Ohio Standard Replaces Most Of Cable Lines
After the flood, the Ohio Standard spent a week more replacing major portions of its wire system in Pomeroy Racine and Middleport. Twenty workers laid new underground cables from the phone office to Main Street and to the Courthouse while temporary service was extended to the sheriff's office and local relief offices. Long distance calls stayed possible via magneto connections.
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Pomeroy
The
Ohio Standard
George Smith
Main St
Western Union
Baptist Church
E. Main St
Nye Ave
Kerr
Racine
Middleport
Smith
Bell Tell
Bradbury
Sheriff's Office
K. of P. Hall
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes Reflect Local Church and Visit News
Local society notes report surgeries at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis and a Columbus trip for Floyd Mees. Families and friends gather for baptist church services, birthday celebrations and auxiliary meetings while residents travel to Columbus Marietta and Ann Arbor for work visits illness and hospital care.
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Pomeroy
James Russ
Hartford City
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Floyd Mees
Columbus
River Flood Reaches Cable Lead Covering Endpoint
Water rose to about 64.5 feet and reached the point where the cable lead coverings ended, allowing water to enter the cables.
Middleport Jackets Top Racine In Low-Scoring Victory
Middleport Yellow Jackets overcame Racine 27 to 21 at Racine Gymnasium in the final regular game for Racine. Beegle led Racine with 11 points while Stoneking scored 10 for Middleport as reserves also won 19 to 16.
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Racine
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets
Middleport
Racine Boys
Jackets
Beegle
Stoneking
Gorham
Middleport GT Pe
Roush
R. Wiley
Waxes Bostic
Xeervenmnem
Neighler
Wickline
Mrs. Martha Dunn Dies at Foster Memorial Home
Martha Dunn aged 76 widow of James Dunn of Middleport died Saturday night at Foster Memorial Home in Huntington West Virginia. She lived at the Memorial Home for three and a half years and is survived by nephew Henry Davis of Middleport. Funeral service planned at Middleport Church of Christ conducted by Rev. F I Gardner. Burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Martha Dunn
James Dunn
Foster Memorial
Huntington
W. Va
Memorial Home
Rutland Girl Named For Famous Woman
Martha Washington Smith of Rutland celebrates her eleventh birthday daughter of Ed J. and Mrs. Smith. Her father planned the name George Washington if a son but the baby was a girl and named Martha Washington after a famous first lady. Martha is in the sixth grade in Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Martha Washington Smith
Ed J. Smith
George Washington
Martha Washington
Ige
Martha
Honor Roll Highlight at Middleport High
Middleport High School monthly issue notes the senior heavy honor roll in Who's Who with many girls among the top students. Typing awards go to Dorothy Higginbotham and Olivia Reed. Band concert and Glee Club operetta Campus Daze slated for April. All High Night planned for May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
M. H
Middleport High School
Phyllis Diles
D. C. Wolf
Betty Becker
Maxine Bennett
Eloise Byers
Beatrice Edwards
Thelma Long
Virginia Mayes
James Rickman
Lewis Sauer
Marvel Schmoll
Robert Snyder
Warren Bennett
Marcella Fraser
John Harley
Alice Louise Lama
Evelyn Mayer
Pauline Mitch
Betty Walters
Lavada Woodyard
Franklin Edwards
Violet Hartinger
Melissa Hennesy
Betty Hoeflick
Harold Hubbard
Geraldine Parsons
Olivia Reed
Mary June Roush
Opal Taylor
Raymond Wiley
Betty Wise
Laurence Bradford
Jake Collins
Florence Fraser
Mary Grate
Willa Hill
Betty Lighter
Frances Pullin
Lewis Richman
Truman Russell
Virginia Russell
Wallace Russell
Dorothy Sauer
Beulah Lee Smith
Paul Smith
Mary Sue Sanders
Virginia Stanley
Jean Swearingen
Paul Wiley
Dorothy Higginbotham
Sunday Storm Dismantles Trees in Middleport Chaos
A Sunday wind storm in Middleport brought hail and rain after balmy weather. Trees were uprooted and a telephone pole fell at Third Ave and Main St, narrowly missing four passing machines.
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Middleport
Third Ave
Main St
Youth Arrested In Theft of Cornet
Carl Taylor 19, enrolled at Camp Meigs, was arrested by Police Chief Dana L. Tracy for possession of a cornet owned by George Tewksbury Jr. of Middleport. The $100 instrument was said to be stolen during the Middleport High School flood. Taylor, held at the county jail, claims he bought the cornet for two dollars from a boy in Middleport. he lives in Bladen, Gallia County.
