County Road Work Ordered by Commissioner Board Meigs
Meigs County Commissioners voted Tuesday to surface Vineyard Road with 60 yards of gravel under county engineer supervision. They also approved 110 feet of one foot tile for Diehl Road and funding for ditching and resurfacing in Salem Township. Transfers of $225 from the Infirmary Fund and $75 from the Children's Home Fund were authorized for related expenses. A resolution provided 10 sacks of cement and 50 feet of line for Shade River bridge work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Vineyard
Diehl
Salem Township
Justices of Peace and Mayors
Children's Home Fund
Old Age Pension Office
Shade River
Pomeroy Personal Notices Highlight Local Social Visits
Pomeroy readers note a flurry of visits and returns. Paul and Alice Huber traveled to Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. William Waters visiting Mrs. Waters' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chase. Others include Mrs. Bess Eiselstein caring for her sister in Columbus and Ward Donley returning to Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul and
Alice Huber
Columbus
William Waters
Pittsburgh
Dorothy Mees
Helen Mees
H. D. Defenbacher
E .D. Will
Lincoln Road
EB. J. Frans
Mulberry Avenue
Loretta Franz
Anderson, Ind
Randolph Ward resigns clerk duties in Pomeroy store
Randolph Ward is taking a vacation from his duties as clerk in a Pomeroy store. Several residents including Joan Huddy, Catey Carruthers, and Frances Pickens family visit relatives in Nelsonville and Pittsburgh while others travel for short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Ward
Pomeroy
Joan Huddy
Nelsonville
C. A. Emmish
Wiletta
Josephine
Catey Carruthers
Levi Carruthers
Peach Fork
Frances Pickens
Sidney Pickens
South Third Ave
Revival Begins At Canning Factory In Letart Falls
The Reverend Brady of the Church of God has started a revival in the canning factory building near Antiquity. An ice cream social benefit will be hosted on the M E Church lawn at Plants Saturday night. Local residents, including Lieut Lynn Roberts from Fort Ben ning Ga, and families such as Mr and Mrs Harley Flowers of Freane West Virginia, visitants and neighbors attend various gatherings and dinners this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Brady
Church of God
M. E
Plants
Lynn Roberts
Fort Benning
Eva Roberts
Wolfs Landing
Harley Flowers
Freane
W. Va
Jackson Family Reunion at Hieing Park
Dr. and Mia A. Z. Junkerman attended the Jackson family reunion at Hieing Park on Sunday with about 60 relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mia
A. Z. Junkerman
Hieing Park
Jackson
Lively Labor Day program planned by Middleport and Pomeroy firemen
Middleport and Pomeroy fire departments sponsor Labor Day events starting with a parade from Pomeroy at 6 30 p m and continuing at 7 30 at Middleport High Athletic Field. The program includes contests boxing matches tug of war music a fat men game and fireworks with proceeds shared between the two departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Middleport High
Dick Wiley
Fern Bradbury
American Legion Quartet
Local residents visit and family notices in Middleport
Middleport is joined by Mr and Mrs Clinton Hockenberry of Marietta and Mr and Mrs Roy L Smith Grant Street on Sunday. Edward Payne of Washington DC travels for the death of sister in law Mrs Paul Jones. J D Bryan of Chicago arrives after aunt Mrs Paul Jones dies. Edgar Ervin of Columbus visits Tuesday and Wednesday. Also several locals visit hospital patient Mrs Philathea Leonard’s mother in Bellefontaine. Mrs Martha Curtis of Orient to stay for recovery. Rambleys return to Westerville. Dana Howett to return home from Harding Sanitarium on Grant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Hockenberry
Marietta
Roy L. Smith
Grant Street
Edward Payne
Washington, D. C
Paul Jones
W. E. Bryan
J. B. Hariey
Bryan Place
J. D. Bryan
Chicago
W. EB. Bryan
J. B. Hartey
Edgar Ervin
Columbus
Marion Allensworth
Virginia
Shirley Leonard
J. Chappelle Talbott
Bellefontaine
Leonard
Hospital Philathea
Church of Christ
George Meinhart
Martha Curtis
Orient
Roy Russell
Pleasant Hill
Rambleyvs
Westerville
Dana Howett
Harding Sanitarium
B. Bridgett
Helen
Maurice Lott
Racine
J. B. Clark
Ford
Crooked Tree
Ie County
O. R. Croy
Caldwell
Ault
Pittsburgh
Martha Frost
L. W. Fisher
Josie Davis
York
Parrishs
Hockingport Road
J. G. Hyatt
Springfield
E. M. Pierce
Kenneth Mare
Jo Ann
Little Hocking
H. M. Walden
Marie Calaway
Tuppers Plains
Katherine Johnson
Chauncey
Martha Front
George E. Caylor
Delaware
Mrs. Caylor
Elia le Goutton
Blanche Malone
