Pomeroy plans 1940 budget cuts and office consolidations
Mayor M D Hartley announced 1940 economies for Pomeroy village. The marshal and street commissioner roles will combine with salary paid to the marshal. cemetery sexton position to be eliminated. The village aims to reduce expenses to cover operations next year, with debts down about 10000 this year. Proposals from five engineers on the Sugar Run sewer project were heard, and a special meeting was scheduled.
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Pomeroy
M. D. Hartley
Julius Sauvage
Walter Wolfe
Ross Jones
Water Company
Sugar Run
Banks Extend Saturday Hours in Pomeroy Downtown
Local banks will open 6 to 8 pm Saturday at the suggestion of the Chamber of Commerce to help merchants obtain change and deposits amid Christmas shopping. Banks will close all day Monday.
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Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Relief Office Seeks CCC Enrollments for Young Men
The local relief office calls for men aged 17 to 23 to enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps following State CCC Headquarters notice. Two January groups are set, the first on January 2 and the second on January 19. interested individuals should visit the relief office.
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Pomeroy
Civilian Conservation Corps
Relief Office
CCC
Meigs Probate Court Notes
Ev a H. Suter appointed administratrix de bonis non with will annexed after Elmer Reed resignation in Eva J. Stansbury estate. bond $10,000. O. H. Stewart named administrator of Dan Devlin estate with $1,000 bond. Anna E. Turner named guardian of William C. Ogdin minor with $1,000 bond. Wesley A. Ogdin surety. Bonded sale approved for A. W. Cowdery estate by Wintner M. Cowdery. Jail matron Francis Beards appointed with $60 monthly compensation. Eva H. Suter exceptions to claims adjustments. Hazel Reed reduced to $867.66. George Guthrie disallowed. Elmer Reed allowed. Allen E. Ball named guardian of Edwin Preston Ball with $500 bond. Anton Lucke appointed executor of Frank Lucke estate with $2,000 bond.
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William C. Ogdin
Wesley A. Ogdin
A. W. Cowdery
Wintner M. Cowdery
George R. Beards
Francis Beards
Eva H. Suter
Elmer A. Reed
Eva J. Stansbury
Hazel &. Reed
George D. Guthrie
Hazel R. Reed
George Guthrie
Elmer Reed
Allen E. Ball
Edwin Preston Ball
Freda Ball
Anton Lucke
Frank Lucke
Condition of Brickles Forces Hi School Star Out
Robert Brickles of Pomeroy High School is out of school this week due to a bone infection osteomyelitis. X rays at Holzer Hospital and a study at Johns Hopkins suggest this diagnosis, keeping him from basketball this season and clouding his athletic future.
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Pomeroy
Robert Brickles
Pomeroy High School
Brickles
Holzer Hospital
John Hopkins Hospital
Heath Church Class to Hold Christmas Party
Middleport social notes report Class No. 12 of the Heath Methodist Church will hold its annual Christmas party at Mrs. O. P. Klein's home Wednesday evening. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Noah Haskins Mrs. John Hawkins and Miss Lucille Dutton. Members should bring a ten cent gift for exchange and their penny jars. President Mrs. Kelly Grogan noted an interesting season meeting planned.
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the Heath Methodist Church
O. P. Klein
Noah Haskins
John Hawkins
Lucille Dutton
Kelly Grogan
Ladies Auxiliary Plans Holiday Charity for Veterans
At a regular bi monthly meeting of the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion Ladies Auxiliary plans were made for holiday charity work. Candy and cigarettes were sent to the Veterans hospital and a Pound Shower was held for a needy family. A contribution was voted to the fund for the annual candy treat to children. Plans for a post holiday card and game party open to the public were also made.
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Ladies Auxiliary of
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Veterans’ Hospital
Death prompts distant relatives to visit in Columbus area
A list of visitors travels from Cincinnati Albany and Witcher W Va to Ohio for a funeral and family gatherings. The Johnson and Moulden families, the ONeils formerly local, and Miss Marjorie Harris return for Christmas with relatives. Attendees include Dr L Polan and Mrs Moore in Chesapeake and Wheeling next stops.
Point Rock Social And Brief Personal
Mr and Mrs Owen Kennedy returned to their Athens home Sunday after months at the Turner residence They spent the prior week in Columbus Lena Knapp employed in Hamden visited family here Maude Holcomb and daughters Helen Carolyn and Laura Pickett have been sick Arlie Cottrill of Columbus is here with his father William Cottrill Mrs Even Morris nephew Francis Knapp and Mrs Mattie Morris were in Wellston Tuesday Pomona Grange members here attended the Ohio State Grange gathering in Columbus Wesley Gregory of Dayton visited his mother Mrs Margaret Gregory and daughter Edna Mr and Mrs D V Morris and Mrs Mattie Morris attended the Legion oyster supper in Wilkesville Thursday night
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Point Rock
Owen Kennedy
Turner
Athens
Kennedy
Columbus
Lena Knapp
Hamden
Maude Holcomb
Helen
Carolyn
Laura Pickett
Arlie Cottrill
William Cottrill
Even Morris
Francis Knapp
Mattie Morris
Wellston
Pomona Grange
Ohio State Grange
Wesley Gregory
Dayton
Margaret Gregory
Edna
D. V. Morris
Legion
Wilkesville
Mrs Bertha Reinhart Taken To St Josephs Hospital
Mrs Bertha Reinhart was admitted to St Josephs Hospital Monday night for a major surgical operation.
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Pomeroy
Bertha Reinhart
St. Joseph's Hospital
Meigs County Land Transfers Recent in Past Week
Land transfers in Meigs County include Warrants and quit claims across Lebanon, Olive, Orange, Rutland, Salisbury, Pomeroy villages and townships. Transfers involve The Federal Bank of Louisville slating parcels to T D Jordan and multiple families with varied acreages and affiliations.
