Pomeroy Council OKs Water Plant Purchase and Cooperation
Pomeroy officials report no obstacle to the purchase of the Meigs Water Co. system serving Pomeroy and Middleport. Council seeks guidance from the attorney general and eyes cooperative steps with Middleport for municipal ownership. An ordinance to refund $13,000 bonds and a supplemental appropriation measure are set for readings.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Co
Middleport
Ralston Russell
Russell
George McQuigg
Lincoln Hill
C. J. Hess
David Geyer
Tthat Council
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Celebrations
Many Pomeroy residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Included were Mr. Rick Lochary and Miss Hill plus Mrs Harriet Russ guests. trips by Congressman Thomas Jenkins. golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey with 30 years of home ties. Dicky Rosenbaum’s eighth birthday party. and visits by Ebersbachs, Baileys, and other families to homes in Point Pleasant, Ironton, Columbus, and Rock Springs.
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Pomeroy
Rick Lochary
Coln Hill
Butternut Ave
Mr. Chase
Harriet Russ
Main St
Emberlain
Columbus
Henry Korn
Marion
Mary Korn
Anne St
Elmer Ebersbach
Pt. Pleasant
Emma Ebersbach
Edgar Ebersbach
Wally Barnett
Point Pleasant
Mrs. Ebersbach
Florida
Thomas Jenkins
Belle Keller
Tuppers Plains
Grant Roberts
Hemlock Grove
Mate Bing
Caddie
Nelle
H. V. Carl
C. H. Morrison
Ironton
Henry Bailey
Rock Springs
Bailey
Fred Bailey
Henry Zeisler
Harold Zeisler
Youngstown
Homer Radford
Rollin
Billy
Elmer Bailey
Iris Jean
Donald
Myron
William Bailey
Jane
Clarence
Fred Rosenbaum
Dicky
E. F. Maag
C. Rosenbaum
Virginia Reibel
Stomach Gas Brought Agony in Athens Farm Report
Athens farmer Mr. O J Edwards endorses Vendor saying it relieved years of constipation and poor digestion. He details relief from heartburn dizziness and bloating and urges others to try Vendor at Athens Pharmacy and Hickman's Pharmacy in Nelsonville.
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Okey J. Edwards
O. J. Edwards
Athens
Edwards
Vendo
Vendor
Nelsonville
Hickman
Pharm
Ady
Athens Pharmacy
Corn Husking Veteran Praises Violet’s Cherry Ridge Field
Asbury Smith of Sumner praises Jeff Pomeroy Violet, a hill farmer on Cherry Ridge, for an extraordinary corn crop. Smith, 77, began husking at seven and notes this harvest as the best in his 70 years of experience.
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Pomeroy
Jeff Violet
Cherry Ridge
Asbury Smith
Sumner
Smith
Violet
Town Awaiting Funds From Defunct Savings and Loan
Russell explained that the town cannot receive the money held in the defunct Meigs County Savings and Loan until payments are made by the Savings and Loan Co.
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Ity
Meigs County Savings and Loan
Russell
the Savings and Loan Co
Radio Play In Middleport Tells New Town Entertainment
A radio play titled Crazy Mike will be staged Monday November 8 at the Middleport high school auditorium transformed into a broadcasting studio. Eunice Grover Hamilton directs the broadcast with Jed J Webster as lead announcer and a cast featuring Esther Schmoll Bill Barker and O T Ohlinger. A cooking school sketch led by Paul Wiley plus children’s numbers by Virginia Joan Wise Barbara Meinhart and Bill Childs are planned as highlights along with Steve Cope in a multi character Hezekiah Hezekiah routine. A street broadcast in Middleport and Pomeroy is planned Saturday afternoon and evening. The Feeney Bennett Ukrainian Legion sponsors the event with George Childs and Herman Ohlinger in charge.
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Middleport
Mike
Eunice Grover Hamilton
Pomeroy
Jed J. Webster
Jack Benny
Webster
Esther Schmoll
Bill Barker
O. T. Ohlinger
Paul Wiley
Virginia Joan Wise
Barbara Meinhart
Bill Childs
Steve Cope
Hamilton
Middleport and
Feeney-Bennett Unian Legion
George Childs
Herman Ohlinger
Novy
Fall Rally of Scouts Set for Middleport High Field
In fair weather the Kinshata District Boy Scouts rally will be at Middleport High School field Wednesday Nov 3 at 7 30 p m with rain location in the high school gym. Troops seek 500 points toward a Standard Troop of 800. A parade led by the Middleport High School Band will travel from Second Ave and Rutland St to the field for events such as fire making signaling dressing race first aid knot tying and sack race. Public invited.
