Remembering Middleport then and now in a town history
A reminiscence of Middleport and Pomeroy recalling old landmarks, streets, and industries. The piece notes the shift from stagecoaches and rail to modern utilities, the renaming of Sheffield to Middleport, and memories of docks, silver corner bands, mills, a roller rink, race track, boatyards, and notable figures like Schriner and R. R. Hudson. It invites locals to recall 19th and early 20th century life and acknowledges progress alongside nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Mill St
Sheffield
Cemetery Hill
Ohio River
Schriner
Meigs Grocery
Ohio
Meigs
Diamond
Coe
New York Central
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital News reports births to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W Worth Jr in Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. David Proffitt in Middletown. It lists admitted patients including Mrs. Joseph M Webster and many others across Gallipolis Crown City Wellston and nearby towns, plus several discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Worth Jr
Pomeroy
David Proffitt
Middletown
Joseph M. Webster
Gallipolis
Milford Reynolds
Rodney
Jack Bailey
Ewington
John Tobert
Oak Hill
Charles Lambert
Crown City
George Lowther
Albany
Kenneth Clark
Middleport
George Evans
Jennifer Grate
Rutland
Charles Worth Jr
Shady Tackett
Vinton
Alfred Harper
Jackson
Charles Selby
Edgar Cline
Anthony Deem
Local names linked to Pomeroy and Middleport figures
Elizabeth Davis and Gertrude Mills of Pomeroy alongside Clara Murray of Middleport appear in community records. The trio is listed amid local names for upcoming notices and civic rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Davis
Pomeroy
Gertrude Mills
Clara Murray
Middleport
Meetings In Meigs County Weather Cancels Local Gatherings
Weather closures force postponements in Meigs County and neighboring areas. Middleport Literary Club delays to Jan 24. Extension program on foundation garments moved to Feb 8 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Pomeroy. Women’s Association group II cancels Tuesday session. Rock Springs Better Health Club shifts to February. TB Health Skin Testing for students postponed due to school closures. Public will be notified of new dates.
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Meigs County
Mason
W. Va
Gallia County
Meigs
Middleport Literary Club
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Pomeroy
The
Women’s Association of the
Middleport
First United Presbyterian Church
Gain in levy vote canvass at Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant officials report a five year special school levy gained 16 votes in a canvass of last Tuesday's election. Total turnout was 3409 with 2917 for the levy and 492 against it. Board members Earl Keefer Ted Stevens Harry Siders and Dr Leonard Brown officiated along with Supt I Brooks Smith and Asst Supt Dorsey Scott. Prosecuting Attorney S D Littlepage County Clerk L W Getty and Clerk Tommy Hanes were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Earl Keefer
Ted Stevens
Harry Siders
Leonard Brown
I. Brooks Smith
Dorsey Scott
S. D. Littlepage
L. W. Getty
Tommy Hanes
Pomeroy Meigs County petitions and local court cases
POMEROY Meigs County office seekers circulate petitions ahead of filing deadline for county coroner and commissioners and other offices. MIDDLEPORT two traffic cases heard in Mayor Fisher's court over the weekend: Judith Sauer, 29, Gallipolis, fined $10 and costs for speeding. Pearl Cecil Secoy, 54, Syracuse, $10 and cost for failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Judith Sauer
Gallipolis
Pearl Cecil Secoy
Syracuse
Fascination of Genealogy Presented to DAR Chapter
Mrs. George Skinner spoke on securing genealogy records at the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter meeting held at Mrs. Charles Hennesy's home. She urged consulting court deeds Bible records and war service records. The registrar Mrs. Pat Loch ary outlined duties and reports. A new member Miss Lucille Smith was welcomed and a memorial marker for Miss Addie Bradfield was opened. Delegates to the State Conference at Columbus were elected with Mrs. James Brewington as regent and Mrs. Nan Moore as delegate. The next meeting is Feb 9 at Mrs. Brewington's home with a book review by Mrs. Nan Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Skinner
Jonathan Meigs
DAR
Charles Hennesy
Skinner
Pat Lochary
Lucille Smith
Addie Bradfield
Dwight Milhoan
George Washington
Columbus
James Brewington
Nan Moore
Edward Foster
Wayne Gibbons
Nancy Reed
Brewington
Crary Davis
Church Women Hear Medical Missionary
Dr James Eshenaur from Ambo District Ethiopia spoke to Main Street Baptist Church Women Missionary Society about Christian history in Ethiopia and the need for active witness. He noted tribal Christian decline and urged believers to be missionaries where they are. He presented as Baptist General Conference worker on furlough, with ties to Cabell Huntington Hospital. The event named several attendees from Henderson Point Pleasant and Beckley.
