Pomeroy Chamber Seeks Toll Free Pomeroy Bend Bridge
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce asks the State Bridge Commission to consider making the Pomeroy Bend Bridge toll free to boost local business. They note bridge bonds not retired and propose other retirement methods to spur regional sales and attract West Virginia patrons via U S Route 33 between Richmond Virginia and Benton Harbor Michigan.
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Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
State Bridge Commission
Pomeroy Bend
Edison Hobhstetter
Bridge Commission
Meigs County
West Virginia
Ohio
Richmond
Benton Harbor
Mich
May Festival Celebrated by Middleport Children
Large painted storybook figures and spring decorations set the scene for Mother Goose's May Festival at the middleport high school auditorium. Junior musicians directed by Miss Vesta McCoy performed with kindergarten solos, instrumental trio, and piano pieces while 75 children enjoyed treats from sponsors.
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Middleport
Mother Goose
Woman's Music Club
Vesta McCoy
Homer Grant
A. R. Hecox
Gordon K. Harris
Paula Jean Britton
John Fultz
Robert Bailey
Helen Jane’ Root
Bill Root
Frank Guinther
Kelly Grogan
Work Begins on Rolandus Road Improvement Project
Work started today on Rolandus Road No 07 to receive a stabilized calcium treated gravel surface. Contract awarded to N K Topping of Ironton with Homer Goeglein to handle dirt hauling after a withdrawn bid. Also notes 300 postmasters in New Mexico unable to read or write English.
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Pomeroy
Rolandus Road
N. K. Topping
Ironton
Homer Goeglein
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
W T Grant of Fensas City and Mr and Mrs Fred Healy visited relatives for Mother Goose May Festival with Joan Talbott. Mrs Izora Guinther visited Norwood Van Cooney at Holzer Hospital, while Mayor Robson recovers after major surgery. Fishers from Jacksonville Fla visiting. Hysell returns to Ontario as art instructor with relatives. Church group and clubs meet. plans for a Mother Daughter banquet and a roller skating party. The Hayes announce the birth of an 8 1 2 son.
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W. T. Grant
Fensas City
Fred Healy
John Talbott
Mr. Healy
Columbus
Mrs. Healy
Joan Talbott
Izora Guinther
William Robson
Holzer Hospital
Norwood
Many Meigs Countians Migrate to Distant Cities
Meigs County residents have largely left the area for work, with Toledo drawing a sizable colony including Perry Mitch and Carson Hood. Others head to Akron, McKeestock Pennsylvania, Saginaw and Detroit. Columbus hosts the largest group of ex Meigs Countians, plus scattered communities nationwide.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Toledo
Ohio City
Carson Hood
Saginaw
Detroit
Chester
Akron
McKeestock
Columbus
Medals Awarded At High School Awards Assembly
Students received citizenship medals intramural monograms and letters cheerleader and glee club honors high school accompanist and safety patrols at the awards assembly in the middleport high school auditorium. Warren Bennett narrated school films and a posture film accompanied the program.
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Middleport
Warren Bennett
Elizabeth Moore
Eugene Reed
Sons of the American Revolution
Miss Morehart
Marvel Schmoll
Jane Stansbury
Dorothy Stewart
Dorothy Winebrenner
Martha Robson
Mary J. Bailey
Maxine Bennett
Dann J. Hamilton
Easter Ewing
Dorothy Barsotti
Ruth Garber
Margaret McBride
Margaret Stewart
Betty Walters
Ann Ubry
Alice L. Lama
Josephine Morarity
Jane Ann Fick
Glee Club
Miss
Revival Continues at Eden United Brethren Church
Revival meetings at Eden United Brethren Church continue this week led by evangelist Rev. John Lanier.
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Eden
Eden United Brethren Church
John Lanier
Chauncey visiters and local notices from Athens County
Chauncey residents Mrs C D McClanahan and Joy Ann spent a week end in Crooksville visiting Mr and Mrs L D Stoneburner with Supt McClanahan accompanying them home. Montrose Corwin of Buchtel was fined five dollars and costs for reckless driving by the city mayor. Anna Gecoy of Athens was appointed Administratrix of the Estate of Sarah Wix with four months to file creditors claims. Elsie Ransbottom of Athens RD 1 was appointed Administratrix of the Estate of William Ransbottom with probate in Athens County.
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Chauncey
C. D. McClanahan
Joy Ann
Crooksville
L. D. Stoneburner
Supt. McClanahan
Buchtel
State Highway Patrol
Montrose Corwin
Cliff Cornell
Anna Gecoy
Woodland Ave
Athens
Ohio
Sarah Wix
Prattsfork
Athens County
Francis D. White
Iaid County
Elsie Ransbottom
R.D. 1
William Ransbottom
Said
Lyons Seeks New Trial Over Opera House Demolition
POMEROY. Capt John Lyons of Middleport seeks a new trial in probate court after a fire marshal order to remove his Second Street opera house. Probate Judge E W Peoples announced the decision affirming removal, with a possible rehearing or appeal to a higher court depending on the outcome.
