Pomeroy Red Cross Shifts to Rehabilitation Effort
Marjorie Cator announces Red Cross re organization in Pomeroy as relief shifts to rehabilitation. Flood losses filed at the Courthouse office with I B Weed overseeing initial food distribution. Harriett Ray directs the Middleport office with more local offices planned and a nurse on duty for typhoid serum each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Red Cross
Marjorie Cator
Harriett Ray
Washington
Middleport
Raleigh
N.C
National Red Cross
Meigs County
I. B. Weed
Hemlock Grange Holds Regular Meeting and Program
Hemlock Grange No. 2049 held a regular session with officer absences due to illness. George Hauck read, George Paulsen spoke, Maud Tubbs sang, and the lie contest winners were Dana Cummings Rube Perry Dayton Tubbs and Frank Clark. Dana Cummings and Leona Story won the handkerchief match among 11 couples. The next meeting on Feb 20 will see the Ladies Degree Team confer first and second degrees on candidates.
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Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grange
Beautiful Grange
George Hauck
George Paulsen
Maud Tubbs
Dana Cummings
Rube Perry
Dayton Tubbs
Frank Clark
Leona Story
Pomeroy Grade School Honors Roll Includes Twenty Three
January honor roll at Carleton-Kingsbury School lists twenty three students with four in A group and nineteen in B group. Named include Betty Heilman Edward Genheimer Ralph Michael Pauline Thoma and others across grades from 1 to 8.
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Pauline Thoma
Hazel Mae Epple
Billie Carr
Lucille Genheimer
Bernard Gilkey
Paul Carr
Margaret Jean Story
Guy Orr Smith
Mary Virginia McGrath
Hazel Scott
Mildred Howett
Roy Thoma
Sylvia Smith
Lowell Heitger
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Card of Visits
Mrs Louise Saxton visits Springfield relatives while Miss Elsie Hart and Mrs Eva Russ travel to Columbia for illness in Colum bus. DAR Return Jonathan Meigs chapter met at Mrs Schaefer's Lincoln Hill. Various residents return to work, recover from illness, or relocate homes as neighbors visit and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Louise Saxton
Springfield
Elsie Hart
Eva Russ
Columbus
A.S. Hart
Miss Hart
Russ
Dor Schaefer
Bertha Pownall
Jonathan Meigs
The
Robert Kaiser
Frank Fugate, Jr
Fugate
Bessie Bentz
Lincoln Hill
R. R. Ashworth
Huntington
John Epple
Gerald Reuter
Middleport
Lida Beryl Reuter
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Paul Shay
Chauncey
Shay
Albert Mees
Breezy Heights
Middleport Personal News and Flood Evacuation Moves
Middleport residents report moves within town as flood conditions ease. Edgar Allensworth and in laws relocate. Long prepares to move near Gallipolis to start poultry business. several families relocate to relatives in Columbus and Athens for safety and care amid influenza and flood disruptions.
Queen Esther Class Pledges to Clean Bethany Church
POMEROY The Queen Esther Class of Bethany Church pledged to clean the church after a flood damaged the building. Two pianos and an organ were ruined though the pipe organ remained dry. Miss Beuscher donated a box won by Mrs. Wallace Smith during the social hour.
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Pomeroy
Bethany Church
Lilly Coates
Lincoln Hill
Bethany
Beuscher
Wallace Smith
Chase Church Group Meets for Program
The February meeting of the Chase Ladies Circle of Ruth was held at Mrs. Belle Oberholzer’s home with a potluck for thirteen members and guests. President Arminta Chase led the business session at 2:00, followed by a birthday program for Washington and Lincoln. Next meeting set for March 4 at Mrs. Florence and Emma Robinson’s home. Also noted is the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Harold Morris on January 31 and the move of Mr and Mrs Everette Carbaugh to Athens for work. Paul Sands, ill with influenza, is recovering at his Athens home.
