Meigs Man Accepts Post With Northrop Aircraft Corp
William Donald West formerly of Pomeroy and Columbus has joined Northrop Aircraft Corp in Los Angeles as a statistical analyst in the guided missiles research department. He previously served six years in the Air Force as an economic analyst under the director of intelligence. A Georgetown University School of Foreign Service graduate, he is an Army Reserve officer, studied strategic intelligence, and attended the Army Command and Staff School and Air Command and Staff College. He and his wife Victoria Wegselowski and their three daughters plan to move to the West Coast arriving mid November after visiting Ohio relatives. He is the son of Mrs. Martina B. West formerly of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
William Donald West
Pomeroy and
Umbus
Northrop Aircraft Corp
Los Angeles
Guided Missiles Research Department
Mr. West
Air Force
Washington
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Army Reserve
Strategic Intelligence School
Army Command and Staff School
Air Command and Staff College
West
Victoria Wegselowski
Newark
N. J
West Coast
Ohio
Martina B. West
Schools Close Friday For Teachers Meeting
Pom ery and Meigs County schools will be closed all day Friday to allow teachers to attend sessions of the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association meeting in Athens.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association
Athens
Real Cool Man Teens Rock Eskimo Line Culture
Reports from workers on the Distant Early Warning radar line say teen age Eskimos are now in the throes of rock and roll as the U S and Canadian governments build the line with both nations.
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U. S
New Faces Added To Third Big Bend Minstrel Cast
Meigs County residents join 85 cast members in the third Big Bend Minstrel nearing opening of a three day run in Middleport. New soloists and interim roles join returning members as rehearsals wrap with lighting, staging, and costuming completed for performances in Middleport Racine and Pomeroy. Proceeds benefit Letart Falls PTA and Central School PTA.
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Big Bend
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Pomeroy Junior High School
Big Bend Ministrel Association
Gerald Kelly
Ray Shasteen
James Hubbard
Carolyn Bell
Virginia Johnson
Cullen Wilson
Shirley McKelvey
Kathy Wolfe
Chlorus Grimm
Nancy Sisson
John Richmond
Danny Thompson
Bill Clark
Roy Reuter
Shasteen
Hubbard
Kelly
Charles Legar
Joe Struble
Methodist Men Held Meeting at Heath Church
The Methodist Men of Middleport gathered at Heath Church with Rev. Eugene Brown recounting his father’s turkey calls for bird imitations. I E Miller led a reverse devotional titled Sermon by the Devil while discussing Sunday School materials, and plans included abandoning the Halloween party and chores for church lawn care and markers. Ralph Radcliffe presided, snacks were served, and Rev. Ramon Konkright welcomed attendees. No November meeting due to Family Night and quarterly conference. next session set for December 4.
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Middleport
Eugene Brown
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy
Heath Church
Mr. Brown
I. E Miller
Miller
Ralph Radcliffe
Harold Woodgerd
Ramon Konkright
Meigs County Land Transfers Shaped by Local Deals
Meigs County notices list multiple land transfers and affidavits across Olive Salisbury Sutton Bedford and Pomeroy townships. Transfers include Olive Orange Board of Education to J B Torrence. Wines to Lemley. Roush heirs to H Hayes Roush and others. Smith and allied heirs to Harley A Smith and family. and Edla Sellers receiving Pomeroy lots plus 128 acres held by Helen C Davis to Thelma P McMurray.
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Olive-Orange Board of Education
J. B. Torrence
Olive Township
Earl W. Wines
Wilma E. Wines
Leland Lemley
Manilla Lemley
Salisbury Township
Ella Roush
H. Hayes Roush
Chester B. Roush
Millicent Hayman
Llewellyn H. Roush
Sutton Township
Billy Junior Smith
Harley A. Smith
Charles D. Smith
Roy O. Smith
Eugene Smith
Ida Sargent
Cora Well
Mae Coen
Kathryn McGee
Bedford Township
Herman Well
Marjorie Smith
Arthur McGee
Charles Sargent
John Sellers
Edla Sellers
Pomeroy
Helen C. Davis
Thelma P. McMurray
Salem Township
Mrs Linnie Bratton Visits Bratton Family in Athens
Mrs Linnie Bratton visited her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Orville Bratton in Athens continuing family ties.
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Linnie Bratton
Orville Bratton
Athens
Five Room Cabin Plus Log Home For Sale Near Pomeroy
Bath breakfast nook built in cupboards and stone fireplace in living room. Three basement rooms cement laundry tubs coal or oil furnace sun porch Permastone front iron porch trim. Four acres with shrubbery flowers apple trees and lawn. Log cabin five years old building about 27 by 15. Both units could be rented priced at 13000. Illness reason for selling. Six miles east of Pomeroy on State Route 124.
Pomeroy Society Garden Club Halloween Party and Prizes
The Rose Garden Club met with Rubal Caldwell in Tuppers Plains for a Halloween party. Leota Massar won first prize for prettiest costume, Mabel Richardson ugliest, Elizabeth Lyons funniest, and Masser conducted a rose Cox led contest won by Rose Cox. Lois McCain won first and Neisel Weatherman second in fall flower arrangements. Weatherman also won the traveling prize as refreshments were served.
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Tuppers Plains
Rose Garden Club
Rubal Caldwell
Leota Massar
Mabel Richardson
Elizabeth Lyons
Guy Boggess
Lois McCain
Neise
Senior Youth Fellowship elects officers at Federated Church
Officers for the new year were elected Sunday night by the Senior Youth Fellowship of the Federated Church. Joe Kennedy was named president, Roger Hysell vice president, Sheila Strauss secretary, Barton Campbell treasurer, with Charles Swisher and Anna Murray serving as pianists.
