Middleport BPW elects and installs 1950 51 officers
The Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club elected and installed officers for 1950 51 at First Presbyterian Church. Nina Russell became president with Thelma Pratt as vice president Nan Moore as secretary and Bess Sanborn as treasurer. Reports highlighted growth, finances and guest speakers. Delegates to the state convention were named with a dinner and entertainment closing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Gates White
Gallipolis
Homer J. Russell
L. E. Burford
L. J. Hemner
Nina B. Russell
Thelma Pratt
Nan Moore
Tee
Bess Sanborn
Rose Reynolds
Louella Jenkinson
Commodore Perry Hotel
Toledo
Pearl Reynolds
Nina Russell
Essie Russell
Lillian Stieff
Mabel Sanborn
Nellie Zerkle
Jean Bennett
Ann Scott
Mrs. Reynolds
Vehicle Titles Total 553 For April
In Meigs County the Vehicle Title Office issued 553 total titles in April, with 67 new passenger cars 23 trucks and one school bus and 462 titles for used cars. Fees totaled 704.50 with 481.65 kept by the county and 222.85 to the state. Additional transactions included 282 liens 163 memorandum titles 174 lien cancellations 177 affidavits and 12 duplicates.
Harrisonville Man 78 Dies at Home
Findley Curtis Wilson 78 dies at his Harrisonville home Tuesday morning. Funeral services by Chase funeral home. Survived by wife Evelyn, daughters Norma Griver Rutland and Nellie Wilson, and son Lawrence. Interment in Nelson Cemetery.
Middleport Man Fined For Drunken Driving
William Manley Pomeroy, a 39 year old from Middleport, pled guilty in Common Pleas Court to driving while intoxicated. He received a $50 fine a 30 day county jail sentence and a driving ban after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Manley
Middleport
Common Pleas Court
State Highway Patrol
Weekend Visits and Illness Highlight Local Social Roundup
Rutland residents hosted family from Logan West Virginia Dehue and Columbus Ohio while Browns and Ritland guests attended. Mrs Homer West remains confined by illness and Mrs Chloe Fink had a cold. Social gatherings included Farm Bureau advisory council at Opal Armstrongs and a Wayne Rupe Orchestra dance at Shade High School with Bruce Barton and Hazel Barton visiting from Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch Fleming
Charleston
Ira Fleming
James Pullen
Middleport
Kelson Phillips
Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Opal Armstrong
John Trotter
T. C. Porter
Guy Mutchler
Carroll Pierce
Floyd Thomas
Don Anderson
William Harmon
O. O. Patterson
Race Hill
Dexter
Homer West
Robert Smith
Roberta
Ernie Lee
Raymond Smith
Woretha
Bob Roberts
Pomeroy
Wayne Rupe
Shade High School
Bruce Barton
Hazel
Cleveland
Burl Barton
Buce
Archie McKinney
Dennis
Freda Schoonover
Stansbury
Weekend Visits Spread Through Columbus and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Gar land Robinson of Columbus spent a weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs C B Robinson. Mrs R C Myers and children visited the Yarhouse family in Columbus. V V Shoemaker and son Earl from Dayton stayed with Mrs Alice Shoemaker. Gloria Shoemaker visited aunt Mrs Virgie Ramella in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Siders
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Charlie Siders
Gloria Shoemaker
Virgie Ramella
Columbus
Bill McBride
Porter
Carl Phillips
Junior Anderson
Bill Anderson
Pontiac, Mich
C. H. Shoemaker
David Wickline
Meigs County Gathers to Discuss Parent-Child Relations
Meigs County Children and Youth group planned a county meeting of parents and youths following remarks that youth often disregard parental opinions and parents sometimes fail in guidance. A youth meeting is set for next Monday at 7:30 p.m. with Probate Judge F Harmon O’Brien’s office serving as venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
