Relief Kitchens Provide Aid During Middleport Flood Emergency
Middleport mayor and Red Cross official Sidney T. Russell set up relief kitchens in the First Baptist Church basement and William Robson garage Gravel Hill to feed workmen and officials evacuating families. By Friday noon about 50 families were moved from high water districts using county and village trucks.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
American Red Cross
First Baptist Church
William Robson
Gravel Hill
High Water District
Citizens Committee
Russell
Charles Murray
Horton Brown
Paul Swisher
George Hoeflich
Brad Hudson
Robert McElhinny
Calvin Reichman
Wayne Gibbons
B. F. Parmalee
E. O. McKinley
Edward Tewksbury
Wilbur Ashley
Everett
Bachner
Francis Anderson
David Jenkins
John Vroman
Tom Mills
Eddie Dempskey
Norman Wayland
Elmer Burns
James Daniels
Henry Hennesy
Emmett Shuler and Co. P. Bradbury
Reedsville Flood Delays Mail Delivery and Funeral Plans
Reedsville suffered flood delays with the last mail from the B and O at Belleville on April 13. Water peaked at 58 feet on April 15, halting travel and cutting off outlets, while burial for Pfc. Charles Robert Crislip was postponed to April 25. Local residents, churches, and families were mentioned amid the flooding impacts and long reach of travel disruption.
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Reedsville
B&o
Belleville
Ohio
Messenger
Lock 20
Pfc
Charles Robert Crislip
Columbus
C. M. Crislip
Ida Kibble
C. E. Humphrey
E. J. Humphrey
Ethel Stout
Tuppers Plains
Alice Dean
Edward Chevalier
Mansfield
Guy Spencer
James Stalnaker
Akron
Bert Shumway
Charles Morris
Parkersburg
L. B. Sisson
Marietta
Helen Wolf
Chester
Chester Grange earns third in state history contest
Chester Grange No. 2609 placed third in a state Grange history contest. local entry by Mrs. Pearl Mora. Meigs Pomona history won first. Betty Lou Genheimer and Dorothy Holter announced results. April 13 meeting admitted new members and planned to complete degree work over two meetings.
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Chester
Chester Grange No
Pearl Mora
Meigs Pomona
Betty Lou Genheimer
Dorothy Holter
The
Grange
Red Cross and
Cancer Drive
Donna Holter
Norma Wright
Dale Kautz
Betty Mora
Opal Efichinger
Harry Holter
Kate Karr
Marie Koblentz
Purley Karr
Birthday party for Alberta Bitters postponed
The birthday party for Alberta Bitters nine year old daughter of the Rev and Mrs Albert Bitters scheduled for Saturday April 17 has been postponed to Saturday April 24. The event was to be held at the Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
Alberta Bitters
Albert
Bitters
POMEROY Church Services Postponed by Eastern Star
Church services for the Pomeroy Chapter 186 Order of the Eastern Star in the Episcopal Church Sunday have been postponed until further notice.
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Pomeroy
Order of the Eastern Star
London firefighters swap brass helmets for leather headgear
The London Fire Brigade replaces brass helmets with leather headgear to reduce electrical shock risk as leather is a non conductor. In New England the majority of farm houses are about sixty years old based on recent estimates.
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Illinois
London Fire Brigade
New England
Jump Saves Father and Daughter on Rail Line
Clarence Lewis, former Middleport resident, and his young daughter Judy Ann were in a car stalled on a railroad track in Columbus. He leapt clear with Judy Ann as an oncoming train struck the vehicle, saving their lives. A Columbus paper published pictures of Judy Ann and the wrecked car.
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Middleport
Columbus
Clarence Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Judy Ann
Lewis
Local Visitors Reported From Pomeroy And Jackson
Mr and Mrs Richard Elberfeld were business visitors in Jackson last week Mr and Mrs Fred Groff have returned to their home in Cleveeland after visiting relatives in Pomeroy for a few days
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Pomeroy
Richard Elberfeld
Jackson
Fred Groff
Cleveeland
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