Pomeroy Council Moves To Bid On Fire Truck And Boost Boating Facilities
The Pomeroy council approved bidding for a chassis for a new fire department tanker and backed plans for a boat launching area with docking for about 60 boats and improved riverfront facilities. Porter's group outlined funding from state and local sources and a required one third local in-kind contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank W. Porter
Ohio Waterways Safety Council
Porter
Jack Carsey
Pomeroy Chamber
Leslie Fultz
Franklin Rizer
Crow
Charles Legar
Ent
Second Ward
Fultz
Jed Webster
Middleport PTA meet features Girls Ensemble and skit
The Middleport PTA assembly in the high school auditorium included a performance by the Middleport High School Girls Ensemble under Mrs Clarence Lacey. A skit by the eighth grade GI's and a film from NEA were shown as American Education Week events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Parent Teachers Association
Donald Boone
First Baptist Church
Stephen Jenkins
PTA
Athletic Boosters
A and P
John Krawsczyn
Middleport High School
Clarence Lacey
Gi’s
Marta Hubbard
Shelia Childs
Remalee Nieri
Teresa Casci
Mary Jane Jenkinson
Cynthia Mills
Kathy Morgan
Nancy Harris
Joyce Davis
Kathy Bailey
Lois Ann Sauer
Ruth Ann Lacey
Sherry Shuler
Billie
National Education Association
Maxine Philson
Middleport Social Notes and Local Notices
Middleport social column reports residents traveling to Memphis for an American Bankers Association conference and visiting relatives in Montgomery Alabama and Morgantown West Virginia. It lists numerous guests, moves to new homes, hospital news, and weekend gatherings. Also notes traffic fines in Mason and Gallipolis and a Meigs County marriage licenses filing.
Officers named for Middleport Nazarene Youth
Middleport Church of the Nazarene youth elected Sherry Simmons president Sharon Harrison vice president Connie Simmons secretary Roger Dudding treasurer Ronnie Cheadle reporter Phyllis Luster song leaders Gene Stephenson historian they will meet at 7 p m at Miss Lusters home. Also notes guests and a bazaar planned by the Women s Association at Middleport First United Presbyterian Church starting 9 30 a m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Church of the Nazarene
Sherry Simmons
Sharon Harrison
Connie Simmons
Roger Dudding
Ronnie Cheadle
Phyllis Luster
Gene Stephenson
The
Women’s Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Defendant Winner In Meigs Suit
After a day long trial a petit jury returned a verdict for defendant David P Holter Pomeroy Route 1 in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Plaintiffs Transport Leasing Corp and Continental Casualty Insurance Co sought 1655.16 for damages to a tractor trailer they owned. Jury members listed.
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Pomeroy
David P. Holter
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Transport Leasing Corp
St. Paul
Hazell McKelvey
Robert Hill
Edith Betzing
Fred George
Dale West
Howard Birchfield
Ralph W. Moore
Hubert Taylor
Lester Brookover
Wayne Kennedy
C. O. Rogers
Floyd Cummins
93rd Birthday Is Celebrated
MIDDLEPORT The 93rd birthday of H E Perry was observed last week with relatives and friends gathering at the Carmen Rest Home. Music accompanied by Durward Cummings Denver Rice on guitars and Homer Rice on violin accompanied the celebration. Ice cream and cake were served to a list of local attendees including George DeWeese Leslie Green Ann Marting Homer Rice Denver Rice and Emmett Hawk.
