Finlan Construction lands Syracuse grade school bid
Bids opened for the Syracuse grade school building this season. Finlan Construction Company of Pomeroy won with a low bid of 29618 dollars for construction with plumbing and wiring. Five other bids ranged up to 35852 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Finlan Construction Company
Pomeroy
Miller Lumber Company
Middleport
E. McAlpin
Pleasant
Western Construction Company
Cincinnati
L. Heaton
Athens
Russell Leit
Pt. Pleasant
Two Marriage Licenses Issued At Court House
In Pomeroy on April 11 two marriage licenses were issued. Lloyd H. Ward 65 a farmer from Leon West Virginia wed Arnie F. Wilson 45 of Pomeroy. Ed Cunningham 61 wed Lettie Taggart 42 of Letart Falls. Both grooms were previously married. Justice R G Webster performed both ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lloyd H. Ward
Leon
W. Va
Arnie F. Wilson
Hubberham
Ed. Cunningham
Lettie Taggart
Letart Falls
R. G. Webster
Pot luck gathering at Carman Haddox home
Friends met Tuesday evening at Miss Carman Haddox's residence at South Sixth and Lincoln in Middleport for a pot luck dinner. Music and games entertained attendees, with Geraldine and Helen Owens Evelyn Hill Lillian Stoneking Genevieve Williamson Carman Haddox Dorothy Roush Meri Briggs James Rothgeb Branch Flemming Arthur Rush Glen Simson Don Jenkins William Stevens Ted Gears Ralph Welker and Lowell Wingett among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Carman Haddox
South Sixth
Lincoln Streets
Geraldine
Helen Owens
Evelyn Hill
Lillian Stoneking
Genevieve Williamson
Dorothy Roush
Meri Briggs
James Rothgeb
Branch Flemming
Arthur Rush
Glen Simson
Don Jenkins
William Stevens
Ted Gears
Ralph Welker
Lowell Wingett
Syracuse gas well nears full production in Pomeroy
April 11 report notes the newest Syracuse gas well strengthens output daily and ex Mayor Stowe says the escaping gas roars across town when opened. Believed to signal more wells in the district.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Stowe
Owner of Fish Nets Guilty in Test Case
James Quillen of Syracuse faced Justice F W Gilmore in Pomeroy on a charge of violating game and fish laws by possessing nets. He pled guilty, was fined 25 dollars plus costs, with collection delayed pending word from the Columbus Conservation Department about possible suspension. Six nets were seized in February under the new law. The case, the first of its kind in the state, is viewed as a test. Verbal guidance suggests suspension may be possible pending written instructions.
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Pomeroy
James Quillen
Syracuse
F. W. Gilmore
Conservation Department
Columbus
Quillen
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
A. D. Russell
Attorney General of
Cincinnati
State Department
Gilmore
Freak Well Hits Gas Pocket On Bailey Run Farm
Lafe Mc Knight of the Highway Department engineers reports a freak gas strike on his Bailey Run farm. Drilled to 505 feet and hit the third coal vein, gas gushed at 2000 cubic feet per day. well being cased today as work continues toward the main gas sand.
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Pomeroy
Lafe McKnight
Engineers Office
Highway Department
Bailey Run
Lasley Heads East for Two Months to Cambridge Graduation
Ches shire resident Baker Lasley leaves for the East for two months. He will study at a Cambridge college in Massachusetts where his daughter Filoriila is to graduate after June.
Evangelist to Lead Series at Local Baptist Church
The Rev. F. C. Kreger pastor of the Baptist Church in Middleport announces a meeting series from April 27 through May inclusive. Special evangelist Rev. D. L. Woody of Columbus will be present with a vitaphone and will lead music as a vocalist and director.
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Middleport
F. C. Kreger
The
Baptist Church
D. L. Woody
Columbus
Woody
March payroll at Meigs County Children's Home announced
Pomeroy April 11. The March payroll for the Meigs County Children's Home lists staff and wages as superintendent J. H. Eastman 60 dollars, Mrs Eastman 40, H C Wallace 36, Belva Wallace 30, Dora Gilmore 30, Rebecca Mercer 39, Mrs Bertha Hysell 27.08, Elda Carriere 2.92, totaling 250 dollars as the institution remains at full capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Children's Home
J. H. Eastman
Miss Larah Sidenstricker Hosts Club Meeting
Miss Larah Sidenstricker entertained her club members on Wednesday evening and refreshments were served at the close of the gathering.
