Flood Damage Shatters Pomeroy Bend Area and Syracuse
Tour of upper Pomeroy Bend reveals extensive flood destruction along E Main Street and surrounding areas. Neon lighting at Ebersbach Service Station is ruined and salt works at Excelsior Falls remains mostly submerged. Pomeroy Cement Block lumber yards, Parkersburg Rig and Reel, and homes in Monkeys area suffer severe flood impacts while Officials note salt losses and damaged riverfront structures in Syracuse.
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Upper Pomeroy Bend
E. Main St
Second Ward
Ebersbach
Ohio
Salt Mountain
Excelsior Salt Works
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
E. P. Duerr
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company
Pomeroy
Kerrs Run
Minersville
Roy Jones
Pete Hayman
Ray Carman
Carl Greuser
John Fisher
Hot Stove League
Pure
Welshtown
Dutchtown
White Rock
Syracuse
Shell Hendricks
Duckworth
Syracuse Slope
Argol Sedgwick
Ernest Quillen
May Quillen
John Eynon
Quillen
Flood area social life limited as cleanup continues
In Middleport area social activities resume slowly amid flood cleanup. Homes and public buildings drying out. one three-room structure moved 200 yards from Mrs. Anna Cook’s property. Kanawha River crested with 66.2 unofficial Racine Dam reading. Pomeroy higher stage briefly before reversal. Debris and damaged utilities complicate reopening. Pt Pleasant, Kanauga, Cheshire and Addison sectors hit hard with many homes lost or moved.
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Middleport
Anna Cook
Orville Anderson
Pomeroy
Racine
Racine Dam
H. B. Wright
Kanawha
Ohio
Wright
Gallipolis
Hobson
Cheshire
Addison
Kananga
Pt. Pleasant
Taylor Ridge social notes reveal deaths and community visits
Mrs James Golding mourns the January 7 death of her sister Miss Eliza Goodman of Dudley England. The column lists numerous social visits, hospital stays, church events, school plans and family travel among residents of Taylor Ridge and nearby towns.
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Taylor Ridge
James Golding
Eliza Goodman
Dudley
Worcestershire
England
Vern Kempton
Athens
Columbus
Elizabeth Hildebrand
Iris Kempton
Doras Davis
Glouster
Dora Heffken
Bill Poole
Russell Poole
CCC
Pinedale
Wyoming
Ladies Aid Society
Carl Hildebrand
Mary Wahl
August Krajesky
Rossville
G. R. Nagle
Amesville
P. B. Chalfant
Emil Sainey
Lancaster
Sainey
Carl Lainey
Raymond Davis
Nellie
Ohio
Evan Davis
Doris Davis
Church of Christ
John Wenger
Syracuse Flood Strains City as Water Rises
Syracuse residents flee homes as high water drives people to safer areas. Vacant houses open for shelter while schools and churches close. Asbury M EB Church basement floods and WPA workers aid in moving residents to higher ground. Local residents and visitors are noted amid the flood’s impact and relocation.
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Syracuse
Asbury M. EB
WPA
James Clark
Pomeroy High School
Marie
Pike's Peak Named for Zebulon Pike Era Context
The text notes Pike's Peak was named after Zebulon Pike but states white men knew the peak as early as the 1700s, before his birth, reflecting naming history and preexisting knowledge.
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Pike's Peak
Zebulon Pike
Fisher Held in Meigs County Jail After Arrest
Richard Fisher was arrested Tuesday by Police Chief Dana Tracy and Assistant Chief Walter Wolfe. He is being held at the Meigs County Jail pending action in his case.
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Pomeroy
Richard Fisher
Dana Tracy
Walter Wolfe
Fisher
Meigs County
Rock Springs Health Club met at Mrs Folmer home
Rock Springs neighbors gathered at the home of Mrs. Scott Folmer for a Better Health Club meeting with twelve members and one visitor. A program of songs health tips a poem and health readings entertained participants. Refreshments were provided by the hostess and Mrs Homer Radford.
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Rock Springs
Better Health Club
Scott Folmer
Homer Radford
William Grueser
Jewell Curtis
Ruth
Mary
Darwin
Kate Weyersmiller
Harley Saylor
Pomeroy
Earl Collins
Bank To Have New Fixtures After Flood
Pom eroy National Bank will install modern fixtures to replace flood damaged equipment within days. New fixtures arriving by week end will modernize the bank as officials note business continues. The bank emphasizes protection of money and records and cites Federal Housing Act loans for repair aid to damaged property.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy National Bank
Revival Starts In Chauncey With Hollie McClanahan
Rev Hollie McClanahan of Middletown Ohio conducts a two week Church of God tent revival in Chauncey. Services are held Tuesday night and will continue nightly at seven with special music. Public invited.
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Chauncey
Hollie McClanahan
Middletown
Ohio
Service Ready To Supply All Needed Labor
The National Reemployment Service office in City Hall announces it is open and prepared to furnish qualified men and women for any type of work. Santa Fe enacts a 1:30 a.m. curfew, arresting loiterers on streets or private premises for vagrancy.
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Middleport
National Reemployment Service
Santa FE
N. M
Street Work Retarded by Cold Weather
Cleaning of the streets in Middleport was slowed Tuesday by cold weather that froze river mud from the flood. Officials said cleanup would continue as fast as possible along with pumping out basements and cisterns. Health authorities urged purification of all cisterns in the flood area. Carrot seeds are so small that 257000 weigh one pound.
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Middleport
Born to Perry Carpersons in Langsville a daughter
Langsville news briefs note a daughter Patricia Ann born Jan 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Carpenter. Several local visits and illnesses are listed including influenza with complications for Robert McKnight and a weekend visit by Marvin Morris and family from Columbus. Also mentions Mrs Mina Wise returning home from illness and a postal money order statistic for England of 222 million.
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Langsville
Perry Carpenter
Patricia Ann
Raymond Rife
Glenn Cline
Carpenter
Robert McKnight
Marvin Morris
Columbus
Cora Morris
B. M. Taylor
C. Taylor
Jane Kennedy
Worley
Monaville
W. Va
Richard Jacks
Mina Wise
Dexter
J. E. Chase
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Aeae
Messenger
Charles Hysell
Pmonkey
Pomeroy Bend
Tom Edwards
Edwards
Fred Shumway
Shumway
Taylor Ridge Social Notes
Pomeroy, Ohio
The
Federal Housing
Charles Wagner
Wallace
J. L. Blair
George W. Kreitler
W. A. Morgan
Donald Graves
Reed Jenkenson
Flora Radford
Wyatt Radford
Monkey Run
Edward Wells
Bull Run
Holzer Hospital
Joe Whipple
Five Points
Luckoff
Ea Qceling
Viafiele
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