2 Hour Session Keeps Mayor Busy in Court
Mayor C. Fisher presided over a three hour session handling cases from plain drunks to DWI and forgery. Harold Little, 22, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to three beers before driving on Route 7 and received 100 dollar fine plus costs and three days in jail. Pat Mitchell, Middleport, who was driving Little’s car, faced related charges.
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Middleport
C. ©. Fisher
Harold Little
Cheshire
Route 7
Pat Mitchell
Little
Local fines and guilty pleas issued by Mayor Fisher
Mason County detainees faced fines and jail time as several residents from Middleport Pomeroy and surrounding areas admitted to intoxication nonpayment and forgery charges. Billy Roush pleaded guilty to cashing a check under his father in law Chester A Clark name and being wanted on bad checks. Others including Nora Bolin and James Call were fined for intoxication while Curt Nobles Clifford Ieenhower were also charged and sentenced.
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Fisher
Billy Roush
Mason County
Middleport
Meigs County Grand Jury
Roush
New Haven
Chester A. Clark
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
William
Nora) Bolin
Leroy Bartrum
James
Ned) Call
Curt Nobles
Clifford Ieenhower
Long Distance Talks Between Longtime Friends
MIDDLEPORT Ohio two aging friends greet each other from their porches as fractured hips limit movement. Nora Atkinson known as Mrs Republican of Athens County and former state central committeewoman visits Meigs County where she chats with D B Hartinger from her doorway. Hartinger is Meigs County Republican official’s relative and mother of County Commissioner Dan Hartinger.
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Middleport
Nora Atkinson
Republican
Athens
Meigs County
Merrill Atkinson
D. B. Hartinger
Atkinson
Republican Women’s Club
Hartinger
Jeremiah
Jerry) Carpenter
Dan C. Hartinger
J.E.D. Hartinger
John K. Smith Takes Post At Charleston
Middleport resident John K. Smith Jr. resigns from Imperial Electric Co in Akron after 12 years as vice president to become executive vice president of Ray C Call Inc in Charleston West Virginia. He remains with Imperial as consultant and joins other firms as adviser including a foundry and a taxi business. He helped establish the Middleport plant and will relocate to Charleston.
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Middleport
Imperial Electric Company
Akron
John K. Smith, Jr
Ray C. Call, Inc
Charleston
W. Va
General Motors
Smith
Imperial Company
Imperial
Smth
Ben
Founder's Day Service Honoring BTU Leader Planned
A Founder's Day program honoring the Baptist Training Union will be held at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport Sunday at 3 p.m. Dr. E W D Isaac, BTU founder, will be eulogized. Refreshments to follow in the dining room. Mrs Edythe Luckadoo of Rutland is district BTU president.
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Middleport
Baptist Training Union
Mt. Moriah
E.W.D. Isaac
BTU Board
Edythe Luckadoo
Rutland
Scout Troop 249 Registers 39 Scouts for 1958 Year
Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop 249 completes its 1958 charter with 39 scouts and 14 adults. Names include James Andrews, Jerry Arnold, Danny Bowers and many others. Explorer scouts, sponsored by United Methodist Church, join with William Darty and others. Adult leaders listed. troop meets Mondays at 7 pm in the church basement.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop
James Andrews
Jerry Arnold
Danny Bowers
Henry Cleland
Allen Downie
Richard Finley
James Gilbert
Charles Gloeckner
Ward Gorby
David Gordon
George Hoffman
Roy Howell
Thomas Lind
Larry Marshall
Donald Mayer
Bruce McKenzie
James Mees
Bobby Meier
Robert Newman
Merle Ohlinger
Terry Ohlinger
Richard Vaughan
Frank Vaughn
Herman Oblinger
Philip Meier
Frank Titus
Roy Mayer
Gilbert Mees
Reino Lind
Elmer White
Wyatt Gilbert
United Methodist Church
Long Bottom Youth Reports Sunday Wreck
Harold Johnson twenty of Long Bottom Route 2 received minor injuries when his car struck a road bump on Route 7 and went out of control hitting a embankment. He reported the accident to Sheriff Robert Hartenbach and the incident was documented.
