Two Pre Primary Rallies To Enliven Meigs Scene
In Meigs County two pre-primary rallies are planned with one Friday at the Portland school auditorium and a second on Wednesday April 23 at the Rock Springs Grange Hall. County candidates will present themselves in five minute talks with no floor questions. Campaign field includes multiple county races with incumbents and several challengers for boards and offices. Mayor Delmar A Canaday seeks Congress at federal level against Thomas A Jenkins.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Portland
Portland Community Club
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Rocksprings Grange Hall
Board of
Meigs County Commissioners
Dan C. Hartinger
Charles Walburn
Roy Proffitt
Ray Gibbs
Henry Spencer
Common Pleas
Clyde Millhone
O. Jake Gaul
William Stewart
Cedric W. Clark
John C. Bacon
F. Harmon O'Brien
Charles Russell
Russell Bailey
Middleport
J.E.D. Hartinger
Resent
Theodore Beegle
Emmett W. Peoples
The
Common Pleas Court
Grafton Stout
County Board of Commissioners
Arvil Holter
George Meinhart
General Assembly
John D. Thomas
Vingil V. Brown
Henry Ewing
James B. O’brien
Delmar A. Canaday
Thomas A. Jenkins
Local Auto Firm Hosts County Wide Entertainment Night
About 350 guests attended the R. V. Ebersbach Motor Company event last night in Middleport. R. V. Ebersbach, R. E. Bailey, and Frank Pierce of Ohio Tractor Implement Co. welcomed visitors who watched news reels and a film Holiday for Bill, heard music by the Grimm brothers Chuck and Claude of Mason, and enjoyed a Polly Morris Jr impersonation act. Refreshments were served by Al Russell Restaurants. co hosts included Curtis Jenkinson Louis Persons Lyle Hyssell Charles Rayburn William Chapman and Frank Cheesebrew.
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Middleport
R. V. Ebersbach Motor Company
R. V. Ebersbach
R. E. Bailey
Frank Pierce
Ohio Tractor Implement Company
Columbus
Bill
Grimm Brothers
Chuck
Claude
Mason
Robert
Polly) Morris, Jr
Pomeroy
al Russell
Ebersbach
Curtis Jenkinson
Louis Persons
Lyle Hysell
Charles Rayburn
William Chapman
Frank Cheesebrew
Slag Piles in Wales Target Iron Zinc and Lead Recovery
A British company aims to recover 100000 tons of iron and large quantities of zinc and lead from slag dumps near Swansea over 20 years. Western Metallurgical Industries Ltd builds a rotary kiln to treat 1500000 tons of slag and plans to employ about two men, recovering iron annually.
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London
Swansea
Wales
Western Metallurgical Industries, Ltd
Belgium
Rome Township Seeks Bond Proposals For Public Building
Sealed proposals issued by Rome Township Trustees Athens County Ohio for sale of bonds totaling 7000 with five percent interest, semiannual payments, maturing 1900 to 1967. Bids due until noon on June 13 1892 at the clerk’s office. Bids must be for all or part of the issue and include bid amount, interest rate, and a certified check equal to 1 percent.
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Rome
Athens County
Mate
Ohio
Unio
Board of
Board of Townsup Trustees
Board of Township Trustees
Rome Township
Greere County
Pee . Beart
Sonal Township
Athene
Educational Gadgets Hit Proponent Urges Junking Tools
Dr. L. Thomas Hopkins of Columbia University urged the removal of classroom gadgets and restrictions at the Association for Child-Education conference in Philadelphia. He warned that ability grouping and certain patented devices depress children and called for reform to close the teaching learning gap.
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Philadelphia
The
Association For Child— Education
L. Thomas Hopkins
Columbia University
Middleport Motorist Bound to Grand Jury
Orville Millirens, 30, Middleport, bound over to the grand jury under a $40 bond on leaving the scene of an accident after a hearing before Justice Willard Stivers. Millirens pleaded innocent. Homer Warner Jr., Apple Grove, fined $5 and costs for driving left of center near the Pamerov Mason bridge. fine suspended.
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Pomeroy
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Willard Stivers
Middleport
Orville Millirens
Millirens
Leroy Bartrum
Pamerov-Mason Bridge
Delmar
Camaday
Homer Warner, Jr
Apple Grove
Hemlock Grove Visits and Local Travel Notes
Edmund Schultheiss spent a day with Mr and Mrs Robert Price of Marietta. Mrs Doyle Sargent returned home from Holzer Hospital Saturday. Lula Story Columbus spent the weekend with her parents. Mrs Zide Midkiff and son Cecil visited Stacy Stockton at Syracuse. The notes record visits and social calls among local residents and families.
