Poultry Auction Race Narrowly Chooses Nelsonville Site
Meigs County leaders report efforts to land the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction proved decisive as Nelsonville won on a fifth ballot with 30 votes, over Pomeroy and Logan. The Meigs committee and Chamber of Commerce pledged full cooperation for the auction program in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Nelsonville
Chamber of Commerce
Meigs
W. O. Atkins
James L. Spencer
Riley Pigott
Wallace Damewood
Ed H. Condon
H. B. Pickett
Allen Hartley
R. L. Jacobs
Frank Will
M. D. Hartley
W. A. Compton
Norbert Compton
Harold Pickering
E. P. Duerr
Edgar Ervin
Edison Hobstetter
Ott Hensley
Pomeroy Senior Shakespeare Club Meets in Minersville
The Senior Shakespeare Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Clifford Rhodes’s home in Minersville. Guest speaker Miss Geneva Humphreys Home Demonstration Agent showed movie slides. Mrs. Aten Shain led a Central American tour, with next meeting set for April 15 at Mrs. Louis Reibel’s Union Ave home.
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Pomeroy
Shakespeare Club
Clifford Rhodes
Minersville
Geneva Humphreys
Humphreys
Aten Shain
Louis Reibel
Union Ave
Wo mans Society of Christian Service to Hold Friday Meeting
Executive meeting of the Wo mans Society of Christian Service will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at the home of Miss Eva Simms on Mulberry Ave. The article notes various local social visits and PTA attendance in Sugar Run and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Eva Simms
Mulberry Ave
William Ebersbach
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Sharon Marie
Edgar Ebersbach
Gene McCullough
the Plains
Bonday
Elizabeth Campbell
Sugar Run
Emma Seitz
Bertha Miller
Minerva Pryor
Robert Roberts
Jacob Roller
Roller
Loyal Folan
Homer Marshington
Dexter
Final Boy Scout Training Course Concludes
Final meeting of the Boy Scout Adult Training Course discussed program building and patrol system. R D Dalrymple led the session at the high school with Joseph Stratton and R E McKay in charge. Diplomas will be awarded next week and an informal celebration will follow at the Chester cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. D. Dalrymple
Parkersburg
Joseph Stratton
Athens
R. E. McKay
S. Third Ave
Chester
Funeral Rites for Charles Burney Held
Rutland funeral services were held for 15 month old Charles Burney son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Burney. He died Monday afternoon at Rutland Hospital from pneumonia and was buried in the local cemetery. In Sweden telephone girls say in the wink of an eye instead of one moment please. Notice of Appointment appears for Gladys Simpkins and Clarice Daugherty of Athens Ohio as Administratives of David H Daugherty deceased. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated March 14 1941. Francis D White Probate Judge of said County.
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Rutland
Charles Burney
Raymond
Sweden
Gladys Simpkins
Clarice Daugherty
Athens
Ohio
David H. Daugherty
Dover Township
Athens County
Francis D. White
Said
Gene Wyatt
Zanesville
I. J. Keffer
Gauley Bridge
Betty Johnston
Columbus
Frank H. Johnston
J. W. Shook
Walter Shook
Wilbur Yanning
Youngstown
Orah Dillard
Walter Owen
N. Third Ave
Inez Koehler
Schmoll
Pearl St
Lyons
Chestnut St
Orville T. Ohlinger, Jr
McMillan Hospital
James Askren
Karen
Bellefontaine
Junior Musicians Present Program at Middleport
Middleport community night program at Heath Methodist Church showcased young talent. The Woman's Music Club led the event with Kindergarten through high school performers including piano solos, two piano eight-hand pieces, vocal solos, and a cornet trio, followed by a festive dining room reception with green and yellow Easter decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pussywillow
Forsythia
Heath Methodist Church
Woman's Music Club
Homer Grant
A. R. Hecox
Willis Aleshire
Lois Cecil
Gordon Harris
Dorothy Chase
Shirley Evans
Larry Lee Wiley
Arlene Bowles
Charlene Dillard
Jon Schaaf
Connie Lee Koehler
Milton Smart
Franklin Guinther
Marvin Murray
Jack Ubry
Miss Cecil
George Schaaf
Vesta McCoy
Malcolm Roller
Edgar Allensworth
Charles Bing
John Will
Inez Koehler
Neiss Powell
Paul Smart
T. H. Davis
R. E. McKay
Calvin Reichman
L. W. McComas
Louis Seyfried
John Talbott
Jed Webster
PTA Founders Day Observed at Laurel Cliff School
POMEROY PTA and Laurel Cliff School held Founders Day with recitations dialogues and a monologue by Mrs. Tracy. Mrs. Karr county PTA president spoke as students sang and the ceremony featured cake and candies. Proceeds of 5.35 from candy and pie sales will refill the medicine cabinet and buy an electric hot plate.
