Middleport considers federal aid and sewer rent
Middleport Village Council studied funding options for a proposed lagoon sewage system. A resolution authorized Mayor Lee Smith to apply for federal participation, with project cost estimated at 481,000 and a 30 to 50 percent grant possibility. The council also referred an ordinance on sewer rentals based on metered water use to the sewer and ordinance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lage
Lee Smith
Floyd G. Browne and Associates
Marion
U.S. Public Health Service Program
Smith
Methodists Cite Racine Apple Grove Churches
The Ports mouth District Methodist Church spring conference in Jackson approved a 30000 obligation for Francis Asbury camp site improvements. Rev. Stanley H. McGilliard presided as district superintendent and awards were given to Apple Grove and Racine churches on local activity point systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Apple Grove
Middleport
Francis Asbury
Portsmouth
First Methodist Church
Jackson
Stanley H
Issac S. Mocha
Swaziland
South Africa
United States
Assigned as Clerk at Pedricktown Air Defense Site
Pvt. William E. Murray after basic training at Ft Knox has been assigned as a clerk for the housing officer at the Pedricktown New Jersey air defense site. He spent 12 days with his parents in Pomeroy before shipping out. Earl Hunt of Long Bottom was taken to Meigs Memorial Hospital after a cut left hand at City Hall Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William E. Murray
Ft. Knox
Philadelphia
Pedricktown
N. J
Murray
Dana L. Murray
24Th Artillery Group
A.D
New Jersey
Earl Hunt
Long Bottom
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Hunt
City Hall
Pomeroy Alumni Reunion Fete Plans Banquet and Dance
Pomeroy High School Alumni Assn schedules May 28 reunion at the junior high auditorium with a 6:30 p.m. alumni banquet and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. dance by the Acmets of Parkersburg. Tickets are $3 and cover dues, banquet, and dance. sales through Mrs. Truman Russell and local shops. Middleport notes: Patrolman Scott Shank takes 30 days leave to become district circulation agent for The Messenger. Robert Watkins named part time replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Truman Russell
Acmets
Parkersburg
Middleport
Scott Shank
Lee Smith
Shank
the Messenger
Robert Watkins
Teaching Honorary Initiates 12 Meigs County Teachers
Twelve Meigs County teachers were initiated into Alpha Delta Kappa at a tea in Crow's Steak House. Ruth G. Linehan and others conducted the ceremony for Lambda and Xi Chapter members. New Alpha Epsilon Chapter officers were installed by Mrs. Linehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Smith
Jean Alkire
Bernice Hoffman
Eileen Buck
Maxine Wingett
Nonga_ Roberts
Edna Price
Goldie Story
Elma Louks
Finn B. Gaul
Lineham
Carolyn Goeglein to Wed Terry Rex Cullums
Mr and Mrs Avery Goeglein announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Carolyn Sue to Terry Rex Cullums son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Cullums. Carolyn is a 1961 Pomeroy High School graduate and secretary at Broadway Terrace Apartments Columbus. The double ring ceremony will be held at Rock Springs Methodist Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday May 31 with Rev Robert R Card officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Avery Goeglein
Carolyn Sue
Terry Rex Cullums
Ernest Cullums
Miss Goeglein
Gladys King Goeglein
Pomeroy High School
Columbus
Broadway Terrace
Cullums
Meigs Construction Co
Robert R. Card
Rock Springs Methodist Church
Logan Gives Low Bid For r Pomeroy Fire Hose
POMEROY The Logan Fire and Safety Committee bid for fire hose was accepted by the village Monday night. Logan offered 1562 dollars for 600 feet of two and one half inch hose 600 feet of one and one half inch hose 400 feet of one inch booster hose and 12 universal spanner wrenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Logan Fire and Safety Committee
Pomeroy Village
Tracy Fire Equipent Co
Huntington Hose and Hydraulics
Logan
John Richmond
Richmond
Carl Will
Don Collins
Council
Jed Webster
Charles Legar
Ohio Department of Health
B. J. Hatch
Burgess and Niple Engineering
Kaiser Aluminum Corp
Animals blamed for two recent accidents in county
