Tomato Blight Reported In Southern United States
Late blight continues to damage tomato and potato crops in the southern United States. Reports from Louisiana Florida and Texas note active blight in greenhouses and field spots with spraying using Dithane and copper. The Ohio State extension recommends immediate fungicide use Zerlate for early blight and fixed copper for blight.
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United States
Pomeroy
Meigs County
T. H. King
Ohio State University
Louisiana
Lafayette
Florida
Tampa Bay
Terra Ceia
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Sanford
46 Piece Middleport Band Presents 19th Annual Concert
The 46 member Middleport school band under Bernard Krinke performed its nineteenth annual concert in the school auditorium. New instruments funded by the Band Booster Club enhanced a two part program of marches overtures and medleys with notable pieces and a guest conductor Charles Gorby. Jim Roller and Charles Tewkesbury were featured with solos as awards were given to band members and a record player was presented to Krinke.
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Middleport
Bernard Krinke
Forsythia
James Roller
Hadyn-North
Frangkiser
Clarke
Charles Tewkesbury
Dorothy Chase
Yoder
Victor Herbert
Berlin- Yoder
Sousa Yoder
Charles Gorby
Bagley
Callen
Gorby
Ohio University
Athens
South Charleston
W. Va
William R. Grate
Cleveland Music Publishing Company
John Fultz
Dan Magrew
Krinke
Hazel Hawkins
Carolyn Clark
Sara D. Hartley
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Jane Bailey
James Whitlock
Dorothy Scott
Bruce Bingham
Joan Kircher
Kenneth Sauer
Colleen Waddell
Joan Gilmore
Geraldine Ward
Emma Jane Buell
Glen Glaze
Paul Holter
Patricia Kennedy
Janice Lyman
Grace MacDonald
Carla Owen
Sarah Palmer
Robert Richards
Ruth Russell
Raymond Walburn
Mr. Krinke
Ronnie Walters
Misses Hawkins
Clark
Charlene
Currier Ives Discussed at Middleport DAR Meeting
Middleport group of Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. R. A. Miller's home to discuss Currier and Ives history and prints. Attendees presented works and plans for next year were outlined by WWG president Ferne Badgley.
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Middleport
Currier & Ives
Jonathan Meigs
R. A. Miller
S. Third Ave
Daisie Saunders
Charles H. Harris
the Messenger
Ohio University
Athens
Harrison
J. Edward Foster
Mary Carolyn Miller
D. C. Miller
Dorothea Reed
Pomeroy High School
DAR Good Citizenship
F. J. Reed
Effie Warren
John Chase
Columbus
Maynard Davis
Meigs
Ann Simpson Davis
Charles Baird
India
Passenger Returns from California Trip on Oakland Columbus Flight
One of 52 passengers aboard a four engine airliner from Oakland to Columbus. Mrs W M Boring has returned from a three month visit with her daughter. Mrs Boring sister of Mrs Charles Butcher, Grant Street, spoke enthusiastically about the California climate and her return trip on the plane which traveled at five miles a minute.
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Oakland
Calif
Columbus
W. M. Boring
Layette Shower Honoring Mrs Searles at Mrs Johnsons Home
In compliment to her sister Mrs Asel Searles Mrs Lynford Johnson hosted a layette shower Thursday at her home. After gifts were opened a dessert course followed with pink and white decorations featuring a stork. Guests included Mesdames Bertha Mygatt John Zerkle Homer Rice Paul Haptonstall Charles Karr Floyd Daniels Thomas Hendrix Helen Hudson Martha Hudson Arthur Price Homer Johnson Herbert Fink Miss Wilma Price Polly Karr and co hostess Mrs Edward Price.
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Asel Searles
Lynford Johnson
Mesdames
Bertha Mygatt
John Zerkle
Homer Rice
Paul Haptonstall
Charles Karr
Floyd Daniels
Thomas Hendrix
Helen Hudson
Martha Hudson
Arthur Price
Homer Johnson
Herbert Fink
Herbert Fink, Misses Wilma Price
Polly Karr
Mrs
Edward Price
First Baptist Church Groups Report Week Activities
The Young Missionary Society met Thursday at Mrs. Delbert Rice's home and the World Wise Guild gathered at the church. Mrs. William Beaver led the Missionary group with devotionals by Mrs. Charles Pomeroy. Mrs. Rice read a missions paper and plans for a May mother and daughter tea were discussed. A box for charity was mentioned in the evening.
