Middleport Council Seeks Dumping Permit Renewal
Middleport village council plans for a 10 am hearing before the Water Pollution Control Board to renew its permit to dump refuse into the Ohio River. The board meeting follows council actions on a joint sewage project with Pomeroy and reviews pool construction problems at the Middleport swimming pool. Officers report 8000 gallons lost daily, with concrete thickness issues found in pool tests.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Water Pollution Control Board
Bernard Fultz
Durin
Middleport Council
Pomeroy Council
Ralph Woolbert
Dayton
Pomeroy Engineering
Burgess and Niple
Pomeroy
Pollution Control Board
Columbus
Fultz
Village Funds Are Listed for Nine Months in 1957
Middleport village treasurer Miss Jean Lama reports total village treasury balances at end of September 1957 amount to 25 927 15. Major funds include General 2733 24 parking meter 3625 14 swimming pool 580 53 fire equipment 661 76 state highway improvement 2718 49 street maintenance 9191 77 cemetery 5492 72 and cemetery trust 923 50.
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Middleport
Jean Lama
Cemetery Trust Fund
Middleport Social Notes: Heath WSCS Meets
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Heath Methodist Church met last night with Mrs. Bruce Lloyd presiding. Devotional led by Mrs. Glenn Lambert. program by Mrs. Nan Moore on Our Home Mission Centers and Race. Members from Henderson WV attended. Barbara Jones sang I Believe. Plans announced for Southeast Region United Church Women meeting in Pomeroy, World Community Day on Nov 1, and World Day of Prayer for Middleport in February. Tummage sale set for Oct 25–26 at former Dutton Drug Store site with Oct 24 item drop. Dessert served by local hostesses. closing meditation on the Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Heath Methodist Church
Bruce Lloyd
Glenn Lambert
Nan Moore
Moore
Ernest Jones
Bess Sanborn
Bufort East
David Entsminger
C. P. Gallagher
M. L. French
Lloyd
Henderson
W.va
Robert Hurley
Emerson Jones
Barbara Jones
W.S.C.S
United Church Women of Ohio
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. R. Konkright
Dutton Drug Store
Walter Hayes
Robert Harris
Charles Burdette
Women’s Association Meets at First Presbyterian Church
Group II met Monday evening at the church with Mrs. J. E. Harley as chair. Mrs. Carl Owen presented an article “Beyond Death, There is Life” by Norman Vincent Peale and Mrs. C. T. Shumaker led the study from the book “Conversa…
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Middleport
Women’s Association of the
First Presbyterian Church
J. E. Harley
Carl Owen
Norman "Vincent Peale
C. T. Shumaker
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County transfers include John F. Holliday and Pauline Holliday selling 80 acres in Columbia Township to Ohio Power Co. and multiple others: Vergie Ruschel to Robert and Delories Burton. E M Cade and Davie Cade to Lloyd and Audrey McLaughlin. Carl Chevalier to Charles L and Nellie Jackson. Charles L Jackson to Nellie Jackson. Sam and Melvina Birchfield to Thereon K and Mildred L Workman. Howard and Grace Proffitt to A D Clendenin and Goldie Clendinin. Charles H Peoples to Charles H and Cora M Kuhl. Louisa Evelyn Blaine to Flora Beard. Daniel Blaine et al affidavit. Wayne and Myrtle Harrison to C G Cole and Ethel Cole.
