Four-Vehicle Pomeroy Crash Causes Over $1000 in Damages
Patrolman William Lehew reported a westbound truck driven by Helen Welker 36 Mansfield struck three cars on E Main near the junior high. Damaged cars included Mary Heines Albany and William Winebrenner Syracuse vehicles. Three other weekend crashes sent four people to Holzer Hospital with minor injuries and damaged additional autos in Middleport and Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Lehew
E. Main St
Helen Welker
Mansfield
F. Main
Lehew
Miss Welker
Mary Heines
Albany
William Winebrenner
Syracuse
Roy Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Darwin
Otney Klinebell
Zanesville
Orville Young
Marysville
Russell
Klinebelle
Judith Young
Junior Young
Thelma Young
Virginia Pierotti
Sheriff Russell
Charles Allensworth
Middleport
Lester Knapp
Joe Mills
Sam L. Pickens
Toledo
New Nursery Opened at Heath Methodist Church
During Sunday worship at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport two infants received baptism. John Vernon Tannehill and Gregory Clarence Hill were baptized, sons of Chester L. Tannehill and Dney Hill. A new nursery opened in the church with Mrs. Roger Morgan in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
John Vernon
Chester L. Tannehill
Greery Clarence
Dney Hill
Roger Morgan
Surprise Birthday Party for C E Fry in Letart
Relatives and neighbors gathered at C E Fry's Sand Hill Road home three miles west of Letart for a birthday celebration. The list of attendees includes many Letart area residents and relatives from St Cloud Florida Mason and Mason. The article also notes other New Haven social items and a fatality in a Lancaster crash involving Donald Hoffman and three others chased by officers at high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
C. E
Ivis King
Gene
Curt Rickard
Russell Hoffman
Dwight Gibbs
Ernie Rickard
Twilla Rickard
Fred Roush
Virginia Blessing
Virgil Adkins
Clarence Yeager
Cecil Blessing
Hannah Johnson
Ella Blessing
Howard Rayburn
Letart Area
Bob Fry
St. Cloud
Florida
Elizabeth Click
Dallas Yeager
James Deihl
Johnny Fry
Russell Hoover
Charleston
McMillin Hospital
Alice Bumgarner
Pemberton
Raleigh County
Lou Bumgarner
Howard Wagenhall
Earl Siler
Harold Wells
Ada Kelly
Canton
Ohio
Jimmie Caldwell
Earl Caldwell
James McClure
Wellsburg
W. Va
Bo” McGlothlin
Robert McGlothlin
Ravenswood
Earl McGlothlin
Dale Sayre
O. O. Sayre
Columbus
Henry Reitmire
George Ingels
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Mason
Paul Somerville
Point Pleasant
J. L. Stewart
Weston
Viola McCloud
Mack McGinness
Maggied
Bend Rotary
Hartford Methodist Church
Layne and Roush
Vanadium Corporation
Graham Station
Walter Oliver
Ripley
Elmo Woods
James Roush
Pomeroy
E. Fourth St
Oliver
Lewis Miller
J. H. Lough
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Donald Hoffman
Billy Hoffman
Broad Run
Lancaster
Harvest Home Festival at Pine Grove churches
The Harvest Home Festival brings St. Pauls Lutheran Church and St Johns Lutheran Church congregations together at the Pine Grove grove. Sunday school starts at 10 30 am dinner at noon recreation and visiting follow. Divine service begins at 2 pm with Rev L M Mohrhoff lecturing in the morning and preaching in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
St. John's Lutheran Church
Pine Grove
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. John’s Church
L. M. Mohrhoff
Weekend Visitors and Local Family News Mentioned
A sequence of social visits across Meigs County is reported. Families from Parkersburg Chillicothe Columbus Nelsonville Gallia and Huntington spent weekends with relatives in Pomeroy Meigs General Hospital and Naval relations are noted along with a military son visiting from Washington D C and a Meigs family member improving at hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Powell
Barbara
Bill
Parkersburg
Powell
Adam Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
C. E. Nease
Carrie Nye
Clifford Hood
Chillicothe
Felix Alkire
John Hardy
Harrisonville Road
Columbus
Everett Tracy
Pfc
Rolland Radford
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Patsy Shields Radford
Homer Radford
William Griffith
Lester Fauber
Meigs General Hospital
Rolland Neutzling
Rita
Indiana
Navy
Washington, D.C
John W. van Gundy
Sheila Ann
van Gundy
Pearl Smith
Albert Smith
Huntington
Pomeroy
Mr. Smith
Julius Smith
Phil Meinhart
Erma Smith
Elmer Hamm
Walter Hamm
Raymond Eiselstein
Jennie Sue
Rose Vance
Pomer
Youth Impersonator Charged After Fraudulent Letter Scam
The FBI jailed a 16 year old Basin Wyoming boy for impersonating a federal officer and President Truman. He attempted to defraud an 83 year old widow of 2000 dollars by mailing a letter claiming to be from the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
