Commission OKs New Auto for Meigs County Sheriff
Meigs County Board of Commissioners approved buying a new automobile for the Sheriff's Department and will seek bids after the Sheriff's Office itemizes extra equipment. The 1955 Plymouth will be traded in, and bids will also be invited for diesel fuel transport to the county highway garage for 90 days starting March 3. The board also authorized a hospital bed for the sick room at the new County Infirmary. Present were Harry Craig and Roland Neutzling. Dan C. Hartinger was absent.
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New County Infirmary
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Roland Neutzling
Dan C. Hartinger
Mayor Warns Cinder Supply Getting Low
Pomeroy Mayor Charles Legar told residents the cinder stock used for ice control is nearly exhausted leaving only enough for one more street application. He urged regular drivers to fit snow tires or chains and noted calcium bags borrowed from the county have been used during the heavy snowfall.
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Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Rites Held for Middleport Businessman H McMaster
Funeral services for Harry McMaster of Middleport were held Monday with pallbearers including Elbert Smith Lester Knapp Guy Grimm Willard McMaster and Donald Fravel among others. Daughter Jean McMaster diplomat in Bonn Germany arrived minutes before services from Washington DC hampered by hazardous weather. McMaster Hardware and Furniture Store, closed since his death, will reopen Friday or Saturday per Mrs McMaster.
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Harry McMaster
Elbert Smith
Lester Knapp
Guy Grimm
Willard McMaster
Columbus
Donald Fravel
Canton
Martin Quinlan
Zanesville
Jean McMaster
Bonn
Germany
Washington, D. C
Parkersburg
McMaster
Vinton Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johnson and daughter of Wilkesville called on Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gleason. Garland Elliott and business guests visited in Gallipolis. Carson Hall hosted guests including Don White. Several residents spent time with relatives and friends, with illness updates and a hospital discharge noted.
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J. Harley Cloud
Radio Brings Help For Fire Hydrants
Pittsfield Mass Dan Healy of WBRK devised a radio appeal to clear fire hydrants after two feet of snow. He announced he would name any youngster who shoveled out a hydrant. By nightfall 110 hydrants had been cleared across four communities.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Dan Healy
WBRK
Healy
Empress Dowager Tseu-Hi Reigns Over Vast Chinese Realm
The Great Empress Dowager Tseu-Hi governed over more than 500 million subjects in late 19th century China. She took the throne at age 26, ruling in the name of her young son.
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Tseu-Hi
China
Local Cub Scouts Sell Candy in Freezing Weather
Local cub scouts brave near zero temps canvassing homes to raise funds for the pack treasury. Four top sellers win cash prizes as Mrs. Dwight Wallace leads the den mothers and Mrs. William Moody distributes candy. The Blue and Gold banquet is set for Monday at 6 15 p.m. at First Grove church with a potluck and program.
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Middleport
Dwight Wallace
Den
William Moody
Local Notes From Middleport Personal News
Middleport brief items report Lois Ann Sauer missing first grade due to illness Everett McDaniel travels to East Hampton N J for his daughter Emma Jean Daniels illness Everett McDaniel Jr sick with pneumonia and convalescing Don Fravel and family arrive from Canton after death of Mrs Fravel's grandfather Harry McMaster Mrs R O Fowler travels to Charleston then home to Shady Cove Mr Fowler injured in a Charleston wreck and hospitalized Virginia Wise Betz recovering at Holzer Hospital expected discharge soon Bernard Fultz family visiting Convoy for sister Karen Sinn wedding and Longine Symphonette concert in Chillicothe funeral for Harry McMaster attended by Mrs Charles Jiiden of Athens.
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Lewis Sauer, Jr
Everett McDaniel
East Hampton
N. J
Albert Miller
Emma Jean Daniels
Everett McDaniel, Jr
The
River Oil Company
Don Fravel
Canton
R. O. Fowler
Charleston
Mr. Fowler
Shady Cove
Girl Scouts Move Meetings To Temporary Homes
Girl Scout troops will meet at two private homes at 3 40 p m Thursday until their new quarters in the former Nazarene Church are ready. Red Troop led by Mrs C A Bradbury and Yellows with Mrs Lionel Boggs will meet at Mrs James E Simpson Sixth Ave Green and Blue troops led by Mrs Marvin Swan and Mrs C L Tannehill will meet at Mrs Francis Biron S Third Ave. Leaders planned additional meetings and set up preliminary work as scouts work toward pins.
