Noisy thieves steal safe from Meigs Pharmacy and loot restaurant
Thieves pried open the Barton Pharmacy rear door on Court Street Pomeroy at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, wheeled a safe on a two wheeled dolly to Mechanic Street and loaded it into a pickup. The same night burglars hit Mulberry Restaur ant stealing cigarettes cash and a jukebox proceeds. Police link the pharmacy theft to the restaurant burglary and federal agents will probe the narcotics in the safe. Residents heard noises but few details emerged.
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Pomeroy
Barton
Court St. Pomeroy
Pomeroy Drug Store
Second St
Mechanic St
Jay Myers
Burson Hardware Store
Mulberry
Margaret Ganz
Meigs County Farmershear Outlook on Prices and Dairying
Meigs County farmers gathered in Athens for the annual Outlook meeting with speakers Virgil Wertz Floyd DeLashmutt and Elmer Kruse. They discussed 1947 price trends production decisions and farm tax records focusing on butter fat prices cream quality and depreciation for tax savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lookout
Athens
Meigs County
Virgil Wertz
Floyd DeLashmutt
Ohio State University
Elmer Kruse
Ohio
H. E. Starkey
L. 8. Powelson
Meigs County Granges
Vernon Nease
G. L. Michael
Farm Bureau
Walter Brown
Veterans Farm Training
Purley Karr
Youth Injured By Tractor In Letart Christmas Day
Delmer Lee Grady teenage son of Mr and Mrs Onie Grady of Letart was seriously injured when a heavy tractor wheel passed over his hip and leg. He attempted to mount the moving vehicle and slipped. Dr John Philson of Arcane called the Ewing ambulance and the youth was rushed to Holzer Hospital at Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Delmer Lee Grady
Onie Grady
Letart
Delmer
John Philson
Acane
Ewing
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Grant Students Give Christmas Musicale
A piano student recital by Mrs. N. E. Grant’s group drew boys, girls, and mothers to the Grant home at Main and Sixth Ave. greenery and a lit Christmas tree set a holiday mood for carols and pupil performances. Refreshments followed with Mrs. Grant assisted by her daughters Miss Katharine Grant and Miss Christine Grant of Columbus. The Misses Grant plan to leave Friday for New York City for the rest of vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
H. E. Grant
Holiday Dance Slated At Pomeroy Tonight
A holiday dance sponsored by the Junior-Senior PTA of Pomeroy will be held at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium from 8 p.m. to midnight. The Music Masters, a local band, will perform for adults and teen-agers, announced PTA president Mrs. Tracy Whaley.
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Pomeroy
PTA of
Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium
Tracy Whaley
PTA
Quillens Welcome Son Virgil Born December Birth
Mr and Mrs George Quillen announce the birth of a son on December 11. The baby weighed seven pounds and was named Virgil. The Quillens, who previously had a daughter, reside in Middleport. Mrs Quillen is formerly Myrtle Davis.
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Middleport
George Quillen
Virgil
Librarian Attends Mid Winter Meeting in Chicago
Nellie Glass librarian of the Pomeroy Public Library will be in Chicago December 26 to 30 for the Mid Winter meeting of the American Library Association at the Drake Hotel. Miss Glass also serves as librarian at the Gallipolis Public Library.
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Pomeroy
Nellie Glass
Pomeroy Public Library
Chicago
American Library Association
Drake Hotel
Miss Glass
Gallipolis Public Library
Mrs Sam Michaels Recovering After Major Operation
Mrs Sam Michaels of Chester is reported recovering from a major operation at a Parkersburg hospital. The former Dorothy Hamm taught commercial subjects at Middleport High School for years before marriage and now resides with Mr and Mrs Lee Featherstone on S Third Ave.
