Garbage rates take effect in Pomeroy village
Mayor Sidney Spencer announced that starting today new garbage and refuse rates are in effect in Pomeroy. Residential classes vary by stair access and container count with weekly collection. advance payment is required and unpaid balances from prior service are due. A representative will visit homes with old balances to secure signatures and advance fees for the new contract.
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Pomeroy
Sidney Spencer
Council
Presbyterian Dinner Meeting Plans Men Council at Middleport
James T. Jobb announces a Thursday 6 30 p m dinner for men at First Presbyterian Church served by church women. A Men s Council will be outlined with elected officers and future meeting plans. Guest Herman Klahr of the Presbyterian Synod of Ohio will speak. Dr Homer G McMillen invites all men and guests. An impromptu talks and music program is planned. A wedding anniversary Sunday at Leading Creek featured a chicken dinner for guests including the Gilkeys and Wolfes.
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Middleport
James T. Jobb
First Presbyterian Church
Herman Klahr
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Klahr
Old Stone Church
Cleveland
Drivers Plead Guilty in Local Court Violations
Roy Priddy, 29, Rutland, and Dale Kesterson, 49, Pomeroy, faced DUI charges in state and city courts. Priddy pleaded guilty before Justice L. B. Higgins and received a $200 fine, costs, and 30 days in jail. Kesterson was fined $50 and costs by Mayor Sidney Spencer after pleading guilty. Also appearing were Marshall Miller and Jessie Stillwagner, both fined for intoxication, Homer Eastman, fined, and Bobby Willard remanded after pleading innocent to willful destruction of property with bond set at $1,000.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Roy Priddy
Rutland
Justice of Peace
L. B. Higgins
Dale Kesterson
Sidney Spencer
Funeral Services Set For Mrs Davidson 69
MIDDLEPORT The Rev Charles M Pomeroy will conduct funeral services for Mrs Flora B Davidson 69 Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Zion Church. The minister C E Shepard was called to St Louis by family death. Mrs Davidson died Sunday at her Harrisonville Road home. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats funeral home where the body was taken.
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Middleport
Charles M. Pomeroy
Flora B. Davidson
Zion Church
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
St. Louis
Auto License Tags For 1949 On Sale In Middleport
Auto license tags for 1949 went on sale today at the home of Richard Folden on Locust Street. Folden, who attended a deputy registrars of motor vehicles school in Marietta last week, announced the sale.
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Middleport
Richard Folden
Locust St
Folden
Marietta
Rev Shepard's Mother Dies in St. Louis
The mother of C. E. Shepard pastor of the Church of Christ, Florence Graner, died in St. Louis Missouri prompting the minister and Mrs. Shepard to travel there Monday.
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Rev. Shepard
St. Louis
Middleport
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
Meigs General Hospital Births and Discharges
Meigs General Hospital reports a birth to Mrs. Charles Bissell of Minersville a daughter and multiple medical admissions and discharges. Names include Miss Wallie Nease Racine Mrs Addie Tobey Middleport Mrs Mabel Kim Tuppers Plains Robert Shuler Letart Falls Rosetta Wheeler Pomeroy Helen Watson Tuppers Plains dr W Stiles Reedsville Peggy Carper Shade six others discharged Elizabeth Harris Portland William Shain Antiquity George Randolph Jr New Haven June Robson Middleport EMERGENCIES Betty Jo Persinger Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallie Nease
Racine
Addie Tobey
Middleport
Mabel Kim
Tuppers Plains
Robert Shuler
Letart Falls
Rosetta Wheeler
Pomeroy
Helen Watson
W. Stiles
Reedsville
Peggy Carper
Shade
Betty Jo Persinger
Elizabeth Harris
Portland
William Shain
Antiquity
George Randolph, Jr
New Haven
June Robson
Birth Announced for Ervin Family Grandchild
Judge and Mrs Edgar Ervin of Main Street announce the birth of a son to their daughter Sara Louise Ervin and son in law Mr William S Brown on Sunday February 27 at New York Medical Hospital. He is the Ervins twelfth grandchild. The Browns recently moved to Rye Long Island Sound and have two other children Nancy and Peter.
