Meigs County Oldster Nears Century at Racine Home
Mrs. Rachel McElroy of Racine Route No. 1, Meigs County oldest woman, celebrated her 98th birthday on December 13 at her great niece Estella Holter’s home. She uses a wheelchair and can walk with assistance, recalls past events, and favors prayer and church life. A cottage prayer meeting led by Rev. Mr. Bostic and U. B. Church members marked the day.
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Racine
Rachel McElroy
Meigs County
Estella Holter
Local Resident Travels and Family Visits Highlight Athens Columbus Trips
Middleport mentions Mrs. O B Stout spent Monday in Athens with Dr P E Hixon. Mrs Miller, the latter's mother, reported seriously ill. Mrs Clark and Mrs Kent in Columbus for the day. Mr and Mrs C P Bradbury in Columbus. Mrs Jesse Lambert improving after illness. Mr and Mrs J S Hamer and Sam Jr from Pittsburgh visiting Mrs Hamer's parents until Christmas. Hulda Klein and Eva Mae Fugate with Frank Fugate returned from Columbus. Kaser family to join for Christmas Day. Edward Parson and family, L D Diles, and Wesley Belles attended Anita Ann Parson funeral in Huntington, laid to Crown City Cemetery.
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O. B. Stout
Athens
P. E Hixon
Miller
C. W. Clark
J. A Kent
Columbus
C. P. Bradbury
Jesse Lambert
J. Hamer
Gon. Sam, Jr
Pittsburgh
Edward Parson
Ralph and
Paul
L.D. Diles
Wesley Belles
Huntington
Anita Ann Parson
Crown City
Repair of Deep Well Pump at County Infirmary
Repair work by William Matthewson completed on Monday restoring water supply at the county infirmary where water had been partially cut off before the pump fix.
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Pomeroy
County Infirmary
William Matthewson
Fifty CCC Workers End Service This Month
Fifty-one members of the CCC Camp at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds will complete their terms of enlistment at the end of the month. Camp officials said they have not been informed whether new men will be sent to replace those leaving. The entire CCC program ends on April 1 1935 unless extended by Congress.
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Pomeroy
CCC
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Congress
Scout Executive Paul W Handel to speak at Simpson M E Church
Paul W Handel scout executive of Parkersburg West Virginia will speak this evening at Simpson Memorial Church at seven oclock describing his South American journey experiences. All Boy Scouts parents and friends are invited.
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Pomeroy
Paul W. Handel
Parkersburg
W. Va
Simpson M. BE
Boy Scouts
Stolen Car Found In Jackson After Night Of Theft
An automobile belonging to Sidney Pickens stolen Saturday night was recovered Monday night in Jackson with one door torn off. Meigs County Sheriff A. O. Tracy was seriously injured in a Tuesday morning incident but showed some improvement later in the day.
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Middleport
Sidney Pickens
Jackson
Meigs County in Review At Ohio's Capital City
Local Meigs County items from Columbus note Capt. Tom Jones returning home after meeting the Legislature and the Republican caucus. Governor White signs the sales tax with his pen and his photo appears in papers. Mrs. Della Porter moves home after hospital heart treatment. Mrs. Hurley Martin elected recording secretary of the Ohio Women's Republican Club. A. V. Harding returns from a Maine hunting trip with an eight point deer. he is publisher of Furs Fins and Feathers. Mrs. Oliver Hartley and Miss Mabel Race plan Salt and Cinder Club hosting at the Dun Taft. Miss Dorothy Turner and Theodore A. Downie to marry New Years Day. DowB. Webb eyed as a candidate for chief of the Feeds and Fertilizers Division.
