Middleport Flood Wall Plans Considered Along Pomeroy Bend
Middleport leads interest in a flood wall along Pomeroy Bend with Army engineers drafting preliminary plans for Middleport Pomeroy Syracuse and Racine. A $5,000,000 total cost is estimated and a four percent deposit could yield $200,000 yearly, enough to rehabilitate damaged property and cover expenses without new taxes.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Sheriff's Office
Army
Syracuse
Racine
Woman's Music Club to Present Cantata May 2
Middleport social notes report the Woman's Music Club will stage the cantata The Legend of the Dandelion by Clokey with 30 voice chorus at the final meeting of the year on May 2. Other musical numbers are planned. several local residents are noted visiting relatives or hosting guests over the weekend.
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Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Clokey
Francis Anderson
State Finance Department
Columbus
Parkersburg
John Stevens
S. Third Ave
Lenore Hobart Kent
Michael
Wesley Green
Richard
Athens
Lee McComas
Mr. McComas
J. E. Meas
Carpenter
McComas
Little Hocking
Frank McCoy
Nora
Vesta McCoy
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Heslop Russell
Portsmouth
Harry Mills
S. Fourth Ave
Wayne Wiley
L. R. Wiley
Grant Wiley
Crooksville
Larry Lee
Hold Services for Betty Jo Coughenour
Funeral services for Betty Jo Coughenour were held at her parents home in Cheshire. Attended by many from Middleport and out of town relatives including Calvin Reichman Arthur Covert George Van Zandt Jr and E A Reed with others listed from Middleport and nearby towns.
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Middleport
Betty Jo Coughenour
Clarence Coughenour
Cheshire
Calvin Reichman
Arthur Covert
George van Zandt, Jr
E. A. Reed
Harold Long
F. M. Cluff
C. P
Juanita Bumgardner
Columbus
Myrtle
Georgia Chapman
Huntington
James Titus
Rutland
Beehives Swarm in Captain Jones Yard Signals Summer
Three hives in the yard of Captain Tom Jones indicate summer is approaching. Jones notes swarming activity aligns with past records, a few weeks ahead of previous summers.
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Middleport
Tom Jones
Anglers Flock to Rivers and Creeks
Anglers of all ages flock to the streams as waters clear after the weekend. A vivid cut-out display at McMaster Hardware Store features a life-size youth fisherman in overalls and straw hat, designed by Bob Haggerty. Mr and Mrs Carl Mossman relocate to Chillicothe with their baby as Mr Mossman takes an electric welder job in a large local garage.
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Middleport
McMaster Hardware Store
Bob Haggerty
Chillicothe Middleport
Carl Mossman
Baby
McKay
Cole St
Chillicothe
Mossman
Churches Busy At Week End At Middleport
Morning and evening services at the First Baptist Church drew large crowds with Rev. L. O. Grant of Louisville preaching. Sunday school attendance reached 235, up from last week. The Loyal Pals Class of the Church of Christ presented a large silk flag to the church. The Epworth League District Institute was held in Rio Grande with attendees including Rev. H A Rothrock and Gordon Harris.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
L. O. Grant
Louisville
Paul Smart
Grant
R. N. Barnes
Church of Christ
Edgar Reynolds
Harry Gaskill
United States
H. A. Rothrock
Rothrock
Robert
Gordon Harris
Epworth League
William and
Mary Louise Stephenson
Paul Mourning
Heath M. E. Church
Epworth League District Institute
Rio Grande
Pomeroy Honors Roll Lists For Junior And Senior Schools
The April 15 report from Pomeroy shows honor rolls for Junior and Senior High Schools. It lists named students across Senior, Junior, and Junior High grades, including boys and girls with specific scores and ranks.
