New High School Band Formed At Middleport
The Middleport School Band is announced for an afternoon practice session. It is a 93 piece ensemble organized by Mr. Riggs from the Frank Holton Company of Elkhorn Wisconsin, with 73 instruments purchased from Holton and 20 owned locally. Mr. Vanover will direct this month under Holton Company contract, after which the Board of Education will appoint a director. The group includes a mix of large and small members and is expected to become a permanent high school band.
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Dleport
Middleport
Riggs
Frank Holton
Elkhorn
Wis
Thmt Company
R. Vanover
Holton Company
Ich
Board of Education
Pomeroy High Football Schedule and Syracuse Basketball Clash
Pomeroy officials list next year’s football slate with Rutland at home September 28 and Middleport games on September 26 and November 1. Pomeroy teams may host a late game at Pomeroy if a new athletic field is ready. Pomeroy boys and girls face Syracuse tomorrow night with former Syracuse star Clark Winebrenner now on the Pomeroy squad. Dope favors Pomeroy to win both basketball dates.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Rutland
Allipots
Middleport
Pomeroy High
Syracuse
Clark Winebrenner
Dope
Eroy
Middleport Notes on Visitors and Illness This Holiday
Mr and Mrs Lewis Boyd of Youngstown visit with Mrs Boyd s mother and sister Mrs Allan Watt and family Mrs Roy Heines and daughter and Mrs Mayes are recovering at home on South Third street Conductor E B Smith fell sick on his run and was relieved at Hobson Dr E B Smith has flu bordering on pneumonia Mr and Mrs Raymond Saxton Locust Street travel between here and Langsville amid illness in town with many flu cases as holiday vacation nears
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Middleport
Lewis Boyd
Oingstown
Allan Wate
Roy Heines
Mayes
South Third
E. B. Smith
Taksick
Hobson
Smith
Raymond Saxton
Locust Street
Langsville
Jon
Great River Pageant Planned for Ohio River Parade
Plans are under way for a multi lock and dam celebration on the Ohio River with a steamboat parade along Meigs County waterfront next September. About 30 steamers, including passenger berths filled, will participate with invitations to cities along the stream and a tentative accept from President Hoover.
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Pomeroy
Harry Simpson
Ohio River
Meigs County
W. C. Culkins
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Herbert Hoover
Oscar Barrett
Charity drive aids county Children's Home Christmas gifts
Announced by the Citizens' Committee led by Miss Cady Whaley requests countywide contributions of edible and usable comforts for the Children’s Home. Parcels may be left at Whaley Dental Rooms. Knight Templars will deliver new gifts to each child and visit the County Farm with the Little German Band in full uniform.
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Citizens’ Committee
Miss Cady Whaley
Whaley Dental Rooms
Santa Claus
Knight Templars
Three Cents Balance For Glenroy Ewing In Pennsylvania
In a closed Pennsylvania business, a three cent balance owed to Glenroy Ewing is pursued by semiannual notices. Ewing must swear to the claim before a notary, pay a fee, provide an envelope and a two cent stamp to obtain the document and collect the overdue amount. He jokes the process is red tape.
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Pomeroy
Pennsylvania
Glenroy Ewing
Ewing
Couple Planned Three Month Southward Trip
Mr and Mrs John Koehler left on a three month journey from Pomeroy to explore South American prospects and potential business connections. The trip includes travel along the Pacific Coast as well.
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John Koehler
South America
Pomeroy
South
Koehler
Pacific Coast
Ninety Today as Ruth Saunders Marks Birthday at Home
Ninety year old Mrs. Ruth Saunders celebrated her birthday at home on South Second Street Middleport. Her son Lou E. Saunders from Columbus joined the family for the day, a custom he has kept for years alongside Daisy and Mrs. Ross Stansbury of Columbus.
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Son
Mrs
Ruth Saunders
Middleport
South Second Street
Christmas Visit Marred by Illness in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Frank Stansbury of Spartansburg NC visit grandparents Dr and Mrs E E Stansbury in Middleport but illness confines Mr Stansbury to bed since arrival. They traveled by car and report a fine trip. recovery expected in a day or two.
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Middleport
Frank Stansbury
Spartansburg
North Carolina
E. E. Stansbury
Stansbury
Courts Delay Cases as Attorneys Clash in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy Ohio Judge Crow delayed trials due to disputes among attorneys. The grand jury will meet January 7 and uncon tested divorces will be heard January 7 8. Jury trials are scheduled January 9 12 and a civil equity case January 19. Scott Cottrell received a penitentiary sentence for non support but may avoid jail if bond is posted locally.