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Capt
Tom Jones
House of Representatives
Governor White
A. V. Harding
A. R. Harding
Rilla Vincent
Pomeroy
Maine
Maine Woods
Oliver Hartley
Mabel Race
Salt and Cinder’ Club
Dun-Taft Tea Room
Dorothy Turner
Columbus
Theodore A. Downie
Christmas Arrivals and Church Events Light Up Chatham
Pomeroy personals note Jean Ebersbach returns for Christmas break from Chat ham Hall New arrivals include Mr and Mrs Ray Rawlings home from a Columbus Cleveland trip with Miss Nancy Rawlings Ohio State student Harold Fisher to spend the holidays with his parents in Sugar Run Vespes/Peace Evangelical host a 4 pm Sunday Christmas program Mrs Arthur Roush of Columbus visits her father at Enterprise Mary department children to a Saturday 2 4 Christmas party at Peace Evangelical Church Mothers invited for the event Harriet Ewing and Howard Kiwing Ohio State students plan to come home for Christmas Federated Church Christmas Eve service 11 pm to 12 am Rev Ditter presiding Mrs George Ebersbach improving after illness.
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Jean Ebersbach
Chatham Hall
Chatham
Virginia
Ray Rawlings
Union Avenue
Columbus
Cleveland
Nancy Rawlings
Ohio State University
Harold Fisher
Alex H. Fisher
Sugar Run
Fisher
Ohio University At
Athens
Vespes
Peace Evangelical Services
Arthur Roush
Callie Campbell
Enterprise
Mary Department
Harriet Ewing
Howard Kiwing
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Federated Church
Ditter
George Ebersbach
Mrs Dwight Kim Hosts Bridge Party in Middleport
Mrs Dwight Kim entertained at her North Second Avenue home Monday night with a bridge party for her husband. Three tables participated with high scores by Mrs Lee Rubik and Charles Shumaker. Second prizes went to Mrs Charles Howard and Lee Rudisill. gifts and refreshments were served.
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Middleport
Dwight Kim
North Second Avenue
Lee Ruciilk
Charles Shumaker
Charles Howard
Lee Rudisill
P T A Meeting Highlights in Middleport
Middleport P T A meets in the high school auditorium with Mrs K L Smith presiding. The finance committee reports success of the football banquet and picture show. A January bake sale is planned. Next meeting set for January 21 at the high school. Racine Ladies Aid Society to meet in church annex. Happy Hustlers hold a Friday business meeting and officer elections. Mrs Tom Pickens hosts a Christmas party for her class Friday night.
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Middleport
Parent-Teachers Association
K. L. Smith
Grant Street
William Bradford
F. C. Kreager
Racine
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Happy Hustlers
Tom Pickens
Bridge Lunch at Middleport Club Hosts Two Tables
The Monthly luncheon by the contract bridge club was held at one o'clock at the home of M. C. Hobart on Lincoln Street. Two tables were occupied following the luncheon.
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Middleport
Contract Bridge Club
Re. M. C. Hobart
Lincoln Street
Board Wins Right To Break Bus Contracts
Judge W. R. White of Gallia County Common Pleas Court rules Olive-Orange Rural School District may terminate Torrence and Folrod bus contracts. He finds the 1933 termination aimed to extend the original terms, not in good faith, though nonpayment justified withdrawal.
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Board of Education
Olive-Orange
Meigs County
Ohio
Nelson Torrence
Ow! Hollow
Ebbe. Folrod
Alfred
White
500 Club Holiday Dinner Hosted by Mrs Laughead
Mrs R B Laughead hosted the 500 club at her South Fifth Avenue home in Middleport for an annual six o'clock Christmas dinner. The evening included three tables of cards and an exchange of gifts after the meal.
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Middleport
R. B. Laughead
500 Club
Birthday Honors for Capt George Howder at Eighty Five
Middleport notes Capt George Howder marks his eighty fifth birthday with a family dinner in his home. Guests include daughter Mollie Williamson of Roy Arizona and sister in law G L Horder of Elizabeth Pennsylvania. Daughters plan a short visit after the celebration.
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Middleport
George Howder
Mollie Williamson
Roy, Ariz
Iva Hendrickson
Pittsburgh
G. L. Howder
Elizabeth
Howder
Capt. Howder
U S Indicts Lawyers in Crime War Scandal
Federal indictments name two lawyers and Ben B Laska of Denver for illegal participation in ransom division. James Mathers, Oklahoma criminal lawyer, charged with taking part of the $200000 Urschel ransom. Laska defended Albert Bates and the Sankeys. Mathers defended Harvey Bailey who received a life term.
