Pomeroy Council Adopts Parking Meter Survey Plan
In a special session at City Hall the Pomeroy village council voted to follow a Duncan Parking Meter Co survey for main street meters with short term and preferred spots at 10 cents per hour and 15 minute meters at five cent deposits.
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Pomeroy
City Hall
Pomeroy Village
Frank Ferneau
Columbus
Duncan Parking Meter Co
Ohio River
Ferneau
Main St
Clean Up Clampdown Is Scheduled In Middleport
Middleport will push a sustained cleanup under the slogan Clean Up Paint Up and Beautify. Health officials will probe a Railroad St area dump site while Mayor Fisher vows to end unkept backyards used as refuse dumps. The project continues despite last week’s bad weather.
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Middleport
Railroad St
Meigs County
C. O. Fisher
Dwarf lemon tree shown at Dauphin airport site
A dwarf lemon tree standing 18 inches tall was grown by Bill Taylor an employee at the airport building in Dauphin Manitoba Canada The tree bears lemons slightly larger than normal fruit.
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Bill Taylor
Dauphin
Manitoba
Canada
State Journals Show Legislature Had Some Old Problems
Francis Klein reports from Middleport that Ohio's 53rd General Assembly, 100 years ago, faced budgets and printing delays as today. The clerk notes 127 laws in 1858, 220 in 1859, with major state expenditures and specific allocations from salaries to domes, gas lights, and school enrollments.
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General Assembly
Ohio
Guess
Secretary of State
State House
Senate
Middleport Notes Highlight Visits and Local Arrivals
Middleport social column records visits from Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Stout of Mt. Dora to Pomeroy friends, travels to Northern Ohio and Pittsburgh to see sons Fred and Harry. include local moves, surgical patient Barbara Stout at Holzer Hospital, and several attendances at church and social events with families in Rendville and Columbus. Roger Williams reports arrival in Fairbanks Alaska after a trip from Tacoma. Ida Neil undergoes Holzer Hospital surgery with Belle and Russell connections nearby.
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Charles B. Stout
Mt. Dora
Fla
Edna Carman
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Fred
Harry Stout
John Bowman
Edith Schreiner
Brownell Ave
Vaughan Property
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
George Faris
Columbus
O. B. Stout
Charles Elliott
Chester Erwin
S. Fourth Ave
Roger Williams
Carl Williams
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tacoma
Wash
J. J. Douglas
Two Damage Suits Filed Over Middleport Crash
Meigs County Common Pleas Court records show two damage suits totaling 65 000 stemming from a Aug 28 1956 highway crash in Middleport. Plaintiffs Kath erine Smith and Harry W. Smith seek 50 000 and 15 000 respectively for injuries and medical costs against Emmett Rawson Long Bottom Route 2. They allege their car struck head on by Rawson’s one ton truck on Locust Street. Also Judge John C Bacon granted June Russell a divorce from Albert Russell and allowed her to resume the name Hayman.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Emmett Rawson
Long Bottom Route 2
Rawson
Katherine Smith
Cleveland
Harry W. Smith
William Smith
Locust St
Smith
Common Pleas Court
June Russell
Albert Russell
John CC. Bacon
Hayman
Driving and Drinking Puts Man in Jail
Ralph E. Darst 47 of Middleport pleaded guilty to a DWI in Mayor Fisher's court and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and given a three day jail term. He could not pay and remained jailed. Avanelle Young 39 of Pomeroy Route 1 was charged with intoxication, pleaded guilty, and fined five dollars plus costs and returned to Meigs County jail when unable to pay.
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Middleport
Ralph E. Darst
Everett Bostic
C. O. Fisher
Avanelle Young
Pomeroy Route 1
Meigs County
Mrs. McPherson Presents Program for Class at Church
Ravenswood program titled Has My Church Left Me was presented by Mrs. H D McPherson assisted by Mrs. Howard Jones. The meeting of the Homeworkers club at the First Baptist Church was conducted by vice president Mrs. D E Mandry in the president's absence with Mrs. Kyle Hardman and Mrs. Carrol Hart as hostesses for ten members.
