Complaints About Tipple Aired Before Council
POMEROY. Noise and dust from the Charter Oak Tipple on East Main Street prompted a special village council session at City Hall. Mayor Sidney A Spencer and Fred Crow Jr. were joined by tipple owner Ara Swisher and nine local residents. The council will hire an engineer to study mitigation options while residents invited officials to inspect operations. Twenty five residents signed a petition requesting action to improve conditions.
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Pomeroy
Charter Oak
E. Main St
City Hall
Sidney A Spencer
Fred Crow, Jr
Ara Swisher
Swisher
Aeron Kelton
Carl Will
Bert Webster
Jay Houston
Raymond Houston
Mert Scott
Lola Hawley
Forty-Five 4-H Members Head to Canter's Cave Camp
Forty-five 4-H Club members from Meigs County depart for Canter's Cave Camp in Jackson County to stay until August 4. Twenty-seven senior group members return after a short camp period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Canter's Cave
Jackson County
Deanna Ewing
Middleport
Sharon Bahr
Patty Blakeslee
Sarah Franklin
Jennifer Blakeslee
Anna Louise Murray
Charlotte Murray
Sandra Ingraham
Charlene King
Martha Parker
Chester
Marlene Robinson
Coolville
Doris Ann Wells
Jack Handley
Shirley Blake
Martha Goebel
Tuppers Plains
Marlene Newland
Long Bottom
Larry Curtis
Patty Douglas
Albany
Rosalie Nelson
Shade
Ray Johnson
James Johnson
Wolfpen
Janet Jeffers
Barbara Escus
Military Mail Call notice for Eddie G Murray
Murray Cpl Eddie G from Coolville is listed in the Marine Air Wing unit based at MCAS Cherry Point North Carolina. The Messenger asks for full addresses and hometowns when submitting mail call notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Murray
Cpl
Eddie G
Coolville
2Nd Marine Air Wing
Mcas
Cherry Point
N.C
Middleport residents host visitors and travelers in summer
Local social column lists numerous visits and guest stays across families in Middleport Columbus Cincinnati and surrounding towns. The roundup notes Mr and Mrs Clifford Cunningham and son Denny from Lima visiting relatives, Miss Virginia Mayes staying with her brother, and many others including MSgt Raymond Allensworth returning to Texas after a stay, plus families from Akron Pittsburgh and Marietta with upcoming moves and job changes.
Middleport Garden Club Hosts Outdoor Supper at Maag Home
Middleport Garden Club members gathered at the Maag home in Long Bottom for an outdoor supper featuring river fish prepared in the host Dr E F Maags outdoor kitchen. Mrs John Duerr led a business session approving convention plans with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and co sponsoring a fall flower show with the Amateur Gardeners Club.
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Middleport
Ohio River
E. F. Maag
Kill Kare Kottage
Middleport Garden Club
Maag
Long Bottom
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Athens
Margaret Keehne Davis
Ohio University
Thomas Wolfe
Duerr
Middleport Club
Garden Club
Howard Hall
Amateur Gardeners Club
Firemen
John Kincaid
Titus
Lawrence Milhoan
Christian Heirs feted in Middleport after church week
Four students from Kentucky Christian College in Grayson completed a week of services at Middleport Church of Christ. The Homebuilders class hosted a chicken supper at Mr. and Mrs. Denver Rice. The Loyal Sons and Daughters class and Mrs. George Childs entertained Elmer Faust, James Nipper, Richard Bain and Sheldon Thomas at the Childs home. Other guests included Wert.