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Pomeroy
F. W. Crow
Common Pleas Court
A. H. McLane
Charles Lowe
Dora B. Rice
Edward King
State of Ohio
George Palmer
Orville Graham
Merchants Protective Company
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Equity
K. B. Stephenson
E. S. Beeble
Prison Break Suspect John Kelly Hot on Trail Near Junction City
Courthouse officials, following the Junction City prison escape last Friday, say John Kelly from Meigs is the most dangerous of the trio. Guards search wooded areas near Junction City as authorities monitor his possible return to familiar haunts in this region and West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Junction City
John Kelly
Meigs
Kelly
Brick Plant
West Virginia
Kiwanis Club Dinner Sets January Nominees
PLAN ELECTION POMEROY Dec 20 The Kiwanis Club held a dinner at Ye Old Inn with no notable events. The next meeting will be January 8 when officers are elected, and President Hart Stanbery will appoint a five member nominating committee to submit nominations.
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Pomeroy
Kiwanis Club
Ye Old Inn
Hart Stanbery
Children Present Special Christmas Program at Central School
Central School hosted a Christmas program this afternoon featuring student groups and selections. Grade II band performed Pirouette and Jingle Bells while Grade III sang Santa Land, and various grades presented carols and readings including The Annunciation and The Magnificat.
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Santa Land
Florence Harvey
Margaret Alice Guthrie
Hazel Everett
Bethlehem
Helen Hooper
Holy Child
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Herald Angels
Robert Hooper
Bowles Brother Neared End of Illness in Petersburg Region
Ira Bowles, once a son to an aged mother who recently died, is bedridden in Petersburg West Virginia after a long battle with heart enlargement. His sister Mrs. James Hendricks reports he has spent his best years aiding his mother and now receives care at home.
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Ira Bowles
Petersburg
West Virginia
Middleport
James Hendricks
W. Va
Bowles
Meredith Smalley Dies After Auto Crash
Meredith Smalley aged 25 died yesterday at Holzer Hospital from a broken back suffered in an automobile crash near Chester last week. Survived by sisters Mrs Walter Dodson of Thomas Fork Mrs Joe Moore and Mrs Belle Boettner and brothers Roy and Clyde Smalley. Funeral at Basham in Pomeroy Friday at 2 PM.
Christmas Carols and Readings Collection
A list of grade level performances featuring The First Noel, Once Long Ago, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Adoration of the Shepherds, What Child is This, Adoration of the Kings, We Three Kings, Joy to the World and Come All Ye Faithful with readers Gail Love Vir ginia McVay Lloyd Scott and others.
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Gail Love
Mathew II
Virginia McVay
Lloyd Scott
Cleveland Police Crack Down on Trackbook Makers
Cleveland police resumed the campaign against race track bookmakers arresting fourteen men and confiscating paraphernalia while tearing unregistered phones from the walls.
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Cleveland
Chester Hime Jailed for 20 Years in Ohio Robbery Case
Chester Hime twenty year old former Ohio State University student was convicted yesterday and sentenced to twenty years in the Penitentiary for robbery. He faced a jury in Cleveland with the verdict delivered late on the case.
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Cleveland
Chester Hime
Ohio State University
Ohio University may lease site for stadium with purchase option
Attorney General Turner ruled that the president and trustees of Ohio University have authority to lease a site for an athletic stadium with a purchase option. President E. B. Bryan announced that Athens banks plan to finance and build the stadium for the university at no cost to the state.
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Columbus
Turner
Ohio University
Athens
E. B. Bryan
University
Actress Gilda Gray Denies New Marriage Plans
Gilda Gray in Milwaukee says a husband is the greatest burden for an actress. She awaits action on her divorce from Gil Boag of New York and denies plans to marry her manager C. D. Krepps if the divorce is granted.
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Gray
Miss Gray
Gil Boag
New York
C. D. Krepps
Boag
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Middleport High School
Ark Jones
Columby
New York Central
S. J. Haimer
Isburgh
E. R. Tompkins
Cottrell
Pomeroy Kiwanis Club
E. L. Healey
Stetson
Beau Brumme
Eagle
M ™ Burnett-Smith
Monito
Gilda
Milwaukee
the Swanson Furniture Co
General Electric
Southern Ohio Electric Co
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