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Pomeroy
John Lyons
Middleport
Second St
E. W. Peoples
Ray R. Gill
Lyons
Peoples
Edgar Ervin
Mother's Day program at M. E. Church in Jacksonville
A May 14 Mother's Day program at the Jacksonville M. E. Church features special music and Jacksonville Eagles as guests. A potted plant will honor the oldest mother, the youngest mother, and the mother with the most children present.
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Jacksonville
M. E
Jacksonville Eagles
Claude Weldon
Cora
Cora Houenstine
Dayton
Addie Sands
Flo Cominski
Grace Muszynski
Geraldine Hoisingene
Athens
B. F. Moore
Gahanna
Hettie Rambo
Andrew Wallace
Harold Sams
Millfield
Marjorie Dee Hill
William Hill
William Sands
Columbus
Ed Stevens
Evan Whaley
Detroit
Frank Dunlevy
Mercy Hospital
Lulu Curry
Hugh Dawley
Walter Border
Thomas
Virginia
John Rankin
Ellsworth Tracy
Nelsonville
Columbus Shrine Minstrels attendance by McDaniel Sanders Hill
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. McDaniel and Mrs. C. N. Sanders and Mrs. Ida Hill of Millfield with Mrs. Dennis McDaniel and daughter Marty Dee of Athens traveled to Columbus on Monday to attend the Shrine Minstrels.
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Columbus
Chauncey
H. O. McDaniel
C. N. Sanders
Ida Hill
Millfield
Dennis McDaniel
Marty Dee
Athens
Shrine Minstrels
Plant City grower touts unusually large berries
C. W. Grimes, a Plant City strawberry grower, claims to raise big berries. He brought a full quart to market showing a bottom row of four berries and a top row of five, highlighting unusually large fruit for the area.
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Plant City
C. W. Grimes
Funeral for Allen Noble Held in Nelsonville
Funeral services for Allen Noble aged 66, longtime Chauncey resident, were conducted by Rev. Lawrence C Butler at Stouts Funeral Home in Chauncey, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Noble, son of the late Hannah Noble Dawson, is survived by two sisters and one brother, with many relatives attending from Nelsonville, Chauncey, Fayette City, New Straitsville, and surrounding areas.
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Chauncey
Allen Noble
Stout
Lawrence C. Butler
Nelsonville Church of Christ
Greenlawn Cemetery
Noble
Hannah Noble Dawson
William Noble
Lax
Nelsonville
Mary Lahugh
Richard Dawson
Fayette City
Clarence Dawson
Kate Noble
Mae Noble
Edward Lawson
Dora Blankenship
New Straitsville
James Johnson
Frank Johnson
Anna Noble
Harry Noble
Homer Johnson
Ben F. Ferrel
Rev Gilbert Courtney to Preach Friday Night at Millfield Church
The Millfield Church of Christ will host Rev Gilbert Courtney for a Friday night service at 7 30 o clock. He will deliver the sermon to the congregation.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Millfield
Social Notes of Bradbury
Mrs Clifford Whittington and daughter visited her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Buck in Bailey Run. Robert T Rice spent weeks with his son Herbert and family in Toledo. Wesley Steward and Rutland visited Mrs Elizabeth Archer. Elder Brown of Jackson and Mary Stiles visited Mr and Mrs Jay Stiles. Martha Smith visited Clara Wildermuth in Pomeroy. Griff Russell spent time in Columbus. Huston Hysell of Toledo was a business visitor. Bible school attendance was 69. Willie Hordon is in serious condition after a heart attack. Fox hunters meet included Bud Max Griff Russell, Sam Baker and Dave Schular in Addison. Robert Russell and wife from Roseville visited Dana Russell's family. Joe Sisson moving from Hysell house to Lambert house at Bradford. Co L Smith to move to house vacated by Sissons.
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Bradbury
Clifford Whittington
Charles Buck
Bailey Run
Robert T. Rice
Herbert
Toledo
Wesley Steward
Rutland
Elizabeth Archer
Elder Brown
Jackson
Mary Stiles
Jay Stiles
Martha Smith
Clara Wildermuth
Pomeroy
Griff Russell
Columbus
Huston Hysell
Willie Hordon
Bud
Max
Addison
Fox Hunters Association
Sam Baker
Dave Schular
Robert Russell
Roseville
Dana Russell
Joe Sisson
Hysell House
Lambert
Bradford
Co. L. Smith
Sissons
Eighty Attend Simpson M. E. Father and Son Banquet
Eighty fathers and sons gathered Tuesday night at Simpson M E Church for the Father and Son Banquet sponsored by the Simpson Brotherhood. Rev F O Weed of Wheelersburg spoke on understanding sons and independence as a national trait. Wesley Green discussed Meigs County soil and land use over 40 years. J E Mahoney led the program with vocal selections and a brief business session scheduled the next meeting for June. Film shows on fishing from the Ohio Conservation Division closed the program.
