Middleport Council Protests Water Rate Increase Plan
Middleport Village Council unanimously moves to protest Meigs Water Co rate hike raising minimum from 2.25 to 3.00 and lays out steps for filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The meeting covers fire protection, equipment needs, and a no parking area near village hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport Council
Middleport
Middleport Village
Bernard Fultz
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Meigs Water Co
Lee Smith
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Wayne Gibbons
Kenneth McFelhinney
Gibbons
Peared
Gallia Chamber Plans Recreation Brochure and Events
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce will publish a brochure promoting local recreational facilities including ponds fishing Tycoon Lake and the Ohio River. Directors discussed hosting a Christmas Home Decorating Contest and potential sponsorships with groups such as the Gallipolis Boat Club for a summer water ski show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Ohio Quarterhorse Association
Rio Grande
Richards
Ohio River
Ohio
Kanawha
Lake Erie
Thelma Elliott
Chamber
Kennth Morgan
Merchants’ Committee
Morgan
Gallipolis Boat Club
Boat Club
Speeding case continued for Gallipolis man in city court
Gallipolis resident Lasco Niday, 53, pleaded innocent to a city police speeding charge and had his case continued to Sept 22 at his request. In other city cases Judge William H. Jones fined several for traffic violations and alcohol offenses, and six drivers arrested on a closed section of State Route 218 were set to appear in Municipal Court next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lasco Niday
William H. Jones
Charles Saunders
Dale Sheets
Crown City
Jones
Leslie H. Sheets
Sheets
Lewis M. Sheets
Harold Saunders
Wayne Harrison
Stewart Puckett
John England
Gallia Soil Conservation District Sets Annual Meeting Date
Gallia Soil Conservation District board schedules December 14 for its annual meeting with Merrill Carter and John Payne as program chairs. They ordered 50 signs bearing farmers names for on land signs, approved six new cooperators, and arranged 125 copies of This Is Our Soil for teachers. The group promoted Soil Fertility Week, discussed the 56-D program with wildlife stock, and reviewed 1961 tree price lists from Ohio and Michigan suppliers.
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Gallipolis
Board of Supervisors
Gallia
Springfield
Anthony Cennamo
Raccoon
Keith K Tyler
John P. Lewis
Morgan
W. H. Price
Wayne Russell
Addison
Our
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Wildlife Division
Ohio Division of Forestry
Ohio Division of Natural Resources
Michigren Co
Mothers to Meet in Middleport Scout Hall
Mothers Auxiliary of Boy Scout Troop 245 will hold a 7 p.m. meeting Thursday at the scout hall in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mother’s Auxiliary
WSCS Plans Special Week Outreach in Middleport
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Heath Methodist Church scheduled October 15 to 19 for a visitation program with a Chillicothe district minister. The group will arrange meals for the visiting pastor and discussed the year’s theme The Household of God with The Spirit Is Life as the program topic. A spaghetti supper preceded the meeting with several hostesses and three guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian
Chillicothe District
Ohio Methodist Churches
Middleport
James Weber
M. L. French
Household of God
Glenn Lambert
Educators To Elect Gallipolis County School Chairman
Executive heads of Gallia County's five local school districts meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the county superintendent's office to elect a new chairman. Last year's chairman was Glendon Evans, now principal at Gallia Academy High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
T. K. Owens
Glendon OQ. Evans
Gallia Academy High School
PTA Hears Art Expert At Opening Meeting
Gallipolis 127 persons attend the Washington School PTA opening in the cafeteria. Ohio University professor Clifford T. McCarthy says art aids intellectual development and confidence. New president Mrs John D North Jr leads. budget totaling 1179 approved. Dundee Potato Chip Co bill paid. clean up cost for Memorial Field set at one third per home game. I James Miller introduced as new city superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clifford T. McCarthy
Ohio University
Washington School Parent Teacher Association
McCarthy
John D. North, Jr
Dundee Potato Chip Co
Memorial Field
Silas J. Hamilton
John C. Markley
Robert W. Cobb
Cleora Egner
Evan H. Evans
I. James Miller
New City
John Spires Dies At 88 In Rutland Home
John Spires 88 died Monday at his sister Grace Utsinger’s home in Rutland after a lingering illness. He had lived with Mrs. Utsinger since his wife Millie’s death. survived by another sister Lydia Theobald. A daughter and wife preceded him in death. Funeral 1 p.m. Wednesday at Chase funeral home with calling hours. Burial Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Middleport Emergency Unit found him dead on arrival.
