Council Studies Holiday Policy and Traffic Changes
Village council reviewed revising the holiday pay scale for employees and accepted meter patrolman Wayne Payne’s resignation. They discussed how holiday pay is calculated, planned safety committee action, and changes to traffic flow including no left turns at Lincoln Hill Road and Butternut Avenue. A budget was approved and the mayor’s report was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edith Sisson
Council
Safety Committee
Wayne Payne
Payne
Charles Legar
Lincoln Hill Road
Butternut Avenue
State Highway Department
Butternut
Main Street
Sinc Main
Legar
Beltz Enterprises of
Lancaster
Jim Mees
Wilbur Hood
Laurel Street
Schrimshers Honored With Shower In Meigs
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Schrimsher were honored guests at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Weber in Long Bottom. Co host was Mrs. Robert White. Guests and attendees include Thelma Orr Jean Spencer Becky Pullins Denise Pullins and many others. also listed are Mason marriage licenses for Shriver Peggs Cross Keefer Clark Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Bert Schrimsher
Floyd Weber
Robert White
Erma Johnston
Marcia Keller
Thelma Orr
Jean Spencer
Becky
Denise Pullins
Betty Friend
Margaret Tuttle
Alice Capehart
Marl Ours
Hazel Lee Reibel
Mary Rose
Debbie Rose
Cass Bissell
Avice Bissell
Sylvia Carpenter
Mae Johnston
Neva Frederick
Thelma
Jennie
Sandy White
Mary Offutt
Garnet Johnston
Wilma
Brenda Anderson
Wilma Ballard
Kathy Johnson
Pullins
Lizzie Reibel
Edith Sisson
Jane
Lillian Napper
Clara Milhoan
Kathleen Milhoan
Norma
Joseph Ritchie
Stella
Melissa Coleman
Thelma Farnsworth
Flossie Maxon
Monad Wilson
Thelma Ashworth
Marjorie Schrimsher
Alta Schrimsher
Florence Jurnigen
Columbus
Ernest Weber
Randy Friend
Mason
Gary Dean Shriver
Gallipolis
Marjorie Tallulah Peggs
Point Pleasant
Olen Glenn Cross
Wheeling
Virginia
Geraldine Keefer
Letart
Tommy Junior Clark
Chicago
Ill
Donna Lee Parsons
Orville Gatkie Services Held in Oxford Michigan
Mr and Mrs Fritz Buck and Mrs Alvin Norris returned from Pontiac Michigan after the death of Orville Gatkie brother in law to Mrs Norris and Mrs Buck Ja net Gatkie widow of Orville. He is survived by his wife Ja net and stepsons Larry Reuter Pontiac and Roger Reuter Drayton Plains Michigan. Funeral services were held Friday in Oxford Michigan with Rev Arthur Howard officiating. Burial followed at Stiles Cemetery Lapeer Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Fritz Buck
Alvin Norris
Pontiac
Mich
Orville Gatkie
Norris
Buck
Gatkie
Janet Ewing
Janet
Larry Reuter
Roger Reuter
Drayton Plains
Oxford
Arthur Howard
Stiles
Lapeer
WVEA Urges Resignations Over Mason County Schools
The West Virginia Education Association urges J. Brooks Smith and all Mason County Board of Education members to resign after a July report found the board failed to govern effectively. The panel recommends appointing new leaders until the 1972 primary election and installing a superintendent unaffiliated with the current conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Education Association
J. Brooks Smith
Mason County Board of Education
Mason County
WVEA
Board of Education
Smith School Board
Mason County Education Association
William P. Vonderhaar
Louisville, Ky
Paul
New Members Named To C of C's Board
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce named five new directors to the board at a Monday meeting at Bowers Restaurant. New members include Jack Cars ey William Grueser Marjorie Hoffner Wendell Hoover Ada Nease with three candidates contending for the sixth seat Norbet Compton Dale Warner Earl Ingels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce Board of
Chamber
Bower
Jack Carsey
William Grueser
Marjorie Hoffner
Wendell Hoover
Ada Nease
Norbet Compton
Dale Warner
Earl Ingels
Ohio Promotion Development Office
Big Bend
Katie Crow
The
Daily Sentinel
Beulah Jones
Athens Messenger
Bendview Theater
Helen Lyons
Laurie Schaefer
Imperial Electric Strike Meet Slated
Middleport S Smith plant manager of Imperial Electric Co said a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday with Local Union 1587 of the International Electrical Workers to discuss a contract. The union has kept a picket line at the plant since June 2, and talks are set for 10 30 a m by the Federal Mediation Board. The union contends they were locked out on June 2, while the company calls it a strike. vacations are normally taken in late July if a contract is in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Lodge Outing At Forest Acres Park
