Laurel Grange’s Living Charter Members Noted in Meigs County
Laurel Grange of Point Rock marks 60th anniversary with five living charter members led by Milton R. Merritt of Columbus who kept 116 offices and positions. Merritt, serving as unofficial historian, recounts active period including two county commissioners and 40 school teachers. Master in 1934 was Miss Freda Turner, granddaughter of early master W. G. Castor.
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Pomeroy
Laurel Grange
Point Rock
Milton R. Merritt
Columbus
Meigs County
The
Grange
State Grange
State Civil Service Commission
Merritt
Freda Turner
W. G. Castor
Ellen C. Martin
Athens
Lute P Vaile
Wales
Milla
Ann Graham
Elizabeth Strong Vale
Carpenter
Death prompts travel for funeral in Charleston
MIDDLEPORT Mrs Emma Thomas died in a Boston hospital Saturday. C F Besserer and Mrs George Wittmer and Mrs Hattie Bennett traveled to Charleston Sunday. Will Wittmer of Dayton and siblings Roy Schwitze and George Gibbs joined them today for the funeral preparations. POMEROY Lawrence Hubbard and Ethel Elliott received a marriage license Saturday and wed in a ceremony conducted by Squire J W McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Emma Thomas
Boston Hospital
C. F. Besserer
George Wittmer
Hattie Bennett
Charleston
Wittmer
Hia Sletera
Roy Schwitze
George Gibbs
Will Wittmer
Dayton
Pomeroy
Lawrence Hubbard
Les Hubbard
Syracuse
Ethel Elliott
George Elliott
New Haven
Squire J. W. McCullough
Local residents plan Christmas visits across towns
Mrs Wesley Bellis joins husband to establish a home in Columbus. Mr and Mrs James Hood visit relatives in Columbus and Pomeroy for the holidays. Paul Leonard drives to Nallen West Virginia to visit E F Rider family. Teachers Clair Minor Ruth Humphrey and Lucile Smith depart for Florida vacation. Dale Werner and family return to Columbus to spend Christmas with Mayer and Werner families. George Swallow and Leslie Snyder visit relatives in Columbus for Christmas with Swallow family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bellis
Columbus
James Hood
Fred Healy
Pomeroy
Paul Leonard
Nallen
W. Va
E. F. Rider
Clair Minor
Ruth Humphrey
Lucile Smith
Florida
Dale Werner
John Mayer
Chauncey Werner
George Swallow
Leslie Snyder
Local Families Share Christmas Visits Across Cities
Akron residents Mr and Mrs Howard Montgomery spent Christmas weekend with Mrs Anna Curtis Crow in Washington D C. Crow's son Charlies Crow returned home to visit relatives with his wife and C B Crow. Paul Curtis and family left for Indianapolis to visit relatives over Christmas. Clara Laughlin returned home after six weeks with Simpson Laughlin and relatives at Smiths Ferry. Ralph Neigiar came home from Baltimore where he had been employed.
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Howard Montgomery
Akron
Anna Curtis Charlies Crow
Washington, D. C
C. B. Crow
Paul Curtis
Indianapolis
Clara Laughlin
Simpson Laughlin
Smiths Ferry
Ralph. Neigiar
Baltimore
Christmas program planned for Presbyterian Bible School
Sunday night pageant at local churches drew a large crowd. White offerings were collected. Tonight the Presbyterian Bible School hosts a Christmas program with Santa Claus in attendance. All children receive a treat from Banta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ, Baptist Church
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Bible School
Santa Claus
Banta
Mrs Emma Thomas Succumbs in Boston
C F Besserer of Middleport reports the death of his sister Mrs Emma Thomas of Charleston West Virginia in a Boston hospital Saturday afternoon after a surgical operation. She had been in failing health and was a former Middleport resident and public school teacher. Surviving are three sons William Frank and Andrew of Charleston two brothers C F Besserer and others in Charleston and two sisters Mrs Mery Evans and Miss Lettie Besserer. Funeral services will be in Charleston after arrival Monday. Mr Thomas and one son preceded her in death.
