Plans Made for Red Cross Drive With 8 Board Members Named
Meigs Chapter of the American Red Cross reorganized at Pomeroy Senior High school. Eight new executive board members were named to bolster the 1958 fund drive aiming at 5688 dollars with a county division and a Middleport co chair pairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Drive
Pomeroy
Meigs
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Dick Rosenbaum
William B. Downie
Sally Sauer
Charles Goeglein
Wayne Gibbons
Ron Springer
Clifford Morris
J. H. Grate
Middleport
William Downie
Leo L. Vaughan
Charlotte Perrin
Wesley Fry
H. K. Woodgerd
Sam Gilmore
Arthur Strauss
Marion Ebersbach
Commissioners Buy Two New Automobiles
Meigs County commissioners met in an all day session and voted 2-1 to buy a two ton truck from Preston Motor Co for the county engineer and a 1958 Pontiac from Blaetmar Auto Co for Sheriff Hartenbach at 2508 and 2241.65 respectively including trades. The board also approved continuing the dust control program at 15000 to 18000 and planned meetings with hospital boards to discuss funding a planned Meigs County Memorial Hospital. A diesel fuel contract was awarded to River Oil Co at 12.6 cents per gallon for 90 days. Funds were moved from the emergency fund to the infirmary and from the common pleas court secretary fund to the probate court employees fund.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Board of Commissioners
Preston Motor Co
Middleport
Blaetmar Auto Co
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Dan C. Hartinger
Harry Craig
Rolland E. Neutzling
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Meigs County Memorial Hospital Committee
River Oil Co
County Infirmary
Common Pleas Court Secretary
Probate Court Compensation of
Wolfe Rites Held Sunday for Don Wolfe
Funeral services for Don Edward Wolfe 21 Ohio University journalism student and son of Mr. and Mrs Donald C Wolfe were held at 2 p m Sunday at the Racine Methodist Church. The Rev John Elwood officiated with pallbearers Fred Lewis Larry Wolfe Larry Roush James Faircloth Daniel Euler Norman Roush Bill McNickle and Bob Birch. Out of county attendees included Solon Butcher of Cleveland and others from Columbus Marion Hartford W Va Athens and Letart Falls Cemetery burial followed at Letart Falls Cemetery.
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Doris Coleman
Bob Huber
Norman Outright
Tom Shumaker
Jerry Bemlow
Bill Garrison
Ohio University
Letart Falls Cemetery
Meigs County Schools Contribute $444 to Polio Drive
POMEROY Schols of the Meigs County school system have given $444 to the annual polio fund drive. Final reports from participating schools show amounts from Harrisonville $18.20 to Syracuse $45.61 and River View $31.57, compiled for county Superintendent O. O. Patterson.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Harrisonville
Salem Center
Letart
Racine
Chester
Rutland High School
Columbia
Rutland
Tuppers Plains
Portland
Bradbury
Syracuse
Bedford
Salisbury
Riverview
Meigs General Hospital Notes Report Names List
A roster of individuals associated with Meigs General Hospital includes Clifford Jacobs Pomeroy Thorleif Bentz Racine Gordon Winebrenner Syracuse Robert Schoonover Rutland Mrs Lola Lee Middleport Elmer Hull Tuppers Plains Fred Coleman Reedsville Mrs Margaret Lovett Middleport Laurence Schmidt Pomeroy Route 3 A H Bailey Mrs Marcia Hobstetter J W McClain Nice Milford Lynn Lee Mallory John R Hedin Miss Betty Wilson William Ohlinger and Guy Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Jacobs
Pomeroy
Thorleif Bentz
Racine
Gordon Winebrenner
Syracuse
Robert Schoonover
Rutland
Lola Lee
Middleport
Elmer Hull
Tuppers Plains
Fred Coleman
ReedsVille
Margaret Lovett
Laurence Schmidt
A. H. Bailey
Marcia Hobstetter
J. W. McClain
Nice Mulford
Lynn Lee Mallory
John R. Hedin
Betty Wilson
William Ohlinger
Guy Springer
Patsy Burnside Weds Earl Thoma In Pomeroy Church
Patsy Burnside and Earl Thoma were married in a Sunday ceremony at the Federated Church with Rev. Waldo Bartels officiating. The bride, now Mrs. Thoma, works as a bookkeeper at Fulton Thompson Tractor Sales in Pomeroy, while the groom is a farmer. The couple resides at Wolfe's Drive in Pomeroy Connecticut.
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Pomeroy
Harold Burnside
Patsy
Earl Thoma
Georgia Thoma
Ollie Thoma
Federated Church
Waldo J. Bartels
Wolfe’s Drive
Services Set For Thursday For Mrs Ethel Quillen
Funeral services are planned Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Nazarene Church for Mrs Ethel Quillen 76 who died Monday night in Portsmouth The Rev G B Breese will officiate with burial at Syracuse Cemetery Brock Funeral Home of Portsmouth in charge Friends may call at the church Thursday from noon until services Surviving are five daughters Mrs Dorothy Holmes Syracuse Mrs Arlene Borham Mrs Loraine Osler all of McConnellsville Mrs Juanita Lucas and Miss Helen Quillen of Portsmouth Her husband Lorenzo Dow Quillen preceded her in death She was born September 28 1881 in Dayton
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Red Cross
Strauss
Ebersbach
Blood Program
Woodgerd
Meigs County
Huntington
Nazarene
Ethel Mac Quillin
Portsmouth
G. B. Breese
Syracuse
Brock Funeral Home
Dorothy Holmes
Arlene Borham
Loraine Osler
McConnellsville
Juanita Lucas
Helen Quillin
New Eastern High School Granted Four Year Charter
The Ohio Department of Education has granted a four year charter to Eastern High School, a merger serving students from former Chester and Tuppers Plains High Schools. An open house recently marked its public opening.
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Pomeroy
Eastern High School
Ohio Department of Education
Chester
Tuppers Plains
Middleport Board Votes $100 Raise for School Staff
The Middleport board of education unanimously approves a $100 yearly salary increase for teachers and other school employees. Cooks for the new Pearl Street elementary cafeteria are hired, and insurance plans for the new buildings are discussed as 80 percent co insurance with extended coverage. Grass seed was approved for the Pearl Street grounds.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Supt
L. W. McComas
Bruce Lloyd
Donald Lowery
Denver Rice
Pearl St
R. Barnes
Barnes-Simpson Insurance Firm
McComas
Hill Resigns as Secretary of Meigs County Fair Unit
Allen C. Hill Sr resigns as secretary of the Meigs County Agricultural Society after three years to take a probate court job. Directors audit books as Roy Holter presides and appoint new superintendents for domestic arts and Grange, with several other staffing changes for the 1958 fair and a March 10 special session set to name a new secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Leifheit
Robert Pickett
Thereon Johnson
Avice Frecker
Avery Nelson
Grange Department
H. E. Starkey
Fred C. Leifheit
Ralph Gilmore
Hiram
Cheerleaders Promote Tourney Attendance At Wellston
In Middleport cheerleaders rally support for the Orange and Black at the Wellston tournament game. More than eight fan cars travel with the team and escorts including Supt. L W McComas. A school assembly, songs, cheers, and a pep talk by Coach N P Swackhammer were planned.
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Middleport
Wellston
Supt. L. W. McComas
N. P. Swackhammer
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