Members of Middleport Lodge No. 363 F and A M and the Evangeline Chapter of Eastern Star and their families held their annual summer outing at Forest Acres Park near Rutland. Activities included games prizes fishing and a tour of Ft. Meigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Lodge
F&am
Evangeline Chapter
Eastern Star
Forest Acres Park
Rutland
Ft. Meigs
Carl Taylor
Gary
Kenneth Clark
E. M. Harrah
James Buchanan
Olive Cottrill
Glenn Evans
Tom Evans
Todd
Don Roush
Julie
Amey
Charlotte Clevenger
Rex Roush
Ruben Collins
Walter Roush
Wallace Russell
Libby Osler
Paul Patterson
Roxanna
Jeff
Ray
Steve
Robert King
Tim
Harry Chesher
Raymond Wilcox
Beverly and
Bryan
William King
Kevin King
Heather Finlaw
Fifteen People Fined by Justice of the Peace
Fifteen persons were fined by Justice of the Peace Bob Peoples in the past week for various offenses. Amounts included $10 and costs for speeding and intoxication, with several $5 or $10 fines and costs. Driving while intoxicated fines of $50 plus one day in jail and six months license suspension applied to John R. Poff and David Bryant, with Poff also fined $10 for no operator’s license. Additional fines covered expired licenses, driving with an expired plate, and assault and battery leading to 10 days jail if unpaid. FISH SPAWN note on eggs adhering to vegetation in muddy water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
Bob Peoples
Larry Roy Hill
New Haven
Gary S. Vegal
Bellesville
Gyrl Lee Wears
Pliny
Gerald Pearson
Henderson
Richard Wamsley
Roger Chapman
Robert William Neal
C. E. Erwin
South Side
Ralph Adkins
Columbus
John R. Poff
David Bryant
Dunbar
Poff
Jeffrey Lee Gibbs
Letart
Ronnie Ohlinger
Mason
Allen Countians Tour Mason County Conservation Sites
John Cooper of the Soil Conservation Service led a delegation from Allen County Ohio through Mason County focusing on conservation practices. The group included district supervisors and SCS staff with wives, visiting the Clements State Tree Nursery and strip mine reclamation sites near West Columbia, plus the W. W. Brown and Edward Bumgarner farms. Participants praised local efforts and noted dairy-to-beef shifts, sod corn planting, and water improvements at Letart area properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Cooper
The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Allen County
Ohio
Mason County
Soil Conservation District
Cooper
Clements State Tree Nursery
Allan Peaslee
West Columbia
W. W. Brown
Edward Bumgarner
Leo Thompson
Clarence Blessing
State Conservationist
West Virginia
Western Soil Conservation District
John Taylor
Ordinance Grade School
Letart
New Haven and Mason Order New Ambulances
New Haven and Mason plan to receive air conditioned ambulances from Springfield Equipment Co at a cost of 13000 dollars each with half funded by the federal government and the rest from local fundraising. Foglesong Funeral Home will end its service when volunteers operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MASON
New Haven
Foglesong Funeral Home
Foglesong
Springfield Equipment Co
Meigs Equipment Co
Five Dollar Fines Set In Pomeroy Court
POMEROY three people were fined five dollars and costs in village court with Mayor Charles Legar presiding. Fined were Claude Eblin Virgil Dill and Charles Boyles for offenses including open flask and intoxication. William Rock Williams forfeited a twenty five dollar bond for squealing tires. MEIGS divorces list Betty Miller versus Bobby Joe Miller Sandra Williams versus John Williams Joy Mitchell versus Elmer Mitchell and Paul Wolfe versus Leota Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Claude Eblin
Virgil Dill
Charles Boyles
Middleport
William Rock Williams
Meigs
Betty Miller
Bobby Joe Miller
Sandra Williams
Tuppers Plains
John Williams
Joy Mitchell
Rutland
Elmer Mitchell
Paul Wolfe
Racine
Leota Wolfe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council Studies
Gloria Cross Messenger
Schrimshers
Smith
Board
State Superintendent of Schools
Jackson County
C of C’s
Imperial Electric
Allen Countians
Taylor
Ralph Weaver
SCC
Carlton Pierce
American Medical Association
Mittee
Myrtle Wolford
Paige Street
Michael Merritt
Jim Lavender
East State Street
Athens
Drexel, Heritage
Stanley
Broyhill
Heywood Wakefield
Keller, White
Thomasville
Maverick
LTD
Ford Country
Charley Moore Ford
Athens, Ohio
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