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Middleport
C. F. Besserer
Emma Thomas
Charleston
W. Va
Boston
Thomas
A. B. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
William
Frank
Andrew
Mery Evans
Misa Lettie Besserer
Funeral notice for Mrs. Martha Shiveler Middleport
Mrs. Martha Shiveler, 78, died Sunday at noon from complications of age. Survived by six children Mrs. Edward French, Mrs. Eva Selby, Mrs. Margaret Archer, Lewis, Andrew, and William Bedford, all of Middleport area. Burial in Chester with arrangements to be announced.
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Middleport
Martha Shiveler
Two Marriages Held at Simpson M E Parsonage
Two marriage ceremonies were conducted Saturday at the Simpson M E Parsonage. Guy Cole of Apple Grove married Frances Evane. Weaver Wolfe Jr. wed Clara May Follrod, both couples from Bear Sumner. Rev. T E Manens officiated.
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Pomeroy
Simpson M. E. Parsonage
Guy Cole
Apple Grove
Frances Evane
Weaver Wolfe, Jr
Clara May Follrod
Bear Sumner
T. E. Manens
Grant Family Christmas South Tour Details
Miss Christine and Catherine Grant of Columbus and mother Mrs Louise Grant with uncle Adam Morhart of Middleport left Saturday for a South tour over the Christmas holidays. Catherine will stay three months in Vero Florida with cousin Mrs Joe Farman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Christine and
Catherine Grant
Columbus
Louise Grant
Adam Morhart
South
Vero
Fla
Joe Farman
Racine Basketball Team Defeats Chester 40-10 Saturday
The Racine basketball team beat Chester High School 40 to 10 in a Saturday night game at the Chester High School Gymnasium.
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Racine
Chester
Chester High School
Christmas Visitors And Holiday Plans In Pomeroy
Local residents and visitors fill Christmas plans across Pomeroy. Nancy Rawlings visits with parents on Union Avenue while Dr. Maag and Jacqueline head to Columbus to spend Christmas Day with Jacqueline’s Hart grandparents. Other families host relatives from Charleston to Marietta and Scranton with church events and travel to Columbus, Baltimore, and Chicago for holiday time.
Middleport Briefs Highlight Holiday Travel Plans
Dell Russell of Ohio State University will spend Christmas in Colorado Springs with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Lyston Sewell. Mrs Griff Russell visited her son in Columbus and Mr and Mrs Homer Cooper have returned from Miami Florida. Mr and Mrs W G Huddleston travel to Detroit for Christmas week with their granddaughter family. Charles Hayman Middleport High School faculty member leaves for Florida for Christmas vacation. Mrs G O Suter and son William return to Welch West Virginia after visiting Mrs Suter’s aunt Mrs Eva Stansbury on South Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Rawlings
Ray Rawlings
Union Avenue
KE. F. Maag
Jacqueline
Columbus
Hart
H. V. Hecox
Charleston
Ann Hecox
Enterprise United Brethren Church
Gladys Kerr
Marietta
Irma Welch
Rachel Ann Welch
Oliver A. Hartley
C. A. Hartley
Race Hartley
Baltimore
Ohio
Katherine Baker
Scranton
Maurice Thornton, Jr
Miami University
Pat Thornton
Harrisonville Road
Fred Crow
Ohio State University
East Main Street
Betty Ebersbach
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Theodore Ebersbach
West Main Street
Jean Ebersbach
Chatham Hall
Dorothy Kunts
Herman Kuntz
Main Street
Chicago
Oscar Gif Mian
Anna Houser
Dugger
Dell Russell
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lyston Sewell
Griff Russell
Homer Cooper
Miami
Fila
W. G. Huddleston
Detroit
Leigh Boyd
Charles Hayman
Middleport High School
Florida
G. O. Suter
William
Capt
W. R. Haptonstall
Welch
W. Va
Fines for intoxication in Meigs County Police court
Frank Quillen of Syracuse George Folmer of Pomeroy and another man were fined five dollars and costs each by Justice J W McCullough after intoxication charges. All were released from Meigs County jail Sunday morning. Alfred Chisier, inmate at Gallipolis State Hospital, was captured near Rolandus and returned to Gallipolis after being held at Meigs County jail.
