Parking Meter Debate Divides Pomeroy Council
Pomeroy officials hear contrasting views on meters with Bert House claiming 95 percent of rural customers oppose. Frank Ferneau outlines a 186 meter plan and a six month trial while stressing meters fund traffic control. Council plans to revisit the issue in two to three months.
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Pomeroy
Canaday
Bert House
Main St
Spot
Second St
Frank Ferneau
Columbus
Ferneau
Council
Inner-Aid Relaives Digestive Ailments For Many
A well known man reports relief from gas bloating and constipation after using INNER-AID. He says meals no longer cause discomfort and bowels are regular for the first time in years. The ad mentions 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. Sold by drug stores.
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Inner-Aid
Inneraid
Adv
Driver Fined By Mayor In DUI Case
POMEROY Leon George of near Vinton pleaded guilty in mayor s court to operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He was fined 100 dollars and costs after the mayor noted a prior leniency during a flood incident when he ran over a fire hose. Officials said he paid the cash to avoid county jail and faced a six month work house term if cited again.
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Pomeroy
Leon George
Vinton
George
Canaday
Soldier Is Granted High School Diploma
Mit White son of Mr and Mrs Frank White received a high school diploma at a Middleport Board of Education meeting. He left school in his senior year to enlist in the U S Army and served in Japan and Korea before returning to the United States in February.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Mit White
Frank White
Mit
U. S. Army
Japan
Korea
United States
Atomic Task Force Commander Visits Middleport Relatives
Lt. Gen. John Edwin Hull commander of the joint task force in the Eniwetok atomic tests visited relatives in Greenfield and Middleport this week. He was hosted by his parents in law Mr and Mrs T H Davis. Mrs Hull, the former Lucille Davis, is in Hawaii.
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Middleport
John Edwin Hull
Joint Task Force
Eniwetok
T. H. Davis
N. Third Ave
Washington
Hull
Greenfield
Lucille Davis
Hawaii
Amusement tax ordinance faces criticism and scrutiny
The council approved a 25 dollar yearly tax on coin operated amusements with exemptions for religious and educational groups. Mrs. Helen Lyons and her lawyer opposed it citing 2878 signers against the tax at Pomeroy theatres. Mayor Canaday questioned price impact and potential rise from 38 to 40 cents. Councilman Boney noted state removal of the tax for revenue ease. Robinson defended the tax as fair with choice for residents. Further debate and votes planned after this first reading.
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Helen Lyons
Manning Webster
Canaday
Boney
Robinson
Trains No 2 and 3 Hearing Set for July 20
Harry Miller former Gallipolis attorney now in the state department says the public utilities commission will hear the case July 20. Clair Karr and Richard Vaughan selected by the mayor will represent Pomeroy at the hearing. Through trains omit stops between Pomeroy and Columbus causing transport hardship. Vaughan comments on drinking water but no action result.
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New York Central Railway
Harry Miller
Gallipolis
State Department
Public Utilities Commission
Clair Karr
Richard Vaughan
Pomeroy
Columbus
Vaughan
Laurel Run page notes Busy Bee class and visits
The Friendly Neighbors Club hosted Mrs. Algern on a quilt block day with a pot luck dinner. Members and guests, including Warren Sowers, Henry Todd Jr., Everett White and many others, shared visits, summers school departures, and family travel around Athens Logan and Columbus.
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Laurel
Friendly Neighbors Club
Algernon Todd
Bill Kisor
Columbus
Grace (Todd) Strugel
Henry Todd
Emerson
Paul Fredrick Stone
Athens
Everett White
Paul White
Henry Todd, Jr
Algeron Todd
Logan
Robert Price
Baltimore
Stanley Price
Charles Price
Faye
Wayne Todd
Jeffrey
Pete Brandon
Arthur Todd
Bill Wood
Anita
Lawrence Wolfe
Ladonna
Amateur Gardeners Club Aims Hats of Summer Flowers Show
Middleport notes report members of the Amateur Gardeners Club to wear original summer flower hats at the June meeting held at Rupp Motor Co Walnut Street. C E Blakeslee will display color kodachromes from the Second Annual Flower Show. Hostesses include Mrs Clarence Rupp Miss Elizabeth Joachim and Mrs O P Klein.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Rupp Motor Co
Walnut St
C. E. Blakeslee
Clarence Rupp
Elizabeth Joachim
O. P. Klein
Dayton Family Celebrates Francis Bush Birthday at Home
Francis Bush of Dayton spent Father’s Day with his family on Walnut Street. Mrs. Bush planned a birthday dinner for Sunday. Seated at the table were Mr. Bush, their sons Roger and David, and his mother Mrs. Florence Bush.
