Phillips Changes Plea to Guilty Life Sentence in Slaying
William Phillips, indicted March 22 for second degree murder in the death of Sam Selby, pleaded guilty before Judge C. E. Peoples in Pomeroy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Ohio Penitentiary after confessing to local officers that he shot in self defense.
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Pomeroy
William Phillips
Sam Selby
Common Pleas
C. E. Peoples
Ohio
Phillips
Tracy
Grand Jury
Peoples
Ralston Russell
Meigs County Faces Large Idle Worker Population
Meigs County reports 1,600 idle men amid exhausted relief funds. Only 20 men are on road work biweekly, with hopes to expand as funds allow. Food programs feed 1,400 school children daily. two thousand pairs of shoes have been distributed. Clothing and home economics projects aid needy children. Local PTAs produce dresses and boys’ clothing for distribution. Authorities seek flour or grain IDs from township trustees for targeted relief. Wheat from Congress aid is pending arrival from the Federal Government through the Red Cross.
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Relief Committee
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Middleport
Red Cross Organization
Red Cross
Congress
All Bran Twice Iron Of Beef Liver Says Test
Kellogg's All Bran contains twice as much usable iron as an equal weight of beef liver and provides bulk to the intestines with vitamin B to tone the tract. Two tablespoons daily aid constipation, not habit forming, with recipes on the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Battle
Your News Your Society and Locals Help Wanted Ad
Notice outlines contact for circulation and classified advertising for The Messenger. Hartley directs readers to call John Sauvage at 453 L for assistance with these services and to place notices or ads. The brief emphasizes telephone support and local notices.
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C. A. Hartley
405
Messenger
John Sauvage
Phone
Taxi Drivers Protest $10 Taxi License Fee At Pomeroy Council
Six taxi drivers told the Pomeroy Council that a $10 license tax on taxis is unfair, noting high existing costs. The council postponed enforcement, awaiting further orders, while also considering a C and O Railroad franchise, a city water and light plant, and a petition to curb coal dumping on private property.
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Pomeroy
Council
Roush
F. W. Crow
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Crow
Collette
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Cincinnati
Sugar Run
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Union Avenue
Russell
Death of Valentine Sauer 83 in Cincinnati burial planned
Valentine Sauer 83 died Sunday at his Cincinnati home. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 9 AM in Cincinnati. He was brother to Mrs. William Ebersbach and visited in February for his brother-in-law’s funeral.
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Pomeroy
Valentine Sauer
Cincinnati
Edgar Ebersbach
63 Years Is Record Of Dr. Stansbury
MIDDLEPORT April 5 Dr W E Stansbury who has been seriously ill at his home on South Third Avenue for days is reported improving He says he is the oldest active druggist in Southern Ohio and has been in business in Middleport 63 years Before coming here he operated a drug store in Rutland The old doctor recalls many interesting events from his long service in the drug business.
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Middleport
W. E. Stansbury
South Third Avenue
Two Arrested Men Enter Guilty Plea
POMEROY April 5 Two of the four men arrested Saturday night during a raid by Federal and State prohibition officers pleaded guilty to illegal possession of intoxicating liquors before Justice B R Titus Delmo Pratt of Middleport was fined 500 and costs Barker of Middleport was bound over to the Grand Jury in a 1000 bond The cases of Clifford Jenkinson and Victor Neutzling heard today also face the same charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
B. R. Titus
Delmo Pratt
Burns Barker
Middleport
Pratt
Titus
Barker
Clifford Jenkinson
Victor Neutzling
County Cannot Fund County Roads Says Solons
County commissioners told township trustees no funds are available for road building at present. Delegations from across the county sought approval for projects while reports on relief work were presented. Commissioners noted general township funds can cover relief and outlined rules on non residents and local responsibility. Funeral attendees from Ohio and West Virginia joined Dolly Tracy’s relatives in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Irving Karr
Compton
Ohio
Local Briefs notes illnesses trips and hospital visits
Mrs Irving Karr was called to Parkersburg Wednesday by the illness of her sister Mrs William Adams. Miss Ruth Arnold from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis visited her parents. Guy Gorby improves after measles. Carl Helmick and Miss Nonga Fleming visited their families in Parkersburg. Mrs Fred Shumway is ill. The Nichols family from Nelsonville visited. Asbury Church Ladies Aid to host all day quilting and potluck. Richard Soulsby of Duquesne guest for several days. Howard Karr had a kidney operation in Columbus Mt. Carmel. patient there four weeks. Irving Karr ill. Bernice Stowe convalescing from measles. Loyal Helper class enjoyed a church party. Mrs Lillian Moore returned from Johns Hopkins. Mr and Mrs C L Arnold caring for Mr and Mrs E D Ashworth of Canada.
