Playoff Dates Set for Meigs County Basketball Tournament
Meigs County Class B tournament moves to Middleport High School gym for 1932 games on February 23 24 and 25. C. O. Chapman county superintendent of schools confirms change to balance advantage among Rutland Racine Pomeroy and Middleport, with M W Essex Middleport to manage.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
C. O. Chapman
Rutland
Racine
M. W. Essex
Fred
S S S Tonic Promises Health By Restoring Blood Strength
A vintage ad extols S.S.S. Tonic as a remedy to rebuild red blood and vitality after worry overwork and sickness. It claims clearer skin, better digestion, and renewed well being, urging purchase at drugstores in two sizes with the larger size offering economy.
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S.S.S
U.S.S
Jonic
Dr. Pierce
Minnie A. Schultz
J St
la Porte
Ind
PTA Plans District Conference in February Meeting
At the executive committee meeting at the high school the Southeast District Conference set for February 17 will replace the regular February meeting. Reports from conference committees were presented and details of the all day sessions outlined.
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Middleport
Parent Teacher Association
Conaway Chosen For Official At County Tournament
Conaway of Parkersburg has been selected as the official. All tournament sessions will be staged at night and a county junior high tournament will be played in conjunction with the varsity games. Drawings will be held Thursday Feb 9.
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Conaway
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Chamber Drives Toward 100 Members
The Pom ery Chamber of Commerce reports 70 members enrolled after a Tuesday meeting. The drive aims to reach 100. next meeting set for February 21. President Hobstetter and officials said the effort is to advance local prosperity, not charity, with Frank B Pauly named as February speaker.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
F. Ray Wilson
R. L. Jacobs
John Hite
Frank Will
Dor Schaefer
William Watson
Edison Hobstetter
William Atkins
Mary Williamson
F. H. Johnston
Chamber
Columbus
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Digger Recovering From Steel Plant Pump Explosion
Digger Middleport C. C. Chapman is improving at home on Middleport Hill after injuries from an electric pump explosion at Trojan Steel Company Charleston. Chapman, employed by Prast and Smith Company diggers, was treated at Mountain State Hospital Charleston before returning home.
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Middleport
C. C. Chapman
Middleport Hill
Trojan Steel Company
Charleston
Chapman
Prast and Smith Company
Mountain State Hospital
Jackets Panthers to clash in Friday triple bill
Middleport hosts a three game card led by the Middleport Yellow Jackets and Pomeroy Panthers in a rematch after a January 15 point defeat. The Jackets boosted by Rickman and possible Hackett seek revenge as they ride a three game win streak. Reserves duel follows with Walters and Sauer leading Middleport, then Junior High teams open the evening at 6 30.
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Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Pomeroy Panthers
Jackets
Panthers
Rickman
Mike Hackett
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Yellow Jackets
Rutland
Athens
Logan
Wellston
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Yellow Jacket
Tall Walters
Lewis Sauer
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Funerals and Gatherings
Funeral services for Plummer Beeson drew attendance from Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Saunders of Columbus and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer of Gallipolis. Agricultural Agent Wesley Green and Mrs. Green spoke at Farmers Week in Columbus. Various residents hosted visitors, club meetings, and a Jitterbug Club plans a diner and after game dance ahead of the Pomeroy Middleport basketball game. Shirley Ann Beegle celebrated her birthday with friends at home, hosted by her mother, County Engineer Theodore Beegle, with Paula Jane Leonard attending from out of town.
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Lewis Saunders
Columbus
Charles Switzer
Gallipolis
Plummer Beeson
Wesley Green
Green
John Bricker
John T. Brown
Ohio State University
Fred Sisson
Chicago
James Stevens
S. Third Ave
Stevens
Charles Wise, Jr
S. Second Ave
L. E. Burford
Bertha Hamilton
Thomas Longstaff
Dame Joan Hamilton
Mary Jane
Pomeroy-Middleport
K. of P. Hall
Shel Stevens
Shirley Ann Beegle
Beegle
Shirley
Theodore
Paula Jane Leonard
Paul Leonard
Middleport
Residence Issue Ruled Upon in Meigs County
Common Pleas Judge ruled for The City Loan & Guaranty Co. against Howard Weyand over a $50 land title damage tied to a loan on an automobile. The case centered on where Leroy Vern Collins resided and where the chattel mortgage was filed, with the judge stating the debtor’s actual residence governs attachment rights, not domicile.
