Trimble and Nelsonville Girls Winners Last Week
Trimble and Nelsonville draw strong entries in an Animal Editor contest for children. Bonnie Jean Sayre, age 11 of Trimble, wins 1st in the 9 to 12 group for a well outlined mountain sheep coloration. Betty Jans Covert, 8, Nelsonville, takes 1st in 6 to 9 group with an attractive depiction. Honorable mentions honor multiple young artists from Conlylite Guysville Pomeroy and more, with numerous entrants listed and prizes of 1 to 2 dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santas Claus
Trimble
Bonnie Jean Sayre
Bonnie Jean
Helen Moore
Conlylite
Beatrice Lonas
Guysville
Helen
Beatrice
Nelsonville
Betty Jans Covert
Betty Jane
Jerkins Slusher
George Carper
Bully Bateman
Munroe Francis
Billy Campbell
Carl Grace
Donald McCreary
Edith Lehman
Betty Standall
Andrew Ginnan
Jacksonville
Phitlys Powell
Ada C. Kerrns
Millfield
Rodney ©. Petty
Marolyn Henderson
Coolville
Warren Mathews
Alden Antle
Mazie Johnson
Mary Smith
Letha Keirn
Clona Jago
Eileen McDaniel
Joan Marquis
Martha Morris
Phillip
Sunday Messenger
Sol A
Stephan
Messenger
Vada Chubb
Athens County
Athens
G2wo
Twll
Bridsy Noon
State Schools Must Join in Support Crisis
Ohio State alumni warn that state funded colleges face severe cuts and reduced budgets. The Athens County gathering of more than 20 Ohio State graduates urged joint action with Ohio University to protect higher education, noting cuts to library budgets and teacher salaries. Ohio State Day featured officers elected by the local group and attendance from many alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohio State
John B. Fullen
Athens County
Oho State
Miami
Kent State College
Bowling Green State College
Wiitherforce
Ohto State
Ohio University
Commonwealth
Ohio State University
Athens County Association
T. H. Johnson
S. C. Hartman
McVey
George Close
L M. Hell
Robert Cottingham
C. D. Glauque
J. L McKittrick
H. G Henry
George Cless
W. W. Wiggin
H. C. Henry
Samuel Pallet
J. L. McKitrick
S.cartman
L. M. Heil
Homer B. Gall
C. S. Rice
D. Glauque
C. R Cline
E. A. Cottingham
Suit Over Bridge Sale in Meigs County Court
In 1928 a Meigs County common pleas suit concerns the transfer of the Pomeroy Bend Bridge and ferry assets to the Bridge Company, with stockholders Horton C. Pownall Bertha Pownall and heirs of Jasper A. Jividen named. The petition alleges controlling shares, directors roles, and requests an accounting and turnover of company cash and assets. Captain H C Pownall is described as an invalid with guardian Bertha Pownall. A multi filed in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Pomeroy
Te Pomeroy Bend Bridge Company
Bridge Company
Beverly
Middleport
Horton C. Pownall
Bertha Pownall
H. C. Pownall
Charles Jiiden
Jividen
Ruthind
Jasper
Jivl+ den
H.C. Pownall
Bertha
Captain Pownall
Bridge contractor to begin work on Little Leading Creek Bridge
Advices from Columbus report a December 17 contract for a new bridge over Little Leading Creek in the village. The Village Council authorized state right-of-way use and arranged a temporary bridge during construction. Local labor will be used where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Dec. S
Columbus
Georges Pratt
Little Leading Creek
Legion Auxiliary Presents Corporal Hagan at Masonic Temple
In Middleport on December 6 the American Legion Auxiliary staged the comedy Corporal Hagan at the Masonic Temple. Three performances drew large crowds, with a matinee at 2:20 PM and two evening shows. The 160 member cast delivered clean, lively songs and choruses. Net proceeds will fund auxiliary charity activities. The same date the Philathian Geeiery of the Church of Christ hosted a two-group program, Mrs Peart Graves entertaining with a social hour and refreshments after the Christmas committee plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exagan
Middleport
Corporal Hagan
American Legion Auxiliary
Masonic Temple
Arn
Middlefort
Phil‘athian
Church of Cyst
Peart Graves
Messenger Society Notes and Local Ads
Correspondent A Hartlizy invites readers to telephone society and locals news to 403. He will appreciate this service for circulation and classified advertising. For ads call John Sauvage at 453 b.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hartlizy
Messenger
John Sauvage
Pomeroy Wins in Opening Contests at Gunfor High
Pomeroy High School defeats Tuppers Plains High School in both girls and boys basketball in the opening games at the Gunfor High Building. Girls 20 to 9, boys 30 to 22. The home team led from the start as Chester and Pomeroy games are anticipated to be tougher. Two observers from Mars and the Moon offered humorous commentary during the Friday evening matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gunfor High
Tuppers Plaine High School
Pomeroy High School
Clart
Tuppers Plains
Chester
Glirax
Mars
Gigax
Moon
Hankera
Glgax
Meiga County
Ohio
Gixax
Pomeroy Girl To Wed Athens Boy
Gwendolyn Pickett of Pomeroy and Lee Stewart Roach of Athens, both Ohio University graduates, announce their engagement. Miss Pickett, a Meigs County public-school teacher, and Roach, an Ohio University AB and MA in Aquatic Biology, teach in nearby schools. They plan to marry December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoth
