Village Officials Plan Street Repairs By Spring
Mayor Delmar A. Canaday led a Monday night meeting with council president Ted Downie council street committee chair Hollie Green street commissioner Hank Young and Inter State Gravel Co representative Mike Simmons. They discussed Wyllis Hill and Breezy Heights repairs the gravel mix and an engineer visit for surveys. The village plans to borrow a county maintainer to widen and grade the Wyliis Hill roadway as residents complain. Young received praise for tireless surveys and the street commissioner's one dollar yearly pay was noted.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Ted Downie
Council
Hollie Green
Hank Young
Mike Simmons
Inter- State Gravel Co
Wyllis Hill
Breezy Heights
Simmons
Izaak Walton League Meigs Chapter to Install 1952 Officers
The Meigs Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America meets Thursday at the Walton League farm clubhouse near Chester. A 7 p.m. fish fry precedes a business session and installation of 1952 officers Arthur Skinner president Emil G. Ball first vice president Paul D Nease second vice president Alvin M Smith secretary treasurer. Directors Rue Tuckerman William E Watson Mit White Lawrence A Bing also to be installed. Motion pictures by A M Smith entertain. Wallace Bradford retiring president ends his second year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin M. Smith
Rue Tuckerman
William E. Watson
Mit White
Lawrence A. Bing
A. M. Smith
Wallace Bradford
Minor Car Fire at Grueser Body Works Causes Little Damage
Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department responded after a gas tank welding explosion at Grueser Body Works on West Main Street. Employees extinguished the blaze before arrival. Fire Chief Henry Werry called damages very minor. Also, Mrs Gottloib Kapteina received oxygen after a heart attack at Condor Street residence.
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Pomeroy
Grueser
West Main Street
Henry Werry
Condor Street
Gottloib Kapteina
Youth From 16 Counties To Attend Racine Meeting
Meigs County Farm Bureau hosts District Five Youth Council Conference at Racine High School. James Carnahan chairs the all day event with registration at 10 a.m. and a 1:15 p.m. program featuring farm youth topics, dancing, and a 10 p.m. closing party.
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Racine Meeting
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
District Five Farm Bureau
Racine High School
James Carnahan
Racine
District Five
Meigs
Darwin Bryan
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Morris Alston
Legislative Department
Homemakers of America
Lawrence County
F. Whitney Ingraham
Ingraham
Pearl Jacobs Elected President Of Meigs County Clerks Group
Pearl Jacobs was elected president of the Meigs County Township Clerks and Trustees Association at a Saturday night meeting at the Second Ward Firehouse. Edwin L. Strawser led the officer vote and spoke on roads, with Frank Johnston as vice president, Orville Watson secretary treasurer, and Arthur Orr on the executive committee. General chairman George Meinhart announced proceedings as speakers included John Bacon, J. E. D. Hartinger, and H. W. Craig.
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Pomeroy
Pearl Jacobs
Meigs County
George Meinhart
General Assembly
John Bacon
J. E. D. Hartinger
H. W. Craig
County Board of Commissioners
Local births and discharges listed for area residents
A list of names including Mrs. Ray Russell and Mrs. Bertha Conde from Pomeroy and Middleport plus others, noting a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wickline in Huntington. Discharges include W R Paugh, Mrs. Sarah Moore, Hattie Gandee and infant Baum gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Russell
Middleport
Robert Barton
Pomeroy
Bertha Conde
Jack Easter
Mason
W. Va
Walter Dorst
Cheshire
David Sayre
Racine
Florence Gilkey
Shade
Rich Folden
Shirley Stobart
Russell Wickline
Huntington
W. R. Paugh
Sarah Moore
Hattie Gandee
Baumgardner
Mrs Eva Quivey Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Eva Jones Quivey 82 will be held at Trevey funeral home at 2 p m Wednesday. The Rev J Leslie Kunze will officiate. Survivors include sister Izora Cramer of Columbus and brother Wayne Jones of Zaleski. Burial in Burlingham Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Eva Jones Quivey
General Hospital
Trevey Funeral Home
J. Leslie Kunze
United Methodist Arch
Izora Cramer
Columbus
Wayne Jones
Zaleski
Quivey
Eastern Star
United Methodist Church
Burlingham Cemetery
Meigs County Board of Education to Meet Saturday
The organization meeting of the Meigs County Board of Education will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in the office of O O Patterson county superintendent of schools.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs farmers Keeping Pace With Trend in Conservation
Ohio state conservationists report a record year for soil conservation with MeigsDistrict farmers accelerating practices. In 1951 Meigs cooperators added 506 acres contour cultivated 474 acres strip cropped 81 acres cover crops 86 acres drained 73 acres planted in trees.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Thomas Kennard
Meigs
Carl W. Bilikam
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Bilikam
Columbus
Kennard
Soil Conservation Service
Milwaukee
R. H. Musser
Musser
Billkam
Meigs County
Youth Fellowship Discusses Call at Pomeroy Church
POMEROY The Youth Fellowship of the United Methodist Church met Sunday evening with Jo Chapman leading worship. Rev Kunze spoke on The Call. Plans were made for the County Youth Fellowship midwinter institute at Portsmouth January 26 and 27. Jan 21 hosts Heath Methodist Church. Mary Ruth Stace led recreation.
