Meigs Farmers Eligible To Enroll In Cropland Program
Meigs County farmers may enroll in the Cropland Adjustment Program starting January 17. Wayne H. Chase reports limited funds and first come, first served acceptances. The program offers five to ten year contracts to reduce acreage with payments per acre lower than annual programs. County ASCS office in the Pomeroy Masonic Temple building handles inquiries and early discussions.
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Meigs
ASCS
Pomeroy Masonic Temple
Rutland Home Damaged by Blaze in Middleport
Middleport reporters say the home of Kenneth Raymond Kee near Rutland was heavily damaged by a Wednesday fire that started in the kitchen and spread to the dining area and attic of a one and a half story frame house. Fire officials noted the cause is undetermined and no one was home at the time. Rutland Fire Dept called for Middleport help to control the blaze and some household furnishings were lost.
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Middleport
Kenneth Raymond Keesee
Rutland
Rmemen
Rutland Fire Department
Middleport Department
Meetings In Meigs
The Missionary Society of Mount Moriah Baptist Church meets Thursday night with Mrs. Ernest Bowles as hostess. The Ladies Bible Class gathers Monday at 7 30 p m at Middleport First Baptist Church with Mrs. Charles Lewis hosting. Daughters of Ruth Class of United Methodist meets Monday at 2 p m at Miss Lydia Ebersbach’s home.
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The
Missionary Society of the
Mount Moriah
Middleport People Visit Family and Friends Over Holidays
Middleport residents host and travel for holiday gatherings with relatives in Columbus Newark Kirkersville and Reedsville. Navy officers Lt Arthur Clark and Kenneth Cale visit from Norfolk while families and students from Kent University and Walbridge return home for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sauer
Columbus
Delbert Welker
Clyde Bartlett
Newark
Clyde Eugene Bartlett
Eugene Emerich
Forrest Bartlett
Kirkersville
Arthur Ford
Arthur Clark
Lawrence
Norfolk
Cedric Clark
Clark
Mediterranean
Kenneth Cale
U. S. Navy
Cale
Warren Pickens
Reedsville
Ens
Racine
Ernest Whitehead
Jean
Jane
Juli
Denver Weber
Mark
David
Lyle Balderson
Kay
Bill Dietz
Belpre
William Meredith
Charles
Roger
Beverly
Tom Rall
Ole Gilbo
Kent University
E. O. Ball
Linda
Ricky
Jack
Debbie Hawley
Walbridge
Grace Hawley
Mrs. Hawley
Robert Allensworth
John Allensworth
Middleport
James Hawley
Meigs General Hospital Admits Five Patients
Jasper Hart of Letart W V Mabel Swan of Langsville and Paul Casci of Middleport are admitted to Meigs General Hospital along with W Va resident W. Casci.
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Jasper Hart
Letart
W. Va
Mabel Swan
Langsville
Paul Casci
Middleport
Chester Council Holds Session and Installs Officers
Chester Council Daughters of America met at the hall as Erma Cleland installed new officers including Barbara Sargent as councilor Opal Hollon associate councilor Mary Showalter vice councilor Dorothy Meyers associate vice councilor Margaret McLain conductor Beulah Maxey warden Mary Kay Rose inside sentinel Anna Tuttle outside sentinel Leda Mae Krauter junior past councilor Esther Ridenour trustee and Miss Krauter received a past counselor’s pin. Committees were named for the next six months with Helen Wolfe auditing. A past counciIors meeting was announced for Jan 12 with Miss Krauter Hattie Frederick and Ada Morris as hostesses. Birthday observances honored several members with gifts.
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Helen Wolfe
Roberta Lee
Delores Wolfe
Opal Eichinger
Anna Tuttle
Esther Ridenour
Enzy Newell
Mary Showalter
May Spencer
Margaret McLain
Ada Morris
Ada Neutzling
Teachers Of Middleport Pomeroy Join Meigs County Group
Meigs County Education Association hosts a meeting in O Patterson’s office as Pomeroy and Middleport teachers join the county system. Mae Young and others from Pomeroy attend alongside Middleport leaders led by Maxine Philson. Officials discuss I issue funding, constitution review, and appoint two members to the executive council. A planned April meeting follows, with a Chesapeake Education Association dinner honoring Richard Batchelder announced March 3.
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Middleport
Pomeroy and
Meigs County Education Association
O. ©. Patterson
Meigs County
Pomeroy Teachers Association
Middleport Teachers Association
Pomeroy
Mid
Dleport
Mae Young
Lucille Swackhammer
Ina Meadows
Martha Husted
Pomeroy Association
Maxine Philson
Leah Ord
Tom Kelly
Mildred Bailey
Harold Sauer
County Association
Chesapeake Education Association
Richard Batchelder
National Education Association
Meigs County Association
Thelma Dill
Herbert Parker
Robert Bowen
Elma Louks
Grace Weber
Local transfers and court fee fined for speed in Meigs County
A long list of property transfers across Gallia, Meigs, Olive and Rutland Townships is recorded with parcels and names. Ralph Spires of Pomeroy was fined ten dollars and court costs for excessive speed under Meigs County Judge Frank W. Porter after a Tuesday trial on road condition charges.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Spires
Meigs County
Frank W. Porter
Mrs Horky Chosen Literary Club President at Middleport
Mrs Carl Horky was elected president of the Middleport Literary Club at a Wednesday meeting hosted by Mrs Rodney Downing. New officers to take office in September include Nan Moore as vice president Bernard Fultz as secretary and William Russell as treasurer. The group accepted with regret the resignation of longtime member Mrs O P Klein and discussed adding Mrs George Lasher to associate membership. The review of Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell featured Marcus Tullius Cicero. Mrs Downing provided refreshments.
