Meigs County agricultural society funds ordered returned
Common Pleas Judge C. W. Clark ruled the Meigs County Agricultural Society did not receive a state agriculture certificate for 1936 1937 and 1938 and must repay 4724 dollars to Meigs County. The society was dissolved in 1941 and debts exceed 10 000 with claims from Columbus Southern Electric and D A Dias mortgage on fairground property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning D. Webster
Meigs County
F. H. O’brien
Agricultural Society
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
D. A. Dias
Eight Are Arrested Saturday Night
Eight persons were arrested Saturday night by village and county officers, mostly for intoxication. Byron Carman was jailed on a bad check charge, others include William Cook and Chester Folan for intoxication, Aris Banner and Sally Fruther with unspecified charges, and several fined or charged by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Byron Carman
Ross Evans
William Cook
Walter Wolfe
Paul Cline
Inez Sowards
Chester Folan
H. H. Niemeyer
Aris Banner
Beer Parlors Close After Final Sunday Business
Beer establishments report brisk trade as Sunday marks the final day they will be open under a closing regulation adopted at the November 4 election. The village council plans to discuss possible changes to the ordinance at tonight’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William C. Owens Jr Involved In Unusual Car Accident
William C Owens Jr reported a peculiar automobile rollover on West Main Street when his car tipped on its side in Pomeroy. He said the cause could be a brake grabbing, as three village officers in his following car stopped traffic near the entrance to Monkey Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William C. Owens, Jr
W. Main St
Owens
Upper Monkey Run
Stolen Shoe Cases Found in Creek near Pomeroy
Three of seven shoe cases reported stolen from a car in the lower Pomeroy parking lot were recovered Sunday in Champaign Creek, Gallia County. Witnesses saw them dumped from a highway bridge by a rowboat observer, prompting sheriff and Meigs County officers to investigate. The cases owned by George Heck of Chillicothe contained right foot shoes only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Champaign Creek
Gallia County
Meigs County
Gallipolis
George Heck
Chillicothe
The Auto Era Halves the Lifespan of Dollar Bills
The rise of the automobile shortened the life of U S currency as bills circulate more widely and pass through oily hands.
Courthouse NYA Girls Leave Posts In Meigs County
NYA workers ended their courthouse clerical helper project in Meigs County on Saturday. The temporary suspension affects most offices, with some workers hearing a possible return after year’s start, though optimism seems low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
NYA
Meigs County
Mildred Strauss Weds George Grindley Jr in Minor Pomeroy Ceremony
In a quiet Presbyterian Church wedding in Middleport on Saturday night Miss Mildred Strauss became the bride of George William Grindley Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Grindley of Gravel Hill The bride wore a street length soldier blue dress and recently worked at Browns Store The groom a Middleport High School graduate now works at Wright Field Columbus They will reside in Columbus Only immediate family and a few friends attended the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Presbyterian Church
Middleport
Mildred Strauss
George William Grindley
George Grindley
Gravel Hill
Miss Strauss
Brown's
Grindley
Middleport High School
Wright Field
Columbus
Local residents spend weekends visiting relatives and recovering
A string of social notes details visits and travel among Canton residents. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Grueser visit Canton to see their sons Charles and Adolph Grueser Jr. Others return home from Columbus Rochester and Huntington and attend events while Mrs. Sly remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Fisher
Adolph Grueser
Canton
Charles
Barbara Scholl
Cole St
Grant Roberts
Billy and Clark
Tom Ruth
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Eldon Clark
Truman Russell
Rochester
Wright St
Middleport Social Notes Honor Hawkins Couple Saturday
Middleport residents reported a miscellaneous shower honoring Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkins Sr whose marriage occurred in November. Guests shared gifts and refreshments then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. A. Fowler
Stewart Hawkins
John Hawkins
Hawkins
Pearl St
Elmer Mattox
Dale
Hazel
Juanita
Flora Saxton
Henry Daugherty
Florence Hood
Florence Payne
Maxine Payne
Robert Smith
Kenova
W. Va
John McCoy
Will Hughes
Harlan Hughes
Frances
Robert
Bellaire
Lillian Rawson
South Side
Denver Knapp
Vivian
Leon
Warren Thomas
Bladen
Fowlers
Hood
Payne
Miss Payne
Rawson
McCoy
T. E. Lathey
Blanche Armstrong
Pt. Pleasant
Racine Social And Personal Highlights Cin drella Cast
