Pomeroy Board Names Survey Costs for Elementary School Site
The Pomeroy Board of Education authorized Supt. W A Smith to consult the Center for Education Services at Ohio University and the Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University to price a site survey for a centralized elementary school. A bond issue vote is planned for 1954. The board also set the 1952 appropriation at 145179, with salaries 108735 and other costs totaling 128397 leaving 16782 for other expenses. Rehabilitation projects were requested from the State Department of Education, totaling 10292 for sound treatments, painting, drinking fountains, and relighting in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Education Services of
Ohio University
Bureau of Educational Research
Ohio State University
State Department of Education
Central
Sugar Run
Power line snaps during storm stalls traffic in Pomeroy
A storm snapped a power line near the Legion Service Station and the Church of Christ, shutting E Main St for about an hour. Lights were out for nearly two hours as Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co workers and local volunteers cleared danger. A TV set fire and a minor interior short were reported as crews battled sparks and heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Legion
Church of Christ
E. Main St
Franklin D. Hudson
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Jacobs
Hudson
Frank Fugate
W. Main Street
Ten Countians Attend 4-H Golden Jubilee Celebration
Ten Meigs County 4-H members and advisers joined the Dayton ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of 4-H Club work in Ohio at Memorial Hall. Highlights included Pages of Progress and a Designs of the Times style show with 1900s costumes. Governor Lausche and 4-H leaders attended, with local officials listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Lausche
Bland L. Stradley
Ohio State University
A. B. Graham
C. M. Ferguson
Ohio Agricultural Extension Service
Meigs County
Howard Knight
Ada Hoskins
Roy Holter
Virgil Windon
Marvin Wilson
Janet Jeffers
Mary Dye
Virginia Hoskins
Geneva H. Nolan
C. E. Blakeslee
Rice Elected Club Leader
John Rice was elected president of the Meigs County Better Livestock Club at the county extension office meeting. New officers include Howard Caldwell as vice president Anna Jean Rose ry as secretary Eleanor Well as treasurer Rosemary Rose as news reporter and Jeanette Thomas as recreational leader. The next meeting is April 14 with year memberships closing then.
Meigs County Land Transfers From Local Listings
Myrtle C Hicks transfers to George Henry Hicks a parcel in Pomeroy. Roney Ramsey and Edna Ramsey sell lots 13 and 14 in Minersville to Charlies W Carrico and Gussie Carrico. Lucille Beach guardian transfers Harrisonville parcels to Joe L Beach. Dallas V Hill and Donna Hill sell two parcels in Letart Township to John W Stobart and Naomi F Stobart. Victor Young and Joseph Young deceased transfer Salisbury Township parcels to Henry Kapteina and Minner Kapteina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle C. Hicks
George Henry Hicks
Pomeroy
Roney Ramsey
Edna Ramsey
Charlies W. Carrico
Gussie Carrico
Minersville
Lucille Beach
William Schreiber
Joe L. Beach
Harrisonville
Dallas V. Hill
Donna Hill
John W. Stobart
Naomi F. Stobart
Letart Township
Victor Young
Joseph Young
Henry Kapteina
Minner Kapteina
Salisbury Township
Columbus Man Sues for 2073 in Meigs Court
James Weyersmiller of Columbus files a Meigs County Common Pleas suit against Robert Russell and Maxine Russell seeking 2073 for injuries damages and lost wages after a Nov 25 1950 collision on Route 7 when the Russells backed onto the roadway damaging Weyersmiller s car and causing injury and employment loss.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mrs Malcolm Mees husband promoted to private first class
Mrs. Malcolm Mees of Lincoln Hill reports her husband has been promoted to private first class. He has been at Ft Meade Maryland and transferred to the Armored Division of Field Artillery at Camp Chaffee Arkansas after being inducted into service two weeks ago.
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Pomeroy
Malcolm Mees
Lincoln Hill
Mees
Ft. Meade, Md
Armored Division of Field Artillery
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lions Club Luncheon Speaker at Federated Church
The Lions Club will hold a noon luncheon at the Federated Church on Wednesday. Judge Harmon O'Brien will be the guest speaker.
