Pomeroy Flood Crest Recedes Amid Damaged Businesses
Flood waters crest and begin retreat as Main Street merchants brace for cleanup. Nelson Drug Store and Blue and Gray Restaurant relocated stock ahead of rising levels after a predicted 51 foot crest plus six inches. Residents move family and belongings while police advise boats to hug upstream banks to protect storefronts.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Ohio
Nelson Drug
Shirley
Ruby Guinther
Main
Roy Betzings
Betzings
Gumthers
Homer Baxter
Anna Marie
Ben Ewing
Baxters
Elwood Bowers
E. Main Street
Jed Webster
West Virginia
Norbert Compton
Bill Perrin
Robert Hartenbach
Charles Persinger
Swisher and Lohse
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Lincoln Hill
Middleport
Middleport Flood Disrupts Town Activities and School
Flooding in Middleport causes street closures and heat outages as water surrounds the Ohio Hotel and fills basements. Uptown stores report 14 inches of water. Meigs Local suspends classes with over 100 students absent. Community events are postponed or canceled while concerts proceed with local firemen coordinating.
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Ohio
Middleport
Pomeroy
Railroad
Park Streets
Ohio Hotel
Meigs
George Hargraves
Bible Display At Middleport Church Meeting
A Loyal Pals program at Middleport Church of Christ features Bibles from new to antique. Miss Mabel Hysell hosted at her home. Mrs. Susan Rawlings led the Bible display and Miss Hysell spoke on Our Easter Heritage. The group approved a 25 gift to a missionary project and planned Easter altar lilies.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Mabel Hysell
Susan Rawlings
Hysell
Kentucky Christian College
Pearl Reynolds
Mary Bailey
Audrey Frost
Helen Batey
Rose E. Reynolds
Meetings in Meigs and Local Church Set This Week
The Southern Local Band Boosters meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the high school to plan fund raising for senior band uniforms and the annual band party. The deacons and deaconesses of the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church meet Tuesday night at the manse.
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Charter Day
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Philathea Society
Middleport Church of Christ
Middleport Amateur Gardeners
Pete Kloes
Middleport
Opry
Bluefield
W. Va
Middleport High School
Kentucky Christian College
Middleport Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Travel in small towns
N Straitsville Mr and Mrs Walter Karns of Newark spent the weekend at their New Straitsville home. Mr and Mrs Elmer King of Pomeroy are visiting relatives in the area.
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Walter Karns
Newark
New Straitsville
Elmer King
Pomeroy
Sportsmen To Meet In Wilkesville Friday
The Raccoon Valley Sportsmen's club holds its second meeting Friday at 7 30 p m. in the Legion grove Wilkesville with members joining for discussion and plans.
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Wilkesville
Raccoon Valley Sportsmens’ Club
Legion Grove
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Grand Old Opry
Kentucky Christian College Concert Choir
Dianne Criswell
Huntington State Hospital
St. Joseph Iital
Parkersburg
Huntington Hospital
Dianne
MHS
James Criswell
Post Office Department
Legionnaires of
Feeney-Bennett Post 128
N. Straitsville
Athens Car Rental, Inc
Palmer St
Athens
Butternut and
Mechanic Streets
Ohio River
Bob Hoeflich
Cussins & Fearn
Electra
RADIO
Bogeye
Cussins & Fears
Sun
Coronet
Buckeye Mart
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