Five Night Schools Start in Rural Meigs County
Five new leadership training night schools under the FERA project in Meigs County will begin next week. Instructors Homer Blackwood and Homer Ashworth lead sessions at Hemlock Grove, Rocksprings, Forest Run, Wolf Pen and Salem Center starting Monday at 7 PM. No enrollment cost. open to residents 16 and older in rural communities.
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Meigigs County
Pomeroy
FERA
Meigs County
Ohio Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Hemlock Grove
Homer Blackwood
Homer Ashworth
Rocksprings
Forest Run
Wolf Pen
Salem Center
Columbus
Funeral attendees list for Louisa Jane Jones in Syracuse
The Syracuse funeral drew many relatives and friends from multiple towns including Columbus Bloomdale Racine Letart and Hampton. Also a separate Syracuse note reports William Matthewson injuring his hand in a car crash near Bowmans Furnace after lights failed. car slightly damaged.
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Syracuse
William Matthewson
Bowmans Fun
Racine High Falls to Alumni in 35 26 Contest
Racine High School lost to a group of alumni 35 to 26 on Tuesday night marking their first defeat. The brief note lists several local family visits and travels including Mr and Mrs Charles Crow en route to Detroit to see relatives and other residents visiting kin in nearby towns.
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Racine
Families and visitors in Charleston and Middleport
Middleport and Charleston residents are named as relatives and travelers. Mr and Mrs J W Longstaff were called to Corn ing by their daughter in law. Mrs Eva Klein and Miss Edith Klein are referenced with Pearl Street and New York Central ties. Martha Stewart of Chicago attended Mrs Emma Besserer Thomas’s funeral in Charleston then returned.
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J. W. Longstaff
North Second Avenue
Corning
William Longstaff
R. S&s Kaver
Eva Klein
Pearl Street
Columbus
Kaser
Edith Klein
New York City
New York Central Railroad Company
Ernest Mulford
John Daniels
Emmett Daniels
Gilbert Erwin
William Robson
Hattie Bennett
Charleston
Lettie Besterer
Thomas Home
Middleport
Martha Stewart
Chicago
Emmha Besserer Thomas
Stewart
Thomas
Middleport Public
Christmas gatherings fill Grass Run home with visitors
Household guests from Middleport Harrisonville New Lima and Point Rock, plus extended family from Logan Akron Huntington and Radcliff gathered for oyster supper and Christmas visits at the Bachner Saxton Nicholson and Will households. Local schools closed for winter break December 21 to January 7.
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William Bachner
Ray Bachner
Middleport
H. L. Knopp
Harrisonville
Dave Bachner
New Lima
Gerald Morris
Harold Saxton
Logan
B. E. Saxton
William Nicholson
Dana Epple
Bunker Hill
Marvin Chase
Union
Oliver Bratton
Ray Nicholson
James Nicholson
John Radekin
Point Rock
Clyde Will
Near Rocksprings
J. C. Anderson
Samuel McKinney
Star Hall
Wiliam Nicholson
Seth F. Nicholson
Everett McKnight
Midway
L. V. Hunt
Paul Winn
Minter Kennedy
Old Dexter
Edna Kennedy
Columbus
Sidney Wells
Beech Grove
Frank Braley
Som
John Braley
Floyd and
Allen
Harry Saxton
Mildred Braley
Glenn Thompson
Radcliff
Louis Saxton
Waid Saxton
Pomeroy Panthers Face Two Gruelling Week Games
The Pomeroy Panthers schedule two tough basketball tests next week starting Monday at Greenfield McLain in Greenfield and Wednesday at home against Columbus Central High School. The pair follows wins over Tuppers Plains and Jackson as the season’s first real tests begin. Willis Aleshire and wife visited Rio Grande family and are quarantined with scarlet fever at the Chambers home.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Greenfield McLain
Greenfield
Columbus Central High School
Panthers
Tuppers Plains
Jackson
Middleport
Willis Aleshire
Rio Grande
Local Holiday Visits Bring Many East and West Guests
Neva and Vida Lovesy of Canton stay with their brother Albert Lovesy for several days. Eugene and Mrs Roberts visit North Second Avenue after Christmas with D. H. Daniels and return to Akron. Hecox of Charleston visits relatives in town and Pom eroy during holidays. Walter Chase and daughter Patty travel from Baltimore and Lancaster to Railroad Street before returning home. Roy and Florence McGuffin visit with Uncle and Aunt Robert Childs and head back to Pt. Pleasant after Christmas.
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Neva
Vida Lovesy
Canton
Albert Lovesy
Eugene Roberts
D. H. Daniels
North Second Avenue
Akron
H. V. Hecox
Charleston
Pomeroy
Walter Chase
Patty
Baltimore
Lancaster
Railroad Street
Roy
Florence McGuffin
Robert Childs
Pt. Pleasant
Syracuse students home for holidays in brief
Syracuse News Briefs lists several local connections with colleges. James Clark of Marietta College Chester Turnbull of Marshall College Huntington W V and Helen Grace Williams of Ohio State Columbus are home for the holidays Samuel Sellers of Pittsburgh spent Christmas with family Miss Belle Carleton was a Christmas guest of Mr and Mrs Virgil Campbell Daisy Duckworth and Roscoe Harden hosted the Star Class of the Presbyterian Church Wilbur Harris visits his father Frank Harris and family Mrs George Jenkins visits Cleveland daughter Alberta Shohart.
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James Clark
Marietta College
Chester Turnbull
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Helen Grace Williams
Ohio State University
Columbus
Samuel Sellers
Pittsburgh
Belle Carleton
Virgil Campbell
Daisy Duckworth
Roscoe Harden
Presbyterian Church
Wilbur Harris
Steubenville
Frank Harris
George Jenkins
Cleveland
Alberta Shohart
Four Little Sisters Drowned in River Near Petroleum
In Harrisville West Virginia four sisters all under ten perished when a rowboat capsized in the icy North Fork Hughes River. The victims were Laverna 8 Betty 7 Marie 4 and Maggie 2 Mason children of Exter and Mrs Mason of Petroleum. Their mother survived but was in critical condition and Bruce Cunningham 19 guided the boat.
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Harrisville
W. Va
North Fork
Hughes River
Bruce Cunningham
Laverna Mason
Betty Mason
Marie Mason
Maggie Mason
Sunday Services Across Bend Churches This Week
Churches in Bend host Sunday worship with Rev. R C Ditter preaching What Do You Live For at Federated Church worship 10 am. St Pauls Evangelical in Minersville offers 2 30 pm service with And the Word Became Flesh. Middleport First Baptist has 10 15 am service Preparing for Christ following 9 15 am Sunday School and Baptist Young People's Union meeting planned.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
R. C. Ditter
Young People’s League
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Minersville
F. C. Kreager
Pasvirst Baptist Church
Middleport
Baptist Young People’s Union
Prayer Meeting Announced for Wednesday Evening
A church notices a prayer meeting scheduled for Wednesday night at seven o'clock seeking community participation and spiritual reflection.
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Ing
Bonus Would Bring Large Sum to Veterans in Meigs County
Approximate payments to veterans in Meigs County amount to 382345.68 dollars with total nationwide relief funds listed at 196,061,344.03 dollars. Figures compiled by Rep Wright Patman and published by The Ohio Legion News show district totals and other counties’ sums, while local officials report progress on a relief measure.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio A. Legion News
Wright Patman
Texas
Ures
Legion
Off
Veterans
Washington
Athens
Drew Webster Car
American
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