Rift in Meigs County Young Democrats Looms Over Endorsements
Meigs County Democratic scene shows a split as a faction from the "Old Guard" pushes for endorsed candidates while another group criticizes the process. Reports say debates over state influence, club packing, and access for women threaten unity ahead of upcoming officer races and a planned meeting next month.
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Organiza 4
Democratic Club
Pomeroy
Albert Caster
Meigs County
Gower- Davey
Uncle Henry Dickson Birthday Heroic Civil War Veteran
Uncle Henry Dickson aged 16 volunteered for the 73rd Regiment and fought at Gettysburg Mission Ridge and the Sea March. He witnessed two messengers and a cousin die and later joined the army with his unit helping Hill at Gettysburg. The article notes his mental alertness and active life. A Masonic Club potluck and dance event at Masonic Temple is announced with plans for the Hotel Lafayette entertainment.
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Henry Dickson
Battleburg
Hill
Gettysburg
Hooker
Dickson
Mission Ridge Mountain
Masonic Club
Masonic Temple
Entertainment Square Club
Hotel LaFayette
Harrisonville Farm Institute Draws Large Attendance
Harrisonville residents filled four sessions of the farm institute with keen interest. Highlights included a program by students, a talk by Colonel Lynn Black on highway safety, and a grange presented one act play. Seven boys earned 4-H certificates, while Mrs. Foley received basketball tickets for family attendance.
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Harrisonville
Farmers’ Institute Organization
Harrisonville Institute
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Black
David Williams
C. O . Chapman
Jack Warner
Eugene Atkins
Homer Blackwood
Howard Clark
the Grange
Mae Ball
Rachel Warner
Lena Jordan
Jonah Cotterill
Virgil Atkins
Stella Diehl
Institute
Harley Musser
Owen Cotterill
Ivan Cotterill
Raymond Cotterill
Clinton Gilkey
Bill Knopp
Felix Alkire
John Dye
Junior Hull
Frank Foley
Pomeroy Area to Hold Union Prayer Service Wednesday
A union prayer service is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Peace Evangelical Church. Local families including Heasley, Downie, Turner, Wolfe, and Leifheit are listed among residents hosting or visiting relatives in the area during the weekend.
Class Affair At Syracuse Church
SYRACUSE The refreshments and play by W. S. White's class, aided by others, netted the group a nice sum. The womanless wedding featured C. H. Williams as bride and James Quick as groom with a large cast and Mrs. Ernest Duffy leading instrumental music.
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Syracuse
W. S. White
C. H. Williams
James Quick
Herbert Zeiher
Roscoe Harden
A. L. Flanagan
Harvey Hotter
Richard Duckworth
Carl Weese
Frank Mills
William Duckworth
Richard
Two Held on Non-Support Charges in County
Pomeroy Clifford Pierce was brought from Columbus by Constable Leroy Bartram and is held in the county jail on a non-support charge. Dale Smith of Zion was arrested by county officers at the request of his father and is held in the county jail.
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Pomeroy
Clifford Pierce
Columbus
Leroy Bartram
Dale Smith
Zion
Nease Settlement Visitors and Local Injuries Reported
Mrs Minnie Amberger and son of Nease Settlement visited sister Mrs Wallace Weaver on Sunday. Miss Gloria Schaffer, injured last week while coasting, shows improvement though confined at home after a severe leg cut from a sled runner. Mr and Mrs William Watson and daughter of Pomeroy visited Owen Watson family. Mrs Vinnie Wood and son visited Charles Radford near Five Points. Mr and Mrs W N Hovis of Mercer Pa returned home after several days with the Watson family.
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Gloria Schaffer
J. A. Schaffer
William Watson
Pomeroy
Owen Watson
Vinnie Woode
Charles Radford
Five Points
W. N. Hovis
Mercer, Pa
Middleport Social Roundup Sees Local Visits Across Cities
Mrs Mollie Harrington visited Columbus to stay a week with nephew and niece Mr and Mrs B F Kulb on Riverside Drive. Ernest J Wilkesville and wife visited his sister Miss Virgie Major in Middleport. Mrs James Arnold traveled to Zanesville for the weekend with husband and in laws Mr and Mrs Don Allen. Mae Roush of Parkersburg visited brother O L Roush and family on South Sixth Avenue and Hooker Street. Mrs Mary Wilhelmi of Pt Pleasant, a former resident, visited friends here. J E Harley and son John spent Saturday in Columbus. James Askren and wife visited Bellefontaine for the weekend. Hilda Russell, two weeks in Columbus with aunt Effie Lockett, returned home. Malcolm Cottingham and children of Jackson visited William Michael and relatives. Sybil McCoy in Glouster for weekend with aunt Mrs W R Drury.
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Irvin Wolfe
Parkersburg
George Leifheit
Mulberry Avenue
Dorothy Turner
Columbus
C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Sugar Run School
Parent-Teacher Association
Theodore A. Downie
Russell Bailey
Second Street
Hockingport
George E. Nye
H. W. McCloskey
Harold Hilligas
Co. D. Hilligas
John
Cadiz
Ohio
Mollie Harrington
B. F. Kulb
Riverside Drive
Ernest J. Wilkesville
Virgie Major
South Sixth Avenue
James Arnold
Zanesville
Don Allen
Mae Roush
Middleport
O. L. Roush
Hooker Street
Mary Wilhelmi
James Askren
Bellefontaine
Hilda Russell
Effie Lockett
Malcolm Cottingham
Jackson
Santa Claus To Come At Presbyterian Bible School
Christmas Eve entertainment at the Presbyterian Bible School in Middleport begins at 7 o clock. Committee includes Miss Louise Lewis Mrs M S McAllister Mrs A Z Junkerman and Miss Jean Reed. Recitations choruses and other features are planned with Santa Claus handing out treats to the primary children.
