Crippled hunter 65 keeps pace with life in Long Bottom
Sixty five year old G C Petty of Long Bottom Meigs County leans on a crutch with a shotgun as he poses beside a rabbit dog. He recalls a lifelong, busy work life despite a crippled leg and often ferries passengers across the Ohio River. He hunted rabbits and squirrels and travels with his crutch to pursue the sport.
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Co. H. Harris
G. C. Petty
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Route 248
Petty
Licking County
Ohio River
Carrie Coleman
Trained-Dog Act Slated at School
Pupils at Pomeroy elementary and high schools will witness a trained-dog act by William Student at the Junior High auditorium. A former trainer for four major circuses and the Buffalo Bill show, he performs at 2 30 p.m. The public is invited, space permitting.
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Pomeroy
William
Funeral Home Handles All Details for Obituary
All arrangements are posted with TREVEY FINSTERWALD Funeral Home at 144 Butternut Avenue. The firm manages every detail for the deceased, including services, transportation, and reception planning, ensuring a respectful tribute.
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Trevey-Finsterwald Funeral Home
Butternut Avenue
Pomeroy 285
Adv
Middleport School Board Reorganizes for New Year
Middleport board members and committees are set after a reorganization meeting at Middleport High School. L. D. Diles is president with Robert Coats as vice president. Paul Smart serves as clerk. Committees named include Finance, Personnel, and Property and Building. Miss Bess Sanborn rejoined the Library Board for seven years. A survey of building needs by Ohio University’s Mr. McKelvey will guide future work. Two Christmas vacation projects were completed and a hot water heater approved for the home economics room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Board of Education of
Middleport High School
L. D. Diles
Robert Coats
Paul Smart
White
Coats
Smart
Marcus Chambers
Frank White
Chambers
Bess Sanborn
Library Board
Stepl
McKelvey
Ohio University
Home Economics
L. W. McComas
Diles
Marcus Cham
Pomeroy Social Notes Brief New Year Gatherings Chronologize
Pomeroy social notes highlight New Year dinner for Mr and Mrs Robert Lewis honoring the fortys eighth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs D N McKenzie with Racine relatives present. Several households hosted visitors from Racine Angola Nelsonville Crooksville and Detroit over New Year’s weekend as families gathered for meals and companionship.
Local families host gatherings and visits over New Year weekend
Marietta residents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Voll with son Albert Jr. spent the weekend with the Volls' in laws Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thomas. Ebersbachs and Hysells shared New Year dinner in Rutland while Carla Jean Ebersbach remained ill at home. Jean Jones returned home after visits with Jones relatives in Columbus. Ebersbachs from Philadelphia visited here as Mrs. Ebersbach recovers from illness. Jack Armsbury and Ricky stayed with Roy Tracy Jr. in Huntington. Dana L. Hysell plans a Denmark Iowa visit for dinner with Derwald Hartwitz. Norman Presley family and Bes sie Nance spent New Year with Ironton kin. Bob Crow returned home to Letart Falls after Holzer Hospital surgery. Gary Ray Calvert accompanied by his mother traveled to Wheeling. Brights spent two weeks with Clyde Andrews in Chicago. Mrs Hank Young suffered a fractured foot at a dance. Donald Holter of Huntington visited over the weekend.
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Albert Voll
Albert Jr
Marietta
Jean Jones
Millard Jones
Milford Jones
Columbus
Arthur Ebersbach, Jr
Philadelphia
Arthur Ebersbach
Eberbach
Jack Armsbury
Ricky, Huntington
Roy Tracy Jr
Dana L. Hysell
Denmark
Iowa
Derwald Hartwit
Norman Presley
Lee
Jerolyn
Persley
Bessie Nance
Ironton
Ohio
Bob Crow
Letart Falls
Holzer Hospital
Donald McKenzie
Mary Calvert
Gary Ray Calvert
Wheeling
Meigs Woman Dies Aged 94
Mrs. Mary Damewood, 94, former Chester Township resident, died Monday in Warren at her daughter Minnie Calahan’s home. She is survived by her husband John Damewood and two other children, Charles Calahan of Akron and Mrs Avie Wilt of Warren. Funeral services are Thursday at 2 p.m. at Arbaugh funeral home with burial at Success Cemetery.
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Tuppers Plains
Mary Damewood
Chester Township
Warren
Minnie Calahan
John Damewood
Charles Calahan
Akron
Avie Wilt
Arbaugh
Success Cemetery
Ballet Dream Drives Middleport Girl Judy Jacobs
Judy Jacobs 12 of Middleport dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. She sells The Messenger on her paper route to fund lessons with Andrew Pavlish and received pink satin ballet slippers from Santa after writing him. Her paper route patrons favor her efforts and gifts support the aspiring dancer.
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Middleport
Judy Jacobs
Dale Jacobs
S. Second Ave
Judy
Andrew Pavlish
S. Third
Santa Claus
Captains Named for Girls Basketball Teams at Middleport
In preparation for the annual girls intramural contests at Middleport High School captains and co captains are being named this week. Senior captain Sally Schaaf with co captain Mary Gilmore lead the team, while Kathryn Peterman headlines the junior squad with co captain Betty Ashley.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Sally Schaaf
Mary Gilmore
Kathryn Peterman
Betty Ashley
Two Suits Filed Against Company
Chalmers Potter files two common pleas suits against Ebersbach Construction Co. for professional services. One seeks 69,400 dollars and the other 12,500 dollars with interest since August 1947. Both actions noted in clerk of courts records.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Chalmers Potter
Ebersbach Construction Co
Clerk of Courts Office
Finger Crushed In Auto Door Incident In Middleport
Deputy Sheriff Charles Wise Jr. mashed a finger and chipped bone when he shut a car door. He is under a physician care. Mrs. J C Downing had an infected thumb removed Friday. Mary Lee Biggins nine months old, formerly of Middleport, has been sent home from Meigs General Hospital, with Mrs. Howard Hunnicutt as her aunt.
