Rites for Gunshot Victim Scheduled in Pomeroy
Investigations into the death of Leonard Jewell 50, who died at Meigs General Hospital from gunshot wounds, were expected to finish today as Chief of Police Walter Wolfe, Sheriff Charles Russell, and Prosecuting Attorney John C. Bacon led the inquiry. Jewell, found with a shotgun near him in an upstairs bedroom on E Main Street, was taken to the hospital where he died at 11 36 p.m. The case also noted possible death by own action and listed survivors including his mother, a brother, a sister and nine children. Funeral services set for Harrisonville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Thursday. Meigs General Hospital treated others in a separate Christmas Eve two car crash on Star Route 7 near Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Leonard Jewell
Meigs General Hospital
Walter Wolfe
Jewell
Norma Wilson
E. Main Street
Wilson
Dora Spencer
Albany
Glenn
Downington
Clarice Morse
Pearlie
Anestine Frazier
Middleport
Richard
Willard
Columbus
Cecil
Toledo
Irene Jewell
Paul
Harrisonville
Raymond
Coal Grove
Leonard
Presbyterian Church
Ewing
Chief Wolfe
Charles Russell
John C. Bacon
Chester
Guy G. Boggess
Tuppers Plains
Russell
Boggess
Myrtle C. Boggess
Bill Dodderer
Dodderer
David Dodderer
Rollin Dodderer
Ohio Valley Junk Co
Holiday Blaze Destroys Home in Meigs County
A late Christmas afternoon fire destroyed the one story frame home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barrett on Front Street in Middleport. Firefighters arrived about 4:30 pm to find the blaze out of control with cause undetermined. Police Chief Russell Bailey said three men were in custody for investigation, Barrett, Arnold Darst, and Bill Harmon. Darst was found inside the house and removed by neighbors. The Barretts and their 9 1 2 year old son Henry Jr. are left homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Henry Barrett
Front St
Russell Bailey
Bailey
Barrett
Arnold (Dawes) Darst
Bill Harmon
Darst
Barretts
Henry Jr
Christmas Party For Children At Meigs County Home
The Federated Church Young Adult Class hosted a Christmas party at the Meigs County Children's Home on Sunday evening. The program featured carols and recitations by Darlene Little, Dorath Hudnall, Dora McKee, Norma Blackwell, Jean Snider, Mary Molden, and others, plus a Santa visit with gifts. Ice cream and cookies followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Meigs County
Darlene Little
Dorothy Hudnall
Dora McKee
Norma Blackwell
Jean Snider
Mary Molden
Santa Claus
Charlesanna Hess
Harold Little
Gene Keller
Richard Hudnall
Miss Hess
Santa
Charles Spencer
Harlan Wehring
Eleanor Keller
Carolyn Shenefield
Evelyn Gilmore
Ethel Willoughby
Merry Christmas
Dora Mic Kee
Jean Snyder
Carolyn Shennefield
Raymond Justice
Benny Shennefield
Clarence Booth
Howard King
Stanley Little
John Jones
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Christmas visitors and family gatherings in Parkersburg area
A list of holiday visits and dinners across Parkersburg and nearby towns includes Pfe and Mrs. Joe Struble visiting in Parkersburg. Carl N. Smith and children with F. M. Schoolcraft and Lloyd Smith in Cairo. Rosenbaum family from Columbia visiting Fred Rosenbaum. Dr. Charles Baumen and family from Portsmouth. Sgt. Richard Rosenbaum visiting from Ft. Bliss. Cpl. and Mrs. Charles Yeager visiting Pomeroy and Mason relatives. and multiple other relatives gathering for Christmas with the Williamson and Boster households and at the Pier sall home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Joe Struble
John Terrell
Emelia Darlene
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carl N. Smith
Shirley
Earl
F. M. Schoolcraft
Lloyd Smith
Cairo
Jack Rosenbaum
Jackie
Columbia
Fred Rosenbaum
Charles Baumen
Portsmouth
Richard Rosenbaum
Ft. Bliss
Texas
C. F. Tompkins
Mary Spencer
Logan
Herman Frecker
Cpl
Charles Yeager
L. E. Piersall
Pomeroy
Dallis Yeager
Mason
David Finlaw
Louisville
Mildren Finlaw
Willie Davis
Willie F. Davis
Amarillo
Robert Gardner
Bobby Phil
Columbus
Joe Lish
Boney Mitchell
Lydia Ebersbach
Piersall
Christmas Party For Meigs General Hospital Staff
POMEROY staff and personnel of the Meigs General Hospital were guests at a party Thursday evening at Mrs. Dorothea Amsbury’s Lincoln Heights home. A buffet turkey dinner preceded the social hour. Gold and silver miniature trees decorated the dining table with a lighted tree highlighting the room. Mantels wore holly and green tapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
