Middleport Council Approves Bond to Buy Fire Equipment
Middleport council in special session authorized a one mill bond issue, five year maturity, to fund new pumper truck hose helmets and related gear for the Volunteer Fire Company. If approved in November, the 4 000 to 6 000 dollar range depends on delinquent taxes.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Middleport Council
Middleport
Sidney Russell
Paul Swisher
Ohio Valley
Bellaire
Gallia County
C. O. Fisher
Civilian Defense Council
D. S. Harold
Edward Bary
Ervin Stewart Nuptials Linked To Aviation Family
Miss Clara Pauline Ervin and Jack Stewart of St Louis wed in Cincinnati at the Indian home of Mr and Mrs Barney with Rev Asa McDaniels officiating. Attendants included Miss Julia Gottry of Rochester and Lt Thomas E Ervin, best man. The ceremony featured garden flower arrangements and an elaborate wedding cake. The couple's families and American Airlines personnel attended a reception at Lumken Field.
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Clara Pauline Ervin
Edgar
Main St
Jacktewart
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Barney
Asa McDaniels
Julia Gottry
Rochester
N. Y
Thomas E. Ervin
Washington, D. C
American Airlines Inc
Lumken Field
Stewart
Ohio State University
Chimes
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Lumken
Fern la Harth
Kemper Military Academy
Missouri
American Airlines
Army Air Corps
Ervin
Hotel Arms
Walnut Hills
Robert Weiser
Jean Ervin
Columbus
Wm. D. Houston
Ruth Ervin
Dayton
F. la Harth
Hans Miller
Joan Ackerman
Susie Baylerand
Alia Gottry
Thomas Ervin
The
Nen
Establish Their Home in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Cassam Hindy moved their household from West Vic to the Humphrey property on Sixth Ave in Middleport formerly occupied by Mrs Emma Sisson who moved to S Third Ave Mrs Ollie Hindy now lives in the apartment above the Liberty Theater which they remodeled and operate Kalad Hindy their son recently inducted into the US Army is visiting for two weeks with his family The Hindys as new theater owners express optimism about Middleport and the business prospects of the venture
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Mimpleport
Cassam Hindy
West Vic
Humphrey
Sixth Ave
Emma Sisson
S. Third Ave
Ollie Hindy
Liberty Theater
Kalad Hindy
United States Army
Hindys
Middleport
A. R. Clifton
Butternut Ave
Dayton
Mary
Columbus
C. A. Clifton
Theodorius Council of the Daughters of America
Cleveland
Elizabeth Campbell
Mary Calvert
Elizabeth Durst
Lottie Cohen
Lucille Hawkins
Edith Ament
Erna Jesse
Ed Winegar
Kimes
J. V. Dunn
New Lexington
Eugene Dunn
Rose Wangler
Mulberry Ave
Leo Wangler
Cincinnati
Richard Reed
Camille
Willard
Margaret Thomas
Syracuse
Paul Thomas
Pt. Pleasant
C. F. Tompkins
Cynthia
EF Main St
Logan
Newton Spencer
Orin Wince
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy W.C.T.U
Federated Church
Eldon Weeks
John
Genevieve Stobart
Enterprise
United Brethern Church
Mac McCormick
Maude Griffith
Susie Andrews
Harley Swisher
Pearl Swisher
William Correll
Barberton
George Hicks
William Hampton
Hicks
John Stobart
Harrisburg
Ill
Harry Potts, Sr
Ralph Gilmore
Jo Ann
Nancy
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local News and Visits
A crowded social roundup in Pomeroy covers visits among residents, multiple trips to Columbus Dayton and Cincinnati, army and church activities, W C T U meeting plans, and family announcements including a birth at the Harrisonville Road home. The item lists dozens of residents with kinfolk and travels across Ohio and nearby states.
Miss Ruth Taylor Undergoes Appendectomy
Miss Ruth Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor Broadway underwent an appendectomy at McMillan Hospital and is recovering satisfactorily. Her parents accompanied her to Charleston for the operation. Miss Taylor an honor student at the local high school will be a senior this year.
