Harvard Debaters to Debate at Convocation
Harvard University negative squad faces Ohio University team members Leonard Henninger Kenneth Coulter and Ralph Brown in a debate at 9 40 AM Wednesday April 9 in convocation. The topic: admission to higher education should be restricted to those with special ability. Professor William H Cooper announces the event.
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Harvard University
Leonard Henninger
Kenneth C. Coulter
Ralph Brown
Ohio University
William H. Cooper
Ohio
Named Odd Way POMEROY Case Reveals Birth Name Origin
April 3 report from Pomeroy details a court case in which Moses Cleveland Russell, plaintiff, explains how his name was chosen. His father, a National Guard member, learned of the birth from Camp Perry near Cleveland and proclaimed the name Moses Cleveland Russell.
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Pomeroy
Moses Cleveland Russell
Lewis Russell
National Guard
Camp Perry
Cleveland
Veterans Attend Odd Fellows Meet in Pomeroy
Three veteran Odd Fellows attended the district meeting at Pomeroy lodge hall on Tuesday night Capt G W Hower Middleport a 63 year member M Evans Jackson a 60 year lodge veteran and W H Vaughan Syracuse also 60 years were honored J M Fitzpatrick grand master of Ohio spoke on Why Are You an Odd Fellow The gathering included out of town guests from Gallipolis Pt Pleasant W Va Hamden R L Wolf Coolville and Athens with a banquet to close the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
G. W. Howder
Middleport
M. Evans
Jackson
W. H. Vaughan
Syracuse
J. M. Fitzpatrick
State of
Ohio
J. M. Kaufman
Giallipolis
Mark Shifiit
Pleasant
W. Va
Beb. 8. Ray
Hamden
R. L. Wolf
Coolville
A. H. Brooks
Past Grand Association
Athens
Calcium chloride used on roads in Meigs County
Meigs County salt producers report the Rio State Highway Department will continue to use calcium chloride on gravel roads and many miles will be treated this year. Officials say the chemical helps dust control by absorbing moisture, keeping road surfaces moist all day and aiding compaction under traffic.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rio State Highway Department
Highway Department
Mrs Kent Hosts Bridge Club in Middleport
In Middleport on Tuesday Mrs John Kent hosted her bridge club with three tables played. Guests included Miss Helen Davis, Mr and Mrs Cedric Clark, and Gordon Lambert. Prizes went to Mr and Mrs Rosener Zicher. Refreshments were served.
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Middleport
John Kent
Bridge Club
Helen Davis
Cedric Clark
Gordon Lambert
Rosener Zicher
Local Notes From Pomeroy and Meigs County
Pomeroy Eastern Star members attended a school of instruction in Trenton with Mrs W S Moenckhaus and others. Miss Ann Miller of Denver Colorado arrived for a visit with her grandmother in Pomeroy. A car stolen from Pomeroy High School remains unrecovered. Will Singers hosted 65 friends after his wedding. March saw 50 new autos and 14 trucks bought in Meigs County with 1581 used cars changing hands. The Frank Dodson non-support case was dismissed. he faces possible prison time for a bank robbery. A child from Naylors Run was hospitalized for a head abscess in serious condition. Gas lines near Bowmans Run to Recine extend into Meigs County. The note closes with obituaries for J M Hampton and the death of J M Stout in Rutland.
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Pomeroy Eastern Star Chapter
Trenton
W. S. Moenckhaus
FE. K. Lippincott
Carl Shields
J. T. Farber
Avon Jones
Harrisonville
Ann Miller
Denver
Colorado
John Miller
Sugar Run
Pomeroy
Carl
Frank Dodson
Meigs County
Dodson
Junction City Bank
al Kaspar
Naylors Run
Holzer Hospital
Ewing
Bowman's Run
Elagh
J. M. Sons
Hampton
Iowa
J. M. Stout
Rutland
Three Tragic Deaths Reported in Ohio Area
Tragedy struck on Wednesday as the body of Mrs. Mary Shank Simons was found in Massillon and due for burial beside her mother in Beech Grove Cemetery. Earlier, Mr. and Mrs. H B Nelson of Athens were killed. Mrs. Nathan Quivey and her daughter learned of the loss at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Mary Shank Simons
Massillon
Beech Grove Cemetery
J. Mell Shank
Hartford
W. Va
Simons
George Williams
J. M. Shank
Garland
Cincinnati
Charles
Parkersburg
James
St. Louis
Magnolia Temple
Pythian
Ewing Funeral
H. B. Nelson
Athens
Nathan Quivey
Nelson
Ross Jones
Quivey
Cedarville
Miss Estyline Graham Weds La Forest Blymer in Snowville
Miss Estyline Graham born near Snowville in Bedford Township and sister of James A. Graham of Albany married La Forest Blymer of San Francisco at the Graham home. After the ceremony they departed for their new home in San Francisco where Blymer serves as traveling passenger agent for the Rock Island Railroad.
