Ohio Real Estate Chief to Speak on Meigs Reappraisal
POMEROY Ford Becker head of the Ohio Tax Department real estate division will address a public meeting at 7 30 p m Friday Jan 29 in the county courtroom on the Meigs County real estate reappraisal set to begin in spring. County Auditor Gordon Caldwell says bids are due Jan 10 from five firms and the work must be approved by the board of tax appeals. The Meigs bond issue of 235 000 to fund the new hospital carries a millage of 0 53, with a 20 year term and May election steps underway. A Meigs County Hospital Commission backs placing the bond before voters and the county election board will certify steps to the auditor and elections board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ford Becker
Ohio Tax Department
Meigs
Gordon Caldwell
Columbus
Becker
Praisal
Caldwell
Board of Tax Appeals
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County Hospital Commission
Cleveland
County Board of Elections
Albert Gloeckner
County Election Board
Election Board
Teen Canteen Sponsors Middleport Record Hop
The Teen Canteen of the Meigs Gallia Mason tri county area sponsors a Middleport record hop at the K of P Hall starting 7:30 p.m. MGM Teen Tones members are Jim Hamer Bob Van Cooney Ronnie Evans and Gary Ault all of Middleport. The event features rock and roll sets and a Champ of Champions for 1960s fast and slow dancing with a decorated cake prize. Additional contests include Name That Tune People Are Funny Miss Lollipop and Best Dressed Teenager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
P. Hall
Meigs-Gallia- Mason
MGM Teen Tones
Jim Hamer
Bob van Cooney
Ronnie Evans
Gary Ault
Teen Tones
Club 13
Ohio Valley Baking Company
Leo V. Savage
Tri-County
Presbyterians Plan Prayer Week Service in Middleport
The Rev. Howard Ruppelt of Middleport First United Presbyterian Church led a sermon on The Plan of Prayer during the annual week of prayer observance by the Middleport Ministerial Association. Choirs, scripture, and prayers accompanied the service with several local pastors and lay volunteers assisting. The final service will feature Rev. Nyle Borden and the Gallipolis State Institute choir on the topic The Psychology of Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
Warren Hulburt
First Baptist Church
Fred J. Gardner
Middleport Church of Christ
Karl Owen
Russell Lyons
J. H. Grate
Clarence Lacey
Baptist
Gerald Anthony
Nyle Borden
Gallipolis State Institute
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Borden
Kin Club Votes Ten Dollar Polio Fund Gift at Meeting
Kin Club voted a ten dollar donation to the March of Dimes during a gathering at Mrs. Theo Lehew’s home. Mrs. Lehew led planning for several fund raising projects while prizes went to Mrs. Annice Ohlinger and Mrs. Robert Lehew. Hostess gifts and plastic spoon holder favors were presented.
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Pomeroy
Kin Club
Theo Lehew
Lehew
Annice Ohlinger
Robert Lehew
Heath WSCS Will Meet Monday at Heath Church
Heath WSCS of the Heath Methodist Church will meet at 7 30 Monday evening at the church. The program will be presented by Mrs Earl Knight with Mrs Clarence Casey in charge. Hostesses include Mrs John Ketchka Mrs James Criswell Miss Frieda Faehnle and Mrs D S Harold.
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Earl Knight
Clarence Casey
John Ketchka
James Criswell
Frieda Faehnle
D. S. Harold
Pomeroy Clerk Reports 1959 Tax Totals
Evelyn Locke Meigs County clerk of courts reports 1959 revenues totaling 11250.86 turned into county treasury. Six months 1959 motor vehicle dealer sales tax 48209.78. Year 1959 casual tax 5329.11 and use tax 10199.07 on out of state auto purchases.
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Pomeroy
Evelyn Locke
Meigs County
Ohio
Meeting Notice of Middleport Missionary Society
The B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society of the Middleport First Baptist Church will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the church meeting room to discuss upcoming plans and activities.