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First Baptist
Young Missionary Society
Delbert Rice
World Wise Guild
William Beaver
Charles Pomeroy
Rice
Local social notes from Detroit and beyond recount visits and guests
The column records Sara Dobbs' six week Detroit stay with Mrs. Muriel Ripple and other visitors returning home or traveling to Columbus Syracuse Gallipolis and Steubenville. It notes relatives guests and influenza illness affecting activities with multiple families from Middleport Akron Findlay and Charleston among those mentioned.
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Sara Dobbs
Detroit
Muriel Ripple
N. Fourth Ave
Ripple
Muriel Vale Stobart
Middleport
A. R. Pullen
Palmer St
Edith Joachim
Albert Young
Pomeroy
Columbus
Hilltop Minstrels
Leo Phillips
William Bradford
Lawrence Bradford
M. G. White
Charles White
John K. Smith, Jr
Akron
J. K. Smith
Sixth Ave
G. W. Frank
Tewksbury
Syracuse
Arthur Skinner
Eleanor Schaaf
Youth Center
Howard Cummins
Paul Grueser
Thos
Snowball
Steubenville
Pearl Graves
Body Dilgard
Charles Walburn
Gallipolis
Dwight Frost
George Hayes, Jr
Oklahoma
Harvey French
Findlay
Ohio
Eugene
Warner French
John Pzyck
Charleston
Horton Brown
Hollywood
Calif
Pzyck
Brown
Dairy Talks Planned Across Meigs County Week
A five meeting series in Meigs County titled Improvement in Quality of Cream Produced will run April 21 to 25. The program is a cooperative effort with the Association of Butter Manufacturers supplying food and prizes and the Agricultural Extension Service handling education. Demonstrations by 4-H or vocational students will occur at each meet. Meetings start at 8 p.m. at various school locations and all local milk and cream producers are invited.
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Cc. D. McGrew
Extension Animal Husbandryman
Meigs County
Ohio
Sanna Black
McArthur
Vinton County
Miss Black
Theodore Mora
Chester
C. E. Staneart
Columbus
Norman Heilman
Salisbury
George Wells
Rutland
Emory Powell
Lebanon
John L. Wolfe
Letart
Jackson Production Credit Association
AAA
Farmers Home Administration
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Association of Butter Manufacturers
Agricultural Extension Service
Vocational Agricultural Department
Columbia
Racine High School
Rutland High School
Tuppers Plains School
Chester High
League Plans April 16 Meet
The Izaak Walton League will hold its April 16 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Odd Fellows Hall, Pomeroy. President Rue Tuckerman announces an illustrated talk on conservation by F. J. Reed and reports from National League Convention attendees Rue Tuckerman and Dr. K. D. Amsbury, who recently attended in Chicago.
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Pomeroy
Izaak Walton League
Rue Tuckerman
Odd Fellows Hall
F. J. Reed
K. D. Amsbury
Chicago
Patrolman Gibbs Announces Birth of Son James Randall
Patrolman James Gibbs and wife announce the birth of a son, James Randall, Friday morning at their home in Middleport. Grandparents are Emmett Cole of Glouster and Herman Gibbs of Creston, with the Gibbses already having a daughter Nancy Kay. Mr Gibbs serves in the State Highway Patrol.
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Middleport
James Gibbs
Third St
James Randall
Emmett Cole
Glouster
Herman Gibbs
Creston
Ohio
Gibbs
Nancy Kay
State Highway Patrol
Dinner Planned by Middleport Woodmen at Hall
Middleport Riverview Camp No. 3244 met at Woodmen Hall with Thoresen Byers presiding. A May 2 meeting at the hall with the Woodmen was planned and a potluck dinner was announced by Mrs. Blanche Roller inviting neighbors.
