Editor details decentralization of industries in Ohio Valley
Parkersburg News editor Herman Gieske told more than 100 attendees at the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce dinner that atomic bomb driven decentralization is breaking up large urban plants into smaller units in a wide area. He traced the Ohio Valley history, noted regional councils pooling resources, and highlighted local power projects and plants as signs of a bright regional future.
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Pomeroy
Herman Everett Gieske
Parkersburg
Gieske
Ohio Valley
Moundsville
W. Va
Gallia County
George Washington
Lafayette
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Virginia
Mark Twain
Mason County
O. O. McIntyre
Edgar A. Ervin
Meigs County
Little Kanawha
Tri- County Industrial Association
Meigs
Mason and
Gallia
B. F. Goodrich
Cairo
Dupont
Funeral Services Held For Langsville Man
Funeral services were to be held today for John Longstreth of Langsville who died Saturday morning at his home. Surviving include two sons Curtis and Floyd and a daughter Mrs. C G Herman. Sponsors funded the telephone hookup for the broadcast with Hexagon Chemical Co Ex celsior Salt Co Rig and Reel Co Imperial Electric Co and Canaday Chemical Co all of Pomeroy. WPAR chief engineer W G Brooks and announcer Sherman Grimm reported the program came over air well. A recording was made by Harry Miller and Edgar Atkins. President Jacobs praised Editor Gieske and Mr and Mrs W A Smith for participation. Richmond and Will thanked them at a dinner meeting. Mrs Herman Gieske and Elsie Hart attended the event. Station WPAR donated the half hour of radio time.
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Pomeroy
John ‘Longstreth
Langsville
Curtis
Floyd
Charleston
C. G. Herman
Columbus
Hexagon Chemical Co
Excelsior Salt Co
Rig and Reel Co
Imperial Electric Co
Middleport
Canaday Chemical Co
W. G. Brooks
WPAR
Sherman Grimm
Harry Miller
Edgar Atkins
Jacobs
John Richmond
Frank B. Will
Richmond
Gieske
W. A. Smith
Herman Gieske
Elsie Hart
Recreation Night Draws Area Children
Middleport hosts the first Recreation Night of the season with Second Ave blocked for skating and dancing. Merchants sponsor a costume contest judged by C J Ingles and others. Wer ner Radio Shop provided music. Firemen helped with traffic and the next events are a jamboree night in two weeks and a June 23 date.
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Middleport
Second Ave
Werner Radio Shop
Charles McMaster
C. J. Ingles
Douglas McHaffie
James Buchanan
David Darst, Jr
Betty Kloes
Eric Chambers
Sonny Lemley
Nancy Rawlings
Becky Sue Grueser
Larry Price
Juanita Hawkins
Jimmy Grueser
Mary McClure
Linda Helrich
Sheila Stover
Eddie Grueser
Davis Stover
John Vr
Racine High School Yearbook Praised for 1947 Edition
The Racine High School 1947 Racina yearbook staff under Carl Weese is commended for a 40 page, copper engraved publication with green coated paper and white plastic binding. Editors include Mary Ellen Hayman and Sheila Shain. staff members listed include Marcus Gainer Odessa Wolfe Robert Mallory Louise Burnem Clara Bush Ruth Johnson Etta Mae Shields and Ethel Shain.
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Marcus Gainer
Odessa Wolfe
Robert Mallory
Louise Burnem
Clara Bush
Ruth Johnson
Etta Mae Shields
Ethel Shain
Fire Extinguished at West Columbia Home
Middleport Volunteer Fire Department responded to a West Columbia residence Monday at 6 30 p m. The fire began on the second story of the Olin Knapp home and threatened the structure before firefighters doused the flames.
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Middleport
West Columbia
Olin Knapp
Class Meets Tonight In Middleport By Church of Christ
The Young Adult Class will meet at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Edna Gibbs Middleport. Attendees are asked to gather at the church first. Marie Leifheit the class president will lead the meeting.
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Pomeroy
Church of Christ
Edna Gibbs
Middleport
Marie Leifheit
Parsons Trip to Columbus Reported
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Parsons spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbus at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Camp.
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Gallipolis
A. L. Parsons
Columbus
Robert Camp
Reibel Case Action Begun By Attorney Pomeroy Harmon
Attorney Pomeroy Harmon filed the transcript and bill of exceptions in the state case against Ruby Reibel at the Meigs Clerk of Courts. Judge Edgar Ervin sentenced Reibel to one to seven years in the Ohio Women's Reformatory for harboring and aiding a felon. The bill of exceptions was filed May 15 and presented to Prosecutor Dana H. Peoples, who signed June 4. The judge also provided a formal statement refusing to sign the bill, citing filing irregularities and appearance docket gaps.