Miss Mabel
Connett
Mixes Stella Smith
Ralph Calaway
Parkersburg
Harold McBride
Athens
Ruth McBride
W. B. Roberts
Gertrude Roberts
W. E. Gardner
Effie Sanderson
Alfred Daugherty
Russell Cody
Charlies Bentz
W. L. Schreiber
E. J. Person
Huntington
R. J. Runion
Giennis Daugherty
E. M. Daugherty
F. G. Bunion
Spanish War Legion and Auxiliary
Brooklyn, N
Stewart Party Heads to Columbus and Mitthwanga on Lake Erie
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stewart and daughters Margaret Isabel and Dorothy Nelle and Mrs. E. G. Probst depart by motor for Columbus to visit sisters Mrs. Edgar Ervin. The Ervin family joins for a Mitthwanga week outing then Middleport relatives return home after further time in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mittiwanga
Lake Erie
C. H. Stewart
Margaret Isabel
Dorothy Nelle
E. G. Probst
Columbus
Fire Destroys Pomeroy Home of Keno Couple
Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Crary in Keno on Monday. Reported that nothing was saved from the building. Insurance partially covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Reed Crary
Keno
Meigs County Fair Directors Meet Saturday at City Hall
Meigs County Fair directors will convene Saturday morning at 106 o'clock in City Hall. Secretary Arthur Johnson announced plans for the annual fair will be developed at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Arthur Johnson
Stout Reunion and Social News From Coolville District
A Stout Reunion near Chester Meigs County drew about 50 descendants and relatives to Grange Hall Coolville for a pleasant Sunday with a brief program and dinner. The item also notes numerous regional visits, weddings, guests, and travels among residents of Coolville Troy Township, and lists several local social activities and travels through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Coolville
Troy Township
Abner Stout
Chester
Meigs County
Grange Hall
Nebraska
Mary Gaskins
Howard Stout
Athens
Meigs County Recorder Reports Yearly Deeds and Mortgages
County Recorder George Meinhart releases annual totals: deeds 530 totaling 17 540.88 acres with 42 018.11 dollars non nominal. mortgages 171 totaling 8 506.23 acres for 197 904.08 dollars. cancellations 1 – 6 268 acres for 23 230.96 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Draper Receives Judgment in Note Suit in Common Pleas
Charlies H. Draper as Receiver of Coolville National Bank won a judgment for $475.05 in common pleas court against P. L. Dodderer and May Dodderer in a note lawsuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Charlies H. Draper
Coolville National Bank
P. L. Dodderer
May Dodderer
Pomeroy Visit Ends As Family Returns Home
After a two weeks stay with Mrs. Harry Hicks, her mother Mrs. L. H. Green, granddaughter Ella Armstrong and her two children left for Ward West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harry Hicks
L. H. Green
Ella Armstrong
Ward
W. Va
Whitmers Begin Western Trip to California Coast
Mr and Mrs R F Whitmer left on a Wednesday departure for California to visit Mrs Whitmer's sister Mrs Kenna Blackwood and to see relatives in Chicago on their return. Mr and Mrs William Reinhart of Pomeroy are staying to care for the Whitmer home during their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
R. F. Whitmer
California
Kenna Blackwood
Chicago
William Reinhart
Pomeroy
Whitmer
Funeral Services for Joseph Barrett Held Thursday
Funeral services for Joseph Barrett age 31 were held at Honeaville Church on Thursday afternoon. Burial followed at Miller Cemetery in Gallia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Joseph Barrett
Honeaville
Miller
Gallia County
Funeral Attendees From Out of Town Gather for Mrs Jones
Relatives and friends descended on Middleport for the funeral of Mrs. Paul C. Jones. Attending were Atty. J. W. Dumble of Chicago and guests from Washington D C Charleston Williamson Memphis Tenn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul C. Jones
Atty. J. W. Dumble
Chicago
Edward Payne
Washington, D. C
Neijle Young
Don Bromberg
Ben Neffer
Charleston
Buchanan
Williamson
Fred W. Lumbie
Memphis
Tenn
Coonhound Gives Birth to 17 Pups in Ohio Community
A black and tan coonhound bred by E. A. Evans of Vinton delivered 17 live pups of normal size. The event draws attention as the town eyes a local milestone near Corbeil, Ontario, the site of the Dionne quintuplets birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Corbeil
Ontario
Dionne
E. A. Evans
Gallipolis Commemorates Regatta with Honorary Commodore
