POMEROY Group Seeks Governor Aid for Flood Wall Plan
A final planning meeting in Pomeroy discussed presenting to Governor Lausche a reduced plan for a retaining wall from Pomeroy High School to the Legion Service Station. Delegation members include Mayor Delmar A. Canaday and others who seek emergency federal funds and support for rebuilding after historic floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank J. Lausche
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Virgil V. Brown
John Duerr
Glenroy H Ewing
A. R. Knight
Howard Kress
Army Engineers
Washington
Congress
Lausche
Ernor
Pomeroy High School
Legion Service
Ewing
Eureka
Gallipolis
Kress
Brown
Knight
Duerr
Chamber of Commerce
Meigs County
Minelli to Guest Conduct Po Mid Wa Band Festival
Charles Minelli of Ohio University will guest conduct the Po Mid Wa band festival at Middleport High School auditorium. Bands from Wahama Pomeroy and Middleport perform a varied program including Marcho Poco Mandalay Cinderella Overture and Stout Hearted Men. Students include Paul Johnson Eddie Spencer Douglas Strain and others with final pieces Night Beat Joshua Storm King and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minelli
Middleport
Charles Minelli
Ohio University
Wahama
Pomeroy
Middleport High School
Stark
Mercy
Martin and Roller Drug
Mandalay
Forbest L. Bachtel
Paul Yoder
Silver Moon
Maryland
Sigmund Romberg
Saskatchewan
Holmes
Romberg
Paul Johnson
Eddie Spencer
Douglas Strain
Danny Sanborn
Sarah Stowe
Sandra Foley
Gloria Swindell
Lola Roush
Roger Williams
Kurtz
Walters
Yoder
Joshua
Storm King
Walter Finlayson
Ray Woodgeard
Franklin Ginther
William Duerr
Pancake Recipe Adapts for Shrove Tuesday
The note promotes a pancake recipe for Shrove Tuesday and National Pancake Day in Middleport. It lists ingredients 1 egg 1 cup flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 8 level teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk and advises not to overheat or overmix for a light cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Methodist Ministers To Conduct Services In Lent
Three county Methodist ministers will conduct Thursday Lent prayer services at their churches. Starting this Thursday at 7 30 p m Rev Leslie Kunze leads Heath Church service Rev L A Bangerter leads Antiquity service and Rev John Elwood leads Racine United Methodist Church service. Services rotate weekly among the three locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. A. Bangerter
Heath Church
Leslie Kunze
Pomeroy
John Elwood
Racine Antiquity
Kunze
Bangerter
Antiquity
Elwood
United Methodist Church
Theft of Sugar From Cars Charged in Middleport
Oliver F. Mitch of Middleport pleaded guilty before Mayor Sidney T. Russell after two C and O Railroad detectives arrested him on Friday for the alleged theft of sugar from freight cars. He was fined 100 dollars, plus costs, and received a 30 day jail term. He was sent to the county jail to serve the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C&o
Oliver F. Mitch
Sidney T. Russell
Theodore Reed Sr Suffers Heart Attack At Bank
POMEROY Theodore Reed Sr was reported much improved Sunday night at Meigs General Hospital after a heart attack Saturday at the Farmers Bank and Savings Co Reed was removed directly from the bank to the hospital after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Theodore Reed, Sr
Meigs General Hospital
Farmer's Bank and Savings Co
Reed
Donor Listed After Bloodmobile Visit in Meigs County
A donor named Charles Robert Sisson of Reedsville was added to the Meigs County Red Cross chapter list after its bloodmobile visit. He was not on the original donor roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Red Cross
Charles Robert Sisson
Reedsville
Minstrels Meet Sunday after No Rehearsals Held
POMEROY There will be no rehearsal for the planned Izaak Walton League minstrel production this week until 2 30 p m next Sunday in Sacred Heart Church auditorium. Rue Tuckerman, chairman of the minstrel committee, said an enthusiastic session was held yesterday and urged the entire cast to attend next Sunday. Mrs. Alice Nease directs the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ten Commandments as Platform In Heath Church Speech
Forrest Bachtel, speaker at Heath Methodist Church Layman's Sunday, used the Ten Commandments as a campaign platform in a talk titled Christ Against Paganism and Materialism. L. W. McComas and Harold Woodgerd led the devotional service with the choir directed by Mrs N P Swackhammer and organist Mrs C M Hennesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Forrest Bachtel
Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
Harold Woodgerd
N. P. Swackhammer
C. M. Hennesy
Southeast Ohio men reunite at Pearl Harbor
Two Southeastern Ohio veterans Bennie Buck of Pomeroy and Houston Brooker of Nelsonville met again at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. They first knew each other during Navy boat training and spent the day sightseeing Buck serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bennie Buck
Ben Buck
Houston Brooker
Nelsonville
Buck
Boxer
Funeral Leave Extended for Marine Guard's Grandmother
Cpl Harold Rice of Camp LeJeune N C had planned a weekend visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Homer Rice but received an extension to attend the funeral services for his grandmother Mrs H E Perry who died unexpectedly Thursday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harold Rice
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Homer Rice
H. E. Perry
Basic Nursing Course Opens at Good Samaritan Hospital
A three year basic professional nursing program will start in September 1952 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. Sister Eugene Marie, administrator, says the course is separate from the hospital’s four year collegiate program to meet national needs for trained nurses. The first two years cover theory and clinical practice, the third year includes internship with a stipend. Contact Director of Nurses, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati 20, Ohio. Notable area graduates include Elizabeth Phillips and Jane Bayless of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Eugene Marie
Elizabeth Phillips
Athens
Jane Bayless
Pomeroy Social Notes Details Club Meeting Activities
Mrs. Wilbur Bailey presided over the Rocksprings Better Health Club meeting at Mrs. Fred Leifheit home. Plans discussed include an ironing methods session, Easter county infirmary entertainment, and collecting old Christmas cards for cerebral palsy patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wilbur Bailey
Rocksprings Better Health Club
Fred Leifheit
Arlee Abbott
William Clark
Red Cross
Rocksprings
Maxine Arnold
Cerebral Palsey Hospital
Columbus
Amos Leonard
Oliver Unree
William Grueser
Anna Reuter
Edward Humphrey
Homer Radford
Scott Folmer
Harold Blackston
John Hartung
Billy Ray Radford
Third Friday Club Meets at Edith Hines Home
The Pomeroy club gathered Friday evening at Mrs. Edith Hines residence with 13 members and two guests Miss Althea Reibel and Mrs. Charlene Thomas. Carrie Meinhart chaired a brief meeting and a belated Valentine party followed with a Secret Pals gift exchange and prizes for Kate Ebersbach Carrie Neutzling and Mabel Wolfe. Treats included sherbet cake coffee and Valentine candies.
Notable Midwest Social Visits Mentioned in Ironton Huntington
Judge and Mrs Emmett W Peo and families visited Ironton with the Schlaegels and Gene Schlaegel, then stayed in Huntington with E M Peoples. Fred Leifheit visited Columbus on Friday, H F E Boney spent the weekend in Marietta visiting relatives. Manning Walker of Canton joined Mr and Mrs Ernest es for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett W. Peoples
Ironton
Schlaegel
Gene Schlaegel
Huntington
E. M. Peoples
Fred Leifheit
Columbus
H. FE. Boney
Marietta
Manning Walker
Canton
Ernest Es
Jeffers Family in Athens County History spans generations
A historical sketch traces the Jeffers family from Asa Jeffers in 1831 through multiple generations across Athens, Lodi, and Jerseyville townships. It covers landholding, Civil War service, migration to Iowa and Nebraska, church work, and later descendants in Meigs and Vinton counties, highlighting notable figures like George W. Jeffers and Lewis Jeffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade
Lodi Township
Athens County
Sameffers
Carthage
Lodi Townships
Vinton Township
Vinton County
Jeffers
Pennsylvania
Asa Jeffers
Carthage Township
Cornelius Jeffers
Pennsylvaia
William Jeffers
Sam Jeffers
Lewis Jeffers
George Jeffers
Cornelius
Jerseyville
Squire” Jeffers
Squire Jeffers
Mississippi
Fort Sumter
North
South
Ohio
Nashville
Thomas
Iowa
Henry
George W. Jeffers
Cass County
Nebraska
Missouri River
Maggie Burson
James Burson
Virginia
Lodi
30Th
Elizabeth Shields
Meigs County
Orange Township
Gifts for her layette at Mrs Roush's social
Middleport notes describe Mrs Karl Klees receiving a layette gifts event hosted by Mrs Alfred Lee Roush with games and pink blue dessert. Guests include Mrs Thomas Riley Mrs Paul Yeanger Mrs John Taylor and many others at the gathering. Eleanor Satterfield hosts a post Sock Hop gathering for friends at Gravel Hill with Adrienne Mills Julie Mitch and others attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Karl Klees
