Two Condor Street Homes Damaged by Fire in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy on Condor Street Charles Stivers and Henry Klein lost buildings to a Tuesday night fire. The Stivers one story frame home burned completely while the two story Klein residence suffered upper floor damage as firefighters battled flames from both ends. The blaze, noticed shortly before 10 pm, followed three prior Condor Street fires in recent weeks, with Meigs Creamery across the street also recently destroyed. Middleport firefighters aided the effort after being summoned near 11 pm.
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Condor St
Pomeroy
Charles Stivers
Henry Klein
Stivers
Klein
David Terrill
Meigs Creamery
Middleport Fire Department
Lee A Sayre Jr. Funeral Held in Letart
POMEROY Lee A Sayre Jr age 10 son of Mr and Mrs Lee Sayre Sr died at his Rochester Pa home Sunday The Sayres are former Letart residents The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 pm at the church in Letart with burial in Letart Cemetery
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Pomeroy
Lee A Sayre, Jr
Lee Sayre
Rochester
Sayres
Letart
Ohio State Basketball Trip Includes Tippie Dye and Fred Crow
A Pomeroy audience member recounts seeing Ohio State players Tippie Dye and Fred Crow in Omaha. H. E. Race confirms talking with the two Pomeroy boys who will join the team on its California trip after a Monday game.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroyan
Ohio State University
Omaha
Neb
Theron Russell
H. E. Race
Pomeroy Boys
Tippie Dye
Fred Crow
Mr. Race
Tippie
California
Crow
Dye
Pomeroy High School
Roy Conway Rites Held in Middleport
Funeral rites for Roy Conway were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his Beech Street residence with Rev. C. C. Bailey officiating. Burial followed in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Services by the Modern Woodmen Lodge occurred Monday evening at 7:30. Conway was a long time Woodmen Lodge and Presbyterian Church member and active in the church.
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Middleport
Roy Conway
Beech St
C. C. Bailey
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Woodmen Lodge
Conway
Woodman Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Teachers Return For Christmas In Middleport
Local youngsters working as teachers elsewhere will arrive today or Thursday to spend Christmas with families in Middleport. The group includes Margaret Ella Hysell of Oak Harbor, Nancy Reed of Grandview Heights Columbus, Ruth Humphrey of Fredericktown, Helen Beeson of Columbus and Gordon K. Harris of Adena.
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Middleport
Margaret Ella Hysell
Oak Harbor
Toledo
Nancy Reed
Grandview Heights
Columbus
Ruth Humphrey
Fredericktown
Helen Beeson
Gordon K. Harris
Adena
Funeral for Ira Ralph Held at Home on Harrisonville Road
Ira Ralph died at his home Sunday. Funeral conducted from the Harrisonville Road residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Howell Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Ira Ralph
Harrisonville Road
Howell Cemetery
Fire Chief criticizes raid tactics in New York blaze
Fire Commissioner John J. McElligott blasted Head man J Edgar Hoover after a machine gun raid on Harry Brunette in New York. He said headlines praised the raid and forced firemen to fight a blaze in Brunette's apartment as bullets peppered the walls.
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John J. McElligott
Harry Brunette
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Brunette
Christmas Visitors Gather in Middleport Families
Middleport hosts a list of guests for Christmas season including Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas from Cambridge Mass with their relatives. Dan Jones from Columbus. Mollie Williams visiting Charleston. Pake and sons from Beverly Arkansas. Miss Mary Laughead from New York City. John K. Smith Jr. from Dallas. Mrs. James Arnold from Zanesville. Kathryn Jean Lama visiting Cincinnati. Miss Letty Besserer and W. Besserer from Charleston. Marjorie Harris from Washington D C with local family.
