Hearing on crossing signals sought for Route 7 crossing
Prosecution attorney James B. O'Brien outlines at a Columbus meeting that the Route 7 crossing near Middleport needs automatic bell signals and better lighting to reduce accidents. Negotiations with New York Central Railroad officials and Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorneys continue with a hearing set for October 1955.
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Pomeroy
O’brien
Hobson
New York Central Railroad
O'Brien
James B. O'Brien
Meigs County
Route 7
Middleport
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Cleveland
A A Dillard Dies at 82 Rites Planned
Ayler Alfred Dillard 82 died at his High Street home near noon Monday. Rites set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Home with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Mattie Caldwell Dillard two daughters Dorothy Fisher and another daughter, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren two sons Paul and William, a brother John Dillard and two sisters Mrs Walter Owen and Mrs Kathryn Schwartz. Born Arbuckle West Virginia, son of Hart and late Mrs. Dillard. member and officer of First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ayler Alfred Dillard
High St
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport Hill Cemetery
New York Central
Hobson
Mattie Caldwell Dillard
Dorothy Cald
C. C. Fisher
Mayor Fisher
Paul
Cincinnati
William of
Coumbus
John Dillard
Walter Owen
Kathryn Schwartz
Cleveland
Arbuckle
W. Va
Hart Dillard
First Presbyterian Church
West Virginians Donors Deliver Coffee Maker to Middleport Firemen
Middleport volunteers receive a new electric coffee maker donated by residents of West Columbia and Clifton after Mrs. Clarence McNeal and Mrs. Joe Turner sold Christmas cards. The initiative, funded by grocery money and local support, aims to keep firemen energized after calls.
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Middleport
C. R. Karr
Clifton
West Co
Moore's Service Center opening in Pomeroy marks ninth anniversary
POMEROY The Moore's store expands with a new service center at West Second Street offering dual entrances from Second and Main. The observance spans Thursday to Saturday with free souvenirs and floor prize registrations for all visitors. No purchase required. Manager Paul Case is overseeing the local store.
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Pomeroy
Moore's
Moore
West Second St
Second
Main St
Paul'c Casei
Pomeroy Society and community notices from Sept time
Pomeroy WSCS voted a $100 contribution to the church painting fund at a September meeting. Mrs Mildred Phillips led responsive readings and a hymn. Plans for a week of prayer event were made. Readings by Mrs Letta Spencer and Mrs Stella Grueser. Neutzling hosted a dinner for birthday anniversaries of Mrs Price Hawk and Mrs Victor Baler with gifts exchanged. Attendees included the Hawk, Lawson, Stivers, Hawk family, Bahr family, and Neutzling family. Peniel Class of First Baptist met with devotionals led by Jack Sorden and Rev Ralph Zandel spoke. Potluck refreshments followed. Duaghters of America to celebrate last quarter’s member birthdays Tuesday. Pomeroy: Kenneth Lawson and family visited Price Hawk.
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Dennis
Victor Bahr
Lila
Linda
Kathy
Neutzling
Pat
Sonny
Bonnie
Nicky
Joe
Dottie Lou
Stella
Peniel
Pomeroy
Jack Sorden
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
Former Pomeroy Residents Win Home Show Greece Trip
Residents of Pomeroy Tennessee were surprised as Mi Miami Fla hosts announced the winners of a contest Would Like to Visit Greece. The couple will travel to Athens by air with expenses valued at 2700 dollars and other considerations. They supported a Greek child for three years and will tour places shown on the Home show. They were interviewed by Arlene Francis and briefed by John Cameron Swayze. They plan to return to Florida to secure visas before departure. Reverend Ratliff, former pastor of the Federated Church in Pomeroy, was mentioned in connection with the story.
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Pomeroy—Romeroy
Mi ‘Y Miami
Fla
Greece
Athens
Arlene Francis
John Cameron Swayze
Florida
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Wheat Acreage Plan Outlined At Chester Meeting
POMEROY The soil bank program and wheat acreage control regulations will be outlined by H E Shields Meigs County chairman of the A S C at 8 p m Wednesday at Chester High School The Chester Township committee urged the meeting where A S C practices approved by the county committee will be explained All farmers of the Chester area are invited to attend Dean Chester Township committee member said
Regional Garden Club Meet in Middleport and Pomeroy
Middleport and Pomeroy garden club members travel to Gallipolis for the regional meeting of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. Guests include regional director Mrs. Reibel and district chairmen, with plans for a storied supper event and related club activities.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Pomeroy
Jen Stansbury
John Kinaid
J. E. Harley
James Titus
Middleport Club
George Dewey West
Pomeroy Garden Club
Loly Coates
Lydia Ebersbach
Rachel Downie
George Parker
Bert Smith
Ed Baer
Clair Karr
Theodore Ebersbach
John ‘Leitwiler
J. ‘Edwin Charles
Twilight Club
Clara Garland
Faye Willdermuth
Lucretia Genbeimer
Dwight Parker
Corliss Jacobs
Frances Reibel
Birth Announced for Vic toria Moore in Columbus
Mur and Mrs Arthur Covert of Payton announce the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leonard Gwarzdowsky of Va The baby Victoria will be called Tori She joins grandparents in Columbus and Chillicothe The item notes hospital birth and family visits.