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Middleport
Ruth Taylor
Leonard
Taylor
Broadway
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Farm Women Meet For Beach Party
Farm Women of the LONG BOTTOM Olive Farm Women's Club gathered for an annual picnic at Pryor Cowdery Beach hosted by Miss Nerva Pryor. The group enjoyed a dinner and social time with a program featuring president Mrs Victor Wipple and members including Effie Warren Hope Swain and Mary Ellen Andrews.
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Long Bottom
Olive Farm Women's Club
Pryor-Cowdery Beach
Nerva Pryor
Miss Pryor
Victor Wipple
Effie Warren
Hope
Pauline Swain
Harry Pickens
C. E
Ira Myres
Donald Myres
Bill Swain
W. F. Hanley
Carl D. Buckley
Elma Whitesides
Marion Hall
Emma Harmum
Jersey City
N. J
Mary McGonigal
Pittsburgh
Eileen Henderson
Coolville
Henry Wiffle
Homer Carleton
Robert Mackin
Charles Pickens
Jim
Chester Buckley
Oliver Swain
Jean Barnhart
Frances Miller
Betty Lin
Berta Lou Prince
Martha Coudery
Jean Coudery
Maribell Coudery
Marjorie Wells
Wintner Coudery
Attend Funeral of Relative in Galla
Middleport Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Daugherty after attending Georges Creek for the death of Mrs Homer V. Daugherty mother of Mr Daugherty. Mrs Daugherty was a Gallia Baptist Church member and survived by a great grandson, Thomas Richard Schoonover, and brother William Fowler of Beach St.
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Middleport
Woodrow Daugherty
Ella Mae Lewis
Georges Creek
Homer V. Daugherty
Daugherty
Gallipolis
Walter Schoonover
Nellie Lewis
William Fowler
Beach St
Olive Grange to Visit Hemlock on Sept. 5
Reedsville Olive Grange will visit Hemlock Grove Grange September 5 with Olive Grange presenting the lecture program. All Olive Grange degree members should attend the August 28 meeting to practice for the annual inspection on September 25.
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Olive Grange
Hemlock
Reedsville
Hemlock Grove Grange
Convalescing After Cataract Operation Mrs H L Ward
Mrs H L Ward convalescing satisfactorily after cataract removal at Mt Carmel Hospital. She recently returned from Columbus and will make her home here after recuperation. Legal notice announces sealed bids for lump coal for The Plains School for 1940 and 1943 due by 7:30 pm on Sept 9.
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Middleport
H. L. Ward
Mt. Carmel Hospital
J. McCullough
Short Wave Radio To Aid Airmail Delivery
Harold W. Werry received a short wave radio setup to keep direct contact with mail planes on the Pomeroy pick up route. The receiver on his car will allow pilots to report arrival times and send instructions via All American Aviation Corp. equipment.
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Pomeroy
Harold W. Werry
Werry
Pomeroy Post Office
Five Points
All American Aviation Corp
Rites Set for 23-Year-Old Ferry Nuckles
Middleport funeral services for Ferry Nuckles age 23 who died after a nine weeks illness at Montgomery Memorial Hospital will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. The Rev Ralph Zandel will officiate with interment in Middleport Cemetery. Nuckles resided in Montgomery and worked as a clerk for the New York Central Railroad at Alley West Virginia. He was survived by his wife Faye Abbott and several relatives.
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Middleport
Ferry Nuckles
Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Rawlings-Coats
Ralph Zandel
First Baptist Church
M. J. Hamilton
Ada
Faye Abbott
Frank Abbott
Ferne Abbott Gardner
Gallipolis
Netty Michl
Montgomery
Gardner
Middleport Police Reports Arrests for Week Ending Aug 23
Middleport police report arrests by Chief Fred DeWees and Officer Bartrum for August 23 week. Names include James Taylor, Charles Taylor, Tom Enon, Harry G Price, George Hartinger, Roy Moler, William Saxton, with varied offenses and costs. Burnette Little, wife, and Mrs Harold Estep held for Chillicothe chief. they implicated Everett and Sidney Burton in alleged robberies including a Guysville holdup.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
Bartrum
James Taylor
Charles Taylor
Tom Enon
Syracuse
Harry G. Price
George Hartinger
Roy Moler
William Saxton
Burnette Little
Rutland
Harold Estep
Chillicothe
Everett
Sidney Burton
Guysville
Norwood Eaton Receives Army Discharge for Disability
Norwood Eaton, a former U S Army Reserve officer called to service weeks ago, received an honorable discharge due to disability and has returned home to Middleport. Miss Patty OConor of Keyser, WV, visiting the Eaton family, is the guest of their daughter Nancy Eaton. While near Roadside Park, Patty was bitten on the finger by a rat spotted by the party. the rat was killed and sent to Columbus for examination by health authorities.
