Pomeroy Civic Club Sees Record Membership Growth
Sixty members attended the February meeting at Simpson M E Church as the Pomeroy Civic Club nears a record high around seventy. President E F Robinson led the session with plans for 1938 including boosting membership to 100 and a series of community campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
John Sauvage
Industrial Survey Committee
Sauvage
Dor Schaefer
William Atkins
WPA
Athens
W. A. Compton
Blue and Gray Trail Association
E. F. Robinson
William Watson
New Pomeroy Plans Cold Storage Locker Facility
Officials of the Davis Ice Co disclosed a potential cold storage locker service for Pomeroy residents. A $20 000 building beside the main plant would hold about 500 lockers, expanding storage from 235 000 bushels of apples and filling last fall with Mason County fruit. The plant uses natural gas from West Virginia wells via a pipeline under the Pomeroy bridge, lowering operating costs.
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Pomeroy
Davis Ice Co
Davis
Mason County
W. Va
Davis Plant
West Virginia
Pomeroy Bridge
Ohio
Local business upgrades brighten Mill Street area
Recent improvements in Middleport include the enlargement of the Baily Dairy on Mill Street and a new dance floor laid in the Purity Dairy Shoppe. The shop will soon be redecorated.
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Middleport
Baily
Mill St
Purity Dairy
Baker W A covert admitted for observation at Holzer Hospital
W A Covert a veteran baker was taken to Holzer Hospital for observation and treatment after an incident in Middleport.
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Middleport
W. A. B. Covert
Baker
Holzer Hospital
Christian Science Services and Meetings Offered
The notice invites attendance at Christian Science societies in Athens at 15 S Congress St and Pomeroy at 21014 E Main St. Sunday Services begin 10:45 A M with Sunday School at 9:30 A M. Testimonial Meeting occurs Wednesdays at 7 30 P M.
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Athens
S. Congress St
Pomeroy
E. Main St
Ambitious Hen Produces Unusual Double Egg Near Pomeroy
A White Leghorn owned by A B McGhee on Route 124 near Pomeroy produced a single egg that appears as two large eggs joined in the middle. The egg weighs a quarter pound and measures six and a quarter inches around the body and eight and five-eights inches around the ends, shown in town Thursday.
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Pomeroy
A. B. McGhee
McGhee
Route 124
Pomeroy Social Notes Leaves for New York
Mrs. Alice P. Bowman, guest of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Warren H Bright of Union Ave, departed Wednesday evening for Elmira New York and then Duxbury Massachusetts, her home.
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New York
Pomeroy
Alice P. Bowman
Warren H. Bright
Union Ave
Elmira
N. Y
Duxbury
Mass
Ewing Hosts Card Club Night at Mulberry Avenue
Mr and Mrs Henry Ewing entertained their card club Wednesday evening at their Mulberry Avenue home. Four tables played with prizes won by Dr and Mrs Raymond Boice Clay Bryant and Thomas Young. A short social time followed with refreshments served by the hostess.
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Henry Ewing
Mulberry Avenue
Raymond Boice
Clay Bryant
Thomas Young
Decks announce birth of daughter Jo Ann
Mr and Mrs Alfred Deck of Minersville announce the birth at home of a daughter weighing eight pounds named Jo Ann.
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Alfred Deck
Minersville
Jo Ann
Queen Esther Circle Holds February Meeting At Home
The Queen Esther Circle of Simpson M E Church gathered at Mary Ellen Miller’s home with ten members and three guests. They planned welfare supply drives, drew Secret Sisters, and shared a Valentine box of cards. Visitors from Belpre stopped by Pomeroy for O. O. McIntyre funeral in Gallipolis. Richard Fisher returned home from Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Leroy Watson is ill with diphtheria.
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Queen Esther
Simpson M. E. Church
Mary Ellen Miller
Gascal
Laurel Cliff PTA Founders Day Gala Minstrel Show
Friday night at 7:30 the Laurel Cliff Community Club marks P T A Founders Day with a gala minstrel show. Proceeds fund equipment and supplies for adult education in the community. Gene Wyatt and spouse lead the event with help from D C France of Athens. Other visitors include Howard Jewett party from Portsmouth and Miss Flossie Kappel’s return from Parkersburg.
