Middleport Officials to Fight Ohio River Pollution Claim
Middleport village leaders head to Cincinnati for 2 p.m. ORLANCO hearing to contest claims of raw sewage polluting the Ohio River. Councilman Childs outlines Browne report findings and potential lagoon or unit plant options if the non pollution position is rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio River
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Ken
Neth McElhinney
William Childs
Cincinnati
Childs
Orlanco
Floyd G. Browne
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Wayne Kuhn
Browne
Kuhn
Charles Bradbury
John Zerkle
Clinton Fisher
Finance Committee
McElhinney
Gene Grate
Frank Eschleman
Water Company
Pearl St
Utility Committee
Plans For Halloween Party Will Be Made
Middleport plans for the annual community Halloween party will be formalized Wednesday night as Feeney Bennett Post 128 American Legion meets. Richard Pickens, commander, will appoint a membership committee for the upcoming drive. Also in Middleport two men were fined in weekend hearings by Mayor Kenneth McElhinney. Roy Bragg of Warren Michigan received 100 dollars and costs plus three days jail for drunken driving while James Ned Call paid five dollars and costs for intoxication. Call was also ordered to work 30 days on the street department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Richard Pickens
Kenneth McElhinney
Roy Bragg
Warren
Mich
James Ned Call
Call
Dan C Hartinger Dies, Meigs County Republican Leader
Dan C Hartinger aged 57, long-time Meigs County Republican political figure, dies. He led the party for over two decades as a prominent local leader in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dan C. Hartinger
Meigs County
Radio Club Plans Picnic
POMEROY Stanley Rupe was welcomed as a new member when the Pomeroy Bend Citizen Band Radio Club met at the Second Ward fire house. Plans were made for a family picnic at Rock Springs Grange Hall at noon on Sept. 30. Refreshments were served by Frank Titus to a list of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Stanley Rupe
Pomeroy Bend
Second Ward
Harry Hoffman
Rock Springs Grange Hall
Frank Titus
Carl Hysell
Gene Hart
Jed Webster
Robert Harden
Herschel Norris
Charles Neuman
Freeman Enoch
Guy Hysell
Howard Mollen
George Carson
Grange
Rock Springs
Rutland Area Reunions and Local Obituary Noted
Rutland residents share reunion news as the Haley gathering receipts many local visits. Meigs County Republican leader and longtime county commissioner Hartinger dies after years of service. he leaves a widow Josephine and sister Mary Elizabeth Thomas. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rawlings-Coats with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs General Hospital
Hartinger
Meigs County
Letart Twp
Letart
Carpenter
Ohio Valley Grange
Ohio University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.st
Staunton
del Hartinger
Middleport
Elizabeth Carpenter Hartinger
Josephine
William
Mary Elizabeth) Thomas
Belmont
Mass
Group Opens Fall Activities For Heath Methodist Women
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Heath Methodist Church started fall activities with a Monday potluck in the church social rooms. Officers hosted the dinner, plans for the year were reviewed, and a new robe for Rev. Marvin Dawson was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Glenn Lambert
Beulah Hayes
Bruce Lloyd
Nan Moore
Biblical Foundations of Missions
James Euler
Emerson Jones
Hayes
Moore
E. M. Blake
Meigs General Hospital
Marvin Dawson
E. M. Wood
Wood
Homer Cook
Earl Knight
W.S.C.S
Bess Sanborn
Robert Wise
Guy Shuler
Strausbaugh Rites Slated
Funeral services for Ray Strausbaugh a 61 year old Wilkesville resident will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Phillip Henderson officiating Burial will follow at Vinton Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the family home The longtime Wilton High School teacher died Sunday night at his home after a heart attack He taught 42 years mainly in Wilkesville and served as industrial arts mathematics and mechanical drawing instructor He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and president of the Wilkesville village council
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Ray Strausbaugh
Presbyterian Church
Phillip Henderson
Vinton Memorial Cemetery
Strausbaugh
Wilton High School
Middleport Personal Notices Prompt Weekend Visits
Sunday guests of Mrs. D. E. Roush included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turley of Dunbar West Virginia and others. Mrs. Roma Mage remains in serious condition at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Local residents and visitors from Portsmouth Columbus Heath Methodist Church and Milligan College were noted.
