Grangers Plan Carpenter Farm Picnic Friday
The Athens Messenger reports the Athens County Grangers organize a county picnic at the Carpenter Farm this Friday. Non grangers invited. tours of farm and livestock topics start at 9 30 a m with music by Athens County and remarks by Herman Walk state master. a picnic dinner follows.
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Thia
Athens Messenger
Athens
Athens County
Carpenter
Carpenter Farm
Meigs
Meigs County
Herman Athens County
Great Bend Grange
Atension Service
Ice Cream Aunty Brings Winter Carnival To Meigs County
Children of Meigs County enjoy a Winter Carnival program Aug 22 23 organized by the Middleport Volunteer Department with Ada Kin welfare worker and local officials from Purity Ice Bottling Co and the Temple Theatre aiding. The event centers on ice cream treats at the airy Shop and aims to benefit local youths.
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Meigs
Middleport Volun 2
Airy
Ada Kin'ad
Alex Loethe Fire Department
Temple
Purity Ice
Dey Bottling Co
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Reunions
A Sunday family reunion at Mrs. Ella Byers home drew relatives including Rev. M. E. Snyder, Will Snyder, and O. E. Snyder from nearby towns. Moonlight Riders entertained at the Woods reunion in Gage Gallia County with plans for upcoming Stockport appearances along the Muskingum River.
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Ella Byers
S. Third Ave
Rev. Snyder
Will Snyder
Athens
Ray Manley
Moonlight Riders
Gage
Gallia County
Columbus
Portsmouth
Ironton
Stockport
Muskingum River
Rare Old Newspapers Found Under Linoleum
Caretaker C. T. Norton uncovered a cache of old newspapers beneath linoleum in the 15 room Parrott ranch house at St Helena California. Among them was the Ulster City Gazette dated January 4 1800 with an account of George Washington's funeral. Other issues were early California papers from 50 to 60 years prior.
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ST. Helena
Cal
C. T. Norton
Parrott
Ulster City
George Washington
California
Hobby Exhibit Aids Needy Children In Cleveland
In Cleveland hobbyists unite for a "Hoarders at Heart" milk benefit. Miniature museums will supply milk cod liver oil eye exams and tonsillectomies to underprivileged public and parochial school children in the community.
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Cleveland
United Forces
Annual Picnic Draws Church of Christ Members
Local Church of Christ members from Bradbury Bradford Dexter Rutland areas gathered at Will's Grove for an annual picnic. More than 200 attended as Rev Courtney delivered the sermon noted ministers from the county spoke, hymns were led by Charles E Walburn with L D Hartinger as accompanist. Guests arrived from Long Bottom Tupprs Plains and Rutland.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Don McMillin
Edward French
Perry Graves
Charles Walburn
L. D. Hartinger
Arminal
Bradbury-Bradford - Dexter Rutland
McMillin
Charles E. Walburn
Long Bottom
Tuppers Plains
Rutland
J. P. Miller
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Births
Announcements report the July 16 marriage of Gladys Schmitauer and John Weed with Rev. Paul Frisch officiating. Attendant was Ethan Harper. The couple plan to move to Columbus for college and business training. A separate shower honors Mrs. Homer Eastman and announces her marriage to Mr. Eastman in January. Also noted is the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Parfitt of Columbus, former Middleport residents, with Meigs County ties.
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Homer Eastman
Sam Eastman
Bedford Township
John Parfitt
Columbus
St. Ann's Hospital
Parfitts
Middleport
Ray Bodkins
Fourth Ave
Didn't We Get Em All Thieves Are Surprised
Montgomery Alabama. Pitt Tyson Maner president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America entered the poultry business but soon quit. He bought 20 prize hens and placed them in his yard. After a few nights 16 hens vanished. Police later arrested two African American men selling fat hens cheaply. Maner asked in a lineup why they didn’t take all of them. The suspect replied they thought they had.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pitt Tyson Maner
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Maner
Bus Traffic Impeded By Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rains and electrical storms in Meigs County disrupted bus schedules Sunday evening. Creeks overflowed near Tuppers Plains and other areas, and electricity was interrupted several times during the storm.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Tuppers Plains
Middleport Nine Beats Racine In Narrow 11-10 Victory
Middleport defeated Racine 11 to 10 with Pullins, Man ley and Ward combining in the battery. The win advances Middleport to meet Leon at Pythian Park next Sunday as Ohio Valley Baseball Association Thursday games were discontinued.
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Middleport
Pullins
Manley
Ward
Racine
Leon
Pythian Park
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Oak Hill School reunion drew 200 former pupils and teachers
POMEROY. More than 200 former Oak Hill School pupils and teachers gathered at the abandoned Chester Township building for an all day reunion. Pearl Hayes traveled from Phoenix Arizona with his family to attend and spoke about school days. Edgar Ervin and John Frank also spoke as tables were set for a noon pot luck dinner. It is the third year of the event admired for its large turnout despite the school no longer existing.
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Pomeroy
Oak Hill
Chester Township
Pearl Hayes
Phoenix
Arizona
Hayes
Edgar Ervin
John Frank
Funeral services for Nettie M. Shank in Chester
Mrs. Nettie M. Shank, 82, died last week in Columbus at her son F. F. Shank's home. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Chester M. FE Church. She is survived by another son O. O. Shank of Tipton Iowa and a daughter Mrs Earnest Knight of Chester.
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Middleport
Mary Hackett
George Hackett
Gravel Hill
George Tewksbury
Columbus
Mona Marie
L. H. Flickinger
Charleston
Ross Wise
Mildred Ann
Roscoe
Marjorie Michl
William Michl
Cedar Point
Basil Casto
Joe Kirby
Livingston
Sylvia Radcliffe
Racine
Ralph Radcliffe
Henry Hennesy
Jennie Parfitt
Barberton
Virgil McAllister
Hennesy
Richard Hayman
Ralph Hayman
Roy Lansbury
Mill St
Hayman
Betty Jane Brown
Rutland
Ella Brown
A. R. Hecox
Youngstown
Jennings Keffer
Thomas
Keffer
Frances Daniels
Dana Daniels
Chester
Nettie M. Shank
F. F. Shank
Chester M. FE
Infant’s Life Saved by New Inhalator in Middleport
The first use of a new inhalator, secured by Middleport firemen a month ago, revived the still born baby daughter of Mrs. Charles Pooler. The device delivered 93 percent oxygen and seven percent dioxide after birth when breathing failed. The parents live on E Main St. in Middleport. In a separate note SAN DIEGO Superior Judge Arthur Mundo certified the birth and birthplace of Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles, 52 years after the event.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Charles Poolee
Charles Pooler
E. Main St
San Diego
Cal
Arthur Mundo
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
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