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Holzer Hospital
Ruth Wise
Marion Allensworth
Becky
John Cunningham
St. Albans
W. Va
Ellen Bird
Howard Cecil
S. Second St
L. E. Reynolds
Morgantown
Inlaw
Val Reynolds
Homer Rice
Middleport
Emmett Hawk
Hemlock Grove
George DeWeese
Athens
Leslie Green
Ann Marting
H. E. Perry
Carmen Rest Home
Durward Cummings
Denver Rice
Billy
Rock Springs Road
Community group meetings and speaker line up in Middleport area
Local clubs and churches schedule meetings through Friday including the Past Matrons of Evan geline Chapter Eastern Star hosting at Mrs. Bennett's home with Mrs. Willis Anthony assisting. Other groups plan sessions in Pomeroy, Middleport, and Marietta with speakers from Grace Episcopal Church and Social Security talks. Public invited to Riverview Garden Club and Friendly Neighbors demonstration at Columbia Gas offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Charles Bennett
Willis Anthony
Middleport Child Conservation League
Curtis McDaniel
Pomeroy
Richard Martin
Grace Episcopal Church
Xi Gamma Mu
Betz
Sigma Phi Sorority
Columbia Gas Office
Middleport
Women's Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Carl Horkey
E. O. Tewksbury
Southern
Southern High School
Enterprise Eub Church
Dorothy Long
van Meter
Social Security Office
Marietta
Racine Post 602
American Legion
Friendly Neighbors Club
Columbia Gas Co
Heath Methodist Church
Bess Sanborn
James Criswell
James Euler
C. E. Young
William Robson
H. E. Bush
Riverview Garden Club
Williams - Balderson
Racine Elementary PTA Plans Fall Festival
Racine Elementary PTA approved a fall festival at Racine Junior High Auditorium from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. Prizes were awarded for posters in various grades. PTA members organized a game room, food booth, and multiple activity booths with volunteers assigned to each. Door prizes and cake walks were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine Elementary
PTA
Racine
Mike McLain
Rodney Neigler
Steve Powell
Nancy Ours
Sharon Ervin
Cheryl Powell
Betty Diddle
Mary Ann Huddleston
Tic
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Otto Mulford Cheshire Phyllis Rowan Chester Floyd Williams Pomeroy Charles Baer Racine admitted. Bertha Dinsmore Paul Harris Marvin Osler Frieda Mossman discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Mulford
Cheshire
Phyllis Rowan
Chester
Floyd Williams
Pomeroy
Charles Baer
Racine
Bertha Dinsmore
Paul Harris
Marvin Osler
Frieda Mossman
Court Grants Divorce and Files New Suit in Meigs County
A Meigs County Common Pleas Court action grants a divorce to Allen Page from Janis Page and restores the defendant’s maiden name Partlow. Michael Ted Morrison of Middleport files divorce suit against Anna Marie Morrison of Kingsport on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Michael Ted Morrison
Middleport
Anna Marie Morrison
Kingsport
Allen Page
Janis Page
Partlow
Spelling Bee At Westminster Youth Fellowship
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church hosts Westmin ster Youth Fellowship event Sunday evening. Edith Haptonstall read Scripture Roy Coleman led a Psalms story and conducted the spelling bee won by Kathy Lacey Rev Howard Ruppelt gave closing prayer Leland Brown accompanied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Westminster Youth Fellowship
First United Presbyterian Church
Edith Haptonstall
Roy Coleman
Kathy Lacey
Howard Ruppelt
Leland Brown
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Multiple parcels change hands in Meigs County. Violet Anderson transfers 2.25 acres in Rutland to Laur ence L. Anderson. Several parcels shift in Salem Two to new owners including Carol F. Pierce and Vivian L. Pierce. Additional easement transfer in Olive Two from Howard McCoy and Geraldine McCoy to the United States of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Anderson
Laurence L. Anderson
Rutland
William H. Lowman
Dorothy L. Lowman
Carol F. Pierce
Vivian L. Pierce
Salem
Howard McCoy
Geraldine McCoy
United States of America
Olive
Dolorous I. Smith
Perry F. Smith
Rodney Smith
Letart
Rodney B. Smith
Sharon Smith
Dolorous S. Smith
Rollin
Patsy Radford
Salisbury
John W. Arbaugh
Ethel Arbaugh
Mavin E. Murphy
Hazel Murphy
