Red Cross to Retain Charter Postpones Shelter Move
POMEROY April 6 The Red Cross executive committee votes to retain the charter for at least six months but closes office April 20. A paid staff is dispensed with and records moved to the Drew Webster Legion post hall. A committee will sell surplus furniture while volunteers may handle soldier cases. civilian cases will be curtailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Reed
I. B. Weed
American Legion
Ted Steinbauer
Otto Krienhl
Ifs
Mpomeroy
Middleport Legion
Red Cross Organization
Attorney Albert Russell Seeks Medical Care in Columbus
Pomeroy reports attorney Albert Russell who has been ill for months traveled to Columbus for medical attention and is expected to return home this evening. His brother, Attorney Ralston Russell, has assisted in his law office during his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Malbert Russell
Columbus
Ralston
Traffic on Ohio River rises in early 1927 period
Pomeroy April 6 Traffic on the Ohio river in the Huntington district increased 30 percent in January and February this year compared with 1926. Freight moved totaled 773,131 tons versus 505,039 tons in the same period last year. Increases were also seen on the Kanawha and Muskingum rivers.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Huntington
U. S
Kanawha
Musking‘dam
Daughter of Former Resident Is Honored at Wooster College
Miss Miriam Isabel Stewart daughter of Prof and Mrs W P Stewart of Coraopolis Pa is chosen Queen of the May for 1927 by Wooster college student body She is a junior and has won other honors in college Her father formerly taught at Middleport High School and is a brother of Attorney O H Stewart
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Miriam Isabel Stewart
W. P. Stewart
Coraopolis
Wooster College
Stewart
O. H. Stewart
Laying Gas Pipeline Reaches Fairgrounds Hill
A large force works to lay a gas pipe line from the new field on Thomas Fork to the booster station in Chester township. The trench reaches the fairgrounds hill and will supply gas to the Burdette Perry Davis and Phil Williamson homes, with others on Thomas Fork not yet connected.
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Thomas Fork
Chester Township
Fairgrounds
Burdette
Perry Davis
Phil Williamson
Moore in Jail After Bond Jump Charged in Narcotics Case
Dr. W H Moore, jailed in Parkersburg while awaiting U S court trial on narcotics law violations, had posted a $1000 bond and fled. Authorities traced him to Parkersburg and will bring him to Columbus for federal proceedings. Mrs Alfred Elberfeld heads to Detroit for a visit. H W Karr resigns as Daily Tribune managing editor and is in Cleveland.
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Parkersburg
Pomeroy
W. H
Moore
U. S
Alfred Elberfeld
Detroit
H. P. Brown
Clarice Giles
Middleport
H.W. Karr
The
Daily Tribune
Cleveland
Seven Candidates Receive Final Degree in Odd Fellowship
A class of seven candidates were awarded the final degree in Odd Fellowship at the hall last evening, marking a formal completion of their rite in the fraternal order.
New Ice Plant Machinery Arrives in Middleport
Machinery is arriving for the Covert ice plant in Middleport. Mr. Recks of the Pittsburgh firm installing the plant is supervising. He announced the plant should be ready for operation by May 1.
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Middleport
Recks
Pittsburgh
Miss Petrie to Speak at Palm Sunday Service
Miss Petrie of the National Board of Missions of the Presbyterian church will address attendees at the local Presbyterian church during Palm Sunday. She will speak in the Pomeroy church pulpit on Sunday morning at the regular service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Miss Petrie
National Board of Missions of
The
Presbyterian Church
Palm
Pomeroy
Middleport seeks more land for cemetery expansion
At the April meeting, Cemetery trustees urged the city to provide additional acreage and facilities at Hill Cemetery as lots are exhausted. Attorney Stewart was instructed to pursue condemnation to acquire adjoining lands, while street committees handle a new access road and gravel hill street repairs. The water company was allowed to excavate streets to expand supply. In town news, Mrs. Alfred Elberfeld hosted a dinner and bridge party, and the W.H. Reichman family attended hospital operations for their children.
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Middleport
C. F. Rathburn
Hill Cemetery
Middleport Council
Gravel Hill
Council
Alfred Elberfeld
Pomeroy
R. B. Laughea
Clare Welsh
Ralph Windsor
W. H. Reichman
Charleston
Joe Wilson
Rex Peters
Marble Tournament Set For Saturday At Y M C A
Nelsonville notes a Saturday marble tournament for boys 12 and under 16 with 175 entrants. Registration at 9 am at Majestic theater includes a free preevent picture, then rounds by age group and standard rules with prizes including theater passes and gym shoes.
