Believed Car Thieves Linked to Akron Shooting Suspect
Pomeroy reports indicate two youths arrested in Gallipolis for stealing cars and fleeing by river road may be the same men who wounded former Middleport resident Eper Bolin in an Akron robbery. Bolin identified one suspect from photos. both denied shooting. Prisoners confessed car thefts in Lancaster and Zanesville before reaching Pomeroy and taking Sdetweller’s vehicle. They request penitentiary. held for grand jury.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Eper Bolin
Middleport
Akron
Bolin
Lancaster
Zanesvwille
John Sdetweller
Alfred Craigg
Denzel Welen
Par gui Teacher Association Presents First Program
Middleport December 16 The Par gui Teacher Association to host its initial program next Monday evening in the gym with James Titus and Mrs Golmer Martin leading. A sponsored event follows for months November and December with Mrs Titus and Mrs Martin. monthly leaders for January through July are listed by name.
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Middleport
Pargui-Teacher Association
Sire
James Titus
Golmer Martin
Joint Fellowship Meeting Held in Middleport Hall
The Junior Order with Charity Council of the PD of A and Middleport Council D of A held a fellowship gathering at Woodmen Hall. The event featured a distant speaker and several state council officers. A program was presented by the High School Band and refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Charity Council of the
PD. of A
Middleport Council D. of A
Woodmen Hall
State Council
Hhe High School
Aged Man Powell 86 Dies in Meigs County Ohio
Powell 86, longtime resident near Middleport Meigs County, dies after long illness at home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at Gravel Hill Cemetery burial follows at Gravel Hill Cemetery. He was father of Mrs Bradbury and Postmaster R E Well.
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Ruth Thomas
Ohio Wesleyan University
Meige County
Ohio
Thomas
H. £. Thomas
Lincoln Street
C. H. Horden
R. H. Horden
Columbus
Wooster Club of Columbus
Southern Hotel
Decter Horden
Wilson
Hulda Klein
Cleveland
Edith
Shumaker
Bucyrus
Middleport
P. C. Well
Meigs County
Gravel Hill
Powell
Bradbury
R. E. Well
Clubbing a Husband to be staged by Middleport club
In Middleport a three act comedy titled Clubbing a Husband will be presented Thursday evening in the High School Auditorium by the Home Economic Club. A dozen pets will be in the cast.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Home Economic Club
Miss Gaskill Surprised on Birthday Homecoming
In Middleport on December 16 Miss Gaskill recently back from Holzer Hospital was surprised by a group of class friends who visited in the afternoon to celebrate her birthday. Miss Gaskill received a blooming poinsettia and refreshments were served by Miss Etta Gaskill.
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HK. H. Bennett
Columbus
Cedar Creek Circle
Middleport
A. A. Swan
Dell Martin
L. D. Swan
Milton
Carl Gilmore
Miss Gaskill
Holzer Hospital
Etta Gaskill
Mrs Rosetta Brown Dies at 78 in Pomeroy Home
Mrs Rosetta Brown aged 78 died at her Sugar Run home near the greenhouse after a long cancer illness. She leaves children Mrs Whitehead of Columbus Edward Brown of Hamilton and Mrs Addie Stalder. Her husband died two years ago. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Pomeroy
Rosetta Brown
Addie Staider
Carl Stalder
Brown
Whitehead
Columbus
Edward Brown
Hamilton
Addie Stalder
Six Men Held as Suspects in Robberies
Six men were held in Meigs County Jail over robberies in the district. Suspects named Jap Terrell James Sutton Richard Landers and Kelly Harley and Orley Gilmore with the Gilmore brothers among them. Officers identified loot from Schweagman Roedel store and say Orley Gilmore wore a stolen coat when arrested. Kelly and Harley Gilmore are held as witnesses. Sheriff Tracy and a deputy traced leads to Athens in further safe-robbery inquiries.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jap Terrell
James Sutton
Richard Landers
Kelly
Harley
Orley Gilmore
Gilmores
Schweagman & Roedel
Harley Gilmore
Tracy
Athens
Col Julius Kaufman Dead at 72 in Ohio Fraternal Leader
Col Julius M Kaufman 72 of Gallipolis Ohio a former representative of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a past potentate of the Elks Lodge died at 6 45 p m Tuesday in Mt Carmel Hospital after a year long illness He also served as an officer in the Order of United American Mechanics Body sent to Schoedinger funeral parlors later to Gallipolis for funeral services and burial arranged by the Odd Fellows and Elks lodges
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Columbus
Julius M. Kaufman
Gallipolis
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Ohio
Elks Lodge
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Kaufman
Order of
Amercan Mechanics
Schoedinger
In-law Naomi Owens Recovers After Hospital Stay
Miss Naomi Owens, recently in White Cross Hospital for several weeks, is recovering nicely and set to resume her duties with the County Health Bureau. Mr and Mrs T A May attended Mrs Capenart's funeral in Syracuse on Tuesday afternoon.
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Naomi Owens
White Cross Hospital
Naomi
County Health
Mrs. T. A. May
Syracuse
Capenart
Izaak Walton League to Haul Logs for Lake Site
Two or three men will be employed next week by the Izaak Walton League of Athens to use a team of horses hauling logs from the lake site on Waterloo Township property. The timber was cut to clear the acre age for the lake and a shelter house is planned for summer use during outings and meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to begin spring and summer programs.
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Izaak Walton League of
Athens
League
Waterloo
Betins
Gram
Pomeroy Notices and Local Happenings During Holidays
The Meigs County community records Christmas greenery in Pomeroy streets and Christmas gift drives for the Children's Home at Whaley rooms. A marriage license is issued for James Fleming and Minnie Ours in the Pomeroy Courthouse, and Captain Frederick A. Laidley, 90, a longtime Cincinnati steamboatman, dies. Search for John Salser of Racine continues as Ohio River levels run high.
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T. D. Skipton
Marietta
Koester
Vale Street
Pomeroy
James Fleming
Great Bend
Minnie Ours
Kie
Meigs County
Red Cross
Whaley Rooms
Court Street
Little County
Frederick A. Laidley
Cincinnati
Lfe
Horace M. Horton
Ohio
Kanawha
John Salser
Racine
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