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Middleport
Sam Michaels
Chester
Parkersburg
Michaels
Dorothy Hamm
Middleport High School
Lee Featherstone
S. Third Ave
Yule Lighting Brightens Pomeroy Homes
Outdoor Christmas displays add color to a mild season in Pomeroy. Despite light bulb shortages many residents created attractive lighting along streets including the Ebersbach Hoffner Fauber Ebersbach Zah l Bitter Peoples Wippel McMurray and Stark Ewing Hoffner Hepp Karr homes with multicolored trees wreaths and candles visible in windows.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Streets
W. Main St
R. W. Ebersbach
Charles Hoffner
Mulberry Ave
Lester Fauber
Evis Ebersbach
Aaron Zah
Albert Bitter
Percy L. Peoples
Union Ave
Mary Wippel
Willis McMurray
Butternut Ave
Lincoln Hill
Edward Stark
Glenroy Ewing
Herman Hoffner
Franklin Hepp
Clair Karr
Spring Avenue
Middleport Spends Quiet Christmas
Middleport residents enjoyed a quiet Christmas with most businesses closed or opening briefly. The county saw steady taxi service, theater shows, post office deliveries, and a single accident at 3:30 a.m. involving Charles Slash of Huntington and a taxi at S Third Ave. he received a transfusion at Holzer Hospital.
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Middleport
Parkersburg
Coliseum
American Legion
Clarence
Dusty) Durst
Huntington
Jane Sauer
Columbus
Charles Slash
S. Third Ave
Holzer Hospital
Mrs Young 46 Dies in Pomeroy
Rosie Young 46 died at 1 a m Thursday in Pomeroy. She is survived by her husband John W. Young and daughter Daisy Van Meter of Stiversville Ohio. Funeral services will be at Bald Knobs Church Saturday at 2 p m with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until services.
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Pomeroy
Rosie Young
John W. Young
Daisy van Meter
Stiversville
Ohio
Bald Knobs Church
Ewing Funeral Home
Senator Jones Returns Home After Auto Crash
Senator Tom W. Jones has been released from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis and is convalescing at his home on 8 Third Ave Middleport. He sustained injuries and shock in an automobile accident three weeks ago.
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Middleport
Tom W. Jones
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Third Ave
Jones
Eagles Auxiliary Party Attended by Pomeroy Bend Women
A Monday evening Eagle's Auxiliary party in Athens drew Pom eroy Bend women including Mrs. Edith Hood of Minersville Mrs. Fannie Guinther Mrs. Blanche Roller and Mrs. Verna Hysell of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Eagle's Auxiliary
Athens
Edith Hood
Minersville
Fannie Guinther
Blanche Roller
Verna Hysell
Mrs Michael Il Pomeroy ill after sudden illness
Mrs Samuel Michael, formerly Dorothy Hamm, became ill Sunday and was rushed to St. Joseph Hospital for surgery. She is reported recovering satisfactorily. Mrs Michael taught commercial subjects at Middleport High School for several years.
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Simon
Mr and Mrs Joseph Simon announce the birth of a daughter Mary Josephine on December 20 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Simon of Columbus and Mrs Augusta Hysell of Middleport South Second Avenue.
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Middleport
Joseph Simon
Mary Josephine
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
George Simon
Columbus
Augusta Hysell
S. Second Ave
First Presbyterian youth Christmas party in Middleport
The boys and girls of the First Presbyterian Church class held their annual Christmas dinner and party at teacher Mrs. Dea Hayes’s home on S. Third Ave. They played games, visited 12 shut ins singing carols, then returned to Reynolds Dairy Shop for refreshments. The group included Colleen Waddel and others and presented Mrs. Hayes with a gift.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Dea Hayes
S. Third Ave
Colleen Waddel
Joan Gilmore
Grace McDonald
Martha
Mary
Mildred Ohlinger
John Fultz
Charles Tewksbury
Kenny Sauer
Roger Dillard
James Sanborn
Relatives Hosted by Mr and Mrs Byers Highlight Visit
Mr and Mrs Howard Byers hosted relatives recently including Mrs Alfred Rife and her children from LeSage West Virginia and Charles Fowler.
