Sewage Plans Mapped For Housing Project In Pomeroy
Pomeroy village officials discussed a 56 unit housing project with a proposed $200 000 tax addition to fund sewage work. Mayor Robinson and two council members indicated the plan could proceed, with Salyers handling roads and sewage in the addition. An annexation timeline of about five months was noted, while options on large Letart Township farms and a Lasley estate site were mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
City Hall
Dale Smith
Wayne Swisher
E. F. Robinson
C. H. Salyers
Robinson
Salyers
Lasley Estate Noroperty
Letart Township
Painting Contract Granted For Meigs Courthouse
POMEROY The C F Berwinkle Co of Raven Rock West Virginia has the low bid 1400 to paint the Meigs County courthouse exterior the work must be done by June 1. Officials plan bids on buildings and a site on the Children’s Home property for a new infirmary and possibly the Veterans Memorial Hospital. The board approved animal damage claims and standing bills and paid 216.45 to Howard Thoma for damage to a well near Wolfe Pen Rd.
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Pomeroy
C. F. Berwinkle Co
Raven Rock
W. Va
Meigs County
County Board of Commission
Ers
New County
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Howard Thoma
Thoma
Wolfe Pen
Primary Primer-eg Be Sure You Know Your Candidates
Ohioans vote in May to choose party nominees for November elections. The Messenger presents brief biographical sketches of men seeking nomination for major state offices.
John W. Brown Runs for Ohio Governor Nomination in May Primary
John W. Brown 42 two term lieutenant governor seeks the Republican nomination for governor at the May 8 primary. Born in Athens he presided over Senate sessions in the 100th and 101st General Assemblies. Brown once managed a Jackson theater and served in the U S Coast Guard before entering politics as Medina mayor and then lieutenant governor. He opened an Eller appliance business in Medina in 1945 later selling it in 1951 to devote full time to mayor’s office. Married Violet Helman Cameron in 1943 Brown is an aviation enthusiast with hundreds of appearances since becoming lieutenant governor.
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John W. Brown
Brown
Senate
Athens
Jackson
U. S. Coast Guard
Medina
GOP
Ohio
Violet Helman Cameron
Film at Enterprise Church Shown Sunday Evening
The 55 minute cathedral sound film We Beheld His Glory will be shown at the Enterprise EUB Church at 7 30 on Palm Sunday. Rev. Roger Bishop, pastor, announced today.
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Pomeroy
Enterprise Eub
Roger Bishop
Band Boosters Meet In Chester High March 26
Eastern Local School District Band Boosters will gather at 7 30 p m Monday evening March 26 at Chester High School. H Bernard Krinke instrumental music supervisor announced today.
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Pomeroy
Chester High School
H. Bernard Krinke
Residents Told Taxes Due March 31
Pomeroy Meigs County residents were urged to pay personal taxes at the county auditor Perry A Riggs office at once. Only about one third of taxes are paid and a March deadline risks clerical delays. A clerical shortage follows Etna Gardner’s fractured arm, with a March 32 filing deadline cited.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Perry A Riggs
Riggs
Etna Gardner
Stroke Fatal For Harry M. Lazos in Whittier
Mrs. L E Reynolds reports the death of her stepfather Harry M. Lazos of Whittier California after a stroke. He died Sunday after suffering the stroke the prior Thursday. His former wife Sophia M Stace of Pomeroy. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Whittier.
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Middleport
L. E Reynolds
Harry M. Lazos
Carmenita Road
Whittier
Calif
Minnie Saunders Dies After Four-Week Illness
Mrs Minnie Mahon Saunders former Middleport resident died in Parkersburg after four weeks of critical illness word reached by childhood friend Miss Priscilla Barnes She operated a China and Toy Store in Parkersburg
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Mahon Saunders
Middleport
Parkersburg
Priscilla Barnes
Mrs. Saunders
Marriage Licenses Issued in Local Area Names Couples
Eugene Windfield Reeves 25 of Albany and Juanita Mae Nelson 18 of Pomeroy Route 2 listed as a married pair. Virgil Frye 24 of Rutland and Louise Fife 19 of Middleport named as another couple. Harold Lee 19 of Pomeroy Route 2 and Juanita Farley 19 of Middleport Route shown in the notices.
