Meigs County High Students Set Friday Test at Harrisonville
Meigs County High School students will take a county wide test Friday afternoon at Harrisonville. W Frank assistant county superintendent announces two pupils from each school will be chosen per subject to compete. Top scorers advance to district tests and may earn scholarships to state universities.
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Leigs County High School
Imeroy
Stu
Harrisonville
W. Frank
Rom
Ens
Arge
Meigs County
Eddie Lou Howery
Jney Parker
J. W. Frank
School Band Members Pose for Yearbook Photos
I D D L E P O R T members of the school band their drummer Jack Abbott and their leader Ordon K Harris had pictures taken last night after school for the high school yearbook preliminary work of which is nearly finished
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Jack Abbott
Ordon K. Harris
Te High School
Glad I'm Alive and Legal Notice in Ohio Court
An advertisement praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestion and energy. A legal notice in Athens County Ohio states a petition to establish the presumed death of Cyrus Brookins after an absence of over twenty years, with a hearing set for May 4, 1939, at 10 o clock A M.
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Athens County
Hio
Cyrus Brookins
Chauncey
Thens County
Ohio
Easter social notes and local notices from Middleport
Middleport hosts Easter breakfast after sunrise at Church of Christ with the Laugheads and Elberfelds plus family guests. Cedric Clark’s Contract Club hosts two visitors and high scorers Webster and Hobstetter. Local updates include visits, travels, hospital stays, and a Legion revue with regional participants.
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Middleport
R. B. Laughead
Church of Christ
Pomeroy
Alfred Elberfeld
Mary Elizabeth
Frances
Richard
Willis Aleshire
Herbert Chambers
Richard Chambers
Marcus Chambers
Robert
Cedric Clark
Manning Webster
Frank White
Webster
Edison Hobstetter
Junior Shakespeare Club Dance At Pomeroy
The Junior Shakespeare Club hosted a dance in Pomeroy last night attracting many younger guests. Esther Bowen and Gladys Bowen attended as part of the Gardner and Vroman couples. Clarence Boster traveled from Gallipolis for the event. Also note a Music Club rehearsal at Heath M E Church with a preceding business meeting.
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Shakespeare Club
Pomeroy
Nelson Gardner
Esther Bowen
Gallipolis
John Vroman
Gladys Bowen
Clarence Boster
Woman's Music Club
the Heath M. E. Church
Prayer and police note and principals meeting
Police chief Charles Wise Jr is ill at home on S Second Ave. A prayer for strength asks for guidance and service to others. Adeline Parker signs the piece. Gallia Academy High School may be represented by Principal Carl C Byers as principals meet in Columbus April 21 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inl
Charles Wise, Jr
S. Second Ave
Columbus
Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia Academy High School
Carl C. Byers
Sewing Machine Clinics Aid Meigs County Women
County agents run sewing machine clinics to help farm women and their children clean adjust and operate old and new machines boosting home sewing. Twenty one machines were overhauled across Harrisonville and Columbia school with origins including grandmothers and one over 60 years old. Five more sessions are planned with groups invited to bring six or more machines for aid at local grange halls and schools.
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Wesley
Green County
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harrisonville
Columbia School
Reedsville- Long
Reedsville School House
Salem Center
the Star Grange Hall
Alfred
Alfred Grange Hall
Rocksprings
Rocksprings Grange Hall
Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grange All
Three Couples Are Licensed To Marry
Three marriage licenses issued in probate court list James Daniels 23 and Janice Collins 21 of Milport, Percy Summers 21 of Stewart and Mildred White man 21 of Albany, plus Joshua Turben 69 of Tuppers Plains and Sarah Edwards 67 of Harrisonville. Birds nest in skunk cabbage to deter intruders with its foul odor.
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Pomeroy
James Daniels
Janice Collins
Middleport
Percy William Summers
Stewart
Mildred C. Whiteman
Albany
Joshua Turben
Tuppers Plains
Sarah Edwards
Harrisonville
Corning News Notes and Local Social Roundup
Corning Ladies Auxiliary met for a birthday party and lunch at Wilson Tea Room. Rebekahs practice planned after the lodge session. Local personals include visits to Columbus and Springfield with multiple families noted. Funeral attendance for Arthur Wooley. evangelistic revival noted at United Brethren church.
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Corning—Ladies Auxiliary
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Wilson Tea Room
Wingett honors James Spencer on 20 day navy furlough
Mr and Mrs E A Wingett hosted a 6 pm dinner for nephew James Spencer on a 20 day US Navy furlough from the fleet air base at Cocosolo Panama. He will be stationed in Santiago California indefinitely after leaving Monday. Several relatives and friends attended the gathering including the Spencers Eaton family and the Watsons Adeline. Other locals hosted visits and weekend trips with family in Ohio West Virginia and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
E. A. Wingett
James Spencer
United States Navy
Fleet Air Base
Cocosolo
Panama
Santiago
Calif
Charles.Spencer
Sarah Spencer
Ben
Frank Eaton
Huntington
W. Va
Net Wolf
Robert
Ruth Jean
East Liverpool
Charles Spencer
Adeline Watson
Antiquity
Jack Coffee
Columbus
John Philson
Mabel Coffee
Mother and two children escape fire at small cottage
Mrs Russell Young and two small children narrowly escaped serious injury when their cottage on S Second Ave Middleport was engulfed in flames discovered about 7 45 Monday morning. The blaze started in the bedroom ceiling and destroyed contents including clothing. No insurance on property or goods. the family found shelter with Mrs Young’s parents.
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Middleport
Russell Young
S. Second Ave
Ruby McKendree
Youngs
Young
William Foley
Chester Garden Club Plans Meeting at High School
Chester Garden Club will meet at the high school building on Wednesday evening April 12. Organized March 31, the club lists 12 members led by Mrs. Garen Stansbury and Mrs. John Duerr of Middleport.
