Weather Bureau to install gauge in Middleport for flood reports
Officials of Middleport and Parkersburg with the Chamber of Commerce arrange for Pomeroy reports to feed the Weather Bureau. S S Schworm and Henry Rockwood discuss gauge placement as flood warnings may be improved by local readings from a Middleport gauge placed by the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
Chamber of Commerce
S. S
Weather Bureau
Pt. Pleasant
Middleport
Cincinnati
Harry Barnes
Weather Department
Department of Agriculture
Pittsburgh
Pneumonia Fatal to William Beards 77
William Beards 77 died Tuesday at his home on Third Street from pneumonia. He was brother to Herman Beards Clerk of Courts and survived by brothers Fred of Middleport and August of Bellevue Ky. His wife died 15 years ago. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Finsterwald Parlors with Rev Sodt officiating. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Beards
Third St
Herman Beards
Fred Beards
Middleport
August Beards
Bellevue
Finsterwald
Sodt
Beech Grove Cemetery
Annual inspection of Gerber Camp held at Courthouse
The Pomeroy Gerber Camp held its annual inspection Tuesday night at the Courthouse. Inspector August Abicht of Marietta led the review. Plans were announced to establish an auxiliary to the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gerber
August Abicht
Marietta
Eagle Scout Award Pinned on Donald Miller in Court of Honor
Donald Miller of Pomeroy Scout Troop 42 was promoted to Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor held in the Meigs County Senior High School auditorium. Twenty other scouts from area troops earned rank and merit badges. Gerald Ashwill presented the Eagle pin to Miller’s mother Mrs Walter Miller.
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Pomeroy
Donald Miller
Pomeroy Scout Troop
Meigs County
C. E. Peoples
Miller
Gerald Ashwill
Athens
Walter Miller
Donald
Bart Boit
Floyd Grimm
Thomas Williams
Owen Stubert
Carol Teaford
Charles Mallory
Richard Campbell
Edward Burkett
Farm Home
M. W. Essex
Middleport
Edison Hobstetter
Local schools view safety film for all twelve grades
Middleport students from 12 grades watched the noon showing of Bicycling with Safety. The film was part of a new safety program inaugurated by school authorities.
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Middleport
Grill changes hands at Court Street Grill
Change in management announced for Court Street Grill. Herman Scholl of Monkey Run now operates the restaurant.
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Pomeroy
Court Street Grill
Herman Scholl
Monkey Run
Vendor Vendol Promises Relief in Local Ad Claim
Athens Pharmacy markets Vendol with testimonials from Homer J. Cooksey of 36 West State St. highlighting relief from constipation sleepless nights and stomach distress. The ad urges readers to visit the Vendol Man at 7 North Court Street and notes Nelsonville availability at Hickman’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Homer J. Cooksey
West State St
Homer J. Cookley
Vendor
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman
Area PTA Conference in Middleport set with memorial service
Rehearsals for the Southeast District PTA conference are under way as local groups prepare afternoon and evening programs. A memorial service titled Along the Way will be presented at lunch with participants listed. Rev. Neil Crawford will speak on Enriching Community while Portsmouth Mother Singers and several local choirs perform.
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Middleport
P.T.A
H. A. Rothrock
M. L. French
J. E. Harley
Clinton Fisher
Paul Smart
John Dillard
Edgar Allensworth
O. L. Roush
George Schaaf
Charles Wise, Jr
O. P. Klein
Mary E. Hennesy
Neil Crawford
Athens Church of Christ
Portsmouth Mother Singers
Middleport Women's Music Club
M.H.S. Girls’ Glee Club
Gordon Harris
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Regional Visits
Pomeroy social column lists visits by Henry Jenkinson and Viola Jones in Gravel Hill, J B Shumaker from Long Bottom visiting family in town, Chauncey and Huntington travel, and Mrs Barbara Schaefer's family connections. Also notes Rock Springs Grange revival attendance, Daughters of Union Veterans officer installations, Founders Day at Sugar Run school, and D.U.V. social plans for April 12 district event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Eva Sauer
T. P. Eiselstein
Pomeroy
Barbara Schaefer
Naylors Run
James Norton
Glouster
Richard Dunkle
Millfield
Elmer Schaefer
Rock Springs
L. A. Person
Fred Runion
Jack Parish
Coolville
Richard Vaughan
David Durst
Middleport
Gallipolis
Daughters of Union Veterans
Bartha Radford
African Sacred Lily on Display at Sauvage Confectionery
Lily grows from a bulb without earth or water. From Sunday to Tuesday evening it rose five and a half inches in height. Plant owned by Mrs. W. L. Russell of Lincoln Hill.
