Pomroy Parking Wall Repair Estimated Under Fifteen Thousand
Pomroy village crews repair the upper parking lot retaining wall after a slide into the Ohio River on May 2, 1951. About 150 feet of wall affected. large salvaged stones to be used in repairs. Mayor Canaday cites parking meter revenue to fund the project, with plans for up to 90 meters at five cents per hour. Meter installation requires council approval and a supplemental ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Village Street Department
Canaday
Main Street
U. 5S
Corps of Engineers
Insurance Men Elect Leaders In Meigs County
In Middleport an organizing meeting of the Meigs County Insurance Association elected Rodney Downing as president. Marvin Roberts of Syracuse was named vice president and George Hobstetter of Pomeroy secretary treasurer. Also present were Joseph Peron educational director of the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents and Dwight Rutherford a trustee of the Ohio Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Insurance Association
Rodney Downing
Marvin Roberts
Syracuse
George Hobstetter
Pomeroy
Joseph Peron
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents, Inc
Dwight Rutherford
Athens
Ohio Association
Joseph Perin
Athens Insurance
Downing and Barnes
Hobstetter, Webster, Edwards
Warner-Idle
Roberts
American Insurance System
United States
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Regional Episcopal Workshop Guests
Middleport records list Southeast Region Episcopal officers visiting for the annual workshop in Pomeroy. Guests include Mrs. Patrick Lochary hosting a Tuesday dinner at the Little House, with additional visits by Mrs. H. M Huffman, Mrs. Donald M. Webb, and other officers and relatives from Columbus, Akron, Springfield, Brownsburg, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
Southeast
Patrick Lochary
Little House
H. M Huffman
Donald M. Webb
Dayton
William C. Rhoades
Greenville
Lee Bailey
Springfield
Edith Rutherford
Earl Hoyt
Columbus
Cedric Clark
Woman's Auxiliary
Grace Church
Clark
Lenore Hobart Kent
Brownsburg
Ind
O. B. Stout
Fremont
P.M. Club Hosts Evening at Brownell Ave Home
Mrs. Lewis Sauer Jr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson hosted the P. M. Club at Brownell Ave giving games and prizes to Mrs. Hobstetter, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Anderson and guests Bernice Durst and Doris Weaver. Next meeting at Mrs. Williamson’s Harrisonville Road home with Ambrose Gibbs and Mrs. James Pullen as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Frank Wilson
P.M. Club
Brownell Ave
George Hobstetter
Charles Murray
William Anderson
Bernice Ann Durst
Doris Weaver
Milton Hood
Georgia Williamson
Harrisonville Road
Williamson
Ambrose Gibbs
James Pullen
Heath Methodist group picnics at Roadside Park
Mrs. L. W. McComas leads a Heath Methodist Church Sunday school class on a roadside park picnic on Tuesday. Attendees include Sharon Jones Barbara Jones Linda Batey Carol Owens Carolyn Wells Vera Covert and Dianne McComas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Heath Methodist Church
Sharon
Barbara Jones
Linda Batey
Carol Owens
Carolyn Wells
Vera Covert
Dianne McComas
Holiday guests visit Middleport and nearby families
Mr. and Mrs. Osby Martin and children from Columbus join Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Kessinger and Betty Jo in Middleport for the holidays. Also guests of the Roushes and the Morris family are Eddie Martin and children Sheryl and Joe Ed from Middleport. Cpl Raymond Thomas on a 10 day leave from Francis Warren Air Force Base visits Langsville with Lester Thomas and the Kessingers’ relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Osby Martin
Bobbie
Patty
Columbus
Beecher Kessinger
Betty Jo
Edgar Roush
Minersville
Roushes
Joseph Morris
Eddie Martin
Sheryl
Joe Ed
Morrises
Paul Williams
Betty Jane Morris
Nelsonville
Kessingers
Cpl
Raymond Thomas
Francis Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Lester Thomas
Langsville
Columbus Residents Visit Relatives Across States
Mrs. M C Flechtner and Mary Adalene Smith stayed with Mary Fisher and Frances Smith in Columbus. The Lewis family and Aleta and Seren visited relatives in Jackson. A J Strauss hosted Lester McCracken and C J Strauss. Carrie Ellison visited Miss Elizabeth Ward then Corning to see William Longstaff before returning home. Richard Schwab and daughter Marcia Lynn were with Oren Smith in Beech Street and returned to Springfield with Mr. Schwab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Flechtner