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Call Meeting
Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Youth Meeting Listed Monday at Rock Springs Church
A Pomeroy youth meeting of the Rock Springs Methodist Church youth fellowship will be held Monday evening at the Recreation Center. Carol Beards led the recent meeting with scripture by Edward Bartels and talks by Miss Beards Jan et Arnold Mary Jane Douglas Patty Arnold. The next gathering is set for Jan 25 with Ruth Ann Bewey as hostess.
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Pomeroy
Rocksprings
Miss Beards
Ruth Ann Bewey
Meigs General Hospital Births and Discharges
Admitted W P Smith Dunkirk and Lowell Collins Pomeroy. Birth to Mr and Mrs Thomas Anderson Hartford West Virginia a son. Discharged William Anderson Mrs Janice Shilot and son Mrs Linda Hill and baby Mrs Hazel Dudding and baby Leta Longstreth and Mrs Kathryn Thompson.
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W. P. Smith
Dunkirk Lowell Collins
Pomeroy
Thomas Anderson
Hartford
W. Va
William Anderson
Janice Shilot
Linda Hill
Hazel Dudding
Leta Longstreth
Kathryn Thompson
Middleport Recreation Board Meeting Called
A Middleport Recreation Board meeting is set for 7 p m at village hall in Lewis Ellis chair announces. A 1960 budget will be prepared for presentation to the village council on Monday evening. New board members include Charles Clarkson Bruce Lloyd Lionel Boggs and E M Blake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Recreation Board
Village Hall
Lewis Ellis
Village Council
Charles Clarkson
Bruce Lloyd
Lionel Boggs
E. M. Blake
Civil Suit Filed Over Auto Repair Costs
Motors Insurance Corp of Columbus and Robert Wilson of Pomeroy sue John H. Tubbs of Pomeroy in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for 308.18 to cover car repair expenses from an accident on Sept 12 1958. Plaintiffs claim Tubbs agreed to pay for repairs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Miss Majel Lee Weds Joe Milner in Columbus
POMEROY notes the marriage of Miss Majel Lee to Joe Milner of Columbus. The ceremony occurred Thursday, December 31, at Bexley Methodist Church. Both former Pomeroy residents. POMEROY Chamber to meet 8 p m Monday at Ohio Power Co offices Mulberry Ave.
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Pomeroy
Majel Lee
Joe Milner
Columbus
Bexley Methodist Church
Middleport Village Hall Regular Session Notice
Middleport council holds regular session at 7 30 p m Friday in village hall announced today for public attendance and discussion of local matters.
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Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Village Hall
Elberfeld Honored On 92nd Birthday In Pomeroy
Retired Pomeroy businessman Jacob B. Elberfeld was feted for his 92nd birthday. Gifts included a three tiered cake from Elberfeld Department Store employees and gifts from other Elberfeld stores. Attendees from nearby towns joined family at the family home in Pomeroy with extended relatives visiting.
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Pomeroy
Jacob B. Elberfeld
Elberfeld
Earl Elberfeld
Logan
Martin Elberfeld
Robert Lytle
Chillicothe
Margaret Jo Elberfeld
Westerville
E. W. Siddall
Marietta
William Anderson
Albert Elberfeld
Robert Elberfeld
Jim
Don
John Anderson
Billie Downie
Complete First Aid Course Finishes at Syracuse Grade School
Twenty seven persons completed an American Red Cross first aid course at Syracuse Grade School. Howard Dailey of Middleport received a clothing gift for his instruction. Names include Edith Sisson, Elma Louks, Margaret Eichinger, and others. three generations of Cotterill and Lisle families listed.
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Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department
Syracuse Firemen
Mayer Named Treasurer in St. Pauls Aid Meeting
Mrs William Mayer was named treasurer replacing Mrs L C Karr who resigned during the St Pauls Lutheran Church Ladies Aid meeting in the church social rooms. Mrs Virgil Hamm presided with group singing and scripture. Mrs John Richardson led the program and flower chairmen were Mrs Arthur Price with Mrs Henry Koehler as assistant. An all day sewing session for the New Guinea mission was planned.