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Howard Byers
Alfred Rife
LeSage
W. Va
Charles Fowler
Pomeroy Couple Wed in Christmas Day Ceremony
Edythe Elizabeth Maag and Walter Donney Reibel united at Federated Church Pomeroy in a 2:30 PM Christmas Day wedding. The Rev. Robert Hegnauer officiated as Althea Reibel served as maid of honor with Victor Brown as best man. A reception followed for 60 guests and guests included family from Minersville and Pomeroy. The couple, both graduates, planned a short wedding trip.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Edythe Elizabeth Maag
Theodore Maag
Minersville
Walter Donney Reibel
Henry Reibel
Robert Hegnauer
Robert Hartley
Mr. Hartley
Althea Reibel
Victor Brown
Orval Lee Wiles
Harvey Hoffner
Reibel
Don
Betty
Renzo Menchini
Elsie Hart
Ben Neutzling
Pomeroy High School
Columbus
Local social note of visits and holiday travel in Pomeroy
Mrs Neva Pierce and others visit Mrs Wisecarver who is recovering from a broken hip after a recent fall. Harry Pickens of Reedsville visited Pomeroy. Mr and Mrs Beagle spent time in McConnelsville visiting Ted Downie at Rocky Glenn Sanitarium. Robert Wolfe and family in Columbus visited relatives and Harriet Ewing arrives from Washington to spend Christmas. Agnes Reed returns from Cincinnati for the holidays. Charles Legar returns from Barre Vermont for Christmas. Mrs Samuel Michael undergoes emergency appendectomy in Parkersburg and is convalescing. Holiday guests join a Christmas reunion at the Fauber home with Marguerite Meier.
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Neva Pierce
George Hetzel
Florence R. Smith
Cora B. Roberts
Nettie Wisecarver
Ted Downie
Rocky Glenn Sanitarium
Robert Wolfe
Columbus
Walter Wolfe
Harriet Ewing
Glenroy Ewing
Pomeroy
Washington
Agnes Reed
Cincinnati
Theodore Reed
Mulberry Ave
Charles Legar
Wilma Terrell
Fisher St
Barre
Samuel Michael
Minersville
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lester Fauber
Marguerite Meier
Ralph Poston
Logan
L. D. Peoples
William Griffith
Fauber
Marriage Announcement for Norma Lippi and Paul Zirkle
Miss Norma Lippi daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Alfred Lippi and Paul Zirkle of Pomeroy will wed on December 18 with Percy Peoples officiating. The bride, a Middletport High School graduate and The Middleport Lunch proprietor, wore a gray two piece dress. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Walter Roush. Zirkle is a coal operator and they will reside in The Citizen's National Bank building apartment.
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Norma Lippi
Alfred Lippi
Paul Zirkle
Pomeroy
Percy Peoples
Justice of the Peace
Middleport High School
Middleport
N. Second Ave
Walter Roush
June Pratt Dillon
Christmas holiday visitors fill Columbus and Athens area
Mrs Louis Seyfried is in Columbus for medical care while many locals and university students visit family for Christmas. The report lists guests from Akron Chicago Lima Amesville and Athens including Edith Thomas Ern est Kennedy Janet Dillard Lois Cecil and Marjorie Miller. Local families host relatives and university affiliates during the holiday season.
