Pomeroy Fugitive Jumps Into River During Altercation
A fight near the Benvue Water works ended when Jack Camp of Henderson West Virginia a 20 year old fugitive swam across the river after fleeing Pomeroy police. Camp reportedly left after an earlier clash with Kenneth Mankin 21 of Pomeroy and was picked up by a boat reported near Mason City. Police described the pursuit and did not charge Mankin. The rescue squad searched the river as air temperatures remained in the low 40s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jack Camp
Henderson
W. Va
Camp
Kenneth Mankin
Benvue Theater
Mankin
Wandling
Parkette
Mason City
Walter Welfe
Jed Webster
State TB group meets as chest x rays tally high
At a meeting in Columbus the State Tuberculosis and Health Association heard 202 free chest X rays in Middleport, 221 in Racine and 178 in Tuppers Plains from the mobile unit in Meigs County last week. County nurse Catherine Shavorinsky, Ruth Entsminger, R.N., Middleport, and Mrs. Philson assisted at the centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
State Tuberculosis and Health Association
Columbus
Ben Philson
Meigs County Association
State Department of Health
Meigs County
Racine
Tuppers Plains
Catherine Shavorinsky
Ruth Entsminger
R. N
Philson
Pomeroy Party Plans Move to Madrid Spain
Mrs Richard Rawling and three daughters of Havana visited Pomeroy with Mrs R H Rawlings en route to a new home in Madrid Spain They planned to leave early this week and were reported en route to Spain prior to departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Richard Rawling
Havanna
Cuba
R. H. Rawlings
Madrid
Spain
Norito Relief Promises Fast Pain Relief
Suffering rheumatism cases, sciatica and neuritis praise NORITO for quick acting relief. The ad claims rapid muscular pain reduction and offers an ironclad guarantee: if the first three doses fail to relieve pain, money refunded. See your druggist today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norito
Orito
Door Torn Off Car by Passing Truck Near Church
Middleport report says Mrs. C. B. Shafer’s car door was ripped off by a close-passing truck Saturday afternoon as the vehicle was being parked near Heath Methodist Church for a flower show. State Highway Patrol investigated. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Honor Roll Named at Pomeroy High School
POMEROY The honor roll for the final six weeks at Pomeroy Senior High School lists 67 students under principal J. E. White. The sophomore class leads with 27 students, 18 girls and nine boys, followed by 16 girls and nine boys in the juniors and 12 girls and three boys in the seniors. Girls outnumber boys 46 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
J. E. White
Joe Foster
William Knight
Earl Paulsen
Dorothy Bolinger
Jean Bryant
Betty Custer
Emma Lou Davis
Carol Evans
Evelyn Fick
Patricia Gress
Tia Mae Hayes
Ann Smith
June Unroe
Phyllis Weeks
June Whaley
Don Betzing
George Dallas
Walter Green
Benny Rice
James Russell
Eugene Thomas
William Robbs
Charles Yost
Richard Young
Maxine Duckler
Ann Foster
JoAnn Gilmore
Jean Harbrecht
Patricia Jesse
Dorothy Leonard
Patricia Meier
Nora Mae Michael
Zeda Jane Paulin
Barbara Phillips
Helen Renshaw
Joan Riggs
Patsy Shields
Joan Wagner
Anna Lee Warner
Jean Zahl
Bobby Barnitz
Donald Ebersbach
Bernard Grueser
Roger Grueser
Paul Harris
Carl Nease
Robert Parker
John Robinson
Bob Still
Violet Bailey
Dorothy Beards
Mary Clifford
Polly Dill
Bonnie Eichinger
Joyce Fischer
Betty Genheimer
Helen E. Grueser
Helen J. Gruesser
Ruth Johnson
Katherine Miller
Rhea Ann Myers
Verna Osborn
Joyce Phillips
Nora Mae Riggs
Marilyn Swatzel
Margaret Thuener
Martha Weed
Cars Damaged In Meigs Collision Near Rutland
Minor damage to the front ends of two autos occurred when vehicles driven by Lloyd Sigler Kuger and Margaret Cundiff of West Columbia collided on highway 124 a mile east of Rutland around 2 a.m. Sunday. A physician found bruises on the woman’s arms and chest with no broken bones. no arrest was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Lloyd Sigler
Kuger
Margaret Cundiff
West Columbia
Jackson County Girl Awarded Scholarship
Stella Jean Nilliken of Coalton Jackson County is among 22 high school graduates receiving scholarships for elementary school teaching at Ohio State University. The awards include free tuition of 30 dollars a quarter and help in finding part time work, per the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Jean Nilliken
Coalton
Jackson County
