Deadline nears for Meigs County candidacy filings
Meigs County petitions for township and school district offices must be filed by September 5 at 6 30 p m. Several candidates have already filed including trustees from Salem Columbia Salisbury Rutland Scipio and Chester and Curtis Wolfe for Central Rural School District board. Others are expected as petition drives continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
G. E. Frederick
Scipio
Dale Smith
Gilbert Weeks
Salisbury
Oren W. Wogan
George Phillips
Sutton
Thomas Bailey
Curtis Wolfe
Board of Education of
Central Rural School District
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Trips and Meetings
Pomeroy Social Notes reports Ben Buckleyson James and Mrs. Effie Warren returning from a southern trip via Key West and the Great Smoky Mountains. Nearby items note visits by Dale and Mrs. Gilkey and their children, a Goodwin family reunion, a Rebekah convention, a JOF class gathering at Simpson Methodist, A F Eiselstein’s Huntington hospital trip, Geneva Humphreys’s one month vacation as Meigs County home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Buckleyson
James
Effie Warren
Reedsville
South
Key West
Fla
Great Smoky Mountains
Pomeroy
Dale Gilkey
Gallipolis
Charles Gilkey
Harrisonville Road
Shade
Goodwin
John Goodwin
Viola
Dorothy Gilkey
Rebekahs
J.O.F
Simpson Methodist Church
Everett Tracy
Pearl Hysell
A. F. Eiselstein
Huntington
Raymond
Veteran's Hospital
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Grangers Sponsor Ice Cream Social at Grange Hall
Alfred group the Grangers announce an ice cream social at the Grange Hall planned for Saturday night August 23. Proceeds support local activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Grange Hall
Marriage License Rush Terminated In Ohio County
With the new Ohio marriage license law in force the license book remains unopened in probate court. No licenses were issued Monday or Tuesday and officials expect a delay of several days. The rush ended Sunday when the law took effect, but county gains were modest compared to nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Missing Wanda Brownell Sought Across Ohio and Nearby States
Posters showing 13 year old Wanda Brownell circulated to law enforcement across Ohio and adjacent states with a photo and description. Meigs County officers pursue every lead while Daniel Louden remains in custody on bond as the case gathers no new information. Middletown police collaborate but have found no witnesses in their city to place the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Wanda Brownell
Racine
Meigs County
Daniel Louden
Louden
Brownell
Middletown
Ermlich Named Senior Supervisor in Ohio
Friends of K F Ermlich report he has been appointed one of two senior supervisors in Ohio. He currently acts as manager in Sandusky and will stay there while a new manager is trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Horden
Cecil Horden
Columbus
Richard Horden
Fourth Ave
James Titus
Rutland
Jim Titus
Jim
Ohio State University
Ohio
Funeral of Addie Stedman Held at Rutland
Funeral services for Addie Stedman 71 who died Monday at the home of Will Folan Rutland were held this afternoon at 2 o clock Burial was in Miles Cemetery She leaves no close relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Addie Stedman
Will Folan
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Corning area social notes record resignations and events
Corning teachers Miss Lenore Young and Robert Latta resign to take posts in Akron and Circleville. Chatter Box 4-H Club plans county picnic at New Lexington August 22. Local clubs host skating party, home entertainments, and visiting groups. Numerous residents travel to Lancaster Canton Columbus and Cincinnati. several town residents guest in Congo and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Board of Education
Lenore Young
Robert Latta
Miss Young
Akron
Mr. Latta
Circleville
Chatter Box 4-H
Congo
New Lexington
August WCTU meeting and Middleport social notes
The August meeting of the WCTU will be held tomorrow at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. H. J. Hysell with visitors welcome. The column notes numerous Middleport residents and guests visiting from Columbus, Akron, Evansville, Cleveland, Pomeroy, and other towns, plus local outings, travel to Battle Creek, and family events at the Stansbury and other homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
WCTU
H. J. Hysell
Western College Women Guests Extend Visit From Columbus
