20 000 Voters View Brown District GOP Dem Contest
Springfield voters cast ballots in a tight race for the 7th District seat long held by the late Rep. Clarence J Brown. Candidates include Republican Clarence Jr Fry and others. Democrat James A Berry faces Joseph A Sheridan. The election serves as a potential national gauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ifi
Clarence J Brown
Brown
Clarence Jr
Charles E. Fry
James A. Berry
Clark County
Democratic Party
Joseph A. Sheridan
Fairborn Broadcasting
Lowell Red Fess
Yellow Springs
Sam Landes
London
Greene County
GOP
John G. Petern
Xenia
HH. Quinn Licklider
Albert E. Payne
Johnson
Roosevelt
Postmen Not 007 Agents in Postal Hiring Controversy
House subcommittee chairman says the Post Office acts like secret agents by withholding summer employment names. Gronouski reverses stance after pressure, releasing lists to postmasters on legitimate requests. Civil Service plan to introduce competitive exams for federal summer jobs begins next year.
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Washington
John E. Moss
D - Calif
Post Office Department
Moss
House
Freedom of Information
Post
Gronouski
Mogs
Gronovski
Civil Service Commission
Gromouski
Congress
Post Office
Pomeroy Council Approves $1 Sewage Site Purchase
Mayor Charles Legar authorized buying for one dollar a site behind Pomeroy stadium from the Board of Education for the planned sewage disposal plant. The action follows engineering approval and aims to ease federal funding access.
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Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Edna Schoenleb
Elma Russell
Sycamore St
E. Second
Horace
Karr
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
James Soulsby
al Leonard
Mississippi visit ends as Updegraffs return home
Mr and Mrs Don Updegraff and Patti return to Mississippi after two weeks with relatives in Harrisonville. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Halliday Mr and Mrs Virgil Atkins Mr and Mrs Eugene Atkins and Mr and Mrs Glen Jewell. Three birthdays were celebrated including Addie Bradfield who marked her 90th birthday and remains active in church work after retiring as a teacher.
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Iarrisonville
Don Updegraff
Patti
Mississippi
Robert Jewell
Frank Hl. Halliday
Virgil Atkins
Eugene Atkins
Glen Jewell
Addie Bradfield
Herb
Firm Eyes Plant Site In Meigs
POMEROY Ohio The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce authorized $1000 to buy an excursion boat for Ohio River use. Jack Kerr and Willis Leadingham will pick the craft with Coast Guard members from Buckeye Lake or Lake Erie, aiming for service before the October 17 fall foliage excursion. Also, a major Ohio manufacturer may build a factory in Meigs County, with Fred Crow and Theodore Reed leading a delegation to visit the plant on Oct. 6.
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Pomeroy
Jack Carsey
Ohio
Meigs County
Fred Crow
Theodore T. Reed
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Meigs County Teachers Prepare PEP Campaign
Meigs County Education Association plans an all day meeting Friday at Southern Local High School to discuss financing a campaign for Issue 1 the one cent sales tax for the Program for Educational Progress. The Oct 5 session at Salisbury Elementary features Robert Dowling Ohio Education Association president.
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Middleport
Meigs County Education Association
Meigs County
PTA
Salisbury Elemen
Robert Dowling
Ohio Education Association
Meigs County Association
Harold Sauer
Rhodes
Ohio University
Nates
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens
Mrs. Sauer
Rose Easterday
Thelma Campbell
Pear Bunce
Robert Morris
Sondra Drake
Roberta Wilson
Dorothy Chaney
Vinas Lee
Mary Hill
Larry Ritchie
Lucy Amsbury
James Brannon
Hubert Price
Eugene Atkins
Robert Bowen
Jean Hamm
Leta Kraeuter
Rosalee Story
Howard Nolan
O. O. Patterson
Elma Louks
Grace Weber
Herbert Parker
Donald Wolfe
Southern
Chlorus Grimm
Mary Elizabeth Chapman
Sally Schaaf
Lavinia Brannon
Jim Brannon
Sauer
Meigs County Council
Chester
Break-In Reported At Ohio Valley Lumber Co
Meigs County records show a break in at Ohio Valley Lumber Co in Middleport. Entry gained through a door from the mill and south third street double doors pried open. office door lock broken. office ransacked but nothing missing. Sheriff’s department assists in the inquiry.
