Yellow Jackets Set To Face Gallipolis In Big Game
Middleport hosts Gallipolis Blue Devils in a pivotal 1940 league clash. Coach Marshall McCuen notes the team’s growth this season and aims to erase an earlier defeat as Bill Walters overcomes tooth trouble while the squad, once inexperienced, has become a cohesive unit.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Marshall McCuen
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Gallipolis
Middleport Reserve
Bill Walters
McCuen
Yellow Jackets
Blue Devils
Gallipots
Sermon Topics Set for Unity Methodist Service
POMEROY. Judas, the incredible will be the sermon topic for Rev. Warren H. Bright at the 10 30 morning worship at Simpson Methodist Church. Regular Church School at 9 15. Evening worship at 7 with The Test of Christian Living as the subject. Couples Club to follow at 8. Church school board meets Monday at 7. Choir practice Wednesday at 7. Stewardship class Tuesday at 7 with Friday at 3 30 reserved for the church preparatory class.
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Pomeroy
Judas
Warren H. Bright
Simpson Methodist Church
Church School Board
Busy Bee Class holds monthly Baptist meeting in Middleport
Thirty three members of the Busy Bee Class of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. C. A. Root's home on Fourth Ave for a regular monthly gathering presided by Mrs. Willis Anthony. Prayers were offered by Mrs. J. O. Leonard and Mrs. R. N. Barnes and plans were made for the St. Patrick's Day supper.
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Middleport
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
C. A. Root
Fourth Ave
Willis Anthony
J. O. Leonard
R. N. Barnes
Paul Smart
Ross Pullins
Shirley Mills
Isabel Winebrenner
Homer Hysell
Harry Cross
Anthony
Root
Smart
Hysell
Mills
Winebrenner
C. H. Wise Jr
James Souders
Beulah White
Ouida Chase
Lillian Dempsky
Pullins
Ruth Turley
Washington
Philathea
Church For Christ
D. S. Farmer
Ray Farmer
Leo Searles
Harry Mills
H. B. Curd
Boyd Dilgard
Fick
the Nazarene Church
Front St
Co. O. Fisher
Charlies Walburn
Wm. Fowler
Mariah Baker
Bircher
Henry Casto
Roy Casto
Lincoln Smith
Justice Sues For Recovery Of Lost Costs
Justice of Peace Percy L. Peoples files in common pleas a mandamus suit to compel Manning D. Webster and the Meigs County Board of Commissioners to approve and appropriate 100 for lost costs from misdemeanors. The case highlights a long running dispute over unpaid fines and unsettled county finances.
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Pomeroy
Justice of Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Common Pleas Court
State of Ohio
Manning D. Webster
Meigs County
Board of County Commissioners
Peoples
Webster
Ohio
Pomeroy Social and Club Notices Highlight Local Events
Pomeroy residents attend card club night at Mulberry Avenue home with awards for Mrs Raymond Harbrecht Dr R E Boice and Raymond Harbrecht. Tea for D A R Meigs Chapter. PTA council meeting. WPA investigator Lydia Davis eyes Jackson assignment. church group talk by Harold Sauer Oxford Group. Local visits noted.
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Pomeroy
Wright McCroria
Lincoln Hill
Jonathan Meigs
The
Daughters of American Revolution
Eleanor Donahue
Cleveland
Meigs County Council of
P.T.A
Syracuse
Harry C. Frank
Mayme Holmes
Lydia Davis
W. Main St
Pomeroy City Hall
WPA
Jackson
Brotherhood of Federated Church
Harold Sauer
Oxford
Wyaconda Council No. 18
Blanche Conde
Pocahontas
Thelma Custer
Minnie Neutzling
Mary Hubbard
Hobson
R. R. Boice
David Saxton, 90, Dies After Brief Illness
MIDDLEPORT. David Saxton, age 90, died at his son R. W. Saxton’s Locust Street home last night after a short illness. He lived on a Dexter farm most of his life and had been with his son recently. His wife died in 1935. He is survived by his son, several grandchildren, and one brother, Harry Saxton of Dexter. Funeral arrangements by Rawlings-Coats were not complete Thursday.
