Meigs Paralysis Benefit Nets About 230 for County Campaign
Meigs County reports net proceeds of roughly 180 from the minstrel and dance events, with ticket sales near 350. Half the net goes to the national infantile paralysis fund and half stays locally to aid parishioners. about 150 dollars will be available after accounting for last year’s 16 dollars. A permanent county organization is planned to administer the fund.
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Pomeroy
Lowell Wingett
Melodiers
Paralysis Fund
Church To Hear Reverend Motter At Simpson Methodist
Rev. E L Motter of White Cross Hospital in Columbus will speak at 10 30 Sunday service at Simpson Methodist Church on the hospital’s work and place. Sunday School starts 9 15 with Emil Ball in charge. Evening sermon titled Side stepping God at 7. Choir practice at 7 Wednesday for Easter cantata. Epworth League meets Thursday at 7. Friday night church social with potluck. On Sunday evening Feb 18 Ohio University students from Wesley Foundation present a play.
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Epworth League
Ohio University
Wesley Foundation
Relatives visit Town Bailey in Columbus hospital
MIDDLEPORT E F Bailey Harry Bailey and Mrs Russell Bailey and Mrs Lester Bailey travel to Columbus to see Town Bailey at Grant Hospital. He is treated for a neck injury from a construction accident when a plank fell on him. Cast placed he will stay about ten weeks and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Middleport
E. F. Bailey
Harry Bailey
Russell Bailey
Lester Bailey
Columbus
Bailey
Grant Hospital
Patalaska
Large Crowd Expected At Middleport Game
A big crowd is expected at the Junior High Gym tonight as Pomeroy Panthers meet Middleport Yellow Jackets. Middleport hopes to repeat a close win from their earlier basketball clash after already beating Pomeroy in football and one basketball game.
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Pomeroy
MHS Students Serve Lunch To Kindergarten
In Middleport five members of the Home Economics Class at MHS prepared and served lunch to kindergarten children. Under Miss Louise Drake, Kathleen Swindler Marjorie Diles Anna Glaze Lois Ann Roush and Marcella Walburn planned the menu of baked potatoes spinach timbale all bran muffins baked custard and milk.
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Middleport
MHS
Louise Drake
Kathleen Swindler
Marjorie Diles
Anna Glaze
Lois Ann Roush
Marcella Walburn
Ward held for inquiry on steel rails possession
Middleport resident John Ward was jailed for questioning by Meigs County officers and New York Central Railroad detectives after being taken into custody by Patrolman James Lewis for possessing steel rails.
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Middleport
John Ward
Shady Cove
James Lewis
Meigs County
New York Central Railroad
Social notes from Middleport include clubs and visits
Mrs. Howard Byers hosted sewing club guests from 8 to 10 with a Valentine theme in red and white decor. Leon McMillin's birthday party at his parents’ Sixth Ave. home featured games and a pink and white ice cream room with 9 candles on a cake. Several residents and visitors are listed, including Miss Nora Clatworthy and Mrs. Scott.
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Howard Byers
S. Third Ave
Leon McMillin
Don McMillin
Sixth Ave
Jeannette Barker
Jean Ashley
Ginney Lou Allensworth
Rosemary Fisher
Hazel Hawkins
Joan Wood
Connie Lee Koehler
Frank Talbott White
Harold Rice
John Blosser
Jim Whitlock
Gene
Charles Walburn
Roland Karr
William Hayes
Kenny Turley
Bill Fultz
Life Long Resident Nora Downie Dies in Pomeroy
Life long Pomeroy resident Nora Downie aged 79 died at her Second Street home Thursday after a long illness. widow of William Downie who died two years ago she is survived by two daughters Mrs P K Smith and Mrs Edward Stark and two granddaughters Mila Jane and Dorothy Diane Stark. The Downie family was prominent in town and their large Second Street home is among the oldest. Funeral services are expected Sunday afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Nora Downie
Second St
Downie
Pomeroy Dock
Ills in Middleport Household Including Mrs Gilfilen
Mrs B O Gilfilen of Brownell Ave is critically ill with pneumonia following a bronchial cold. She has been placed in an oxygen tent and became unconscious last night. Relatives from out of town have been summoned to her bedside.
