Death of War Veteran Sparks Meigs County Probe
Meigs County officials investigate the death of Ray McElhinney 47 a World War veteran and Hobson yards car inspector found dead in the rear of his car after leaving a Middleport beer parlor on Saturday night. Deputy coroners and police processed the scene and a blood test is pending results. Funeral set for Storeys Run with survivors listed.
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Middleport
Hobson
Ray McElhinney
Clifford Frazier
Frances Hysell
Frazier
Hobson Yards
Ash St
McElhinney
Sheriff's Office
Wee
Oscar Whitlock
Daff Jenkins
George Lee Beards
Henry Ewing
Robert Allensworth
Rawlings-Coats
Ewing
Boice
Cluff
Storey’s Run
Audrey Stewart McElhinney
Ira Butcher
Frank McElhinney
Gravel Hill
Homer Jones
Edgar Wolfe
Grant St
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Meigs
The
Disabled American Veterans
Modern Woodmen of America
Carmen
Meigs Probate Court Notes
Meigs Probate Court notes detail final week actions of Judge E W Peoples. Will of George F McBride admitted to probate with Sarah A McBride as executrix without bond. Administrators named for Howard Coughenour and Belva I Ysell estates. Various bonds set and properties arranged for sale. Several guardianship and distribution orders issued. Some estates not subject to inheritance tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning D. Webster
Belva I. Hysell
Ella Hysell Bestland
Maggie Brown
Val E. Brown
Salisbury Township
Conrad Folmer
Perry Riggs
Thomas Geoglein
Virginia Geoglein Goodman
Clarence Chapman
Florence Alexander
William Houdashelt
Charles Houdashelt
Tracy Whaley
Howard Coughenour
Middleport
C. F. Anderson
Elizabeth Alice Jewell
Anthony Harmon
Ida Smith
Harrison Rawings
Scipio and Rutland Swim to Two Wins in Friday Games
Scipio varsity and reserves defeated Harrisonville squads in Friday basketball. J. C. Wyatt and the Scipio stars led a 55 45 win while Rutland trailed early but finished 38 38 with Beale and L. Snowden contributing strong scoring. The article notes upcoming Scipio home game against Albany High and mentions the Wyatt brothers Hull and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Varsity
Scipio
Rutland
Douglas
Alkire
Thomas
Reland Varsity
Wyatt
J. C. Wyatt
Albany High School
Wyatt Brothers
Hull
Tfotels Csickyooawen
T Bennedy
Naswes
L. E. Snowden
Eres Boone Camino
L. A. Snowden
Prue. i Concncakinen
Arenanian Alah
Beeson 86th Birthday Remembrance Held In Middleport
Family planned open house for William H. Beeson at 86 in Middleport with many longtime friends in attendance. Guests praised his health and community activity while flowers gifts and a cake with yellow candles highlighted the event. Beeson recalled early work at a nail mill on the Ohio River and said his mother urged him to stay in school. He served on the Board of Education and Presbyterian session, and previously ran a business with his brother in hauling contracting cement block and lumber interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William H. Beeson
S. Sixth Ave
Mr. Beeson
J. C. Beeson
St. Marys
W. Va
Old Central School
Ohio River
Beeson
Board of Education
Presbyterian
Robert Beeson
Phode Lumber Co
Ella Plummer Beeson
Middleport Social Notes Highlight local visitors and events
Syracuse guests Betty Lou Hawley Vada and Viola Foit performed on the Keith Albee Theater radio program with the Dot and Smokey Party. The girls, pupils of Dorothy Kishler, also attended a theater party with Mrs. Co. P. Bradbury and their mothers. The item lists local visits, social gatherings, illness updates, and study group activities of residents and visitors in Middleport and nearby towns.
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Middleport
Betty Lou Hawley
Vada
Viola Foit
Syracuse
Keith Albee
Huntington
Dot
Smokey Party
Dorothy Kishler
Co. P. Bradbury
Edward Hawley
Earl Foit
Tonic and stomach aid marketed as health booster
An advertisement touts a tonic described as aiding digestion and stomach health. It claims to promote bodily reformations and builds sturdy health, urging a trial to convince readers of its benefits. The copy highlights a large bottle offer and availability in two sizes.
New Assistants Take Probate Court Post in Titus Era
POMEROY New assistants appeared in the probate court as Judge E R Titus began duties succeeding Judge E W Peoples. Roy Tracy Sr of Pomeroy and Oval Diddle of Antiquity were named probate officers and deputy clerks. The move aims to consolidate offices at the Courthouse to save rent with WPA space planned. Additional storage space may be needed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
E. R. Titus
E. W. Peoples
Roy Tracy, Sr
Oval Diddle
Titus
WPA
Sugar Run Cagers Win Over Central
POMEROY Annual grade school basketball game between Sugar Run and Central ended with Sugar Run 16 Central 13. Both schools admitted free. Saturday was Mothers Night with mothers of high school students admitted free. Sugar Run players and points: Zeiher 2 Grimm Freeman 4 Lehew.
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Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Central
Eiselstein to Officiate Cage Tournaments in March
Pomeroy Harlan Eiselstein a rising basketball official will referee three West Virginia tournaments next month. He will work with Leonard Barnum of the New York Giants at the Tri-State Independent tournament in Sisterville March 27 28 and 29. He also officiates the St Marys sectional at St Marys March 6 7 and the St Marys Gold Medal Independent tournament March 13 14 and 15.