Sheriff report cites animals as the cause of two crashes. A deer darted into a southbound car driven by Paul Otis Williams near the Meigs Gallia line on Route 7 causing $100 in damage. A second crash injured Lewis Larson as he swerved to avoid two dogs on Township Road 100 four miles southeast of Antiquity, with heavy damage to his Racine Route 2 vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Paul Otis Williams
Eureka
Meigs-Gallia Line
Lewis Larson
Racine
Antiquity
Larson
Banks Education Films Shown to Meigs Students
Pomeroy National Bank officers showed two films, A Bone for Spotty and Banking in Action, to about 3000 Meigs County students in 11 schools over two weeks. The films, owned by the Ohio Bankers Assn and produced by the American Bankers Assn, cover savings and banking roles in nation growth. Columbia University reports its School of Engineering has 1500+ students and a 126-member faculty on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy National Bank
Meigs County
Ohio Bankers Assn
American Bankers Assn
Columbia University
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Meigs County to advertise sale of county properties
Meigs County Commissioners agreed to advertise for sale county owned properties on Lincoln Heights and Butternut Ave in Pomeroy. They transferred 1442 from the county fund to the crippled children's fund and incorporated Prosecutor Bernard Fultz’s opinion on installing two new bridges. The opinion allows payment for two prefabricated bridges to be installed on County Roads 3 and 11 by highway department employees with possible hiring of special equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lincoln Heights
Butternut Ave
Meigs County
Crippled Children’s Fund
Bernard Fultz
Safe Driver Award Goes To 23 Men
Twenty three employees of the Columbus bus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Middleport Division received the National Safety Council Safe Driver Award. P D Kuhn presented the honors. recipients include J M Welsh Raymond Fisher Edward F King Millard Pierce and others with 2 to 15 years accident free driving. A safety program followed with coffee and donuts for forty workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus and Southern Ohio
Marvin King
Lawrence Douglas
Lloyd Blackwood
John W. Thomas
John Hensley
K. E. Davidson
Raymond Baker
Eugene Norton
C. F. Pierce
H. R. Norton
A. D. Blackwood
Roy L. Hendrix
G. E. Ray
Bert Bodimer
Kuhn
Public meeting on Meigs County school for retarded children
A public meeting is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday at Heath Methodist Church to discuss establishing a school for retarded children in Meigs County. Mrs Maxine Plummer district director of mental health with the Ohio Mental Health Assn will attend to hear views from education and community leaders and parents of retarded children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Heath Methodist Church
Maxine Plummer
Wellston
Ohio Mental Health Assn
Birth at Meigs Memorial Hospital in Vinton
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ron ald Atkins of Vinton. Admitted were Ella Atkins Vinton Marilyn Powell Racine Lawrence Ritchie Portland and Earl Hunt Long Bottom. Discharged were Ruby Brightwell Myrtle Simpkins Mary Kiser and Alice Blaettner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Atkins
Vinton
Ella Atkins
Marilyn Powell
Racine
Lawrence Ritchie
Portland
Earl Hunt
Long Bottom
Ruby Brightwell
Myrtle Simpkins
Mary Kiser
Alice Blaettner
Four Men Fined In Mayor's Court
In MIDDLEPORT four men were fined for intoxication with William Reeves Albany fined 15 dollars plus costs Ralph Hawley Middleport 10 dollars and costs Bernard Might 10 dollars and costs for dangerous operation of motor vehicle Claude Fitzpatrick Middleport 10 dollars and costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct In POMEROY a divorce suit by Earl W Wines against Sally Ann Wines was dismissed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Harmon
Lee Smith
William Reeves
Albany
Ralph Hawley
Bernard Might
Claude Fitzpatrick
Pomeroy — A
Earl W. Wines
Sally Ann Wines
Meigs County
Vacation Bible School Planned in Syracuse Schools
Plans for the annual community vacation Bible school at Syracuse grade school were finalized at a ministers meeting. Rev. Carl Herring of the Methodist Church will serve as dean with Rev. Howard Ruppelt and Rev. Paul Sellers assisting during the two week program in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Carl Herring
