New School District Proposal In Meigs County
Residents of Syracuse Minersville and Forest Run petitioned the Meigs County Board of Education to create a separate school district. The effort, presented by Fred Crow Jr to John Walter Frank, cites three communities now in Southern Local District. A Jan 20 meeting at Syracuse Town Hall was reportedly not public. The county board will decide whether to form a new district or remain with Southern Local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Minersville
Forest Run
Meigs County Board of Education
Edna Carleton
Southern Local School District Board of Education
Carlton
Fred Crow, Jr
John Walter Frank
Meigs County Board of Oa
Southern
Town Hall
Auto Upset on Main Street Driver Held for DUI
An auto overturned on W Main St near the Baker and Seyfried shop at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after veering from the left lane. Earl Vinson Gorham of Racine Route 2 was arrested by Patrolman I R Neal and jailed on DUI charges. He was not injured. The Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department cleaned up gasoline from the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. Main St
Baker and Seyfried
Franklin D. Hudson
Earl Vinson Gorham
Racine
Middleport
I. R. Neal
Hudson
Gorham
Delmar A. Canaday
Friendly Circle Class Hosts Social Notes
Cutler Circle entertains at the C F French home. Douglas Coulter of Marietta visited Mrs Esther Goddard. Cpl Howard Basim left for Kelly AFB after visiting his parents. Dana McAtee, son of Mr and Mrs Perl McAtee, enlisted in the Marines. Corinne Oliver visited the Olivers. The 4 H Club met at the Lemaster home. Perry Eakins of Parkersburg visited the Kee family. Mra Lyle Rasim referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
C. F. French Douglas Coulter
Marietta
Esther Goddard
Cpl
Howard Basim
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Lyle Basim Dana McAtee
Perl McAtee
Marines
Corinne Oliver
Lloyd Oliver
Lemaster
Perry Eakins
Parkersburg
Orland Kee
Lyle Rasim
Meigs Temple 153 installs officers and honors past grand
Meigs Temple 153 met at Woodman Hall for 1952 officer installation by candlelight. Mrs Lillian Stieff oversaw memorial service for Jeanette Bell, past grand secretary, who died in December. Florence Bush led installations with 11 new officers and Francis H. Klein as soloist. Members from Magnolia Temple attended. district and district convention plans were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple
Woodman Hall
Lillian Stieff
Jeanette Bell
L. F E. Burford
Homer Jones
C. P. Gallagher
David Farmer
Ida Edwards
William Autherson
Florence Bush
Erma Smith
Helen Russell
Kadizia Varney
Sara Edith Bowman
Mabel Sanborn
Genevie Meinhart
Virginia Owen
Marie Burdette
Francis H. Klein
Ever
Miss Smith
Temple
Magnolia Temple
Louella Burson
Nelsonville
Sylvia Burford
Burson
Elizabeth Hawley
Ann Price Searls
Cheshire
Faye Mayer
Pauline Gallagher
Grace Lyman
Mayer
Knights of Pythias
Washington, D. C
Klein
Stieff
Farmer
Fides Lodge
J. H. Grate
K of P Lodge
Sunflower Minstrels
Gallipolis
Wilkes Grange plans kitchen addition and fundraisers
Sixteen members of Wilkes Grange begin building a kitchen to enlarge the present hall and announce a bake sale on Saturday February 9 at Wilkesville with donations requested. A farm scrap sale and first degree work at the next meeting are also planned. Various visitors and community tasks follow including hospital visits and farm sales involving local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes Grange
Wilkesville
Lawrence Morton
Morton
Bud Chaffin
Raymond Long Ester Jones
Holzer Hospital
Flora Mays
Jess Freeman
Gay Mahaffey
Athens
Mary Garvin
Ann Garvin
John Mahaffey
Veterans’ Hospital
Ted Wagoner
Leanna Hartley
Huntington
Tom
FE. Wood
Middleport Garden Club Adds 25 Trees for Beautification
Middleport Garden Club voted to buy 25 more redbud and dogwood trees at 60 cents each. Members invite community purchases through Mrs Stansbury as Mrs John Duerr presides and Mrs Rodney Downing becomes secretary. A new member Nellie Zerkle joined and a cheer committee was named for February to April. A paper on Conservation was read and a floral show is planned for a spring meeting with 18 members and one guest attending.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Club
C. M. Hennesy
Stansbury
John Duerr
Rodney Downing
George Bentley
Charleston
Nellie Zerkle
Duerr
W. W. Hayes
C. A. Emmish
Lansbury
James Titus
Walter Harris
Hobart Dillon
Patsy Ann Lee and Delmar Hawley Wed in Middleport
Announcement notes the marriage of Patsy Ann Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lee Sr Middleport to Delmar Hawley son of Mr and Mrs James Hawley Sr Cheshire. The ceremony took place Saturday February 2 at three o clock at the home of Reverend Osborn Farley of Cheshire with attendants Norman Hawley of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Patsy Ann Lee
William Lee
Delmar Hawley
James Hawley
Cheshire
Osborn Farley
Norman Hawley
Local Mary Shrine Meeting Scheduled in Pomeroy
Middleport Mary Shrine and White Shrine of Jerusalem plan a 7 30 p m Friday gathering at the Masonic Temple in Pomeroy announced by secretary Mrs Walter Bunce A pot luck supper will follow the meeting.
