Protests Over Fly Ash and Smoke Near Graham Station
Residents from Letart and Sutton Townships packed Racine High School to protest fly ash and smoke from the Vanadium Corporation of America plant and the Philip Sporn Power Plant in Graham Station West Virginia. Officials pledged controls, burning slate pile will be extinguished, earth moved to cover it, and ongoing methods to reduce emissions.
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Pomeroy
Vanadium Corporation of America
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
W. Va
Racine High School
Letart
Sutton
Wingett
Harry Pickens
Protest Action Committee
Sporn Plant
Marvin Roberts
Sporn
Vanadium
Twon Townships
Roberts
Pickens
D. F Brookland
D. G Bowser
Vanadium Corporation
Niagara Falls
H. A. McCulloch
Howard Andrews
Howard Kress
Ohio Power Co
G. §. Dunn
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Racine
Pomeroy Family Reunion Highlights Lake Hope Outing
The Meda Gibbs clan plus guests spent a day at Lake Hope with a picnic, swimming, and games. Guests included Mrs. Robert Coates of Pomeroy and many Gibbs family members. Separate notes mention birthday observances, training sessions at Canter's Cave Camp site, and various visits and vacations among local residents.
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Pomeroy
Meda Gibbs
Lake Hope
Gibbs
Robert Coates
Robert
Prizes Awarded at Meigs County Farm Bureau Picnic
Meigs County Farm Bureau held its annual picnic at Bailey's Lake with about 100 attendees. F Guy Mutchler was the oldest attendee at 76, Tomrey Karr the youngest at four months, Reed ing the tallest, and Jean Hamm the shortest woman. Children Karl Russell and Sue Ann Buckley won contests.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Bailey's Lake
Iving
F. Guy Mutchler
Tomrey Karr
Horace Karr
Reeding
Jean Hamm
Roy Holter
Karl Russell
Kenneth Russell
Sue Ann Buckley
Eugene Buckley
Belling and Shower for Mr and Mrs Edgar Pullins
An old-fashioned bel ling and shower honoring Mr and Mrs Edgar Pullins will be held at their Sumner home at 8 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomproy
Edgar Pullins
Sumner
Dayton Couple Visited McIntosh Family Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Edward McIntosh of Dayton spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Howard McIntosh and Mrs. (incomplete) as part of a family gathering.
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Edward McIntosh
Dayton
Mr. McIintosh
Howard McIntosh
Unlucky Friday Lightning Strikes Middleport Home
Friday the 26th brought a lightning strike to Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Kessinger of Garfield Ave Middleport. The home's electrical storm damage included a radio, television, receptacles and wiring and disrupted the Messenger circulation. Mrs. Kessinger received shock treatment from a local physician.
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Middleport
Beecher Kessinger
Garfield Ave
Kessingers
Kessinger
Pomeroy Youths Attend Christian Service Camp
POMEROY youths Wilma Ohlinger Carolyn White and Roger Arms depart Sunday for New Martinsville West Virginia to attend a Christian service camp for Church of Christ youth. They expect to return home Saturday.
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Pomeroy
New Martinsville
W. Va
Church of Christ
Wilma Ohlinger
Carolyn White
Roger Arms
Airman Brinker Returns From Yokota After Service Tour
T Sgt Vance F Brinker returns to March Air Force Base Riverside California after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Dean Brinker and relatives He served with the Eighth Air Force from 1942 in England and Germany returning to the US in 1947 He later served at Smoky Hills Kansas Spokane Washington Forbes Topeka and Yokota Japan before coming home in June Mrs Brinker formerly Angeline Layton of Spokane Washington with Brinkers sister Betty Carlton Racine and sister in law Mrs Hayman Barnitz Lincoln Heights Pome roy
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Armed Forces
Brinker
92Nd
Spokane Air Force Base
Washington
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kans
Japan
Yokota
Birth announced for Deborah Renau Turner in Bucyrus
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner of Bucyrus welcomed a daughter, Deborah Renau Turner, Monday. The baby joins a brother, Michael, with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Luther Harris of Bucyrus and great grandparents, including Mrs. Belle Turner of Pomeroy and Robert Lee of Middleport.
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Middleport
Joe Turner
Vine Sr
Deborah Renau
Robert Turner
Bucyrus
Turners
Michael
Luther Harris
Belle Turner
Pomeroy
Robert Lee
Killingsworth
Rutland
Meigs Man Assigned To 25th Division
Pvt. Roger C. Young son of Mrs Alma Young Route 3 Pomeroy recently arrived in Korea and was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division He serves as a supply handler and entered the Army last December with basic training at Fort Lee Virginia He was previously stationed at Sasebo Japan
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Pomeroy
Roger C. Young
Alma Young
Korea
25Th Infantry Division
Young
Army
Fort Lee
Sasebo
Japan
Birth of son for Avery and Frances Drenner in Meigs General
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Drenner announce the birth of a son Friday June 27 at Meigs General Hospital. They also are parents of Sidney Lee. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Pickens and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Drenner. The mother and baby were to go to the Drenner home.