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Larah Sidenstricker
Jail census hints at revenue from building
In Pomroy on April 11 a jail census counted 21 inmates including 15 in cells and four women and 11 men. Among those moved to the Delaware school were Audrey Varian, 17, and Lydia Varian, 15, while Sheriff Welker and his family were noted nearby.
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Pomeroy
Audrey Varian
Lydia Varian
Delaware
Cora B. Roberts
Debert Welker
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Rotary Banquet and Visits
The Past Chiefs will serve the Rotary Club banquet this evening as Ladies Night is observed. Dr. W A Humphrey returns to Columbus after caring for Mrs. Hattie Bennett fading illness, with Mrs Bennett slightly improved. Miss Lettie Besserer visits Charleston after staying with her brother C F Besserer for Mrs Bennett. Mrs. Otho Karr and daughter Joan of Rochell Ill are visiting sister Mrs Robert McElhinny. Mr and Mrs C B Forrest of Fremont plan to visit Middleport before returning to Fremont due to Mrs Forrests mother’s illness. Miss Lucille Dutton returns to Ohio University after a short stop with her parents. Miss Freda Carl listed ill below town. Mrs Ben Fultz Jr and son Thomas Kent return from Holzer Hospital with Miss Frances Daniels. Quar Hill of Beach Street recalled by the railroad. At high school Miss Louise Talbott is voted the best looking student Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rotary Club
W. A. Humphrey
Hattie Bennett
Columbus
Joan
Rochell
Ill
Robert McElhinny
C. B. Forrest
Fremont
Rutland
Forrest
F. A. Forrest
Vesta
Nora McCoy
Lucille Dutton
Ohio University
Freda Carl
Ben Fultz, Jr
Thomas Kent
Holzer Hospital
Frances Daniels
Quar Hill
Beach Street
Louise Talbott
Union Leaders to Speak to Miners in Hocking District
Glouster, April 11. A mass meeting will be held in New Straitsville Sunday at 2 pm with Ben Williams and David Fowler international organizers for the UMW of A and Lee Hall of Columbus president of District 6 as speakers. The event aims to urge miners to rejoin the United Mine Workers. A prior meeting at Glouster noted Gem Mine No. 2 workers forming a focal union of the I M W of A and operating locally.
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Glouster
New Straitsville
Ben Williams
David Fowler
Lee Hall
Columbus
Hocking
United Mine Workers of America
Miss Garnet Williams Wins Soprano Class A Title
IS BEST SINGER SLOUSTER April 11 Miss Garnet Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Williams of Tampa Florida and granddaughter of Mrs Anna Jonas of that city a former Glouster resident won the Soprano Class A in the state high school musical festival held at Tampa on March 24 A picture of Miss Williams appeared on first page of the Tampa Sunday Tribune of March 20 Miss Williams mother was for Merry Miss Evelyn Jonas of this
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Slouster
Garnet Williams
J. E. Williams
Tampa
Fla
Anna Jonas
Glouster
Miss Williams
Tampa Sunday Tribune
Evelyn Jonas
Mrs Gibbs Wednesday Birthday Dinner Noted in Jacksonville
Relatives and friends gathered at Mrs William Gibbs home on Sunday April 6 to celebrate her sixty first birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Guy Griffin Palm Beach Mr and Mrs James Gibbs Dayton Ohio Mr and Mrs Claude Reed and children Mrs Martha Burley Mrs Hannah Tucker Mr Arthur Love Mrs Hiram West Biepore wrath Mr and Mrs George Wellston Mr and Mrs James Love Millfield Mrs Delia Wane Mrs Mary Brown and daughters Grace and and Mrs William Gibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
William Gibbs
Guy Griffin
Palm Beach
James Gibbs
Dayton
Ohio
Claude Reed
Martha Burley
Hannah Tucker
Arthur Love
Hiram West Biepore
Kiwanis Education Talk Highlights Glouster Meeting
GLOUSTER April 11 A Kiwanis education talk by M M Bryson opened the regular meeting in the M E Church social room. Despite pay night attendance was small. Rev F E Roberts and Miss Burness Candoo sang a vocal duet. Dr C A Pride won the attendance prize. A Board of Directors meeting will be held Monday night at Attorney George W Rose office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Rose
Masonic Lodge Holds Entered Apprentice Degree Meeting
In Bishopville Lodge No. 470 F and A M a stated communication on Thursday night apprentices were advanced in the Entered Apprentice Degree. Bishopville Lodge is noted as the oldest in the district and parent lodge to nearby Trimble Corning and Glouster lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Bishopville Lodge
Trimble
Corning
Holmes Held on Intoxication and Obscene Language Charges
W A Holmes of Glouster was arrested by Constable George Love and arraigned before Justice C W Wilson. He was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication and sentenced to thirty days in jail for obscene language in the presence of a woman. Arrangements were being made to pay the fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
W. A. Holmes
George Love
Holmes
C. W. Wilson
Brook Park Grade Crossing Crash Kills Husband
Mrs. Bertha Smith 32 remains in Berea Community Hospital after a grade crossing crash in Brook Park that killed her husband Lloyd Smith 1 last night.
