Abducted Detroit Girl Story Ties Pomeroy Kidnapping
Police investigate a 17 year old Detroit girl and her sister after the younger sister reports a man abducted the elder on Route 7 near Pomeroy. The elder sister, described as five feet five, brown hair, green eyes, light complexion, was taken in a gray shirt and trousers outfit from a black 1949 Ford with West Virginia plates. The sisters were en route to Huntington from Detroit to visit a stepmother.
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Pomeroy
Taurant
Detroit
Ter
Linda Sue Jenkins
Mich
Huntington
Tuppers Plains
Route 7
Lenen
Shamrock
Russell
Lehew
West Virginia
W. Va
Chester Grange selects C. N. Jones as delegate
Chester Grange chose C. N. Jones as delegate to the State Grange meeting with Esther Wright as alternate at a Chester school building session led by Rey Miller. Joneses granted Silver gear memberships after 38 and 37 years in five granges.
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Pomeroy
C. N. Jones
State Grange
Esther Wright
Chester Grange
Chester
Rey Miller
Silver Gear
C .N. Jones
Order
Young Peoples
Grange
Mra Avis Roush
Howard Knight
Denver Holter
Donna Holter
John Idle
Pearl Mora
George Genheimer
Olive and Rocksprings Granges
Pomeroy Personals Update From Local Social Notes
Mra Albert Mees of Gallipolis, guest of her sister Mra Far Denny, spent Thursday with Mrs. George Mees in Mason. Mr and Mrs James Guinther and sons George and Philip of Cincinnati visit Mr and Mrs Oris Guinther. Mr and Mra William Bartles of Cincinnati spend their vacation with Mrs Bartles mother Mrs Norma Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mees
Gallipolis
Far Denny
George Mees
Mason
James Guinther
George
Philip
Cinccinnati
Guinther
Oris Guinther
William Bartles
Cincinnati
Bartles
Norma Goodwin
Hobson Man Pleads Innocent to Larceny Charge
James Hawley Pomeroy, 26, Hobson, pleads innocent to larceny in a hearing before Justice Percy L Peoples. Bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond. He remains in the county jail after failing to post bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Hawley
Hobson
Court of Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Charlies Russell
Meigs County Land Transfers Overview
Meigs County land transfers include correction deeds and affidavits of transfer across Salem Rutland Bedford Salisbury Letart Scipio and Pomeroy Townships. Transfers involve Garfield Russell Bessie Russell to Glenn Russell Edna Allen Lydia Clark heirs Gerald Eblin Mahlon Eblin Mary Eblin Dana Russell Lula Russell Nora Roush Nellie Friley Charles Friley George Downs and Galloways with parcels and acreages noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Russell
Bessie F. Russell
Glenn S. Russell
Salem Township
Ebert Warner
Clara Warner
Edna Allen
Rutland
Lydia Clark
Ziba Clark
Ruth Thompson
Bedford Township
T. H. Lasley
Marshal Lasley
Augusta A. Lasley
Katharine L. Bethel
Gerald Eblin
Salisbury Township
Mary F Eblin
Allen Eblin
Allen
Scipio Township
James H. Galloway
Virginia R. Galloway
Avery Goeglein
Albert Goeglein
Charlies Goeglein
Pomeroy
Fair Stand Plans Formed Letart Falls Methodist Parish
Letart Falls fair food stand committee set management for the coming season. Menu details and stand appearance plans were approved. Schedule assigns Tuesday to the entire parish, Wednesday and Friday to Apple Grove and East Letart, Thursday to Letart Falls Church. Also a Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting covered the Lancaster Institute and Camp, with officer elections next Monday. Cecil Roseberry and Georgia Wolfe named as devotional leaders.
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Letart Falls
Apple Grove
East Letart
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Letart Falls Church
Lancaster Institute
Richard D. DeWitt
Cecil Roseberry
Georgia Wolfe
Salem
Richard D. de Witt
Methodist
Meigs General Hospital Births and Discharges
Meigs General Hospital lists births for Addison, Harrisonville, Middleport, Pomeroy, Racine and Guysville with the names Hunt Basnett Butcher Ferguson McGhee Hysell Pickens Reuter. Discharges include Basnett Wheaton Carpenter Hysell Pickens Douglas Caruthers and Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ferguson
Middleport
Ruth Hysell
Mamie Hunt
Addison
Hanford Stanley
Pomeroy
Fred Basnett
Isabelle Pickens
Racine
Arthur McGhee
Guysville
Charles Reuter
Poveroy Kirths
Woodrow Hunt
Charles Butcher
Harrisonville
Charlies Ferguson
Betty Wheaton
Virginia Carpenter
Harry Douglas
Ed Caruthers
Guy Jenkins
Injured Patrolman Remains at Hospital
Patrolman Franklin D. Hudson remains at Meigs General Hospital after five weeks since a motorist struck him directing traffic on E Main Street. He is reportedly improving from a fractured pelvis and expected to remain in hospital about one more week.