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Hemlock Grove
Edmund Schultheiss
Robert Price
Marietta
Brook Folk
Lancaster
Dorsey Smith
Doyle Sargent
Holzer Hospital
Clay Bryan
Middleport
Ziba Midkiff
Cecil
R. V. Heilman
Bunkerill
Orville
Midkiff
Nelsonville
Wi Bur
Lula Story
Columbus
Jewell Story
Zida Midkiff
Porter Midkiff
Stacy Stockton
Syracuse
Holter
Nease Settlement
Stanford Stockton
Zibe Midkiff
Local Notices and Family Updates Involving Garvin and Associates
Mrs. William Garvin learns their daughter Mrs John Jones Albany is ill. Birth announced for a great grandson to Mr and Mrs Cooper Strausbaugh at Hol zer Hospital. Mrs Dalley Wood visits Wolf Pen with granddaughters while Leo Davidson hospital stay. Jim Jackson adds a saw mill to his business. Harold Newman and Mayme Bishop of Columbus spend weekend with John and D E Wood. William Garvin builds new garage.
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William Garvin
John Jones
Albany
Charles McGinnis
Cooper Strausbaugh
Holzer Hospital
Dalley Wood
Wolfpen
Leo Davidson
Jim Jackson
Harold Newman
Mayme Bishop
Columbus
John Bishop
Wiliam Garvin
D. E. Wood
PTA Meeting Highlights And Upcoming Athens Conference
Pomeroy Central School PTA met with Dr. William Jeric discussing narcotics. Officers elected include Mrs. Kelton president and Miss Harriett MelIntosh treasurer. The group announced an annual conference next Wednesday at the Athens Presbyterian Church and honored Miss MelIntosh’s fifth grade with the attendance banner.
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Pomeroy
William Jeric
PTA
Pomeroy Central School
Everett Thomas
Presbyterian Church In
Athens
Aaron Kelton
Kelton
Max Folmer
Dayton Phillips
Harlan Wehrung
Harriett MelIntosh
MelIntosh
Thurma Milhone
Jerec
Lucille Swackhammer
Swackhammer
Easter visit fills Mulberry Ave Elberfeld home
Easter visitors gathered at the Elberfeld residence on Mulberry Avenue. Guests included Jacob Elberfeld and family from Westerville Ohio, Earl Elberfeld and children from Logan, and many relatives from Chillicothe Marietta Parkersburg and Pomeroy. Luncheon was served to extended family including grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Elberfeld
Mulberry Ave
Jacob
Sara Ann
Margaret Jo
Edward
Westerville
Ohio
Earl Elberfeld
Harold
Susan Martha
Sandra
Logan
Martin Elberfeild
Robert Lytle
Janice
Jeff
Chillicothe
E. W. Siddall
Alfred
Michael
Marietta
William Downie
Billie
Emma Mees
Alfred Elberfeld
William Anderson
Bill
Johnnie
Jimmie
Robert Elberfeld
Allan
Stevie
Parkersburg
W. Va
Easter Dinner at Reedsville Host Harry Pickens
Harry Pickens hosted an Easter dinner at his Reedsville home on Sunday. The centerpiece featured a white iced cake with candy eggs, flanked by lighted crystal candles. Guests included Mrs. Gladys Meredith and son Chuck of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Maxine Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pickens, Mrs. B. M. Tyree of Racine, Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Stanier of Pomeroy, Harold Laurer of Middleport, and Miss Fay Pickens, Miss Grace Pickens.
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Reedsville
Harry Pickens
Gladys Meredith
Chuck
Pittsbugh
Maxine Whitehead
Warren Pickens
B. M. Tyree
Racine
P. E. Stanier
Pomeroy
Harold Laurer
Middleport
Fay Pickens
Grace Pickens
Mr. Pickens
Methodist luncheon to fund youth trip to Cincinnati
The ways and means committee of the United Methodist Church Pomery will host a noon luncheon next Tuesday in the church dining room. Proceeds support Youth Fellowship members traveling to Cincinnati to visit Methodist agencies. Committee members include Mrs Wildermuth Tompkins Hy sell Baker Gordon Hill Gibson Morris Barnitz Werry and Ebersbach. Lunch is open to the public from 11 am to 1 pm with ticket sales by fellowship members.
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Gladys Gibson
Robert Morris
W . Barnitz
John Werry
Cliffert Ebersbach
Fellowship
Pomeroy Visits Florida Residents on Winter Tour
Mrs RT West and Mrs Agnes McGreevy returned from a two month Florida trip. They stayed in Ft Lauderdale and Sarasota with the Ebbers bach, in Miami with the Manes, and in Lakeland with Cot Thomas C Deniela, a cousin of Mrs McGreevy.
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Pomeroy
RT West
Agnes McGreevy
Florida
Ft Lauderdale
Sarasota
Mra
Edgar Ebersbach
Miami
Raymond Manes
Lakeland
Mra McGreevy
Cot Thomas C. Deniela
Funeral services for Albert J. Fick held at Ewing Funeral Home
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Ewing funeral home for Albert J. Fick with Rev. Harold F. Hess of the Federated Church officiating. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Fick and daughter Ceres Ann Lakeview, plus Philip Fick, Miss Magdalene Fick and Minnie Frances Daniels of Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Miller and...