FBI
Basin
Wyo
Harry S. Truman
George C. Burton
President Truman
Police Training Course Set to Open Wednesday
Middleport police sponsor a training course for area officers to be led by FBI instructors. Classes run Wednesday night through September at the American Legion Hall on W Main St Pomeroy starting tomorrow night at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Three Middleport Men Begin Hard Labor Terms
Three Middleport men Clifford Beaver Earl Waters and Oliver Mitch began sentences of hard labor levied by Mayor Sidney T Russell. Chief of Police Russell Bailey and Patrolman Don Gosney accompanied them to the Columbus workhouse on Monday as part of the sentence execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus
Sidney T. Russell
Clifford Beaver
Earl Waters
Oliver Mitch
Russel Bailey
Don Gosney
Notice of Appointment of Administratrix
Fannie Palmer of Chauncey Ohio appointed administratrix of Isaac J Palmer estate in Athens County Ohio creditors must file claims within four months dated August 18 1952 Probate Judge John FL Newcomb 8 26 52 36th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Palmer
Chauncey
Ohio
Isaac J. Palmer
Tate
Athens County
John FL Newcomb
Said
D. H. Sams
Athens
W.W.A
Bessie M_ Carman
John F. Newcomb
Local Notice of Estate Administrator Appointment
D. H. Sams of Athens Ohio named Administrator W W A of the estate of Bessie M Carman deceased. Creditors must file claims by the specified period. Dated August 13 1952. John F Newcomb.
Divorce Petition Filed Against Helen Marshall in Ohio Court
Sylvester Marshall filed a divorce petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio in Case No 20246. The notice states Helen Marshall of Pikeville Kentucky must answer on or after October 15 1952 with attorneys Rowland Bridgewater and Gray representing the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Marshall
Pikeville
Kentucky
Sylvester Marshall
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Rowland, Bridgewater and Gray
Soloists Announced For Farm Bureau Show Across Meigs County
The Farm Bureau Frolics minstrel, sponsored by Meigs County Farm Bureau, will run September 24 in Middleport High School and September 25 in Pomeroy Junior High School. Soloists include Bob Morris Danny Thompson Clarence Rupp Donna Van Meter Evelyn Cleland Sandra Kay Ingraham Billy Young and more with a 50 voice chorus backing. Rehearsals set for the Sacred Heart Church auditorium tonight at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Farm Bureau
Meigs County Farm Bureau
F. Whitney Ingraham
Middleport
Middleport High School
Pomeroy Junior High School
Bob Morris
Danny Thompson
Clarence Rupp
Donna van Meter
Evelyn Cleland
Sandra Kay Ingraham
Billy Young
Mary Dake
Charlesanna Hess
Judy Jacobs
James Carnahan
Lowell Salser
Howard Wolfe
Dana Epple
Virgil Windon
Joe Thoren
Gary Dill
Junior Salser
Danny ‘Thompson
Bob Hoeflich
Sacred Heart Church
25th Zus pan reunion held at Middleport Roadside Park
Middleport notes report the 25th Zuspan reunion on Sunday August 31 at Middleport Roadside Park. Mrs Thelma Wood re elected president and Mrs Hale Blessing secretary. Many relatives from Ohio West Virginia Alabama and California attended lunch and meeting plus updates on members and recent travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Zuspan
Thelma Wood
Bertha Zuspan
Kenneth Zuspan
Alabama
F. I. Zuspan
Marion
E. J. Zuspan
O. L. Roush
Wood
Hale Blessing
Point Pleasant
O. L. Roushes
FE. J. Zuspan
William Zuspan
Mason
Hale Blessings
Janet
Ruth Ann
Anna Gaskins
R. J. Totmans
Charleston
Edgar Zuspans
Mary Jane
Linda Sue
Larry
Shinston
W. Va
A. H. Hiltons
Chester Hiltons
Columbus
Oscar Kelly McMillen
California
James Morrisons
Lewis and Larry
Akron
F. O. Zuspans
Earl Zuspans
Dayton
Frank Woods
Worthington
West
Lawrence Beegle
Arthur Beegle
Joe Beegle
Pennsylvania
Vicinity
Ohio
Bedford
Meigs County
States
District of Columbia
M. P. Adams
Zanesville
Vera
Clark Family Vacation Highlights West Coast Tour
Judge and Mrs. Cedric Clark and son Arthur returned from a vacation trip through the West. They visited Mare Island Coronado and Oregon, were entertained by Capt Don Linn and Capt Jack Frost, and called on Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel in Menlo Park. Lieutenant Klein of the Estes sails to Eniwetok for a three month cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Judge
Cedric Clark
Arthur
West
Clark
Peter F. Klein
Carla Clark
Mare Island
San Francisco
Coronado
Oregon
Judge Clark
California
Clarks
Don Linn
Katie Outerbridge
Coronada
Jack Frost
Louise Albers
Anna Morehart Albers
Homer Grant
McDaniel
Mildred Giles
Menlo Park
Klein
U. S. Estes
Eniwetok
