Absentee Ballots Cast As Election Day Nears in Meigs County
Twenty five absentee ballots have been cast at the Meigs County Board of Elections as voters prepare for the November election. The office remains open 1 to 4 p.m. to process absentee and service ballots. In Pomeroy, races include village council and school board seats with incumbents and challengers named, plus a .65 mill tuberculosis care and prevention tax levy on the ballot.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Board of Education
William M. Young
Jack Weyersmiller
Dor D. Schaefer
Leslie F. Fultz
William Baronick
Roy Reuter
Don FE. Collins
Franklin M. Rizer
Richard Rupe
Charles Legar
Elma Russell
Edna Schoenleb
Judge Orders Salisbury Township Road Opened
Judge Thomas W. Mitchell ordered the road from Laurel Cliff to Naylors Run opened after a hearing in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Hugh Leifheit had closed the road and placed signs amid a suit against Salisbury Two trustees and county commissioners over an oral agreement on road relocation. The judge granted a temporary restraining order and ordered Leifheit to remove signs and stop blocking traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salisbury
Thomas W. Mitchell
Jackson
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Hugh Leifheit
Laurel
Cliff
59 Youths At EUB Rally Opens with Guest Speaker
Fifty nine youths attended a Group Four EUB Churches rally at Enterprise EUB Church. Rev. Francis H. Glazier led opening rites, the host youth choir performed, Karen Walker and Dottie Lo Brown sang a duet, and Rev. Howard Ruppelt spoke on Evangelical United Brethren. The host church won the attendance award. Next meeting planned for Dorcas.
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Dorcas Church
Ponns Entertain At Turkey Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Ben ton Penn hosted a turkey dinner at their Mulberry Avenue home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Penn of Pontiac Michigan and the Hardy family heads from Glouster plus three sons. The group later visited relatives in the Wilkesville and Pt. Rock areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Benton Penn
Mulberry Avenue
Earl Penn
Pontiac, Mich
Allen Hardy
Andy Hardy
Glouster
Wilkesville
Francis Penn
Leo Ragan
George Ragan
Pt. Rock Area
Weekend visitors at Rev. W. W. Bragg home
Tuppers Plains weekend callers included the Rev. Bragg’s son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ray Whittington and their daughter Roberta of South Charleston W Va. Mrs Bragg’s brother and wife Mr. and Mrs Hobart Whiteside and their son of Parkersburg were guests. Mrs Carrie Bahr had Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs Gene Russell of Nelsonville and Mr. and Mrs Howard Russell of Athens.
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W. W. Bragg
Ray Whittington
Roberta
South Charleston
W. Va
Bragg
Hobart Whiteside
Parkersburg
Carrie Bahr
Gene Russell
Nelsonville
Howard Russell
Athens
Sailor Leifheit Visits Parents During Norfolk Leave
Leifheit sailor Leifheit from the US Navy at Norfolk Virginia spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Victor Leifheit in town, visiting family during a short service leave.
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Pomeroy — Russell Leifheit
US. Navy
Norfolk
Mrs
Victor Leifheit
Mrs James Will Hosts Willing Workers Class
Mrs James Will will entertain the Willing Workers Class of Enterprise EUB Church at her home Friday at 7 30 PM.
