Health Board Approves Main Storm Sewer Plan
The Ohio Department of Health approves the main storm sewer from Fourth Street to the river, allowing work on Sugar Run sewer to start within weeks. G Merrill, village engineer, and Mayor Hartley met Columbus health officials and this arrangement avoids delays tied to sanitary sewer plans. Engineering work begins immediately and will be submitted to WPA under the county blanket road project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Ohio Department of Health
Fourth St
G. Merrill
M. D. Hartley
Health Department
Columbus
Hartley
WPA
Central School Pupils Stage Patriotic Playlets
In observance of Lincoln and Washington birthdays the Third and Fourth Grades of Central School, led by Mrs. Pearl Reynolds, presented two patriotic plays Friday afternoon. The Third Grade performed The Story of Our Flag and the Fourth Grade Father Time and the Month of February. Mothers were special guests for the program and tea hour afterward hosted by room mother Mrs. Orin Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lincoln
Washington
Central School
Pearl Reynolds
Orin Smith
Meigs County Newspapers Chronology in Columbus Archives
A summary of Meigs County papers listed in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society files. The inventory details publication runs for titles such as Meigs County Telegraph, Tribune, Daily Tribune, Pomeroy Banner, Crescent, Journal, Democrat, Leader, Independent and others from 1851 through the early 20th century. The note invites Meigs residents to request information by postcard with event year and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
E. W. Peoples
Laurence H. Bartlett
Ohio State Archaelogical and Historical Society
Ohio State University
Columbus
Meigs County Telegraph
Meigs County
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
The
the Tribune
Tribune Telegraph
Daily Tribune
George Washington
Pomeroy Democrat
Democrat
Leader
Independent
Pomeroy Daily Independent
Weekly News
Daily News
Mothers Club At Nursery School Holds Evening Meeting
The Mothers Club of the Pearl St. Nursery School met last week despite no electric lighting. Mothers brought oil lamps for a cheerful glow in the former Swedenborg Church room. Miss Virginia Reibel supervised. Mrs. Raymond Blosser led a Child Welfare discussion. Next meeting is March 21 at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mothers Club
Pearl St
Swedenborg Church
Virginia Reibel
Raymond Blosser
Chester Postmaster Retires After Half Century Service
Chester postmaster Frank retires after nearly 50 years of service and a career spanning school board, county committees, and public office. He wrote 17 639 money orders, served under multiple administrations, and recalls a gold cash shipment in 1909. He is survived by four children and widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma Smith
Chester
Squire
Frank
Ohio Farmer
Chester Board of Education
Meigs County
Democratic Central and Executive Committee
Eldon Gaul
Gaul
Cleveland
MoeKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
F. D. Roosevelt
Mr. Frank
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
West Virginia
Sugar Grove
United States
Pomeroy
Ohio
Pomeroy National Bank
John McQuigg
Columbus
John Walter Frank
Homer Frank
Logan
Nell White
Delaware
Ernest Brown
Parkersburg
Constable Arrested On Charge by Mayor
William Kelly mayor of Syracuse filed assault and battery charges against Constable Roland Buck Grindley in Justice of Peace P L Peoples court. Grindley planned to plead not guilty as of the report. Kelly had been arrested by Grindley on intoxication, fined five dollars and costs by Justice Frank Stowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Court of Justice of Peace
P. L. Peoples
William Kelly
Syracuse
Roland
Buck) Grindley
Grindley
Justice Peoples
Kelly
Justice of Peace
Frank Stowe
County Cage Tourney Opens at Racine
The Racine county basketball tournament opens Thursday night at Racine with uncertainty over the winner. Racine lost to Chester recently and beat Tuppers Plains 32 14 as Racine reserves won 19 5. Scoring and quarter totals show a tight contest with Racine holding a lead at the half and extending it in the third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
Racine Cagers
Chester
Tuppers Plains
Racine Reserves
Maffman, F
Beek
Sis
Weneee
Ben
Happy Hustlers Club Meets Friday Night
The Happy Hustlers of the Methodist Church held their regular monthly meeting Friday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Charles Stephenson. Tables were decorated for St Valentine and Washington's Birthday. Guests included Mrs. Maxine Wingett and others. dinner was served, and prizes awarded after the business session led by president Mrs. Wingett.