Ohio
Pomeroy
Dec
H. B. Pickett
Pomeroy RD 4
Gwendolyn
Lee Stewart Roach
Athens
Misa Pickett
Pomeroy High School
Ohio University
Zeta Tau Alpha
Meigs County
Roache
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Ubrichsville High School
Unrichsville
Funeral of Mrs. B. H. Rawlings Held in Rutland
Mrs. B H Rawlings died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore and funeral services were conducted at her Rutland residence with Rev Harry Dye and Rev Harley Bolton presiding. Burial followed at Miles Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Rawlings
Mien
Rutland
B. H. Rawlings
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harry Dye
Methodist Church
Harley Bolton
Miles Cemetery
Sewers Under Construction Progress in Middleport
Middleport reports Hale ay Construction Company of Akron advancing sewer projects in the lower town. By Friday morning rain delayed nothing. by Thursday night about 5 500 feet of sewer pipe had been laid. The project promises a major improvement for the Middleport area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Halley Construction Company
Akron
Several Arrests in Letart After Apple Grove Raid
POMEROY December 5 officers from the sheriff’s office Deputy Sheriff Young and Tracy Harvey French and William Robson raided Apple Grove Letart Township They brought in Lucy Frend Henry Lane a rural mail carrier and a mail messenger across the river to the B O railroad Leon Roseberry and William Roseberry all of whom will be charged with violating liquor laws They were held in jail until their cases can be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sheriff's Office
Young and Tracy
Harvey French
Wiliam Robson
Apple Grove
Letart Township
Lucy Frend
Henry Lane
B. O
Leon Roseberry
William Roseberry
Will Bea
Empty 300 Bottles Depots Four Beer Into Pomeroy Sewers
POMEROY, Dec. 5. Deputies and jail staff faced a large task as three hundred bottles of beer were emptied into the county jail sewer Friday. Each bottle was opened and poured individually, leaving a sour odor that lingered in the jail area. The beer was brought down from Reedsville a few days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Reedsville
Mason Veteran of World War Dies
Marion Nease, World War veteran and Mason, West Virginia native, died in Cleveland's Marine Hospital after surgery for gas-related injuries in Europe. Survived by widow, three children. burial in Akron where family resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Nease
Akron
Mason
W. Va
Marine Hospital
Cleveland
Glaus
Nease
Meigs County
Tom Jones
Europe
Sherman Watts
Hunter 1s Wounded in Parkersburg Shooting
A. J. Crumpler, 45, Charleston assistant superintendent of the Virginian Oil and Gas Co, was in serious condition in a Parkersburg hospital after a hunting trip accident. His gun discharged when it struck the car door, inflicting abdominal wounds. He had just returned to his automobile when the misfire occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. Crumpler
Charleston
Virginian Ol and Gas Company
Crumpler
Warm Fall Damage Threatens Local Fruit Harvest
POMEROY Dec 6 It is believed by orchardists that the warm fall of 1931 has advanced buds on many fruit varieties risking winter kill. Dale Wright of Wright fruit farm Rutland Township says no cherries or peaches will be produced next year in this section. He adds apples may still be safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Orchardiata
Dale Wright
Wright Fruit Farm
Rutland Township
Young Couple Elope To Wed In Maryland
Byron Burton and Mabel Taylor, both sixteen, wed Tuesday afternoon in Oakland Maryland. They are hiding in West Virginia awaiting parental blessings before returning home. A warrant was issued for the couple's arrest on charges of contributing to a minor's delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Byron Burton
Mabel Taylor
Newport
Oakland
West Virginia
George Delong
Newport Township
Maryland
Wheeling
Delong
Martella
Middleswart
Burton
de Jong
Sligs Taylor
DeJongs
DeJong
Marrie
Mrs. Burton
Newport High School
Legion Parade in New Straitsville Last Perry County Meet
The Perry County Legionaires plan a final meeting for 1931 at New Straitsville on Wednesday evening. A parade led by the American Legion Band of Logan and the Athens Drum Corps will start at 7 30 p.m. State Commander Paul M. Herbert will be guest speaker. Paul Tague, 8th District Vice Commander, will speak. Ohio's Official Legion Quartet from Crooksville will perform. The town expects a large turnout and invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Stralitaville
Perry County Legionnaires
New Straitsville
American Legion Band of
Logan
Athens
Paul M. Herbert
Paul Tague
Ohio
Legion
Crooksville
New Straiteville
Urges Farm Woodlots at Central States Forestry Congress
Cincinnati December 5 delegates to the Second Annual Central States Forestry Congress visited the Cincinnati Municipal Forest at Mt Airy and Champion Coated Paper Co at Hamilton. The congress closed with a banquet where Alexander Legge former chairman of the U S Farm Board and president of International Harvester highlighted farm woodlots as a source of profitable returns on marginal land and a light revenue from ordinary farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.ph