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Pomeroy
Lions Club
Federated Church
Harmon O'Brien
Remark on Grimm and Phillips Ages in Letart Falls Columbus
Robert R. Grimm aged 25 of Letart Falls and Joyce E. Phillips aged 19 of Columbus are identified in the latest district report. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Grimm
Letart Falls
Joyce E. Phillips
Columbus
Pomona Grange meeting at Rocksprings Hall honors eight candidates
Meigs County Pomona Grange met with 65 members. Eight candidates from Chester, Rocksprings and Great Bend Granges exemplified Pomona degree. Clara Humphrey elected Pomona officer after Lucille Leifheit resigns. Alfred Grange traveling gavel awarded for highest attendance 1951 and to repeat for 1952 with three consecutive years.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Rocksprings
Pomona
Chester
Great Bend
Clara Humphrey
Lucille Leifheit
C. N. Jones
Alfred Grange
Pauline Atkins
H. E. Starkey
Rocksprings Grange
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club Meets at Russell Home
A Pomeroy gathering of over 40 members from across Meigs County met Saturday at Mrs. Harriett Russell’s W Main Street residence. New president Mrs. Della Windsor led the meeting with a talk by Mrs. Nora Atkinson of Athens. Plans were made for an April 12 meeting at Republican headquarters in the Hotel Martin. The event included a tea hosted by Mrs. Windsor and Mrs. A. V. Howell, featuring a spring floral centerpiece, white tapers, and a St Patrick’s Day motif with shamrocks and green and white candy. Eleanor Keller and Darlene Little helped serve.
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Pomeroy — A
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club
Harriett Russell
W. Main St
Della Windsor
Nora Atkinson
Athens
Republican
Martin
Surprise wedding anniversary dinner honors Peoples
Mr and Mrs Percy L Peoples of Union Ave received a surprise visit from their sonland and his wife from Columbus and their daughter Kathleen and her family from Athens. They arrived during church services and prepared a dinner to celebrate the parents wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Percy L. Peoples
Union Ave
Leland
Columbus
Ralph Poston
Logan
Kathleen
Wilson Norris
Athens
Peoples
Brazil lecture opens Lenten study series at Grace Church
At a Grace Episcopal Church luncheon Mrs. H. B. Kress gave a history talk on Brazil. This starts a series of lectures tied to the Lenten study Brazilian Destiny, highlighting church progress in Brazil.
Mrs Chase Returns Home From Huntington Visit
Mrs John Chase returned Sunday to her home on Wehe Terrace from Huntington West Virginia where she spent the winter with her daughter Mrs Harold Russell She was accompanied home by Mrs Russell A son Glenn Chase of Dayton was here over the weekend to help her settle Mrs Ora McClain of Huntington spent Sunday and Monday in Pomeroy and Rutland Mr and Mrs Otis Trevey were in Wheeling on business Mr and Mrs A W Covert returned from Florida to their home on West Main Street Mrs Dorothy Bentz and daughters Jeanne and Nancy with Mr and Mrs John Hannel visited Edith Teaford on East Main Street Sunday evening
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John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Huntington
W. Va
Harold Russell
Russell
Glenn Chase
Dayton
Ora McClain
Pomeroy and
Rutland
Otis Trevey
Wheeling
A. W. Covert
Florida
W. Main St
Dorothy Bentz
Jeanne
Nancy
Racine
John Hannel
Edith Teaford
E. Main St
Appeal Set To Protest Rate Boost In Pomeroy
Pomeroy council will seek approval to appeal a telephone rate hike to the utilities commission in Columbus. Mayor Delmar A. Canaday says service has been poor and locals cannot afford higher costs amid high living expenses and taxes. Residents have voiced strong protests against the increase.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Utilities Commission
Columbus
People of
Marriage of Gloria Weaver and George Ebersbach in Mason
Miss Gloria Weaver and George Ebersbach were married Saturday at Mason Methodist Church with Rev. Gearhart presiding. Attendants included Jean Ebersbach and Kenneth Cook. the couple, graduates of Wahama and Middleport High, will live in the Keig building in Mason.
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Middleport
Gloria Weaver
Edison Weaver
Mason
George Ebersbach
Clarence Ebersbach
Rutland St
Mason Methodist Church
Gearhart
Kenneth Cook
Jean Ebersbach
Cook
Wahama School
Ebersbach
Middleport High School
Keig
Peter Lalich
Alyce Ebersbach
Ted
Peter
Marietta
Patty Martin's third birthday party at the Martin home
Patty Martin celebrated her third birthday Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the Martin residence on S Second Ave. Planned by her mother Osby Martin, the party featured ice cream cookies a beverage and bubble gum after gifts. Guests included grandparents Beecher Kessinger an aunt Hazel Morris and her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Patty Martin
Osby Martin
Martin
S. Second Ave
Patty
Beecher Kessinger
Hazel Morris
Pomeroy Officials Weigh Suit Against Federal Flood Damages
Mayor Delmar A. Canaday and village solicitor Fred Crow, with attorney James Huffman, hold talks in Columbus today on possible suit against the federal government for flood damage. Canaday says Crow will travel to Washington soon to meet Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins about cooperation in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Fred Crow, Jr
James Huffman
U.S
Columbus
Canaday
Crow
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Meigs General Hospital Notes Discharges and Visitors List
A hospital notes list multiple patients by name and hometown, with a section noting discharges including Henry Bratton, Mrs Thomas White and baby, Mrs Frank Smith and baby, and several others. The document also records families such as Mr and Mrs William King of near Middleport and their daughter.
