Middleport Council Meets After Rumors of Showdown
The Middleport Village Council held a routine meeting with one exception as Mayor Sidney Russell led roll call. Visitors asked about a past $18.70 jail fine, while officials discussed water company sales, cemetery trustees, and a new typewriter for records.
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Middleport
Ray McClure
Sidney Russell
A. A. Dillard
Horton Brown
Harold Chase
Wayne Gibbons
David Jenkins
Charles Murray
Jean Lama
Cedric Clark
McClure
I. Neal
Fred Collins
Russell
Clark Williams
Interlocutor’s Identity To Be Revealed Thursday
Middleport locals anticipate the third annual Izaak Walton League Minstrel with the interlocutor’s identity kept under wraps until Thursday Feb. 5. Director Ed Condon says rehearsals for the premiere in Middleport Feb. 11 and a Pomeroy show Feb. 12 are shaping up as a smash hit featuring Myrna Maag and a star-studded cast including Brad Maag Lois Ann Neutzling Martha Jane Karr and more. Ted Wildemuth will serve as master of ceremonies for the first part.
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Middleport
Ed Condon
Pomer
Durante
Lois Ann Neutzling
Martha Jane Karr
Martha Terrell
Ben Philson
Brad Maag
Eddie Romine
Jim Vennari
Charlies
Claude Grimm
Trey Schenloeb
Benny Rice
Morris
Grafton Stout
Herman Haddox
Frank Cheesebrew
Robert Stivers
Charles Stanley
Hazel Hawkins
Ted Wildermuth
Insufficient Funds Case Is Continued
Officer Clyde Tyree was in Gallipolis to return DEF Alexander who faced two warrants for issuing bad checks marked insufficient funds. Alexander appeared before Justice L D Higgins and the case was continued to a later date.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Tyree
Gallipolis
Alexander
Downington Man Jailed Over Unpaid Fine
Herbert Clark Pomeroy of Downington Ohio was jailed after a mayor's court trial for intoxication. He received a $15 fine plus costs and was jailed until the amount is paid.
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Downington
Pomeroy
Herbert Clark
Ohio
Clean Roads Cleared After Meigs County Snowfall
Meigs County Engineer J E D Hartinger said 145 miles of county and 559 miles of township roads were cleaned up before Saturday night and traffic was not blocked. He noted snow equipment including three Galion Diesel and one Caterpillar Diesel maintainers and a tractor bulldozer were in use despite some school closures for cold weather and bus service suspensions to conserve fuel.
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Pomeroy
J. E. D. Hartinger
Meigs County
Hartinger
Canaday
Vaughn
Olin Goodwin
Relative of Former Local Teacher Dies
Dr. Benjamin L. McElroy 87 longtime Methodist minister and religion professor at Ohio Wesleyan University died Saturday in Jane M Case Hospital Delaware after retiring in 1930. He was voted the most popular man on the Wesleyan Campus in 1928. Surviving is Mrs. Jean McElroy Druhot former Middleport High School teacher now in Hamilton schools.
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Middleport
Benjamin L. McElroy
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Jane M. Case
McElfresh
Wesleyan
Jean McElroy Druhot
Middleport High School
Hamilton
Ice and Snow Melt Prompt Cinders in City Intersections
Cirdlers needed as packed snow and ice on streets and sidewalks melted by milder afternoon temperatures. By midnight the temperature fell to eight degrees above zero, re freezing conditions noted.
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Pomeroy
Beattie Funeral Services Held In Baden West Virginia
Services for Andrew Beattie who died Friday were held Sunday with callers to the Beattie home in Baden West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bing were among those visiting the Beattie residence Saturday.
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Middleport
Lawrence Bing
Beattie
Baden
W. Va
Andrew Beattie
Miss Mina Morrison Dies After Hip Injury in Racine
Mina Voda Morrison aged 78 died February 2 at her home near Racine after a fall that fractured her hip. A Meigs and Franklin Counties native and former Franklin County Children's Home matron, she was a Oak Grove Methodist Church member. Survivors include sisters Iva Adda Mae of Racine and Warren H Morrison of Columbus. Funeral plans include calling at home and services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Carmel EUB Church with burial in Carmel Cemetery.
