Canaday Enters Race For Representative
POMEROY mayor Del mar A. Canaday filed as a Democrat candidate for the Tenth Congressional District. He said the move aims to secure federal aid for repairs to a parking lot and retaining wall after discussions with state officials and Gov. Lausche. The report notes his prior congressional defeat and references local civic plans in Middleport and surrounding towns.
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Pomeroy
United States
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Tenth Congressional District
Albert E. Henderson
J. C. Zuercher
Frank J. Lausche
Jersey Club Memberships Are Awarded In 1951
The American Jersey Cattle Club awarded Junior memberships to six boys from 4 H projects to develop purebred Jersey herds. Meigs County Jersey Cattle Club plans two free heifer calves for 4 H or FFA members, with applications due March 12.
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Jersey
Pomeroy
American Jersey Cattle Club
Meigs County Jersey Cattle Club
Future Farmers of America
Cris Smith
Long Bottom
Meigs County Extension Office
Bailey files as candidate for sheriff
MIDDLEPORT Russell Bailey the village chief of police since June 1951 filed his petition with the Meigs County board of elections as a Republican candidate for sheriff. Bailey age 27, married with two daughters, said his aim is a career in law enforcement and that the sheriff’s job is the next rung to the top. He previously served on the Pomeroy police force before joining Middleport.
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Middleport
Russell Bailey
Meigs County
Tommy Werry Confined With Influenza At Pleasant Ridge
Tommy Werry son of Mr and Mrs Henry Werry is ill with influenza and at home on Pleasant Ridge He is a third grader at Central School.
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Pomeroy
Tommy Werry
Henry Werry
Pleasant Ridge
Lorade
Central School
Sunday School Room Redecoration Discussed By Ladies
The Ladies Bible Class of First Baptist Church met at Mrs. Victor Grim's home to discuss redecoration. Margaret Ella Hysell led devotions while reading articles from a religious publication. Ill members Mrs. Agnes Stiff and Mrs. Charles McNamee were remembered. Ice cream cake and coffee served. March host is Mrs. Murray.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Victor Grim
Second Ave
Clarence Clark
James Murray
Margaret Ella Hysell
Agnes Stiff
Charles McNamee
Middleport Club Reads Elisabeth Play Amid Royal News
The Middleport Literary Club discussed Maxwell Anderson's Queen Elizabeth presented by Mrs Everett Hayes. News of King George VI's death and Queen Elizabeth II's ascension added weight to the Wednesday afternoon gathering. The meeting was held at the club's usual venue.
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Middleport
Maxwell Anderson
Everett Hayes
Two Calls Answered By Fire Department
Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department answered a call to the George Durst home at Monkey Run where wood in an air duct feeding the furnace caught fire. Chief Henry Werry said the pipe was dismantled and the wood removed. A second call to New Street at 4 a.m. was canceled as residents controlled a threatened blaze.
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Pomeroy
George Durst
Monkey Run
Henry Werry
New Street
Sergeant Is Home After Korean Service
SGT Cleo Kerns returns from 19 months overseas for a 30 day furlough before reassignment. A WWII veteran, he spent nine months in Okinawa and ten months in Korea. He is greeted in Athens by wife Peggy Robson and daughter Judy, living with her parents Mr and Mrs William Robson.
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Middleport
Cleo Kerns
Kerns
Okinawa
Korea
Athens
Peggy Robson
Judy
William Robson
Mrs. Minnie Grimes Rites Held in Delaware
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Grimes 87 who died early this week in Delaware were conducted there Wednesday. She was the widow of the late John Grimes longtime pastor of Heath Methodist Church. Surviving are daughter Ben Eva Grimes Williams son Byron Grimes of St Petersburg Florida and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Middleport
Minnie Grimes
Delaware
Loyal Pals class elects leaders at Church of Christ meeting
Mrs L E Reynolds was elected president of the Loyal Pals class at the Church of Christ on Mill Street. Officers include Mrs Dwight Frost as vice president and Freda Welling as secretary. A donation of 67 supported Meigs County Children's Home dental care. The gathering featured devotionals, Holy Land pictures, a prize box for Miss Russell, and Valentine themed desserts and gift exchange.