Emma Jane Jiiden is chosen Cin drella with John Ihle as Prince Charming and Stella Shain as Fairy Godmother in a Racine High School operetta directed by Mrs. Clara Lochary. Dec 4 performance at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Emma Jane Jiiden
Cindrella
John Ihle
Prince Charming
Stella Shain
Clara Lochary
Patricia Kennedy Guest of Honor at Birthday Theatre Party
Patricia Kennedy daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Kennedy was guest of honor at a ninth birthday theater party Friday After the show the group including Carla Dann Owen Mary Lu Smith Virginia Grogan Ida Lee Hartley Janice Luman Darylene Ward Sally Schaaf Dorothy and Frances Chase enjoyed refreshments at the Purity Dairy Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Kennedy
Leo Kennedy
Carla Dann Owen
Mary Lu Smith
Virginia Grogan
Ida Lee Hartley
Janice Luman
Darylene Ward
Sally Schaaf
Dorothy
Frances Chase
Purity Dairy Shop
Middleport Garden Club Holds Special Meeting at Garen Stansbury Home
A special Middleport Garden Club meeting convened at the home of Mrs. Garen Stansbury with president Mrs. Tom W. Jones presiding. A Propagation School report by Prof. Victor Reis was presented. Lenore Giles of Hidden Valley Dude Ranch in Luzerne N Y visited from Columbus to spend vacation at her Hudson Street home. Her father W A Giles joined sisters Mrs. L Crary Davis and Mrs. A B Brower and Mrs. Charles McDaniel in Middleport. Mrs. Davis accompanied her father and sister back to Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. J B Downing returned from Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minn spending the weekend in Columbus with Rodney Downing and C M Hennesy. Mrs. Edward French, recovering from major surgery at Holzer Hospital, will return home on S Second Ave midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Boney
Marietta
H. E. Boney
Union Ave
William
Bill) Morris
Western Union Telegraph Office
E. Main St
Margaret Stanley
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Lewis Stanley
Kathryn Holmes
Columbus
Mayme Holmes
Robert Warner
Bobby
Mulberry Ave
Horace McElhinney
Athens
Abbie Warner
Ohio University
Raymond Diehl
Kenneth Hysell
Huntington
W. Va
Giles Hysell
Kathryn Hennessy
Thomas Hennessy
Herb Spencer
Springfield
Roland Spencer
Lena Huber
Kathryn
Emma Sly
Ball Run
Sly
John Duerr
Terrace St
Clay Bryant
Bryant
Roy Barnes
Harold Johnson
Camp Shelby
L. B. Johnson
Charles Sauer
Sally
Ernest Hartinger
Athens Road
William Robson
Peggy
Clifford Cunningham
Lima
Ben Ervin
Charleston
Roscoe Fowler
Mrs
A. J. Beaver
Mr. Fowler
The
Buckeye Sheriff's Association
Charles Bennett
L. S Lyons
O. Bennett
Nitro
Herbert Edwards
Phil Edwards
Edwards
Claude Crawford
Parkersburg
Crawford
Lulu Mason
Mary Jane
William Britton
Paula Jean
Dorothy Scott
Earl French
Betty
Doris Bailey
Sally Fisher
Herman Bailey
Harmon O'Brien
Charles Reynolds Gilbert
City Hospital of
Gilbert
Marie Erlewine
Virginia Bentz
Margy Cozart
Betty Hoback
Jean Holman
Thelma Ours
Mabel Worthington
Bettie Bush
Mildred Byers
Robert Cleland
Pearl Cross
Marilyn Diddle
Dorothy Holter
Audrey Morris
Jack Shank
Marjorie Wolfe
Mildred Brewer
Norma Lenore Lee
Sheridan Scarberry
Blendena Taylor
Nora Wolfe
Racine High School
Mildred Talbott
Beryl Wolfe
Gayle Wagner
Marjorie Boyd
Betty O'Connor
Mary Jean Watson
Paul Beegle
Jack
James Shank
Edward Snooks
Dean Sayre
Martha Lou Watterson
Evelyn Sayre
Mary Shain
Patty Bradford
Gloria Worthington
Marjorie Cozart
Anna Timmons
Marjorie Theiss
Coraopolis
Carl Weese
Don Nease
Ernest Wingett
Johnnie
Sandusky
Ward Smith
Jimmie
Ralph Neigler
Jan
Arthur
Beulah Marr
P. A. Hinkle
Union
Sidney Fadely
Mason
Donald McKay
Sandra Lou
Atlanta
Verne Watterson
E. C. Hardin
Corning
Owen Watson
Hazel Cleland
Henry Bentz
Clark Jiiden
Racine
John Baily
Forest Run
Middleport Garden Club
Garen Stansbury
Tom W. Jones
Victor Reis
Lenore Giles
Hidden Valley Dude Ranch
Luzerne
N. Y
Giles
Hudson St
Middleport
W. A. Giles
L. Crary Davis
A. B. Brower
Dayton
Charles McDaniel
Fostoria
J. B. Downing
Rochester
Minn
Downing
Mayo Clinic
Rodney Downing
C. M. Hennesy
Edward French
S. Second Ave
Charles Lewis stationed in Canton Naval Reserve Office
Mrs. Evelyn Lewis relays word that Charles Lewis, a Canton native with ties to The Canton Repository since graduation from Ohio University Athens and a recent enlistee in the U S Naval Reserve, has been stationed in Canton and taken duties at the Naval Reserve Recruiting Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Lewis
Charles Lewis
Canton
Drivers Tests Moved To Second Tuesdays In Middleport
Effective December 1 the Athens State Patrol Post will hold drivers license examinations in Middleport on the second Tuesday each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The examinations move from the previous third Tuesday. Athens Post 5 will stop examinations at Gallipolis starting December 1, transferring to the Gallipolis post. Examinations at the sub-station will occur on the first Tuesday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Athens State Patrol
Middleport
Athens Post 5
Gallipolis