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Middleport
The
Presbyterian Bible School
Louise Lewis
M.S. McAllister
A. Z. Junkerman
Jean Reed
Santa Clause
Alma Hutchens undergoes surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alma Hutchens from Guysville underwent a surgical operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens on Friday. The report notes other local activities including a Masonic installation in Coolville and visits by residents to relatives and events across the region.
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Alma Hutchens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
D. A. Campbell
Columbus
Masonic Hall
Coolville
T. E. Fitch
Erie
Cc. C. Bean
Cantata Draws Capacity Crowd in Pomroy Church
A packed Peace Evangelical Church heard the Pom ero y Choral Society perform Coming of the King. Reverend R C Ditter led the concert and voiced appreciation for cooperation in staging the event. Glenroy Ewing gave brief remarks as well.
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Pomeroy
Peace Evangelical Church
Pomeroy Choral Society of Mixed Voices
Glenroy Ewing
R. C. Ditter
Ditter
Install Officers of Marshfield Eastern Star Chapter
The Marshfield Eastern Star Chapter held a Tuesday installation with Mrs. Emma Wilson as installing officer and Mrs. Edith Brewer as marshal. Officers installed include Esther Whitlatch as W M, Clifton Swaim as W P, Nora Frank as associate matron, Albert Davis as secretary, Mildred Judy as treasurer, Dorothy Frank as conductress, and Celinda Edgar as marshal among others. An oyster supper followed. Local attendees from Athens and Carbon Dale joined out of town guests.
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New Marshfield
Eastern Star
Emma Wilson
Edith Brewer
W.M
Esther Whitlatch
W. P. Clifton Swaim
Nora Frank
Albert Davis
Mildred Judy
Effie Bridge
Dorothy Frank
Mary Knowlton
Florence Graham
Ada
Drue Hoodler
Ruth
Emma Brewer
Esther
Mae Hartley
Martha
Young
Carter
Jerett Wigal
Parkersburg
Merrill
Paul Tewksbury
Cleveland
Revival Meetings At Bates Church In Carbondale
A series of meetings is being held at Bates Church with Rev. Richard Powell conducting a revival in Carbondale. Church schedules include nightly services and special sermons likely drawing local residents and churches. Powell leads the events establishing a focused spiritual campaign in the community.
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Bates Church
Richard Powell
Carbondale
Bates Revival Continues Two Weeks More
Bates, Dec 17. Rev Ray A Huff conducts revival at Bates Church with services planned for two weeks or longer. Attendance remains large. At Mrs Alice Moore's Sunday birthday gathering, many friends and relatives joined in the celebration. Paul Dean Karns born to Hoyt and Mrs Karns, weighing eleven pounds, resides now in Pomeroy. A monument to P F McClanahan rises in Bates Cemetery as Robert Hall of Athens commissions home and farm improvements by William Johnson.
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Roy Moore
Alice
Clyde
Dorothy
Ruth
Emma Bolin
John Lewis
Kathleen Douglas
Archa Dailey
Elsie Helwig
Orvin Colmer
Walter Lonas
Edna Pugh
Hoyt Karng
Paul Dean
Karns
Pomeroy
P. F. McClanahan
Bates Cemetery
Robert Hall
Athens
William Johnson
Pythian Sisters Meigs Temple to hold meeting Tuesday
Regular session of Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters convenes Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the hall. After business a Christmas program will be presented followed by light refreshments.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pumpkin on Display Stands 31 Inches Long
Red Lisle showcases a pumpkin in his Syracuse store window measuring 31 inches in length and weighing 31.25 pounds, drawing attention from passersby.
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Syracuse
Red Lisle
Edward Johnson Buried After Rites in Carbondale
Funeral services for Edward Johnson age 50 were held in Carbondale after injuries from a mine near Logan West Virginia. He leaves four sisters and five brothers. The Pythian Sisters elected officers for the coming year. Local school closes December 21 for Christmas and resumes January 2. A scarlet fever case was reported.
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Carbondale
Edward Johnson
Johnson
Logan
W. Va
Delphia Willis
Luhrig
L. Pierce
Barberton
Lizzie Goff
Gypsum
Effie McClain
Howard
Akron
Clifford
Alva
George
Leonard
Pythian
Anna Howson
Wilma Williams
Freda Cox
Reta Pollock
MRC
Ethels Hollands
Emma Lowery
Lizzie Doolittle
Lizzie Cox
Martin
Athens
Ralph Williams
Columbus
R. Harrison
Dixon
Amesville
Wellston
Murl
Lou Daugherty
Charlies Daugherty
Carl Frank
Amesville Christmas Program Planned at High School
Amesville schools will present a Christmas program Thursday at 2 30 PM in the high school auditorium featuring first and sixth graders with recitations plays songs and the pageant Star Gleams. A church supper fundraiser at the M E Church Wednesday evening drew a large crowd and included a primary girls dialogue and songs along with talks by visitors Mrs Kenney and Mrs Obee and remarks on Japan.
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Amesville
Glazier van Valey
New York City
Hannah Glazier
M. E. Church
Kenney
Chesterhill
Japan
Obee
Pennsville
C. J. van Valey
Twenty-One Mines Active in Chauncey District
Twenty-one mines in the Chauncey district are listed as active in the current work report. The operating mines include No 9 No 107 No 219 No 68 No 24 No 9 No 28 No 119 No 255 No 267 No 10X Ohio No 1 Chauncey No 25 Poston No 6 Hocking Carbon dale Coonville Lick Run Lubbing Kimberly and Salem Hollow.
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Chauncey
Ohio
Poston
Hocking
Carbondale
Coonville
Lick Run
Lubbing
Kimberly
Salem Hollow
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