Heavy Vote Expected In Meigs Election
Pomeroy forecast says Meigs County will see heavier turnout than usual at the November 6 election. Absentee voting is high due to unusual tax issues and political conditions, with nine special tax questions on the ballot. Only three local offices would normally be filled this year.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Paul Kloes
Dan C. Hartinger
Kloes
Eleanor Robson
Klees
Don Young
Kenneth McElhinny
Middleport
Hartinger
William McKelvey
Portland
Avery Nelson
McKelvey
McElhinny
George Meinhart
Don Mullen
Mullen
Charles Karr
Sam Arnold
Arnold
Gordon Caldwell
Lorenzo Davis
Davis
Religious Education Discussed At Meeting
Meigs County Council of Religious Education heard a history of local religious education at the Meigs County session in Middleport. Mrs. Ben Neutzling likened the program to a pyramid begun in 1946 and noted continued school church ties amid a 50th anniversary year ahead.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Ben Neutzling
Thelma Wilcox
Bernice Bowen
Ralph Zandel
Pomeroy
Zundel
Ohio
Glenroy Ewing
C. F. Tompkins
Fred I. Gardner
Joseph Cook
Pat Lochard
Nan Moore
Harold Sauer
M. FE. Dowson
Heath Methodist Church
Council
Howard Ruppelt
Lillian Stieff
Paul Haptonstall
Beulah White
Presbyterian Church
UNICEF Night Set In Meigs County
UNICEF Night in Meigs County involves multiple Meigs churches collecting on trick or treat night. Mrs. Karl Grueser says hours are set in each community for youngsters to solicit funds for vaccines milk medicine and clothing for children in undeveloped countries.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Karl Grueser
J L Haney Dies At 60 In Tuppers Plains
J L Haney 60 of near Coolville died unexpectedly Sunday from a heart attack. A millwright and member of Tuppers Plains Christian Church and Masonic bodies, he is survived by his wife Ethel and siblings. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Church class notes from Pomeroy report seventeen women attending a Dimensions of Prayer study.
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Tuppers Plains
Jimmie L. Haney
Coolville
Haney
Meigs County Absentee Voting Totals and Fire Department Call
Sixty two absentee ballots were cast at the Meigs County Board of Elections office on Saturday for the November 6 general election. Fifty one residents voted in person and 11 through mail. The Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department responded to a car fire on Garfield Ave. causing about 200 dollars in damage to a vehicle owned by Robert Heugel and driven by Kenneth Williams.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Garfield Ave
Robert Heugel
Kenneth Williams
Melvin Green
Green
Straight
Marchi
Johnson’s Grocery
Third
Grape
Saunders
Third Ave
Ball Furniture
Wylie White
Second Ave
Washington
Woods
Fourth and Pine
Penecostal
Olive St
City
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric
Sycamore St
Everett McAllister
Vinton
Claude W. Philyaw
Maiden
N. C
Philyaw
GOP Plans Monday Rally at Court House in Point Pleasant
Three speakers are slated for a 7 30 p m Republican rally at the Court house in Point Pleasant Raymond V Humphreys district director of education and training for the Republican National Congressional Committee will give the principal address Jack Milton from the Congressional Committee in Virginia and Judge Max Deberry a Third Judicial Circuit judge and a nominee for the Supreme Court of Appeals will also speak The Ned Guthrie Band blues singer Joe Baby will perform with music starting at 7 15 p m and continuing after the talks Other candidates will attend the meeting.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond V. Humphreys
Republican National Congressional Committee
Jack Milton
Congressional Committee
Virginia
Max Deberry
Third Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court of Appeals
Ned Guthrie
Joe Baby
Gallia Board Probes Worker Protest in Ward 4A
The Gallia County Board of Elections heard a protest against a Ward 4A precinct official. Noah Bowen, former Democratic Central Committeeman, challenged the appointment by his party of Margaret Wolfe as an election worker in Ward 4A.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Bowen
O. E. Eads
Democrat Central Committee
Joe Straight
Noah Walter
Board of Elections
John E. Halliday
Gallia County Democrat Executive Committee
Straight
Prayer Week Observed at United Methodist Church
Holzer Hospital news covers the annual week of prayer and self denial at the United Methodist Church, led by Mrs. Harry P. Smith with helpers. It also notes birth announcements from Gallipolis and surrounding area, plus election board personnel changes and precinct planning in Gallia County.