Ohio State University
Associated Press
Three Injured in Pomeroy Crash by Mason Bridge
Three people were injured and two trucks along with an auto and the wall of Smiths Cafe were damaged in a traffic accident near the Mason bridge about 1 30 p m Sunday. Stoats and Mankin were treated at Meigs General Hospital and Werry at the Mason Clinic before being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Smith's
Mason Bridge
Harry Stoats
Downington
Kenneth Mankin
Charles Werry
Stoats
Mankin
Meigs General Hospital
Werry
Mason Clinic
Smith’s
Busy Bee Class Sees New Members and Plans
Middleport Busy Bee Class met at Mrs. A. R. Pullen home with 33 members. New member Lindsey Lyons joined as the group discussed financing a Tar Hollow Camp trip and converting a church basement into a recreation room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. R. Pullen
Lindsey Lyons
Florence Bush
Tar Hollow
J. O. Leonard
Raymond Grim
Julia Lyon
Tucson
Ariz
L. D. Diles
G. H. Wise, Jr
Leonard
Dana Hamilton
Milton Hood
Homer Hysell
Arthur Covert
Iuis
Local social notes and college attendance in Rio Grande area
Mr and Mrs Donovan Allen of Buffalo visit relatives including Mrs A H Bradbury and Rio Grande College board meeting. Joe O Leary and George Darnell stay with John Curtis. Donald Mills and Patricia Sherman attend Pi Beta Phi dance in Athens. Sally Schaaf visits father Dr G C Schaaf near Chillicothe. Miss Mary Virginia Haggerty of Columbus visits and attends graduation. brother James Haggerty in class. Miss Lelia Hawkins attends Flower Show at Heath Methodist Church. Mrs Elizabeth Kirby injured in fall on Grant Street with fractured rib and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan Allen
Buffalo
N. Y
A. H. Bradbury
Rio Grande
Allen
Frank Allen
Rio Grande College
Joe O'Leary
Cleveland
George Darnell
Columbus
John Curtis
S. Second Ave
Donald Mills
Patricia Sherman
Mills
Pi Beta Phi
Athens
Sally Schaaf
G. C. Schaaf
Chillicothe
George Baker
O. L. Baker
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Edwin Haggerty
James Haggerty
Lelia Hawkins
Heath Methodist Church
Elizabeth Kirby
Grant St
General Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
Admitted Cora Ervin of Pomeroy for medical care. Mrs Kenny Lee and her son discharged. Emergencies include Harry Stoats of Downington and Kenneth Mankin of Pomeroy with lacerations. Walter Russell admitted May 18 for medical treatment remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Ervin
Pomeroy
Kenny Lee
Harry Stoats
Downington
Kenneth Mankin
Walter Russell
High School Quartet Sings for Rotary
The Melodaires from Middleport High School performed at the Middleport Rotary Club meeting at Heath Methodist Church. Members David Diles Bruce Bingham Charles Walburn and Harold Rice sang six selections to an enthusiastic crowd. Fred J Reed new president attended for the first time in months and plans to take office in July while convalescing from illness. A letter from an English Rotarian was read by secretary Jack Robson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Melodaires
Heath Methodist Church
David Diles
Bruce Bingham
Charles Walburn
Harold Rice
Rotarians
Fred J. Reed
Mr. Reed
Jack Robson
Meigs County Land Transfers Record Highlights
Perry A. Riggs and auditors staged a flurry of deeds across Lebanon Letart Olive Orange Rutland Pomeroy Salisbury Rutland and Rutland, transferring dozens of acres, coal rights, royalty interests, and mineral stakes to Albert Hill Jr and others including M A Hall, Henry Kiesling Ruth Circle, and Robert Larson, with multiple parcels ranging from 1 to 89 acres and various coal units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kiesling
Ruth R. Circle
Letart
Otto
Hilda Schmoll
Robert Os
Margaret Schmoll
Middleport
Perry A. Riggs
Curtis L. Grimm
Albert Hill, Jr
Pearl H. Hawthorne
Carrie Y. Mitchell
Albert Hill
Lebanon
Bernard J. Joyce
M. A. Hall
Olive-Orange
Ernest
Winfred Barton
Olive Orange
G. H
Emily Hatfield
Lawton
Lora B. Waddle
Rutland
J. B
Olive Torrence
Herman Chevalier
Olive
W. M. Flesher
Ray Dorahew
Emmett D
Katherine S. Peoples
Hiram
Marie J. Archer
Pomeroy
Mary J
Hiram Archer
Theodore
Bessie Pullins
Salisbury
Merrie Gardner
Robert Larson
Lawrence Bush
Lawrence Bush, 42 Acres, Letart
Dana St. Clair
Charles L. Russell
Chester
Homer Hawkins
Guy Carson
Paul Bailey
Newton Bowles
Ward C. Halliday
Salem
State of
Ohio
John C. Bacon
David M. Conger
John Philson
War Surplus Items Offered to Veterans
