Second Blaze Strikes Middleport Firefighters Respond
Six on duty at Middleport Volunteer Fire Company answered a fire at Carl Mattox home Cook's Gap near Rutland. an hour later another call foiled Prather building 294 Ash St. Defective wiring blamed for both blazes. Mattox home badly damaged water scarce from creek. Pomeroy Fire Co. responded. No injuries reported.
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Middleport
Carl Mattox
Cook’s Gap
Rutland
Prather
Ash St
Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Co
Mattox
B. F. Parmalee
Brad Hudson
Prayer Week Ends Tonight at Heath Methodist Church
The Universal Week of Prayer concludes tonight at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport with Rev. Robert Hegnauer of Federated Church Pomeroy as guest speaker. Earlier sermons featured H G McMillen D D First Presbyterian and Marvin C Brown Church of Christ with a 16 voice First Baptist choir under Rev Charles Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Robert Hegnauer
Federated Church
Pomeroy
H. G. McMillen
D.D
First Presbyterian Church
Ben Philson
Marvin C. Brown
Church of Christ
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Commissioner Is Installed In Meigs County
POMEROY H W Craig of Middleport was sworn in as commissioner-elect by the Meigs County Board. Victor E Eiselstein was elected chairman. A special meeting will consider approving the annual county budget and potential personnel cuts at the courthouse along with salary increases for some officials.
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Pomeroy
H. W. Craig
Middleport
Meigs
Victor E. Eiselstein
Board of Commissioners
Meigs County
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights
Pomeroy insurance man Carl Shields returns to work after a two week sinus infection. Harold Lohse, a druggist, back in his store after illness. Rob Webster and wife Basil Ohio visit Pomeroy for his mother Mrs Morton Webster's funeral, staying with Roy Strickland family. Charles Legar Fisher Sr. resumes studies at University of Barry after holidays with his parents.
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Carl Shields
Pomeroy
Harold Lohse
Rob Webster
Basil
Ohio
Morton Webster
Child Recovering at Holzer Hospital in Pomeroy
Donna Lynn Rea daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Rea Pomeroy stricken with meningitis is reported recovering. She was brought to her grandmother Mrs Ruby Erby on Laurel Street. Frank B B Will manager of the New York Clothing House visited Columbus for the Merchandise Caravan and returned to Pomeroy Tuesday evening.
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Pomeroy
Donna Lynn Rea
Donald Rea
Holzer Hospital
Ruby Erby
Laurel Street
Frank BB. Will
New York
Columbus
Ohio Retail Clothiers
Perry County Marriage Licenses and Local Real Estate Transfers
Perry County records list marriage licenses for Willard E. Cotterman and Beulah M. Hlyton with ceremony by Rev Beaver and Max Willard Tolliver and Salle Jane Drake with Rev Ervin officiating. Real estate transfers include S. W. and M. V. Shahan to Frank and Esther Garbine in Corning and multiple transfers in Crooksville Madison Township Roseville and Corning.
