Middleport Council weighs sale for apartments and traffic plan
The Middleport village council held two meetings to discuss selling Rutland Street land to Harry McMaster for a 12 to 36 unit project and to resolve traffic routing. They voted to advertise bids three times in seven days and plan a special session Oct 7 to open bids. McMaster aims to start soon with completion in about five and a half months.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Charles Murray
Rutland St
Harry McMaster
McMaster
Brownell Ave
N. Second Ave
Council
Sonenag 16 Orbe Stateton
Mayer O Stat Ayor Russell
Wayne Gibbons
Diamond St
John Bacon
Parking Ban for Parade Route in Pomeroy
Mayor E F Robinson announced a Thursday parking ban along Main Street from Butternut Avenue to the First Baptist Church for the Second Meigs County Broiler Festival parade. Signs will warn motorists and space behind Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium will be available.
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Pomeroy
Main St
Butternut Ave
First Baptist Church
Meigs County
Robinson
Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Partnership dissolution sought in Meigs County suit
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court Charles Thereon Russell filed a petition against Reese T West seeking dissolution of their coal partnership. He asks for a receiver and accounting of partnership finances. A second suit asks A W Matters, doing business as Athens Armature Works, for 265 28 from Raymond C Wilson for services and supplies. A third case seeks divorce for Albert Lewis Smith from Minda B Smith on gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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Ing
Raymond C. Wilson
Wilson
Albert Lewis Smith
Minda B. Smith
Community Notes From Point Rock and Surrounding Areas
Joseph Nelson from San Diego visits Point Rock for his father’s funeral and spends leave with relatives. Local gatherings include E G Nelson funeral attendees and recent weddings Ann Keiffer with Francis Canode and Ellen Grounds with Frank Schiltz. Grange events feature Laurel and Vinton Township installations and booster night observed.
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Point Rock
Joseph Nelson
San Diego
Calif
Don McBlane
Deborah
Charles Fisex
Columbus
W. R. Holcomb
Clarence Brown
Richard
Brown
Garnet Verigan
Albany
Ann Keiffer
Francis Canode
Ellen Grounds
Frank Schiltz
Laurel Grange
Vinton Township
Star
C. E. Stout
Oda Gillogly
Grover Stout
Lonetta
Mary Ellen
Nellie Vale
Pomeroy
Wanetta Radekin
Institute
Common Pleas Court Grants Two Divorces
Judge Cedric W. Clark in Meigs County Common Pleas Court grants two divorces. Bart Miller is granted a divorce from Mamie Miller on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Dolores Tubbs Ruth is granted a divorce from Walter EF Ruth for gross neglect of duty.
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Pomeroy
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Bart Miller
Mamie Miller
Dolores Tubbs
Ruth
Walter EF. Ruth
Meigs Countian Serves on Cruiser Roanoke
Erwin L. Smith seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Smith Pomeroy Route 2 was scheduled to return to Norfolk Virginia after duty with the U S Sixth Fleet aboard the light cruiser USS Roanoke After a three week reprovisioning period at Norfolk the war ship will depart on a month long cruise in the North Atlantic.
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Pomeroy
Erwin L. Smith
USN
Arthur Smith
Norfolk
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Roanoke
North Atlantic
Jones Clinic Opens in Jones Memorial Hospital
A meeting of Jones Memorial Hospital trustees is held at the Jones home to inspect the newly opened Jones Memorial Clinic on Third Avenue. The remodeled building now houses an offices, waiting room, laboratory, downstairs, and an upstairs apartment for Dr. Ray Pickens and family.
