Land Program Concluded After Three Years
The CCC camp at Rock Springs in Meigs County closes this week ending the soil conservation program that began in October 1933 with the Fairgrounds site chosen over Pythian Park. Water was supplied by a two mile pipeline from Meigs Water Company. Barracks and camp buildings were erected and some permanent fair structures used. Army engineers projected about four thousand dollars monthly operating cost. total costs are not released. CCC workers left a lasting memory for flood aid in river communities of Meigs County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
CCC
Rock Springs
Meigs County
Pythian Park
Middleport
Meigs Water Company
Army
Pomeroy Social Notes Around Town Activities
Pomeroy social notes report William Sauer's illness and recovery at home from Holzer Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Vere Swartz and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Findling visit Alfred. Troop 2 Girl Scouts hold a Court of Honor at Bob Roberts home. Community members attend church gatherings and meetings. Dana Oliver buys M. and M. Tea Room. Ruth Hilt visits family. Birth notices include Nancy Blair Nye in Brazil and Donald Eugene Cole in Laurel Cliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Sauer
Holzer Hospital
Monkey Run
Robert Warner
Fanny
Vere Swartz
Charles Findling
Alfred
Bob Roberts
Troop 2
Girl Scouts
Spring St
Leverett Roush
Columbus
Roush
Farm Bureau
Dana Oliver
Main St
Oliver
Clair Karr
Inlaw
Ray Reuter
Ruth Hilt
Grant Hospital
C. F. Hilt
Ball Run
George Edward Nye
Nye
M. McCloskey
Rio de Janiero
Brazil
S. A
Nancy Blair Nye
Guy Cole
Laurel Cliff
Donald Eugene
Local residents enter area hospitals after health events
Mrs. Freda Fields of Williams store in Pomeroy traveled to Parkersburg Wednesday and entered St. Joseph's Hospital where she underwent an operation Thursday morning. Mrs. Arthur Ebersbach and parents visited in Thomas Fork on Wednesday. Mrs. Dale Kesterson, Rock Spring-Athens Road, recovers after Holzer Hospital surgery. Mr. Kesterson visited Tuesday. Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth, Second Street, referenced in the continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Fields
Williams
Pomeroy
Parkersburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fields
Arthur Ebersbach
Wetzgall St
Charles Moore
Thomas Fork
Dale Kesterson
Rock Spring
Athens Road
Holzer Hospital
Kesterson
Gerald Wildermuth
Entertain Club Hosts Card Night at Mulberry Ave Home
Mr and Mrs Tom Hennessy hosted their card club at Mulberry Avenue on Tuesday night Two tables played Frank Fugate Jr won the club prize Refreshments followed the games
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
Frank Fugate Jr
Middleport Hosts Meigs County Woodmen Camp Meeting
Middleport hosts the Meigs County Camp of Modern Woodmen of America for a quadrennial county meeting. Delegates from Alfred Burlingham Harrisonville discussed business and elected officers and state convention delegates. Next county gathering set for Burlingham in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Modern Woodmen of America
Alfred
Burlingham
Harrisonville
Columbus
H. B. Pickett
Howard Clark
C. L. Henderson
Scott Snodgrass
Orange Camp
Camp Pickett
Russell L. Cullums
Juniper Camp
W. R. Sayre
L. O. Gardner
Homer Jones
E. K. Owens
Ernest Mulford
Pomeroy Troop to Send 7 to National Jamboree
Pomeroy Troop 42 plans seven members to attend the First National Jamboree in Washington DC from June 29 to July 6. Attending are Richard Elberfeld Richard Campbell Tommy Hennessy George Massar Donald Mullen Donald Rosenbaum and Tommy Crow. Scoutmaster Carl House will also be there. The event draws scouts worldwide with 30,000 expected. tents and cooking gear are provided by the U S Army. Louis Reibel chairs Kinshuta District Jamboree Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Washington, D. C
Richard Elberfeld
Richard Campbell
Tommy Hennessy
George Massar
Donald Mullen
Donald Rosenbaum
Tommy Crow
Carl House
Washington
Capitol Building
United States Army
Louis Reibel
Kinshuta
Pomeroy Native Mary Mayburger Buried in Columbus
Mary Mayburger 62 died at her Columbus home Tuesday. Formerly Mary Wipple, she lived much of her life in Pomeroy. She is survived by husband, three sons Anthony Alfred Oscar and one daughter Florence, two sisters and six brothers. Burial occurred in Columbus Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Mayburger
Columbus
Mary Wipple
Anthony
Alfred
Oscar
Florence
Barbara Oeffler
J. C. Rohletter
Frank
Philip
Andy
Mike
Albert
Cincinnati
Legion Sons Sell Junk To Finance Camping Trip
Sons of the American Legion led by Harold Kauff are gathering scrap iron rags and newspapers to fund a summer camping trip. The group has enjoyed two years of similar outings, with Cline Matthews chairing the committee that sponsors them. In a stray note, a historical line mentions Italy as a medieval education hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport — Sons of the American Legion
Harold Kauff
Cline Matthews
American Legion
Conference on Rural Problems Held in Pomeroy
A rural life conference at Peace Church in Pomeroy drew extension agents Grange and Farm Bureau leaders and youth executives. Dr Ellsworth M Smith of the American Baptist Home Missions Society and Prof J P Schmidt of Ohio State University led discussions on identifying community needs and resources to foster rural living programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Peace Church
Grange
Farm Bureau
Ellsworth M. Smith
New York
American Baptist Home Missions Society
J. P. Schmidt
Ohio State University
Yellow Jackets Win Sectional Class B Crown at Middleport
Middleport High School honors the Yellow Jackets after clinching the sectional Class B basketball title. Captain Paul Smith accepted the tournament trophy at Logan in March, with Paul Wiley Raymond Wiley Robert Lohse James Stoneking also awarded belt buckles. Warren Bennett earned the letter M for team management, and cheerleaders Virginia Russell Betty Lighter received letters. Superintendent M W Essex and Miss Vesta McCoy directed school rally and the Orange and Black song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Walter Priode
Paul Smith
Paul Wiley
Raymond Wiley
Robert Lohse
James Stoneking
Warren Bennett
Logan
Virginia Russell
Betty Lighter
M. W. Essex
Vesta McCoy
Airplane flashes neon sign over Pomeroy
An advertising novelty lit the sky Wednesday evening as an airplane flew low over Pomeroy and displayed a neon message on its wing.
