Special Council Session On Wall Repairs In Pomeroy
City Hall opened applications for masonry workers and an overseeing engineer for the upper parking lot and retaining wall repair project in Pomeroy. Mayor Canaday estimated costs under 10 000, but no engineer applicants and work has not yet started amid prior council stoppages and a scheduled but postponed meeting.
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Pomeroy
City Hall
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Mayor Canaday
Democratic Party
Pat Will
Brickles Rites To Be Held On Thursday
Funeral services for Eugene Brickles 60 who died Monday at his Main Street home will be at 2 p m Thursday at the Pomeroy Church of Christ. Survived by wife Flora and eight children and 17 grandchildren. He long served with Hocking Valley and C&O Railroads. Knight Templars hold services Wednesday at Ewing Funeral Home. The Rev Donald Seevers to officiate.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Brickles
Main St
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Flora
Melvin Smith
Minersville
Columbus
Jack Ferguson
Galion
Charles Brickles
Athens
Wendell
Thomas Kyle
Kingston
Brickles
Arthur T. Warner Serving in Japan
Airman First Class Arthur T. Warner of Racine Ohio has arrived at a combat bomber base in Japan and is assigned as an automotive mechanic with the 6161st Air Base Wing Motor Vehicle Section. He works on vehicles hauling bombs to lunch boxes for B 29 Superforts and is the son of Mr and Mrs Homer Warner of Racine.
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6161St Air Base Wing
Japan
Arthur T. Warner
Racine
Ohio
Homer Warner
Warner
Miss Vera Norris Leaves Racine for Columbus
Miss Vera Norris of Racine accompanied by Ray Proffit and his wife left for Columbus for employment. Norris is a Racine High School graduate from the class of 1952.
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Columbus
Racine
Vera Norris
Raymond Proffit
Miss Norris
Racine High School
Five People Fined in Pomeroy Mayor's Court
Five defendants faced fines in a Monday night mayor's court session led by council president Ted Downie in Delmar Cana day’s absence. Charles McLeod of Middleport received 15 dollars and costs and a 30 day suspended jail term for disorderly intoxication. John F Harrison of Middleport Route 1 was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. James Bond of Parkersburg and Perry Carpenter of Pomeroy each paid 5 dollars and costs for speeding. Ralph Taylor of McArthur paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign at Route 7 and 33, with both fine and costs suspended.
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Pomeroy
Ted Downie
Delmar A. Canaday
Charles McLeod
Middleport
William Lehew
John F. Harrison
James Bond
Parkersburg
Perry Carpenter
Harrison
Ralph Sisson
Lehew
Ralph Taylor
McArthur
Vegetable Growers To Attend Twilight Meeting
Meigs County vegetable growers plan to attend a twilight meeting at the Marietta substation at 4 p.m. July 25. A tour of research projects runs 4 to 6 p.m. followed by dinner and a speaking program with Russell Devol as chairman. Dr. J Dean Wilson and J D Bragg of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station participate.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Marieta
Russell Devol
J. Dean Wilson
J. D. Bragg
The
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Farm Bureau Meet Set at Lake White
Several Meigs County women will attend a regular district Farm Bureau women s meeting at Lake White near Waverly. The session opens at 10 30 a m with a noon picnic dinner. Meigs and Athens counties handle table arrangements and adjournment is at 3 15 p m. Guest speaker is Mrs Lottie Randolph of Columbus formerly with the state department of agriculture.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
Lake White
Waverly
John Heiskell
Meigs
Athens Counties
Lottie Randolph
Columbus
State Department of Agriculture
Meigs Pomona Grange Meets in Harrisonville
Meigs Count Pomona Grange met Friday night at the Harrisonville school with 140 members and guests. The Gallia County group opened the program with Dixie, a play Corn Feddies was presented by Centenary Grange, stringed music by Huntington and Eno Granges, and a tableaux Grange Foundations. Five candidates Roberta Wilson Marion Wilson Donna Will Sharon Atkins Patsy Radford were initiated in the fifth degree. Reports from 12 granges were read, Harrisonville Grange received thanks for recent Little Theater and quartet wins, and an inspection was announced for September at Rock Springs. Officers present included Guy Mutchler Overseer Pauline Atkins Lecturer George Genheimer Steward Ted Reed Jr Assistant Steward Lucille Story Chaplain Jess Tones Secretary Mary Genheimer Substitute Tom Sayre Gate-keeper Donna Holter Ceres Clara Humphey Pomona Janice Story Flora Esther Wright Lady Assistant Steward and Clarence Heaton Executive Committee. Refreshments followed.
