Middleport Council Plans ORANSCO Visit on Nov 8
Middleport council and Mayor Kenneth McElhinney will meet with an ORLANCO fact finding committee at 2 p.m. November 8 to study sewage disposal plant problems. Officials must also appear before ORLANCO to justify delaying the program. The meeting covers civil defense, fire protection contracts, and water system concerns affecting insurance rates and potential Public Utilities Commission actions.
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Middleport
Kenneth McElhinney
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Village Hall
McElhinney
Orlanco
William Childs
Bernard Fultz
McEhinney
Lee Smith
Smith
Childs
Public Utilities Commission
Meigs Water Co
Dodge
Olive Township
Grant Smith
Reedsville
Pomeroy
18 Hole Tournament Set at Pomeroy Golf Club
A Sunday 18 hole event is planned at Pomeroy Golf Club with flight classifications announced. The championship flight includes Lionel Boggs Clyde Ingels Killingsworth Tony Malik F H O'Brien James B O'Brien C Searls and John Teaford. Second and third flights list numerous players by surname and given names with many entries.
Health Club Has Meeting in Rock Springs
The Rock Springs Better Health Club gathered at Mrs Harold Blackston home to plan serving the canteen at a bloodmobile visit on Oct 30. Mrs Blackston presided with devotional led by Mrs Lewis Grueser. A sick committee was named including Mrs Rollin Radford and Mrs Roy Grueser.
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Lewis Grueser
Horace Abbott
Roy Grueser
Rollin Radford
Maxine Arnold
Roy Smith
Divorce Filed In Meigs County Court Case Details
Henry S. Salser of Racine Route 1 sues Madelyn Salser for divorce citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. A quieting title suit in Pom eroy and Middleport is filed by William Putnam of Marietta against Charles E. Foster et al.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
One Man Fined in Meigs County Court
In Meigs County Court Judge Emmet W Peoples court Monday William Bailey was fined $10 plus costs for hunting on property without permission. Dana Huffman forfeited a $15.70 appearance bond on charges of running a stop sign.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
William Bailey
Dana Huffman
Middleport Lodge 363 Holds Special Meeting Tonight
A special meeting of Middleport Lodge 363 F. and A. M. will be held at 7:80 tonight at the hall. Degree work will be conducted and refreshments served. Master Reuben Collins requests all members attend.
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Middleport
Middleport Lodge
Reuben Collins
Nominating Group Named for Willing Workers Class
Mrs Eldon Weeks Mrs Carl Moore and Mrs James Will named to the nominating committee when the Willing Workers Class of Enterprise EUB Church met at Mrs Will s home Dorothy Long presided with Mrs Francis H Glazier giving the opening prayer and Mrs Will the scripture The wonder box was awarded to Mrs Herbert Dixon Refreshments were served to members and as guest Mrs Marion Howell of Columbus
Over 100 Attend Combined Service
More than one hundred persons joined a combined Churches of Christ service at the Middleport church on Sunday evening. Pastor Marlin Carpenter of Rutland led the program and Pastor Fred I Gardner of Middleport delivered a sermon titled That I May Know Him. Five Rutland residents were baptized at the close of the meeting.
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Middleport
Rutland
Halloween Parade Planned by Lexington Junior Chamber
The Lexington Halloween parade is set for Tuesday evening Oct. 31 with a 7 p m gathering at Main and Church Streets. It will move to the armory for judging under Don Lewis as parade chairmanBeggar s Night is listed for Monday Oct 30 with events planned in the same period.
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Lexington
Aseneth Ann Tracy Elected Pomeroy Homecoming Queen
Miss Aseneth Ann Tracy, a Pomeroy High School senior, was elected homecoming queen by the student body. She will reign Friday night at the Pomeroy Middleport football game. The court includes Darlene Watson Lola Zeigler Andrea Evans and Sharon Moore, all seniors.
