Middleport mulls water plan shift amid county ruling
Middleport council weighs scrapping joint water purchase with Pomeroy after an Ohio Attorney General ruling allowing either town to build its own system. A municipal plant could include three village wells and a hilltop reservoir, financed by revenue bonds, with potential federal grants being explored. Public hearing for rezoning Gravel Hill area set for June 26.
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Lowell Wingett
Meigs County
Middleport
Pomeroy
Meigs County Water Company
Middleport Council
City Hall
C. O. Fisher
Pomeroy Council
Ohio Attorney General
The
Torney General
Meigs County Water Co
Public Utilities Commission
Council
Syracuse
Rutland
Racine
New Haven
Hartford
Mason
John Zerkle
Zerkle
Park
Page
Meigs Equipment Company
Fisher
Senior crowned at Point Pleasant archery event
Anita Walden, daughter of Charles and Mrs Walden, was crowned National Archery Queen aboard the Chaperone on the river last night. Marty Buffington 17 and senior placed first runner up, escorted by Larry Hudson. Rita Williamson 17 and 2nd runner up, escorted by Larry Pauley. Kathy Sayre 16 and 3rd runner up, Becky Withrow 17 and 4th runner up, each aided by escorts. Junior sponsors listed including Miss Freda Henderson and others.
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Point Pleasant
Anita
Miss Walden
Charles Walden
Mike Marnhout
William Marnhout
Marty Buffington
Miss Buffington
William Buffington
Larry Hudson
Rita Williamson
Lannes Williamson
South Side
Larry Pauley
Kathy Sayre
Pearley Sayre
Leon
Dale Wheeler
Becky Withrow
Earl Withrow
Harold Thomas
Freda Henderson
Linda Beale
Everlyn Brake
Judy Burdette
CL. Head
Robert Shertzer
Clifford Dunn
Ann Buchanan
Helen Sterrett
Wahama High Seniors Hear Valedictorian Addresses
Mason County 1967 graduate David Cooke delivers the valedictory “Life Well Lived Is An Art.” Sandra Stewart, salutatorian, thanks parents and teachers as the class sponsors and band provide music. Principal Clyde Foley and Supt Milton Burdette present diplomas. a long list of graduates is named.
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Mason
David Cooke
Olivier Roy Cooke
Letart
Wahama High School
Sandra Stewart
Paul Stewart
West Columbia
Jack Welch
St. Paul Lutheran Church of
New Haven
Nelson Jennings
Lena Jones
Scott Willock
Clyde Foley
Milton P. Burdette
Mason County
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admission and Discharges
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes admit John Turley Hartford Mrs Denzil Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs Roy Browning Point Pleasant Orville Cossin Leon Mrs Rufus Greathouse Glenwood. Dismissed Mrs Clifford Jones and daughter.
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John Turley
Hartford
Denzil Taylor
Point Pleasant
Roy Browning
Orville Cossin
Leon
Rufus Greathouse
Glenwood
Clifford Jones
Pomeroy Chamber Reports Regatta Plans Progress
At a noon meeting the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce heard committee chairmen describe final plans for the Regatta in Pomeroy on June 23 to 25. About 25 percent of display space is sold, with booth sales prioritized to fill 30 booths in the large tent. Outside space on upper and lower lots remains available. Jim Mees reported Miss America pageant plans for June 24 are nearly complete. Charles Diehl resigned as merchant police, leaving merchants without a store check until a replacement is found.
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Pomeroy
Martin
Jim Mees
Bob Wingett
Chamber
Charles Diehl
Diehl
Meigs Local board hears pupil assignment concerns
Rutland Meigs residents crowd Pomeroy Elementary to oppose proposed shifts moving high and junior high students to Middleport and Pomeroy. Superintendent Hargraves frames plan as space and program improvement with levy renewal stakes. no board action.
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Pomeroy
Rutland
Scipio
Middleport
Meigs
Robert Snowden
Eugene Fink
Board of Education
Snowden
Meigs County
George Hargraves
Hargraves
Hargrave
Snowden and Fink
Robert Craig
Dleport
Paul Chapman
Delmar Canaday
Robert Pickett
Darwin
Karr Construction Co
Chester
Ohio Valley Plumbing & Heating, Inc
Tracy Haning
Joe Bailey
Boatman Stranded In Middleport Rescue
Arthur Murray of Athens Road was stranded when his outboard failed while a pleasure boat drifted midstream Sunday evening. The Middleport rescue squad was dispatched at 8 p.m. and towed the iboat safely to shore from the levee.
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Middleport
Arthur Murray
Athens Road
Middleport Levee
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Lowe
Middleport Planning Commission
Harold Kauff
Middleport Postal
C. C. Fisher
Board of Public Affairs
Vaughn
Stumbo
Baker
Parmelee
Chase
Richard Bailey
Harold Chase
Wayne Gibbons
Dodrill Ford Sales
McArthur
Wellston, Ohio
Wahama High
Laura Aldridge
William Vernon Arthur
Judith Ann Lathey
Larry Thomas Ball
Brenda Brown Clathworthy
Kevin Max Beatty
Lewis Filmore Capehart
Linda Lee Call
Nancy Capehart
Connie Carpenter Agiker
Jesse Donald Clark
Deborah Lynn Cook
Roy David Cooke
Roger Daniel Deem
Glenn Edwards
James Ronald Fields
Nancy Jane Fields
Vickie Lynn Fields
Charlies
Michael Fry
Vicki Lynn Fry
Kenneth Robert Fry
Larry Joseph Fry
David Glenn Frye
Rebecca Ann Lewis
Dale Stephen Mochir
Barbara Kay Marshall
Victoria Lynn May
Jimmie Lee Maynard
Jeanette Mae Miller
Jeanine Fae Miller
Vaughan Leroy Miller
Virginia Lynn Noble
Linda Diane Ord
Roberta Sue Parsons
Norma Jean Patterson
James Carl Payley
Alvie Liss Purkey
Sherron
Ann Queen
Diana Lynn Reed
Ershe Adron Riffle
Earl Lester Riley
Dale Gene Rollins
Alfred Lee Roush
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Electric Company
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Contemporary
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
N. Front St
Columbus
Ohio
Rutland Group
Nationwide
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nationwide Life Insurance Co
Carl J. House
W. State St
Athens,Ohio
Harold B. Swisher
W. State
Athens, Ohio
Paul M. Williams
Ellis Ave
Chauncey
Roger W. Wolf
Fort St
Nelsonville, Ohio
James E. Rimelspach
W. Main St
Logan
Kenneth D. Williams
E. Second St
Ralph Beffett
Ned K. Myers
W. Hunter
Paul J. Farley
E. Second Ave
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