Tobacco Acreage Reduction Plan Outlined for Meigs County
Meigs County agricultural agent Geo W Kreitler announces education meetings to explain a tobacco acreage reduction plan. Growers may reduce one third or one half with government payments up to eight dollars per acre plus four installment components totaling about twenty five dollars per acre plus a two cent per pound deficit payment. Enrollment deadlines not yet set amid declining export demand and rising stored tobacco.
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Pomeroy
Geo. W. Kreitler
Meigs County
Rutland
Lebanon
Salem
Columbia
Scipio
IMA
Kreier
Home Cough Syrup Mix Lets Moms Save Money
A nostalgic home remedy guide proposes a cough syrup made from vanulated sugar water and Pinex powder in a pint bottle. It claims three fold action to soothe inflamed membranes loosen germs and ease breathing for restful sleep with guaranteed relief or money back.
Tobacco market shifts toward cheaper grades in home use
Home tobacco consumption shows no drop while cheaper grades gain popularity. Acreage reduction payments will be funded from proceeds of a tobacco processing tax that has been in effect for some time.
No Processing Tax For Live Hog Buyer
Meigs County farmers are cleared about hog processing tax rules by a U S Department of Agriculture pamphlet. Any person may purchase and butcher a hog for personal use without tax. tax applies only to meat portion sold. No tax on sale of live hogs. penalties up to $10 000 fine or five years imprisonment for violations.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Collector of Internal Revenue
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Yellow Jackets Idle as Panthers, Tomcats Clash Friday
Pomeroy Panthers face Ashland Tomcats on Friday night while Middleport Yellow Jackets take a holiday rest with no game this week. Next contest comes Saturday January 6 at the local gym against Rutland. girls teams also scheduled.
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Middleport
Dec
Pomeroy Panthers
Ashland Tomcats
Yellow Jacket
Rutland
Village Busy With Christmas Visits And Travel
Middleport residents host relatives from Columbus and Chicago during Christmas week. Local families, including the Smiths, Michis, Binghams, Brooks, Arwins, Boices, Ralphs, Scuderas, Walkers, Duffields, and Leshers, welcomed guests from Columbus, Gallipolis, Clarksburg, Denver, and Chicago for holiday gatherings.
Florida Visitor Is Treated to Snow
Mrs. Claude Fleming of Jacksonville Florida visited Middleport and enjoyed unexpected snowfall during her week with Mr. and Mrs. J C Fish. She traveled from the South hoping for a white Christmas and the snow arrived in time before her return home.
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Florida
Middleport
Claude Fleming
Jacksonville
Fla
J. C. Fish
Mrs. Fleming
South
Pomeroy
Pearl Sullivan
Frank Sullivan
Rose Hill
Watch Night Service At Middleport Church
Middleport’s First Baptist Church hosts a two part New Year’s Eve watch night program starting at eight with hymns scripture and a pageant Live it Through by World Wide Guild girls. Talks on The Spirit Vision Skill and Passion of the Artist feature speakers Phyllis Diles Ed Lewis and others with interludes by Konrad Scholl Paul Haptonstall and a social hour.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
World Wide Guild
Konrad Scholl
Phyllis Diles
Ed Lewis
Lawrence Faulkner
Lois Diles
Arnold Bennett
Paul Haptonstall
Anna Margaret Wiley
Ellen Jane Mygatt
Edith Jackson
Christmas pageants light up village churches
In Syracuse on December 24 a Christmas pageant entitled No Room in the Inn was staged at the Methodist Church to a large crowd. The Church of God, Presbyterian Sunday School, and Nazare ne Church followed with plays and songs, including Gift for the Christ Child and The Little Boy Nobody Wanted, performed Friday or Tuesday evenings.
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Syracuse
Methodist Church
Church of God
Presbyterian Sunday School
the Nazarene Church
Rutland Folks Spend Christmas Weekends
Local residents and families across Columbus Dyesville Wellston Chillicothe Pomeroy Cary family groups visit relatives during Christmas and holiday weekends. Notable names include Mr and Mrs Robert Brown Ruth Alkire James Hinkle Charlies Myers Carl Dennison Ken neth Leach and Lee Myers with multiple households sharing holiday time.
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Robert Brown
Columbus
Mrs. Brown
Mrs
Lee Myers
Robert Chase
Trumen Chase
Vernon Millis
Clema Vale
Dyesville
Kermit Brown
Lee Brown
Frank Leach
Wellston
Charlies Laughlin
Chillicothe
Kenneth Leach
Ruth Alkire
Charles Peoples
Pomeroy
Frank Hinkle
New Jersey
James Hinkle
Charlies Myers
Carl Dennison
Dexter Social Notes and Holiday Visits
Community holiday greetings list continued with multiple families visiting relatives in New London Colum bus Columbus Trimble Rutland and Langeville. Reports include Christmas gatherings at the homes of Davis Gillogly Cary Dunfee Scheppie and Sullivan with a note on Pearl Sullivan’s hip injury recovery.
