Pomeroy Ordinance 248 Approved by Council
Pomeroy Village Council approved Ordinance 248 granting the State Director of Highways authority to maintain state highways within village limits. They discussed indebtedness to the Meigs Water Co, reading bills, and a request for a State Health Department representative to visit for sewage inspection and recommendations. Council members Elbert Robinson, Claire Karr, Sidney Spencer, Frank Chapman, and Harry Canterbury attended.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Co
Norris
State Health Department
Pomeroy Village
Elbert Robinson
Claire Karr
Sidney Spencer
Frank Chapman
Harry Canterbury
George Howel
Finance Committee
Fred Crow
Meigs Water Company
Water Committee
Howell
Fathers Are Honored At Church Services
Fathers were honored in special Father s Day services at the Church of Christ Sunday morning. In the evening, several new members were received and gifts were given to the oldest father Thomas Longstaff youngest father Osby Martin Marvin Kelly and Ray Blosger who tied for most children. Music was performed by Mr and Mrs Paul Haptonstall. Mrs Val Reuter urged building a wider bridge over the culvert and an easement discussion with A A Zahn. Ple as ant Ridge residents pressed for a water main and road improvements. Glenroy Ewing urged state review of Sugar Run sewer plans and a combined sewer debate with Ohio River discharge questions. Council referred plank repair and adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Thomas Longstaff
Osby Martin
Marvin Kelly
Ray Blosger
Paul Haptonstall
Val Reuter
Val Reuter and Sons
A. A. Zahn
Ruby Reibel
Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge Hill
Glenroy Ewing
Sugar Run
Alvin Norris
Pomeroy
Willis Ell
Funeral Service For Mrs Anna Singer Held At Mount Maria Church
One of the largest Mount Maria Baptist Church funerals marked the service for Anna Singer 37 Sunday afternoon with Rev Mrs Mary Lou Henderson of Gallipolis officiating. Attending relatives and friends came from Pittsburgh Institute W Va Gallipolis Pome Jack Watson Hattie Watson Black Fork Ohio Columbus Detroit Point Pleasant Lakin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mount Maria Baptist Church
Anna Singer
Mary Lou Henderson
Gallipolis
James Singer
Pittsburgh
Fred Sawyer
Marcia Singer
Institute
W- Va
Robert Casey
Dorothy Singer
James Sidier
Florence Singer
Jack Watson
Hattie Watson
Black Fork
Ohio
Dale English
Leola Bryant
Hazel
Mary Singer
Columbus
Helen Furchus
Detroit
Ernest Sawyer
Harry Smith
Point Pleasant
Charles Jones
Lakin
Group 2 Entertained at Mrs Stace Home by First Presbyterian
Group 2 of the Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church was entertained at the home of Mrs Peter Stace on Garfield Avenue Thursday with Mrs Dea Hayes as assisting hostess. Devotionals were led by Mrs Arthur Lewis and Mrs Stace. Co chairmen are Mrs Ray Sherman and Mrs Gare Stansbury.
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Middleport
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Peter Stace
Garfield Ave
Dea Hayes
Hoste
Arthur Lewis
Stace
Ray Sherman
Gare
Stansbury
Meigs County Field Day Plans Set At Pomeroy Gun Club
Meigs County Fish and Game Association announces the annual Field Day and Fish Fry at the Pomeroy Gun Club grounds on Thursday afternoon and evening June 20. Membership is rising fast and may exceed 400 by week’s end. Trap shooting will be in amateur and experienced classes. members should join by Monday June 17 to ensure a fry reservation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Fish and Game Association
Pomeroy Gun Club
Ed Cottel
Marietta
Shriners Attend Shrine Night Baseball Game
Meigs County Shriners plan to attend the Shrine night at Red Bird Stadium in Columbus on Wednesday June 19 to benefit crippled children. The Columbus Red Birds face the Kansas City Blues with the Shrine program at 8 p.m. and the ball game at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Shriners
Red Bird Stadium
Columbus
R. E. Boice
Twin City Shrine Club
Columbus Red Birds
Kansas City Blues
Middleport School and Town Social Notes
Middleport residents share visits and travels for Father’s Day events and family gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Meadows visit Columbus and plan Shrine picnic. Carroll Edwin Meadows to join vacation. Others visit Fremont Huntington Parkersburg and Columbus for family time and schooling.