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Middleport
Christian Heirs
Kentucky Christian College
Grayson
Local crowd attends Fanny's Last Play at Ohio Valley Summer Theater
In Athens on Saturday patrons from Middleport and Pomeroy joined Mr and Mrs Arthur H Carpenter Miss Harrie Marie Smith Holley Martin and the Locharys for the Ohio Valley Summer Theater showing of Shaw's Fanny's Last Play. Professor Margaret Keehne Davis OU housing and dining halls head and former Pomeroy resident played the fluttery Mrs Gilbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Valley Summer Theater
Athens
Shaw
Fanny
Arthurt H. Carpenter
Harrie Marie Smith
Holley Martin
Patrick Lochary
Helen Lochary
Mary
Emma Hoge
Pomeroy
Margaret Keehne Davis
Department of
Department of Housing and Dining Halls
Ohio University
Mrs. Gilbey
Birthday gathering at Long Bottom camp celebrates local families
At the Long Bottom camp of Don Myers and the Wallace Bradfords a Meigs County celebration honored Hazel McKelvey and Pauline Myers. Attendees included the Don Myers family, the William McKelveys, the Pat McKelveys, the Carl Kautzs, the Wallace Bradfords and their children, plus Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Baikey, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ingels, and Dayton Ashworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Long Bottom
Don Myers
Wallace Bradfords
Meigs
Augusta Gilmore celebrates 90th birthday at family home
Mrs Augusta Gilmore marked her 90th birthday Sunday at the home of her niece Mrs R C Sansbury on S Third Ave Middleport. She resides with her sister Mrs Ada Smith who is Mrs Sansbury's mother. A family dinner and large birthday cake were served to Mrs Gilmore Mrs Smith Mrs Sansbury and Mrs Weise Sally E Schaaf and Mrs Co B Weise.
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Middleport
Augusta Gilmore
R. C. Sansbury
S. Third Ave
Family trip plans after Portland Park visit
Mrs. R. S. White and daughter Beulah White travel with Mr. and Mrs. N. S. White Mrs. Florence White Hannay and C. H. Hannay joining Mrs. Myrtle White Watkins and family for a Washington D C Syracuse trip. Sunday gathering at Portland Park included Mrs. R. S. White the N. S. Whites the Hannays and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. S. White
Beulah White
N. S. White
Florence White Hannay
C. H. Hannay
Myrtle White Watkins
John W. Watkins
Bonnie Reed
Akron
Washington
D. C
Syracuse
N. Y
Portland Park
N. S. Whites
Hannays
Charles Whites
Texanna
Monroe White
Thomas Darsts
Linda Fiering
Reedsville airman begins electronics fundamentals training
Pfc. Melvin Reed of Reedsville has reported to Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi to begin training in the electronics fundamentals course. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Webster C Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Melvin Reed
Webster C. Reed
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Pickens Joins 25th Infantry Riflemen Unit
Pvt. Charles H. Pickens is assigned as a rifleman in Company B of the 35th cactus regiment within the 25th infantry. He enlisted in January and previously worked for the B F Goodrich Company in Marietta.
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Reedsville
Charles H. Pickens
35Th ‘Cacti
25Th Infantry
Pickens
B. F.goodrich
Marietta
Civil War Doctor Thomas Barton Built Syracuse Home and Practice
Dr Thomas Harmon Barton born 1828 Meigs County Ohio practiced medicine in Syracuse from 1856. He served as hospital steward with the Fourth West Virginia Infantry and later authored an 1889 memoir detailing his Civil War campaigns and medical career.
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Syracuse
Thomas Harmon Barton
Barton
Thomas H. Barton
Fourth West Virginia Infantry
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Emily Love Parsons
Chester
Amanda Church
Dr. Barton
Belair
Maryland
Thomas Barton
Meigs County
Muddy Fork Creek
Scipio Township
Meigs Unty
William McMahan
Hollis Downing
Robert Townsend
Amos Stevens
Mary Ann Barton
Maria Hopkins
James Hopkins
Downington
James Barton
Cheshire
Reeves
Athens County
Columbia Township
Moire County
James
Bolin’s Mills
Albany
Kyger
J. P. Bradbury
Addison
Gallia County
Joseph
Ohio River
Barton Brothers
Pageville
Leon
Mason County
Point Pleasant
P. B. Stanbery
Pomeroy
Mason City
Racine
Athens
Indiana
Ohio
Local residents host visits and returns in Murray County
A steady stream of visitors and homecomings fills Murray area papers as families travel between Columbus Huntington and Columbus again. Capt Clayton Worthington and family return to Fort Knox after a 10 day sojourn while Rita Jo Gottke and Lorna Thompson visit Columbus with Port Gottke.
Chief and Jack Benny Both Are Now 39
Chief Walter E. Wolfe marked his birthday on Monday and noted he and Jack Benny are both thirty nine. He received a birthday cake from Miss Lena Guth and a bouquet from Mrs Norma Goodwin as celebratory gifts.