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Pomeroy
Laurel Cliff
E. J. Tracy
Aleshire
Evelyn Turner
Tracy
Association
Marguerite Karr
PTA
Letart Farm Groups Hold Joint Program
Letart Falls Letart Township A. C. A. group met Friday evening at the Community Hall with Harold Roush as chairman in a joint program with the Grange. Mrs. Ellen P. Sayre led discussions followed by Standard Oil Co. film reels on Ohio business interests. Grange members then joined for further talks and a plate lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Letart Township
Grange
Harold Roush
Ellen P. Sayre
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Grange A. C. A
Grange Hall
Chester Church Benefit Party Set for April Five
The Comrade Class of the M. E. Church in Chester sponsors a benefit party at the Chester Grange hall on Saturday evening April 5. They will sell home made ice cream pop and hotdogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
M. E. Church of Chester
Chester Grange Hall
Plan Operetta At Syracuse Plan Operetta At Syracuse
Syracuse presents an operetta The Maid and the Golden Slipped Friday April 4 in the school auditorium under Mrs W P Lochary. A PTA ice cream cake and candy benefit closes the event. Delegates attend a district conference in Athens April 2. Various residents visit and relocate. notes on community events precede a note about monkshood blooms requiring bumblebees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
W. P. Lochary
Syracuse P.T.A
Athens
Earl Foit
Frank Capehart
C. B. Weese
Roy Holmes
Melvin Grimm
Emmett Bartels
Ravenna
Vernon
Mollie Clark
Frank Clark
Toronto
N. J. Karr
Marcia Karr
C. E. Peoples
Pomeroy
Lawrence Sellers
Lawrence, Jr
Columbus
Herbert Zeiher
Mary Ann
George Henderson
Harold Jones
Burlingham
Herbert Parker
Jefferson Jones
Beaver
George McBride
Charles Winebrenner
Marietta
Samuel Winebrenner
Dr. Russell Receives Recognition for Insulator glaze work
POMEROY feature notes Dr. Ralston Russell Jr son of Mr Mrs Ralston Russell formerly of Pomeroy. The New York Times Sunday edition profiles his glaze for insulators boosting strength by 30 to 50 percent and cutting high voltage system maintenance costs. He appears in a photo with the new development.
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Pomeroy
New York Times
Ralston Russell, Jr
Ralston Russell
Russell
Racine Social And Personal Notes
Herbert Dailey, off duty weeks, resumes work on a dredge boat for Huntington Sand and Gravel Co. Blythe Theiss leaves Racine for Conneaut to work on a lake steamer all summer. Numerous local visitors and family visits are noted with names and residences in Racine, Columbus, Galilopolis, Parkersburg, and Reedsville. Local illness mentioned for Mr. Watson.
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Racine
Herbert Dailey
Huntington Sand and Gravel Co
Blythe Theiss
Racine R.D
Conneaut
Delbert Wilcoxen
Earl Sullivan
Columbus
Wilcoxen
J. L. Wilcoxen
Owen Watson
Mary Jean
Ralph McKenzie
Flossie Wolfe
LaGrange
Charlie
Parkersburg
Wolfe
Sallie Wolfe
Frank Eaton
Huntington
Sarah Spencer
Millard Miles
Gallipolis
Howard Miles
Vine St
H. S. Hardway
Mickey
Ann
Hardway
Lige Williams
Glen Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Lillian Simpson
Chester Simpson
Dexter Group Selects Officers In Semi Annual Election
Dexter Christian Endeavor Society met at the church Thursday night with Elizabeth Delaney leading. Officers elected include President Ted Glaze Vice President Doris Glaze Secretary Claude Delaney Treasurer Eleanora Cleland. J P Miller recreation leader and Allegra Will news reporter were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Dexter Christian Endeavor Society
Elizabeth Delaney
Ted Glaze
Doris Glaze
Claude Delaney
Eleanora Cleland
J. P. Miller
Allegra Will
Embezzled Heaven review to be read at First Presbyterian
Middleport notes list Mrs. Fred Luchs of Athens as the reviewer for tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. She will discuss Embezzled Heaven by Franz Werfel. Other items include local visits, scout events, and travel back and forth among families and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Luchs
Athens
Franz Werfel
Luchs
Fire Damages Home Of Wince Family
A large two story frame house on Front Street in Middleport suffered fire damage when a fire of undetermined origin burned yesterday afternoon. Oscar Wince and family occupied the home, which neighbors say Mrs. Wince had visited to burn papers earlier. The family has previously lost all contents in a fire. Blanche Ballantine, owner of a nearby antique shop, noted it was her first fire call since the San Francisco blaze.
