Village council rejects water plan with higher bills
Council rejects the water service recommendation and a $1.50 monthly increase citing cost. A quorum issue halted final action. The conservancy district may furnish water to hill families while Middleport faces funding hurdles. Future notice will inform Jack Crisp and the conservancy district of the decision.
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Conservancy District
Board of Public Affairs
Middleport
Richard Vaughan
Jack Crisp
Zerkle
Middleport Council Rejects Water Service for Four Hill Families
Middleport Village Council refused Mayor Zerkle’s plan to provide water to four families on Middleport Hill despite Leading Creek Conservancy District plans to serve them. Ordinances were to be reviewed for existing prohibitions, and a rear entrance light request for Dr J J Davis prompted a safety committee review.
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Leading Creek
Middleport Hill
Linda Roush
Middleport
Middleport Village
John Zerkle
Zerkile
Council
J. J. Davis
Safety Committee
Wahama Homecoming Queen Candidates Named At Wahama
One of three senior girls Lois Ellison Joanna Goodnite and Vickie Lieving will be chosen as homecoming queen Friday night when the Wahama White Falcons host Winfield. Attendants are Teka Dewhurst Sondra Gibbs and Jill Ohlinger. Activities include Sign Day Red and White Day pep rallies a snake dance a noon parade in New Haven Hartford and Mason and a 730 p.m. football game with coronation at halftime and a postgame dance. Admission 1.50 Dress semi formal. Trick or Treat not held this year and council considers a Christmas parking meter request. Water meter repair reported for Kate Brown. Mayor’s report 2904.23. Fire department answered 30 calls.
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Mason
Wahama White Falcons
Winfield
Lois Ellison
Edward Ellison
Joanna Goodnite
Ray Goodnite
Letart
Vickie Lieving
Willie Lieving
Letart Route 1
Sondra Gibbs
Gary L. Gibbs
Jill Ohlinger
Danny Woolcock
New Haven
B.E.A.T
The
Hartford
Commerce
Kate Brown
Second Street
Gene Grate
Middleport Fire Department
Landfill Success Reported in Meigs County
POMEROY Meigs County residents are using the sanitary landfill with boxes placed around the county. County extension agent C E Blakeslee praised the on the spot check while sanitarian James Roush noted residents and Griffith haulers are using the facility. The landfill operates with federal funds but will eventually be county funded and should serve all groups if widely used.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. E. Blakeslee
James Roush
County Sanitarian
Griffith Haulers
Roush
Man celebrates 14 years of perfect church attendance
Sammy Rairden 81 of Long Bottom receives a 14 year perfect attendance pin at Long Bottom United Methodist Church. The presentation by Rev Robert Meece honors Rairden who has long served as Sunday School superintendent and now assists as assistant superintendent trustee and worship chair. Leona Hensley his teacher and lifelong helper is noted for guiding his attendance and care during illness.
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Messenger
Linda Roush
Sammy Rairden
Long Bottom
Rairden
Leona Hensley
Standley Brandum
Beta Sigma Phi meets at Sacred Heart Church Basement
The Xi Gamma Mu Chapter invites members to a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Sacred Heart Church Basement in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sacred Heart Church
Meigs Board approves milk price hike and staff moves
Meigs Local School Board approved raising milk price for student lunches from nine to ten cents per half pint starting Oct 15 due to higher raw milk costs. The meeting also approved staffing changes, adult education programs, tuition and secretarial positions, a tuition rate, and related resignations and resumptions.
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Meigs
Middleport
Meigs Local School Board of Education
George Hargraves
Avice Bailey
Carl Dennison
Jo Ann White
Thomas Weaver
Buster Barrett
Delores Lynch
William Thornton
Donna Grate
Harold White
David Jenkins
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Meigs County Budget Committee
American Legion
Dave Ohlinger
Ohlinger
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Raymond Frazier
Wahama
Teka Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
Middleport Chamber of
Meigs Board
Don Strivers
Rita Hamm
Kerry Chessar
Meigs High School
Alexander Local Board
Donna Downie
Barbara Archer
State Department of Education
Point Pleasant
Dairyland
David R. Cheesebrew
Harrisonville
Hargraves
Seokwa
Ohio University
Harrisonville School
Joe Sayre
Salem Center
Ohio Power and Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
Scot's Inn
Columbus
Modern
Woodmen OF America Fraternal Life Insurance
Rock Island, Illinois
Hocking Valley Bank
Athens
Albany
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