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Francis Bush
Dayton
Walnut St
Dinner Guests Bid Farewell as Ginny Lu Returns to School
Mrs Roy Lans burial Sunday dinner gathered Leach Landis family from Columbus Eleanor Schaaf and daughters Ginny Lu and Sally Also present Mrs Lansbury and Adda Smith with Chauncey Weiss and family from Jackson Heights New York Ginny Lu resumes training at Mt Carmel Hospital School of Nursing Columbus after weeks vacation on Monday
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Roy Lansbury
Leach Landis
David
Columbus
Eleanor Schaaf
Ginny Lu
Sally
Lansbury
Adda Smith
Chauncey Weiss
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing
Family gathering marks eighth birthday anniversary
Spending Father’s Day with Mr and Mrs Walter Young on Third Ave included grandparents and cousins. Mr and Mrs Elwood Bachus joined Mr and Mrs Richard Roth and children and Mr and Mrs Albert Marks of Cincinnati for a family dinner celebrating Patty Ann Roth’s eighth birthday anniversary, great-granddaughter of the Youngs.
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Walter Young
Third Ave
Elwood Bachus
Richard Roth
Albert Marks
Cincinnati
Patty Ann Roth
Youngs
Meigs Persons Attend Denver Johnson Rites
Middleport residents Mrs. Harry Russell and Mrs. Helen Barker traveled from Pomeroy to Clifton to attend the funeral for Denver Dale Johnson eight who died after being struck by a truck. Pallbearer Jimmy Buell, grandson of A. B. Woodrum, also from Clifton, participated.
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Middleport
Harry Russell
Jimmy Buell
Helen Barker
Pomeroy
Clifton
Denver Dale Johnson
A. B. Woodrum
Sister Breaks Hip in Akron Hospital Stay
Mrs. Minerva Childers reports her sister Mrs. George Flowers of Akron broke a hip in a fall and is being treated in an Akron hospital.
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Middleport
Minerva Childers
George Flowers
Akron
Divorce Granted in Pomeroy Case for Edwin E Bailey
Edwin E Bailey is granted a divorce from Ruth Bailey on grounds of absence exceeding three years. Their ten year old daughter will live with Ruth Bailey per Common Pleas Court records.
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Pomeroy
Edwin E. Bailey
Ruth Bailey
Common Pleas
Former Meigs Priest Invested As Monsignor
Sacred Heart Church parishioners traveled to Marietta for the investiture of Rt Rev Monsignor Edwin F Murphy V F by Bishop John King Massie of Steubenville. Murphy, a former local priest, was elevated after serving as secretary to Bishop Massie and rector of St John Vianney seminary. A dinner at Lafayette Hotel and a parish reception followed with 100 clergy and dignitaries in attendance.
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Middleport
Sacred Heart Church
Marietta
Edwin F. Murphy
John King Massie
Steubenville
Murphy
Monsignor Murphy
C. E. Smith
Harrie Marie
Walter F Harris
Walter B. Harris
Jane
Marcellene Buell
William Garber
John
Pat
Bertha Conde
Charles Graber
Henry Wippel
Margaret Gans
Lena
Katie Guth
Sophia Whitlock
Mary Kunzleman
William Riley
Smiths
Joseph Tobin
Mrs McAllister Dies at 79 in Middleport
Mrs Louesa McAllister 79 died after a long illness at Meigs General Hospital Pomeroy. She was the widow of George McAllister. Funeral services at Rawlings Coates home Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev W B Moore Heath Methodist Church officiating. Surviving: daughter Mrs Orin Smith Middleport, son George McAllister Charleston W Va, sister Miss Elizabeth Zuspan Middleport, two granddaughters Mary Lou and Lois Ann Smith.
