Gridders to Be Honored at Pomeroy Chamber Meeting
Ohio University public relations director B T Grover will speak at the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce December 12 meeting. Football players and coaching staff will be guests of honor with a members only dinner and brief business session.
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Pomeroy
B. T. Grover
Ohio University
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Reed
Reed
Lotsadorn
Chamber of Commerce
Farnham
Johnson
Johnson, Mr. Clark
Blackburn
Aleshire
Grangers To Present Play At Chester
Chester Grangers will stage a three act comedy Amy From Arizona on Thursday night December 19 coached by Everett Hayes with John Lodwick as stage manager. Cast includes Meredith Smith Kautz Spencer Mora Smith Weber Frecker Eileen Hayes.
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Chester
Chester Grangers
Amy
Arizona
Everett Hayes
John Lodwick
William Meredith
Fred Smith
Carl Kautz
Elson Spencer
Mary Mora
Elma Smith
Ruth Weber
Esther’ Frecker
Eileen Hayes
Christian Women’s Society of the Chester M. E. Church
I. C. Meredith
John Hoffman
Lela McClane
T. K. Bell
Ward Kimes
E. B. Knight
Henry Beaver
Ward Hayes
John Hoff
Chester High School
Showalter
Forest Showalter
Mary Powell
Della B. Windsor
Ben K. Smith
Akron
Huntington
Edith McClain
Newville
J. B. Taylor
Farmers’ Institute
Tuppers Plains
Chester M. FE
Lenore Betzing
Lodge Hall
Wayne. Cleland
London
Hannah Cleland
Ernest Brown
Parkersburg
J. S. Frank
Old Kyger Sunday School Builders Meet at Mrs Sisson Home
Old Kyger Sunday School Builders met at the home of Mrs Fred Sisson on Wednesday. The next meeting will be at the home of Miss Faye Thomas. Miss Faye Thomas reported seeing a large buck deer in the field with their cattle last week.
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Old Kyger
Fred Sisson
Faye Thomas
Glenn Rupe
Donna
Huntington
Cheshire
Wendell Roush
Darline
C. A. Bradbury
Ryger
Earl Jenkins
Larfyry
John Reese
Gallipolis
Arthur Jenkins
Newton Durst
Holzer Hospital
Garfield Searles
George Searles
Eno
Worthwhile project editorial urges support for Lotsadoin
Messenger notes Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce moved its regular meeting date to avoid clashing with the home talent production Lotsadoin. The piece urges broad community backing, tickets in advance, and attendance to benefit the local recreation program for the boys and girls, led by Ed Condon. It promises a good show and calls it a charity that yields more than money.
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Pomeroy
Lotsadoin
Ed Condon
MHS Alumni Banquet Planned With December Cake Sale
Middleport notes report the MHS Alumni Association planning winter fundraisers including a Dec 24 cake sale and setting May 29, 1941 for the alumni banquet. Officers listed include Mrs Gordon Harris president and Wallace Bradford vice president. other members and church honors are noted.
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Middleport
MHS
Alumni Association
Gordon Harris
Wallace Bradford
Nina Russell
Willis Aleshire
C. O. Fisher
C. M. Hennesy
Nellie Zerkle
C. A. Root
Charles Pickens
Rev Grant to Leave Pastoral Post at First Baptist
Rev L O Grant, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has resigned his position and will depart soon. The announcement notes his planned departure as he steps away from the church and ministry.
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Meetings and Weddings
A Junior-Senior PTA meeting was postponed to Friday at 7 30 PM in the Senior High School. Doris Rebekah Lodge 558 to hold regular session Thursday at ICCF Hall with all members urged to attend. Edna Mae Durst and Harry A Miller wed in Marietta with a serenade at their Durst home. William G McQuigg and Ruth Martyn announce their marriage. the couple will reside in Cincinnati. Edgar Ervin, local attorney, was a business visitor in Columbus Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Bentley Peeples returned to Columbus after visiting here. Mrs Henry Dailey remains ill at home on Wright Street. Mrs E W Schreiber Lincoln Hill spending the week in Huntington with her husband. Mr Peeples employed in Columbus.
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Doris Rebekah Lodge No
1.C.C.F. Hall
E. W. Schreiber
Lincoln Hill
Huntington
Henry Dailey
Wright St
Peeples
Edgar Ervin
Columbus
William G. McQuigg
Ruth Martyn
O. J. Fox
Lakewood
Mr. McQuigg
George McQuigg
Cincinnati
E.‘Mcmillan St
Radcliff Christmas party moved for basketball game
The Vinton Township Garden Club Christmas party has been moved one night to accommodate a basketball game. It will be held Friday evening Dec. 6 at the high school. Local social notices mention visiting relatives and illnesses among children while school and sports events are noted.