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Pomeroy
C. N. Jones
Meigs Count
Pomona Grange
Harrisonville
Gallia County
Centenary Grange
Huntington
Eno
Roberta Wilson
Marion Wilson
Star Grange
Donna Will
Sharon Atkins
Patsy Radford
Rocksprings Grange
Guy Mutchler
Pauline Atkins
George Genheimer
Ted Reed, Jr
Lucille Story
Jess Tones
Mary Genheimer
Tom Sayre
Donna Holter
Ceres
Clara Humphrey
Pomona
Janice Story
Flora
Esther Wright
Clarence Heaton
Jones
Chester Youth Group Earns State Top Rating
POMEROY The Chester Farm Bureau Youth Council is named one of the three best in Ohio. Miss Alice Beardsley of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will attend a Chester meeting Thursday evening at the Window home to tape the business session for later broadcast on WRFD. Shirley Summerfield is president.
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Pomeroy
Chester Farm Bureau
Alice Beardsley
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Virgil
Virginia Window
WRFD
Shirley Summerfield
Chester Group
Mrs. C. E. Smith In Critical Condition
Mrs. C. E. Smith known as Josie from southern Ohio is in critical condition at Hoizer Hospital after a stroke. She was moved there Saturday and is accompanied by her daughter Harrie Marie Smith of the County Welfare department. Mr. Smith, a retired engineer on the New York Spacet Railroad, is in Gallpolis.
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Middleport
C. E. Smith
Josie
Ohio
Hoizer Hospital
Smith
Harrie Marie Smith
County Welfare Department
New York Spacet
Gallipolis
Marie M Hysell Mertz
Cleveland
Hysell
Walter Burns Harris
Grove City
Jane
St. Rita Camp
Ann Chisler
William Chisler
Second Ave
Patty Lou Owen Lives Up to Family Tradition
MIDDLEPORT Patty Lou Owen five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Owen earns a reputation as a skilled fisherman. After listening to instructions she began fishing in Shade River Sunday and caught a 9 inch bass before her father could cast. The Owen family is famed as river men for generations.
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Middleport
Patty Lou
Richard Owen
Owen
Shade River
Local Residents Attend VFW Session in Cleveland
Mr and Mrs Thom as McKay and Harry Wyatt traveled to Cleveland from Wednesday to Sunday for the 32nd Ohio encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The McKays met at the Hollenden Hotel and the auxiliary at the Statler Hotel. McKay leads the local VFW post and serves as department deputy chief of staff for district 12.
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Pomeroy
Thomas McKay
Harry Wyatt
Cleveland
32Nd Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hollenden Hotel
Statler Hotel
McKay
District 12
Wyatt
VFW
Sales Tax Receipts Rise Again in Meigs County
The Meigs County weekly sales tax report shows receipts for the week ending June 30 totaling $10,610.49, up from $9,037.08 a year earlier. State treasurer Roger W. Tracy notes an increase of about $1,500 over the prior period.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Blood Donor Drive Boosts Meigs County Quota
Meigs County increases blood donor drive due to casualties in Korea. A bloodmobile from Huntington, West Virginia will operate at Sacred Heart Church auditorium Friday from noon to 6 pm. Volunteers include Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Lions Club, Rotary, Meigs Junior Chamber, and church ministers.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Marvin Roberts
Red Cross
Huntington
W. Va
Korea
Roberts
Sacred Heart Church Matorium
Girl Scouts
Pomeroy Lions Club
Middleport Rotary
Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Red C
Junit
County Air Tour Plans Tied to Meigs County
Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce members and Meigs Soil Conservation District directors agreed at a courthouse meeting to pursue an air tour likely September 19. They will coordinate planes from nearby airports, seek Ohio Aviation Board verification, and arrange a tower parking lot exhibit space for guests.
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Hugh Custer
Ohio Aviation Board
Jaycee
Huntington
W. Va
Ohioiver
Ted Reed, Jr
Roger Morgan
Stout
General Planning Committee
Rivervue
Jaycees
Athens
Gallipolis
Logan
Dorcas Circle Picnics At Roadside Park For Meeting
Middleport notes show Dorcas Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society at a picnic supper devotional and business period at Roadside Park. Leaders and members led prayers and reported White Cross contributions and Granville June House party details.
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Middleport
Dorcas
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
John Mayer
Victor Grim
White Cross
Paul Smart
The
Missionary Society
Fielding Hawkins
David Durst, Jr
Granville
del Fife
Florence Bush
A. J. Beaver
Logan native Christina Matoueski marks 93rd birthday
John Buchanan of Logan visits cousins Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray and great aunt Mrs Christina Matoueski. Matoueski, formerly of Logan, celebrates her 93rd birthday Monday and remains active reading sewing and helping around the house.
