Admissions Tax Measure Enacted By Village Council
POMEROY The village council enacted a 3 percent admissions tax on all charges in the village after March 1. The bill requires licenses from the mayor for theaters clubs and private entertainments with annual renewals for permanent venues and monthly reports to the mayor. Violation is a misdemeanor with fines of 25 to 50 dollars per offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
F. F. Robinson
Sidney Spencer
Walter Wolfe
Jobb
Andrews
Boney
Goodwin
Vaughan
Robinson
General Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted Mrs Dolly Wheeler Pomeroy medical and Mrs Florence Wilson Reedsville medical and Mrs Ruby Randolph Dexter. Births include Mrs Roy Will Middleport a son and Mrs Felix Alkire Harrisonville a son. Discharged are Mrs Dolly Wheeler Pomeroy Raymond Smith Rutland Lawrence Gilmore Sumner Mrs Katie Bauer Pomeroy Dana Clelland Racine and Katherine Krider Pomeroy Ray Zerkle Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Wheeler
Pomeroy
Florence Wilson
Reedsville
Ruby Randolph
Dexter
Roy Will
Middleport
Felix Alkire
Harrisonville
Raymond Smith
Rutland
Lawrence Gilmore
Sumner
Katie Bauer
Dana Clelland
Racine
Katherine Krider
Ray Zerkle
Cager Recovering From Illness and Head Injury
MIDDLEPORT James Roller, a sophomore on the varsity basketball team, is improving at home after illness since Thursday. A head injury during practice and a sinus infection keep him under physician care and unable to play this week. The text Also notes Horace Abbott of Genheimer Lumber Co will attend the Ohio Retail Lumbermen’s Convention in Cleveland January 17 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Roller
Pomeroy
Horace Abbott
Genheimer Lumber Co
Ohio Retail Lumberman
Cleveland Public Auditorium
Pomeroy PTA and Friendly Circle Meet This Week
Pomeroy Junior-Senior PTA will convene Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the Senior High School with Richard Tobias directing a one act play and Kerrs Run District providing refreshments. The Friendly Circle of the Federated Church will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs. Thomas Young’s W Main Street home with Elizabeth Fick assisting the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
PTA
Richard Tobias
Kerrs Run
Friendly Circle
Junior Women’s Guild
Federated Church
Thomas Young
W. Main St
Elizabeth Fick
Grace Episcopal Church meeting postponed to later notice
The parish meeting of Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy has been postponed from Thursday evening until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Church
Local Notes From Jackson and Surrounding Areas
Richard Elberfeld of Jackson visited Pomeroy on Monday. Mrs Herald Hite and her son George traveled to Apalachicola Florida for an extended visit with her parents Mr and Mrs George Branch. Mrs Dellona Pannell hosted Sunday guests Mrs May Collins Paul Jones James Jones Eddy Nelson and Jay Mitchell of Columbus along with Milton Clark and William Jackson who returned to Charleston West Virginia after visiting Pannell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Elberfeld
Jackson
Pomeroy
Herald Hite
George
Apalachicola
Fla
George Branch
Dellona Pannell
May Collins
Paul Jones
James Jones
Eddy Nelson
Jay Mitchell
Columbus
Milton Clark
William Jackson
Charleston
W. Va
K. T. Wagner, Jr
Westmont
N. J
A. A. Chappelle
John Talbott
C. E. Atkinson
Athens
Meigs County Land Transfers Report
Meigs County transfers list several property moves including Charles M McMaster and others transferring Lot 69 Middleport to Laura Hoadley Edith Lesher and others other transfers include Daisy Smith properties to E E Hayma Carroll Opal Randolph Olive to Delmar and Edith Swain John C Bacon administrator Abram Norris deceased 90 acres Orange to Jacob and Ive Turner Ira S Bartels 3 88 acres Sut ton to Thomas Duffy Jr and Hester Lee purchases at 208 Ninth St Victory Heights 2610 Garfield Ave Lem in Victory Heights
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M
Clara F. McMaster
Middleport
Laura Hoadley
Edith Lesher
Harry W
Laurence D. McMaster
Perry Riggs
Katherine M. Blackwell
Pomeroy
Manning D. Webster
Daisy Smith
Nic Lebanon
E. E. Hayma Carroll
Opal Randolph
Olive
Delmar
Edith Swain
John C. Bacon
Adm
Abram Norris
Orange
Jacob and
Ive Turner
Ira S. Bartels
Sutton
Thomas Duffy, Jr
Point Pleasant
Hester Lee
Ninth St
Avie Lake,Jr
Garfield Ave
Victory Heights
Two Given Probation On Shop Lifting Count
