Three Middleport youths injured in crash on W Main Street
In Pomeroy scene early Sunday a car owned by Carl Stalder struck a slick spot on W Main St. and hit an abutment before crashing into a utility pole. Driver Joseph Powell 13 and passengers James Harris 19 and Earl D Brooke 21, all of Middleport, were reported in serious condition with head injuries and other trauma. Brooke was taken to Holzer Hospital while Powell and Harris were transported to Meigs General Hospital. Stalder faces action for permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his vehicle.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
W. Main St
Joseph Powell
James Harris
Earl D. Brooke
Powell
Carl Stalder
Harris
Henry Werry
Brooke
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Phil Globokar
Meigs General Hospital
George Hicks
Stalder
Charles Legar
Meinhart Seeks Re-Election To Ohio House Seat
Middleport native Rep. George A. Meinhart announces Republican bid for re election to the General Assembly. He cites experience in state county municipal and township government and notes his role as finance committee chairman for education funding affecting elementary high schools and the six state universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meinhart
Middleport
George A. Meinhart
General Assembly
Meigs County
House
Sheila Childs Celebrates Eleventh Birthday in Middleport
In Middleport Friday evening Sheila Childs marked her eleventh birthday with a party at her parents home, William and Mrs. Childs. Grandmother Martha Childs helped serve cake and ice cream while guests including Connie Bachner and others joined games and gifts.
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Middleport
Sheila Childs
William Childs
Nancy Harris
Mary Jane Jenkinson
Joyce Davis
Linda Hackett
Joe Falkner
Timothy
Columbus
Cash Bahr
One-Act Play Featured As WSCS Meets
Middleport church groups held meetings with social and religious activities. The Home Builders Class of the Middleport Church of Christ gathered at the Pickens home for a Tuesday meeting and planned the annual congregational meeting with officer elections and reports at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Bosworth Council 46 Royal and Select Masons met in a stated assembly Wednesday with the select masters degree conferred. Archie Swartz served as illustrious master. At Asbury Methodist Church Mrs. John Sauvage Jr hosted the Woman's Society of Christian Service Friday. topics included Alcohol and Christian Responsibility and a Latin America study chapter. Miss Marcia Karr and Mrs. Sauvage presented a one-act play on Christian stewardship. a Methodist Woman reading and a Karr poem followed. thirty shut-in calls were reported and a recent Middleport meeting was summarized. In All-Around Club news, Kathy Morgan hosted a birthday party for Cynthia Mills and Sheila Childs with cake, ice cream, gifts, and candy favors.
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Middleport
Pomeroy — Bosworth Council
Royal and Select Masons
Archie Swartz
Miss Karr
Capehart
Melvin Grimm
Sauvage
William Eichinger
Karr
Grimm
Royal Thomas
Kathy Morgan
Cynthia Mills
Sheila Childs
Middleport Squad Responds to Darwin Heart Condition Call
Middleport Emergency Squad answered a 9:45 p.m. Sunday call to the Darwin home of Ethel Blackwood. Mrs. Blackwood, suffering a heart condition, was transported to Meigs General Hospital for treatment.
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Middleport
Darwin
Ethel Blackwood
Rollin Pullins Birthday Party Honored at Flat Woods
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Beards hosted a dinner in Flat Woods Sunday for their grandson Rollin Pullins birthday. Attendees included Ray mond Pullins Jr and family from Thurston James Beards and sons local, and Mrs Robert Reibel a garden club judge will attend a Winding Trail Garden Club meeting at Mrs Patrick Wood's home. The Miami Coral Country Club 12th hole measures 614 yards.
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Pomeroy
Mrs
Rollin Beards
Flatwoods
Rollin Pullins
Raymond Pullins, Jr
Rollin
Robert
Richard
Randell
Rhonda
Thurston
James Beards
Tim and
Scott
Robert Reibel
Middleport
Ohio Association of Garden Club
Winding Trail Garden Club
Patrick Wood
New Coral Country Club
Miami, Fla
Mrs. Linnie Rummel 83 Dies in Minersville
Mrs Linnie Rummel 83 longtime Minersville resident died Saturday night Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Ewing funeral home She was a lifelong Methodist and a member of the Women s Christian Temperance Union Survived by three daughters two sons a sister and a brother ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery Rev Robert Card officiant Friends may call at the funeral home any time
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Pomeroy
Linnie Rummel
Minersville
Ewing Funeral Home
Gilbert E. Rummel
James Smith
Carl Hawse
Barberton
Glenna Rummel
Salvation Army
Berlin
N. Y
Balland
Columbus
Floyd
Omaha
Neb
Lula Miller
William Southard
Jacksonville
Robert Card
Beech Grove Cemetery
Local families share visits and condolences across towns
Syracuse Thomas Clark Jr and a Lancaster friend visit his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Clark Sr and Mr and Mrs Dick Winebrenner. Several relatives travel to Columbus Acme W Va and Duncan Falls for funerals. Navy man Roger Hubbard on leave from Fort Shelton MD visits his parents. Local kin in East Bank Letart Falls Pinch Middleport Canton Canton connections shown by visits and a death.
