Pomeroy Considers Water Rate Increase and Probe
Pomeroy officials expect higher water rates after a Columbus decision favors the Meigs Water Co. but the utilities commission will investigate service quality. The meeting also covered federal aid talks for sewage disposal, parking lot work, meter ticket enforcement, and a cab rights purchase approval for George Sprouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Legar
Columbus
Meigs Water Co
Utilities Commission
Fife Rites Announced for George A. Fife
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home in Middleport for George A. Fife 74 of Gallipolis who died Monday at Holzer Hospital. He retired after 28 years with the New York Central Railroad and served in World War I. He is survived by his wife Rena two sons Gary and William a daughter Mrs Eugene Johnson two sisters Mrs Ethel Scott and Mrs Erma Hicks and a brother Ross Fife. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George A. Fife
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
John and
Mariah Rowley Fife
Cheshire
New York Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
Fife
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Rena
Gary
William
Columbus
Eugene Johnson
Ethel Scott
Erma Hicks
Ross Fife
Storys Run Rd
C. J. Lemley
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Births and admissions at Meigs Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ronald Carr of Pomeroy announce the birth of a fourth daughter. Admissions include Julia Lucas Rutland Douglas Moore Pomeroy Robert Cundiff Columbus Wesley Circle Racine. Discharges list Adria Sayre Max Roller Delores Ritchie Ardith Barton Ella Hannum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Carr
Pomeroy
Julia Lucas
Rutland
Douglas Moore
Robert Cundiff
Columbus
Wesley Circle
Racine
Adria Sayre
Max Roller
Delores Ritchie
Ardith Barton
Ella Hannum
Dismissals and Calls For Akron Visit Highlight Meigs Notes
Meigs General Hospital notes list dismissals Donna Hayman Bertha Archer and Josephine Hawk. Mrs Minerva Childers and Mrs Pearl Reynolds called to Akron Sunday by serious illness of Childers son C E Sandy Childers. Also a Wellston Middleport football film to be shown after 7 30 p m Boosters meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Hayman
Bertha Archer
Josephine Hawk
Akron Middleport
Minerva Childers
Pearl Reynolds
Akron
Middleport
Wellston-Middleport
Middleport Athletic Boosters Association
Herman Kim Dies At 66 In Tuppers Plains
Herman J. Kim 66 of Tuppers Plains died Sunday in Veterans Hospital Chillicothe after a period as a patient. A World War I veteran and Pom eroy Legion Post member he was born in Olive Township to Joseph and Mariah Shields Kim. Survived by wife Lucy a daughter Thelma Chase Marion three sons Joseph Lancaster and Donald and Charles at home nine grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Vivian Hoffman Wheeling and Mrs Rowena Sanders Reedsville. three brothers and a sister preceded him in death. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm in the EUB Church Tuppers Plains Rev Walter Frost officiating burial in Tuppers Plains Cemetery Arbaugh Funeral Home Tup p ers Plains host day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Herman J. Kim
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Pomeroy Legion Post
Olive Twp
Joseph
Mariah Shields Kim
Lucy
Thelma Chase
Marion
Lancaster
Donald
Charles
Vivian Hoffman
Wheeling
Rowena Sanders
Reedsville
EUB
Walter Frost
Arbaugh Funeral Home
Southern Local Band earns two third places in regional drumline
In Marietta’s Southeastern Ohio Band-Drama, Southern Local High School’s 33 member marching band won third in street parade and precision marching among 19 bands. This marks the program’s first year. Instructor Edward Johnson is in his third year.