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Laurel Cliff Community Club
Gene Wyatt
D. C. France
Athens
Pomeroy
Flossie Kappel
Parkersburg
Denver Kappel
Howard Jewett
Portsmouth
Fred Guth
Lucy
Dollie Erlewine
Columbus
Art Class Gathering At Mulberry Ave Home
Miss Gertrude Smith hosted an art class gathering at her Mulberry Avenue residence on Wednesday evening. Miss Virginia Reibel serves as director of these classes.
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Gertrude Smith
Mulberry Ave
Virginia Reibel
Floor relaying near completion at First Presbyterian Church
The relaying of a floor in the Sunday School room of the First Presbyterian Church is rapidly nearing completion with work advancing toward finish.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Vendor Remedy Promises Fresh Mornings Says Athens Man
Joseph Baker of route three Athens reports relief from poor elimination using Vendor. He describes easier cleansing, no more headaches or dizziness, and awakening feeling rested after taking the medicine praised by Athens Pharmacy and Hickman's in Nelsonville. He urges others with similar symptoms to try Vendor.
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Joseph Baker
Route Three
Athens
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Ae
Middleport to Play Racine Team Saturday
Middleport Yellow Jackets meet Racine Purple Tornadoes on home floor Saturday night in what locals expect as Middleport's stiffest test this year. After a Wednesday loss to Athens, the Jackets are focusing on improving free throws that cost them the Athens game.
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Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Racine Purple Tornadoes
Athens
Jackets
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. R O Fowler left for Huntington to visit her former voice teacher Mrs. Margaret Stein and recover her voice after a serious operation. She is a soloist at the Episcopal Church in Richmond. Collis Dawson of Columbus stayed with his in laws Mr and Mrs W G Davis yesterday. Mr and Mrs E T Hulbert of Columbus visited Middleport yesterday. Hulbert, a former local photographer, was recently married.
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Middleport
R. O. Fowler
Huntington
Margaret Stein
Columbus
Mr. Hulbert
Dorsey Orchestra Draws Dancers to Parkersburg Coliseum
Many young dancers motored to Parkersburg to dance to Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra at the Coliseum. Attendees included Betty Lighter Margaret McBride James Clatworthy Carl Barsotti and George Lee Beards.
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Tommy Dorsey
Parkersburg
Colliseum
Betty Lighter
Margaret McBride
James Clatworthy
Carl Barsotti
George Lee Beards
Webb to Manage Del Pauley Store in South Charleston
U. S. Webb departed for South Charleston where he will manage a store for Del Pauley, a former local resident.
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U. S
Funeral Guests Attend McIntyre Servicess in Middleport
Mrs Faye Talbott LeBlanc and daughter Rachel journeyed from Gallipolis to attend O O McIntyre’s funeral in Middleport with Mrs Garen Stansbury and Mrs D Q Waugh and daughter Bessie also present. LeBlanc is a friend of Mrs Maybelie Small McIntyre. McIntyre was a well known Middleport figure, often a guest at dances and social events in his youth.
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Faye Talbott LeBlanc
Rachel
Garen Stansbury
Toronto
Gallipolis
O. O. McIntyre
LeBlanc
Maybelie Small McIntyre
D. Q. Waugh
Bessie
McIntyre
Middleport
GLA Luncheon and April Inspection Plans
Mrs. C. E. Smith hosted a one o clock luncheon at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe for the GLA. Guests included Mrs. R. O. Fowler of Richmond Ind and Miss Harrie Marie Smith. The group then met at Mrs. Smith's home and planned an April inspection led by Mrs. Mary Williams, inspecting officer.
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C. E. Smith
G.la
Mary Jane
R. O. Fowler
Richmond
Ind
Harrie Marie Smith
Mrs Jas Faulkner Hosts Shower for Jean Faulkner Mees
Mrs Jas Faulkner entertained about 30 guests at a miscellaneous bridal shower for her daughter Jean Faulkner now Mrs Fred Mees. The bride will soon move to Columbus to join her husband. Guests brought gifts and games were played before refreshments.
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Jas. Faulkner
Fred Mees
Columbus
Mr. Mees
Sewing Club Shower Honors Mrs Skinner at Bryan Place
The Sewing Club with Mrs George Skinner as a member gathered at Mrs Joe Wilsons Bryan Place home for a miscellaneous shower. Attending members included Mrs Dan White Mrs Judson White Mrs Frank Wilson Mrs Lewis Johnson Miss Maxine Wilson and Miss Sara Williamson.