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Mina Voda Morrison
Franklin County Children’s Home
Miss Morrison
Meigs
Franklin Counties
Oak Grove
Iva
Adda
Mae
Warren H. Morrison
Columbus
Ewing
Pomeroy
Carmel Eub
Carmel Cemetery
Pay Damages Court Orders Reedsville Man
Robert Raiguel of Reedsville, arrested May 3, 1947 on a destruction of property warrant, appeared before Judge Ervin and was ordered to pay damages and costs and placed on two years probation. Damages were set at 30 dollars for Barnett's Grocery Store damage and 20 dollars for the Parsonage door, with total costs about 60 dollars. his accomplice had been in court three months earlier and Monday’s hearing closes the case.
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Pomeroy
Robert Raiguel
Reedsville
Ervin
Common Pleas
Dana Peoples
Barnett
Reedsville Methodist Parsonage
Raiguel
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Sunday Visits
Justice of the Peace and Mrs. Percy L Peoples visited Athens with the Norris family. The Norris children Nancy Lee and Bobby were ill with intestinal flu. James Weber and Fred Schumway returned from a Ft Lauderdale vacation visiting Weber’s sister and brother in law Ed Niewehner. Weber runs a Sohio station in Pomeroy and Schumway works as a florist in Syracuse. Mrs. Mary Rawlings of Nelsonville returned home after a week visiting Hemlock Grove and Pomeroy.
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Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Wilson Norris
Athens
Norris
Nancy Lee
Bobby
James Weber
Fred Schumway
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Man Is Fined and Jailed on Assault Charge
Melvin Rupe 27 of Middleport faced Justice L B Higgins on a warrant by James Stewart for assault and battery. He pleaded guilty, was fined 100 dollars plus costs, and jailed 30 days in the county jail.
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Pomeroy
Melvin Rupe
Middleport
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
James Stewart
Rupe
Justice Higgins
Men’s Rally at First Baptist Church
A men’s rally is set for Thursday February 5 at 7 30 p m at First Baptist Church under the direction of Men’s Class president William E Watson Aten Shain a trustee of the Ohio Baptist Men’s Council and local church member will speak on Baptist laymen’s work in Ohio.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
William E. Watson
Aten Shain
Ohio Baptist Men’s Council
Ohio
Middleport Man's Sister Dies in West Virginia
W P Wilburn were called to Beckley West Virginia for the death of the former's sister Mrs B T Farley whose funeral was held there last Thursday. The Wilburns then visited their daughter Julia Mae in Charleston and returned home Saturday.
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Middleport
W. P. Wilburn
Beckley
W. Va
B. T. Farley
Wilburns
Julia Mae
Charleston
Rose Hill Man Fined $100 on Driving Count
Fred Smith of Rose Hill appeared in Mayor Canaday's court on a state warrant for driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and received a $100 fine plus costs.
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Rose Hill
Pomeroy
Fred Smith
Canaday
Gruen Watch Co Announces $3 Million Expansion
Cincinnati based Gruen Watch Co unveils a $3,000,000 expansion plan with two new factories for movements and cases plus an office building. President Benjamin S. Katz outlined the project.
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Cincinnati
The
Gruen Watch Co
Benjamin S. Katz
Engineers to Investigate Pomeroy Water Works
Pomeroy City Council accepted Stranahan and Harris Toledo firm proposal to send engineers to assess the present value and future potential of the water works. A contract would finance via revenue mortgage bonds over about 20 years with payments tied to water rates.
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Pomeroy
Stranahan and Harris
Toledo
City Council
Stranahan and
Harris
Frank B. Keene
Finance Company
Canaday
Olin Goodwin
H. E. Rodney
Dick Vaughn
Council
Clark Alva Norris
Ohio State Employment Service
OSES
Vaughn
Fire Dept Reports Minor Blaze At Laurel Cliff Home
Pomeroy fire department responded to a 1 a.m. call to Laurel Cliff at a one story home owned by Shivers Flinn. Fire damage was estimated at ten to fifteen dollars and the crew returned about half an hour later.
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Pomeroy
Laurel Cliff
Jackson Funeral Rites Are Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Melvina Jackson 86 who died Sunday at her Liberty Lane home were planned for this afternoon at Mount Moriah Church at two o clock. Interment will follow at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Melvina Jackson
Liberty Lane
Mount Moriah
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Senior Scholarship Test Set for February 7
Pomeroi Senior High School hosts a senior scholarship test on Saturday February 7. Thirty students from across the county will enter the exam representing all area high schools.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Girl Is Born in Mason Clinic to Buck Family
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Buck of Pomeroy are the parents of a girl born Sunday at the Mason Clinic. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buck of Darwin Road near Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. Will Matson of Chauncey.
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Pomeroy
Gail Buck
Mason Clinic
Ben Buck
Darwin Road
Will Matson
Chauncey
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