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John F. Holliday
Pauline Holliday
Ohio Power Co
Columbia Township
Vergie Ruschel
Robert and
Delories Burton
Pomeroy
E. M. Cade
Davie Cade
Lloyd
Audrey McLaughlin
Chester Township
Carl Chevalier
Charles L
Nellie Jackson
Olive Township
Charles L. Jackson
Sam and
Melvina Birchfield
Melvina Birchfield To Thereon K. and Mildred L. Workman
Rutland Township
Howard
Grace Proffitt
A. D. Clendenin
Goldie Clendenin
Lebanon Township
Charles H. Peoples
Charles H
Cora M. Kuhl
Louisa Evelyn Blaine
Flora Beard
Daniel Blaine
Floyd Blaine
Thomas S. Blaine
Thomas A. Blaine
Middleport
Wayne
Myrtle Harrison
C. G. Cole
Ethel Cole
Blessing and Holiday Guests Visit Local Families
Sunday visitors to Misses Ella and Maud Blessing included Toby Myers and Fannie Taylor with Eva Weigans. Weekend guests at Taft Boston's home were Waine Hart from Columbus, Ben Evans and family from Akron, and Mr Boston who recently left Gallipolis hospital. Alva Luckidew and Ivis King hosted, Ed Fry and Johnie Fry visited Taft Boston, Lavina Rainey and daughter Lucile Johnston visited Huntington friends, Eva Weigans called on C E Fry, and Okey Raush with Dwight Gibbs dropped by Point Pleasant.
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Letart Falls
Ella and
Maud Blessing
Toby Myers
Robert Taylor
Fannie Taylor
Eva Weigans
Taft
Boston
Waine Hart
Columbus
Ben Evans
Akron
Gallipolis Hospital
Alva Luckidew
Ivis King
Ed Fry
Johnie Fry
Lavina Rainey
Lucile Johnston
Huntington
C. E. Fry
Okey Raush
Dwight Gibbs
Point Pleasant
Middleport City Hall Redecorating Extends Inside
Work continues at Middleport City Hall with upstairs redecorated and repainted in two tone green. The mayor’s office downstairs has been repaired and painted, and plaster repair is now underway in the council chambers in the same two tone color scheme.
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Middleport
C. QO. Fisher
Curfew Enforced in Middleport For Halloween Pranks
Mayor C O Fisher announces a Halloween curfew in Middleport beginning tonight to curb pranks. The curfew runs 9 p m to after Halloween with a 7 p m start on trick or treat night October 30. Parents may be prosecuted for damages by their children.
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C. QO. Fisher
Meigs Wholesale Grocery
Rutland St
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Fisher
Russell Given 2-Year Sentence
Federal Judge Mell G Underwood in Columbus sentenced Albert Russell Jr former Pomeroy postmaster to two years in prison for embezzling 7076 in postal funds between 1956 and 1957. Russell a restaurant owner pleaded guilty to two counts of conversion.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Albert Russell, Jr
Pomeroy
Russell
Meigs County
Fred Crow
FBI
Meigs County Issues Two Marriage Licenses
In Meigs County Probate court today Harold Henderson and Wilma Burnem received licenses, both residents of Meigs County. A second couple, Wayne Wilson and Betty Braden, also obtained marriage licenses, with Wilson from Letart Falls and Braden from Letart Falls.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harold Lee Henderson
Clarence and
Osie Elizabeth Carr Henderson
Wilma Arlene Burnem
Robert
Addie Jane Young Burnem
Wayne Smith Wilson
Letart Falls
William Wilson
Erma VanMeter Wilson
Betty Jane Braden
Ardell and
Mattie Randolph Braden
Pomeroy GOC Announces Training Meeting
The Pomeroy Post of the Ground Observer Corp will hold a training meeting Wednesday at 7 00 p m at the post headquarters on Lincoln Hill all members are urged to attend. A spokesman also announced an alert scheduled for Oct 20 from noon to 6 p m.
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Pomeroy
Ground Observer Corp
Lincoln Hill
Oklahoma Sooners Open 1957 Season With Strong 94 8 3 Mark
The Oklahoma Sooners started the 1957 football campaign under coach Bud Wilkinson posting a 94 win 8 loss and 3 tie record over his 10-year tenure.
