Pomeroy to Add Sewage Plants and Sewer Lines
Pomeroy Village Council voted to authorize Mayor Howell and Clerk Norris to draw up plans for new sewers and two sewage disposal plants under an agreement with the Bureau of Community Facilities, Federal Works Agency. A residents’ petition from Butternut Ave and nearby streets urged action to curb open sewers and odor. discussion covered funding, with suggestions from City Solicitor Crow about assessments and possible federal aid. Sugar Run area project proposed by Glenroy Ewing would cost about 14515 dollars in reinforced concrete pipe. land between Mechanic St and Butternut Ave could be repurposed.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
George Howell
Alvin Norris
Bureau of Community Facilities
Federal Works Agency
Glenrow Ewing
Brick St
Lasley St
Peacock Ave
Wetzgall St
Fred Crow
Sidney Spencer
Glenroy Ewing
Sugar Run
Ewing
Mechanic St
Butternut Ave
Crow
Naylors Run
Kerrs Run
Monkey Run
Main St
A. H. Durst
Howell Water
K Edison Hobstetter
Civilian Defense
J. E. White
Council
White
Pomeroy Cilan Defense Council
Giles
Pomeroy Firemen’s Association
Water Service
Ruby Resbel
Pleasant Ridge
Brever
Meigs Water Co
Phil Williamson
Council i
Williamson
Trm|bers
Court St
Chapman
Karr
Spencer
Canterbury
Robinson
Finance Committee
Clean-Up Week Planned for Middleport Council Action
Middleport Mayor H W Craig proclaims June 3 7 as Clean Up Week directing street crews to collect trash across five wards. Fred Collins leads daily ward-by-ward debris pickup from the First through Fifth Ward while residents are urged to place rubbish at curbs or in containers. Local discussions include park sale to the American Legion and potential lighting upgrades along the boulevard with a future special meeting planned to settle parking area changes.
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Middleport
H. W. Craig
John Zerkle
Fred Collins
al Ward
Leland Crans
Feeney-Bennett Post
American/ Legon
Pyman Park
Guy Carson
Legion
Legionnaire
Hartinger
Zerkle
Brown
Craig
Crarg Davis
Gravel Hill
Frank ‘Vroman
G. I
B&l
C. P. Bradbury
Jess
W. R. Holcomb
Sanford Thomas
Fred Kauff
Clifford Steele
Guy Stewart
Mary Rupe
Pascal Tignor
James Kauff
Ray Saxton
Guy Nichols
James Dunlap
John Stewart
Harvie Riley
W. O. Tyler
Russell Blackburn
Edward Tucker
Hank Motley
Chffard Beaver
Finance Committee
Horton Brown
Gene Grate
Detective issue fills Cedric Clark house with smoke
A detective issue in an open fireplace caused smoke to fill the second floor of the Cedric Clark house on S. Third Ave Monday morning, necessitating a call to the Volunteer Fire Department. No damage was reported.
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Middleport
Cedric Clark
S. Third Axve
Student Honored At Bexley High School In Ohio
Milton Farber son of Milton Farber Sr former Middleport resident earned high scholarship marks at Bexley High School He won a Washington trip as one of 12 Ohio winners in the American Legion Essay contest and received a journalism award He served as associate editor of Torch the school paper
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Middleport
Bexley High School
Milton Farber
Washington
Ohio
American ‘Legion
Young Farber
Torch
U S Bases in Greenland and Faeroe Islands Discussed
Copenhagen reports Brig Gen V Haynes wartime commander of the U S air base in Newfoundland is negotiating with Denmark for long term leases of American wartime bases in Greenland. The U S is said to propose taking over weather and radar stations on the Faeroe Islands operated now by British personnel southwest of Iceland.
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Copenhagen
Co. V. Haynes
U. S
Newfoundland
Denmark
Greenland
Faeroe Islands
Iceland
Petition to be given council about sewers in Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce at their Monday meeting authorized Glenroy Ewing and A R Knight as a committee to represent the chamber at the Pomeroy Village Council meeting. Ewing to present a petition signed by 114 Sugar Run area residents to remove unsanitary conditions from open sewers on Brick St Peacock Ave and Wetzgall St. The president named a special committee to investigate golf course prospects near Chester. Bridge tolls and bridge timing clarified with a projected toll-free date by October 1, 1946.
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Pomeroy
Bride Commission
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
No June Floods Recorded in Meigs
MIDDLEPORT An authority on Ohio River floods, Ed Grant, said there have been no June floods according to his memoranda. He noted two May floods in 1857 and 1865 and one in August 1875, when Coe's Opera House was built. The river stood about nine in the morning and fell three inches by evening.
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Middleport
Ed Grant
Ohio River
Old Man River
Coe
Silas P. Coe
Mrs. Lena Young Cannerer Dies in Cincinnati
POMEROY Ohio mourns Lena Young Cannerer 78 native of Pomeroy who died in Cincinnati. She leaves husband two daughters and a son, all in Cincinnati, plus three brothers and three sisters. Surviving siblings listed include Albert Edward and W F Young of Pomeroy and Mrs Clifford Seick plus Amelie and Edith Young. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 pm with burial in Cincinnati.