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Nazarene
C. A. Bradbury
Lionel Boggs
James E. Simpson
Sixth Ave
Marvin Swan
C. L. Tannehill
Francis Biron
S. Third Ave
Bradbury
State School Official Feted by Middleport Staff
Middleport Elementary School teachers hosted a tea for Miss Ruth Hudson state elementary school official after a dismissal. Principal Mildred Hawley poured with assistance from kindergarten and first–third grade teachers while Supt. L. W. McComas attended.
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Middleport
Pearl St
Ruth Hudson
Miss Hawley
Guy Reynolds
Ben Philson
Bradford Maag
Bernice Carpenter
Robert Allensworth
Gerald Rupe
R. R. Pickens
Ray Sherman
Ellis Sexton Named Cemetery Sexton by Village Trustees
Middleport Lewis Ellis praised by Mayor C O Fisher for saving the town money was named cemetery sexton for two years by trustees at the La Salle Hotel. Appointment awaits council approval. Trustees approved a $1000 transfer from the cemetery fund to buy a new tractor for three village cemeteries. Budget for the year set and routine business completed.
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Lewis Ellis
C. O. Fisher
la Salle Hotel
Fisher
H. M. Cross
H. N. Swift
C. M. Hennesy
Ellis
Jean Lama
Local Club Meetings And Family Moves Highlight Chester Notes
Pauline and Berniece Ridenour hosted a Past Councils Club gathering at the lodge hall. Earl Dean and Esther Wright entertained the garden club at Mrs. Dean’s home. Rev Grove and Fred Rice attended a session of Ohio Methodist Churches in Columbus. Lloyd Koenig and family moved from Fick apartment to a Lancaster trailer. Guy Summerfield and Nora Brown vacation in Florida. Ray Thomas is a patient at Holzer Hospital. Bobby Lynn Wood stayed two days with Roy Christy. Robert Wood family visited Vergil Wood’s in Chilli.
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Pauline Ridenour
Berniece Ridenour
Lodge Hall
Earl Dean
Esther Wright
Dean
Rev
Grove
Fred Rice
Ohio Methodist Churches
King Avenue Methodist Church
Columbus
Lloyd Koenig
Fick
Lancaster
Guy Summerfield
Nora Brown
Florida
Ray Thomas
Holzer Hospital
Bobby Lynn Wood
Roy Christy
Robert Wood
Vergil Wood
Chillicothe
Wilkesville News Notes
Mrs A L DeVault and Mrs Ralph White hosted a birthday party for Sandy White sixth birthday. Attendees included multiple local residents and children. Mrs E L Raines read a story and led games for the youngsters.
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Wilkesville
A. L. DeVault
Ralph White
Sandy White
James Mahaffey
Billy
Tim
Frank
Emerson Duffy
Andy
Randy
Harley Strong
Donley
Diane
Wendell Brown
Chuckie
Harold Cottrill
Kay Patrick
Judy
Nancy Steele
Billy McCumber
Robin White
E. L. Raines
Emma McCumber
Inlaw
William McGarvey
Wellston
Billy Joe Strong
Pomeroy
Henry Reibel
WSCS
Eye Injuries Cost US Industry 20 Million Annually
The Better Vision Institute reports disabling eye injuries cost U S industry about 20 million dollars each year. The figure highlights the economic impact alongside calls for improved eye protection and workplace safety standards nationwide.
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United States
The
Better Vision Institute
Seaman Houdashelt Sails on Transport Olmstead
Seaman Charles R. Houdashelt of Route 2 Ponteroy serves aboard the attack transport USS Olmstead. The ship departed Norfolk, Virginia on January 8 for the Mediterranean.
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Pomeroy
Charles R. Houdashelt
USN
Route 2
Ponteroy
Olmstead
Norfolk
Olmstead Fire Ship Task Force Returns From Med Coast
The Olmstead forms part of a fire ship task force with the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. The group is slated to return to the United States in June 1958.
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Olmstead
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
States
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