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Ravenswood
H. D. McPherson
Howard Jones
First Baptist Church
J. H. Dunham
D. E. Mandry
Kyle Hardman
Carrol Hart
Flatwoods Ladies Aid Ice Cream Social This Saturday
The Flatwoods Methodist Church hosts an ice cream social sponsored by the Flatwoods Ladies Aid on Saturday evening. Proceeds support the church and community activities.
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Ladies Aid
The
Flatwoods Ladies Aid
Flatwoods Methodist Church
Neighbors Club Picnic Postponed to July 1
The Friendly Neighbors Club postpones the Middleport Roadside Park picnic by one week and will hold the event at the same location on July 1.
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Middleport
Friendly Neighbors Club
Luncheon Hosted by C. J. Struble at West Main
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Struble hosted a Sunday luncheon at their West Main Street home in Pomeroy. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Otto Iles Jr and Sr of Logan, Mrs. Margaret Cramer of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cramer and daughter of Dover, Charles Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Struble and son Michael, and Janet Struble.
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Pomeroy
C. J. Struble
West Main St
Otto Iles, Jr
Otto Iles
Logan
Margaret Cramer
Jackson
Jack Cramer
Dover
Charles Cramer
Joseph Struble
Michael
Janet Struble
Dinner Honoring Marvin Spencer Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spencer hosted a Sunday dinner for their son Marvin's birthday. A decorated cake accompanied the meal, with Howard McIntosh and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wehrung in attendance.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Spencer
Marvin
Howard MclIntosh
Harry Wehrung
Mt. Moriah Church Plans Week of Homecoming
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in MIDDLEPORT hosts a week of homecoming services led by Missionary Society president Mrs. Kathryn Payne and other organizers. The schedule features student music, a Men’s Night, readings, a season finale film, secret Thursday events, and guest speaker Frank Cheesebrew.
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Middleport
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Kathryn Payne
the Missionary Society
Nellie Winston
Fred Jackson
Campbell Harper
Arnold Richards
Oscar Hardaway
Carl Williams
Arlena Reese
Sol Johnson
Naomi Baptist Church
Charles Winston
George Baumgardner
Lewis Manley Post
American Legion
Frank Cheesebrew
Drew Webster Post
Mt. Moriah
B. R. Freeman
Payne
Earl Rickman
Rickman Brothers
Pomeroy Personal Notices Highlight Local Travels and Visits
Mr and Mrs H Bernard Krinke depart for Cameron West Virginia to visit relatives and Colerain and Salem and Warren on a week long trip. Gerald Mcintosh and family were weekend guests of her parents in town. William Bartels and children Barbara and William Olan return from St Joseph Michigan after a visit. their son is hospitalized there. Ralph Webb visits Columbus and returns with grandson Jeffrey Webb. Ladies attend Ohio Baptist house party in Granville. Webb then visits Marietta for Eastern Star inspections. George Korn Sr and family plan Glen Dale to Buck Creek Camp for a mission trip. Dale Hysell and four children extend a year’s stay with Narley Hysell’s parents in town. Thomas Russell visits Grove City over weekend with Milton Russell.
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H. Bernard Krinke
Cameron
W.va
F. M. Farrell
Colerain
Herman J. Krinke
Salem
Warren
Gerald Mcntosh
George Hoeflich
William Bartels
Barbara
William Olan
St. Joseph
Mich
Norma Goodwin
Emmett Bartels
Bartels
Michigan
Ralph Webb
Columbus
Inlaw
James Webb
Jeffrey Webb
Joseph Cook
Aten Shain
J. H. Stephenson
Granville
Ohio
J. E. Stewart
Marietta
Webb
Order of Eastern Star
Belpre
Lowell
Beverly
Ray Higgins
Pamela Kay
W. A. Drake
George Korn
George Jr
Glendale
Cincinnati
Glenmary
Buck Creek
Franklin
N. C
Young Korn
Dale Hysell
Okla Spencer
Phoenix
Ariz
Narley Hysell
Thomas Russell
Grove City
Milton Russell
Speeder Pays $15 Fine in Syracuse Court
Damon R. Ferrell, 52, of Syracuse, was fined 15 dollars and costs by Mayor Charles Legar for speeding charges filed by Patrolman George Wicks.