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Marie Doralis
Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld
Alice Finlan
Dorothy Hamm
Golda Heilman
Charleen Hines
Violet Long
Alma Schaefer
Ferndora Schaefer
Nancy Schaefer
Betty Ward
Eileen Welker
Jeanne Williamson
Paul Brown
James Ginther
David Goodwin
Thomas Hennessy
Ernest Jones
Paul Kautz
George Massar
Donald Rosenbaum
Alston Tracy
Helen Bolinger
Dorothy Curtis
Helen Cundiff
Frances Elberfeld
Geraldine Flint
June Forbes
Betty Gress
Evelyn Grueser
Virginia Goeglein
Anah Smith
Ladonna Jacobs
Mary Kimes
Kathryn Legar
Betty Leifheit
Maxine Matson
Vivian
Jean Brenick
Alberta Brickles
Tressie Caldwell
Betty Carman
Flora Carr
Dorothy Cook
Marcella Cunningham
Nellie Fugate
Geraldine Gainer
Mary Goodwin
Dorothy Harbrecht
Kathryn Hennessy
Mary Phyllis Hines
Maxine Hoetlich
Edith Kerns
Betty McCarley
Marjorie Moore
Jean Smith
Ann Louise Whaley
Mary Yost
Abbie Warner
Marilyn Young
Ernestine Rea
Nancy Arnold
Lorena Grueser
Wallace Riggs
Eva Simpson
Nora Tracy
Joseph Ohlinger
Martha Smith
Edward Stark
Helen Rhodes
James Roush
Barbara Wildermuth
Louise Burdette
Angie Shain
Tracy Funeral Home Opens With Dana L Tracy Leading
RACINE Formal opening of the Tracy Funeral Home was held Friday evening. Dana L Tracy, formerly of Pomeroy, operates the new establishment. He began in the undertaking business with the Biggs and Martin Funeral Home in Pomeroy and has been a licensed embalmer in Ohio and West Virginia since 1923. He was once a partner in the Cavendish Tracy Funeral Home in Huntington West Virginia.
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Racine
Tracy Funeral Home
Dana L. Tracy
Pomeroy
Tracy
Biggs and Martin Funeral Home
Ohio
West Virginia
Cavendish-Tracy Funeral Home
Huntington
W. Va
Accident Victim Still Seriously Ill Report POMEROY
Carrie Hendricks remained in critical condition after an automobile accident below Middleport Friday morning. Henson mas, the Pomeroy druggist also injured, was reported somewhat improved. Anna Mae Martin and Charles Parsell, hurt on Route 33 near Rocksprings Friday night, are recovering.
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Pomeroy
Carrie Hendricks
Middleport
Henson Mas
Anna Mae Martin
Charles Parsell
Route 33
Rocksprings
POMEROY HELEN GRUESER DIES AT TWO MONTHS
Helen Joan Grueser two months old died Friday at her parents home from complications after a bout with whooping cough. Death followed an illness of several weeks and is recorded in the local notice of a Franklin County family.
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Pomeroy
Helen Joan Grueser
Edmund Grueser
New Haven West Virginia Rapidly Grows Near Pomeroy
New Haven West Virginia, across the Ohio River from Pomeroy, has urbanized rapidly since incorporation in 1935. The 850 resident town built a sewage and water system, a large community building, new fire equipment, and is starting a swimming pool project while hosting a 60 worker electrical receptacle plant.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Pomeroy Bend
New Haven
W. Va
Simpson Rite POMEROY Service Note
Rev Clarence Naylor of Syracuse, assisted by his wife, leads morning worship at Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church. Regular pastor Rev Bright attends a Youth conference at Rio Grande but joins evening services.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Naylor
Syracuse
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Bright
Rio Grande
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Church Events
Pomeroy M E Church groups plan potluck dinner and meeting this evening. Women of the Federated Church to view an electrical demonstration Wednesday at Ohio Power by Mrs Wyllis McMurray. Simpson M E Church holds regular Church Night Friday with dinner and program. J O F Class hosts hostess Mrs Dey Hysell Wednesday. Daughters of the Union Veterans meet at Mrs Mabel Wolfe's home tonight. Marguerite Meyer and Helen Zeiher give a vocal recital at the Federated Church tonight. public welcome.
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Federated Church
Ohio Power Office
Wyllis McMurray
Simpson M. E. Church
Dey Hysell
J.O.F
Daughters of the Union Veterans
Mabel Wolfe
Marguerite Meyer
Helen Zeiher
Firemen Plan Decoration Day Observance in Pomeroy
Pomeroy Fire Association met at the Second Ward Fire House to arrange Decoration Day activities. First and Second Ward crews planned street cleaning in upper Pomeroy while the Third Ward company already started work in Sugar Run and the business district.
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Pomeroy
Sydney Undertaker Runs Monthly Plane Ash Scattering
A Sydney undertaker establishes regular monthly air services to scatter cremation ashes over the ocean. The first flight chartered carried the remains of ten individuals in a single funeral.
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Sydney
Rail Timetable And Air Service At Athens
The notice lists multiple Baltimore and Ohio train departures and arrivals including No 4 Diplomat and National Limited with varied times. It also covers Chesapeake and Ohio schedules and New York Central services both directions. Athens Municipal Airport offers through airline tickets and Airtaxi service with several west east and northbound departures from sunrise to sunset.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Eost Bound
Diplomat
Vanenn Ae Dmr
National Limited
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Senew
Athens Municipal Airport
Airtaxi
A. A
Athens West
East
North
Priming the Pump Will It Work
A historical analysis likens the New Deal stimulus to a farmer priming a pump to raise water. It notes the administration’s $4.512 billion recovery drive and details allocations to Hopkins, Jones, Ickes, Straus, and Douglas as part of the effort to spur spending, lending, and public works.