Miss Irene Erwin elected by Gallipolis citizens as Honorary Commodore for the Ninth Annual Regatta and Aircraft Display on August 26 uses a Stinson cabin plane to visit Ohio and West Virginia cities this week. She will greet officials, invite leaders to the event, and fire the opening gun at the aerial and water programs, meeting Jimmie Mattern during the show. She plans visits to Athens Chillicothe Oak Hill Jackson Wellston Pomeroy Portsmouth Ironton Columbus and Marietta with a stop at Charleston to meet the West Virginia governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stinson
Ohio
West Virginia
Athens
Chillicothe
Oak Hill
Jackson
Wellston
Pomeroy
Miss Erwin
Charleston
Portsmouth
Ironton
Columbus
Commodore Erwin
Marietta
Jimmie Mattern
Local residents connect at bean dinner and visits
Orville Davis returned Saturday from Columbus driving a new car. Several families and individuals including Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and John L. Clark, A. D. Boston, Phillips Farney, David Wickline, J. A. Sayre, H. I. Sayre, G. C. Liggett, Cetra Thomas, Hortense Tinmons, Marianna Lewis, Dan Morgan, W. E. Knox and son William, Everett Lewis and Bobby, Joan Raynor, Metta Chevalier, William North, David Williams, J. D. Williams, James Lackey, L. T. Cotterell, S. E. Jenkins and relatives traveled, visited, or hosted others around Columbus, Oak Hill, Findley, Niagara Falls, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Davis
Columbus
W. P. Meyers
John L. Clark
A. D. Boston
Phillips Farney
Dayton
David Wickline
J. A. Sayre
Antiquity
H. I. Sayre
G. C. Liggett
Cetra Thomas
Hortense Tinmons
Marianna Lewis
Dan Morgan
W. E. Knox
William
Everett Lewis
Bobby
Shadyside
W. B. Welker
Joan Raynor
Ed Raynor
Metta Chevalier
William North
East
David Williams
J. D. Williams
James Lackey
Oak Hill
L. T. Cotterell
Trenton
E. Jenkins
Margaret
Lorena
Evan Richards
Findley
Harold Brown
Chester
Brown
Chester School
Lowell Calahan
Jackson
Coach Lyne
Jenk Davis
Charmis
Niagara Falls
Anna Mae Evans
Edna Arundell
Ironton
Ironton Visited Friends Here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W
Aleshire
Middleport
Gallipolis Writer Plans White Flower Garden
O. O. McIntyre, the New York writer who spent his boyhood in Gallipolis, says he plans a garden of all white flowers for the home he is remodeling, the old Bovie House on State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O. O. MclIntyre
New York
Bovie
State Street
Road Work Expands Langsville Rail Crossing Area
The state highway at the Langsville railroad crossing is being widened by a state crew. A fill is being made to improve the crossing and nearby approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Funeral rites for Mrs Paul C Jones held in Sprigg W Va
Mrs Paul C Jones died Sunday at her daughter's home in Sprigg West Virginia. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Jones home on Broadway Street with Rev F I Gardner officiating. Burial followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Pomeroy license issued Lloyd Boring 21 and Elsie Gray 19 of Harrisonville in probate court. marriage to be performed by Squire Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul C. Jones
Pomeroy
Lloyd Boring
Charlies Boring
Elsie Gray
Robert Gray
Harrisonville
Squire Dixon
Greenville
Ohio
Virgil Rodgers
J. R. Dulong
Willow
W. Va
Harry
J. W. Me
Mae Barger
Land
C. G. Houck
Sam Harvey Biggins
Jake
William Te
FERA to Build Mattress Plant in Gallipolis
Gallia County relief director confirms remodeling of the old Garfield school into a mattress factory for FERA labor. An appropriation of 5494 dollars funds tables and equipment. about 32 workers will be employed from relief lists with more women than men. A supervisor from Hamilton will train staff. district FERA officers meet in Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Garfield
FERA
George W. Haney
Gallia County
Board of Education
Jacob Hufnagel
Hamilton
Ohio
Beulah Stage
Marietta
Tom Mayo
Age
Gallipolis Man Sues For Partition Of Langley Subdivision Property
Carl C. Johnson files suit in Common Pleas Court seeking partition of Langley Subdivision property in Gallipolis Township claiming a one twelfth share. Defendants include Fred DuVall and Frank DuVall of Huntington West Virginia Rose DuVall Boling and C J Boling of New York City Ethel Wessels and Jack Wessels of Milwaukee Wisconsin and Hollis Johnson Brown and Rose M Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl C. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Langley
Gallipolis Township
Fred DuVall
Frank DuVall
Huntington
W. Va
Rose DuVall Boling
C. J. Boling
New York City
Ethel Wessels
Jack Wessels
Milwaukee
Wisc
