Concrete Will Be Poured for Unit of Route
Paving on the state highway project between Pomeroy and Rutland will start Tuesday per Dodson Goddard the resident engineer. The Union Ave Bridge to Dead Man's Curve will be paved with concrete and a tar surface will cover three and one quarter miles from the end of the new concrete to Cook's Gap. A second contract covers three and one fourth miles of a secondary highway through Salem Township past Fairplay School with tar surfacing. Rutland to Wilkesville surfacing work has begun. Motorists should drive carefully until completion. About 175 men will be employed on the projects, Goddard said.
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Pomeroy
Rutland
Dodson Goddard
Union Ave
Dead Man's Curve
Goddard
Cook's Gap
Salem Township
Fairplay School
Wilkesville
Middleport Social And Personal Notes
Asa Bradbury visits Rio Grande to see Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen. Dave Jones and wife stop in Syracuse en route to Rio Grande to visit her relatives. Headley Swisher travels to Newport Kentucky for sister-in-law Mrs. Howard McElhinny's death funeral. Mrs. Paul Scott resigns as county schools official. Scott couple to reside in Cheshire. G H Stansbury and Sara Jones visit Mrs. Horden in Columbus. Horden's children join them home after hospital stay.
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Middleport
Charlies
Asa Bradbury
Rio Grande
Frank Allen
Dave Jones
Fred Shumway
Syracuse
Paul Scott
County Superintendent of Schools
Scott
Cheshire
G. H. Stansbury
Sara Jones
Columbus
Columbus Hospital Care For Police Chief Tracy
Police Chief Dana L. Tracy remains under observation and treatment for a goitre at a Columbus hospital. He is camping at Buckeye Lake since Monday and is accompanied by Olan Goodwin during this medical event.
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Pomeroy
Dana L. Tracy
Columbus
Tracy
Buckeye Lake
Olan Goodwin
Middleport Church Services and Youth Conference
Sunday School opens at First Baptist Church in Middleport with morning worship by Rev. F. C. Kreager on Getting Music Out of Life. Evening youth meeting at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 with The Outreach of Real Life. Presbyterian Young People conference begins next Monday in Wooster with James Buchanan and Miss Lewis as delegates for a week.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
F. C. Kreager
Presbyterian Young People
Wooster
James Buchanan
Miss Lewis
Albany Baptist Church announces Sunday services and classes
Albany Baptist Church will hold Sunday School at 9 15 a m and evening preaching at eight. Stewardship is the pastor's subject. Carpenter Church hosts Sunday School at 9 30 with youth meeting at 6 30 p m. South Canaan Baptist Church hosts Bible Study Sunday at eight. The next day Sunday School is at 9 30 with Morning Worship at 10 30.
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Albany
Albany Baptist Church
Carpenter Church
South Canaan
Roads Open Access in Meigs County After Dry Spell
Dry weather restored byways making Pomeroy to Racine routes via Bashan accessible by car. Local motorists explore county roads previously nearly impassable and enjoy unusually scenic drives along State Route 7 to Route 124.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Racine
Bashan
Miss Schaefer to Wed Mr Gibson in Pomeroy
Mr and Mrs Carl A Schaefer announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Helen Katharine Schaefer to Daniel Z Gibson of Cincinnati. She is an Ohio University graduate with BM and MM degrees from the Conservatory of Music Cincinnati and a Pi Beta Phi member. The wedding is set for August 12 at the Schaefer home in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Carl A. Schaefer
Helen Katharine
Daniel Z. Gibson
Cincinnati
Miss Schaefer
Ohio University
Conservatory of Music
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Gibson
Conservatory of Music At
Miss Shirley Duerr Hosts Beach Party in Syracuse
Miss Shirley Duerr daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Duerr entertained friends Wednesday at Syracuse Beach with a wiener roast and swimming party assisted by her parents as chaperons Attending were Jane Stansbury Janet Hecox Betty Marcum Marvel Schmoll Mary Elizabeth Marcum Minerva Matthews Easter Martin Fwing Joan Hamilton Frances Ella DeLil ie of Columbus Gene Harris David Ohlinger Donald Matthews George Schmoll Tom Duerr Charles Reed and Mont Duerr Also notes about revival services at Mineral Gospel Tent Simpson Church Pomeroy and Federated Church preaching schedules.
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Middleport
Shirley Duerr
John R. Duerr
N. Fourth Ave
Walnut St
Syracuse Beach
Jane Stansbury
Janet Hecox
Betty Marcum
Marvel Schmoll
Mary Elizabeth Marcum
Minerva Matthews
Easter Martin Fwing
Joan Hamilton
Frances Ella DeLilie
Columbus
Gene Harris
David Ohlinger
Donald Matthews
George Schmoll
Tom Duerr
Charles Reed
Mont Duerr
Meigs County Organizes Natural Resources Council Chapter
POMEROY Meigs County plans a Monday meeting on July 27 to form a local chapter of the Natural Resources Council for Ohio. County Game Protector A H Joachim invites sportsmen clubs Grange Farm Bureau 4 H garden clubs and similar groups to attend at the Courthouse. The council aims to unite conservationists to influence lawmakers and officials on conservation issues.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Natural Resources Council For
Ohio
A. H. Joachim
Grange
Farm Bureau
Natural Resources Council
Joachim
Pomeroy Mayor Hessen Rides Bike For Birthday
Pomeroy's long serving mayor C J Hess observed his eighty third birthday by riding a motorcycle in the side car driven by Deputy Marshal Shack Young. The ride aimed to beat the heat and marked Hess's seventh term as mayor.