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Willard E. Cotterman
Somerset
Beulah M. Hlyton
Beaver
Max Willard Tolliver
Crooksville
Salle Jane Drake
Laverene Ervin
S. W
M. V. Shahan
Frank
Esther Garbine
Corning
W. Oscar
Dorothy C. Melic
Arthur R
Elizabeth Travis
Madison Township
Fred H. Archer
Gordon Hall
Harry A
Dollie B. Dutré
Thomas R
Bonna L. Sagle
Roseville
Howard Antle
Democrats to Meet Monday in Pomeroy
POMEROY The Women s Democratic Club will meet Monday night January 13 at 7 30 p m at Redman s Hall Pomeroy After the business meeting an oyster supper will be served Members are asked to bring table service Mrs Charles Mullen stated
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Pomeroy
Women's Democratic Club
Redman’s Hall
Charles Mullen
Middleport Literary Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Mrs William Brandford was elected president of the Middleport Literary Club at its annual business meeting held Wednesday at the home of Mrs D B Hartinger on S Third Ave Other officers were Mrs Robert Coats vice president Mrs Arthur Strauss secretary and Mrs Leo Beeson treasurer The critic report covering six meetings themed Probl ems of Peace was given by Mrs Eleanor Schaaf Mrs Bradford will serve as critic for the rest of the year The second part of the program opened with a discussion by Mrs Noah Haskins on Meaning and Breadth of American Folklore and Traditions Responses to roll call included New Year s Resolutions
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Middleport
William Brandford
D. B. Hartinger
S. Third Ave
Robert Coats
Arthur Strauss
Leo Beeson
Eleanor Schaaf
Bradford
Noah Haskins
White Rose Lodge installs officers at Woodman Hall
The auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met Wednesday at Woodman Hall and installed Mrs. D. E. Miller as chaplain Mrs. Ben Turner as conductress and Mrs. A. R. Pullen as inner guard Other officers were installed in December Hostesses were Mrs Pullen Mrs Otho Watts and Mrs C P Gallagher who led members to the Mary Jane Coffee Shop for refreshments
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White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Woodman Hall
D. E. Miller
Ben Turner
A. R. Pullen
Pullen
Otho Watts
C. P. Gallagher
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Recent Guests Visit Longstaff Home and Relatives
A long list of visitors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Longstaff including their daughter Mrs. Luther L. Boger of Columbus and granddaughter Miss Daun Jo an Hamilton of Augusta Georgia. Other guests traveled from Charleston West Virginia Columbus Ohio Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Marblehead area as relatives and friends called in for visits.
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Thomas Longstaff
Luther L. Boger
Columbus
Daun Joan Hamilton
Augusta
James T. Shields
Philadelphia
Charles Capehart
Charleston
W. Va
Rotary Club To Hear Dyer In Middleport
Harry Dyer of the New Haven Bank will speak at the Rotary Club meeting at the Methodist Church Middleport Friday evening. The club seeks reports on 1947 business prospects from community areas including Middleport and other river towns. Mayor Horton Brown outlined expected business and industrial activity from local concerns. Dyer is well known in banking circles and serves on the Mason County Selective Service Board.
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Middleport
Harry Dyer
New Haven Bank
Rotary Club
Methodist Church
Horton Brown F
Dyer
Mason County Selective Service Board
Pomeroy Churches Hold Sunday Services and Activities
Listings show First Baptist Pomeroy led by Pastor Paul W Nye with multiple services and Youth Fellowship. Salvation Army cancelled services this week due to Week of Prayer. United Methodist, Grace Episcopal, Christian Science Society and Federated Pomeroy also schedule Sunday schools and worship. Trinity Lutheran closes with catechism and Bible class.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist
Paul W. Nye
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Dorothy June Cook
Missionary Society
United Methodist
Albert Bitters
Rutland
Trinity Lutheran
Lorenz Blankenbuehler
Birth Announced in Wadsworth Ohio for James Frederick
Mr and Mrs Junior Silchuck announce the birth of a son on January 3 in Wadsworth Ohio. The baby is named James Frederick. Mrs Silchuck formerly worked at Stansbury Drug Store.
