County Tractor Owners Meeting Attracts Crowd
More than 300 persons from Meigs County attended the tractor owners meeting at the R V Ebersbach Motor Company last night. Veterans groups and local officials participated while a film Waves of Green celebrated American agriculture and land grant schools. Awards went to Ada Hoskins Joe Bowles Wayne Prince and Bernice Prince as sandwiches coffee and drinks were served.
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Middleport
Meigs County
R. V. Ebersbach Motor Company
Vo Ag
Harrisonville
Tuppers Plains
Rutland
C. E. Blakeslee
United States
America
Ray
Opal Mulford
Ada Hoskins
Pomeroy Route 1
Joe Bowles
Albany
Wayne Prince
Bernice Prince
Long Bottom
al Russell
Pomeroy School Head Warns Ohio May Lose Its Teachers
W A Smith the Pomeroy School superintendent warned Ohio could lose teachers to West Virginia if the legislature does not approve a higher salary schedule. He said 20 Ohio communities have pay scales clearly inferior to West Virginia including Ironton Chespeake Gallipolis Middleport Chauncey and Belpre.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Columbus
Steubenville
Athens
Ohio-West Virginia
West Virginia
W. A. Smith
Smith
Ohio Education Association
Ironton
Chespeake
Gallipolis
Middleport
Chauncey
Glouster
Nelsonville
Marietta
Belpre
Woodsfield
Bridgeport
Martins Ferry
Bellaire
Mingo Junction
Wellsville
Lisbon
Salem
Leetonia
East Palestine
California prisoner memorizing testament at Folsom
James Wyatt, an inmate at Folsom State Prison serving time for attempted robbery, memorizes the New Testament. He can recite about two thirds and hopes to finish before parole eligibility in the fall. He attends chapel services and learns about 132 words daily, including the entire book of John.
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Folsom State Prison
Calif
James Wyatt
Wyatt
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Property Trades
Meigs County records list transfers including Elizabeth Jenkins and others to Joseph J. Davis for lots in Middieport. Salem Township parcels shift from E W Peoples to Isaac H Barrett and Edna B Barrett. Multiple acres change hands in Olive Salisbury Rutland Lebanon townships with several named parties and executors involved.
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Elizabeth Jenkins
Anne Jenkins VanAtta
Stanley L. VanAtta
Daniel C. Jenkins
Katharine M. Jenkins
Joseph J. Davis
Kathleen B. Davis
Middie
E. W. Peoples
Katharine S. Peoples
Isaac H. Barrett
Edna B. Barrett
Salem Township
Oliver E. Bailey
George Buckley
Olive Township
Emma M. Will
Dayton F. Will
William A. Morgan
Gladys J. Morgan
Pomer
Lebanon
Clyde H. Ferrell
Ruby D. Ferrell
Ina Ferrell
Saiem
Meigs County 4-H Notes Recap March April Meetings
Meigs County 4-H clubs report multiple gatherings from March 4 to April 9. Reedsville Pioneers with ten members held elections and demonstrations. Alfred Junior Cloverettes elected new officers and set dues. Chester So and Sew Club organized and assigned projects. West End Stars elected officers and planned the next meeting. Better Livestock Club discussed camp fundraising and fair booths.
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Reedsville Pioneers Club
Barnett
Florida
Humphrey
South
Theodore Reed, Sr
Nolan
Alfred Junior Cloverettes
Alfred Grange Hall
Betty Nelson
Chester
So and Sew Club
Knight
West End Stars Boys
Howard Strong
Jack Bolen
Meigs County Better Livestock Club
Tuppers Plains Community Notices and Visits
Local brief with multiple society items from Tuppers Plains including funeral attendance in Charleston West Virginia, hospital visits in Athens, visits by Leo Cole and Mrs Boggess improving, church activities at the Christian Church, several family visits among the Newland and Arbaugh households, and ward updates. Parking meter receipts show $231 for the past week reported by the secretary to the mayor.
