Aged Meigs County Woman Killed by Car Near Dar win
Mrs. Mariam Hart aged 75 was killed when struck by Sanford Wells’ car on the Pomeroy Athens Road in Bedford Township Sunday night. Witnesses say she stepped from a truck and crossed the highway behind it when the collision occurred. The accident was ruled not the driver’s fault.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Mariam Hart
Sanford Wells
Pomeroy-Athens
Darwin
Bedford Township
Wells
Middleport Briefs Guests and travel in the region
Local notes list house guests and visits across several towns. Dr and Mrs Claude Sayre Ada Okla and Mrs James H Sayre Pittsburg visited Middleport along with Misses Veo Martin Blanche Warnick. Other travelers include Miss Margaret Lecrome Watbridge Ohio and Mrs Arnold Roush Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ruble
North Fleet Avenue
Claude €. Sayre
Ada
Okio
James H. Sayre
James
Pittsburgh
Veo Martin
Blanche Warnick
Fullerton, Ky
Margaret Lecrome
Watbridge, O
Arnold ©. Roush
Logan
R. B. Abernathy
Charleston, W. Vad
Jennie McEihin
Brown Will Speak Republican Women Plan Rally
Fifty members of the Wo men Republican Club met at K P Hall and set Aug 11 as the rally date with Clarence J. Brown the gubernatorial candidate as speaker. The rear courthouse lot was chosen for the event if weather allows. Entertainment and refreshment committees were named with Mrs Evenly Jones and others coordinating duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Women's
Republican Club
K. of P Hall
Clarence J. Brown
Evenly Jones
FE. A. Wingett
Earl Lama
A. D. Russell
A. V. Howell
Jed Hartinger
A. O. Tracy
A. D. Russel
Portland News Notes Highlights Local Visits
Portland society brief listing residents and visitors. Mrs. Harry Price and her daughter visit Pittsburgh with husband employed there, accompanied by Miss Kathryn Roush. Mr and Mrs G H Nolte spend week with daughter Mrs Harry Swan. Donald Bowman visits relatives in East Liverpool. Harlan Mills of Gallipolis visits with wife and son at Essie Alexander’s home. Local Girls 4 H Club camped near Jackson. Mrs J A Smith Bertam and Mrs Reid Holt family visit Belpre and Parkersburg.
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Portland
Harry Price
Pittsburgh
Kathryn Roush
G. H. Nolte
Harry Swan Donald Bowman
East Liverpool
Harlan Mills
Gallipolis
Essie Alexander
Jackson
J. A. Smith
Bertam
Reid Holt
Charleston
Belpre
Parkersburg
Middleport Church of Christ members attend Indiana convention
Mr. Basil Holt conducts services in Angola and Rev. F. L. Gardner, family, and Mr. Church of Lincoln Street travel to Lake James for a week by the Church of Christ convention. Mr. Church planned to join as Middleport Church of Christ representative.
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Middleport
C. H. Church
Lincoln Street
Angola
Ind
Basil Holt
Lake James
Church of Christ
F. L. Gardner
Mr. Church
Hysell Dies in Middleport Visit
Milese M. Hysell of Columbus visits Middleport to see his son Orla Hysell. The aging former Middleport resident once owned property there and is now seriously ill at his son's home.
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M. M. Hysell
Middleport
Milese M. Hysell
Columbus
Orla Hysel
Candidates Heard in Talks Here Saturday
POMEROY Aug 6 Dr George G Hunter Republican candidate for Congress spoke from the Courthouse steps pledging humane relief and CWA support while criticizing opponents stance on New Deal measures and praising Roosevelt. He noted veteran status and American Legion membership. B F Turner Meigs County candidate also spoke attacking long tenure in elective offices.
