Meigs County Blood Drive Seeks Donors at Pomeroy
Officials of the Meigs County Blood Program urge donors for a bloodmobile at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium on July 17. Meigs needs 50 pints to cover a deficit and 100 more to stock Red Cross reserves through September. Sixty-one donors remain to meet the 150 pint quota with walk in donors welcome. Dr B J Allison becomes medical supervisor for the operation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Junior High School
Red Cross
B. J. Allison
Mary Alice Williams to Wed Nathaniel Samuels in June
Mrs Marjorie Price of Pomeroy announces the June wedding of her sister Miss Mary Alice Williams to Nathaniel Samuels son of Mrs Elizabeth Samuels of Dayton. Williams is a Pom eroy High School alumna employed by George P Huffman Realtor Dayton. The couple resides in Dayton.
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Middleport
Marjorie Price
Pomeroy
Mary Alice Williams
Nathaniel Samuels
Elizabeth Samuels
Dayton
Pomeroy High School
George P. Huffman
Reator
Samuels
Worsham College
Chicago
Lumac
Church Wedding Unites Miss Murray and Mr McKinney
Judith Kay Murray and William Robert McKinney wed in an open ceremony at Bradbury Church of Christ in Middleport. The couple, both Middleport High School graduates, will reside in Columbus where they work and pursue careers.
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Miss Murray
Mr. McKinney
Middleport
Judith Kay Murray
Clarence Murray
Bradbury
William Robert McKinney
Bradbury Church of Christ
McKinney
A. R. McKinney
Three Fined By Mayor Monday Night
POMEROY Lawrence Russell West Columbia was fined 100 dollars and costs and jailed three days after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated before Mayor E F Robinson Monday night. Leroy James Hartford received 100 dollars and costs and five days in jail for the same charge. Don James Hartford paid 10 dollars and costs on an intoxication charge. Richard Eblin Columbus scheduled to appear before Mayor Robinson Tuesday at 8 p.m. Helen Wilt Middleport was arrested Monday on violation of probation and will appear before Juvenile Judge John C Bacon.
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Werry
Richard Eblin
Columbus
Robinson
Two Suits For Money Filed in Meigs Court
Meigs County Common Pleas Court records show two actions for money and interest. The first, the state of Ohio led by Attorney General William Saxbe, seeks 1620.30 from T. W. West doing business as Adrienne Coal and Dock Co. in Pomeroy, based on Workmens Compensation findings honoring Gilbert English. The second suit seeks 237.96 from Ronald Grindley Sr. of Minersville, with Roy Kohlhausen as plaintiff, arising from hospital bills and a note to the Compact Sales Corp. The filing details three separate claims plus a note balance.
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State of Ohio
William Saxbe
T. W. West
Adrienne Coal and Dock Co
Pomeroy
West
Industrial Commission
Gilbert English
Ronald Grindley
Minersville
Roy Kohlhausen
Business Adjustment Co
Parkersburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
The
Compact Sales Corp
Cora Grindley
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Roger Grindley
Grindley
Police report shows weekly meter collections at 187 85
Chief Leroy Bartrum reports meter collections for the past week amount to 187.85. The note adds context that Bartrum oversees the collections. A separate line mentions Leonardo da Vinci experimenting with contact lenses in 1508.
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Middleport
Leroy Bartrum
Leonardo da Vinci of the Eye
New Homes Are Planned in Middleport and Pomeroy
Middleport residents Earl Knight and John Parsons with Jack Bachner have bought lots on Beech and Oliver Streets and S Second Ave to build modern homes. Pomeroy reports a family reunion for relatives of the late Mitchell Russell on July 21 at the Edward and Guy Russell home in Middleport Route 1.
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Middleport
Earl Knight
Middleport High School
William Bailey
Beech and
Oliver Sts
John Parsons
Jack Bachner
Robert Coats
S. Second Ave
Pomeroy
Mitchell Russell
Edward
Guy Russell
Johnson and Rawlings to Wed in Pomeroy
A license to wed has been issued for James William Johnson 21 U S Army Gallipolis son of James and Marguerite Harrington Johnson and Nancy Sue Rawlings 19 telephone operator Middleport daughter of Robert W and Susan Russell Rawlings.
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Pomeroy
James William Johnson
U. S. Army
Gallipolis
James
Marguerite Harrington Johnson
Nancy Sue Rawlings
Middleport
Robert W
Susan Russell Rawlings
Meigs County Plans Bid for New Sheriff Car
During a July 1 meeting the Meigs County Commissioners approved advertising for bids to replace the sheriff’s department vehicle. Bids will credit the 1954 Ford currently in use against the cost of a 1957 black four door sedan with eight cylinder engine and standard transmission. Commissioners H W Craig Dana C Hartinger and R F E Neutzling attended.
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H. W. Craig
Dana C Hartinger
R. F E. Neutzling
Daughters of America Install Officers at IOOF Hall
The Pomeroy Theodorus Council Daughters of America met at IOOF Hall with Mrs. Arnold Hayes presiding. Officers not at the prior installation were sworn in including Mrs. Fred Swatzel and Mrs. W. R. Davis and others. Committees for six months were named for flower, orphans, ways and means, dining room, publicity and more.
