GOP Women Hold Meeting in Pomeroy Meigs County
First meeting of the Meigs County Women's Republican Club since the May primary was held at the Courthouse. Plans for general election activities were discussed and the August 15 gathering scheduled. Members pledged to recruit a young woman to attend next meeting and Mrs. Ben Neutzling will speak on voting and marking a ballot.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Women's Republican Club
Ben Neutzling
Mrs Powell Hosts Bridge Party For Miss Darst Bride
Mrs Neiss Powell entertained at her Middleport home with a bridge party and bridal shower for Miss Martha Darst of W Main St. Gifts delighted the honoree. Bridge prizes went to Mrs Gerald Rice and Miss Cora Mae Joachim.
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Pomeroy
Neiss Powell
Middleport
Martha Darst
W. Main St
Darst
Gerald Rice
Cora Mae Joachim
Social notes from Pomeroy feature a host of visitors
The Pomeroy column records numerous weekend guests and travelers from Columbus, Gallipolis, Akron, Huron, and other locales. It notes arrivals, departures, family visits, reunions, and local social activity across residents and friends, painting a detailed portrait of community life.
Commodore Hotel Claims Longest Bar in America
The Commodore Hotel in New York announces a 165 foot island type bar, claiming it to be the longest hotel bar in America and stating it will employ 25 bartenders. Also included is a note that nerve impulses travel at about 400 feet per second.
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New York
U.P
Commodore Hotel
America
ST. Regis Hotel
Imperial Summer Palace
Schonbrunn
Austria
The
St. Regis
Lawrence
First Pomeroy Cemetery Founded After Smallpox Burial
The first burial in Syra cuse hill cemetery followed a smallpox death from a steamboat incident in 1856. Three town leaders urged the Syracuse Coal and Salt Company to establish a public cemetery behind town, where the first interment was a stranger. John Hallam relayed the tale in Pomeroy last week.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Adam Roush
Syracuse Coal and Salt Company
Ceme
Tery
Bridgman
Crooks
Carleton
John Hallam
Salt Pellets Used With Water In Heat at Ohio River
Report from the Ohio River below Gallipolia notes a makeshift practice during a hot spell. Salt pellets sat beside a water tank and were taken with each glass to replenish minerals after rapid perspiration.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Gallipolia
Wingett Schaefer Family Vacation in Michigan
RACINE. Mr and Mrs FE A Wingett and Joe Schaefer are spending two weeks at a summer camp in Michigan. Mr and Mrs Pearl Spence of Columbus are visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Weaver. Mr and Mrs Okey Sayre and son Ashton, and Harold Wright left Friday for a two weeks vacation at Houghton Lake Michigan.
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Homer Cherrington
L. L. Cherrington
Cleveland
Iowa City
Iowa
George Smith
Jackson
Joe Griffin
Parkersburg
Pomeroy
W. W. Waters
R. T. West
Zanesville
Billie Grant Bobo
Grant Bobo
Carpenter
P. K. Smith
Columbus
Leo Phillips
Gerald Rice
H. W. McKnight
Racine
A Wingett
Joe Schaefer
Michigan
Pearl Spence
Frank Weaver
Dahlia Pauley
Asheville
N. C
J. K. Smith
Beulah Lee
Fred Powers
Lawrence Bing
Dayton
Company C
Perry Graves
Leading Creek
Boyer
Fifth Ave
A. D. Wilson
Frances
Maregaret Ann
Logan
W. Va
Marejorie Cash
Frank Knopp
Seventh Ave
Two Arrested in Middleport for Alleged Intoxication
Vernie Covert and Mary Higgenbotham were arrested Sunday evening in Middleport by Officer Wise. They were brought to the county jail here on alleged intoxication.
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Pomeroy
Middleport social notes recount local visits and travels
Miss Evelyn Knopp returned home after a three week stay with Aunt Mrs. Shannon Scott in Cheshire. Many residents and relatives visited Parkersburg, Gallipolis, Knoxville, and Virginia Beach. Families such as McBride, Skiles, Fisher, Pfeil, Curtis, and Knopp plus others were noted at various trips, farms sold, and vacations including Buckeye Lake and Asheville.
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Middleport
Evelyn Knopp
Shannon Scott
Cheshire
R. C. McBride
Margaret
Parkersburg
Lewis Skiles
Akron
Emmett Cray
Third Ave
W. L. Fisher
J. C. Fisher
F. B. Fisher
Gallipolis
Walter Pfeil
Knoxville
Aged Will Get More Pension Increases Announced
POMEROY. Administrator George Childs says the State Board of Aid For the Aged will raise payments. Monthly stipends of 20 or more rise to 30 dollars, and under 20 rise by 10 dollars. A new mailing system starts with September, with October checks reaching recipients in two or three days after the month.
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Pomeroy
State Board of Aid For the Aged
George Childs
Childs
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Meigs
Chester Ab.h.r Gaul
Gionthet
Anyewno Ae Hemsley
A Davis
L. Roberts
van - Williams
Jenkins
D. Roberts
TASD
Norris
GOP
Mrs. Powell
Molly Milford
Pomeroy Social Notes
Guy Chase
Son Vaughan
A. C. Jones
Pete Godfried
M. S. Daniels
Chillicothe
John Goett
William Carman
Rocksprings
B. O. O'Conner
Chester
Olive Young
Jennie Speaker
Libson
Lisbon
Speaker
George Parkers
Mulberry Ave
Parker
Tuppers Plains
J. B. Person
Second St
Earl Person
Huntington
Herman Warner
Warner
Warner Cabin
Glen Carey
Steubenville
Berlin
New Stadium
Germany
Luckoff
Dowler & Ferguson
Funeral Home
Athens
Ohio
J. L. Curtis
John O'Leary
M. J. Hamilton
Madge Mossman
Robert McElhinny
Carl Mossman
Frank Abbott
Betty Hood
Helen Darst
Buckeye Lake
Fisher Russell
Dorothy
Muskogee
Okla
Kelly Grogan
Russell
Christine Garrison
Corning
Helen Beeson
Sixth Ave
George Wittmer
Fourth Ave
Lafe Nelson
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Mickey Riley
Frank Buck
Lee Gehlbach
Bill Tilden
Tony Manero
Willie Hoppe
Nicholas Penniman
Baltimore
Miss Frances Morel
Goorright, AG
B. J. Beyco
de Tube Compass
Winsius Been
NEW Hollywood
Benny Goodman
Nat Shilkret
Rupert Hughes
Hollywoo
B.S. T
Slumbia Network
Lee
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