Epidemic of Spinal Meningitis Subside in Meigs County
In Meigs County the spinal meningitis outbreak near Rocksprings Fairgrounds shows no new cases, with deaths and recoveries noted. Camp Meigs CCC members Dale Jacobs and Carl Davis recover, and quarantine periods in March are described along with Camp surgeon Lt. Kohrman. Good Friday services set for Pomeroy Episcopal Church with Easter Sunday Choral Eucharist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Beeen
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Dale Jacobs
Carl Davis
Jacobs
Davis
Meiga
B. M. Kohrman
Meigs
Gallia County
Clarence Mumford
Camp Meigs
CCC
Marriage of Rosa Cowdery to Wesley Jones in Keyport
Long Bottom resident Ira Cowdery announces the marriage of his daughter Rosa to Wesley Jones of Keyport New Jersey. The ceremony occurred Sunday April 7 at Reno Christian Church the church’s first wedding in its 100 plus year history. The bride wore a white taffeta gown and carried peach and cherry blossoms. About fifty attended the wedding. The couple's reception followed at the Cowdery home. A serenade and social gatherings preceded the couple’s Washington D C wedding trip and plans home in Keyport with close friends and family awaiting further celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Ira Cowdery
Rosa
Wesley Jones
Keyport
New Jersey
Holman
Reno Christian Church
Washington, D. C
N. J
Loyal Berean Class of Middleport Hosts New Members
Members of the Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ Bible School in Middleport held a party Tuesday night at the church to welcome 15 new members and four who joined the class during evangelistic meetings. Rev. F J Gardner gave the principal talk and the meeting date was changed to the third Tuesday each month. The class will meet next Tuesday evening, April 23, with refreshments to conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Berean
Church of Christ Bible School
F. J. Gardner
Re Live That Biggest Thrill Circus Day
Ay Ian recounts a memorable circus day with vivid moments and crowd energy. The piece highlights performances, map of acts, and personal reactions capturing the spectacle and awe.
Circus Day in 1935 Big Top Portraits at Madison Square Garden
Youngsters gaze at a 1935 circus display in New York's Madison Square Garden captured by NEA Service photographer Robert Payne. The scene highlights dazzling performances, animal acts, and a glamorized travelogue of a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocious Animales
Young America
Robert Payne
NEA Service
New York
Madison Square Garden
NEA Servier, Inc
Middleport Social Notes Include Visits and Repairs
Household furniture of Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Bailey arrived and will remain in storage for the Presbyterian manse. Misses Nettie Fern and Ethel Badgley of Gravel Hill visit Bucyrus relatives. Mrs. Walker of Huntington stays with her daughter Mrs. C. T. Shumaker. Mrs. D. A. Howell hosts her bridge club with Mrs. J. A. Kent and Mrs. Elizabeth Hartinger as guests. high score to Mrs. J. B. Downing, second to Mrs. Theodore Reed. Oscar Fugate recovering after a surgical operation in Columbus per word to his sisters Mrs. G. D. Sauer and Miss Lettie Pugate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. C. Bailey
Nettie
Fern
Ethel Badgley
Gravel Hill
Bucyrus
Elizabeth Hartinger
J. B. Downing
Theodore Reed
Oscar Fugate
Columbus
G. D. Sauer
Lettie Pugate
House Essay Winners In Meigs County Announced
Winners of the Federal Housing Administration essay contest in Meigs County are listed. From fourth to eighth grade Gertrude Healy of Sacred Heart School Pomeroy took first, Pauline Ritchie of Portland School second. For grades nine to twelve Mildred Bahr of Chester High School won first, Edward Leitwiler of Pomeroy High School second. Seventy two essays were submitted. Judges included C. E. Peoples, Rev. Kenneth J. Reed, and L. D. McMaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federal Housing Administration Committee
Best
Gertrude Healy
Sacred Heart
Pauline Ritchie
Portland
Mildred Bahr
Chester High School
Edward A. Leitwiler
Pomeroy High School
C. E. Peoples
Kenneth J. Reed
L. D. McMaster
Easter Visits From Racine Residents