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Cleveland
Bertha Smith
Berea
Brook Park
Lloyd Smith
Youthful driver held in deadly accident
Victor McIntyre aged 16 will be held for grand jury action in connection with the death of 17 year old Hilda Strausbaugh who died after being struck by the youth's car officials stated today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
U.2
Victor McIntyre
Hilda Strausbaugh
Musical Comedy Opens Strongly at Ohio University
Sunhine Inn musical comedy by the Ohio University Comedians impressed audiences with striking costumes and snappy songs in Memorial Auditorium. Principal cast Edwin J. Smith Lawrence Rhodes Fred Beach Howard Blaine Louis Shaw Henry Harding John Williams Robert Ferguson Harry Mahan Vincent Jukes and John Wilson drew praise for acting and dancing while the chorus energized the show despite uneven ensemble unity. The production will be repeated tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Inn
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Edwin J. Smith
Lawrence Rhodes
Fred Beach
Howard Blaine
Louis Shaw
Henry Harding
John Williams
Robert Ferguson
Harry Mahan
Vincent Jukes
John Wilson
Beach
Harding
Shaw
Rhodes
Smith
Mahan
Wilson
Jukes
Williams
Ferguson
Middleport High School to Represent at Apple Blossom Fete
A girl from Middleport High School will represent the school at the Apple Blossom fete in Pt Pleasant. April 16, Miss Vera Russell and Kathryn Juhling received large votes. The Hore Economic club and other high school members will attend an Ohio University program in Athens Friday, chaperoned by Miss Darst, a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport High School
Pt Pleasant
Vera Russell
Kathryn Juhling
Hore Economic Club
Athens
Ohio University
Darst
Meigs County Briefs Include Illness and Local Sports
Mrs Delbert Williams of Vale Street is seriously ill with appendicitis. Albn Radford, brother of County Recorder Freda Radford, broke an arm in Pittsburgh. Pomeroy High School forms a tennis club as Nelsonville visits Saturday. Clerk G H Webster moved into a $6 000 home at Union Avenue known as the Curt Weaver property. Miss Cady Whaley of Whaley Dental and Meigs County Woman's Republican Club chair is seriously ill. Rh M Tyree of Pomeroy sues for 1250 owed by R C Baldorson dated March 22 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Delbert Williams
Vale Street
Albn Radford
Freda Radford
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
G. Webster
R. C. Baldorson
Landowner Injured As Tree Limb Fells on Him
Gilbert Jacobs of Union Avenue sustained a fractured left arm in two places when trimming trees. He cut a branch of a tree that became lodged on another limb, causing both limbs to fall on him while he stood on the ground.
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Pomeroy
Gilbert Jacobs
Union Avenue
Partition Petition for Athens County Real Estate Acres
James V. Jones files in Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio a partition petition against Edwin R. Jones and others seeking division of three described tracts of land in Ames Township and Athens County. First tract covers 148.46 acres with metes and bounds. second tract contains 101 64 acres. third tract begins in Ames Township as surveyed in 1840. Petitioner Erwin R. Jones resides at 73 Princeton Avenue Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin R. Jones
Princeton Avenue
Chicago
Ilinois
James V. Jones
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Edwin R. Jones
Athens
Ames
Sec. No. 18
C. Purchase
Ames Township
Range No
Town No
Ohio Company
E. H. Moore
Property description and notice in Ames Township Ohio
Legal notice outlines a land parcel in Ames Township Athens County Ohio with measurements, boundaries and exceptions totaling 38.40 acres with a 2 acre exception described, requiring Erwin R Jones to answer by April 19 1930, Carl H Valentine attorney for James V Jones. The description references Drapers Run and Amesville Road and a centerline fence across land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Township
Athens County
Ohio
Federal Creek
Drapers Run
Lewis Carpenter
Amesville
Federal
Wm. Fleming
James H. Jones
Drapers Rund Bridge
James H Jones
Amesville Road
Erwin R. Jones
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case No 14455 The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association vs Harry Gibson and Winnie Gibson will sell at public auction May 3 1930 at 1 PM at the courthouse Athens Ohio Deanville property part of Lot No 1 619 feet from corner 30 feet north Greenlawn Cemetery. Premises appraised at 600 dollars. Cash required day of sale. Sheriff William Williams Deputy Wayne Wingett Attorney Emmett Keenan.