Dorothea Amsbury
Lincoln Heights
Middleport Social Notes
Christmas dinner guests included many local and distant relatives and friends. The list features Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayman of Philadelphia, Ralph Hayman of Racine, Don Savage of Charleston, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Weise and others. Several families hosted gatherings and greetings amid illnesses and travel. Betty Russell plans a two week vacation in Columbus before returning home. Cpl. Walter Farley and family visited Waterford for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. C. Lansbury
Richard Hayman
Philadelphia
Ralph Hayman
Racine
Eric Denny
Eno
Don Savage
Charleston
C. B. Weise
E. S. Schaaf
Jon
Sally
Augusta Gilmore
Ada Smith
Weise
Hart Hannahs
Melvin Devon
Carolyn
James Ward
Gus Ward
Charles Ward
Edgar Allensworth
Mill St
Lewis Sauer
Kenneth
Rodney Sauer
Judy
Dee
Cinda
Rodney
Betty Russell
Lester Russell
Columbus
B. F. Parmalee
Dallas Blevin
Washington, D.C
Huntington
Cpl
Walter Farley
Scott Field Air Base
Ill
Wise Family Hosts Christmas Dinner in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wise Sr and their daughter Ruth celebrated Christmas Day at noon with a turkey dinner. Guests included Mrs. Sara Wise David Ashley Mr and Mrs Frank Leifheit Mr and Mrs C H Wise Jr Mr and Mrs Cecil Grogan in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. H. Wise, Sr
Ruth
Sara Wise
David Ashley
Frank Leifheit
C. H. Wise, Jr
Cecil Grogan
Columbus
Christmas guests travel wide in Meigs County notices
A long list of Christmas visitors includes Virgil Likens at Naval Hospital Great Lakes Ill and Greta Hordon of Columbus. Several locals hosted relatives from Louisville Cincinnati Dresden Bradbury and Columbus with updates on health and travel.
Yule Gifts Are Given By Church
MIDDLEPORT L R Wiley on behalf of the Church of Christ presented money gifts to the church organist and choir directors plus the caretaker during the Christmas program. Decorations featured a blue lighted star and a Nativity scene with life sized figures. special music came from the High School Girls choir and a Nativity pageant with named participants. Ushers included Barbara Scott and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. R. Wiley
Church of Christ
Chester Erwin
Arthur Skinner
Edgar Allensworth
George Russell
Alfred Roush
Mildred Hawley
Guy Reynolds
Cash Bahr
Ernestine Asbury
Mary
Iris van Cooney
Joseph
Jeanette Crooks
Angel
Marlene Knapp
Gene Crooks
Mark Kelly
Don Grueser
Shepherds
Tommy Skinner
Michael Rice
Michael Erwin
Wise Men
Phyllis Gothard
Barbara Scott
Nancy Rawlings
Mary Jane Young
Phyllis Blosser
Employers Gift Bonds At Christmas Party In Middleport
Albert Russell owner of the Mary Jane Restaurant Middleport and the Blue and Gray and River View in Pomeroy gave defense bonds to employees who had worked there a year at a Christmas party Monday afternoon. Refreshments were served and a gift exchange took place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Albert Russell
River View
Pomeroy
Mary Jane
Cressa Webb
Marie Hauck
Ferne Barker
Ethel Nash
Sylvia Byers
Peggy Durst
Edith Thomas
C. H
Meigs Hospital Admits Multiple Patients and Newborns
Meigs Hospital lists admissions including Mrs. Lincoln Smith of Middleport Mrs. Ollie Stowe of Pomeroy Mrs. Jake Spencer of Middleport Donna Lewis of Racine David Sayre of Racine Homer Story of Pomeroy Route 1 Mrs Don Kennedy of Pomeroy Route 3 Mrs William Oxyer Cheshire and Mr and Mrs William Oxyer Cheshire with a daughter and a son Discharges include Mrs Marie Barnhart Edgar Welch Henry Beech and Mrs Irwin Gibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Smith
Middleport
Ollie Stowe
Pomeroy
Jake Spencer
Donna Lewis
Racine
David Sayre
Homer Story
Don Kennedy
William Oxyer
Cheshire
Marie Barnhart
Edgar Welch
Henry Beech
Irwin Gibbs
Napper Enlists in Navy Heads for Huntington Assignment
Napper, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Napper, leaves for Huntington West Virginia to enter the U S Navy for assignment following recent enlistment in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — Lawrence Napper
Lawrence Napper
Huntington
W.va
U.S. Navy
Retired Teacher Virgie Major Taken to Hospital
Miss Virgie Major aged with neighbors finding her on the floor on Sixth Street. She was taken to Meigs General Hospital on Christmas Eve. Her brother Ernest Major of Wilkesville accompanied her to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Virgie Major
