Walk Street Sewers Plan Approved By Council In Pomeroy
POMEROY WPA project for improving streets sidewalks and storm sewers approved in special session and to be submitted to the Athens WPA office. Total cost about 60000 with materials and equipment 22101.78, federal share 4326, sponsor share 17775.78. Plan covers 2 to 3 miles of sidewalks gravel tar surfaces on Cole Ave High St Wright St parking lot surfacing Mulberry Union Second Butternut Court Lynn Sycamore and Brick Streets and a storm sewer from Fourth St to Brick and Lasley Sts.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Athens
Cole Ave
High St
Wright St
Mulberry Ave
Union Ave
Second St
Butternut Ave
Court St
Lynn St
Sycamore St
Brick St
Sugar Run Creek
Fourth St
Brick and Lasley Sts
Middleport Merchants Boosters Plan Homecoming Event
A Middleport Business Men’s Association report says every merchant was contacted and 100 percent membership is assured, bringing the group to 53 with more to come. The drive aims to promote a summer home-coming celebration and possibly a permanent booster body.
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Middleport
W. H. Juhling
William Grate
Coughenour Funeral Held at Cheshire
Funeral services for Betty Jo Coughenor were held at her parents home in Cheshire. Local residents and relatives gathered Sunday afternoon as Rev. Reed officiated. Several visitors from Huntington, Vinton, and Gallipolis joined for the funeral and associated calls.
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Cheshire
Betty Jo Coughenor
Clarence Coughenor
Reed
Sidney
Ray Quickle
Will Quickle
Vinton
George
Mulford
James Rothgeb
Huntington
N. R. Rothgeb
Nancy Boatman
Washington, D. C
Will Chapman
Myrta Perkins
Kenneth
Gallipolis
George Mulford
Stanley Ward
Clara June
J. H. Starcher
Louise Roush
Ora Sayre
Clara Ward
Ella Rothgeb
H. M. Snider
Ora Pullins
Kananga
L. J. Bumgarner
Ten Mile
W. Va
Cora H. Webb
Percy
William Mere
Juanita Bumgarner
Helen Vanzant
Co Us
Coughen
Everette Long
Clarence Gilmore
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Police and State Patrol Conduct Traffic Check
Police assisted by state patrolmen checked traffic Tuesday evening focusing on car lights and licenses. Three intoxicated individuals were jailed while two more were ordered to report to the mayor. No minor-violation arrests were made and drivers with faulty lights were ordered to repair immediately. Local officers plan strict enforcement of the one eyed driver law soon.
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Pomeroy
Miss Compton to reign as Trail Queen
Miss Marcella Compton of Pomeroy, a Cleveland student, was chosen as Queen of the Blue and Gray Trail by the association's executive committee. She will join the Benton Harbor Blossom Queen delegation in Pomeroy for a 6 o'clock banquet at Hotel Martin and appearances at Bendvue Theater and Temple Theater before a public dance at the Junior High School Auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Marcella Compton
Cleveland
Blue and Gray Trail Association
Compton
Richmond
Benton Harbor
Mich
Elizabeth Sau
Bendvue
Temple Theater
Middleport
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Meetings
Mr and Mrs Elmer Grueser entertained at a 6 oclock dinner in Minersville for their first wedding anniversary. Attendees included Edmund Gruesser and daughter Theodore Grueser Bradford Maag William Grueser and Flora Dell Russell. Meigs Youth Council to meet at Pomeroy Senior High School at 730 this evening led by Carl Hutchinson. Rural youths invited. Mr and Mrs Claude Mitchell of Florida visiting Emmett Window Chester Road. Charles Fisher and daughter back in Charleston after visiting Koehler sisters on Butternut Ave.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Grueser
Minersville
Edmund Grueser
Theodore Grueser
Bradford Maag
William Grueser
Flora Dell Russell
Meigs
Carl Hutchinson
Claude Mitchell
Florida
Emmett Window
Chester Road
Charles Fisher
Charleston
Koehler
Butternut Ave
Meigs County Summer Camp Plans Progress
Plans advance for a summer camp for underprivileged Meigs County children, run by the American Christian Army on the Cooper farm between Syracuse and Racine. Tents, furnishings, and money are invited via Capt. Carson Racine Route 1.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Christian Army
Cooper Farm
Syracuse
Racine
Capt. Carson
Route 1
Vendor cure praised for indigestion relief in Ohio testimonial
Mrs Myrl Clevinger of Route 3 Lancaster Ohio credits Vendor with ending years of indigestion and constipation. She reports improved appetite, no stomach distress, and clear head after taking the herb remedy endorsed by local druggists Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Drug Store.
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Myr Clevinger
Route 3
Lancaster
Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Hickman's Drug
Nelsonville
Petition from 645 pupils backs Middleport pool project
A petition with 645 names from first grade onward was presented to Mayor William Robson this week. The signatories, enthusiastic supporters of the proposed swimming pool, went on record in favor of the project.
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Middleport
William Robson
Divorce Action Filed by Mrs Ella Manley in Cheshire Township
Mrs Ella Manley of Cheshire Township near the Meigs County line at Carlton filed for divorce from Carl Manley in 1906 alleging neglect and cruelty. She is mother of seven.
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Gallipolis
Ella Manley
Carl Manley
Cheshire Township
Meigs County
Carlton
Hoskins Family Easter Dinner in Deanville Honors Kenneth
Mr. and Mrs. Wid Hoskins and family hosted Easter dinner in Deanville honoring son Kenneth of Pontiac Michigan. Guests included Oliver and Eugene Hoskins Nelsonville and Sugar Creek families Frank Lewis and children Roy Bill Jo Ann Paul Hoskins and children Donna Ruth Teddy Robert Hoskins and Billy Willie Lowery. Afternoon visitors were Lenox Lenox McCombs Vivian McCombs of Happy Hollow.
