Meigs County Sets Saturday Budget Talks and Road Bids
Meigs County Commissioners plan a Saturday meeting at the Courthouse to settle the budget balance and pay county bills. They discussed road work approvals including surfacing for John McClure Road and Berne Wood Road, plus Nicholson-Dyes Road surfacing and rotating trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Irving Karr
Board of Commissioners
John McClure
Berne Wood
Grestars Meigs
Sand Ridge
Kerrs Run
Bradford Church Program Planned To Aid Damaged Church
MIDDLEPORT Aug 5 Members of the Church of Christ announce a program on Aug 11 to benefit the Bradford Church which was partially destroyed by lightning and is under repair Funds from a silver offering at the program will be given to Bradford and refreshments will follow the event.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Bradford
Thursday Bridge Club Entertained in Middleport
The Thursday Bridge Club met from 2 to 5 PM at Mrs. G. H. Stansbury's Grant Street home. Four tables were in use with guests including Mrs. J. B. Downing and Mrs. R. M. Sherman, and prizes awarded to Mrs. Frank Vroman and Mrs. D. A. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
G. H. Stansbury
Grant Street
J. B. Downing
R. M. Sherman
D. A. Howell
McAllister
M. M. Lesher
D. L. McMaster
EH. F. Maag
Emma Davis
Helen Beeson
Frank Vroman
D. A. Howe
All-Bran Proves Twice the Iron of Beef Liver
Kellogg's All-Bran is reported to contain twice as much usable iron as an equal amount of beef liver. The article promotes All-Bran as a fiber aid for constipation, noting its bulk absorbs moisture to form a soft mass and help clear wastes from the intestines. Two tablespoons daily is suggested, with doctor advice if relief fails.
Junk Dealer Maximizes Junk Rise Anticipates Market Upswing
Pomeroy reports Max Farber a local junk dealer expects higher prices as normal business resumes. He has fifty railroad cars of scrap iron and similar items piled across yards on lower Main Street sourced from nearby areas. Farber who arrived from a Philadelphia village years ago built a fortune from matches to junk trading, now planning a return visit to his boyhood homeland.
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Pomeroy
Max Farber
Main Street
Farber
Philadelphia
Old Country
Max
Mendell
Middleport Cadets Return From Fort Thomas Camp
Dan L Farmer returned home from the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Thomas Kentucky after a month there He was promoted to corporal of the band in Company H Ewart Bachner also from Middleport was made a corporal in Company G Both cadets reportedly made fine records at camp.
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Middleport
Dan L Farmer
Citizens Military
Fort Thomas
Ewart Bachner
Social notes from Charleston and surrounding area
Miss Katherine Benger of Chicago visits her sister Mrs. H. V. Carl on Union Avenue. Mrs. W. S. Koester recovers well after an operation. Red Cross field rep F. C. Dixon visits the local chapter. Mrs. Albert Duret visits Charleston where her husband works. Mrs. L. EB. Stevens hosts a bridge party with Mrs. Amy Geary and others. Paul Brandenburg and Virginia Moorman of Dayton arrive to spend a week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Turnbull of Scranton visit Mrs. Turnbull’s mother on Mulberry Avenue, returning Friday. Miss Mary Schwarzewalder and Miss Betty Thompson of Columbus are visiting relatives. Harry Dye and [missing text].
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Katherine Benger
Chicago
H. V. Carl
Union Avenue
W. S. Koester
F. C. Dixon
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Albert Duret
Charleston
L. EB. Stevens
Contract Bridge Club
Helen Turnbull
Mulberry Avenue
Scranton
Turnbull
Mary Schwarzewalder
Betty Thompson
Columbus
Harry Dye
Ter
Frances
Marriages Increase in Pomeroy as Four Licenses Issued
Probate Court journal shows four marriage licenses issued in two days after a period of inactivity. Orland M. Ritchie 37 a Pittsburgh minister wed Alice Louise Ebersbach 37, while Wade O Night 26 of Findlay wed Elizabeth B Patterson 22 of Middleport. Eugene Russell 21 a Murray City railroader wed Bernice Hodges 21 of Pomeroy and William Poole 21 a Chester farmer wed Inez Zink 17 of Long Bottom RD.
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Pomeroy
Orland M. Ritchie
Pittsburgh
Alice Louise Ebersbach
Frederick Ebersbach
Wade Onight
Findlay
Elizabeth B. Patterson
Middleport
Eugene Russell
Murray City
Marlow Russell
Bernice Hodges
William Hodges
Glenn L. Tennell
Bethany Methodist Church
William Pooler
Chester
John Poolett
Inez Zink
Long Bottom, R. D
Edward Zink
Local Families Visit Relatives Across Cities
Miss Lowise Talbott and Fred Healy plan a week to ten days with her grandparents and Healy relatives in Pomeroy. Mrs. W. G. Davis will visit Toledo and Columbus while her daughters host relatives. Several families travel to Columbus, West LaFayette, and Mason for visits and celebrations. Swisher family reunion postponed. Roy Voss prepares to move. Cook to California. Sisson family news and military camp returns noted.