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Middleport
Edgar Ervin
Main St
William S. Brown
Sara Louise Ervin
New York Medical Hospital
Ervins
Rye
Longland Sound
Nancy
Peter
Healy Initiated At Columbus Banquet For Letter Carriers
Fred L. Healy of Columbus formerly Middleport joined the National Association of Letter Carriers during a Columbus banquet honoring William Daugherty of Washington D C. The event drew letter carriers and wives from across Ohio. Healy and Louise Talbott visited grandparents A A Chappelle in Powell Street over the weekend with John and Louise Talbott nearby.
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Middleport
Fred L. Healy
Columbus
William Daugherty
Washington, D. C
National Association of Letter Carriers
Healy
Ohio
Louise Talbott
A. A. Chappelle
Powell St
John Talbott
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs. Charles McNamee
A group of friends hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Charles McNamee on Thursday. Two large decorated cakes were served with sandwiches and coffee, and she received gifts cards and flowers from her daughter Mrs. Bradbury and a wide circle including grandchildren great grandchildren and other relatives.
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Middleport
Charles McNamee
C P. Bradbury
Hoffman Couple Return From Florida Wintering in Clearwater
Carl Hoffman and Mrs. Hoffman formerly Alma Cook returned to Chicago for an operation and are now convalescing back in Clearwater. They visited Fred A. Shifler in wintering near Clearwater and planned to meet Miss Althea Hayman, a former Middleporter living there.
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Middleport
Carl Hoffman
Miss Grueser Returns for Two-Week Vacation
Miss Ann Grueser RN has completed obstetrics studies at Lying-In Hospital Providence and is visiting Middleport for two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Grueser. She is sister of Mrs. Charles McMaster and will return to Providence after the stay.
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Middleport
Ann Grueser
R. N
Lying-In Hospital
Providence
Adolph Grueser
Grueser
Charles McMaster
Lambert Family Dinner Honors Albany Sister-in-Law
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lambert and daughter Paddy Jo hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Mrs. Lambert's sister Mrs. William Wilson of Albany New York. Guests included Burt Knight Chester their father Mr. and Mrs. Pete Elberfeld Pomeroy. Mrs. Elberfeld is also a sister of Mrs. Wilson.
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Middleport
Glen Lambert
Paddy Jo
Janet Russell
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Cincinnati
Leo Russell
Lincoln St
Davis Middleton
Harold Stroop
Marilyn Middleton
David Middleton Stroop
Dayton
Middleton
Thomas Middleton
Delbert Chase
Athens
Chase
Ohio University
Faye Root Richards
Neal McTeague
Columbus
Hez Root
Robert
Frank Richards
Jack Bowman
Karl Owen
S. Third Ave
Forrest Griffin
Allen and
St. Loui
E. A. Reed
Front St
Griffins
Griffin
WVOW
Mason County
Nellie Barsotti
Carl Barsotti
Tennessee
Florida
Robert Beeson
John Beeson
Ohio State University
Leo Beeson
Dana Lambert
Orville Bratton
Max Lambert
Max Richard
Chillicothe
Wayne Swisher
Craig and
Jerry
Charleston
Roy Wright
Pomeroy
Madge Mossman
Harry Hudson
McKeesport
Martha Hudson
Robert Coats
Winchester
Ind
Coats
Charles Coats
Ralph Jordan
Violet Hartinger
Judith
Jordan
Lawrence Hartinger
John Mason
the Crawfords
Parkersburg
Walnut St
Edgar Ervin
Washington
Annie Get Your Gun
Noel Hysell and
Rome Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Youth Weekend Kickoff at First Baptist Church Middleport
Evangelistic events begin as 38 youths attend a Saturday gathering at First Baptist with local volunteers and Youngstown team members. Sunday features Youth Choir performances, sermons by Rev. Dudley T. Pomeroy and Rev. Charles Pomeroy, and a Sunday afternoon service at Pomeroy Baptist Church.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
David Diles
Dorothy Chase
Betty Baird
Anne Morrison
Youngstown
Jean Bennett
Virginia Mayes
Gerald Anthony
Miss Baird
Charles Pomeroy
Jean
June Smart
June Seines
Kathleen Mayes
Dorothy
Ruth
Frances Chase
Shirley Miller
C. P. Bradbury
Jesus
Baird
Morrison
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Clayton Pepper
Dudley T. Pomeroy
Weekend Guests Fill Homes Across Town and Nearby States
Local families hosted relatives and friends from Columbus Athens and Dayton over the weekend. Visitors included Janet Russell nursing student in Cincinnati, the Griffins from St Louis, and the Beeson and Bowman clans from Columbus and Ohio State University students.