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Pomeroy—Theodorus Council Daughters of America
IOOF
Arnold Hayes
Fred Swatzel
State Council
W. R. Davis
Inside Sentinel
Claude Durst
John Smith
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Flower
Thomas Cook
Harry Stahl
Herbert Miller
Ohlinger
Henry Reibel
Albert Roush
Minnie Neutzling
John Leifheit
Swatzel
Albert Woodard
Lillie Hauck
Smith
Addie Grueser
Bernice Durst
Elmer Wickham
Donald Hauck
C. L. Heaton
Maude Tewksbury
Minnie Gilmore
Lucille B. Hawkins
Middleport Women Attend Lodge Picnic At Park
A group of Middleport residents from the Pythian Sister lodge and Meigs Temple gathered at the Middleport Roadside Park for a picnic supper last night. Attendees included Mrs. Cash Bahr and family, Candace and Christine Bahr, the Haptonstalls, the Milers, Mrs. Bertie Watts, Mrs. Beulah White, Mrs. Arthur Gilmore, Mrs. Martha Childs, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cheesebrew.
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Middleport
Pythian Sister
Pythian
Cash Bahr
Meigs Temple
Candace
Christine
Paul Haptonstall
Edith
Billy
Myron Miler
Jimmy
Bertie Watts
Beulah White
Arthur Gilmore
Martha Childs
Frank Cheesebrew
Meigs County Sales Tax Down Slightly for 1956
Meigs County total use and sales tax receipts for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1956 were down slightly from 1955, totaling 253,371.34 compared with 254,921.98. For the week ending June 30, 1957 Meigs collections rose to 14,273.33 from 8,969.35 in 1956, while nearby counties showed mixed gains and losses. The Ohio-wide total for the year ending June 30, 1957 reached a record 235,740,638.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Tracy
Meigs
Logan
Athens
Gallia
Jackson
Vinton
Washington
Hocking
Ohio
Family of County Agent Enjoys Four Week Colorado Extension Course
Pomeroy County Extension Agent C E Blakeslee and his family returned from a four week trip to Colorado. Blakeslee attended a three week Regional Extension Summer program at Colorado State University Fort Collins with his wife Daisy and daughters Patricia and Jennifer. The group toured Rocky Mountain National Park Wyoming Hereford Ranch Cheyenne Yellowstone Black Hills and Bad Lands. They met Alvin Norris of Pomeroy in Yellowstone while on vacation.
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Pomeroy
C. E Blakeslee
Colorado
Blakeslee
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colo
Daisy
Patricia
Jennifer
Rocky Mountain National Park
Wyoming Hereford Ranch
Cheyenne
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Black Hills
South Dakota
Blakeslees
Alvin Norris
Meigs General Hospital Notes List
Discharged list includes Gerbert King New Haven David Wiley Middleport Mrs John Gilmore Syracuse and others. The note mentions Mrs Ferne Hayman Racine Mrs Cora Larson Portland and several families. United States 37 million juveniles and adults are now enrolled in schools.
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Ferne Hayman
Racine
Cora Larson
Portland
George Helvert
Pomeroy
Gerbert King
New Haven
David Wiley
Middleport
John Gilmore
Syracuse
Jerry Higley
Rutland
Annie Shane
E. Lemley
Bennett Little
Cheshire
Irving Hand
Dexter
United States
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Middleport Area
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Sharon Jones
Powder Puff Club
Grant St
Lawrence Milhoan
Vernon Weber
Mrs. Weber
Dennis
Dean
Donna
Dallas
Weber
August Weber
Chester
Widdleport Personals
Cecil Ward
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ward
Davis Produce Co
Kenneth Byer
Findlay
Byer
John Vance
Defiance
Lima
Vance
Byers
Jack Rothery
Pontiac
William Vance
Pvt
Bob Byer
Ft. Knox
Louis Weber
Somonauk
Waldo Bartels
Webers
Frank Young
Patty
Elmer Young
David Koblentz
Ricky
Robert Sharp
Forest Frazer
Clifford Dixon
David
Torch
Meigs General Hospital
Gerald Rice
Dearborn
Mich
Russell Rice
Adv
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Ray Mill
Anthony Quinn
Dabra Paget
Harry Carey, Jr
Temple
James Dean
Rock Hudson
Elizabeth Taylor
Carroll Baker
Jane Withers
King Features Syndicate
Paul Winn
Marylin Roush
Fauna Bailey
Ricky Kennedy
Kay Evans
Kenneth McElhinny
Clarence Marvin Murray
Glen Cundiff, Jr
Howard FE. Ruppelt
Middleport First Presbyterian Church
Jane Harris
Murray
Louise Kennedy
Joe Batley
Sharon Roush
Phyllis Ebersbach
Shirley Roush
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Ben Kesterson
Troy Fields
Rita
Nelsonville
Kentucky
West Virginia
Redwood
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Commission
Pomeroy Women’s News
Middleport Women’s News
S&h
John Richmond Oy
Rearking
MABN
Bob Evans
Steak House
Liberty
Orio
Huk
Eastman
George Montgomery
Mona Freeman
John Baer
Paul Douglas
Eva Bartok
the Werewolf
Karr & van Zandt
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Cadil
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Oldsmobile
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