Grass Fires Bring Warning From Pomeroy Fire Chief
Fire Chief Herb Giles warned that legal action will follow against anyone starting grass fires that get out of control amid dry weather. Several blazes near Breezy Heights Vale Street and Wehe Terrace prompted warnings about permits, wind, fire breaks, and avoiding flammable surroundings. A partition suit was also filed in common pleas court by Kathryn Vadish Geiger against multiple defendants.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pomeroy
Herb Giles
Common Pleas Court
Kathryn Vadish Geiger
Mary Vadish Meyers
Frank Meyers
Helen Vadish Chambers
Raymond Chambers
Joseph David Single
William Geiger
Middleport Scouters Complete Training With Meal Note
Fifteen members completed the Adult Training Course for Scouters and Scouts officials. They met at Middleport High School for three weeks and traveled to the Chester Boy Scout Camp for an outdoor beans and steak meal. Certificates of merit will be awarded May 6 with wives as guests.
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Middleport
Chester
Joseph Stratton
R. E. McKay
Pomeroy Senior Class Presents Musical Play Once in a Blue Moon
The Pomeroy High School Senior Class and Girls Glee Club stage the musical romance Once in a Blue Moon on Friday April 18. The plot follows Bob Harrington's return and his supposed replacement by friend George Taylor amid jealousy and a cast of quirky guests. Spanish dancers and burglars spice the comedy with choruses and song.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Bob Harrington
Mary Montgomery
Angie Shain
Sylvia
Margaret Stanley
George Taylor
Joe Ohlinger
Pythians Hold Noted Temple Inspection in Meigs
Pythians from Athens Logan Wilkesville and Pomeroy attended an annual inspection of Meigs Temple No 153 at Modern Woodman Hall. District Deputy Laura Bownes praised Most Excellent Chief Erma Smith and the degree team earning a top grade of 99.
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Middleport
Athens
Logan
Wilkesville
Pomeroy
Meigs Temple
No. 153
Woodman Hall
Laura Bownes
Erma Smith
Last Passenger Pigeon Dies in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914
A century ago vast flocks of passenger pigeons filled the United States until the species vanished. The final bird died in a Cincinnati, Ohio zoo in 1914 marking extinction.
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United States
Cincinnati, Ohio
Racine Social and Personal Highlights
Owen Watson and the Turners from Pomeroy attended the Sixth District conference of the Disabled American Veterans in Marietta. Emma Jidden underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis and is reported satisfactory. Loretta Sayre, two, is recovering from illness. Charles Jividen, Ohio University student, and Dwight Ross from Columbus visited the Jividen family in Racine. Orville Brown and children Madeline and Allen joined Dwight Ross for a weekend visit with the Jividen parents.
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Racine
Owen Watson
Ben Turner
Pomeroy
Marietta
Emma _ Jiiden
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Loretta Sayre
Fred Sayre
Charles Jiiden
Ohio University
Dwight Ross
Columbus
Jividen
Clark Jividen
Orville Brown
Madeline
Allen
Local Visits Span City and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Browns mother Stella Weaver Mr George Cross and son William Benton from Jacksonville Florida arrived Wednesday to visit Mrs Cross parents Mr and Mrs A B Cross. Clifford Jenkins Crooksville visited J D Wilcox Sunday. George Deiley Corsepolis Pad stayed with Homer Sayre. Milton Mallory Nadine Mallory and Louise Grove from Charleston weekend with Mrs Catherine Mallory. Wilma Johnson Gallipolis with sons Terry and Teddy spent weekend with her parents Dale Lee.
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Middleport
J. B. Downing
Washington, D. C
Mazie Wise
Elsie Baer
Clifford Beaver
Gallipolis
Jean McMaster
Noah Haskins
H. S. McClure
Charleston
Sixth Ave
Tewksbury
Pearl St
Kooeaniers
Freda Welling
Detroit
Robert Harris
Walter B. Harris
Marceline Buell
Huntington
Buell
Marceline Woodrum
Love City
Clifton
Madeline and
Allen
Brown
Stella Weaver
George B. Cross
William Benton
Jacksonville
Florida
Homer Sayre
Milton Mallory
Nadine Mallory
Louise Grove
Mallory
Catherine Mallory
Wilma Johnson
Terry
Teddy
Dale Lee
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Rathburn
Rutland, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Mothers Club
Pearl St. Nursery School
H. H. Kitchen
Raymond Blosser
Raymond Walburn
Martha Grace Dennison
Miller
Bing
B. F. Sommer
Leon
Perry Gilliland
Zanesville
John Gilliland
Vine St
Downing Roush
Wayne Swisher
Roy Barnes
Mrs. Barnes
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Lewis Burford
Lillian Stieff
Ing
Ida McKinney
Supreme Protector
Temple
Bownes
Miss Smith
Stieff
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
Griff Russell
Phillip Meinhart
Homer Jones
William Lowe
William Allman
William Autherson
C. P. Gallagher
Meigs
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Norma Goodwin
St. P
Crosley
Libby
Dole
Iled. le
Silk
Delsey
National Biscuit Company
Shredded Wheat
Lle N. B. C
Eadway
Nestles
Lavors
Leadway
Cello
Lge
FIG Jumbles
P&g
TATE
D. S. Farmer
Dyuluuvina
Weiners
H. J. Hysell Furniture Co
Oranges Lemons Sr's
Calif
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Gudval Creamery
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