Meigs County Sets November 1 Absent Ballot Deadline
Meigs County Board of Elections will start accepting absent voter applications on October 8 with a 4 PM November 1 cutoff. Voters traveling for surgery or more than 10 miles from their polling place may request ballots, which can be voted in person or by mail. Office hours are 1 to 4 PM daily through election day at the Mason Temple.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Board of Elections
Masonic Temple
Board
Centennial Stockholder's Day Stirs West Virginia Schools
West Virginia marks its 100th statehood anniversary with a Centennial Stockholder's Day in Mason County schools. Rex Smith issued the resolution and Mrs. Walter M. Windsor, chairwoman, says students earning contributions on Thursday will receive pins distributed by Paul Powell.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Mason County
Walter M. Windsor
Rex Smith
Firemen End Training At Gallipolis
Gallipolis volunteer firemen completed a 66 hour basic and fire service course with a hamburger fry and graduation. Eighteen members will receive diplomas. 16 attended the session covering 36 hours basic and 30 hours fire service training. Fire Chief James A. Northup thanked instructor James E. Pendleton as graduates included Assistant Chief Silas J. Hamilton and 16 others.
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Gallipolis
James A. Northup
Portsmouth
James E. Pendleton
Chief Northup
Silas J. Hamilton
Doug Runyon
John Taylor
George Clark
Robert Gooch
Raymond Greene
Ted Hanna
Derry Hemphill
Edward Kirby
Lee Long
Robert McKenzie
Charles Perroud
Drunk and speeding fines listed in Point Pleasant area court
The court docket shows Alfred Goddard and others from Eldorado and Glenwood paying fines and costs for drunken conduct. Additional motorists from Huntington and Pittsburgh areas were fined for speeding. A separate citation for improper backing and an overlength truck infraction are noted. A two car collision on Five Mile Road caused $150 in damage with no injuries. A church circle meeting was postponed to Oct 18.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin
Alfred Goddard
Eldorado
N. M
William Deal
Paul Deal
Ernie Deal
Glenwood
Audrey Tate
Huntington
Robert G. Finley
Apple Grove
Billy Ray Pritchard
Cleveland
Oscar Simpkins
William Plants
Boyd Fisher
Jack E. Hassell
Goldsboro
N. C
Wallace Dwayne Houtz
Dearborne
Mich
Jerome Spaundau, Jr
Pittsburgh
Ella Gladman
Tuppers Plains
Ohio
O. D. Tennant
Five Mile Road
Herbert V. Patterson
Appalachian Power Co
Jackie Earl Lee
Herderson
Navy School Completes Electronics Training at Charleston
Earl McKinley Jr of Middleport, serving in the U S Navy at Charleston, has finished an electronics training program and will be promoted November 16 to electricians mate third class petty officer aboard the minesweeper Avenge. He is son of Mr and Mrs O E McKinley and a 1960 Middleport High School graduate now set for a refresher course before a January Mediterranean cruise. Margaret Elizabeth Abbott is granted divorce from Howard Elliott Abbott in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Wilbur Napper fined $10 and costs in Meigs County Court by Judge Emmet W Peoples on intoxication charges.
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Middleport
Earl McKinley, Jr
U. S. Navy
Charleston
S. C
McKinley
Avenge
O. E. McKinley
Middleport High School
Navy
Pomeroy
Wilbur Napper
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Public Hearings Slated On Interstate Route 70
Public hearings begin next week on the I 70 route from west Columbus to Enon in Clark County. The Ohio State Highway Department plans a four lane divided limited access highway about 38 miles from north of W Broad Street in Columbus to north of U S 40 through Franklin Madison and Clark counties. A second item notes Racine firemen meeting Monday reviewed fire school topics and flushed hydrants with Syracuse and Rutland fire crews.
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Columbus
West Columbus
Enon
Clark County
State Highway Department
W. Broad St
Spring-Sandusky
Franklin
Madison
Pomeroy
Racine
Syracuse
Rutland
Cub Scouts Honor Bobcats At Salisbury School Meeting
POMEROY The Rock Springs Cub Scout Pack 248 held a ceremony Saturday night at Salisbury Elementary School with Cub Master Richard Young in charge. Bobcat awards went to Charles Clark Dean Pullins Eddie Ball Roger Dixon and Martin Broderick as leaders and parents Mrs. Herbert Dixon and Mrs. Fred Clark received mothers of Den III pins alongside senior den mother Mrs. Horace Abbott.
