Christmas trade boosts mood amid district upbeat reports
Merchants report a cheerful Christmas rush with many stores seeing strong demand and optimism. County coal activity and a revival in trade contribute to better business, aided by government support and a local trade plan. Churches announce sermons and service times as the season continues. A London taxi driver promotes a horn ban with a cuckoo clock during fog.
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Mercy Merchants
Ess
Benough
Pomhants
Oliver Rites Pomeroy Funeral Notice
Funeral of A K Oliver 73 who died Christmas morning at Union Ave will be Saturday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife three sons Dana Dwight Raymond one daughter Bessie Thomson three sisters ten grandchildren three great grandchildren.
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Pomeroy
A. K. Oliver
Union Ave
First Baptist Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Oliver
Dana
Dwight
Cleveland
Raymond
Bashan
Bessie Thomson
Duke
Charleston
Belle Hysell
Huntington
Emma Ohlinger
Columbus
Virginia Corbin Rites Planned In Middleport Saturday
Funeral services for Miss Virginia Lalla Corbin will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at the Corbin home in Middleport. The longtime resident, daughter of Joseph H and Alma Farley Corbin, was active in church and civic work and the W C T U. Burial will follow in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Virginia Corbin
N. Fourth St
Corbin
Virginia Lalla Corbin
Joseph H. and
Almeda Farley Corbin
Virginia
Helen
Warren Womeldorf
Philadelphia
Charles
Robert
Ripley, O
Ella Thompson
Myra
Miss Corbin
Ella Thompson Corbin
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Christmas Holiday Travels Link Local Notables Across Ohio
Liddleport notes several residents visiting relatives for Christmas including Ort-Thomas Long in Nelsonville, Maxine Burns in Glouster, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson’s family in Glouster. Several others travel between Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, and Gallipolis to celebrate with kin, while local students and staff attend holiday gatherings and return to studies.
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Maxine Burns
Walter Harmonding
Seaher
Jerns
Glouster
Frank Ley
Jacksonville
Kelly Greg
Koehler
M. J. McCarty
Bay City
Mich
Dea Hays
Surprise honor for Miss Stump at Parsonage event
Miss Stump was honored as guest of her brother at a Parsonage surprise gathering on Wednesday evening. Bingo offered first prize to Miss Lena Byers with consolation to Dorothy Neigler. Guests included Druey Neigler, Nina Byers, Eileen Roush, Eve Sharpe, Judy Bell, Beryl Worthington, Alden Virginia Bridgett Miles, Helen Bentz, and Salser students from Ohio University Athens arriving Friday with parents.
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Marvalia Stump
Lena Byers
Dorothy Neigler
Druey Neigler
Nina Byers
Eileen Roush
Eve- Helen Sharpe
Judy Bell
Beryl Worthington
Alder Virginia Bridgett
Miles
Helen Bentz
Salser
Ohio Uni- Athens
River Traffic Remains Busy Despite Cold Weather
Gallia The Ohio and Kanawha rivers stay near full pool with dams in place as towboats and barges ply the routes to Pittsburgh. The American Barge Line loads scrap steel aboard the American and W. C. Kelley while the Fairplay and Taric move cargo toward coal and empty barges for reloading. The Marietta plant at Pt Pleas ant plans to build 11 steel barges, creating jobs, and a new steel dredge bid nears completion with Dravo as a close contender. Col C C Gettles is honored after aiding river infrastructure. the Windsor and Liberty packets figure in regional trade as lines expand capacity and modernization continues.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kanawha
W. C. Kelley
Pittsburgh
Fairplay
Campbell Transportation Company
Taric
Cincinnati
Kanawha River
Raymond City
Eureka Locks
Marietta
Pt. Pleasant
Louisville
Dravo Company
Col
C. C. Gettles
Mississippi
Gallipolie
Adolph Henke
John W. Hubbard
Dravo Yards
Neville Island
Acme
Memphis
New Orleans
American Line
Walter Windsor
Capt
Ruth Burnside
Burnside
Windsor
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Brown
St. Louis
Majestic
American Barge Line
Ashland
Liberty
Charleston
Huntington
Walter Booth
Local Lady Happy After Using Vendol Medicine
Leora Burt of 15 McKinley Ave Athens praises Vendol from Athens Pharmacy for relief from stomach trouble, constipation, nerves, and sleeplessness. She credits three bottles and laxative tablets with restoring appetite, regular bowels, improved sleep, and better color. Vendor Man urges others to begin Vendol for similar relief.
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McKinley Ave
Athens
Leora Burt
Iocal
Adv
Pomeroy Garden Club Prize Tour Sets Winners Review
Contest committee members Mrs. Rathburn, Mrs. Bean, and Mrs. Lasher of Rutland will tour Pomeroy tonight to judge home decorations for the prize contest sponsored by the Pomeroy Garden Club.
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Pomeroy
Blackwood and Miss Dean wed at Simpson M E Parsonage
Edward Blackwood of Albany and Jennie Dean of Pomeroy were married by Rev T E Maness at the Simpson M E Parsonage on Tuesday noon. After the holidays they will live in East Liverpool.
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Pomeroy
Edward Blackwood
Albany
Charles Blackwood
Jennie Dean
Harry Dean
T. E. Maness
Simpson M. E. Parsonage
Liberty hull repairs and new Tom Greene ship planned
Liberty has undergone hull repairs at Parkersburg and Pt. Pleasant. A larger steel hull for the packet Tom Greene is planned at Dravo Marine Ways on Neville Island near Pittsburgh, to be built as soon as Kiwanis leaves the Dravo yards.
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Liberty
Parkersburg
Pt. Pleasant
Tom Greene
Dravo Marine Ways
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Kiwanis
Dravo
Christmas Visitors and Family News in Racine
Local notes list multiple families visiting relatives over Christmas. Citizens including Robert Salser, Laura Baker, Emma Easterday, and Dr. Brown are noted in Cincinnati Detroit West Point Mayo Clinic travels. Estate, hospital, and travel updates include Crow, Stewart, Gorslin, Weatherbolt, Spence, Nelson, Stobart, Nickles Orn, Rees, Jones, and Ross families with outings, illnesses, and funerals.
Pomeroy Marriage License Issued to Long Bottom Couple
William H. Pomeroy 48 and Elizabeth Stone 28 of Long Bottom obtained a marriage license in probate court on Thursday.
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Pomeroy
William H. Petty
Elizabeth Stone
Long Bottom
Caps for Band Arrive at Pomeroy High School
Pershing style caps arrived for the Pomeroy High School Band and were used in Tuesday evening’s parade. Purchased by the Mothers of the Band Association, the caps are a new element in band uniforms along with new stunt folio music and additions to the band’s repertoire.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Mothers of the Band Association
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