City Manager Sought by Canaday in Pomeroy Speech
Mayor D A Canaday urged council and spectators to appoint a city manager to run Pomeroy’s village government. He cited political strife, income tax rejection, and resigning pressures as reasons to hire an outside administrator to handle finances and sewer projects.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Ewing
Karr
Boney
Spencer
Canaday
Robinson
Kroger
Feeney Bennett Post marks 30th birthday at Legion Hall
Feeney Bennett Post No. 128 Middleport observes its 30th anniversary with a banquet for 125 Legionnaires and guests at Legion Hall. Notables including Sen. Tom W. Jones Rep. Benjamin Turner and Lt. Col. J. D. Bryan attend, with remarks on post activities from Commander Burden and others.
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Middleport
St. Clair Burden
Lancaster
American Legion
Feeney-Bennett Post
Legion Hall
N. Second Ave
Tom W. Jones
Benjamin F. Turner
Post
George Hunter
Ironton
Earl Wrightsel
Burden
J. D. Bryan
Meigs-Gallia Reserve Officers Corps
State Department
Americanism
Conservation and Natural Resources
Sons of the Legion
Boys State
Paris
St. Louis
Jones
Feeney-Bennett
Turner
Ohio
United States
Veterans Service
Reserve Officers Corps
George Patton
Henry Searberry
Meigs County
Jacob Turner
J. J. Schmoll
Auxiliary of the Legion Club
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Stanley
Phila theorem Women of the Church officers elected in Middleport
Middleport Phila thea Women of the Church of Christ met at the church with 32 attending. Miss Mildred Hawley led devotionals and O L Roush presided. New officers named Boyd Dilgard president Ernest Lallance vice president McElhinny secretary Yeager assistant secretary Leo Childs treasurer. Installation by C E Shepard. Pot luck April 8 and Mother Daughter party April 29 planned. New members Opal Kelly Inez Turner welcomed.
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Middleport
Frank Brumley
Philathea Women
Church of Christ
Harry Mills
C. C. Chapman
Ray Cunningham
Mildred Hawley
Joe Kirby
Joe Young
Boyd Dilgard
Ernest Lallance
McElhinny
William Yeager
Leo Childs
C. E. Shepard
Philathea
Shepard
Edgar Allensworth
L. E. Burford
Opal Kelly
Inez Turner
Golden Rule Class Plans Easter Decor Project
The Golden Rule Class of First Baptist Church met at Mrs. Mabel Tracy home with Mrs. Frank Cheesebrew assisting. Vaughn McKnight presided, Paul Smart taught, and Willis Anthony chaired the decorating committee as plans were made to redecorate class rooms. Decorations and refreshments followed an Easter theme. Mrs. Willis Anthony led the devotionals.
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First Baptist Church
Mabel Tracy
Frank Cheesebrew
Vaughn McKnight
Paul Smart
Willis Anthony
Past Matrons of Evangeline Chapter to Meet at Harris Home
Past Matrons of Evangeline Chapter CBS will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Harris with Mrs. W W Hayes assisting hostess.
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Evangeline Chapter
CBS
Robert Harris
W. W. Hayes
Driver Fined After Auto, Taxi Crash
POMEROY arrest Saturday at 10 30 p m by city police on reckless operation of a motor vehicle after a collision between the drivers coupe and Robinsons taxi driven by Paul Johnson Ray Elmer Tyree of Middleport Route 1 was brought into mayor s court Monday and fined 25 and costs Tyree s brother Robert arrested for intoxication was fined 15 and costs Injured passenger Roy Snyder had a fracture to the left elbow and was treated then sent to the Mason Clinic A girl passenger Miss Ruby Dudding was held until her mother arrived to take her home
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Pomeroy
Robinson's
Paul Johnson
Ray Elmer Tyree
Middleport
Tyree
Robert
Roy Snyder
Mason Clinic
Ruby Dudding
Couple Killed by Carbon Monoxide in Columbus Apartment
Mrs. Howard Cecil of Middleport learns that her sister Hazel McGuire Cooper and her husband Richard Cooper of Columbus died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The CO source may be a hot water heater or coal furnace in the apartment. Surviving daughter Ruth Ripley lives in San Diego. Richard Cooper was an Ace Office Equipment salesman. Bodies autopsied at University Hospital before funeral home transfer.
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Middleport
Howard Cecil
Richard Cooper
Columbus
Mitchell A. Spyker
Cooper
Hazel McGuire
Rutland
Coopers
Couple Convalescing From Auto Injuries
Donald Geary, head lacerations and leg injuries from a Sunday night crash near Thurman, rests at his parents’ home in MIDDLEPORT. His wife Mary Ann Rupe Hughes, with a broken collarbone, is at Holzer Hospital. Police say Geary fell asleep while driving on Route 279, veering into a ditch.
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Middleport
Donald Geary
Thurman
Front St
Mary Ann Rupe Hughes
Holzer Hospital
Geary
Middleport DAR marks 40th with Bryan address
Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR celebrated its ruby anniversary at First Presbyterian Church with charter member tributes, a lecturing address by Lt Col Joseph D Bryan, and a luncheon attended by about 50 members and guests.
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Middleport
Joseph D. Bryan
National Security
World Responsibility
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Horton
Florence Russell Smith
Horton
George Plantz
Harry Bennett
EF. E. Jones
Amy Kingsland
Col. Bryan
Ewings
Sons of the American Revolution
Gallia-Meigs
Department of Ohio
Reserve Officers Association
Europe
Judge Advocate Department
United States of America
Middle East
Palestine
Ireland
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Bryan
United States
Pomeroy-Leo Vaughan Attends Great Lakes Granite Meet
Leo L. Vaughan, manager of Logan Monument Co. in Meigs County, returns home Friday after attending the second annual convention of the Great Lakes Granite Distributors at the Carter Hotel in Cleveland.
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Pomeroy
Leo L. Vaughan
Logan Monument Co
Meigs County
Great Lakes Granite Distributors, Inc
Carter Hotel
Cleveland
Twilight Garden Club Meeting in Pomeroy
The Twilight Garden Club met March 11 at Mrs. Phil Williamson’s Mulberry Ave home with President Cady Wickham. A Red Cross donation was made and projects were assigned to committees. Miss Lucy Gibbs read a paper on growing pansies and sweet peas. Guests were served Easter-themed refreshments by hostesses Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Elmer Wickham, and Mrs. Elmer Windon.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
Phil Williamson
Mulberry Ave
Cady Wickham
Red Cross
Lucy Gibbs
Elmer Wickham
Elmer Windon
Grace Episcopal Guild to Meet at Parish House
The Grace Episcopal Guild will meet at the Parish House Wednesday with Mrs. Herman Kuntz Mrs. Cedric Clark and Mrs. Theodore Reed as hostesses for the gathering.
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Grace Episcopal Guild
Herman Kuntz
Cedric Clark
Theodore Reed
Planned social at church canceled. class hosts take over
The social planned for the First Baptist Church on Thursday is canceled. The One-Won-One Class will meet instead with Mrs. Aten Shain and Mrs. William Watson as hostesses.
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First Baptist Church
Aten Shain
William Watson
Senior Shakespeare Club Meeting Date and Host
The Senior Shakespeare Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Dey Hysell on Mulberry Ave this Thursday night for a gathering and discussion.
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Shakespeare Club
Dey Hysell
Mulberry Ave
Home Study Course Group to Meet at Central School
The Home Study Course Group of the Central School will meet at noon on Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Central School
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