Middleport Showdown Fails To Materialize At Council Meeting
At Middleport Village Council, a rumored police chief showdown did not occur as routine business dominated a quiet session. Mayor Sidney Russell reappointed cemetery trustees, discussed water company negotiations, and prepared for Chief McClure to vacate in 30 days amid civil service questions.
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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 Colns
J. B. Downing
Meigs Water Company
D. A. Canaday
Pomeroy
Russell
Pomeroy and
Utilities Commission
H. N. Swift
R. A. Miller
C. M. Hennesy
Rawlings and Sons
G.I
Lionel Boggs
Miss Morrison Dies After Hip Injury at 78
Miss Mina Voda Morrison died February 2 near Racine on her 78th birthday after a fall that broke her hip. A Meigs Franklin County native and former Franklin County Children's Home matron, she lived in Racine 15 years and was a member of Oak Grove Methodist Church. Survivors include sisters Iva Adda Mae and brother Warren Morrison. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Carmel EUB Church with burial in Carmel Cemetery.
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Racine
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
Pomeroy Council Reviews Water Works Investigation Plan
Pomeroy City Council voted to authorize Stranahan and Harris Toledo to send engineers to assess the water works value and potential, with the firm selecting the consulting engineer. The study, due in 60 days, will analyze income, expenses, and improvements for possible sale financing by revenue bonds over 20 years.
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Pomeroy
Stranahan and Harris
Toledo
City Council
Stranahan and
Harris
Frank E. Keene
Finance Company
Canaday
Olin Goodwin
H. E. Rodney
Dick Vaughn
Council
Clark Alva Norris
Interlocutor's Identity To Be Revealed Thursday
Middleport announces the interlocutor for the third annual Izaak Walton League Minstrel will be unveiled on Thursday Feb. 5. Director Ed Condon says rehearsals for the Feb. 11 Middleport premiere and Feb. 12 Pomeroy show are shaping up as a smash hit with an all star cast and several featured acts.
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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
Charles
Claude Grimm
Trel 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 returned D. E. Alexander of Gallipolis on two warrants for issuing bad checks marked insufficient funds. The defendant appeared before Justice L. D. Higgins and the case was continued to a later date.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Tyree
Gallipolis
D. E. Alexander
Downington Man Jailed Over Unpaid Fine
Herbert Clark of Downington Ohio was arrested Friday and tried Saturday in mayor's court for intoxication. He was fined 15 dollars plus costs and jailed until the fine and costs are paid.
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Pomeroy
Herbert Clark
Downington
Ohio
Clean Roads Cleared After Meigs County Snow
Meigs County Engineer J E D Hartinger said 145 miles of county roads and 559 miles of township roads were cleaned by Saturday night and traffic was not blocked by the last snowfall. He reported three Galion Diesel and one Caterpillar Diesel maintainers and one bulldozer in use. Some schools closed and buses not running due to cold weather and fuel conservation, not road conditions.
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Pomeroy
J. E. D. Hartinger
Meigs County
Hartinger
Relative of Former Local Teacher Dies
Dr. Benjamin L. McElroy 87 former Methodist minister and religion professor at Ohio Wesleyan University for 25 years died Saturday in Jane M. Case Hospital Delaware. He retired in 1930 and was named the campus most popular man in 1928. Surviving is Mrs. Jean McElroy Druhot a former Middleport High School teacher now in Hamilton schools.
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Middleport
Benjamin L. McElroy
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Jane M. Case Hospital
McElfresh
Ohio Wesleyan
Jean McElroy Druhot
Hamilton
Ice and Snow Melt Forces Cinders on Intersections
Packed snow and ice on the streets required cinders to be spread on intersections Monday evening. The day’s high temperature melted street and sidewalk snow making them slippery. By midnight the temperature again fell to eight degrees above zero.
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Pomeroy
Funeral services for Andrew Beattie in Baden
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bing visited the Beattie home in Baden West Virginia on Saturday. Funeral services for the late Andrew Beattie who died Friday were held Sunday.
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Middleport
Lawrence Bing
Beattie
Baden
W. Va
Andrew Beattie
Pay Damages Court Orders Reedsville Man
Robert Raiguel of Reedsville, arrested May 3, 1947 on a destruction of property warrant, appeared before Judge Ervin in common pleas court and was ordered to pay damages and costs and placed on two years probation. Damages included 30 for Barnett's Grocery Store damage and 20 for the parsonage door wheel incident, with about 60 in costs. The accomplice was previously brought to court 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 and Local Updates
Justice of the Peace and Mrs. Percy L. Peoples visited Athens Sunday. Norris children Nancy Lee and Bobby ill with intestinal flu. James Weber and Fred Schumway returned from two week vacation in Fort Lauderdale Florida visiting relatives Ed Niewehner. Mrs. Mary Rawlings from Nelsonville visited 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 for Assault in Pomeroy
Melvin Rupe 27 of Middleport appeared before Justice L B Higgins on a warrant by James Stewart charging assault and battery. He pled guilty and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 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 in Pomeroy
A men s rally is set for Thursday February 5 at 730 p m at the First Baptist Church under the direction of the 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 and his wife were called to Beckley West Virginia for the death of Mrs. B T Farley sister of the Wilburns Funeral was held there last Thursday They later visited their daughter Julia Mae in Charleston before returning home Saturday.
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Middleport
W. P. Wilburn
Beckley
W. Va
B. T. Farley
Wilburns
Julia Mae
Charleston
Rose Hill Man Fined For Driving While Intoxicated
Fred Smith of Rose Hill faced Mayor Canaday's court on a state warrant for driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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Rose Hill
Pomeroy
Fred Smith
Canaday
Gruen Watch Co Plans 3 Million Expansion
Cincinnati report notes Gruen Watch Co announces a 3 million expansion including two new factories for movements and cases and an office building. President Benjamin S. Katz disclosed the plan and work will broaden production capacity.
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Cincinnati
The
Gruen Watch Co
Benjamin S. Katz
Department Reports Minor Fire Damage in Pomeroy
POMEROY The fire department received a call to Laurel Cliff at 1 a.m. Tuesday and returned about a half hour later reporting the call was to the one story home of Shivers Finlan. Damage was estimated at 10 to 15 dollars.
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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 home on Liberty Lane were held this afternoon at Mount Moriah Church at two o clock. Interment followed at the 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 the Senior Scholarship Test on Saturday February 7. Thirty students from county high schools will participate.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Girl Is Born In Pomeroy At Mason Clinic
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 Dar win 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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Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Andy Devine
Trigger Bob Nolan
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