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Mur
Arthur Covert
Payton
Ernest
A.W. McKay
Middleport
Jreer
N. Thene
Dodson
S. Front St
Daniel Mark
Meigs Rupe
McKay
General Hospital
Glenn Jarvis
Jening
An McKay
Peggy
Port Washington
Jarvis
Dodsons
David
Laurie McKay
Pamela
Meigs General Hospital
Arnold Tient
F. J. Murray
Charles Sindall
Springfield
Charleston
Middlepor
Bessie Biggs
Dod
H. J. Russell
Ralf
Clarence Cline
Wingett Run
Et Middleport
Pratt
N. Second
Bolin
Huntin
Russell
Dickments
Shirley Roush
Holzer Holni
Pomeroy
Big Bend
Noah Haskins
Columbus
Letartith
Haskins
Palls
Inlaw
Cline
Mathews
University Hospital
Vic- Jeanette Marie
Tori
Harold Munns
Adrienne
Moore
Eleanor/Mills
Sis
Wessa
Sgt
Local Society Notes Visible in Sunday Gatherings
Pratt building hosts the Inovert and West families with the Dewey Wests and Cavenders of Nitro W Va. Funeral services for Bert Rupe 82 drew his son in law Richard Russell and daughter Karen from Springfield. Ohio State University connections appear as Bill Darst pursues a music degree. Hospital update reports George Hudson back at Holzer after convalescence from surgery.
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Inovert
Pratt
George Dewey West
West Haven
Kincaid
Gallipolis
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Bert Rupe
Carpenter
Richard Russell
Karen
Springfield
Emmet Shuler
Columbus
David Darst
Bill Darst
Ohio State University
J. H. Smith
Hazel VanCooney
Grant St
Smith
Ben
William Taylor
Louisville
C. C. Cope
Covington
Maude Taylor
Jerry Pullen
Clinton
Fisher
Anna’ Howell
George Hudson
Holzer “Hospital
Meigs WCTU Officers Re-Elected at Meeting
Meigs County WCTU members were re elected at the annual meeting held last night at First Presbyterian Church in Middleport. A program followed by a coffee hour featured Mrs. Ralph Zundel as speaker on Alcohol Education. Officers elected included Miss Sauer as president and Mrs Joseph Cook as vice president with several secretaries and a treasurer.
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Middleport
Sauer
Meigs County
WCTU
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph Zundel
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy
Zundel
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Christ
Lillian Stieff
L. D. Diles
Beulan White
Whispering Hope
M. L. Kelly
Middleport Wctu
Miss Sauer
Joseph Cook
Arthur Lewis
Florinel Talbott
J .W. Saxon
Phil Williamson
C. E. W. Downie
Cook
Glenroy Ewing
James Stephen
Mrs Wise Dies at 72 in Bellaire
Mrs Gilbert Wise aged 72, former Pomeroy resident, died in Bellaire. Survived by three sons Paul Duffy Otho Wise and Harold Duff. ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. three brothers Price Hawk Holly Hawk and Charles Hawk. and a sister Leatha Howell. Husband and daughter Irene preceded her. Funeral in Bellaire Friday attended by Norbert Neutaling and Ada Stivers, Pomeroy residents.
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Pomeroy
Gilbert Wise
Bellaire
Irene
Price Hawk
Norbert P. Neutaling
Ada Stivers
Auto Victims Had Relatives in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Taylor Flesher of Ravenswood were killed when their car struck a trailer truck Sunday afternoon. They were second cousins of Mrs C P Klein of Rutland Street. Funeral services will be held in Ripley Ohio Wednesday at 2 pm. Interment in Ripley. A son Dr George Flesher of Kermit WV and his daughter Carolyn Flesher, a freshman at Ohio University, attend. Fiss Fisher, state and national honor recipient in a speech cap test, resides in Boyd Hall.
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Middleport
Taylor Flesher
Ravenswood
C. P. Klein
Rutland St
Flesher
Nho
Flavius
Ben’ Flesher
Ben Fleshers
Bertha
R. L. Hamilton
Francis
W. T. Moore
Chesapeake
Ripley
Ohio
Methodist Church
George Flesher
Kermit, W. Va
Carolyn Flesher
Ohio University
Fiss Fisher
Boyd Hall
Ground Observers Corps Needs Interest in Pomeroy
Officials report dwindling interest in the ground observers corps in Pomeroy and urge more volunteers for the October 5 alert from 7 p m to 7 a m. The non technical duty lasts about two hours in the Lincoln Heights playgrounds building. quarters will be heated this winter. Interested residents should contact supervisor Jack Thomas or local organizers by phone at the earliest convenience. The corps is a project of the Sew Rite Sewing Club on Lincoln Heights.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln Heights
Jack ‘Thomas
Don Collins
C. K. Spencer
Don Kennedy
Sew Rite Sewing Club
Chauncey Area Personal Visits Highlight Weekend Socials
Canton and Salem visitors frequented area households including Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith of Salem with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wadley and Mrs. Jane Kirk. Collected social calls spanned Newark Columbus Glouster Athens with extended family ties to the Kirk and Johnson families amid illness and recovery.
