Canaday Reassumes Mayoral Office At New Year Ball
POMEROY Delmar A Cana day was sworn in as mayor at 12 04 a m during the 58th New Year’s Ball in the Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium. State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson and deputy Mayor Perry Van Scheik administered the oath as Aaron Kelton introduced the new mayor to a cheering crowd. Canaday, previously mayor in 1948 for about a year, faced malfeasance charges later cleared by Ferguson. He had run unsuccessfully for Congress and for mayor in 1949, returning to win in 1951. The ball featured crepe paper decor and Merrymakers music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Lincoln Hill
Tom Herbert
Ferguson
Thomas A. Jenking
Sidney A. Spencer
Spencer
Walter Vaughan
Merrymakers
Henry Werry
Earl Welsheimer
Kf. J. Arnold
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Ray
Meigs County 1951 Highlights March Events Recap
March items note public service gains and local happenings. Veterans of Foreign Wars catalog graves. telephone applications rise. teachers receive raises. health council leaders named. fire pacts signed. school programs showcased. local elections and property revaluation under way. DAV home dedication marked. river fatalities and drownings noted. road projects funded. postmaster exam opened. Easter cantata and school plays featured. drafts quotas cut. long-time figures retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond Furbee
Portland Community Club
DAV
Butternut Ave
George ‘Tl’. Henderson
Burlingham
Shade River
Kenneth N. Probasco
Columbus
Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Meigs County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Rocksprings
Pomeroy High School
Spencer
Ralph Hamilton
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Athens
Lincoln Heights
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Ray Russell House
B. N. House
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Smith- Mann Realty Co
Theodore Ebersbach
Federated Church Choir
Pearl Jacobs
Salistsky Township
Gilbert Weeks
Robert Phillips
Ohio River
Portland
Phillips
Chester High School
Pat Vaughan
Meigs County
Drew Webster
American Legion
George Daniels
Shoppers Lounge Opens in Meigs County Court House
More than 1000 women and children visited the Shopper's Lounge on opening day in Pomeroy. About 50 men registered, as the Meigs County Improvement Committee credits the court house remodeling, furnishings, and fundraising efforts led by Miss Jessie Saunders. The event featured holiday greens, recorded music, prizes for registrants, and plans for a 1952 project benefiting both women and men.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Court House
Jessie Saunders
Meigs County
Court House
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Miss Saunders
Dayton Strickland
Howard Nolan
Edmond Eyes
Joe Thorne
Omer Holter
Mabel Farmer
Langsville
Arthur Stobart
Racine
Middleport Family Attends Funeral Services
Mr and Mrs E M Wood returned Sunday evening from Sophia West Virginia where they were summoned by the death of E M Wood’s sister Mrs Joe Farley who died last July They visited Mr Wood’s elderly mother Mrs Lucinda Wood who is hospitalized in Beckley West Virginia She had lived with her daughter Mrs Farley whose death was unexpected
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Middleport
E. M. Wood
Sophia
W. Va
Joe Farley
Farley
Mr. Wood
Lucinda Wood
Beckley
Mrs. Farley
Soa Flie f rom Europe Capt. Hartinger Visits Ill Father
Captain James Hartinger flew from Munich to Washington then by bus to Meigs County to visit his seriously ill father Lawrence Hartinger at Meigs General Hospital. He is on a 30 day leave from his jet fighter instructor post in Germany and will return if the father's condition warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Hartinger
Munich
Germany
Washington, D. C
Parkersburg
Lionel Boggs
Meigs County
Lawrence Hartinger
Meigs General Hospital
Hartinger
Susan Allensworth
Jimmer
Meigs General Hospital Notes Births and Discharges
Births list several families from Middleport Pomeroy and surrounding areas including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Don Mullen a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clench and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson Discharges include Kenneth Hall Homer Story Mrs Lincoln Smith Mrs Guy Boggess Mrs William Oxyer and daughter and infant for Mary Payne David Sayre Kenneth Russell Mrs Harry Watson and baby
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Genheimer
Pomeroy
Dana Cleland
Middleport
Robert Clench
Elbert Williams
Joe Wilson
William Warner
Esther Blankenship
Clara Stewart
Jerry Wise
Don Mullen
Kenneth Hall
Homer Story
Lincoln Smith
Guy Boggess
William Oxyer
Charles Marcinko
Mary Payne
David Sayre
Kenneth Russell
Harry Watson
County Schools to Reopen Wednesday After Holiday Break
The county system will resume classes Wednesday morning January 2 per the county superintendent. Village schools will not reopen until Monday January 7 according to reports from the same office.
