Mever Loses Imprisonment Suit in Brief Jury Verdict
POMEROY Dec 22 After two days of court, the petit jury ruled in less than half an hour for the defendants in the $5,000 damage suit filed by H P Mayer against James BE Harley mayor of Middleport and others. Mayer claimed false imprisonment following arrests Sept 9 and 12 with jail time and habeas corpus releases. Attorneys argued misissued papers versus malice. defense maintained no duty breach. Jurors listed include L A Person and Asa Wells among others. Also William C Peck earned a Master of Arts degree at Ohio State University today among 20 recipients.
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Pomeroy
H. P. Mayer
James BE. Harley
Middleport
Home Indemnity Company
New York
William Robson
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Mad
Harley
Robson
C. BE. Peoples
Mayer
L. A. Person
Asa Wells
Cheshire R D
Paul Alexander
Letart Falls
William King
Deane Houdashelt
Minersville
Ernest Barton
Reedsville
Lafe Me Knight
Pomeroy R. D
Guy Larkins
Middleport R. D
Race Davis
Rutland
Avery Nelson
Hemlock Grove
Mrs. C. E. Myers
Long Bottom
Jed C Webster
William C. Peck
Carpenter
Ohio State University
Meigs Farmers May Share L S Payments
Meigs County farmers are offered another chance to share in Federal Agricultural Adjustment Act benefits. The first wheat production control plan has already paid nearly $2,000 and plans for tobacco corn and hog reductions will follow. Enrollment is voluntary and payments may exceed $500 for larger producers.
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Geo. W. Kreitler
Meigs County
U. S
United States
Christmas Holiday Visits Across Middleport Area
Middleport residents plan Christmas visits with relatives in Zanesville Heath and Parkersburg while students from Ohio universities return home for holidays. Rev Swearingen recovering health hopes to fill church duties. funeral services held for Thomas J Brooks in Portland with Meadow Dale burial.
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Pomeroy
Thomas J. Brooks
Henry A. Wallbrown
Portland
Meadow Dale
W. Va
Kate Utt
Christmas program at Heath M E Sunday School
Children of the Heath M E primary department will present a Christmas program at the church Sunday morning during the usual Sunday School hour. At the close gifts of candy fruit and nuts will be given.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
Pomeroy Personal Notes From Parish Club and Holiday Guests
The 3-F Club met at Mr and Mrs George Parker s Mulberry Avenue with a potluck dinner and games. Mrs Clyde Andrews illness worsened. Mrs Ed Smith hosts a birthday dinner for her husband with guests including Mrs Barbara Smith and daughter Mrs George Holmes. Barbara Smith visits from Columbus. Students Harriet Ewing Mary Russell Martha Dorst and Tip Dye arrive from Ohio State University for Christmas break. The Eiselsteins and son Jimmie of Huntington visit Parkersburg and nearby relatives. W A Smith depart for Clarksburg for Christmas. Mrs John Singer returns to West Main Street after weeks in Washington DC visiting daughters.
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Phillip M. Ricketts
Zanesville
Clarence Swearingen
M. S. McAllister
Clyde French
Parkersburg
Ora Dillard
Rosamond
Columbus
Walter Owens
Dillard
A. A. Dillard
Orville Chambers
Ohio State University
Sara Taylor
Dayton
Addie Branch
South Third Avenue
Fred Kanouse
Wayne Swisher
Henrietta Ewing
Miami University
Oxford
George Parker
Mulberry Avenue
Clyde Andrews
Monkey Run
Ed. Smith
Mr. Smith
Barbara Smith
George Holmes
Harriet Ewing
Mary Russell
Martha Dorst
Tip Dye
T. H. Eiselstein
Jimmie
Huntington
Christmas program planned by Baptist Sunday School
Middleport on December 22 reports a Sunday evening Christmas program for the Baptist Sunday School with carols recitations and a pageant. At the close children will receive candy and oranges. Morning services will include observance and a sermon titled The Road Christmas with special choir music.
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Middleport
Fred I. Gardner
Local Notes On Community Folks And Guests
Jesse Woods shows improvement from inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs Kermit Brown visits relatives. William Buck passes state barber exams in Columbus and earns a license. Kenneth Leach and wife visit Chillicothe. Charles Peoples and daughter from Pomeroy visit Ruth Alkire. Vernon Mills convalesces after illness. Paul Winn hosts dinner for Herman Hoppess Carl Reeves Vernon Mills Clema Vale Verda Brown.