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Eugene Windfield Reeves
Albany
Juanita Mae Nelson
Pomeroy
Virgil Frye
Rutland
Louise Fife
Middleport
Harold Lee
Juanita Farley
Veterans urged to defend benefits at Drew Webster Post 39 birthday
Fred W. Thacker of The American Legion of Ohio warned the U.S. spends more overseas than on veterans over 175 years as Drew Webster Post 39 celebrated. He urged continued support for pensions education and youth programs while noting Congress’ salary increases and past GI Bill gaps.
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Drew Webster
Post
Thacker
Sparkman urges joint efforts to ease Middle East tensions
In Cincinnati Senator John L. Sparkman argues Arabs and Jews can cooperate across the Middle East through discussion planning and negotiation. He urges U S initiative a clear policy on Arab Israel differences and notes farm issues may decide the 1956 election while predicting Stevenson as Democratic nominee and Nixon as potential Republican VP candidate.
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Cincinnati
U. S
John L. Sparkman
Middle East
Sparkman
Alabama
United Jewish Appeal
Adlai Stevenson
Presi
Pomeroy Social Notes Teachers Meet at Racine High School
Teachers of the Southern Local School District will gather at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at Racine High School with Mrs Chiorus Grimm as president and Dr Simon Johnson of the Lakin Institute as speaker. The new school bill will be discussed. The Meigs County Religious Education Council will also meet Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the Federated Church with Capt Glenna Rummel as secretary and invites all interested persons to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine High School
Chiorus Grimm
Robert Louks
Simon Johnson
Lakin Institute
Meigs County Religious Education Council
Federated Church
Glenna Rummel
Rummel
Cub Scouts Sell Tickets for April 7 Scout Exposition
Middleport Den 4 of the Cub Scout Pack sells tickets for an exposition at the Point Pleasant National Guard Armory on April 7. Proceeds fund Scout camps in Chester West Virginia and Camp Arrowhead. Den Mother Mrs Dwight Wallace reports $34.50 in sales with David Wiley at $16.50 and an anonymous $10 contribution.
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Middleport
Point Pleasant National Guard Armory
Chester
Camp Arrowhead
West Virginia
Dwight Wallace
David Wiley
AG Stanley Rites Set
Middleport resident Worthy C. Stanley 59 died suddenly at home after a heart attack Monday afternoon. Survivors include his widow six children three brothers and eight grandchildren. The Raynes funeral home Buffalo W Va arranged a service at two o'clock Wednesday.
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Middleport
Worthy C. Stanley
Hobson
Stan
Howard
Buffalo
Amita Stover
Miles C. Dunbar
Donald EF
Vinton
Worthy Jr
Phyllis Lou
Dunbar
Cecil
Nitro
Herbert
Charleston
Raynes Funeral Home
W. Va
Middleport community notices span WCTU to church works
Members of Women’s Association Group I at the First Presbyterian Church begin white choir robes for the junior choir. Various local society notices detail meetings, hospital recoveries, travel, and visits involving the Lewis Manley Post American Legion auxiliary, WCTU, and area residents from Middleport and nearby towns.
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Middleport
Women’s Association
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis H., Sauer
Farie Erlewine
Paul Haptonstall
Second Ward Womens Club Meet In Pomeroy
The Second Ward Womens Club will hold a potluck supper and meeting at 6 30 p m Thursday at the ward house.
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Pomeroy
Second Ward Womens Club
Ward House
Meigs County Servicemen Reported In Military Duty
Three Meigs County men are listed in active service. George Roush of Pomeroy took part in Bear Claw, a Seventh Army command post exercise in Germany, as a cook with a field artillery battery. Marine Sgt. Charles Neal of Middleport trains in the Caribbean area with ships planes and amphibious forces and returns to the U S in early May. Pvt. Howard Kitchen Jr of Pomeroy is in basic combat training with the Eighth Infantry at Ft. Carson, Colorado, after graduating from Pomeroy High School in 1954.