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Callie Nelson
Columbus
Finley
Blanche Davis
Claw Davis
New Castile
Rex
Maynard Dayin
Mary Jane Entaminger
Langeville
Alice Louise Powell
Rutland
William Gillogly
Albany
Max Smith
Alberta Queen
William McMorrow
Floyd Dunfee
Charles Perry
George Perry
Emmett Davis
G. B. Davis
Richard Cary
Trimble
Fred Scheppie and Son
Elwood City
W. R. Davis
Marriage license issued in Catlettsburg Ky to Midkiff Heilman
A marriage license was issued in Catlettsburg Kentucky to Homer E. Midkiff 28 of Hemlock Grove and Evelyn C. Heilman 21 of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Catlettsburg
Homer E. Midkiff
Hemlock Greve
Evelyn C. Heilman
A Rutland Woman 80 Dies at Home
Mrs. Marion Forrest, aged 80, died at her Rutland home last Saturday night. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Baptist Church. Her daughter Mrs. Bessie Mc Knight and granddaughter Mrs. Hollis McKnight attended. Mr. Forrest had died about eighteen months earlier at age 80.
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Rutland
Marion Forrest
Baptist Church
Bessie McKnight
Hollis McKnight
Mr. Forrest
No Serious Wrecks Reported in Snowbound Pomeroy
In Pomeroy on Wednesday drivers told of close calls and stalls as snow slowed traffic. Street Commissioner A. H. Ebersbach spread salt on main roads and hills, with cinders aiding traction to improve conditions.
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Pomeroy
A. H. Ebersbach
Turkey dinner at Rutland home in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. Bart H. Rawlings hosted a 6 o'clock turkey dinner Wednesday evening at their Rutland home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dutton and daughter Lucille, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Stout, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rawling, Miss Nella Mackin, and Miss Nancy Rawlings of Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Bart H. Rawlings Raneleal
Rutland
C. P. Dutton
Lucille
O. B. Stout
Robert Rawling
Nella Mackin
Nancy Rawlings
Pomeroy
Congress May Stay In Session Over Three Administration Proposals
Democratic House leaders say three main bills could keep Congress in session through next summer. Tugwell Food and Drug Bill, permanent transportation coordination, and labeling by the Bureau of Standards may provoke party splits and hinder adjournment. Eastman reports on transport costs and intermodal coordination to February. Huddleston plans labeling for all commodities including clothing.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Democratic House
Roosevelt
Eastman
Huddleston
Alabama
Bureau of Standards
Reptiles Still Abroad in Meigs in Winter
Harold Hull reports a five foot black snake killed during trap rounds in Harrisonville. Harold Hull and Glen Haning visited Rio Grande to see Wesley Tobe’s nine pound turtle found crossing near Little Raccoon Creek. Christmas visits span Albany and Millersport with relatives. a basketball injury redirects care in Columbus.
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Harrisonville
Dec
Harold Hull
Mr. Hull
Glen Haning
Rio Grande
Wesley Tobe
Mr. Tobe
Little Raccoon Creek
Bernie Derry
Albany
Boyd Allen
Willis Haning
Columbus
Howard Hoops
Dayton
Lizzie Lambert
Lena Jordan
Millersport
Girard
Louise Arnold
Paul Dye
Jonah Cottrill
Rebecca Cottrill
Racine
Raymond Chase
New Holland
Mart Chase
Meigs County Couple Wedded at Christmas
In Harrisonville on December 23 Miss Gertrude Ferrell and Mr. Raymond Welch wed with a reception of singing by local youths at the bride’s home. The article notes visitors and holiday gatherings among area families and a brief church notice.
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Meigs County
Harrisonville
Gertrude Ferrell
Hiram Ferrell
Raymond Welch
Elza Welch
Lester Romine
Charleston
Cora Forrest
R. B. Lambert
A. Wyatt
William Lee
Milleraport
Flo Lee
Allie Bradfield
Marl Douglas
Elia Douglas
Darwin
Spencer
New Mata- Mores
Presbyterian Church
Anniversary dinner marks Stalder Ferguson couple’s 25th
Chauncey December 24 25th wedding anniversary of Mila C and Grace Ferguson Stalder was celebrated at the family home on West Main Street with relatives and friends. Gifts of silver were given and a program of music and games followed a collation served by Mrs Stalder assisted by her daughter Mary. Attendees included numerous Chauncey Athens Nelsonville Blaine and surrounding residents and the Stalder family.