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U. S
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Laska
Albert Bates
Urechel
the Sankeys
James Mathers
Oklahoma
Urschel
Mathers
Harvey Bailey
Resident of Barlow Township Dies After Five Day Illness
William Hayes age 82 lifelong Barlow Township resident died at his nephew Everett Hayes home in Vincent. Pneumonia followed five days of illness. Survived by brothers Robert and Caleb Hayes and sister Mrs Lizzie Palmer. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Vincent home, interment in Barlow Cemetery.
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Marietta
William Hayes
Barlow Township
Washington County
Everett Hayes
Vincent Monday
Hayes
David
Nancy Haddow Hayes
Hayes Brothers
Ruth Beach
Robert Hayes
Caleb Hayes
Lizzie Palmer
Barlow
Vincent
Barlow Cemetery
Christmas Service Noted in Bishopville
Bishopville residents look forward to a church Christmas service on Monday night December 28. The bulletin also reports local social visits including Selby Gardner and family in Gloucester and hospital news as Mrs. Palmer undergoes treatment in Grant Hospital with J W Palmer at her side.
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Bishopville
Selby Gardner
Glouster
Dwight Smith
Marguerite McDonald
Don Withem
Madge Pedicord
Louis Stump
Liroyd Morgan
Elizabeth Morgan
Art and Thimble Club Entertained at Shade
Shade news notes the Art and Thimble Club gathering at Mrs. Perry Smith's home with a noon pot luck. Several members listed, plus local moves and visits. An update mentions Miss Josephine Blagier in Sheltering Arms Hospital after appendicitis surgery and a milk truck rollover on Route 31 near Athens with cargo spilled.
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Zelda Perry
Virgil Miller
Durward Pierce
Cladus Chapple
Doris Smith
Floyd Williams
Ray Bobo
Perry Smith
Josephine Blagier
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Emmett Cain
Shade
William Yerkey
Hace Chapple
Long Run
William Chapple
Rachel Wilson
Eloise Fields
Sylvia Ziggafoos
Carpenter
Sarah Goldsberry
J. Smith
Margaret Cain
Ivor Shumway
Robert Perry
Vaughn Ross
New Marshfield
Clifford Ruth
Bear Wallow Ridge
Ackley
Athens
Athens County Claim List Has Increased
Ohio industrial safety report shows a drop in November injury and disease claims with 11,795 total filings and 72 fatalities. Athens County filed 110 claims including one fatal, two permanent disabilities, 35 with over seven days lost, 20 with seven days or less, and 52 medical cases with no time loss. October had 95 claims and 6,860 lost days.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Kearns
Division of Safety and Hygiene
The
Industrial Commission
Athens County
This
Union Program At Baptist Church In Albany Saturday
Albany December 19 A union Christmas program by the Baptist and Methodist Sunday Schools will be presented at the Baptist Church Sunday night December 23. The item also notes local social visits and a Christmas party hosted by the Albany Grange on December 22 with a request to bring sandwiches for attendees.
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Albany
Baptist and
Methodist
The
Baptist Church
A. E. Donaldson
Pomeroy
E. M. Musgrave
Ironton
Ohio
Ashland
M. R. Merritt
Ww. L. Merritt
Columbus
Guy Moore
Plain City
City Soccer Opens with Rivalry at Monday Night Games
In a city league opening match Rufus Pur led by Jo and Francis McHarg saw Team Eagle led by Clyde ManGene Schuster Billy Dorst Dick Pierre Howard Efaw Gordon Ross Evan Jones King and Orland Bean face Team B captained by Francis McHarg Jimmy Lee Worley Cle Fred Downer John Weich ley Walter Bobo. Edwin and Fred Rosser were noted in the roster as Ram PROSECUTING ATTorney day after heart 9 had been defeated for a third term in the NoYtons.
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Rufus Pur
Francis McHarg
Srades
Ets
Ohio Universe
Team Eagle
Clyde Mangene Schuster
Billy Dorst
Dick Pierre
Howard Efaw
Gordon Ross
Evan Jones
King
Orland Bean
Billy
Francis Mc
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