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Pomeroy
Harlan Eiselstein
West Virginia
Sisterville
Leonard Barnum
New York Giants
St. Marys
Real estate transfers in Meigs County last week
Listings show multiple transfers including F L and Bessie McKnight to John Esque of two acres in Rutland and various parcels in Reedsville Salisbury Township Rutland Olive r Township Pomeroy and Chester. Notable deeds include trusteeship transfers for Racine Lodge 461 and the Martin Ebersbach Co parcels to Estella I Ebersbach with exchanges between Estella and Charles Ebersbach.
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Pomeroy
F. L
Bessie McKnight
Rutland
John Esque
Racine
A. M
C. O
H. R. Miles
Percy L. Peoples
Harrison Rawlings
Salisbury Township
William and Goldin Smith
Sarah Jane Chambers
Reedsville
C. V. Buckley
W. A. Postlethwaite
Lebanon
Marion B. Postlethwaite
Oscar R
Zelda K. Weber
Chester
W. S
Hattie Powell
Grace
John B. Downing
Community Sunday School
Eorina Moodispaugh
Lorian M. Barrett
Will E. Day
Mora Coleman
Oliver Township
Edythe Kibble
FE. L. Priode
Middleport
J. S
Ida Kelley
Estella I
Edward Ebersbach
Charles Ebersbach
Estella I. Ebersbach
Martin E
Local Players Named for Central and West Teams
Names Hennessy Lochary Bolin Russell Bolon for Central Ohlinger Ginn Davis Stivers Rosenbaum Thomas Foster Warner listed among top players for upcoming matches.
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Hennessy
Lochary
Bolin
Russell
Bolon
Central
Ohlinger
Ginn
Davis
Stivers
Rosenbaum
Thomas
Foster
Warner
Two Unbeaten Teams Will Play Friday
Unbeaten Pomeroy Panthers meet unbeaten Logan in a Southeastern Ohio League clash Friday at Logan. Pomeroy has won league games but lost most nonleague games, with three league games remaining against Logan Gallipolis and Athens before ending the year with Wahama of Mason City.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Logan
Panthers
Gallipolis
Athens
Wahama
Mason City
Woman Burned as Clothing Catches Fire in Accident
Mrs. Charles Hysell was severely burned Saturday when her clothing caught fire. She remained in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after the incident near Rutland. Blood plasma donors were sought over the weekend.
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Middleport
Charles Hysell
Holzer Hospital
Funeral Rites For Stanley Thomas
Funeral services for Stanley Thomas age 20 who died Sunday after an extended illness have been tentatively set for Tuesday afternoon. The young man is the son of Mrs. Roy Thomas and lived with his mother in the Bailey apartment on Mill St. Surviving are his mother and a half-brother Ernest Kennedy.
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Jacob Young
Meigs Water Company
Middleport Hill
Ted Richards
Hez Root
S. Second Ave
Columbus
Ben Paulin
Marvin
Dayton
James Weber
Melvin Paulin
Nease Settlement
Weber
Forrest Thomas
Belle
W. Va
Denzil Marteney, Jr
Roy Barnes
S. Third Ave
Barnes
H. A. Rothrock
Warren Bright
Pomeroy
Middleport
Stanley Thomas
Roy Thomas
Bailey
Mill St
Ernest Kennedy
Penetro Nose Drops Promised Relief For Head Colds
An old advertisement touts Penetro Nose Drops as a quick head cold remedy. It claims 2 drops head off miseries, easing breathing and shortening cold duration, with a 25 cent price and generous supply.
Michigan Woman Fined for Speeding
Mrs Hazel Ruth Balch of Michigan was fined ten dollars and costs in mayor's court after state troopers followed her at 75 mph from Cheshire to Middleport. She was en route to Logan to visit relatives when she took a wrong route via Chillicothe to Gallipolis. A. E. Schneider is being held on a $275 embezzlement charge at Denver police request.
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Pomeroy
Hazel Ruth Balch
Baker and
Greider
Cheshire
Middleport
Logan
A. E. Schneider
Denver
Rutland Class Visits County Offices in Pomeroy
A Rutland High School social science class toured county offices in Pomeroy Friday as part of a study of county government. They visited the auditor, treasurer, clerk of courts, probate judge, common pleas judge, recorder, sheriff, the jail and the county school superintendent to see duties carried out in practice.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Common Pleas
Meigs County Man Dies Saturday at 80
Henry Clayton Pickens 80, of Racine, died Saturday at his home where he operated the Ohio River ferry for 20 years. Preceded in death by his wife, he is survived by children Frank at home Marion Racine Cecil Huntington Walter Bergholz and several daughters from Parkersburg Peeckersburg Huntington Belpre, plus sisters and brothers. Funeral arrangements are being completed today.
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Pomeroy
Henry Clayton Pickens
Racine
Ohio River
Middleport
Ed Pickens
Letart
W. Va
Miles Pickens
Morrland
Oklo
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SSS
TE Athenelgs County
R. W’elhinney
Meigs Probate
North Carolina
Middleport Social Notes
Entertain Club
Robert Coats
Coats
Gordon Harris
Charleston
William Besserer Thomas
Belmont
Mass
C. F. Besserer
D. B. Hartinger
Delaware
Hartinger
Dan Hartinger
J. E. D. Hartinger
Five Points
Jackson
William Seaman
Portsmouth
Charles Lucas
Leo Beeson
Helen Beeson
Sophia Gomer
Pearl St
Ralph Anderson
J. A. Willock
Detroit
Catherine Anderson
Third Ave
Marion Fugate
Ohio University
Eiselstein
Michigan
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works
Jim Josten
Sun Valley
Evelyn Doman
Miss Doman
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North
Tuanisu
Bowes Rene ND
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