Middleport approves final plans for sewage system
Middleport Village Council moves to finalize a sewage treatment project costing about 500000. Plans by Floyd Browne and Associates await Ohio Health approval, with bids to follow and land acquisition for 70 acres from Kanawha Realty Co. under negotiation for a reduced price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lee Smith
Board of Public Affairs
Council
Floyd G. Browne
Smith
Hobson
Kanawha Realty Co
Charleston
W. Va
Bernard Fultz
Philip Lavelle
Area Redevelopment Administration
Middleport Club Plans Ohio Scenes and Tafts Talk
The Middleport Literary Club meets at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs. William Russell’s home. Mrs. James Harley presents Ohio Scenes and Citizens and Mrs. Nan Moore presents An American Family The Tafts. A leader born in Ohio will respond. The Twin City Shrine Club meets 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Masonic Temple for a business session only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Russell
James Harley
Ohio
Nan Moore
Twin-City
Masonic Temple
Syracuse church sends Christmas cards to missionary in Sudan
The Missionary Society of the Syracuse Presbyterian Church packed six boxes of old Christmas cards for Ruth Wilson, a missionary in The Sudan. They held a Bible study on Jonah and heard Ada Slack read an article titled My God What a World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Missionary Society of the
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Ruth Wilson
Sudan
Jonah
God
Ada Slack
Sayre Named Poverty Director for Two Counties
Richard Sayre of Gallia County was named director of the Gallia Meigs Community Action Corporation poverty program for Meigs and Gallia Counties. Lauren Hoffman of Meigs County was hired as assistant director.
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Pomeroy
Gallia
Sayre
Meigs County
Corporation
Hoffman
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Meigs Fair Schedules Thrill Show
Pomeroy secretary Frank H. Johnston said a contract was signed with Rotroff Auto Thrill Show an all girl group as a night attraction on Aug 16 at the Meigs County Fair. The board also signed O A Gamble as blacksmith for 1966 and noted the USTA track permit. A WSAZ program offer was read and space for a 1966 exhibit confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Department of Agriculture
State and Regional Band Events Announced
Point Pleasant High School band director John Matheny announced the State Band Festival will be in Huntington May 5 6 and 7. The Regional Senior High Band Festival is set for April 23 in Ravenswood as prep for the state event. The Regional Junior High Band Festival occurs April 2 in Ripley with two Point Pleasant junior high bands performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Matheny
Point Pleasant High School
Huntington
Ravenswood
Ripley
Allan Leonard
Big Bend
James Mees
Ralph Werry
Athens
Washington
Gallia
Meigs
Pomeroy
Cedar Point
Veterans Memorial Hospital Admits and Discharges
Veterans Memorial Hospital notes show admissions including Betty Hayes Syracuse Harry Hysell Middleport William Heisman Pomeroy William Gilkey Pomeroy Bertha Heisman Langsville Kelly Pullins Shade Kathy Maxey Reedsville Charles Whittington Rutland. Dismissals include William Chapman John Beard Phyllis Clay Mark Clay Ronnie Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hayes
Syracuse
Harry Hysell
Middleport
William Heisman
Pomeroy
William Gilkey
Bertha Heisman
Langsville
Kelly Pullins
Shade
Kathy Maxey
Reedsville
Charles Whittington
Rutland
William Chapman
John Beard
Phyllis Clay
Mark Clay
Ronnie Ford
Safety director to demo mouth to mouth resuscitation
Dwight Kuhn safety director of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co will demonstrate mouth to mouth resuscitation at a Middleport Child Conservation League meeting Thursday night in the Columbia Gas Co offices. The Middleport emergency squad was called to Miss Mabel Hysell’s residence at 7 27 a m Monday due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dwight Kuhn
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Middleport Child Conservation League
Columbia Gas Co
Mabel Hysell
Divorce Sought in Meigs County Court
Pomeroy suit for divorce filed by Joseph W. Wines against Artie Virginia Wines cites gross neglect of duty in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Separate decree grants Gay Fields divorce from Dorothy Fields on gross neglect and extreme cruelty with custody of one child. Land sale entry lists Gilbert Grindstaff paid 250 dollars for Salisbury Township land needed for highway work. Several suits and an appeal of Sundown Nite Club were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joseph W. Wines
Artie Virginia Wines
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Gay Fields
Dorothy Fields
Gilbert Grindstaff
Salisbury Township
Francis H Andrew Et al
Hyman Slain, Et al
Charles N Caputo
Francis H. Andrew
Sundown Nite Club
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Hospital notes list patients and relacionados including Gladys Ashworth Racine Mrs Basillio Girolami Pome roy Willard Jeffers Miners ville Lewis Young Mrs Donald Weaver Roy Winebrenner Clifford Decker Carrie Bahr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Ashworth
Racine
Basillio Girolami
Pomeroy
Willard Jeffers
Minersville
Lewis Young
Mrs
Donald Weaver
Roy Winebrenner
Clifford Decker
Carrie Bahr
Improper Backing Charged To Driver
Norris Lee Roush 29 of New Haven West Virginia was cited in the Middleport mayor court for improper backing after a minor parking lot collision at Young's Super Market Locust Street. He backed into Ardith Trafford Barton 52 of Pomeroy whose car was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Norris Lee Roush
New Haven
W. Va
C. 0. Fisher
Roush
Young’s Super Market
Locust St
Ardith Trafford Barton
Pomeroy
Scholarship Foundation Is Planned for Meigs Local District
