Pomeroy school calendar trims Christmas break
The Pomeroy board of education adopted a new calendar cutting Christmas vacation to one week and eliminating the Easter spring break. Graduation remains May 24 with commencement May 28 and final term ends May 29. The six year high school charter allows freshmen to play varsity football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Smith
Central
Sugar Run
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Baker and Seyfried
Pomeroy Board
Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Athens
Poultry Producers Organize in Southeast Ohio
The Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association was formed in Pomeroy City Hall. By-laws promote education information sharing and marketing study to improve quality and member benefits. Voting members are poultry producers non voting members include feed men processors and others. Meeting cadence set for the second Thursday monthly. E A Wingett elected president and Joseph Stanley Jr Robert Gray Norbert Compton and Ralph Smith prepared the by-laws. Members from Meigs Athens and Washington counties attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association
Poultry
Pomeroy City Hall
Joseph Stanley
Robert Gray
Norbert Compton
Ralph Smith
E. A. Wingett
Meigs County
Athens
Washington
Inight
Timber Hog Demonstration Schedules at Ohio Substation
Ralph K. Day of the Central States Forest Experimentation reports a wood grinding hog will headline the two day timber harvest show at the Southeastern substation of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Carpenter. Exhibits include a frozen timber saw and a new kerf saw from the Forest Products Laboratory along with forestry supplies tractors and portable sawmills. The event aims to promote good land use and showcase new harvesting and use of forest products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ralph K. Day
Central States Forest Experimentation
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Forest Products Laboratory
Carpenter
Television Service Sales Store To Open In Mill Street
The large business room on Mill Street owned by Herbert Chambers will house Allen Appliances opening about Oct. 20. Harry Allen of Letart and his son-in-law George Yonker own the venture offering television sales and service and refrigeration. The space was vacated last week by Quality Coffee Shoppe now moved to the Swift building on N Second Avenue.
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Middleport
Herbert Chambers
Mill St
Allen
Harry Allen
Letart
George Yonker
Quality
Swift
N. Second Ave
Chimes To Emphasize Prayer Service Here
Middleport Angelus will ring nightly at six to remind Methodists of the closing prayer period. Special numbers on the Jones Memorial Chimes will be prayed at this hour highlighting services leading to the evangelistic mission Ohio churches plan this Fall.
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Middleport
Angelus
Ohio
Hospital Visit for Mrs. R. C. Tuckerman in Middleport
Mrs. R. C. Tuckerman remains a medical patient at Holzer Hospital after a fall at home. Family visits Sunday with her son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Tuckerman of Athens.
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Middleport
R. C. Tuckerman
Holzer Hospital
Inlaw
Edgar Tuckerman
Athens
No Quorum Forces Pomeroy Council Meeting Canceled
A special village council session in Pomeroy was not held for lack of a quorum. Three members signed letters scheduling topics such as streets police and garbage, but only Ted Downie Howard Kitchen Pat Will and Dale Smith attended.
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Theo Lehew
Hollie Green
GOP Readies Headquarters in Middleport and Pomeroy
Republican officials announce a new campaign hub in Middleport at the Stansbury room on Mill Street with opening by Wednesday. Treasurer C R Karr notes literature and ballots to be distributed and a caravan plan includes Pomeroy and Ironton stops with brief rallies in Southeastern Ohio communities.
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Middleport
E. E
Jack) Follrod
Meigs County
Stansbury Room
Mill St
Duke Cleaners
C. R. Karr
Pomeroy
Ironton
Ohio
Martin Hotel
Tenth Stray Animal Found in Meigs County
A Jersey cow, the tenth stray found in Meigs County this week, was located at the southeastern substation of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Carpenter. Deputy Sheriff C H Wise Jr said residents missing such animals should contact the sheriff. Nine other strays on three farms have been returned to owners.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Carpenter
C. H. Wise, Jr
Wise
Interment Services Set for Wednesday
Interment for the ashes of Mrs. Jay Root Carrie Powell will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery in the family plot. Rev Louis A Bangerter Heath Methodist Church pastor will officiate. Mrs Root died this summer in Portland Oregon and was a former Middleport resident.