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Airs
Chiam Smut
Canton
Dan Smith
Salem
Charles Wadley
J. L. Anderson
Pat Frank
Patty Ann
Barbara
Stevie
Newark
Jane Kirk
Columbus
Steve Johnson
Rhoda’ Oliver
Lena Bailey
UMWA
Glouster
Paul McKinney
Harry Vaughnn
Marcia Johnson
Alice Hoar
Everett Russell
Athens
Dave Lewis
Johny
Cinda
Floyd Wemer
Floyd Wemner
Donald Powell
Ernest Pughline
Linda
Mary Alice
Mary Pugh
Divorces Filed in Meigs County Court and Property Transfers
Meigs County court records show two divorce actions with claims of extreme cruelty and neglect of duty involving the Riebel family and others, plus custody requests for two minor children. The list includes parcel transfers in Chester Township and encumbrances by the Citizens Telephone Co, with further notes on a separate suit in Middleport and a local courthouse meeting in Pomeroy to discuss bulk feed storage construction plans and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nursel C. Riebel
Loretha Riebel
Elber Riebel
Elizabeth Riebel
Chester Township
Citizens Telephone Co
Pomeroy
Mel Clarence Gordon Ridenour
County Common Pleas Court
Llancille Stettler
Thelma M. Pratt
Helen Beeson
Eva G. Stout
Ralph
Middle Pratt
Harport. Frett “Warner
John H. Minerva P. Williamson
Warner
Bernard J. Williamson
G. Stout
Lot
Middleport
Rollin Beards
Mabel
Bears
James Bears
Phoilis Beards
Ches
Southeast Ohio Home League Meeting Slated at Sacred Heart
POMEROY JONA Sylvester editor Wellston Telegram will speak at 6 30 p m Thursday when the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council gathers in Sacred Heart Church auditorium A dinner will open the evening Ted Reed Jr of Pomeroy will chair the Pomeroy session MIDDLEPORT Captain Glenna Rummel Salvation Army announces Home League meeting at SA Hall N Second Ave Thursday 9 30 a m CHAUNCEY Ladies Aid Chauncey Methodist Church meeting canceled two weeks due to church activities an afternoon of clothing distribution and baked goods sale
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Pomeroy
Jona E. Sylvester
Wellston
Middleport
Glenna Rummel
Salvation Army
SA Hall
N. Second Ave
Chauncey
Ladies Aid
Hinchman Birth Announcement for Lake Charles Family
Capt and Mrs Learn Hinchman of Lake Charles La announce the birth of a daughter on Sept 21. Grandparents are Mrs John Palmer Chauncey and Mr William Hinchman of New York City. The Hinchmans also have a son, Keagn David.
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Chauncey
Learn Hinchman
Lake Charles la
John Palmer
William Hinchman
New York City
Hinchman's
Keagn David
Fawn Visits Meigs Farm For Milk At Feeding Time
A tame fawn living near Meigs Farm in Olive Township appears at the W A Corsalls home each morning and evening for milk. After drinking and playing, it retreats to the woods and returns at feeding time. A bell is tied around its neck for protection. Mr Connaily is senior member of Olive Township trustees.
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W. A. Corsalls
Mr. Connaily
Olive Township Trustees
Two Men Fined in Mayor's Court
POMEROY two men were fined by Mayor E F Robinson. Holly Kraus of near Pomeroy paid ten dollars and costs and received one day in jail on charges of issuing and making threats filed by Paul Simon and Clifford Hill. The other man defied ten dollar fines and costs suspended on charges of passing and stopping a school bus filed by Patrolman John McKenzie.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Robinson
Holly Kraus
Near
Paul Simon
Clifford Hill
John McKenzie
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Carroll Randolph
Randolphs
Ohio River
Lock 20
Randolph
Isaac Randolph
Lucy Kibble
A.A. Dillard
West
Pomeroy Society
Lena Bartels
Katie Becht
LONG
The
Daughters of America
Pomeroy Personals
Kenneth Lawson
Bob Evans
Eastern Ave
John Richmond
E. Main Pomeroy
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
TY Plain
Middleport Fire Department
Sidney T. Russell
Thomas Darst
Jack Bechtle
Dexter
Rt Society
Meigs Wctu
Eva. Fleming
Rutland
Lena Huber
Lucrenheimer
Ewing
Kelly
Verner Lee
Clarence McNeal
Paul Haptonstall
Beulah White
Sale
Meigs
Mike DI Salle
Pomeroy JR. High School
Flatt & Scruggs
Wsaz-Tv
Pol. Adv
Fawn
Meigs Farm
Ara
Shirley Tempie
Jerome C
Anthony Steel
West OF Zanzibar
Scary Crows
Liberty
Aiddleport
Aulle Murphy
Marshall Thompson
Black Rock
Spencer Tracy
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Mane Stover
Jane Russell
Richard Ey San Lee
Leshe
William ‘Gradford Hale
the Lone Ranger
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
the Pomeroy Cement Block CO
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