Pomeroy Announces Patrol Car To Enforce Traffic Rules
Mayor M D Hartley warned that fast driving on Main Street will be checked with a patrol car used periodically to enforce traffic regulations. Drivers have been warned. future arrests will follow. Deputy Marshal John Terrell will patrol in his own car equipped with a siren due to lack of a village police car and funds.
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Pomeroy
Main St
M. D. Hartley
John Terrell
Hartley
Middleport Social Notes Abbreviated Local Movements
Mrs J O Leonard and son Paul attended funeral in Covington Va for sister Mrs J A Phadt. Miss Jean McMaster returns from Port Clinton camping with OU OSU friends. Miss Phyllis Diles visits Columbus relatives while recovering. Olive Vent Kananga visits in town. Mrs Cedric Clark and Mrs Dan Hartinger guests of Mrs L H Kent in Athens. Harry Warner Ona WV visits. W J OBrien Columbus visits. Gilbert Hayes Sr and family visit from Corning. Anna Margaret Hayes visits Eva Mae Fugate. Mrs Eva Klein and daughter Hulda Klein return from Columbus and Buckeye Lake. Mrs Clara L Cooper buys W H Long property at Logan and Roadway and will move soon. R G Bailey and George Baker return from Wiggin's Lake fishing trip. Homer Grant family return from six weeks at Ocean City Indiana. Elmer Reed and others attend Athens County fair.
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Jean McMaster
Port Clinton
O. U
Freemont
Phyllis Diles
Virgil Edwards
Columbus
Olive Vent
Kananga
F. F. Thornton
Sue
S. Third Ave
Cedric Clark
Dan Hartinger
Lenore H. Kent
Athens
Harry Warner
Ona
W. Va
W. J. O’brien
Gilbert Hayes, Sr
Corning
Anna Margaret Hayes
Eva Mae Fugate
Eva Klein
Hulda Klein
Robert Kaser
Buckeye Lake
Clara L. Cooper
W. H. Long
Logan and
Roadway Streets
R. G. Bailey
George Baker
Wiggin’s Lake
Michigan
Homer Grant
Catherine and
Christine Grant
Ocean City
Ind
Elmer Reed
Hubert Mace
H. N. Swift
J. B. Hodge
Athens County Fair
Dem Women Meet at Courthouse for August Session
Members of the Democratic Women's Club will gather Friday evening August 26 at 7 30 at the Courthouse for an important session urging full attendance and participation by all members in the upcoming activities.
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Pomeroy
Democratic Women's Club
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights and Visits
Pomeroy notes cover social events from a bridge gathering at Mrs. Charles Grue’s on E Main St to a wiener roast at Racine Dam. Local residents, guests, and visitors are listed with brief mentions of funerals, church classes, and travels including Columbus Athens Gallipolis and Marietta as community life is chronicled.
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Pomeroy
Charles Grueser
E. Main St
A. E. Beards
John Duerr
S. C. Hawkins
Max Harrah
Dam
3-F
Racine Dam
Lana Bartels
Lewis Harris
Columbus
Eagles Re-Open Club Rooms Dance Night
POMEROY Eagles Club hosts a dance for members and families in the recently reopened social rooms on Saturday night. The rooms had been closed for months while other functions continued weekly meetings. The Eagles helped fund the summer recreation program with a $100 contribution for materials and equipment.
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Pomeroy
Eagles
Eagles Club
Bradbury Whips Leon In Fast League Tilt
MIDDLEPORT The Bradbury and Leon teams of the Ohio Valley Baseball League played at Pythian Park last night in a fast game Bradbury won 9 to 3. Bradbury built a big third inning scoring eight runs while Leon allowed the Tigers eight runs in that frame. Batteries were Crow and Koehler for Bradbury with Harris Crum Johnson for Leon. The next game at Pythian Park features Gallipolis versus Bradbury Sunday at 2 PM.
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Middleport
Bradbury and
Leon
Ohio Valley Baseball League
Pythian Park
Bradbury
Wahama Diamond
Tigers
Crow
Koehler
Harris, Crum
Johnson
Eogn
Canhonreee
Gallipolis
Kerrs Run Edges The Haven In Twilight League Game
Kerrs Run defeated The Haven 11 to 7 at the Junior High School diamond as Kerrs Run built a five run surge in the second inning and added four more in the sixth while The Haven answered with three in the third two in the fourth and two in the sixth. The Has-Beens edged Coalport 10-8 on the Kerrs Run diamond despite a late rally by Coalport. Notice of sale of bonds seeks sealed bids for Athens City School District bonds totaling 199000 to fund school additions athletic facilities and improvements with bids due September 10 1938 and interest at 3 percent. Monies mature in sequences from 1940 through 1963 with detailed bond numbers listed and bid requirements including a 1 percent certified check.