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Middleport
B. O. Gilfilen
Brownell Ave
Village Ordinances From 1891 Codified
MIDDLEPORT The ordinance committee of the council met with H L Redcay of the WPA project to compile and recodify village ordinances. They approved and rejected many of the 276 ordinances and prepared a complete typed record from 1891 to present for public access at City Hall. Additional tasks include indexing the 1921 to 1939 council journal, criminal documents, arrest cards, and maps and cemetery lot data.
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Middleport
H. L. Redcay
WPA
Redcay
Pauline Brown
Florence Rowe
Council
Meigs Club to hear Prof Hoover on Lincoln Day
Prof T M Hoover of Ohio University history dept will speak at the Lincoln Day dinner Monday evening at the Simpson Methodist Church under Meigs Republican Club auspices. He will discuss Lincoln and his life, reviving a local tradition of Lincoln’s birthday gatherings cherished for years.
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Pomeroy
T. M. Hoover
Ohio University
Simpson Methodist Church
Meigs Republican Club
Lincoln
Hoover
Meigs County
Ice Remains Solid on Pomeroy River Despite Warm Spell
River ice at Pomeroy stayed unbroken this morning with skaters still risking thin patches. Mason City residents continued crossing the river Thursday despite warnings, while T A Downie president of the Republican Club said the event aims at county unity and cooperation, not politics.
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Pomeroy
Mason City
T. A. Downie
Republican Club
Kennedy and Moore Families Relocate in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Ernest Kennedy move from the White property on Fourth Ave to the Russell Bailey apartment on Mill St. They previously resided in Cheshire. Kennedy works at Rawlings Garage. Mr and Mrs Paul Moore and their children relocate from Main St to the Hundley property on Headley St.
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Middleport
Ernest Kennedy
White
Fourth Ave
Russell Bailey
Mill St
Kennedys
Cheshire
Kennedy
Rawlings Garage
Paul Moore
Main St
Hundley
Headley St
Pocahontas Lodge Holds Meeting in Syracuse
POMEROY WYACONDA Council No 18 met in Syracuse with Blanche Conde as Pocahontas in charge Verna Hysell deputy attended Plans for a Valentine party on February 14 were announced A parcel post sale was held Tap dance numbers by Thelma Custer and Edith Teaford provided entertainment Guests Minnie Neutzling and Sally Allison attended
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Pomeroy
Wyaconda Council No
Pocahontas Lodge
Syracuse
Blanche Conde
Pocahontas
Verna Hysell
Thelma Custer
Edith Teaford
POMEROY PERSONAL NOTES FROM THURSDAY EVENTS
Mrs George Heber Jones and Dr and Mrs C E W Downie spent Thursday in Dunbar West Virginia where Mrs Jones spoke at a missionary meeting. They were guests of Dr and Mrs Downie's son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Brabbin. Twilight Garden Club members will be entertained tonight by Mrs Charles Ward at her home on E Main St assisted by Miss Ada Hoskins and Mrs Fred Shumway, Dr and Mrs Clarence Shaffer.
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Charles Swindler
Charleston
Wayland Covert
George Taylor
Parkersburg
Nora Clatworthy
Shrewsbury
W. Va
James Clatworthy
Robert Harris
Walter Harris
Columbus
GIA
Hollis Scott
Southern Hotel
Scott
Max Sanborn
Akron
Mabel Berry
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga
Charles Ludwig
R. B. Laughead
George Tewksbury
Mill St
George Heber Jones
E. W. Downie
Dunbar
Jones
Lincoln Hill trip to Marietta with Shaffer visit
The passage notes that Lincoln Hill spent Thursday in Marietta on business, while Mrs Shaffer visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Jahn, detailing a daytime schedule and personal connections.
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Lincoln Hill
Marietta
Singapore Bans Spy Movie Spy in Black
The Malayan film censor bans the British spy thriller Spy in Black starring Conrad Veidt after showing across Great Britain. No reason is given for the prohibition.
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Singapore
Conrad Veidt
Great Britain
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