Mary Adalene Smith
Columbus
Hattie Fisher Smith
Mary Fisher
Frances Smith
Robert Smith
William E. Lewis
Aleta
Seren
Jackson
A. J. Strauss
Lester McCracken
C. J. Strauss
Carrie Ellison
Elizabeth Ward
Corning
William Longstaff
Richard Schwab
Marcia Lynn
Oren Smith
Beech St
Springfield
Schwab
Two Rutland Girls To Appear on Video
June Patterson and Darlene Wolfe of Rutland will perform on TV Talent Time at 9 am Eastern on channel five in Huntington West Virginia. The 1952 Rutland High School graduates have duetted on Meigs County stages and will present a Spanish number with accompanist Betty Brown, another 1952 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Channel Five
Huntington
W.va
June Patterson
Darlene Wolfe
Rutland
Meigs County
Rutland High School
Betty Brown
Dance Class Meeting at Rock Springs Exhibit Hall
The dance group led by Mrs. John Hardy will hold a regular meeting at Rock Springs Exhibit Hall on Saturday night at 8 30. Slicks and Hicks will perform. A beginners class runs from 8 30 to 9 00. All interested persons are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Hardy
Rock Springs
Day vote set Pomeroy in DAV Chapter 53 officers election
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 53 will hold an officers election at its regular meeting at the home on Monday at 8 p.m. Adjutant John C. Bacon announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Disabled American Veterans
John C. Bacon
Beegle Loses Nomination Certificate Refused for County Engineer Seat
Theodore Beegle failed to secure a Democratic nomination for county engineer after receiving 1464 Republican and 205 Democratic write in votes in the May primaries. The election board, citing previous Republican filing and voting, refused to issue the nomination leaving incumbent J. E. D. Hartinger unopposed for reelection in November.
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Pomeroy
Theodore Beegle
Beegle
Norhi‘nee
J. E. D. Hartinger
Hartinger
Meigs Woman Lelia Holt Dies at 80 in Columbus
Mrs. Lelia N. Holt 80, longtime Meigs County resident, died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. Edna Gierhart’s home in Columbus. Survived by husband Charles who died last October, two daughters Mrs. Gierhart and Mrs. Paul Drugan, six Columbus grandchildren. Funeral 1 p.m. Saturday at Chase Funeral Home Rutland. burial Miles Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Chase Funeral Home
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Health Class On Diabetes Planned In Pomeroy
Meigs County Health Department and Meigs County Medical Society schedule diabetes education sessions for June 9 and June 12 at Federated Church Pomeroy. Each evening starts 7 30 forming about two hours with film strips on early diagnosis diet insulin coma and foot care led by a physician a public health nurse and a state nutritionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Health Department
Meigs County Medical Society
Federated Church
State Department of Health
Meigs County 4-H Clubs Hold June Meetings
Meigs County 4-H groups gathered at various homes and halls with members and visitors. Juniors and seniors planned June 10 meetings at the Forrest home, with projects, demonstrations, and social activities noted for each club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Home
Pre War Boat Shown at Murrayville Steamer Car of Commerce
A 104 year old photograph in Work Boat shows the steamer Car of Commerce built in Murrayville West Virginia in 1848. The fourth of its namesakes, it wrecked at the Falls of the Ohio Louisville December 1848. The 294 ton vessel carried passengers to another boat after the wreck. Murrayville shipyards later vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Car of Commerce
Murrayville
W. Va
Work Boat
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville
Flesher
Neglect Charged in Divorce Petition in Meigs County
Mamie La Rue sues Francis La Rue in Meigs County Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Dowl Little was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Little by Judge Emmet W. Peoples. Custody of five of eight minor children awarded.