Jewell Family Celebrates Father John Blackwood Birthday
Mr and Mrs Cecil Jewell and children of Columbus spent Sunday with their parents and celebrated the birthday of Mrs Jewell's father John Blackwood. Mr and Mrs Carl Hegwood of Columbus spent a day with Mrs Hegwood's sister Mrs John
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Cecil Jewell
Columbus
Jewell
John Blackwood
Carl Hegwood
Hegwood
John
Father Son Banquet Set at Middleport Lodge 363 F and AM
Middleport Lodge 363 F and AM completes plans for its annual father son banquet. Daniel E. Thompson, program chairman, will host after a 6 30 dinner with Thompson as master of ceremonies. Big Bend Minstrel cast includes Norma Chapman Donna Reibel Charlesanna Hess Bill Clark Bill Childs Bob Hoeflich and Thompson. Olive Ingraham accompanies on piano Kenneth McElhinny drums and Bill Clark bans. A preview of the new show opening in Middleport next Tuesday will be shown.
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Lila Terrell
Paula Sayre
Mary Amberger
Dorinda Wilson
Vicki Brown
Shirley Brown
Sue Ann Buck
Judy Gregg
Margie Stobart
Ee Ingraham
Judy Spencer
Virginia Johnson
Shirley McKelvey
Carla Wilson
Judy Wanis
Evelyn Cleland
Bonnie Lawhorn
Charlesanna Hess
Suzanne Bradbury
Connie Cook
Lynn Daniels
Sue Rue
Karen Thomas
Middleport
Jean Hayman
Letart Falls
Majestic
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Bob Hoeflich
Olive Ingraham
Kenneth MceElhinny
Russell Roush
Bill Clark
Racine
Pomeroy
Middleport Lodge
F&am
Daniel E. Thompson
Thompson
Big Bend Minstrel
Norma Chapman
Donna Reibel
Bill Childs
Mrs. Olive
Ingraham
Kenneth McElhinny
Minstrel Acts Highlight Father-Son Banquet Program
Middleport F and A M Lodge hosts an after-linner banquet with Big Bend Minstrels providing music. Dan Thompson leads as program chairman with Norma Chapman as vocalist, Bob Hoeflich and Bill Childs performing, and Bill Clark on banjo. Rev. Claremont E. Hoyt delivers the address. Evangeline Chapter Eastern Star aids with service. tickets from Eber Lewis or Kenneth McElhinny.
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Middleport
Big Bend Minstrels
Middleport F&am Lodge
Dan Thompson
Norma Chapman
Bob Hoeflich
Bill Childs
Bill Clark
Claremont E. Hoyt
First Baptist Church
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Club Plans Art Contest To Redo Halloween Windows
The Amateur Gardeners Club and Middleport Merchants Association plan an art contest to cover 15 plus storefront windows. Fourth to eighth grade students will sketch and paint designs with water soluble paints Thursday afternoon under teacher supervision. Prizes will be offered. Mrs. Arthur Skinner leads the project with Mrs. Robert Reibel assisting.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Merchants Association
Arthur Skinner
Robert Reibel
Skinner
Driver Sought After Car Speeds From Pomeroy Cruiser
Police continued the search for Richard Redman of Mason City West Virginia after a car raced a Pomeroy cruiser on E Main Street causing a serious accident. Redman’s clothing and belongings were found along the riverbank while Redman was not located. Charges of driving while intoxicated leaving the scene and resisting arrest were filed.
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Pomeroy
E. Main St
John McKenzie
Richard Redman
Mason City
W. Va
Redman
Henry Werry
Joe Shuler
Chester
Werry
Durst Son Completes Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base
Mr and Mrs Harry Durst announce their son AB Jan Allen Durst has finished basic training at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas and is now assigned as Airman 3C to a jet mechanic school in Amarillo Texas He will spend the holidays with his parents.
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Middleport
Harry Durst
Jan Allen Durst
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Amarillo
Portsmouth President To Be Guest Speaker
POMEROY Lawrence Johnson Jr manager of the Portsmouth chamber of commerce will be guest speaker at a reorganized dinner meeting of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce at 6 15 next Wednesday at the Hotel Martin. Delegations from Kaiser Aluminum Vanadium Corp of America Parkerburg Rig and Reel Imperial Electric Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Kyger Creek Phillip Sporn plants invited. Richard Jones to be MC with W O Atkins as president. Musical entertainment planned. Public invited. John Richmond in charge of tickets. Residents may contact Richmond or any chamber member.
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Pomeroy
Lawrence P. Johnson, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Martin
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Vanadium Corporation of America
Parkersburg
Imperial Electric Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Kyger Creek
Phillip Sporn
Richard Jones
W. O. Atkins
Pomeroy Group
John Richmond
Richmond
Cross Petition Filed in Cundiff Divorce Case
Lorraine Cundiff files cross petition against Hubert Cundiff in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in the divorce matter.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Lorraine Cundiff
Hubert Cundiff
Mrs. Cundiff
Middleport High seniors plan bake sale for trip
Seniors at Middleport High School announce a bake sale at Tri Lustre Cleaners on Mill Street to raise funds for the On To New York trip. Kay Stiles, a market committee member, says the group hopes to visit New York this spring if funds allow.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
New York
Tri-Lustre Cleaners
Mill Street
Kay Stiles
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