Fire destroys Woodland Rd home in brief blaze
Firefighters from Pomeroy and Mason respond to a fast moving kitchen fire at the Harry Bland house on Woodland Road near West Columbia about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The four room one story structure burned to ashes. no injuries reported. fire destroyed unins ured furniture and left residents briefly stranded.
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Pomeroy
Second Ward
Mason Fire Department
Harry Bland
Woodland Road
West Columbia
Mason
Thorn
Overloads Bring Fines in Mayorse E F Robinson Court
Two men were fined in Mayorse E F Robinson's Court for coal truck overloads on New Year's Day. Harold Fetty and Basil Cremeans were fined 25 dollars plus costs each after being arrested by City Patrolman Henry Werry. One truck exceeded 600 pounds, the other over 2000 pounds. the minimum fine covers the first 2000 pounds.
Judge Tries Three Cases Wednesday
In Probate Court in Pomeroy on Wednesday Richard Lewis received one year in the Cincinnati Work House after breaking probation. He had six months for non support and earlier two assault and battery terms. Juveniles Frank Spencer age 16 and Orville Keith Landers age 17, both of Pomeroy, faced Wright County probate judge John C. Bacon. Spencer was committed to an institution for mentally deficient offenders. Landers, AWOL from the Army since December 3, was sent to an indefinite term at the Lancaster boys industrial school.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Richard Lewis
Lewis
Frank Spencer
Orville Keith Landers
John C. Bacon
Spencer
Landers
Lancaster
Meigs County
Jed Webster
N Ironton
Harrisonville
Cat Causes Wreck Near Pomeroy
Arnold Stacie age 19 of Pomeroy Route 1 drove off Route 33 six miles north of Pomeroy to avoid a strolling cat. His car hit a culvert and ditch causing about 450 dollars in damage to the left side and bottom. Vehicle owned by Arthur Evans of Pomeroy Route 1.
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Pomeroy
Arnold Stacie
Here
Sheriff's Department
Arthur Evans
Pomeroy Route 1
Lions Club May Host Rocky Marciano Manager Dinner
POMEROY Lions Club discussed bringing Mar ty Weill to a charity dinner at Federated Church to aid the March of Dimes. Ron Springer will arrange the appearance, with other committee members named. The event aims to combine polio relief with boxing information, date to be set.
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Pomeroy
Lions Club
Rocky Marciano
Marty Weill
Lions
Federated Church
Ron Springer
Ironton
Weill
Rocky
Claremont Hoyt
Springer
Bernard Fultz
John Myers
Russell Bailey
Willis Leadingham
Local residents return home after holidays across Ohio
Middleport residents Mr and Mrs Franklin Ginther and daughter Vicki return to Columbus after visiting Mrs Ginthers parents and her sister Junita Hawkins then head to Ohio State University. Other families visit relatives in Morgantown Greenfield Meigs County Marietta and Green Lake Wisconsin with brief New Year greetings. West Point noted as the nations oldest engineering school and oldest permanent military post.
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Franklin Ginther
Vicki
Columbus
John Chancey
Robert Hill
Dayton
Richard Chambers
Dylvan Michael
Akron
Meigs County
Meigs County Infirmary
John Robert
West Point
Real Estate Tax Books Open for December and June
Meigs County Treasurer Clyde G. Millhone announces tax books are open for payment of December and June Real Estate Tax and will close February 1, 1957.
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Meigs County
Fourth Child Born to Walter Kauffman Family
Mrs Philip Glo baker reports the birth of a son on December 28 to Mr and Mrs Walter Kauffman of Halifax Massachusetts. The mother Ruth Huber formerly of Pomeroy. Maternal grandparents Lena Huber Union Ave and paternal grandparents Henry and Denver Kauffman. This is the Kauffmans fourth child.
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Pomeroy
Philip Globaker
Walter Kauffman
Halifax
Mass
Kauffman
Ruth Huber
Lena Huber
Union Ave
Massachusetts
Henry Kauffman
Denver
Col
the Kauffman
McMasters Like Life in Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Graham of Ironton recently visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMaster. The McMasters have moved into a four room house in Bradenton after purchasing property there and are “crazy about” life in Florida. McMaster retired from the Smith Clothing Store which he has owned and operated for a store interest to partner Cash Bahr.
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Charles Decker
Decker
Middleport
Guy Graham
Ironton
Florida
Charles McMaster
McMasters
Bradenton
Graham
McMaster
Smith Clothing
Cash Bahr
Women over 45 comprise a large share of U S labor force
A workforce snapshot shows more than one third of employed women in the United States are aged 45 or older, highlighting an aging segment of the female labor pool and implications for retirement planning and workplace policies.
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United States
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