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Pomeroy
Frank Quillen
Syracuse
George Folmer
Athens
Triplett
Bartrum
Justice of the Peace
J. W. McCullough
Meigs County
Alfred Chisier
Gallipolis
Rolandus
Evans and
Meiga County
Holiday Visitors Gather in Coalton and Marietta
A woman spends Christmas in Coalton with her mother who contrasts her with Dugger. Mr and Mrs W R Fischer of East Main Street visit relatives in Marietta and elsewhere over the holidays. Tippy Dye of Ohio State University visits with his sister Francesa Dye and friends for the Christmas holidays.
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Ind
Coalton
Dugger
W. R. Fiesher
East Main Street
Marietta
Tippy” Dye
Ohio State University
Francesa Dye
New Deal Fight Wages Warmer
The dispute over NRA leadership sheds light on intensifying tensions within the New Deal era. Johnson and Richberg clashed during NRA transition as reorganizing plans emerged, with Richberg later becoming a key Roosevelt adviser and Johnson returning to public life to assist drafting anti-war profit legislation.
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Johnson
Richberg
NRA
Perkins
White House
Roosevelt
Dog tags go on sale in Athens County on Jan 2
Athens County auditor J Clyde Edmundson announced dog tags go on sale January 2 with a required tag for each dog by January 20. A 1 penalty applies after the deadline. Tags are available at the auditor's office or in Nelsonville Glouster Coolville and Amesville through named vendors. prices are 1 for male 1 for female 1 for spayed and 10 for kennel.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Nelsonville
Peter Barrows
Glouster
Drury’s Drug Store
Coolville
A. B. White
Amesville
John Hartley
Churches Plan Christmas Extra Services Across Denominations
Churches across the city prepare special Christmas programs with services at St. Pauls Church featuring Adeste Fideles starting 11 50 p m and a quartet performance of Gesu Bambino and Silent Night. Ernest A Newcome Nejie McGowan direct with soloists Edward Newcome and Helen Cavanaugh. Confessions listed 4 6 and 6 30 7 30 p m.
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First Christian
First Methodist
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal
Methodist
Central Avenue
Hocking Street
Free Methodist
Pilgrim Holiness
Lutheran, Nazarene
Mt. Zion
Wesleyan
St. Paul's Church
Leonard
Harrison Millard
Gounod
Rosewig
Neidlinger
Pietro A. Yon
Mozart
Ernest A. Newcome
Nejie McGowan
Edward Newcome
Helen Cavanaugh
Revolt Against King Zog Reported in Albania
Kathimerina says Albanian travelers report a revolt against King Zog's government with about 2000 troops marching on Tirana, Albania's capital, from Athens sources dated December 24.
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Zog
Albania
Athens
Greece
Kathimerina
Tirana
Court case accuses Hill in Athens County plea
In Common Pleas Judge C Athens County, Marie Heavener and minor children seek damages from Hill. Earhart sues for injuries from a 1933 collision at West State Street. defendant forced to pay $150 and $20 medical costs plus confinement.
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Common Pleas
Marie Heavener
C. Athens
Gra Heavener
F. Rowy
George Earhart
Athens
Hill
Ting
Earhart
Iite
West State
Bied
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Pomeroy Bend
Start Motor Tour
Racine Brats
Meigs
Maytag Co
Merry Christmas
F. J. Beasley Co
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Briefs
E. F. Sells
DRY Goods
Merry
Athens County Savings & Loan Company
B. M. Covert
Optometrist
Merry Christma
VOGUE
Helen E. Zei
Ice
Gasgq Company
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