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Middleport
W. B. Thomas
Cambridge
Mass
Charleston
Thomas
Elizabeth Hartinger
S. Third Ave
Garfield St
Dan Jones
Columbus
Ann Jones
Alvira Jones
S. Fifth Ave
Lincoln St
Pake
Beverly
Aitheimer
Ark
Ada Bing
Lawrence Bing
Second Ave
Mary Laughead
New York City
R. B. Laughead
Fifth Ave
Hooker St
Alfred Elberfeld
Pomeroy
John K. Smith, Jr
Dallas
Texas
J. K. Smith
Sixth Ave
Smith
James Arnold
Zanesville
A. H. Bradbury
Jimmy
Third Ave
W. B. Besserer
Marjorie Harris
Washington, D. C
W. R. Harris
Columbua
Notice of Application for Private Motor Carrier Permit
Far Shafer files with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a Private Motor Carrier permit to operate for Clarence L. Knowlton Bowlin Green and The Van Gundy Beck Co Lancaster using one 14 ton Chevrolet truck. Hearing time and place available from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Earl Shafer Chauncey Ohio. Also included is a foreclosure notice from Athens County Common Pleas Court Case 16657 against Dorothy R Norris and Merle Norris of Grand Rapids Michigan with a mortgage on Fairfax Addition lots 177 through 187 in Stewart Ohio for 482.75 with 6 percent interest from Nov 21 1936. Defendants must answer by February 13, 1937. Azier and Young Attorneys.
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Far Shafer
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
Cranagert
Clarence L. Knowlton
Bowlin Green
van Gundy Beck Co
Lancaster
Unan
Public Utilitiesommission of
Earl Shafer
Chauncey
Dorothy R. Norris
Merle Norris
Dorothy Norris
North Division Avenue
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Lester Herron
Common Pleas Coll
Athens County
Fairfax
Stewart
Azier and Young Att Ys
Botw
Clyde Sayre
Bee
Putnam County
West Virginia
Irene Sayre
Common Pleas Court
Louis Tyroler
United States District Court
Southern District of
William E. Blackstone
4Th Street
Nelsonville
Athens
John P. Kelso
Citizens Bank
John FP Kelso
Bankruvicy
Eagles to Present Christmas Eve Program and Santa Visit
The Eagles Club hosts a Christmas Eve event at 7 o clock featuring the Eagles Glee Club of 20 voices singing from the balcony. Candy will be handed to children at Eagle Hall entrance and baskets will be delivered to needy families. Glee Club directed by H. H. Mees.
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H. H. Mees
Glee Club
Ed Strauss
Fred Rosenbaum
Pat Lochary
Tom Potts
Dayton Strickland
Frank Will
R. L. Lide
Charles Ricketts
Ethan Harper
Hank Young
Clarence Ihle
Lew Stanley
John Shorr
Dave Jenkins
Frank Kunzleman
M. S. Daniels
Robert Coates
Marion Ward
Charles Calkins
Morning Star Chapter installs officers in Rio Grande
An installation ceremony for the Morning Star Chapter Order of the Eastern Star occurred at Thurman Masonic Temple on a December evening with Mrs. Mildred Welker installed worthy matron and Paul Meyers to lead Thurman Lodge next year. The report also covers local social visits, WPA cement walks, illnesses, and holiday plans.
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Rio Grande
Morning Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Thurman Masonic Temple
Mildred
W. K.) Welker
Paul Meyers
Thurman
Medina
Edna Jones
WPA
David Williams
Paul Lyne
Joan
Coach Lyne
Cambridge
Harry Martin
Wellston
W. A. Lewis
New Concord
Columbus
Powell
T. J. Allison
Anna Brooks
Dorothy Brooks
Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority
P. R. Lyne
Hope Wiseman
Rose Eagle
Huntington
W. B. Souders
Springfield
J. D. Williams
Carrie North
Clyde Eagle
Winton
Baptist Church
Eagle
North
Loyal Friends
M. E. Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Holidays and Travel
The social notes list holiday visits among residents and guests from Cleveland Columbus and Hebron Nebraska. Families host dinners travel and nursing student Yolanda Dilgard returns to Cleveland while others attend church events and a Christmas program at Wolf Pen School. Peter Wells burial routed from Columbus to Pomeroy after living with daughter.