Rites Are Conducted For James P Gardner
Funeral services were held for James Pearl Gardner a former boilermaker at the NYC railroad shops Hobson. Dr Homer G McMillen officiated and interment followed at Middleport Hill. Family and friends including Ak ron and Ernest Gardner attended from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Pearl Gardner
Rawlings-Coats
Gardner
NYC Railroad
Hobson
George Buchanan
Robert Vale
Leo Vaughan
Charles Mullen
Paul Davis
Albert Russell
Middleport Hill
Homer G. McMillen
Akron
Ernest Gardner
Charleston
Alton Vale
Morrow
Ohio
Charles Harold
Ironton
Virginia Egner
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Social Notes Reflect 55th Anniversary and Club Events
POMEROY Social Notes report Mr and Mrs W R Parsons of Portland celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary with a lawn picnic in the Ohio River Valley. Parsons is 80. Also noted are Twilight Garden Club officers elected for the coming year, district meeting reports, garden show results, and varied visits by locals, including graduates and relatives from Marietta Columbus Akron Athens Parkersburg and Cincinnati. The week features planned picnics, travel plans of the Kuether family, and local visits by residents to and from Columbus Ann Arbor Merrill and Youngstown.
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Pomeroy
W. R. Parsons
Portland
Ohio River Valley
Athens
Rodger
Ronald
Darrell
Patricia Parsons
Thomas Parsons
Marietta
Wilber Hare
Powhatan
Theoboki
Oscar Parsons
Mae
Hare
Newport
Ira Parsons
Akron
Parsons
Albany
Twilight Garden Club
Minnie Davis
Sadie Phillip
Elmer Wickham
Eddie Smith
Phil Williamson
Clara Zier
Mary Grimm
Ruth Harbrecht
Eunice Hill
Pomeroy High School
Marion Ward
Columbus
Charles Ward
E. Main St
Wright McCroba
Mary
Ann
Ralph Kuether
Kuether
Ralph
Gustave
Chester Knight
Willard Ashworth
Corinne Ann
Ashworth
Kent
Corinne
D. V. Ashworth
G. A. Jenkin
George Morgan
Syracuse
Kenneth FE. Wiggins
Minersville
Cincinnati
Bridge Freeing Meet Postponed Until July 10
POMEROY The Bridge Freeing Committee representing Middleport Mason City Point Pleasant Gallipolis and Pomeroy postponed its June 19 meeting in the Pomeroy Court House to July 10, announced by general chairman W A Smith. MIDPORT Guests at the Boat Club potluck supper were Dr. and Mrs I Ingles and Mr. and Mrs P S Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Mason City
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Court House
W. A. Smith
Boat Club
Co. I. Ingles
P S. Mills
Swisher Family Known To Meigs Residents
In Middleport Ohio the Swisher family and five year old Randolph escaped a blaze after lightning struck their second floor apartment amid a rain and wind storm near Columbus. Mrs Swisher suffered burns and ankle injuries and was treated at St Francis Hospital. The daughter stayed with her grandparents in West Columbia, West Virginia, across from Middleport.
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Middleport
George
Randolph
Columbus
Swisher
Karl Gwen. S
St. Francis Hospital
Swishers
Swith
West Columbia
W. Va
Busy Bee Club Meets at First Baptist Home
MIDDLEPORT Busy Bee Club of the First Baptist Church gathered Friday at the Talbott home on N Third Ave with guests from WAVE Miami and local members. Mrs. L. O. Gardner presided as program details highlighted prizes for Mrs Homer Hysell and Mrs C H Wise Jr, with devotionals by Mr Charles Pomeroy and plans announced for the next three months. The event ended with a pink rambler centerpiece and a July Roadside Park picnic set as the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Wise
Rice
Will Haptonstall
J. @. Rice
Mesdames
Charles Bennett
Florence Bush
J. O. Leonard
Charles White
Baby
Shirley Mills
Dana Hamilton
Jacob Turner
Lawrence Bing
Downing Roush
Grace Lyman
Gladwin Werner
J. M. Mygatt
James Sauders
John Seines
Faye Welker
Jennie Allen
Leo Russell
N A Eaton Dies In New York City
Middleport friends report the death of N A Eaton former head of the plant protective department of General Chemical Defense Corp Point Pleasant He was discharged from the U S Army for a heart condition He is survived by his wife and two young daughters The death occurred in New York where he had been transferred by the corporation. Dinner is given Middleport Mrs Frankie Gaylord hosted a family dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop for Swackhammer Jivden Meigs County relatives and Detroit visitors Accompanied home by her mother
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Middleport
N. A. Eaton
General Chemical Defense Corp
Point Pleasant
New York
Eaton
Stout
Fisher St
United State Army
Frankie Gaylord
Charles Jividen
Nolan’ Swackhammer
Mason
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Swackhammers
Jividen
Meigs County
Alfred Marcus
Detroit
Miss Waivie Circle’s Recovery Is Expected
Irene Waivie Circle, struck by lightning near her nephew Roy Dale Circle, returned to Racine R. D. Monday by Ewing ambulance from Holzer Hospital where Roy Dale Circle was killed. She is expected to fully recover from the electrical shock.