Man Claims He Didn’t Know It Was A Gun In Restaurant Shooting
In Montgomery Alabama Vinson Gibbs 22 a Black man said a third party pressed a weapon into his hand and it fired striking a friend in the jaw during a restaurant conversation. Gibbs claimed he did not realize it was a gun until the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Vinson Gibbs
Realty Changes In Meigs Co
Real estate transfers in Meigs County over two weeks list many parcels in Bedford Chester Columbia Lebanon Letart Olive Orange Rutland Rutland Village Salem Salisbury Middleport Pomeroy Scipio Sutton Racine Syracuse townships and villages. Transactions include quit claims warranties and heirship transfers involving numerous individuals and farms across multiple townships and villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bedford Township
E. L. Conkey
Thomas Conkey
Al‘mira Luella Conkey
Chester Township
Cecil and
Beulah Nelson
Selah McLane
Columbie Township
Averill T. Townsend
David M. Conger
Robert L
Lena A. Aley
Letart Township
Lena Ota Wood
Alta Wood
Jesse Bliss Wood
Mary E. Jividen
C. A. Jividen
D. W. Sams
Olive Township
Emma Beil
R. E. Turner
B. L. Edwards
Wallace Baker
Everett L
Beulah B. Schultz
Orange Township
Josephine
Hattie Watkins
William Watkins
Nina Robinson
Farmers Bank & Savings Co
E. F. Matlack
Rutland Township
William H
Mary O. Gibson
Jemima Colwell
Ellen Kennedy
Rutland Village
Arthur Johnson
Addie Johnson Brenner
R. W. Finsterwald
Louise R. Finsterwald
C. W. Canterbury
Salem Township
Jacob V. Smith
Danville
Alice A. Smith
Jesse E
Opell A. Smith
Salisbury Township
Dana Karr
Charles Karr
Middleport Village
Elizabeth Hartinger Sanford
Martha Hartinger Searls
Conally
Ford G. Hunker
Francis Klein
Pomeroy Village
Minnie Utnahamer
John T. Utnahamer
Charles E. Schneider
William Carlisle Schneider
Scipio Township
W. F
Ruth Green
Wendell
Lena Hooper
Sutton Township
Henry C. Klein
Verca Klein McDole
Mrs Wise Attends Registrar School in Marietta
Mrs Charles Wise Jr has been appointed deputy registrar of motor vehicles for 1940 and leaves for Marietta to attend the official registrars school this evening. She was busy Saturday as motorists applied for special licenses and has received 1940 plates 51 to 999 series D and 51 to 600 series E. Licenses go on sale March 1 at the Wise home on S Second Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Wise, Jr
Marietta
Wise
S. Second Ave
World War Veteran Michael J Curtis Dies in Racine
Michael J Curtis 46 died of a stroke at his Racine home Friday night and was a World War veteran. He leaves a wife and son Jerry, his mother Elizabeth Powell, three brothers and four half siblings. A military funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at Racine Baptist Church conducted by Rev. T. T. Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Michael J. Curtis
Curtis
Jerry
Elizabeth Powell
Antiquity
Irvin and
Morgan
Hoyt
Columbus
Vesta Powell
Maggie Parsons
Fred
Lucasville
Mark
Lisbon
Clarence
Holloway
Alvar
Martins Ferry
Fannie Blackmore
Cleveland
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Meigs
The
Disabled American Veterans
William Curtis
Racine Baptist Church
T. T. Shelton
POMEROY Probate Notes Record of settlements and guardians
Meigs County probate entries list settlements including Edith M Sayre minor claim settled for 50 dollars paid to Edgar H Sayre with no guardian appointed. Estate values and administrator appointments for John Duerr Mary Spenagel Elizabeth Jones Minnie Annahmer Emma Welch and guardianship bonds noted. Inheritance tax figures set for Ford G Hunker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Riggs
Mary Spenagel
George R. Beards
R. G. Webster
J. W. McCullough
S. Emory
Elizabeth Spencer
Emma Aumiller
Elizabeth Jones
Jessie Stowe
Geraldine Scott
Emma Welch
Middleport
Ford G. Hunker
Week end visits Across Ohio Area
Middleport residents and visitors from Columbus and Cuyahoga Falls spent the weekend with local families. Kenneth Entsminger, a student at Ohio University, stayed with his parents, while Mr. Entsminger recovers from an ankle injury. Other guests included Dorothy Meyer, William Payne, Lelia Hawkins, Sylvia McMaster, Craig Reynolds, and families from Kent, Vine Street, Circleville, and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Entsminger