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Ewing Funeral Home
Albert J. Fick
Harold F. Hess
Federated Church
Albert E Fick
Ceres Ann
Fire destroys Farmers' Feed Co. in Minersville blaze
Officials estimate damage between 70 000 and 90 000 as the Farmers' Feed Co. factory in Minersville is gutted by fire. Fire Chief Henry Werry notes investigation not yet complete. The Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department and emergency squad responded, with the squad answering three calls Monday night and Tuesday morning including a heart attack at the Pomeroy Pastry Shop.
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Pomeroy
Farmers’ Feed Co
Minersville
Henry Werry
Births and visits mark week in local families
Kingsbury announces the birth of a daughter Grace Lorraine on April 11 at Meigs General Hospital. Blaine Farley and wife welcome Karen Sue born April 12 at Meigs General Hospital. Numerous gatherings include Beal, Young, Swisher, Henderson, Harrison, Carr, and Murray families hosting relatives in Gayton, Grove City, Downington, and surrounding areas.
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Kingsbury
Virgil King
Meigs General Hospital
Grace Lorraine
Blaine Farley
Karen Sue
Honduras Tops Banana Exports Another Year
Honduras leads global banana production and exports, with a vast yearly output spanning numerous shipments and trade events. the industry anchors the nation’s agricultural economy and international trade presence.
Mrs Higley Dies at 86 in Rutland Area
Mrs. Louie M. Higley 86 wife of the late James Higley of Rutland died at a daughter’s home in Los Angeles. She spent most of her life on the Higley farm in Rutland and later lived with her California daughter. Survivors include son Bernard R. Higley and daughter Mrs Gladys Heidergott. The body will be flown to Columbus then brought to Rutland for funeral at 2 PM Saturday at Chase Funeral Home. Burial in the Higley family cemetery on the farm.
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Pomeroy
Louie M. Higley
James Higley
Rutland
Los Angeles
Calif
Higley
Higley Farm
California
Bernard R. Higley
Alfred Wilson Foundation
Columbus
Gladys Heidergott
TWA Airlines
Chase Funeral Home
Robert Linter
Easter Visit Ties Middleport Grads
Two Middleport High School graduates and former neighbors spent Easter together. Cpl. Gerald Anthony son of Mr and Mrs Willis Anthony of Ft Benning Ga guest of Malcolm Mickey Miller Middleport pitcher in a baseball training camp in Columbia. Lee Miller son of Mr and Mrs Gail Miller was also mentioned.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Lincoln St
Cpl
Gerald Anthony
Willis Anthony
Ft. Benning
Malcolm
Mickey) Mil’er
Columbia
Lee
Miller Is the
Son of
Mr. and
Mrs
Gail Miller
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Deowble
Ewingeway
Ewing
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Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller Street
Elberfelds
Professor Derides
Pomeroy Social Notes
Rose Mary Ward
Charlies Ward
E. T. Greenlee
Shreveport
George Shiveler
Jay Myers
Elbert Williams
Kingwood
Helen Mees
Herbert Davis
Paul Davis
Munich
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Uswin Nease
Foster Dewitt
Morgantown
Lester Terrill
Tommy
Anne
Toledo
William E Claar, Jr
Jackson
Edward Parfitt
Union Ave
Henry Hang
W. W. Bracy
Weatherman
Pomeroy Personals
Phillips
St. Pomeroy
Stanley Beal
Roma Beal
Lucille Beal
Gayton
Noel Young
Robert Swisher
Russell Henderson
Chester Henderson
Olen Harrison
Grove City
Lyda Car
Ralph Carr
Russ Hoffman
Weber Wood
Dane Murray
Alice Murray
Downington
Harold Burnside
Dama Murray
Rhonda Brickles
Roy Brickles
Wayne Beal
Republic of Honduras
Geo
Ohio Valley
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Babe Ruth Story
William Bendix
Babe Ruth
Claire Trevor
Charles Bickford
Sam Levene
William Frawley
Gertrude Nelson
Clifton Webb
Shirley Temple
Belvedere
Joseph Cotton
Linda Darnell
Two Flags West
Tyrone Power
Wanda Hendrix
Prince OF Foxes
Wayne Morris
Lola Albright
Sierra Passage
Miling
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Plymale-Wagner CO
Gallipolis, Ohio
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens, Ohio
Anthony. Miller
Howard B. Mullen
AR As
Two Young TO
Kiss
van Johnson
Jane Allyson
Paula Corday
Father Dale
Captain Blood
Temple Middleport
Frank Sinatra
Jane Russell
Groucho Marx
French Motor CO
Walnut St
H. J. Hysell
H. J. Hysell Furniture Co
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