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Pomeroy
Aseneth
Ann Tracy
Pomeroy High School
Miss Tracy
Hanings Return From Columbus Visit
Downington Mr and Mrs Glen Haning return home after visiting their children and relatives in Columbus. They also visited Mr Hanings brother Hoyt and family in Millersport. Miss Dena Haning of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents.
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Glen Haning
Columbus
Mr. Haning
Hoyt
Millersport
Dena Haning
Banquet Planned by Young People's Endeavor
The Mt. Moriah Church of God group led by the October Outreach Cabinet met at Mrs. Robert Satterfield’s home to finalize a banquet planned for October 27 at 6 p.m. at Letart Falls community hall. A dinner will be followed by a program and music with Rev. Milton Parsons as speaker. Public invited.
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Pomeroy
Young People’s Endeavor
Mt. Moriah
Church of God
Robert Satterfield
Letart Falls
Milton Parsons
Delores Landers Sent To Reformatory From Pomeroy
Delores Mae Landers, 17, of Pomeroy, was ordered to be taken to the Woman's Reformatory at Marysville today. Sheriff Robert Hartenbach said she had received a sentence from Meigs County Juvenile Court on forgery charges after forged checks were cashed by local businesses.
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Pomeroy
Delores Mae Landers
Woman's Reformatory
Marysville
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Landers
Meigs County
Parking receipts total $193, police report shows increase
Chief of Police Herbert Gilkey reported that parking meter receipts for the past week totaled $193 in Middleport. The figure underscores a rise in meter income and reflects revenue from city streets during the period.
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Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Perry County Court Notes Highlights Estates and Settlements
The Perry County court lists parties in several estates including Bessie Shelly of Glenford and Edith Neel of Thornville with real estate and personal property values. Emmet Hillis seeks authority to sell five Rodgers McDonald lots to cover Rosemary Hillis estate debts. Betty Jane Matheney settles for 8500 from Charles Humphrey over James Matheney’s fatal auto crash. Remaining real estate may go to the St Joseph’s Literary Society. Leonard Sowers estate valued at 500 in real estate.
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Edith Neel
Thornville
Emmet Hillis
Rodgers-McDonald
New Lexington
Rosemary Hillis
Betty Jane Matheney
Charles Humphrey
James C. Matheney
Zanesville
Margaret Joyce
Corn
Apple Grove Girl Inures Lip After Fall At Home
Miss Shelia Clark, daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Clark of Apple Grove, fell at her home and sustained a lacerated lip.
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Shelia Clark
Everett Clark
Meigs County Land Transfers Filed
A sequence of Meigs County land transfers records several deeds and affidavits. Properties change hands among A. V. Howell, Jennie C. Howell, Edna McKnight, William H. Putnam, The Ohio Railway Co, The Standard Oil Co, Doris M. Shetter, E. P. Shetter, Virginia Snyder, Howard S. Kindell, Nora E. Kindell, John Warner, Evelyn Warner, Woodrow Perry, Glenna Perry, Clyde Wood, Maxine Wood, John Stanley, Mary E. Randolph, Claude J. Dry, C. A. Rhodes, Alda M. Rhodes, Clifford S. Morris, Letha Morris, Ronnie Moore, Carrie F. Moore, Kenneth Michael, Virginia Michael, Hughe K. Lindsey, Catherine L. Lindsey, and others. Transfers cover parcels in Pomeroy, Scipio Two, Olive Two, Racine, Rutland, Salisbury Two, Middleport, and Meigs County affidavits of transfer.