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Middleport
Jay Root
Carrie Powell
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Family Left Homeless After Langsville Fire
An appeal for the Earl Gardner family, whose Langsville home and possessions were lost in a fire, was issued by Mrs. Arthur Strauss of the local Red Cross. Neighbors found the blaze and no insurance was present. the family needs clothing, food, and household items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardners
Pomeroy
Middleport
Foundation Plans Slated for Local Infantile Paralysis Chapter
Plans for forming a Meigs County chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis will be discussed at 8 p m Wednesday at the courthouse. Gaye Dean state director will lead the meeting and Rev Harold F Hess county chairman urges all interested citizens to attend. Under the current structure the Meigs County Ministerial Association president serves as director annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Gaye Dean
Harold F. Hess
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Accident Near Tipple Reported by Police
Police report an accident near the Swisher tipple on E Main Street Saturday night. Glenis White age 18 of Niles collided with Thomas Roush age 17 of Pomeroy after a truck pulled onto the highway. White’s car struck tipple supports and rail tracks with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Swisher
E. Main St
William Lehew
Lehew
Glenis White
Niles
Thomas Roush
Roush
Services for Nephew Will Be Held in Ky
Jack Evans travels to Kentucky for funeral services for his nephew Warren Evans. The armed forces member died in a drowning incident while on leave, details of the death message remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jack Evans
Kentucky
Warren Evans
Armed Forces
Langsville Man Fined On Driving Charge
Glenford Boggess of Langsville was fined $100 and costs for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in a hearing before Mayor Delmar A. Canaday. Charges were filed by Patrolman Ray Evans Jr.
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Pomeroy
Glenford Boggess
Langsville
Delmar A. Canaday
Ray Evans, Jr
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Births
Admitted: Mrs. Harold Trussell Racine Albert Wyers Coolville Mrs Barbara Gau Sumner Mrs Jessie Mitch Middleport Mrs Betty Grady Pomeroy Ann Young Mason Mrs Julia Girolami Pomeroy Linda Mallory Racine Mrs Rosie Gillen Minersville Mrs Joe Clark Cheshire Mrs Nancy Shuler Letart Mrs Virginia Fisher Minersville Alva Hite Pomeroy. Births: Ronald Grady Pomeroy son Mason Fisher Minersville daughter. Discharged: Floyd Roach Albert Wyers Una Mae Young Horace Roush Mrs Guy Mitchler Mrs Ronald Grady and baby Mrs Jessie Mitch Mrs Mattie Custer Mrs Mason Fisher and infant Mrs Nancy Shuler Stanley Wells Hazel Van Cooney Fred Daniels Mrs Ed Beaver Mrs Homer Might Glenn Repperger Mrs Richard Osler and Mrs George Gaskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Trussell
Racine
Albert Wyers
Coolville
Barbara Gau
Sumner
Jessie Mitch
Middleport
Betty Grady
Pomeroy
Ann Young
Mason
Julia Girolami
Linda Mallory
Rosie Gillen
Minersville
Joe Clark
Cheshire
Nancy Shuler
Letart
Virginia Fisher
Alva Hite
Floyd Roach
Una Mae Young
Horace Roush
Guy Mitchler
Ronald Grady
Mattie Custer
Mason Fisher
Stanley Wells
Hazel van Cooney
Fred Daniels
Ed Beaver
Homer Might
Glenn Repperger
Richard Osler
George Gaskins
Pomeroy Police Report On Meter Receipts
Parking meter receipts totaling 281.30 for the past week were reported today by Chief of Police Walter F. E. Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Walter FE. Wolfe
Bake Sale Set in Middleport by Bradford Church of Christ
The Bradford Church of Christ announces a bake sale on October 25 at the Tri-Lustre Shop on Mill Street in Middleport. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bradford
Church of Christ
Mill St
Federated Church Council Meeting Scheduled in Pomeroy
The Federated Church Council will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 p m in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church Council
Levening
Furr Named Vice President and General Manager of Appalachian
G. L. Furr is appointed vice president and general manager of Appalachian Electric Power Co. effective November 1, succeeding M. C. Funk as operating head. Funk remains vice president and director, shifting to focus on policy work for Appalachian and related American Gas and Electric System companies.
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Point Pleasant
G. L. Furr
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Furr
M. C. Funk
Philip Sporn
Appalachian
Funk
American Gas and Electric System
Mr. Sporn
Tober
Bluefield
Virginia
Women form Heath Service Guild at WSCS meeting
At Middleport Methodist Church the Women Society of Christian Service installed Heath Service Guild officers with candle colors denoting roles. New president Mrs Vernon Weber led the ceremony as 62 members were reported plus per capita giving of 5 dollars. The group planned Navajo Mission School aid and chair and drapery purchases while Reverend Louis A. Bangerter announced district conference at Wheelersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heathethodist Church
Heath Service Guild
WSCS
Vernon Weber
Franklin Ginther
Jack Bachner
Katherine Bachtel
Nan Moore
E.S. Schaff
Guild
Home Missions
Robert Harris
E. S. Schaaf
Oo. P. Klein
United States
Farmington
New Mexico
Bangerter
Klein
Bess Sanborn
Methodist Woman
World Outlook
Louis A. Bangerter
Ohio
C. O. Fisher
Robert Coats
Harold Woodgerd
Margaret Hawkins
R. A. Miller
Weber
Auxiliary meeting plans Armistice Day turkey dinner
The Middleport Auxiliary of the Manley Post American Legion met at Mrs. Emma Bland's home with Mrs. Carrie Cassell presiding. They planned a public Armistice Day turkey dinner at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and heard a report from delegates Mrs. Cassell and Mrs. Hampton about the fall conference in Pomeroy. Chairman Mrs. Steenrod of Zanesville will be the Eighth District speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Manley Post, American Legion
Emma Bland
Carrie Cassell
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Cassell
Lula B. Hampton
the Legion Auxiliary
Pomeroy
Bland
86th Birthday Celebrated in Middleport at Beech Street Home
The 86th birthday of William Wise was celebrated at his Beech Street home. A large birthday cake and flowers decorated the refreshment table. Guests included the Lewis and Wise families.
