Street lights in Pomeroy at risk as board rejects tax transfer
Pomeroy faces possible elimination of street lights after the town council failed to secure board of education consent to transfer half a mill of school taxes. Mayor Hartley said the unanimous education board stance shocks officials and may force 1939 economies to cut lighting costs or discontinue services to avoid debt.
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Pomeroy
M. D. Hartley
Hartley
Electric Company
Light Company
McDougal Church Christmas Pageant Planned
A community Christmas pageant will be presented at McDougal Church on Thursday night December 22. The public is invited to attend.
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Mcdougal
McDougal Church
Liquidated Bank Pays 22000 to Depositors
Meigs Savings & Loan Company declares a final dividend of 22000 to depositors after selling remaining assets for 20000. Claims can be collected by contacting the building and loan office on Mulberry Avenue, per liquidator A. P. Kerr.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Savings & Loan Company
A. P. Kerr
Building and Loan Company
Mulberry Ave
Kerr
Christmas Trade Buoyed in Middleport Businesses
In Middleport Christmas buying is strong with grocery nuts selling briskly and novelty stores busy. Monday through midweek posted the busiest post office days as Christmas falls on Sunday prompting earlier cards and parcels with Saturday deliveries and Monday post office dispatch.
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Middleport
Post Office
Former Resident Clyde Rose Dies in Pittsburgh Hospital
Funeral services for Clyde Rose, who died Tuesday afternoon at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh after a weeklong illness, will be held Friday at 3 p m at the Lutheran Church in Indiana Pa. Rose formerly lived in the locality and is survived by wife Hilda Neutzling Rose and brothers Cassie Rose of Minersville and Oscar Rose of Columbus. Mrs Rose and her siblings left for Indiana Pa to accompany her.
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Middleport
Clyde Rose
St. Francis Hospital
Pittsburgh
Lutheran Church
Indiana
Rose
Hilda Neutzling Rose
Cassie Rose
Minersville
Oscar Rose
Columbus
Robert McElhinney
Otho Karr
Rollin Ne
Classes Share Christmas Baskets and Toys in City
Middleport groups rally for the needy with Sunday School classes and organizations preparing food and fruit baskets and distributing toys to families who otherwise would have little for their children this season.
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Middleport
Middleport Rotary Club Cancels Friday Meeting
President Robert Coats announced there will be no Rotary Club meeting this Friday in Middleport due to Christmas. A special holiday program was held last week.
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Middleport
Christmas Party of Heath Church Class 12 in Middleport
Christmas festivities at the Heath M E Church Class No 12 gathering at the James Weber home on Gravel Hill featured a formal program, carols, a Santa gift exchange, and handmade gifts. A note honors births of Harlan Riley Klees and a Kittle baby. Gardner resigns from Covert Baking Co. and moves to Athens for civil service work.
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Middleport
James Weber
Gravel Hill
Heath M. E. Church
Weber
R. E. McKay
John Kincaid
H. E. Bush
Dana Daniels
Orin Smith
M. W. Essex
Stone
Santa Claus
Noah Haskins
H. A. Rothrock
M. L. French
David Entsminger
C. A. Emmish
Doris Allen
Frank White
Ross Wise
Clinton Fisher
C. O. Fisher
E. M. McCarty
Lawrence Milhoan
D. S. Harold
O. P. Klein
Mary E. Hennesy
Nan Moore
Grogan
McComas
Klein
Miss
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Holiday Gatherings
Mrs. Edgar Ebersbach hosted a Five Hundred Club Christmas party at Lincoln Hill. Women's Auxiliary collected hospital boxes for veterans. Troop 2 Girl Scouts enjoyed a Yuletide dinner at Simpson M. E. Church led by Frances Dye. Local residents and visitors are noted with several family exchanges and travels during Christmas holidays.
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Edgar Ebersbach
Five Hundred
Lincoln Hill
Ebersbach
John Seakus
Pomeroy
John Botzel Found Dead in His Bed
John Botzel age 79 was found dead in bed Wednesday morning at his home on Kerr Street Pomroy He is survived by one brother Jacob Botzel Funeral will be held at the Ewing Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 2 o clock with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery
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Pomeroy
John Botzel
Kerr St
Jacob Botzel
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Yellow Jackets Beat Wellston In Rough Road Contest
Middleport Yellow Jackets edge Wellston 37 to 34 in a rough game. Lohse scores 15 points for Middleport and Bradbury adds 8 as the Jackets lead 17-15 at halftime and hold on through all four quarters. Ramsey and Ramsey combine for 24 for Wellston.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Wellston
Yellow Jackets
Rutland
Lohse
Charles Bradbury
Ramsey
Rutland and Chester Clash Friday Night Basketball
Rutland and Chester, two Meigs County rivals, meet in Rutland Gymnasium with two games on the slate. Reserves play at 7:30 followed by the main game at 8:30. Chester recently beat Racine by one point while Rutland lost to Middleport by three and defeated Tuppers Plains.
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Pomeroy — Rutand
Meigs County
Rutland
Chester
Rutland Gymnasium
Racine
Middleport
Tuppers Plains
Graham Chapel Social And Personal Mention
The Reverend Mingus will preach Sunday at 10 30 with a short Christmas program. Mrs Loretta Jeffers is ill at her son Paul Jeffers home. Mr and Mrs O L Fulton visited Perry Lucas family. Mr and Mrs Sam Frost visited their daughter in Zanesville. Milton Kyle of Columbus visited J M Chappel. Mr and Mrs Clint Fisk of Athens visited Allen Buck. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Bobo welcomed a daughter born Tuesday. Harley Williams is ill with influenza. Mrs Augie Dailey went to Aylmer Ackleys for her son Richard Dailey’s illness.