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Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Sooners
Band Tag Day Raises 727 for Middleport High
Middleport High School band reports $727 raised during their annual tag day on Saturday. Headquarters were the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. offices with Mrs. James Buchanan as general chairman. Assistants included Mrs. William Grueser and others as fund drive workers.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
James Buchanan
William Grueser
Harold Woodgerd
Paul Theis
Russell Wilson
George Dallas
Arthur Skinner
Francis Anderson
Theis
Buchanan
Meigs General Hospital Admission and Discharge Notes
Admitted Mrs Wilma Smith Portland. Frank Dudgeon Pomeroy. Harry Davis Minersville. Discharged Mrs Virgil Casto and infant daughter Middleport. Mrs Edward Foreman and infant daughter Syracuse. Mrs William Riser and infant daughter Minersville. Pearl Paulin Pomeroy.
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Wilma Smith
Portland
Frank Dudgeon
Pomeroy
Harry Davis
Minersville
Virgil Casto
Middleport
Edward Foreman
Syracuse
William Riser
Pearl Paulin
PTA To Meet Thursday At Sugar Run School
The Sugar Run PTA will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Sugar Run School. Mrs Ray Woodgeard the president will lead the session and Mrs Phil Globokar the program chairman has planned a program.
Whetstone Rites Held for Mrs Charles Whetstone
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Charles Whetstone, a former resident killed last week en route to Columbus for work. The service took place at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rawlings Coats funeral home with pallbearers Oren Hunsicker Adrian Phillips Eugene Fink Leon McKnight Joe Postelwaite and Emory Steiner. Visitation extended from many locals traveling from Columbus Corning Monroe Mich Waverly Athens and nearby towns.
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Charles Whetstone
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
Oren Hunnsicker
Adrian Phillips
Eugene Fink
Leon McKnight
Joe Postelwaite
Emory Steiner
Out of the County
Paul Casto
Russell Powell
J. H. Manahan
Arthur Manahan
Thomas Swanger
J. W. Ryan
Michael Lennedy
Corning
Arlie Pierce
Johnny Pierce
Howard Pierce
Monroe, Mich
James Tackett
Waverly
Lawrence Fields
Athens
Minersville Van Taken for Further Treatment
Frank Sulli van has been moved to the Veterans Hospital in Huntington West Virginia Wayne County for further medical treatment.
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Minersville
Frank Sullivan
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Wayne County
Club Holds Trail Ride Near Pomeroy
The Meigs County Riding Club held a Sunday trail ride from the Rocksprings Fairground. Afterward a wiener roast and potluck supper were at the grange hall with many members and guests joining for the event.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
William Campbell
Gallipolis
Saddle and Sirloin Club
Pomeroy Couple Wed In October Ceremony At Alfred
POMEROY MISS Wilma Burnem and Harold L Henderson were married October 12 at their Alfred home in a double ring ceremony. Officiant Rev John Elwood. Attendants included Mrs Richard Follrod as matron of honor and Ralph Henderson as best man. The couple will reside on farming property in Alfred. A reception followed.
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Pomeroy
Wilma Burnem
Harold L. Henderson
Alfred
John Elwood
Robert Burnem
Letart Falls
Richard Follrod
Ralph Henderson
Paying Off An Old Debt In A Neighborly Rescue
A man aids neighbor Harry Radford after a corn picker injury in Homer Russell’s yard near Five Points. Dr. T A Hewetson treats shock and wounds while the writer recalls Radford once saved him from a dog attack, saying he is repaying a 30 year old debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Russell
Five Points
Harry Radford
Dr. Hewetson
Mr. Radford
Willing Workers Class to Meet at Dorothy Longs Home
Pomeroy news notes the Willing Workers Class of the Enterprise EUB Church will gather Thursday evening at Miss Dorothy Long's home as announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Enterprise Eub Church
Dorothy Long
Rock Springs Health Club Meeting Postponed to Oct 24
Rock Springs Better Health Club meeting moved from Thursday Oct 17 to Thursday Oct 24. The gathering will be at the Rock Springs Grange Hall. Hostesses are Mrs. John Hartung Mrs. Edward Humphrey and Mrs. Lewis Grueser.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
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