Suspected Check Forger and Companion Jailed in Meigs Case
Two men identified as Vincent Pecora and Edward Caruso were arrested by Sheriff Charles Russell on charges linked to at least 15 forged checks using the name of a Pomeroy businessman. Pecora, 22, of Chicago, and Caruso, 18, of Chicago, faced varying charges as the investigation traced checks cashed in Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, Lancaster, and Columbus. A separate theft at Kelroy Nite Club involving $350 and alcohol occurred about 3 am Tuesday morning.
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Pomeroy
Charles Russell
Vincent Pecora
Chicago
Ill
Russell
Edward Caruso
Caruso
Pecora
Sheriff Russell
Hotel Martin
Roger Smoak
Smoak
Martin
Columbus
Meigs County
Athens County
Kelroy Nite Club
Kelly Grueser
Russel
PTA Attendance Tied and Banner Shared at Bradbury
The Bradbury school PTA reports attendance ties between the Third Fourth Grade group and the Fifth Sixth Grade group at the January meeting. Mrs. Frances Johnson presided and the group decided that for the last four meetings of the year each room will present its own program.
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Bradbury
Parent - Teacher Association
Frances Johnson
Boy Scout Troop 45 Expands Membership and Plans Projects
Membership in Middleport Troop 45 grew by three as Milton Lambert Skip Kress and Bob Roberts joined. Scoutmaster Donald Mills and aides led a meeting that planned a drum and bugle corps directed by Franklin Ginther. Explorer Scouts organized with Charles Vroman as leader and led an overnight hike to the Scout cabin.
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Middleport
Boy Scouts of America
Milton Lambert
Skip Kress
Bob Roberts
Pomeroy
Donald Mills
Mit White
John Vroman
Cash Bahr
David Ohlinger
Franklin Ginther
Edward Lee McComas
Arthur Clark
Stephen Coats
George Baumgardner
Billy Miller
Ira Butcher
Gordon Guthrie
Larry Price
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Joe Rice
Jack Russell
Milford Hysell
Charles
Vroman
James R. Mills
Charles Murray
James Mourning
Milton Lambert Leo Kennedy, Jr
Bobby T. Hennesy
Explorer
Mills
Dairymen Attend Second Session of Sanitation Course
Sixty two Meigs County dairymen and residents attended the second of four Dairy Production Marketing and Sanitation School sessions held from 1 to 3 pm Tuesday in the courtroom. P R Ellsworth OSU explained cooling must consider water temperature agitation and water height. He demonstrated bacteria growth with microscope plates and ultraviolet paste tests to show unseen contamination risks. The third session will be next Tuesday led by Carlton Christian OSU.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
P. R. Ellsworth
Ohio State University
Ellsworth
Carlton Christian
Meigs County Jersey Breeders elect new officers
Herman Carson Sr. was chosen president of the Meigs County Jersey Breeders Association at a Monday meeting in the county extension office. New officers include Edmond Grueser as vice president and David Nease as secretary with Clyde Well as district director and Cris Smith as news reporter. John Colwell will serve as alternate director. The group plans to purchase a heifer string for junior youth workers and to show the animals at the county fair. Attending were Bill Harris Jack Harris Guy Carlton and Cc E Blakeslee.
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Pomeroy Herman Carson, Sr
Meigs County Jersey Breeders Association
Edmond Grueser
David Nease
Clyde Well
Cris Smith
John Colwell
Bill Harris
Jack Harris
Guy Carlton
Cc. E. Blakeslee
Ex Resident Anna Kaspar Schneider Dies at 85
Anna Hetzel Kaspar Schneider 85 former Pomeroy resident died after a brief illness at White Cross Hospital Columbus She was born in West Columbia West Virginia and later lived in Columbus with survivors Ray H Kasper Columbus Lorin Miley St Petersburg Fla and sister Kathryn Monahan Columbus Funeral services were held at Kelley Funeral Home Columbus
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Pomeroy
Anna Hetzel Kaspar Schneider
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Lorin Miley
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kathryn Monahan
Kelley Funeral Home
Coumbus
Lockridge Dailey Engagement Announced At Wood River
Mr. and Mrs. L. H Lockridge of Wood River Oregon announce the engagement of their daughter Jacqueline Marie to Staff Sgt Bill A Dailey son of Mr and Mrs Everett Dailey Anne St. Miss Lockridge attended college in San Bernardino California where Sgt Dailey is stationed at Norton Air Force Base Dailey played basketball and football at Pomeroy High School graduating in 1946 He entered the Air Force in 1947 and has served one year in Alaska.