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Middleport
Avery Drenner
Frances Pickens
Meigs General Hospital
Sidney Lee
Sidney Pickens
Lee Drenner
Meigs Hospital Admits and Discharges List
Admitted are Mrs. Elizabeth Halley Cheshire Mrs. Doyle Miller Middleport Mrs. Nellie Hyseil Rutland Jimmy Casto Middleport Betty Biggs Pomeroy Route 3 Discharged are Mrs. Nellie Norris and baby Mrs. Eugene Smith and baby Hed Ley Mason and Mrs. Hannah Mc Bride
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Elizabeth Halley
Cheshire
Doyle Miller
Middleport
Nellie Hyseil
Rutland
Jimmy Casto
Betty Biggs
Pomeroy
Nellie Norris
Eugene Smith
Hedley Mason
Hannah McBride
Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Couples in Separate Notices
Harold William Snyder aged 24 and Dorothy Lucille Reed aged 19, both of Reedsville, were issued a marriage license. Wenda Frecker aged 49 of Minersville and Hattie Avice Roush aged 44 of Racine were also granted licenses in separate notices.
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Harold William Snyder
Dorothy Lucille Reed
Reedsville
Wenda Frecker
Minersville
Hattie Avice Roush
Racine
Punish Armed Robbers Says Meigs Prosecutor
Meigs County prosecuting attorney James B. O'Brien urged no leniency for armed robbers, arguing the crime is among the most serious in criminal law and could lead to murder. He noted three similar inmates and said leniency might come only if offenders show genuine intent to reform. He also described cases involving Donald Taylor, Virgil Markins, and Harold Long awaiting trial or sentencing.
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Pomeroy
James B. O’brien
Meigs County
O'Brien
O’brien
Donald Taylor
Athens-Meigs County
Cedric W. Clark
Taylor
Virgil Markins
Liberty Hudnell
Hudnell
Markins
Clark
Harold FE
Long
Long Bottom
Cpl Joyce Miller Receives Honor Discharge
Cpl Joyce Miller of the Woman's Army Corps receives an honorable discharge after four years in service at Camp Kilmer N J She is at home with her parents on Beech Street She served in Europe and met Sgt Sara Jane Fisher in Germany Before leaving for the United States Miller helped Heidelberg basketball team win two trophies
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Middleport
Joyce Miller
Woman’s Army Corps
Camp Kilmer
N. J
R. L. Miller
Beech St
Europe
Sgt
Sara Jane Fisher
Co. O. Fisher
Germany
United States
Corporal Miller
Heidelburg
Buy It Today Your Cap Way Needs It Tong
The fragment reads like a shopper’s prompt urging urgent purchase. It mentions timing and a need, but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify a full event or source.
Meigs Youths At Conclave
Eleven Meigs County Farm Bureau Youth Councils sent the largest delegation among 15 counties to a leadership training conference on the Otterbein College campus in Westerville. The group received instruction in public speaking folk dancing and informal dramatics with advisor John Heiskell from Athens Meigs and Gallia Counties staff.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
Otterbein College
Westerville
Meigs
Alfred
Racine
Chester
Ice Cream Social Planned at Morning Star Church
An ice cream social hosted by the Ladies Aid of Morning Star Church will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the basement. Home made ice cream and cake will be served.
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Pomeroy
Morning Star Church
Ladies Aid of
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E. A. Wingett
Pomeroy Social Notes
Christine O'Donnell
Jacob Schuler
Geneva H. Nolan
C. E. Blakeslee
Jackson
Canter's Cave
4-H Club
John Hardy
Harrisonville
Nonga Roberts
Hardy
Orville Arms
Springfield
Arms
Harry Ohlinger
Ray Evans, Jr
Lucinda Bundy
Connersville
Ind
D. W. Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
William Poples
Bentley Peoples
Columbus
Mary Peoples
Otto Lohn
Mont West
Zanesville
Thelma Michael
Dillion and Cuckler Real Estate
Syracuse
Harold Sargent
Arthur Roush
Great Bend
Owen Watson
Robert Roush
Barbara
Connie
East Liverpool
Henry Price
Waynard Price
Sherman Butler
William H. Jeric
Cleveland
Robert Shellhouse
Theodore Reed
Reed
Eugene Forbes
Brooks Sayre
Ted Jones
Sue Ann Fenstermaker
James McClintock
Detroit
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Belling
Pomeroy Personals
Moore
Pt. Pleasant
Land Bank Loan
The
United
National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bidg
Gallipolis
Ohio
Telephone Pomeroy
Company OF
Pomeroy, Ohio
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Leo L. Vaughan
California
Meigs Hospital
Cpl
ST. Josten
Gene Kelly
Donald O’connor
Louis Hayward
Jane Wyatt
House BY the River
John Carroll
Adele Mara
the Avengers
Alan Ladd
Charles Bickford
Pomeroy, Bend
Double Bill
Jeopardy
Barbara Stanwyck
Barry Sullivan
Ralph Meeker
Lee Aaker
Gilbert Roland Glenda Farrell
Robert Horton
Temple Middleport
Jeff Chandler
Scott Brady
Susan Ball Joseph Calleia Day
Silverheels
Stroh
Blue Co
Shiohs
Stroh’s
Strohs
Strom Brewery
Mich
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