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Sewing Club
George Skinner
Joe Wilson
Bryan Place
Dan White
Judson White
Frank Wilson
Lewis Johnson
Maxine Wilson
Sara Williamson
Position Transferred Within Local Stores
James Stoneking moves from Evans Store to a similar post in Pt. Pleasant. George Hays temporarily fills Stoneking’s former duties. Howard J. Hummel of Cincinnati visits business in Middleport.
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James Stoneking
Evans
Pt. Pleasant
George Hays
Mr. Stoneking
Howard J. Hummel
Cincinnati
Middleport
Manager to Leave Bendvue and Temple Theaters
Jack Henry who has managed the Bendvue and Temple Theaters since they opened will leave soon for Nashville Tennessee where he has been transferred by the company that employs him.
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Jack Henry
Temple
Nashville, Tenn
Dinner Honoring Fisher Couple Heads to Jacksonville
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chambers hosted a noon dinner for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fisher before their departure to Jacksonville Florida to live with daughter Mrs. Ada Fleeming. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chambers and others from Pomeroy Harrisonville Road and Athens including the Leys and Grogan friends.
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Herbert Chambers
J. C. Fisher
Jacksonville
Fla
Ada Fleeming
Fishers
Richard Chambers
Philip Williams
Helen
Mary
Pomeroy
Lafe Williamson
Harrisonville Road
Uptrend in Yukon river trade claims Nenana captain
Capt. C. W. Adams who runs the Nenana river steamer on the Yukon between Nenana and Marshall says business conditions are improving. He calls last season a banner year for traffic and profits.
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Seward
Alaska
C. W. Adams
Nenana
Yukon
Marshall
Land of Cherry Seattle Top Counties Listed
A Commerce Department report ranks 10 Washington counties and 11 Oregon counties among the nation’s top 80 for meekee-sine at shawess trace. The list highlights regional growth and economic indicators across Pacific Northwest counties.
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Seattle
Department of Commerce
Washington Counties
Oregon
Shawess Trace
Railroad Crew Dismantles Middleport Mill Street Levee
A railroad crew of fifteen is removing large stones from the Mill Street levee in Middleport and filling the undertrack passage under the C and O trestle with material. The work, to finish next week, will repurpose the space into public parking while rip rap will be used on the river side.
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Middleport
Mill St
James Williams
Eureka
C. & O. Railway Company
Church Services Held By Gallia Minister
Rev. George Sagen of Gallipolis preached at the Baptist Church on the topic Choose You This Day Whom Ye Shall Serve from Joshua 24 15. A family sermon is planned tonight and a children’s booster club party at 3 45 this afternoon with prizes for top merits.
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Pomeroy
George Sagen
Gallipolis
The
Baptist Church
Joshua
Sagen
Booster Club
Church Activities Planned for Week in Pomeroy
The Federated Church led by Pastor Ralph Kuether schedules a week of events. Sunday includes 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and 10:15 a.m. worship led by Rev. Clarence Naylor in the pastor's absence. Mon is Boy and Girl Scout meeting, Music Club at 7:15 p.m., WPA Handicraft class canceled for the holiday. Thursday Busy Bees all day, Senior Choir 7:30 p.m. Friday adult confirmation at 7:30 p.m. Saturday 39 class at 10:00 a.m. and 38 class at 2:00 p.m. under Mrs. Kuether. Also notes past vacation figures for 1937.
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Kuether
Penny of 1916 Lincoln Head Reappears in Waterloo Purchase
Mrs. Helen V. Olds of Seattle found a 1916 Lincoln head penny in change, nineteen years after it was put in circulation in Waterloo, Iowa. The coin, once given by her brother in 1917, bore a hole in the rim and odd markings on the back.
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Seattle
Waterloo
Iowa
Helen V. Olds
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Christian Science Societies
Pomeroy Social Notes
Entertains Card Club
MR. Joseph Baker
Racine
Middleport Social Notes
Sewing
Mill Street
Gallia
Vicks VapoRub
eVromeRnoy
Frank Lloyd's
Joel McCrea
Bob Burns
Frances Dee
Deanna Durbin
Adolph Menjou
Clover Farm Stores
Callies
Chuck
Clover Farm
Idaho
Florida
Wieners
Ro Heeey
M Ear
Texas
Cnet Io
Laine Tls
LN Fs
Ruwine
OLEO
Polacco
Glendale
George Nington
Eta Farm
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