Pallbearers Named For Mrs. Serena Lloyd Rites
Pallbearers for 96 year old Mrs. Serena Lloyd at First Baptist Church service included Leo Russell Fred Russell Willis Anthony Harold Chase William Hamm and Paul Smart. Rev. Charles Pomeroy presided with church choir. Interment followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. M L Cottingham attended from Zanesville.
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Middleport
Serena Lloyd
First Baptist Church
Leo Russell
Fred Russell
Willis Anthony
Harold Chase
William Hamm
Paul Smart
Charles Pomeroy
Middleport Hill Cemetery
M. L. Cottingham
Mae Michael
Zanesville
Mason Clinic Birth Notices and Local Arrivals
Miriam Hoschar of West Columbia reports a birth. Mr and Mrs Pearlie Jewell welcome a daughter in Minersville on February 24. Catharine Newberry of Le tart records a birth on February 23. Raymond Sisk and son Raymond Richard Jr of Mason welcome a child on February 25. Norman Frederick and son Jackie Lee of Long Bottom share a February 25 birth.
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Pearlie Jewell
Minersville
Catharine Newberry
Letart
Raymond Sisk
Raymond Richard, Jr
Mason
Norman Frederick and
Jackie Lee
Long Bottom
Columbus Bride Marries Pomeroy Groom Massar
Miss Margaret Brison of Columbus wed George David Massar of Pomeroy at Indianola Presbyterian Church on February 26. The couple plan to live in Washington after March 7. The article notes their education and jobs and mentions a Wednesday Lent talk schedule following the wedding.
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Pomeroy
Indianola Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Margaret Brison
George David Massar
Frederick Christian
John R. Brison
Clarence A. Massar
Harry Palmer
Massar
North High School
College of Commerce
Ohio State University
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
The
Winders Motor Sales Co
Pomeroy High School
College of Law
Ohio State
Phi Delta Phi
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Willard Memorial Observed by Rutland WCTU
Frances F. Willard memorial services were observed at the Rutland home of Mrs. Belva Pharis with Mrs. Marion Wood presiding. Devotionals were led, topics read by Margaret Plummer and Emma Gatewood, and a committee was formed to protest alcohol advertising. Mrs. Henry Koch joined as a member. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is scheduled for March 24.
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Rutland
Frances F. Willard
Rutland Wctu
Belva Pharis
Marion Wood
Margaret Plummer
Emma Gatewood
Henry Koch
Lent noon services at United Methodist Church begin
Pomeroy Noonday services start at the United Methodist Church on Wednesday and continue through Lent. The program starts with tower chimes from noon to 12 15 p m followed by organ music from 12 15 to shortly after.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Red Cross fund Drive Is Started
POMEROY The opening gun in the 1949 fund drive of the American Red Cross was fired Monday and co chairmen Aten Shain and Wallace Bradford express confidence that Meigs County will reach its 3200 quota. The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion under President Mrs Zana Baxter will undertake the residential solicitation in Pomeroy. Mrs Baxter appointed a general committee with Miss Anna Ebersbach as chairman and others. The group will meet Wednesday evening to organize workers in each neighborhood. Middleport solicitation is handled by the Business and Professional Women. the county will be split into townships with separate committees.