Ohio University
David Entsminger
Entsminger
Chauncey
Dorothy Meyer
William Payne
Columbus
Guy Reynolds
Gravel Hill
M. C. Hobart
Athens
Lenora Hobart Kent
Michael
Lelia Hawkins
Sylvia McMaster
Feeble Minded Institute
Craig Reynolds
Charles Ludwig
Cuyahoga Falls
George Reynolds
Vine St
Russell Lape
Circleville
Willis Anthony
Heath Methodist Church Week Program in Middleport
Activities this week include a dinner for the Epworth League and Mrs Nan Moores high school class at 6 o clock Wednesday evening mid week prayer and meditation at 7 o clock and the annual Washingtons Day supper Thursday from 5 30 to 7 30 pm
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Middleport
Patriotic Program Sponsored by Middleport PTA
Tickets went on sale for a Middleport High School patriotic program on Thursday February 22 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The event honors Abraham Lincoln and George Washington with participation from kindergarten through the high school, plus Boy and Girl Scouts, a flag drill, and musical selections led by principal M A White and staff. Admission will be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
M. A. White
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Lucille Dutton
Vesta McCoy
Meigs Young People In Traffic Crashes
Two automobile accidents involving young men from Pomeroy Bend occurred over the weekend. One crashed near Fair Haven injuring Dick Crow who was treated at Holzer Hospital. A Racine youth named Hudson and six others escaped serious harm when their car struck a steel cable at Powell's Curve and hung over a ravine, keeping from overturning.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Gallipolis
Ted Wildermuth
Eagle's Club
Joe Ohlinger
Dick Crow
Pomeroy
Gene Harris
Ohlinger
Fair Haven
Crow
Holzer Hospital
Powell's Curve
Chase
Racine Iman
Hudson
Racine Personal and Brief Social Notes
Mrs. Sidney Fadely spent Monday with her daughter Alegra at Ohio University in Athens. Clyde Jividen returned from Akron with Mrs. Jividen visiting her sister Mrs. J. B. French. Parkersburg visitors included Fred Johnson Sheridan Holman and Laron Turner. Mrs. L. K. Rowe of New York arrived for a visit with Dana Cleland. Mrs. Dale Price of Portland a Long Bottom teacher stays with Ernest Wingett due to bad roads. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gaul with Ruth Ann celebrated her third birthday with Gaul family in Chester. Chester Barnett of Tuppers Plains visited friends and attended the game Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Sidney Fadely
Alegra
Ohio University
Athens
Clyde Jividen
Akron
Jividen
J. B. French
Fred Johnson
Sheridan Holman
Laron Turner
Parkersburg
L. K. Rowe
New York
Dana Cleland
Dale Price
Portland
Long Bottom
Ernest Wingett
Jacob Gaul
Ruth Ann
Gaul
Frank Gaul
Chester
Chester Barnett
Tuppers Plains
Pomeroy Couples Club Holds Northwest Territory Pageant Talk
The Simpson Methodist Church couples club met Sunday night with devotions by Mrs. T A Downie. Dr Clarence Shafer spoke about the Northwest Territory Celebration and recalled the pioneer route journey and pageant presentations in the communities.
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Pomeroy
Couples Club
Simpson Methodist Church
T. A. Downie
Northwest Territory
Clarence Shafer
Shafer
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Health Board
America
Antarctica
Vernon Boyd
U.S. Antarctic
U. S. Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Citet
Suez
New Zealand
B. C. Freyberg
Happy Hustlers Club
Meigs Co
Mrs. Wise
Middleport Social
PTA
Wee Ducky Doodle
Looby Lou
Mother Goose
Sally Schaaf
Charles Tewksbury
Boy Blue
Janet Frost
Miss Muffett
Jack Lewis
Jack
Grace Marie McDonald
Jill
James Roller
Jack Horner
Raymond Walburn
Tom the Piper's Son
Dana
Anna Mae Antle
James Rickman
MHS
Edwin Markham
Pomeroy Social Notes
Rmons
Shoe Repair
W. Union St
Tre Crry
Acquamant Ey
Fred Sanders
Court St
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
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