Local Family Group Visits From Springfield Ahead of Transfer
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wilson of Beech Street hosted their extended family on Sunday. The gathering included Garland Wilson and children Deanne, Gary Lee. Robert Turner and children Joyce Karen, Ronnie. F. O. Jackson and children Peggy, Roger, Sue Ann. and Jo Ann Wilson all of Springfield. plus M-Sgt Roy Wilson of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After a furlough, Wilson will be transferred to Camp Atterbury, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
J. E. Wilson
Beech St
Garland Wilson
Deanne
Gary Lee
Robert Turner
Joyce Karen
Ronnie
F. O. Jackson
Peggy
Roger
Sue Ann
Jo Ann Wilson
Springfield
M-Segt Roy Wilson
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Wilson
Camp Atterbury
Miss JoAnn Wilson Attends Ellis-Chatin Wedding In Norwalk
Miss JoAnn Wilson returned to Springfield after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J E Wilson and fiancé Gene Nuxhall of Hamilton. They traveled to Norwalk Ohio last week for the Ellis Chatin wedding where Nuxhall served as usher and Lois Chatin wed William Ellis, captain of Ohio University’s 1952 football squad. Miss Wilson stayed with Miss Barbara Hawley during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Ruth
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
South
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Russell
C. D. Page
Pauline Tuckerman
Robert Harris
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clarence Schneider
Edith Jordan
Herman Bickert
Sherry
Tary
N. Third Ave
Marietta
Bickerts
Frank Bangerter
Cleveland
Louis A. Bangerter
George Werner
Columbus
Ferne Barker
Niagara Falls
New York City
Homer Jones
Caledonia
Charles Lucas
Rodney
Marjorie
Jacqueline Rice
Portsmouth
Hylda Rice
Ernest Covert
David
Barbara
Betty
Vera
Hulda Klein
Pearl St
Edith Klein
Robert Kaser
Kelly Grogan
Chillicothe
Richard Grogan
James Hawley
Jim Bill
Linda
Logan
Cc. R. Karr
Rob Deem
Deem
Michael
Albuquerque
N. M
Kenneth Byer
N. Second Ave
H. E Smith
W. Va
William Hubbard
Dayton
Harold Hubbard
Albert Petit
Bessie
Fannie
Phyllis
Karen Sue
Larry
Jimmy
Bill
South Shore
Frank Leifheit
C. H. Gibbs
Detroit
J. M Archer
W. K Beaver
Roy Denner ¥Na
Cecelia
New Castle
J M. Mygatt
Greenville
Ohio
Robert Sharp
Mechanicsburg
Paul Haptonstal
Edith
Iris
Billy
Middleport
JoAnn Wilson
Springfield
J. E. Wilson
Gene Nuxhall
Hamilton
Norwalk
Ellis-Chatin
Nuxhall
Lois Chatin
William Ellis
Ohio University
Miss Wilson
Barbara Hawley
Loyal Pals Class to Meet at Mrs Dulcie Young Home
The Loyal Pals Class of the Church of Christ will gather tonight at the home of Mrs. Dulcie Young on North Second Avenue in Middleport for a church group meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Church of Christ
Dulcie Young
N. Second Ave
Eastern Star Initiation Set At Evangeline Chapter
Initiation planned for Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star on Thursday evening. Officers are instructed to wear formal attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Pythian Sisters Hold Meeting At Temple Hall
Middleport Meigs Temple 153 Pythian Sisters meet at Temple Hall tonight led by Erma Smith M E C A rehearsal of the degree staff follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs
Temple Hall
Erma Smith
M.E.C
Chester social ties highlight King visit and Rus sell family
Miss Lelia King of Chester visits her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Charles King on Front Street before the opening of a school in Chester. Mayor and Mrs Sidney T Rus sell and daughters Myrna and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia King
Chester
Charles King
Front St
Openan
Sidney T. Russell
Myrna
Two Men Captured In $250000 Holdup
Two Texas men were captured after a wild chase through Reno streets Friday night and officers found about $250000 in loot from a Tehachapi California post office burglary in their car. The suspects identified as Jim Darwood Kennedy 27 released from Texas State Penitentiary last June and Johnny Edward Watson 26 Big Elm Texas who escaped from prison August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno, Nev
Texas
Reno
Tehachapi
Calif
Jim Darwood Kennedy
Texas State Penitentiary
Johnny Edward Watson
Big Elm
Tex
Age rule for Pomeroy first graders corrected
The correct age requirement for entering first grade in Pomeroy schools is six years old by December 1, 1952. The previous date of December 31, 1952 was reported in error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Minnow species reaches three to four inches on average
The minnow is a distinct species of fish. A full grown minnow typically attains three to four inches, though specimens up to seven inches have been reported.
