Meigs General Hospital denies merger plans and notes AMA approval
Pomeroy officials state there is no merger consideration with any hospital now or in the future. Meigs General Hospital, owned by a private corporation with medical men, dentists, and lay members, has AMA registration and aims to expand space while awaiting veterans project developments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
American Medical Association
Middleport
Memorial Hospital
PHS Band Boosters to Meet Tonight
Pat Lochary president of the Band Boosters said a meeting will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the senior High School auditorium. Parents of band members are urged to attend as this is expected to be the last meeting until fall. The past year’s activities will be discussed and a Tag Day report given with officers to be elected.
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Pomeroy
Pat Lochary
Nior High School
Students of MHS Honored At Awards Night Program
Middleport High School honored seniors Katherine Bachtel and Frank White with honor keys for high scholastic achievement. Awards included Reader's Digest, DAR Good Citizenship pins, and multiple class honors. Principal Supt. McComas praised parental support while other awards covered athletics, music, and academic honors.
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MHS
Midpleport
Katherine Bachtel
Forrest Bachtel
Frank Talbott White
Board of Faucation
Frank White
White
Middleport High School
Supt
L. W. McComas
Kitty
Frank
Bachtel
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Parkersburg
Joseph Dumble Bryan
Jonathan Meigs
U. S
Susan Park
McComas
Middleport
Safety Patrol
Mildred Hawley
Tonette
Raymond Maxwell
Nan Moore
Gerald Warren
Jennings Wayland
Gale Shepard
Lois Ann Smith
William C. Durst
Paddy Jo Lambert
Pete Davis
Charlene Dillard
Nancy Hardy
Charles Vroman
Donald Price
Pomeroy Man Held After Restaurant Fight
Charles M Delay 31 of Pomeroy was arrested by Patrolman Jed Webster Jr for cutting Richard Eblin of Middleport during a late night fight at a W Main St restaurant. Delay faces cutting with intent to kill or maim, with a mayor's court appearance scheduled Tuesday.
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Pomeroy
Charles M. Delay
Jed Webster, Jr
Richard Eblin
Middleport
W. Main St
Delay
Local Hospital Updates Share Convalescence and Illness News
Mrs. Clifford Kincaid convalesces after surgery at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg with improved condition reported. Mrs James Radford underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital Gal lipolis. Mrs R C Tuckerman taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Mrs John Schaaf ill and was taken to Gallipolis with daughter Mrs Everett Bachner and Mrs John Vroman visiting. Mrs Roger Spencer and newborn daughter returned from Holzer Hospital to the home of Mr and Mrs Hershel Brown and Mrs Curtis Swisher of Cheshire. Joe Wilson is a medical patient at McMillen Hospital Charleston with Mrs Wilson convalescing from pneumonia. John Gothard unable to attend school due to illness. Harold Barnette of Grayson Kentucky guest of C E Shepard pastor, occupied Zion Church pulpit Sunday replacing Dick Bain.
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Clifford Kincaid
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
James Radford
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
R. C. Tuckerman
John Schaaf
Everett Bachner
John Vroman
Roger Spencer
Bigger Band for Next Year Is Planned
Middleport Band Boosters plan to enlarge the school band to 74 musicians next year. They face a need for instruments, repairs, and gear while managing a treasury under $200. A bake sale June 4 at Tri Luster Cleaners aims to raise funds toward a $1000 summer goal.
Junior Band Members Entertained at Picnic
Middleport school junior band with 30 children was entertained by Band Mothers at Roadside Park. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Robert Rawlings and others as Raymond Maxwell, the band leader, attended the event.
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Middleport
Robert Rawlings
Thomas Riley
Neils Powell
Kermit Wiseman
William Grate
Raymond Maxwell
First Strawberries Picked at Rutland
Rutland resident Mrs. C. E. Stansbury is believed to be the first in the area to harvest homegrown strawberries. She picked a pint on May 11.
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Rutland
C. E. Stansbury
Jolly 12 Club Hosts Pot Luck and Prizes at Myrna Angle’s Home
Mrs Myrna Angle hosted the Jolly 12 club with 58 members and guests attending at her house. Prizes went to Mrs Bell Mrs Morgan and Mrs Stobbs after games. Pot luck lunch followed and Dora Webb will host next month at Ruth Bell’s home.