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Pomeroy
Franklin D. Hudson
Meigs General Hospital
E. Main Street
Hudson
Chester High Band Practice Slated
POMEROY The Chester High School band will rehearse at 9 a.m. Saturday at the high school building. Bernard J Krinke director said members should bring instruments and music to the session.
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Pomeroy
Chester High School
Bernard J. Krinke
Krinke
Masonic Rites Set For Grafton D Stout
Masonic and Eastern Star rites for Grafton D Stout, who died Wednesday evening at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Stout residence in Harrisonville.
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Pomeroy
Grafton D. Stout
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Stout
Harrisonville
Neglect Charged in Divorce Suit in Meigs County
Carrie Watkins has filed for divorce from Harlow Watkins in Meigs County Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. They were married July 3, 1918.
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Pomeroy
Carrie Watkins
Harlow Watkins
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Leave Homecoming for Pomroy D T N William Neutzling
Dental technician William Neutzling arrived in Pom eroy on ten day leave from the naval training station in Bainbridge Maryland to spend time with his parents Mr and Mrs Rolland Neutzling at Breezy Heights.
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Pomeroy
William Neutzling
Naval Training Station
Bainbridge
Rolland Neutzling
Breezy Heights
Me detector tests given to Meigs County suspects
Sheriff Charles Russell and Deputy Leroy Bartrum visited Lima Prison Farm on Wednesday where three Meigs County suspects underwent Me detector tests at the facility.
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Pomeroy
Charles Russell
Leroy Bartrum
Lima
Meigs County
Churches Schedule in Pomeroy Area Faith Services
Multiple listings detail church services across Pomeroy area towns. Notable entries include Forest Run Baptist with a June 22 sermon by Rev. Clinton Powell of Columbus, and various churches such as Rock Springs Methodist, Rutland Church of the Nazarene, St Pauls Lutheran, First Baptist, and Federated churches with service times, Sunday schools, BYPU or youth groups, and midweek prayer meetings.
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Burlingham
The
Union
Forest Run Baptist
Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Clinton Powell
Columbus Chap.ch OF Christ
Donald Seevers
Free Methodist
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Rock Springs Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Rutland Chuncn
the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Young Peoples
ST. Paul's Luth
M. Mohrhoff
Church OF God
W. Main St
N. W. Jenks
Chester Methodist
Ernest Thomas
Middleport Women’s Club Hosts Annual Picnic at Park
Loyal Women of the Church of Christ and guests met at Middleport Roadside Park Thursday for their annual picnic with C H Church giving grace at table and a short business session led by Mrs O J Roush.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
C. H. Church
O. J. Roush
Minera Childers
C. FE. Vance
William Reuter
C E. Vances
O. L. Roushes
David Darsts
Leo Childs
Sidney Pickens
Wanda Evener
George Russells
Will Reynolds
Minnie Gilmore
C. C. Chapman
Boyd Dilgard
Lesta Gothard
Ernest Lallance
B. H. Rawlings
R. B Laughead
William Bradford
Edward French
David Farmer
William Hetteseimer
Freda Welling
L. D. Hart- Inger
Reuter
Childers
Otho Watts
Birthday Observed for Theo Neutzling in Gravel Hill
Birthday of Theo Tin Neutzling of Gravel Hill was observed yesterday with cards gifts and birthday cakes as neighbors and family joined in the celebration.
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Middleport
Theo
Tin) Neutzling
Gravel Hill
Social Roundup of Local Guests and Travel
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hayes include Othel Cunningham Deborah and Marylu of Pontiac Michigan and Mrs Ethel Price. Hayes' mother is ill under a physician care. Lynn David Bradford conclude two weeks with grandparents in Brownell Ave while Lawrence and Gail Bradford vacationed in Ely Minnesota.
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Clifford Hayes
Othel Cunningham
Deborah
Marylu
Pontiac
Mich
Ethel Price
Hayes
St. Albans
Junior Price
South Charleston
Ohio
Lynn
David Bradford
William Bradford
Brownell Ave
Lawrence Bradford
Grove
New York
Hull
Davis
General Hull
Athens
Greenfield
Ft. Myers
Claremont E. Hoyt
David
Philippi
W. Va
Hoyt
C. B. Hawkins
Services for John Dixon Held in Heath Methodist Church
Funeral services for John Dixon former West Columbia and Middleport resident were conducted Thursday at Heath Methodist Church with Dr Joseph Clare Hoffman officiating assisted by Rev Louis A Bangerter. Interment followed at Cheshire Grave Hill Cemetery. Attending relatives traveled from West Columbia Gallipolis South Charleston Syracuse Columbus Youngstown and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter James
M.S. Neville
Lesta Gothard
S. Third Ave
Columbus
Braden
Ruth R. Stansbury
Parkersburg
Jessie Tewksbury
Mitch
George Tewksbury
Buckeye Lake
Roy Davidson, Jr
A. E. Erwin
Roy Davidson
Cline Matthews
Noah Haskins
Palmer St
John Dixon
Heath Methodist Church
Robert Durst
C. E. Beil
Beil
I. E. Miller
Ethel Badgley
Huntington
Miller
Charles Flagan
Canton
Leo Searls
L. D. Hartinger
Oscar Barrows
Ruth Stansbury
Crooksville
Carl Gardner
E. A. Mellon
Jim
Bryan
G. F. Bailey
S. Second Ave
Middleport
West Columbia
Charleston Hospital
Cheshire Grave Hill Cemetery
Homer E. Cook
Herbert Chambers
Robert Harris
D. E
Mont) Miller
Richard Chambers
E. S Schaaf
O P. Klein
Jesus
Dixon
Heath Church
Schaaf
Klein
George Francis
Marion Francis
Blanche Roush
Lewis Stanley
J E. Wyersmiller
Youngstown
Francis Hoffman
Corning
Grace Hoffman
Carbon
W. Va
Alfred Pettit
Mason
Helen Stewart Wheeling
Grace McFarland
Joseph Clare Hoffman
Christ Church
Louis A. Bangerter
Middleport church services and activities this week
Heath Methodist and First Baptist and First Presbyterian outline weekly worship times church schools and sermon topics. Heath Methodist lists parable of the Black berry Patch and other events. First Baptist features Shamgar and His Ox good and Sing spiration with midweek prayer. First Presbyterian notes communion meditation Let This Cup Pass From Me and Westminster Fellowship events. Syracuse Presbyterian and Church of Christ schedules follow with service times and guest choir appearances.