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Pomeroy
Harmon O'Brien
Ruby Reibel
Court of Appeals
Meigs Clerk of Courts
Edgar Ervin
Ohio Women's Reformatory
Marysville
Herman Beards
Dana H. Peoples
Ervin
The
Common Pleas
Trial Court
Justice Higgins Publishes Local Court Docket
Middleport cases show William Lewis bound over to Meigs County Jury on grand larceny for a German watch. Andy McKee and Aperson Young plead guilty to intoxication, fined $5 plus costs. Kermit McKinney bound over on non support. Robert Adkins of Middleport charged with failure to yield right of way, $15 and costs.
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Middleport
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
S. Third Ave
William
Raw Dog) Lewis
George E. Batey
Meigs County
Andy McKee
Aperson Young
Ralph Welker
Kermit McKinney
Robert Adkins
Calendar Announced For First Baptist Church Activities
Calendar announced for First Baptist Church in Middleport lists the Ladies Bible Class gathering at Mrs James Murray home Tuesday night and a Golden Rule Class picnic at Portland state park Thursday with members families as guests. Cars are asked to bring them to the church by 5 15 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting led by Mrs Willis Anthony, pastor Rev Charles Pomeroy away in Granville for Three Fellowship Days for Baptist pastors. Rev T T Shelton of Racine is attending.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
James Murray
State Park
Portland
Willis Anthony
Charles Pomeroy
Granville
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Meigs County Land Transfers Recorded in Pomeroy and Area
Deeds filed by Meigs County recorder George Meinhart list transfers in Middleport Rutland Letart Sutton and Salem townships. Notable changes include Downing to Yeager lot 264 Middleport and Carrolls selling lot 268 to Citizens National Bank. Several parcel transfers and affidavits cover Scipio and surrounding townships.
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Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Meigs County Recorder
Grace
John B. Downing
William
Vivian Yeager
Middleport
William A
William E. Yeager
Agnes L
Harold D. Brown
Norman
Dorothy Neutzling
Clyde G
A. Millhone
John M
Mary E. Stivers
Spring
Thelma Hysell
Rutland
Pomeroy Couple Weds In Spring Church Ceremony
Wilma Ruth Barnitz and Lawrence Webb Nelson Jr. were married at United Methodist Church Pomeroy in a 4:30 p.m. candlelight service officiated by Rev. Albert Bitters and Rev. Lee Moorehead. The bride, a Ohio State senior, wore white satin with train and a pearl veil. the groom is a Warren High School graduate and Ohio State senior. A reception followed at the Barnitz home with out of town guests from Ohio and West Virginia. the couple left for a southern wedding trip and plan a summer in Youngstown.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Wilma Ruth Barnitz
W. O. Barnitz
W. Main St
Lawrence Webb Nelson, Jr
Lawrence Webb Nelson
Warren
Ohio
Albert Bitters
Lee Moorehead
Columbus
O. P. Klein
Howard Ebersbach
Eleanor Barnitz
Miss Barnitz
Alva Auth
Connecticut
Isabell Antol
Canton
James
Geary Barnitz
Janet Barnitz
Leonard Volk
Donald Freer
Gordon Miller
Nelson
Pomeroy High School
Ohio State University
RAF
Ohio State
Barnitz
Betty Tedrow
Billie Jean Barnitz
Lawrence Nelson, Sr
Earl Grimm
Washington D.H
Nellie Finney
Bertha Wagner
Parkersburg
W. Va
Tony Greenburg
New Martinsville
Mattie Custer
Harold Grimm
Earl
Dayton Roush
Otis Crawford
W. O. Crow
Letart
Arthur Roush
Dean Brinker
Racine
W. S. Ellis
Ruth Drake
Middleport
R. C. Boothe
Donald Williams
Lewis V. Bucklew
E. B. Trotter
Beatrice Arnold
Brucilla Hayman
Jean Phillips
David
Bruce
Ruth Perkins
Louanna Ebersbach
John Sassaman
Harrisburg
Nicholas Kramer
Harry Young
Youngstown
Local Greetings and Health Notes From Pomeroy
Ann McCrobba of Huntington visits Pomeroy as a Ohio University graduate near work at F. R. Lazarus in interior decoration. Hobart Young of W Main St visits parents. he inspects at Monarch Machine Tool in Sidney. Robert Arnold convalescing in Holzer Hospital. Charles Reuter improving at Condor Street home. Mr and Mrs Robert Wolfe of Columbus spend weekend in Pomeroy with Walter and Chief Wolfe.
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Ann McCrobba
Wright McCroba
Huntington
Pomeroy Friends
Ohio University
F. & R. Lazarus Company
Hobart Young
Arlie Young
W. Main St
Monarch Machine Tool Company
Sidney
Ohio
Pomeroy
Robert Arnold
Pleasant Ridge
Holzer Hospital
Charles Reuter
Condor St
Robert Wolfe
Columbus
Walter E. Wolfe
Women’s Club Leader Delivers WSCS Talk at Heath Church
Daughters of the American Revolution chapter prepares for Flag Day picnic at Mrs Effie Warren’s Reedsville home with DAR Citizen Pilgrimage honorees from Pom eroy Chester and Racine high schools. WSCS meeting at Heath Methodist hears Mothercraft aims and home training essentials for children.