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Jesse Woods
Kermit Brown
William Buck
Columbus
Kenneth Leach
Chillicothe
Charles Peoples
Pomeroy
Ruth Alkire
Vernon Mills
Paul Winn
Herman Hoppess
Carl Reeves
Clema Vale
Verda Brown
Turkey Gift Brought From Montana for Local Woman
A Montana Turkey arrives in Pomeroy as a Christmas gift for Mrs. Elizabeth Conde of Main Street. The bird originated in Straw Montana and was sent by Mrs Herman Googler who will be remarried. Alice Schreiber, longtime Pomeroy resident now in the West, learned she raised the turkey herself.
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Montana
Pomeroy
Elizabeth Conde
Main Street
Straw
Herman Googler
Alice Schreiber
Grass Run Side Hill Family Updates
Grass Run area notes Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gross of Akron spend a week with Mrs. Gross' parents Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Winn. Miss Helen Cleland resumes high school work at Rutland after a cold. Mrs. Philip Nicholson visits grandmother Mrs. Viola Forrest in Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson and Mr. and Mrs. Seth Nicholson visit Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Chase at Mt. Union.
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Harry Gross
Akron
Helen Cleland
Rutland
Philip Nicholson
Viola Forrest
William Nicholson
Seth F. Nicholson
Marvin Chase
Mt. Union
F. W. Winn
Couple travels to Cincinnati. social visits noted
Mrs. Harry Grass and Mrs. Ella Humphrey visit Cincinnati while Mrs. Emily Bolin accompanies them. Mrs. Samuel Hutton visits Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor in New Lima. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Will host Wayne and Wendell Cleland. Grass Run School schedules a Jan 5 entertainment.
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Harry Grass
Cincinnati
Mr. Winn
Ella Humphrey
Emily Bolin
Athens
Samuel Hutton
Paul Taylor
New Lima
Mildred Braley
Frances Cleland
Wayne
Wendell Cleland
G. O. Will
Grass Run
Letart Falls Notes Local residents travel and updates
Letart Falls notes Mrs Mary Cherry and her niece Dolly Higginbotham left Monday for Indianapolis after visiting relatives here. W O Barnitz left Sunday with a truckload of Christmas trees for the Columbus market. Mr and Mrs Allen Haymen moved last week to the Coalson farm above town. Mrs Alice Day is ill. Mr and Mrs Herbert Powell and son returned from a visit with relatives at Akron. Mrs Fred Roberts and son of Le-
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Mary Cherry
Dolly Higginbotham
Indianapolis
W. O. Barnitz
Columbus
Allen Haymen
Coalson Farm
Alice Day
Herbert Powell
Akron
Fred Roberts
Local residents host visitors and move to Philson Norris property
Tart West Virginia visited Mrs. Waldo Keistling Sunday. Albert Jeffers of Bearwallow Ridge spent Thursday with his mother Mrs. M. Quillin. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hudnell superintendent of the lock and dam here spent Sunday with Mrs. Hudnell's uncle Levi Casto at Millwood. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Soles and the former's father and Douglas Soles of Akron moved here Saturday into the Philson Norris property.
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Tart
W. Va
Waldo Keistling
Albert Jeffers
Bearwallow Ridge
M. Quillin
B. H. Hudnell
Funeral Attendance for William Riley Reported
Among the mourners at William Riley's funeral were Mr. and Mrs. George Bays and family from Russellville Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Lewis, Sam Chambers, Kay Chambers, and Charles Boatright of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Chambers and family, Mr. and Mrs. Solon Chambers of Ravenswood, Mrs. Harvey Bays and family, Mrs. Edward Sargent of Letart Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Farrell, Henry and Norva Farrell, and Mrs. Ida Meeker of Akron. Mrs. Dorothy Cowdery taught the primary school here during Mrs. absence.
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William Riley
George Bays
Russellville
George R. Lewis
Sam Chambers
Kay Chambers
Charles Boatright
Spencer
C. B. Chambers
Solon Chambers
Ravenswood
Harvey Bays
Edward Sargent
Letart Palls
Arthur Farrell
Henry
Norva Farrell
Ida Meeker
Akron
Grace Hawley Family Ill News From Sumner
Grace Hawley and her son are ill. A F Swan, recently reappointed postmaster at Long, has taken on caring for his sister Linnie Swan. Mrs Sylvia Coleman tends the home. Phon Adams, her cousin, is in hospital. J C Swan traveled to Pitts week on steamer Lj. Emma Townsendville shares with relatives here. Mr and Mrs M L B Rouncing celebrate birth of a...
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Grace Hawley
A. F. Swan
Long
Linnie Swan
Sylvia Coleman
Phon Adams
Ams
J.C. Swan
Pittsweek
Emma Townsendville
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