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Middleport
Eastern Star officers attend Point Pleasant inspection
Attending the annual inspection of the Order of Eastern Star at Point Pleasant Monday night were Mrs. Lee Roush Mrs. Leo Kennedy Mrs. Lillian Stieff Mrs. John Hawkins Jr Mrs. Franklin Ginther Mrs. C. P. Gallagher Mrs. Paul Winn Mrs. Zella Cross and Mrs. Evelyn Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Point Pleasant
Lee Roush
Leo Kennedy
Lillian Stieff
John Hawkins, Jr
Franklin Ginther
C. P. Gallagher
Paul Winn
Zella Cross
Evelyn Lewis
Widdleport Notes on Local Visits and Funerals
Mr and Mrs Richard Russell and daughter returned to Springfield after visiting relatives in Widdleport and Bradbury. Mrs Charles McNamee has been ill for three weeks with a virus infection. Mrs James Murray attended funeral services for Arthur Fellows in Reedsville after returning from Kentucky. Charles A Bradbury attended funeral services for O L Wood in Athens. Mrs Boyd Dilgard returned from Cleveland where she stayed with grandchildren during the Freeman parents vacation in Florida and Cuba. Mrs Margaret Slack, Mrs Mildred McCullough, and Mrs Marie Robinson were Columbus visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Russell
Springfield
Bradbury
Charles McNamee
James Murray
William Murray
Kentucky
Arthur Fellows
Reedsville
Charles A. Bradbury
O. L. Wood
Athens
Boyd Dilgard
Cleveland
Freeman
Marvin Freeman
Florida
Cuba
Margaret Slack
Mildred McCullough
Marie Robinson
Columbus
Buck Run Family Notes Brighten Local Visitations
J E Woltz visited his mother here recently. Effie Woltz visited with her mother. David Woltz visited with Virginia Nihiser and sons Michael and Freddie. Gail Woltz guests of Mrs Nihiser. Christina Woltz celebrated her 89th birthday. Guests included Dave Woltz John Creighton Meyer Joseph F Woltz of Ashland Thomas Woltz Edwin Woltz. Helen Goldsberry ill. Simeon Nihiser returned home from Columbus hospital. Joseph F Woltz dined with Mrs Edna Rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Run
J. E. Woltz
Effie Woltz
David Woltz
Virginia Nihiser
Michael
Freddie
Gail Woltz
Nihiser
Christina Woltz
Dave Woltz
John Creighton Meyer
Joseph F Woltz
Ashland
Thomas Woltz
Edwin Woltz
Helen Goldsberry
Simeon Nihlser
Columbus
Joseph F. Woltz
Edna Rider
Middleport Ex-Resident Dies in East Virginia Beach
Esther Jones Washington 55 died suddenly Tuesday at her Virginia Beach home. A Middleport High School graduate and WWI nurse, she belonged to the American Legion and its auxiliary, and recently joined the Virginia Beach Methodist Church. Survived by her husband and several relatives, funeral set Friday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 8 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Claude Washington
Esther Jones
Virginia Beach
Paul
Laura Dumble Jones
Middleport High School
Washington
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Heath Methodist Church
Methodist Church
WSCS
James Harley
Zanesville
Joe Dumble Bryan
Columbus
Robert Washington
Everett Davis
Nan Moore
Louis A. Bangerter
Rawlings- Coats
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Suit Contests Wilson Will in Meigs County Court
Evelyn E Hammond and Eva Lorene Wilson of Kansas City Missouri sue in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to contest the will of F Ray Wilson naming Norma E Wilson Raymond F Wilson and Dorinda Wilson as sole legatees and devisees. The filing also cites gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in a divorce case and Sylvia Leona Story seeks a divorce from Elba Lloyd Story.
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Pomeroy
F. Ray Wilson
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Evelyn E. Hammond
Eva Lorene Wilson
Kansas City
Norma E. Wilson
Raymond F. Wilson
Dorinda Wilson
Sylvia Leona Story
Elba Lloyd Story
Mulberry Avenue Remains Closed After Street Slip
Mulberry Avenue stayed shut on Tuesday with Route 124 traffic rerouted via Butternut Avenue due to a slip on Laure Street. Mayor Imar A. Canaday said steep embankment trees between Laure Street and Mulberry Avenue would likely be cut today to prevent a fall onto the road or nearby property.
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Pomeroy
Mulberry Ave
Butternut Ave
Laure St
Imar A. Canaday
Jaycees Incorporated in Meigs County Ohio
Secretary of State documents authorize the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce to form a corporation in Pomeroy. Trustees named Vernon I. Weber and Ted Reed Jr both of Pomeroy. organization aims to promote civic service, train young leaders, and improve community welfare through active efforts.
