Youth Sent to BIS and Other Court Actions
Keith Markins of Harrisonville, 17, was sentenced to an indefinite term at the Boys Industrial School after being charged with hub cap theft on Laurel Cliff Road. He has prior trouble including a Rutland store hold up with a toy pistol. Lawrence Harrison, 28, and Larry Wyatt, 18, both of Harrisonville, were fined 50 dollars and costs for stealing gasoline from a Rutland strip mine and remanded to jail for nonpayment. Homer B. Nichols, 52, was fined 100 dollars and jailed three days for driving while intoxicated. William Wyatt, 39, of Middleport, pleaded not guilty and case continued to June 29. Charles D. Hysell of Columbus was charged with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his motor vehicle and posted 15 dollars bond, with a Mayor Robinson court appearance set for Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Keith Markins
Harrisonville
Boys Industrial School
Young Markins
Laurel Cliff Road
Here
John C. Bacon
Wiliam Wyatt
Middleport
Charles D. Hysell
Columbus
Robinson
Cub Scout Caravan Heads to Marietta Sightseeing Trip
Middleport Cub Scouts led by Richard Wells with den mothers and parents take a Sunday caravan to Marietta. Forty members split into carloads to visit Campus Martius the boat museum and other historic sites with roadside picnics and park meals. The trip replaces the June meeting as announced by Cub master Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Richard Wells
Marietta
Campus Martius
Boat Museum
Wells
Threat of Tornado Fails To Materialize
Unusual weather warnings for the area yesterday reported a moderate rain and a curious red hazy glow in the skies. Tornado warnings were broadcast over radio and television but did not materialize in Middleport.
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Middleport
Free Clothing Day Canceled This Week
POMEROY The Salvation Army announces no free clothing day this Thursday Capt Glenna Rummel says the next event will be announced later Evangelists Maj and Mrs W W Hinshaw of Union City Ind will lead a three day session from Friday through Sunday with special music and public invitation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Glenna Rummel
Rummel
W. W. Hinshaw
Union City
Ind
Two Letart Men Arrested and Fined
Two Letart men arrested Sunday night by Patrolman Herbert Gilkey were fined by Mayor C. O. Fisher. Lester Roush received a three day jail sentence and a $100 and costs fine for driving while intoxicated, while David Sayre pleaded guilty to intoxication with fines and costs totaling $13.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Letart
Herbert Gilkey
C. O. Fisher
Lester Roush
David Sayre
Sayre
Pea jackets origin traced to Dutch pij woolen coats
Short dark blue coats worn by sailors are pea jackets. The term derives from the Dutch pij meaning a coarse woolen coat, reflecting the heavy cloth used.
Kyger Creek Winner Named for Safety Slogan
A Kyger Creek plant youth employed in OVEC results department won the safety slogan contest and was honored at a plant banquet. Russell Roush, son of Alfred and Mrs. Roush, after freshman year at Ohio University, received a gift as OVEC aims for one million hours without time lost accidents.
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Middleport
Kyger Creek
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
OVEC
Russell Roush
Alfred Lee Roush
Lincoln Sr
Ohio University
Russell
Children Present Program at Church
Baskets of white hydrangeas decorate the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary for Children's Day. Miss Farie Erlewine chaired with assistants including John Fultz and Mrs. Paul Haptonstall. The program featured organ processional, scripture reading, junior choir anthems, solos by Karen Bachner and Nancy Buchanan, recitations, and class presentations led by Mrs. Hubert Taylor's Junior Boys and Girls. Jimmy Miller was ill and unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Farie Erlewine
John Fultz
Paul Haptonstall
Russell Lyons
Hubert Taylor
James Buchanan
Everett Bachner
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Richard Bolin
Sauer
Karen Sue Gregg
Beverly Perrin
Sandra Hysell
Susan Allensworth
Helen Taylor
Janice Zirkle
Nancy Buchanan
Edith Haptonstall
Carla Sue Gilmore
Cinda Sauer
Karen Bachner
Cheryl Fife
Carolyn Russell
Carroll Ann Lyons
Allen
Bruce Wallace
Freddie Slater
Mickey Morris
Raymond Frazier
Jamie Jobb
Taylor
Jimmy Miller
Pomeroy Women News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Mrs Linnie Rummel of Minersville returns from a week in Roseville with Kish family. Miss Shirley Smith announces Friendly Neighbors Club meeting at Naylors Run Playground. Bridal shower hosted for Mila Jane Stark at Ohio University Bryan Hall dormitory Athens with Lincol n Hill and Dorothy Stark present. Syracuse Third Wednesday Home Demonstration group set for June 26 to work on chair upholstering under Mrs Geneva Nolan with a potluck lunch.
