Towns To Get Together To Buy Street Cleaner
POMEROY Meigs County residents will seek a joint purchase of a street cleaner for Pomeroy and Middleport. Mayor E F Robinson proposed a special council session for Monday April 1 to discuss the plan and parking meter installation along the front row of village lots near the railroad. The project could cost 315 dollars a month for three years on a rental basis. A 12 month meter trial may be arranged with payment terms explained by a firm representative.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
E. F. Robinson
City Hall
Park
Robinson
Columbus
Frank Hudson
Richard Jones
Dale Smith
Wayne Swisher
Meigs County Health Advisory Board
Health Department
Middleport PTA elects officers and plans spring events
At the Middleport High School meeting the Par ent-Teacher Association elected officers for 1958 led by President D Reuben Beck and Vice President Kenneth McElhinny. The group approved travel expenses for delegates to the Cambridge Ohio Congress conference on April 10 and announced Junior-Senior banquet co chairs Walter Crooks and John Ketchka for April 26. A new bicycle rack arrived and will be installed soon. An attendance award went to Flossie Allensworth’s second grade. a migrant life film A Desk for Billie was shown. There were 23 members and three guests.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
Mildred Hawley
da Reuben Beck
Kenneth McElhinny
Leland Brown
James Brewington
Ira Butcher
Emily Sprague
Rodney Sauer
R. C. Kankright
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cambridge
Walter Crooks
John Ketchka
PTA
Earl McKinley Jr Celebrates 15th Birthday Dinner
Mrs. O. E. McKinley hosted a spaghetti dinner Saturday evening for her son Earl McKinley Jr on his 15th birthday. The cake featured green and white decorations. Guests included Larry Mitch Rush Philson Pete Werner and David Hartinger. After dinner the group attended a movie.
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Middleport
O. E. McKinley
Earl McKinley, Jr
Larry Mitch
Rush Philson
Pete Werner
David Hartinger
Earl
Church group plans games and poems in Middleport
The Golden Rule Class of First Baptist Church met Thursday evening at Owen Bratton’s home. Rev C E Hoyt opened with prayer and Mrs James Pullen led the devotional period. Mrs Clifford Stumbo, the president, was present and involved in planning activities.
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Middleport
Clemis Fox
First Baptist Church
Owen Bratton
C. E. Hoyt
James Pullen
Clifford Stumbo
Bradbury PTA Meeting Promises Minstrels Show
Bradbury Parent-Teacher Association meeting announced by president Mrs Nathan Biggs features a model business session by the County Council PTA and numbers by the Big Bend Minstrels under Kathryn Crow supervision. The event opens at 7 30 p m with a business session.
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Middleport
Bradbury
Parent-Teacher Association
Nathan Biggs
County Council Pta
Big Bend
Birthday dinner honors Mrs. C. R. Young at Hudson Street
Middleport reports the annual dinner for Mrs. C. R. Young in her Hudson Street home. The couple marked 45 years of marriage with her cake and his decoration, though this year decoration was not possible. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Diltz and son Billy of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jackson of Rendville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones of Lakin, and David Jackson.
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Middleport
C. R. Young
Young
Hudson St
Judge Hears Two Cases in Local Court Action
Hubert Matheny 36 of Lexington Kentucky was held on a 500 bond in Justice Grindley’s court after being arrested for passing three checks with insufficient funds in Pomeroy last Wednesday. Michael Martin 25 of Cleveland was released after detention and handed to Fort Bragg military police for AWOL and desertion prior to capture on E Main Street by Sheriff Hartenbach.
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Pomeroy
Hubert Matheny
Lexington
Justice E. F. Grindley
Matheny
Michael P. Martin
Cleveland
Fort Bragg
N. C
Martin
Robert Hartenbach
E. Main St
Weekend Visitors and Local Illnesses Highlight Middleport Notices
Middleport residents share weekend visits with relatives across Columbus Huntington and Gallipolis while health concerns persist. Mrs. Lesta Gothard ill at home. Mrs. A. J. Beaver remains critical at Holzer Hospital. Several families report hospitality and travel including Ohio University student Patricia Lloyd and Sgt. Sara Jane Fisher awaiting reassignment to Columbus.