Arthur F. Hill and John Matthews both of Columbus were placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to shop lifting. They were accused of taking a $69.50 suit from a Chillicothe store. Probation granted by Common Pleas Judge Howard Goldsberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Arthur F. Hill
John Matthews
Columbus
a_ Chillicothe
Common Pleas
Howard Goldsberry
Two Trucks Ordered by County Board in Meigs County
The Meigs Equipment Co. of Pomeroy received a purchase order from the county commissioners for two KB-S7 International trucks at $4,434.60 each with early delivery promised. The Children’s Home trustees saw the resignation of their oldest member due to ill health, and Mrs. Virginia B. Owens of Middleport was appointed to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Board of County Commissioners
Meigs Equipment Co
Children’s Home
Virginia B. Owens
Middleport
Morrison
Alimony Sought in Nesselroads Divorce Suit
Hazel L. Nesselroads files a common pleas court suit for alimony and division of assets against Herbert L. Nesselroads. Via attorney John C. Bacon she alleges physical abuse and threats of bodily harm since their marriage in November 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
John C. Bacon
Hazel L. Nesselroads
Herbert L. Nesselroads
Birth Announced for Emilia Dar lene in Barre Vermont
Mr and Mrs Charles Legar announce the birth of a daughter Emilia Darlene on January 15 at Barre Hospital Barre Vermont. Grandparents are Serafin Lavin and John Terrell of Barre and Pomeroy. Great grandparents are Emma Heines of Pomeroy and Mary Ann Legar of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Emilia Darlene
Barre Hospital
Barre
Serafin Lavin
John Terrell
Emma Heines
Mary Ann Legar
Columbus
Divorce Action Filed in Common Pleas Court
Charles I. Salser sues Betty E. Salser minor in the common pleas court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The case, brought by next friend Grover Salser, is represented by attorneys Crow and Crow.
Divorce Suit Filed POMEROY- Clair Leo Newell
Clair Leo Newell, a 1927 birth year, Chester, appeared in Mayor Sidney Spencer's court and pleaded guilty to reckless operation of an automobile. Lt. Webster of the village police filed the charge. Newell was fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy— Clair Leo Newell
Chester
Sidney Spencer
Webster
Newell
Rehearsal Postponed For Pom eroy Minstrel Event
The Izaak Walton Minstrel rehearsal scheduled for Tuesday is postponed due to the Pomeroy Middleport basketball game. Thursday’s rehearsal will be held at the Youth Center in Pom eroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Izaak Walton
Pomeroy- Middleport
Oxford’s Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity Founded
The first endowed professorship at Oxford was in divinity, established in 1502 by the mother of Henry VII. It is named the Lady Margaret Professorship after her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Henry VII
Lady Margaret
Olga Is A Mother Olga Bears Twins Mystery at Cincinnati Zoo
Olga the Russian bear at the Cincinnati zoo is a mother. Zoo officials can not determine the size of her litter yet. The cubs arrived Sunday night or early yesterday and she hid them deep in her den. Superintendent Joseph A. Stephan says he heard two tones of squealing and possibly a third, suggesting twins or triplets. In a week or 10 days she will reveal her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Olga
Cincinnati Zoo
Joseph A. Stephan
Youth Hurt When Auto Turns Over Near Syracuse
Roland Edward Grindley 18 of Minersville suffered unknown injuries after a small car he drove west on highway 124 two miles east of Syracuse rolled several times and landed upright around 9 p.m. Two unnamed passengers were in the vehicle. one said the tie rod may have failed. Grindley was at Meigs General Hospital for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Roland Edward Grindley
Roland Grindley
Minersville
Meigs General Hospital
Syracuse
State Highway Patrol
Young Grindley
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor 91 Dies in Racine
Elizabeth Taylor 91 died Monday at the Racine home of Bertha Bentz. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Walter Lines home Racine with burial in Letart Cemetery. Survived by sister Ruth Weldon Racine and brother Olive Sayre Parkersburg W Va plus nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Elizabeth Taylor
Bertha Bentz
Racine
Walter Lines
Letart Cemetery
Ruth Weldon
Olive Sayre
Parkersburg
W.va
Ewing
Truck Turns Over on Bridge Near Chester