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Pomekroy
L. H Lockridge
Wood River
Oregon
Jacqueline Marie
Bill A. Dailey
Everett Dailey
Anne St
Miss Lockridge
San Bernardino
Calif
Dailey
Norton Air Force Base
Pomeroy High School
Air Force
Alaska
Tryout Results Listed for Glee Club Ensemble
Middleport High School announced Tuesday the Girls Glee Club Ensemble tryouts led by Lois Cecil. First soprano names include Eleanor Satterfield Ann Rupe Sue French and others with Doris Mayes as alternate. Second soprano line lists Julie Mitch Adrienne Ms Junie Seines Lois Ann Smith and Barbara Scott as alternate. Alto section features June Smart Carol Bachtel Nola Knopp Ruth Chase with Nancy Rawlings as alternate.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Lois Cecil
Eleanor Satterfield
Ann Rupe
Sue French
Carol Goff
Jean Smart
Doris Mayes
Sorano
Julie Mitch
Adrienne Ms
Junie Seines
Lois Ann Smith
Barbara Scott
June Smart
Carol Bachtel
Nola Knopp
Ruth Chase
Nancy Rawlings
Driver Pays Fine and Costs in Intoxication Case
Charles Derry of Harrisonville, 54, fined $10 and costs on intoxication charges in Mayor Canaday’s court. He was arrested last week by Chief Walter Wolfe. J B O Brien pled innocent to illegal parking after being cited by Patrolman Hudson and reported by Patrolman Evans. Bond set at $14.70. hearing scheduled for next Monday morning.
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Pomeroy
Charles Derry
Harrisonville
Delmar
Canaday
Derry
Walter E. Wolfe
J. B. O'Brien
O’brien
Franklin D. Hudson
Ray Evans, Jr
O'Brien
PTA Hears State Road Officials At Pomeroy Meeting
Central PTA met at Central School in Pomeroy with State Highway officials from Marietta in attendance. Chief Walter E. Wolfe spoke briefly as safety was stressed, and four department staff introduced. Founders Day events and a Sugar Run school council meeting were announced for February. First and third grades shared attendance honors. refreshments followed.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Department
Central Parent-Teachers Association
Walter E. Wolfe
Max R. Farley
Mac R. Sprague
Harry Benson
H. R. Morris
Marietta
Paradise Valley
Aaron Kelton
Thurma Milhoan
Milhoan
Wolfe
County Council of Parent-Teachers Associations
Sugar Run
Central, Sugar Bank
Dayton Phillips
Pomeroy Social Notes Farewell Party Hosted in Meier Home
Mary Teresa Meier entertained Saturday evening with a surprise farewell party for Diana Eubanks at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Philip Meier Wehe Terrace Those present were Diana Eubanks Janet Smith Doris Well Delores Kitchen Donna Parfitt Ray Shasteen Bill Pullins John Russell Billy Hysell Jan Reuter Harold Brown and the hostess
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Pomeroy
Mary Teresa Meier
Diana Eubanks
Philip Meier
Wehe Terrace
Janet Smith
Doris Well
Delores Kitchen
Donna Parfitt
Ray Shasteen
Bill Pullins
John Russell
Billy Hysell
Jan Reuter
Harold Brown
Pomeroy Scout Leaders Plan Monday Meeting
The Pomeroy Girl Scout Leaders will gather at Mrs. A R Knight's home next Monday at 7 30 p m for a planning session.
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Pomeroy
A. R. Knight
Johnston and Hellerman visit in Columbus weekend
Mr and Mrs Frank Johnston visited in Columbus over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Willard Hellerman. Aaron Kelton and Jim Williams returned Sunday evening to their jobs in Follawsbee after spending the weekend here with their families.
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Frank Johnston
Columbus
Willard Hellerman
Aaron Kelton
Jim Williams
Follawsbee
Brush Fire Out of Control at Hobson Rail Shops
Middleport volunteers answered a brush fire alarm at the New York Central Railroad shops in Hobson Tuesday at 3 45 p m. The blaze grew as winds blew fiercely and the shop fire department could not contain it.
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Middleport
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
Social Security Speaker Visits Middleport BPW Dinner
Middleport Porter's Goslee social security representative spoke on the program at the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club dinner at First Presbyterian Church. A film illustrated benefits, with a Q and A on law changes, and new members were welcomed.
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Middleport
Porter Goslee
Portsmouth
F. D. Roosevelt
Goslee
Mary Meinhart
Legislative Committee
L. R. Wiley
Nina Russell
Lillian Stieff
Arthur Skinner
Kathryn Jean Lama
Katherine Bachtel
Charlotte Perrin
Carolyn Clark Bachner
Bachner
Marguerite Durst
Mary Swoulse Thomas
Marcellene Buell
Nan Moore
Sadie McElhinny
Clara Murray
Ethel Willoughby
Virginia Mayes
Logan
Women's Association of the Church
Skinner
Park Aid Polio Fund Drive Hills Dimes in Meters
Park officials announce that all dimes collected in village parking meters during the week starting January 21 will be donated to the March of Dimes polio fund. Mayor Delmar A. Canaday urges residents to contribute. parking meter take for the week totaled $235.25. Police Chief Walter E. Wolfe announced the plan.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Walter E. Wolfe
County Children's Home Aides Lauded
Mrs. Ethel Willoughby superintendent of the Meigs County Children's Home extended thanks to the many individuals and organizations who have aided the home in the past year. She noted it would be impossible to name everyone yet expressed sincere gratitude for their contributions.
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Pomeroy
Ethel Willoughby
Meigs County
Willoughby
Bond Set For Rutland Man On Break In Charge
Willard Tucker, 29, of Rutland, had a $1000 bond set in a Pomeroy hearing before Justice Percy L. Peoples on a breaking and entering charge. He allegedly broke into The Hut in Rutland last week and stole groceries and cigarettes. Tucker was bound over to the grand jury and remains in the Meigs County jail.
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Pomeroy
Willard Tucker
Rutland
Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Tucker
Grand
Meigs County
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