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New Guinea
Bridge Club Meets At Home Of Mrs Seyler
Mrs Richard Seyler entertained her bridge club at her Pomeroy home on Wednesday evening with guest Mrs Charles Mullen. High score prize went to Mrs Lillian Spitznagel, second to Mrs Mullen. Hostess served refreshments to the named players and several additional members.
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Pomeroy
Richard Seyler
Bridge Club
Charles Mullen
Lillian Spitznagel
Mullen
Kermit Walton
Alex Cilo
Thomas Hennessy
Charles Persinger
Daniel Thompson
H. Bernard Krinke
Alfred Club Plans Jan 14 Meeting at Grange Hall
The Alfred Home Demonstration Club will meet January 14 at the Grange Hall from 10 30 a m to 3 p m Attendees should bring a sack lunch and supplies muffin tins plastic spoons and towels Mrs Geneva Nolan will speak on Color in the Home Meanwhile the Racine Emergency Squad answered its fourth call transporting Brenda Hawk 10 of Syracuse to Holzer Hospital for suspected appendicitis In Morristown New Jersey Hollis B Smith and Juliet Smith of Route 2 Wheaton New Jersey were apprehended on charges of writing bad checks and may be extradited if restitution is not paid today.
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Alfred
Alfred Home Demonstration Club
Grange Hall
Geneva Nolan
Pomeroy
Racine
Fouth
Brenda Hawk
Syracuse
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Miss Hawk
Hollis B. Smith
Juliett Smith
Wheaton
N. J
Morristown
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Set for Sunday in Middleport
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Lewis Manley Post 263 will meet Sunday at 3 p m at the home of Mrs. Oscar Hardaway.
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Middleport
Lewis Manley Post 263
Oscar Hardaway
Pomeroy Man Freed After Bond In DUI Arrest
Frank Wagner aged 41 of Evansville Indiana was released on a 250 dollar bond after Thursday morning arrest by the Pomeroy Police Department on driving while intoxicated charges.
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Pomeroy
Frank Wagner
Evansville
Ind
Miss White Engaged to Meigs County Soldier
Miss Maureen Jeannette White daughter of Lt Col and Mrs Francis H White of Hudson Massachusetts is engaged to Spec 4 George E Ruth son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Ruth of Reedsville The couple met at Emmanuel College Boston and the groom played pro baseball with the Cincinnati Redlegs before entering the Army He is a Fort Devens Massachusetts stationed soldier with a June wedding planned
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Reedsville
Francis H. White
Manning St
Hudson, Mass
Maureen Jeannette White
George E. Ruth
Ernest Ruth
Miss White
St. Michael's Academy
Emmanuel College
Boston
Tri Beta
Ruth
University of Cincinnati
Phi Epsilon Kappe Fraternity
Cincinnati Redlegs
Army
Fort Devens
Mass
Evangeline OES Plans School of Instruction
Evangeline Chapter 172 OES met at the Middleport temple to plan a district school of instruction on Feb. 5. Committees were named by Virginia Neutzling with chairs Mae Ketchka and Beulah Jones among others. initiation set for Jan. 28. guests Edith Olmstead and George Bacon attended. dinner planned at the American Legion hall.