Central States Forestry Congress
Cincinnati Municipal Forest
Mt. Airy
Champion Coated Paper Company
Hamilton
Alexander Legge
U. S. Farm Board
Interational Harvester Company
New Evidence Ties Cleveland Man to Affair in Court
In Cleveland on December 5, testimony in common pleas court revealed that Mrs Lillian Steines carried on an affair with Phil H Baker, a former ice cream manufacturer, with her husband Imeband Williams said to consent. Baker faces a $50,000 suit by Steince alleging theft of affection. May Close testified Steince hid in a closet during Baker visits to Steines home. Meanwhile in Pomeroy the stores prepare for Christmas with decorated windows and festive goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lillian Steines
Phil H. Baker
Imeband
William
Baker
Steince
May Close
Perry To Get Five Bridges
NEW LEXINGTON, Dec 5 Construction of five more bridges on state highways in Perry County is to begin soon, bringing total planned bridges to seven. Bids open Dec 8 for routes including Route 204 Mt. Perry to Glass Rock and Route 2 in Pleasant Township. Estimated cost 26826.58 dollars with deadlines in May and February for several bridges, plus a hearing Dec 10 in Lancaster on routing a county road into the state system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Perry County
Mt. Perry
Glass Rock
Rendville
Pleasant Township
Moxahala
New Straitsville
Shawneet
Newtraitaville
Shawnee
State Highway Department
Lancaster
Bremen
Rush Creek Townslip
Fairfield County
Jackson
Monday Creek
Fallsgora Township
Hovking County
Webb Summit
Urges Reforestation of Abandoned Lands
In Cincinnati on December 5 John I Fatconer of Ohio State University urged reforestation to restore wealth from abandoned rural land amid tax delinquencies. At the Second Annual Central State Forestry Congress Alexander Legge former U S Farm Board chairman spoke at the banquet. Governor George White acted as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John I. Fatconer
Ohio State University
Central State Forestry Congress
Alexander Legge
U. S. Farm Board
George White
Roumanias King Not Favorable to Marriage
Budapest dispatch says King Carol of Roumania favored to win annulment of Prince Nicholas marriage to a commoner after private Bucharest advices. Roumanian Superior Court was expected to rule today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Carol of Roumania
Nicholas
Bucharest
Roumanian
Bandits Get 1300 In Cash At Malinta Bank
Four bandits robbed the Malinta state bank near Napoleon on Friday and escaped with 1300 cash after forcing cashier Henry Geist his daughter Miss Myra Geist and a patron to lie face down. Geist opened the safe as two robbers entered while others waited in a roadster outside with the engine running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Malinta
Henry Geist
John Cunningham
Myra Geist
Cunningham
Geist
Ohio Motor Vehicle Tax Revenue Likely to Drop
Edward T. Fogo, chief clerk to the commissioner of motor vehicles, told Ohio county auditors that revenues from 1932 commercial automobile licenses may fall sharply due to the new motor registration law and ongoing business depression in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Edward T. Fogo
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Ohio County Auditors
Prohibition blamed for hotel and restaurant woes
Louis K. Harvey, manager of the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, told delegates at the Ohio State Hotel Association convention that prohibition has ruined business for hotels and restaurants. He cited poor liquor as causing unruly and destructive guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Louis K. Harvey
Great Northern
Chicago
Ohio State Hotel Association
Harvey
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Carl Antlé
Amesville
Bonnie Jean Say Allan Balderson
Verna Sayre
Doris Russell
Bernarda Danford
Ruth Louise Johnson
Zane Kasler
Dorotha Nichols
Clyde Shingier
Maxine Steinmetz
Lola Mae Clark
Floyd Skinner
Seth Auer
Joseph Walton
Louise Vermaaten
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Anna Haskins
Herbert Ktoh
Elmer Antie
Roger Might
Dorothy Jo Danford
Frost
Nathan Mayle
Sharpsburg
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Sumner
Bessie Michener
Chesterhill
Margaret Thompson
New Marshfleld
Coolie
C. H. Snider
Thimble and Needle Club
James Sander
HE. M. Roberts
Roberta
Roberts’ Deatt
Rariden
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Paul Leonard
Huntington
Jennie Smith
Grant Street
Otis Larson
St. Joseph Hospital
Racine
Eastern Star
Frankie Gaylord
Ann Walters
D. G. Miller
Sherman
Fi Beta Phi
R. H. White
Walter Reed
Kirs
Carl Gilmore
Naomi Owens
White Cross Hospital
Legion Auxiliary
Stary
Bly Sewer
Letart
Greenwood
Enid Bel Rich
New York City
Bell Lot
Miner
Essex
Rutland Rosé
Charles Raffle
Thomas Fork
Washington County
Urges Farm
Leggo
Perry
Stephen Thomas
E. Washington
City Hall
Howell Cafe TV
G.H. Caldwell
Roumania
Bandits
DR. Acomb
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Ronson
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