Pomeroy council sets up air marking project and drainage study
Council plans to survey a building for air marking with a $50 payment. I E Heinzman to supervise pipe fabrication and installation for $125 weekly, with L G Merrill inspecting. A drainage study, mine water liabilities, and park lot posting were approved, plus flood hose purchase and an auxiliary pump proposal.
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Pomeroy
Spencer
Robinson
Karr
D. A. Canaday
Heinzman
Jack Morgan Rites Planned in Indiana Funeral
Middleport reports the death Sunday of Jack Morgan of Dayton. Funeral services are planned Wednesday in Jasonville Indiana. Morgan lived here years on N Third Ave and was a known musician and bassist who competed in Kistedfodd's in Jackson. He belonged to Heath Methodist choir and once managed the local A P Store. Surviving are his wife and daughter Corinna Morgan.
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Middleport
Jack Morgan
Dayton
Jasonville
Ind
Morgan
Ella Miller
N. Third Ave
Kistedfodd’s
Jackson
Heath Methodist Choir
A&p
Corinna Morgan
Mrs. David Entsminger Buys Clock Gift Shop
Middleport reports Mrs. David Entsminger Garnet Miller purchased The Clock and Gift Shop on N Second Ave from Mr and Mrs P S Mills who returned to Akron to care for Mrs Mills parents the Berry s who are ill Mrs Entsminger a Meigs Countian has lived in Middleport over 30 years and assumed management May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Entsminger
Garnet Miller
N. Second Ave
P. S. Mills
Akron
Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clark observed their Golden Wedding anniversary as family and friends gathered at the home of their son Mr. H. W. Clark in Middleport. The event was shared with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Belcher of Charleston who joined the celebration.
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Middleport
C. W. Clark
Clyde Belcher
Charleston
H. W. Clark
Rabies Test Planned After Ox Is Killed
A medical examination for possible rabies is planned after an ox kept in a barn at the Children's Home was killed by a sheriff deputy. Unusual Sunday night bellowing led Mr and Mrs Ray Evans to investigate as the animal butt ed farm machinery and other equipment. children at the home were not awakened.
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Pomeroy
Ray Evans
Mayors Court Lines Four At Pomeroy
POMEROY Ralph Darst 36 was held in the county jail at 7 p.m. May 1 from Mayor Canaday's Court on an intoxication charge. Arrest by city police. bond listed as 20 or 25 dollars not produced. Harry Graham 21 Middleport detained 2:30 a.m. Sunday. no formal charge noted on card No. 177, his file shows he is the 177th behind bars since January 1. Clifford Michaels and Ray Tyree entered on the file cards shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday. cards marked hit skip and no horn. detained by police.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Darst
Canaday
Harry Graham
Middleport
Graham
Sheriff's Office
Clifford Michaels
Ray Tyree
Meigs County Funds Rise Under School Foundation Plan
A 1947-48 forecast shows Meigs County will gain about 337,571 more than 1945-46 as school funds shift under the Ohio School Foundation law. The Ben Keller report to Representative Turner notes increases from 278,096 in 1945 and 325,543 in 1946 to 429,412 in 1947 and an estimated 511,799 in 1948 under Senate Bill 48.
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Pomeroy
School Foundation
Ohio
Meigs County
Ben Keller
State Controlling Board
Benjamin F. Turner
Albert L. Daniels
Meigs
Band Boosters Elect Officers
Middleport High School band booster officers were elected Monday after the PTA meeting. Leaders named are Mrs. Leo Kennedy president Mrs. Wayne Swisher vice president Mrs. Gail Miller secretary and Mrs. Russell Mills treasurer. The group planned the Junior Band picnic for May 12 at New Haven Roadside Park and discussed uniform cleaning and repair. The silver offering for the Twentieth Annual Band Concert totaled 71 dollars from the April 30 Friday event.
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Middleport
PTA
Middleport High School
Leo Kennedy
Wayne Swisher
Gail Miller
Russell Mills
Max Roller
New Haven
Wartime Resident of Middleport Dies Recalled
John Handley, longtime wartime resident of Middleport, died in Port Arthur Texas. He had lived with Mr and Mrs Worley Howell and worked for Badger Construction at Point Pleasant during the war.
