Road Maintenance Tops Higher Meigs County Budget of 409729
Meigs County Auditor Perry A. Riggs announced appropriations totaling 409729.62, up about 9000 from 1951. Road maintenance leads with 135300.90, plus 10050 for road construction, with detailed allocations across general funds and special funds including highways, bridges, and public works.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Perry A. Riggs
Board of County Commissioners
Rosecuting Attorney
Prices in Middleport Stay Low Versus Citys High
A Middleport survey finds local restaurant prices remain lower than in Cleveland and other cities. It notes five cent coffee and 25 cent hamburgers locally, with meals like a fried chicken dinner for 1.25 and a pork sandwich with sides for 50 cents.
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Middleport
Cleveland
Restaurateur
Cleveland East-Side
Middleport Garden Club entertains with conservation talks
The Rutland Garden Club gathered at Mrs. Floyd Thomas home with 18 members and guest Mrs. Lee Meyers. Mrs. William Harmon presided as papers on conservation were read by Mrs. C Chapman and Mrs. James Titus. A humorous reading by L J Heiner and a first place winter arrangement by Mrs. Cecil Bolin were noted.
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Middleport
Rutland Garden Club
Floyd Thomas
Lee Meyers
William Harmon
C. ©. Chapman
James Titus
L. J. Heiner
Cecil Bolin
Thomas
Harmon
Titus
Chapman
Heiner
William Folan
Carl Denison
J. B. Giles
P. A. Jiiden
Gerald Violet
Dulcie Young
Truman Chase
Don Anderson
Cash Johnson
Bolin
Ray Biddle
Almus Rawlings
Meyers
Local Guests and Farm News From Athens District
Mrs James Sauders and son visited Miss Elizabeth Moore and Miss Virginia Haggerty in Athens this week. Mr and Mrs Richard Russell and daughter of Springfield stayed with their parents Mr and Mrs L W Walker and Mrs Anna Russell of Bradbury. Mrs P F Klein left Thursday for Cleveland to visit Dr and Mrs William Hobart, accompanied by her mother Mrs Cedric Clark to Columbus. Mrs Paul Smart is a surgical patient at Meigs General Hospital. Frank Gray of Wilkesville attended funeral services for Otho Watts Tuesday.
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James Sauders
Elizabeth Moore
Virginia Haggerty
Athens
Richard Russell
Springfield
L. W. Walker
Anna Russell
Bradbury
P. F. Klein
Cleveland
William Hobart
Columbus
Cedric Clark
Paul Smart
Meigs General Hospital
Frank Gray
Wilkesville
Otho Watts
Bank lets customers make their own change in Yonkers
In Yonkers at Central National Bank customers now make their own change in the lobby from bowls with $5 in coins each. Bank President Gerald S. Couzens said no pennies were missing at the end of the day and noted the policy reduces teller workload.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Central National Bank of
Middleport Church Services and Programs
Local church notices list services for multiple Middleport congregations. Church of Christ led by Wert Dean announces sermons Society Brought to Judgment and ongoing youth choir activities. others include First Presbyterian, First Baptist, Mt Moriah Baptist, Church of Christ in Christian Union, and Church of the Nazarene with school times, worship, and weekly prayer meetings.
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Church OF Christ Wert
Edgar Allensworth
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Ruppelt
New York City
First Baptist
MT. Moriah
Nile Borden
Church OF Christ In Christian Union
Guy F. Sayre
Church OF the Nazarene
Paul Taylor
Young Peoples
New Culverts For Highways Cost 9768
POMEROY Meigs County Board of Commissioners approves purchase of 5280 feet of corrugated metal culverts for county road maintenance at 9768.10 dollars. J E D Hartinger explains need. Board also accepts Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. gasoline bid for county garage for 90 days at 18.75 per gallon regular and 14.75 for special grade. 200 tons limestone to Rutland Township roads after trustee Charles H Amos requests. Several bills ordered paid. Attending: Dan Hartinger, Harry W Craig, Charles Walburn.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Board of Commissioners
J. E. D. Hartinger
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Rutland
Charles H. Amos
Dan C. Hartinger
Harry W. Craig
Charles Walburn
Body Recovered Of Missing Louis Dauber In Mill Creek
Searchers recovered the body of Louis Dauber 69 a state highway department employee in Mill Creek. Dauber disappeared Monday night after leaving the highway garage to walk home.
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Marietta
Louis Dauber
Mill Creek
Dauber
State Highway Department
Cleanup Begins as Ohio River Recovers From Flood
Pomeroy residents monitor a receding Ohio River after a crest just short of predictions. Traffic slows as villagers assist with business, while a plane believed to carry President Truman flies over the flood area. Mayor Canaday praises national interest and local recovery efforts proceed.
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Ohio
Harry Truman
City Hall
Portsmouth
Canaday
Pomeroy
Darwin
William Beams
Theos
W. A. Smith
Scouts Decorate Quarters in Middleport Troop 45
Scoutmaster Donald Mills and assistant John Vroman lead Troop 45 in repainting the scout room at the Middleport Public Library basement. Older scouts assist as walls in blue and yellow and floors in deep maroon are painted. Completion is aimed before Scout Week in February with plans for Scout Tag Day and hosting mothers.
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Middleport
Boy Scouts
Middleport Public Library
Donald Mills
Mills
John Vroman
Youth Fellowship Holds Prayer Meeting
Twelve members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship conducted a prayer meeting at the church on Wednesday night in observance of National Youth Week. Jean Smart led. Eleanor Satterfield read a story titled White Bird. Other participants included Jacqueline Rice, Bill Darst, Dorothy Chase, June Smart, Danny Sanborn, Patricia Baker, Adrienne Mills, Nancy Hartley, Don Maiden, Manning Klees, Bill Turner and Terry Gallagher.
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Middleport
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Jean Smart
Eleanor Satterfield
White Bird
Jacqueline Rice
Bill Darst
Dorothy Chase
June Smart
Danny Sanborn
Patricia Baker
Reverend William Strasbaugh to Speak at Laurel Cliff Church
The Rev. William Strasbaugh, a conference young peoples worker, is scheduled to speak at 7 30 this evening at Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church on mobilizing youth.
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Pomeroy
William Strasbaugh
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church
Strasbaugh
Youngs and Williams Return From Texas Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young and Mrs. Mickey Williams concluded a two week trip to Texas. They visited Mr and Mrs. Robert Rogers and daughter and Mrs. Williams joined her husband.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Young
Mickey Williams
Texas
Young
Robert Rogers
Williams
Illness Report Names list in Middleport item
Among those reported ill are Kirk Beck Dr Kathryn Poinlexter Mrs C P Bradbury Charles White and daughter Texanna Mrs James Pullen and Richard Fink.
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Middleport
Kirk Beck
Kathryn Poinlexter
C P. Bradbury
Charles White
Texanna
James Pullen
Richard Fink
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