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Racine
Southern Local High School
Marietta
Southern Local
Edward Johnson
Rutland High School
Rutland
Roger Roush
Heath Church Rummage Sale Set for October Dates
Heath Methodist Church in Middleport will host a rummage sale October 12 and 18 at the former Sports Center building. Residents may arrange pickup by contacting Mrs Norman Wayland Mrs Perry Mitch or Mrs Carl Mattex. Also two minor accident reports from Pomeroy police involve John R Hysell Earl Thoma and John P Follrod Ralph Foster with minor damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wesleyan Service Guild
Racine
Middleport — Heath
Norman Wayland
Perry Mitch
Carl Mattex
John R. Hysell
Earl Thoma
Condor St
John P. Follrod
Ralph Foster
Minersville
Retirement Honors Smoke Harris From Midwest Steel Co
Lewis Harris nicknamed Smoke retired Friday after two years with Midwest Steel Co and over 20 years at Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co. A noonday watch was awarded and a Friday fish fry at Second Ward fire house followed. The Harris family from Minersville includes wife Mary and three children in Meigs County.
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Lewis Harris
Lewis
Smoke
Midwest Steel Co
Parkersburg
Harris
Mary
Harrises
Minersville
Meigs County
Denver Rice
Nora
George
Kenneth
Melvin Smith
Albn Sinclair
Edward Hoeflich
William Barnhart
Ernie Davis
Edgar Mitch
Dale
Four men fined in Middleport mayor court for traffic and intoxication
In Middleport, four men were fined and three bonded over on various charges in Mayor Lee Smiths court. John Mathews of Gallipolis and Charles E Nease of Pomeroy paid $10 plus costs for speeding. William V Henry of Kananga was fined $2 on illegal exhaust with the fine suspended. Asel Searles of Middleport paid $5 for intoxication. Bonds were forfeited by Milton Cox of Gene and by Jessie Moore and Estel Brotherton of Charleston on illegal exhaust and intoxication charges. A finance committee meeting of the Middleport Business and Professional Womens Club is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. to plan an Oct. 11 card party and style revue. Mrs. Mary Roush is general chairman.
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Legar
Mechanic St
Lincoln Terrace
Jed Webster
George Sprouse
Harry Carman
Charles Murray
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Council
Murray
Middleport
Lee Smith
John Mathews
Gallipolis
Charles E. Nease
Pomeroy
William V. Henry
Kananga
Asel Searles
Milton Cox
Gene
W. Va
Jessie Moore
Estel Brotherton
Charleston
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Four Suits Filed in Meigs County Pleas Court
Four civil actions were filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Elizabeth Ann Darst seeks divorce from Thomas R. Darst, accusing gross neglect and cruelty and asking custody of a minor child. Charles G. Stout sues Evelyn J. Stout. The Farmers Bank and Savings Co. sues Lloyd Lee et al. for 3500 with foreclosure and sale of property. Beverly Lee seeks support for two minor children against Gary Phillip Lee under interstate agreement.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Elizabeth Ann Darst
Middleport
Thomas R. Darst
Akron
Charles G. Stout
Long Bottom
Evelyn J. Stout
Lloyd Lee
Beverly Lee
Baltimore
Meigs County Denies License Renewal For Home
Meigs County Commissioners refuse renewal of the license to operate Meigs County Children's Home after a welfare department official cites insufficient improvements to the heating system. They seek bids for coal, expect to delay heating upgrades until early 1963, and note 17 children remain with no new admissions. Kenneth McElhinney attends his first meeting as commissioner.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs County Children’s Home
Ohio Welfare Department
Don Mullen
Deni Mullen
Avery Nelson
Kenneth McElhinney
Dan C. Hartinger
Rally Day Program Held Sunday by Local Churches
Youths from Middleport and Syracuse First United Presbyterian Churches joined a rally day at Oak Hill Sunday afternoon. The program featured three worship workshops, a 1640 Scots service by Rev J Arthur Hannah, entertainment by Rev Howard Ruppelt, and a dinner served by Oak Hill Church. Attendees included many named members from both churches.