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Middleport
Junior Silchuck
Margaret Fink
Wadsworth
Ohio
James Frederick
Silchuck
Stansbury Drug Store
Two Choices On Farmers Income Tax In Meigs County
Meigs County farmers face a tax decision with two options. They may file an estimated return by January 15 and later file a final return by March 15, or file a final return by January 15 to avoid two filings. Tax deductions include depreciation, labor, fertilizer, livestock, and other farm expenses.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Driver Fined Sent to Jail After Drunken Driving Arrest
Clarence Mundy of Long Bottom was arrested January 6 on a drunken driving charge by the State Highway Patrol. He pleaded guilty before Justice L B Higgins, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to 90 days in Meigs Jail. Mundy reportedly forced several cars off the road and caused one driver to crash into a bridge. George Kauff of Pomeroy was jailed January 8 on a writ of execution for unpaid fines from an assault and battery conviction. Vinton Smith of Hartford, West Virginia, was fined 10 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days for driving without a license after being arrested by Pomeroy police and arraigned before Mayor George Howell.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Mundy
Long Bottom
State Highway Patrol
L. B. Higgins
Meigs
Mundy
George Kauff
Percy L. Peoples
Kauff
Vinton Smith
Hartford
W. Va
Pomeroy City
George Howell
Thomas D. Ervin Named Prosecutor in Nazi War Crimes Case
Thomas D. Ervin son of Judge and Mrs. Edgar Ervin of Main St will be chief prosecutor for Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall's division of the trial court in Nuernberg to try Nazi war criminals. Marshall, a famed Ohio Supreme Court figure, was appointed chief justice of one of six three judge courts.
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Middleport
Thomas D. Ervin
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Carrington T. Marshall
Nuernberg
Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Tax receipt shows 1846 tax paid by Roush family
Mrs J D Roush of Letart Falls paid taxes on Wednesday and found a matching 1846 tax receipt for the same property. The 1846 tax bill was 7.96 dollars, paid by her father in law to treasurer A Donnaley.
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Pomeroy
J. D. Roush
Letart Falls
A. Donnaley
Turner Named to Inauguration Committee and House Panels
Rep. Benjamin F. Turner of Meigs was named by Speaker O'Neill to the Special Joint Inauguration Committee for Governor-elect Herbert's oath on January 13. Turner serves on three House panels Highway Military Affairs and Labor and is active in veterans and railroad labor groups. He notes the Education Committee is led by Dan Yoder in the House with Cramer and Daniels in the Senate studying Ohio Education Association recommendations. Daniels and Cramer coauthored last year's emergency school appropriation bill.
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Roscoe R. Walcutt
Turner
Rep. Turner
House
Dan S. Yoder
Wooster
Ohio
Senate Education Committee
Virgil E. Cramer
Toledo
Lucas County
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Ohio Education Association
Daniels
Cramer
Daniels-Cramer
Diehl Taken to Parkersburg Hospital for Emergency Appendectomy
Louis Diehl of Laurel Cliff was transported by Ewing Ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia Wednesday morning for an emergency appendectomy.
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Pomeroy
Louis Diehl
Laurel Cliff
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ewing
Diehl
Mrs Edgar Cunningham Taken To Holzer Hospital
Mrs Edgar Cunningham of Forrest Run was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis on Monday afternoon by an Ewing ambulance for observation and treatment.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Cunningham
Forrest Run
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ewing
Middleport Churches Announce Sunday Services After Union Week
Middleport congregations resume regular worship as several churches publish Sunday schedules led by First Baptist First Presbyterian Church of Christ Heath Methodist and Church of the Nazarene with exercises, sermons and youth programs including Bible study and board meetings.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
First Baptist
Charles M. Pomeroy
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian
H. G. McMillen
D.D
McMillen
Church OF Christ
Marvin O. Brown
Board of Education
Church OF the Nazarene
E. E. Cox
Nazarene
Syracuse
Canter announce birth of daughter Pamela Sue
Mr. and Mrs Dana V Canter of Dayton Ohio announce the birth of a daughter Pamela Sue on January 3 at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harvey Pierce of Pleasant Ridge Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Oral Canter of Cheshire Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Dana V. Canter
Dayton
Ohio
Pamela Sue
Holzer Hospital
Canter
Ruth Pierce
Harvey Pierce
Pleasant Ridge
Oral Canter
Cheshire
Causes of Epilepsy Discussed by Noted Doctors
A booklet presenting opinions of famous physicians on epilepsy is offered free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 537 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept A-1008. The pamphlet promises insights into the condition and its origins.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept. A
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