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Pomeroy
Damon R. Ferrell
Syracuse
Charles Legar
George Wicks
Bond election set for Southern Local July 8
Pomeroy A precinct voters in Meigs County will decide a 374000 bond issue and 5 mill tax levy in a single combined measure for the Southern Local School District. The 23 year plan, 4.5 mills bonds and .5 mills levy, requires a simple majority to pass.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Hospital Notes From Meigs General
Meigs General Hospital notes report births for Mr and Mrs Lawrence Farley of Middleport a son and for Mr and Mrs Gene Dodson of Middleport a son. Admitted are Gladys Farley Middleport John Massey Scottstown Robert Smith Racine Route1 Margaret Williams Middleport Sue Blazer Cheshire Mrs Agnes Dodson Middleport a son Mrs Bernice Hawk and baby Sue Blazer John Mulford Charles Ohlinger Dena Zwilling Jessie Haynie Mrs Donna Ohlinger and baby and Mrs Jean Ward and baby.
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Lawrence Farley
Middleport
Gene Dodson
Gladys Farley
John Massey
Scottstown
Robert Smith
Racine
Margaret Williams
Sue Blazer
Cheshire
Agnes Dodson
Bernice Hawk
John Mulford
Charles Ohlinger
Dena Zwilling
Jessie Haynie
Donna Ohlinger
Jean Ward
Supper Scheduled for Rock Springs Grange Meeting
Work in the first and second degree will be given at 8 p m Thursday when Rock Springs Grange meets at the hall. The quarterly birthday supper will be held.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs Grange
Henderson and Musser Named in Athens Pomeroy Couple
James Dolan Henderson, 20, of Athens, and Ruby Ann Musser, 18, of Pomeroy, are identified in a local social notice.
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James Dolan Henderson
Athens
Ruby Ann Musser
Pomeroy
Three 1958 Graduates Enlist in Armed Forces
Middleport High School Class of 1958 sends three graduates into military service. Michael Erwin and Roy Long join naval air force with initial training at Ashland and Great Lakes, while Junior Rowley enlists in the air force and will travel from Ashland to Texas.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Naval Air Force
Michael Erwin
Chester Erwin
Roy Long
Harold Long
Junior Rowley
Wilbur Rowley
Air Force
Ashland
Texas
Great Lakes Training Center
Erwins
S. Fourth Ave
Mike
Roy
Junior
Dick Roller
Davis Stover
Tom Skinner
Edward Crooks
Don Erwin
Bradbury
Memories Theme Guides Busy Bee Class Program
The Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church met with the theme Memories as Mrs. Beulah White and Mrs. Shirley Mills led an informal program. Mrs. White reviewed by-laws and 25 year old minutes while games filled the social hour hosted by Mrs. B. F. Parmelee and others.
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Middleport
Beulah White
Shirley Mills
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Baptist Class Picnics at Foster Home
The One Won One Class of the First Baptist Church and families will hold a picnic Thursday at 6 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs J E Foster Attendees to bring their own table service.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
J. E. Foster
Jury Trial Cancelled in Meigs County Civil Suit
A Meigs County Common Pleas Court jury trial was cancelled after an out of court settlement ended a civil suit filed by realtor C. C. Cuckler against John Stout and co defendants over an $800 real estate sale fee in Harrisonville. The settlement was reached Monday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. C. Cuckler
John Stout
Harrisonville
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