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Corporation
Vernon I. Weber
Middleport
Ted Reed, Jr
Brown
Pomeroy
Jaycees
Funeral services for Mertie Anderson
Funeral services for Mertie Anderson, who died Monday at the home of Troy Ohlinger, were to be conducted at 3 30 this afternoon at the Ewing Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mertie Anderson
Troy Ohlinger
Ewing
Tuppers Plains and Kingsbury Social Notes Update
Mr and Mrs Leroy Wyant hosted dinner with the Wood Hendricks and Rockwell families. Various visits occur among Wyant Hendricks Parker Beal and Newland households. Kenneth Wyant admitted for surgery. Dorcas Needle Club met at Mabel Kim home. several residents ill and others hosting visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbury
Leroy Wyant
Norman Wood
Edward Hendricks
Donna
William
Rockwell
Racine
William Hendricks
Columbus
Kenneth Wyant
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy
Gerlach Farm
Beams
Lester Henderson
Hessie Clark
Russell Henderson
Dana Murray
Gene Smith
Virgil King and
Judy
Tuppers Plains
Ernest Wood
Bill Mercer
Robert
Owen Smith
Mercer
Parkersburg
Wayne Beal
Sandra Beal
Pearl Cole
Leta Goodin
Janeth Beal
Caldwell
Elizabeth Ivons
Laurelville Social News Highlights And Local Moves
Grace Dumm hosted the Bridge Club with score awards to Mrs. Dorothy McClelland and Mrs. Jane Mullins. Postmaster Luther Neff of Adelphi died at 37 from a heart attack. funeral services were held Sunday. Several residents shared visits and relocations including the Drum family moving into a new Ohio Fuel Gas Co. home near Gibisonville and Karshner family residence changes.
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Laurelville
Grace Dumm
Dorothy McClelland
Jane Mullins
Jay Karshner
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Frieda Lappen
Joe Trundle
Wallace Lappen
Columbus
Joe Deisley
Hugh Poling
Michael
Jake Rambarger
Cardigan
Jack Karshner
Denver Drum
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Gibisonville
Drum
Boyd Swackhammer
Karshners
Luther Neff
Adelphi
Frank Greene
Celesta L. Hoy
Mothers' March on Polio Scheduled Here Thursday
Under Mrs. Ralph Welker and Miss Freddie Houdashelt, Beta Sigma Phi members from Pomeroy and Middleport lead a Mothers' March on Polio Thursday evening from 6 30 to 7 30. The event, postponed from January 31 due to floods, urges residents to light porches to greet volunteers canvassing every home in both communities.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Welker
Freddie Houdasnhe
Middleport
Beta Sigma Phi
Harry Bennett
March of Dimes
Ohio River
Racine Seniors Take Agriculture Scholarship Tests
Racine High School senior boys were given agriculture scholarship tests Tuesday by county superintendent O. O. Patterson. The tests are from Ohio State University in Columbus. Participants included Gene Wells Critt Bradford Jr James Carnahan Joe Swain Bill McKenzie Gary Dill and John Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
O. O. Patterson
Ohio State University
Columbus
Gene Wells
Critt Bradford, Jr
James Carnahan
Joe Swain
Bill McKenzie
Gary Dill
John Fisher
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Athens Messenger
Zenith
ENITH
Royal” Martin & Roller
Rexall
Ohio
Jarman Shoes
Hartley & Bennett
Obie
Becky
Main St
Valentine
Arrow Dart Valentine
America
Arrow Dart
Dots
WTYN
ARROW
Herb Shriner
Middleport Social Notes
Burford
Medina
William Lowe
Phil Meinhart
Owen
Edwards
Hemlock
Parent-Teacher Organization
Central School
William Perry
PTO
George Higgins
Daniel Jenkins
Harland Spencer
Ralph Drake
My Hammer
Secretia Stickhown
Dillard Higgins
Widdleport Personals
East
Wilson
Mulberry Avenue
Bertha Styles
Maggie Parker
Dorcas Needle Club
Christian Church
Mabel Kim
Elma Shields
Phyllis Shields
Idonia Parker
Clyde Watson
Virginia
John Parker
Duane Litteral
Brannon
Joppa
Nadine Newland
Homer Cole
Gerald Douglas
Bernard Brannon
Cherry Point
Harold Brannon
Mabel Chevalier
Coolville
Vivian Hoffman
Verl Tuttle
C. O. Newland
Marlene Newland
Martha Goebel
Marion Bradley
Phyllis Newland
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Richard Widmark
Gene Tierney
Googie Withers
Hugh Marlowe
Stooge
Mouse
Boorum
Pease
Howard B. Mullen
Welker
Zemo
Ohio Valley
Mojud
Dickie
Elberfelds
J. Otree
Packard
Dodge
Desoto Custom
French Motor CO
Walnut St
Phillips Sisters Style
Meigs
Dean Peters
Louis Jourdan
Debra Paget
Herbert Marshall Thomas Gomez
Dames
R. Justice
Kirk Douglas
Virginia Mayo
John Agar
Walter Brennan
Hugh Saunders
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