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Middleport
William Wise
Beech St
Birthday Details Mark Central School Kindergartners
Mary Walburn five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Walburn celebrated at Central School kindergarten. Afternoon class hosted refreshments and balloons with aid from teacher Mrs Pearl Reynolds. Class roster includes Connie Vittato Ronnie Ridenour Richard Wilson and others.
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Middleport
Mary Walburn
Raymond Walburn
Central School
Linda Kauff
Jimmy Hackett
Mary Fultz
Narsa Frost
Diana Criswell
Ann Criner
Michael Bratton
Connie Bobo
Sherry Bickert
Tommy Blaine
Celesta Ault
Tommy Fisher
Jacqueline Spencer
Suzanne Bradbury
Attendees at Services for Late Mrs Sara Wise
List of relatives and friends attending the service for Mrs. Sara Wise includes Mrs. William Betz, Henry and Nancy Fowler, Roscoe Fowler, Mrs. Yost, J D Roush, B Y McCormick, Settle family, George DeWitt and daughters, James Fowler and Jr, Ray Hudnall and daughter Betty, Cecil Grogan, Paul Fowler, Jim Fowler, with addresses in Gallipolis Letart Cedar Grove Nitro Columbus Lorain and St Albans W Va and Portland.
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Middleport
Sara Wise
William Betz
Henry Fowler
Nancy
Carol
Roscoe Fowler
Gallipolis
David Yost
Portland
J. D. Roush
Letart
B. Y. McCormick
St. Albans
Charles
Frank Settle
Cedar Grove
W. Va
George DeWitt
Sylvia
Joyce
James Fowler
James Fowler, Jr
Ray Hudnall
Betty
Nitro
Cecil Grogan
Paul Fowler
Columbus
Jim Fowler
Lorraine
Local notices from Middleport and nearby towns
Community chatter lists visits and trips from Middleport residents. The Rev. Howard E. Ruppelt travels to Cincinnati on business. Numerous families visit relatives in Franklin Furnace Pittsburgh Dunbar and Clarksburg while attending events and hosting gatherings at homes and with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
Arthur Covert
William Brant
Franklin Furnace
Ernest Lallance
Clarence Struble
William Jurgens
Wallace Bradford
Glenn Lambert
Don Mullen
Pittsburgh
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
Lewis Sauer, Jr
P. M. ‘Club
Frank Wilson
Dennis Gallagher
Gary
Charleston
C. P. Gallagher
Fred Hoffman
Dunbar
W. Va
Six Hunters Fined 625 By Magistrate
Six Logan County men faced a total $625 in fines after guilty pleas to 17 hunting violations. The capture occurred Sunday in Mason County by Miles Durst and Richard Booth, with individual penalties listed for each hunter.
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Point Pleasant
Logan County
Mason County
Miles Durst
Richard Booth
Putnam County
Cecil Browning
Jay Thompson
Clyde Vance
James L. Frazier
Dewey Webb
Clyde Hensley
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits and Travel
Social notes list residents and guests visiting from Columbus Cleveland Logan Ostrander and Youngstown. Attendees include Dr Raymond Boice in Chicago, James Russell, Frank Will, John Wills and others traveling to the Browns Giants game and Ohio State Wisconsin matchup. Local notables visit relatives in Logan Enterprise Gallipolis Fort Meade and Pittsburgh while planning a National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis drive with Rev Harold Hess and Harry Bennett.
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Raymond Boice
Chicago
James Russell
Columbus
Frank Will
John Wills
Cleveland
New York Giants
Fred Crow
Clarence Clifford
Butternut Sr
Jesse Cooley
Logan
Clifford
James Lloyd
Katherine
Belore
Charles, Eugene
Wilbur ‘Gregory
Ostrander
Ohio
Joel Meyers
EUB
Enterprise
A. W. Vale
Alton Vale
Robert Vale
Joan
Delmar Canady
Gerald Schuster
George Hartenbach
Leonard Hess Jr
Eugene Fisher
Mildred Rice
Gallipolis
Pomjeroy
Hess
Spring Ave
Richard Rosenbaum
Fort Meade
Fred Rosenbaum
Pomeroy
Eva Zieslee
Youngstown
John Strauss
Monkey Run
Bill Smith
Ohio University
W. A Smith
Lincoln Heights
Jack Hoffner
Gerald Hoffner
Zanesville
William Baxter
Mulberry Ave
Harold Hess
Harry Bennett
Pittsburgh
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Two Local Residents Enter Area Hospitals
Ernest Davis suffered a heart attack and was taken to Mason Clinic by ambulance. Pearlie Stansbury received emergency care from the Middleport Fire Department squad and was transported to an Athens hospital on Friday.