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Snowville
Estyline Graham
Bedford Township
Mary A. Graham
Fargo
North Dakota
la Forest Blymer
San Francisco
Cal
Graham
Blymer
Rock Island Railroad
James A. Graham
Albany
Local residents travel and visits noted in Columbus area
Dr and Mrs C A Poindexter spent Wednesday in Columbus on business and visited George Daniels. Mrs Vina Bennett went to Laurel Cliff to spend the rest of the week with relatives. Mrs H E Thomas returned from Columbus with her daughter to remain a few days, joined by Ruth Wilson a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan University. Miss Beard of Gallipolis visited with Mrs G E Russell. Charles Reed out of school ill with measles showed improvement. Capt Tom W Jones motored to Columbus on business. Mr and Mrs C A Bartles with daughter Mrs M M Roller returned to Huntington with Mrs Roller and Jean Roller visiting there several days. C L Brooks improved after illness. Mittie Powell returned from Wellston to stay in town with her daughter Leigh Crowell. Gene Harris out of school a few days due to illness. Mrs Henry Farley of Wilkesville visited with sister Mrs E Bowen.
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Vina Bennett
Laurel Cliff
H. E. Thomas
Columbus
Theodore Wilson
Miss Ruth
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Miss Beard
Gallipolis
G. E. Russell
Charles Foster Reed
Charles
Tom W. Jones
C. A. Bartles
M. M. Roller
Huntington
Mittie Powell
Wellston
Leigh Crowell
Gene Harris
Henry Farley
Wilkesville
E. Bowen
Webb Family Motored 2133 Miles in Florida
Mr and Mrs S D Webb long-time Columbus residents formerly of Columbia Township spent three months driving through the South. In Florida they visited their son Dr Carol C Webb a physician in Pensacola and their Florida trip covered 2133 miles more than twice the distance from Ohio to Florida.
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Carpenter
S. D. Webb
Columbia Township
Columbus
Southland
Florida
Carol C. Webb
Pensacola
Webbs
Ohio
Gossip Funds Church Women Society Meigs County
In Meigs County a church ladies’ society funds its treasury by fining each member 10 cents for every gossip story about a neighbor at meetings. The current treasury total is not known.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Virgil Good Sought After Athens County Shooting
Virgil Good, charged with shooting his brother in law Troy Fields in Athens County, vanished after the incident. A former Rock Springs resident who frequented Pomeroy and is known in Meigs County, he visited a local family the Sunday before the tragedy and has not been seen since.
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Pomeroy
Virgil Good
Troy Fields
Athens County
Rocksprings
Good
Meigs County
CLASS TO MEET MIDDLEPORT
The Whatsoever Class will meet Friday evening in the assembly room of the Presbyterian Church. Origin of Things will be the program again this month with Mrs G H Stansbury as social chairman.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Church
G. H. Stansbury
Teachers to Take Exams in Pomeroy April 3 5 12 26
On Saturday April 5 Meigs County teachers with certificates expiring this year must take an exam if teaching next year. The state grades exam is April 12 and the county exam April 26. All tests occur in the Central School Building in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Local residents visit relatives in Gallipolis and Holzer
Mrs. Fred Whitlock and Mrs. Ben Fultz Sr visit Richard Spires and Mrs. Ben Fultz Jr and her son at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Tuesday. The Loyal Pals Class of the Christian Church Bible School has new officers for the year with Luella Gilliland as president and Nina Russell as vice president.