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Middleport
Ohio Valley Lumber Co
Herbert Gilkey
Gilkey
South Third St
Meigs County
Birth Notice At Veterans Memorial Hospital
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Nat han Hysell of Middleport. Admitted include Belinda Fitch Portland Harold Jeffers Pomeroy Franklin Richardson New Haven W Va Jean Will Pomeroy Elsie Barnhart Middleport Herschel Norris Racine Mrs Richard Masterson Beulah Scrage Ronald Wentz Vivian Maxie Jean Kimes Clement Cooper Neil Quillen
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Belinda Fitch
Portland
Harold Jeffers
Pomeroy
Franklin Richardson
New Haven
W. Va
Jean Will
Elsie Barnhart
Middleport
Herschel Norris
Racine
Richard Masterson
Beulah Scrage Ronald Wentz
Vivian Maxie
Jean Kimes
Clement Cooper
Neil Quillen
Middleport PTA names room mothers and committees
At a Middleport Parents and Teachers meeting in the high school auditorium, room mothers for elementary grades and various committees were appointed. New superintendent Clarence Thompson introduced the faculty as Mrs Pearl Reynolds attended a Columbus meeting on Issue 1 educational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Dale Walburn
M. E. Dowson
Clarence Thompson
Pearl Reynolds
Columbus
PTA
Jack Bachner
David Qohlinger
Fred Lewis
Dan Meadows
Robert Ashley
William Childs
Manning Klees
Kenneth Scites
Leo Kennedy
Richard Vaughan
Lawrence Stewart
Clarence Lacey
George Hackett Jr
William Ingles
John Grose
Norman Yeanger
Kenneth Wilcox
Walburn
Charles Winebrenner
Charles Smith
Walter Morris
Gary Wayland
Scout Troop 248 Wins First at MGM District Camporee
Scout Troop 248 participated in the MGM District fall camporee at Camp Kinshata in Chester. The group earned a first place ribbon for strong scoutcraft display with leaders Sanford Gheen and Ralph Werner guiding the event and transportation support by Ray Glaze.
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Pomeroy
Boy Scout
MGM District
Camp Kinshata
Chester
Don Taylor
Rick Werner
Fred Gheen
Tim Glaze
Dana Snauffer
James Swartze
Roy Vaughn
Sanford Gheen
Ralph Werner
Ray Glaze
Marriage Licenses Issued for John Larkin Shasteen and Barbara Windle
John Larkin Shasteen 20 of Pomeroy and Barbara Sue Windle 18 of Middleport received marriage licenses. The filings indicate intended nuptials in the local jurisdiction with standard eligibility requirements met.
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John Larkin Shasteen
Pomeroy
Barbara Sue Windle
Middleport
Children Honored at Middleport Church Service
Children of the cradle roll will be honored Sunday during the Bible school hour at the Middleport Church of Christ.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Landmark Safe Hit By Yeggs
Land marks safe on E Main St was targeted during a weekend break in. Manager Jack Carsey said attempts to open the safe Monday afternoon failed and a specialist would try today. At least 400 dollars may have been taken. a bar mower blades and a large ax were used in the break in and the offender jammed the safe before leaving. A London Prison Farm representative took prints after rear door was pried open.
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Pomeroy
Landmark
E. Main St
Jack Carsey
Carsey
London
Pomeroy Soldier Trains in Germany Field Exercise
First Sergeant Russell P. Painter 38, of Pomeroy Ohio, participates in a field training exercise in Germany. He undergoes extensive training in all tactical range firing during day and night exercises.
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Pomeroy—Army
Russell P. Painter
Pomeroy Route 3
Pomeroy
Ohio
Germany
Painter
POMEROY COUPLE MARK GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY AT HOME
Mr and Mrs Louis Diehl observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and open house at their Pomeroy Route 1 home on Sunday. Married Sept 26 1915 by Rev George L Ashton at Earnest Dick’s home in Pomeroy. They have three sons Paul Columbus Ivan Rosenburg Tex and Charles Treary Pomeroy and four grandchildren plus six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mrs Diehl’s siblings are Annie Buck Rutland Edgar Russell Middleport Route 1 and Guy R Russell Vienna Route 2. Mr Diehl’s living sister is Mrs George Renshaw Pomeroy Route 1.
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Pomeroy
Louis Diehl
Paul
Columbus
Ivan
Rosenburg
Tex
Charles Treary
Diehl
Annie Buck
Rutland
Edgar Russell
Middleport
Guy R. Russell
Vienna
George Renshaw
Riverview PTA Names Committees for the Year
Riverview PTA met with president Mrs. Maxine Whitehead naming committees for Publicity Health and Safety Reading and Library Hospitality Membership Budget and Finance Program and Refreshments. The group voted to fund crackers and juice for Operation Head Start and announced a new teacher Miss Ella Diehl. School will dismiss Sept 24 for a county meeting and a carnival is planned for Oct 16 with enrollment at 133 students including 22 in first grade.
