Pomeroy Council Lines Up Talks With Utilities Over Charges
Pomeroy officials met three hours with Meigs Water Company and Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric to craft a plan on fire hydrant and street light costs matching town income. A follow up meeting was planned as officials expect a possible agreement. Mayor Hartley praised the session and a satisfactory solution to street lighting is anticipated. The council also adopted an ordinance offering river bank land and Sugar Run sewer flowage rights to the US Government for 17,978 with no bids received. An ordinance to issue 7,700 in refunding bonds was approved.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council
Meigs Water Company
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
M. D. Hartley
John B. Downing
Rodney Downing
C. M. Hennesy
Water Company
Tom May
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
Fred McKay
Columbus
Electric Company
McKay
Hartley
Sugar Run
United States
Alvin Norris
Norris
Cement Pouring Underway at New Post Office Site in Middleport
Approximately 94 000 pounds of cement will be used for the basement of the new post office building at the former Central School site on Lill Street and Fourth Avenue. Pouring started yesterday as a large cement mixer drew crowds. Rain and bad weather hinder earthwork, but foremen and workers press for a speedy finish with about 29 laborers on site.
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Middleport
Central School
Lill St
Fourth Ave
Village Adopts Rules and Sets Bond Refund Plan
Three readings under sus pension of rules and adopted. The issuance of refunding bonds is necessary, village officials explained, because the town does not have a sufficient income to pay all bonds that come due each year. Council instructed Village Solicitor Ralston Russell and Mayor Hartley to visit the State Tax Commission at Columbus for the purpose of securing information concerning the Pomeroy tax rate.
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Ralston Russell
Hartley
State Tax Commission
Columbus
Chester Lodge Oyster Supper and Bazaar Planned
Chester Council Daughters of America announce an oyster supper and bazaar on Wednesday evening December 14 with an entertainment program. An inspection is scheduled December 20 by district deputy Mrs Pribble Wilson of Gallipolis. Chester M E Ladies Aid Society meets at the hall on Thursday with gift exchange and quilt top work. A Christmas dance and party is set for December 15 at the high school auditorium. The Chester M E Church will hold a Christmas sermon and music on December 25 with a small tree. The lodge hall is decorated by Elizabeth Hayes Essie Warner and Lettie Meredith with crepe paper tinsel and evergreen.
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Chester — Chester Council
Daughters of America
Pribble Wilson
Gallipolis
Chester M. E. Ladies Aid Society
Chester M. E
Elizabeth Hayes
Essie Warner
Lettie Meredith
Walter Riggs Faces Mayor Court For Intoxication
West Virginian Walter Riggs was jailed after asking Night Officer Fred Swatzel to lock him up. This afternoon he will receive a hearing in the mayor's court on an intoxication charge.
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Pomeroy
Walter Riggs
Riggs
Fred Swatzel
Swatzel
Mayor's Court
Marriage License Issued In Pomeroy Probate Court
Lawrence Deem 21 of Brad bury and Mary E. Smith 21 of Pomeroy received a marriage license in probate court.
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Pomeroy
Lawrence Deem
Bradbury
Mary E. Smith
Pomeroy JOF Class Christmas Party At Simpson Church
Twenty members of the JOF Class of Simpson M. E. Church attended a Christmas party at the Senkus Hotel and later at the church. The program featured carols readings by Estrilla Daniels and Ruth Ebersbach, solos by Dorothy Downie, a poem by Idanell Foss, a vocal duet by Betty Bright and Elsie Smith, and readings by Elsie Smith and Mae Hartley. Officers were elected and a gift exchange held. New twin sisters were revealed for the coming year. The gathering ended with social time and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ebersbach
Elsie Smith
Mae Hartley
Lydia Ebersbach
Eulalia Webster
Fern Gilmore
Gertrude Smith
Malcolm D. Hartley
T. A. Downie
Daughters of Union Veterans Host Christmas Party
The Daughters of Union Veterans held a Christmas party at the 1 C C F Hall on Monday December 12 with few elders present. Guests included Comrade Henry Dixon of Downingtown Elisha Divey Mrs July Osborn of Tupper Plains and several friends. A handkerchief shower was given for Mr Dixon whose birthday is Wednesday. The event featured talks gifts exchanged supper and each guest received a box of candy.
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1.C.C.F. Hall
Henry Dixon
Downington
Elisha Divey
July Osborn
Tupper Plains
Mary Miller
Emma Waterman
E. W. Kingsland
Grace Horton
Nell Bing
Dixon
Bertha Radford
Miss Waterman
Pomeroy Personal Notes of Week End Visits and Health
Local social column lists Ernest Hite returning to Columbus after a visit with his parents on West Main Street and numerous Sunday guests at area homes. Update includes illness notes for Kathryn Ebersbach and Barbara Massar, plus a holiday trip plan for A V Howell and family.