Meigs County service director William Stewart announced a War Assets Administration list of sale items for veterans. Notable goods include wood drill bits, office chairs, desks, a duplicator, engineering supplies, file cabinets, oscillating fans, mitre boxes, soldering irons, and spud sockets. WAA warehouses are in Sharonville and Cincinnati, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Stewart
Meigs County
War Assets Administration
WAA
Sharonville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Middleport High School Baccalaureate Honors Imperishable Crowns
Senior class at Middleport High heard Dr Homer G McMillen preach on imperishable crowns of righteousness glory and life The service in the high school auditorium featured the band the Girls Glee Club and students in black and white gowns with prayers readings and hymns including Onward Christian Soldiers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Middleport High School
McMillen
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
Raymond Maxwell
Crusaders
W. B. Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Pomeroy Students Hold Wiener Roast at Meigs Fairgrounds
Pomeroy eighth to twelfth grade students held a wiener roast Thursday afternoon at the Meigs County fairgrounds with chaperons Martin Mesch enberg Aaron Zah and Miss Helen Tussing. They enjoyed track, ball games, and horse racing as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Fairgrounds
Martin Meshenberg
Aaron Zah
Helen Tussing
Rose Hill School Students Enjoy All Day Outing
Sixth seventh and eighth grade students at Rose Hill School spent Thursday at principal Ray Whaley's home. They fished swam rode a hay rack and had a picnic as the day’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Hill
Ray Whaley
4-H Club Leaders Train in Clothing Construction at Pomeroy
A leaders training school will be held at Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for clothing club leaders and mothers of girls with clothing projects. Edith Berry will teach garment construction and material selection. Home Furnishings and canning methods were also discussed at a recent Ideal 4-H Club meeting led by Mrs. Howard Ebersbach with Pauline Blosser and Geneva Nolan presenting. The 4-H Officers Conference is set for the same facility on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. with officers and advisers expected to attend. Refreshments were served. next meeting is May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Methodist Church
Pomeroy
Edith Berry
Pomeroy Senior High
Ideal
Howard Ebersbach
Pauline Blosser
Geneva H. Nolan
Ebersbach
Mrs Katharine Brown in Critical Condition After Thrombosis
Mrs Katharine Rathburn Brown's condition worsened while at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis she suffered a coronary thrombosis Sunday afternoon her family stays at her bedside she has been there three weeks for treatment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Rathburn Brown
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Youths Held for Hobson Rock Tossing
Four juveniles ages 16 and 17 were arrested by the state highway patrol after rocks were hurled at passing vehicles near the Hobson bridge on Route 7. Initially denying involvement, one 16-year-old later admitted all four participated. They were booked after 11 p.m. and held for probate court today. One teen noted as having attended school last term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Hobson
Meigs County
Cheshire
Gallipolis
Hobson Bridge
Honor Roll Is Announced At Rose Hill School Pomeroy
Rose Hill School in Pomeroy releases honor roll by grade with first graders Sharon Bahr Mary Anna English Janice Partlow Linda Folmer and Donnie Stobart on the list. Gerald Glass and Geraldine Seelig make the second grade. Third graders include Michael Evans Rita Ball Una Faye Gearhart. Fourth graders Linda Sue Frick Ada Anne Hysell Gene Mitch Dorothy Stobart and Robert Wilson. Fifth graders Joyce Davis Davie Still and Michael Castle. Sixth grader Ruby Stobart. Seventh graders Frances Evans Sue Ann Clark Lena Mitch and Barbara Still. Eighth graders Margaret Bruch Kathryn Landers and Ronald Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rose Hill School
Sharon Bahr
Mary Anna English
Janice Partlow
Linda Folmer
Donnie Stobart
Gerald Glass
Geraldine Seelig
Michael Evans
Rita Ball
Una Faye Gearhart
Linda Sue Frick
Ada Anne Hysell
Gene Mitch
Dorothy Stobart
Robert Wilson
Joyce Davis
Davie Still