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Robert Burdette, Jr
Franklin Rizer
Roger Abbott
George Skinner
Danny Hood
Delbert Bruch
Horace Abbott
Herbert Dixon
Edward Ball
Melvin Hood
Vincet Broderick
Fred Clark
New Haven EUB Church Dedicates Parsonage in Point Pleasant
The New Haven EUB Church in Point Pleasant plans a dedication during morning worship Sunday for its new parsonage. Dr. E. Ray Cole, West Virginia Conference Superintendent, will conduct the service. Open house follows Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven
EUB
E. Ray Cole
West Virginia
Area Marine Is Overseas GALLIPOLIS FERRY
Marine Pvt. Bennett William joined the First Marine Aircraft Wing at Iwakuni Japan as part of the August replacement group. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Larson of Gallipolis Ferry and makes his home there.
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Gallipolis
Bennett William
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
Iwakani
Japan
William
Ralph W. Larson
Gallipolis Ferry
Rutland firemen plan monthly meeting at 8 p.m
Pomeroy-Meigs County firemen will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Rutland firehouse at 8 p.m tonight.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rutland
Miss Joyce Swartz Weds William McCool in Middleport
Miss Joyce Swartz daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Swartz of Middleport wed William H McCool son of Mr and Mrs Roy McCool of Middleport in a 5 30 p m ceremony at Silver Run Baptist Church Read by Rev Merlin Teets with Pfc Walter M Harris of Camp LeJeune as best man The couple toured the East on a wedding trip and will reside with the bride’s parents while the groom serves overseas in the U S Air Force
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Middleport
Silver Run Baptist Church
Joyce Swartz
Gene Swartz
William H. McCool
Roy McCool
James Evans
Walter M. Harris
Camp LeJuene
N.C
McCool
U.S. Air Force
Langsville GI Completes Finance School Course
Pvt. Ward L. Nelson of Langsville finished a five week finance procedures course at the Finance School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. He entered the Army in May 1962, completed basic training at Ft. Knox, graduated Rutland High School in 1962.
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Pomeroy
Ward L. Nelson
Alma Nelson
Langsville
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Ft. Knox
Rutland High School
River Traffic Dispatches from Gallipolis to Huntington District
River conditions and lock status reported for Gallipolis to Huntington, detailing dam roller status on Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Various vessels and tare numbers noted with up or down statuses and times for locks and beached or moving barges.
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Corner
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Ieee
Greenup
Nawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Huntington
Peggy
Harner
Sinan
Beaver
Stevenson
A. D. Haynes
Indiana
Meutse
Bosworth
Oo A. Frances Jonasend
Hea
Kanawha
Marmet
Lacy Jane
Winfield
Sandy
Jerry Bosworth
Elgwercliff
O. F. Shearer
Helen
Acheehe Boate
Queen
Owe
Invader
Phin
Meigs County Land Transfers Chronicle
Meigs County records show multiple transfers and life estates. Leah Allensworth and others convey parcels in Middleport to Robert and Delores Lynch. Ramona and Warren Jarrell grant a life estate in Salem Two to Myrtle Wilson. Various other deeds list transfers in Olive Two Bedford Salisbury Lebanon Two and Olive Two among Norris Crew Swartz Whithead and others.
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Leah M. Allensworth
Carlena van Meter
Marion van Meter
Mary Lou Swisher
Daniel Swisher
Charles Robert Allesworth
Carolyn Sue Allesworth
Robert L. Lynch
Delores M. Lynch
Middleport
Ramona Jarrell
Warren Jarrell
Myrtle Wilson
Salem
Charles Norris
Erma Norris
Charles Hall
Ruth Hall
Olive
Leo B. Crew
Virginia Crew
Herbert
Gladys L. Moore
Pomeroy
Harold E. Swartz
Gertrude M. Swartz
Sparkle Hawley
Salisbury
Evelyn B. Googlein
Fred Googlein
Bedford
Saith
Okey Boggs
Lucy Boggs
Lebanon
Emma M. Whithead
William H. Whithead
William H. Whithead, Jr
Ernest E. Whithead
Mrs Sayre Hosts Third St Home Gathering
Mrs Brooks Sayre hosted at her Third Street residence in Syracuse. Guest prizes went to Mrs Blendena Hudson and Mrs Margaret Eichinger. Refreshments were served to a group including Mrs Betty Frederick, Mrs Virginia Louden, Miss Paula Sayre, and many others from Long Bottom Belpre and nearby areas.
