West Main St Residents File All Complaints
POMEROY Alleged violations of village dumping rules were raised at the council meeting. Residents on W Main St alleged rubbish dumping in the ravine opposite the Hanging Gardens. Street Commissioner Eb ersbach was told to erect warning signs and summon police to arrest violators. Police Chief Dana Tracy requested insurance for the town motorcycle liability.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy Council
Lower Pomeroy
W. Main St
Hanging Gardens
A. H. Ebersbach
Dana Tracy
Resume Services at Flood-Wrecked Mount Moriah Church
Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport held Sunday worship for the first time since the flood. Rev. R. J. Smith led a large gathering and a $20 goodwill offering was taken for rehabilitation. A chicken dinner chaired by Mrs. Emma Bland is set for April 15 to raise funds for a piano purchase. The council met briefly and adjourned with routine business only.
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Middleport
Mount Moriah
Proxy groom sues for divorce in Boston
Miss Marion C. Faught seeks a divorce claiming she is now married to Rea as she was to Mitchell. She had been engaged to Glen Mitchell a Navy signal man, but he could not obtain shore leave and sent Quartermaster Rea as a proxy groom.
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Boston
U.P
Marion C. Faught
Rea
Mitchell
Glen Mitchell
Navy
Quartermaster Rea
Missing Child Found Near Home After Extensive Search
A county wide search for a missing child ended happily when Mrs. Singer found the girl near her home and carried her home. The incident recalled the earlier McCumber Willis Hill hunt, but this outcome was a relief for the family and community. In Middleport, Jack Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, left for Chicago to tour with a Columbus newspaper winner’s group.
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McCumber
Middleport
Jack Smith
Paul Smith
Second Ave
Chicago
Columbus
Middleport Social Notes Rich in Visits and Health News
Middleport notes record Arthur Combs leaving for a CCC camp in McArthur and guests visiting in town. Families from Columbus Athens Charleston Troy and Jackson are mentioned with hospital stays and family visits. A garden club meeting featured a stereopticon lecture and updates on local flower shows.
Middleport Council Plans Repair Work
Middleport council met at City Hall for the monthly session. All bills were paid and a cleanup committee was named to tackle lower town projects with H N Swift Plummer Beeson and H M Cross on it. Sewers Route 7 repair and taxi licensing ordinance were discussed and bonding for a factory building considered.
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Middleport
H. N. Swift
Plummer Beeson
H. M. Cross
Fine Vendor in Sales Tax Case
D. D. Blough a Belpre storekeeper pleaded not guilty to Ohio Use Tax charges but changed his plea to guilty and was fined 50 dollars and costs by Justice of Peace C. T. O Neill. The case cites references to the Washington tax law and urges consumers who bought goods from firms outside Ohio since January 1, 1936 to file reports and pay three percent tax.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Ohio
D. D. Blough
Belpre
Justice of Peace
C. T. O'Neill
Blough
E. W. Stephan
Robert Briggs
Marietta
Squire O'Neill
William Summers
William Summers and Decided To Change His Plea. Examiner E. R
Examiner Lama
Mrs Carman Dies After Illness In Rock Springs
Mrs. Carman 59 of Rock Springs died Monday afternoon at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg after a period of serious illness. Survived by husband four sisters and one brother. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Rock Springs Church burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Also note: suit by Mrs Rupe against Ohio Industrial Commission settled out of court before trial.
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Man
Rock Springs
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Harvey Eastman
Tillie Carman
Harry Smith
Pomeroy
George Wise
Athens
Dan Toben
Harrisonville
Bert O'Conner
Beech Grove Cemetery
Mary Rupe
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Common Pleas
Guthries Honored on 90th Wedding Day
Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Guthrie marked Easter Sunday with their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Married March 30, 1887, they have lived in Orange Township and Alfred for 39 years. They are parents to Harry E. Guthrie and Mrs. S. W. O'Brien, with grandchildren Maxine Guthrie and Charles F. O'Brien.
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Alfred
C. F. Guthrie
Orange Township
Harry E. Guthrie
S. W. O'Brien
Philippine Islands
Maxine Guthrie
Charles F. O’brien
Guthrie
Meigs Ministers Meet at Forest Run Church
Reverend Kreager and Reverend Gardner led Meigs County Ministers Association gathering at Forest Run M E Church. T. T. Shelton was elected president with Frank Beuscher as vice president and Rev F I Gardner as secretary treasurer. Robert Leake discussed unity in a church treatise. A chicken dinner followed.
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Middleport
F. C. Kreager
F. C. Gardner
Fugate Grocery Opens as National Brands Store
Formal opening held Saturday in Sugar Run with features and assistance from C. D. Shafer Co. Athens. FE R Lama to help Pomeroy vendors with quarterly sales tax returns April 9 10 14 15 16 17. report covers Jan 1 to Mar 31 1937.
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Pomeroy
Fugate
Sugar Run
National Brands
C. D. Shafer Co
Athens
FE. R. Lama
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Church Guild Visit
Pomeroy notes show Herman Beards Meigs County clerk Perry Riggs deputy clerk and George Daniels county auditor traveling to Columbus Sunday afternoon for County Clerks Association. Mrs John Leitwiler hosting Guild of Grace Episcopal Thursday. Miss Lillian Gloeckner nurse from St Josephs Parkersburg visited Mulberry Ave parents. J B Person visited Emerson Stout family. Epple family visited grandson Gerald Reuter Middleport. Gluesenkamp return to Charleston after visit. Harold Fisher back to Parkersburg job.
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Pomeroy- Herman Beards
Meigs
Perry Riggs
George Daniels
Columbus
Stomach Gas Relief Adierika Claimed By User Testimony
A testimonial claims Adierika relieved severe stomach gas affecting eating and sleep. The ad asserts Adierika acts on both upper and lower bowels, cleanses old matter, reduces bacteria, and eases gas and constipation with one spoonful. Local drugstores Athens Pharmacy Ball Pharmacy Nelsonville carry it.
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H. L. Shoub
New York
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Tob
West Main St
Clover Farm
Elizabeth Robbins
Athens Messenger
Clover Farm Stores
Middleport Social Notes
Arthur Combs
Lulu Combs
McArthur
C.C.C
J. B. Rose
Elinor
Rose Barker
Myrtle Allen
Barker
James Clatworthy
Smith
Middleport High School
Ohio University
John Dillard
Jane Ann Fick
Arthur Ebersbach
Branch Fleming
Charleston
Lewis
Troy
C. A. Pauley
Arthur
Mr. Pauley
Dahlia Pauley
John Kincaid
Malcom Cottingham
Nancy
Martha
Jackson
J. E. Atkinson
Main St
Grant Hospital
Edward Campbell
Atkinson
Lulu Cage
The
Marine Hospital
New Orleans
Edna Jo Berry
Youth Placement Bureau
National Reemployment Office
Kentucky
Freda Whitlock
C. E. Vance
L. D. Scott
Walter McElhinney
Huntington
L. H. Denham
Whitlock
West Virginia
Garden Club
John Duerr
Middleport Garden Club
O. B. Stout
Frank Gary
Cincinnati
Victor Reis
James Harley
Reis
Etta Gaskell
Zanesville
Duerr
Katharine Rathburn
Ivor Young
C. F. Rathburn
A. A. Chappelle
Powell St
J. R. Harvey
John Talbott
Fred VanHorn
Chillicothe
Middleport Council
Guthries
Open Fugate
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mrs
A. H. Fisher
Ball Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Ady
Ann Sothern
Gene Raymond
RKO Radio Pictures
There Goes
MY Girl
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