Middleport Council OKs Emergency Public Performance Tax
Middleport village council unanimously passed Ordinance No. 778 imposing a 3 percent admission tax on profit performances at venues like cabarets and amusements, effective Nov 1, to fund current expenses. The measure excludes religious educational or charitable events benefiting no private individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Horton Brown
Vroman, Hartinger
Wayland
Zerkle
Chase
Gene Grate
Cedric Clark
Ray McClure
Ithamer Neal
C. P. Bradbury
Brown
G.I. Cab Co
GI Cab Co
William Robson
Birthday party invites fifteen at Lynn Buchanan party
Fifteen girls and boys attended Lynn Buchanan's fifth birthday party Saturday. Prizes went to Larry Price and Carla Wilson as gifts were handed out. Guests assisted with refreshments and a pink and white cake bore the inscription Happy Birthday.
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Middleport
Lynn Buchanan
Lynn
James Buchanan
Larry Price
Carla Wilson
John Zerkle
Earl McKinley
William Morris
Pomeroy Council Acts to Halt School Speeding Near Areas
Pomeroy council approved hiring an extra patrolman through January to curb speeding near schools and in the business district. The meeting also covered storm sewer notices, water works talks, and road repairs for Peacock Ave and Willis Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Council
Walter Wolfe
J. W. McMurray
Avis Ebersbach
Wolfe
Ebersbach
Fred Crow, Jr
A. M. Roberts
Peacock Ave
William Campbell
Campbell
Wyllis Hill
Panel
George Howell
Norris
U. S
Charles Werry
Second Ward
Birthday party honors Mrs Raymond Smith by Pocahontas lodge
Mrs Blanch Roller and Mrs Helen Hudson joined Pocahontas Lodge members for a birthday party honoring Mrs Raymond Smith at 120 Laurel Street on Thursday evening with special guests Mr and Mrs John Michel and Mr Ray King attending from Middleport and Hysell Run. The note lists local attendees and service details.
Family Group Holds Reunion For Memorial
MIDDLEPORT The annual birthday observance for O. N. McElhinny drew the family to the Durst farm home at Ryger on Sept. 21. Attendees included Dana Lambert. Charles and Patricia McElhinny. Frank Abbott. Sidney and Frances Pickens. Karen Sue McElhinny. Madge Mossman. Glenn and Paddy Jo Lambert. Kenneth Mossman and Charles Kenneth. Faye Abbott. Jane Ann Ficke. George Taylor. Orville Bratton. Jack Abbott. Charlene Dillard. Marjorie Hughes. A. L. Scott and Paw. Kathleen Scott of Gallipolis. Willis Baumgardner of St. Petersburg Fla. Mrs. Roy Wright. George Wright. Eddie Ash of Pomeroy. Ernest Plantz of Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Comer Bradbury. Robert Conkle. Maxine and Billy Darst of Cheshire.
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Middleport
O. N. McElhinny
Cash Durst
Ryger
McElhinny
Dana Lambert
Charles McElhinny
Patricia
Frank Abbott
Sidney Pickens
Frances
Robert McElhinny
Karen Sue
Madge Mossman
Glenn Lambert
Paddy Jo
Kenneth Mossman
Charles Kenneth
Faye Abbott
Jane Ann Ficke
George Taylor
Orville Bratton
Jack Abbott
Charlene Dillard
Marjorie Hughes
A. L. Scott
Paw
Sylvan Gardner
Kathleen Scott
Gallipolis
Willis Baumgardner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Roy Wright
George Wright
Eddie Ash
Pomeroy
C.p.co
Ernest Plantz
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Comer Bradbury
Robert Conkle
Maxine
Billy Darst
Cheshire
Middleport Garden Club Covers Draw Praise at Meeting
Members praised hand painted covers for new year programs at Mrs. W H Juhling’s home. Mrs Robert Woods created the covers while Miss Joan Kircher mimeographed the programs. Committee members included Mrs Walter Harris and Mrs C M Hennesy. Mrs Downing led a year long program review titled Circling the Year. Mrs Marcus Chambers helped host with Miss Vivienne Middleton as a guest.
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Middleport Garden Clubs
W. H. Juhling
Robert Woods
Delbert Rice
Joan Kircher
Rodney Downing
Walter Harris
C. M. Hennesy
D. B. Hartinger
Future Homemakers Elect Officers for 1947 48
Meeting Friday evenings after school the Future Homemakers of America elected Dorothy Miller as president Joyce Miller as vice president Jean Clark as secretary Marjorie Furst as treasurer with Miss June Martin home economics teacher as adviser.
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Homemakers of America
Dorothy Miller
Joyce Miller
Jean Clark
Marjorie Furst
June Martin
Sixth birthday party for Edward Allen Crooks celebrated by family
Mrs Walter Crooks treated Miss Virgie Major's First Grade children to ice cream home baked circus cookies and gingerbread men and gave balloon favors in celebration of Edward Allen Crooks sixth birthday.
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Edward Allen Crooks
Walter Crooks
Virgie Major
Harris Family Weekend Guests Return Home
Middleport personals note Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris Jr and daughter Susan of Columbus visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Gene Harris of Rittman and Mrs Robert Harris and daughter later went to Charleston. The others returned to Columbus and Rittman Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Sharp spent the weekend in Laurelville. Will Barnes improves at his Locust Street home after several illness days. Mrs Alice Fitch has been ...