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Pomeroy
George Cannerer
Cincinnati
Cannerer
Lena Young
Albert
Edward
W. F.young
Clifford Seick
Amelie
Edith Young
4-H Group Meets At Stanley Home
POMEROY The Darwin Happy Helpers 4-H Club met at Donna Jean Stanley's home on May 29 with seven members and two guests. Ethel Blackwood led Juniors in knotting thread and Seniors in varnish removal. Donna Jean Stanley acted as recreation leader for the group. The next meeting is set for Thursday June 6 at 2 30 p.m. at Rosalie Story's home.
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Pomeroy
Darwin
Happy Helpers 4-H
Donna Jean Stanley
Ethel Blackwood
Rosalie Story
Jean Lee
Bible School Enrolls 111 on Opening Day
The Daily Vacation Bible School reports a record enrollment for opening day in Pomeroy with 111 registrations and a 20 member teaching staff. Four departments operate in Federated Methodist and Bethany church classrooms as plans proceed for a June 13 public program and a Friday closing picnic.
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Pomeroy
Daily Vacation Bible School
Federated
Methodist
Bethany
Ruth
Perl
Ashville
Ohio
R. F
Charles Vo Sewell
Athens County
Carlos M. Riecker
Meigs County Dairy and Poultry Notes Highlight Fertilizer Use
Magazine editor reports on Meigs County journey with focus on lime and fertilizer as cheap feeds for dairy cattle. Observes Alvin Dye farm near Carpenter as TVA Demonstration Farm, grass pastures, contour farming, and new lime and fertilizer work. Also notes poultry open house dates at Wooster, insecticide production delays, and Meigs County poultry performance with egg production and price data. Includes clover seed yield notes and pollination importance from Ohio State University agronomists.
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C. E. Blakeslee
Dietetic Dairy Journal
M & A Dietetic Laboratories
Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Meigs County
Alvin Dye
Carpenter
TVA
Carpenter State Experiment Farm
Ohio State University
W. E. Dunham
Meigs Youth Wins State Farmers Key at OSU
Herman Carson Jr of Racine completes four years in vocational agriculture at Racine High School and receives the Ohio State Farmers Key, a rare honor for Meigs County. He earned a four year OSU College of Agriculture scholarship and has been active in FFA, holding roles as reporter and treasurer.
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Racine
Herman Carson, Jr
Racine High School
Herman Carson
Long Bottom
Ohios State University
Herman
Ohe
Future Farmers of America
Ohio Association of Future Farmers of America
Meigs County
Carson
Future Farmers
Ohio
FFA
OSU College of Agriculture
Garden Club Gathers In Spite of Floods
Garden Club members met at the H G Waggoner home despite floods Monday evening. Attendees from afar included Mrs Helen Chapman Had don Field N J Mrs Bess Musser Albany and Miss Ruby Diehl Athens. Local members listed with hostess Mrs Elsie Waggoner also present Olena Cottrill played several piano selections.
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H. G.’ Waggoner
Garden Club
Helen Chapman
Haddon Field
N. J
Bess Musser
Albany
Ruby Diehl
Athens
Ary Chase
Ruby Holiday
Pauline, Atkins
Elsie Welsh
Addie Bradfield
Olena Cottall
Margaret Douglas
Stella Atkins
Helen Al‘kire
Bertha Douglas
Betty Ellis
Elsie Waggoner
Olena Cottrill
Pomeroy Personal Visits Over The Weekend
Mrs. L. W. Probst of Columbus visits Mrs. Mary Huber and friends in Pomeroy for a few days. Mabel Lee of Clarksburg visits with Mrs. Bertha Pownell on Mulberry Ave over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. George Joachim Jr. of Athens and their two year old son George III visit relatives in Pomeroy over the weekend.
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L. W. Probst
Columbus
Mary Huber
Pomeroy
Mabel Lee
Clarksburg
W. V4
Bertha Pawnell
Mulberry Ave
George Joachim, Jr
Athens
George III
Garden Clubs Meet Regional District Event in Ohio
Middleport district garden clubs represent the 11th District of the Ohio Association at a regional meeting on Wednesday June 5 at First Presbyterian Church regional director Mrs James Stitus said. State president Mrs Frank E Garry of Montgomery Ohio will attend. Morning session 10 A M features pest control by C E Blakeslee Meigs County agent. Luncheon at noon. guests include Mrs William Sloan Cincinnati Mrs Thomas Wolfe Athens state chairmen and West Virginia state officers. Flower arrangements will illustrate Mrs Garys talk.
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Middleport
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
First Presbyterian Church
James Stitus
Frank E. Garry
Montgomery
Ohio
Bbe
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County
William Sloan
Cincinnati
Thomas Wolfe
Athens
West Virginia
Gary
Flood Threat Not Immediate Pom eroy Prediction
U S government meteorologist Leroy Stone from Huntington WV predicts no immediate danger in Pom eroy as the Ohio River nears a stand at 39.5 ft between 6 p m and midnight Monday June 3. Riverman Robert Heslop estimates 40 to 41 ft at Pom eroy around noon Tuesday June 4.
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Pomeroy
Leroy Stone
U. S
Huntington
W. Va
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Robert Heslop
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Charleston
Parkersburg
Sycamore St
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