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Lowise Talbott
Fred Healy
Pomeroy
A. A. Chappelle
Mr. Healy
W. G. Davis
Toledo
D. Dawson
Columbus
M. C. Hobart
Petty
Mason
Henrietta
Easter Martin Ewing
Lawrence Reed
West LaFayette
Fred B. Fisher
J. C. Fisher
Fred Fisher
H. H. Williamson
Swisher
Cheshire
Roy Voss
Mary Cook
North Second Avenue
Cook
California
Mire
Elizabeth Dixon
Frances Hoffiman
West Columbia
J. H. Moulten
James Stevens
Charleston
Fred Sisson
James Sisson
Hope Mount
Sanitarium
Terra Alta
W. Va
Wallace Bradford
Dana Byers
Citizens
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ira Butcher
del Russell
Charles King
Dan Farmer
Edward Tewkesbury
Carl Kearns
Wayne Swisher
Ewart Buchner
John E. Russell
Wilbur Buchner
Ft. Thomas
Bridge Club Social In Middleport Honors Guests
Mrs Charles McMaster hosted her bridge club at North Third Avenue Middleport on Wednesday night. Guests included Mrs Clarence Davis Huntington Mrs M M Lesher Portland Ore Mrs Meyer Mrs Gladys Fults Columbus and Mrs L D McMaster Middleport High score prize went to Miss Dahlia Pauley guest prize to Mrs L D Mc Master refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Middleport
Charles McMaster
Bridge Club
North Third Avenue
Clarence Davis
Huntington
M. M. Lesher
Portland
Ore
Meyer
Gladys Fults
Columbus
L. Db. McMaster
Dahlia Pauley
L. D. McMaster
Winmore Class Meets at Mrs Smiths Home
The Winmore Class of the Heath M E Bible School will gather this evening at Mrs RB Smiths Grant Street home. A potluck supper is planned for 6 30 followed by a surprise program.
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Middleport
Winmore
Heath M. E. Bibie
RB. L. Smith
Grant Street
Curt Man Melts Old Legend Shows Pomeroy
In Pom eroy, a tale recalls John Marzetti, Italian immigrant and Marzetti founder in Columbus, who rode the City of Wheeling when it wrecked in 1834. He lost all as a peddler, then sought funds, stayed in a courthouse area barn, and later discovered he had been overpaid by fifty dollars.
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Pomeroy
John Marzetti
Marzetti
Columbus
City of Wheeling
Marzetti Recounts Money Dispute and Return
In a late night encounter Marzetti admits a lapse and a cashier refuses to rectify it. He later tracks down an elderly colored man and pays back the miscounted funds with a courtly, uncertain apology. The tale endures in Margett family lore.
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Marzetti
Margett
Meigs 4-H Club Camp Draws 65 Attendees
Meigs County 4-H Club Camp near Little Raccoon Creek opens August 4 with 65 boys and girls from Meigs and neighboring counties ready to participate. The eighth annual camp, hosting 175, offers tents, a dining hall, and a cook house after eight years of improvement. Attendees include youths from Meigs Gallia Vinton and Lawrence counties. The weeklong session runs August 8 to August 13.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
G. W. Kreier
Little Raccoon Creek
Meigs
Gallia
Vinton
Lawrence
4-H
Jackson County
Mrs Downing Leaves for Pythian Sisters Convention
Mrs J B Downing departed for Kansas City Missouri to attend the Supreme Temple Convention of Pythian Sisters opening Monday. It marks the twenty second biennial gathering.
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Middleport
J. B. Downing
Kansas City
Supreme Temple
Pythian Sisters
Scout Neal Nelson Completes 50 Mile Cycling Test
Neal Nelson of Troop 99 earns the cycling merit badge by riding 50 miles in under ten hours. He rode to New Straitsville and back twice, finishing both trips in four and a half hours with time certified by local business leaders.
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Logan
Neal Nelson
Troop 99
Boy Scouts
Nelson
New Straitsville
Bonuseers in Hot Water as Program Fails
Thousands of Pennsylvania American Legion members converge on Johnstown for Legion Day while be not fully fed or transported. The remnant bonus army lacks trains trucks and gasoline as Mayor Eddie McCloskey negotiates options to move evacuees home. Trucks from state highway department are ready to aid transport.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania American Legion
Bonus Army
Ideal Park
Eddie McCloskey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Eddie
Chicago
Ben
Baltimore and Ohio
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania
McCloskey
Camp Commander Lacking Amid Looting Fears
In Kalamazoo Michigan William Waite reports a camp with no active commander as looting threats prompt supplies of Gi and teas to prevent unrest. He personally arrested a man who challenged his authority. Waite collapsed with a nervous breakdown.
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William Waite
Kalamazoo
Mich
Trimble Grangers To Attend Picnic
Chauncey residents note Trimble Grange No. 18% regular meeting moved from Saturday to Tuesday August 9 due to the all day Wolf Creek Church picnic in Morgan County. Eben Giles pie Millfield master says the meeting will be important and urges members to assemble at 9 30 Saturday morning to travel as a group.
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Chauncey
Trimble Grange
Grange Halilum
Suit filed to collect cognovit note in Pomeroy
Brooks-Ebersbach Motor Company filed in Common Pleas Court on August 5 a suit against W. O. Barnitz to collect a note of 700.54 dollars. The action seeks repayment of the cognovit note.
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Pomeroy
Brooks-Ebersbach Motor Company
W. O. Barnitz
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