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Middleport
Charles Wise, Jr
J. C. Downing
Mary Lee Biggins
Robert Biggins
Meigs General Hospital
Bigginses
Howard Hunnicutt
N. Fourth Ave
Mary Lee
Pomona Grange Meeting Planned Friday Night
Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at Rocksprings Grange Hall Friday at 8 p.m. Lecturer Mrs Pauline Atkins will present a program. Refreshments by Olive Grange with Rocksprings Chester and Hemlock Granges supplying pie. others provide sandwiches.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Rocksprings
Pauline Atkins
Olive Grange
Chester
Hemlock
Meigs Hospital Admits and Discharges list patients
Meigs Hospital notes admit Mrs. Erla Pickens from Racine, Mrs. Genevieve Moore of Pomeroy, Nancy Edgar of Columbus, Anna Stark of Pomeroy, and Mrs. Ella Douglas of Shade. Discharges include Mrs. Jerry Deem, Bowen Gilkey of Pomeroy, E. A. Ashbury of Middleport, Allen Ward of Langsville, Mrs. Bruce Lloyd of Middleport, and Mrs. Robert Raguel and daughter of Reedsville.
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Erla Pickens
Racine
Genevieve Moore
Pomeroy
Nancy Edgar
Columbus
Anna Stark
Ella Douglas
Shade
Jerry Deem
Bowen Gilkey
E. A. Ashbury
Middleport
Allen Ward
Langsville
Bruce Lloyd
Robert Raguel
Reedsville
Ohio State alums among Rose Bowl travelers
Mrs. A. H. Bradbury reports that her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Don Allen flew to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses and the Rose Bowl game. Allen is an Ohio State alumnus and a New York auto dealer, while Mrs Allen is Esther Bradbury.
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Middleport
A. H. Bradbury
Don Allen
Pasadena
Allen
Ohio State
New York
Esther Bradbury
Lincoln Day Dinner Set for February 13 in Letart
The Meigs County Republican Party announces the Lincoln Day banquet on February 13 at Letart Community Hall. Clarence Mc Dade serves as chairman. A speaker from state Republican headquarters will headline, with banquet service provided by the Letart Methodist Church Sunday School class.
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Pomeroy
Republican Party
Meigs County
Clarence McDade
Letart
Methodist Church of
Middleport Council Meeting Delayed to January 9
The January meeting of the Middleport Council was postponed to January 9. It will mark the first meeting for two newly elected councilmen, Frank Vroman and Joe Young Jr. Mayor Sidney T. Russell, starting his second term, said a busy evening is planned for village officials.
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Middleport
Frank Vroman
Joe Young
Sidney T. Russell
Patterson named to Southeast District Athletic Board
O. O. Patterson superintendent of Meigs County schools received notice of his appointment as a member of the Southeast District Athletic Board.
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Pomeroy
O. O. Patterson
Meigs County
Southeast District Athletic Board
Three Sworn Into Office On Board of Education
Two new members Roland Neutzling and Ralph Graves joined the board of education, replacing H H Kuntz and Dor Schaefer who did not seek re election. Dr Purl Stanley was re elected to a second term as vice president J O Roedel remained president Irving Karr Jr resigned as clerk and R E Webster filled the vacancy with the remaining members Neutzling and Graves continuing on the board.
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J. O. Roedel
Purl Stanley
Irving Karr, Jr
R. E. Webster
Roland Neutzling
Ralph Graves
Miss Lenore Giles Leaves for California
Miss Lenore Giles departed Tuesday evening for California to be permanently located. She will resume work with the Jury Commission of San Mateo County in Redwood City. Giles, longtime Meigs County court stenographer, is well known across several counties and will stay with her sister Mrs Crary Davis after attending her brother-in-law Mr Charles McDaniel in Menlo Park.
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Middleport
Lenore Giles
California
Jury Commission
San Mateo County
Redwood City
Miss Giles
Meigs County Court
Menlo Park
Charles McDaniel
Mildred Giles
Crary Davis
Davis
Meigs County Boards Elect 1950 Officers
Three Meigs County boards of education held 1950 organization meetings last night electing officers. Salisbury Local District names Joe Evans President Edward King Vice President Eldon Weeks Clerk all residents of Pomeroy. Other members Henry Beach Wilbur Pierse and Walter Schreiver.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Salisbury
Joe Evans
Edward King
Eldon Weeks
Henry Beach
Wilbur Pierse
Middleport
Walter Schreiver
Columbia District
Carpenter High School
W. H. Cheadle
Nellie Vale
Mendal Jordan
Alvin Dye
T. J. Spurlock
Arthur Crabtree
Racine
David Yost
Roy Proffitt
Herbert Sayre
Edna Carleton
Harvey Holter
Syracuse
Ralph Smith
Portland
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