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Jessie G.carr
T. H. Barron
George W
Ruth E. Johnson
Wm. E. Boyce
Edith Boyce Horn
Lord
Elsie Priddy
Salisbury ‘Township
Dollie Swisher
John S. Swisher
Frank Sapp
Mary J. Sapp
Delbert
Enid Russell
Hercial
Josephine Brown
Anna Brown
Huber
Frances Brown
Middleport
Juanita
George Mumford
Sarah
Warren Turner
Sheffield
Addie Branch
Leslie Burton Johnson
Richard Harris Mills
Fred A. Shifler
Carrie Frazier
Coalport
Emanuel Woods
Pomeroy Village
Mina Lowe
Lyda M. Riebel
Reuben Ware
Farmer’s Bank and Savings Co
Dabney
Everett H
Clara Thomas
Scipio Township
Racine Village
Racine Lodge
Roy E
Charlotte N. MccCullough
C. O
H. R. Miles
Old Age Pensioner Gets License To Wed
POMEROY Theodor e Jack son, 84 year old pensioner of Pomeroy and Minnie Simpson, 52, of Pomeroy secured a marriage license in probate court Monday. A license was issued Saturday to Albert T. Young, 30, and Maxine Louise Kauff, 21, both of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Theodore Jackson
Minnie Simpson
Albert T. Young
Maxine Louise Kauff
Middleport PTA to Open Food Kitchen for Needy Children
Middleport Parent-Teacher Association voted at the regular meeting to use 20 percent of its charity funds for a food kitchen serving under nourished school children. A committee led by Mrs. David Entsminger will plan the project as part of a winter effort amid reports of need in local schools.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
Mrs Ella Womeldorf Harry Dies at 83
Mrs. Ella Womeldorf Harry, 83, died Sunday afternoon at her Columbus home of her niece Mrs. Frank Ryan. A Middleport native, she helped her father Captain George Womeldorf, early town postmaster, and the family once owned a hotel on the site of the Temple Theater. Funeral services are in Columbus tonight with interment at Middleport Hill Cemetery Wednesday morning.
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Middleport
Ella Womeldorf Harry
Frank Ryan
Columbus
Harry
L. E. Burford
George
Womeldorf
Womeldorfs
Temple Theater
Will Harry
Cook Funeral Home
Middleport Hill
Stores Open Evenings All Week During Holiday Shopping
Middleport merchants kept stores open until 9 pm last night as shoppers completed Christmas lists. WPA and old age pension checks arrived yesterday and merchants expect higher sales. Many layaway orders have been paid and a steady rise in holiday shop papers was noted. Stores will stay open throughout the week.
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Middleport
WPA
Band Boosters Expect Horns After Vacation
Middleport band boosters approved buying a French horn and the school board purchased another horn. Both should arrive before the new term starts after holidays. A bake sale was planned for January.
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Middleport
PTA
Board of Education
Joint Installation Planned by Granges
Dexter Star Grange will host a joint installation with Laurel Harrisonville and Columbia Granges at Columbia Grange on Friday December 22. Star Grange members are asked to bring pie.
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Dexter
Star Grange
Laurel
Harrisonville
Columbia
Christmas program at Pilgrim Church Sunday night
The Fairplay Sunday School will present a Christmas program at Pilgrim Church on Sunday night December 24. In Middleport an announcement is made of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Russell Gibbs Ada Bess Sayre. The baby Roger William weighed 9 pounds 14 ounces at birth.
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Doanville
Pilgrim Church
Fairplay
Middleport
Russell Gibbs
Ada Bess Sayre
William Sayre
Rollin Gibbs
Roger William
Marriage Annulment Sought by Woman in Meigs County
Virginia Aileen Andrews seeks annulment of her marriage to Robert W. Andrews filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The couple married March 5, 1938 in St. Marys West Virginia and separated soon after. Andrews, 19 at license, now seeks restoration of maiden name Virginia Aileen Barden.
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Louise B. Barden
Virginia Aileen Barden
Orange Accepts Plans For Joint Installation
Hemlock Grange held a Saturday meeting with large attendance. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Wesley Green and Miss Geneva Humphreys. The group accepted an invitation to a joint officer installation with Chester Grange on January 9 at 8 p m at the Chester Grange Hall. The lecture hour covered questions and drill practice led by Mr Green.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock
Wesley Green
Geneva Humphreys
Grange
Chester Grange
Green
Pickens Jr. Returns Home for Christmas Visit
Tom Pickens Jr. arrived home from a year in Montana to spend Christmas with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Pickens.
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West Racine
Tom Pickens, Jr
Montana
Tom D. Pickens
Infant son of Stricklands wed in Pomeroy
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Strickland born last Tuesday has married John Richard Strickland. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Heines and Mr. and Mrs. John Strickland.
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Pomeroy
Dayton Strickland
John Richard Strickland
Wiiliam Heines
John Strickland
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Middleport Social Notes
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Cincinnati
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Albany
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Hez Root
S. Second Ave
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John O'Neil
Harris Wood
Vada O'Neil
O. B. Stout
Charleston
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Washington, D. C
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Clifford Ervin
Sara Turner
Witcher
W. Va
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A. W. McKay
Emma Welch
H. L. Ward
Martha Nordling
Stanford University
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Meigs
MHS Girls Glee Club
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Vesta Mce-Coy
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Flossie Frecker
Granges
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Athens National Bank
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Fred R. Beasley Co
the Stedman Co
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C. D. Shafer Co
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