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Middleport
Norwood Eaton
U. S. Army Reserve
Eatons
O. B. Stout
Patty O'Connor
Keyser
W. Va
Nancy Eaton
Patty
Columbus
Hold Funeral Services For Mrs. Lura Mohler
POMEROY Funeral services were held Sunday at the Carleton Church for Mrs. Lura Mohler 77 who died Friday night at her Kingsbury home after a long illness. She is survived by her husband I A Mohler a son Sedwick a daughter Mrs J H Violet of El Paso and seven grandchildren. MIDDLEPORT Jacob Burchett slow ly improves after injuring both feet in an accident at the Hobson yards ten weeks ago.
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Pomeroy
Carleton Church
Lura Mohler
Kingsbury
Middleport
Jacob Burchett
Hobson Yards
Palm Warblers Wintering Ranges and National Thanksgiving Dinner
Palm warblers from Labrador migrate to Louisiana for wintering while northwestern Canada birds stay in the Greater Antilles. A presidential proclamation mandates turkey or equivalent meals for all U S soldiers on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Labrador
Louisiana
Canada
Greater Antilles
Turkey
U. S
Pomeroy Traffic Case Ends With Officer Not Guilty
In a case heard by Justice of Peace P L Peoples, Chief Walter Wolfe was found not guilty after a driver charged Wolfe with improper use of the highway. The trial featured Hill and his wife as witnesses, with defense led by Edgar Ervin and village attorney Harmon O'Brien contesting the pedestrian rule. The proceeding stalled for a noon recess to call Hollis Gilkey, who testified Wolfe stepped into the road.
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W. Main St
Wolfe
Hill
Edgar Ervin
M. D. Hartley
Justice Peoples
Hollis Gilkey
August Beards
Fred Langholtz
Harmon O’brien
O'Brien
Main St
Middleport
Fred Langletz
Ervin
Gilkey
Miller improving after Holzer Hospital operation
Mrs. D. C. Miller recovers well from Friday surgery at Holzer Hospital. Her mother Mrs. E. L. Lambert stays at the Miller residence on Grant Street during the convalescence.
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Middleport
D. C. Miller
Holzer Hospital
E. L. Lambert
Miller
Grant St
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Middleport Social Notes
Atlantic Patrol
U. S. Coast Guard
Pomeroy Social Notes
Ben Corn
Zanesville
Charles Cohen
Rachael
Buckeye Lake
Gilmore
Jess Tisdale
Norman Johnson
Ellen Sue
Johnson
Lester Wilson
Cole St. Herman Wilson
Martha Ruth
Jack Parrish
Danville
Cora Roberts
Robert Roberts
Union Ave
W. C. Perkins
Kerr Station
William Comer
James Comer
Ironton
George Lee Beards
Robert Ebersbach
Harold Jones
Victor Hannahs
Army
Patterson Field
Naomi Johnson
Massar’s
Genevieve Sisson
Teland Sisson
Rilph Sisson
Kansas
Leland Sisson
David Wince
O. L. Wince
Russell Brown
Robbie
Janet Reuter
Pontiac
Mich
Alice Ewing
Eddie Morris
George Morris
E. Main St
Ben Kesterson
Mechanic St
Roland Bachtel
Carol Ann
Canton
Akron
Reedarban
H. B. Smith
Beulah Kesterson
Pat
Elza Gilmore
Pat Franklin Russell
Kenneth Michael
Newport News
Vern Bolinger
Spring Ave
Camp Me
Quaide
Calif
Harley Haning
Galla
Nuckles Rites
Monument Co
Geo. C. Shaw
W. Main Logan, O
Downing Roush
Ae An
Joe
Mechems
Nelsonville, Ohio
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