State Grange Initiation Ceremonies Planned in Pomeroy
The Ohio Grange aims to hold a Southeastern Ohio initiation in Pomeroy this fall after a large November convention in Columbus. Walter F. Kirk predicts the Columbus gathering will be Ohio’s largest agricultural convention, with 300 Grangers from Meigs and nearby counties attending the Carpenter Farm picnic.
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State Grange
Pomeroy
Columbus
Ohio
Walter F. Kirk
Grange
State Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Meigs
Vinton
Athens
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs County
Kirk
M. A. Bachtell
Carpenter Farm
Ohio Experiment Station
George W. Kreitler
J. H. Musser
Southeastern
Dexter residents donate 35 to Pomeroy Fire Dept aid
Citizens of Dexter contributed 35 to aid the Pomeroy Fire Department for assistance during the Dexter fire. The report was presented by Clerk Alvin Norris at a Monday night Pomeroy Council meeting. The session was short with no major business discussed.
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Pomeroy
Dexter
Alvin Norris
E C Hall Dies at Home in Great Bend
E C Hall age 69 died at his home in Great Bend Sunday afternoon from complications. Survived by wife Mrs Hall and children Mrs E W Kimes Athens Mrs E P Furbee Mason O Elsie at home D C Hall Canton O I E Erie Pa and M A Cleveland Funeral Wednesday at 2 at Bickner Chapel.
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Pomeroy
E. C. Hall
Great Bend
Pomeroy Couple Announces Circleville Wedding
Mr and Mrs J D Bradford announce the marriage of their son G Kenneth Bradford to Miss Kathryn Bentz formerly of Racine now Columbus The wedding occurred July 13 in Circleville O The couple travel the east and plan to reside in Columbus after visiting Washington and New York and Bradford remains a Columbus teacher Elza White former Pomeroyan visits Newark after a stay with relatives and friends.
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Pomeroy
J. D. Bradford
G. Kenneth Bradford
Kathryn Bentz
Racine
Columbus
Circleville
Washington
New York
Mr. Bradford
Elza White
Pomeroyan
Newark
Eva Bird
Thomas Fork
White
Putland
H. N. Smith
Grand Forest Beach
Bentz Wolf
Helen Amick
Point Pleasant
Robert Warner
Mike McKenzie
Tom Hood
Edith Whaley 72 Dies at Darwin Home
Mrs Edith Whaley age 72 died Sunday evening at her home near Darwin after several weeks illness. She is survived by one sister Mrs Ida Heines of Pratts Fork and two brothers W L Whaley and D A Whaley both of Darwin. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 30 from Burlingham Church with Rev George Henderson officiating. Burial planned in Burlingham Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Edith Whaley
Darwin
Ida Heines
Pratts Fork
W. L. Whaley
D. A. Whaley
Burlingham Church
George Henderson
Burlingham Cemetery
Myers Family Pomeroy Holds Twelfth Lancaster Park Reunion
The Myers family annual reunion will be Sunday at Lancaster Park. It marks the twelfth gathering, previously at Old Man's Cave near Logan last year. The event occurs on the second Sunday in August and includes several Pomeroy area families.
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Pomeroy
Myers
Lancaster Park
Old Man's Cave
Logan
Pomeroy and
Pomeroy Social Notes From Weekend Visits And News
Pomeroy social notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs JL A Person and J B Person of Pomeroy with relatives at Canaanville and Huntington, a postponed missionary picnic at Mrs Ebbersbachs Lincoln Hill home, and guests Clyde and Louise Gloeckner from Columbus. Local items include a hand injury to Raymond Kloes delivering ice, a birthday of a new granddaughter, and several visits between Pomeroy and nearby towns with relatives and friends.
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Pomeroy
JL. A Person
J. B. Person
Earl Person
Huntington
Canaanville
Mrs. Person
Charles Ebbersbach
Lincoln Hill
Ebersbach
Clyde Gloeckner
Columbus
Wm. Waddell
Louise
Sara Margaret Gloeckner
A. A. Massar
Norman Kloes
Lancaster
J. T. McLain
Raymond Kloes
Davis Ice Co
Harry Pratt
Warren
Norman Russell
Paul Casto
Point Pleasant
Beatrice Roush
Maxine Casto
Frank Fugate Sr
Albert Whipple
Ollie Anderson
Dexter
Leonard Hamm
Louisburg
Morris Carl
Morris Jr
Dixfield
Maine
Historic rail tie found in Ogden barn roof
Writers of the federal historical survey recovered a supporting railroad tie from a barn roof in Ogden Utah. The tie is said to be the one in which the golden spike was driven to symbolize completion of the first trans continental railroad.
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Ogden
Utah
Au.p
Federal Historical Survey
Meigs County 4-H Clubs Share July Meetings Collected
POMEROY 4-H groups report July gatherings at member homes including the Coming Women of America club at Rock Springs and the Merry Sewers club at Morning Star. Members filled health charts, discussed books, garments, and planned events like 4-H Camp and a Rainbow Lake picnic.
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Merry Sewers
Morning Star
Beatrice Holter
Annabel Lewis
Celebrate Anniversary at Lewis Summer Home
The thirty third wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Tim Lewis was celebrated Sunday at the Lewis summer home in East Gallipolis. tied to the event was the birthday of Mr Lewis sister Mrs Pete Stace of Middleport. A potluck dinner was served with guests Mr and Mrs John Russell Mr and Mrs Carl Klees Mr and Mrs Pete Stace of Middleport Mr and Mrs Alfred Lee Roush and Bob Lewis of Gallipolis and the hosts.