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Pomeroy
George G. Hunter
Congress
Hunter
Rutland
American Legion
Thomas A. Jenkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. F. Turner
Meigs County
Weekend Visits Highlight Middleport Social Circle
Middleport residents report visiting relatives across town and nearby states. Mr and Mrs C C Evans of Jackson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J E Atkinson on Main and Seventh. Mrs William Bullis from Washington DC stays with sister Mrs M G White and family. husband and son returned East Saturday. Elizabeth Flowers and daughter Betty of Marietta visit sister Mrs Ray L Smith on Grant Street for a week. Howard McElhinny of Charleston spent the weekend with his ailing father.
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C. C. Evans
Jackson
J. E. Atkinson
Main
Seventh Avenue
William Bullis
Washington, D. C
M. G. White
Elizabeth Flowers
Betty
Marietta
Mra Ray L. Smith
Grant Street
Howard MccElhinny
Charleston
Swan Family Reunion Reelects Officers at Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Eleventh annual Swan family reunion near Pomeroy gathers 66 relatives and friends for a noon picnic and business meeting. Fred Swan of Long Bottom is re-elected president with Mrs R A Martin Middleport as secretary and an executive committee including Clark Swan Linnie Swan and Mrs J C Swan. Attendees hail from Long Bottom Huntington Milton Parkersburg Hartford East Liverpool Ameridge Middleport Williamstown Racine Columbus Grindstone.
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Pomeroy
Swan
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Fred Swan
Long Bottom
R. A. Martin
Middleport
Clark Swan
Linnie Swan
J. C. Swan
Huntington
W. Va
Milton
Parkersburg
Hartford
East Liverpool
Ameridge
Williamstown
Racine
Columbus
Grindstone
Brothers Cross to Camp at Cheshire Cabin Venture
H M Cross and his brother in law Tom Pickens of Racine with their nephews head to the Cross cabin at Cheshire for a two week camping trip near the Middleport Fishing Club boat. M A White and friends have just completed a camping period there.
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Middleport
H. M. Cross
Tom Pickens
Racine
Cross Cabin
Cheshire
M. A. White
Gau Birth Prompts Celebration in Sumner Area
Mr. and Mrs. Oris Gau announce the birth of a daughter on July 31. Local residents attended a sale at Leonard King’s home Tuesday. Melva Van Meter worked with Mr. Heilman near Pomeroy. Guy Cole visited Leake Alma. Alvin Cole and Clair Robinson spent the last week in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Sumner News
Sumner
Oris Gau
Leonard King
Melva van Meter
Heilman
Pomeroy
Guy Cole
Leake Alma
Alvin Cole
Clair Robinson
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Numbers Game Suspect Held After Study of Marks
Philadelphia officer spots a 16 year old boy Harold McGrath studying a book with many numbers in margins and arrests him as a Numbers Game writer. In Sewell New Jersey a chicken tattoo marks system is explained by George B. Lamb county farm agent who lends tattoo gear to breeders and registers marks to deter theft.
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Philadelphia
Harold McGrath
Sewell
N. J
George B. Lamb
Negro Boy Seriously Injured In Kerray Run Accident
POMEROY West Virginia Herbert Calloway six year old negro was seriously injured Saturday evening after being struck by a car driven by A P Hoy of St Marys Hoy connected with the West Virginia State Highway Commission The boy stood beside a pole at Kerray Run corner witnesses said His leg was fractured in three places and other injuries were reported He was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis for treatment Clarence Howard son of John Howard Kerray Run suffered cuts to arm and head Hoy was eastbound on Main Street when the wreck occurred He was bruised and his car wrecked
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Pomeroy
Herbert Calloway
A. P. Hoy
St. Marys
W. Va
Calloway
Kerra Run
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Clarence Howard
John Howard
Kerrs Run
Hoy
West Virginia State Highway Commission
Huntington
Main Street
Kerray Run Corner
Picnics Draw Hundreds at Shenang Springs Weekend
Shenang Springs on the Pomeroy-Chester Road hosted multiple picnics over the weekend. The Clark family reunion drew about 150 people Saturday afternoon, with Tuppers Plains Sunday School members also picnicking. The Feeney-Bennett American Legion Auxiliary from Middleport sponsored a Sunday picnic. A potluck supper is set for the Izaak Walton League meeting at the Waterloo Township cabin Tuesday evening.
