Tentative Dates Set for Series of Community Institutes
Meigs County institutes plan five fall sessions starting November 12 in Rocksprings and running November 13 14 15 and 20 at Salem Center Hemlock Grove Dyesville and Chester with dates for Reedsville Long Bottom and Tuppers Plains not yet set. Officers and hosts named for Chester Dyesville Olive Orange Hemlock Grove and Reedsville Long Bottom with additional lists of officers in each community.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. FE. Blakeslee
Salem Center
Hemlock Grove
Dyesville
Chester
Reedsville-Long Bottom
Tuppers Plains
Becne
C. N. Jones
Pearl Mora
George Genheimer
Esther Wright
Dale Dye
Nellie Vale
John Holliday
Erma Vale
Olive Orange
Pearl Barnhill
Ralph Henderson
Nina Robinson
Mildred Caldwell
George Carper
Helen Swartz
Delores Ruth
Alta Neilson
Complete First Aid Instructors Trained In Pomeroy
POMEROY Eleven Meigs County men under E W Shuler of Middleport completed a 15 hour American Red Cross first aid course earning instructor qualification. Six are with Pomeroy Emergency Squad and three with Middleport squad. Classes held at City Hall with weekly sessions and makeup classes. Shuler received a cigaret lighter as thanks.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
E. W. Shuler
Middleport
American Red Cross
Shuler
Pete Shields
City Hall
Meigs County Native Flora Cross Cooper Dies
MIDDlEBPORT H M Cross reports the death of his eldest sister Flora Cross Cooper at Martins Ferry around midnight Monday. A Racine native, she leaves a son Robert Cooper of Martins Ferry and brothers and sisters in several states. Funeral services are set for Thursday in Martins Ferry with relatives planning to attend.
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Middleport
H. M. Cross
Flora Cross Cooper
Martins Ferry
Cooper
Timothy Cross
Racine
Cross
Robert Cooper
Nellie Smart
Columbus
Florine Talbott
Pickens
S. Cross
Two Divorce Suits Filed Here Tuesday
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday Luella Lee petitions for divorce and custody of three minors from William Henry Lee on wilful absence and gross neglect. Armeda D. Sanderson seeks a divorce from Harold Sanderson on gross neglect and extreme cruelty with custody of one minor child contested.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Luella Lee
William Henry Lee
Harold Sanderson
Armeda D. Sanderson
Mine Safety Lessons Planned at Pomeroy Central School
A series of mine safety lessons will start at Pomeroy Central School Thursday. Fred W. Gaskins from Athens Mine Rescue Station announced the program, with Arnold Snowden assisting, running until June exams to qualify men as mine foremen.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy's
Fred W. Gaskins
Athens
Gaskins
Arnold Snowden
Two Men Fined for Overloaded Vehicle in Middleport
State highway patrol arrested two drivers for operating an overloaded motor vehicle. They pled guilty at arraignment before Mayor Sidney T. Russell and were each fined 25 dollars plus costs. Named defendants: James Juni or Spaun of Long Bottom, R. D., and Frank Bobo of Langsville.
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Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Sidney T. Russell
James Junior Spaun
Long Bottom
R. D
Frank Bobo
Langsville
Glassburn Transferred To Korean Tank Unit
Pfc James P. Glassburn has been transferred to a tank division of the First Marines in Korea. He enlisted June 15, 1951, trained at Paris Island and in California. He is the grandson of Mr Swick of Langsville.
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Willard R. O'Neil
W. R. O'Neil
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Newport
R.L
United States Navy
O'Neil
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Cuba
U.S.S
Pomeroy High School
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Glassburn
Langsville
James P. Glassburn
Korea
Parris Island
S. C
California
Mr Swick of
Langsvil
Bank Employee To Join Husband in San Antonio
Mrs. John Fultz resigns from Pome roy National Bank and will move to San Antonio with her husband Pfe John Fultz a Korean War veteran who expects his honorable discharge. Miss Dorothy Chase will replace her as bank clerk and secretary to L. W. McComas superintendent of Middleport schools.