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Kerr
the Haven
Kerr’s Run
The
Haven
Coalport
Board of Education
Athens City
State of Ohio
State of
Ohio
General Assembly of
Peck, Shaffer & Williams
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E. KR. Wallerk
Meigs Poultry Group Organizes in Pomeroy
Meigs County residents formed the Meigs Poultry Group in Pomeroy with Dr. A R Winter from the College of Agriculture outlining the World's Poultry Congress. Officers include Chairman Wesley S Green and Secretary-Treasurer Bill Atkins, with committees for publicity membership tours and youth led by local leaders.
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Meigs Poultry Group
Pomeroy
Meigs County
A. R. Winter
Poultry Department
College of Agriculture
Wesley S. Green
Harold Pickering
Bill Atkins
J. H. Musser
C. E. Myers
Malcolm Hartley
Dan Hartinger
Everett Colwell
J. L. Spencer
Riley Pigott
Earl Starkey
Harold Hilligas
Harry Smith
T. K. Bell
A. E. Crow
Walter Compton
Ott Hensley
Hurley Nelson
Sidney Fadely
Tom Porter
Frank Johnston
Franz Hals Lived on Parish Relief Amid Debt
The renowned artist Franz Hals faced chronic indebtedness and ultimately relied on parish relief for support. This blunt financial decline highlights the precarious status of artists in his era and the social safety nets available to them.
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Franz Hals
Queen's Court Princess Sommer Named Outstanding 4-H Girl
In Middleport Mason County Miss Katherine Luh Sommer Beech Hill daughter of C W Sommer is highlighted as Princess Sommer. She was chosen the outstanding 4 H Club girl last year for project work and represented Mason County in the state good grooming contest. Sommer, a WVU junior, is active in campus affairs and well known locally through visits to her aunt Mrs. Lawrence Bing.
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Pt. Pleasant Citizen
Katherine Luh Sommer
Beech Hill
C. W. Sommer
Princess Sommer
Lawrence Bing
S. Second Ave
Mason County
Sommer
West Virginia University
Bing
Plan Autherson Rites MIDDLEPORT
Funeral services for Charles Autherson 42 a machinist at New York Central shops Hobson will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Bradbury Church of Christ. A life long Bradbury resident he was son of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Autherson following an extended illness.
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Middleport
Charles Autherson
New York Central
Hobson
Bradbury Church of Christ
Autherson
Bradbury
Thomas Autherson
Picnic At Old Man's Cave Attracts Racine Residents
An all day picnic at Old Man's Cave near Logan gathered Racine residents including Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Decker and families, Henry Cleland, Bobbie Cleland, Sheridan Holman, Laura Watson and others. After a noon dinner attendees enjoyed games and exploring the cave and area. The note adds that there are 38 islands in New York City.
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Racine
Old Man's Cave
Logan
Clifford Decker
Henry Cleland
Bobbie Cleland
Sheridan Holman
Laura Watson
Paul Sayre
Sullivan Sayre
John Boyd
Kelly Wolfe
Curt Johnson
Delbert Teaford
Hildare
Doris Brownell
Billy Joe Spencer
Virginia Bentz
Frank Jenkins
Bobbie Mallory
Sammy Curtis
Ollie Mae Pickens
Florence Howell
Sylvia
Geraldine Roush
Anna Stobart
Wilkie Holman
Margaret
Richard Weaver
Ethel McCloud
Eileen Weaver
Robert Campbell
Bent Wolf
James Stobart
Paul Arnott
Albert Wolf
Margaret Carleton
Fred Johnson
Sadie Dixon
Mrs. Ellen Waddell Dies in Middleport
Mrs. Ellen Waddell age 82 died at her home on S Fourth Ave Thursday after a week's illness following a paralytic stroke. She lived in Middleport many years and is survived by three sons Martin William and John and four grandchildren John of Columbus Mabel Helen and Anna. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Middleport
Ellen Waddell
S. Fourth Ave
Church To Hold Last Pre Conference Meet
MIDDLEPORT The Nazarene Church will hold its last service before conference this Sunday announced by the Rev. George Archibald. On Monday Rev Archibald Mrs Estella Walburn and Mrs Mary Baker will attend the conference at the camp meeting grounds in Columbus. Rev H A Rothrock returned from a short vacation in the northern part of the state and will deliver Sunday morning's sermon on What the Church Expects.
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Middleport
the Nazarene Church
George Archibald
Archibald
Estella Walburn
Mary Baker
Columbus
H. A. Rothrock
Pomeroy WPA Directory Underway This Week
The WPA Project Directory for Pomeroy starts this week with NYA workers Lawrence Withers and Geneva Watson making house to house calls to obtain directory data. Mayor Hartley urged citizens to assist by providing information. Others will copy municipal ordinances into loose leaf form. only a 1909 book of ordinances exists.
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Pomeroy
NYA
Lawrence Withers
Geneva Watson
M. D. Hartley
Forest lands shrink in Michigan over a century
A century ago Michigan boasted about 35,500,000 acres of forests, but current estimates show less than 8 percent of that area remains. The shift reflects extensive logging, development, and land conversion affecting timber resources and landscape.
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Michigan
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