The
Methodist Church
Howard Ruppelt
Presbyterian Church
Paul Sellers
E. U. B. Church
Weekend Visitors and Relatives Across the Buckeye State
Middleport area residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lake of West Jefferson and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ohlinger of Nelsonville, with their son, toured west then planned a Kentucky visit. Several other locals hosted guests from Dayton, Jackson, Miami, Columbus, and DeKalb while church delegates gathered in Jackson for a Methodist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Robert Rogers
Janet
Nancy
Nelsonville
Thomas Young
Jesse Brickles
Fort Eustis
D. L. Brickles
Brickles
Floyd Smith
Marion
Jesse Lake
West Jefferson
Michael Ohlinger
Leo Kennedy
Lake
Coolville
Kentucky
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Herbert Chambers
Sharon Jones
Jackson
Emerson Jones
Forrest Bachtel
J. W. Dawson
Dawson
Vienna
W. Va
Leo Edwards
Miami
Fla
Laura Bradbury
James Arnold
Rio Grande
Edwards
Connie Cooke
Portsmouth
Methodist Churches
Ron Halley
Columbus
Earl Knight
William W. Wilson
DeKalb
Ill
M. C. Wilson
Knight
Wilson
Alumni Banquet Reservations Due Wednesday in Middleport
Middleport High School alumni must mail reservations for the Alumni Association banquet on May 30. Dinner at Pearl Street Elementary School at 6:30 p.m. features speaker Robert E. McKay Bowing Green State University and toastmaster Franklin Guinther. Tickets at the door. music by the Five Saints. executive committee meets at 7 p.m. at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl St
Robert E. McKay
Bowling Green State University
Franklin Guinther
Columbus
Five Saints
Rio Grande President to Speak at Eastern High Commencement
Dr Alphus Rolland Christensen president of Rio Grande College will speak at the Eastern High School commencement at 8 p m Wednesday in the school. He joined Rio Grande in 1962 after serving on Brookings South Dakota board of education and as director of special services at South Dakota State College. Music by the high school band directed by Rex Jarvis. Norma Nichols class president will introduce him. O O Patterson county superintendent will present diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Alphus Rolland Christensen
Rio Grande College
Eastern High School
Christensen
Rio Grande
Brookings
S. D
Board of
South Dakota State College
Rex Jarvis
Norma Nichols
O. O. Patterson
Rev Ruppelt Sneaker At Middleport
The Rev Howard Ruppelt of Middleport First United Presbyterian Church will speak at baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p m in Middleport High School auditorium. Eighth grade commencement is set for Tuesday May 26 in the high school auditorium followed by high school commencement on Wednesday May 27. The high school awards assembly will be held Wednesday with final exams scheduled for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
Eastern High School Hires Coach
POMEROY David Stricklin of Bellefontaine was employed as a teacher and head football coach at Eastern High School as the Board of Education met at the school. The district announced rehires for bus drivers cooks substitutes janitors and staff positions with terms ranging from one to two years.
Alumni Dinner Plans for Chester Alumni Association
The Chester Alumni Association announces its annual dinner and dance on May 30 at the Chester Elementary School auditorium. Dinner at 7 p.m. followed by round and square dancing to the Brooks Sayre Orchestra. Reservations due by Wednesday with Mrs. Cleo M. Smith. Reunion classes: 1919 1924 1939 1944 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Knight
Paul Hoffman
Horace Karr
Smith
Delmer Baum
Golda Wolfe
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Athens
Ohio
Pvt
William Murray
State Highway Department
Reedsville
Hockingport
Roscoe Wells
Garth Smith
Charlie Greer
Rutland
Belleville
Meigs
Athens County Line
Messenger News
Carolyn Goeglein
Carolyn Sue Goeglein
R Pomeroy Fire
Old Union Ave
William Baronick
Mason City
Mason
Leslie Fultz
Franklin Rizer
Second St
Fultz
CommissioneK’s County Land Sale
Vacation Bible
Akron
Ohio State Bar Association
Atwood Spengler
Mary Bacon
Washington, D. C
Judy Alley
Bacon
Hillsboro
Jack Bacon
Lincoln Hill
New York Central Railroad
Middleport High School
Alumni Association
Fred Lewis
Ruppelt
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