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Middleport
John Fultz
Marilyn Knopp
Pomeroy National Bank
Pfe John Fultz
San Antonio
Tex
Poston family visits mix with illness in town
Mr and Mrs Norval South along with Norvella and Shirley visited W H South family in Pomeroy while W H South and another member were ill with influenza. Nearby visits included the Wyeth families and Ethel McDaniel circle as Evelyn Smathers and sons traveled to Pomeroy and Langsville to see local friends.
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Norvella
Shirley
Emmett Lynch
Guy Lynch
Robert
Carolyn
Langsville
Evelyn Smathers
Jerry
Mack
Pomeroy
W. H. South
Charles Rizer
Kimberly
Norva] South
James Blackford
Listing Motor Receipts Pomeroy Reports Meter Revenue
Parking meter receipts totaling 263.30 for the past week were reported Tuesday afternoon by Chief of Police Walter E. Wolfe. The figure reflects collections in Pomeroy and records the municipal revenue activity.
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Pomeroy
Walter E. Wolfe
Red Cross Fund Drive Seeks More Donors in Meigs County
Meigs County chapter reports drive progressing fairly well with a board meeting and solicitors. Bloodmobile set at Middleport Presbyterian Church March 27 from 11 am to 5 pm, quota 125 pints. About 25 Meigs Countians already registered, 10 Gallia Countians expected to donate. Walk-ins discouraged without preplanned schedules.
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Pomeroy
The
American Red Cross
Meigs County
Harry Ohlinger
Fund Drive
Ohlinger
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Gallia
Gallipolis
Safety slogans urge care with children on tractors
A National Safety Council contest prize highlighted a winning slogan warning that riding tractors with children is dangerous. The note cites 13 Ohio child fatalities in the first eight months of 1951 from farm tractor incidents and urges parents to reconsider letting kids ride along to save lives.
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National Safety Council
Ohio
Two Fire Protection Contracts Concluded
Pomeroy Mayor Delmar A. Canaday announced the completion of two fire protection contracts by the Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department with Rutland village and Scipio Township. Each contract pays $50 per fire call and lasts one year.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Rutland Village
Scipio Township
Construction Worker Denies Car Larceny in Middleport
James Reed, a construction worker temporarily in Middleport, pleaded not guilty to auto larceny before Mayor Sidney T. Russell. He was bound over to the Meigs County Grand Jury and held on a $1000 bond. Unable to post bond, he remained in Middleport jail.
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Middleport
James Reed
Sidney T. Russell
Meigs County Grand Jury
Pupils to Perform In Pomeroy Pop Concert Friday
About 150 students from Pomeroy Junior and Senior High Schools will take part in a pop concert at 8 p.m. Friday in the junior high auditorium. The program features girls glee club, mixed chorus, senior girls ensemble, and mixed ensemble with soloists Donna Van Meter and Jack Ratliff. A junior high tap routine and a piano duet will also be showcased plus a surprise quartet.
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Pomeroy
Lucille Swackhammer
Donna van Meter
Jack Ratliff
Sharon Thle
Mary Robinson
Barbara Wehring
Charlotte Knight
Jean Joachim
Sally Bartles
Betty Leonard
Martha Stowe
Joanne Swatzel
Rosalie Story
Nancy Blaetmar
Marlene Brown
Sarah Stowe
Helen Forbes
Lois Campbell
Frances Evans
Mary Rawlings
Garolyn Graves
Mila Stark
Annie Canaday
Phyllis Hawley
Irene Moore
Ray Hines
Charles Hamm
Eugene Willoughby
Douglas Strain
Richard Finley
John
Purchase of Hilltop Grocery by Gene Rice Is Announced
Gene Rice announces the purchase of Hilltop Grocery on Gravel Hill from Charles Walters. Rice, formerly at the Philip Sporn Plant, has severe heel injuries from a fall at work and plans to move his family from Beech Street to Gravel Hill.
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Middleport
Gravel Hill
Gene Rice
Charles Walters
Rice
Philip Sporn
Beech St
William Batrell Rites Held in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Minerva Childers and her daughter traveled to Pittsburgh after the death of William Batrell on Sunday night. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Smith funeral home after a year of his failing health.
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Middleport
Minerva Childers
Guy Reynolds
Pittsburgh
William Batrell
Smith Funeral Home
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