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Pomeroy
Ernest Hite
Columbus
Ed. Hite
West Main St
Don Deer
Albert Alward
Kathryn Ebersbach
Laurel St
A. V. Howell
Bedford
Ind
Edna McKnight
Roger Daniels
Miami
Florida
South
Fred Crow
Tom Crow
Theodore Beegle
Spring Ave
Guy Beegle
Carnahan
Fagan Price
Fletcher Beegle
Portland
Barbara Massar
Butternut Ave
Benton Penn
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Charleston
Betty Hoffner
Lincoln Hill
Eva Jane Simpson
Racine
D. L. Tracy
East Main St
Tracy
Sylvia Jeffers
Norman Sheets
Evelyn Harrison
Marion Theda Jeffers
Gallipolis
Beegle Home Destroyed by Fire in Dorcas
Fire destroyed the Beegle residence at Dorcas Monday afternoon after volunteers failed to save the two story eight room frame dwelling valued at $2,000. The attic chimney is a possible fire source. Pomeroy Fire Department arrived too late but saved nearby structures. Capt. and Mrs. George Beegle and family occupied the home. insurance partially covered the loss. a large model steamboat built by George Beegle was saved.
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Racine
George Beegle
Dorcas
Bucket Brigade
Pomeroy
Beegle
Harold Beegle
Miss Marion Cook Dies at Hemlock Grove
Miss Marion Cook dies at Hemlock Grove home Saturday night. She would have been 85 on December 14. Survived by brother Hugh Cook and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon at Hemlock Grove Church with interment in nearby cemetery.
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Marion Cook
Hemlock Grove
Pomeroy
Hugh Cook
Sara Reese Dies In Cleveland Residence
Word arrived of the death of Miss Sara Jane Reese at her Cleveland home Sunday evening. A former Minersville resident, she was a sister of Ed Reese of Racine. The funeral and burial will be held in Cleveland.
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Pomeroy
Sara Jane Reese
Cleveland
Debut concert by student Dorothy Peo Ples at Peace Church
Middleport teacher Norma Lewis Hecox presents pupil Dorothy Peo Ples in a piano recital at Peace Evangelical Church Pomeroy on Thursday at 8 p m Mrs Helen Zeiher soprano pupil of Mrs Margaret Stein Huntington will sing a group of songs Public invited to attend.
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Middleport
Norma Lewis Hecox
Dorothy Peoples
Peace Evangelical Church
Pomeroy
Helen Zeiher
Margaret Stein
Huntington
Funeral services for J A Foster in Jackson
Funeral services for the late J A Foster were held in Jackson Tuesday. Foster died at Holzer Hospital Saturday afternoon. He was an employee of the Standard Telephone and had worked in Pomeroy many times.
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Pomeroy
J. A. Foster
Jackson
Middleport Phi Delta Kappa Elects Officers
Wayne Gibbons was elected president of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity for the coming year. Roy F. Barnes is vice president, Gordon Harris secretary, Chappelle Talbott treasurer, Charles Murray sergeant-at-arms, George Hobstetter Jr master of ceremonies, Delbert Rice inner guard, Lindsay Lyons Jr outer guard. A Christmas committee of Murray Lyons and Barnes will plan donations to the Children's Home and decide on continuing the Milk Bottle Fund. Calvin Reichman will meet with Rotary and Business Men's Association reps to discuss surplus from last week's football banquet. The fraternity recently installed a complete kitchen. Talbott has served as president for the past year.
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Wayne Gibbons
Phi Delta Kappa
Mr. Gibbons
Roy F. Barnes
Gordon Harris
Chappelle Talbott
Charles Murray
George Hobstetter, Jr
Delbert Rice
Lindsay Lyons
Roy Barnes
Calvin Reichman
Rotary
Business Men’s Association
J. Chappelle Talbott
Rummage Sale Profits Reported By Ladies' Guild
The rummage and market held Friday and Saturday by the Ladies' Guild of the Heath M E Church in the Cook building yielded about $60 from clothing and baked goods sales. Mrs. A W Mee Kay led the event as rum mage chairman and Mrs. E R Tompkins chaired the bake sale.
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Ladies’ Guild of the
Heath M. E. Church
Cook Building
A. W. MeeKay
E. R. Tompkins
Local notes include visits, travel and health updates
C D Shadrick Oak Hill and Harry Houdashelt were WWI companions at Camp Sherman. Grace Sauvage of Langsville winters with sister-in-law Roy Lansbury. Morris to Huntington for Veterans Hospital observation. Geneva Humphreys to Ohio State University for home demonstration agents meeting. Owen Fink family reunion in Gallia County. W L Willock under observation at Holzer Hospital. Earl Stiddard and daughter Sylvia Louise visit grandparents in Monongahela. Lelia Hawkins visits Grace Davis in Columbus. Roy F Barnes family in Parkersburg for sister Kathryn Marteney’s birthday dinner. M G Brown returns to Rutlana Street after Huntington Orthopedic Hospital stay. School officials L W McComas and White attend Athens meeting. Robert Coats in Columbus. Wayne Gibbons to Bucyrus. Carson family hosts. Mrs Carson to Columbus hospital for observation. Rawson and Moore return from California and Colorado. Edward Bennett Sr. ill at Broadway home. Shumaker returns from Charleston for holiday visit.