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Middleport
Dayton Woman Attends Ohio University Commencement and Weddings
Miss Janet Dillard who works in Dayton spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Dillard. She attended the Warner Meinhart wedding and reception and the Ohio University commencement in Athens. She also attended the Monday wedding of her former roommate Miss Elizabeth Robinson to Mr Max Lincoln.
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Janet Dillard
Dayton
John Dillard
S. Second Ave
Warner-Meinhart
Ohio University
Athens
Elizabeth Robinson
Max Lincoln
Weekend social notes from Akron to Charleston and beyond
Social roundup lists visits and stays of Mrs. Harvey Allensworth Bertha Allensworth and relatives in Akron and Charleston. It notes weddings upcoming for Miss Stuart and Mr Charles Pelzel in Charleston and vacations planned by Eileen Blosser in Beauford South Carolina with relatives.
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R. C. Flowers
Bertha Allensworth
Akron
Harvey Allensworth
Stephen McCullough
Dale Allensworth
Helen
Oliver Kail
Cheshire
Charles Mauck
J. M. Cooley
Fanny Simms
Logan
Ed Humphrey
California
Mauck
L. B. Higgins
Pearl Gardner
Rutland St
A. D. Vale
Morrow
Ohio
Arthur Stuart
Jean
Grant St
Charleston
Miss Stuart
Charles Pelzel
Eileen Blosser
Beauford
S.C
Dorothy Blosser
Charleston General Hospital
MHS
Raymond Blosser
Beech St
J. O. Leonard
Paula Jane Leonard
Landisburg
W.va
Sara E. Schreiner
Charles Shumaker
Huntington
Gravel Hill
Danny Hindy
Calam Hindy
William Price
Beaver Falls
A. A. Scarberry
Broadway
Alfred Scarberry
Tokyo
Sergeant Scarberry
Middleport High School
Yellow Jacket
Louise Kerr Russell
Minnie Kerr
Bob Kerr
Cleveland
Russell
Dayton
Teen Age Dance Slated at Pomeroy Senior High School
Pomeroy Junior Senior High School PTA sponsors a teen age dance at Pomeroy Senior High School on Wednesday from 8 30 to 11 30 p m Music Masters will provide tempos and the event is open to teen agers of Meigs County
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Meigs County
Missionary Society Meeting Postponed to June 17
The Baptist Missionary Society meeting set for tonight is postponed and rescheduled for June 17.
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Pomeroy
Baptist Missionary Society
Cincinnati Markets Report Lists Mixed Prices Across Eggs Livestock
Markets in Cincinnati show varied readings with eggs graded U S A and B in multiple sizes. Hogs calves cattle and sheep enter steady to strong trends as buyers push for higher quality meat and wholesale items amid broad price ranges.
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Cincinnati
Classified Notice Instructions for Obituaries and Cards
The text outlines pricing rules for classified listings including Card of Thanks In Memoriam Obituaries and political announcements. It specifies per line rates 13c line for a minimum six average words per line and requires cash for all such orders.
In Memoriam Addie Jane McVay Died Two Years Ago
Memorial notice for Addie Jane McVay who died June 10 1945. Sister Anna Black notes Jane is gone but memories linger at the grave.
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Addie Jane McVay
Jane
Anna Black
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Sunnyside Dr
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Dodgerton
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Harrisonville
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BUCK
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Athens, Ohio
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Texaco
Sewell's
Brown's Pure
N. Court St
Athens Motor Sales
DeSoto-Plymouth
State St
ALGEO
Algeo Motor Sales
N. Lancaster St
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Wyse Cycles
C. R. White
Tricyle
CHESS
Marie G. Hoftee
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Fairbanks Morse
C. L. Wile Fiams
Strawn Plumbing CO
North Court St
Straw Electric Service
Washington St
National Assn. of Piano Tuners
Wm. P. MacDonald
Modern Appliance Co
Richland
Marietta Chemical Products Company
Marietta
Athens Heating and Insulating Co
Electric Motor Service
Union Street
W. O. Rose
Weber Heating Company
Union St
Johnson & West
F. C. Stone
State Street
Earl Earl F. ‘Mathews
Cameron and van Dyke Gen. Insurance
D. M. Goddard
Farm Bureau
INS, CO
J. Clyde Edmundson
Cari J. House
Huffman
Huffman Transportation Service
Nelsonville
Glouster
Jim McCombs
Nelsonville R.R
J. G. Hope
Route SQ
Rachel Brown
Arthur McNutt
R.D
Lioyd Bolin
George Tederow
Lawrence Robinson
Chauncey
Pretty Howe
Black
Elliott St
C. L. Poston
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