Housetrailer Tax Due January 1 in Meigs County
Meigs County auditor Gordon Caldwell announced housetrailer tax payment is due January 1 with a February 1 deadline for payment and a daily $1 penalty up to 25 days. Tax is based on trailer value with 10 percent annual depreciation starting 80 percent, and occupants must present sale or title documents. Unoccupied or camping trailers are non taxable but must be registered. a decal is issued. Last year Meigs County taxed 156 trailers.
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Pomeroy
Gordon Caldwell
Meigs County
Caldwell
Bedford Club Hosts December Meeting and Gift Exchange
Bedford The Bedford Home Demonstration Club held its December gathering at Mrs. Dana Brickles home with a reading and singing. A silent auction was planned for January. Mrs Avery St Clair demonstrated crafting gifts and decorations from plastic jugs and bottles. she also received the traveling award. Other attendees included Mrs Edson Hart Mrs Joe Stanley Mrs Guy Lee Mrs Hilbur Quivey Mrs Dana Haning Mrs Maggie Chaney Mrs Stella Potts Mrs Charles Williams and Mrs George Carper.
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Bedford
Bedford Home Demonstration Club
Dana Brickles
Brickles
Avery St. Clair
St. Clair
Edson Hart
Joe Stanley
Guy Lee
Mrs Nease Hosts Garden Club At Christmas Event
Community garden group hosted by Mrs. Nease featured seasonal decorations, candlelight arrangements, and holiday readings. Members planned the club's 25th anniversary in January while sharing fruit baskets and discussing care of holiday plants. Top 1962 song hits will be reviewed at Wahama High School New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the Junior Women’s Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Fisher
John Idle
Edison Hollon
Ideal” Magazine
Milton Houdashelt
David Nease
Vernon Hysell
Holton
Fisher
Fred Nease
Karl Grueser
Ulwin Nease
Essie Mossman
Harris
Milton Roush
Houdashelt
Christy Baer
Pomeroy
Wahama High School
The
Jays
New Haven
Heath Group Holds Annual Yale Pageant
The Heath Methodist Church School held its Christmas program titled Symbols of Christmas with narration by Mrs. O. P. Klein and Mrs. Bernard Fultz. Youth choirs performed with Tom Baker and Diane McComas accompanying, and gifts from the church school were dedicated for the Gallipolis State Institute. Earl Bennett of Pomeroy suffered a fractured hip and was hospitalized after a sidewalk fall on W Main St.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church School
Diane McComas
O. P. Klein
Bernard Fultz
Kenny Harris
Karen Johnson
Kathy Harris
Debbie Swearingen
Brenda Smith
Donnie Stivers
April Frazer
Kenny Byer
Scotty Fraser
Vern Ord
Lee Ord
Kelly Jo Burdette
Bobby Hysell
Mickey Davenport
Becky Fultz
Patty Harris
Barbara Archer
Tommy Batey
Bruce
Jennifer Scarberry
Keith French
Jennifer Gobel
Kenny Smith
John Krawsczyn
Randy Swearingen
Perry Ault
Katrina
Kim Batey
Mer
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Earl Bennett
Meigs Memorial Hospital
W. Main St
Bennett
Christmas Dinner Guests in Beards Home
Mr and Mrs James Beards hosted a Christmas dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Allen Dill Mr and Mrs Charles Wildermuth Sandra Kathy and Teresa Mr and Mrs Rollin Dill and the Beards sons Tim and Scott Christmas dinner guests of
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James Beards
Allen Dill
Charles Wildermuth
Sandra
Kathy
Teresa
Rollin Dill
Beards
Tim
Scott
Local Social and Civic Notices From Middleport and Pomeroy
Holiday visits and family gatherings across Middleport and Pomeroy are noted including Tackett family in Maryland visiting relatives, baptismal services with Langsville members at First Baptist Middleport, and Earl McKinley’s eight month Mediterranean cruise after eight days’ leave. Community events include a Martin Restaurant staff dinner, a WCTU meeting rescheduled to Thursday, and the Meigs County Fish and Game Association plans for December 29 with officer elections for 1963.
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Middleport
Earl McKinley
Charleston
S. C
O. E. McKinley
Pomeroy
Meigs County Fish and Game Association
Second Ward
Garden Club Holds Annual Yale Dinner in Rutland
The Rutland Friendly Gardeners Club met for its Christmas dinner at the Martin Restaurant in Middleport with members and guests from the Rutland Garden Club. Activities included a meeting at Mrs. Joe Bolin’s home, Christmas table arrangements for Athens State Hospital, a program on The Christmas We Will Never Forget, a satin roses demonstration, gift exchanges, and prizes. The next meeting is set for Jan 23 at Mrs. Vernon Weber’s home with Rutland guests. Also noted is a watch night service at the First Baptist Church in Middleport from 9 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. featuring a smorgasbord.
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Middleport
Rutland Friendly Gardeners Club
Martin
Joe Bolin
Fred Williamson
Ronald Williams
John Harrison
Howard Birchfield
Robert Snowden
Jim Nelson
Carl Morris
Harold Sauer
Robert Reibel
James Titus
Rutland Garden Club
Vernon Weber
Bolin
Snowden
Athens State Hospital
Birchfield
Kenneth Finley
Nelson
Sauer
Finley
Morris
Williams
Clothing Drive for Fire Victims Seeks Essential Goods
The Meigs Chapter of the American Red Cross appeals for clothing including women’s size eight and a half shoes dresses and stockings and men’s shirts and workwear for a Rutland family whose home was destroyed by fire. Also needed are throw rugs dishes and basic food items. Contributions may be left at Rutland Department Store or Werner’s in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Chapter
American Red Cross
Rutland
Werners Radio and Television
Middleport
Bloodmobile Visit Set For Friday At Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School hosts a Red Cross bloodmobile Friday from noon to 6 p.m. The goal is at least 100 pints to meet holiday demand as accident rates rise. Donors told to eat iron rich foods to improve eligibility after recent rejections.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Christmas Meeting At Point Rock Laurel Grange
Point Rock Laurel Grange held its Christmas meeting at the home of Mrs. Nellie Vale and her son John. Attending the REA banquet in Gallipolis were Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Holcomb and Mr. and Mrs. John Holiday. Miss Virginia Turner of Columbus visited her parents over the weekend.
