Pomeroy Council Draws Focus in Local Primary Clash
Pomeroy voters near a Tuesday primary as 10 Republican council candidates vie for four nominations. A full new ticket emerged from the First and Second Ward Fire Companies rally shifting the race. Mayor nominees include Dana R. Roush Frank Sullivan and Malcolm D. Hartley against Mayor Hess. Democrats plan write in nominations with 30 to 40 votes needed for a candidate.
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Dana R. Roush
Frank Sullivan
Malcolm D. Hartley
C. J. Hess
Dana L. Tracy
Alvin Norris
Jacob J. Zeiher
Funeral Home Will Be Built In Middleport
Middleport reports a modern funeral home to rise on the Haptonstall property on S Second Ave by Robert Coats and B H Rawlings who bought the house and lots from Eva Hapstanstall Suter of Welch WV. The project adds an office receiving room slumber room and display chapel for 150, with a six car garage and a driveway from First Ave. Work began with 12 men and is slated for completion in two months per F A Shifler the new owner who also bought Lois Thomas Polland property on S Third Ave. Other local changes include moving a cottage on S Sixth Ave and razing the Pearl Street high school gym to make room for new rooms at the McElhinney home on S Fourth Ave.
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Middleport
Haptonstall
S. Second Ave
Robert Coats
B. H. Rawlings
Eva Hapstanstall Suter
Welch
W. Va
Second Ave
William Grant
Coats
First Ave
F. A. Shifler
Lois Thomas Polland
S. Third Ave
Penningtons
S. Sixth Ave
Will Beeson
Pearl St
Arthur Covert
Charles McElhinney
Fourth Ave
Meigs Gun Club to Contest for Hogan Trophy
POMEROY The Hogan trophy will be awarded Thursday to the winner of a 50 third handicap shoot at the Pomeroy Gun Club. The shoot is open only to members of the club. This will begin a series of annual shoots requiring three wins for permanent possession. The trophy was presented by Joe Hogan, associate of D Curtis Reed, former Pomeroy attorney now in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Hogan
Miller Mabrey Stolen Bases Lead Springfield Farm
Outfielder Kenny Miller and shortstop Frank Mabrey of the Springfield team, a St. Louis Cardinals farm club, have stolen 57 and 36 bases respectively this season, highlighting a strong dash for the squad.
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Bandits
CHAIN
Springfield
Kenny Miller
Frank Mabrey
St. Louis Cardinals
Sale of rural Frost Lot Trio in Athens County Ohio
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court case 14704 HO L C sells at public auction Monday August 30 1937 at 1 30 PM at the east door of the Athens Court House. The sale covers Village of Frost Rome Township lots 3 4 and 9 on an unnamed Frost street appraised at 700 with a minimum bid two thirds of that amount. Cash on day of sale. Sheriff Charles W Hayless Deputy Esther B Gross Attorney Harry A Mettler. 1-26-50tw
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Dorothy L. Stone
Athens
State Se
Frost
Rome Township
Athens County
Ohio
Charles W. Hayless
Esther B. Gross
Harry A. Mettler
Silas Russell Dies At Warren Saturday
Silas William Russell 71 died in Warren Saturday evening after a Friday stroke. He lived in Meigs County most of his life, later moving to Warren with his wife Cora Stevens. Survived by sons Norman Oliver Millard Gene and daughters Helen Shafer and Sarah Rhoda. one daughter predeceased in 1913. Funeral at Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church Tuesday at 3:00 with Beach Grove Cemetery interment. funeral party arrives 1:10 train Tuesday.
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Pomeroy
Silas William Russell
Warren
Russell
Russells
Wolf Pen
Meigs County
Cora Stevens
Norman Russell
Pomeroy-Athens Road
Oliver
Millard
Gene
Helen Shafer
Detroit
Sarah Rhoda
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church
Beach Grove
Middleport Social Notes Birthday Parties Brighten Saturday
Three birthday celebrations dominated a rainy Saturday in Middleport. Virginia Joan Wise turned eight, Darylene Ward six, and Jo Frances Frecker eleven as sixteen neighborhood children attended Ginny Wise’s party after a 3 30 p m start with ice cream cake and candy. Darylene Ward’s yellow party hosted by her grandmother Mrs James Murray featured twelve girls, yellow decor, homemade ice cream and balloons including Mickey Mouse and the Dionne quints with guests William Murray Huntington W Va and the Ward family from Ravenswood.