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Radcliff
Vinton Township Garden Club
Clyde Pierce
Emmett Harvey
Flower Ridge
Charles Pidcock
Crooksville
Winton
McArthur
Orville Webb
Glenn Biffle
Augusta Thorpe
Baltimore
J. D. McKinley
Vinton Township
Clarence Backus
Obetz Junction
J. E. Backus
J. W. Sanford
Hylah Collins
Francis Cobb
Wilkesville
Annual praise service of Missionary Society at church
The Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church will hold an annual praise service Friday evening at the church. Devotionals a program and a special offering are features of the meeting.
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The
Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church
Christmas party at Woodman Hall with charity groceries
Members of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Riverview Camp Royal Neighbors plan a Christmas party on Friday December 20 at Woodman Hall Admission is a pound of groceries to be used for Christmas baskets A program will precede Santa Claus appearance and children will receive a treat
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Modern Woodmen of America
Riverview
Royal Neighbors
Woodman Hall
Santa Claus
Fifty dolls donated for Christmas distribution
Mrs. A. J. Beaver and Mrs. W. P. Wilburn of the Auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans received fifty baby dolls in matching frocks and bonnets for Christmas distribution.
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A. J. Beaver
W. P. Wilburn
Middleport Personal Notes Reflect Local Travels and Visitors
Mrs H L Redeau returns from Toledo and Ohio cities after a weeks long visit with relatives. Mrs M M Lesher of Omaha stays with her parents Mr and Mrs C B Smith. Maurice Douglass visits with his uncle and Ralph Douglass joins as guest this week. Floyd Drummond of Bainbridge visits and stays with Mr and Mrs Albert Faehnle. Miss Bertha Grant out sick at Cal derwood Book Store Norma Grant substitutes. Ed Grant improves after illness. Mrs E L Lambert stores goods to join daughter Alice Jane Lambert in Cleveland. The Lambert home on Pearl Street will host Mr and Mrs Harmon O'Brien who will open a law office in Pomeroy. Mrs O'Brien is daughter of Judge and Mrs Henry Cherring ton of Gallipolis. their fall marriage noted. Rev H A Rothrock and Mrs Rothrock visit Portsmouth today.
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Middleport
H. L. Redeau
Toledo
Ohio
M. M. Lesher
Omaha
Neb
C. B. Smith
N. Second Ave
Maurice Douglass
Uhrichsville
Ralph Douglass
Floyd Drummond
Bainbridge
Albert Faehnle
Drummond
Lena Mae Fels
Bertha Grant
Calderwood Book Store
Norma Grant
Ed Grant
E. L. Lambert
Alice Jane Lambert
Cleveland
Lambert
Pearl St
Harmon O’brien
Gallipolis
O’brien
Pomeroy
Dwight Cullums Fined For Sunday Hunting
Darwin resident Dwight Cullums was fined 25 dollars plus costs in mayor's court after being arrested by Game Protectors A. H. Joachim and B. F. Swartz for Sunday hunting.
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Pomeroy
Dwight Cullums
Darwin
A. H. Joachim
B. F. Swartz
Father of Cadiz mine victim Edgar Marshbank dies
Cadiz mine tragedy claims Edgar Marshbank of Adena leaving a large family. His son was a music pupil of Gordon Harris, former Adena Schools music instructor.
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Middleport
Cadiz
Edgar Marshbank
Adena
Marshbank
Gordon Harris
Meigs County Men Employed in Maryland Camp George Meade
Twenty three Meigs County carpenters from the local employment office are working for Consolidated Engineering at Camp George Meade near Baltimore under government contract. About 20 more Meigs County workers have gone to the camp. qualified carpenters are in demand. Reported wages are around 72 dollars weekly. Other locals are employed at Sun Glo Furniture in Logan and at Clawson and Black in Hamilton.