Racine News notes include ERLanger Hospital interne Alien Brown from Chattanooga Tennessee arrives to spend Easter with wife and relatives. Lehigh University student Richard Hayman from Bethlehem Pennsylvania visits with parents. Georgetown medical student Charlie Crow from Washington DC returns for Easter with wife and parents. Happy Hustlers Class of the Methodist Church to hold regular monthly meeting Friday night. Mrs Harold Weatherholt and her son Douglas from Gallipolis visit Emma Jividen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Alien Brown
Erlanger Hospital
Chattanooga
Tenn
Richard Hayman
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Ralph Hayman
Happy Hustlers
Methodist Church
Harold Weatherholt
Douglas
Gallipolis
Emma Jividen
Charlies Crow
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
C. B. Crow
Baer to star as private detective in WEAF NBC series
Max Baer to play a private detective in a 30 minute weekly show on WEAF NBC starting April 29. The program will include a segment recounting his brutal bout with James Braddock on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weafnbc
Jimmy Braddock
Mary Small
Eongs
Minstrela
Rudy Vallee
Walter O'Keefe
Pennsylveniane
Raymond G
Swing
Five To Face Courts In Meigs Co Soon
POMEROY Church Whitlock of Syracuse was jailed after arrest for breaking a gasoline station window and avoiding payment for damages. Richard Fisher pled guilty to radiator theft from George Enzenaver’s truck. fined 100 dollars plus 13 dollars 70 cents costs, to be jailed until paid. Mike Curtis Ross Waters and Mose Baumgartner, jailed for intoxication, heard by Mayor Hess. fined 5 dollars plus 8 dollars 70 cents costs and returned to county jail. Church bells are described as refined by tapping the edge to reach the right note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — Church Whitlock
Syracuse
Meigs
Officera
Richard Fisher
George Enzenaver
Squire E. R. Titus
Mike Curtis
Ross Waters
Mose Baumgartner
C. J. Hess
Conneaut Recruit Plans Trip to Poland After Camp Meigs
Anthony Marso wicz from Conneaut, among 73 enrollees at Camp Meigs, was mustered out March 30 and scheduled to depart April 10 for Poland to visit friends and relatives in Krakow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Anthony Marsowicz
Conneaut
Camp
Meigs
Poland
Krakow
Heavy Crop Losses From Recent Freeze
The district suffered extensive agricultural damage from the freeze. Early fruit losses were reported and Mary clover fields were frozen. W. M. Cowdery and son Marion lost 4000 tomato plants in cold frames with artificial heat. A 16 degree night caused further animal losses as Marion Cowdery faced over 200 pullets suffocated by a small fire in the threshing house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Cowdery
Marion
Marion Cowdery
Aged Woman Found Dead in Her Home on Plum Street
Miss Katie Wehe aged 74 was found dead Wednesday at her Plum Street home where she lived alone since her sister Emilie Wehe died March 11. Neighbors report she had influenza Tuesday. No close relatives survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Katie Wehe
Plum Street
Emilie Wehe
Transfer Officers Pomeroy and McCoy Relocated to Malta and Marietta
Engineer Arthur Truelson and forester Neal McCoy, formerly at Camp Meigs, have been transferred. Truelson moved to Malta on April 13 and will serve at the Veterans CCC Camp, after joining in November 1934. McCoy left for Camp E-57 at Marietta on April 15, having been at Camp Meigs since September 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Arthur Truelson
Neal McCoy
Camp Meigs
Malta
Marietta
Truelson
Veterans’ CCC
McCoy
Radio Schedule Highlights From Thursday's Lineup
The program guide lists two dozen broadcasts across the day starting 2:00 School of the Air and 3:00 Vic and Bade. Highlights include 9:30 Dreams Come True and 6:15 Bachelor of Song with Phil Harris’ Orchestra. The late slate features Moon River, Helen Trent, and Uncle Sam’s air news segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of the Air
Vic and Bade
Ma Perkins
Birobryer
Betty and
Bob
Dorvites Ponce
Mary Bother
Betty
Blair
Calone
Cook
Jack Armstrong
the Norseman
Phil Harris
Orch
Lowell Thomas
Sam
Abner
Rudy Walter
Paul Whiteman
Wilmington
Manny LaPort
Barney Rapp
Harris’ Orch
Barney Rapps Orch
Moon River
Columbia System
Marie
Helen Trent
Cleveland
Harrisburg
