Middleport approves zone change and growth plans
Middleport council approved a zoning change at Beech and Locust from residential to industrial on the planning commission’s recommendation and granted permission for Keith Goble Ford Co to extend holdings for a car lot. The board also discussed storm sewer issues, fines for dumping, parking meter hours, alley ownership, a Memorial Day pool opening, and park care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Jones Meigs
Middleport
Beech and Locust
Planning Commission
Standard Oil Co
Keith Goble Ford Co
Lincoln
Lambert and Anthony
Harold Chase
Council
Chase
Bernard Fultz
Mill Street
Terry Ohlinger
Racine Woman Injured In Two Car Collision
Racine woman Yvonne Garten 18 suffered spine and pelvic injuries and a fractured arm in a Monday two car crash at Routes 124 and 338. She was pregnant and listed in serious condition. Juanita Sayre of Portland escaped injury. Garten was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital then transferred to Holzer Hospital. A separate 9:30 p.m. Harrisonville crash involving Dewey Birchfield left his pickup demolished but he was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
Robert Hartenbach
Yvonne Garten
Garten
Juanita Sayre
Portland
Harrisonville
Dewey Birchfield
Birchfield
Memorial Books Presented at Middleport Church
Memorial books were presented to the church library by the Loyal Women's Class of the Middleport Church of Christ at its May meeting. The program honored Mrs. Beth Abbott with the Memorial Day theme including readings. A rummage sale was planned for June 7-8 in the Stansbury building with co chairmen Mrs. E L Lallance and Mrs. Oscar Roush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church Library
Middleport Church of Christ
Beth Abbott
Frank Beach
Audrey Swett
Stansbury
Mill St
E. L. Lallance
Oscar Roush
Cochairmen
William Reynolds
William Bradford
Helen Batey
Norman Yeanger
Homer Rice
C. E. Vance
Roush
California
William Reuter
Leota Hawley
Beach
Swett
Ray Darst
Jury verdict for driver in Somerville v Bush case
A petit jury in Circuit Court returned a verdict for the defendant in the 9995 dollar civil suit Margaret Somerville versus Harold Bush and E J Brok age Co of Pittsburgh. After deliberating 21.4 hours Monday the jury found the plaintiff recover noth ing. The suit arose from an Aug 3 1966 accident on Route 17 when Mrs Somerville was struck by Bush's car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Margaret Somerville
Harold Bush
E. J. Brokage Co
Pittsburgh
Sommerville
Route 17
Bush
Richard Pyles
Floyd Keister
Lomona Casey
Luther Tucker
Billy Hayes
Chester Flora
Kenneth Sturgeson
Iris Flesher
W. H. Ohlinger
Rufus Greathouse
Dorothy Faires
Charles Escue
Robert Schultz
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Lovell
Herbert Machine Shop
Glouster Development Corp
Charles Vernon
John Herbert
Baja
Archdale
North Court Street
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