Children rehearse at First Baptist Church for Children’s Day
About 25 children gathered at the First Baptist Church of Pomeroy Thursday evening to rehearse for the Children’s Day program titled He Cares For You. The event will be presented Sunday at 10 a.m. Punch and cookies were served afterward by teachers Miss Frankie Wippel Miss Bernice Sheridan Mrs. Joseph Cook and Mrs. Hugh Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Youngstown Attorney Visits Judge Peoples
J. P. Morgan a Youngstown attorney and Mahoning County Bar Association president visited Judge Emmet W. Peoples at Journey's End residence on Thursday morning. Morgan toured with his grandfather E. O. Saunders. Mahoning County has 325 attorneys in the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. P. Morgan
Youngstown
E. 0. Saunders
Morgan
Mahoning
Portland Soldier Improves After Huntington Hospital Care
Charles R. Larson son of Mr and Mrs Wilkie Larson of Portland is treated at the VA Hospital in Huntington West Virginia for amoebic dysentery contracted in Korea. He was hospitalized seven months in Korea and Japan, discharged at Fort Belvoir Maryland, then sent home where his condition is improving. He plans to resume work on an Ohio River dam once recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Charles R. Larson
Wilkie Larson
Huntington
W. Va
Korea
Japan
Fort Belvoir
Ohio River
Meigs County Veterans Service Office to Close Weekend
The Meigs County Veterans Service office will be closed from Friday through Monday. Service officer C. J. Rhodes announced the closure and said he will visit his daughter Mrs. Helen Parker in Geneva during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Veterans Service Office
C. J. Rhodes
Rhodes
Helen Parker
Geneva
Chester PTA Dance Funds To Aid School
Proceeds from a Chester PTA dance at Chester High School auditorium will aid the home economics department. The event runs from 8:30 until midnight Saturday with refreshments and both round and square dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Pta Dance
Pomeroy
Chester Pta
Chester High School
Birth of Son for Lucas Family at Mason Clinic
Mr and Mrs Robert Lucas announce the birth of a son Howard Robert at Mason Clinic on May 24 Their family also includes daughter Carol Rae aged 2 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Perry Lucas of Athens and the Rev and Mrs John Bolin of Pine Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Young
John Bolin
Pine Grove
Chester
Bolin
Ray McDonald
Logan
Vivian
Janet
Quentin Perez
Perez
Pamela Sue
Randy
Jackson
McDonald Home
Sidney Burton
Galion
Hod Searls
Milton Smart
Columbus
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Smart
Ethel Jones
Kenneth Murray
Peoria
Hubert Taylors
Taylors
Bill
Nathaniel Harman
Erie
Middleport
Robert Lucas
Mary Bolin
Howard Robert
Mason Clinic
Carol Rae
Perry Lucas
Athens
Insurance Firms Form Local Association in Middleport
An Insurance Association, formed at a Middleport meeting, unites Downing and Barnes in Middleport and Hobstetter Webster Edwards Warner Idle Roberts in Pomeroy. Joseph Perin and Dwight Rutherford helped organize, with Rodney Downing named president Marvin Roberts vice president and George Hobstetter elected to lead the group locally.
Pomeroy Area Churches Schedule Weekly Services
Pomeroy area churches list pastors and times for Sunday school worship and special events including Youth groups, circle meetings, and choir activities across Federated Christan Science Baptist United Methodist and other congregations. The notice details morning services at 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and evening services, with locations such as Pomeroy and Tuppers Plains.
Middleport Churches Observances and Schedules
Middleport HEATH METHODIST lists pastor Louis A Bangerter services at 9 30 am church school and 10 30 am worship with a Father s Day sermon theme Our Father no Youth Fellowship meeting I E Miller leads Thursday prayer service due to Bangerter attending Ohio Conference at Lakeside FIRST PRESBYTERIAN features Howard Ruppelt pastor with 9 30 am church school and 10 30 am worship sermon Being Negative About the Positive and Positive About the Negative Westminster Fellowship outing and devotionals Sunday 6 pm weekly schedule includes deacons trustees Group 1 BPW above choir practice Wednesday evening FIRST BAPTIST under C E Hoys with combined service 9 15 am Children s Day observance worship 7 30 pm John Hoyt son of the pastor and a divinity student at Alderson Broaddus Seminary Philippi WV will lead
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Federated
Harold F. Hess
Trinity
Lake Hope
Church Council
Federated Circle
Busy Bees
Christian Science
Malachi
First Baptist
R. H. DeMott
Sunday School
Women’s Missionary Society
Pomeroy Women's Prayer Group
Episcopal Church
Cedric Clark
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Syracuse Presbyterian
Athens Presbytery
Sunshine
Free Methodist
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Rock Springs Methodist
Rutland Church OF the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Young Peoples
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Church OF God
W. Main St
N. W. Jenks
Chester Methodist
Tuppers Plains
W. A. Frost
Lottridge Harmonaires
Church OF Christ
Donald Seevers
Grace Episcopal
William Paddock