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Poeroy
Shenang Springs
Pomeroy-Chester Road
Clark
Tuppers Plains
Feeney-Bennett American Legion Lest of
Middleport
Izaak Walton League
Waterloo Township
Local Families Visit Friends and Travel Across States
A parade of local residents shared visits and travel near Alliance Akron Cleveland and Buffalo with several crossing into Canada. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jake Myers of Burns Kansas and kin from West Virginia Ohio University visitors and Parkersburg etc. A large gathering at Twin Bridges hosted a Coolville Station Church of God class picnic.
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R. E. Furner
Jake Myers
Burns, Kan
West Virginia
G. P. Russell
Dorothy
Victor
Athens
Frank Clark
Walter Ladd
Frost
Cora Gregory
June
Wellsville
W. Va
S. Baker
Noah Furner
Milton
Darrell
West Summit
Furner
Mary Hitchcock
Bess Bruce Cleveland
Washington
O. H
Dean Voigt
Mary Ellen Fretts
Margaret Lax
C. M. Copeland
Wray
Johnston and Field
Martha Hitchcock
Ohio University
F. D. Woollard
Washington D. H
McGrew
Lefty Russell
Thelma
Max
Calvin Russell
Parkersburg
Claude Steppe
Ana
Claudine
Hazel Webster
Gerald Furner
Florence Gorreil
Marietta
Gardner family reunion draws large crowd in Coolville
Mr. and Mrs. W. HM Juling and daughter Kathryn Elizabeth joined Edgar Tuckerman and others at Coolville on Sunday for the Gardner family reunion held that day with a sizable attendance.
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Middleport
W. HM. Juling
Kathryn Elizabeth
Edgar Tuckerman
Coolville
Gardner
Raids Cut Illicit Liquor Arrests in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports raids by city and state police on illegal liquor sellers have reduced drunkenness arrests. Only two intoxicated persons were arrested last weekend and three this weekend as officers note progress.
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Gallipolis
Take It From Me A Phone Secured Me A Job
The speaker says when jobs are scarce a working phone helps. After restoring the phone last week they left their number on every application. Three days later they secured steady employment and vow not to be without a telephone again.
River Notes from Gallipolis and Kanawha River Traffic
River notes report 10.5 feet pool stage at Gallipolis. Otto Market bypassed Sunday night for Kanawha with 14 empty barges. Inland steamer, capt. Charles Ellsworth, tows Pitts burgh steel toward Louisville and Memphis. Steel City due up from New Orleans to Pittsburgh with two barges of Pan American gasoline. The PA Company charters Steel City and operates Destrahan. CAPT. PATCHELL DIES. Capt. Dan Patchell, 61, Kanawha pilot, dies in Buffalo W Va. He sailed Kanawha packets and earlier on several Gallipolis boats. testified about the Ohio River dam No. 19 accident. Weather shifts prompt flashboards on Dashield dam to aid depths. Shipping from Cincinnati up to 778,848 tons in 1933 with 339,026 tons coal. 1929 record 614,004 tons. Greene Line reportedly abandons purchase of stern wheel Harry Lee for Cincinnati–Pittsburgh service. Lee laid up near New Orleans. Public notes on Green brothers and J P Hughes. United States docks at Pt Pleasant near Great Kanawha River. George Maise on government dredge on Kanawha back home on vacation.
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Gallipolis
Otto
Kanawha River
American
Louisville
Memphis
Pittsburgh Steel Products
Charles Ellsworth
Steel City
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Pan- American
Destrahan
Mississippi
PA Company
Patchell
Dan Patchell
Buffalo
W. Va
Kanawha
General Rowder
Tel City
Senator Cordill
Ohio River Dam No
Hockingport
Purser
Burt Wolfe
Steward Livy# Gee
Millard Burdette
Brady Berry
Ohio Valley
U. S
Dashield
Huntington
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Ohio River
Greene Line Packet Company
Harry Lee
Lee
Abbyville
Green Brothers
Charles Arthur
J. P. Hughes
St. Louis
United States
Pt. Pleasant
Marietta
Great
George Maise
Rainy weekend may lift crop yields in Gallipolis
Continuous rain showers in the Gallipolis area over the weekend raised hopes that tobacco and corn could reach or exceed half their normal production after extended dry spells.