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Chief
Jack Benny
Pomeroy
Walter E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Lena Guth
Norma Goodwin
Midsummer Carnival Planned for Saturday at Woodman Hall
A Bedford Girls 4-H Club sponsored midsummer carnival will be held Saturday evening at Woodman Hall in Burlingham. The event features games a fishing pond a general store and a baked goods shop with homemade ice cream. Open to the public.
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Pomeroy
Woodman Hall
Burlingham
Bedford Girls 4-H Club
Lonnie Custer Returns to Meigs County Court House Post Illness
Lonnie Custer Pomeroy custodian at the Meigs County Court House resumes work Monday after five weeks at home on Lasley Street due to illness.
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Pomeroy
Lonnie Custer
Meigs County
Lasley St
Funeral held for Mrs. Lennie Sherman of Long Bottom
Long Bottom residents attended the funeral for Mrs. Lennie Sherman, a former Long Bottom resident. Burial was at Sand Hill Cemetery. Her husband died years ago. Delegates to the Free Methodist Church Conference were announced as Percy L. Peoples heads to Mansfield.
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Long Bottom
Lennie Sherman
Pomeroy
Sand Hill Cemetery
East Liverpool
Charles Ikins
Veterans Hospital
Louisville
George Lunberg
Michigan
Morgan Yates
Cleveland
Yate
H. C. Swan
Effie German
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Harold Saunders
Richwood, C
A. E. Fellows
Paul Lawrence
Columbus
Edwin German
Cotaopolis
Harold German
Mr. German
Percy
L. Peoples
Mansfield
Free Methodist Church
Noble County Faces Revaluation Funding Battle
Meigs County Auditor Perry Riggs notes Noble County may lose 30000 dollars of sales tax receipts as the Noble County Board of Commissioners refuses a 20000 dollar appropriation for a real estate revaluation. State board of tax appeals rejected a previous revaluation and ordered action. The commissioners skipped a state board hearing, prompting potential mandamus action to compel payment.
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Pomeroy
Noble County
Meigs County
Perry Riggs
Noble County Board of Commissioners
State Board of Tax Appeals
State Board
Riggs
Grace Episcopal Guild Social Notes in Pomeroy
The Grace Episcopal Guild will be entertained Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Jacob Hartenbach and Miss Sue Lehew in Mason with Mrs. Pat Lochary as co hostess.
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Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Guild
Jacob Hartenbach
Sue Lehew
Mason
Pat Lochary
Weekend Guests Attend Church Picnic Across Region
Ellis Smith and daughters Miss Jean Smith and Mrs. Mary Lou Austin of Akron joined Mr. and Mrs. Herman Werry at Pleasant Ridge for a Federated Church picnic Sunday at Rocksprings Fair grounds. Clifford Ebersbach and daughter Carol with Jo Chapman returned from a three week Canada vacation. Mrs. Edward Bauer visited Columbus with Clifford Bauer. L L Roush and sons Bill and Paul attended the Peoples Life Insurance agents annual picnic in Glouster. O R Faris and family from Nashville weekended with J O Roedel. they moved into the Episcipal Church rectory. Virginia Maro of Willoughby visits mother Ida May and sister Mrs Pearlsh. H C Brickles, Herman Fox, and Sophia Whitlock of Pomeroy spent Sunday at Ash Cave and Old Man's Cave. Oscar Ervin and Frances Basquill of Jackson, Ohio visited Misses Katie and Lena Guth Sunday.