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William King
Near
Middleport
Henry Bratton
Philison Norris
Thomas White
Frank Smith
Helen Hart
Peter Stace
Ralph Cline
Warren Wright
Marjorie Newtun
A. B. Somerville
Richards Cours
Betty Saunders
Merie Collins
Rosie Fields
Edward Dailey
David Welker
Guy Brown
Everett Roush
Pomeroy appoints executors and administrators in county estates
Griff Archer is named executor of the estate of the late Roland E Archer. Natalie H Koehler and Selwyn R White are appointed administratrix and administrator of the estate of the late Clara A Koehler. Records come from the Meigs County Probate Court.
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Pomeroy- Griff Archer
Roland E. Archer
Natalie H. Koehler
Selwyn R White
Clara A. Koehler
Meigs County
Pomeroy Reports Weekly Parking Meter Receipts
Chief of Policy Walter E. Wolfe reported the past week's parking meter receipts totaling $257.05 on Monday afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Walter E. Wolfe
Missionary Society Reports Convention in Glouster Kerr's Run
Mrs. Kathryn Payne president of Mt. Moriah Missionary Society and Mrs. Nell Winston reported the Glouster and Kerr's Run convention at the home of Mrs. Campbell Harper. A program for March 30 at the church was planned with proceeds to foreign missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Glouster
Kerr
Kathryn Payne
Mt. Moriah
Women’s Society elects new nomination committee
At a brief meeting after the quarterly conference Heath Methodist Church elected Mrs. H. E. Cook Mrs. Bruce Lloyd and Mrs. A. W. McKay to the nomination committee for spring reporting. Mrs. L. W. McComas presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
H. E. Cook
Bruce Lloyd
A. W. McKay
L. W. McComas
Local residents noted for illness travel and hospital visits
Mrs. Sidney Pickens remains home with influenza. Mrs. Florence Bush and C. J. Rhodes attended the Ohio University symphony. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ellis returned from Duncan Falls to visit family. Miss Jean Smart spent weekends with Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Pomeroy and joined by Paul Smart and David Durst Jr. at Newark. Mrs. Wayne Gibbons and Miss Florence Gabbs drove with aunt to Holzer Hospital for observation. Miss Patricia McElhinny returned to Marion after weekend with Charles and family. Mrs. Richard Grogan returned from Rahway New Jersey. Mrs. Sam Turner of Cambridge assists in pneumonia care for Josie Turner. Mrs. St Charles Snider of Chillicothe visited Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric. Wert Dean spends days with family in Hometown. Mrs. Mickey Williams left for Valdosta to join husband Pfe Mickey Williams overseas. Williams daughter of Clair Karr worked at Karr Market. A R Pullen, convalescent, relapse and bedridden on Palmer Street.
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Sidney Pickens
N. Third Ave
Florence Bush
C. J. Rhodes
Ohio University
Paul Ellis
Duncan Falls
Gene Ellis
Danny
Jean Smart
C. M. Pomeroy
Newark
Paul Smart
David Durst, Jr
Pomeroys
Wayne Gibbons
Florence Gabbs
Ben Gabbs
Holzer Hospital
Patricia McElhinny
R. N
Marion
Charles McElhinny
Richard Grogan
Rahway
N. J
Fisher Russell
Sam Turner
Cambridge
Josie Turner
Milton Hood
St. Charles Snider
Chillicothe
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Wert Dean
Middleport
Karr
White's
Polly Karr
Richard
Dick) Karr
A. R. Pullen
Palmer St
Rites Held for Former Area Pastor Irvine L Dungan
Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Troy for the Rev Irvine L Dungan 82 longtime minister and attorney who died March 7 at Strouder Memorial Hospital He served as a pastor in multiple towns including Cincinnati New Castle and Troy and was moderator of the Dayton Presbytery in 1926 The Dungan family resided in the manse now home to Mr and Mrs Paul Clifford in Middleport with surviving sons Irvine Jr and Cameron and daughter Margaret
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Troy
Irvine L. Dungan
Strouder Memorial Hospital
Mr. Dungan
Jackson
Ohio State University
Texas
Jackson Herald
Lane Seminary
Cincinnati
Western Seminary
Allegheny
Pilgrim Chapel Church
New Castle
Chillicothe
Lancaster
Portsmouth
Dayton
Margaret
Dungan
Irvine, Jr
Gertrude Peterson
Cameron
Mrs Bratton Dies at 76
Eva Bratton 76 died Monday at daughter in law Oliver Bratton’s home after a lingering illness. Survived by son Howard of Indiana sister Lizzie McCann Dexter brother William Bable Point Rock five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 1 p m Thursday at Carpenter Church with burial School Lot Cemetery. Friends may call Chase Funeral Home Rutland until services.