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Sauvage Confectionery
W. L. Russell
Lincoln Hill
Charm of Buttons Chains Through Lifetime Hobby
Stirling City resident Mrs. J. W. Glenn of Inskip Lodge showcases a 31 foot long charm chain made from thousands of buttons. The collection includes buttons from around the world, varying shapes sizes and colors, with some hundreds of years old and others carrying historical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stirling City
Calif
J. W. Glenn
Inskip Lodge
Farm Account Day Nearing In Meigs County
Meigs County farmers prepare for Farm Account Day on February 24 with three meetings planned at Harrisonville Racine and Chester High Schools. Extension expert Floyd DeLashmutt will assist farmers in closing last year accounts and starting new ones ahead of the 1940 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville High School
Racine High School
Chester High School
Poultry Congress
Meigs County
Cleveland
Ohio
William Powell Dies At Daughter's Home
William Powell 81 died at his daughter Mrs. Preston Parsons Antiquity home Monday. Survived by children from first wife Fannie Blackmore Cleveland Mart Powell East Liverpool Alva Barnesville Fred Lucasville Clarence Holloway and by second wife Vesta Maggie Ivan and Mayon Antiquity Mike Powell Racine. Funeral held this afternoon at two at the M F E Church Antiquity with Letart Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Powell
Preston Parsons
Antiquity
Fannie Blackmore
Cleveland
Mart Powell
East Liverpool
Alva
Barnesville
Fred
Lucasville
Clarence
Holloway
Vesta
Maggie
Ivan
Mayon
Mike Powell
Racine
M. FE
Meigs County Basketball Tournament Draw Planned
Representatives of each competing team will draw for places tonight at 8 p m in the High School Building. The tournament runs February 23 to 25 in the MHS Gymnasium with games including a Saturday evening matchup where the Yellow Jackets face Wellston. Trophies for champions of varsity and reserve divisions are on display at the high school.
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Middleport
Meigs County
MHS
Yellow Jackets
Wellston
Harriet Nease 83 Dies in Minneapolis
Harriet Nease 83 former Dayton Widow's Home official in Ohio died in Minneapolis Minnesota several days ago. A Meigs County native she was the daughter of W H Nease of the Nease Settlement and sister to Mary M Keister of Westerville. A brother Royce of Minneapolis survives. Burial is expected in Minneapolis.
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Pomeroy
Harriet Nease
Minneapolis
Minn
Meigs County
W. H. Nease
Nease
Dayton
Ohio
Mary M. Keister
Westerville
Royce
Marriage Announcement for Joe Schaefer and Alice Bowen
The Messenger corrects a previous error in the marriage notice for Joe Schaefer and Alice Bowen. The bride’s first name is Alice not Edith. The couple wed on December 30 and kept the wedding private until now. Alice Bowen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen.
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Pomeroy
Joe Schaefer
Alice Bowen
the Messenger
Edith
John Bowen
Valentine Social Notes Highlight Church Activities
Middleport social page reports a Valentine party at the Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ with a large box of notes and comics, prize to Mrs C O French, fish pond fundraiser, and refreshments by Mrs Harley Devol, Mrs Lawrence Reed, and Mrs Wilbur Ashley. Other items cover Happy Hustlers activities, bandages for missions, missionary society meeting notes, bake sale plans, and local parish social plans.