Volunteers Aid Mailings for 58th Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs. Manning Klees announced numerous volunteers who helped prepare envelopes for the 58th annual Christmas Seal sale. The stuffing bee at Heath Methodist Church included Middleport groups, School students, and Girl Scout Troop 221, with addresses prepared by Rutland High School commercial students and labels affixed by the troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Manning Klees
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Child Conservation League
Franklin Triplett
Dale Walburn
John Krawsczyn
Charles Bradbury
Eugene Houdashelt
Robert Fisher
Racine Methodist Church
Helen Young
Beulah Bradford
Ruth Wolfe
New Brighton
Debbie Grueser
Kathy McElhinney
Marilyn Stumbo
Connie Cooke
Stephanie Pullen
Diana Davis
Oleta Lewis
Rose Marie Hackett
Sue Rue
Janice Schmoll
Margie Harris
Christine Bailey
Sherry Hicks
George Hackett Jr
William Grueser
Sorority pledges welcomed at Beta Sigma Phi meeting
The Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Columbia Gas of Ohio. Rita Bowen and Brenda Strickland were pledged after missing the preferential tea. A bowling party is set for 8 p.m. at Skyline Lanes Gallipolis. Cookbooks proceeds due next meeting. Mrs Mary Carolyn Wiley presented a program titled Awareness of Blessings. Refreshments by Shirley Houston and Annie Canaday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Columbia Gas
Rita Bowen
Brenda Strickland
Sky Line
Gallipolis
Mary Carolyn Wiley
Shirley Houston
Annie Canaday
Three Fined In Meigs County Court Cases
In Meigs County Court Judge Frank W. Porter fined Charles Schoonover of Rutland 100 dollars plus costs with a 90 day jail term suspended and six months probation for driving without a license and 25 dollars for reckless operation. John F. Reiker received 25 dollars fine and costs with a 90 day suspended sentence and one year probation for assault and battery. Alva Jividen was fined 15 dollars and costs for failing to display a hunting license with 10 dollars suspended and 30 days probation. The Youth Fellowship of Enterprise EUB Church will host the Noblemen Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with Kay McClintock of Racine as soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Frank W. Porter
Charles Schoonover
Rutland
Schoonover
John F. Reiker
Reiker
Alva Jividen
Jividen
Hayman 50th Wedding Anniversary Observed in Pomeroy
Mr and Mrs C B Hayman celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house from 1 to 4 pm Nov 28 at their home south of Chester. Married Nov 28 1914 in Pomeroy Meigs County residents with a son eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Pomeroy
C. B. Hayman
Chester
Hayman
John L. Blair
Meigs County
Guy D. Hayman
Long Bottom
Kathryn Murrey
Reynoldsburg
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Sharon Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Richard Hayman
Flat Rock
Mich
Thomas Hayman
Margaret Sherman
Idaho
Lila Ridenour
Connie
Chester Shade River Lodge
Meigs Aerie
Order of Eagles
Chester Council, Daughters of America
Nora Schaefer to wed Coy Nitz in United Methodist ceremony
Mrs Myrta Schaefer announces the marriage of her daughter Nora to Coy Nitz son of Mr and Mrs Russell Nitz. Vows were read by Rev C Melvin Alkire at the United Methodist Church with attendants Mr and Mrs Coy Nitz the groom's brother and sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Myrta Schaefer
Nora
Coy Nitz
Russell Nitz
C. Melvin Alkire
United Methodist Church
School Bus Overturns Near Route 33 Injuring Child
A Salisbury School District bus with six passengers rolled onto its side on Long Hollow Road, 1.6 miles north of Route 33, injuring 7 year old Brian Kizee with a lacerated chin. Driver James A. Hess Jr. swerved to yield to an oncoming car. no charges were filed. Five other children were uninjured.
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Richard Chambers
Memphis
Tenn
Chambers
Pomeroy National Bank
American Bankers Association
Mongomery
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Orville Chambers
Robert Coats
Germantown
Christine Coats
Germantown Hospital
Jerry Berry
Jean
Stow
Max Sanborn
Millard
Mason
Flora Stobart
Frank Shoemaker
Lee Smith
Darrell Lee Dugan
Shirley Ann Hill
Letart Falls
Victor Eugene Gaul
Leah Darlene Koehler
Chester Star Route
Nazarene
Pomeroy Personals
Leo Thurber
Earl French
George Mowery
Bankers Agricultural Credit Conference
Montgomery
Meigs General Hospital
Youth Fellowship
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