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Orville Rader
Norma
Columbus
Raeder
W. H. Ebersbach
Butternut Ave
Yolanda Dilgard
Cleveland
St. Luke Hospital
Boyd Dilgard
Minersville
Pomeroy
Peter Wells
Kerri Run
Auto Wrecker Confesses In Court In Pasadena
Clarence Santschi was arraigned on a charge of smashing another car and when asked his occupation he replied I am an auto wrecker which turned out to be his real job in Pasadena California the report notes.
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Pasadena
Cal
U.P
Clarence Santschi
Jail recluse returns, asks to finish sentence
Hanford California report says Cary Berry, 44, after a 0 day vagrancy term, was released only to return the same day and plead for reimprisonment. The judge then added 60 days to his sentence.
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Hanford
Cal
U.P
Cary Berry
Five Children Die in Ottawa Fire Tragedy
A overheated kitchen stove caused a fatal blaze in a small frame house in Ottawa's lower town. Five children perished in the fire, shocking local residents and prompting an emergency response.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.P
Murray City Ladies Class Meets Friday Night
The Ladies Adult Bible Class of the M. E. Church met Friday night after a business session led by president Mrs. Amy Stevenson. Guests enjoyed games and lunch for 17 members served by Mrs. Joan Cook and Mrs. Anna Belle Thomas. Next meeting set for Mrs. Samantha Shelton’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kovach and family move to Detroit. Ralph Hamer and family send fruit to Nelsonville and Murray kin. Hamer hunters bag three deer, largest 149 pounds dressed. Max Seidenfeld to spend winter in Phoenix. John Baird and wife noted.
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Murray City
M. E. Church
Amy Stevenson
Lizzie Fisher
Joan Cook
Anna Belle Thomas
Samantha Shelton
Frank Kovach
Detroit
Ralph Hamer
Murray
Arizona
James Hamer
Nelsonville
Hamer
Max Seidenfeld
Phoenix
Ariz
John Baird
Hem
POMEROY-William Stillwagner Arrested On Intoxication Charge
William Stillwagner Pomeroy was arrested by Police Chief Dana Ly Tracy on an intoxication charge. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Mayor C. J. Hess and ordered to work out the fine on the streets if payment was not made. Harry Hicks Pomeroy is recovering after a serious laryngitis illness.
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Pomeroy
William Stillwagner
Dana Ly Tracy
C. J. Hess
Local Visitors Share Weekend Gatherings Across Town
Lock visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gears on Saturday while Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mitchell hosted in Crooks ville to see relatives. John Fisher and family from Dorcas spent Sunday with Phil Fisher and Lon Starcher’s family. Eugene Hamer Helen Hes mer and Edward Mitchell visited their aunt Mrs. Maud Pona in Athens with family on Sunday.
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Helen Hesmer
Edward Mitchell
Athens
Maud Pona
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John Molnar, Jr
R. 4
Glouster
M. Johnson
Said
Pomeroy Social Notes
Osborn Meier
Philip Meier
Brick St
Hilmer Grimm
Hebron
Grimm
William Darst
Wolf Pen School
Wilson Norris
P. L. Peoples
Union Ave
Bruno Pierotti
Miami University
Oxford
C. Pierotti
Nial Hysell
John Lenkus
L. A. Person
J. B. Person
Guysville
Eunice Dean
George Henderson
David Cuckler
Burlingham
Cara
Charles Smith
Mary Smith
Cora Denny
Loretta Franz
Ed Franz
Mulberry Ave
Ted Eiselstein
T. P. Eiselstein
Elmer Ebersbach
Pt. Pleasant
Emma _ Ebersbach
Wetzgal St
Howard Coates
The
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First Baptist Church
George Shiveler
James Stephenson
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Cincinnati
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Richmond, Va
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Ing
Harry Hicks
Santa
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