Civic Groups and Mayor Urge Street Light Levy Renewal
Civic groups with the Chamber of Commerce and Mayor E. F. Robinson call for voters to renew the 1.5 mill street lighting levy for five years. They warn a defeat could end street lights and note current additions bring the system closer to a desired level. Sample ballots signed by village officials have been circulated to inform voters.
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Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
E. F. Robinson
Sugar Run Pta
Ray Woodgeard
Central Pta
C. F. Tompkins
den Club
Dor Schaefer
Louise Finsterwald
Theodore Ebersbach
Winding Trail Garden Club
John Terrell
Twilight Garden Club
Gerald Wildermuth
Phil Williamson
Elsie M. Hart
Dwight Parker
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An ad for FASTEETH powder that secures upper and lower plates, reducing looseness and odor. It claims no gummy taste, is alkaline, and does not sour, promoting firmer, more comfortable dentures available at drug counters.
Illness Cancels Board Candidacy In Pomeroy And Middleport
In Pomeroy eight men run for six town council seats with six Republicans facing one Democrat and one Independent. May mayor Charles Legar won last May. Middleport sees five candidates for the Board of Education. Mrs. Lowell Probasco requests withdrawal due to surgery but cannot be removed from ballots. If she resigns, the board would appoint a replacement.
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Roy Betzing
Dor Schaefer
Leslie Fultz
Franklin Rizer
Homart Raub
Truman Russell
Edna Schoenleb
Pomeroy
William H. Anderson
H. E. Boney
William A. Gibbs
Middleport
Lowell Probasco
Middleport Board of Education
Albert Gloeckner
Meigs County Board of Elections
Probasco
Paul Davis
Bob Coats
FE. O. Ball
Lionel Boggs
Emerson Jones
Davis
Imperial Electric Co
Rotary
Boggs
Jones
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
H. & R. Firestone
Rall
Gloeckner
Broken Elm Blocks Route 124 In Pomeroy
A dead elm overhangs Route 124 in Pomeroy with a large branch falling onto the highway at about 2 a.m. Traffic was blocked for several minutes while night patrolman Edward Strauss directed vehicles and summoned a State Highway Department truck to remove the limb. Town council members have previously discussed removing the tree on L. P. Sterrett property near the Meigs Water Company building. Officials call the tree dangerous.
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Pomeroy
Edward Strauss
Strauss
State Highway Department
L. P. Sterrett
Meigs Water Company
Holzer Graduate Joins Meigs County Health Staff
Mrs. Jean Evans of Pomeroy has joined the Meigs County Health Department as health nurse to fill the vacancy caused by Elizabeth Smith’s resignation. A Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduate, she previously served Dr. Edmund Butramis here and led Yuma County Hospital in Arizona.
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Pomeroy
Jean Evans
Meigs County
Salisbury District Urges 10 Mill Levy for State Aid
Edward King of the Salisbury Local District Board of Education and civic leaders press voters to approve a five renewal and five new mill levy totaling 10 mills for five years to secure state aid and cover tuition costs under a new foundation law. They warn without the levy taxes may rise and local schools risk closure or loss of state support.
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Pomeroy
Edward King
Salisbury
King
Middleport
New Foundation
Husband Dies Three Weeks After Wife Funeral Tragedy
Relatives who came to attend Mrs. Charles Whetstone's funeral after her Columbus traffic death returned three weeks later for her husband’s service in Middleport. Pallbearers listed for the Rawlings-Coats funeral home ceremony included Leon McKnight and Eugene Fink, with Rev. Fred I. Gardner officiating. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery.
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Middleport
Charles Whetstone
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
Leon McKnight
Adrian Phillips
Emory Steiner
Joe Postelwaite
Eugene Fink
Oren Hunsicker
Fred I. Gardner
Athens
Johnnie Pierce
Monroe
Mich
Leslie Bryson
Gale May
Nelsonville
Russell Evans
R. A. Tipton
Riverview Cemetery
Prairie Dog Facts and Weasel Dangers
The prairie dog is a ground squirrel named for its shrill bark resembling a dog's. The weasel is noted as a small yet savage creature of great ferocity. A third of Americans are infected with tubercle bacilli according to the source.
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United States
Tuesday Election Holds Fate of Bedford District
Bedford Local School District voters face a pivotal Tuesday vote on a 10 mill tax levy to keep Pomeroy High School open and retain district representation. If failed, Bedford schools would feed to Shade Eastern or Harrisonville districts, end independent status, and lose state aid and tuition support.
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Pomeroy
Bedford
Pomeroy High School
Shade
Eastern
Harrisonville
Pomeroy School
Contest Date Change For Amesville High Seniors
Five Ames-Bern High School seniors will compete in the Prince of Peace contest at the Methodist Church. The event will be held November 10 instead of Sunday, according to contestants.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern
Supreme Court decisions can be set aside by constitutional amendment
Sound on film movies were perfected at the University of Illinois and first demonstrated there in 1921.
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U.S. Supreme Court
University of
Ilinois
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Morgan Jones
Leigh Snowden
Richard Hartunian
Wright King
Mullen
Sohio Service
USS. Chemical Corps
Presidio of
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6Th Army
Prairie
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Meigs
Jean Simmons
Paul Newman
Joan Fontaine
Piper Laurie
Temple
Man ON Fire
Bing Crosby-Inger Stevens
Mary Fickett
E. G. Marshall
William
Thuener
Sutton Township
William Thuener
Pomeroy and Middleport
Crow's Steak House
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Chester Township
East Main Street
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