POMEROY The State Highway Patrol said a truck driven by Robert Jeffers aged 28 of Pomeroy Route 2 struck a bridge on Route 248 four miles west of Chester and rolled over. Jeffers pleaded guilty, was fined $25 and costs, truck damage was minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Robert Jeffers
Chester
Jeffers
Court of Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Middleport Man Resigns Se lective Service Board Seat
David Jenkins of Middleport resigns from the Meigs County Selective Service Board. Clarence N. Rupp, an automobile dealer of Middleport, is appointed to the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
David Jenkins
Middleport
Meigs County Selective Service Board
Clarence N. Rupp
Senator Jones Escorts Lausche to Speaker Stand
Senator Tom W. Jones of Middleport, Ohio, a dean of the Ohio Senate, was among the escorts accompanying Governor Frank Lausche as he walked to the speaker's stand last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom W. Jones
Ohio Senate
Frank Lausche
Youth Evangelism Crusade Plans In Ohio Parishes
Ministers counselors and youth of the Pomeroy Baptist Association heard plans for a 10 day Cooperative Crusade for Christ Through Evangelism led by W T Packer. A Weekend of Youth Evangelism will run Feb 25 27 with teams from across Ohio assisting Cheshire Middleport Pomeroy and Racine parishes. A Feb 20 check up meeting in Pomeroy closes the planning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy Baptist Association
W. T. Packer
Ohio Baptist Convention
Granville
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Paul Nye
Pomeroy
Packer
Cheshire
Baptist
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Packer
Alice Mae Simmons
Rio Grande
Southeastern
Middleport Social Notes
The Middleport PTA met at the high school with Mrs. Forrest Bachtel presiding in Mrs. Willis Anthony’s absence. The attendance banner went to Leo Kennedy’s fifth and sixth graders as the Beginner’s Band performed and Junie Seines featured a flute solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
Forrest Bachtel
Willis Anthony
Leo Kennedy
Raymond Maxwell
Marilyn Sue Knight
Marilyn Miller
Barbara Swisher
Mary Carolyn Miller
Myrna Russell
Donna Roush
Freddy Lewis
Betty Klees
Patricia Baker
Nancy Roller
Patsy Clark
Jack Coleman
Patricia Lloyd
Juanita Hawkins
Kenneth Murray
Russell Roush
Helen Stobart
Edward Stobart
Maxwell
Junie Seines
Rard
Patricia Kennedy
Roosters
Rae Ann Mills
Judy Jacobs
Nancy Sue Rawlings
Andrew Parlishance Studio
Peggy O'Neil
Judy
Rae Ann
L. W. McComas
Dinner Is Served by Loyal Pals in MonDay Church Dinner
The Loyal Pals of the Church of Christ held their anniversary dinner at Mary Jane Coffee Shop. Seated for 18, including speaker Mrs. Joseph D. Bryan, Mrs. C. E. Shepard, wife of the pastor, and Mrs. Edward French, class teacher, with spring daffodils as centerpieces and corsages for Mrs. French, Mrs. Bryan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McElhinny
Harry Russell
McElhinny
French
S. Second Ave
Bryan
Middleport
Church of Christ
Mary Jane
Joseph D. Bryan
C. E. Shepard
Edward French
Engagement of Joyce Mayer to Gunnar Marsh Announced
Miss Joyce Mayer daughter of Mr and Mrs George Mayer East Orange New Jersey will wed Gunnar Kent Marsh son of Mr and Mrs Harry Kent Marsh 185 N Wheatland Ave Columbus Ohio The couple are from East Orange and Columbus with Mayer a John Powers model agency associate and Marsh a senior at Ohio State University The wedding is planned for June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Joyce Mayer
George Mayer
East Orange
N. J
Gunnar A. Marsh
Harry Kent Marsh
Wheatland Ave
Columbus
Miss Mayer
East Orange High School
John Powers Model Agency
New York
Marsh
Henry
Ida Kent Marsh
West High School
College of Education
Ohio State University
Middleport Local Social Notes Include Visits and Travel
Middleport residents host and visit relatives across towns in a string of weekend gatherings. Mrs. Darrell Sayre sails to Tokyo to join her Air Force husband, and families from Marysville Athens and Mansfield share meals and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. McComash
I. E. Keig
Mason City
Columbus
Darrell Sayre
Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Doris Hayman
Letart
Ruby Hayman Wolfe
Dwight R. Wallace
N. Fourth Ave
Everett Smalley
Marysville
Wallace
Smalley
U. S. Army
Iran
William Pickens
Baltimore
Margaret Pickens
Gravel Hill
C. A. Emmish
Nelsonville
John Huddy
Emmishes
Community Guests and Local Visits Noted in Weekly Roundup