Alfred Lee Roush
Thomas Riley
Paul Yeanger
John Taylor
William Robson
Paul Klees
W. P. Ohlinger
Delbert Becker
Dale Winebrenne
Eleanor Satterfield
Gravel Hill
Afternoon Circle to Hear Mrs Heiner at Heath Church
Middleport WSCS circle at Heath Methodist Church will host guest speaker Mrs L J Heiner on Thursday afternoon. She will review two chapters from the study book America North and South. Mrs C A Emmish is devotional leader. hostesses are Mrs R C Lansbury Mrs Clifford Erwin and Mrs E S Schaaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
L. J. Heiner
Social Notes from Columbus and Nearby Towns
Local residents and visitors are listed for weekends and holidays in Columbus, Zanesville and surrounding areas. Names include Martha and Anna Howell, J J Sohanny relations in Williamson West Virginia, the Millers of Columbus, and several families visiting relatives. Missing details include exact dates and contexts for the gatherings.
Former Resident Named Chairman of Bexley Club Event
Mrs. Ralph Howell, former Middleport resident and Middleport High School teacher, was named chairman of arrangements for a board party and style show. The Valley Dale event on Feb. 29 supports the club’s annual scholarship project.
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Middleport
Ralph Howell
Middleport High School
Bexley Women's Club
Valley Dale
Supervisor of Music Plans County Visit
Edith Keller state vocal music supervisor will visit Meigs County schools Thursday and Friday. County superintendent O. O. Patterson said. Vocal music teachers will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in the county superintendent's office where Miss Keller will attend.
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Pomeroy
Edith Keller
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Miss Keller
Move to Marietta from Powell Trailer Camp
Mr and Mrs Carl French and daughters Sue Rose and Carol will move to Marietta at week s end. They have lived in the Powell Trailer Camp for three years. Mr French, an iron worker, has worked at the Philip Sporn plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Carl French
Sue Rose
Carol
Powell
Marietta
French
Philip Sporn
Relatives Visit From Columbus Huntsville Over Weekend
Mrs Lena Bramlage of Columbus, Ohio visited here with relatives in Gallipolis and Huntsville Alabama. Mrs Verne Rhinehart and her son Lawrence joined the weekend gathering with local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Bramlage
Columbus
Verne Rhinehart
Lawrence
Huntsville
Alabama
Gallipolis
Gallaudet College Established in Washington in 1864
The United States operates the sole college of accepted standard for the deaf, Gallaudet College, founded in Washington D C in 1864. It awards bachelor and master degrees in art and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
Plan Drawn To Secure Racine Area Physician
About 50 people met at the Baptist Church in Racine to draft a plan for securing a young physician for Racine and nearby communities. Dr. Charles Jividen outlined methods to attract doctors and cited medical articles. The group aims to raise roughly 2500 to build offices and equip them, with the doctor to repay costs during the first years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
Racine
E. A. Wingett
Wingett
Jividen
World Day of Prayer Proclaimed in Middleport
Mayor Sidney T. Russell proclaims Friday February 29 as World Day of Prayer in Middleport. The service at First Presbyterian Church starts at 2 pm with participation from all village churches and musical numbers by local organist Lillian Stieff and church choirs. A playlet titled Mother Liberty's Children will be presented by women from the churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
First Presbyterian Church
United States
Mary Ohlinger
Women's Association of First Presbytrian Church
Lillian Stieff
Moriah
Baptist Church
Paul Haptonstall
Mother Liberty
L. J. Heiner
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County records show multiple transfers. Hobart and Fern Dillon convey 4.62 acres in Pomeroy to Frank D. Jennings. Chester and Dorothy Wells acquire 1.25 acres in Olive Township from Minerva and Bernard Williamson. Additional transfers include 55 acres in Sutton Township and 15 acres in Sutton Township to Eugene and Myrtle Holter and also to M L Furbee and Mary E Furbee, with parcel changes in Lebanon Township.