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Willard Ebersbach
C. J. Ebersbach
Judy Vaughan
Adam Ebersbach
George Powell
Bill
Barbara
Parkersburg
W. Va
Eldon Gaul
Chester
Frank Wilson
Benny
Sharon
Ann
Marguerite Durst
Bernice Ann
Middleport
George Hobstetter
Pamela
Bette Jean
Ida Burns
Nancy
Pomeroy
William Baxter
Harry Saddler
Bridgeport
Ruth Evans
Bernice Johnson
Bentz Wolfe
Susan Young
Columbus
Wilbur Young
Marinda
Laurel Grange
Nellie Vale
John
E. W. Holcomb
John Holiday
REA
Gallipolis
Virginia Turner
Rober Emmish
Dayton
Don Burkey
Marietta
Earl Beougher
Mary
Susan Park
Frieda Faehnle
Frances Roush
Margaret Sauer
Lillian Steiff
Harold Sauer
Mary Ruth
Joy
C. J. Cummings
Binghamton
N. Y
Richard Pickens
Cummings
Cressa Webb
Perry Mitch
Mill St
Robert Mitch
David
Stephen
Wheeling
John Seines
Larry Mitch
Rue Tuckerman
Athens
Edgar Tuckerman
Karyl
Willis Aleshire
Chambers
George Siddall
Ansonia
George Hackett, Jr
Manning Kloes
Herman Kloes
Cars Crash Injuring Four on Route 33 Near Pomeroy
A head on collision on Route 33 near the former telephone exchange demolished two cars and sent four people to Meigs Memorial Hospital. Robert C. Young 74 Middleport and Donald Ford 38 Columbus drove south and north respectively. Mrs Laura Young and Thelma Louise Ford and Thelma Marie Ford were injured with lacerations, a broken wrist, and shock. The accident occurred about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Charles Sayre
Robert C. Young
Middleport
Donald Ford
Columbus
Laura Young
Thelma Louise Ford
Thelma Marie Ford
Holiday Guests Gathered Across Middleport Families
Middleport and surrounding residents welcomed relatives over Christmas with dinners and visits. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brannan and guests, Captain Paul Holter and family from Chicago, and son Mike Elberfeld. Additional gatherings featured families from Columbus Dayton and Athens.
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Robert Jay
Columbus
Middleport
Carl Brannan
Paul Holter
Lori
Butch
Chicago
William Wyatt
Earl Knight
Ron Halley
M. C. Wilson
Glenn Lambert
Pete Elberfeld
Mike
H. B. Smith
Pomeroy
C. A. Emmish
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the Messenger
Ohio
Tinwisday
Bedford Club
Mrs. Nease
Tom Manuel
Racine
Kenneth Romine
Robert Roush
Sharon Frecker
Minersville
Erma Smith
Buchannon
Robert Craig
Robert Embleton
Hartford
Wirt Roberts
Reedsville
Harold Reeves
Jeffrey Kokovitch
Reva Norris
Clarence Norris
Freeman Williams
Lydia Cleland
C. T. Norris
Loren Coleman
Myrtle Moore
Donald Robson
Richard Chambers
William Atkins
Donald Hendrix
Alma Rupe
Virgie Hobstetter
John Zurcher
Duane Sidders
Nina Russell
Gary van Meter
Dores Arnold
Calvin Orr
Ada Morris
Long Bottom
Bailey Run Road
Heath Group
Yale
Pomeroy Personals
Ewington
Ronald Lee Tackett
Maryland
Mrs
Tracey Tackett
Langsville Church
Cheesebrew
First Baptist Church
Marta K. Hubbard
Ella Rostober
Theodore Kennedy
Langsville
Martin Restaurant
Bernice Durst
Faye Little
Helen VanMatre
Howard Byers
Edith Thomas
Kate Hysell
Voneda Powell
Ferne Barker
Pearl Hoffman
Lula Russell
Rheba Fields
Beulah White
Charles Legar
Ted Johnson
Mason
Oliver McKinley
Clifford Hayes
Gregory
Frank Cheesebrew
J. B. Hayes
David Coil
Ward Hayes
WCTU
Marvin Kelly
Grant St
Oma Nelson
Mary Hysell
Kelly
Garden Club
Smorgasborg
Joe Kennedy
Memphis
Tenn
William Kennedy
Mulberry Ave
Jack Kennedy
Ed Kennedy
Joe
U. S. Navy
Pomfroy
Wiley Ours, Jr
Ramstein Air Force Base
Germany
Robert Joseph
David W. Davidson
Kathryn P. Davidson
John C. Bacon
Goeglein Ready-Mix CO
Marineland Oceanarium
Palos Verdes Estates
Calif
Marie-Louise Bielke
Sweden
Alexandra Bastedo
England
Point Rock
William R. Pethick
Illinois
Stateville
Joliet
Salvation Army
Pethick
Eskiloos
Chic
Sharp
Metropolitan Motors
East Main Street
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