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Meigs County
George Mr. Roush
Margretta Roush
Main St
Pomeroy
Germany
Roush
Charles R. Neal
Charles W. Neal
Third St
Middleport
Caribbean
U. S
Pvt
Howard Kitchen, Jr
Eighth Infantry Division
Ft. Carson
Kitchen
Pomeroy High School
Death Takes Indiana Man Clarence Howell
Clarence Howell of Richmond Indiana died recently. He was the son of William and Margaret Howell of Dexter and is survived by his wife Flora Edmunson, a brother Walter Howell of Middleport, and a sister Mrs Frank McCoy of Columbus. He was predeceased by three brothers and one sister. Howell worked for the Kanawha and Michigan Railroad at Hobson and was a retired civil engineer at the State Hospital in Richmond. He was a World War I veteran.
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Katheryn Jane Hannahs
Milo van Meter
van Meter
Wiliam Willson
Letart Falls
Jill Harris
W. B. Harris
George Taylor
Logan
Clifford Erwin
Robert Reibel
Cash Johnston
New York
Philadelphia
Robert Seever
Vicky Lynn
North Carolina
Victor Grimm
Grimm
Seever
Paul Grimm
Portsmouth
Robert Turner
Bucyrus
Joe Turner
Michael
Debby
Val Reynolds
Betty Hicks
Holzer Hospital
Morgantown
W. Va
George Meinhart
Columbus
G. G. Werner
Jack
George Durst
Georgia Anne
Mary Margaret
Wellston
Robert Hayth
S. T Russell
Myrna
Juanita Hawkins
Sheila Stover
Ohio University
Paul Haptonstall
Imperial Electric
Ted Riley Jr
Charles Haskins
Camp Sheridan
Far East
William and
Margaret Howell
Dexter
Flora Edmunson
Walter Howell
Middleport
Frank McCoy
Worley
Dell
Mont Howell
Luella
Howell
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
Hobson
State Hospital
Richmond
MYF Officers Meet Wednesday Evening Mood
Stewart Methodist Youth Fellowship holds its weekly meeting Wednesday at 7 with a 6 30 officers session beforehand Nine members attended last week for songs readings and a sermon Visitors included Shirley Colburn and Dianne Smith
Missionary Society To Serve Dinner
The Mt Moriah Missionary Society will serve a turkey dinner at Mt Moriah Baptist Church on Thursday March 29. Tickets are sold by the members and dinners will also be delivered.
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Middleport
Mt. Moriah
Group Prepares Pool For Spring Opening
Mayor C. C. Fisher met with the Recreation Commission and the Council at Village Hall. The commission was authorized to begin caulking and painting the municipal pool to ready it for its spring opening.
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Middleport
C. C. Fisher
Recreation Commission
Appointments Made by Meigs County Probate Court
Helen Pomeroy Long named executive of Solon Ira Long estate in Rutland Township. Lora Gilpin named executrix of Otha Gilpin estate in Olive Township. Edna Mae Miller named administratrix of William Durst estate in Pomeroy. Michael Wippel named executrix of Alice Wippel estate in Pomeroy Star Route.
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Pomeroy
Helen Long
Solon Ira Long
Rutland Township
John C. Bacon
Meigs County
Lora B. Gilpin
Otha M. Gilpin
Olive Township
Edna Mae Miller
William J. Durst
Michael Wippel
Alice Wippel
Star Route
CYF Skating Party Tonight at Skate-a-Way Rink
The Eastern CYF hosts a skating party at Skate-a-Way Rink on Route 7 between Chester and Pomeroy. The event starts at 7 PM tonight.