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Middleport
Jones Memorial Hospital, Inc
Jones Home
Third Ave
Jones Memorial Clinic
Ray Pickens
James Martin
Kenneth Amsbury
R. FE. Boice
F. M. Cluff
Clyde Ingels
Charlies Mullen
Robert Coats
John B. Downing
D. S. Harold
H. N. Swift
R. C. Lansbury
Horton Brown
L. E. Reynolds
Amateur Gardeners Earn Second in District Publicity Award
In Logan at the fall conference last Friday the Amateur Gardeners Club received second place in publicity for District 11 along with the Middleport Garden Club. The group had earlier won first place in District 11 for 1953 54 flower show and third in program and year book, announced by Mrs James Jackson regional director of Ewington.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Garden Club
James Jackson
Ewington
Logan
Special Meet Called Tonight at Legion Post
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion No. 128 calls a 7 30 p m meeting at the Legion Hall with Post Commander Don Roach presiding. Plans will be made to attend the fall conference at Murray City on Oct 10 and the firing squad will attend the conference parade. Eighth District officers who will preside include Elmer Roberts commander Frank Cheese brew vice commander Ben Williams treasurer George Keller adjutant Lt Irving Crawford chaplain Edward Moore sergeant at arms.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Don Roach
Legion Hall
Murray City
Eighth District
Elmer L. Roberts
Frank Cheesebrew
Ben L. Williams
George W. B. Keller
Irving Crawford
Edward Moore
Mrs Maria Cavin Rites Are Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Maria Cavin age 9 will be held Thursday at Sacred Heart Church at 9 oclock. Interment follows at a Charleston cemetery. A rosary will be recited tonight at 8 at the home of Mrs Dean Hayes on Second Ave. Friends may call until service time.
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Middleport
Maria Cavin
Dean Hayes
Second Ave
Sacred Heart Church
Charleston
Hayes
Rural Health Meet Set for Oct 7 at Lake Hope Lodge
The seventh annual Southeast District Rural Health Conference will be held at Lake Hope Lodge on Oct 7 with C E Blakeslee, county agricultural agent, among the discussion leaders. Meigs residents should submit luncheon reservations at the local post office by Oct.
Daughter Is Born POMEROY Debra Lynn named for Wolfe kin
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wolfe announce the birth of a daughter at Holzer Hospital on Sunday September 26. Grandparents listed are A H Joachim of Pomeroy and Curtis Wolfe of Chester with great grandparents D M Genheimer of Minersville and Alice Dod son of Long Bottom. Debra Lynn is the newborn’s name.
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Pomeroy
Howard Wolfe
Jean Joachim
Holzer Hospital
A. H. Joachim
Curtis Wolfe
Chester
D. M. Genheimer
Minersville
Alice Dodson
Long Bottom
Middleport Legion Auxiliary Aids Veterans Birthday Party
Mrs Norman Wayland leads the American Legion Auxiliary at Feeney Bennett Post supporting a veterans birthday party for Chillicothe Hospital residents on October 21. A $5 donation was given at a unit meeting, and membership campaigns were planned through Christmas. The fall district conference is set for October 7 in Lancaster with Veterans Day Dinner preparations for November 11.
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Middleport
Norman Wayland
American Legion Auxiliary
Feeney- Bennett Post
Eighth District
The
Legion Auxiliary
Lancaster
Kenneth Byer
Dale Mourning
Methodist Men Meeting at Heath Church Discusses New Families
Noah Haskins spoke at the Methodist Men gathering at Heath Church with Ben presiding. Rev Louis Aerter and Homer E Cook led a discussion on new families in the community and plans to contact them. Cider and doughnuts were served after the meeting.
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Middleport
Noah Haskins
Heath Church
Ben
Louis Aerter
Homer E. Cook
Loyal Women’s Class Plans Apple Butter Project
Twenty eight members and four guests plus Fred J Gardner pastor and Mrs Gardner attended a Loyal Women’s Class meeting at the Church of Christ. A covered dish supper opened the gathering and plans were made to collect jars and lids for the apple butter project to begin October 5 at George Childs home. Baskets were sent to two ill members and the group voted to buy dishes for the church.
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Middleport
Fred J. Gardner
Gardner
The
Loyal Women’s Clas
Church of Christ
Minerva Childers
L. H. Pratt
Will Reynolds
Otho Watts
Sidney Pickens
O. L. Roush
Edward French
George Childs
N. Second Ave
Iit
Widdleport Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Reva Kay Coughenour visited Che shire with grandmother Mrs. Faye Mayer as Charlies McNamee and relatives from Guysville joined. Myron Duffield of the U S Air Force on leave with wife June Scines from Holzer Nursing, traveled with in law parents to McArthur en route to Cheyenne for training. Sidney and Roger Spencer attended the Little Brown Jug in Delaware, and Mrs Della Carnahan and Mrs Mattie Circle hosted relatives from Point Pleasant Racine. Birthday dinner honored son Jack with family and fiancée Louise Dailey Pomeroy plus Myron Bailey and siblings. Weekend guest list continues with Mrs Minnie.