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Athens
Allen Buck
Woodrow Bobo
Harley Williams
Augie Dailey
Aylmer Ackley
Richard Dailey
Rutland Woman Dies At Daughter's Home
POMEROY Mrs. Adeline Dye 81 died at her daughter Mrs. P A Jividen Rutland Wednesday. Her husband T F Dye preceded her in death 28 years ago. Survived by daughter and three sons J M Dye Columbus D S Dye Delaware and Charles H Dye Shelby. Funeral services at Dow nington Methodist Church Friday at 2 PM with Wells Cemetery interment.
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Pomeroy
Adeline Dye
P. A. Jividen
Rutland
T. F. Dye
Jividen
J. M. Dye
Columbus
D. S. Dye
Delaware
Charles H. Dye
Shelby, O
Methodist Church
Downington
Wells Cemetery
Jury to Convene and Probate Notices in Athens County
January grand jury will convene mid month to review cases headed mostly for non support. Notice lists G Y Wingo of Athens as administrator of Herb Carsey estate with four month claims deadline. Executrix Anna L Copeland of Amesville and Administratrix Cynthis Kasler of Glouster probate notices require creditors to file within four months. Francis D White, Probate Judge, dates show December 1938.
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Gallipolis
John Howell
G. Y. Wingo
Athens
Ohio
RFC
Herb Carsey
Athens County
Prancis D. White
Ethel Williams
Amesville
Anna L. Copeland
Francis D. White
Said
Cynthis Kasler
Glouster
Harvey Easler
Ames Township
Said County
Propitious Planets Foretell Holiday Joy and Romance
Predictions describe the day as lively and celebratory with holiday spirit influencing travel shopping and social life. Great excitement and unforeseen developments in romance adventure and personal growth are noted, along with benefits for those celebrating birthdays and potential creative talents in a child born today.
Brackett Foils Mass Holdup Shocker to $9 in Pocket
In Arlington Massachusetts William Brackett Jr a gas station attendant faced a armed holdup. He calmly said he had no money and the bandit fled. Brackett kept $9 on him plus $20 in the cash register. A set of notices follow regarding parole hearings and a divorce case in Athens County Ohio.
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Arlington
Mass
William Brackett, Jr
Brackett
Ruth Bruss
Sam Bruss
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Pomeroy Students Put on Christmas Programs Friday
Pomeroy Senior High will present a two part Christmas program Friday at 1 pm in the high school auditorium featuring the Senior Girls Glee Club under Miss Frances Day, a playlet Hankies and Hose, readings, and a second play Put ting over the Christmas Fund. The Junior High will stage The Little Princess Who Traveled Far To Worship the King at 1 pm in the Junior High auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High
Frances Day
Ethel Garland
Frank Chapman
June Brown
Ruth Morgan
Bill Brown
Renzo Menchini
Helen Cundiff
Thomas Hennessy
George Massar
Miss Garland
Milton Scholl
Joseph
Dalla Lightfoot
Mary
Pomeroy High
Dorothy Ward
Rosella Donahue
Gives Rare Flowers in Middleport
Reverend George Archibald of the First Nazarene Church distributes a rare African lily family flower among friends. The flowers, sent from Capetown where he served as a missionary, resemble the American narcissus in appearance.
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Middleport
George Archibald
First Nazarene Church
Capetown
Africa
Archibald
Ohio State Honors 40 Football Players With Sweaters
Richard Crow son of Judge and Mrs Fred Crow is among 40 Ohio State University football players who received sweaters and numerals for their work on the gridiron last fall.
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Pomeroy
Richard Crow
Judge
Fred Crow
Ohio State University
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Westclox
Eversharp
General Electric Irons
Rathburn
Middleport Social Notes
Covert Baking Co
Civil Service
Miss Gardner
Pearl Gardner
A. D. Vale
Morrow, O
Vale
Gardners
Harlan Klees
S. Second Ave
Harlan Riley
Thomas Riley
Henry Kloes
Kloes
Margaret Riley
Roger Kittle
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Gardner
Thelma Morehart
Carroll
Marshall McCuen
Shelby
Toyland
Ewings
McMaster Hardware & Furniture Co
Middleport, Ohio
Mrs. Ebersbach
Women's Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Pomeroy Personals
Minnie Davis
Sarah Phillips
Charles Greenler
Wolf Pen
W. F. Scdt
Roy Tracy
Roy Tracy, Jr
A. O. Tracy
Eddie Blake
Mason City
Blake
Cherole Ann
Kathryn le
Rickman
Baby
Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld
University of Illinois
Champagne, Il
Alfred Elberfeld
Butternut Ave
Parkersburg
Rutland and
Graham Chapel
By Genevieve Kemble
Everett Williams
Board OF Parole
ED. J. Bonzo
Sam Brass
Leary Acmettler
Tor
Stree
H. J. Hysell
Clarence Chapman
Mgr
Urban Arch Shoes
Oxfords
W. L. Douglas
Hyde Park
Friedman Shelby
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