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Pomeroy
Harold Johnson
Long Bottom
Johnson
Robert Hartenbach
Meigs Schools Receive Quarterly Settlements
POMEROY The fourth quarterly settlement of 146 037 97 for Meigs County schools has been received by O O Patterson county superintendent. Amounts by district include Bedford 5016 39 Eastern 35091 34 Northern 10186 70 Salisbury 14752 10 Columbia 2378 35 Southern 43301 53 Western 35311 56.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Bedford
Eastern
Northern
Salisbury
Columbia
Southern
Western
Ladies Aid Meeting at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church will hold a regular meeting in the church social room at 1 30 Wednesday afternoon. Hostesses for the afternoon will be Mrs Nora Clark Mrs Albert Coates and Mrs SFalter Schreiber.
Garden Club to Meet at Mrs Strausbaugh Home
Wilkesville Garden Club set to meet Tuesday at the residence of Mrs Carey Strausbaugh with members and neighbors invited to attend.
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Wilkesville
Carey Strausbaugh
April Flower Show Plans by Middleport Garden Club
Middleport Garden Club members announced plans for an April flower show to be held at Mrs. Homer Russell's home. Co chairs Mrs. Walter Harris and Mrs. Malcolm Roller led the meeting, with a purchase of eight flowering crab trees approved for planting at the entrance to Middleport. A regional meeting in Rutland on April 23 and an open Twilighth Garden Club meeting in Pomeroy on March 13 were announced.
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Middleport
Homer Russell
Walter Harris
Malcolm Roller
Middleport Garden Club
E. M. Wood
J. E. Harley
Point Pleasant
Blakeslee
Harley
James Titus
David Entsminger
David Farmer
Garen Stansbury
E. O. Tewksbury
J. ED. Hartinger
Charles Goeglein
John Leitweiler
J. Edwin Charles
Hartinger
L. C. Karr
Dinner Marks 14th Birthday Of Auxiliary
Middleport celebrates the auxiliary of the firefighters with a dinner at Martin Restaurant and a meeting at Mrs. Sidney T. Russell home. Charter members attended. new officers named Mrs. David Ohlinger president and Mrs. Shuler vice president. The group voted to entertain Racine auxiliary on March 14 and awarded a door prize to Mrs. McKinley.
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Middleport
Martin
Sidney T. Russell
Village Hall
Russell
Emmet Shuler
B. F. Parmalee
Charles Murray
Robert McElhinny
E. O. McKinley
James Daniels
Russell Mills
David Ohlinger
Shuler
Jack Bechtle
Howard Dailey
Wayne Gibbons
C. R. Karr
Racine
McKinley
Western Local Selects Spelling Bee Finalists
Western Local School District has chosen finalists to represent the district at the Meigs County spelling bee. Sandra Oller, a seventh grader, and Robert Smith, a sixth grader, from Rutland schools, were declared district winners and will compete March 31 at Bradbury School.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Bowen
Bradbury
Sandra Oller
Robert Smith
Oller
Smith
Rutland
Gloeckner Named Election Board Clerk in Meigs County
Albert Gloecker the Meigs County Board of Elections clerk for 20 years was named clerk for a two year term at the board reorganization Saturday night. Dorothy Johnston was named deputy clerk Bob Clark was named chairman and other members include Jack Follrod Emmett Will and Norman Kloes.
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Pomeroy
Albert Gloecker
Meigs County
Board of Elections
Dorothy Johnston
Bob Clark
Harrisonville Area
Jack Follrod
Emmett Will
Norman Kloes
Nine Attend Rally At Columbus From Local Methodist Church
Nine members of the United Methodist Church attended an Ohio Association Rally in Columbus on Monday. Attending from Pomeroy were the Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Brown Frank and Walter Vaughan Miss Lydia Ebersbach Mrs. C. F. Tompkins Mrs. Kenneth Finley Mrs. Robert Warner and Mrs. Benton Ponn.
Firemen Respond Twice to Kitchen Grease Blaze
Middleport firemen were summoned to Mrs Lorraine Riggs Cundiffs home on S Third Ave Monday at 10 30 a m when grease in a skillet ignited the kitchen wall The fire was put out with a hand extinguisher No damage was reported and a neighbor rescued the baby from the home.
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Middleport
Lorraine Riggs Cundiff
S. Third Ave
Jack Bechtle
John Cozart Tops State Agriculture Contest
John Cozart placed first in the annual state education agriculture contest announced by Meigs County schools superintendent C. C. Patterson. Racine High School students were tested as the county’s only school offering a vocational agriculture course. Carl Wolfe finished second while George Donahew, Mary Kay Johnson and Ronald Wolfe also participated.