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Church of Christ
C. O. French
Harley Devol
Lawrence Reed
Wilbur Ashley
Elmer Wehring
Dorothy Childs
Peggy Lewis
Fred Smith
India
Don McMillin
McMillin
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Ray Farmer
Epworth League Party at Heath M E Church Basement
Epworth League members and guests enjoyed a social evening in the Heath M E Church basement with games such as Chinese checkers and ping pong followed by sandwiches chips and pop served by a long committee led by Ruth Entsminger Alyce Ebersbach and Pauley Kincaid. Barker Brooks Rothrock and Mathews supervised the games. Kathryn Clark hosted a Senior World Wide Guild meeting at her St Second Ave home with a brief business session led by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Heath M. E
Ruth Entsminger
Alyce Marie Ebersbach
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Wanda Reichman
Ruth Pickens
Catherine Hennesy
Sarah Jane Fisher
Maxine Warren
Martha Robson
Kay Monahan
Gene Harris
Bill Barker
Charles Brooks
Robert Rothrock
Donald Mathews
Barker
Brooks
Rothrock
Mathews
Kathryn Clark
The
First Baptist Church
St. Second Ave
Rites Held for Middleport Man M J Hamilton
Relatives from distant towns attended the funeral at First Baptist Church for M J Hamilton. The Rev Gaylord James led the service with a Baptist choir performance of Abide With Me and I Want to See Jesus Dont You. Pallbearers were fellow deacons Paul Smart Harry Cross Cecil Root T A May William Haptonstail and L D Diles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
M. J. Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Edward Heather
Elvin
Stewart Adams
Pittsburgh
Will Nuckles
Huntington
Thena Brunker
Belpre
Sarah Deibel
Marietta
S. Bucklew
Mason City
Charles Greenler
Gertrude Chapman
Wolf Pen
Gaylord James
Jackson
The
Baptist Choir
Paul Smart
Cecil Root
Homer Hysell
Harry Cross
L. D. Diles
Mr. Hamilton
T. A. May
William Haptonstail
Bradbury Family News From Middleport Ohio
Asa Bradbury II, veteran salesman and political leader, suffered a heart attack and was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis with Dr. F. M. Cluff accompanying. Mrs. Ira Butcher, a hospital patient after giving birth to a son, moved to her parents’ home. Rev. J. D. Ryan visited Holzer Hospital for observation and treatment.
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Middleport
A. H. Bradbury
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
F. M. Cluff
Ira Butcher
Ray McElhinney
J. D. Ryan
First Thunder of 1939 Reported in Middleport
The first spring storm brought heavy rain and thunder at one o clock this morning in Middleport. Local residents reported a loud displacement of thunder as part of the early seasonal weather.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Parents Intelligence Tests At Central School
Central P T A held an intelligence test for parents at the Central School. Proceeds go to Founder's Day contributions. Mrs Verlie Conway delivered the president's message. A Founders Day program titled Along The Way featured readers including Mrs Clair Karr and multiple others spanning years 1897 through 1939.
William D King dies at Kingsbury home
William Delbert King age 71 died Tuesday at his Kingsbury home of pneumonia. He is survived by two sons William of Kingsbury and Edward of Rock Springs, one sister Mrs Amanda Helwig and one brother Albert King both of Burlingham. Funeral from Carleton Church Thursday at two o clock with interment in the church cemetery.
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Pomeroy
William Delbert King
Kingsbury
William
Edward
Rock Springs
Amanda Helwig
Albert King
Burlingham
Carleton
Minister Called to Easley for Daughters Illness
Rev. L. O. Grant of the First Baptist Church was summoned to Easley South Carolina due to his daughter Barbara's illness. Mrs. Grant and Barbara had been visiting Easley, the home of Rev. Grant's mother, who has been seriously ill but is improving.
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Middleport
L. O. Grant
The
First Baptist Church
Easley
S. C
Barbara
Carl Guinther Killed In Auto Accident
Carl Guinther formerly of Pomeroy was killed Tuesday morning in a collision between his truck and another car at New Brighton Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Guinther former residents of Chester Road. Survived by several sisters and brothers besides his parents. Funeral held at New Brighton Thursday afternoon with burial in Beaver Pennsylvania.
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Pomeroy
Carl Guinther
New Brighton
Lawrence Guinther
Chester Road
Beaver
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U.S. Office
Harry Ohlinger
Cline Matthews
E. F. Robinson
Syracuse
Court of Honor
Pomeroy Social Notes
Sugar Run
Sugar Run P.T.A
Lily Blooms
Meigs Co
Wesley
Green County
Middleport Social Notes
Ann Margaret Wiley
South India
D. S. Farmer
Charles Walburn
S. Fifth Ave
Ray Sherman
Presbyterian Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Opal Taylor
Columbus
Leonard Taylor
Gravel Hill
Co. P. Bradbury
Charles Bradbury
John Harley
Yellow Jacket
Ohio University Marshall
Charles McMaster
Entertains Guild
Asa Bradbury II
Wal
Honolulu
Washington
Greyhound
Washin Cincinnati
Clarksburg
Los Angeles
D. C
ST. Louis
Union Bus
Union St
William King
Studebaker
Gilmore
Yosemite Run
ASI
Dent
Yosemite
American Automobile Association
Stratton Auto Sales
Stratton Motors
Fern Street
Fayette St
Nelsonville, Ohio
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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