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Wid Hoskins
Deanville
Kenneth
Pontiac
Mich
Oliver Hoskins
Nelsonville
Eugene Hoskins
Frank Lewis
Roy
Bill
Jo Ann
Sugar Creek
Paul Hoskins
Donna Ruth
Teddy
Robert Hoskins
Billy
Willie Lowery
Lenox
Walter Lenox
Charles McCombs
Vivian
Happy Hollow
Athens Relief Jobs Boosted
County relief headquarters report about 1 420 men placed on WPA projects in two weeks after mine shutdowns. About 95 percent are miners with 100 more expected to be certified this week. From federal surplus supplies 540 bushels of mid west apples arrived for relief distribution.
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County Relief
Athens County
Works Progress Administration
Fred Shafer
Athens
Marshall College Baseball Team Stops in Middleport
Cam Henderson and 12 Marshall College players stopped in Middleport for dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe while en route from Athens after yesterday afternoon defeat by Ohio University.
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Middleport
Cam Henderson
Marshall College
Mary Jane
Athens
Ohio University
Middleport Shakespeare Club to Present Stage Scenes
Students from the junior and senior Shakespeare clubs under Mrs. Gene Wyatt will perform scenes from famous plays at the High School auditorium on Tuesday May 3. Nan Fisher, Allyn Rothrock, Norma Jean French, and Dick Mathews are among those cast with others in the Elizabethan program.
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Middleport
William Shakespeare
Queen Elizabeth
Romeo and Juliet
Titania
Macbeth
Shakespeare
Gene Wyatt
Nan Fisher
Queen Bess
Allyn Rothrock
Norma Jean French
Juliet
Dick Mathews
Romeo
Carla Clark
Charles Swindler
Katherine
Petruchio
Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Parent Teacher Association
Columbus Visitors and Missionary Society Meet
Mrs Frank Bracelin from Columbus arrived for an indefinite visit with her sister Mrs Val Reynolds who is recovering from illness. Her daughter Mrs Wm McGruthers and Mrs Mace Nutter also from Columbus accompanied her. Reynolds daughter Mrs Gerald Rupe and granddaughter Patricia joined them in Magadore. The Sanborn Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met fifteen members at Mrs Paul Smarts home for a weekly monthly devotional led by Mrs Effie Hundley.
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Columbus
Frank Bracelin
Val Reynolds
Alumni Association Leaders Distrib t ickets in Three Cities
Mrs. C. O. Fisher president of the Middleport Alumni Association and Mrs. Cedric Clark visited Pt. Pleasant Hartford and Ravenswood to distribute tickets for an upcoming modern dance concert.
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C. O. Fisher
Middleport Alumni Association
Cedric Clark
Pt. Pleasant
Hartford
Ravenswood
D of A Syracuse Plans Meeting Change and Rally
Daughters of America of Syracuse will meet Wednesday evening instead of Thursday. Four candidates are ready for initiation. A covered dish luncheon will follow. The D of A Council plans a rally in Chester on May 27.
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Syracuse — Daughters of America of
Syracuse
D. of A. Council
Chester
Meigs County 4-H Club Work Is Now Being Organized
Meigs County Farm Agent and Extension Service plan a year of 4-H activity to engage boys and girls in farming and home enterprises. Reedsville and Tuppers Plains communities organize clubs with rose garden and flower projects. Committees led by Lee Henderson and W. S. Swett coordinate plans across Orange and Columbia townships with community input and support from Grange and Farm Bureau.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
The
Grange
Farm Bureau
Four-H
Reedsville
Garden Club
Tuppers Plains
Lee Henderson
Harry Guthrie
Lora Stella Findling
Mable Swartz
Helen Woode
Orange Township
Alfred Grange
Columbia Grange
W. S. Swett
Eddie Lou Howery
Dorothy Morrison
Ada Belle Trainer
Mina Dodson
Columbia Township
Mrs Hamilton Improving After Fall At Home
Mrs. Hamilton who suffered injured ribs and bruises from a fall at her home is improving. Miss Marjorie Hughes who received a severe knee cut in a fall at the school grounds is under treatment for infection after stitches closed the wound.
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Middleport
M. J. Hamilton
Marjorie Hughes
Civic Club Auxiliary Plans Bake Sale and Park Bench Purchase
The Civic Club Auxiliary outlined a bake sale for Saturday April 30 at Sanitary Grocery. They also discussed buying an iron bench for the rest park planned between the Armory and Courthouse, funded by a parade prize. A casserole dinner was proposed for May 24 at Mrs. C. E. W. Downie’s Lincoln Hill yard.
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C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Camel Tobacco Preference Cited By Planter
Harold Craig explains his choice of Camels based on tobaccos used. He notes Camels use more expensive tobacco and that Camel outperformed his last crop. He adds that most planters he knows share the view and confirms he smokes Camels.
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Bill Graham
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Edward Estes
Roy Jones
Harold Craig
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Miss Compton
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Navy
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Middleport Social Notes
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Roy Easterling Jr
Bell
California
Marguerite Stone
Bobby
Barsotti
Race St
Andre Parrish
Walter Windsor
Florence Burnside Arnett
Kieth McClung
Guy Reynolds
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
W. G. Davis
N. Third Ave
Walter Harris
W. T. Moore
Oscar Roedell
Harris
Church of Christ
Sarah Sidenstricker
Rutland
Garen Stansbury
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Charles Coffee
Coffee
Thuse Hamilton
Babe Dale
Carroll Swanson
Arthur Covert
Mayme Byers
C. W. Ramsey
Fred Sanders
Mgr
By Wesley Green
Mrs. Hamilton Better
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Columbia
Ime
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Trent
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