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Pomeroy
Linnie Rummel
Minersville
Julia Kish
Roseville
Mrs. Kish
Joe
Margaret
Junior
Bobby
Lucy Amsbury
Patricia Hurtt
Washington, D. C
Mila Jane Stark
Bryan Hall
Ohio University
Athens
Syracuse
Geneva Nolan
Meigs County
Birth of Cindy Lou Thomas at Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas of Long Bottom announce the birth of a daughter Cindy Lou at Holzer Hospital on June 16 weighing seven pounds two ounces. Grandparents are Ray Thomas and Edward Bevan. The Nuernberg trials mark a new departure in international law as leaders faced trial for starting a war and government responsibility for its treatment of its own people.
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Pomeroy
Henry Thomas
Long Bottom
Cindy Lou
Holzer Hospital
Carl Ray
Ray Thomas
Edward Bevan
Cambridge
Local Social Notes from Downington and Athens Area
Downington mourns illness in the Howell family with several relatives listed as unable to travel. Nearby visitors include Jim Garton and families from Harrisonville Road and Athens area. Recurrent names include Stotts, Wallace, Taylor, and Bolen with multiple Athens visits and local trips to Cincinnati and Albany Rest Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downington
Neva Howell
Lester Howell
Tuscarawas
Clayton Howell
Canton
Leroy Howell
Chillicothe
Lottie Bolin
Massillon
Willis Howell
Waynesburg
Lucy Stotts
Jim Garton
Harrisonville Road
Esta Dean
Jack Wallace
Athens
Bill Sells
Edna Steinmetz
Pearl Robinson
Weltha Clark
James Clark
Herb Barnhart
Dale Barnhart
Bradbury
James L. Nelson
Albert Price
Cincinnati
C. A. Bolen
E. Bolen
Albany
Middleport Area Women’s News Notes
Local Auxiliary of Feeney Bennett Post at the Legion Hall elected Mrs. Dale Mourning president. Other officers include Mrs. Henry Clatworthy, Mrs. Sidney Pickens, Mrs. Norman Wayland, Mrs. Dale Kennedy, Dr. Kathryn Poindexter, and Mrs. Lewis Long. Installation set for July 1. Also: Yvonne Hackett wed to Tom Scally at Sacred Heart Church honored with showers hosted by Kaiser Aluminum colleagues. Additional notes on showers for Hackett, and a large Meigs County Children’s Home swim party planned at Middleport pool with free admission and refreshments. American Legion Auxiliary Meigs County drive surpasses quota with 307 members.
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Middleport
Dale Mourning
Feeney Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Yvonne Hackett
Tom Scally
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Dottie Gardner
Point Pleasant
Kaiser Aluminum
Linda Grimm
Barbara Scott
Miss Hackett
Harold Hubbard
S. Fifth Ave
Jacqueline Rice
Jane Harris
Juanita Hawkins
Sheila Stover
Patricia Baker
Julia Probasco
Nancy Seally
P. E. Seally
Mary Carolyn Miller
Paul Scott
Carol Scott
Sue Knight
Harold T. Hubbard
George Hackett
Meigs County
First Presbyterian Church
H. E. Ruppelt
Murl McGee
Ruppelt
Mason
American Legion Auxiliary
William Brown
Norman Wayland
Mill St
Brown
Wayland
Rutland
Rutland Legion Auxiliary
Picnic for Pythian Sisters Planned in New Haven
A July picnic for the Pythian Sisters includes Past Chiefs and the Staff and Officers Association to be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gibbs Jr. in New Haven. Plans emerged at a Staff and Officers meeting at Mrs Griff Russell's home with Mrs William Allman presiding and prizes awarded to Mrs. Phil.
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Middleport
Staff and Officers Association
Ralph Gibbs
New Haven
Griff Russell
William Allman
Milton Russell
Phil
Middleport church group to meet. local notices update
The Women’s Association of First Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the church with Mrs Harold Sauer as program leader and Mrs C T Shumaker conducting devotionals. Lynn Buchanan will report on his Athens Presbytery Ohio Youth Synod trip. Several local residents and visitors are listed, including Marge Williams convalescing after an automobile accident and others visiting family and attending Ohio University concerts. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs William Wise as well.