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Middleport
Ernest Davis
Mason Clinic
Pearlie Stansbury
Athens
Local Social Visits Include Souders Family and Guests
Reed lived with the Souders while at high school. Mrs. C. R. Karr and daughter Polly visited Selina with Mr. Ed Bauer. Mrs. Hawkins and Carroll Swanson joined Polly Ann McKinney and others traveling to Middleport. Cunninghams and Zuspans visited Parkersburg and Birmingham relatives. Kennedy and Judy visited Edith Thomas and Grapes in Cheshire. Everett Davis returned from Virginia Beach to meet Claude Washington in Kenove.
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Parkersburg
Kenneth Zuspan
Birmingham
Ala
Ezra Zuspan
O. L. Roush
Ernest Kennedy
Judy
Akron
Edith Thomas
William Grapes
Cheshire
Everett Davis
Virginia Beach
Claude Washington
Mr. Davis
Kenove
EUB Church Plans District Rally Series Across State
More than 40 Evangelical United Brethren churches will gather at Heights Church in Point Pleasant for the first of seven statewide district rallies. Host pastor Rev. Harry Eckels invites churches from Charleston area Mason County and other districts to a 2 pm start with talks by Dr. L L Baughman Gladys Ward and Ray N Shaffer followed by fellowship and sectional sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
St. Albans
Nitro
Rexelena
Red House
William Hamilton
Ray N Shaffer
T. L. Miles
Baughman
Plans Set For Meeting Of Teachers
Iva Wise and Erma Barnett listed as workshop recorders for the West Virginia Education Association convention in Charleston this Thursday and Friday. About 18,000 educators will attend with sessions at Shrine Mosque and local high schools on Pupils Progress and Related Problems and Better Living Through an Improved Curriculum. An evening talk by Salem Rizk on America Is More Than a Country opens Thursday, with Friday featuring Phares E. Reeder and Claire Huchet Bishop, and a Friday program by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Albert Dekker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Iva Wise
Erma Barnett
West Virginia Education Association
Charleston
West Virginia
Shrine Mosque
Thomas Jefferson High School
Charleston High School
Salem Rizk
America
Phares E. Reeder
Association
Claire Huchet Bishop
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Albert Dekker
Civil Service Jobs Openings Listed in Columbus
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners Columbus General Depot and the United States Civil Service Commission announced openings with salaries from 3410 to 4205 a year. An urgent need for supply catalogers and junior management assistants in federal agencies was noted. Applications due by November 13. For information contact Howard Russell at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Columbus General Depot
Columbus
United State Civil Service Commission
Columbus Examiners
Civil Commission
School cooks hired and church janitor named
Cooking for the school began Monday with Cel lie Young hired as cook and Ruth Larkins assisting. Joe Bissell was hired as janitor for both churches. Meetings are held at the churches on alternate Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Cellie Young
Ruth Larkins
H. G. Webster
Williams
Harrisonville
S. A. Rairden
Antone Liter
Charles Murray
Pomeroy
Joe Bissell
Oscar Babcock
Joe Fitch
Liverpool
Effie Lorrence
Bashau
E. W. and
Linnie Swan
Death in Minnesota Auto Crash Kills Mrs Ira Buck
Charles Mc Namee reports the death of Mrs Ira Buck in a Minnesota automobile accident. Her husband was seriously injured in the same crash and visits the McNamees each winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles McNamee
Ira Buck
Minnesota
McNamees
Inter-city youth rally draws 25 from Federated Church
Twenty five youths from the Federated Church joined the Columbus Portsmouth district rally in Chillicothe on Sunday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Columbus-Portsmouth
Chillicothe
West Virginia Farm Bureau backs veterinary scholarship plan
The 33rd annual meeting approved a resolution to fund a state scholarship program for future veterinarians at West Virginia University. The plan calls for $1000 a year per student to cooperating institutions, with recipients guaranteed five years of practice in West Virginia or repayment of funds, ensuring farmer benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
West Virginia Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
Farm Bureau
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George Veiths
Bobby Veith
Archie Ellis
Fred Searls
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Clarence Boyles
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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Jet Job
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van Heflin
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Frank McHugh
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Sec'y-Trena
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Ricardo Montalban
Bette Davis
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