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Middleport
Middleport Temple
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Temple
Virginia Neutzling
Mae Ketchka
Ciara Criswell
Lillian Dempsky
Mabel Sanborn
Pauline Gallagher
Beulah Jones
Rowena Vaughan
Grace French
Roma Hawkins
Evelyn Lewis
Maxine Allensworth
Lida Harris
Mabel Bennett
Katie Anthony
Helen Reynolds
Mary Hindy
Jessie Houdashelt
Edith Russell
Mae Baker
Edna Maxine Coats
Roma Harred
Kathryn Knight
Beulah
Hazel Wilson
Dorothy Morris
Millie Humphrey
Mattie Bush
Roma Harrah
Edith Bowman
Frank Cheesebrew
Nora Rice
Edith Olmstead
Newtown
George Bacon
Peebles
School of Instruction
American Legion Hall
Heath Methodist Church to Start Membership Training
A training class for potential Heath Methodist Church members begins at 3 30 Wednesday afternoon at the church. Pastor Rev Raymon Konkright announces the program inviting young people and adults to contact him. The group will be received on Palm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Raymon Konkright
Mr. Konkright
Middleport Business and Professional meeting agenda
The Middleport Business and Professional group will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Masonic Temple social room. The health and safety committee led by Mrs C F Hibbs will present the program.
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Middleport
Masonic Temple
Health and Safety Committee
C. F. Hibbs
Columbus Visitors and Augusta Trip Noted
Mr and Mrs Clarence McNeal returned from Augusta Ohio where they visited her father the Rev L E Barnett and family. Mrs Forrest Bachtel Mrs F M Wood and Mrs Shirley Mills were Columbus visitors Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence McNeal
Augusta
L. E Barnett
Forrest Bachtel
F. M. Wood
Shirley Mills
Columbus
County official clarifies infirmary matron pay rise
Commissioner Don Mullen stated that Mildred Jacobs, county infirmary matron, did not receive a $300 monthly raise. The approved increase amounts to $300 per year rather than per month, correcting earlier reports from the county commission meeting.
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Pomeroy
Mildred Jacobs
Don Mullen
Pomeroy Man Fined for Reckless Operation in Court
Samuel Rus sell of Pomeroy was fined 19 dollars and costs on a reckless operation charge Thursday morning in the May or Kenneth McAbhinney court.
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Middleport
Samuel Russell
Pomeroy
Kenneth McAbhinney
Pomeroy Man Enrolls in Aero Engineering Program
John Kunzelman, son of Mrs. Mary Kunzelman, has enrolled in an aeronautical engineering course at Embry Riddle Aeronautical Institute in Miami Florida. He is a Pomeroy High School graduate who has worked at the Pomeroy Kroger store since graduation last spring.
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Pomeroy
John Kunzelman
Mary Kunzelman
Embry Riddle Areonautical Institute of Technology
Miami
Fla
Kunzelman
Pomeroy High School
Pomery Kroger
Farm Commodity Tax Rate Lowered For Meigs County
Meigs County auditors and three farmers Gordon Caldwell Andrew Cross George Holter and Thomas Sayre met with Andrew Hubler of the Ohio Department of Taxation to secure reductions in personal taxes on livestock and farm commodities. A public meeting at Rock Springs grange hall had previously prompted complaints. The state schedule was deemed too high for Meigs County and a small adjustment was approved.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Gordon Caldwell
Meigs County
Caldwell
Andrew Cross
Racine
George Holter
Minersville
Thomas Sayre
Portland
Andrew Hubler
Ohio Department of Taxation
Meigs
Rock Springs Grange Hall
Two Teens Bound Over For Entry In Meigs County
Blaine Bing and John Franklin Rice both 19 of Middleport were bound over to the grand jury under $1500 bond each by Meigs County Judge Emmet W. Peoples on charges of breaking and entering at Chase Hardware Store. They pled innocent as police say they broke in last weekend and stole money and a shotgun. In the same court, William Bumgardner and Claude Reitmire of Pomeroy were fined 100 dollars and costs on theft charges and given 30 day jail terms. Sheriff Hartenbach said Rice and Bing would take lie detector tests in London today.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Blaine Bing
John Franklin Rice
Middleport
Chase Hardware
William Bumgardner
Claude Reitmire
Robert Hartenbach
Rice
Bing
London
Chain Saw Class At Racine High School
The care and maintenance of chain saws will be explained and demonstrated at Racine High School Monday evening as the ninth in a series for Meigs County farmers. Factory trained personnel will teach mechanics to maximize life and economy of saws. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. Bernard Fultz, Pomeroy attorney, will resume Jan. 18 with the topic Law on the Farm.
