Meigs and Athens Men Lead Ohio Enlistment in 1861
At the start of the Civil War Athens and Meigs Counties spurred Ohio's efforts with 75 recruiter quota far surpassed by 402 volunteers. By 1861 Athens County sent 1368 men to the Union Army and Meigs County 1306, with many joining early campaigns and camps such as Camp Jewett later Camp Wool.
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Lincoln
Athens County
Athens
Meigs
Ohio
Meigs County
Hocking Valley
Washington
Gallia
R. A. Constable
D. Maule
Amos Layman
George W. Baker
Cyrus Grant
J. L. Vance
W. P. Johnson
W. H. Young
J. Pratt
Marietta
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
W. B. Horton
Pratt
Porter
Camp Jewett
E. A. Guthrie
22Nd
Ohio Regiment
Dover Township
Nathan Pickett
Camp Dennison
Dana
Cub Scout Blue-Gold Banquet Held in Middleport
Dana Holdren assistant district commissioner for cub scouts in the M-G-M area spoke at the Cub Scout Pack 244 Blue and Gold banquet at Middleport First United Presbyterian Church. He announced Scout-O-Rama set for March 25-26 at Point Pleasant and outlined a Charleston trip for area cub Scouts.
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Middleport
Dana Holdren
Pomeroy
Cub Scouts
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church
Holdren
Point Pleasant
W. Va
George Hackett Jr
Charleston
Huntington
Robert Mills
John Krawsczyn
Kevin Dailey
Bill Hackett
Bear
John Kokovitch
van Johnson
Terry Hannigan
Ronnie Hand
Wolfe
Krawsczyn
Johnson
Hannigan
Gold Arrows
Allen Cunningham
Davis Buskirk
Ricky Triplett
Marc Fowler
Randall Phillips
Mark French
Billy Slater
Jimmy Warner
Doxie Walters
Steve Osler
Eugene Powell
Jan Long
Chipper Haggerty
Bobcat
Final Plans Made For Easter Program At Heath Church
The Commission on Education met at Heath Methodist Church to finalize an Easter program. Choir robes for the junior and cherub choirs are being completed for use in the presentation. Mrs. Bernard Fultz presided and opened with a devotional titled The Day We Flew the Kites. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bechtle and Mrs. Fultz.
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Middleport
Commission On Education
Heath Methodist Church
Bernard Fultz
Jack Bechtle
Fultz
Gardeners Meet at Strauss Residence in Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club of Middleport will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Walter Crooks with Mrs. Arthur Strauss as co hostess. The devotional period will be conducted by Mrs. Strauss, and a program on winter weeks will be presented by Mrs. Robert Coats, with a worship on direct arrangements to follow.
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Strauss
Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club of
Walter Crooks
Arthur Strauss
Robert Coats
Girl Scout Leaders Training Course Set
Mrs. William Collins will lead a basic girl scout leaders training program at the Middleport Sun Shine Cottage at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Brownie and intermediate leaders, assistants, and interested persons are invited to attend.
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Middleport
William Collins
Middleport Sunshine Cottage
Middleport Literary Club Meeting Planned
The Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Emerson Jones home with Mrs Everett Hayes as hostess. Mrs Marcus Chambers and Mrs Homer Cook will lead the program and members will respond to roll call by reciting a Bible verse.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Emerson Jones
Everett Hayes
Marcus Chambers
Homer Cook
Pomeroy Lodge 164 Calls Masters to Meeting
Worshipful Master Thomas C Edwards announces a regular meeting of Pomeroy Lodge 164 F A M for 7 30 Wednesday evening at the temple All master masons are urged to attend.
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Pomeroy
Thomas C. Edwards
Pomeroy Lodge
F.&a.m
Temple
Sale Planned in Middleport for Bedford Youth Center
A rummage sale is set for Thursday and Friday at the Michael Building on North Second Street in Middleport to benefit the Bedford Community Youth Center.
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Middleport
Michael
N. Second
Bedford Community Youth Center
Marriage License Report Pomeroy Pair Wed
Sharon Y. Hayes aged 21 and Russell Priddy aged 24, both of Pomeroy, obtained a marriage license.
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Pomeroy
Sharon Y. Hayes
Russell Priddy
Four Men Fined in Meigs County Court
Four men were fined by Judge Emmet W. Peoples in Meigs County Court. Nolan Warren of Georgia was fined $100 plus costs and a three day jail term for driving while intoxicated. Edward F. Toy Ray Allen Toy and Baxter Dunn of Mt. Sterling Kentucky were fined $15 plus costs each for intoxication.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Nolan Warren
Georgia
Edward F. Toy
Ray Allen Toy
Baxter Dunn
Mt. Sterling
No Flooding Is Forecast for Pomeroy Businesses
Pomeroy's Main Street merchants stayed open as the Ohio River nursed a slow rise onto the upper parking area. Officials at U S Dam 23 Apple Grove reported the river rising at 0.05 feet per hour and had not set a crest. Route 338 at Antiquity remained closed due to rising waters.