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Pomeroy
James Will
Enterprise Eub Church
Local Social Notes From Columbus and Area
Mrs. Mary McDaniel and Katie Tignor visited Mrs. Charles Turner for her birthday in Columbus. Mrs. Janet Duffy of Pomeroy visited her parents the Epperelys. Apple Grove WSCS met at Mrs. Frank Buck’s with attendees including Bertha Robinson Mabel Roush Anna Wheeler Dolly Wolfe Hattie Shank Eileen Buck Pamela and Joan Roush. Refreshments were ice cream and coffee. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stobart visited relatives in Columbus then returned home. Mrs. Jack Adams visited her mother Maggie Weaver in Franklin. Boone Adams and daughter Sandra joined Sunday dinner with Jack Adams. Pattie Shain is sick at home with the flu. Mrs. Rose Brown of California Pennsylvania is visiting her daughter Mrs. John Boyd for two weeks. Robert Graham of the Great Lakes is on leave with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McDaniel
Katie Tignor
Columbus
Charles Turner
Janet Duffy
Pomeroy
Frank Epperely
WSCS
Apple Grove
Frank Buck
Bertha Robinson
Mabel Roush
Anna Wheeler
Dolly Wolfe
Hattie Shank
Eileen Buck
Pamela
Joan Roush
Arthur Stobart
Isabel Simpson
Jack Adams
Maggie Weaver
Franklin
Boone Adams
Sandra
Letart Falls
Pattie Shain
Rose Brown
California
Penn
John Boyd
Robert Graham
The
Great Lakes
Navy
Literary Meeting at Miss Sanborns Home
Middleport literary club gathers at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Miss Bess Sanborns home. Mrs M L French and Mrs Ben Philson present the program referencing a response from a famous Ohioan.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Bess Sanborn
M. L. French
Ben Philson
Twilight Garden Club Meets Tonight at Rupe Home
The Twilight Garden Club will meet at 7 30 tonight at the home of Mrs Richard Rupe Wehe Terrace with Mrs Eddie Smith and Mrs Ralph Gilmore as co hostesses.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
Richard Rupe
Wehe Terrace
Eddie Smith
Ralph Gilmore
Halloween Party Planned by Winding Trail Garden Club
A Halloween party is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. John Terrell during the Winding Trail Garden Club meeting.
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Pomeroy
Winding Trail Garden Club
John Terrell
Public Hearing Set For Relocation Of Route 50
A public hearing on relocating U S Route 50 and State Route 327 from the Ross County line to Ratcliffburg in Vinton County will be Oct 18 1961 at 10 am in McArthur Ohio. Max R Farley of the Ohio Department of Highways will preside. The plan shifts the highway 4.9 miles south of current US 50 with a cost of about 1.3 million dollars and anticipates a four lane limited access future.
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Ross County
Ratcliffburg
Vinton County
McArthur
Max R. Farley
Division 10
Ohio Department of Highways
Common Pleas
Candlelight Devotional Held by Middleport Club
Middleport club presented a candle light devotional at the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs district meeting in Gallipolis. Nina Russell and Pearl Reynolds led the program using the Lord's Prayer as meditation with candles lit on each phrase. Madge Neal presided. Elmira Hanaford of Cincinnati spoke as guest. Attendance award went to the Middleport club. attendees included Mrs. Reynolds, Miss Russell, Jean Lama Moore, Martha Belle Fry, Grace Pratt and Mary Roush.
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Middleport
Middleport Club
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Gallipolis
Nina Russell
Pearl Reynolds
Madge Neal
Elmira Hanaford
Cincinnati
Mrs. Reynolds
Miss Russell
Jean Lama Moore
Martha Belle Fry
Grace Pratt
Mary Roush
Sunday School trip and community gatherings at Letart Falls
The Golden Rule Sunday School class of the Methodist Church and Jane Hill's class hosted a scavenger hunt and hotdog roast at the Community Hall to welcome new members Margy Shuler Connie Chapman Patty Baker Renie Mugegrage Clifford Ashley Marvin Hill Gary Donovan and Ralph Ross. Local families and friends visited from Columbus Ravenswood Industry Pa Racine and Belpre with multiple weekend visits and wartime memories noted.
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Letart Falls
The
Methodist Church
Parkersburg
Inez Hill
Lois Bell
Nora Cross
Irma Hill
Carrie Roush
Margy Roush
Leora Roush
Mildred Chapman
Jane Hill
Margy Shuler
Connie Chapman
Patty Baker
Renie Mugegrage
Clifford Ashley
Marvin Hill
Gary Donovan
Ralph Ross
Beverlee Hunt
Pauline Cummins
Debby
Max Dale
Clarence Hill
George Donehew
Mark
Columbus
Roy Donehew
Jeane Ashley
Ravenswood
Ralph Ashley
Don Bell
Lorna
John Chaney
Bashan
PTA Meeting Highlights Shelters Talk and Tuberculosis Levy
Meigs County Civil Defense director M T Blakeslee spoke at the Middleport PTA meeting at the high school. He showed a film on fallout shelters and radiation. Rev. William Voris spoke on the .65 mill tuberculosis tax levy to be voted in November. Community members organized a football banquet committee and discussed first aid supplies and fund raising. Leo Kennedy won the attendance award.