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Chester
Chester Garden Club
Garen Stansbury
John Duerr
Middleport
G. L. Michael
Everett Hayes
Clarence Roecher
Edna R. Dean
B. K. Smith
Ella Wipple
Clyde Calvert
Ernest Knight
J. C. Meredith
Ray Morris
Elma Smith
Mary Virginia Mora
Herman Oaken
Tipton
Iowa
Elmer Kautz
Victor Will
Columbus
Howard Knight
Ernest Brown
Parkersburg
John Frank
R. C. Windsor
Akron
Vern Cleland
Kathryn Bailey
Ohio University
J. S. Bailey
Ray McDonald
Ward Hayes
Dwight Keebaugh
E. A. Keebaugh
Emma Betzing
Joe Bailey
Bert Cole
John Stiles
Horton Smith
Hensonville
New York
Clarice Cleland
Pomeroy
William Cleland
Margaret Emma Wood
Marie Ferrell
Marion Wood
Darrell Cleland
Hannah Cleland
Charles Myers
Donald Myers
Long Bottom
Marsh
Reverend Brown
M. E. Church
Charles Pyles
Jack Eiselstein
Hazel Walker
Russell Hayes
E. R. Hayes
Lucille Smith
Rutland
E. R. Smith
County Allocates 4222 for WPA Work Sponsorship
Sum of 4222 dollars was appropriated by the county commissioners to meet the sponsor's contribution to WPA work. The action followed an informal conference with County Surveyor Theodore Beegle and commissioners Arthur Beeble and Herb Riggs. The move aims to reduce uncertainty about WPA operations in the county and lifts a previously low county share.
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Pomeroy
Commissioners’ Journal
Arthur Beeble
Herb Riggs
Theodore Beegle
Firemen Redecorate Quarters Paint Life Saving Boat
In Middleport volunteers completed the first coat of bright red paint on a river life saving motor boat and redecorated quarters at City Hall. A boat trailer was finished, connections to the fire truck made, and the outfit’s first test run given on the Ohio River. Two more coats will follow as the committees led by Mayor Robeson and Chief Wise continue collecting contributions.
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Middleport
Volunteer Fire Company
Ohio River
William Robeson
Charles Wise, Jr
John Vroman
David Jenkins
Jacob Turner
Bradfield Hudson
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Gatherings
Members of the J O F Class of Simpson M F Church hosted guests at Mrs Dey Hysell’s home with Mrs Nellie Tracy assisting. Plans were made to serve the Chamber of Commerce dinner at the church on April 18 and a soup sale report was given.
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Warren Bright
Fern Gilmore
Butternut Ave
Pomeroy Banker Speaks to High School History Class
Hobstetter of Pomeroy National Bank spoke to Senior American history students at Pomeroy High School for forty five minutes about the federal reserve system.
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Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Pomeroy High School
Hobstetter
Federal Reserve System
Wildlife hunted for skins predominates in Australia
Kangaroos, lizards, seals and snakes are hunted mainly for their skins rather than meat, reflecting a trade focus on pelts over edible products.
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Atarrisonville
Francis Dpd. White
Dorthy Frank
Puty
Middleport Social Notes
Mabel Race
E. E. Stansbury
Myrta Musser
North Third Ave
Ernest Burton
Richard Hayman
Chicago
Hayman
Herman Ruffner
Frederick Buxton
Charleston
Winifred Buxton Skidmore
Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld
Champaign
Ill
University of Ilinois
William Anderson
Francis Anderson
Esta Heines
Viva Russell
Toledo
Eugene
Pat) Baldwin
Cuyahoga Falls
Baldwin
Ripley
H. L. Redcay
T. A. Russell
S. Third Ave
Earl
Pete) Feeney
Marine Hospital
Cleveland
Feeney
Peter Feeney
Legion TO Give
American Legion Hall
Keith Lovewell
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Pt. Pleasant
Marietta
Legion Hall
Cline Matthews
Charles McElhinney
H. L. Redeau
Lawrence Taylor
Ile
Marquisette and
Net
Adeline Parker
Albany, O
Corning
Ferell Miskell
Herman Forsbach
Maxine Barnett
Helen Shonkwiler
Doris
Harry Murray
Juanita Priest
Elizabeth Murray
Mary Baxter
Bucyrus
Elsie Exenkemper
Charles Schlingerman
Morgan Walters
Lance Hodgson
William Jenkins
Perry County
New Lexington
Lora Longley
Alice Brown
Mae Rodgers
Charles Lanfrank
Mary Hettich
Miles Debney
Arthur Wooley
Ringgold
Wooley
Merle Levering
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Winnie Mindigo
Edith Moritz
Portsmouth
Edith
United Brethren Church
S. W. Ross
Zelda Wernick
Nelsonville
Fred Eickel
Logan
Harry Schottlekorb
Jess Fry
Melvin
Bud) Walter
CCC
Donley Edwards
Janet
Mae Burns
Zanesville
Racine Social Notes
Bert Smith
Will Ihle
Charles Spencer, Jr
City of
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
William Stewart
Dayton
Dan Stewart
Walter Stewart
Bonnie Miles
Freeland Norris
Charles
Ed O'Conner
Louisiana
John Davis
Warren
Ray Byers
Davis
Point Rock Social Notes
Fishbaugh
W. Union Street
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Ralph Kuether
Elizabeth Huber
W. A. Compton
Carlotta Compton
Staunton
Loren Caverlee
Franklin Caverlee
Mary Miller
Lasley St
Harriet Ohlinger
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Dolphina Humphreys
Geneva Humphreys
Velma Geary
Delbert Chase
Delphos
Pomeroy Banker
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Inet
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation
Eed Tan
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