Labor Day Public Wedding Set at Middleport Field
Middleport Aug 31 preparations for Labor Day events include a public wedding at the High Athletic Field Monday night. Names of the couple remain secret until the ceremony. Gifts include a free marriage license and minister services from Pomeroy merchants. Proceeds benefit Middleport and Pomeroy Firemen to fund river bank parking lot costs with further funds to be raised at the Pomeroy Home Coming in October.
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Middleport
Middleport High
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Mrs Strauss Dies Former Pomeroy Resident
Minnie Steinbauer Strauss, a former Pomeroy resident, died Thursday at her sister’s home in Middleport after months of failing health. She was the daughter of Adam and Flora Darling and is survived by her son Reid Steinbauer, a sister, and other relatives.
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Pomeroy
Minnie Steinbauer Strauss
Sybil Allis
Locust Street
Middleport
Strauss
Adam Darling
Reid Steinbauer
Nephew of Mia A J Beaver in Priest River Camp Hospital
Albert Hawkins, recently sent to Priest River CCC Camp on Priest River Idaho, is in the camp hospital with appendicitis. He is the nephew of Mia A J Beaver of South Fourth Avenue and Palmer Street.
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Middleport
Mia. A. J. Beaver
South Fourth Avenue
Palmer Street
Priest River
CCC
Idaho
Albert Hawkins
Hawkins
Building Cabins Camps Along Ohio River Are Being Made Permanent
Meigs County residents in Pomeroy and Middleport build river shore cabins this summer as permanent camps replace temporary sites. Completion of the Gallipolis dam will raise the river and reduce rapid level changes, easing boat mooring and encouraging near home camping.
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Ohio River
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Cabina
Meigs
Gallipolis
Middleport Residents Visit Family and Attend Funerals
Mrs. W P Wilburn entertained her mother Mrs Olive Napier and Paul Joe and Virginia Goulding since Wednesday. They traveled to Columbus Friday for the funeral of Mrs Napier s brother Carl Goulding. Visitors include Mrs Charles Boddy and Jack Watkins of Toronto to Labor Day with Mrs A J Beaver and family. Mrs C B Smith and Miss Roscoe Fowler with A J Beaver s family drove to New Matamoras for the illness of Miss Mary Beaver. Charles Davis Jr and Billy Davis of Toledo visit their grandfather W A Giles and Mr and Mrs W G Davis. Misses Jean McMaster and Henrietta Ewing return from ten days at Century of Progress in Chicago. Lawrence Hartinger visits Columbus and State Fair.
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W. P. Wilburn
Olive Napier
Paul
Joe
Virginia Goulding
Columbus
Napier
Carl Goulding
Charles Boddy
Jack Watkins
Toronto
Canada
Labor Day
A. J. Beaver
South Fourth Avenue
Palmer Street
C. B. Smith
Miles Lesher
Jean McMaster
Henrietta Ewing
Chicago
Irene Pauburg
A. K. Taylor
C. M. Woodworth
Local residents head to relatives and reunions this weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Roberts and daughter travel to Oil City Pa to resume teaching duties. Eugene Hannum of Pittsburgh visits for Hannum reunion while Miss Sarah Williamson departs for Columbus to attend school. The Carl family from Baltimore and the Watsons from Racine join relatives for extended visits and the Buckeye Division reunion in Toledo. Alfred Phillips visits Cincinnati relatives. Hartleys in Columbus as Coates visit Cleveland parents.
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Ted Roberts
Oil City
Roberts
Ohio University
Eugene Hannum
Pittsburgh
Hannum
Sarah Williamson
Columbus
Louis Carl
Baltimore
H. V. Carl
Union Avenue
Harry Watson
Racine
Owen Watson
Toledo
Minnie Davis
Sarah Phillips
Alfred Phillips
Cincinnati
Jack
Holland
Norris
C. A. Hartley
Butternut Avenue
Oliver Hartley
F. H. Coates
Cleveland
Howard Coates
Sycamore Street
Millfield and Glouster Teams To Play Sunday
Baseball fans in the Sunday Creek Valley await the Saturday afternoon game between Millfield and Glouster at 2 30 on the local grounds. The two communities bring top players and a large crowd is expected.
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Glouster
Sunday Creek Valley
Millfield
Carl Goulding Dies Former New York Central Conductor
Carl Goulding retired New York Central Railroad conductor dies in Columbus and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery. He leaves wife, three sons Carl Jr Clair and Allen, a daughter Ada, a brother and five sisters including Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Burkett of Corning and Mrs. Napier of Crooksville. The funeral was held in Columbus and burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery.