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Jones
Farmer Jones
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
RFC
Jesse Jones
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
U. S
Nathan Straus
SEC
William O. Douglas
Rock Springs School Closes With Brief Grange Program
Rock Springs school closed Tuesday evening for a short program at the Grange Hall. Teachers and music staff praised include Mr. Musser Mrs. Geneva Joachim and Miss Gladys Kerr. Five girls Betty Eichinger Mabel Brown Elizabeth Biggs Frances Burns ide and Cora White graduated and plan to enter high school next year.
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Rock Springs
Grange Hall
Musser
Geneva Joachim
Gladys Kerr
Betty Eichinger
Mabel Brown
Elizabeth Biggs
Frances Burnside
Cora White
Harley Musser
Harrisonville
Dudley Burnside
Scott Folmer
Helen Radford
Arlie Abbott
Dana Bailey
Wilbur Bailey
Cleveland
Emma Grueser
Charleston
C. C. Douglas
Emmett King
Everett King
Steubenville
Rena King
Donald Collins
Athens
Earl Collins
Harry Smith
Pomeras
Wiliam Grueser
Grange Las
Home Economics Committee
Enterprise
Junior Senior Banquet Set for Friday in Middleport
Announced activities for the week include PTA executive meeting at the High School Monday, Music Club Chorus rehearsal at Heath ME Church Tuesday, Class No 12 gathering at Mrs David Miller's Wednesday, Philathea at Church of Christ Thursday, and the annual Junior Senior banquet to be hosted by Mrs Harry Mills at the High School Friday.
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Middleport
PTA
Willis Aleshire
Heath M E
Heath M. E
David Miller
Church of Christ
Harry Mills
Bishopville Personal and News Paragraphs
Local notes record visits and weekend travel among residents. Olive Ped icord and Marguerite McNally spent the weekend in Crooksville with the Thorps, while Floyd Milhoan and children visited his parents. Several relatives and friends gathered for Sunday visits to McLeish Embrey Palmer Withem and others in Glouster, Corning, Athens, and Alliance.
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Bishopville
Olive Pedicord
Marguerite McNally
Crooksville
Ben Thorp
Floyd Milhoan
John Milhoan
McLeish
Albert Embrey
Embrey
J. W. Palmer
Minnie Mobrehead
Jackson, Mich
J. M. McDonald
Marguerite
Boyd Tucker
Canaanville
W. H. Foura
Corning
Don Withem
Mary Jo
Glouster
Ronnie Davis
Philo
W. H. Hoon
McConnelsville
Chris Day
Frank Bishop
Columbus
Marguerite McDonald
Lena Withem
Ray Mountville
Charles Lefever
Alliance
Inlaw
Phil Ross
Charles Milhoan
Athens
Highway Club
P. M. Smith
Carl Welling
Taylor Ridge
Dwight Smithson
Ronnie
Carol Ann, Glouster
Ivy Clay
Mary Jo, Glouster
Racine Deep Test Well Reaches 1200 Foot Mark
Drillers at Racine have passed the 1200 foot level in an experimental deep oil and gas well and work continues around the clock. Plan is to reach about 5000 feet seeking a strike in the deep sand that feeds the West Virginia field. Meigs County awaits results with high interest, hoping deep gas or oil proves profitable and sparks a local boom.
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Pomeroy
Racine
West Virginia
Meigs County
Racine and
Vicinity
Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Church Events
Syracuse social notes list Miss May Fields returning home to Middleport from Mrs Van Johnson and many visits across Parkersburg Cheshire Huntington W Va Newark Columbus and Columbus area communities. Week end guests include Edna Whetstone Doris Frank Mildred Lisle and others. Church activities feature Presbyterian Star class meeting and revival closures with several conversions. Ball park opener announced for April 24 Chester vs Nelsonville Eagles.