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Love Joy
Harold Chase
Board of Trustees
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppert
Westminster Fellowship
Jean Ann Wiseman
Sally Gilmore
Syracuse Presbyterian
Mr Ruppelt
Wards of Rest Home MemoS: Dorcas Circle presents cookies flowers to O Neal Rest Home residents
Wards of the O Neal Rest Home received cookies and flowers this week from the Dorcas Circle of the B H Sanporn Missionary Society of First Baptist Church. Mrs Florence Bush provided the flowers from her garden and Mrs John Mayer led the gift distribution.
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Middleport
O'Neal Rest Home
Dorcas
B. H. Sanporn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Circle
Florence Bush
John Mayer
Forty at Meigs Chest Clinic in Fort Pomeroy
Forty persons were examined at the monthly chest clinic held Wednesday at Meigs General Hospital by Dr. Lewis Markwood of Columbus. Hospital employees said the turnout was the largest since the clinics began, funded by the Meigs County Tuberculosis Society.
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Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
Lewis Markwood
Columbus
Meigs County Tuberculosis Society
Dinner attendance by Jackson district staff noted
Miss Jeane Ashley and Norman Bahr, Pomeroy employees of the Jackson Production Credit Association, planned to attend a district personnel meeting and dinner in Jackson on Thursday.
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Jackson
Pomeroy
Jackson Production Credit Association
Jeane Ashley
Norman Bahr
Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Area Police
Pomeroy Personals
Goodrich Tires
CBS Television
Kelvinator
Thor
Mac's Alliance & Tire Store
Geo. B. McClintock
Donald O'Connor and
Jimmy Durante
the Milkman
Robby Driscoll
Robert Preston
When I Grow UP
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Golden West
Bill Williams
Robert Armstrong
Our Gang Kids
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Jack and the Beanstalk
Stephan McNally
Gail Russell
Air Cadet
Pluto Disney
Voice of the Theatre
Big Triple Bill
Heart OF the Rockies
Trigger Penny Edwards
Foy Willing
Riders of the Purple Sage
Hopalong Cassidy
Bill Boyd
Jimmy Ellison
Gabby Hayes
MGM Cartoon
Quebec
John Barrymore, Jr
Corinne Calvet
Tropics
Abbott & Costello
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Wild Horse Ambush
Michael Chapin
Eileen Jansen
Honey Chile
Judy Canova
Eddie Foy, Jr
Walter Catlett
Red Skelton
Kathryn Grayson
Double Bill
Johnny Carpenter
Alyn Lockwood
Lost Canyon
William Powell
Rosemary DeCamp
Tommy Ivo Henry Hull
Julia Adams
Charles Drake
MA and PA Kettle
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Wilbur Beley
Chester High Schol
Grafton Stout
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Pentagon
Naval
Hyman George Rickover
Rickover
Church News of
New Haven Park
Federated
Harold F. Hess
Youth Fellowship
Lake Hope
Happy Harvesters
Christian Science
John
Grace Episcopal
Charles R Speer
Robert E. Linter
Syracuse
Bethel
Middleport Social Notes
Clarksburg
Homer Roush
O. L. Roush
Grave Hill
Mae Roush
Pythians
Fides Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K of P
N. Second and
Rutland Sts
R. H. Rawlings
Woodman Hall
J. H. Grate
Cash Bahr
Pythian Sisters
Meigs Temple
Oliver Rowley
C. F. Besserer
J. W. Talcott
Dan Hartinger
Lodge
Coun
Pythian Association
Lula Russell
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Francis Pomeroy
Middleport Churches
Church OF Christ —Wert
Mt. Moriah
Meigs Chest Clinic
Ares
Elena
Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve Systerm and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Nelsonville
Hartley & Bennett
Copeland
Henderson, W. Va
Arthur Ewing
Leonard Copeland
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