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Pomeroy
Waivie
Irene Circle
Holzer Hospital
Roy Dale Circle
Racine
R. D
Ewing
Heath Church Has Exercises at Heath Methodist Church
Mrs. Earl Knight chaired Children’s Day services with assistants Mrs. Leo Kennedy and Mrs. Ben Philson at Heath Methodist Church. Rev. HH. A. Rothroth gave remarks, Mary Carolyn Muler offered prayer, and numerous children and a class conducted recitations and exercises during the Sunday School hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Earl Knight
Heath Methodist Church
Leo Kennedy
Ben Philson
Robert Connally
HH. A. Rothroth
Mary Carolyn Muler
Stephen Jacobs
Patty Lloyd
Sharon Jones
Roberta Connally
Stephen Coats
Juanita Hawkins
Junior Kennedy
Judith Jacobs
Marilyn Sue Knight
Cheri
Blake
Natalie
Deanna Ewing
Edward Lee McComas
Bobby T. West
Sylvia
Linda Atkins
Nancy Roller
Linda Relrich
John Fisher
Charles Swanson
Happy Helpers Club Fourth Meeting Highlighted
POMEROY The Happy Helpers 4-H Club held its fourth meeting at Doris Wells home. Ethel Blackwood advised six members and four guests attended. A lunch committee was named with Betty and Connie Chaney and Rosalie Story to serve next time. Jean Lee Mary Stanley and Doris Wells will draft the constitution and by laws for approval. Janet Stanley gave a hemming demonstration. Donna Jean Stanley led games as recreation head. Next meeting set for June 20 at 1 30 p m with Betty and Connie Chaney hosting at Ethel Blackwoods home.
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Betty
Connie Chaney
Ethel Blackwood
Chaney
Marriage Licenses Issued In Meigs County Pomeroy Court
Licenses issued by the Meigs County Probate Court include William C. Bartels 24 of Syracuse and Mary V. Goodwin 23 of Pomeroy. Also listed are Pearl Ash 47 of Pomeroy and Maudie Morro 123 of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
William C. Bartels
Syracuse
Mary V. Goodwin
Pearl Ash
Maudie Morro
Pomeroy Schools Schedule Repairs During Summer Rest
POMEROY extensive repairs are planned for the Junior and Senior High School buildings during the summer vacation. Superintendent W A Smith announced plans to redecorate classrooms and hallways with pastel colors and light ceilings. Funds sought from the State Department of Education to install new toilets in the Senior High, and fluorescent lighting to be added where old fixtures exist, though some rooms may be ineligible. Roof work is set for Sugar Run School and Central Elementary clock repairs are to be pursued. Tennis court site preparations included extending the stone wall and leveling land for Memorial Tennis Courts by the Alurant Association.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Smith
State Department of Education
Baptist
Pomeroy High School Alurant Association
Divorce Granted on Neglect Charges in Meigs County Court
Judge Edgar Ervin grants divorce in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to Anna M. Frank from Gerald W. Frank on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Another action filed June 14 by Donald E. Bailey against Wonetta Grimm Bailey charges gross neglect.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
Meigs County Common Pleas
Anna M. Frank
Gerald W. Frank
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Donald E. Bailey
Wonetta Grimm Bailey
Rheumatic Pain Relief Praised For Rhu-Aid Claim
An elderly local resident reports dramatic relief from rheumatic pains after using Rhu-Aid. She previously suffered intense right-side pain and nerve discomfort, but now walks without agony and claims renewed vigor. The ad promotes Rhu-Aid as a liquid formula of three medicines from Athens Pharmacy.
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Revenuy
Here
Rhu-Aid
Athens Pharmacy
Ady
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Logan
Hocking Valley Hospital
Ory
Dayton
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East
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R. C. Meadows
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Elizabeth Joachim
Walden King
Wooster
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Hartman Hospital
Coal St
Maria Cavin
Penn’s Grove
M. J
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Wilbur Harpold
Pittsburch
Harpolds
Minnie Harpold
A. W. McKay
Glenn Jarvis
Port , Washington
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Robin
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Bowling Green
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Clifford Ervin
Third Ave
Libby Jones
Ohio University
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Carla Clark
Rexines Sauer
Horton Brown
George Cousins
Veterans’ Hospital
R. C. McBride
Mary Scott
Ronald Scott
Niles
Betty Kessinger
State School For the Blind
Beecher Kessinger
James Pullen
James P. Gardner
Pomeroy Social Notes
Louis Reibel
Betty Mandry
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Ethel Garland
C. E. Peoples
Clara Garland
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs
New York City
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Heath Church
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TEMPL
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Three Stooges
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Mary Treen
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Pillow OF Death
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P.O. Bldg
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