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C. Melvin Alkire
Grace Campbell
Robert Warner
Everett Thomas
Probation Violation Charged in Lantern Theft Case
Judith K. Lusk of Mercerville faces a probation violation charge after a theft probe found lanterns in her car near Crown City Route 553. Lusk, on two years' probation since Sept 7, pleaded guilty to a prior break in at Paul Martin's store with six juveniles and two other adults.
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State
Crown City
Miss Lusk
Oscar Baird
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Paul Martin
Mercerville
E. H. Rose Dies At 73 In Gallia County
Ellsworth H. Rose, 73, of Vinton, died at Holzer Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by two sons Vaughn of Columbus and Alvin of Arcadia. His wife Carrie Kemper died in 1959. He lived mostly on a farm near Eno, later in Fostoria, then returned to Gallia County. Body at Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton. arrangements pending.
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Gallipolis
Ellsworth H. Rose
Vinton
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital
Vaughn
Columbus
Alvin Arcadia
Carrie Kemper
Eno
Fostoria
Accidents Investigated In Gallia Meigs Counties
Gallia and Meigs counties saw seven accidents reported by the State Highway Patrol over the weekend. Five drivers were arrested and one person injured. Bonnie B Swindler, 47, Gallipolis, treated for facial lacerations after a Route 7 crash. cited for left of center. Rhonda H Skeen, 19, Gallipolis, uninjured after driving in heavy rain and losing control on Route 218. car left on wet grass and stopped on a steel culvert.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Meigs
Gallia
Bonnie B. Swindler
Holzer Hospital
Route 7
Rhonda H. Skeen
Skeen
Richard H. Randolph
Northup
Randolph
Mrs. Phillips of Syracuse Dies Saturday
Mrs. Norman Phillips of Syracuse died Saturday at Meigs Memorial Hospital after illness at home. Survived by husband Norman, two daughters Eleanor Werry and Emaline Hendrix, 17 grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with Rev. Howard Ruppelt. Burial Beech Grove cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Norman Phillips
Syracuse
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Norman
Henry
Eleanor) Werry
Woodrow
Emaline) Hendrix
Presbyterian Church
Daughters of America
Ewing Funeral Home
Howard Ruppelt
Beech Grove Cemetery
Prizes Awarded at Pomeroy Elementary Halloween Party
The Pomeroy Elementary School Halloween party drew a packed auditorium as students dressed in costumes were judged in homerooms. Master of ceremonies Joe Struble announced winners who received cash prizes for most original ugliest prettiest and funniest costumes across grades from kindergarten to sixth with multiple winners per room.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Elementary School
Joe Struble
Mike Nesselread
Mary Hawk
Jennifer Chapman
Mike Gilmore
Farie Erlewine
Brenda Barton
Dennis Hawk
Robin Grindstaff
Larry Coleman
Dorothy
Mr. McGrath Dies At 66 In Pomeroy
Emory McGrath 66 of Darwin area died Saturday at Meigs General Hospital after a tractor accident. Survived by wife Florence four sons Edward Athens Bobbie Pomeroy Route 1 Samuel Akron Thomas Pomeroy Route 1 two daughters Mary Giffin Akron Betty McGrath Pomeroy Route 1 twelve grandchildren four brothers I O McGrath Whitney Point Aaron Nelsonville Maywood The Plains Harrison Norfolk Va services Wednesday 1 30 p m Ewing funeral home then 2 30 p m Graham Chapel Church Shade burial nearby cemetery friends may call at Ewing any time
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Pomeroy
Emory McGrath
Darwin
Meigs General Hospital
McGrath
Florence
Edward
Athens
Bobbie
Samuel
Akron
Thomas
Mary Giffin
Betty McGrath
I. O. McGrath
Whitney Point
N. Y
Aaron
Nelsonville
Maywood
the Plains
Harrison
Norfolk
Ewing Funeral Home
Graham Chapel
Shade
Two Charged In Auto Theft In Middleport
Charles Buckner of Middleport and an unidentified juvenile were charged with auto larceny and jailed in Meigs County. They were arrested Saturday and reportedly confessed to stealing a car owned by C. P. Williams from a Powell Street service station on September 27 and 28.
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Middleport
Charles Buckner
Meigs County
Herbert Gilkey
C. P. Williams
Powell St
Former Middleport Resident Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Everett Childers, formerly of Middleport, has been returned to his Akron home at 702 W Thornton St after a month in Akron General Hospital, where he remains in serious condition. Pearl Reynolds came back to Middleport on Sunday with her mother Minerva Childers who stayed for a month due to her son's illness.
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Middleport
Everett
Sandy) Childers
W. Thornton St
Akron
Akron General Hospital
Pearl Reynolds
Minerva Childers
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