Meigs Pool Plan Discussion Prompts Community Meeting
Preliminary blueprints for a county wide pool tied to the stadium project are in hands of Meigs school officials. A March 30 meeting at the Junior High School invites all parents to join open discussion on financing construction and operation. Local committees and playground groups from Naylor's Run Sugar Run Monkey Run and Karr's Run back the effort and report growing funds and momentum.
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Pomeroy
W. J. Davis
Athens
W. A. Smith
Joe Gloeckner
Virgil Brown
Jack Robinson
Alvin Norris
Meigs County
Ohio River
Naylor
Naylor's Run
Sugar
Mayor Orders Signs Posted At Junction
Pomeroy mayor D A Cana Jr orders three stop signs at the junction of Routes 33 7 and 124 to curb frequent crashes. He cites Meigs County high accident death rate with seven drowned in a February auto crash, one burned in a truck incident, and one killed in a local foundry fall.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Meigs County
Athens
124
Main St
Navy Exam Is Passed For Osbornes Sons
Dave White of Osbourne Street and previously Clennedin West Virginia passed his first Navy test and heads to Huntington for a medical exam before entering the Great Lakes Training Center Chicago. He will be sworn in and receive a two week furlough after twelve weeks of training. High school graduates may choose Navy trade schools under a 1948 program. Donald Oren and Lester Richard Russell of West Columbia also go to Huntington for exams this Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Dave White
Bert White
Osborne St
Clendennin
W. Va
Huntington
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Chicago
Navy
Donald Oren
Lester Richard Russell
Clayton H. Russell
West Columbia
Quiet Easter Weekend in Pomeroy
POMEROY Police reported a quiet weekend with a light snow melt and a 36 degree temperature around midnight Sunday. Easter finery appeared before noon and pedestrians were few for the rest of the day.
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Pomeroy
Miller Couple Welcome D. E. Miller III
Mr and Mrs D E Miller Jr announce the birth of a son D E Miller III at an Indianapolis hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dennis Miller Great grandparents Mr and Mrs D E Miller Grant St
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Middleport
D. E. Miller, Jr
D. E. Miller, III
Indianapolis
Dennis Miller
D. E. Miller
Grant St
Middleport Woman's Music Club Meeting Planned
Middleport reports the Woman's Music Club will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs. Paul Smart's Lincoln Street home. Assisting hostesses are Miss Phyllis Smart Miss Lois Cecil and Mrs. C P Bradbury. Mrs. N P Swackhammer serves as program chairman.
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Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Phyllis Smart
Lois Cecil
C. P. Bradbury
N. P. Swackhammer
Snow Falls On Easter In Middleport
Easter Sunday services drew large crowds in Middleport as snow fell during early morning attendances at churches. Sanctuary decorations, choir cantatas, baptisms, and confirmations highlighted the day with details at First Baptist Heath Methodist and Church of Christ.
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Middleport
Jesus
First Baptist Church
Busy Bee
Harry Houdashelt
Leo Russell
A. R. Pullen
Delbert Rice
Florence Bush
the Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
C. P. Bradbury
Phyllis Smart
Clarence Rupp
Pomeroy
David Diles
Jane Sauer
Ohio Valley
Hennesy Rites To Be Tuesday
Funeral services for Nicholas Hennesy aged 87 will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats funeral home with interment at Middleport Hill Cemetery. The Heath Methodist Church pastor Rev. W. B. Moore will officiate. He came from Mason City West Virginia and worked in a nail mill then at New York Central Railroad retiring in 1930 as a machinist. Surviving are two sons C. M. Hennesy and Henry Hennesy, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The wife Mary Martin Hennesy died in 1929.
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Middleport
Nicholas Hennesy
Front St
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport Hill Cemetery
W. B. Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Hennesy
Mason City
W. Va
New York Central Railroad
Mary Martin Hennesy
C. M. Hennesy
Meigs Water Co
Henry Hennesy
Easter Gifts Planned for Soldiers' Children in Pomeroy
Pomeroy Auxiliary members arranged Easter gifts to be sent to Xenia Home for Soldiers and Sailors children and donated $10 to the Red Cross at a recent Legion Hall meeting. Mrs. Zana Baxter presided in the ill absence of president Mrs. Rhoda Hackett.
Daughters of Union Veterans Meet At Durst Home
The Daughters of Union Veterans gathered at Mrs. Doris Durst home with Mrs. Winona Cook as assistant hostess and Miss Marie Miller presiding. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Jennie Howell, Miss Marie Miller, Mrs. Edith Ament and Mrs. Della Stahl. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for April 12 in the IOOF Hall.