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Middleport
Riverview Camp No
Woodmen Hall
Thoresen Byers
Oracle
Woodmen
Blanche Roller
Ladies Auxiliary to Sponsor Public Games Party
The Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post American Legion will host a public games party at Legion Hall at 8 p m on Tuesday. The event aims to gather attendees for social games and community engagement.
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Pomeroy
Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post, American Legion
Legion Hall
Women's GOP Club Meets at Courthouse
The Meigs County Women's Republican Club met Saturday afternoon at the court house. A large number of members attended the meeting presided over by Mrs. Avery Nelson, Hemlock Grove. Cards were ordered for ill members. The next meeting will be April 26.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Women's Republican Club
Avery Nelson
Hemlock Grove
Pomeroy Leaders Testify On Taxation and Forestry Bills
POMEROY civic leaders W A Smith Theo dore T Reed and Howard Kress attended hearings of the legislature committees Wednesday. Smith spoke against a proposed 6 percent utility tax affecting gas electric and water bills to fund municipalities. Reed urged greater state aid for Meigs forestry projects. The trio also appeared before the education committee on the Daniels Cramer School Foundation bill.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Theodore T. Reed
Howard Kress
Smith
Meigs
Ohio
Reed
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Meigs County
Kress
Ohio Power Co
Education Committee
House
Daniels-Cramer School Foundation
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Wyaconda Council No 18 Pocahontas Lodge Syracuse met at D A Hall Tuesday evening. Initiation was given to new member Mrs Frances Cook. A chicken dinner was served to Mary Hubbard Emma Duckworth Vina Devol Marie Donovan Alberta Hubbard Emma Cook Virginia Quillen Margaret Diddle Ada Slack Anna Blumenauer Blanche Conde Sarah Armes Frances Cook. Next meeting set for April 22.
Past Councilors Hostesses in Middleport Meeting
Mrs Lenna Beards and Mrs Lucille Hawkins along with Mrs Addie Grueser and her daughter hosted Past Councilors at Mrs Lenna Beards home in Middleport. President Mrs Bertha McKenzie presided. Prizes awarded to Mrs Will Eichinger Mrs Bentz Wolfe Mrs Harriet Pullins and Mrs Carrie Meinhart. Dorinda Wilson and Grace Stace attended. Refreshments served.
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Lenna Beards
Lucille Hawkins
Addie Grueser
Gladys
Middleport
Bertha McKenzie
Will Eichinger
Bentz Wolfe
Harriet Pullins
Carrie Meinhart
Dorinda Wilson
Grace Stace
Brownies Tour Local Greenhouse During Wednesday Meet
Brownie Troop No. 5 visited a local greenhouse for an observation tour during their Wednesday meeting. Proprietor Mr. Reuter gave each Brownie a flower plant with planting and care instructions. Leaders Mrs. Robert Peoples and Mr. Gerald Wildermuth oversee the troop.
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Brownie Troop No
Reuter
Robert Peoples
Gerald Wildermuth
Four Generations Gather at Mulberry Ave Family Dinner
A family dinner at the James Smith home on Mulberry Ave brought together four generations. Attendees included Mrs. James Smith the great grandmother Mrs. Helen Hudson Columbus grandmother Mrs. Margaret Adams granddaughter and her daughter Margaret L Adams Raymond Smith Mrs Helen West Jack and Danny West.
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James Smith
Mulberry Ave
Helen Hudson
Columbus
Margaret Adams
Margaret L. Adams
Raymond Smith
Helen West
Jack
Danny West
Pomeroy Socials Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Pomeroy residents host and visit relatives and friends from nearby towns. Shirley Hunnel spent time with cousins Beverly and Sandra Hutton in Harrisonville Road, and guests included the Stephens family and Joella Slocum. Elmer Johnson of Martins Ferry returned home after visits with Bentz Wolfe and William Baxter. Lucy Gibbs of Mulberry Ave. visited Piqua guest Mable Middleswart, with Lucy Scoville of Belpre accompanying. Herbert Spencer, a former Pomeroy resident from Gallipolis, visited Saturday. Harry Sadler of Bridgeport spent the weekend with Bentz Wolfe and William Baxter, with hosts noted during visits.