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Pomeroy
U. S. Dam
Apple Grove
Antiquity
Money Suit Filed and Divorces Granted in Meigs County Court
A Meigs County Common Pleas Court case lists Gulf Oil Corp seeking 2575.82 from Pearl Martin and Phyllis Martin. Shirley Ann McCoy is granted a divorce from Gail McCoy for gross neglect and extreme cruelty and regains the maiden name Nelson. An entry shows M J Fry owes Thomas J Woods 1200 with the defendant in default for the money suit.
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Thomas J. Woods
Fine Suspended for Lincoln Hill Man in Speeding Case
Jack Enu gene Follrod, 20, of Lincoln Hill, Pomeroy, was fined $10 and costs on a speeding charge Monday night in Mayor Kenneth McElhinney's court. The fine was suspended.
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Middleport
Jack Enugene Follrod
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy
Kenneth McElhinney
Personal Property Taxes Due for Housetrailers and Other Property
Meigs County auditor Gordon Caldwell says March 1 to April 1 is the due period for housetrailer license taxes of 18 dollars yearly. Tax returns for personal and intangible property are due by April 30 to the county auditor, with forms available at the courthouse or the Ohio Department of Taxation.
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Pomeroy
Gordon Caldwell
Meigs County
Caldwell
Ohio Department of Taxation
Ohio Departments
Columbus
Zoning Laws Studied By Middleport Planners
Middleport planning committee members met at village hall to study zoning laws and procedures in preparation for village zoning. The session was led by William Childs with Edison Baker Emmett Shuler Mayor Kenneth Mc Elhinney and Bernard Fultz in attendance, part of a Miami University study of development.
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Middleport
Miami University
William Childs
Edison Baker
Emmett Shuler
Kenneth McElhinney
Bernard Fultz
Olive Farm Women's Club March Meeting Highlights
Hazel Buckley hosted the Olive Farm Women's Club at her home with Mamie Buckley in charge. Members read Valentine verses and presented life sketches of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison. Vivian Humphrey and Pauline Myers led talks. refreshments followed. Vivian Humphrey to host next meeting.
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Ella Osborne
Lillian Pickens
Karen
Robin Humphrey
Vivian Humphrey
Yearly Spelling Bee Planned For Monday
POMEROY The annual Meigs County spelling bee is set for Monday evening at Chester Grade School. Thirteen finalists from county grade schools are selected. Jennings Beegle of Eastern High School will pronounce words for the contestants while judges include J S Davis George Dallas and Charles Hayman executive heads of three local districts.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Chester
Jennings Beegle
Eastern High School
J. S. Davis
George Dallas
Charles Hayman
Local Residents Shared in Weekend Visits and Illness
Vincent Dabo is confined to his Lincoln Heights home with influenza. Mrs. Tracy Whaley spent the weekend in Albany with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pugh. Joining her were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Van Vranken and their son. Mark Hartenbach of East Liverpool is visiting here with relatives and friends.
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Vincent Dabo
Lincoln Heights
Tracy Whaley
Albany
Frank Pugh
Harvey van Vranken
Mark Hartenbach
East Liverpool
Rummage Sale Planned by Pomeroy Methodist Group
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Forest Run Methodist Church schedules a rummage sale Thursday and Friday at the former Davis-Warner Insurance offices on Second Street.
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Pomeroy — Women’s Society of Christian Service
Forest Run
Guild to Meet Pomeroy at Grace Church Parish House
Grace Episcopal Church guild will meet Wednesday evening at the parish house with Mrs. Everett Hayes Miss Lenore Giles and Miss Vida Thle as hostesses.
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GUILD
Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Church
Everett Hayes
Lenore Giles
Vida Thle
Pomeroy Student Named State Boys Republic Representative
Michael Fultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fultz, a Pomeroy High junior, will represent Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion at Ohio Boys State. The 4th annual self government school runs June 8 to 17 on Ohio University campus in Athens with about 1200 Ohio youths attending. Selection was announced by Elza Gilmore Jr., post commander, based on nomination by James Diehl Jr., Pomeroy Senior High principal.
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Pomeroy
Michael Fultz
Leslie F. Fultz
Pomeroy High School
Drew Webster Post 39
American Legion
Fultz
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
James Diehl, Jr
Elza Gilmore, Jr
Drew Webster Post
Middleport Personal Notices From Columbus to Athens
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Diles returned home after visiting in Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bush and others and attended the New York Central Railroad athletic association banquet. They then saw children in Athens including Dr. Charles Jiiden and H. E. Mitchell Jr. Dr. John Harley and family spent the weekend in Athens with Mrs. J. E. Harley of Middleport joining them for a Springfield visit. Mrs. Garnet Davidson remains home sick with pneumonia on South Second Avenue.