Meigs General Hospital
Sixth St
Ernest Major
Wilkesville
The World Is Not Completely Bad By Francis H Klein
In Middleport an essay reflects Christmas warmth amid hardship. The author recalls local charity by churches and groups, gifts to the home for orphans and infirm, the Salvation Army, and the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion. He recalls family memories, church services, and a wartime son’s return, contrasting simple joys with public graft critiques from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Salvation Army
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Fritz’ Besserer
Klein
County Farm Bureau Board OKs Four Percent Dividend
Meigs County Farm Bureau board adopts a four percent dividend on issued class A preferred, class A common, and class B common stock to be paid December 27, 1951 or soon after. Remaining net savings in class B common shares to be distributed to patrons based on patronage in the 1951 fiscal year ending December 31. Directors present included Harold Carnahan, C. E. Humphrey, W. S. Michael, Warren Pickens, Denver Holter, F. Whitney Ingraham, Jack Carsey, and J. W. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Harold Carnahan
C. E. Humphrey
W. S. Michael
Warren Pickens
Denver Holter
F. Whitney Ingraham
Woman Fined After Crash In Pomeroy
Mrs Hester Blankenship, 49, of Pomeroy, was fined 5 dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace court for operating a motor vehicle without a license. She drove into the path of Mrs Corliss Jacobs, 51, at Routes 7 and 33, failing to stop at a stop sign. Both cars sustained about 350 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hester Blankenship
Court of Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Charles Russell
Granddaughter’s wedding crowds leads to injury in Fall
Mrs. Harley Bovie of Gallipolis fell while returning home Friday after attending a buffet supper for her granddaughter Joan Kircher’s wedding party. She broke two bones in her right hand but managed to attend the wedding Saturday at the Presbyterian church with her arm in a cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harley Bovie
Gallipolis
Joan Kircher
Presbyterian Church
Christmas Visitor Tewksburys Visit Wellston Family
Charles Tewksbury USN Navy School of Music in Washington spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Tewksbury and brother Tommy in Wellston. The family also visited Mr and Mrs J H Grate and Mr and Mrs Edward Tewksbury on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Tewksbury
Usn
Navy School of Music
Washington, D.C
Edward Tewksbury
Tommy
Wellston
J. H. Grate
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Hearing Aid Oy
Zenith
Mir “Mii
Iit & Roller
Leo L. Vaughan
Logan Monument Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Guar
Oldsmobile
Plymouth
Studebaker
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
W. Main St
Phong
Pomeroy Social Notes
S. Fleming
Lawrence Francis
Carl Jennings
Denver Thoma
Julius Swage
Robert Arnold
Roy Smith
Charlesanna
Eileen Savage
Lennie Jewell
Elza Gilmore Jr
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Dinner
Widdleport Personals
Thomas Likens
Virgil E. Likens
Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Carl Likens
Greta Hordon
R. H. Hordon
George Skinner
Benny
Nancy
State School For the Deaf
Carter Brumfield
J. D. North
Kenneth Byer
Bob
Lewis Sauer Jr
James Harbarger
Clarence Brown
Springfield
Leland Brown
Eugene Bachner
Cincinnati
Bachner
Ray Bachner
Navy
Delbert Rice
Cadillac Tank Corp
Berea
W. W. Hayes
Robert Coats
Stephen
Christine
Kenneth McElhinney
Kathie
Dresden
McElhinney
Bradbury
Albert Faehnle
Robert Chrystal
Gene Grate
Fort Lauderdale
James Weber
Robert Starkey
Katheryn Poindexter
Howard Ruppelt
The
James McDonald
Pittsburgh
J. B. Downing
Raymond Singleton
Bartram Payne
Lucy
Paul Johnson
William Autherson
Harvey French
Siepsie
Gene French
Arthur Roush
Mary Massar
Norman Klees
Robert Jay
William Yeager
Kent
Meigs Hospital
Napper
Ashland Oil & Refining Co
Ohio Valley
Francis H. Klein
Ington
D. C
Great Episcopal Cathedral
Bend
Grace Church
Pentagon
Washington
County Farm Bureau Board
Liberty
Ohio
Buccaneers
Warner-Pathe News
Bugs Bunny
OA Galiaies
Meigs
Claudette Colbert MacDonald Carey
Zachary Scott
Barbara Bates
Paris
Michael Rennie
Patricia Neal
Hugh Marlowe
Sam Jaffe House Peters, Jr
Ted Queenr
Rhodell Steffy
Ewing’s Furniture & Appliance Store
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