Hollis Johnson Brown
Rose M. Johnson
Will of Hannah Young Filed in Probate Court
The will of Hannah Young, deceased, has been filed in Probate Court with notice given by registered mail to Clyde Wilson Fred Wilson and Charles Wilson minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hannah Young
Clyde Wilson
Fred Wilson
Charles Wilson
Marriage License Issued to Willie Davis and Dorothy Cross
Gallia County records show Willie Davis 22 of Cheshire coal miner wed Dorothy Cross 18 with her mother Mrs. Rena Cross consent. Tobacco tax exemption drive urged by E. H. Reed notes 68 new contracts signed and over 100 exemption applications. no new contracts but exemption applications accepted for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Willie Davis
Cheshire
Dorothy Cross
Rena Cross
E. H. Reed
Gallia County
Plan Ice Cream Social at Mitchell Home
An ice cream social will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs James Mitchell Friday night August 2. The event between Eno and Morgan Center aims to raise funds for Mrs Mitchells hospital expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
James Mitchell
Eno and
Morgan Center
School Bus Drivers Selected in Gallia County
Gallia County schools have named drivers for nearly all routes. Superintendent H B Bradbury lists crews by rural area with drivers from Gallia Victoria to Rio Grande and surrounding towns, including Gallia, Thurman, Oak Hill, Cheshire, Kyger, Crown City, Vinton, Bidwell, and Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
H. Bion Bradbury
Cadmus
Robert Wiseman
Cecil McDaniel
Elmer Allison
Northup
Centerville
Evans and
Callahan
E. R. Sims
Thurman
Wilbur Alban
Oak Hill
Cheshire
James Ward
Clarence Coughenous
Worthy Tate
Denver Kennedy
Kyger
Clay Rural
William Saunders
Raccoon Island
Green
Merril White
Hubert Sheets
J. Robert Stone
Greenfield
Russell Edwards
Thebert Cheatwood
Charlies Shelton
Peniel
Guyan
Norvin Carter
Arden Fulks
Liston Halley
Webster Sheets
T. D. Jones
Strother Houck
Wilbur Williams
Crown City
Harrison
H. C. Neal
Vinton
Huntington
Frank Ralph
Henry Bunte
Johnny Casto
Morgan
Mervin Erwin
Bidwell
Cecil Denny
Ohio
Delbert Boster
Bladen
Perry
James Corbin
J. A. Pell
Raccoon
S. E. Jenkins
Charles F. Bonecutter
Rio Grande
Springfield
Sue Beatty
J. H. Davis
Lawrence Green
Walnut
Woodrow Pope
Intoxication arrests rise in Gallipolis in 1934
The Gallipolis city police report a surge in arrests during the first two thirds of 1934 with 351 people taken into custody, compared with 194 in all of 1933. Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont notes the majority of charges are intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Unclear OCR fragment about River Nog and coal mine
Fragmentary report mentions River Nog and coal mine details with names like Captain Clayton Atams burgh and a toxicated white Pilot but lacks coherent facts or dates to form a full event summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Force An
Clayton Atamsburgh
Holzer Hospital Patient Dismissals Amid Multiple Ad Checks
The Gallipolis facility Holzer Hospital reports patient dismissals including Barcus of Gallipolis and Daphne McLaughlin from Vinton County. Mentions Mashed face hand and a win for Radcliff linked to Mendenhall and Camp Meigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta
Holzer Hospital
Daphne McLaughlin
Vinton County School Radcliff
Mendenhall
Camp Meigs
Barcus
Farewell Sermon Guests and Court Action Highlight Kanagan Area
The item lists local guests from Greenville Ohio and Willow West Virginia visiting family members, plus a farewell sermon given by Rev J W Me. It notes a Municipal Court hearing resulting in a $10 fine and costs and an affidavit filed in Probate Court in Gallia County.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
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Catskill Mountains
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Middleport Briefs
Ottie Stanley
Jeannette Waddell
D. A. Howell
Contract Bridge Club
Main Street
J. H. Gratp
Jessie Lansbury
June
BE. M. McCarty
Younts
Helen Wilson
F. W. Sebroath
Diamond
C. M. Erwin
New Salem
Yountz
CRARY
Wirt Chapman
Donald Bardin
Nora Wise
Sherman Marshall
Camden-Clark Hospital
Charles Travis
W. E. Travis
Winnifred
Hamden
Meigs Co. Recorder
Hold Barrett
Erwin Flying Ambassador
Irene Erwin
RIO Grande News
Alcatraz
Cummings
Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary
San Francisco
Homer
Angelo Rossi
James A. Johnston
Quinn
Fera Mattress
WED
Bradbury States
River Nog
Clayton Ray
Kanaugan
Hatfield
Edna Ervin
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