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Frank Gothard
Columbus
Lesta Gothard
A. J. Beaver
Holzer Hospital
Chester Russell
James
Indianapolis
Russell
Lula Russell
Walter B. Harris
Harry Chesher
David
Chauncey
Athens
Huntington
Myrtle Garrison
C. M. Hennesy
Gordon Harris
Hennesy
Heath Methodist Church
David Hoyt
C. QO. Fisher
Tommy
Oak Ridge
Tenn
John Terrell
Nancy Fisher
Stainless Pazo promises home relief for piles
An ad promotes stainless Pazo as a home remedy for piles claiming instant internal and external relief. It cites medically proven ingredients including Triolyte and an anesthetic action, with suppositories and ointment available at druggists.
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Grove Laboratorin
Glee Clubs to Present Concert at Middleport High
Middleport The Girls Glee Clubs senior and junior will present a concert Friday at 8 p.m. in the Middleport High School auditorium with the Boys Chorus. The program features spirituals, modern American numbers and popular musical comedy songs. The opening senior group performs In These Delightful Pleasant Groves Purcell and two spirituals. The junior group will sing four numbers Billy Boy Springtime Beautiful Dreamer and Who Would. The Boys Chorus performs Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild and Tribute to Song. They join to sing Hello Young Lovers and Wonderful Copenhagen. The Girls Ensemble and the Eight Notes add selections including One Alone Mother Goose Suite Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Beauty Shop Quartet Gershwin songs Summertime Cindy. Personnel lists follow for all choirs with many named singers and the accompanist.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Clarence Lacey
Earl Warnke
Purcell
Billy Boy
Dunhill
Mildenberg
Foster
Wilson
Gentle Jesus
Meek
Mild
Rodgers
Copenhagen
Loesser
Herbert
Beauty Shop
Gershwin
Cindy
Glee Club
Glee Clubs
Rutland High seniors sponsor paper drive for trip
Members of the Rutland High School Senior Class will hold a paper drive over the next two Saturdays to raise funds for their senior trip. Call 24268 24724 or 24412 to arrange pickup or drop off magazines papers or cardboard.
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Pomeroy
Rutland High School
Ex Middleport Teacher Wins Again in Music Contests
Robert Franklin Ginther, former Middleport instrumental music teacher and now instrumental music director in Upper Arlington schools, led a group of students to about a dozen contests at Capital University Columbus. All but one earned superior ratings as his 14 piece dance band performed for the Varieties Show and accompanied singers and dancers.
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Middleport
Robert Franklin Ginther
Upper Arlington
Capital University
Columbus
Ginther
Alumni Bake Sale to Benefit Middleport Alumni Association
Middleport Alumni Association schedules a bake sale this Saturday at Tri Lustre Dry Cleaner Shop. Members are asked to contribute via Mrs Richard Gress while dues are mailed to Mrs Robert Coates Pomeroy, the this year s president. No date yet for the annual alumni banquet and dance hosted by the Middleport PTA.
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Middleport
Richard Gress
Mary Martha Roller
Robert Coates
Charlotte Gibbs
Pomeroy
Parent-Teacher Association
Property Tax Returns Due by March 31st
POMEROY All personal property tax returns must be filed with the county auditor by March 31. Harry Riggs announces forms are available at the courthouse and outlines the filing rules for tangible and intangible property with penalties for late submissions.
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Pomeroy
Harry Riggs
Court House
Second St
Ohio Department of Taxation
Columbus
Ohio
Legion Firing Squad Members to Meet in Legion Hall
Roscoe Fife commander of Feeney Bennett Post says Legionnaires planning to form the post firing squad will meet at the Legion Hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m for a special meeting in Middleport Roscoe Fife announces the session.
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Middleport
Roscoe Fife
Feeney Bennett Pet
American Legion
Legion Hall
Wanted To Buy All Types Farm Equipment
Moncoa Equipment Corp advertises for all farm equipment. Buyers can call wire or write for individual units or complete stock at 845 SOM Center Rd Cleveland 24 Ohio.
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Moncoa Equipment Corp
Som Center Rd
Cleveland
Ohio
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