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Clifford Cunningham
Denny
Lima
William Robsons
L. L. Cunninghams
Virginia Mayes
William Mayes
Lloyd Lykins
S. Second Ave
Cincinnati
Carrie Cassell
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lewis Rickman
Columbus
Earl
Charles
James Rickman
Bonnie Jean Barcus
D. E. Millers
Archie Rumfields
Middleport
Ed Thompson
Addison
Crazy Davis
Bronxville N. Y
H. P. Brown
Clarice Giles
George Faris
Lucille Dutton
C. P. Dutton
Lincoln St
CO. R. Faris
Tennessee
Grace Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
O. B. Stout
Eva Dutton
Fremont
Barbara Stout
Raymond Allensworth
Rae Ann
Harvey
Bastrop
Tex
Downing Roush
Harvey Allensworth
Allensworths
Allensworth
Korea
U. S
A. C. Neal
Carl Neal
Carla
Russell, Ky
Lillian McGhee
Robert Granson
Frances Steele
Pittsburgh
Laura Steele
L O. Gardner
Clifford Steele
William Price
Billy
Long Bottom
Dale
Haddox
Mason County
Leslie Ervin
Charleston
Lester Ervin
Osby Martin
Leona Eblen
Akron
Ellis Smith
Jean Smith
Mary Lou Austin
Herman Werry
Pleasant Ridge
Federated Church
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Clifford Ebersbach
Carol
Jo Chapman
Canada
Edward Bauer
Clifford Bauer
L. L. Roush
Bill and
Paul
Glouster
Peoples Life Insurance
Robert Hamm
Elmer Hamm
Huntington
W. Va
O. R. Faris
Nashville
Tenn
J. O. Roedel
Farises
Episcopal Church
Virginia Maro
Willoughby
Ida May
Pearish
H. C. Brickles
Herman Fox
Sophia Whitlock
Ash Cave
Old Man's Cave
Oscar Ervin
Frances Basquill
Jackson
Ohio
Katie
Lena Guth
Republican Picnic Slated for Friday at Meigs County Fairgrounds
A Republican picnic is planned for 5 p m Friday at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. Attendees include committeemen elected officials the Meigs County Women's Republican Club and their families. Games and music are planned and lunch will be served by the committee A guest speaker is expected to be secured for the affair.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs General Hospital Admit List
Admitted: Maynard Ellis Middleport Sam Hale Rutland Ray Beegle Pomeroy Glen Wood Columbus Walter Idle Lancaster Orville Brown near Pomeroy Allie Mauck Middleport Mrs Robert Satterfield Racine Birth: Mr and Mrs Robert Satterfield Racine a daughter DEO Mrs John Lyons and daughter Herb Bailey Robert Cundiff Walter Idle Joe Pletnik Norman Fisher Ray Kiser and Mrs Elsie McMurray and son.
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Maynard Ellis
Middleport
Sam Hale
Rutland
Ray Beegle
Pomeroy
Glen Wood
Columbus
Walter Idle
Lancaster
Orville Brown
Allie Mauck
Robert Satterfield
Racine
Deo
John Lyons
Herb Bailey
Robert Cundiff
Joe Pletnik
Norman Fisher
Ray Kiser
Elsie McMurray
Meigs County Recorder on Weeklong Vacation
John D. Thomas takes a week off from duties as Meigs County recorder. Letta Spencer returns to work after a prior vacation from the recorder's office. Marriage license issued to Billy Hill and Ruth Ann Badgley of Letart Falls, both 19.
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Pomeroy
John D. Thomas
Meigs County
Letta Spencer
Recorder
Meigs
Billy Hill
Ruth Ann Badgley
Letart Falls
Richard Burns 7 Injured After Car Strike
Richard Burns seven was injured when struck by a car driven by Lloyd Martin thirty nine on N Second Ave across from Steiner s Monday afternoon. Witnesses said Martin slowed and the boy ran into the street while playing with three companions. Chief Russell Bailey reported no charges. Mr and Mrs Paul Burns of Pomeroy are the boy s parents. The child received treatment at Dr J J Davis s office.
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Middleport
Richard Burns
Lloyd Martin
Martin
Frank Martin
Steiner
Richard
Russell Bailey
Paul Burns
Pomeroy
J. J. Davis
Family Counts Six Nurses in Koehler Circle
In Middleport the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Koehler, Bryan Place, includes six nurses. Betty Koehler is a registered nurse at Holzer Hospital, Norma Koehler works in Dr Clyd Ingles office, and Mrs. Lewis Koehler Jr. from Bryan is also a trained nurse. An aunt, Mrs. Floyd Koehler of Grant Street, is a registered nurse.
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Middleport
Koehler
Louis Haines
Wanda Koehler
State Nurses Board
Lewis Koehler
Bryan Place
Betty Koehler
Holzer Hospital
Norma Koehler
Clyd Ingles
Lewis Koehlers
Lewis Koehler, Jr
Bryan
Richard Koehler
Kansas City
Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing
Floyd Koehler
Grant St
Four Citizens File Petitions for Local Seats
POMEROY four candidates filed petitions for the November election. Dr Harold Brown seeks a seat on the Pomeroy Board of Education. Wor ley N Francis seeks trustee of Salem Township Etna M Gardner seeks Rutland Township clerk Leroy A Barton seeks Rutland Township constable.