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Middleport
W. P. Wilburn
North Second Avenue
Corning
Carl Goulding
Goulding
New York Central Railroad
Carl, Jr
Clair
Allen
Ada
James Rogers
Lister Burkett
James Napier
Crooksville
Osu summer convocation honors Meigs County graduate
Gerald V. Rupe of Meigs County will graduate this afternoon at Ohio State University summer quarter exercises. He will receive a Master of Arts Degree with Dr. James R. Withrow of chemical engineering delivering the commencement address. The autumn quarter opens Oct 2 with larger attendance anticipated. Mrs. Davis hosts a bridge party at the Anderson home as a post graduation gathering for Middleport High School’s 1920 class and friends.
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Middleport
Gerald V. Rupe
Meigs County
Ohio State University
James R. Withrow
Department of Chemical Engineering
Rupe
Used School Books Due Next Tuesday in Glouster
Glouster pupils are to bring used school books to school on opening day next Tuesday. Each book should have a slip with owner name and asking price. Books used one year or in good condition typically sell for about half the original price. Longer used books sell for less. Lower grade books stay with teachers. Monroe Building and high school books stay with the subject teachers.
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Glouster
Thomas W. Wigley
Monroe
Concord Chosen for 1935 Howard Reunion in Athens County
The 10th annual Howard Family Association reunion was held in Wheeling with Ohio members from Plain City Lancaster Athens Millfield and Glouster. They selected Concord Athens County as the 1935 meeting place to be held on the last Sunday in August as a centennial memorial noting Lee and William J Howard left Cameron West Virginia a century ago.
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Glouster
Howard Family Association
City Park
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Plain City
Lancaster
Athens
Millfield
Lydia Howard
Chappelear
Kokomo
Ind
Marietta
Chappel
Indiana
Concord
Athens County
Lee
William J. Howard
Cameron
Local Social Notes From Glouster Area Runoff
Glouster residents and relatives share visits across Ohio and Indiana. Foster Brown returns to Xenia at Ohio Sailors and Soldiers home after months in the city with his mother. Several families visit relatives in Dayton North Vernon Detroit Martins Ferry Ath ens Laurelville and Canton.
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Foster Brown
Ohio
Xenia
Elizabeth Brown
C. E. Sellars
Dean Sellars
Detroit
Mich
Paul R. Sellars
Martins Ferry
Thomas W. Figley
Glouster Schools
A. J. Craig
Rachel Jenkins
Abbie Gormley
Laurelville
C. F. Wallace
Mary Davis
John Burns
Peter Sommers
Canton
Maxine Burns
Middleport
Karl Tracht
Columbus
Community Ties Near Concord Preserve Local Roots
A historical notice notes a family’s long establishment near Concord with many descendants living in Athens and surrounding counties, underscoring deep regional ties and ongoing family presence.
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Concord
Athens
Counties
Sand Ridge social and upcoming Sand Rock Church event
Mrs. John Wilson of Amesville visits Mrs. William Morrison while Harold Henry and Morrison family return from Washington. A social at C. E. Moore's home drew many guests. The Sand Rock Church annual home-coming is set for September 16.
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John Wilson
Amesville
William Morrison
Harold Henry
Washington, D. C
C. E. Moore
Sand Rock Church
Local residents report returns from visits and travel
Mrs Oscar Tracht and son Bobby Crestline return home after visiting in this city with Mr and Mrs L L Stedman. Miss Merle Danford returns to Trimble after several days in New Vienna prompted by the death of Olive Brown. Mrs Alfred Jonas goes to Dayton after visiting in this city with relatives. George Luther and Florence visitants to Akron from Jacksonville. Mrs S A Cunningham and daughter Juanita spend days in Athens with the Palmers. Ralph Stedman of Columbus stays with his parents L L and Mrs Stedman.
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Oscar Tracht
Bobby
Crestline
L. L. Stedman
Merle Danford
Trimble
New Vienna
Olive Brown
Alfred Jonas
Dayton
Clarence Kelly
Harvey Luther
Florence
Howard Guinther
George Luther
Jacksonville
Akron
S. A. Cunningham
Juanita
Athens
C. E. Palmer
Ralph Stedman
Columbus
Fragmented OCR item with stray notes and church event
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions an ambulance, a doctor, tongue injuries, a name Millstein, and a deer. It references the M E Church Men’s Class and a class of boys preparing work, with rooms to be used today in a church setting.
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M. E
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Mark Price
Sand Ridge
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