Prairie council debates WPA park project finances
The council discussed raising funds to finance part of the WPA project to lower parking costs. Hartinger and residents urged state and district support and set a June 30, 1936 deadline for action. A committee led by J. Hess will work on financing with members Fadier Reed Russell Norris and Faris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartinger
Ncilmen
J. Hess
Fadier
Theodore Reed
Ralston Russell
Villacee Faris
Vilamn Norris
Teachers Give Program Inspires Students Across Akron
Local report describes a school program showing students various community ties. Families including Mr. and Mrs. John and Mr. Elmer Leo Wayne are mentioned amid events in Eden, Reedaville, and nearby areas.
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Elmer Leo Wayne
Edgar Lake
Nds
Near Ville
Vance Milhone
Larry
Tm. J. Benelum Re
Martin Barnhart
Lewis Clark
and Pfon
Leap Year Bachelors But Ladies Seekers Beset by Marriage
A 1936 fashion of romance lists Hollywood stars Buddy Rogers Jack Oakie Gene Raymond and Harpo Marx as single men with Alfred Vanderbilt James and Woolworth Donahue heirs and other notable bachelors from Mellon Chrysler Hoover and political figures like Senator Rush D Holt. The piece notes peers abroad such as Prince of Wales and Adolf Hitler as leap year prospects and highlights sports stars Charlie Gehringer and Bill Tilden as eligible bachelors.
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Hollywood
Buddy Rogers
Jack Oakie
Gene Raymond
Harpo Marx
Mary Pickford
Harpo
Arthur
Alfred Vanderbilt
James
Woolworth Donahue
Mellon
Richard King Mellon
R. B. Mellon
Richard Dix
Walter Chrysler
Jack
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr
Allen Hoover
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Judici
Charlie Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
Bill Tilden
Meigs County Officers Prove Middleport Man Was Wrong
Meigs County officers report John Rueschel and his wife admitted to abusing officers and making threats, leading to fines of 50 and 10 dollars plus costs. Robson and Fowler had earlier cleared an alley and gate, prompting a confrontational response at 8S Second St. in Middleport.
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Meigs County
Middleport
Pomeroy
John Rueschel
Middeport
William Robson
Roscoe O. Fowler
Robson
Rueschel
Leo Hysell
Hysell
Fowler
Harley
Joe Maddispaugh
Gallipolis
Sackie’ Fisher
Monkey Run
Henry Throckmorton
Albany
Youth Dies at Morning Star in Morning Star
Thelmer Krider age 16 son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Krider of Morning Star died Saturday evening after a short illness. He leaves his parents four sisters and two brothers at home. Final rites were held today at 10 30 from the Morning Star Church with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy —Thelmer Krider
Raymond Krider
Morning Star
Pine Grove
Music Talent Will Be Heard at Heath Church
Middleport New Year program presented Tuesday night by the Middleport Music Club at the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church. Hostesses listed include Mrs. David Miller and others. An interesting musical program is planned.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Christmas Program Brightens Clarks Chapel Evening
Clarks Chapel held a church Christmas program featuring songs recitations and a pageant. Afterward children received a treat as extended family and neighbors visited. Several locals were noted visiting relatives and traveling during the holidays.
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Clarks Chapel
Clarence Vansickle
Herb Glenn
George Vansickie
Claude Bauserman
Harry Curtis
Lucille Carpenter
Camden Clarke Hospital
Parkersburg
Victor Carpenter
James McClanahan
Florida
Oscar Dillinger
Floyd
Lloyd
Charles Dillinger
Earl Butts
South Canaan
Margaret Robinson
Cincinnati
Joseph Robinson
Robert Gentry
Athens
Oliver Walls
Wilfred Hawkins
Columbus
Hawkins
Woodard
Ray Rose
Maxine
Ella Dillinger
James Maxwell
Irene
Lewis Warren
Mixes Alice Robinson
Fort Lauderdale
Flo
Bess White
Ladies’ Aid Society
Jones Twins Debut at Hartman Theater Stage
Doris and Daphne Stauffer formerly Jones appear on the Major Bowes Amateur program at Hartman Theater Columbus. Twins from Middleport traveled from California and previously cheered at Middleport High, living with grandparents Mr and Mrs Burton. The piece notes their mother Alice Burton. The religious census mentions 44 percent churchgoers.
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Middleport
Hartman Theater
Columbus
Unit 5
Doris
Daphne Stauffer
William Burton
Gravel Hill
Daphne Jones
Stauffer
Jones
Alice Burton
California
Yellow Jacket
Middleport High School
Soil Testing Emphasized In Albany High Classes
Albany FE M Musgrave leads vocational agriculture in which students study soil acidity using thiocyanate analysis and soiltex tests. They collect samples from parent farms to map lime needs, with projects in soil testing, farm accounts, crops, and livestock for 1936. Names of students and projects listed.
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Albany
FE. M. Musgrave
Smith-Hughes
Musgrave
Boya
Vocational Agriculture Department
Robert Carebaugh
Harold Marcum
Almont Rosbinson
Lee Enion
Raymond Lynch
Laurence Oxley
Cecil Staneart
Cleo Thomas
Richard Elliott
Clyde Marshall
William Noble
Williard Michael
Max Carebaugh
Roger Coe
William Lievellen
Keith Staneart
Richard Scott
Fremel Arbaugh
Bert Mossman
Scott Smith
Earl Stanley
James Woodyard
Leo Barnett
Gerald Beckley
Darrell Weat
John Couganour
William Allen
Millard Douglas
Orville Elliott
Harold Oxley
Ermie Arbaugh
Ralph Davies
Armand Everly
Fart Stanley
Rose Townsend
Lee Lynch
Ross Townsend
Middleport Social Notes and Funeral Attendance
Middleport social page records travel and visits related to the Corbin family. Harry Corbin of Washington DC attended the funeral of Miss Virginia Corbin and left today with his mother Mrs Elia Corbin for Portamouth. Other relatives from Toledo Columbus and Connersville visited or returned home after the event.
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Middleport
Harry Corbin
Washington, D. C
Virginia Corbin
Elia Corbin
Portamouth
Charles Womeldorf
Patricia
Toledo
Corbin
Mr. Womeldorf
Charles Snyder
Snyder
Connersville
Ind
Barbera Ann Joachim
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Healey
Miss Joachim
F. G. Joachim
Martha Bryant
Helen. Bowles
Columbus
Avazo Williams
Helen
Mary Corbin
Portsmouth
Bailey Rites Held Today
Death occurred Sunday of Mrs. H. Valentine Bailey at her Columbus home. She is survived by husband H. Bailey, son William A. Bailey, two grandchildren Kermit and Pauline, and two brothers in western states. Funeral set for Wednesday at 1 PM at the Church of Christ Hemlock Grove. Burbank daisy note follows.
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Hemlock Grove
Church of Christ
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