Pomeroy Advices Delay in Flood Damages Suit Seeking Aid
Pomeroy officials urged delaying a suit against the federal government for flood damages until friendly channels to obtain aid are exhausted. Mayor Canaday and Village Solicitor Crow plan trips to Washington and Huntington to discuss aid with officials, while residents submit damage estimates totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. A letter to President Truman asks for federal funds to aid Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
U. S
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
James Huffman
United States
Columbus
Huffman
Fred Crow, Jr
Crow
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Huntington
W. Va
U. S. Army Engineers
Eureka
Gallipolis
President Truman
County Plans For Airlift To Be Aired
A preliminary meeting in Pomeroy explores an airlift for Meigs County this summer or fall. Ohio Aviation Board inspector Richard Burwell will speak at 10 am in the courthouse about landing fields and river landing options to boost conservation farming. Meigs Soil Conservation District chair Grafton Stout leads the planning committee.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Richard E. Burwell
Ohio Aviation Board
Burwell
Gallipolis
Carl Bilikam
Soil Conservation Service Office
C. E. Blakeslee
Ohio River
Blakeslee
Grafton Stout
Meigs
POMEROY SHAKESPEARE CLUB SOCIAL NOTES
Members of the Senior Shakespeare Club visited the Junior Shakespeare Club on Lincoln Road. Sylvia Schwab welcomed guests, prizes were awarded for games, and green St Patrick theme refreshments were served buffet style. Olan Goodwin hosted a birthday dinner with canasta afterward. Bentz Wolfe and William Baxter planned a trip to Wheeling, West Virginia.
Talent Show Nets $160 For Junior Chamber
Ted Reed Jr. reports the Junior Chamber of Commerce netted 160 dollars and 21 cents from a home talent production "Shooting Stars" in Pomeroy and Middleport last week. Safety committee notes street slogans painted at Middleport corners. Members: Donald Mills Vernon Weber Virgil Brown Mit White. Brown reported on an all state meeting in Columbus March 1 and 2 and youth activities for junior achievement. Reed presented on an inter state Parkersburg meeting about area development.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mit White
Virgil V. Brown
Columbus
Youth Activities Committee
Parkersburg
Reed
Irene Gandee Taken To Mason Clinic By Pomeroy Squad
Mrs. Irene Gandee was carried from the Long Bottom residence by the Pomeroy Emergency Squad on Tuesday night to the Mason Clinic where oxygen was administered.
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Irene Gandee
Mason Clinic
Pomeroy
Long Bottom
Gandee
Meigs Choir Tour Delights Fairfield County Farm Bureau
The Meigs County Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus traveled to Lancaster High School for the Fairfield County Farm Bureau Cooperation Association meeting. Led by director Mrs F Whitney Ingram, the group performed a minstrel show with Sandra Kay Ingraham appearing as specialty talent.
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Homer Holter
Chester
Charles H. Theiss
Grover Salser
Harold Carnahan
Martin Wilcoxen
Jake Gaul
Racine
Clarence Murray
Bernice Winn
Cash Johnson
Bradbury
Robert “Elver
Letart
Local Girl Set for TV Talent Time Appearance
Middleport reports 14 year old Loie Ann Chanman daughter of Floise Chanman passed an audition test and will appear on TV Talent Time channel five in Huntington West Virginia at 4 p.m. Saturday. A tap dancer Miss Chanman has placed high in Meige County talent shows and made numerous county appearances. She is an eighth grade student. Accompanying Miss Chanman will be Mrs Lillian Stieff.
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Loie Ann Chanman
Floise Chanman
Channel Five
Hunting
W. Va
Chanman
Meige County
Miss Chanman
Lillian Stieff
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