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Fred Whitlock
Ben Fultz
Gallipolis
Richard Spires
Holzer Hospital
Christian Church Bible School
Luella Gilliland
Nina Russell
Mable Hysell
Francis Roush
Selah Sidenstricker
Smith Robbed Pomeroy in $31 Hold-Up
Report from Pt Pleasant says R. E. Smith a Middlepast railroad man was robbed of 31 dollars shortly after dark yesterday in Pomeroy. The robber described as wearing overalls high boots and no hat. Officers from both states joined a manhunt to catch him.
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Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
R. E. Smith
Sheep Killings by Dogs Hit Rutland Flock
At midnight Tuesday night in Rutland, ten sheep belonging to Mrs Cora Morris were killed by dogs and the remainder of the flock was severely injured. The report notes Mrs Morris suffered a heavy loss with her sheep mortality and injuries to the survivors.
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Morris
Wright
Rutland
Cora Morris
Sheep attacked by dogs across farms in county
A large and a small dog attacked a flock on Mrs. Will Wright’s farm at six o’clock, killing two sheep. Similar incidents were reported on the Morris farm several miles away. The county dog warden searched all day but did not locate the dogs, suspected to be the same culprits.
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Will Wright
Morris
Sveral
OSU women elect leaders head Woman's Self Government group
Miss Sara Louise Ervin of Columbus and Middleport leads 16 co-eds elected Monday to direct the Ohio State University Woman's Self-Government Association. She becomes president while other representatives include Miss Dorothy Russell and Miss Geraldine Austin Pomeroy, members of the Kappa Alpha Theta chapter.
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Middleport
Sara Louise
Edgar Ervin
Columbus
College of Education
Ohio State University
Woman's
Ervin
Kappa Alpha Theta Association
Dorothy Russell
Geraldine Austin Pomeroy
Justice Gilmore Ties Two Old Friends in Vow
In Pomeroy on April 3 Justice I.F. W. Gilmore joined old boyhood friends George Pierce age 61 and Bartha Van Nest in marriage. Pierce, a farmer from Hemlock Grove, and Mrs Bartha Van Nest, a Pratts Fork resident, were both widowed previously.
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Pomeroy
IF. W. Gilmore
George Pierce
Hemlock Grove
Bartha van Nest
Pratts Fork
Two Claimed Piano Tuners Rob Andrew Dye Home
In Harrisonville on April 3 two men posing as piano tuners entered the Andrew Dye residence and stole a purse containing $25 from a family member. They fled in a car. deputies pursued but could not catch them. The license plate was not recorded.
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Harrisonville
Andrew Dye
Pomeroy
Turns Query Back on the Other Party
Washington April 3 The Senate Lobby Committee will hear Senator Robinson of Indiana promise a most interesting session as Chairman John G Raskob testifies. Indiana's lone regular Republican on the coalition committee has probed Raskob s donation to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and other matters. The Huston report on the Republican National Committee chairmen funds may be offered to the Senate tomorrow as Huston s resignation waits.
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Washington
U.P
Robinson
Indiana
Senate Lobby Committee
John G. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Raskob
Senate
Republican National Committee
Claudius H. Huston
Muscle’ Shoals
New York
Huston
White House
Report Agreement on Wages in Industries
It is unofficially reported that an agreement on wages and working conditions has been reached after days of talks between Claycraft Brick Company Shawnee Rock Run Iron Clay Brick Company and Impervious Brick Company New Straitsville. The Claycraft plant will continue operations and the other two are expected to reopen soon. Nearly 500 men will gain employment.
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New Lexington
Claycraft Brick Company
Shawnee
Iron Clay Brick Company
Rock Run
Impervious Brick Company
New Straitsville
Claycraft Company
Quilting Meet Held by Philathea Society in Middleport
The Philathea Society of the church gathered in the lecture chapel at Middleport for a quilting session and a noon pot-luck. Members plan a monthly meeting this evening. President Mrs. Alice Siden presided.
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Middleport
Philathea Society of the
Re Church
Alice Siden. Stricker
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Saturday Evening Post
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