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Tuppers Plains
W. W. Bragg
Charleston
W. Va
Mamie Watson
Harley King
Nora Koehler
Arthur Watson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Leo Cole
East Liverpool
Tiltie Reed
Guy Boggess
Ine B. Maffett
The
Christian Church
Athens High School
Rubai Caldwell
Frank Cole
C. C. Newland
Viola Newland
Cooper
Maxine Conn
Maryhelle Watkins
Garnet Bartholmew
Carl Watson
Dayton
C. ©. Newland
Marietta
W. W. Broge
Jack Weatherman
Wayne Brickles
Sumner
Bragg
Methodist Board of Trustees
Loretta Arbaugh
John Arbaugh
Clyde Headley
Donald
Adda Boggess
Phyllis Newland
Truman Russell
Sidney A. Spencer
Senior Class Kickoff Activities At Middleport High
Middleport High School seniors start a week of events by attending the Junior Senior banquet and dance hosted by the junior class. The Parent Teacher Association will serve the banquet with co-chairs Mrs. Paul Smart and Mrs. Harold Chase.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Paul Smart
Harold Chase
Property Sale Is Announced in Mid dleport Business District
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Davis announce the sale of the Martha Dawson Seyfried building and corner lot on N. Second Ave in Middleport. Heirs Elizabeth Dawson Jenkins Stanley Van Atta Ann Jenkins and Dan Jenkins attorney sold the property opposite the Masonic Temple to the Davises. The two story brick building will be repaired and redecorated with two apartments planned. Davis will keep his Broadway Street residence and offices elsewhere.
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Middleport
J. J. Davis
Kathleen Bush
Martha Dawson Seyfried
N. Second Ave
Elizabeth Dawson Jenkins
Stanley van Atta
Ann Jenkins
Dan Jenkins
Davises
Masonic Temple
Dawson
Dr. Davis
Broadway St
He Was Probably Late for Dinner
In South Pasadena California Max Riley 22 was cited for 13 traffic violations after officers pursued him for speeding 75 mph and running a red light. They issued tickets for 11 stop signs and two speeding violations. Riley offered no explanation for his haste.
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South Pasadena
Calif
Max Riley
Riley
Shark repellent aids San Pedro fishermen in nets
In San Pedro California a chemical shark repellent in cake form proves a boon for fishermen. A tuna trawler skipper reports netting 100 tons of fish in shark infested waters without a single bite from sharks as the repellent dulls the shark’s taste for prey.
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San Pedro
Calif
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Curtis Jenkinson
Milton Hood
Charles Rayburn
Lyle Hysell
Harold Jones
O. E. McKinley
William Chapman
Glenn i Thompson
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Syracuse
Heisey
Hee & Jewelers
California
Howard B. Mullen
Thrift
Doan
U.S.P
YALE
Gronow
Saybrooks
Walgreen
Epsom
Johnson & Johnson
Eversharp Schick Blades
Julie Mitch
Carol Bachtel
Ruth Chase
Julia Erwin
Everett Bangerter
Dorothy Greenlee
Charles Haskins
Nola Knopp
Shirley Miller
Orch
Mona Lee Oller
Gladys de Vol
Carl Glaze
Donna MacDonald
Pat Saunders
Adrienne Molls
Harry Keig
Everett McDaniel
Carolyn Pierce
Richard Rawlings
Ann Rupe
Eleanor Satterfield
June Smart
Downiegross, Inc
Pomeroy, Ohio
Ohio Valley
Clear Channel
Voice of the
WJEH
Point Pleasant
Meigs Pomeroy
Kim
Errol Flynn
Dean Stockwell
Paul Lucas
Robert Douglas
Bendvue Pomer
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Monte Hale Pauli Hurst
Dynamite Pass
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Ularly
Gray
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Men's Department
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Court St. Entrance
Television Service
George Drarst
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