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Middleport
Front St
Oscar Wince
Wince
Blanche Ballantine
San Francisco
Ridgeway Retires From Ohio Power Co.
POMEROY Charles R Mor row of Portsmouth becomes superintendent of the Pomeroy office of the Ohio Power Company taking Ridgeway's place who retires after twenty years in charge. Ridgeway plans to sell property and move with his wife to the West under the company pension retirement policy at age 65.
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Pomeroy
Charles R. Morrow
Portsmouth
Ohio Power Company
Scott Ridgeway
Morrow
Ridgeway
West
County Budget Nears Balance in 1940
Pomeroy report shows the county recorder's office operating in 1940 with expenses at 2353.45 dollars and income at 2341.19 dollars, resulting in a 12.26 dollar excess. The auditor's annual tally highlights a near balance in the county budget.
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Pomeroy
County Recorder’s Office
Albany church women meet on Thursday tea and meetings
Missionary Society of Northern Baptist Women will host a tea for members at Mrs. Adriel Welker’s home on Thursday from 2 to 4 pm. Women of the community invited. Various local visits and club meetings noted across Albany including P T A officers elected and upcoming April 22 potluck and play cast reception.
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Albany
Missionary Society of Northern Baptist Women
Adriel Welker
A. D. Cline
Frances Cline
N. A. Bourgeois
Columbus
Clifton Pearman
Earl White
Athens
Glen McConkey
Gary
L. G. McConkey
Earnest Tedrow
Vance
Hamden
Will Cline
Orville Ewing
Wellston
Wesley Walburn
Enterprise
W. Va
Women's Society of Christian Service
Esther Dailey
Celeste Williams
Howard Stanley
Margaret Hunter
Vance Springer
Louis Campbell
Dana Williams
Margaret
Curtis McPeak
James Trout
Birth of a son named James Lee announced
A son was born on March 30 and named James Lee. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Abel Trout and J. W. Smith of Albany. H. W. Tedrow of Hamden was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Cline on Friday.
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James Lee
Abel Trout
J. W. Smith
Albany
H. W. Tedrow
Hamden
Will Cline
Schaefer Rites To Be Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Katharine Schaefer 79 will be held Friday afternoon at Bethany Methodist Church in Pomroy. She died Monday at her Lincoln Hill home. Survived by two sons Carl Tampa Fla Dor Pomroy and daughter Lily Coates Pomroy. Also survived by three brothers Albert and Theodore Ebersbach Pomroy and Charles Eberbach Tampa and two sisters Sophia Fisher Pomroy and Helen Kuhns Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Katharine Schaefer
Lincoln Hill
Bethany Methodist Church
Florida
Schaefer
Capt
A. N. Schaefer
Carl
Tampa
Fla
Dor
Lily Coat
Palm Sunday Services for Racine Churches
Rev Walter R M Carley announced Palm Sunday services across the Racine Circuit. Antiquity Church holds 9 30 a m, Oak Grove 10 30 a m with accessions and baptisms offered. Racine Church night service at 7 30 p m. Sermon title What Can Happen in an Hour.
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Racine
Walter R. M.carley
Antiquity
Oak Grove
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Pomeroy Social Briefs
Britain
Letart
Plan Operetta
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F. J. Beasley Company
Loon
F Lees
Dr. Russell
Middleport Social Notes
Wince Family
Ohio Power Co
Uy Teats
Wat
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Soft Water Dept
England
U. S
Bristol
Albany Church
Fido
Permanen
Aliens Pharmacy
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