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Pomeroy
Tax receipts drop in Meigs County week ending December 15
Prepaid tax receipts total $4 344 98 for Meigs County in the week ending December 15 reported by Roger W Tracy state treasurer. Last year for the same period $6 309 55 was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Surprise birthday party for Massar and Grace at Babcock home
A surprise 18th birthday party for Starling Massar and Margaret Grace was held at the Oscar Babcock home on a Thursday evening. Guests from Tuppers Plains Chester Long Bottom attended. refreshments included ice cream and cake. Hostesses were Mrs. Oscar Babcock Mrs. Charles Massar and Mrs John Groce. Pomona Grange to meet at Rocksprings Grange Hall with Alfred Grange serving refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Babcock
Starling Massar
Margaret Grace
Tuppers Plains
Marvalene Gaul
Howard Caldwell
Marion Riggs
Robert Bailer
Bob Gray
Ray Riggs
Chester
Allen Brown
Harold Newell
Betty Nelson
James Stout
Norman McCain
Lois Reed
Donna
Howard Larkins
Pauline Swain
Effie Wells
David
Gene Riggs
Charles Massar
John Groce
Paul Lawrence
Pomona Grange
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rocksprings
Alfred Grange
Installation Planned for Middleport Woodmen Officers
The Modern Woodmen of America in Middleport has announced 1952 officer installation will be held at Woodman Hall on Friday.
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Middleport
Homer
Woodmen of America
Woodman Hall
Donna Unroe Wed George Adams Jr in Pomeroy MT Mt Airy
Miss Donna June Unroe daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Unroe of Pomeroy wed Mr George Maxwell Adams Jr of Mt. Airy North Carolina in a Dec 23 double ring ceremony at Simpson Methodist Church Rev Lester Covert officiating. Attending were Miss Lucy Bowman and others. the couple will reside at 200 Church Street Mt. Airy.
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Pomeroy
Oliver
Adam Unroe
Route 1
Donna June Unroe
George Maxwell Adams Jr
Mt. Airy
N. C
Simpson Methodist Church
Lester Covert
Oliver Unree
Lucy Bowman
Jo Ann Gilmore
Faye Seeger
Evelyn Fick
Welch Bowman
New York City
Emile Vogeley
Maxine
Cincinnati
L. D. Bruce
Russell, Ky
J. E. Payne
Jack Miller
Huntington
W. Va
Pomeroy High School
Rocksprings Grange
City Loan and Savings Co
Mt. Airy High School
North Carolina National Guards
Mt. Airy Chair Co
Adams, Jr
Ernie Tompkins Retires After 43 Years With NYC
MIDDLEPORT E R Ernie Tompkins retired after 43 years and five months with the New York Central Railroad. As general foreman of the car department he started in 1908 at Bucyrus and moved to Kenton in 1925 before coming to Middleport in 1927. He led safety efforts and held civic roles including Rotary and Board of Education president.
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Middleport
E. R
Ernie) Tompkins
New York Central Railroad
Tompkins
Bucyrus
Kenton
Ernie” Tompkins
Rotary Club
Middleport Board of Education
Heath Methodist Church
Red Cross
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Heath Church
S. Fifth and Main Sts
James Homer
Robert Tompkins
Army Chemical Division
Eniwhetok
Las Vegas
Homer
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Luncheon and Venison Supper
Mrs Richard Chambers hosted a one o clock luncheon at the Quality Coffee Shoppe for relatives planning annual reunions. The Hills of Dayton were guests with several Pomeroy residents among the attendees, music by Mrs Lillian Stieff, and plans to continue social duties at Chambers home. New Year's Eve venison supper guests at John Chancey home in New York Second Ave Newport include Carol Bachtel Adrienne Mills Roger Chancey and June Chancey with deer supplied by Mr Chancey from West Virginia.
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Chambers
Ing
William Robert Hill
Margaret Hobstetter
Marcia Lee
Dayton
Hills
Dale Lee
Racine
Helen Nease
Pomeroy
Lenora Hobstetter
George Hobstetter
Rose Hill
Allen Hartley
Edison Hobstetter
A. P. Miller
George Hobstetter, Jr
William Hobstetter
Herbert Chambers
Middleport
Lillian Stieff
Mill St
John Chancey
N. Second Ave
Carol Bachtel
Adrienne Mills
Roger
June Chancey
West Virginia
Chancey
New Year's Eve Dinner At Quality Coffee Shoppe
A long standing group of friends dined at Quality Coffee Shoppe New Year's Eve then went to Miss Frances Roush's home on S Fifth Ave to play canasta. Attending were Miss Nellie Zerkle Miss Hallie Zerkle Miss Susan Park Miss Mary Park Mrs Nan Moore Miss Mildred Hawley Miss Nina Russell Miss Ruth Drake and Miss Frances Roush.
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Middleport
Frances Roush
S. Fifth Ave
Nellie
Hallie Zerkle
Susan
Mary Park
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Nina Russell
Ruth Drake
Roush
Middleport Party Hosts Slumber Event and Breakfast
Rae Ann Mills enjoyed a slumber party and chili supper Friday night at grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Victor Grim on S. Sec Second Avenue, followed by Saturday morning breakfast. Mr. Grim srenared the
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Middleport
Rae Ann Mills
Victor Grim
S. Sec
Ond Ave
Mr. Grim
Truck Damaged After Blowout at Road Intersection
A pickup driven by James C. Circle, 42, Racine, was badly damaged Saturday evening when a tire blew out and the truck rolled over in a field at Route 143 and 124. Sheriff Charles Russell commented on the crash.