F. Harmon O’brien
Columbus
Mary Ohlinger
Middleport
Virginia
Haskins
Jimmy Webb
Letart Falls
Clyde Ingels
Polly Dill
George Vaughan
Robert Miller
Jim Webb
Don Powell
Thelma Wilcox
Harmon O'Brien
Catherine Shaverinsky
Thelma Campbell
W. A. Smith
Dan Hartinger
Marion Ebersbach
Garage Purchased for Heath Methodist Church Move
Trustees of Heath Methodist Church bought the former Susie Taylor property now owned by Ohio Valley Baking Co. The garage on Middleport Avenue was moved on Tuesday from Fifth Avenue to the church property on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Susie Taylor
The
Ohio Valley Baking Co
Heath Methodist Church
Fifth Ave
Main St
Quillen Baby Born in Middleport
Mr and Mrs George Quillen announce the birth of a son George Amos Jr Tuesday at their home on Broad way Street Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Quillen Sr of Middleport and Clarence Davis of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Quillen
George Amos, Jr
Broadway St
Charles Quillen, Sr
Clarence Davis
Kentucky
Edison Hobstetter
Columbus
Bankers
Charles Cohen
Lucy Will
Nell Thomas
Mary Manley
Pomeroy
Rice
Cheshire
Emma Duckworth
Syracuse
Ironton
Grant Roberts
Point Pleasant
Cora Roberts
Freda Duffy
Caddie Wickham
Doris Dorst
Sadie Thuener
Daughters of America Deputies
Logan
Clyde Riggs
Warren Fell
Ashland
Elsie Hart
John Beal
Richard Chambers
Eric
H. A. Yount
Virgie Hartley
Bette Thomas
James Eads
Buckeye Lake
Robert Russell
Seneca Lake
Cincinnati
Ray Hines
Ronald Smith
Jack West
George Nesselroad
Ellen Jean Nesselroad
Louise Gilmore
Homer Smith
Richard Jones
John Robinson
Bill Neutzling
Benny Buck
Bob Barnitz
Everett Thomas
Roy Tracy Jr
Larry and
Ascenath
Ann
Ben Neutzling
Henderson
George Daugherty
Elmer Ebersbach
Anna
Kate Ebersbach
Robert Kautz
Bobby
Hilliards
Dayton Will
T. W. Bengel
E. Main St
James O'Brien
Bengel
Lincoln Hill
Clifford Jenkinson
Crooksville
Murray City Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
The column records numerous visits and travels around Murray City and nearby towns. Names include Snyder, Dixon, James, McConaha, Wooten, Murphy, Hoffman, Peacock, Donoghue, and Donoghue families, with stops in Shadyside OrbistonNelsonville Springfield Columbus Baltimore and DeWitt Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoffman
Murray City
Clarence Peacock
Orbiston
West Virginia
Marshal Floyd Keeton
Logan
Connie Barnhill
Dan Simmers
Springfield
Frank Bryan
Gerald Bryan
Columbus
Blanche Hoffman
Howard Brooker
Baltimore
Blanche Brooker
Betty Sabo
Louis
Teddy
Charles Barnes
Denny Gill
Lawrence Short
Emmett Short
Howard Craft
Hod Gill
Grace Donoghue
Eunice Sanborn
Bid Donoghue
Pat
DeWitt, Mich
Bill Donoghue
Lansing
Mich
Bid Volmer
James
McConnelsville
Frank James
Blanche Auflick
Blanche
John
Rod
Garnet James
Jamie
Franklin Thomas
Donna Levering
Nelsonville
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Social Calendar
Mrs. Lena Huber announces the marriage of her daughter Ruth to Walter F. Kauffman of Denver on Feb 22 in Brewster Washington. They will reside in Coulee Dam after May 10 with Kauffman employed as an engineer. Ruth Huber is a Pomeroy High School and Cook County Nursing School graduate. The social column also notes church class meeting details and numerous local visits, travels, and home moves among Pomeroy residents and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lena Huber
Ruth
Walter F. Kauffman
Denver
Colo
Brewster
Wash
Miss Huber
Road Project Low Bidders Announced