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Louis Seyfried
Columbus
James Stevens
Fred Sisson
Chicago
Edith Thomas
Ernest Kennedy
Akron
Co. L. Hasler
Imperial Electric Co
Pittsburgh
Wiliam Garber
Misa Ruth Garber
W. R. Garber
S. Second Ave
Ancil McKinney
Ohio University
Athens
Janet Dillard
John Dillard
County Aid For the
George Childs
Mary Jane
Don Frank
Nelsonville
Gerald Frank
Huntington
Orin Smith
Esther Gilmore
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Minnie Gilmore
Lois Cecil
Amesville
William Diles
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
R. B. Laughead
Alfred Elberfeld
Pomeroy
Clyde Ingles, Jr
Gallipolis
Marriage Licenses POMEROY Meigs Probate Court rites issued
Marriage licenses were issued in Meigs Probate Court to Wilbur Gathers and Mildred A. Norris. George Rumfield and Stella Walker. Emerson Spires and Rita Nuckey. Joseph Meier and Hilah Bateson. George K. Scott and Dorothy Little. Joseph Kearns Jr. and Frances Roush. Earl H. Johnson and Mary Ihle. Harry Surface and Janet Rogers. James B. Cline and Vada Deen. William Harmon and Blanche Johnson. George Sharb and Edna May Brown. Walter Householder and Mary Edwards. Cassa Rose and Lula Koehler. Robert Gibbons and Maxine Hibbs. Walter Reibel and Betty Maag.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Wilbur Gathers
Columbus
Mildred A. Norris
Letart Falls
Ohio
George Rumfield
Cheshire
Stella Walker
Langsville
Emerson Spires
Rita Nuckey
Joseph ©. Meier
Zanesville
Hilah Bateson
George K. Scott
Pennsville
Dorothy Little
Joseph Kearns, Jr
Middleport
Frances Roush
Racine
Earl H. Johnson
West Columbia
W. Va
Mary M. Ihle
Harry Surface
Janet Rogers
James B. Cline
Parkersburg
Vada I. Deen
Chester
William Harmon
Corning
Blanche Johnson
George Sharb
Haydenville
Edna May Brown
Walter M. Householder
Junction City
Mary Edwards
Cassa Rose
Minersville
Lula Koehler
Robert Gibbons
Maxine Hibbs
Walter D. Reibel
Betty Maag
Pomeroy Public School Superintendent Attends State Education Meet
Smith, superintendent of Pomeroy public schools, attends the Ohio Education Association meeting in Columbus December 26 to 28. He will join Board of Directors sessions. Smith serves as vice president of the Southeastern Ohio Education Association and sits on the Exempted Village Superintendents Executive Committee.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
Former Meigs Woman Lon Morehead Dies in Parkersburg
Mrs Lon J Morehead former Portland resident died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Pauline Ash Parkersburg home She leaves another daughter Mrs Paul Orr Bashan and son John C Morehead St Alban W Va Funeral services set for Friday 2 30 p m at Vaughn Funeral Home Parkersburg burial Mt Olive Cemetery Parkersburg
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Portland
Lon J. Morehead
Pauline Ash
Parkersburg
Paul Orr
Bashan
John C. Morehead
St. Alban
W. Va
Vaughn Funeral Home
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Bechtels Holiday in Henderson West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Jack Bechtel spend the holidays in Henderson West Virginia. Mrs Bechtel attended the funeral of Mrs Rose Barnett at Beech Hill West Virginia this week.
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Middleport
Jack Bechtel
Henderson
W. Va
Shields record seven hundred eggs daily from 970 hens
Herbert and P E Shields of near Tuppers Plains report an average of about 700 eggs per day from 970 hens for the last month, a 73 percent daily production. They attribute the feat to better creto-lay pallets, good laying rations, ample clean water, and meticulous care. They are among Meigs County’s largest egg producers and are starting a purebred Ayrshire dairy herd.
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Herbert
P. E. Shields
Tuppers Plains
Shields
Meigs County
Ayrshire
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Meigs Soil Conservation District
Ruby Reibel
Hubert Price
Portland Civic Club
Mr. Lehotsky
Lehotsky
Marietta Truck Growers Association
William McKelvey
van McDade
Howard Exybersbach
Marietta
W. W. Harsha
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Mrs. Michael Il
Middleport Social Notes
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Cecil Kellaway
Gladys Cooper
Audrey Totter
March OF Time
Rebecca
Laurence Olivier
Jean Fontaine
George Sanders
Judith Anderson
Bendvue
Triple Bill
Charlies Starrett
Kirby Grant
Phantom Rider
Cross Roads Service Center
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Mr. Averageman
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Betty Smith
Virgil ¥. Brown
Bob Hummel
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