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Middleport
Women’s Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Harold Sauer
C. T. Shumaker
Lynn Buchanan
Athens
Marge Williams
Carrie Williams
Pearl St
G. E. Parsons
Bob
Florida
Melvin Pommert
Caledonia
Earl Warnke
Pommert
Warnke
Herman Haddox
Clint Cooley
Columbus
Sandra Singer
Dayton
Rita Huggins
Ohio University
Walter Crooks
Arthur Skinner
Emerson Jones
Harold Lohse
Carol Bachtel
R.N
Meigs General Hospital
Forrest
Butch) Bachtel
E. R. Keig
St. Petersburg
Fla
David Durst
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
William Wise
Rawlings- Coats Funeral Home
Florabelle . Wise Young
Oklahoma City
John Mayer
Grove City
Jerry Wise
Toledo
Della Worman
Ed Young
Charleston
Birth of Lloyd Melvin Koeing at Holmer Hospital
Lloyd Koeing and Chester announce the birth of a son at Holmer Hospital on June 19. This first child weighs seven and a half pounds and is named Lloyd Melvin. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leonard Koeing and Mr and Mrs Ray Thomas of Long Bottom. Mrs Dorothy Smalley is a great grandmother.
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Pomeroy
Lloyd Koeing
Chester
Holmer Hospital
Lloyd Melvin
Leonard Koeing
Ray Thomas
Long Bottom
Dorothy Smalley
Boosters Plan Ice Cream Social at Chester Playground
Eastern Athletic Boosters announce an ice cream social at the Chester playground on June 27. Proceeds fund seeding and lighting the new football field behind Eastern High School under construction. Donations of cakes and pastries are welcomed. grading work and labor have been donated.
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Pomeroy
Eastern Athletic Boosters
Chester Playground
Eastern High School
Ordination Announced for J Colby Grimes’ Son
Friends of J Colby Grimes report his son the Rev Kenneth Grimes was ordained by Bishop Edward G Hettinger in May at St Joseph Cathedral Columbus. He celebrated his first solemn mass at St Mary Magdalene Church Columbus. Parents reside at 3003 Palmetto Street Columbus. Mr Grimes is a shoe representative and brother of Mrs Elmer Dent now living in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
J. Colby Grimes
Kenneth Grimes
Edward G. Hettinger
Columbus
St. Joseph Cathedral
St. Mary Magdalene Church
Grimes
Palmetto St. Columbus
Elmer Dent
Charleston
Pastor's Brother Dies In Tracy Minnesota
Melvin Thoma Pomeroy 65 a former Meigs County resident died recently in a Tracy Minnesota hospital He was brother to Rev Weber Thoma of Pomeroy Survivors include his wife Bertha three children Elston Evelyn and Lawrence all of Tracy and four sisters Ella Pottenger Mary Shields Anna Story and Lelia Andrews Also a son and one brother preceded him in death.
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Pomeroy
Melvin Thoma
Meigs County
Tracy
Minn
Weber Thoma
Bertha
Elston
Evelyn
Lawrence
Ella Pottenger
Mary Shields
Denver
Colo
Anna Story
Blairsburg
Iowa
Lelia Andrews
Inglewood
Calif
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Barbara Stanwyck
Barry Sullivan
Scott Brady
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BUICK
Desoto Firedome
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
Lillian Stieff
David Lyons
Pomeroy Womens News
Miss Stark
Edward Stark
Lincoln Hill
Dorothy Stark
Nuernberg Trials
Alice Mae Stanley
Mae Dixon
Bill Scott
Janet
Charles
George
Scott
Nada Townsend
Cathy Stanley
Snowville
C A. Bolen
Glen Jewell
Susie Howell
Cora Jewell
Jewell
Louise Burbridge
Vesta Robinson
Middleport Area
Pia Lah Pa
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Spencer Tracy
Heddy Lamarr
Tovey
Quick's
Widdleport Personals
Simon Bolivar
Daniel FE
O’leary
Francis B. O'Connor
Minnesota
Suez Canal
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Temple
Henry Fonda
Vera Miles
Anthony Quayle
Charles Cooper
Oesette
Rambler
American Motors
Clmmon
Platt's Motor Sales & Service
Union St
Goodyear
Rizer Oil Company
Goodyear Tire
E. Main St
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