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Middleport
Kinshata
Boy Scouts of America
Middleport High School
Rotary Club
Second Ave
Rutland St
Funeral services for Walter Postelwaite at Browning Cemetery
Funeral services for Walter Postelwaite aged 84 who died at his Portland home Saturday were held at Browning Cemetery. He is survived by several relatives.
Mrs. Emma Reeves Ill in Columbus Home
Mrs. Emma Reeves, long a Pomeroy resident before moving to Columbus, is very ill at the home of her daughter Mrs. Charles Bush in Columbus. The well known Pomeroy figure has roots and longstanding ties to the community shown in the local years.
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Reeves
Pomeroy
Emma Reeves
Charles Bush
Columbus
Magnolia Temple Past Chiefs Entertained at Wilson Home
Mrs F Ray Wilson and Mrs Rollin Beards host the Magnolia Temple Past Chiefs at the Wilson residence on Wednesday evening. Walter Reibel and sisters Bertha and Emma, Mrs Ruby Sto bert and mother Mrs Nancy Miller visited relatives in Columbus Sunday. Eugene Wolf and Albert Russell Jr returned to Ohio University Athens after a weekend at home.
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F. Ray Wilson
Rollin Beards
Magnolia Temple
Wilson
Walter Reibel
Bertha
Emma
Ruby Stobert
Nancy Miller
Columbus
Eugene Wolf
Albert Russell, Jr
Ohio University At
Athens
Racine P T A Holds Regular Meet Tonight
Racine The P T A will hold a regular meeting this evening at the high school auditorium. The Mothersingers will be part of the program. Members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meet Friday at the home of Mrs Spencer with Mrs Wingett as assistant hostess. Frank Lewis returns to work in Ambridge after a month with family. Mrs Drew returns from visiting relatives in Warren. Mrs Watson and two children visit relatives in Cleveland. Joe Lovett returns from Gallipolis after treatment at Holzer Hospital.
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Harry Latham
Warren
Owen Watson
Watson
E. W. Cooper
Cleveland
Joe Lovett
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
City Council Discusses Local Problems in Middleport Meet
Middleport council gathered for a regular meeting with all members present. Six metal stop signs were erected at intersections due to detours from the Mill St sewer project. A water purchase proposal from Pomeroy was deferred pending formal action and agreement. Katharine Rathburn’s property disposal petition was tabled. Salaries for Street Commissioner Arthur Lewis and Clerk Frank Johnston were raised. fire hose sellers testified and 1,150 feet of hose were bought.
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Middleport
Mill St
Pomeroy
Katharine Rathburn
Arthur Lewis
Frank Johnston
Lewis
Meigs County Woman Eliza Dunlap Dies at 95
Eliza A. Dunlap, 95, longtime Harrisonville resident and widow of Taft Dunlap, died recently at her granddaughter’s home in Tarkio Missouri. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Ohio as an infant, co founded Harrisonville, and later returned after her husband’s illness. Funeral services were in Tarkio. She leaves numerous friends and relatives in Meigs County.
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New Jersey
Harrisonville
Dunlap
Meigs County
Tarkio
Racine Grange Meeting With Thoughtful Dairy Topics
Racine Grange held a Saturday night meeting with a large attendance. Members heard talks on cows as boarders, herd improvement speed, milk as a public utility, cow music preferences, switchers versus kickers, and milk output. Temporary chairman J F Spencer led. New Lexington Grange to visit on November 11 for degree work. December farmers institute planned.
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Racine
Racine Grange
Jed Pickens
Harlan Harris
F. H. Fadely
Bernice Harpold
H. V. Tucker
Harold Carnahan
Farmers’ Institute
J. F. Spencer
New Lexington Grange
Hold Funeral Rites For Local Residents
Funeral services for Aliie Grueser were held at Sacred Heart Church Tuesday with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Services for Mrs. Susan Kraus are set for Wednesday at 9 am at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Barbara Gloeckner
Jacob Gloeckner
Grandma Gloeckner
W. G. Downie
Second St
Eddie Blake
Mason City
Florence Rayburn
New Haven
William Cooper
Dan White
Elsie Hart
Pomeroy Husker
H. S. Field
Racine P. T. A
Women's
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Melton
S Chic New Millinery
Ile Yd
Wen
Newfall
Maslin
Wee
Larry Gray
Globe Tailoring Co
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