Loretta Lee
Adventure Hour
Betty Barthel
Carlton and Shaw
Bobby Benson
Kaltenborn Badits
Edwin C. Min
Court of Relations
March of Time
Hollywood Hotel
Stoopnagie End Budd
Gene Marveys
Predae Berrens
Roganeti
Ha Dornberger
Enrollment Opens for 42 Meigs County CCC Camp Applicants
Meigs County will select 42 men ages 18 to 25 for a government conservation camp. Enrollment is Saturday at 9 30 at the County Relief Office. If filled, the group departs April 23 to Camp Knox Kentucky for a two week training period. Eligible re-enlistment applies to those previously in CCC camps not more than 13 months after an honorable discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Knox
CCC
Easter Services At Bates Church This Sunday
Bates residents heard Easter services announced for Sunday night April 21 at 7 30 with dialogues recitations and a choir pageant. Rev Ray Huff filled his appointment last Sunday as local church news noted. Mrs Mary Sams died at her Bates home Sunday night of heart trouble. funeral was held Wednesday at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATES
Ray Huff
Russell Oxley
Dick Moore
McClannahan
Frank Martin
Pleasanton
Holly Thomas
B. W. Kenney
Mary Sams
Huey Senator May Speak in Cleveland to Avoid Fees
The Cleveland venue weighs hosting Huey Long who reportedly seeks a no admission charge appearance. His secretary indicates the senator could speak here if fees are waived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Huey
Baptist Reverend Kreager Preaches at Midvale Church
The Rev. F C Kreager will again lead services at the Middlepart Church next Sunday. Sunrise services were previously held and the pageant titled The Dawning will be presented. Evening services begin at 7 30 with a special program planned throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Kreager
Ann
Middleport Pond And Social News Update
Middleport social notes report on residents including Mrs D S Farmer Walter Major visiting relatives in Pomeroy and Mason City. Locust’s Marvin Keily shows slight improvement at Wegser Hospital while Carla ama daughter of Mrs C W Clark remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport 4
Ner
Pomeroy
D. S
Walter Major
Bert Chambers
Mp Parley
Mason City
Wymonia
Marvin Keily
Wegser Hospital
Timves Critiva
Carla
C. W Clark
Soy Nue
Literary Club Meeting Notes At Sixth Avenue Hostess
A literary club gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Hartinger featured a roll call on current events. Miss Vivian Cole read a note on Harvey Allen and Miss Cole announced the next meeting on April 25 with Mr and Mrs At their home to be entertained. Fred M will read Backward by Edward at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Migborn
I Hartinger
Harvey Allen
Vivian Cole
Fred Mens
Edwan
Daylight Hours Change Ends Streak of Short Mornings
A fragmentary item notes a shift in schedules with a focus on daytime hours and lighter mornings. The sparse text hints at a calendar or clock-related change affecting routines. No clear names or places were readable.
Friday Radio Schedule Full of Musical and Talk Programs
A detailed Friday broadcast lineup lists numerous hours of music, orchestras, and talks including Betty and Bob, Jackie Heller, Ted Weems, Phil Harris, Maine, Moon River, Maine, and Mrs F D Roosevelt appearances. Many acts and times are shown with minor OCR errors.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs Co
Miss Rosa Cowdery
Sat
Lowe Brothers
Carpenter
Nelsonville
Logan
Ay Ian
First Baptist Church
Bertha Mygatt
L. L. Lyons
Charles Sauer
Beatrice Ward
Roe Brown
Racine News
Max Baer
Herbie Kay
WJZ
NBC
Floyd Gibbons
Wallace
George Hensberger
Paul Revere
WEAF
Brahms
WABC
CBS
Seville
Spain
Buffalo
WIZ
Boston
A. A
Calvary
Salvation Army Band
Dick Messner
Vera van
Dick Tracy
Myrt
Marge
Pisin Bill
Venny Venvis
Boake Carter
Stevens
Keefe and Cray
Shelvador
Crosley Electric
Crosley
Wheaton Hardware Co
Federal
Meigs CCC
Bates Church
Baptist P
Reeoy
F.C. Kreagy
Port Church
Sundgl
Middleport Pond
Pomeroy ‘Ae Personal Motion
Sparton
Vic and Sade
S. Marine Band
Birnbryer
Barker
Mary Sothern
Mery Alcott
Jackie Heller
Tim Mealy
Sam and Abner
Red Cave
Walts
Macy
Redio News
Our Friends
Mel Snyder
Jan Garber
Ted Weems
Barney Repp
Maine
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