United Brethren
Weber D. Thoma
Mt. Hermon
Nease
Letart Falls
EUB
Walter A. Frost
Lottridge
Albert Warner
South Bethel
Robert E. Linter
Rutland
Syracuse
Bethel
Salem Center
Ernest Thomas
Heath Methodist
Louis A Bangerter
Father
I. E. Miller
Bangerter
Ohio
Lakeside
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Westminster Fellowship
Woman's Association
BPW
C. E. Hoys
John Hoyt
Alderson-Broades Seminary
Philippi
W. Va
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Visitors and Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen is confined at 836 East Main Street by illness. Many local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duckler and Mrs. Linne Van Meter of Delaware, spent time with relatives in Downington. Others traveled to Annapolis, Washington, D. C., and Baltimore for glee club concerts and sightseeing. Additional visits included Dayton, West Carrollton, Alameda California, and Peach Fork as families visited relatives and planned return trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Allen
E. Main St
J. H. Duckler
Linne van Meter
Delaware
D. O. Whaley
Downington
Glenn Lee
Gary
Annie Riggs
Melvin Biffle
Annapolis
Maryland
Wallace Riggs
Naval Academy
Washington D. C
Baltimore
Robert Warner
Dayton
Edward Schieber
West Carrollton
Elizabeth Huber
Don Smith
Jeanette
Alameda
Calif
Pomeroy
Pomeroy, Saturday To Spend A Few Days With Mr. Smith
Maggie Smith
Mulberry Ave
Ivan Carman
Peach Fork
D. C
Glenn Chase
Washington
Rehearsal Set for Burlingham Children's Day Program
Burlingham holds a rehearsal after Sunday School on June 8 for the Children's Day program set for June 22. Goldie Story Sunday school superintendent invites all Burlingham children to participate and distribution of program material will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingham
Goldie Story
Meigs County Land Transfers Packed With Property Deals
A series of land transfers across Meigs County lists edges of parcels in Pomeroy Racine and surrounding townships. Transactions include 2.77 acres to Charles E Grueser and 40 acres to Juliana V Wells, among others, plus coal and various lot transfers in Racine Salisbury and Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Russell
Evelyn M. Landers
William H. Landers
Charles E. Grueser
Pomeroy
Ann Marie Beegle
Charles C. Beegle
Racine
Euphoria Kennedy
W. Neuforth Kennedy
Neva Moore
Ralph H. Ballard
Wilma M Ballard
Juliana V. Wells
John M. Wells
Chester
Fred B
Salem Township
Allen Nelson
Marie Nelson
Betty Nelson Clench
Paul Clench
Rutland
James T. Jobb
Hortense Jobb
Chester M. Tannehill
Phyllis Tannehill
Theodore T. Reed, Jr
Ohio Valley Broiler Farms, Inc
Salisbury Township
Ben H. Bailey
Flora Bailey
Cush Johnson
Alice Johnson
Salisbury
Logan Pool Reopens After Thorough Reconditioning
Logan swimming pool reopens Friday after a full refurbishment including a new paint job, renovated locker rooms, and two new diving boards. Dwight Diller, Logan High School athletic director, serves as pool manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Dwight Diller
Logan High School
Grange To Observe Rural Life Sunday
Hemlock Grange 2049 will observe Rural Life Sunday at Burlingham Church in June. The program includes Rev. William Clancy taking part. All Grange members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingham
Hemlock
Burlingham Church
William Clancy
Grange
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis A. Bangerter
First Presbyterian Church
Ohio Methodist Conference
Central School
Wert
The
Jean
June Smart
George Meinhart
Lionel Boggs
Phyllis Gothard
Sally
Koehler
North Second Avenue
Vernon
Cady
Middleport Social Notes
Ada Root
Garnet Sharron
Grace Johnson
Neal White
Robert White
J. C. Watkins
John
Akron
Beulan White
Harvey Allensworth
Viola McCullough
Raleigh Flowers
Theo Flowers
Bertha Ann
Allensworth
Marion Allensworth
Phil Mankin
Toledo
Alice Browneller
Bloomdale
Carroll Whittington
Hamden
Wilce Whittington
William Robson
Johnny Bill
Liberal
Kas
Gravel Hill
Joe Morgan
E. O. Saunders
Jessie Saunders
Journey's End
Athens Road
Mr. Morgan
Dan Morgan
Mina Pral Morgan
W. C. Tyree
Morgantown
D. S. Harold
Allen White
Washington, D. H
William Burford
Burford
Meigs Grocery Co
Easter Erler
James
Widdleport Personals
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Meigs
4-H News
Edith Forrest
Forrest
Bedford Thimble Club
Harold Douglas
Grace Jones
Rosalie Nelson
Woodmen Hall
Bedford
Carmel
Columbia Make-It Club
Ann Samples
Mary Jeffers
Melya Jordan
Janet Jeffers
Erma Boring
Jolly Girls
Judy Curd
Carol Sargent
Peoples
Huntington Hospital
Middleport Churches
Pomeroy Personals
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Rex Allen
Maria Hunt
Queenie Hart
Drake Smith
Dennis Morgan
Pat Neal
Judy Canova
Eddie Foy
Anne Baxter
Dan Dailey
Dick Powell
Rhonda Fleming
Dune
Clayton Moore
Buffalo Bill
Robert Clark
Mary Hatcher
Our Gang
Yvonne de Carlo
Edmund O’brien
Silver City
Larry Parks
Barbara Hale
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pomeroy Bend
Lawless Cowboys
Whip Wilson
Fuzzy Knight
John Carroll
Marie MacDonald
SUN
Mon
Humphrey Bogart
Katherine Hepburn
Robert Morley
South OF Caliente
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Pinky Lee
Douglas Fowley
Richard Conte
Shelley Winters
Stephen McNally
Poker Flat
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