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Pomeroy
Racine High School
Meigs County
Howard Nolan
Racine
Nolan
Bernard Fultz
Fultz
Class to Meet Middleport at Darst Home
The Hearthstone Class of Middleport First Baptist Church will meet at 7:30 Tuesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs David Darst.
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Middleport
Hearthstone
Middleport First
Heath Methodist Church to Hold Meeting Sunday Evening
Middleport Heath Methodist Church board will meet at 7 30 Sunday evening Konkright pastor announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Raymon Konkright
Area Churches Plan Youth Rally at Racine
Pomeroy area churches of the Rio Grande Baptist Association plan a youth rally at 7 p m Saturday at Racine Baptist Church. Participants include Racine Pomeroy Middleport and Cheshire churches with Rev Hoover of Cheshire as speaker. Middleport youth will lead devotionals and Pomeroy youth provide music with refreshments served by the host group.
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Pomeroy
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Racine
Middleport
Cheshire
Mr. Hoover
Deacons Meeting Set at Middleport First Baptist Church
The deacons of Middleport First Baptist Church will meet at 11 30 a m Sunday morning at the church. Rev Warren M Hulburt is the pastor and will lead the session.
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Middleport
Middleport First
Middleport Lodge to convene special meeting tonight
A special meeting of Middleport Lodge 363 F and A M will be held at 7 30 this evening at the temple. Worshipful Master Paul Darnell announced the gathering.
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Middleport
Middleport Lodge
A. M
Paul Darnell
Women’s Society of Christian Service meets at Asbury Church
The WSCS of Asbury Methodist Church held a meeting at the home of Mrs. John Sauvage Jr. and Mrs. Bert Weese. Seventy seven shut in calls were noted, devotionals on The Role of the Christian African Woman, and readings from mission letters were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Asbury Methodist Church
John Sauvage
Bert Weese
Frieda Fields
C. B. Weese
Marcia Karr
Africa
Orient
Sauvage
William Houdashelt
Foster Rest Home
Karr
Seniors Plan Class Play at SciPIO High School
SciPIO High School seniors and juniors stage A Pair of Country Kids on January 15 at 8 pm. Reserved seats 50 cents, bleacher seats 40 cents. Cast includes Joyce Wiseman Mrs Sarah Starr Norma Hannon April Starr Cleuth Warner Sis Sooner Sue Cameron Lucinda Appleby Dorothy Arnold Susan Grimes Jimmy Dilcher Hi Hawkins Gary Gibson Ambrose Snegins Morton Butcher Philip West Earl Reeves Arthur Roberts Harold Graham Albert Roomer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Scipio High School
Joy Wiseman
Sarah Starr
Norma Hannon
April Starr
Cleuth Warner
Sis’ Sooner
Sue Cameron
Lucinda Appleby
Dorothy Arnold
Susan Grimes
Jimmy Dilcher
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Ohio Real Estate Division
Lic
J. Sherman Porter
George Meinhart
Teen Canteen
L. D. Diles
Harold E. Hubbard
Kalah Hindy
Warren M. Hulburt
Frances Beards
Thomas Darst
Beulah White
Jerry Pullen
Nora Mills
Dorothy Jenkins
Lillian McGhee
John Fultz
Pearl Hoffman
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Lou Costello
George Montgomery
B. H. Sanborn
Heath Wscs
Miss Lee
Maureen White
Evangeline Oes
Euvetta Bechtel
James Clatworthy
OES
Mt. Vernon
Florida
Grand Jury
Farmer's Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
WSCS
Peter Cushing
Andre Morrell
Fred MacMurray
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Rutland
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