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D. E. Roush
Ray Turley
Dunbar
W. Va
Verna Thoma
Goldie Harpole
Dale Scott
Columbus
Roma Mage
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Dale Swearington
Debbie
Randy
Portsmouth
Grant Street
Bernard Fultz
Heath Methodist Church
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fred I. Gardner
Johnson City
Tenn
B. J. Shoun
Barbara
Susan
Cleveland
Ed Lewis
Carol Hudson
Milligan College
Hudson
Middleport High School
A. '. Lloyd
Bruce Lloyd
Dismissed Names Include Pearl Jacobs Jessie Russell and Harry Schwab
Georgia Thompson Pome Roy Mrs Margaret Smith Hemlock Grove Donna Hayman Racine Mrs Ira Lawrence Portland Leonard Barber Reedsville W Roberts Long Bottom Laura Wildman Pomeroy Vera Hayman Racine all listed with general hospital notes. Dismissed Pearl Jacobs Jessie Russell and Harry Schwab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Thompson
Pomeroy
Margaret Smith
Hemlock Grove
Donna Hayman
Racine
Ira Lawrence
Portland
Leonard Barber
Reedsville
W. Roberts
Long Bottom
Laura Wildman
Vera Hayman
Pearl Jacobs
Jessie Russell
Harry Schwab
Middleport News Highlights Enrollments and Choir Rehearsals
Miss Karen Sue Gregg, a 1962 Middleport High School graduate, enrolled at Morris-Harvey College in Charleston after being taken there Sunday by her mother Mrs Lucy Gregg. Miss Judy Gregg, a Rio Grande College junior, is noted amid a church choir update. Choir rehearsals for the Middleport Church of Christ start at 8 30 Wednesday evening with Mrs Arthur Skinner directing and Mrs Chester Erwin as organist. the choir had been recessed over the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Karen Sue Gregg
Middleport High School
Morris-Harvey College
Charleston
Lucy Gregg
Judy Gregg
Rio Grande College
Middleport Church of Christ
Arthur Skinner
Chester Erwin
Johnsons announce birth of daughter Julia Marie
Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Johnson of Vienna announce the birth of a daughter Julia Marie at Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg. Grandparents are Aaron Kelton Pom eroy and Esker Johnson West Columbia with great grandparents Jay Myers Pomeroy and Howard Van Meter West Columbia and Wilson Johnson Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Howard W. Johnson
Tenth Ave
Vienna
W. Va
Julia Marie
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Aaron Kelton
Esker Johnson
West Columbia
Jay Myers
Howard van Meter
Wilson Johnson
Hartford
Racine picks new fire chief as Corbett Cleek resigns
Pomeroy Corbett Cleek resigns as Racine Volunteer Fire Department chief and Charles Pyles is named his replacement. The Racine Emergency Squad answered two calls over the weekend. Vera Hayman near Racine was taken to Meigs General Hospital after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Corbett Cleek
Racine
Charles Pyles
Vera Hayman
Meigs General Hospital
Sargents Honored At Shower
Mrs. James Ridenour hosted a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Buel Ridenour honoring Mr. and Mrs. George Sargent formerly Barbara Gaul. Ice cream cake mints and iced tea were served and the door prize went to Mrs. Cleo. Multiple guests attended including Mrs. Richard Barton Mrs. Dorst and Mrs. Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Parker
Roger Keller
Don Williams
Ralph Keller
W. F. Hill
Henry Eichinger
Elizabeth Lyons
Charles Carr
Fred Smith
Virgil Windon
Norman Rose
Wilma Ginther
Emma Findling
Garland Caldwell
Janice
William Frecker
Oscar Weber
Doris Koenig
Doris Caldwell
Helena Sayre
Nevada Beaver
Wallace Amberger
Norman Bahr
Donna
David Holter
Norman Frederick
Ida Knight
Roy Christy
Edna Morgan
Perry Riggs
Ralph Frank
Willis Frost
Marion Parker
Guy Summerfield
Olive Ingraham
Eldon Gaul
Ronnie Clay
Roger
Rodney Gaul
Five Meigs 4-H Members Attend OSU Session
Five Meigs County 4 H Club members joined a mock state legislature at the Ohio State University in Columbus during the 45th annual 4 H Club Congress. Delegates received scholarships from the Meigs Agricultural Society and Citizens Bank of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Capital Building
Columbus
Ohio State University
Dixie Roush
Salem Center
Orion Roush
Karen Gilkey
Harrisonville
Pauline Atkins
Jane Baer
Pomeroy Benders
C. E. Blakeslee
Harold Lohse
James Meredith
Chester Farm Boys Club
Ross Cleland
James Hamm
Social Hayseeds Club
Dan Smith
Marie Koblentz
Cleo Smith
Chester Junior Homemakers Club
Patricia Jones
Bedford Junior 4-H Clovers
Ohio 4-H Club Foundation
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Citizens Bank of Middleport
Geneva H. Nolan
Stella Ritter 90 dies at Tuppers Plains
Stella Ritter 90 of Tuppers Plains died Monday at Meigs General Hospital Pomeroy after a long illness. She was a Methodist Church member charter WSCS member and Eastern Star Lorain Chapter. Survived by daughter Neisel Weatherman and sister Nora Blackwell. Burial at Stewart Cemetery. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Tuppers Plains Methodist Church.
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Tuppers Plains
Stella Ritter
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy
Olive Twp
Nora Blackwell
Dover
James
Dick) Ritter
Tuppers Plains Methodist Church
Freeland Norris
Stewart Cemetery
Arbaugh Funeral Home
Church Group Hears Devotion and Observes Birthday
The Daughters of Ruth Class met at 5 p.m. Monday at the church for a potluck supper. Mrs. Richard Campbell presided over the business meeting and Mrs. Albert Alward conducted a devotional period. A poem honored the 89th birthday of Mrs. A V Howell observed Sunday.
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Sanitation Commission
Federated Circle
Federated Church
Meigs
Radio Club
Rutland
Jean Parker Rutland
Martin Woodard
Haley
Roy Snowden
William Snowden
Dayton
Carl Meyers
Lucille Snowden
Roger Rose
Betty Egnor
Jim Snowden
South Charleston
John Fields
Snowdens
Charles Simpkins
Clyde Clench
Lloyd Dugan
Marty
Southpoint
Clyde King
Marvel
Bert Davis
Pauline Markins
College Ave
Beech Grove Rd
Wayne Bergdoll
Rutland High School
Isaac Taylor
Mike
Debbie May
Bruce May
Mary Dean
Bidwell
William Dean
Teresa
Saundra
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Strausbaugh Rites
Karen Gregg
Karr & van Zands
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
Corbett Cleek
Paul Bailey
Emmet W. Peoples
PTA
Syracuse
Sargents
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Evangeline Chapter 172
Order of Eastern Star
Rosemary Lyons
Beth Pullen
Lena Bunce
the Electric Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Logan
Monument CO
George C. Shaw
W. Main Street
Hospital
Logan, Ohio
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