Pomeroy considers parking meters and street upgrades
Mayor Canaday told Pomeroy council that meters could boost revenue and curb all day parking as in Athens. Some members support meters for Main Street access, while one opposed them as potential hurt to farmers. A committee will study needs, locations, and funding while sewer project costs are reviewed for possible reductions. Ed Durst receives a 25 cent hourly raise for 22 years of service.
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Athens
Tennessee
Pomeroy
Council
Vaughn
Spencer
Robinson
Rodney
Goodwin
Karr
Canaday
Main Street
Logan News
Sunday Messenger
Lyons
Canadavy
Ed Durst
L. G. Merrill
Merrill
Glenroy Ewing
Council Ponders Meter Question in Pomeroy
Pomeroy council, with Robison Spencer and Karr, considers water meter issues. Buderman of Universal Concrete Pipe outlines local pipe supply options, potential savings, and direct sale to village if bids fail, plus plan to buy materials and let contracts. A separate note covers a marriage, licenses, and municipal financials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Buderman
Ray Harper
Walter Wolfe
Harper
Glenroy Ewing
State Highway Department
Jake Ament
Karr, Vaughn and
Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial tea by Pomeroy temperance union held
The Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its Willard Memorial Tea at the Federated Church with a brief business session. Alma Parkey led worship, Elizabeth Duffy sang, G H Ewing sketched Francis Willard’s life, Lucretia Genheimer led a bills discussion, 27 attended, next meeting March 23 at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Federated Church
Alma Parkey
Elizabeth Duffy
America the Beautiful
G. H. Ewing
Francis Willard
Lucretia Genheimer
Methodist Church
Party at Peacock Avenue for Jenny Sue Eiselstein
Jenny Sue Eiselstein hosted a Saturday night party at her Peacock Avenue home with games and refreshments. Guests included Virginia Durst Bernice A Durst and Junior Seyfried. others invited were unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jenny Sue Eiselstein
Peacock Ave
Virginia Durst
Bernice A. Durst
Junior Seyfried
Funeral services set for Thomas Ray Sale
Funeral services for 55 year old Thomas Ray Sale who died at his Racine Route 2 home Sunday morning will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the residence with burial in Letart Cemetery. He is survived by wife Eula two sons Carl and Earl Sale Midland Pa one granddaughter Jeffrey Lynn Midland Pa a brother D L Sale Racine two half brothers W A Scott Marion IL and Aden Shilton Guthria Ky one half sister Mrs Nettie Gill Langoneoth Pa and many nieces and nephews. His mother died in 1924 and his father in July 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden Shilton
Guthria
Nettie Gill
Lalongeloth
Lawson's Restaurant Opens on Mill Street in Middleport
Kenneth B. Lawson announces the opening of Lawson's Restaurant on Mill St in the former Middleport Printing Company rooms. The building, owned by Garen Stansbury, was initially planned for beer and wine service but state law barred that due to proximity to a church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Kenneth B. Lawson
Hilbert Collopy Engagement Announced in Cincinnati
Mr and Mrs Gene Hilbert of Cincinnati announce the engagement of their daughter Janet Kathleen to William Collopy of Cincinnati. Janet is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Ross E Powell and has visited Middleport often. Collopy served a year in the U S Navy. Their marriage is planned for August.
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Middleport
Gene Hilbert
Cincinnati
Janet Kathleen
William Collopy
Garden club meeting at Mrs Pullen home
The Amateur Gardeners' Club will meet Friday evening at the home of Mrs. James Pullen on North Second Avenue. Assistant hostess is Mrs. Ben Philson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amateur Gardeners’ Club
James Pullen
N. Second Ave
Ben Philson
Blue Cross Enrollment Drive Opens in Meigs County
The second annual Meigs Blue Cross enrollment opened in Pomeroy and Middleport with brisk activity. Pomeroy HQ is at the Martin Hotel lobby and Middleport at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co offices. The program targets self employed individuals or small groups under five and promotes low cost hospital care as a nonprofit effort. This is the sole Meigs County campaign for 1948.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Blue Cross
Middleport
Martin Hotel
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Blue Cross
Hospitals of the Nations
Meigs County
WCTU Holds Memorial in Rutland Meeting
Frances E. Willard memorial and brotherhood service were held at the Rutland WCTU gathering at Mrs. Mildred Donahue's home. The Flower Mission and Relief Department sent two scrapbooks to veterans hospitals and shipped three boxes of clothing and items to the needy, mailed to Sgt. Thomas C. Sanborn. Mrs. G H Ewing of Pomeroy spoke. next meeting set for March 25 at Mrs. Eva Fleming's home.
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G. H. Ewing
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Eva Fleming
Garden Club Hears Hydrangea Paper at Rutland Meeting
Rutland Garden Club members and guests gathered for a potluck luncheon at Mrs. Carl Denison’s home. Mrs. Goldie Anderson presented a paper on hydrangeas as house plants while Mrs. L. J. Heiner spoke on Myths and Legends of Flowers and Trees. President Mrs. Olive Ingraham announced the next meeting at Mrs. James Titus’s home.