Grand Beegle Family Reunion Brings Kin Together in Portland
Labor Day gathering in Portland marked the 30th Beegle family reunion with 200 members attending from nine states and the District of Columbia. Highlights included a square dance, multiple musical numbers, an awards ceremony, memorial service, and commemorative flowers for the oldest and youngest attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Joe Beegle
Helen Banks
Theodore Beegle
Laura Johnson
Robert McKelvey
The
Apple Grove Locks
Frankie Beegle McKelvey
Vera” Beegle
Terry Bradford
Patty
Margie Stobart
Norma Kay
Robert Allen McKelvey
Lois Ann Knopp
Andrew Pavrish
Ferne Beegle Gaul
Brenda
Cobena
Mrs. Simpson
Miss Beegle
Carol Salser
Ruth Ann Gaul
Mrs. Salser
Home Sweet Home
Waldo
Oklahoma City
Artie
Austin
Albuquerque
Wilbur
Purcell
Okla
Racine
Austin Beaver
Five Survive Crash After Tire Blowout Near Church
A tire blowout caused a Saturday auto wreck near Bradbury church in Middleport. Five occupants escaped serious injury. driver James T. Horn of Columbus, his wife, their two month old Jimmy Jo, and Eugene Lester of Mann, W. Va. were treated for lacerations and scratches at Meigs General Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bradbury Church
Russell Bailey
Charles Russell
James T. Horn
Columbus
Jimmy Jo
Eugene Lester
Mann
W. Va
Horn
Baby
Meigs General Hospital
Mrs Carrie Henshaw Rites Held At Rawlings Coats
Pallbearers for Mrs Carrie Henshaw were Charles Payne Charles G Winston Carl Williams Fred Jackson Harry Morris and James Rickman. Rev R G Harris of Pomeroy officiated burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Attending were her daughter Mildred Thompson and relatives Bob Ruth Thompson Betty Devol and a Athens grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Carrie Henshaw
Rawlings-Coats
Charles Payne
Charles G. Winston
Carl Williams
Fred Jackson
Harry Morris
James Rickman
R. G. Harris
Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Mildred Thompson
Dayton
Bob
Ruth Thompson
Betty Devol
Athens
Two Youths Placed On Probation Here
Middleport youths charged with breaking into the stadium refreshment stand last Sunday admitted the theft of $14.40 in pop gum and candy. Apprehended by Chief Russell Bailey, they appeared in juvenile court and were placed on probation. Parents will reimburse the Band Boosters for the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Stadium
Russell Bailey
Area Pastor Attends Meeting in Delaware
The Rev. Louis A. Bangerter of Heath Methodist Church is in Delaware for sessions of the Ohio Area Pastors' School at Ohio Wesleyan University. The annual summer course, under the Methodist Church, will enroll a record 650 pastors, the largest class in its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Delaware
Ohio Area
Ohio Weslyan University
Ohio
The
Methodist Church
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Western Auto Associate
Stote
Edgar H. Florian
Main
Luscious
New Haven Orchard
New Haven, W. Va
NEW Haven News
C. E. Fry
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Widdleport Personals
By Francis H. Klein
Liberty
Theatre
Middlepart
Voice of the Theatre
Joel McCrea
Ellen Drew
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Assn
A. C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Little Egypt
Richard Wedmark
Linda Darnell
Andrew Pavlish Dance
Butternut Ave
Pomeroy Bend
Walk
Beacon
George Murphy Findlay Currie
Virginia Gilmore
Karl Stepanek
Louisa Horton
Temple Middleport
Mara Mara
Errol Flynn
Ruth Roman
Raymond Burr
Richard Webb
Paul Pherni
Dan Seymour
Meigs Theatre
Oldsmobile
GMAC
Karr & van Zandt
Motor Sales
Pomeroy, Ohio
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