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A. Farley
Eugene Farley
Portsmouth
Harold Chase
Willis Grueser
Ida Graham
Ruby Kennedy
Columbus
Middleport
Duke Bitler
Cleveland
Don Mills
Ohio University
Athens
Gene Rice
Hilltop Grocery
Maude Taylor
Hunton
Charles
Vincent
Ray
Mary Alicia
Charleston
Evelyn Lewis
Tom Pullen
New York Central Railroad
Meigs General Hospital
Henry Kilmer
Frances Pullen
Chester Erwin
Michael
Don
Bernice Bowen
Dwight Brown
Mary
Gordon
St. Albans
W. Va
Langsville Congregational Christian Church
Lois Cecil
Paul Ross
Huntington
J. B. Cecil
Little Hocking
Eber Wright
Leah
Lois
Eber, Jr
Pierpont
Nellie Vale
Salem Center
Gene Walburn
U. S. Air Force
California
Charlies Wallburn
France
Walburns
William Phillips
Rittman
Emmett
Reva Kay Coughenour
Cheshire
Faye Mayer
Charlies McNamee
Waldo Buck
McArthur
John Scines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harold Johnson
Springfield
Pomeroy
Sidney
Roger Spencer
Delaware
Della Carnahan
Point Pleasant
Cancer Unit Re elects Mrs. Clark President
Meigs County Unit of the American Cancer Society reelected Mrs. Cedric Clark as president at a recent meeting. L. W. McComas was chosen as vice president with Mrs. Sidney T. Russell as assistant secretary and Miss Nina B. Russell as treasurer. Catherine Shavorninsky became secretary succeeding Mrs. Nan Moore. Routine business covered ongoing cases in the county.
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Middleport
Cedric Clark
Meigs County
American Cancer Society
L. W. McComas
Sidney T. Russell
Nina B. Russell
Nan Moore
Catherine Shavorinsky
Fromer Meigs County
Meigs County Land Transfers
Eva Sayre transfers 25 acres in Lettart Township to Robert D. Ashley and June Ashley. Ray M. and Myrtle L. Hanning to Haroon two lots in Pageville. Charles L. and Hattie M. Stanley to L. E. and Rose Reynolds northeast half of lot six in Middleport. Michael and Alice Wippel to Atkins Chick 8.80 acres in Chester Township. Robert E. and Sallie M. Stivers to Eva C. Alward parcels in Minersville. Helen E. and Phillip O. Rife to Almus A. and Maude J. Rawlings 10 acres in Salisbury Township. Ralph Smith and H L Sayre of Southern Local School District board to Proffitt 2.5 acres in Lebanon Township. Elwood and Mary E. Nelson to Ernest and Gladys Major two parcels in Salem Township.
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Eva Sayre
Robert D. Ashley
June Ashley
le Tart
Ray M
Myrtle L. Hanning
Haroon
Pageville
Charles L
Hattie M. Stanley
L. E
Rose Reynolds
Middleport
Michael
Alice Wippel
Atkins Chick
Chester Township
Robert E
Sallie M. Stivers
Eva C. Alward
Minersville
Helen E
Phillip O. Rife
Almus A
Maude J. Rawlings
Salisbury Township
Ralph Smith
H. L. Sayre
Southern Local School District Board of Education
Proffitt
Lebanon Township
Elwood
Mary E. Nelson
Ernest and
Gladys Major
Salem Township
Star sizes span vast range from tiny to colossal
Stars vary greatly in size with the largest known reaching about 500 million miles in diameter while the smallest are around 50 thousand miles or less, smaller than many planets.
Bowman family weekend visit across several sites
The Bowmans toured Mammoth Cave with stops at the Smoky and Cumberland Mountains and cities including Asheville Oak Ridge and Norris Dam. Susan Bowman visited Columbus with her aunt Mrs Charles Price and family while the Bowmans stayed with the Owens. Mrs Bowmans sister Miss Owen accompanied them and returns to work after vacation.
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West Virginia
Mammoth Cave
Ieumen
Smoky
Cumberland Mountains
Asheville
Oak Ridge
Norris Dam
Bowmans
Susan
Charles Price
Columbus
Owens
Bowman
Miss Owen
UN Charter Enters Into Force on October 24 1945
The United Nations charter became effective on October 24 1945 marking the founding moment of the postwar international body. Nations joined to promote peace security and cooperation under the new framework.
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Viola McCullough
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