Columbus Man Freed by Jury
Gerald Shenkle of Columbus was found not guilty by a petit jury on charges of driving while intoxicated and second degree manslaughter after a nearly full day trial. The 1955 case stemmed from a Jan 24 accident on Route 248 near Chester and Long Bottom that killed Glen Boring of Reedsville.
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Pomeroy
Gerald Shenkle
Columbus
Shenkle
Glen Boring
Reedsville
Chester
Long Bottom
Robert Baur
Paul Lawrence
Charles Russell
George Pyles
E. W. Erlewine
George Powell
Roger Epple
John Carter
Francis Andrews
Thurman
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Meigs County Court
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court two divorce petitions are filed. James Ray Parsons seeks divorce from Rolla Mae Parsons with custody of three minor children. Virginia Pauline Roush seeks divorce from Virgil Ray Roush with custody of four minors and alimony support.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
James Ray Parsons
Long Bottom
Rolla Mae Parsons
Barboursville
W. Va
Parsons
Virginia Pauline Roush
Virgil Ray Roush
Gallipolis
Man forfeits $100 bond in Middleport court
Bernard Rairden of Hartford West Virginia forfeited a $100 appearance bond in Middleport Mayor C O Fisher's court Wednesday night. He was alleged to have driven a car that struck a pickup owned by P R Root on South Second Street last week and was traced to Hartford after leaving the scene. Rairden returned voluntarily, rested the bond, and arranged for repairs to the Root truck. he was charged with leaving the scene but did not appear for a hearing. Charges against William Wyatt for assault and battery were withdrawn and costs paid.
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Middleport
Bernard Rairden
Hartford
W. Va
C. O. Fisher
Rairden
P. R. Root
South Second St
I. R. Neal
Leroy Bartrum
Bartrum
William Wyatt
Fisher
Oil pipeline links Barranca to Cartagena tankers
The center of Colombia's oil production is Barranca Aburimea where a 350 mile pipeline transports about 30 million barrels annually to tankers anchored near Cartagena.
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Colombia
Barranca Abermeja
Cartagena
Meigs Gallia PCA Event Set With Dinner and Talk
The Meigs and Gallia county units of the Production Credit Association announce a Monday Oct 7 meeting at 7 p m in the Kyger Creek High School Cheshire. A chicken barbecue dinner precedes a round table on farm credit led by Walter Brown of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Louisville Ky Attendees tour Kyger Creek High School and hear outreach on loan funds and PAC operation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Gallia County
Production Credit Association
Kyger Creek
Cheshire
Kgger Creek
Future Farmers of America
P.C.A
Walter Brown
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Louisville
Sailor Returns Home After Boat Training
Edward Evans Jr arrived Tuesday night from Charleston West Virginia by plane from Bainbridge West Virginia where he completed nine weeks boat training in the U S Navy. After a 14 day leave with his parents on Vine Street he will proceed to Jacksonville Florida for further training. Evans is a Middleport High School graduate who enlisted in the Navy.
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Middleport
Edward Evans, Jr
Charleston
W. Va
Bainbridge
U. S. Navy
Edward Evans
Vine St
Jacksonville
Fla
Evans
Middleport High School
Navy
Dinner tickets on sale for Ohio Valley chamber event
Tickets for a dinner hosted by the Pom eroy Middleport and Gallipolis Chambers of Commerce and Kyger Creek Association go on sale for Thursday Oct 10 at Kyger Creek High School 6 30 p m. Tickets available from Mrs E S Schaaf Bill Grueser or Bernard Fultz. A panel discussion on the Ohio Valley future will feature reps from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce New York Central Chesapeake Ohio Railroads Ohio Power Co Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and the Ohio Department of Highways moderated by Nick Basso of Huntington W Va.
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Middleport
Pomeroy, Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
Ohio Power Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio Department of Highways
Nick Basso
Huntington
W. Va
Poultry Association Plans First Fall Meeting
The Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association meets tonight in the county courthouse courtroom at 8. Paul Clayton and Joe Buckle of Ohio State University will present. Thereon Johnson, president, says a regular business session will follow.
Monthly Titles and Fees Report From Pomeroy Clerk
Mrs Jack Kennedy county title clerk announced September activity for her office including 613 certificates of title 280 notations of lien 194 memorandum titles 163 cancellations of lien 177 applications and assignments and nine duplicate titles issued. Total fees were $957.80 with $720.55 to the county clerk and $237.25 to the state registrar.
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Pomeroy
Jack Kennedy
Kennedy
Scout Troop 8 Hosts Breezy Heights Cook-Out
Brownies of Scout Troop 8 held a cook-out on Breezy Heights Wednesday night with guest girls entering the troop. Leaders are Mrs. Ted Reed Jr. and Mrs. L. W. Francis.
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Scout Troop
Minor Fire Damage at Racine House Drier Fire
Ra cine fire department and emergency squad responded to a home in Antiquity at 7 p m Wednesday after an electric clothes dryer caught fire. Firefighters reported only minor damage and said the blaze was confined to the dryer.
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Racine
Pomeroy
Racine Fire Department
Howard Roush
Antiquity
First Life Insurance Co. founded in Philadelphia 1759
The first life insurance company in the United States was established in Philadelphia in 1759. It was named The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers.
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United States
Philadelphia
Corporation For Relief
Davidson and Carson to Wed in Meigs County Probate Court
A license to wed has been issued in Meigs County Probate Court to John Davidson, 32, a sheet metal worker from Rutland, son of Walter and Esther Brown Davidson, and Edna Carson, 40, also of Rutland, daughter of Jasper Durst and Bessie Mae Rice Durst.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John Davidson
Rutland
Walter
Esther Brown Davidson
Edna Carson
Jasper Durst
Bessie Mae Rice Durst
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