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Middleport
John Buchanan
Logan
Charles Murray
Christina Matoueski
Murrays
Matoueski
Local families return from Florida and Buckhannon trip
Mr and Mrs Oren Smith and family returned Monday from a vacation to Miami Florida with Mrs Smiths brother and sister in law George Medallister Thelma Howard and daughter Janet of Clarksburg visited Mrs Forrest Bachtel and family The Howards joined the Bachtels on their return from Buckhannon where Miss Katherine Bachtel completed a graduation or event noted in the report
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Oren Smith
Lois Ann
Smith
George MedAllister
Miami
Fla
Thelma Howard
Janet
Clarksburg
Forrest Bachtel
Howards
Bachtels
Buckhannon
Katherine Bachtel
Entsminger Family Vacationvisited Mother Home
Children visiting their mother Mrs. David Entsminger during a weekend stay at Browne Avenue included Kenneth Entsminger Lynn and Gail Entsminger of Bethlehem Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Charles Entsminger of St Albans West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Roth Zahn and children of Charlestown noting her Athens employment and Browne Avenue residence
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Middleport
Joy Boggs
Lionel Boggs
Pearl St
Suzanne Bradbury
Asa Bradbury
Judy Wildermuth
David Hartinger
John Blake
Sandra Simpson
Carolyn Searls
Cynthia Mills
Janice
Bobby Schmoll
Jeffrey Boggs
Joy
Richard Haggerty
Tom Kincaid
Dayton
Debby Vick
Beaver Falls
Charles Bradbury
Millard Wildermuth
Donald Mills
Robert Haggerty
David Entsminger
Athens
Browne Ave
Kenneth Entsminger
Lynn
Gail
Bethlehem
Charles Entsminger
St. Albans
W. Va
Roth Zahn
Charleston
Middleport Telephone Firm Renamed and Explains New Charges
The Middleport area sees changes as Ohio Associated Telephone Company becomes General Telephone Company of Ohio on June 2, joining 12 General subsidiaries. The move aims for uniform branding and easier security of capital. A Bell Company rate hearing confusion arose with locals, while billing dates shift explain higher charges. Cable supplies and a new office over Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric on Mill Street signal ongoing upgrades not yet complete, delaying improved service.
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Middleport
Ohio Associated Telephone Company
General Telephone Company of Ohio
GeneralTelephone Corporation
General
Bell Company
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
Mill St
Forty One Attendance Awards at First Baptist Sunday School
Pomroy reports forty one pins for perfect attendance at the First Baptist Sunday School opening exercises. J. H. Stephenson presented pins and praised recipients. Twenty one earned three month honors and twenty earned six month awards. A family of five and a second family earned multiple pins. The junior class under Mrs. Hugh Daniels saw ten members receive awards.
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Hugh Daniels
Col Kincaid Loses Fourth of July Across Date Line
Col William Kincaid traveling from San Francisco to take command of Naha air base Okinawa was delayed a day by crossing the International Date Line. The Fourth of July occurred a day early for him. Mrs Kincaid and sons Bills and Tom plan to join him later. The Kincaid home in Dayton is being prepared for rental.
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Middleport
Col
William Kincaid
San Francisco
Naha Air Base
Okinawa
Colonel Kincaid
John Kincaid
Fourth Ave
Pacific
Kincaid and Sons
Bills
Tom
Dayton
Kincaid
Black Powder Banned and Rock Dusting Ordered at Willow Creek No 2
Federal coal mine inspector recommends banning black blasting powder at the Thomas Fork Coal Co. Willow Creek No. 2 mine and ordering rock dusting. Three men worked there with an average daily production of 20 tons when inspected last week by F. E. Hughes.
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Thomas Fork
Willow Creek No
F. E. Hughes
Middleport 19 Take Driving Tests At Village Hall
Nineteen candidates took theory and road tests yesterday at Middleport village hall on a hot day. A state highway patrol official, visiting Monday, noted nervousness and said drivers should be required to pass tests including sign knowledge. Parallel parking proved the toughest step, with failures told to return next week, and all were urged to drive carefully.
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Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Joe Bailey Returns From Japan and Korea
Joe Bailey has come home on furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bailey after a year in Japan and Korea. He was joined by A-2-c Carl Denning of New Jersey, a fellow trainee en route to New Mexico for reassignment.
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Middleport
Joe Bailey
Japan
Korea
Russell Bailey
Carl Denning
New Jersey
Denning
New Mexico
Bailey
Wiring Blamed For Car Blaze In Local Garage
Wiring in the car of Dr. Clyde Ingles Jr. was blamed for a fire in a local garage Monday afternoon at three o clock. Volunteer firemen were called to extinguish the blaze.
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Middleport
Clyde Ingles, Jr
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