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Wesley Green
Meigs County
Mr. Green
Green
J. E. Mahoney
Simpson Brotherhood
Norman Foss
Eddie Smith
Bony Mitchell
Donald Leifheit
Byron Vaughan
David Goodwin
R. G. Webster
Ohio Conservation Division
Beatrice Leffler Rites Held In Glouster
Mrs Beatrice Leffler wife of Homer Leffler died after a three year illness at her mother Mrs Eu nice Ducklers home in Glouster Services were Sunday at 2 pm at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery Surviving husband a son Royal Deal mother and a large number of Leffler relatives from Glouster Detroit and Columbus including Chauncey and Virgil Leffler plus James Burns Dorothy Leffler and others
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Chauncey
Beatrice Leffler
Homer Leffler
Eunice Duckler
Glouster
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Sidney Cuckler
Edward Leffler
John Tippie
Carl Leffler
Fanchion Pierce
Willard Leffler
Alva
Hollis Tippie
T. D. Schoonover
Webster Cunningham
James Burns
Revival at Chauncey Methodist Church continues
Revival services are in progress at the Chauncey M E Church under Pastor Rev Robert Law rence. Speakers include Rev W P Clarke Nelson ville M E minister Monday night Rev Stanley Jeffrey Athens Cen tral Ave M E Church Tuesday night Rev Gilbert Courtney Chauncey pastor will preach tonight Rev Frank Boroff Glouster M E Church Thursday night and Rev Charles Graham Logan M E Church Friday night Public invited to all services.
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Chauncey
Chauncey M. E
Robert Lawrence
W. P. Clarke
Nelsonville M. E
Stanley Jeffrey
Central Ave. M. E. Church
Athens
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey Church of Christ
Frank Boroff
Glouster M. E
Charles
Marionettes Presented At Chauncey High Assembly
An assembly at Chauncey Dover High School Tuesday morning featured a performance of Hansel and Gretel by marionettes from Mrs. Hyde of Parkersburg, West Virginia. More than 400 students attended and the show was well received by both faculty and students.
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Chauncey
Chauncey- Dover High School
McClanahan
Hyde
Parkersburg
W. Va
Hansel
Gretel
Chauncey 4-H Club Names New Advisor at Meeting
The Chauncey 4-H Club will meet Thursday at 3 30 PM in the high school building. Mrs Thelma Ferrer is named the new club advisor replacing Juanita Jones and Frances Howard. Members and prospective members are invited.
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Chauncey
Thelma Ferrer
Juanita Jones
Frances Howard
Occupy New Home in Shields Property
Mr and Mrs John Civille move into the Shields property on Mill Street recently vacated by Mr and Mrs Clifford Banfield and family.
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Chauncey
John Civille
Shields
Mill St
Clifford Banfield
School Teachers Rehired At Corning Board Meeting
The Corning school board rehired all grade and high school teachers for the coming year and also renewed the janitor's contract. This follows Tuesday night's regular meeting and reflects ongoing staffing stability for the district.
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Cincinnati
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Pueblo
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Roosevelt
Middleport Social Notes
Margaret Ella Hysell
Ontario
Harry Hysell
Gravel Hill
Hysell
Ben Harrison
John
Ohio University
Will Reynolds
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Mildred Hawley
Hooker St
India
Zana Wheeler
George Russell
H. J. Hysell
Hawley
Wisecracker
Nina Triplett
Miss Triplett
World Wide Guild
William Beaver, Jr
James Daniels
Kathryn Clark
Frank Hayes
Mill Sr
Hayes
Clover Farm
Jacksonville News
Dover
Stout Funeral Home
Simpson M. E. Father and Son
Leffler
Corning
Wilson
Alice Mae Wilson
Phyllis Mindigo
Annabel Lanfrank
Donna
Betty Murray
Gladys Breeze
Imogene
Lois Hodgson
Sewing Club
Lu Brown
Mary Graf of Lancaster
Joan Edwards
Isabel Murray
Bess Cook
Mary Evans
Polly Roof
Jane Robinson
Helen Garrison
JAM Club
J.A.M. Club
Frances Belle Wilson
Mary Ford
Isabel Fours
Eleanor Spence
Mary Frances Post
Edna Louise Dunlap
Wilma _ Spence
Margaret Raub
Miss Wilson
M. R. Brown
Earl Wilson
Guy Lamity
Harry Morgan
Gertrude Burns
White Cross Hospital
Hannah Rodgers
Lady Roberts
Thornville
Thomas Canoles
Charles Schlingermann
New York Central Roundhouse
Winnie Mindigo
William Gladden
Billa Ramsey
Chillicothe
Ben Matthis
S. W. Ross
Charles Schlingerman
Clyde Thomas
Henry Stoody
True Smith
Jessie
Lena Wolfe
Thomas Spray
M. E. Church
Thelma Frasure
Eleanor
Leona Spence
Buckeye Lake Park
Elizabeth Roberts
Faye
Betty
Helen Clevers
Dewey Beaver
Zanesville
Walter Graf
Lancaster
M. N. Brown
Ray Dean
Edna Dunlap
Josie Reich
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