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Irving Karr
Parkersburg
William Adams
Ruth Arnold
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Co. L. Arnold
Guy Gorby
Kerrs Run
Carl Helmick
Nonga Fleming
Ira Fleming
Fred Shumway
Hess Nichols
Nelsonville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Asbury Methodist Church
Richard Soulsby
Duquesne
Howard Karr
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Bernice Stowe
A. E. Williams
Lillian Moore
John Hopkins’ Hospital
Baltimore
C. L. Arnold
E. D. Ashworth
Canada
Henry Bechtel Dies at 81 in Columbus
Henry Bechtel 81 died Saturday at his Columbus home after living in Pom eroy and Coalport. Funeral services were held in Columbus and then he was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery here.
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Henry Bechtel
Pomeroy
Columbus
Coalport
Beech Grove
Mrs. Sarah Hysell Dies After Second Stroke
Former Middleport resident Mrs. Sarah Hysell died Monday at her daughter’s home in Westerville Ohio from a second stroke of paralysis. The funeral will be held Wednesday in Middleport with burial at Hill Cemetery. Surviving children include Mrs. Frank Brumley Dink Hysell and Cam Hysell of Columbus Hugh Hysell Toledo Mrs Harvey Jones Westerville and daughter Cora in Texas.
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Middleport
Sarah Hysell
Harvey Jones
Westerville
Ohio
Hysell
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Frank Brumley
Dink
Cam Hysell
Columbus
Hugh Hysell
Toledo
Cora
Texas
Entertainments Banquet Set After Attendance Contest
Promise Good Eats POMEROY April 5 An entertainment and banquet by the losing team in an attendance contest ends Easter Sunday and will be held Thursday evening at Forest Run M E Church. Attendees during the contest which began January 1 are invited. church members promise plenty of food and good entertainment.
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Pomeroy
Forest Run M. E
Forest Run
Family Reunion Honors Mrs Baily Fifty Fifth Birthday
Have Family Reunion POMEROY April 5 Mr and Mrs T B Baily hosted a family reunion at Morning Star for Mrs Baily to celebrate her seventy fifth birthday. Guests included FE Baily and children Kathleen Ann Bertha Altona John Minersville Ira Holter Athens Dana Hamm Virgil Dorothy Nease Settlement Bertha Holter Robert Holter Lester Baily and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Archer
Ira Holter
Athens
Dana Hamm
Virgil
Dorothy
Nease Settlement
Bertha Holter
Robert Holter
Lester Baily
T. B. Baily
Local Social Notes Describe Weekend Visits and Hospital Cases
Community members from Huntington Parkersburg and nearby towns visited relatives in the area. Several patients were at Holzer and McMillan Hospitals for operations and observation, including tonsil and adenoid removals and an appendectomy.
Trimble Grange Discusses Milk Situation and Taxes
Trimble Grange No. 1830 met in Chauncey noting milk issues raised by dairyman D M Sawyer from producer dealer and consumer angles. Members debated road funding tax diversions and bond fears while planning future farmer granger events and a local building cleanup session.
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Trimble Grange
Chauncey
Trimble Grange No
D. M. Sawyer
General Held for Mrs. Mary Fierce
The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Fierce was conducted by Chauncey minister at the church with Josephine Reese Roberts and others in attendance. Pallbearers and mourners included Guy Fierce and HNM Fierce of Athens, with services noting she was a life-long resident of Triyoecumbe.
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Coartney
Chauncey
Ma. Fix
Josephine Reese Roberts
Charles Hs Ir
Ralph Brown
Ece
Triryoecumbe
Guy Fierce
Athens
Grantera
Holiness Church Monthly Union Class Meeting Notice
The Holiness Church in Morristown will hold a monthly union class meeting on Sunday at 2 PM. Sunday School attendance was 124 on April 3 and 128 on Easter Sunday. Rev. Charles Hook is the pastor and preaches Sundays at 7:50 PM.
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Chauncey
Holiness Church
Morristown
Charles Hook
Booster Meeting Opens Millfield Sunday School Year
Boosters meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Simpkins with Mrs. Frank Ferrer leading the business session and Mrs. Simpkins delivering devotions. Social refreshments followed as the group closed.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Chorus of 50 To Appear in Operetta at Chauncey High
A chorus of 50 will join the Chauncey-Dover High School operetta Jerry of Jerico Road on Thursday night at the Chauncey High School auditorium. Directed by Mrs Ralph W Brown the production features tourists cowboys ghosts and masqueraders with cast members Billy Smith Nell Tippett Elisabeth Close Charlie Sweeney Helen Madek Alfreda West Albert Minister Robert Nye Frances Harvey Dorothy Gillespie and Clifford Shafter.