Elberfelds Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Elberfeld of 153 Mulberry Ave. honor their 55th anniversary with a Sunday gathering. Relatives from Parkersburg Chillicothe and Darien Conn. attend including Robert Lytle Allan Stephen Martin and Emma Mees. Also notes postponement of American Lion Auxiliary meeting to Thursday and Sacred Heart Alumni gathering Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
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William
William Anderson
Jimmy
Emma O. Mees
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Slumber Party Honors Diana Eubanks
Janet Smith hosted a courtesy slumber party at her parents home honoring Diana Eubanks who will soon leave to spend the rest of the winter in Pennsylvania. Attending were Mary Teresa Meier Delores Kitchen and Donna Parfitt.
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Pomeroy
Janet Smith
Diana Eubanks
Pennsylvania
Mary Teresa Meier
Delores Kitchen
Donna Parfitt
Diana
Local Social Notes From Parkerboro and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs Fred Blaetmar return home with son John William and daughter Nancy after a Detroit trip. Miss Janet Hill, nurse student at Holzer Hospital, visits her parents E J Hill. Miss Jane Custer and Miss Helen Houdashelt visit Parkerboro. Herbert Reibel recovers from pneumonia and is out again. Mrs A W Vale returns from Morrow Ohio after visiting Alton and Robert Vale. Mrs John Chase arrives for two week visit with Misses Caddie and Nell Bing and recovers at daughter’s Huntington home after fall surgery.
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Fred Blaetmar
John William
Nancy
Detroit
Janet Hill
Holzer Hospital
E. J. Hill
Jane Custer
Helen Houdashelt
Robert Vale
John Chase
Caddie
Nell Bing
Chase
Harold Russell
Huntington
Blood Donor List Lagging in Meigs County Visit
Less than eight people have registered to donate when the bloodmobile visits Meigs County on February 14. Mrs. George Parker of the local American Red Cross office urged more registrants citing a Chester serviceman who overseas noted Meigs Countians would gladly give blood if they knew the need. Contact the Red Cross at 53. the unit will be set up at Middleport Presbyterian Church.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
George Parker
American Red Cross
Parker
Chester
Meigs
Red Cross
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Military Rites Planned for William Morgan
William Morgan died early Monday. Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion to conduct the funeral rites with Roy Reuter as post commander. Legion members will meet at the Legion home at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
William Morgan
Drew Webster
American Legion
Roy Reuter
Mr. Morgan
Legion Post
Legion
Wilson bound over on checks in insufficient funds case
POMEROY Raymond Wilson 32 of Pomeroy was bound over to the grand jury on checks written with insufficient funds in a hearing before Justice of the Peace Percy L. Peoples. Wilson was released on a $500 bond. Sam Hale 45 of Rutland was fined $10 and costs for intoxication in a hearing before Mayor D. A. Canaday. penalty suspended with warning of 30 day jail and $50 fine for a second offense. A six month work house sentence is planned for Hale after a third offense. Howard V. Hamilton 34 of Huntington, W. Va., was fined $100 and costs for driving under the influence in Mayor Canaday's court.
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Pomeroy
Raymond Wilson
Grand
Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Wilson
D. A. Canaday
Sam Hale
Rutland
Hale
Canaday
Howard V. Hamilton
Huntington
W. Va
Fire and Police Depts. Praised for Quick Stand at Tipple
Mayor D A Canaday announced a banquet for the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Depart ment and Pomeroy Police Department after R T West commended their swift response to a blaze at the Prin cess Pat Coal Co tipple. West credited them with saving the structure valued around 40 000 and added a 50 contribution.
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Pomeroy
West
Ohio trustees to attend 24th Winter Convention in Columbus
Pomeroy Township trustees and county clerks from across Ohio will gather in Columbus January 17 to 19 for the 24th Annual Winter Convention of the Ohio State Association. About 1500 officials are expected, per State Secretary Charles P. Baker Jr. Pearl Jacobs of Meigs County will lead locals on the Resolutions Committee, with Arthur Orr serving on the State Association Executive Committee from this county.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Ohio State Association
Charles P. Baker, Jr
Painesville
Pearl Jacobs
Meigs County Association
Arthur Orr
State Association
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Home and Community Department
C. E. Blakeslee
Bryan
Ivan Cooper
Meigs County Group
Meigs General Hospital
Admr
Mrs. Quivey
Harlan A. Wheeler
Langsie
Aundene Cleland
Liberty
Theatre
The
Voice of the Theatre
Dorothy McGuire
William Lundigan
June Havoc
Gary Merill
Pomeroy Social Notes
Ast
American Lion Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
Eddie Smith
Wehe Terrace
Ralph Gilmore
Sacred Heart
Pomeroy Personals
Darling
Joan Fontaine
John Lund
Mona Freeman
David Stollery
the Man With the Cloak
Joseph Cotten
Barbara Stanwyck
Louis Calhern
Leslie Caron Doe DeSantis
Margaret Wycherly
Dean
Doan
Adv
Vogue
Vogue Shoe Store
E. Main
Coats
Hanes
Stiffler
Pomeroy, Ohio
St.Joseph
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A
C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
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