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Pomeroy
Eva Bratton
Oliver Bratton
Howard
Indiana
Lizzie McCann
Dexter
William Bable
Point Rock
Carpenter Church
School Lot
Chase Funeral Home
Rutland
Meigs Egg Producers Attend Chester Meet
Meigs County egg producers are invited to a Chester School meeting at 8 p m Wednesday to discuss egg production problems. Panelists include Carl Kautz Bill Atkins Harold Koker SEO auction manager and Emil Malinovsky OSU poultry specialist. Wallace Damewood SEO district director chairs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Chester
C. E. Blakeslee
Carl Kautz
Bill Atkins
Harold Koker
SEO
Emil Malinovsky
Ohio State University
Wallace Damewood
Middleport Evangelism Drive Spurs Methodist Meeting
Dr. Paul Chiles led Heath Methodist of Chillicothe in a quarterly conference proposing to renew pastor Rev. Louis A. Bangerter and purchase a district parsonage from the flood area in Portsmouth. The group urged district mission society, set support funds, and emphasized personal evangelism to reach outside the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul Chiles
Methodist Church
Chillicothe
Heath
Portsmouth
Noted Baptist Layman Cites Church Problems
Baptist laymen from Huntington Cheshire Kyger Vinton Pomeroy Carpenter Rio Grande and Middleport attended a fellowship dinner at First Baptist Church with Edwin W. Parsons guest speaker Parsons executive secretary of the National Council of American Men since 1944 spoke on men in the church noting problems of church attendance and lack of zeal He urged unity in fellowship and group experience and highlighted church attendance tithing and man to man evangelism as keys to spreading the gospel
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Middleport
Huntington
Cheshire
Kyger
Vinton
Pomeroy
Carpenter
Rio Grande
First Baptist Church
Edwin W. Parsons
Parsons
National Council of American Men
Council On Missionary Cooperation
Massachusetts Council of Baptist Men
United Baptist Convention of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Ohio Baptist Men
Bible Times
Communist Party
Christ
Paul Smart
Aten Shain
C. P. Bradbury
Sherley Wood
John Mayer
Downing Roush
L. O. Gardner
James Souders
Homer Hysell
Co. P. Bradbury
David Darst, Jr
W. K. Beaver
James Pullen
Clifford Hayes
Beulah White
Thomas Darst
E. L. Hughes
Pearl Hoffman
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Columbus Man
Meigs
Pomeroy Social Notes
COP
Brazil
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Bobby Martin
Annamae Martin
Shery
Gladys Fife
Virginia Irene
Johnny
Martha Hock
Janice
Mark Tannehill
Donna Rae Morris
Huffman
Meigs General Hospital
Edward Stiles
Dillon Willbarger
Ralph Shirley
Letart
Radcliffe
Raymond Miller
George Helvert
Syracuse
Anderson Stacy
Belpre
Gallipolis
Long Bottom
George Sauer
Mary Sarver
Clyde Norris
Etta Smith
Reedsville
Mae Morrison
Ira Price
Portland
Jake Mehlring
Harry C. Jones
Widdleport Personals
Raymond Thomas
Lester F. Thomas
Langsville
Lackland Air Force Base
F. E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Thomas
Rutland High School
National School of Radio
Los Angeles
Meigs Egg
Dean
Doan
Pomeroy Bend
Groucho Marx
William Bendix
Marie Wilson
Don DeFore
Gene Lockhart
Warpath
Edmond O'Brien
Dean Jagger
Forrest Tucker
Harry Carey, Jr
Polly Bergen
Wallace Ford
Chief Yowlachie
Chiles
Methodist Union
District Missionary Society
WSCS
Vernon Weber
Diane Reichman
MYF
Nan Moore
Nellie Zerkle
Methodist Men
Bangerter
Quarterly Conference
Jesus
McComas
Max Roller
E. M. Wood
Lawrence Milhoan
Co. O. Fisher
Sally McCormick
Cochairmen
Charles Conrad
Burma
Ohio Baptist Convention
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Middleport First Baptist Church
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A. C. Gibson, Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bidg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Athes Drug & Athens
Phareens
Gallamacy
Liberty
Ohio
Voice of the Theatre
Brat
Mona Freeman
Billy DeWolfe
Edward Arnold
Lyle Bettger
Iliner
Studebaker Starliner
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
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