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William Putnam
Pomeroy
Standard Oil Co
William H. Putnam
Middleport
Doris M. Shetter
E. P. Shetter
Virginia Snyder
Salem
Howard S. Kindell
Nora E. Kindell
John Warner
Evelyn Warner
Scipio
Woodrow Perry
Glenna Perry
Clyde Wood
Maxine Wood
John Stanley
Mary E. Randolph
Earl Randolph
Claude J. Dry
Olive Two
C. A. Rhodes
Alda M. Rhodes
Clifford S. Morris
Letha Morris
Racine
Ronnie Moore
Carrie F. Moore
Kenneth Michael
Virginia Michael
Rutland
Salisbury
Hughe K. Lindsey
Catherine L. Lindsey
Meigs County
Perry County Reassigned to New Senate District
Perry County will join the 9th and 14th districts next year and vote with Athens Fairfield Hocking and others in the same senatorial race. Robert E. Zeller of Zanesville currently serves the 15-16 district while Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville represents the 9-14 district.
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Perry County
Athens
Fairfield
Hocking
Morgan, Monroe
Washington
Noble
Muskingum
Delaware
Licking
Robert E. Zeller
Zanesville
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Billy Haptonstall Birthday Party Observed
Mrs. Blanche Haptonstall hosted a Saturday party for her grandson Billy Haptonstall on his 11th birthday. Guests included Paul Maptenstall and daughter Edith, Charles Clarkson, Jerry Davenport, Jeff Boggs, Michael Gress, Ricky Moody, and Kenneth Smith as a decorated cake and ice cream were served.
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Middleport
Blanche Hapstonstall
Billy Haptonstall
Billy
Paul Maptenstall
Edith
Charles Clarkson
Jerry Davenport
Jeff Boggs
Michael Gress
Ricky Moody
Kenneth Smith
Auxiliary to Meet Pomeroy Tonight at Post Home
The Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion will meet at 7:30 this evening at the post home.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Meigs Couple Marriage Licenses Listed
Jerry Stansbury 19 and Loretta Price 18 both of Carpenter are issued licenses. Gene Arthur Jewell 22 Letart West Virginia and Linda Carol Hayman 18 Racine are likewise licensed.
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Jerry Stansbury
Loretta Price
Carpenter
Gene Arthur Jewell
Letart
W. Va
Linda Carol Hayman
Racine
Marriage License for Van Cooney and Rairden
James H. Van Cooney aged 26 and Mildred Rairden aged 31, both of Mid, obtained a marriage license.
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James H. van Cooney
Mildred Rairden
Middleport
Trustee Races Signal Early Absentee Voting Surge
Meigs County reports 63 absentee votes cast for the November 7 election. Township trustee contests draw crowded slates across 12 townships with five to eight candidates each. Voting hours extended including Saturday evening for absentee voters and a civilian ballot deadline of 4 p.m. November 2 with ballots due by noon the next day.
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George S. Carper
Norman Wood
Chester
A. D. Tuttle
Charles Bissell
Arthur Orr
Virgil Walker
Scipio
Millard L. Brickes
Raymond R. Cotterill
Clinton E. Douglas
J. C. Quivey
Clinton Gilkey
Edwin Oberholzer
Sutton
Chrisie E. Powell
Sidney Stobart
Homer M. Circle
G. Douglas Circle
Otis F. Knopp
William Blake
Board of Elections
Community Day Service Set in Meigs County
Meigs County Council of Church Women sponsors the annual world community day service on Friday November 3 at Alfred Methodist Church. Speaker Miss Lucille Romero of Montevideo Uruguay will address attendees. Projects include collecting clothing for children five to eight and school bags with supplies for Church World Services to aid Central and Latin American countries.
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Meigs County
Ence Henderson
Lucille Romero
Montevideo
Uruguay
Miss Romero
Ohio
Church World Services Organization
Central
Meigs General Hospital Notes Read List of Names
Henry Carman of Rutland Lela Flint of Minersville John Stobart of Racine Carl Bilikam of Pomeroy Ronald Grindley of Minersville Sam Williams and Dora Roush referenced in hospital notes with no further details.