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Virginia Joan Wise
Darylene Ward
Jo Frances Frecker
Ginny” Wise
James Murray
Randolph Ward
Ravenswood
Darylene
William Murray
Huntington
W. Va
Edwards Edith Jackson Weds Dan Pooler in Pearl Street Ceremony
Edith Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Jackson of Pearl Street, married Dan Pooler son of Mrs. Mary Pooler of Pomeroy, in a Sunday ceremony. Pooler recently finished the Junior year at Middleport High School where she played on the Junior basketball team and belonged to the Girls Glee Club. The couple left for Canton where Pooler is employed.
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R. S. Jackson
Pearl St
Edith
Dan Pooler
Mary Pooler
Pomeroy
Entertain Miss Lewis by Troy Social Hosts
Miss Ulah Anne Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Heritage Lewis of Troy, was hosted by her aunt and cousin Miss Janet Hecox with a slumber party on Friday night. Mrs F E Mathews prepared a breakfast Saturday morning. A swim party at Pt Pleasant followed Saturday afternoon hosted by Miss Hecox for her cousin.
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Lewis
Ulah Anne Lewis
Heritage Lewis
Troy
A. R. Hecox
Janet Hecox
Minerva Mathews
Miss Lewis
Miss Hecox
Pt. Pleasant
Mr Swallow Hurt In Fall At Work
Relatives of George Swallow a former Middleport resident now in Columbus report he was injured when a stack of boxes toppled in the Hercules Box Company shipping department. He is confined to bed with uncertain prognosis.
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Swallow
George Swallow
Middleport
Columbus
Hercules Box Company
Ethel Will
Charleston
Charles Wise Sr
Homer Hines
John
Louis Ables
Ashland
Hines
Cline Mathews
E. M. Brown
F. E. Mathews
Circleville
Jane Stansbury
Dame Joan Hamilton
Camp Wyandotte
Leroy Barsotti
Dorothy
Carlos
Parkersburg
Barsotti
Enzo Barsotti
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Travels and Visits
Pomeroy social notes detail extended visits and returns among residents. Names include John Chase re turned to Wehe Terrace after a Columbus and Springfield trip, families visiting in Toledo and Norwalk, and several trips to Columbus for business. Illness concerns and community events are noted.
Record Expected for 1937 Meigs County Fair
Meigs County settlers anticipate a 78th annual fair at Rock Springs with a Sept. 14 to 16 schedule. Fair Board secretary Ray E. Gibbs notes high entry prospects across departments and strong Junior Fair interest from 4-H, Juvenile Granges, Vocational Agriculture, schools, and Scouts. Horticulture rules require amateur grown flowers. garden club members may enter in separate classes.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Rock Springs
Ray E. Gibbs
Fair Board
Meigs County
George W. Krietler
J. H. Musser
O. O. Patterson
Harold Pickering
Garden Clubs
Farm Juniors Plan Camp in Southern Ohio
Meigs County Four-H Club members prepare for two camps with George Kreiter and Eleanor Whitney guiding Junior and Senior groups the week of August 16th and 23rd. Girls clubs number 27 with advisors listed and judging set for August 16th across multiple locations. A note on turkeys versus grasshoppers adds agricultural insight and a brief Persia marriage mention.
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American Beauty Club
Alfred
D. E. Swartz
Galf Club
Apple Grove
Mary Slaughter
Happy Hustlers Club
Chester
Ada Morris
Sunbeam Sewing Circle
Carpenter
Stan Ryan
Natural Nature Club
Darwin
Elizabeth Williams
Sunbeam Sisters Club
Dexter
Harry Davis
Golden Sunshine Workers
Dorcas
H. H. Harris
Rainbow Club
Downington
Margaret Whaley
Evergreen Club
Elizabeth Cowdery
Fairplay Club
Lizzie Russell
Fancy Workers Club
Flatwood
Etta Will
Jolly Workers Club
Flora
Carol Guthrie
Golden Bow Club
Great Bend
Thomas Sayre
Harrisonville
Dora Chappel
H of O Club
Hemlock Grove
Homer Midkiff
Letart Falls Club
H. McClintock
Happy Glee Club
Portland
A. L. Paynter
Happy Stitchers Club
Racine
Drusilla Neigler
Pioneer Club
Reedsville
Lucy Kibble
Coming Women of America Club
Rocksprings
W. A. Morgan
Happy Helpers Club
Rutland
C. D. Copley
Future Farmerette Club
Snowville
Grace Skinner
Sunny Circle Club
Salem Center
Stephen Davis
Silver Ridge
C. F. Betzing
Silver Run Club
C. F. Werner
Syracuse Club
Lucille Duckworth
Planning Together Club
Tuppers Plains
Gertrude Hoffman
Stop Honking Pomeroy Traffic In Italian Style
A reader notes traffic discipline in Rome contrasts with Pomeroy. The piece praises regulated noise, directed pedestrian flow, and police control at intersections. It also observes Italy‘s mix of preserved tradition with new buildings and modern shops, plus visible public amenities like water, ice cream, and parks.