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Pomeroy
James C. Circle
Racine
Charles Russell
Middleport Welcomes New Year With Bonfires Bells and Hymns
New Year arrives in Middleport under a bright sky with a light moon and balmy air as cannons, fireworks, and car horns mark the hour. Watch night services fill several churches with candlelit rites, prayers for the nation, and midnight hymns led by local clergy.
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Middleport
Fultz Rites Planned for Ben Fultz in Middleport
Funeral services for Ben Fultz 79 retired New York Central Railroad foreman will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Rawlings Coats funeral home. Interment follows at Middleport Hill Cemetery. He died Monday in Bellefontaine after residing with his children following his wife Blanche Kent Fultz’s death six years ago. He is survived by two sons Ben Fultz Jr. and G Allan Fultz two daughters Dorothy Askren Audrey Wyatt and Matilda Hoffman seven grandchildren a sister Nelle Giboney and two brothers Townsend and George. He was a member of Middleport Lodge F and AM. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Middleport
Ben Fultz
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
Bellefontaine
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Fultz
Blanche Kent Fultz
Meigs General Hospital
James Askren
Dorothy Fultz
Ben Fultz, Jr
Columbus
G. Allan
Sammy) Fultz
Compton
Calif
Askren
Gene Wyatt
Washington, D. C
Audrey Fultz
Paul Hoffman
Chicago
Matilda Fultz
Nelle Giboney
Townsend
Cincinnati
George
Middleport Lodge
F and
Rawlings Coats
Roush Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Downing Edward Roush who died suddenly at his home on Mill Street will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats funeral home with interment in Riverview Cemetery. The Rev. C. M. Pomeroy will officiate. He was a New York Central Railroad clerk at Dickinson and had recently returned home from Meigs General Hospital after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Downing Edward Roush
Mill St
Rawlings-Coats
Riverview Cemetery
C. M. Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Roush
New York Central Railroad
Dickinson
Meigs General Hospital
Middleport Holiday Guests From Local Families
The area shares Christmas and New Year visits among Middleport and nearby families. Many relatives from Charleston Pomeroy and Columbus gathered with Grate Bachtel Mills Daniels and Walters households. Richard Stumbo Coast Guard exam success announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grate
Janis
Jimmy
J. H. Grate
Middleport
Pomeroy
Roy Bachtel
Charleston
George
Richard
Claudia
Forrest Bachtel
Max Lambert
Dana Lambert
Harry Mills
Mills
Paul Stumbo
Paul, Jr
Clifford Stumbo
S. Fifth Ave
Dennis Gallagher
Gary
C. P. Gallagher
Terry Gallagher
Jack Walters
Claude Buskirk
Sam Walters
Guy Walters
Columbus
Coast Guard
Kathryn Poindexter
Robert Starkey
George Daniels
Daniels
Buffington Bound Over On Non Support And Theft Charges
Joe Buffington, 34, of Pomeroy, was bound over to the Meigs County grand jury under $1000 in a case before Justice Percy L. Peoples. He pleaded guilty to non support and removing mortgaged property, with $500 bond on each charge. Buffington allegedly wrecked a mortgaged truck in Dayton. arrested by Sheriff Charles Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joe Buffington
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Buffington
Dayton
Charles Russell
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Kate Ficke
Fides Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 4736
EFA
Wingett
Meigs County Health Association
Meigs Shoppers Lounge
By Francis H. Klein
Leo L. Vaughan
Logan Monument CO
Ois Pomeroy
Ohio
roy-Mason Bridge
Soa Flie
Europe
Miss Donna Unroe
Mr. Adams
Anna Lee Warner
John Sprow, Jr
Joe Young Jr
Amy
Haffelt
Gallipolis
Amy! Haffelt
George Maxwell Adams, JR
Ernie’ Tompkins
NYC
Middleport Social Notes
Rae Ann
Marilyn Bailey
Charlene Walburn
Sally Sauer
Lois Ann Chapman
Florence Sneller
Louis A. Bangerter
Charles M. Pomeroy
L. D. Diles
David Diles
Thomas Darst
C. P Bradbury
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Church of the Nazarene
Salvation Army
Levi Olmstead
Westminster Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Point Pleasant
Howard Ruppelt
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A. C. Gibson, Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
the Broken Arrow
Jimmie Stewart
Jeff Chandler
Debra Paget
Meigs
Ruth Roman
Steve Cochran
Lurene Tuttle Ray Teal Lee Patrick Hugh Sanders
Stuart Randall
Ray Mill
Gene Tierney
Fay
Howard St. John Mary Beth Hughes
Cowboy
Flannelette
Becky
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