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Nelsonville
Majestic Theater
Preston's
Mechem’'s
Easter Homecomings and Local Visits Highlight Week
In town for the Easter vacation are Mr and Mrs D H Daniels with their daughter. Mrs Margaret Coe and Miss Amy visit from Columbus staying with Mrs M G White before moving to New York. Ensign Sidney Coe remains there. Clarence Fisher leaves for Asheville to join the Toronto International League baseball team. Mrs Fred Russell of Huntington visits her mother Mrs Vina Bennett and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Daniels
Margaret Coe
Amy
Columbus
M. G. White
New York City
Ensign Sidney Coe
Clarence Fisher
Asheville
N. C
Toronto
Canada
Fred Russell
Huntington
Vina Bennett
J. A. Stedam
Robert Whittman
Roscoe Evans
Thelman Carbon Hill
William Sheren
Herman Seidenfeldt
Murray City
James Bland
Margaret
W. J. McConaha
Margaret, Elizabeth
Jeanette Pugh
Albert Mann
Maggie Allman
Athens
P T A Drive Aimed At Nurse Expense Fund
Nelsonville April drive by the Parent Teacher council seeks 1200 dollars to fund a public health nurse's incidental costs. The nurse relies on the health department salary, with no funds for milk programs offices clinics or travel. Red Cross and Christmas seal support has vanished, prompting a house to house canvass across Monday through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Parent-Teacher Council
Health Department
Red Cross
Nelsonville Unit To Make Poppies for Soldier's Tomb
Nelsonville unit of the American Legion prepares twenty five poppies for shipment to Washington D C to honor the tomb of the unknown soldier. Auxiliary members meet at the Legion building Thursday evening to complete the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
American Legion
Washington, D. C
Washington
Auxiliary
Legion
Mrs Vern Vorhes Taken to Grant Hospital for Treatment
Nelsonville report states Mrs Vern Vorhes was moved to Grant Hospital in Columbus on Tuesday for medical treatment.
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Nelsonville
Vern Vorhes
Grant ‘Hospital
Columbus
Show for Girls at School to View Moving Pictures
Public school girls in Nelsonville will view moving pictures at the Pastime theatre Friday at 9 o clock with free admission. Boys will see the film Saturday at the Majestic for the marble tournament opening.
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Nelsonville
Pastime Theatre
the Majestic
Chamber of Commerce to Meet at Y M C A
Nelsonville chamber of commerce plans a regular meeting at the Y M C A Thursday evening at 6 15 o'clock. Several matters of business are to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber OF Commerce
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Schools to Close Friday for Teachers Convention
Nelsonville will close both senior and junior high schools Friday for the state teachers convention in Columbus. Grade teachers may also attend. if a teacher plans to attend her room will be dismissed, otherwise it will stay open.
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Nelsonville
Columbus
Garbage dump action prompt in Nelsonville relief plan
April 6 report notes council committee members John Barrows Co A Stover and A G Cotton met with Robert Eddy and David Burnell representing the board of health. A conference with Charles Levering township trustee led to draining and dragging the road with cinders and fire proofing to make the thoroughfare passable by week’s end.
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Nelsonville
John Barrows
A. Stover
A. G. Cotton
Robert Eddy
David Burnell
Board of Health
Charles Levering
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlight Birthday Party
Jean Lucretia Allen celebrated her fourth birthday with a Madigan Street party featuring games, contests and Easter baskets. Guests included Joe Ball Logan Marjorie and John Holland Jean Betts and others. Various local residents were noted visiting Columbus and nearby towns on Sunday and weekdays.
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Jean Lucretia Allen
Madigan Street
Glenn Allen
Joe Ball
Logan
Marjorie
John Holland
Jean Betts
Imogene Sayre
Billy
Alice Mechem
Roger Scott
Local Names Share Gift Donations Across Community
Max Linton, John and Gene Young, Vivian Nye, Virginia and Betty Wend, Betty, and Jane Verity received gifts from community members. Jean Lucretia received many gifts.