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Pomeroy
Carl Sauvage
Meigs County Board of Elections Office
Harold Brown
Pomeroy Board of Education
Worley N. Francis
Salem Township
Etna M. Gardner
Rutland Township
Leroy A. Barton
Mayor's Office Clerk Returns to Duties
Pomeroy Mrs. Truman Russell has returned to her duties as clerk in the office of Mayor Sidney A. Spencer after a two weeks vacation. Edna Schoenleb served as substitute. In the county extension office Miss Mary Drake has acted as secretary in Mrs. Nonga Roberts' absence who attended the 4 H Club camp at Canter's Cave.
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Pomeroy
Truman Russell
Sidney A. Spencer
Edna Schoenleb
Mary Drake
Nonga Roberts
Canter’s Cave
Roberts
Meigs County land transfers recorded for 40 acres
Cecil Heilman Virginia Heilman Albert Heilgar Eva Heilgar Homer Midkiff Evelyn Midkiff George Bolin Myrtle Bolin Charles Bolin Maggie Moore transfer 40 acres in Bedford Township to Laura Schaefer Margaret MHoudashelt Edna Heilman Amber Lohn Ella Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Heilman
Virginia Heilman
Albert Heilgar
Eva Heilgar
Homer Midkiff
Evelyn Midkiff
George Bolin
Myrtle Bolin
Charles Bolin
Maggie Moore
Laura Schaefer
Margaret Mhoudashelt
Edna Heilman
Amber Lohn
Ella Smith
Bedford Township
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Tipple
Norma McKelvey
Patty Stobart
Margaret Chapman
George A. Hill
Eddie Chapman
Norman Roush
Don Johnson
Shirley McKelvey
Garren Cooper
Rebecca Shockey
Portland
Racine Jolly Neighbors
Barbara Sayre
Wanda Roush
Evelyn Cleland
Carol Salser
Juanita Channel
Aleta Russell
Linda Mallory
Loretta Sayre
Marily Cleland
Shirley Beegle
Ruth Ann Gaul
Patty Roush
Kenda Russell
Carolyn Cleland
E. Blakeslee
Geneva H. Nolan
Jean Swartz
Guysville
Rose Douglas
Betty Nelson
Delbert Sanders
Harriet Neigler
Myrtle Frye
Middleport Social Notes
Charles Walburn
Walburn
Charlene
G. F. Bailey
Marilyn
Sheldon
Thomas
Wert
Sheldon Thomas
Miss Walters
Robert Reeds
Lawrence Reeds
Zion Church
Mississippi
C. H. Harris
Murray City
Clayton Worthington
Janice
Ray
Fort Knox
Paul Conner
Zenith Dorsch
Charles Hise
Charles Gee
Rita Jo Gottke
Aves Ann
Lorna Thompson
Port Gottke
Rita Jo
Allen Beattie
New Straitsville
Frances Devitz
Cora Craft
John
Bobby Kruger
Craft
Ruth Carsner
New Lexington
Clyde Bartimus
Rita
Lois Louise
Patty Williams
Fred Koon
Cecil Lunsford
Maude Farmer
Toledo
Harold Potts
Hamilton
Mary Potts
Potts
Edd Gilkey
Emmett Short
Louis Sabo
Carbondale
Betty Sabo
Stewart Jacobs
Spurgis
Dan Wolfe
Noah Acker
Dayton
Harry Gosney
Howard Craft
Pomeroy Social Notes
Alfred
Garner Griffin
Charles F. O’brien
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs General Hospital
Leo L. Vaughan
Logan Monument Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Dean
Doan
Adv
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Voice of the Theatre
Humphrey Bogart
Eleanor Parker
Raymond Maseey
Tom and Jerry Color
John Barrymore, Jr
Chill Wills
Jimmy Durante
Terry Moore
Rupert
Spade Cooley
Richard Lane
Everybody Dancing
Federal
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A
C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Ronald Reagan
Diana Lynn
Walter Slezak
Lucille Barkley
Jessie White Also
Temple Middleport
Molly
Gertrude Berg
Philip Loeb
Eli Mintz
Edward Franz
Larry Robinson
Ibendvue
Laurette Suez Allan Nixon
Lost Worlds
Laura Elliott
Jim Arness
Bill Kennedy
Bob Carson
Frick Co
Waynesboro
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