Michael Castle
Ruby Stobart
Frances Evans
Sue Ann Clark
Lena Mitch
Barbara Still
Margaret Bruch
Kathryn Landers
Ronald Castle
Marriage Licenses List From Ohio and West Virginia Couples
A compiled list shows numerous marriage licenses for individuals from Ohio and nearby West Virginia towns. Names include Howard E. Julian and Glenah V. Phillips. Earl Munday and Ruth Whited. Samuel Eveland and Hazel Johnson. and many others with ages, occupations, and birthplaces such as Dayton Belpre Pomeroy Middleport Huntington Athens Parkersburg and Beards Fork. The entries reflect diverse trades from electricians and waitresses to rivermen and truck drivers, with groom and bride ages spanning late teens to early forties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Julian
Dayton
Glenah V. Phillips
Pomeroy
Earl Munday
Belpre
U. S. Army
Ruth Whited
Samuel Eveland
South Bloomingville
Ohio
Hazel Johnson
Kenneth Markins
Middleport
Carpenter
Vermont
Chelyan
W.va
Genevieve Slack
Chester
Packer
Grover Co. Smith
Athens
Farmer
Bernice Perry
Fred Casto
Parkersburg
Doris Lees
James D. Peters
Virginia Cramm
Henry Munn
Marilyn Shein
Boyd Liford
Beards Fork
Pauline Noel
Two Churches Honor Seniors At Services
Seniors from the Church of Christ and First Baptist Church were honored in Sunday services. New Testaments were presented to MHS seniors and five graduates received revised New Testaments at Sunday school. The Rev. Mr. Pomeroy urged leaders to guide others as church officers were recognized for their new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ and
First Baptist Church
Etta Mae Burrell
Dorothy Don Duffield
Bessie Glaze
Dorothy Miller
Ruth Pratt
Lorraine Riggs
Helen Roush
Don Becker
James Ervin
Jack Kelly
James Haggerty
Robert Turner
Polly Karr
Mary Louise Thomas
Bruce Bingam
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
MHS
Charles Pomeroy
Iris Palmer
Jean Clark
Dorothy Chase
Marilyn Knopp
Malcolm Miller
Billy Durst
Pomeroy
Northern Baptist Convention
Milwaukee
Pickway
Former Meigs Resident Dies in Zanesville Funeral
POMEROY Mr and Mrs Lester Wilson Mr and Mrs Edward Lohn and Mrs Marvin Meier attended the funeral of Mrs Goldie Yocum 57 who died May 16 at her home in Zanesville formerly Goldie Wilson of Pomeroy sister of Mr Wilson Her mother Mrs Ola Wilson Sugar Run Pomeroy lives in Zanesville and is 82 Survivors include her husband Ray two sons Alfred and Richard and two daughters Betty Yocom and Mrs John Dell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lester Wilson
Edward Lohn
Marvin Meier
Zanesville
Goldie Yocum
Yocum
Goldie Wilson
Wilson
Ola Wilson
Sugar Run
Speeding Fined In Tuppers Plains Case
Major Leon Partlow of Sumner Ohio was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on a speeding charge Friday night. He appeared before Justice Carl Parker in Tuppers Plains and pleaded guilty, receiving a $10 fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Leon Partlow
Sumner
Ohio
Justice of the Peace
Carl Parker
Miss Martha Roedel Visits Pomeroy Parents
Miss Martha Roedel of Portsmouth visited her parents Mr and Mrs J O Roedel in Pomeroy over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Martha Roedel
Portsmouth
J. O. Roedel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meigs
Rutland High School
Pomeroy Parking Lot
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
OM. Advertising CO
Rebant
ORE
Main St
Smith Establishment
City Hall
Middleport Social Notes
Widdleport Personals
General Hospital
Drew Webster Post
Don W. Schoeppe
American Legion
Rotary
W. M. Ashley
John M. Richmond
United Benefit Life Insurance
CG. OF
Omaha
Pomeroy Social Notes
Lake Hope
Gerald Pullins
Bonnie Dow
Maxine Cutler
Dorothy Teaford
Juanita Teaford
Helen Hysell
Art Smith
Richard Gilmore
Henry Bentz
Bob Faulk
Bill Lehew
George Wagner
Katharine Brown
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs Pomeroy
Lady
Hedy Lamarr
Dennis O'Keefe
John Loder
William Lundigan
Paul Cavanaugh
Natalie Shafer
Temple Middleport
Zorro
Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Basil Rathbone
Bendvue
Three
Riders OF the
Black Mountains
Tim McCoy
High Tide
Speeder
Hollywood
Prevue
NH One
Reader’s Digest
Pore Schary
Irene D - Georges On
Anne
Yoon
Barbara Bel Geddes
Oscar Homolka
Philip Dorn
Hive
Cetus G
U S
WSONG
Idaho
Pere Eas
Guy la Se Ee
Fers Area
Bill Dunnigan
Olga
Father Paul
Meese
Cathy
Valli Sinatra
Lee J. Cobb
Aroio Vermilyer
Extracartoon
A. Smith
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