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Hobart Dillon
Fern Dillon
Frank D. Jennings
Pomeroy
Mary M. Jennings
Minerva Williamson
Bernard J. Williamson
Chester E. Wells
Dorothy Wells
Olive Township
Elsie Decker
Clifford Decker
Eugene Holter
Myrtle Holter
Sutton Township
Mary Ardella Davis Russell
Charles Russell
Mary E. Furbee
M. L. Furbee
Raymond L. Furbee
Lebanon Township
Grace Furbee
Lee Albert Hoffner
Yvonne Hoffner
Robert McDaniel
Opal McDaniel
Middleport
Horace E. Kibble
Susie Kibble
Alfred J. Cashdollar
Dorothy Mae Cashdollar
Reedsville
Emma Romine
Edith Strong
John Romine
Martha Chapman
Doris Randolph
William Romine
Salem
Columbia
Edith L. Strong
John H. Strong
Doris E. Randolph
Carl L. Randolph
Virginia Romine
John T. Romine
Lucille Romine
Lawrence Chapman
Weather Like Spring Jut Fish Don’t Bite
Spring like weather drew local anglers to small lakes in Middleport and Gallia County on Sunday. Most agreed the chill remained too cold for fish to bite, despite the warming air.
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Middleport
Gallia County
Meigs County sales tax receipts fall by 400 dollars
The weekly report by state treasurer Roger W. Tracy shows Meigs County retail sales tax receipts down about 400 dollars for the week ending Feb 9. This year’s total was 2799 compared with 3138 in the same period last year.
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Pomeroy
Roger W. Tracy
Chorus Rehearsal Set In Pomeroy Home
The Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus will rehearse at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. F. Whitney Ingraham on Spring Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
F. Whitney Ingraham
Spring Ave
Lost 19 Lbs So Easy with Rennel
Mrs. Albert Krull of Cincinnati Ohio says she dropped from 172 to 153 pounds using Rennel and felt markedly better. The ad claims thousands have reduced weight with a home liquid formula taken twice daily and promises money back if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Krull
Saffin Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Renne
OSU Poultry Professor To Address County Producers
POMEROY Ohio State University poultry professor Raymond Cray will address broiler producers at 8 p m Wednesday in the county courtroom. Cray brings wide marketing experience in Ohio and beyond and will discuss marketing methods quality arrangements prices and consumer demand. C E Blakeslee county agricultural agent announced the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Raymond Cray
Ohio State University Poultry Department
Cray
Ohio
C. E. Blakeslee
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Pomeroy Personals
ROUTE
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Girls Glee Club
Satterfield
Adrienne Mills
Julie Mitch
Carol Bachtel
Ann Rupe
Jean Smart
Lois Anne Smith
Dianne Reichman
Franklin Clark
Val Reynolds
Harry Keig
Ronnie Walters
Richard Rawlings
Roger Chancey
Ronnie Barnhart
Rex Maiden
Fternoon Circle
Martha
Anna Howell
D. E. Sneller
J. J. Sohanny
Williamson
W. Va
Lee Miller
Mary Jane Scott
Howard Dailey
Carl Jones
F. M. Cluff
Jones
Jack Bowman
Carla Owen
Karl Gwen
S. Third Ave
Maxine Pemnee
Charles Bennett
Jean
Bennett
Warren Bennett
Neils Powell
Ruth Ann
Charles Bradbury
Asa
W. B. Harris
Jane
D. C. Miller
Mary Carolyn
Jack Cowie
Henry Nash
Wilbur Gerlach
Nevada
Marie Hauck
Jan
Janice
Cressa Webb
C. E. Cook
U. S. Webb
Springfield
Fern Barker
Q. S. Wong
Jean Roush
Carma Thomas
Downing Roush
Austin Ball
Charles Capehart
Charleston
Thomas Longstaff
Lelia Hawkins
R. C. Meadows
Eugene Ramsey
C Jean Dyser
W. Ramsey
Wal
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Portland
John Philson
Philson
Holzer Hospital
Meigs
Rennel
OSU
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Ruth Hussey
MGM
Jim Lovejoy
WJEH
Toa Omtes
Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
William Demarest
Margalo Gilmore
Lon Chaney Allen Jenkins
Francis L. Sullivan
Detective Story
Hong Kong
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Nigel Bruce
Claude McAllister
Danny Craig
Leathernecks
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Main St
Zeke Miller
Dean Martin and
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