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Syracuse
May Fields
van Johnson
Middleport
John Guinther
Parkersburg
Aia William Guinther
Edna Whetstone
Portland
J. E. Carleton
Joe Conkle
Richard
Cheshire
Pete Betzing
Woodrow Zwilling
S. R. Hendricks
Huntington
W. Va
Hendricks
Louise Neutzling
Wayne Roush
Stanley Covari
Pleasant View
D. B. Williams
Edwin Ryan
Carmicnac
Woru
Newark
Woodrow Hendricks
Franklin and
Norman
Marie Cook
Coolville
W. E. Boggs
Morgan
Nazarene Church
Columbus
Star
Presbyterian Sunday School
Clara Sellers
Ralph West
Donnie
Jackie
Gordon
Adam Lallance
L. D. King
Chester
Nelsonville
Eagles
Doris Frank
Richard Duckworth
Mildred Lisle
Helen
Joanita Quillin
Pomeroy
Theodore Burris
George Phil Ups
Minersville
Chauncey Relief Set to Distribute Food Wednesday
Chauncey residents will receive beans apples and oranges at the city building starting 9 a m Wednesday. Clients should bring containers. Distribution overseen by Mayor W D Hines Marshal Lawrence Reeves Earl Worden Harvey Court ney and William Smart with Dover trustees in charge.
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Chauncey
W. D., Hines
Marshal Lawrence Reeves
Earl Worden
Harvey Courtney
William Smart
Dover
Benefit Movie in Chauncey For Athletic Fund
A benefit show titled See Yourself in the Movies will be shown Monday night May 2 in the high school auditorium. News reels feature Chauncey Dover schools local citizens and places of interest with last year’s pictures. An amateur contest with prize awards accompanies the program. Entry inquiries go to Paul Fiske. Proceeds go to the athletic fund.
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Chauncey
Dover
Paul Fiske
Three Reported Better Following Operation
Chauncey district residents recovering after appendicitis operations last week. John Hill yer and Mrs. Helen Fiske Chauncey at Mercy Hospital, and Emmett Olbers Greens Run at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens are reported to be satisfactory.
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Chauncey
John Hillyer
Helen Fiske
Mercy Hospital
Emmett Olbers
Greens Run
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Dinner guests hosted by Chauncey Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sanders entertained Sunday at home with Dr. and Mrs. C N Sanders and sons Bob and Bill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders and daughter Sandra Lou, and Ray Sanders from Millfield.
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Chauncey
Clarence Sanders
C. N. Sanders
Bob and
Bill
Charles Sanders
Sandra Lou
Ray Sanders
Millfield
Millfield Socials and Visits Highlight Regional Notes
Chauncey Wade and Harvey Wade from Millfield return home after surgery at Grant Hospital Columbus and recover well. Chester Sanders and family visit from Concord. Ray Sanders travels to Columbus to be with daughter Bernice Mertens. Ivan Matheny family from Nelsonville visit Elizabeth Robinett in Millfield. Rev Damon Watkins preaches at Millfield Church of Christ. James Williamson Jr with family in Columbus.
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Chauncey
Harvey Wade
Millfield
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Chester Sanders
Fred Sanders
Concord
Ray Sanders
Bernice Mertens
Ivan Matheny
Nelsonville
Mrs Pauline Jackson Ill. Sees Improvement After Weeklong Illness
Pauline Jackson wife of Andrew Jackson Chauncey is confined at home with illness. She has been ill a week and today was reported improved.
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Chauncey
Pauline Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Mrs Sarah Scott Dies From Hemorrhage in Bradbury
Mrs Sarah Fellen Scott 65 died suddenly at her Bradbury home shortly after midnight Saturday death attributed to cerebral hemorrhage she is survived by husband Winfield Scott and children Genevieve Mary Ben Charles Laura Nellie Jacob and siblings Mrs Alice Shumaker and Mrs Eva Jones and brother Clee Shumaker Funeral services at Bradbury Church Tuesday 10 am with burial in Poplar Ridge Cemetery
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Middleport
Sarah Fellen Scott
Bradbury
Scott
Winfield Scott
Genevieve Scott
Mary Gress
Ben Scott
Columbus
Charles Scott
Gordon
W. Va
Laura
Nellie
Jacob Scott
Alice Shumaker
Poplar Ridge
Eva Jones
Kyger
Clee Shumaker
Bradbury Church
Poplar Ridge Cemetery
Bible Class To Meet At Mrs Donna Thomas Home
Chauncey Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday at 1 30 in the home of Mrs Donna Thomas. Kate Johnson will lead the meeting with Clara Hartley and Lillian Sweeney in charge of the program. All members urged to attend.
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Chauncey — Loyal Woman's Bible Class
Church of Christ
Donna Thomas
Kate Johnson
Clara Hartley
Lillian Sweeney
Chauncey Lodge to Organize Degree Team Thursday
Chauncey Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge will meet Thursday night at the K P hall. A degree team will be organized at this meeting. All members are urged to be present. Grace Stalder is noble grand.
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Chauncey—Forest Rose Reebekah Lodge
Chauncey
K. of P. Hall
Grace Stalder
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