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Chauncey
Jerry
Jerico Road
Chauncey High Bool
Chauncey-Dover High School
Ralph W. Brown
Billy Smith
Nell Tippett
Elisabeth Close
Charlie Sweeney
Helen Madek
Alfreda West
Blbert Minister
Ladies Aid Hosts All Day Quilting and Potluck
CURUNCEY April 5 Mrs Dantel Fulton Mrs H Boudinot Mrs Viola Wade Mrs Elizabeth Robinett Mrs Allen Boudinot and Miss Olive Brookins attended the all day quilting and potluck dinner of the Ladies Aid in the Millfield Church of Christ.
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Curuncey
Dantel Fulton
H. Boudinot
Viola Wade
Elizabeth Robinett
Allen Boudinot
Olive Brookins
Ladies Aid
Millfield Church of Christ
Birthday Girls Attend Separate School Party
Four birthday girls were celebrated in an all female party after they were not invited to a prior event. Two attend Rafua Putnam Training School and two attend East Side School. Names include Ann Peden and Ruth Welch from Putnam and Elizabeth Kalenich and Dorothy Edleman from East Side.
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Rafua Putnam Training School
East Side
Littl Ann Peden
Putnam
Ruth Welch
Elizabeth Kalenich
Dorothy Edleman
Eaat
Masonic Blue Lodge Will Be Inspected
Paramathia Lodge No. 26 F and A M will be inspected Friday April 8 at 7 30 p m by Deputy Grand Master Simmon Nash of Columbus Past Master Jewels will be presented to B M Covert C Copeland A A Atkinson and W B Bentley Representatives from each of the 23 lodges in the Seventeenth Masonic District over which Dim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramathia Lodge
Simmon Nash
Columbus
M. Covert
Charles M. Copeland
A. A. Atkinson
William B. Bentley
Dim
Presiding Lecturer Camero to Attend Paramuthia Lodge Event
Charles E. Camero will preside at the gathering as many Paramuthia Lodge members attend. Refreshments follow in the Banquet Hall after the work is completed.
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Trict
Charles E. Cameroon
Paramuthia Lodge
Contagious Diseases Rise in Ohio in March Half
Columbus April 5 10 918 cases of communicable diseases were reported to the Ohio Department of Health in the last half of March up from 9 052 in the first half and 6 213 in the last half of March 1981 Health Director H C G Southard noted chickenpox whooping cough and measles led the rise while smallpox diphtheria influenza scarlet fever and tuberculosis declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohto Department of Health
H CG Southard
Never Get Up Nights With BU-KE TS Bladder Relief
Learn how BU-KETS bladder physic with buchu and Juniper oil purges impurities and acids causing irritation. A 25¢ box promises relief in four days, then a money-back guarantee. available at Cline's Pharmacy Athens and Drury Gloucester.
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Cline’s Pharmacy
Athens
E.fe
Drury, Glouster
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Mabel Hysell
Allen Jenkinson
Fred Gardner
Etta Gaskill
Jenkinson
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Solons
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Thomas Tracy
Dorothy Bradshaw
Doris
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Jessie Tracy
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Warren
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Mt. Hope
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Syracuse News
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X. Ly
Miller
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S.C
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Lambert
Hhame Suni Phit
Camden-Clark Hospital
McMillan Hospital
Fannie Pugate
Hetteseimer
Jasper Durst
South Pearl Street
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Harold Black
Middleport High School
Robert McElhiney
Paul Scott
Fred F. Gardner
Rutland
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C. R. Williams
H. B. Hobart
A. Calderwood
Nella
Arnold Lowe
Charles Lowe
Minnie Lowe
South Fourth Avenue
Roy Rule
Mr. Rule
EB. C. Fox
Loyal Sons and Daughter
Madeline Boudinot
Mildred Weiss
Dorothy Gillespie
Kathryn Gillespie
York Grange
Trimble
Bradfield, JR
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Homer Grange
Morgan County
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Mound Street
Chauncey Church of Christ
Guy Gardner
Mrs. Mary Fierce
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Entertains Club
Hadith Wilson
Bridge Club
Converse Street
Eleanor Minister
Lauretta Fielder
Wilson
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Ruth Bridgewater
Dorothy Goodson
Christine Brown
Ruth Fiske
Lena Wilson
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Masonic Blue Lodge
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Athens Furniture Exchange
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