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas
Nelsonville Home and Savings Association
Harry Gibson
Winnie Gibson
Athens
State
Ohio
Yorktown
Greenlawn Cemetery
Deanville
Probate notices list multiple Athens County estate accounts
The probate court of Athens County Ohio schedules hearings on numerous estates with second final and first accounts filed from March to April 1930 and guardianships including Nellie Ziggafoos for Darrell Ziggafoos Ralph L. Scarlett Jr Eva Brown Marguerite Rowan and Basil Alonzo Jones with hearings set for May 1930 and presiding Judge R M Johnson Probate Judge 4-11-30tw
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Athens County
Ohio
Mary Baughman
John Wesley Bau
George W. Dean
Harvey J. Humphrey
George F. Starkey
J. F. Starkey
C. Sherman Minor
Eli Rife
Maggie C. Townsend
Nathan C. Townsend
Soen
Frank Thomas
George Brown
Co.p. Wallace
Isaac Wagner
Press Frost
Preston D. Patton
Delbert M. Bosworth
Mont Bosworth
Thomas M. Bosworth
Nellie
James Tabler
J. W. Wade
Lulu Brown
R. W. Pinsterwald
Destaeet
Eva Tewksbury
John Martin
Grace M. Hubler
Frank Stephenson
Bertha H. Daggett
Richard V. Daggett
Lorella Tippie
Warren
Alberta Tippie
Robert W. Jones
Basil Alonzo Jones
M. Johnson
Over-Worked Women Praise Orange Brand Tonic
Mrs R L Seamon of Huntington West Virginia testifies that Orange Brand Tonic and Nuggets restored her strength and appetite after weakness and nervous exhaustion. She notes her son improved similarly and credits the remedies with calming nerves and better sleep. Sold by Lash's Drug Store and others nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Seamon
Piedmont Road
Huntington
W. Va
Lash
Two Pairs of Brothers Indicted by Grand Jury
Jackson on April 11 reports two pairs of brothers were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges. The case names and specifics were not fully released in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Ohio hearing on motor transport certificate for routes
Public notice from Stewart Ohio lists application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate motor transportation between Athens and Fro. with a 2 ton truck. The plan covers weekly round trips Athens to Stewart and Stewart to Fro with specified routes and asks interested parties to request hearing details from the Public Utilities Commission in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Winner
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Motor Transportation Company F
Athens
Irost
Stewart
Fros
Public Utilities Commision of Ohio
Columbus
P. T
Elm Stree
Ohi
Jones Laughlin to Celebrate 100th Steel Tow on Ohio River
A Jones Laughlin tow will pass down the Ohio River on April 19 to honor Pittsburgh’s 100th tow shipped by the firm. The 6,000 ton barge will stop along the river with visitors, explanations of shipment potential, and souvenirs, ending in Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jones
Laughlin
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Memphis, Tenn
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W. S. Koester
214
W. A. Craft
Sunday Creek Valley
Fila
Bryson
Axminster
Swansons
Carl H. Valentine
William Williams
Wayne Wingett
Emmett Keenan
Elberfeld
Chas, G. Millikan
Optometrist
Millikan’s Jewelry
Masonic Building
Virginia Theatre
Wellston, O
Pathe Presents
Morton
Downey
Morton Downey
Peerless Thrush
Broadway
Marilyn Miller
Sally
Bennett
Bennett Company
Bennetts
Rogers
Jones & Laughlin Co
Logan, Ohio
Vincola Ling
Glouster O
Parker Bros
Bank of Athens Bldg
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