Miss Dann Joan Hamilton arrives with mother Mrs Luther Boger and Miss Jane Stansbury on Sunday from Columbus. Hamilton Stansbury and Joann Bowsher of Jackson have stayed two weeks with classmates Miss Pat Becker and Miss Virginia Hilleary at Western College for Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dann Joan Hamilton
Luther Boger
Jane Stansbury
Columbus
Hamilton
Miss Stansbury
Joann Bowsher
Jackson
Western College For Women
Pat Becker
Virginia Hilleary
Joppa Social And Personal Chronicle Recaps Local Moves
JOPPA Robert Barton returns to Michigan with Carl Barnhart. Mr and Mrs Francis McNutt visit Canton relatives. Mr and Mrs Rufus Anderson were in Guysville. Mrs Cora Webb teaches at Tuppers Plains visits locals. Fred Landon and family in Belpre. Helen Newland attends summer teaching course at Rio Grande College. Opal Barr visiting from Parkersburg. Donald Landon in Cleveland. Floyd Matheny and Halley Westfall back from Columbus and Shreve visits. Elda Calloway family in Akron. Clyde Bailey back from Shreve. Augusta Perry and Ivan Deeters business in Pomeroy. Clifford Lovel seeks work in Baltimore. Dodderer and Sanders home from Maryland. plans to return with wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joppa
Robert Barton
Michigan
Carl Barnhart
Francis McNutt
Canton
Rufus Anderson
Guysville
Cora Webb
Tuppers Plains
Fred Landon
Belpre
Helen Newland
Rio Grande College
L. L. Barr
Opal
Parkersburg
Donald Landon
Cleveland
Floyd Blake
Herbert Matheny
Columbus
Halley Westfall
Randolph Westfall
Elda Calloway
Akron
Everett Calloway
Clyde Bailey
Shreve
C. A. Barnett
Augusta Perry
Ivan Deeters
Pomeroy
Clifford Lovel
Baltimore
Robert. Dodderer
Ernest Sanders
Maryland
Dodderer
Wife Asks Divorce in Cruelty Case
Helen C. Lewis filed for divorce from Wesley T. Lewis in common pleas court on cruelty grounds. The couple married July 30, 1926 and have six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Helen C. Lewis
Wesley T. Lewis
Evangeline Chapter CES to Picnic at Roadside Park
The Evangeline Chapter CES sets six o clock for a Thursday evening picnic at Roadside Park. If rain interrupts, the picnic supper moves to the Masonic Temple club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
CES
Masonic Temple Club
Catherine de Medici bans crimson gowns for non princesses
The wife of Henry II of France Catherine de Medici loved velvet and red and enacted a law forbidding any woman who was not a princess from wearing a gown wholly of crimson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry II of
France
Catherine de Medici
E. E. Bob Lark Dies in Miami Former Middleport Resident
Edward Ellsworth Lark known as Bob died in a Miami hospital on August 14. He formerly ran a harness and leather goods business and lived in Middleport and later Atlanta before moving to Miami. He leaves two daughters in Portsmouth and was related to local families. Burial was sent to Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herbert Ewing
W. C. Russell
Coral Gables
Fla
Edward Ellsworth Lark
Miami
Lark
Eugene Klock
Barbara Lark
Portsmouth
Russell
Florida
Lark Brothers
Bob) Lark
Neva Bradbury
Atlanta
Georgia
U. S
Reedsville Garden Club Hosts August Meeting
The August meeting at the school hall was led by president Mrs Gladys Sisson. The group decided to sponsor a British baby for both senior and junior clubs at about 30 dollars yearly with the junior club contributing 14 from the flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Irs
Gladys Sisson
Lucy Kibble
Kate L. Kibble
C. A. Barnett
Sisson
Fred Shumway
Laura Ruth
Blanche Ruth
Edna K. Stewart
Anna M. Randolph
Elizabeth Coleman
Ella Petty
Mabel Hetzer
Nettie Cowdery
Kate L
Ronald
Sebring
Ira Boring
Grant
Columbus
Marion
E. B. McHenry
Patrick Costello
East Liverpool
Olive Grim
New Haven
C. W. Turnbull
Ravenswood
Paul Cox
Parkersburg
J. S. Hodkins
Ohio
Dorothy Burden
Elza Burden
Nelson Torrence
Jividen Funeral To Be Held Thursday
Capt Charles A. Jividen who died of a heart attack near Mason City will be buried in Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy after a Thursday residence service conducted by Rev W L Gearhart. A former Meigs Countian, he ran a flour mill near Racine and later operated the ferry between Pomeroy and Mason City and led WV Dairymen’s Association and the Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles A. Jividen
Mason City
W. L. Gearhart
Beech Grove
Jiiden
Meigs
Racine
West Virginia Dairymen's Association
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Assciation
Funeral services today for Edward P. Roush in Middleport
