Meigs County employs teachers and staff for year
County Superintendent C O Chapman reports on employed teachers and their schools in Central Rural District. Names include E R Hayes and T K Bell at Chester High, John Andrews at Chester Grade, Orville Brown at Reedsville, and others. Bus drivers listed: Russell Buckley, Denver Holter, Joe Barnhart, and more. Janitors: Earl Summerfield, Clara May Pyles, Ruby Orr, and Dell Larkins.
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Pomeroy
Hool
C. O. Chapan
Chester High School
E. R. Hayes
T. K. Bell
Howard Knight
Carl Biddle
Henry Beaver
Gladys Violet
Avice Roush
Orville Chambers
Chester Grade
John Andrews
Elma Smith
Kathryn Bailey
Darsel Riebel
Long Bottom
Chester Knight
Walter Brown
Margaret Pickens
Bashan
Lloyd Dean
Dorothy Burden
Reedsville
Orville Brown
Marion Parker
Lucy Kibble
Russell Buckley
Denver Holter
Joe Barnhart
Sheridan Young
Clyde Pickens
Franklin Bailey
Blaine Newell
James Bailey
Ross Cleland
Ronald Bailey
Roland Torrence
Clifford Hayes
Roy Wolf
Roy Hannum
Donald Myers
Earl Summerfield
Chester High
Clara May Pyles
Chester
Ruby Orr
Dell Larkins
Harley Larkins
Pomeroy Girls Put On Probation After Runaway
Two 17 year old girls Marjorie Lemley and Pina Stillwagner appeared before Probate Judge E W Peoples after a run away episode. They were sentenced to the Girls Industrial School at Delaware but released on probation. They had disappeared for 10 days and were located in Cincinnati after being seen in Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Ben Fox
Lemley
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Holliday Sues Penn for 544 86 Promissory Note
Della Holliday sues H. L. Penn in common pleas court claiming 544 86 due on a promissory note filed Thursday.
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Pomeroy
Della Holliday
H. L. Penn
Common Pleas Court
Letart Falls Garden Club Meeting Highlights Flowers
Letart Falls Garden Club met at Mrs. Paul Alexander home with nineteen members answering roll by naming a state and its state flower. The program covered Interesting Facts About the State Flowers and readings on carnations. Dorothy Varian read Trees and Genevieve Powell led a flower contest. three visitors spoke about flower shows.
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Letart Falls
Paul Alexander
Ohio
Dorothy Varian
Genevieve Powell
Lawrence
Indianapolis
Cab Drivers Petition For Parking Space Use
Signatures of 275 cab drivers were submitted to City Hall on Thursday asking to keep the west side of Court St as taxi parking. Council had moved taxi parking to the lot for a 30 day trial starting Monday evening.
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Pomeroy
Court St
75 Attend Meeting of Unemployed
Seventy five men from all county areas met at Pythian Park to discuss the unemployment crisis. Lewis Williams led the Middleport Unemployed Committee with William Smith as they urged WPA workers and other laid off men to seek remedies. A worker warned that without work families face hunger ahead of the new school term. A follow up meeting was planned for tonight at the park to plan a request to Meigs County commissioners for immediate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pythian Park
Lewis Williams
William Smith
WPA
Meigs County
Pomeroy Area Briefs Tour of Visitors and Movements
The Reverend and Mrs. Jake Rose who visited since Tuesday at the Meier home Brick Street left Thursday for New York. They now live in Los Angeles and were active supporters of the Free Methodist Church at Laurel Cliff. Several residents visited relatives here and prepared trips include Miss Mary Gluesencamp from Bridgeport at the Wolfe home. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pender and their three children left for Chauncey then Columbus and back to Earl Hartenbach's fishing camp. Mr. and Mrs. John Chase from Wehe Terrace will visit Columbus and attend the Ohio State Fair. Mrs. Jacob Mees of Anne Street left for Sherman Texas to visit her son-in-law and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Rose
Philip Meier
Brick St
New York
Rose
Los Angeles
Calif
Pomeroy
Free Methodist Church
Laurel Cliff
Percy L. Peoples
Naylor
Mary Gluesencamp
Bridgeport
Walter Wolfe
Herbert Pendergrass
McRoberts
Chauncey
Lloyd Pendergrass
Columbus
Earl Hartenbach
Ohio River
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
William Waters
Chase
Jacob Mees
Anne Sr
Sherman, Tex
Sidney McKnight
Birthday Party and Community News From Middleport
Middleport notes recount a third birthday party for John Wailate Talbott hosted by his mother Mrs. Chappelle Talbott with toys, cake, ice cream, and balloons for numerous young guests. The column also lists local visits, social gatherings, hospital updates, and travel between residents such as Mrs. Winifred Skidmore in Cleveland and families from Zanesville, Toledo, and Columbus, reflecting ongoing community life.