Suspend Operations on Sumner Road WPA Project
WPA workers report Sumner Road project to be suspended Tuesday and resume December 10. It is the county’s only major WPA project, with most local workers employed there. The road is undergoing extensive changes and is not currently fit for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sumner Road
Canada Platinum Output Tops 284 Thousand Ounces in 1939
In 1939 Canada produced 284 394 ounces of platinum and allied metals. Global production reached 500 000 ounces, leaving Canada with a substantial share of world output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Gallagher Fined by Mayor in Obscene Language Case
C P Gallagher of Middleport was fined 50 dollars and costs in mayor s court after being arrested Friday evening on a charge from Mrs Susie Partlow for using obscene language in the presence of females and intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. P
Pat) Gallagher
Middleport
Susie Partlow
Youth Group Starts Work On Program
The Heath Methodist Church youth fellowship in Middleport began rehearsals for a Christmas pageant The Story of Christmas with all members to participate. Miss Nan Fisher chaired a brief business session outlining Christmas baskets carolling and a pot luck on Sunday December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
the Heath Methodist Church
Gordon Harris
John Will
P. Klein
Nan Fisher
West Columbia Coal Company Adds New Boat
The West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co with mines at West Columbia West Virginia and headquarters in St Paul Minnesota has bought a steel derrick boat for unloading coal from barges at its Cincinnati yard capable of 300 tons per hour. The company already operates the tow boat Donald B and its ship Vagabond recently arriving from the Mississippi. The new boat features three 360 HP Cum mings engines a screw propeller and can handle 12 to 14 barges while cruising 9 to 12 miles per hour. R T West of Pomeroy oversees mines and river transport as the company negotiates for several hundred acres of coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
West Columbia
W. Va
St. Paul
Minn
Cincinnati
Vagabond
Mississippi
R. T. West, Pomeroy
Work Starts On Industrial Training Shop In Ohio
Construction begins on a new Industrial Training Shop on Broadway in Middleport. Girders rise as the project funded by a fall levy and the U S Government expands eight such shops across Ohio to train youth for sheet metal and machine shop defense industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Broadway
National Youth Administration
Ohio
Walter Roush Funeral To Be Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Walter Roush who died Friday in Ft. Lauderdale will be at Ewing Funeral Home Tuesday at 1 30 PM. The funeral party arrived in Columbus this morning and stayed at the mother’s home. Friends may call at the Ewing Chapel this evening and tomorrow morning prior to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Walter Roush
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Ewing Funeral Home
Columbus
Ewing Chapel
Meigs County Real Estate Transfers Listed
Meigs County records show transfers in Rutland Letart and Scipio townships. Parcels sold include L E Haley to Dwight and Dora Kennedy. 132.55 acres to Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. Elmer Shenefield estate to Lizzie Shenefield. Hattie L and Charles Nessel to Lowell E Hite and others. Charles W Holter to Mary W Holter. Emma Burford to Lester Burford. certificates from F O Gilmore and Sarah A Gilmore to F Ray Wilson and Sarah A Gilmore then to F Ray and Raymond C Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
L. E. Haley
Rutland Township
Dwight
Dora E. Kennedy
George R. Beards
Harry
Homer
Maggie Manuel
Letart Township
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
Elmer Shenefield
Salem Township
Lizzie Shenefield
Hattie L
Charles Nesselroad
Lowell E. Hite
Lizzie Burricks
Middleport
Emmett W. Shuler
Charles W. Holter
Sutton Township
Mary W. Holter
W. Holter
Emma _ Burford
Lester Burford
F. O. Gilmore
Scipio Township
F. Ray Wilson
Sarah A. Gilmore
F. Ray
Raymond C. Wilson
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Athens Messenger
Ohto
Wm. Owens
Mouse
Lucky
Lady
al Furen
St. Petersburg
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Yvonne Hackett
George Hackett
Marjorie Diles
James Souders
Frank Brumley
R. C. McBride
B. F. Barnes
C. O. Fisher
John McManus
Charles Lawson
McManus
Lawson
Guy Sayre
Gods Bible School
Robert Salser
Syracuse
Paul Marshall
Mt. Washington
Ruth Carnahan
Pauline Decker
Adrian Diddle
Doris Hill
Wilma McDade
Opal Miller
Alex Mills
Betty O’connor
Marian Simpson
Bery Wolfe
NAVY
Eben Bowen
William Allman
Bessie Grogan
Kelly Grogan
Annamae
Friends
Grogans
Hollister
Grogan
Walker’s
Hollis Scott
America
Cam
C. P. Gallagher
West Columbia Coal Company
Baltimore
SH Roy
Ae Eo
Hag
Carn Loan
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Fred Sanders
Mgr
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