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Thomas Clark, Jr
Lancaster
Thomas Clark
Dick Winebrenner
Ralph Radcliff
Columbus
J.C. Ferrell
Damon Ferrell
Harold Crouch
Acme
W. Va
James Quick
Mildred Chapman
S. J. Alexander
Duncan Falls
Roger Hubbard
U. S. Navy
Fort Sheltenham
Carl Hubbard
William Guinther
Chapman Williams
East Bank
Carl Edwards
Eleanor Wingett
Allen Lipscomb
T. L. Lipscomb
M. F. Vickers
Pinch
Grady Craig
Garland Young
Charleston
Earleen Norris
Herschel Norris
Clarence
Letart Falls
A. E. Williams
Helen Grace Williams
Walter Cook
Bernard
Middleport
Newell
Raymond Cook
East Liverpool
Cecil Cook
Joe Cook
Pomeroy
Guy Guinther
Earl Harden
Dale
Canton
Willard Kendall
East Detroit
Mich
Florence Harden
Earl Nease
Two Men Schedule Appearance In Meigs County Court
POMEROY two men were scheduled to appear before Judge John C. Bacon today in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Donald H. Davidson of Columbus admitted breaking and entering at the Sundown Nite Club and is being returned from Athens where he has been under observation at the state hospital. Franklin D. Wright, 31, of Gallipolis, is alleged a parole violator and Wright faces five counts of forgery in an information affidavit filed by Prosecuting Attorney Bernard V. Fultz.
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Pomeroy
John C. Bacon
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Donald H. Davidson
Columbus
Athens
State Hospital
Franklin D. Wright
Gallipolis
Robert Hartenbach
Wright
Bernard V. Fultz
Inspection Date Is Set
The annual inspection for Mary Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem was scheduled for Aug. 10 at the IOOF Hall with Mabel Bennett and Allen Hughes presiding. Several members were reported ill. Olive Baughman spoke, with brief remarks by Mary Margaret Mechem and Ethel Cone. Potluck refreshments followed.
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Pomeroy
Mary Shrine
White Shrine
Jerusalem
IOOF
Mabel Bennett
Allen Hughes
Shepherds
Olive Baughman
Athens
Material Objective
Mary Margaret Mechem
Ethel Cone
Pomeroy Firemen Move to Centralize Department
The Pomeroy Firemen's Association voted to centralize three ward departments into a single department under one head. The decision caused resignations among members and follows safety committee recommendations to cut membership and appoint a permanent fire chief, with 50 active members planned and a fire training school approved.
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Pomeroy
Warden Ours Heads Meigs County Township Group
Warden Ours of Lebanon Township was elected president of the Meigs County Association of Township Clerks and Trustees at the annual meeting held at the Second Ward firehouse. Officers include Fred Leifheit vice president Arthur Orr executive committeeman and Clarence Lawrence secretary treasurer. Prosecuting Attorney Bernard V. Fultz spoke on Politics and Politicians. The state meeting is set for Jan 17-19 at the Deshler Hilton in Columbus with Orr Bissell and Ours planning to attend. Honorary members Gordon Caldwell and Dan C. Hartinger attended, with refreshments served to about 40 members.
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Pomeroy
Ours
Lebanon Township
Meigs County Association of
Second Ward
Fred Leifheit
Salisbury Township
Arthur Orr
Chester Township
Clarence Lawrence
Bernard V. Fultz
Deshler-Hilton
Columbus
Orr
Charles Bissell
Leifheit
Gordon Caldwell
Dan C. Hartinger
Heath Methodist Board Meeting Highlights
Middleport L W Mc Comas chaired Heath Methodist Church official board Sunday night. He opened with a devotional on Values. Secretary Mrs Crary Davis filled in for Miss Frieda Faehnle who was in University Hospital Columbus. A Christmas decorations committee report and routine items were discussed.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Heath Methodist Church
Crary Davis
Frieda Faehnle
University Hospital, Columbus
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Middlewort social notes record Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kloes of Columbus visiting here as Karl Kloes recovers from medical treatment. Sgt. William L. Roush on 22 day Greenland furlough brings his family and parents to visit before returning north. Other locals welcome relatives from Texas Florida and Chicago while hospital and school affairs share attention.
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Sidney Kloes
Columbus
Karl Kloes
Kloes
Meigs General Hospital
Joe Turner
Lena Wolfe
Gallipolis
Belle Rice
Cecil Rice
Rice
Middleport
William L. Roush
Thule
Greenland
Ana Maria
Suellen
L. L. Roush
Paul
Roush
William Wyatt
Texas
Florida
Uvalde
Tex
H. C. Sutherland
Paul Holter
Chicago, Il
Circles Set Meetings at Middleport Baptist Church
The B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society Circles will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Dorcas Circle at Mrs Lawrence Bing s home Electa Circle at Mrs Harold Chase s home Love Joy Circle guest host Mrs Edison Baker Prayer program at 7 30 p m Wednesday with the theme A Church In Prayer Is a Powerful Church Busy Bee Class gathers Thursday evening at the church.
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B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Dorcas
Lawrence Bing
Electa
Harold Chase
Edison Baker
Fair Bookings Completed for 1962 Meigs County Fair
Meigs County representatives Roger Morgan Frank H Johnston and Charles Radford secured bookings at the Ohio Fair Managers convention in Columbus. The Stoney Roberts auto thrill show and midway concessions by Dine Amusement Co. were arranged. An automatic starter for harness racing was approved and fair supplies were purchased.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbus
Roger Morgan
Frank H. Johnston
Charles Radford
Stoney Roberts
Dine Amusement Co
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Reir
E. Second St
Norma Colangelo
John Petrakis
Brooklyn
Gulf of Mexico
Petrakis
Fort Myers
Fla
Syracuse
Bradbury Pta
Bradbury P. T. A
Meigs County Council
Terry Baker
Oregon State
The
Beavers
U.S
Debbie Sue Brown
March of Dimes
Senate
Washington
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Maurice Murphy
R-N.h
Meigs Group
Middlewort
Mrs. Wyatt
Sanford, Fla
Betty Vale
Paul and
Leverett Roush
Mrs. Roush
Minerva
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Timmy
Martha Childs
Grace Lyman
Bradbury School
Holzer
Luman
Sadie McElhinney
Metro
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Athens, Ohio
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