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Middleport
Carl Horky
Nan Moore
Bernard Fultz
William Russell
Susan Park
O. P. Klein
George Lasher
Pillar of Iron
Taylor Caldwell
James Euler
Marcus Tullies
Cicero
Downing
Local Visitors Called on Small Town Residents
Long list of visitors to Mary Pierce and Leonard Dailey households includes families from Athens Tuppers Plains Coolville Racine Joppa Old Town Flats Parkersburg Columbus and other nearby towns. Frequent cross visits highlight community ties and regional connections among residents and relatives.
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Oscar Babock
Marion Riggs
Athens
Lindsay Lyons
Tuppers Plains
Starling Massar
Charles Massar
David Riggs
Gene Riggs
Russell van Meter
Portland
Johnnie Newell
Columbus
Mary Pierce
Leonard Dailey
Darrell Cozart
Coolville
Ernest Triplett
Loretta
Racine
Gene Westfall
Joppa
Faye Cozart
Orran Dailey
Old Town Flats
Nellie Cozart
Nellie Coleman
Eastern Heights
Lindsay Lyons II
Parkersburg
Lindsey Lyons
Ulah Swan
Lawrence Hashbarger
Pomeroy
Oscar Babcock
Veterans Memorial Hospital Admits Listed Patients
Veterans Memorial Hospital notes admit names including John Hunnel of Pomeroy Mary Grady of Racine Mabel Taylor of Long Bottom Nellie Frizzle of Reedsville Lottie Sheffield of Racine Daisy Swick of Middleport Sallie By er of Pomeroy Mary Radford and Dorothy Staates.
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John Hunnel
Pomeroy
Mary Grady
Racine
Mabel Taylor
Long Bottom
Nellie Frizzle
Reedsville
Lottie Sheffield
Daisy Swick
Middleport
Sallie Byer
Intoxication Fines Levied in City Court
Okey Kisor of Racine and Frank Knotts of Salem Center were each fined $10 and costs on intoxication charges in Mayor C. O. Fisher's court Monday night.
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Middleport
Okey Kisor
Racine
Frank Knotts
Salem Center
C. O. Fisher
Feb 1 Deadline for Meigs County trailer taxes
Meigs County trailer owners must pay the full year’s tax by February 1, according to County Auditor Gordon Caldwell. Bring bill of sale purchase order or sales contract showing full trailer purchase price to the auditor’s office to pay the tax in one payment. the law change ends biannual half payments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gordon Caldwell
Divorce Granted and Dismissal in Meigs County Court
Donald G. Stephenson of Middleport is granted a divorce from Lois Marie Stephenson of Racine for gross neglect of duty. In the same court Irene Hall’s divorce action against Truman Hall is dismissed.
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Pomeroy
Donald G. Stephenson
Middleport
Lois Marie Stephenson
Racine
Meigs County
District Meet Set For CES At Marietta
Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star held a meeting at the temple and set a District 25 school of instruction for Jan. 25 in Marietta. The Post Officers Club dinner is Jan. 9 at Martin Restaurant with Chlorus Grimm as publicity chairman. Mary Lou Johnson and Ben Philson served refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Temple
Post Officers Club
Martin
Chlorus Grimm
Mary Lou Johnson
Ben Philson
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Meigs General Hospital
Goeglein
Ready - MIX CO
Senate
George Smathers
Florida
U.S. Senate
Grace
Congress
Maurine B. Neuberger
D-Ore
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Chester
Erma Cleland
Dot
Charles Beard
Gallipolis
Kenneth Black
A. F. Barnes
Point Pleasant
James Pennington
Charleston
Lawrence Mayes
Frank Clendenin
Ravenswood
W. B. Beard
Olen Litchfield
Robert Shamblem and Son
Lancaster
Russell Jenkins
Robert Burnett
Raymond C. Hartley
David Nease
Mary Alice Nease
Cecil Maynard
Oscar Maynard
Bessie M. Pickens
Warren P. Pickens
Lillian E. Pickens
Fay M. Sauer
Harold E. Sauer
Gladys C. Meredith
William K. Meredith
L. Maxine Whitehead
Ernest E. Whitehead
Grace E. Weber
Denver W. Weber
Olive Township
Lester L. Roush
Helen J. Roush
Carl Offutt
Mary Offutt
Gerald
Hazel Grate
Sybil Ebersbach
Salem
John W. Arbaugh
Ethel Arbaugh
Henry Hensley
Beverly Hensley
Olive Two
Lester Hawk
Virginia Hawk
Roger Lee Hawk
Orange
Jesse Lee Newsome
Thursa Ann Newsome
C. C. Duckler
Clytie G. Terrel
Roland C. Terrel
Betty J. Cowan
Helen Bradford
W. Wallace Bradford
Muriel W. Bradford
Elizabeth Lohse
Harold Lohse
Otis L. Bradford
Jean Bradford
Alan P. Bradford
Ruth Bradford
State of Ohio
Salisbury
Plans & Ideas
Carolina Lumber
B&o
Highland Ave
Cyclon
New Holland
Fulton-Thompson Tractor Sales & Service
Spring Ave
Pomeroy, Ohio
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Mary Radford and
Dorothy Staates
CES
Elberfelds, Pomeroy
Rciee
Elberfelds
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