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Rutland
John Spires
Mrs
Grace Utsinger
Mr. Spires
Tag Day Planned by Gallia Band Boosters
Gallipolis Band Boosters Club announces a tag day at Gallia Academy High School on Oct. 6 with 20 attending Monday night. Co chairmen Mr and Mrs James Hanson lead preparations. New president Mrs Donald M Robinson conducted the meeting and introduced I James Miller new city superintendent and Glendon O Evans new Gallia Academy Principal. Boosters vote to help purchase a water heater for the concession stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
James Hanson
Donald M. Robinson
I. James Miller
New City
Glendon O. Evans
New Gallia Academy
Boosters
Funeral services planned for Mrs. Mabel Farmer
Mrs. Mabel Farmer 65 formerly of Columbus died Sunday in Columbus. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Danville Nazarene Church with Rev. Earl Wachenswantz officiating. Burial in Danville cemetery. Friends may call Vernon Mc Coy funeral home in Vinton until noon Wednesday. The body will lie in state from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church prior to services.
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Gallipolis
Mabel Farmer
Columbus
Danville
Births at Holzer Hospital Produce Dozens of Newborns
Holzer Hospital reports numerous births with twin girls to Clarence and [illegible], Oak Hill Route 2, and many single births to families including Butterbaugh Price Meek Yost White Crace Griffith Slayton Kayser and others. Blood usage noted as Sunday five pints and Monday three pints.
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Clarence F. Butterbaugh
Oak Hill
River Traffic and Dam Conditions in Huntington District
river gauges show Kanawha and Ohio river levels with several locks reporting vessels up or down. listings include multiple boats at Lock positions along with dam statuses and crests on Kanawha river and Ohio locks across Huntington district.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Huntington
Indiana
Thelma Ann
National
Miss Rivers
Beaver
J. F. Frieberger
Inca
Neilson Broadfoot
Onward
Creditor
John J. Rowe
Ravenswood
Western
Fern Kanawha
Winfield
Elgercliff
Jerry Bosworth
Semet
Frances Hoagland
Lucy Jane Lucas
Betty Moran
Louisiana 94
Solvay
the R
Dorothy Southern
Craig M
Elreliff
Ihe
Deana Fooworth
Kanauga PTO elects Maddy president at first fall meeting
Kanauga School hosted the Kanauga Parents Teacher Organization fall session naming Mrs. William Maddy as president and Mrs. John Kerwood as vice president. Mrs. Kenneth Black will serve as secretary treasurer with Mrs. Harry Smith as publicity chairman as the annual membership drive continues. Homeroom mothers announced for grades one through four.
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Gallipolis
William Maddy
Kanauga Parents Teacher Organization
Kanauga School
John Kerwood
Kenneth Black
Harry Smith
PTO
Kenneth Haner
Clyde Burnett
Bill Evans
Bob Adkins
James Sayre
Derry Adams
Carlos Blue Serving At Japanese Base
Carlos G. Blue an equipment operator second class and son of Lauren R. Blue of Gallipolis is assigned to the naval ordnance facility at U S Navy Base Yokosuka Japan. Yokosuka a major port for the Seventh Fleet sits on the Kanto Plain near Yokohama and Tokyo. Blue entered the Navy in January 1956 after graduating from Kenton High School Kenton.
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Gallipolis
Carlos G. Blue
Lauren R. Blue
Portsmouth
Naval
U. S. Navy Base
Yokosuka
Japan
America
Seventh Fleet
Kanto Plain
Yokohama
Toyo
Navy
Blue
Kenton High School
Kenton
Middleport P.T.A. Executive Committee Meets Tonight
An executive committee meeting of the Mid deport P.T.A. is set for 7 30 tonight in the Middleport High School office. John Krawsczyn is introduced as the new president of the group.
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Middleport
Middeport P.T.A
Middleport High School
John Krawsczyn
Girl Scout Troop 221 Meeting Led by Hackett Everson
Middleport Girl Scout Troop 221 will meet after school Wednesday at the scout house. Mrs George Hackett Jr and Mrs William Everson assume leadership of the group.
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Middleport
George Hackett Jr
William Everson
Chester Club To Vie In County Show
Chester Garden Club plans participation in the Meigs County flower show set for Sept 30 and Oct 1 at the Rock Springs fairgrounds. The September meeting at Mrs. Horace Karr's home arranged state convention duties and featured a shrub demonstration, a book review, and several prize ribbons.