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Shirley Hunnel
Beverly
Sandra Hutton
Harrisonville Road
Frank Ivey
Jack Slocum
Joella
Watsonville
Calif
Charles Ward
E. Main St
Robert Gardner
Phil Williamson
Chillicothe
Elmer Johnson
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Bentz Wolfe
William Baxter
Meigs Probate Court Issues Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday by the Meigs Probate Court to Sammy Alssio 30 Eskdale West Virginia and Drena Eastham 25 Pom eroy William D Carnes 26 East Sparta Ohio and Mery A Maxin 21 Racine Charles R Ray 21 Point Pleasant West Virginia and Judith Reynolds 21 Hobson Lloyd Lee Barnes 26 The Plains Ohio and Mary Davis 29 Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Meigs Probate Court
Sammy Alssio
Eskdale
W. Va
Drena Eastham
William D. Carnes
East Sparta
Ohio
Mery A. Maxin
Racine
Charles R. Ray
Point Pleasant
Judith Reynolds
Hobson
Lloyd Lee Barnes
the Plains
Mary Davis
Ambulance Trips Reported From Pomeroy Area
Ewing ambulance records show Ben Kester of Mechanic Street Pomeroy taken to White Cross Hospital Columbus for observation Emory Shain of Racine returned home from Holzer Hospital after a fractured hip treatment Mary Kaylor of Long Bottom returned home from Martz Clinic Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Ewing Ambulance
Ben Kesterson
Mechanic St
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Emory Shain
Racine
Holzer Hospital
Mary Kaylor
Long Bottom
Martz Clinic
Man sentenced for grand larceny transferred to Mansfield Reformatory
Donald Clouse of Martins Ferry Ohio was indicted by the Meigs County grand jury for grand larceny at the January term. He was taken to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Saturday by Deputy Frank Clark.
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Pomeroy
Donald Clouse
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Meigs Grand
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Frank Clark
Methodist Church Plans For Week In Middleport
Heath Methodist Church schedules include WSCS meetings this week at the church. Members are asked to bring a dish towel for the kitchen. April Class No 12 meets Wednesday evening at the church. Choir practice is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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Middleport — Organization
Heath Methodist Church
WSCS
Cancer Drive Solicitors Meet Tonight
Mrs Guy Reynolds aiding the county cancer drive sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club spent Saturday in Columbus at a nationwide campaign meeting. Representatives from each Meigs County township are to meet at the high school at 7 30 this evening for Reynolds to give drive instructions.
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Middleport
Guy Reynolds
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Columbus
Meigs County
Student Council Dance Described as Success
POMEROY The Student Council Benefit Dance at Pomeroy Junior High School drew a large crowd. The Music Masters, a band of PHS boys, played. Principal and sponsor Charles S. Gibbs praised the social and financial success of the event.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
PHS
Charles S. Gibbs
Hemlock Grove Garden Club Reports Complete Project
POMEROY The Hemlock Grove Garden Club met at Mrs. Kathryn Hess’s home with 15 members and 6 guests. President Mrs. C. L. Heaton presided as members planned an all day trip to Old Man’s Cave and voted to plant flowering dogwood trees on the Grange lot.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove
Old Man's Cave
Jessie Saunders
Lawrence Roush
Clarence Struble
William Killinger
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Rodney Downing
Gerald Anthony
John Blosser
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Pepsi-Cola Company
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Middleport Social Notes
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Mrs. Searles
Omly Theaters
Meigs Temps
Bendvue
van Johnson
Keenan Wynn
Edward Arnold
Sugarchile
Robinson
Guy Lombardo
Xavier Cugat
Marie Wilson
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Shemp Howard
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Stephen Geray
Buster Crabbe
Fuzzy” St. John
Return OF the Rangers
Tex Ritter
Dave O’brien
BLIND
Ghost Rider
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Women’s Gop Club
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Warners
Ieee Hed Monogram Pictures
Billy Benedict
Bobby Jordan
Bowery
Methodist
Cancer Drive Solicitors
Norito
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Earl Morris
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
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Rob’t. Mitchem
Raoul Walsh
James Mason
Manali One
James Menu
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Hugh Sinclair
Anne Crane
Peter Murray Hill
Dulcie Gray
Barrie Livesey
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