The state highway department released the low bids for 15 highway projects seven construction and eight maintenance with total estimates of 1 069 226 and low bids totaling 886 174 The Gallia county project along Route 141 includes grading drainage paving and concrete bridges with an estimate of 164 600 and a low bid from W J Seidensticker Co Columbus of 123 732 Maintenance projects cover several routes in Fairfield Hocking Perry Richland Rushcreek Jackson Monday Creek and Falls Grove townships with bituminous treatments and bids such as 53 863 and 42 718 from A W Burns Construction Co Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gallia
Mile
St. Rt
Perry Twp
Fork Creek
Mud Creek
W. J. Seidensticker Co
Fairfield
Hocking
Perry
Reading
Jackson
Richland and
Rushcreek
Jackson and
Monday Creek
Falls Gore
A. W. Burns Construction Co
Birth of son Edward Michael for Mr and Mrs Albert Martin
Mr and Mrs Albert Martin announce the birth of a son Monday at Meigs General Hospital. The baby is named Edward Michael. Grandparents are Mrs Ed Hysell of Condor Street and Mrs Edgar Roush of Minersville. Anthony Hysell is the great grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Albert Martin
Meigs General Hospital
Edward Michael
Ed. Hyseill
Condor St
Edgar Roush
Minersville
Anthony Hysell
Middleport Seniors Hear Dean Starcher Speak
Dr. George W. Starcher dean of University College at Ohio University spoke to Middleport High School seniors on Tuesday about counseling services available to them at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George W. Starcher
University College
Ohio University
Athens
Middleport High School
University
Mixer family departs for Tokyo mission with army unit
Mrs Nina Lou Mixer and her children join husband Robert Mixer in Tokyo where he serves with the army criminal investigation department. They stayed with Mrs Mixer's parents in Cincinnati before departure. The item notes other community happenings including Pioneer 4 H Club activities and visits by local families in Reedsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Nina Lou Mixer
Tokyo
Japan
Robert Mixer
Criminal Investigation Department of the Army
Mixer
Robert George
Patricia Annett
Lee Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Cincinnati
Theodore Reed
Pomeroy
California
Pioneer
Pioneer 4-H Club
Mrs. Reed
Humphrey Farms
Luella Riebel
Patty Wallace
Ruth Ann Powell
Maxine Reed
Ferra Lou Chevalier
Darlene Smith
Donna Jean Kibble
Shirley Hayes
Gertrude Wallace
Louise Riebel
Lucy Kibble
Greta Mae Barton
Nettie Cowdery
Tuppers Plains
George Hamilton
Ella Petty
Belpre
Clyde Pickens
A. L. Hetzer
Little Hocking
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business Womens Club
Zerkle
Susan Park
Ruth Drake
Clara Murray
Harris Marie Smith
Mary Meinhart
Freda Wood
Ethel Maude Young
Ruth Richards
BPW Club
Chase
Rutland Village
L. L. Myers Central Committeeman
Pol. Adv
Harrisonville
Curlee
Charles McMaster
Cash Bahr
South UG
Becky
Middleport, Ohio
Rutland
Bidwell
Phillips
Phillips Sisters Style
Court St
John Snyder, Jr
Camp
Willard Dixon
Judy
Thomas Dixon
Shadyside
Ohio
George Dixon
Buchtel
W. E. James
Louis Lowes
Carbon Hill
Thomas McConaha
Greens Run
William James
Gerald Wooten
Betsy Wooten
Mount St
Pomeroy Social Notes
Union Ave
Pomeroy Personals
Dean Starcher
Liberty
Theatre
Heaven
Bing Crosby
Madge Evans
Edith Fellows
News of the Day
Elberfelds
Economy Loan & Savings Co
W. 2Nd St. Pomeroy
Meigs Pomeroy
Montana
Frrd Flynn
Alexis Smith
S. Z. Sakall
Douglas Kennedy
Temple Middleport
William Powell
Mark Stevens
Betsy
Prairie Pirates
Tex Williams
Bendvue Pomeroy
Nevada
Roy Rogers Trigger
Glenn Ford Eddy Waller
Wild Bill Hickok
BEN Franklin Store
Home Laundry Company
Dickie's
Wilson
Mercury
Wilson Brothers
New York
Clothing House
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