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Chester
Pomeroy
Mrs. Rodney Sauer Heads Middleport PTA
Mrs. Rodney Sauer was elected president of the Middleport Parent-Teacher Association at a meeting in the High School Auditorium. New officers include Da Reuben Beck as first vice president James Criswell as second vice president Crary Davis as treasurer Leland Brown as secretary and James Brew as assistant secretary. The group announced junior senior banquet co chairs Francis Anderson and Ira Butcher and discussed scholarships for a Summer Music Clinic Workshop at Ohio University.
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Middleport
Rodney Sauer
Parent-Teacher Association
Cash Bahr
Chester Erwin
da Reuben Beck
James Criswell
Crary Davis
Leland Brown
James Brew
Francis Anderson
Ira Butcher
MHS
Earl Warnke
Ohio University
PTA
Bradford Maag
Ernest Covert
Maag
Wilson Carpenter
Carmen Deems
Peter Rabbit
Karen Thomas
Sue Rue
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Harold E. Trussell and Jean M. Trussell transfer 6.5 acres in Chester Township to B F Board. Kathleen O Cecil and Howard C Cecil transfer Lot 44 in Salisbury Township to Lewis J Ellis and Anna Mae Ellis. Martha Holsinger and Alva Holsinger transfer two acres in Olive Township to Clinton Holsinger and Frances Holsinger. Eli J Ebersbach and Freda Ebersbach transfer lots 156 and 157 in Pomeroy to C H McKenzie and Eva Joe McKenzie. Kenneth Garren and Alma Garren transfer parcel in Mid deport to Joseph Postlewait and Marie Postlewait. Clifford Steele transfers lots in Mid to Arthur Robert Duckworth and Virginia Rhoda Duckworth.
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Harold E. Trussell
Jean M. Trussell
B. F. Board
Chester Township
Kathleen O. Cecil
Howard C. Cecil
Lewis J. Ellis
Anna Mae Ellis
Salisbury Township
Martha Holsinger
Alva Holsinger
Clinton Holsinger
Frances Holsinger
Olive Township
Eli J. Ebersbach
Freda Ebersbach
C. H. McKenzie
Eva Joe McKenzie
Pomeroy
Kenneth Garren
Alma Garren
Joseph Postlewait
Marie Postlewait
Middeport
Clifford Steele
Arthur Robert Duckworth
Virginia Rhoda Duckworth
Scouts Plan Display For April Exposition
The Troop Committee of Boy Scout Troop 245 meets Wednesday at 7 30 with scouts and acting Scoutmaster Charles Vroman to finalize plans for a display at the Scout Exposition on April 7 at the National Guard Armory Point Pleasant. The theme is For God and My Country and committee members will assist and distribute exposition tickets.
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Middleport
Charles Vroman
National Guard
Point Pleasant
Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
Mary Johnston Pomeroy of Portland files for divorce from Maywood Johnston in Meigs County Common Pleas Court listing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty as the grounds.
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Pomeroy
Mary Johnston
Portland
Maywood Johnston
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Man Fined in Harrisonville Court for Intoxication
William Reeves Pomeroy of Harrisonville was fined $15 and costs and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence in Mayor E. F. Robinson s court on intoxication charges.
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Pomeroy
William Reeves
Harrisonville
E. F. Robinson
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Charles Hayes
Norma Chapman
Grover Salser
Garrett Circle
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Dorene
Carolyn Norris
Norris
Roy Reuter
Hayes
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Dent
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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AG Stanley
Middleport Society
Otes
Carrie Cassell
Lewis-Manley Post
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Ariena Reese
C. R. Young
Will Winston
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Allen Hampton
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Hoyt
Harry Houdashelt
J. M. Archer
Widdleport Personals
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F M. Wood
Fifth Avenue
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Coral Bachtel
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J. W. Dawson
Vienna
Wilbur Ashley
Ruby McKendrie
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Dillon Cross
Racine
Zanesville
Marietta
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Erie Pa
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Roy Bachtel
Eleanor, W. Va
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Mason Clinic
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Charles McNamee
Meigs
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Cyf
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Middleport, Ohio
Man Behind the Gun
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Gentlemen Marry
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Mary Murphy
Hell's Island
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