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Middleport
Worley Howell
John Handley
Port Arthur
Texas
Mr. Handley
Howell
Badger Construction Company
Point Pleasant
Benefit Show Role Taken By Canaday
POMEROY Mayor Canaday is in the cast of Fun For You a radio style show for the Pomeroy Volunteer Firemen and Playground Association. Miss Ethel Pippin directs rehearsals at the Junior High School Auditorium with Henry Ewing Johnny Terrell Elsal Davis Ted Reed Jr Lois Neutzling Martha Terrell Marga ret Neuman and Harry Von Zell. Group scenes include Quiz Kids Children s Story Hour Barn Dance Glamour Gals and the Treasury Star Parade.
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Pomeroy-Mayor
Canaday
Pomeroy Volunteer Firemen
The
Playground Association
Ethel Pippin
Henry Ewing
Ezra Walters
Johnny Terrell
Duke of
Ted Reed, Jr
Joe Kelley
Lois Neutzling
Minnie Pearl
Radio Fame
Martha Terrell
Red Cross
Margaret Neuman
Harry von Zell
Jack Cowie
Hollywood
Police seize escaped youths near Mason Bridge in Pomeroy
West Virginia authorities reported three boys escaped from Lakin Institution. Patrolmen James Hazelton and Arthur Wandling pulled them at 11 p.m. as they entered Pomeroy. Ages 17 and 18, two from Charleston and one from Maryland, said they wanted to go home after being fed well. An official said he did not understand why they ran away.
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Pomeroy
West Virginia
Lakin Institution
James Hazelton
Arthur Wandling
Mason Bridge
Hazelton
Charleston
Maryland
Correction Institution
Lakin
Musical Numbers Highlight Meigs County Grange Meeting
POMEROY musical numbers by Granges of Meigs County directed by Pauline Adkins will be featured at a Rock Springs Grange Hall meeting Friday at 8 p.m. Refreshments provided by Hemlock Grove Grange after the program. MIDDLEPORT Charles Buddy Swisher recovers from injuries after being struck by a ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Swisher.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pauline Adkins
Pomona
Rock Springs
Hemlock Grove
Middleport
Charles
Buddy) Swisher
Wayne Swisher
Middleport Social Notes Share Community Events
Plans for a Wiener roast at Roadside Park by Future Homemakers of America and adviser Miss June Martin were changed due to bad weather. Thirty attendees moved to the high school home economics rooms for supper and a program featuring songs and a lecture by Helen M. Evans exchange teacher from Athens University Elementary School England.
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Middleport
June Martin
Alpha Omicron Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
Helen M. Evans
University
Athens
Bornemouth
England
Evans
Alpha Omicron
Middleport High School
Eleanor Myers
Rutland High School
C. O. Chapman
Jack Warner
Jackson
Marcelline Buell
Mildred McKnight
Lawrence Roush
Vyrna Russell Party Honored Daughter Of Mayor
Vyrna Russell hosts a Saturday afternoon party on Mill Street honoring Myrna Russell daughter of Mayor and Mrs Sidney Russell. The event marks a civic family milestone and includes local residents and neighbors.
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Myrna Russell
Sidney Russell
Mill St
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Qnen
Herb Giles
War Assets Administration
Alvin Norris
Pollocks
MT. Tops
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Mt. Sinai
Tues
Oaeroy Bend Theaters
Bowery
Leo Gorceyv
Huntz Hall
Bobby Jordan
Gabriel Dell
Billy Benedict
Ride the
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George Brent
Joan Blondell
Adele Jergens
Grant Mitchell
Unn O'Connor
Jim Bannon
Herwin Williams
Herwin-Williams Enamel
Sherwin-Williams
McMaster
Middleport, Ohio
IS Herwin-Williams Paint Headquarters
Band Boosters
Leo L. Vaughan
Union Avenue
Ady
Main St
Logan, Ohio
H. V. Hospital
Boy
Middleport Social Notes
Nancy Roller
Karen Turner
Maida Roush
Charlene Walburn
Linda Nelson
Janis Childs
Ruth Shepard
Julie Ann Mitch
Ruth Russell
Heath Methodist Church
Senator Jones
Jones
Marie Beach
Wilmetta Mulford
Ed Berridge
Mayme Berridge
Austin Gills
John Harold Gills
Wendell Gills
Ben F. Evans
Ben R. Evans
Emily
John L. Evans
Jackie
Charlene
J. W. Potter, Jr
Gallipolis
Lloyd Owens
John Owens
Oak Hill
Thomas A. Jenekins
Ironton
W. B. Moore
Mulford
Mary Jane Williams
Tom W. Jones
Mrs. Jones
S. Third Ave
Vyrna Russell
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Meigs Motor Company
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler-Plymouth Engineering
Witt
Anti
C. A. Daugherty
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
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