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Max Linton
John
Gene Young
Vivian Nye
Virginia
Betty Wend
Betty
Jane Verity
Jean Lucretia
Missionary Group To Meet At Mrs Stanley Mechem
The Christian Missionary society will gather Thursday evening at 7 oclock with Mrs. Stanley Mechem for a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Missionary Society
Stanley Mechem
Marriage Announcement in Delaware Between Dow Bowers and Grace Richardson
Dow Bowers of Nelsonville and Grace Richardson of Columbus were married Monday at the First Methodist parsonage in Delaware with Rev. John McCabe officiating. The couple now resides on East Franklin Street in Nelsonville. Grace is the daughter of William and Grace Richardson of Columbus. Dow is the son of Dow Bowers Sr. and Mrs. Bowers and works in the shoe department at Mechem & Sons.
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Delaware
Dow Bowers
Nelsonville
Grace Richardson
Columbus
First Methodist Church
John McCabe
East
Franklin Street
William Richardson
Collumbus
Bowers
Mechem & Sons
Methodist missionary meeting set at Hanning home
The Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Hanning with Mrs. E. Bu. Teard and Mrs. C. L. Stout asisting hostesses. Mrs. J. D. Ledlie will be devotional leader and Mrs. Harry Jackson will handle the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Charles Hanning
E. Bu. Teard
C. L. Stout
J. D. Ledlie
Harry Jackson
Second Forum on Prayer Held by Ohio University YWCA
The second discussion in a prayer forums series will be held tonight at 7 in the Fine Arts building. Dean Irma E. Voigt will lead the session for the Ohio University YWCA group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. of Ohio University In Fine Arts
Irma E. Voigt
Athens High Forms Golf Team Sets Out of State Tourney
The Athens high school golf team under manager Jack Preston has arranged matches with Marietta Parkersburg and Lancaster. Eight boys practice daily at Athens Country club as the team aims for the state Ohio Athletic Association tournament at Scioto Country Club in Columbus May 27 and 28, alongside the state track meet at Ohio State University.
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Marietta
Parkersburg
Lancaster
Athens High School
Jack Preston
Ohio Athletic Association
Columbus
Scioto Country Club
Ohio State University
Athens Country Club
University to Stage Annual Gym Exhibition April 14
The department of physical education announced a 7:30 a.m. gymnasium show on April 14 at the Men's gymnasium. All physical education students will participate in drills, exhibitions, dancing, and contests. Detailed programs have not been published.
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Department of Physical Education
Fire destroys Canfield Dairy barn near Cornersburg
A blaze at the Canfield Dairy company barn near Cornersburg burned five and five Holstein cattle and six horses killed in the night. Firemen fought the flames from midnight and the cause was not immediately known. Local authorities investigated the incident and reported the livestock losses to the parish.
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Youngstown
Canfield Dairy Company
Cornersburg
Athens Radio Club meeting at City building tonight
The Athens Radio club will meet at seven this evening in the City building. Members discuss plans and upcoming events for local amateur radio enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Radio Club
Kiwanis Hear Scout Leader Discuss Girl Scouts Drive
Sixty Athens Kiwanis members heard Miss Ray Mitchell regional director of the National Girls Scouts at Hotel Berry. She urged support for forming local Girl Scout troops as leaders aim to boost the movement in Athens.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Ray Mitchell
National
Girls Scouts
Miss Mitchell
J. E. Bain
Os Miss Mitchell
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Goluster Kiwanis Club
Athens Rotary Club
Nelsonville Rotary Club
We. H. Haskins
Ohio Coal
Haskins
Ohio Mine Workers
Miners Still Out in Northern West Virginia
Fifty percent of coal miners in Northern West Virginia Pan handle area remain out of work as of today. Little coal is mined or loaded in the district’s union mines, while operators and union officials both claim victory in the dispute.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Uphold Rights of Public in Public Works Losses
The Supreme Court ruled that public rights take precedence over those of material men when adjusting losses from a contractor on public work. The decision, announced April 5, emphasizes the public interest in ensuring proper recovery and fair handling of claims arising from public projects.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
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Ohio
Presbyterian Mission Board
Rathburn
Francis Daniels
Conservatory of Music of Cincinnati
P.T. A
Sary Insurance
J. E. Zeller
Oys
Kaynee
Dad
W. L. Powell
Gladys Tignor
Zanesville
Ww. C. Tignor
Doanville
Lodge
Daughters of America
Missionary Society
Radio Club
McCormick’s Jewelers & Optometrists
Kaelin’s
Girl Scouts
Gearhart and
Patton
Warner Building
Columbus St
Gearhart
All My
Enarco
the Auto Tire & Gas CO
Cor
Chestnut & Harper Sts
the Swanson Furniture Co
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