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Middleport
John Wailate Talbott
Chappelle Talbott
John
John Talbott
Joan Talbott
Ginny Lou
Allensworth
Fred Healy
Janice Grate
Kenneth Murray
Bruce Bradford
Sharon Ely
Myrna
Ruth Ann Russell
Dan Sanborn
Joe Bolin
Larry Lee Wiley
Allen Heilman
Frank Talbott
Farm Woman's Club Picnic At Roadside Park
The Farm Woman's Club of Olive held a Sunday picnic Aug 18 at Roadside Park near Guysville. Attendees included Carl Buckley and family Effie Warren James Buckley Roy Hannam Hawley Pickens Cowdery Swain and others sharing a basket dinner and an afternoon of socializing.
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Long Bottom
Olive Farm Woman's Club
Guysville
Carl Buckley
Effie Warren
James Buckley
Roy Hannam
W. F. Hawley
Harry Pickens
W. M. Cowdery
W. N. Swain
Donald Myers
C. E. Myers
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
Public auction to sell the undivided one half interest of Paul Edgar Wood in two tracts totaling about 249 acres near Guysville. Appraised at $9000, sale set for August 26 1940 at 1 30 PM at the Athens County Courthouse. Terms cash. two thirds minimum with alimony lien. Charles W Bayless sheriff with attorney Woolley and Rowland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Elva Wood
Athens
Paul Edgar Wood
Ohio
Rome
Rome Township
Hocking River
George M. Bean
Samantha Cole
Athens County, Common Pleas Court
Vincent A. Caldwell
Guysville
U. 8
S. Rt
Arthur D. Phillips
R. A. Dalton
Daltonhurst
N. Shannon Ave
Charles W. Bayless
Athens County
Esther B. Gross
L. G. Worstell
Local residents return from visits and hospital notes
Jack Bachner, a Holzer Hospital patient for several weeks after an operation, was brought home on S Fourth Ave and is recovering satisfactorily. Prof J T Lewis, also post operative at Holzer, is improving. Multiple relatives and friends travel between Charleston Columbus Washington and Kentucky for visits with family.
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Jack Bachner
Holzer Hospital
S. Fourth Ave
C. R. Singleton
Nancy Singleton
Charleston
Columbus
Albert Miller
Katharine Sater
D. C. Hamberger
Washington, D. C
Homer Grant
Katharine
Christine Grant
J. T. Lewis
Margaret Isabelle Stewart
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Judson White
Gilmore
Mill St
Kitty Skinner
N. Third Ave
Blanche Ballentine
William Reichman
Clyde Kessinger
Kentucky
Supt Chapman Takes Vacation for Health
POMEROY C O Chapman county school superintendent is off duty in his office due to health. He suffers from high blood pressure and has been told by his physician to rest until the condition improves. Chapman resides at Rutland.
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Pomeroy
C. O. Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Rutland
Simpson Methodist Church Sermon and Picnic Sunday
The Rev. Warren H. Bright will deliver The Highways of Faith at 10 20 AM with Communion. It is the last Sunday of the conference year. Church school starts at 9 15 AM and will host a church school picnic after worship.
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Pomeroy
Warren H. Bright
Simpson Methodist Church
Pomeroy Bank Sues Meigs County Agricultural Society
Pomeroy National Bank files suit in common pleas court seeking $576 on a promissory note. The Meigs County Agricultural Society faces another action after a recent suit from Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. for an overdue bill.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Common Pleas
Pomeroy National Bank
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio River News Notes from East Liverpool
In East Liverpool area updates show repairs planned on at least five inland navigation dams in the next weeks. Lock 27 river wall valves under Huntington district supervision and a new bear trap planned at Lock 43 near Kosmosdale, Kentucky.
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East Liverpool
Huntington
Louisville
Ohio
Kosmosdale
W. F. Archey
Cincinnati District Engineers
Th. S. Customs Office
Pittsburgh
Duke
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Casto Department
Jason
Alexander McKenzie
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Bradbury Circuit Services Announced With Marriage Focus
Bradbury and Dexter circuits plan Sunday services with a 10:30 sermon by Mrs. Hamilton on Marriage and renewal of vows for recently married couples. Sunday School at 9:30 and a Monday start for Family Institute led by Mrs. Clarence Hamilton. FF'S sale notice follows.