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Syracuse
Brooks Sayre
Third St
Blendena Hudson
Margaret Eichinger
Sylvia Zwilling
Mildred Hudson
Mildred Pierce
W. Eileen Clark
Naomi London
State Lawmaker Addresses Middleport Club on Welfare and Tax Policy
Middleport Meigs County representative George Meinhart spoke to the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club at the Masonic Temple. He reviewed Ohio Legislature activities over two years, noting the Educational Assistance Commission loans, tax relief on medicines and appliances, return of license fees to counties, highway patrol expansion, school and university funding, and reduced racketeering rules. A card party and style revue were planned for Thursday at Middleport High School.
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Middleport
George Meinhart
Meigs County
Masonic Temple
Meinhart
Ohio
Educational Assistance Commission
Middleport High School
DAR Meeting to Hear Rev Dr Lester Roush Address
Chaplain Lester Roush D D will speak on The World Wide Influence of the Revolutionary War at a Friday 2 p m meeting of the Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR in the home of Miss Frieda Faehnle. Re gent Mrs Emerson Jones presides with hostesses Mrs C M Hennesy Mrs Wayne Gibbons and Miss Lenore Giles assisting.
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Middleport
Lester Roush
D. D
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frieda Faehnle
Roush
Sons of the American Revolution
Emerson Jones
Parents and Teachers Attend Meigs Instruction Lab
Meigs County Council of Parents and Teachers held a school of instruction at Bedford school led by president Mrs. Harold Sauer. Topics covered family life education health services safety and audio-visual aids with Mrs Dale speaking on family life education.
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Middleport
Meigs
Vere Smith
Athens
Leo Crew
School of Instruction
Maxine Arnold
Salisbury
Sauer
Meigs County
Cincinnati
William Downie
Harold Lohse
Pomeroy
Southeast Ohio
PTA
Marvin Wilson
Guy Morris
Hemlock Grove
Zundell
Ernest Whitehead
Roy Miller
Roland Eastman
Riverview School
Chester Methodist Church
Laurel Cliff Health Club marks 26th anniversary
A Pomeroy gathering at the Laurel Cliff Better Health Club celebrated 26 years with a potluck at Mrs. Charles R. Karr Sr home. Co hosts were Mrs. Helen Leifheit and Mrs. Russell Leifheit. an anniversary cake by Mrs. Dana Oliver. officers and committees named for cards flowers sick supplies and lunches. Proceeds from a white elephant sale benefited the James Lewis family recovering from a fire. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Lou Diehl’s home.
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Ernest Powell
Merlin Tracy
Charles Diehl
Lou Diehl
Eugene Gill
Charles Karr
James Gilmore
Clarence Curtis
Dana Oliver
Joe Evans
James Lewis
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Meigs Election Board
Harry Wilford
St. Anthony Hospital
Court News
Eleanor Circle of Heath Methodist Church
E. M. Blake
Delaware
University Hospital
Newman Burdette
Jeffrey Darst
Betty Darst
Harold Bachtel
Bruce Bachtel
Susie Brooks
Barberton
Forrest Bachtel
E. M. Wood
Don Garber
Kenneth Cale
Newport
R. L
M. R. Roller
Cale
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Vesta McCoy
Margaret Elizabeth Abbott
Howard Elliott Abbott
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
John Purdy
Cub
Area Marine
Overseas
William McCool
Merlin Teets
Mrs. Sayre
DAR
Health Club
Children’s Missionary
United Methodist Church
James Swatzel
Jeffrey Werry
Roy Vaughan
Jay Warner
Mortie
Ebersbach Hardware CO
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