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Pomeroy
Mrs. Esther Davidson of Rutland Dies After Long Illness
Esther Davidson, 47, wife of Walter Davidson, died Wednesday at her Rutland home after a long illness. Survived by husband and two sons Charles Lloyd and John William, plus mother Mrs. John Brown, sister Mrs. Lloyd Williams of Charleston, and brother Hollis Brown of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Esther Davidson
Walter Davidson
Rutland
Charles Lloyd
John William
John Brown
Lloyd Williams
Charleston
Hollis Brown
Columbus
Middleport Board Checks School Flood Damage
Middleport school damage from floods described as negligible by William Mills the architect of the new high school building who attended a Tuesday meeting with his son Thomas Mills Also present a company representative arrived to finish installing curtains window drapery and scenery for the school building
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
William Mills
Thomas Mills
Middleport Social Notes Highlights and Local Moves
Middleport social life includes Pauley Ann Kincaid hosting friends for games music and a potluck. Gloucester visitors Will Drury and Mrs. Glou ster stay with Vesta and Nora McCoy. Ward notices include a death in Langsville, travel to Columbus and Charleston visits, flood damage repairs, and a new home under construction in Pomeroy. Patricia Ann Baker born nine pounds, with grandparents noted and Charles Ruble recovering from an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Jolantha Quickle
Janet Dillard
Mary Baker
Stell Jackson
Marie Hartwell
Jean Ebersbach
Jeannette Grueser
Nell Childs
Kathleen Swindler
Will Drury
Glouster
Vesta
Nora McCoy
David Entsminger
Langsville
Robert McKnight
Joe Dobbs
Columbus
T. C. Leach
A. L. Bush
Charleston
Fred Bush
John Burns
Maxine, Glouster
Walter Harris
Lena Miles
First Ave
Hugh McCoy
Grogan’s Market
Edison Baker
Patricia Ann
Homer Johnson
Mason City
W. Va
C. M. Baker
Charles Ruble
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Downing Attends Flood Relief Board Meeting
Middleport committee chair John B Downing, newly named member of the National Flood Relief General Advisory Board based in Huntington West Virginia, attended a Wednesday city meeting. The board oversees a 40 mile stretch around Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John B. Downing
General Advisory Board of
National Flood Relief
Huntington
W. Va
Dinner meeting of state employees in Columbus
A number of employees at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics will attend the dinner meeting of the State Employes Beneficial Association in Columbus Saturday night. The organization has a large membership there.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
State Employes Beneficial Association
Columbus
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County Soil Conservation Program
CCCC
Langsville-Dexter Road
O. W. Williams
McArthur
Reuben D. Brown
Elesa Brown
Brown
Common Pleas Court
UDGA
Ady
Pomeroy Social Notes
Lodge
Eastern Star
N. C. Stout
Clifton Stout and Son
Marshall Witham
Chauncey
Bethany Church
Eva Betz
Rivervue
New Wash
Rayon
Pomeroy Troop
Legion Sons
Italy
Steffen Thomas
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Priode
Yellow Jackets
Airplane
Met
Rathburn’'s
Middleport Social Notes
The
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Marion French
Middleport Pta
Charles Snider
Oscar Klein
PTA
Sidney Fadely
Racine
Frank H. Johnston
Downing
Flood Board
Doan
Jacquard Velour
H. J. Hysell
Clarence Chapman
Mgr
Middleport, Ohio
Lilly
Libby
Elizabeth Robbins
the Messenger's Cooking School
National Brands Stores
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