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Henry Carman
Rutland
Lela Flint
Minersville
John Stobart
Racine
Carl Bilikam
Pomeroy
Ronald Grindley
Evangelism program sends Konkright to Bremen area
The Rev. Raymon Konkright left Sunday for Bremen to lead an evangelism visitation program with Methodist churches statewide. He will preach at Heath against last week’s program led by Rev. Don Weller and plans to return to Middleport Thursday. Other local residents visited churches and relatives in Athens and Columbus over the weekend, including the Jones family and Miss Sharon Jones, a senior at Ohio University, and Wendy Bastiani visiting her grandparents.
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Raymon Konkright
Bremen
Don Weller
Heath Methodist Church
Mr. Konkright
Middleport
Emerson Jones
Barbara
Athens
Presbyterian Church
Sharon
Ohio University
Middleport Man Suffers Apparent Heart Attack
Joe Wilson of South Third Avenue in Middleport appears to have suffered an apparent heart attack Saturday night at his home. The Middleport emergency squad was summoned at 8 15 p m and a local physician was called to provide treatment.
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Middleport
Joe Wilson
South Third Ave
Racine Plans Town Hall Groundbreaking This Saturday
Racine moves forward with a new one story town hall to house all fire department equipment valued around 829000. Mayor E A Wingett announced six months of planning and a community driven project funded by the Racine Volunteer Fire Department with labor from Letart Lebanon and Sutton Townships. A buyer will take the old Baptist Church building once vacated.
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E. A. Wingett
Wingett
Don
Third
Fourth Sts
Letart
Lebanon
Sutton Townships
Baptist Church
Thieves Hit Rutland Buildings and Salisbury School
Robbers entered The Hut restaurant, Markins Grocery, and Salisbury School in Rutland and Route 33, prying doors and taking coins cigarets and desk items. Niggemeyer reported a home break in with three shotguns an electric grinder and drill stolen. Sheriff requests OCIB assistance. unclear if same culprits.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Sheriff's Department
Robert Hartenbach
Pomeroy Ptl
George Hicks
Markins
Rutland
Salisbury
Frank Niggemeyer
Niggemeyer
Pomeroy Emergency Squad Plans Scrap Metal Drive
The Pomeroy Emergency Squad seeks funds for a new vehicle with a scrap metal drive using its cutting torch. Residents should mail a card or letter with pickup location and time to the Pomeroy First Aid Squad or to Mrs. Norma Goodwin.
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Pomeroy Squad
Pomeroy
Lincoln Heights
Norma Goodwin
Second St
Spurrier Enlists in Air Force From Pomeroy Area
Steven Andrew Spurrier, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Spurrier Sr of near Pomeroy, has enlisted in the United States Air Force. He left Oct 9 and is stationed at Lockland Air Force Base Texas. His brother in the service is T Sgt Clarence Spurrier Jr at Selfridge AFB Michigan. His wife Doris and son Dennis accompany him. Sgt Spurrier will mark 10 years in the Air Force on Dec 26.
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Pomeroy
Steven Andrew Spurrier
Clarence Spurrier
United States Air Force
Spurrier
Lockland Air Force Base
Texas
Spurriers
Air Force
Clarence
Bud) Spurrier
Selfridge Air Force Base
Michigan
Doris
Dennis
Sgt. Spurrier
Pomeroy Personal Notes Visit Ohio Ancestral Home
Mr and Mrs Clyde Findling of Daeville Indiana and their party visited family in Ohio including Mr and Mrs Garland Caldwell and Emma Findling. They explored Coolville with Mrs Louise Keebaugh and Mr and Mrs Mannard Bahr. It was the Findling’s first Ohio trip to see his great grand father's home. They were joined by Miss Janice Caldwell Marshall University Huntington and Miss Doris Caldwell St Joseph School of Nursing Parkersburg.
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Clyde Findling
Daeville
Ind
Garland Caldwell
Emma Findling
Ohio
Coolville
Louise Keebaugh
Maynard Bahr
Finding
Cadwell
Janice Caldwell
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
Doris Caldwell
St. Joseph School of Nursing
Parkersburg
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