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Daughters of Union Veterans
Doris Durst
Winona Cook
Marie Miller
Jennie Howell
Edith Ament
Della Stahl
IOOF
Birthday Celebration At George Ray Neal Home
Winona Fink Raeann Mills and Jerry Hayes attended a birthday gathering at George Ray Neal home Wednesday evening Games were played and refreshments served by George Rays mother Mrs Charles Neal and grandmother Mrs Letha Russell.
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Raeann Mills
Jerry Hayes
George Ray Neal
George Ray
Charles Neal
Letha Russell
Presbyterian Women Meet At Wallace Home
Group I of the Presbyterian Women's Association met at Mrs. G V Wallace Tuesday evening with Mrs. William Morris assisting. Miss Elizabeth Joachim led devotionals as spring flowers and Easter decorations brightened the gathering. A dessert course was served to 20 members.
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Presbyterian Women's Association
G. V. Wallace
William Morris
Elizabeth Joachim
Jimmy Hood Celebrates Fifth Birthday At Home
Jimmy Hood marks his fifth birthday with an open house at the Hood residence on Mill Street. Guests include Miss Mary Root Mrs Josie Turner Mrs Betty Swan and Marilyn daughter Mrs W H Wise Jr Karen Turner Johnny Hood and neighbors with two birthday cakes and ice cream served.
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Milton Hood
Hood Home
Mill St
Jimmy
Mary Root
Josie Turner
Betty Swan
Marilyn
W. H. Wise, Jr
Karen Turner
Johnny Hood
Raymond Hood
Junior Wright
Easter Week Guest List and Local Illness Notes
Mrs Mae Enright and daughter and others visit Miss Virgie Major for Easter. Several relatives travel due to illness of John Frecker in Grant Street. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Ernest Lewis and Sadie Cross. Easter visitors include Danny Thompson and Jonnie, plus Margaret Houdashelt from Franklin Indiana. Roma Bailey sustains a broken right arm from a street fall.
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Mae Enright
M. G. Thompson
Michael David
Columbus
Virgie Major
Ralph Frecker
S. A. McCullough
John Frecker
Grant St
Ernest Lewis
Sadie Cross
St. Mary’s
W. Va
Zella Cross
Fred Thomas
Clyde Winebrenner
Danny Thompson
Louise Winebrenner
Jonnie
Frank Thompson
R. L. Cockrell
Athens, Tenn
Margaret Houdashelt
Franklin, Ind
Harry Houdashelt
Herman Bailey
Harold Bailey
Charleston
Douglas Harrison
Harold Johnson
Springfield
Emma Leifheit
Roma Bailey
Easter Egg Hunt entertains hundreds at Middleport Roadside Park
Hundreds of children from toddlers to teens joined the Middleport Rotary Club and Volunteer Firemen for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Roadside Park Sunday. Co chairs Wayne Gibbons and Clay Bryan led the event with L W McComas, Paul Smart, and George Hoeflich among organizers. live rabbits and colored eggs attracted crowds as prizes were claimed at the village hall.
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Rotary Club
Wayne Gibbons
Clay Bryan
L. W. McComas
Paul Smart
George Hoeflich
Robert McElhinny
B. F. Parmalee
Fire Company
S. Third Ave
Jack
Charles Edwards
Walter Baker
Pomeroy
K. Searles
Gene Smith
George Neal
David Hindy
Charles Wayland
Donald Little
Roger Long
Stephen Jacobs
Elmer Miller
Earl McKinley
Freddie Lewis
Larry Wildermuth
Joe Rice
Brady Hoffman
Gerald Rupe
Jack Coleman
Paul Moore
Barbara Swisher
Paul Smith
Donald Lanning
Everett McDaniel
Butch Bachtel
James Wilson
Keith Little
Warren Stover
Omna Smith
Lawson Higgins
Larry Wiley
M. Pomeroy
Linda Maddy
Larry Rice
Joan Singer
Sue Swindler
Kay Hanson
Ricky Schoonover
Rhea Ann Neutzling
Russell Yeanger
Eugene Norris
Lloyd Weber
Wanda Potts
Eddie Buckner
Freddie Burton
Charles E. Cook
Ronald Snider
Ronny Walters
Larry Lewis
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Athens social notes highlight visits and vacations
Miss Irene Schaeffer of Athens spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. William Weatherby. Miss Dorothy June Cook, student at Rio Grande College, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook, Lincoln Terrace, during the spring vacation.
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Irene Schaeffer
Athens
William Weatherby
Dorothy June Cook
Rio Grande College
Joe Cook
Lincoln Terrace
Meigs Taxes Coming In Say Treasurer Reports Good Turnout
Meigs County Treasurer Clyde Millhone says personal property taxes have been coming in very well. He notes the personal tax books close on Wednesday March 31 and will be turned over to the county auditor. Books reopen in October for collection.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clyde Millhone
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