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Pomeroy
C. J. Hess
Shack Young
Hess
Koehler Building Remodel Planned In Pomeroy Theater Project
POMEROY remodeling of the Koehler Building in the upper business block will merge three rooms into one theater space with the second floor removed. Robert Warner says completion aimed by Labor Day and the Penvace Company, formerly Rex Theater Chain, will operate the new theater. MIDDLEPORT residents Mrs. Frank Hays and her sons trip to Charleston with Miss Gladys Watts to visit Mrs. Myers for a week.
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Pomeroy
Koehler
Robert Warner
Penvace Company
Rex Theater
Middleport
Frank Hays
William
Frank
Mill St
Charleston
Gladys Watts
Hays
Myers
Urges Tax Paying POMEROY
County Treasurer R G Webster urged prompt tax payments to avoid a last minute rush at the treasurer's office. He noted payments arrive at a normal rate, but many taxpayers tend to wait until the final day.
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Pomeroy
R. G. Webster
Pomeroy Social and Personal Mention
Mrs. Kathryn Puhl of Scranton Pa arrived Thursday to visit until September with her parents Mr and Mrs William Baker and other relatives in Pomeroy Mrs Baker and daughter Mrs Ruth Grate were in Parkersburg Thursday to meet Mrs Puhl Mr Puhl will visit Pomeroy in September to spend his vacation here Mrs Benton Penn of Mulberry Ave has been confined to her home a week with illness Her condition is unchanged T B Baker of Union Ave and Miss Ruby Byers of Middleport spent Wednesday evening in Athens visiting friends
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Pomeroy
Kathryn Puhl
Scranton
William Baker
Union Ave
Re-Appraisal of Real Property Considered POMEROY
County Auditor George P. Daniels says 1957 re appraisal of real estate is required by state law and will enlarge the auditor's workload. Some auditors oppose the measure and favor delaying until 1939 due to believed little value change since 1931. Daniels has not completed enough study to form an opinion.
Personal Convictions Sermon At Church Of Christ
Rev. Fred J. Gardner, pastor, will deliver the morning sermon on Personal Convictions at 10 20 AM. Bible School at 9 15 AM will study The Growing Soul in the evening. Last Wednesday 38 attended prayer meeting. all heated services will be brief and held in the basement if needed.
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Middleport
Fred J. Gardner
Church of Christ
Bible School
Three Players Seek Akron Pro Team Tryouts
Eddie Guinther of Syracuse Dick Beegle and Charles Swan of Racine left for Huntington to try out for Akron in the Mid-Atlantic League farm system of the New York Yankees. They are Chester team members in Meigs County and expect to return for the Chester Wellston game at Syracuse Ball Park Sunday afternoon. Pomeroy CCC team defeated Blue Diamond 9 to 1 at the high school field.
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Pomeroy
Eddie Guinther
Syracuse
Dick Beegle
Chareles Swan
Racine
Huntington
Akeron
Akron
New York Yankees
Meigs County
Chester
CCC
Community Recreation League
Blue Diemond
Sight of Police Bike Stops Speeding Urge
POMEROY neighbors are urged to curb speed on Main St by parking village motorcycles in plain sight. Assistant Police Chief Wolfe says motorists slow down when they see the bike. Chief Dana L. Tracy is away. Deputy Marshal Shack Young handles night duty. The Grace Episcopal Church service in Pomeroy Sunday includes a morning prayer and Rev. L. W. Clarke continuing his Gospel of St. Mark addresses. Church school meets at nine.
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Pomeroy
Main St
Wolfe
Dana L. Tracy
Shack Young
Grace Episcopal Church of
L. W. Clarke
Church School
Middleport Youth Aids Council Bluffs Centennial Pageant
J K Smith Jr business manager of the historical pageant for the Council Bluffs Centennial celebration assists in casting 650 men women and children. Rehearsals have begun. He is a Middleport native and Rogers Producing Company alumnus of 1933.
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Pomeroy
J. K. Smith
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Middleport
Rogers Producing Company
Middleport High School
Rutland Circuit Church Schedule for July Services
Rutland Circuit of the Church of Christ lists complete Sunday programs with Bible School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m. Bradford and Bradbury Churches follow the same timetable with a community service in Dexter at 10 30 a m. The Bradford Bible Class meets Tuesday July 21 in the church basement.
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Rutland
Church of Christ
Rutland—Bible School
Bradford—Bible School
Bible School
Dexter
Bradbury
Bradford Church
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Ruby Byers
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