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D. B. Hartinger
S. Third Ave
Hartinger
Raymond Boice
Humphreys
Columbus
Ohio State University
Owen Fink
Holzer Hospital
Earl Stiddard
Sylvia Louise
Monongahela
Pearl McKnight
Lelia Hawkins
Grace Davis
Roy F. Barnes
Parkersburg
Rufus McCutcheon
Middleport High School
White
Pomeroy High School
Athens
Robert Coats
Wayne Gibbons
Bucyrus
Carson
John Rawson
Lewis Moore
California
Colorado
Edward Bennett
Broadway
Charles Shumaker
Charleston
Gravel Hill
Meigs Court Ruling Upheld in Kibble Case
Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld Judge C. E. Peoples ruling that Edna B. Stewart gave four thousand dollars to her sister Iva Kibble as a gift not a loan. The court also affirmed his judgment awarding fourteen thousand one hundred fifty seven dollars and seventy eight cents to The New Pittsburgh Coal Co. against Syracuse Mining Co. for coal royalties.
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New Pittsburgh Company
Hospital Reports and Local Health Notes
Charles Lager Terrell, son of Mr and Mrs John Terrell, was brought home from Holzer Hospital after an appendicitis operation and is improving. J Q Rice of E Main St is in McMillen Hospital Charleston after an appendicitis attack Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Charles _ Lager
John Terrell
Holzer Hospital
J. Q. Rice
E. Main St
McMillen Hospital
Charleston
Living Tree Decorated as Middleport Christmas symbol
The Norway spruce living Christmas tree planted by the Middleport Garden Club was decorated with colored lights in a Armistice Day ceremony and will serve as the town’s holiday tree Santa Claus will greet children and distribute candy on Christmas Eve. A cement block barrier protects the tree, a gift from John Lyons placed on Mill Street parking lot through May or William Robson’s courtesy.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Santa Claus
Garden Club
John Lyons
Mill St
William Robson
Catholic Parents Club Set Thursday Meeting
The Catholic Parents' Club will meet Thursday at 2 PM in the school auditorium. Officers urge all members to attend this important gathering.
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Pomeroy
Catholic Parents’ Club
Pallas Club Party at Racine High School
Racine The Pallas Club of Racine High School met Thursday evening in the school auditorium for a club party with Miss Ruth Drake as chaperon. The evening featured games and refreshments. Mr and Mrs Charles Edwards and daughter Janice visited relatives in Pomeroy. Carl Easterday and daughter Mary Virginia and Mrs Mayme Mowery were in Marietta. Happy Hustlers class of the M E Church plans a Christmas party Friday at Rev Charles Stephen son’s home with each member to bring a 10 cent gift. Mr and Mrs W G Watterson and family spent the weekend with relatives at Vincent Ohio. Miss Allegra Fadely is ill.
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Racine
Racine High School
Ruth Drake
Charles Edwards
Janice
Pomeroy
Carl Easterday
Mary Virginia
Mayme Mowery
Marietta
Happy Hustlers
M. E. Church
Charles Stephenson
W. G. Watterson
Vincent
Allegra Fadely
Carroll man fined for reckless driving plea
Marion Russell of Carroll Ohio was fined five dollars and costs in mayor's court after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge. Russell was arrested Friday after a collision with a truck on West Main Street.
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Pomeroy
Marion Russell
Carroll, C
Russell
W. Main St
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Scow
Soler
Chester Lodge
Pomeroy Social Notes
Camden Clark Hospital
David Goodwin
Paul Brown
Homer Cooper
Tracy Goodwin
Mary Williamson
Phil Williamson
Louis Hines
Bertha Pownall
Mulberry Ave
Viva Hines
Harry
Rutland
Mila Jane
Edward Stark
Aaron Kelton
Jay Myers
T. A. Eiselstein
Eva Sauer
T. P. Eiselstein
Theron Russell
M. Bing
Union Ave
Max Harrah
Florence Rayburn
Ernest Sisson
Geraldine Sisson
Mt. Vernon Sanitarium
Fredrick Reihbe
A. C. Jones
William Reibel
Adolph Ebershach
Sara Reese
Middleport Social Notes
Colonial Plan
Colonial
Tequinial Finance Company
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Meigs
Electrolux
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