Recent guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Miller and daughter Mary Ann of Columbus visiting Mrs. Entsminger’s family. Various relatives and friends traveled to Kananga and Gallipolis to visit ill relatives, attend graduations, or spend weekends with local residents and hospital patients. William Walls remained in critical condition in Huntington. Carla Clark stayed with Dr. William Hobart and extended her visit in Lakeside assisting in his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
David Entsminger
Wendell Miller
Mary Ann
Columbus
Miller
Entsminger
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Charles Capehart
Charleston
Kananga
Longstaffs
Clarence White
Walter Duckworth
Herbert Fink
Owen Fink
Mabel Hysel
Gallipolis
Richard Fink
Angela Darlene
Holzer Hospital
John Martin
Blakely
W. Va
Carroll Balser
Mansfield
John Thomas
Bettie Becker Gladwell
Delbert Becker
Donald Becker
Middleport High School
Texas
U. S. Air Corps
Harry Featherstone
Deshler
Ohio
William Moore
Ohio University
W. B. Moore
Harry
Bowling Green College
Russell Balsiter
Fremont
C. B. Forrest
Vesta McCoy
William Walls
Huntington
James Osler
Carla Clark
William Hobart
Lakeside
Daughter Is Born in Pomeroy to Eskews
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eskew announce the birth of a daughter on January 15 at their home on West Main Street. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Eskew of Union Avenue and Mrs. Florence Burnside of Pomeroy. Marilyn Knopp accepts employment with Pomeroy National Bank after graduating Middleport High School in 1948 and previously served as an assistant in the Meigs County Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Eskew
W. Main St
John Eskew
Union Ave
Florence Burnside
Bank Pomeroy
Marilyn Knopp
Pomeroy National Bank
Miss Knopp
Middleport High School
Meigs County
Crary Davis Pallbearers Listed At Meigs County Funeral
Pallbearers for Crary Davis, funeral held Monday at Main Street residence, included Meigs Bar Assn members and local attorneys. Rev W B Moore officiated, with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Attending were family members from Michigan Idaho Ohio New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Crary Davis
Main St
Meigs Bar Ass'n
Court of Common Pleas
Edgar Ervin
John Bacon
Cedric Clark
Fred Crow
Fred Crow, Jr
Manning Webster
Dana Peoples
Harmon
James O'Brien
Henry Cherrington
Gallipolis
D. Cureus Reed
Timothy Hogan
W. B. Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Mr. Davis
Riverview Cemetery
Royal Oak
Mich
William Davis
Pocatello
Idaho
VU. S
Ray J. O'Donnell
Three Middleport Men To March at Inaugural Parade
Three Middleport High School graduates will march in the four mile inaugural parade for President Harry S Truman Thursday. Cadet James Hartinger and Robert Chambers of West Point and Midshipman Peter F. Klein of Annapolis will participate. Mrs. William Ruschel left Monday to attend the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Harry S. Truman
James Hartinger
Robert Chambers
United States Military Academy
West Point
Peter F. Klein
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
William Ruschel
S. Second Ave
Florist Sues Over 1022 85 Indebtedness for Flowers
Norma Goodwin Pomeroy, florist, sues Edgar Ebersbach Alpha Ebersbach and Martin Ebersbach for 1022.85 in unpaid flower charges from 1940 to 1948 plus interest. James B. O'Brien represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Norma Goodwin
Florist
Edgar Ebersbach
Alpha Ebersbach
Martin R. Ebersbach
James B. O’brien
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. D. Cutsinger
Humphreys, Mo
Cutsingers
Dorothy Larkins
Cutsinger
General Hospital
Cager
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Jack Jacobson
Institute For the Crippled
Leo L. Vaughan
Union Avenue
Logan Monument Co
Meigs Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
George C. Shaw
Logan, Ohio
H. V. Hospital
Meigs
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Temple Middleport
Edw. G. Robinson
Burt Lancaster
Mady Christians
Henry Morgan
Frank Conroy
Ibendvue
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Carole Landis
Cregar
Shanghai
Nea-Acme
Warren Lee
Middleport Social Notes
Samantha Bradford Missionary Society
William Bradford
Brownell Ave
Lhe
Mildred Hawley
China
Bradford
R. B. Loughead
William Huggins
Dinner
Charles Hysell of
Kellogg’s
Ann Vet Sie
Katherine Urner
Ianapolis
Federa Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A
Gibson, Sec’y.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank
Chrysler
Plymouth
Meigs Motor Company
N. 2Nd St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!