richard Campbell. President Mrs. Campbell and vice president Mrs. Minnie Neutzling were chosen along with secretary Miss Lucretia Genheimer and treasurer Miss Lydia Ebersbach as Christmas decor brightened the Campbell home.
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Pomeroy
Daughters of
Ruth
United Methodist Church
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Jacob Gloeckner
Albert Young
Luke II
Shutins
Minnie Neutzling
Lucretia Genheimer
Lydia Ebersbach
Dessie Patterson
Meigs General Hospital
Ebersbach
Cub Scouts Meet at Rock Springs Den One
Cub Scouts from Pack 246 in Rock Springs met after school at Mrs. Horace Abbott home. They recited the pledge and worked on Christmas Santa Claus figures from plastic jugs toert. Refreshments were served to den chief Bill Nease and listed Cub Scouts and den mothers. Next meeting set for Wednesday after school.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Horace Abbott
Santa Claus
Bill Nease
Jimmy Broderick
Junior Pullins
Raymond Michael
Bobby Burdette
Franklin Rizer
George Skinner
Roger
Danny Abbott
Abbott
Robert Burdette
Den
Christmas Party At Drew Webster Post 39
A Christmas party for Drew Webster Post 39 members the Ladies Auxiliary their families and county home children is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the post home.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post 39
Ladies Auxiliary
Post
Senior Mothers Club Plans Trip Meeting at High School
The Senior Mother's Club will meet at 7 30 Wednesday at Middleport High School to finalize plans for the annual class trip. Seniors intending to join the trip are asked to attend.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Fined in Weekend Hearings Before Mayor LeGar
Ira Eblin, Pomeroy, fined $5 and costs for failing to drive with a clear distance ahead. Alvin D. Tripp, Rio Grande, fined $5 and costs for running a stop sign.
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Commission
Factfinding
Lee Smith
C. Thornburg Co
Smith
Floyd G. Browne
Raymon Konkright
Heath Methodist
Middleport Ministerial Association
Middleport Social Notes
Charles Sindle
Gordon
Robert Harris
R. W. Harris
Ira Buck
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles McNamee
Camp Polk
Tom
Ellen Dutton
L. D. Diles
Charles Jiiden
Diles
FOOD
Mrs
Eleanor White
Marine Camp
Karr & van Zandi
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Gene Brooks
Garden Club
Douglas MacArthur
Kennedy
New York
Syracuse News
Robert Leifheit
Led O’brien
Charles O’brien
Dora O’brien
Pratts Fork
Earnest Cullums
Floyd Buck
Rex O’brien
WCTU
GSI
Pomeroy Personals
Daughters of Ruth
Cub Scouts
Cinderella
the Electric Co
Columbus and Southern
Geho Electric
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