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Camp George Meade
Ermlich
Meigs
Otho Powell
Herbert Rose
Charles Weaver
Dana Fick
John Fick
Cecil Cowdery
Lawrence
Pat)Castle
Bert Glaze
Ralph Henderson
Edgar Sayre
Walter Harris
Herbert Stobart
Ross McNeal
James Ward
Lee Johnson
Public Invited To Seal Sale Meeting
A Pomero y city meeting invites the public to discuss the Christmas seal sale. A report on progress will be presented at 8 p m at Pom eroy City Hall with questions answered about money use and distribution. State committee members report satisfactory daily returns and aim to meet Meigs County goals this year.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy City Hall
Meigs County
Two Middleport Men Get Army Promotions
Middleport parents Mr and Mrs William Wolfe of N Fourth Ave report their sons Howard Brus McCloud and Ray Wolfe have been promoted to corporals in the U S Army after enlisting three months ago. Both men at Fort Bragg South Carolina praised army life and the post s Thanksgiving observance including banquets an air show and other events.
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Middleport
William Wolfe
N. Fourth Ave
Howard
Brus) McCloud
Ray Wolfe
U. S. Army
Ft. Bragg
S. C
Portland Social Notes Reflect Local Visits and Weddings
Portland residents share news of church dinner for district ministers and wives. Eva Blosser visits son-in-law Lewis Shaffer in Parkersburg. Mrs. B. F. Price attends funeral of Bridget McDonald in Jacksonville. Mildred Rummer and Millard Minks wed in Lowell last Thursday. Annie Rummer visits. Mae Wolfe helps at Bill Hall's home. William Jones, CCC worker in Marion, visits relatives. Lon Custer and family visit Arthur Price's in-laws. Will Larson family visits Mary C Davis in Syracuse.
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Portland
Eva Blosser
Lewis Shaffer
Parkersburg
B. F. Price
Bridget McDonald
Jacksonville
Earl Willford
Claude Price
Mildred Rummer
Millard Minks
Lowell
Willford
Annie Rummer
Mae Wolfe
Silversville
Bill Hall
William Jones
Marion
Lon Custer
Hugh
Betty
Pomeroy
Arthur Price
Will Larson
Ernest Blosser
Mrs. Murray Recovers and Supervises Beauty Shop
Mrs. Clara Murray at Cole Street steadily improves after a fall that broke her ankle. Mrs. Juanita Strauss assists in the beauty shop and reports Murray can now supervise work again.
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Murray
Middleport
Juanita Strauss
Clara Murray
Cole St
Meigs County Grange Banquet Set for Friday Night
Meigs County Grange plans its annual Sixth and Seventh Degree banquet at Rock Springs Grange Hall Friday evening. Rock Springs Grange serves at 7 30 with no state speakers and entertainment. Numbers presented by Hemlock Rock Springs Columbia and Laurel Granges with special music. Nellie Vale Pomona master and Sixth Seventh Degree Members Association president leads arrangements.
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Carpenter
Meigs County Grange
Rock Springs
Rock Springs Grange
Hemlock
Columbia
Laurel
Nellie Vale
Meigs County Pomona
License to Marry Pomeroy Couple in Probate Court
James Hawk aged 27 of Pomeroy and Lucille Hudnall aged 21 of Downington secured a marriage license in the probate court here.
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Pomeroy
James Hawk
Lucille Hudnall
Downington
Simple Lemons and Ru-Ex Cure for Rheumatic Pain
A home remedy advertises Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis pain. The ad claims rapid results within 48 hours, a money back guarantee, and availability at Athens Pharmacy and other drug stores.
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Athens
Ady
Meigs County Nerves Quiet Over Paralysis Report
Health Commissioner W S Ellis says three infantile paralysis cases in Meigs County do not indicate active contagion and no new cases have appeared. The disease is subsiding, though concern touched Harrisonville area.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
W.S. Ellis
Harrisonville
Ellis
Olive Farm Women Club November program at Pickens home
Olive Farm Woman's Club met at the home of Ruth Pickens for November with Tress Swain presiding. Devotionals by Leota Hawley. Twelve members answered roll on "How to be a good neighbor" followed by a program on "Neighbors" led by Nerva Pryor and Ava Myers about preparing Sunday dinner with little labor. Refreshments of oysters, celery, pickles and coffee were served.
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Long Bottom
Olive Farm Woman's Club
Ruth Pickens
Tress Swain
Leota Hawley
Nerva Pryor
Ava Myers
Carter's Little Liver Pills Classic Ad Claim
An old advertising claim urges readers to “wake up your liver bile” by taking Carter's Little Liver Pills to force two pints of bile into the bowels daily. It promises relief from stagnation, gas, sourness, and listless mood, urging purchase of 10¢ and 25¢ packages.
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Carter
Fragmentary social note mentions Miss Lillian Williams visit
The text references visiting people including Miss Lillian Williams and spouses, with a later gathering at the home of Iva Buckley.
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