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James Clark
Henry Joachim
Arthur Fick
Marsh Shumaker
Bob Crow
Jed Mees
Marietta
Leona Kohl
Luckoff
Pomeroy
Red Anchor
C. H. Jesse
E. Main St
Zanesville
Willis Grueser
Addie Grueser
Condor St
Liberty Lane
Roy Tracy, Jr
Kimble Hite
Charleston
Helen Sommerville
Pleasant
Long
Evans
Gallipolis
F. C. Kreager
Donald
Middletown
James Sauders
R. C. McBride
Athens
Mark K. Huggins
KK. O. Bright
Columbus
Covert
Gordon Ely
Ely
William Higgins
J. A. Kent
Mike
Carla Clark
Carlos Thomas
Thomas
Ray L. Smith
Middleport
Herb Lowery
Cemetery Road
Gail Miller
Lewis Gibbs
Milton Osborn
Pearl Yeanger
Yeanger
W. P. Ohlinger
Fourth Ave
Lincoln St
Charles Sauer
C. O. Fisher
John Ayler
John Fisher
Heights
W. Va
A. A. Dillard
John Dillard
William Dillard
Paul Dillard
R. W. Nutting
Gravel Hill
Homer Rice
Chambers
S. Third Ave
Lois Thomas Holland
Same Street
Carl Mossman
Patrick Lochary
Rue Tuckerman
G. Third Ave
Tuckerman
Sidney Russell
Grant Sr
Donald Wolfe
Shiflet
Second Ave
Third Ave
Clint Mathews
River Front
N. Second Ave
Peggy Phel
Pittsburgh
William Stieff
Clara Atkinson
Greenfield
Harold Morris
Everette Carbaugh
Paul Sands
County approves expenditures before purchases
County commissioners require official budget approval prior to any county purchases as an economy measure. Bills and salaries have been delayed due to budget approval delays, noted as a long standing issue. A separate note gives a distance to the farthest known nebula as 140 million light years.
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Earth
Marriage Announcement Pomeroy Baer Rice Bloomington Style
Mrs. Clarence Heaton announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Ruby Rice to Edward Baer son of Mr and Mrs Walter Baer of Minersville. The couple wed in January at Catlettsburg Kentucky and were serenaded at the Baer home Tuesday evening. They will reside with the groom’s parents in Minersville.
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Virgil Beales
Weisman
Wright St
Feiger
Union Ave
Willard Meier
Gordon
W. Va
John Leifheit, Jr
Beales
Chris Beards
Lucille
Parkersburg
Beards
Frank Evenar
Lois Ann Neutzling
Emma Ebersbach
Weizgall St
Edna Stewart
Glen Mulhean
Pomeroy
Elmer Johnson
Wheeling
Bentz Wolf
W. Main St
Wesley Webb
Marietta
Cora Webb
Maxine Burns
Glouster
Miss Burns
Walter Harris
Mary Jane
Lester Roush
Eleanor Lee
Columbus
Middleport High School
Morgan
E. O. Saunders
Ashland
Youngstown
Dan Morgan
Mina Prall
Joan Gilmore
Carl Gilmore
Dea Hayes
C. F. Rathburn
M. J. McCarty
Clarence Heaton
Ruby Rice
Edward Baer
Walter Baer
Minersville
Catlettsburg
Hawaii School Budget Set for 11 Million in 1937 38
Hawaii faces a record 11 million dollar education budget for land schools in the 1937-38 biennium. Superintendent Oren E Long, head of public instruction, estimates the cost.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Oren E. Long
Wall of Old Building Falls at Central School Site
Collapse occurred on Tuesday as WPA workers had begun tearing down the old Central School building. Roof removal preceded the fall and plans call for salvaged materials to be reused in a new football stadium as part of WPA work.
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Central School
WPA
Repairing Heath M. E. Church Progresses in Middleport
Work at Heath M. E. Church in Middleport is advancing satisfactorily under Pastor Rev. Clarence Swearingen. Services are announced for Sunday February 14. The church lost a pipe organ and two pianos in the incident.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
Clarence Swearingen
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promote Kidney Flush
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe swift and harmless diuretic to flush kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims symptoms of kidney weakness include night-time urination puffy eyes cramps and backache and urges readers to buy the Haarlem product from Haarlem in Holland for 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Birthday Dinner Honors Mr. Graves At Harrisonville
A birthday dinner for Alva Graves, aged 61, was hosted Sunday February six at the Graves home in Harrisonville. Guests included Pearl Reeves Nellie Nicholas Gracie Masters of Athens Carl Reeves and Bettie Jean of Oak Hill. Miss Masters and Mr. Graves provided organ and violin music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Alva Graves
Young 14 Year Old Gets Colorado Marriage License
Lexy McKay aged 14 was granted a marriage license in Canon City to wed Fremont Sainsdon, 23. The license makes her one of the youngest recipients in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colo
U.P
Lexy McKay
Fremont Sainsdon
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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Chambers Cottage
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Essex
Coalton
Chase Church
George Clark
H. J. Hysell
Middleport, Ohio
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Valentine Candies
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Pomeroy, Ohio
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