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George Hackett
Yvonne
Chicago
Decatur
Ill
Hackett
John Aleshire
Ed Bailey
Syracuse
Charles McNamee
Earl Scott
Pomeroy
B. E
Wilburns
Jane Ann
Patrick Sweeney
Charleston
Raymond Grim
Grim
Julia Lyon
Tucson
Ariz
John E. Lyon
Don J. Burkey
Marietta
Shady Cove
Paul Woodcock
Clarissa Fowler
Columbus
Archie Jones
Carrollton
Herbert Raigu
Wilma McGuffin
New York City
Charlotte Dixon
Toronto Canada
A. J. Beaver
Guy Carson
U. S. Army Air Force
Scott Field
B. F. Sanborn Missionary Society of
First Baptist Church
Beulah White
Florence Bush
A. R. Pullen
Homer Hysell
Shirley Mills
Willis Anthony
Paul Smart
Granville
Charles Pomeroy
Nina B. Russell
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
CSOE
Lake Hope
Gordon Clay
Atlanta
C. M. Hennesy
Garfield Ave
Clay
Melissa Hennesy
Marilyn Hoff
Frank Brumley
Main St
Howard K. Ewing
Cincinnati
Jeannette Waddell
Colleen
Minnie Beverage
Ed Mankin
Marion Allensworth
B. F. Mankin
Harold LeMaster
Alice Browneller
Bloomdale
W. Va
Harry Rife
Pettus
Nancy
Leesburg
Silas Campbell
Harlan
William Price
Billy
Dale Mourning
Beaver Falls
Price
Don Davis
George Osler
Anderson
Ind
Linda Batey
Clarence Byers
Horton Brown
Frank Booth
Mary Lynn
George Ury
Penny
Kathleen
Richard Quelette
Clara Owing
Middleport
Louesa McAllister
Meigs General Hospital
George McAllister
Allister
Rawlings-Coates
Beech St
W. B. Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Orin Smith
Elizabeth Zuspann
Mary Lou
Lois Ann Smith
Ward Woman Treated for Shock After Auto Crash
Mrs. H. L. Ward, who drove to Los Angeles late last month, is being treated for shock in a Los Angeles hospital after an automobile accident, per word received by friends.
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Middleport
H. L. Ward
Los Angeles
Missionary Plans Talk At Services In Middleport
John Jesse Hill a missionary set to return to Korea after wartime departure will speak at the Church of Christ midweek service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Slides of mission work will be shown. Hill preached recently at Bradford Church and Sixth Ave Church in Huntington. The local pastor Rev C E Shepard hosted the Hills for dinner and will oversee Junior Week at Grayson Ky. Camp plans involve local youth with several attending Junior and Senior Weeks.
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Middleport
John Jesse Hill
Korea
Church of Christ
Hill
Bradford Church
Sixth Ave. Church of Christ
Huntington
C. E. Shepard
Shepard
Tri-State Christian Assembly
Grayson
Claude Delaney
Rutland
Barbara
Gale Shepard
Petey Davis
Delaneys
Harold Hinkle
John Gothard
Assembly
Commissioners Sell 18 Acres of County Land
Meigs County commissioners in regular session after approving bills decided that 18 acres of Children’s Home grounds are not needed. They instructed advertising once weekly for four weeks and that sealed bids be submitted to sell the property to the highest bidder.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Eight Hundred Tour Visitors At R V Ebersbach Ford Display
Around 800 people registered to see the 1949 Ford at the R V Ebersbach Motor Co in Middleport. Souvenirs were distributed during the event.
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Middleport
R. V. Ebersbach Motor Co
Ford
Come Back to Us With All Bran Helped Mom
A reader shares how constipation from a low bulk diet caused family strife and how Kellogg's All Bran improved Mom. She now eats a bowl daily and bakes muffins from the box recipe, prompting a welcome home.
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Dad
Kellogg's
Mom
Jack
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