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Collins
Athens County
Weyand
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Updates
Pomeroy D L Tracy toured Nelsonville while William Krider returned home from Holzer Hospital after treatment. Charles Dillinger slowly recovers in California. Mrs Clifford Phillips hosted an all day quilting at Minersville with many attendees. Families visited relatives in Athens Columbus Huntington and Cincinnati. WCTU met at Federated Church with readings and scripture roll call planned for Feb 28.
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D. L. Tracy
Nelsonville
William Krider
Bowmans Run
Holzer Hospital
J. A. Smith
Union Ave
Charles Dillinger
California
Clifford Phillips
Minersville
Pearl Phillips
Dana Brown
Norman Fisher
Mary Harris
Bertha Wolf
Ida Phillips
Clarence Massar
Will Phillips
Pomeroy
Richard Campbell
Lois Ann
Jess Larch
Athens
Larch
Walter Bary
Charleston
Otto Hartenbach
Roy E. Tracy
Spring St
J. R. Elder
Frances Martin
Columbus
Harry Elder
Harry Jr
Elder
A. J. Schaefer
Racine
Huntington
Ralph Kuether
C. E. W. Downie
Theodore Reed
Agnes
Cincinnati
Jean Williamson
Marshall College
Georgia Williamson
Harrisonville Road
J. L. Fauber
Mulberry Avenue
Evelyn Wilson
F. Ray Wilson
Johnson College
WCTU
Federated Church
Viola Jones
Local Socials Highlight Village Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Virgil Beales hosted friends at Laurel Street Tuesday evening with a social hour and games. Miss Margarette Mayer led her Mulberry Avenue bridge club on Tuesday night with three tables. awards went to Mrs Carl Shields and Miss Frances Dye. Miss Dye and Miss Dorothy Grossman attended as guests. Mrs Eddie Blake and daughter Cherole Ann of Mason City visited Mr and Mrs Roy Tracy.
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Virgil Beales
Laurel St
Margarette Mayer
Mulberry Ave
Carl Shields
Frances Dye
Miss Dye
Dorothy Grossman
Eddie Blake
Cherole Ann
Mason City
Roy Tracy
Racine Faces Two County Opponents This Weekend
Racine High School Purple Tornadoes travel this weekend for two county basketball games. Friday they play Harrisonville, a top county title contender, and Saturday they meet Tuppers Plains at Racine. Both nights feature preliminaries at 6 30.
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Racine
Racine High School
Purple Tornadoes
Harrisonville
Tuppers Plains
License fees diverge sharply England to United States
A comparison shows motor vehicle license fees averaging 53 dollars per year in England versus about 8.50 dollars in the United States.
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England
United States
Services Held for Mrs. Emma Root 82
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Root age 82 were held at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with Rev. L O Grant of First Baptist Church presiding. Interment followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery Chesire beside her husband James Root. She is survived by daughter Mrs John Powell granddaughter Miss Lucille Powell Columbus a brother Dan Savage Ray O and a sister Mrs Goff Dexter.
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Middleport
Emma Root
Rawlings-Coats
L. O. Grant
First Baptist Church
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire
James Root
Doot
John Powell
Lucille Powell
Columbus
Meigs Officials Seek Return of Mislaid County Funds
Meigs County officials await Columbus approval on recovering twelve thousand dollars thought wrongfully paid to Gallia County last year. An apparent deficit in auto license and gas tax funds prompted an investigation. County Auditor Daniels went to Columbus with commissioners to secure the money. The funds originated in 1938 from gasoline tax collections and would be divided between the county and townships if recovered.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbus
George P. Daniels
Gallia County
Daniels
New Permits Required To Meet Meigs County Milk Rules
Meigs County milk producers and distributors must obtain permits by February 10 to comply with the Milk Regulations Ordinance adopted by the county board of health. County sanitarian J M Thornton says full compliance is expected and penalties apply after the deadline. The article notes health standards have improved with regulation and adds a US average of 600 gallons of gasoline and 35 quarts of oil used annually by the typical driver.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
County Board of Health
U. S
J. M. Thornton
Sanitarian
Thornton
United States
Middleport Honor Roll Honors 41 Students Across Classes
The Middleport High School announces its six weeks honor roll with 14 seniors and seven freshmen topping the list. Honorees include Elizabeth Cook Ethel Finney Marcella Fraser Ruth Garber Maxine Guthrie John Harley and others across freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors. Junior High School honors span eighth and seventh grades with students named in full.