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Hugh Davis
Rome
United States
Italy
Europe
New York
France
Firemen Beat Nelsonville Eagles 6-3 in Weekend Match
Middleport Firemen defeated the Nelsonville Eagles Sunday at Pythian Park with a 6 to 3 score. Billy Barker contributed two hits and solid catches while David Jenkins went 3 for 4. Batteries: Middleport Cunningham Ward Ashley. Nelsonville Witham Taylor.
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Middleport
Middleport Firemen
Nelsonville Eagles
Pythian Park
Billy Barker
Redbird School
David Jenkins
Cunningham
Ward
Ashley
Witham
Taylor
Bradbury Tigers
Hold Starkey Rites Pomeroy
Funeral services for William Starkey who died at his Liberty Lane home were held at 3 30 Sunday afternoon at the residence with interment in Beach Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
William Starkey
Liberty Lane
Beach Grove Cemetery
Kidnaping Case in Meigs Provokes Sheriff’s Busy Afternoon
Sheriff Roscoe C. Fowler and Deputy Hank Young rushed to Eagle Ridge after a frantic call about a kidnaping plot. They found Augusta Trowbridge of Marion Ohio attempting to claim 12 year old Wesley Deem’s daughter at a birthday party. A call confirmed Deem had asked someone to fetch his daughter to Marion. The party mood was badly demoralized.
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Pomeroy
Eagle Ridge
Roscoe C. Fowler
Shirley Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Fowler
Hank Young
Guy Singers
Augusta Trowbridge
Marion
Ohio
Trowbridge
Wesley Deem
Deem
Singers Home
Young
School Suit Seeks Reopening of Ewington School
Patrons of the Ewington School sue in Common Pleas to force the Board of Education to reopen the school closed last year. Thirty five petitioners say they live nearer Ewington than Vinton and the closure harms their children’s schooling.
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Gallipolis
Ewington
Court of Common Pleas
Board of Education
Vinton
Philharmonic Orchestras Named From Greek Meaning Harmony
An article explains that Philharmonic orchestras derive their name from Greek roots meaning love of harmony, tracing the term to its musical and cultural origins.
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Philharmonic
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Common Pleas Court
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Plaintift
Silas Russell
Middleport Social Notes
Flossie Frecker
Grant St
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
John Lietweiler
Edward
Lietweiler
W. M. Hagerman
West Columbia
Muskingum River
Perry Mitch
Paul
Union Ave
Albert Durst
Pat
Mary Ewing
Virgil McAllister
Barberton
Benton Penn
McAllister
Hila West
Ed Hite
Homer Jacobs
Harold Fisher
A. H. Fisher
Roy Tracy, Jr
Holzer Hospital
J. L. Corpening
George Hetzel
Lincoln Terrace
Akron
Corpening
Lelia Flint
George Durst
Willard
Willis
Rudolph Mills
Pellage
Lake
Kurtz Lytle
Syracuse
N. Y
Bertha Pownall
Pearl Hysell
Simpson M. E. Church
Mulberry Ave
Rollin Price
Herbert Lowery
Toledo
Frank Lowery
Pittsburgh
John, Julius
Carl Sauvage
Helen Howard
Helen
John M. Mitchell
Bill Hatch
Benny Goodman
Benny
E.S.T
C.S.T
Wabc-Columbia
Persia
Firemen
Carter
The
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Bob Bullock
Bob
Bullock
Lou Gehrig
Iron Man
Glenn Hardin
Hure Dier
Mr. Bullock
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