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Pomeroy
American Red Cross
Aten Shain
Wallace Bradford
Meigs County
Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Zana Baxter
Real Estate Partition Suit Filed for Fifth Interest in Letart Township
POMEROY Verrice McClintock through Crow and Crow filed in common pleas court for partition of a one fifth fee simple interest in Letart Township parcels. She claims to be daughter and heir at law of Mary Sayre, deceased. Suit targets Otis Skinner and others.
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Pomeroy Verrice McClintock
Crow and Crow
Common Pleas Court
Mary Sayre
Letart Township
Otis Skinner
Lions To Meet Pomeroy Club With New Officers
The Pomeroy Lions Club will hold its noon Thursday meeting at the Federated Church. It will be the first session led by its own officers.
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LIONS
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lions Club
Federated Church
Pomeroy Club
Evangelism Meeting At Federated Church
A special meeting will be held at the Federated Church Wednesday at 7 30 pm with a motion picture Reaching for Heaven. Another session is planned next Friday at 7 30 pm featuring Rev. Allen Christy of Marietta.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Allen Christy
Marietta
Weekend guests, local residents host Ohio travelers
Dayton visitors Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stanley and son Floyd join Mr. and Mrs. Owen Campbell while Mrs. K. Milner of Rocky River Ohio visits Dayton friends. Columbus workers Carol Evans and Evelyn Cook spend weekend with Edison Hobstetter family. Ed Stark and others attend Michigan Ohio State game in Columbus.
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Joseph Stanley
Floyd
Owen Campbell
Dayton
K. Milner
Rocky River
Ohio
William Campbell
Carol Evans
Evelyn Cook
Columbus
Edison Hobstetter
Virgie Hobstetter
W. R. Hill
William Buck
William Watson
Anna Buck
Ed Stark
Frank Will Jack Robson
Virgil Hayes
Ethan Harper
Richard Campbell
Lois Ann Campbell
Xenia
Byron Montieth
A. E. al
World Day of Prayer Set and Chimes Program Planned
Middleport churches plan World Day of Prayer Friday at 2 p.m. at Heath Methodist Church with 20 minutes of chimes by Jones Memorial Chimes played by Mrs. C M Hennesy. Women will wear costumes from several nations to represent prayers around the world.
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Middle Port
Middleport
Serview
Heath Methodist Church
Jones Memorial
C. M. Hennesy
United Council of Church Women
Q P. Klein
Women's Society of Christian Service
Hostess Church
Richard Chambers
China
France
Indians
Samoa
Korea
Mra. Klein
Pyes
Mendelasohn
Elijah
Church Women's Council
Supt
L. W. McComas
Nan Moore
Swisher Couple Welcome Son Don Wayne at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wayne Swisher announce the birth of their son Don Wayne born Saturday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. The newborn joins the family with both joyful parents to celebrate.
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Middleport
Don Wayne
Mrs
Wayne Swisher
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Pvt Hysell Funeral Rites Set for Thursday
Rutland memorial services will honor Pvt. Gerald J. Hysell on Thursday at 2 pm at Bradford Church with Rev. Myrtus Rice presiding. He died in Italy March 11, 1945, at age 27. survivors include Emerson and Mrs. Hysell, daughter Kaye, son James, and brother Dana of Columbus. Burial is Miles Cemetery.
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Rutland
Pvt
Gerald J. Hywell
Bradford
Myrtus Rice
Pvt. Hysell
Italy
Emerson Hysell
Kaye
James
Dana Hysell
Columbus
Rutland Post
American Legion
Miles Cemetery
George Halley to Lead Meigs DAV Meeting Wednesday
George Halley commander of Meigs Chapter 53 DAV announces a meeting to be held Wednesday at the OOF Hall. The notice emphasizes chapter activities and member coordination.
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Pomeroy
George Halley
Meigs
DAV
George H
S&s
Odd Fellows Hall
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