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Point Pleasant
James Eshenaur
Door of Life Hospital
Ambo
Ethiopia
Women’s Missionary Society of
Main Street Baptist Church
Eshenaur
Cabell- Huntington Hospital
Huntington
Dr. Eshenaur
Roy Eshenaur
Point Pleasant High School
Tigre
Delegates Return From Conference in Denver
Rev James H Reed of Buckhannon and Roy Blessing of Lincoln Ave Point Pleasant returned Sunday night from Denver Colo where they attended annual meetings of the General Boards of Mission of the Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Churches The sessions ran January 11 to 13 at the Denver Hilton Hotel These meetings preceded the united general conference planned for April 21 to May 4 in Dallas Reed WV Conference treasurer missions executive secretary of the EUB Church Blessing is a lay member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James H. Reed
Buckhannon
Roy Blessing
Lincoln Ave
Denver
Colo
General Boards of Mission
The
Evangelical United Brethren
Methodist Churches
Denver Hilton
Uniting General Conference
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Reed
West Virginia
EUB Church
Blessing
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births Report
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Milford Jordan. Also listed are Mrs Virgil Harper Hartford and individuals John Denney Gary Langley Ronald Mayes Willie Lyons, reflecting local acknowledgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Jordan
Alto
John Denney
Gary Langley
Ronald Mayes
Willie Lyons
Court awards Bowyer $2960 in Point Pleasant action
R L Bowyer Inc received a 2960 judgment in circuit court here Friday against Rolfe Lee L A Wright and William J Macum. The civil suit by Frank Curatolo doing business as Modern Restaurant and Stores Equipment Co versus West Virginia Industries Development Corp Pleasant Point Resort was settled and dismissed from the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R. L. Bowyer, Inc
Rolfe Lee
L. A. Wright
Wiliam J. Macum
Frank Curatolo
D. B. A. Modern Restaurant and Stores Equipment Co
West Virginia
NASA Tests Enriched Air For Safer Spacecraft
Houston AP report says NASA moves to test 60 percent oxygen and 40 percent nitrogen aboard the Apollo command ship after a fatal blast at Cape Kennedy. The decision to scrap a 1970 pure science flight frees funds for later Apollo Applications Program work and aims to reduce fire risk while preserving launch timelines.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
NASA
America
North American
Rockwell Corp
Food Stamp Plan Topic At Meeting
Meigs County commissioners met Monday morning at the courthouse to discuss the Food Stamp plans with banking representatives. Only Pomeroy National and Farmers Bank and Savings Co. attended due to weather. No action was taken as the plan remains in planning stages. Commissioners Robert Clark and Ralph Ours presided with clerk Mrs. Richard Chambers. Dick Karr was absent due to hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Court House
Pomeroy Banks
Pomeroy National
Farmers Bank and Savings Company
Robert Clark
Ralph Ours
Richard Chambers
Dick Karr
Volunteers Release 1967 Fire Losses
The 1967 annual fire report shows 32 volunteers 2 paid firefighters and 21 junior members. They answered 87 alarms with 6 false alarms and fire losses totaling 1132739 dollars, mainly from a Jan 31 1967 blaze damaging Mason County Motors Quality Manufacturing Co Sterling Hotel and a house. Three men seek committee positions in Point Pleasant and community notices from Middleport report a church meeting tonight.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Motors, Quality Manufacturing Co
Sterling
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
R. R. Hudson
Liberty
J. S. Neal
Bull of the Woods
George Womeldorf
Dan Rice
Col
R. R. Phillips
C&soe Co
Sol Werthemier
H. C. Daniels
National Bank
Red Central School
Academy
Middleport Department
Continental
Ripley
St. James
National
Stansbury
Silas P. Coe
Tom Davis
Holland and Maxwell Nail Factory
Clifton
Robert Wise
Steve McQueen
Richard Atterborough
Richard Crenma
Candice Bergen
Marryat
Andriane Sirti
Wednesday
Athena
Matt Helm
Columbia Pictures
Irving Allen
Matt Helmin
Wel
Berger Janice Rule
Gary Fe
AT Sires
Holzer Hospital News
Meigs General Hospital
County
Kerry
Ireland
Rock Springs
Veterans Memorial Hospital
April Haggy
Wilda Brogan
Linda Betz
Longsville
Paula E. Taylor
Sandra Pethiel
Samuel Eblin
Coolville
Chester Hagger
Christine Branham
Chester
James Roush
Long Bottom
Dorothy Clark
Paul Taylor
Kenneth Reed
Joe Sorrell
Carl Shultz
Richard Beards
William Robinson
Terry Johnson
Jean Thompson
Racine
Betty Donovan
United States
Baptist General Conference
John Eugene Robinson
Henderson
Patricia Ann Leport
David Lyle Darst
Sharon Louise Facemire
Luther Carl Halstead
Beckley
Doris Roberta Cline
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Virgil Harper
Hartford
Defense Department
Congress
Jack B
Smoky) Mallette
Lewis
Kenneth Powell
Clendenin
Arnett Roush
Robinson
Lillian Arrington
Church of Christ
Wjeh-Fm
Athens Messenger
SERTA
Iic
Harris
N. Court
Athens
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