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Middleport
David Saxton
R. W. Saxton
Locust St
Mr. Saxton
Dexter
Harry Saxton
Rawlings-Coats
Icy Highways Spark Several Local Accidents
Reports from MIDDLEPORT describe icy roads causing multiple crashes. Mrs. Frank Smith’s daughter Mrs. Hubert Mace and partner narrowly escaped a plunge from a small bridge when their car skidded, suffering only damage. Homer Russell and two others also dodged a runaway truck on Athens hill, dangers tied to winter conditions.
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Middleport
Graham Station
Frank Smith
Hubert Mace
Mace
Two Children Born On Valentine's Day
Two babies arrived on Wednesday as Valentine gifts to their parents. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Denner Roush at their Minersville home. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Curd on West Main Street at the home of Mr. Curd’s parents. The Curds now have three sons. Members of the Odd Fellow’s Lodge will be entertained Tuesday evening at 6 with a dinner at the Ohio Power kitchen.
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Pomeroy
Raymond Boice
Mulberry Ave
Raymond Harbrecht
R. E. Boice
Valentine
Denner Roush
Minersville
M. A. Curd
Wyllis Hill
W. Main St
The
Odd Fellow's Lodge
Ohio Power Kitchen
Mrs Wayne Gibbons Hospitalized After Wednesday Visit
Mrs Wayne Gibbons was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Wednesday evening for medical treatment.
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Enters Hospital
Middleport
Wayne Gibbons
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Cars Abandoned After Snow Icy Ditching Near Willock Corner
Residents report multiple vehicles ditched near the Will Willock corner on S Second Ave after a recent snow and ice event. Mrs Willock says as many as five cars were off the highway simultaneously.
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Russell
Will Willock
S. Second Ave
Willock
Bank Opposes Foreclosure on Publishing Co
Pomeroy National Bank moved to strike parts of the supplemental amended petition in its case against The Meigs Publishing Co to prevent foreclosure by Charles F. Ellis over a debt alleged at 25000 dollars. The bank contends the Ellis note via Ebersbach Construction Co defrauds other creditors and efforts to locate Ellis at an address in Columbus have failed.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy National Bank
Meigs Publishing Co
C. E. Peoples
Charles F. Ellis
Ellis
Meigs Publishing Company
Ebersbach
Elderly groom weds younger partner under license rules
POMEROY marriage report notes Richard Moore age 88 and Mae Hoover age 40 wed by Justice P. L. Peoples after securing a marriage license. Probate court issued licenses to Ruda Durst 32 of Portland and Fannie Wells 23 of Long Bottom. Lloyd L. Cooper 28 of Athens R. D. and Capitolin Jane Collins 17 of Pratts Fork. Howard Stanley Stearns 21 of Pt. Pleasant and Erma Mae Reynolds 21 of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Justice P. L. Peoples
Richard Moore
Mae Hoover
Ruda Durst
Portland
Fannie Wells
Long Bottom
Lloyd L. Cooper
Athens R. D
Capitolin Jane Collins
Pratts Fork
Howard Stanley Stearns
Pt. Pleasant
Erma Mae Reynolds
Middleport
Recover Caboose After Track Accident At River Bank
Wreck train from the C and O Railway Co was used Thursday to recover a caboose that jumped the track and rolled over the river bank above the upper parking lot. The caboose was twisted from its wheel tracks and after hours of work it was placed back on the track.
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Pomeroy
C. and O. Railway Co
Canada Short of Pennies Buys 1 Million Copper Pennies
Canada buys 1,000,000 pennies from Buffalo banks for delivery to Toronto. Bank handling the purchase pays at par from the US dollar balances on deposit in local banks amid exchange rate disputes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
Dominion
Toronto
United States
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