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New Straitsville
Myrna Angle
Jolly 12
Twila Donley
Wanda Martin
Bess Kemper
Anne Kemper
Edna Rollins
Jose Stobbs
Dora Webb
Mary Morgan
Myrtle Wallace
Ruth Bell
Bell
Morgan
Roy Arbell
Sugar Creek
Jack Pratt
Rita Douglas
Columbus
Harry Douglas
Jane
William Bell
Harry Witchy
Logan
Forest Rose Chapter
Pythian Sisters
Jenny McMullen
Charlotte Ruscoe
Bob Nichols
Clarence Mellencamp
Canton
Nelle Mitchell
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Club Meeting
The Meigs County Woman's Republican Club met at Mrs. Bentz Wolfe's home on W Main St with 26 members. A surprise handkerchief shower for Mrs. Wolfe accompanied plans for a July picnic at Alta Nelson's. Seven new members joined. Jessie Saunders was elected delegate and Hattie Woodard alternate to the Ohio State Republican Conference in Columbus. Mrs. Bentz Wolfe assists the credentials committee. Zana Baxter presented a Mother's Day program. Hattie Woodard won a quiz on "The Most Wonderful Things Mother Does for Us." A June 11 meeting at the courthouse is planned for 2 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Woman's Republican Club
Bentz Wolfe
W. Main St
Wolfe
Alta Nelson
Columbus
Jessie Saunders
Hattie Woodard
Zana Baxter
Serena Ihle Celebrates 91st Birthday in Racine Home
Mrs. Serena Ihle marked her 91st birthday anniversary at her son William Ihle’s home in Racine. Attendees included her daughter Mrs. Jesse Jewell of New Haven West Virginia eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was born in West Virginia on Seigrist Ridge where ancestors pioneered 4000 acre Graham Station area that later included New Haven.
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Pomeroy
Serena_ Ihle
William Ihle
Racine
Jesse Jewell
New Haven
W. Va
Ihle
Riley Seigrist
West Virginia
Seigrist
Meigs County Religious Education Roll Call Opens
The Meigs County Council of Religious Education begins its annual roll call to support the weekday program. A rally for the workers is set for 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Council of Religious Education
Friendly Circle meeting at Gibbs home in Pomeroy
The Friendly Circle of the Federated Church will gather Tuesday evening at Mrs. W. A. Gibbs residence on Butternut Avenue. Assistants hostesses are Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mrs. Harry Miller.
Weekend visits span across towns with multiple families
Mr and Mrs R C Francis of Newark spent the weekend in Dayton with the Dow and Hines families visiting Cincinnati for a ball game. Columbus residents Lewis F Hinds see their aunt Bertha Pownall in Mulberry Ave. Findlay’s George Stace Jr with parents in Minersville, plus greetings to Beilah Kesterson Pomeroy and Robert Fife Middleport. Lytle Karr Milhoan visit Clarence Karr Millersport. George Palmer spends Sunday in Huntington W Va. Joe Struble of Columbus sees his parents.
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R. C. Francis
Newark
C. E. Dow
Willard Hines
Ray
Roger
Denver Thoma
Margaret Werry
Dayton
Donald Downs
Cincinnati
Lewis F. Hinds
Columbus
Bertha Pownall
Mulberry Ave
George Stace, Jr
Findlay
Stace
George Stace
Minersville
Beilah Kesterson
Pomeroy
Robert Fife
Virginia
Middleport
Charles Lytle
Dana Karr
Thomas Milhoan
Carolyn
Pomeroy Council Eyes Funds to Finish Sewer Project
POMEROY council reviews a $936 estimate for additional 20 and 52 inch pipe plus under $10,000 labor to finish the storm sewer. Solicitor to seek state tax funding while rabbits nuisance and taxi licensing changes are addressed. Walter Bentz to study private garbage service as a potential plan.
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Pomeroy
Council
Goodwin
Walter Bentz
Middleport Social Notes Engagement of Wayland and Powell
Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Norma Louise Wayland of Middleport and Robert Powell of Columbus. They plan to wed May 26 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Pomeroy. Powell is a former Air Corps captain now in Chillicothe. Wayland served with Waves and on the Meigs County Ration Board.
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Middleport
Norma Louise Wayland
Robert Powell
Columbus
L. Mohrhoff
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Pomeroy
Norman Wayland
Mill St
Middleport High School
Washington
The
Waves
Meigs County Ration Board
Stark's Pharmacy
Powell
Central High School
U.S. Air Corps
Chillicothe
Decision Expected In Sale Of Bethany Church Building
A decision is expected Friday on the Bethany Church building sale. The quarterly conference at United Methodist Church begins at 7 30 P M with Dr E E Fowler in charge.
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Pomeroy
Bethany
United Methodist Church
E. E. Fowler
Estate Administrators File Final Accounts
An inventory of Flora B. Davidson estate presented by Lordell Davidson as administrator was approved. Manning D. Webster filed a first and final account as administrator de bonis non of John D. Bowen estate. John C. Bacon filed his first and final account as administrator of A. T. Chapman estate.