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Gallipolis
Pensions Approved for Four in Gallia County
Four Old Age Pension applications from Gallia County were approved by clerk Leo E. Carter. Names are withheld. monthly benefits will be $25 for one applicant, $20 for another, and $12 for the remaining two recipients.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Leo E. Carter
Democrats Meet Tonight in Gallipolis Club Gathering
All Democratic candidates for the August primary will attend a Young People's Democratic Club meeting at the Courthouse at 8 30 tonight. Gallia County Democrats aged 18 to 40 are eligible for membership, says secretary Paul O'Brien.
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Gallipolis
Young People’s Democratic Club
Gallia County
Paul O’brien
Sparks Urges Utility Taxes Against Boss Rule in Ohio
Akron attorney and Republican gubernatorial candidate C. Nelson Sparks addressed about 500 in Gallipolis, urging no new taxes until utilities pay more. He criticized utility tax cuts while promising higher excise taxes, attacked state payrolls and relief figures, and denounced “boss rule” in government.
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Gallipolis
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Ohio
Sparks
Watchman Scalded by Steam on Army Vessel
John Abrey, watchman for the Huntington Engineering District, was badly burned when steam escaped into a cold water hose line aboard U S Army floating equipment at Pt Pleasant. He is recovering in Holzer Hospital after the line burst and scalded him.
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Gallipolis
John Abrey
Huntington Engineering District
Engineering Department
U. S. Army
Pt. Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Locks Hire 730 Men as Project Advances
Seven hundred thirty men are now employed on the new Gallipolis locks along the Ohio River ten miles below the city. Half the workers are from Gallia County and many have been taken from the National Register rolls.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Gallia County
The
National Rec
Bradbury Supper Honors Bobby's Sixth Birthday
Mr and Mrs Poe Bradbury hosted a Sunday night supper at the Lobby Hotel with guests including Mr and Mrs Sherwood Moore of Birmingham and Mrs Alice Moore of Charleston. Attending were Miss Don Turley Will Deardorff and Bobby Bradbury who today turns six. A white cake with pink candies marked the birthday celebration.
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Gallipolis
Poe Bradbury
Sherwood Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Alice Moore
Charleston
W. Va
Don Turley
Will Deardorff
Bradbury
Bobby
Gypsies Arrests Reported Along Route 7 in Ohio
An amateur OCR passage notes reports of nomads traveling from Gallipolis to Marietta via Route 7 with three carloads seen near Belpre and Silver Bridge. Authorities claim additional arrests linked to a Marietta incident. $18 costs paid, other carloads unjoined in the chase.
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Rockland
Connie
Gallipolis
Marietta
Aington County
Belpre
Guyandotte
Hng
Sies
Silver Bridge
John Fraley
Othe
Marietty
Gallipolis News Snippet The Town Handles Unclear Violent Incident
A fragmentary report notes a recent disturbing incident with mentions of a man involved and no arrests. Other items include a marriage license in Gallipolis and a noted case of appendicitis at a local hospital, with brief community remarks.
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Edison Hart
R. E. Boice
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Saginaw Bay
Bay City
Mich
Alice Arnold
W. W. Arnold
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Middleport Briefs
Brown
Portland News
Old
George E. Allen
Relief
Freda
Helena
Mary
Ada Gillian
Alliance
Cleveland
N. Y
Canada
Athens Home Telephone CO
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
West Branch
Buckeye Dry Cleaners
Dial Plant
Disner
Noly
Walter ¥Ton
Mark Twain
Gallipoli
Abrams
Age & Times-Gazette
Ruth Doris Wilbur
Pro
Gallipolis Lips
Fiens
An 4
McPherson’s
Sound Business
the Security Baf
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