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Bradbury
Bradbury- Bradford Dexter
Hamilton
Bradford
Dexter
Family Institute
Pradbury Church
Clarence Hamilton
Oberlin
Middleport Church of Christ
Thomas Healy Dies After Illness in Middleport
Middleport Ohio obituary for 67 year old Thomas Healy who died at home after a long heart illness. He was born in Zaleski and moved to Middleport as a child. Survived by sisters Mary and Margaret Healy and Mrs. Fred Joachim, and brothers Patrick and Michael. Funeral plans pending, possible Sacred Heart Church service on Saturday.
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Middleport
Thomas Healy
Healy
S. Second Ave
Zaleski
Dravgo
Mary
Margaret Healy
Edward Healy
Fred Joachim
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Patrick
Pomeroy
Michael
Chicago
Sacred Heart Church
Portland News Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Community Events
Portland notes report several marriages and visits across towns including Roy Haas and Eva Blosser with Violet Adams. Rev. Earl T. Scott travels for radium treatment in Cincinnati. Local gatherings feature families visiting and Noble County picnic attendance. Church services emphasize stewardship and upcoming recreation center moves to Koelsch Hall with fall plans led by Charles Neuman.
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Portland
Roy Haas
Clifford Patterson
Pleasant View
W. Va
Eva Blosser
Violet Adams
Bernard Adams
Long Bottom
R. D
Earl T. Scott
Scott
Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Virgil Bennett
Herschel Bennett
Beaver
van E. McDade
Ralph McDade
Marjorie
Marcella
Roy Hanes
Buel Cheneworth
Parkersburg
John Larson
Athens
Elson Boyles
Wilkie Larson
Earl Willford
Leroy
Noble County
Dana Browning
Darrell
Loretha
Columbus
J. M. Cox
Herman Koelsch
Emmett Mann
Braddock
Walter Koelsch
Edward Austin
Huntington
A. L. Griffiths
Marietta
Earl Scott
Harry Swan
Clarence Price
Claude Price
E. W. Davis
Sheffield
Ala
Koelsch Hall
Charles Neuman
Dixon Damage Suit Settlement Reached
A $30 000 damage suit filed Jan 5 1939 by Jane Dixon as administratrix of Victor Dixon estate against Grant Gilkey and Morton D Rice was settled and dismissed at defendants costs. The case related to a Oct 12 1938 collision on State Route 684 that allegedly led to Victor Dixon’s death.
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Victor Dixon
Pomeroy Church of Christ Plans Sunday Services
Sunday schedule for Pomeroy Church of Christ includes Bible School at 9:30 led by superintendent R. C. Steffy and worship at 10:30. Mrs Nancy Andrews and children from the Cleveland Christian Home will present a special program. Pastor B H Morris oversees church activities.
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Pomeroy
Local marriage licenses issued in probate court
In Pomeroy and nearby towns several licenses were issued. Herman MecPeek 35 Chesterhill and Alta Bonanzoii 41 Pomeroy. Charles Woods 21 New Marshfield and Lucille McDaniel 21 Middleport. Anthony O Lightfoot 59 Bedford Township and Rena King 63 Rocksprings.
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Pomeroy
Herman MecPeek
Chesterhill
Alta Bonanzoii
Charles Woods
New Marshfield
Lucille McDaniel
Middleport
Anthony O. Lightfoot
Bedford Township
Rena King
Rocksprings
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Athens Messenger
Chapman
Pomeroy Girls
Japan
John Greig Latham
Australia
Letart Falls Garden Club
Rauch’s
Rauch
Aesnar
Wellsley Fudge
Rauch's Bakery
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Philip Meinhart
Second Ave
Winifred Skidmore
Rachael Tremaine
Fortification Hill
Gallipolis
Card Club
Skidmore
James Harley
Inent
Chesterland
Veera Russell
Toledo
Nolan Carson
Bucyrus
Wayne Gibbons
Delmar Logan
C. E. Vance
Vance
Ewington
John Wesley Longstaff
McMillan Hospital
N. Second Ave
Lewis Koehler
Nehi Company
Bill Grate
Koehler
Eva Tewksbury
Kenneth
George Mathew Tewksbury
George Tewksbury
Pauline Mitch
Maxine Clark
Farm Woman's Club
Sherife
State of
Supt
Simpson Methodist Services
Pomeroy Bank Sues Agricultural Society
Ohio River News Notes
Gordon C. Greene
Greene Line
New Orleans
Mississippi
Phillips and Davies, Inc
Dayton, O
Loyalhanna
Pennsylvania
Bradbury Circuit
Sheri
State of Ohio
Athens National Bank
Bears
F. J. Beasley Co
Callies
Stanley's Market
California
U. S
Oleo
Chees Longhorn
Per Ib
Alabama
Mness
News Notes of
Dixon
Pomeroy Services
E. ¥. Baughman
Bennett
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