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Middleport
Tim Lewis
Lewis
East Gallipolis
Pete Stace
John Russell
Carl Klees
Alfred Lee Roush
Bob Lewis
Gallipolis
Wests Move to Open New Coal Mine in Zanesville
Mr and Mrs R T West relocate to Zanesville Ohio after a 30 day vacation to open a new mechanical mine for Bari J Jones Coal Co The mine will use belt conveyors and loading machines with 2000 tons daily production All coal shipped by river to Ohio Power Co at Philo Ohio. Middleport Loyal Pals Class set annual outing at Rawlings home Rutland with president Mrs Sidney Russell and hostess Mrs Sarah Sidenstricker.
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Pomeroy
R. T. West
Zanesville
Ohio
Middleport
Church of Christ
Rawlings
Rutland
Sidney Russell
Sarah Sidenstricker
Mrs Alma Ohlinger Recovering In Cast After Fall
Middleport Miss Alma Ohlinger remains in Holzer Hospital then at home on N Second Ave after fracturing three vertebrae in a fall from a window. She will remain in a plaster cast for three months as she recovers in cast and convalesces at home.
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Middleport
Alma Ohlinger
N. Second Ave
Holzer Hospital
Middleport Residents Share Visits and Health Updates
Middleport brief reports many local visits and health notes. Clifford Cooley and family return to Columbus after stays with Pulling and Haddox. Paul Smart family vacationed in Marion and northern areas. Mrs. Newton Hawkins, aged 184, suffers a stroke at her son Ernest Hawkins’s Rutland home. A. H. Bradbury returns from a Pacific Coast motor trip.
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Middleport
Clifford Cooley
Ross Pulling
Herman Haddox
Columbus
Paul S. Smart
Marion
Newton Hawkins
Ernest Hawkins
Rutland
A. J. Beaver
A. H. Bradbury
Pacific Coast
Plummer Beeson
Big Sewell Mountains
Helen Beeson
Frank Vrooman
Frost
Spencer
W. Va
B. QO. Gilfillen
Brownell Ave
Guy Walters
Veteran’s Hospital
Huntington
Fred Lemley
Zanesville
Etta Gaskill
Harry Gaskill
Hamden and
McArthur
Fred Whitlock
Jimmy
Vinton
C. L. Wilson
Goldie Axline
Virginia
Nora
Vesta McCoy
R. A. Hecox
Sibyl McCoy
Glouster
W. R. Drury
Eleanor McElhinny
Charleston
Dana Lambert
Clyde Pauley
Lewis Vie
J. W Kincaid
D. H. Daniels
Jennings Keffer
Youngstown
Daniels
Modern Woodmen To Meet in Athens Next
Modern Woodmen of three counties Athens Meigs and Vinton will gather Sunday at the Athens Fairgrounds for their annual picnic. Contests games and entertainment will be offered including a home talent contest broadcast over loud speakers.
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Pomeroy
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Athens Fairgrounds
Alfred 4-H Ice Cream Supper Planned At Dana Swartz Home
Alfred 4-H Club schedules an ice cream supper at the Dana Swartz home on Wednesday August 5. Mrs Fern Swartz of Akron and Mrs Dora Tuttle of Silver Ridge visited Vesta Bentz Sunday. Mrs Etta Kinneimen and family from California visit aunt Stella Watkins. William Robinson is employed in Athens.
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Alfred
Alfred 4-H Club
Dana Swartz
Fern Swartz
Akron
Dora Tuttle
Silver Ridge
Vesta Bentz
Etta Kinneimen
California
Stella Watkins
William Robinson
Athens
Horse Riderless Horse Jumps Aboard San Francisco Streetcar
A riderless horse in San Francisco boarded a streetcar, kicked out seven windows, then disappeared. No injuries reported as bystanders watched the incident unfold on the city transit line.
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San Francisco
Youth on Probation Arrested Saturday
MIDDLEPORT Max Cameron, a local youth on probation from the Lancaster Reformatory, was taken into custody Saturday night by Police Chief William Robson and Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler for allegedly stealing two gold watches from a local watch repair shop. One watch was recovered, Cameron said, and he claimed he gave the other to an acquaintance. Officers asked that the person possessing the second watch be notified that no action would be taken if it is returned.
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Middleport
Max Cameron
Lancaster
Cameron
Monkey Run Tops Foundry in Community League Softball
Monkey Run defeated the Foundry 11 to 3 in a Monday evening game at the high school athletic field. Tonight The Haven faces McCullough's Pharmacy.
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Pomeroy—Monkey Run
the Foundry
the Haven
McCullough’s
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Ira Henning
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Peg Willin Humphrey
Pomeroy Social Notes
Ella Watson
Owen Watson
Lucien Casto
American Relay League
Casto
John Roush
Beore
Pearl Hysell
Mollie Grueser
Minersville
Ernest Day
Herbert Nesselroad
B. F. Turner
Janet
Mary Turner
T. S. Turner
Gulf
Ee Vale
Elmer Tom
Culf Products
Meigs Co
Women of America 4-H Club
William Morgan
Rocksprings
Sunbeam Sewing Circle
Columbia School
Rainbow Lake
Wests
Boy Scouts of
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Miss Cross
Cincinnati
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Blanche
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Margaret
A. D. Cross
Brady
Simpson Methodist Church
Charlies Mallory
Washington D. C
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Philson
Gomer Lewis
H-A Relief, Inc
Mansfield
Sluckoffs
Big Yank
Middleport News
Wileksville
Gregory
D. D. Werner
John Mayer
Chauncey Werner
Thrift
G-E Thrift
General Electric
Southern Ohio Electric Co
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Fishbaugh
Union Street
Oxfords
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