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Pomeroy
Flora B. Davidson
Lordell Davidson
Manning D. Webster
John D. Bowen
John C. Bacon
A. T. Chapman
Marriage Licenses Shown For Northern County Couples
John Lewis Douglas 20 a mechanic from Pomeroy wed Barbara Ruth Fox 16 also of Pomeroy. Verlin Peck 32 of Harrisonville married Margie Chase 26 from Carpenter. Reed Will 28 a laborer of Pomeroy wed Mildred Hawley 24 of Pomeroy. Rollin Roush 27 a laborer from Pomeroy married Louise Burnem 19 of Letart Falls.
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John Lewis Douglas
Pomeroy
Barbara Ruth Fox
Verlin Peck
Harrisonville
Margie Chase
Carpenter
Reed Will
Mildred Hawley
Rollin Roush
Louise Burnem
Letart Falls
GOP women depart for two day Columbus meeting
Mrs Dora Heaton Mrs Bernice Durst Mrs Herman Hoffner Mrs William Fisher and former sheriff Ralph Welker left Monday to attend a two day Women s Republican meeting in Columbus.
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GOP
Pomeroy
Dora Heaton
Bernice Durst
Herman Hoffner
William Fisher
Ralph Welker
Columbus
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Middleport residents and guests share weekend hospitality across Ohio and West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Robert Sharp and others hosted at Laurelville while Willard Moore joined Mrs Moore returning to Columbus. Har ves Mourning and family spent Sunday in Marriott W Va with Homer Kersey and in Dickinson with C E Walker.
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Robert Sharp
Paul Haptonstall
Edith Iris
Glenn Sharp
Laurelville
Willard Moore
Columbus
Mr. Moore
George Moore
Middleport Hill
Homer Kersey
Marriott
W. Va
Harvey Mourning
Paul Mourning
Joan
Dickinson
Richard Chambers
George Hobstetters
Pomeroy
Paul Smith
Jack Gibson
Charleston
Gibson
Bettie Wise
Mildred Ann Wise
Layton Sayre
James Souders
Ohio University
Don Rice
Griffithsville
Ward Pauley
Son Born to S Sorden at Patuxent River Navy Hospital
A son was born May 11 to S Sgt and Mrs Jack Sorden at the Naval Air Station Hospital Patuxent River Md. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs E C Finlaw Harrisonville Clarence Sorden and Mrs Joseph Zwilling Chicago.
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Pomeroy
Jack Sorden
Joan Finlaw
Naval Air Station Hospital
Patuxent River
E. C. Finlaw
Harrisonville
Clarence Sorden
Joseph Zwilling
Chicago
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John Dudding
Dudding
Supt. McComas
Rosemary Fisher
Sara Goodwin
Jo Ann Wood
Joan Custer
Rodney Downing
Lucille Smith
Earl Knight
Vinas Lee
Hazel Hawking
Charlene Neal
Patricia Kennedy
David Niles
Glenn Glaze
Girls Glee Club
Lois Cecil
L&z
Main St. Ph
Harold Barnette
Grayson, Ky
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
Zion Church
Dick Bain
Ompor
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Tri-Lustre Cleaners
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A. C. Gibson, Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Fred W. Crow, Jr
State Department of Taxation
Crow
Ernest Johnson
Johnson Sign Service
Nye Ave
Sidney Spencer
Finance Committee
Boney, Goodwin, Vaughan
Will
E. F. Robinson
Spencer
Middleport Social Notes
First Baptist Church
Heath Methodist Church
Royce Lee Pauley
George Mourning
Ironton
Ida
Miss Mourning
Delbert Russell
Lorain
Hot Springs
Griff Russell
Victor Hannah
Charles Russell
Frank Vaughan
Hannah
Kathryn Jane
Charles Wise, Jr
Owen Fink
Bill
Dean
Winona
Judy Fink
Mabel Hysell
Athens County
Probate Court News
Weeee Morgan Thi Tay Work
Hugh Sinted “Marinotte At
Errol Flynn
R. A. Bata
Burlingham Community Church
Burlingham, Ohio
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Monte Cristo
Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
George Sanders
Mason
Mason Acaos
Childrer Ghoer
OBR
Rod Cameron
Cathy Downs
Panhandle
Susan Peters
Alexander Knox
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Ram
Donald O'Conner and
Ogla San Juan
Are You
With IT
Meigs Pomeroy
San Francisco
Clark Gable
Jeanette MacDonald
Spencer Tracy
Temple Middleport
Marsha Hunt
William Lundigan
Charles Winninger
Los Angeles
Bendvue Pomeroy
Thunder Mountain
Tim Holt
Yanney
King Arthurs Court
Rhonda Fleming
William Bendix
Pitza Tiil
Johnny Belinda
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