Fireworks Light Up Middleport Stadium Fourth of July
A large crowd watched fireworks at Middleport Stadium during a village sponsored Fourth of July celebration. The pavilion showed a softball doubleheader with Hap py Hustlers and Bucktown Blue Blazers tying 4 4 before a Rutland Middleport game ended at 14 all. Fireworks were set off by the council Volunteer Fire Company and American Legion with first aid on site. The committee hopes for bigger and better celebrations in future years.
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Fire damages parked truck in Pomeroy
A Kerr Street pickup owned by Lenville Harmon burned at about 12 25 a m Thursday in the Harmon driveway. Fire Chief Werry said a short circuit may have started the blaze and the truck is virtually worthless. The Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department aided the effort and thanked members for their Fourth of July Racine demonstration. About 30 firefighters attended.
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Lenville Harmon
Kerr St
Werry
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Lawyers Retained by Hospital Group in Property Case
At a Jones Memorial Hospital meeting in Middleport, Cedric W. Clark and Manning Webster were retained as legal advisers regarding a suit filed last week by Thelam Lloyd Evans. The suit seeks to set aside conveyance of the late Senator Tom W. Jones residence property.
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Jones Memorial Hospital, Inc
Cedric W. Clark
Manning Webster
Thelam Lloyd Evans
Tom W. Jones
Runaway Team Collides With Car On Route 124
A wagon loaded with hay pulled by runaway horses struck an automobile near Miles Cemetery on Route 124 injuring driver Ronald L. Redman of Dunbar. The horses and wagon remained on the highway after the collision. no serious injuries reported to the horses. In a separate crash on Horse Cave road, Arnold Snowden of Pomeroy collided with a westbound truck hauling oil well casings on a sharp curve. Snowden’s car sustained 500 to 600 dollars in damage while the truck owners’ loss was about 35 dollars.
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Dunbar
W.va
Sheriff Russell
Horse Cave Road
Bashan Road
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Pomeroy
A. W. Neese
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Russell
Snowden
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J E McComas Dies at 68 in Columbus Area
J E McComas 68 of 127 Dana Ave Columbus died Monday evening after a long illness. A native of Carpenter he worked 37 years for New York Central Railway water service and lived in Columbus 11 years. Survived by wife Mary Tewksbury two sons L W McComas Lloyd McComas a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 30 at Hebbardsville Alexander Presbyterian Church.
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Lloyd McComas
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Drivers Stop Cars To Watch Fireworks
Fireworks display at Mason Drive In Theatre drew many Pomeroy motorists who halted their cars to view. Patrolman Charles J. Werry reported that 103 automobiles were parked along East Main from the Farm Bureau office to the River Oil Company during the show.
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Mason Drive-In
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Farm Bureau
River Oil Company
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Davidson estate accounting suit filed in Meigs County court
Mable Davidson as administratrix filed a suit Tuesday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court seeking an accounting of the estate of the late Wesley Davidson. Defendants named are M C Hobart Dewey Bland Dorene Bland and Clyde Millhone as Meigs County treasurer. The report notes U S railroads operate about 397 500 miles of track including main line yard and sidings.
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Wesley Davidson
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Death Claims Ex-Resident Pomeroy Woman
Miss Rose Ward a former Pomeroy resident died Tuesday evening in a Pittsburgh hospital after a lingering illness. Born in Marietta she moved to Pomeroy in childhood later lived in Cleveland and since seven years resided in Pittsburgh. Survived by brother Charles Ward and sisters Mrs. H P Robinson and Mrs. James Linehan. Funeral services 9 am Friday at Sacred Heart Church Pomeroy with burial Sacred Heart Cemetery. Body arriving at Ewing funeral home tonight.
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Ewing Funeral Home
Player Injures Arm In Holiday Softball
MIDDLEPORT Only casualty of the Fourth of July celebration last night at Middleport stadium was W. K. Shorty Beaver who injured his arm while playing softball. The injury was diagnosed as hemorrhage of the muscle by an attending physician according to Mrs. Beaver.
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Middleport Stadium
W. K
Shorty) Beaver
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Birth announced for son of Pomeroy patrolman
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Davis of Rose Hill announce the birth of a son on June 29 at their home. The child is named Robert Richard. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis of Rose Hill and Mrs. Kate Sinclair of Pomeroy Route 1.
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Robert Richard
Robert Davis
Kate Sinclair
Meter Receipts Total $321 For Week In City
Pomeroy parking meter receipts totaling 321.25 for the past week were reported Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Truman Russell secretary to Mayor Sidney A. Spencer. Of the total, 23.50 came from the recent penalty increase.
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Sidney A. Spencer
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visit Quests
Middleport society covers a luncheon for Mrs. Hunnicutt before her move to near McConnelsville with gifts for high scores in Canasta. Juggling visits follow as families and friends travel from Cleveland to Philadelphia, Huntington, Marietta and beyond, sharing holidays, trips, and hospital recuperation at Meigs General.
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E. O. Ball
Howard Hunnicutt
McConnelsville
Hunnicutt
Lilah Kirkey
Francis Murphy
E. M. Blake
Canasta
Murphy
Fourth of July Picnics Mark Day in Buckeye Lake Area
Local residents planned picnics for the holiday with families from William Grueser, Robert Rawlings and Robert Jay traveling to Buckeye Lake for a roadside park picnic. At Rutland Street, Mr. and Mrs. O P Klein hosted relatives for a dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fugate of Pomeroy their daughter Mrs. William Stoecker and Billy of Cincinnati Miss Edith Klein of New York City and Miss Hulda Klein.
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William Grueser
Robert Rawlings
Robert Jay
Buckeye Lake
O. P. Klein
Rutland St
Frank Fugate
Pomeroy
William Stoecker
Billy
Cincinnati
Edith Klein
New York City
Hulda Klein
Pythian Sisters Plan Aug. Twenty Ninth Get Together
Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters met at Woodman Hall and arranged a family picnic for members. Miss Erma Smith announced a get-together on Aug 29 in Gallipolis with sister lodges from Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy Magnolia and Wilkesville. Mrs Florence Bush served cake and coffee.
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M.E.C
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Pomeroy Magnolia
Wilkesville
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Fultz Family Furlough Visit Before Overseas Duty
John Fultz on furlough from Fort Knox Kentucky visits with wife and relatives. On the Fourth of July the Fultzes Miss Nola Knopp Mrs Fultz sister and William Swisher visited Buckeye Lake and Newark staying with Mrs Harold Jones and Mr Jones.
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Pfe
John Fultz
Fort Knox
Fultzes
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Fultz
William Swisher
Buckeye Lake
Newark
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Jones
Middleport Visit Notes From Charleston And Dresden
Sheldon Stevens of American Airlines Charleston visited Middleport on Tuesday with Paul Smith. William True from Akron and his Middleport relatives were holiday visitors. William Moore accompanied his sister Elnyr from Dresden to Middleport for a visit with Rae Ann Mills. the parties planned to return to Dresden with Elnyr remaining there.
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Middleport
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William True
Akron
William Moore
Elnyr
Dresden
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Elynr
Arm Broken In Garden Slip
Mrs Homer Might suffered a broken arm after slipping in her garden while picking vegetables. The incident occurred in Middleport and is the latest in local injury reports.
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