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Middleport
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County Civil Defense
PTA
Blakeslee
Eugene Harris
William Voris
John Krawiczyn
Dwight Wallace
Myron Miller
James Johnson
Ray Cunningham
Kenneth Cooke
John Fultz
Richard Bailey
Leo Kennedy
Members and Minister Attend Ohio Baptist Convention
In Cleveland the Mount Moriah Baptist Church sent members and Rev. Nyle Borden to the Ohio Baptist General Association convention. At the auxiliary meeting Mrs. Arnold Richards was elected assistant secretary, with Mrs. Campbell Harper, Mrs. Nellie Winston, and Mrs. Oscar Hardaway also in attendance.
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Middleport
Mount Moriah
Halloween Party at Pomeroy Elementary School
Pomeroy Elementary School will hold its first Halloween party with a grand march at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday October 25. Preschool children are invited and parents are asked to contribute cakes cookies pies and candy for the sweet shop at the concession stand.
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Pomeroy
Boyles announce birth of son Joe Dinsmore
Phillip Boyles and Sharon Ginther announce the birth of their son Joe Dinsmore on October 6 at Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia. Grandparents are Mrs. John Ginther Chester and Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmore Boyles Alfred. Great grandparents are Mrs. Effie Watson Tuppers Plains and Mrs. Mallie Sturm Millstone.
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Pomeroy
Phillip Boyles
Sharon Ginther
Coolville
Joe Dinsmore
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W.va
John Ginther
Chester
Dinsmore Boyles
Alfred
Effie Watson
Tuppers Plains
Mallie Sturm
Millstone
Racine Band Boosters Plan Equipment Fund Drive
The Racine Band Boosters Association will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the school. Parents of junior band members are urged to attend as plans are discussed to purchase equipment for the junior band. Members should bring a dish towel for the school kitchen.
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Pomeroy
Racine Band Boosters Association
Bowles Rites Set in Middleport
Funeral services for Ernest Bowles who died Sunday at his Laurel Street home will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church with Rev. Nyle Borden officiating. Burial will follow in Middleport Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home until noon Wednesday.
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Middleport
Ernest Bowles
Laurel St
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Nyle Borden
Middleport Hill
Rawlings-Coats
Pomeroy Plans Traffic Signal At School Intersection
Pomeroy council approved a traffic light at the Union and Mulberry intersection to improve safety for students at the new elementary school. The signal will operate only during school start and end times. The meeting also discussed street resurfacing on Lincoln Hill, Lincoln Heights, Butternut, Mulberry and Spring avenues.
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Pomeroy
Union
Mulberry Avenues
Village Hall
Lincoln Hill
Lincoln Heights
Butternut Ave
Mulberry Ave
Spring Ave
Council
Roy Betzing
State Liquor Store
Catholic Cemetery
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Social Security Benefits in Pomeroy Meigs County
About 2500 residents in Pomeroy Meigs County receive social security totaling around 1.5 million dollars annually. James Bolce and Sidney Manning from Marietta spoke at Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion about expected 17 percent annual benefit increases. Mickey Williams led as commander. a fish fry fed 35 members.
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Charles Swatzel
Charles Hayes
Guysville Notes Highlight Visits and Events
R B Hayes and daughter Helen of Youngstown visited his parents Mr and Mrs K W Hayes. Don Campbell attended the Ripon Club dinner in Cleveland honoring James Rhodes Ohio Man of the Year. Weekend guests of Mrs Ollie Baker were her sister Mrs Blanch R Hile and son Reginald G Rollins of Rochester Pa. Several area residents attended the Lancaster fair this past week. Foster Bean returned home after spending time in Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Don Campbell
Cleveland
Death and social notes from Radcliff area
John Wesley Arbaugh 87 died October 5 in Lowell after a long illness. He was born December 20, 1873 in Radcliff, a mining engineer, survived by wife Florence Dobbins and four sons and three daughters plus 17 grandchildren. Funeral held October 9 in Lowell. Other items note Grange and garden club activities, visits, and weekend guests across Ohio communities.
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Radcliff
John Wesley Arbaugh
Lowell
Milton
Caroline Gregory Arbaugh
Albaugh
Florence Dobbins
John Jr
William
Los Angeles
Ralph
Warner
Mamie Cabot
Cleveland
Ruth McGraw
Columbus
Vivian Hupp
Middleport Personals Highlight Local Visitors and Travel
Local society notes list Robert Hennesy returning to Portsmouth after visiting his mother Mrs. Henry Hennesy. Several families share hospital update, travel plans, and campus events from Athens to Columbus, with service members and relatives visiting or stationed away.