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Middleport
Janet Dillard
Charles Eiselstein
Ernest Fraser
Barbara Hacket
Betty Nuckles
Mary A. Smith
Eileen Wiley
Lois Bailey
Ariamne Baker
Jean Bennett
Bill Diles
Ruth Hamilton
Betty Harstinger
Thelma Howard
June Hysell
Sylvia Mayer
Esther Michl
Marjorie Miller
Robert Tompkins
Maxine Bennett
Eloise Byers
Gene Harris
Evelyn Knopp
Virginia Mayes
James Rickman
Robert Rothrock
Marvel Schmoll
Dorothy Stewart
Easter Martin Ewing
Elizabeth Cook
Ethel Finney
Marcella Fraser
Ruth Garber
Maxine Guthrie
John Harley
Alice Louise Lama
Margaret McBride
Donald Mathews
Pauline Mitch
Kathryn R. Monahan
Margaret Stewart
Betty Walters
Lavada Woodyard
Dorothy Ashley
Patricia Devol
Dorothy French
Miriam Kauff
Donna Maguire
Margaret Milhoan
June Pratt
Allyn Rothrock
Lois Ann Roush
Ruth Taylor
Patricia Sherman
Jack Walters
Rowena Warren
Robert Chambers
Mary Haggerty
Fred Klein
Richard Matthews
Jane Owen
Marcia Singer
Wanda Thomas
Dorothy Turner
Rutland High School Presents Lets Get Goin Comedy
RULAND Senior Class stages a three act comedy at the Rutland High School auditorium this evening. The Rio Grande College Comedians provide musical accompaniment with the local band assisting.
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Ruland
Rutland High School
Rio Grande College
Logan County Man Bound Over For Check Forgery
Pomeroy J. H. Bell 65 was bound over to the grand jury on charges of issuing checks without funds after pleading not guilty before Justice Percy L. Peoples. He was held in jail in default of a $500 bond.
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J. H. Bell
Logan County
Justice of Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Rock Springs Grange to Host Friday Pie Social
Meigs County Pomona Grange officers met at Hemlock Grange Hall with Harley Musser and Mrs Musser presiding. Friday evening a recreation party and pie social will be held at Rock Springs Grange hall to raise funds for the paralysis fund. Women and girls are asked to bring pies.
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Pomeroy
Pomona Grange
Meigs County
Hemlock
Harley Musser
Musser
Rock Springs Grange Hall
Paralysis Fund
Social Briefs of Bradford
Bradford items note BRADFORD Weldon, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Barthrum is seriously ill with pneumonia in Holzer Hospital. Dana Lambert of Middleport visited sister Hannah Roush. Wayne Russell returned to Kentucky after death of grandmother Mrs John Colwell. Mrs Floyd Harrison and two children ill. Infants son of Mr and Mrs Charles Withee ill of whooping cough. Mrs Allen Roush ill. Mary Might of West Rutland visited Frank Buck family. Callie Leifheit of Columbus visiting here. Clarence Might Jr of Rushville spent weekend with parents.
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Bradford—Weldon
Leroy
Bud) Barthrum
Holzer Hospital
Dana Lambert
Middleport
Hannah Roush
Wayne Russell
Kentucky
Sandy
John Colwell
Floyd Harrison
Charles Withee
Allen Roush
Zwillings Face Suit Over Promissory Note and Mortgage Foreclosure
Pomeroy Buckeye Savings and Loan Co. filed suit in Common Pleas Court naming John Leo Zwilling and Jessie M. Zwilling seeking $717.27 on a promissory note and requesting foreclosure of the mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Buckeye Savings and Loan Co
Common Pleas Court
John Leo Zwilling
Jessie M. Zwilling
Pomeroy Appoints Wildermuth Store Manager
Gerald Wildermuth, tied to the A P store for six years, has been named manager of the Pomeroy location and assumed duties Wednesday. Virgil Beales, previous manager, departs to manage a store in Portsmouth.
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Pomeroy
Gerald Wildermuth
A P
Virgil Beales
Portsmouth
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H. L. Ward
Walter Harris
C. O. Fisher
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David Miller
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C. M. Hennesy
O. P. Klein
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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General Electric Radio
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Pomeroy Ohio
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Beauty Shop
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