Middleport officials and citizens met at Middleport High School to plan a local scholarship foundation for Meigs Local School District students. Clarence Thompson and Thomas Kelly lead the effort with guidance from Robert Longsworth of Citizens Scholarship of Ohio. a second meeting will form a steering committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs
Middleport High School
Robert Longsworth
Carrollton
Citizens Scholarship of
Ohio
Clarence Thompson
Thomas Kelly
Kelly
Bible School Meeting Set at Heights EUB Church
A planning meeting for the summer vacation Bible school was held at Heights EUB Church for teachers helpers and others. The event is the first of several meetings scheduled this week by North Main St Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heights Eub Church
North Main St
Heights Youth Fellowship
Bachtel
New Haven
Rum mage Sale Set by Eastern Star in Middleport
Rummage sale organized by the Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star will be held March 25 and 26 in the Coats building at the corner of Walnut and North Second. Mrs Naomi King and Mrs John Lyons will pick up sale articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Coats
Walnut and
N. Second
Naomia King
John Lyons
Problems Of Untrained Youth Are Discussed During WSCS Meeting
The WSCS meeting at Heath Methodist Church discussed a program on school dropouts led by Mrs. James Euler. She noted more than a million youths left school in 1964 and suggested solutions including vocational training centers and programs under war on poverty projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Euler
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Euler
Glenn Lambert
Earl Knight
Wayne Gibbons
Franklin Ave. Methodist
Portsmouth
Heath Church
Leo Smith
Delaware
Federal Grant Awarded To Northwestern For 1965 Programs
The former Northwestern Local School District receives 69000 dollars in federal funds under the Economic Opportunity Act. Executive head Donald McKenzie cites delay awaiting State Department approval. Funds will support physical fitness programs in Salem Center Rutland Elementary and high schools, equipment purchases, and an eight week preschool summer program. The district now forms part of Meigs Local School District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Northwestern
Donald McKenzie
State Department In Education
McKenzie
Salem Center
Rutland
Rutland High School
New
Meigs
DWI Sentence Levied at Meigs County Court
James Massey Pomeroy was fined 150 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in county jail after a Monday Meigs County Court hearing on a driving while intoxicated charge. Walter Grueser was fined 10 dollars and costs on a stop sign violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Massey
Meigs
Walter Grueser
Two Men Are Fined in Middleport Court
In Mayor C O Fisher's court Monday night two men were fined ten dollars plus costs for intoxication. Clifford Beaver of Middleport and William Reeves of Albany were fined ten dollars and costs each. Alfred Eugene Randolph, twenty two, and Brenda Joyce Dodd, sixteen, both of Reedsville were mentioned in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Clifford Beaver
William Reeves
Albany
Alfred Eugene Randolph
Brenda Joyce Dodd
Reedsville
Middleport Personals Circa Local Residents and Travel News
Forrest Bachtel of Mount Union College will be home Wednesday for spring vacation with his parents. Harold Long and Richard Reuter returned from a Florida fishing trip. Bernard Fultz attended an Ohio Bar Association meeting in Columbus with James Arnold and others. Mrs. Cecil Kimes visited Charleston WV with relatives. Several residents hosted or visited in Alliance Rutland Amanda and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Bachtel
Mount Union Colllege
Alliance
Carol Bachtel
Frieda Faehnle
Meigs General Hospital
Harold Long
Richard Reuter
Florida
Bernard Fultz
Columbus
Ohio Bar Association
James Arnold
Layman Sohressen
Lancaster
van Sharp
Amanda
Robert Sharp
Rosanne Patterson
Brenda Bolin
Rutland
Mary Ruth
Joy Sauer
Harold Sauer
Harry S. Moore
Herbert Moore
Ohio Royal Crown Bottlers’ Association
Cecil Kimes
Charleston
W. Va
Kimes
Homer Carman
Point Pleasant
Blaettnars Celebrate Mary's Seventh Birthday Party
Mr. and Mrs. John William Blaettnar hosted a Saturday afternoon party at their home honoring daughter Mary Helen on her seventh birthday. Prizes were won by Rebecca Thomas Kimberly Sebo Nancy Ebersbach Trudy Roach Faith Perrin and Mary Ann Hoffman with other guests named. Nearby Racine Fire Department Auxiliary plans a March 26 soup supper at the fire hall to raise funds for a new gas mask, with phone orders and donations directed to two listed numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John William Blaettnar
Mary Helen
Rebecca Thomas
Kimberly Sebo
Nancy Ebersbach
Trudy Roach
Faith Perrin
Mary Ann Hoffman
Paula Eichinger
Bobbie Kay Chapman
Lori Faulk
Patty Warner
Debbie Hartenbach
Beth Mc.Knight
Racine
POMEROY Fellowship Groups Meet at Church Study
The junior and senior youth fellowships of Pomeroy First Baptist Church met Sunday night. Rev. Carver Williams led the seniors with How May We Know Him while George Skinner spoke to juniors on I Love Me. Both sessions closed with recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Carver Williams
George Skinner
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Middleport Council
Walter Moeller
U. S. Public Health Service
Congressman Moeller
Moeller
Appalachia
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
John Zerkle
Clifford Stumbo
B. ¥. Parmalee
Sewage Committee
Homer Hysell
The
Village Hall
Leota Sigman
Lawrence Manley
Manley
Heath Survey Co
Merchant Police Fund
Center
B. F. Parmalee
Parmalee
Zerkle
Stumbo
Messenger Newsphoto
Meigs Fair
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Bible School
WSCS
Guy Shuler
Bruce Lloyd
C. M. Hennesy
Thomas Riley
Hattie Smith
Blaettnars
Jack Satterfield, Jr
Fred Blaettnar
Jack Satterfield Sr
Catherine
Elizabeth
Frederick Blaettnar
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