Pythian Sisters Pomeroy Meeting Set for Thursday
Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters will hold a meeting at 7 30 PM Thursday at the hall. The event invites members to gather for the organizational session and related activities.
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Pomeroy
Magnolia Temple
Pythian Sisters
Meigs General Hospital Briefs Admits and Births
Meigs General Hospital notes list admissions including Ferne Hayman Racine Ed Martin Middleport Leonard Roush Pomeroy Mrs Larry Smith Pomeroy Route 1 Clara Pullins Pomeroy Harry Bailey West Columbia Mrs May Karr Syracuse Frederick Crow Syracuse Discharged Francis Qualls Emma Smith Ferne Hayman Fannie Cooley Births announce Mr and Mrs Larry Smith Pomeroy Route 1 a son
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Ferne Hayman
Racine
Ed Martin
Middleport
Leonard Roush
Pomeroy
Larry Smith
Clara Pullins
Harry Bailey
West Columbia
May Karr
Syracuse
Frederick Crow
Francis Qualls
Emma Smith
Fannie Cooley
Bedford PTA Discusses .65 Tuberculosis Levy For Meigs County
Bedford PTA meeting led by president Mrs. Doris Eastman explained the .65 tuberculosis levy facing Meigs County voters in November. Wayne Gibbons presented a film on tuberculosis and questions were answered by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bradford.
Suit Dismissed in Stalder Divorce Case Meigs County
An entry of dismissal was filed in the divorce action Carl Stalder versus Doris Stalder in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Pomeroy
Carl Stalder
Doris Stalder
Meigs County
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By Barbara McNickle
Vinton-Ross County Line
Harrison Two
Karr
van Zandi
Cadillac
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Pomeroy, Ohio
Dwaine Porter
Industry
W. R. Hayman
Erma Wilson
James Hunt
Chlorus Grimm
Betty Roush
Julia Norris
PTA County Council
Florence Thornton
Germany
Paul Hayman
Galion
Piketon
Harry McAllister
Harvey Milligan
Mont Quillen
Belpre
Etta Shields
Pete Shields
St. Clair Hill
A. C. Burnmen
Ripley
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Don Richard Hill
Fort Lee
Brady Hoffman
Don Grimm
C. A. Donahue
Dallas Hill
Debbie Sue Brown
New March of Dimes
Clarkston, Wash
Jack C. Brown
Carla
Betsy
Boosters
Bowles
Guysville
Mrs. Lee Fretz
R. B. Hayes
Helen
Youngstown
K. W. Hayes
Radcliff Social Notes
Gladys Pierice
Gaynelle Mahaffey
Parnie McLaughlin
Ada Wiseman
Gladys Pierce
J. W. Arbaugh
Harry Wells
Arbaugh
Sidney Wells
Rutland
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Vinton Two
Grange Hall
Wilkes Grange
Plymouth Grange
Winton Two
Franklin Eberts
J. M. Jackson
Roger Allman
Duane McLaughlin
Mike
Steve
Ann Amelia
Jack Jeffers
Oscar Walker
Charles Hashman
Billy Bacus
John Wiseman
Lamar Sprague
Bie Gr Oilois
NMV Mobile
Robert Hennesy
Portsmouth
Henry Hennesy
Kathryn Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Scioto Presbytery
First United Presbyterian
Charles Blake
Mayme Holmes
Susan Park
James Harley
E. 0. Tewksbury
Howard Ru
J. B. Hayes
Gregory Hayes
Frank Cheesebrew
Martin
Mrs. Hayes
Janice Richards
Arnold Richards
Miss Richards
Eddie Buffington
Ohio University
Rosetta Richards
University
Randall Bowles
Army
Aberdeen
Wood County
Randall
Michael Childs
William Childs
Lucinda Davies
Frank Betz
Meigs General Hospital
Route 1
Levy
Bedford Pta
the Food Mart
BOB Hess, Inc
E. State ST
Athens, Ohio
Bob Hess
Nelsonville, Inc
Fayette ST
Moore
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