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J. E. French
S. Second Ave
Dorothy Turner
Columbus
Jacob Turner
N. Fourth Ave
Ed Haggerty
Front St
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Constance Bauer
Barbara
Rose Hackett
Charleston
George Hackett
Gravel Hill
Will Parsons
A. S. Webb
Springfield
Lee Featherstone
Inlaw
Richard Featherstone
Ann
Waverly
R. J. Roger
Chillicothe
Charles Cooper
Frank Brumley
Cleveland
Hazel
Helen Hoffman
Robert Allensworth
Grant St
Tuppers Plains
Howard Byers
James Lewis
Ruby Byers
Charles Dill
Charles Shumaker
Carolyn
Huntington
C. T. Shumaker
Homer Galbroner
Florida
Galbroner
Jennie Huddleston
George McGhee
St. Albans
Robert Woods
Susan
Cheryl
Delbert Rice
South Charleston
Kathryn Walters
Wanda Spurlock
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Walters
Charles Walters
Fred Schroath
Fred
Virginia Goodwin
Clarksburg
W.va
Clifford Ervin
Robert Harris, Jr
Gene Harris
Rittman
Robert Harris
Robert Sharp
Laurelville
Will Barnes
Locust St
Alice Fitch
River Traffic Reports From Gallipolis Locks on Ohio River
Gauges at Gallipolis Locks showed 9.3 feet with .75 feet running on the rollers. Downstream boats included the Jones at 1 p m and Dravo 43 at 9 a m. Upstream passages listed Sohio State at 11:10 a m and Tennessee at 1:55 p m. Kanawha Falls measured 1.17 feet and fell. Shamrock and Cook were listed on the Kanawha River arrivals.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
Solvay
Fern
Brandt
William Penn
Dravo
Ohio
Upper Wheeling
Keystone
Benwood
W. Va
Atlas
Marietta
Campbell
Clark
Bellville
Boggs
Millwood
Sohio State
Tennessee
Lower Wheeling
Sewickley
Sardis
Juanita
Reed
Titan
Warner
Greenup
Indiana
Portsmouth
Calvin Verity
Hatfield
Augusta
Kanawha River
Marmet
Winfield
Gallia Hospital Notes Admits and Births in Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital admissions include Mrs Low ell Miller Janet Caruth ers and others from Jackson Racine Oak Hill Point Pleasant Wellston and Buffalo. A son was born to Mrs Tim Evans of Gallipolis. Discharges list several patients and daughters from multiple towns including Gallipolis Jackson Racine and Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Lowell Miller
Jackson
Janet Caruthers
Bradbury
Charles Hicks
J. A. Menager
C. W. McFadden
Ray
Stanley Miller
Oak Hill
M. C. Eubanks
E. O Russell
Vinton
Tim Evans
Wylda Rhea
Billy Halley
Thomas Tolby
C. K. Hite
Robert Shiflet
H. E. Shadle
James Montgomery
George Frecker
Charles Briggs
William Howard
Larry Kreighbaum
Pleasant Houck
Raymond Brammer
Bessie Farley
Ernest Brown
Gertrude Hall
Carl Elliott
Elmer Martin
Lynn Morrow
Walter Myers
Charles Moore
Candidacy Announced for School Board Write-In
Pomeroy Kimble Hite announces he will run as a write-in candidate for the school board in the forthcoming fall election. He is a New York Central railroad employee, World War II veteran, Pomeroy High School alum, studied at Findlay College, and father of two. Mrs Reynolds attended the W and L vs West Virginia game. Arthur Lewis, a Middleport High School graduate, coaches the West Virginia team.
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Pomeroy
Kimble Hite
Hite
New York Central Railroad
Pomeroy High School
Findlay College
Middleport
Guy Reynolds
Charleston
Washington and Lee-West Virginia
Arthur Lewis
Middleport High School
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Charles Mayes
Marvin Kelly
Oliver
Gaskills
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Neal
Ebersbach Motor Co
Lawrence Hartinger
Rawlings & Sons
Hartinger
Way- Mand
Finance Committee
Middleport Social Notes
Pomeroy News
Zemo
Lodge
Pomeroy Social Notes
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Leona Belle Eskew
J. W. Eskew
Edward Webster
Everett Webster
William Schaefer
Dayton
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Arthur Skinner
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Viola Garth
Wanda Lee Rayburn
Madeline Johnson
Robert Rayburn
Clarence Andreus
Floyd Harrison
Dave Farmer
Silver Springs
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Ralph Frye
Wilmington
Dave Webster
Coy Leonard
Basil Gunn
Clarence Schlorman
Roy Shaver
Noah Dever
William Dever
Lena Frye Wallace
Clarence Andrews
Marlyn Scholl
Roger
Neil Hysell
Barbara Eskew
Fay
Don Thomas
Carol Ann Strauss
Freddie
Phillip Werry
Marcia
Don Greuser
Michael
Wilma Ohlinger
Jack Raul
Bill Fraley
Jimmy Norton
Barrie Phillips
Lindy Price
Gene
Duane Eskew
Mary Alice
Jimmie Andrews
William Woodard
Frances Eskew
Cora D. Webb
Ruth Adams
Garden Club
FHA
Gallia Hospital
C. A. Daugherty
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Plymale Wagner CO
Ea Middlepor
Cn Aeroy Bend Theaters
Meigs
Yours
Buck Privates
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Tom Brown
Joan Fulton
Nat Pendleton
Beverly Simmons
Bendvue Pomeroy
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Licille Watson
Eve Arden
Robert Shayne
Jerome Cowan
Scotty Beckett
Bobby Cooper
Active Sport
Kay Whitney
Frances Ramsden
Harold Lloyd
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