Two From Middleport Charged With Burglary
Two Middleport youths, John Franklin Rice and Blaine Bing, both 19, are to appear before Judge Emmet W. Peoples in Meigs County Court on charges of breaking and entering Chase Hardware Store. Sheriff Robert Hartenbach filed the charges after the Sunday morning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County
Chase Hardware
John Franklin Rice
Blaine Bing
Robert Hartenbach
Middleport Literary Club Names Officers For 1960
Middleport officers were elected and four new members welcomed at the club meeting held at Mrs. Ben Philson’s home. President Emerson Jones, Vice President Bess Sandmorn, Secretary J. E. Harley, and Treasurer Roger Morgan were announced with new members Mrs. Charles Asa Bradbury Mrs. George Dallas Mrs. Bruce Lloyd and Mrs. C P Klein joining the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Ben Philson
Emerson Jones
Bess Sandmorn
J. E. Harley
Roger Morgan
Charles Asa Bradbury
George Dallas
Bruce Lloyd
C. P. Klein
Charles Hennessy
Wiliam Bradford
America the Beautiful
United Nations
United Nations’ Origin
H. E. Cook
Philson
Gomer Lewis
Emergency squad assists resident as doctor is summoned
Middleport reports an emergency call to Mrs. William Smith in Rutland with no treatment given. A physician was summoned to the residence for the long illness. Pomeroy sees a divorce suit filed by minor Maxine Schoonover through her guardian How ard Noble against Lindy Joe Schoonover in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The Watch Your Weight Club plans a 1 p.m. Friday meeting at the county extension service office on Mulberry Heights Pomeroy, postponed from New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Bing
Middleport
London
Athens County
Frank Spencer
William Landers
Pomeroy
E. Main St
Spencer
William Smith
Rutland
Maxine Schoonover
Howard Noble
Lindy Joe Schoonover
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
County Extension Service
Mulberry Heights
Courthouse redecorating votes and county plans outlined
County officials plan a democratic color vote for courthouse offices and assign a night custodian shift to improve cleanliness. A $22,000 boost to the emergency fund funds real estate reappraisal this year. Meigs County Agricultural Society invites the Big Bend Minstrel Association to the county fair as fairboard eyes a larger junior building and new show formats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Big Bend
Drew Webster Post 39
American Lesson
Racine Volunteer Fire Department
Minstrel Association
Fair Board
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Racine OBS Plans School of Instruction
Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star announced a school of instruction to be held in Middleton on February 5. New officers Jane Hill and Alfred Toney presided at the temple meeting. The chapter planned a father son banquet for March and voted a contribution to the March of Dimes. Bernice Carpenter was honored as past matron of 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Jane Hill
Alfred Toney
Temple
West Virginia
Ravenswood
W. Va
Bernice Carpenter
Emma Salser
Phyllis Martin
Betty Salser
Meigs County Year in Review December 1959 Highlights
Meigs County events span December 1959 from the New York Central derailment near Carpenter to school inspections in Rutland and Meigs County audits. Notable items include property reappraisal by County Auditor Gordon Caldwell, safety program leadership by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach, Pomeroy football awards, sewage disposal talks in Columbus, and a push for a May hospital bond issue with resident blood drives and a fatal carbon monoxide incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Carpenter
Rutland
Gordon Caldwell
Robert Hartenbach
Alex Cilo
Pomeroy
Leslie F. Fultz
Columbus
Henry Bentz, Jr
Meigs County
Democratic Executive Committee
Scipio
State Department of Education
Meigs County Jaycees
Royal Safety Club
Norma Barrett
Joyce
John M. Parsons
George M. Dallas
Middleport
Parsons
Racine
Laura Brown
Huntington
W. Va
William E. Folmer
Forest Run
Jackie Wigal
Meigs County Junior Fair Board
Herman Kauff
Meigs
Red Cross
Welcom
Middleport Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. William Houck and daughter Beth visit her Marion parents Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mitch. Beth stays with grandparents as Mrs. Houck departs for Chicago to join her husband at a furniture mart. Ira Butcher Jr returns to Youngstown after a week with his wife daughter and parents. Keith Nelson and daughter travel from Huntsville, Ala to visit relatives including Mayor and Mrs. Kenneth McElhinney and Russell Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houck
Beth
Marion
Perry Mitch
Huck
Chicago
Til
Airman
Ira Butcher, Jr
Youngstown
Ira Butcher
Keith Nelson
Huntsville
Ala
Russell Bailey
Kenneth McElhinney
Wehmayer Fined for Driving Without a License
Herman B Wehmayer was fined 25 dollars plus costs in Mayor Legar Court for driving without a license with 15 dollars suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Herman B. Wehmayer
Charles Legar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Elberfelds
Becky
Middleport Dept. Store
Gudrun Jaeger
Cleveland
Germany
Henry Balcerzak
Literary Club
Ebershach Holweing
Ohio
Maple
McMaster
Rolland Neutzling
Neutzling
McElhinney
General Assembly
George A. Meinhart
George
Racine Obs
Otitis
Watchmaster
Goessler Jewelry Store
Court Street
Philco
Bennyx
Abbott
ILAA
W. L. Douglas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!