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Paul Baer
Earl Dean
Reid Young
Homer Holter
Pearl Koblentz
Pearl Mora
Donald Mora
C. N. Jones
Board Hires Two Cooks in Bidwell-Porter School
In Gallia county the North Gallia Board of Education accepted the resignations of Moss Duty, bus driver, and Evelyn Duty, cook at Bidwell-Porter, and hired two cooks Agnes Myers and Jean McDaniel for Bidwell-Porter. The board also approved membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lia Board of Education
Moss Duty
Evelyn Duty
Bidwell - Porter
Agnes Myers
Jean McDaniel
Bidwell-Porter
The
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Five County 4-H'ers Attend Club Congress
Mrs. Nancy M. Evans and five Gallia County 4-H club members attend the Ohio 4 H Club Congress at Ohio State and will return Wednesday. Included is Delia De Duarte of Colombia S A spending four weeks as an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate. The 4 H clubbers are Joyce Evans Sara Yoho April Thompson C A Duncan and Roger Brumfield with Mrs. Russell Priddy and Mrs. James Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nancy M. Evans
Gallia County
Ohio State
Delia de Duarte
Colombia
S. A
International Farm
Congress
Joyce Evans
Sara Yoho
April Thompson
C. A. Duncan
Roger Brumfield
Russell Priddy
James Hanson
Ministers Name Gearhart Chairman Of Meigs County Contest
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at Circle's Restaurant with Rev. Roy Gearhart named chairman of the Prince of Peace contest for the year. Rev. Francis H. Glazier presided and outlined plans for youth work finances leadership VBS and nursery school. The group discussed the county fair program and changes for next year and Glazier agreed to meet hospital officials about chapel furnishing for the new Meigs Memorial Hospital. A luncheon followed.
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Meigs Memorial Hospital
Circle’s Restaurant
Bill to Add New Income for Pomeroy Meigs County
Meigs County villages and townships may receive extra funds when House Bill 49 takes effect January 1. County Auditor Gordon Caldwell says funds used previously for safety by the State Highway Department will be distributed to townships and villages. Full benefit isn t expected until 1963.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gordon Caldwell
State Highway Department
Caldwell
Church Society Meets at Pomroy First Baptist Church
The Woman's Missionary Society of Pomroy First Baptist Church holds a 7 30 PM meeting Thursday. Elizabeth Stark Circle leads the program while Ruth Circle members serve as hostesses.
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Pomeroy
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Stark
Ruth Circle
Feeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion Meeting
MIDDLEPORT Feeney-Bennett Post 128 will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening at the post home. Don Roach, post commander, urges all legionnaires to attend. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett
American Legion
Don Roach
Three State Road Repairs Underway in Meigs County
Three major state highway repairs in Meigs County are underway or to start within 10 days. Route 7 between Five Points and Chester is resurfaced over about five miles with two foot widening and new guard rails, to be finished in about 30 days. Route 124 from Racine to the Route 338 junction is blacktopped, with seal work planned from Pomeroy to Racine, all by Sands Construction Co. of Thornville. one way traffic will be used in active sections during work.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Oscar Weber
Ohio Department of Highways
Five Points
Chester
Weber
Racine
The
Sands Construction Co
Thornville
Miss Frick Heads to Spencerian College in Louisville
Miss Jerri Lee Frick a 1961 Pomeroy High School graduate left for Clarksville Ind to attend Spencerian College in Louisville Ky for one year studying business. She traveled with her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Frick and siblings Paula and Eddie and was joined in Cincinnati by Mr and Mrs Warren Ries and Mrs Albert Burkhart. She will reside with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Burkhart in Clarksville.
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Frick
Pomeroy High School
Clarksville
Ind
Spencerian College
Louisville, Ky
Cincinnati
Paul Frick
Paula
Eddie
Warren Ries
Albert Burkhart
Miss Frick
Burkhart
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Janet Stobart Jordan
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South Point
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Bidwell
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Roger Phillips
Marie Roberts
Leo F. Sorrel
Landis K. Wandling
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William A. Roberts
Larry D. Sheets
Maddy
Carlos Blue
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Ky. College
Jerri Lee
Chuck Roast
the Food Mart
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
Pomeroy, Ohio
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