Funeral services for Edward P. Roush 71 died Monday at his Lincoln Street home are held this afternoon at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. A Mason City West Virginia native, he was a lifetime Methodist and once violinist with Prof. J. T. Lewis orchestra. Surviving are his wife and two stepdaughters Mrs. Ethel Robertson Detroit and Mrs. Cecil Loudermilk Springfield, both here for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward P. Roush
Lincoln St
Rawlings-Coats
Roush
Mason City
W. Va
Horace S. Roush
Bentley Murphy
Methodist Church
Prof. J. T. Lewis
Silver Run
Ethel Robertson
Detroit
Cecil Loudermilk
Springfield
Driver License Sale To Start Sept 8
Driver licenses go on sale Monday Sept 8 and must be secured by month end per deputy registrar Charles Spencer. Changes require 1941 license history, tests for lapsed 1940-41 licensees, a statewide 16 year age minimum for permits, chauffeur minimum age 18, and no permit needed for properly licensed out of state drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Spencer
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Spencer
Ohio
League Leaders Meet in crucial Labor Day clash in Ohio Valley
Pomeroy Hartford and New Era hold first and second in the Ohio Valley Association after next Sunday's games. Hartford is 10-1, New Era 9-1. New Era visits Middleport for a doubleheader and a sweep could force a first place tie with Hartford if Hartford beats Racine in one game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hartford
New Era
Ohio Valley Association
Middleport
Racine
West Virginia
Syracuse
Hendricks
Brinker
Letart
Miles Durst
Herman Lane
Stiversville
Middleport Troop 40 Reorganizes Into Patrols
Scoutmaster R. E. McKay outlines a two week schedule to divide the troop into patrols as part of a recent reorganization. The unit will stay open for boys seeking membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. E. McKay
Conductor A L Bush Called to Dunbar for Father’s Death
Middleport A L Bush a NYCAR conductor was summoned to Dunbar West Virginia by the death of his father C O Bush after a two year illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. L. Bush
NYCAR
Dunbar
W. Va
C. O. Bush
Mr. Bush
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes
Corning Social Notes
Cady
F. A. Cady
Jane Beaver
Edna Dunlap
Beulah Craig
Corning Personals
Mary Alderman
McKinley Rest
Zanesville
J. G. Blower
Russell Faires
Hemlock
James Dunlap
Virgil Rodgers
P. H. Clifford
Lancaster
Claude Maxwell
Good Samaritan Hospital
A. C. Shonkwiler
Doris
Cincinnati
Wilmington
Bellepoint
Jim Marren
Camp Hustie
Walter Cornwell
Robert Leslie
True Smith
Edna Desmond
Betty Arlene
Willard Baird
Ernest Foraker
Dayton
Clyde Dunlap
Delmer Foraker
David
William Mount
Crooksville
Billa Ramsey
John Hardin
Hannibal
Lu Brown
Vernon
Thomas Hardy
Joy Parsons
Maynard Gaitten
Pearly Rodgers
Newark
Mary Brown
Mae Rodgers
Hannah Neil
Elizabeth Heim
John Conkle
Clydes Rowles
Jeanette Murray
Tuck Hardy
George Walters
Richie
Morgan Walters Sr
Marjorie Horvath
Relay
Washington
Pacific
Sanji Abe
Hawaiian Senate
Los Angeles
Bernice
Hawaii
Middleport Social Notes
John Stevens Jr
Curtiss-Wright
John Stevens
S. Third Ave
Stevens
Carl Duncan
Tom Johnson
Dale Dutton
Clarendon Hills
Ill
Mr. Dutton
C. P. Dutton
Dutton
Margaret Carpenter
Robert White
Tommy Durst
Dexter Erwin
Stansbury Drug Co
John Vroman
E. W. Burwell
Vroman
Burwell
Charles Bowen
Battle Creek
Joe Ankrom
Sgt
Ankrom
Camp Custer
C. A. Poindexter
Anna Trimble
Emma Burkhart
Mary Alice Burkhart
New Albany
Eldon Weeks
John Reed Weeks
John Frick
Linda Sue
Althea Hayman
Swenson
H. L. Ward
Solomon Begner
Evansville
Ind
Mr. Begner
Lansbury
Begner
Indiana
Selwin
NYA Center
Park St
William
Wid) Williams
Cabin Creek
William Williams
Mill St
Sarah Campbell Scott
Lampasas
Tex
Ruth Casto
Lawrence Casto
J. B. Downing
N. Second Ave
Scott
Texas
Grafton
Ont
Jane Blaffer
Kenneth Dale Owen
Fred Coats
Muncie
Robert Coats
Smoky Mountains
Peggy Robson
James Robson
Genevieve Duckworth
E. E
Bob’ Lark
Miami, Fla
Reedsville Garden Club
Jividen
P. Roush
Silversville
New Era Eeewwene
Syracuse Seenne
Waense
Racine Ose Eeeone
Luckoff
Nelsonville
Glouster
INC
Teenee Watch & Clock Co
Ventre
Eve
Amer
Corporation
Bros
John St
Angie
Ave
22D &T
Frank
New York
Incheonette
Kiet
Male, Co
Rm" ‘G
Ental Laboratory
LANIC
Clasp
Ronly
Lenox Ave
Annex
Brinberg
G. P
Mar
Long Island
Furrier
Aea
Usi Weldin
Institutio
Vely
Flatbush
Rooklyn
Hussey
Sales Pwlett
MAY CO
Dandbcure
Charles Scribners’ Sons
Wacker
Philade of Fime Sausages
New York and Vicinity Commission
the Messenger
Bo A
the City
Court St
Fred C. Sanders
Mgr
Athens, Ohio
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