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L. D. Diles
Columbus
Fred Bush
Virgil Edwards
Cecil Root
Diles
New York Central Railroad Athletic Association
Southern Hotel
Athens
Charles Jiiden
H. E. Mitchell Jr
Wiliam Diles
John Harley
Springfield
Quarterly Amounts Received By Head
Meigs County schools report first quarter settlement totaling 158,888.24 received by County Superintendent O. O. Patterson. District allocations include Bedford 2,968.37 Eastern 37,643.47 Northwestern 50,456.84 Salisbury 19,723.97 and Southern 48,095.59.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Bedford
Eastern
Nortwestern
Salisbury
Southern
Training Session Set For Middleport Leaders
Middleport hosts a basic leaders training session for Brownie and Girl Scout leaders at 7 30 p m Wednesday at Sunshine Cottage on Pearl Street.
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Middleport
Sunshine Cottage
Pearl Street
Pints Collected Hit Record During Blood Drive
The Meigs County Red Cross bloodmobile at Pomeroy Junior High School drew 194 donors yielding 169 pints. Chickens funded by Xi Gamma Mu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi helped boost donations, with 32 first time donors and 42 replacements. Notable donors reached two and three gallon totals. several groups contributed and Dr B J Allison supervised.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Red Cross
Pomeroy Junior High School
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Harry Bennett Construction Co
Imperial Electric
Kelly Manufacturing Co
Harrisonville Grange
J. Edward Foster
Homer Smith
Harold Hinkle
George Harris
Margaret McDaniel
Erma
Pomeroy High School
Under standing Unfamiliar Cultures at Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting
Alpha Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held a program on unfamiliar cultures with Avice Frecker reporting on her Europe tour. Sylvester Bender presented Bach’s life and two selections. Hostesses Gwen Davis Mabel Conley Evalyn Thomas welcomed attendees from Oak Hill Meigs County and nearby counties.
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Middleport
Alpha Omicron
Delta Kappa Gamma
Oak Hill
Gwen Davis
Mabel Conley
Evalyn Thomas
Avice Frecker
Racine
Europe
Johann Sebastia Bach
Sylvesta Bender
Gertrude Trace
Meigs County
Dorothy Barnes
Ruth Euler
Mrs. Frecker
Mildred Hawley
Nan Moore
Susan Park
Mary Virginia Reibel
Beatrice Reinhart
Lucille Smith
Vinton
Jackson
Cleo Barnes
Mrs. Bender
Esther Dauber
Juanita Davis
Anna Maude Fehrman
Amy Gettles
Anna Houser
Reba Kisor
Elizabeth Lantz
Ann McCarrell
Ruth Owens
Mary Richards
Maude Esmonte
Esther Maerker
Rutland FHA Holds Session Under Martha Brewer
The Rutland Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America met in regular session led by Martha Brewer. Reported proceeds from the basketball tournament. Penny race planned with Maude Brewer and Louise Milam captains of one group and Elena Martin and Sherrell Searles captains of the other. Janet Wright Elena Martin and Jenille Williams named to the program committee for the March 6 meeting at 7 30 p.m. Marvel Foley Ann Sprouse and Brenda Turner named to the refreshment committee. Betty Payne Judy Brogan and Ann Wears named to the recreation committee.
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Rutland
Future Homemakers of America
Martha Brewer
Maude Brewer
Louise Milam
Elena Martin
Sherrell Searles
Janet Wright
Jenille Williams
Marvel Foley
Ann Sprouse
Brenda Turner
Betty Payne
Judy Brogan
Ann Wears
Special Services To Start Tonight At Middleport Church
Special services begin at 7 45 Tuesday evening at the Middleport Pentecostal Church and run through Friday. The Rev R York of WCTR Ashland Kentucky will conduct chart teaching on the book of Revelation. The Rev B L Barrett is pastor of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Penecostal
Spring Band Concert Set For May 7
RACINE The Racine Band Boosters announced the annual spring band concert for May 7 under Mrs. Juanita Sayre. They agreed to pay for instrument repair and entry fees for the district contest in Middleport. Edwin Johnson will attend the National Music Education conference in Columbus in April. The band banquet was set for March 25, and plans were made for a jitney supper.
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Racine
Juanita Sayre
Middleport
Edwin Johnson
Columbus
Area Agent Miller to Move to Kentucky Post
William R. Miller, area extension agent in a six county Ohio district since 1960, will become Community Development Specialist with the University of Kentucky Extension Service. He joins an eleven member Eastern Kentucky team serving 30 counties with headquarters at Quick Sand Experiment Station. Mrs Miller and three children will remain in Pomeroy until school ends.
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Pomeroy
William R. Miller
Kentucky
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Kentucky
Ohio Extension Service
Miller
Meigs
Gallia
Athens
Vinton
Jackson
Lawrence
Quick Sand
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