Keeper of the Siren Seeks Two-Week Rest in Village
Middleport village officials hear Mrs. C. R. Karr, keeper of the fire siren and dispatcher for police and prison shifts, request a two-week vacation. She asks for a temporary substitute, noting increased emergency calls since taking duties at Mage Hall. Council and Mayor Fisher pledge to arrange coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. R. Karr
Council
Kass
Karr
Mage Hall
Fisher
Youth Drowns at Church Picnic Lake
A youth, born December 16, 1999, drowned at a church picnic lake near Circleville while others swam. Rescue teams from Racine and Pomeroy recovered the body after about 25 minutes in the water. revival efforts failed. Survived by parents, a sister aged 13, and grandmother Meda Gibbs. Body taken to Deffenbaugh Funeral Home. services and burial planned at Forest Cemetery in Circleville.
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Umen
Rage Enuaren
Ater
Gibbs
Racine
Pomeroy
Russell
Bradbury
Ate ‘Sue
Meda Gibbs
Meigs County
Defenbaugh Funeral Home
Circleville
Forest Cemetery
Middleport Social Highlights Run Across Ohio Picnic
Relatives from Portsmouth to Columbus gather for a Sunday picnic at New Haven Roadside Park with numerous Vogelsongs and local families mentioned. Nearby notes record club meetings, visits, moves, and engagements across Middleport including church society activities and teachers' plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
New Haven
Harold Vogelsongs
Melinda Ann
Wayne Vogelsongs
David Wayne
B. S. Vogelsongs
Portsmouth
Lera Jones
Frank Tituses
Frank
Stephen
Bobby
Earl Titus
Grace Horton
Pometoe
Allen Knopps
William —Swishers
John Fultzes
Anita Marie
Lengthy Middleport council session powers and projects
Middleport village council met from 7:30 p m to midnight approving mayoral appointments a staff backup plan for the sewer issue an extension for raw sewage discharge into the Ohio River and measures to curb a soot nuisance at The Home Laundry hearings on smoke from a low stack with possible regulatory action and a 30 day deadline for stack repairs new street foreman and cemetery sexton appointments and funds reports were accepted a plan to fund maintenance and street work was discussed a used village truck was authorized and firemen were granted 150 for attending the state convention levee repairs and sewer projects were reviewed with street fund limits and a low general fund balance noted including pending alley improvements sealing village streets and pending levies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Bernard Fultz
Water Pollution Board of
State
N. Second Ave
J. J. Davis
Ralph Pratt
J.P. Joachim
Nettie Koehler
Pomeroy
Joachim
Or Fisher
Lewis Ellis
John Berry
Exton
Middleport
Fish
Ellis
Miss Berry
Fisher
June Toton
Sion
Ernest Covert
Ohio State Firemen’s
Cleveland
David Ohlinger
Pool Seeks Patrons Amid Attendance Boost Plan Abandonment
Middleport pool will discontinue a family nights feature despite higher attendance. Charles McDonald recreation supervisor announced the summer program changes and that the pool will be open Wednesday and Friday at 7 30 p m with adults allowed to attend with children. All recreational equipment must be obtained at the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefort
Middleport Ming Pool
Charles McDonald
McDonald
Reception Postponed by First Baptist Church
A reception honoring the Rev Ralph Zundel and family at First Baptist Church is postponed to July 24. Wednesday prayers and Bible study continue at 7 30 p m. Thursday the Missionary Society meets with program Echoes from the House Party featuring Mrs Carol Cook, Mrs Harriet Sterrett, and Mrs Zundel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Cook
Harriet Sterrett
Zundel
Visit Paid To Camp Arrowhead Near Jackson
Middlewort visiting Camp Arrowhead near Jackson spans its second week of a six week session. Merrill Davis serves as camp supervisor noted as a local music conductor. Bruce Bradford and Gene Crook act as junior counselors while Larry Bunce earns the camper honorary scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Arrowhead
Jackson
Wallace Bradford
Neda
Carolyn Bradford
Walter Crooks
Jeannette Crooks
Janice Childs
Walter Bunce
Merrill Davis
Bruce Bradford
Wallace Bradfords
Gene Crook
Larry Bunce
Walter Bunces
Bradford
Crooks
Arrow 4
Mrs Ron Miller to Undergo Surgery in Cincinnati
Mrs Ron Miller formerly Garnette Chambers and a Middleport resident was moved from Holzer Hospital to Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for a surgery scheduled Monday morning through the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ron Miller
Holzer Hospital
Christ Hospital Cincinnati
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Athens Messenger
Keeper of the Siren
Dey
Dei
Wordware
THE
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Middleport Society
Amateur Gardeners Club
Ben Philson
Missionary Society of the
Mt. Moriah
Alloué
Earl Braxton
C. R. Young. Hudson, Sr
Cincinnati
Baxton
Youngs
William Piltz
Columbus
Diltz
Young
Elizabeth Ord
Anderson
Charles Ray Ord
Wayne
Eddie
Nitro
Helen Kochinsky
Tommy
Jimmy Hurd
Mt.’ Hope
Art Mattox
Mattox
Broadway
Jean
Jack
Peebles
Judgeon
Clara Big
Hillsboro
Bacon
Lula Blankens
of Education
Orville Ni
Beech St
Marietta
Norris
Ashland Oil Company
Norrises
L. D. Diles
Sidney Pickens
Third Ave
East Liverpool
Ray Thorn
Harold Boyd
Billy Boyd
Jacob Shuler
Edith Thomas
Wendell C. Mulford
Old Rgger Church
Jack Bechtle
Nemo Nieri
Zita
Remalee
Montreal
Canada
Laurence Bradford
Larry Gail
Lynn
Grove City
William Bradford
Brownell Ave
Bradfords
David. Entsminger
Ross Zahn
Charles Entsminger
Charleston
W. H. Jubling
Hele Beso
Long Bottom
Edgar Tuckerman
Karyl
Athens
Spring Hill
Liberty
WED. & Thurs
SULY
Long John Silver
Robert Newt
Rita Hayworth
Stewart Granger
Lex Barker
Patricia Medina
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
Bruce Bennett
Vesey Knudsen
Margaret Hayes
Jim Davis
Cecil Kellaway
Ward Bond
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Cil
C.K. Karr
Harry Craig
Coal St
David Miller
Finland
Couneil
Jean Lama
John Richmond
Main
Packard Clipper
Oudsmobile
Waurtaway
Sas
Karr & van Zandt
Motor Sales
Quality
Pomeroy, Ohio
Gallipolis
Bob Evans
Eastern Ave
Valley Lumber
Middleport, Ohio
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Plymale-Wagner CO
Gallipolis, Ohio
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens, Ohio
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