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Chauncey
Mila C
Grace Ferguson Stalder
Weat Main Street
Thomes Hoffman
Lawrence Hoffman
Athens
Charlie Downhour
Nelsonville
Robert Green
Ruth Gardner
Elmer Finsterwald
Goldie Cunliffe
Blaine
Ohio
Guy Brookins
Thelma Jean
Robert Hixson
Eric Bridgewater
Chauncey Christmas Guests Included Many Local Families
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Floyd Stanley hosted holiday visitors from Adrian Michigan Columbus and Pomeroy plus Chauncey and Millfield families at Christmas. Guests included Edwin Echelbarger Elizabeth Stanley and Richard of Adrian along with William Robinett and children Billy Lee Norma Jean of Columbus and Joseph Stanley with Billie Joe Floyd and Shy Sherlock of Athens. Also present were Gabriel Pencelli and family with Mrs Pencelli's parents William Clarey and Mrs Lewis Sanders and accompanying relatives Loree Ice Orlantine Don Pencelli Louella June Anna Lee and Charlotte.
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Chauncey
Floyd Stanley
Edwin Echelbarger
Elizabeth Stanley
Richard
Adrian
Mich
William Robinett
Billy Lee
Norma Jean
Columbus
Joseph Ford
Joseph Stanley
Billie Joe
Floyd
Pomeroy
Shy Sherlock
Athens
Seven teen mines resume operation in Chauncey district
Chauncey reports seven teen mines are operating again today. The mines listed include No. 9 No. 267 No. 69 No. 68 No. 24 No. 28 No. 219 No. 10X Chauncey No. 25 Hocking Pos ton No. 6 Carbondale Luhrig Kimberly Ohio No 1 Lick Run and Black Diamond.
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Hocking
Poston
Carbondale
Luhrig
Kimberly
Ohio
Lick Run
Black Diamond
Turkey Dinner Guests Share Christmas Feasts in Chauncey Family
Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradfield Sr and relatives held Christmas Day turkey dinners. Attendees included Leslie Bradfield family of Chauncey with Athens guests, G B Courtney family, C N Sanders family of Millfield, Leonard Koenig of Murray City, and others in Chauncey and nearby towns. A second gathering at Woodrow Ferrells in Chauncey hosted C L Cunningham Iris Cunningham Edsell Kollister and more. Gift exchanges occurred at the Noble residence in Athena hosted by Harry B Noble and family with guests from Chauncey and nearby communities.
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Chauncey
Charles Bradfield
Leslie Bradfield
Dorothy Ann
Mary Eleanor
George Williamson
Jo Ann
Buddy
Athens
G. B. Courtney
Betty Jane
Isabel
Charlies Harvey
Marguerite
Gilbert
C. N. Sanders
Bob
Millfield
Leonard Koenig
Murray City
Koenig
Bradfield
Woodrow Ferrell
Lexington Avenue
C. L. Cunningham
Iris Cunningham
Chawncey
Edsell Kollister
Sugar Creek
Andrew McKinney
Near Chauncey
C. B. Adkins
George and
Lewis Adkins
Dannie Adkins
Henry Osborne
Millie Osborne
Dane Osborne
Richard
Florence Ann
E. L. Bingman
Vivian
Jean
Bernard
Harry B. Noble
Athena
Dover News Briefs Chauncey Update
Chauncey resident Orlantine Pincelli who worked in Parkersburg West Virginia the past three months is back home. Addie Young an employee at the Athens State Hospital spent Sunday in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Orlantine Pincelli
Parkersburg
W. Va
Addie Young
the Atheny State Hospital
Community Notices From Chauncey And Nearby
In Chauncey with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye on High Street. Christian Workers Conference of the Church of Christ will meet tonight at the home of Rev G B Courtney. Cottage prayer meeting of the Morristown Holiness Church will be at the home of Mr and Mrs John Bullock in Bailey Run tonight.
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Chauncey
Inlaw
Floyd Nye
High Street
Christian Workers Conference
Church of Christ
G. B. Courtney
Morristown
Holiness Church
John Bullock
Bailey Run
Coolville Bridge Collision Shocks Drivers in Rain
In Coolville on Sunday the Ford Friend family’s car collided with another at the bridge. Bumpers locked, both cars damaged but no serious injuries. Also noted are visits and family updates from Ithaca to Huntington and ailing Julia Ann Walden who is improving.
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Coolville
Ford Friend
Coolville Bridge
Frank Ellenwood
Ithaca
N. Y
Frank Taylor
Bessie Taylor
Luther Dickey
Racine
Nancy Louise Holdren
New Plymouth
Huntington
Julia Ann
L. M. Walden
G. E. Carleton
Mrs Emma Christmas Hosts Visitors in Athens
Mrs Emma Christmas welcomed guests at the hotel in Athens as Mr and Mrs Glennis visited their parents Mr BE M Daugherty on Monday.
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Mr. Glennis
BE. M. Daugherty
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