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Rutland
Carl Denison
Rutland Garden Club
Goldie Anderson
L. J. Heiner
Olive Ingraham
James Titus
Middleport approves $500 for fire equipment
Middleport Village Council approved about $500 for fire fighting gear after a fire committee recommendation. McClure remained as police chief despite rumors of ouster, while other agenda items included sewer plans, dog control, clean-up week, traffic ordinances, and village finances.
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Middleport
Star Chamber
Council
Ray McClure
McClure
Lionel Boggs
War Assets Administration
Woodrow Wilson
Sidney Russell
Cedric Clark
Fred Collins
Light Committee
Jean Lama
Russell
Charles Murray
Youth Group entertains Pomeroy youths with weekly program
Twenty five members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship were entertained with games devotions and refreshments Sunday evening. The format will repeat each Sunday with recreation 4 30 to 5 30 p m refreshments at 5 30 p m devotions at 6 p m and discussion at 6 30 p m Vernon Cady will speak on photography March 7 and a vocation will be described each week to guide career choices Dick Struble leads recreation Joan Conway oversees devotions two mothers handle refreshments and Cady directs the discussion period.
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Pomeroy
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Vernon Cady
Dick Struble
Joan Conway
Pomeroy Area Family Visits Highlight Weekend
Pomeroy personals note relatives and friends visiting across towns. Roy McCullough and family from Chesapeake visited Holter family in Minersville. Nora Harris joined Edith Holter in Minersville. Wintle and Huber attended Lucy Hysell funeral in Pomeroy. Eileen Weatherby, Columbus worker, spent weekend with Lamewood family in Forest Run. Helen Atkins visited friends in Athens. Raymond Bolinger and family from Columbus stayed with Vern Bolinger in Spring Ave.
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Pomeroy
Roy McCullough
Chesapeake
Hanson Holter
Minersville
Nora Harris
Edith Holter
Nuton Wintle
Edward Huber
Columbus
Lucy Hysell
Eileen Weatherby
Everett Lamewood
Forest Run
Helen Atkins
Athens
Raymond Bolinger
Mr. Bolinger
Vern Bolinger
Spring Ave
State Offers Help To Fix Cave In Mill St Hazard
Village officials report a cave-in on Mill Street at Route 7 near S. Third Avenue creating a traffic hazard. The state highway department promised assistance to locate the cause, with theories including a broken tile sewer, natural ground sinking, or debris filling the void.
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Middleport
State Highway Department
Mill St
S. Third Ave
Birth of Son Larry Samuel Kincaid in Rutland
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kincaid announce the birth of a son, Larry Samuel, on February 16 at Mason Clinic. Grandparents are Samuel and Dexter McKinney of Dexter and James Kincaid of Rutland. Great grandparents are Garrison McKinney and spouse of Mason City, W Va.
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Rutland
Fred Kincaid
Juanita McKinney
Larry Samuel
Mason Clinic
Samuel McKinney
Dexter
James Kincaid
Garrison McKinney
Mason City
W. Va
Marietta Professor to Speak at United Methodist Church
Professor L. E. Blough of Marietta will speak Sunday March 7 at 7 30 p.m. in a Young Adult Sponsored program at the United Methodist Church open to the public. Last Sunday Rev Hegnauer spoke on Experiences as a Chaplain and displayed souvenirs from Japan.
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Pomeroy
L. E. Blough
Marietta
United Methodist Church
Hegnauer
Japan
Grace Episcopal Church to Hold Holy Communion Service
Pomeroy Grace Episcopal Church plans Holy Communion at 7 30 p m Wednesday with Rev Sidney Brown in charge of the service
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Pomeroy Parking
D. A. Canaday
Florida
Spencer and
Ewing
Sam Buderman
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Bucerman
Alvin Norris
Norris
Sewer Fund
BUC
Clyde Tyree
Tyree
Geraldine Shumaker
Hollis Shumaker
Roy Grueser
Lewis Grueser
Church of Christ
C. E. Shepard
Louise Glaze
William Bradford
Miss Glaze
Mary Jane
Middleport High School
John Mitchell
Bertha Garrison
George J. Kotapish
Cleveland
Welder
Ernestine L. Roginiski
Joseph Isinghood
New Martinsville
W.va
Carpenter
Elizabeth Bland
Ray Palmer
Hobson
Miner
Ollie Blankenship
Charles J. White
Lucille Genheimer
Wilbur R. Colburn
Shade
Mary J. Smith
William Leonard
Eleanor Mann
William Canale
Dorothy Pickett
David L. Banner
Parkersburg
Mary M
Long Bottom
Sallie Sligh
Richard H. Stewart
Cheshire
Betty Lou Lynch
Temperance Union
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Janet Ames
Rosalind Russell
Melvyn Douglas
Sid Caesar
King OF the
Preston Foster Gail Patrick Bill Sheffield King, the Horse
Bendvue
Loretta Young
Ray Mill and
Reginald Gardner
Edmond Gwenn
Middleport Social Notes
WCTU
Garden Club
Jacquard
Ohio
OHTO
Licitor
A. A. Dillard
Wayne Gibbons
Harold Chase
John Zerkle
Horton Brown
David Jenkins
Pomeroy Personals
Zemo
EMO
Leo L. Vaughan
Union Avenue
Logan Monument Co
Meigs Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan, Ohio
H. V. Hospital
Reyne
Dodge
C. A. Daugherty
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
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