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Pomeroy
John Cozart
State Department of Education
C. C. Patterson
Meigs County
Toay
Racine
Carl Wolfe
George Donahew
Mary Kay Johnson
Ronald Wolfe
Beagle Club To Meet Pomeroy Tonight
The Meigs County Beagle Club will meet at their Harrisonville headquarters at 8 p.m. this evening.
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Beagle Club
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harrisonville
Pomeroy Plans State Meeting on Sewage Plant Costs
Pomeroy council discussed arranging a meeting with the Division of Sanitary Engineers, Ohio Department of Health, Burgess and Niple, and the village to address the $900,000 sewage disposal project. The meeting may be held April 9 or 16 as engineers seek a feasible path amid permitting and river dumping issues. Parking meter problems and Kroger parking rights were referred to finance for payment.
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Division of Sanitary Engineers
Ohio Department of Health
Burgess and Niple Engineering Co
City Hall
F. H. Waring
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B. F. Hatch
Burgess and Niple
Ohio
Columbus
Kroger Co
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Twilight Garden Club invites members to March meeting
The Twilight Garden Club invites members to an open meeting at the United Methodist Church on March 13. Eighteen members met at Mrs. Eb ersbach’s home with Mrs. Edward Baer presiding. New member Floyd Mees welcomed. Hartinger named county garden club contact chair.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy Garden Club
Theodore Ebersbach
Edward Baer
Floyd Mees
J. E. D. Hartinger
Pomeroy Club
County Garden Club
William B. Downie
Meigs
American Red Cross
Pomeroy Senior High School
Hartinger
Three Jailed One Man Placed On Probation In Meigs Court
In Meigs County common pleas court Judge John C. Bacon placed George Glaze of Pomeroy on one year probation after he pleaded guilty to petit larceny and began restitution to the victim. Thomas Eblin and Ralph A. Butcher pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and await sentence after a break in at Baker Grocery in Middleport. Richard Lewis pleaded guilty to non support and awaits sentencing.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John C. Bacon
Common Pleas Court
George Glaze
Glaze
Bacon
Thomas Eblin
Ralph A. Butcher
Baker Grocery
Middleport
Richard Lewis
Meigs County TB Health Group Sets March Dinner
The Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association will hold its annual dinner March 18 at Rutland Methodist Church. President Henry Null named H K Wood gerd, Mrs George H Parker and Mrs Harriet Neigler to the nominating committee reporting at the meeting, with the location rotating each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Rutland Methodist Church
Henry Null
H. K. Woodgerd
George H. Parker
Harriet Neigler
Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Cassell Home
The Missionary Society of Mount Moriah Baptist Church will gather Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Carrie Cassell on Oliver Street for its meeting.
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Middleport
the Missionary Society of
Houdashelt Leaves For Barrington Nova Scotia
Airman Paul R. Houdashelt of Pomeroy leaves Saturday for Barrington Air Force Station in Nova Scotia after a two week visit with his mother Mrs. Gladys Taylor and sister Miss Helen Houdashelt. A 1952 Pomeroy High School graduate, he worked at Ohio Valley Baking Co. for four years before enlisting in April 1956. He trained at Lackland Warren and Scott bases, completed schooling in communications in November 1956, and has been at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for 14 months prior to this one year posting.
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Pomeroy
Paul R. Houdashelt
Barrington
Nova Scotia
Gladys Taylor
Helen Houdashelt
Union Ave
Houdashelt
Pomeroy High School
Ohio Valley Baking Co
U. S. Air Force
Lackland
San Antonio
Tex
Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Wright-Patterson
Dayton
Racine Youths Escape Injury After 30-Foot Embankment Fall
Sheriff reports two Racine youths escaped serious harm when their car veered from Route 124 in the Great Bend area, skidded over a 30-foot embankment along the Ohio River and landed on its front end. Driver Richard A. Sayre, 19, Racine Route 2, and passenger John Pape were not seriously hurt.
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Ohio River
Hartenbach
Bridal Shower For Mr and Mrs Earl Thoma Planned
A bridal shower honoring Mr and Mrs Earl Thoma will be hosted by Mrs Georgia Thoma in Kingsbury Friday evening. Friends and neighbors are invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Earl Thoma
Georgia Thoma
Kingsbury
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