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Middleport
Syracuse
First United Presbyterian
Oak Hill
J. Arthur Hannah
Howard Ruppelt
Sue Rue
Connie Cooke
Carolyn Searles
Olita Lewis
Seren Lewis
Edith Naptonstall
Kathy Lacey
Carolyn Nicholson
Carole Anderson
Christine Bailey
Roy Coleman
Roger Roush
Jim Miller
Billy Haptonstall
Bill
Don Vaughan
J. T. Rue
Carolyn Russell
Richard Vaughan
Velma Rae
Tom Smith
Donna Phelps
Sharon
Craig Cottrill
John, Roseann
Keith Lisle
Patricia London
Two New Members Appointed to Middleport Village Council
At a Monday night session in village hall Middleport named Eugene Harris and Walter Crooks to the council until January 1 1966 replacing resignations and the mayor becoming Meigs County commissioner McElhinney. Harris a Kaiser Aluminum chemist and Crooks a Broughton Dairy distributor fill unexpired terms. Wayne Gibbons was elected council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Eugene Harris
Walter Crooks
Clinton Fisher
Lee Smith
Kenneth McElhinney
McElhinney
Meigs County
Dan C. Hartinger
Harris
S. Third Ave
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Ravenswood
Smith
Crooks
Gravel Hill
Broughton Dairy Co
Fisher
Wayne Gibbons
Eastern High Names New Class Heads
Eastern High School announces new class officers led by senior president Richard Nease and junior president Norman Nichols. Senior sponsors are Mrs. Alice Nease, Mrs. Jennie White, and Anthony Genette. junior sponsors are Mrs. Dorothy Michael, Mrs. Mary Jane Goebel, and O. C. Bibbee. sophomore sponsors are Howard Parker and Ruth Knowles. freshman sponsors are Mrs. Avis Frecker and Samuel Ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Fields
Connie Clark
Nancy Zumbach
Dorothy Michael
Mary Jane Goebel
O. C. Bibbee
Howard Parker
Ruth Knowles
Linda Larkins
Joan Davis
Greg Bailey
Gary Wolfe
Avis Frecker
Samuel Ware
Staff Chosen For Easterner Annual at Eastern High
J S Davis announces the Easterner staff for Eastern High School with Sharon Frecker named editor and Sue Ann Myers as assistant editor. Peggy Haskargen is sports editor with Mayford Harris as assistant. Barbara Hill is business manager. Other staff include Mary Cameron Patty McGrath photographers Ronald Cashdollar Peggy Amberger art editors Judy Codner Janet Bissell Ronaldeen Osborne. faculty advisors are Mrs Jennie White and Anthony Genette.
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Judy Codner
Janet Bissell
Ronaldeen Osborne
Jennie White
Anthony Genette
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Leslie F. Fultz
Fultz
Ohio Department of Health
Burgess and Niple
Cong
Walter H. Moeller
Fife Rites
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Meigs General Hospital
Herman Kim
Norbert Neutzling
Peacock Ave
Price Hawk
Victor Bahr
Don van Meter
Dale Warner
Linda
Kathy
Janey
Jackie Bahr
Chester
Johnny
Jimmy
Kenneth Lawson
Marion Hawk
Dennis and
Stella Ebersbach
Patty Haggy
Neutzling
Joe
Mike
Dorothy Lou
Stella Sue
B. F. Parmalee
Robert McElhinney
Southern
Hackett
Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
W. A. Roberts
J. E. D. Hartinger
William B. Rife
Ruby P. Taylor
Pomeroy Route 3
Heath Church
Oldsmobile
Karr van Zandt
Ohio
Racine Methodist Church
Alice Wolfe
Betty Diddle
Red Cross
William Abshire
Brown
Abshire
Alice Nease
Eastern School
Nancy Harris
Kathy Morgan
E. J. Hill
Leonard van Meter
New
Mnith
Eastern High
Easterner
Barre
Logan, Ohio
Johnson
Beasley
America
Ford
Chrysler
Mississippi
Beasley Industries Inc
THE
Ohio Company
Midwest Stock Exchange
High St. Investments
Athens
Richard M. Phillips
Lyles
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