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Reedsville
Riverview
PTA
Maxine Whitehead
Ruth Anne Balderson
Velma Barnhart
Violet Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Ronald Osborne
Ella Diehl
Carolyn Franz
Olive Osborne
Ada Bissell
Ramona Green
Ella Osborne
Vivian Humphrey
Frank Rise
Joe Turner
Grace Weber
Pauline Myers
Dehrman Reed
Greta Suttle
Shellie Petty
Tommy Allman
Ruby Brewer
California Versus Alabama Draft Odds Explained
A Selective Service spokesman explained draft chances depend on state available manpower rather than population. For November the Army Navy and Marines call totals reach 36450. California and Alabama show varied past monthly calls with quotas tied to volunteer enlistment retirements and regional demographics.
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Washington
California
Alabama
Selective Service
Defense Department
Navy
Secretary of Defense
United States
Man Fined By Porter In Meigs County Court
In Meigs County Court Judge Frank W. Porter fined Lee Drenner $15 and costs suspended on probation for 10 days after he was charged with procuring a non resident hunting and trapping license by posing as someone else. Allen Brown and Wally E. Miller Jr forfeited $20 bonds each on charges of hunting on property without permission. RACINE Fire Department responded to a Tuesday morning call at Letart Falls to extinguish a tar kettle fire near the Francis Webb residence.
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Racine
Letart Falls
Francis Webb
Farm Bureau Sets Oct 18 Meeting and Drive
POMEROY Meigs County Farm Bureau plans its annual meeting for October 18 at Eastern High School if arrangements allow. Speaker from American Farm Bureau Federation sought. 1963 membership drive to offer one free meal with 1966 membership and a door prize. Delegates named include Don Wilson and Arvil Holter. county women's rally scheduled for October 4 at Logan Armory.
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Farm Bureau
Bower
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau Convention
Don Wilson
David Koblentz
Arvil Holter
Meigs Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn
Virgil Atkins
Ohio
Logan
Meigs County
Homemakers Club Re-Elects Officers
In Reedville Long Bottom, the Homemakers Club re-elected Letha Kibble as president Lillian Pickens as secretary and Ruth Anne Balderson as treasurer. The next meeting at Inez Wilsons home on Oct 19 at 7 p.m. will feature a vegetable cookery program by Ella Hannum and Tress Swain.
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Reedsville
Reedsville-Long Bottom
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Meigs County Court
Mary A. Leary of Minersville files for divorce from Arnold R. Leary of an unknown address on willful absence and seeks restoration of her maiden name Kuhn. Patricia F. Cundiff of Syracuse charges incompatibility and extreme cruelty against Glen I. Cundiff and seeks custody of three minor children.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Mary A. Leary
Minersville
Arnold R. Leary
Kuhn
Patricia F. Cundiff
Syracuse
Glen I. Cundiff
Meigs General Hospital Discharges List
Hospital records show Elizabeth Archer Pome roy Clara Larson Portland Louise Fraley Middleport Donna Jeffers Syracuse Marvin Durst Pomeroy as patients discharged. Names Bob Barton Josephine Vess Anna Atkins Phyllis Stone Janet Gordon Mary Durst Edith Martinger also released.
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Elizabeth Archer
Pomeroy
Clara Larson
Portland
Louise Fraley
Middleport
Donna Jeffers
Syracuse
Marvin Durst
Bob Barton
Josephine Vess
Anna Atkins
Phyllis Stone
Janet Gordon
Mary Durst
Edith Martinger
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CIA
National Security Agency
John A .Gronouski
Columbia Gas Co
Council
Leonard
Jed Webster
Police Department
Mechanic St
Harrisonville
Firm Eyes
Meigs
Elections Committee
Carl Weese
Mike Popp
Nellie Vale
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Nathan Hysell
Bernard Fultz
Lewis Ellis
Harold Thomas
Carl Myers
David Hindy
Ruth Power
Eugene French
Jack Coleman
Arvin Nelson
Raymond Baker
Kenneth Byer
Earl Davenport
Lee Smith
Norma Humphrey
Bachner
George Batey
Fred Hoffman
William Morris
Robert Slack
William Demoskey
A. N. Howard
Jack Neff
Richard Owen
Clifford Manley
Eugene Conde
Erma Mulford
Charles Gerard
R. S. Manley
Ernie Fraser
Keith Goble
David J. Jenkins
Ohlinger
Art Stobart
Leslie Hawley
John Krawsczyn
Lawrence Boyd
Robert Craig
Fred Gibbs
Lowell Beaver
Charles Quillen
Betty Sayre
Eugene Dodson
Harry McGuffin
Lionel Boggs
Robert Duckworth
Yeggs
Pomeroy CI
Riverview Pta
Homemakers Club
Meigs General Hospital
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