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Middleport
L. E. Reynolds
Church of Christ
Mill St
Dwight Frost
Freda Welling
Allen Jenkinson
Dulcie Young
Young
Ethel Willoughby
Meigs County Children’s Home
Reynolds
The
Holy Land
Nina Russell
Mildred Hawley
Valentine
Miss Russell
Frost
Jenkinson
Guy Reynolds
Illness and travel notes from a local page
George Hudson is ill at his Front Street home after a heart attack. Pvt. Pat Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boyd, attends a mechanical school at Fort Knox Kentucky and has returned there after a furlough. Mrs. Helen Batey and son Andy moved from Wyatt apartments to Laurel and Beech. Mrs. William Welker, formerly Jane Sauer, departs for England to join her military policeman husband near London. H. W. Craig leaves for Indianapolis to attend a meeting of old dealers.
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George Hudson
Front St
Pat Boyd
Joe Boyd
Ft. Knox
Helen Batey
Andy
Wyatt Apartments
Laurel and Beech St
William Welker
Jane Sauer
England
London
H. W. Craig
Indianapolis
Youth lead Sunday class at Silver Ridge church
South Bethel EUB Church held a Sunday school for National Youth Week with Rachel Taylor as superintendent and Norma Hawk and Janet Christy assisting. After class, the group shared a pot luck lunch at superintendent Mrs Garrett Christy’s home before listening to Billy Graham on radio at 3 30 p m.
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Silver Ridge
South Bethel
Faye Watson
Garrett Christy
Billy Graham
White House
Orville Watson
Marlene Robinson
Dora Tuttle
Lenore
Mrs Johnson rites scheduled Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie Johnson 73 who died Wednesday morning at Meigs General Hospital will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Dorcas Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Survivors include three sisters Mrs Addie Wilson Racine Mrs Lizzie Quick Racine and Mrs Laura Sayre Syracuse and a brother James Jackson Beaver Falls Pa Friends may call at the Johnson residence in Dorcas at any time Hedgehogs destroy cockroaches and beetles
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Pomeroy
Millie Johnson
Meigs General Hospital
Dorcas Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Addie Wilson
Racine
Lizzie Quick
Laura Sayre
Syracuse
James Jackson
Beaver Falls
Johnson
Dorcas
Roundup of Stray Dogs Starts in Middleport
Middleport officials declare war on stray dogs. Meigs County dog warden reports five untagged dogs were collected near public schools and sent to the pound. Chief Bailey notes warrants may be sworn against owners. He warns dogs can frighten young children at play.
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Middleport
Russell Bailey
Arthur Stobart
Meigs County
Bailey
Mary
Johnnie
Rev. Ruppelt Ends Labor Course Study
The Rev. How ard Ruppelt returned from a three week scholarship course at the Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations in New York City. He described visits to large industries and discussions with labor leaders including Dr. Marshall Scott and Rev. Don Benedict, plus a focus on East Harlem tenancy districts and Puerto Rican, Negro, and Italian residents. The Labor Temple held program sessions.
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Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations
New York City
Marshall Scott
Columbus
Ruppelt
East Harlem
Don Benedict
Benedict
Labor Temple
POMEROY Street Blocked After Cave In On Cole Street
Police report a sewer collapse on Cole Street near Davis Ice Co plant caused a four foot by four foot cave in four feet deep. Chief Walter Wolfe said Mulberry Avenue stayed closed due to a Laurel Street slip. Henry Werry recovered a stalled truck from the drop with a wrecker.
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Pomeroy
Walter FE. Wolfe
Cole Street
Henry Werry
Davis Ice Co Plant
Mulberry Avenue
Laurel Street
Lieutenant Joins Ship at Pusan
Lt. (j.g.) Peter F. Klein joined his ship the USS Estes amphibious flagship at Pusan on February 1. He then left for Kobe and is now S Sekohenss. The ship carries 40 officers and 70 on the admiral's staff and is expected to return to the United States in the spring.
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Middleport
J.g
Peter F. Klein
USS Estes
Pusan
Kobe
Sekohenss
United States
Mrs Alma Barrows Dies in Columbus
Mrs Alma Barrows 80 wife of Oscar Barrows died at her home in Columbus January 27 and was buried in Sunset Cemetery. The Barrows were former Middleport residents and are well known by older citizens. Mr Barrows who survives is residing with relatives on 70 N Shafer St Athens.
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Middleport
Alma Barrows
Oscar Barrows
Columbua
Sunset Cemetery
Barrows
N. Shafer St
Athens
Custody Granted in Meigs County Divorce Case
Leah Powell was granted custody of two minor children in a Meigs County Common Pleas Court divorce from Earl E. Powell. Judge Emmet W. Peoples presided, with the filing noting extreme cruelty by the defendant.
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Pomeroy
Leah &. Powell
Earl E. Powell
Meigs County
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