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Pomeroy
Carl Taylor
Camp Meigs
Dana L. Tracy
George Tewksbury, Jr
Middleport
Middleport High School
Taylor
Bladen
Gallia County
Kelley Grogan
Anna Mae Antie
Athens
F. M. Cluff
Akron
B. F. Fails
Tommie
Clyde Battin
Columbus
J. W. Barnhart
Clarksburg
W. Va
Irvin Karr, Jr
George van Zandt
Huntington
W. Leonard
Chillicothe
Lee Rudisell
Herbert Chambers
Miss St
PTA
Red Cross
High School
D. C. Wolfe
Racine
Mr. Wolfe
Clyde Wolfe
Ivor Young
Helen Rathburn
Milton Rathburn
Roy F. Bares
B. F. Barnes
Denzil Marteney
Parkersburg
United Commercial Travelers
Mineral Social Notes Record Local Life Events
Mineral The brief lists a local wedding Delbert Taylor and Olive Pidcock in Logan and their afterbond living with the groom's parents. It covers visits from Mrs Sylvia Addis, Co F Emish and others, crafts group at Town House, quilt displays, library needs, and local family news including fires and injuries.
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Mineral
Delbert Taylor
Olive Pidcock
Logan
John Taylor
Sylvia Addis
Athens
New Marshfield
Helen McCray
Orland Ely
Mary Ely
Margery
Elizabeth Bodkins
Florence Scott
Nora Stout
Addie Snyder
Lucile Ely
Myrtle Emish
Minnie Stump
Margaret Gibson
Elsie Stephenson
Nannie Hester
Frank Gifford
Amesville
Russell Michael
Ed Michael
the Plains
McCray
Nelsonville
E. M. Freeman
Robinett Ridge
Hadley Ely
Paul Lowry
G. K. Lowry
J. A. Phillips
James Shepherd
Columbus
Frank McDaniel
Vaughn Addis
Cleveland
Cleveland Hospital
Parker Snyder
Ita
Rey Bailes
Bailes
Snyder
School Damage Taken Up in Middleport
Middleport PTA executive board met at City Hall with National Red Cross officials to discuss flood damage to school buildings. Officials reviewed repair needs and potential funding options for reconstruction and safety improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
National Red Cross
Panthers Narrowly Foil Newark High In Close Newark Battle
Pomeroy Panthers lose to state champion Newark High 28 26 after a comeback effort. Shumaker hit three timely baskets in the third quarter to salvage a tied 19 19 after three. Newark pulled ahead late as Marzano and Siegle entered the lineup, while both teams managed 12 field goals and free throws favored Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Newark High School
Pomeroy Panthers
Panthers
Newark
Shumaker
Mees
Marzano
Siegle
Weakley
Myers
Ams
Giles
Aiecdnemiaemeane
Gee
Megta, Beeenenseowsie
Eee Bedesem
Pomeroy Oo Fff
FAO Ct
Local Births and Social Visits In Racine
Born to Mr and Mrs Jacob Gaul a daughter Thursday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Gaul of Cheater and Mr and Mrs Charles Beegle of Dorcas. Guests include W S Bentz Antiqity and son John Racine plus David and William Watson Pomeroy visiting Owen Watson. Other visits noted with residents Ella Tanthorey Coolville, Howard Harris Gallipolis, Billy Harris Eagle Ridge. W J Krider ill with heart disease shows slight improvement.
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Racine
Jacob Gaul
Frank Gaul
Cheater
Charles Beegle
Dorcas
W. S. Bentz
Antiquity
John
David Watson
William Watson
Pomeroy
Ella Watson
Owen Watson
W. F. Tanthorey
Howard Harris
Tanthorey
Ella Tanthorey
Coolville
Harold Weatherholt
Gallipolis
Billy
Eagle Ridge
W. J. Krider
Mrs Homer Pickens Dies at Parkersburg
Mrs Homer Pickens, 43, of Letart Falls, died Sunday at 2 am in St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg after a week there. Survived by husband four sons and two daughters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Latart Falls home. Burial in Plants Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Homer Pickens
Letart Falls
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Latart Falls
Plants Cemetery
Middleport News Briefs Lightly Spaced Across Weekends
Middleport residents and visitors are listed in a long rundown of movements and visits. May, May, Roush, Smith, Gallagher, Demoskey, Haskins, Bush, and many others travel, host, or return from trips to Columbus, Hillsboro, Charleston, Marion, Huntington, and Athens.
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Middleport
T. A. May
Columbus
Hillsboro
Edward Roush
J. W. Wells
Lincoln St
Lewis Triplett
J. K. Smith, Jr
Allentown
J. K. Smith
Bradford
QO. L. Roush
Lois Ann
Kaylong
W. Va
Sixth Ave
Kathleen Bush
Ohio State University
H. E. Bush
Gravel Hill
Alice Sanborn
Ida Dailey
O. FE. Sanborn
Noah Haskins
Charles
Florida
Gerald Rupe
Patricia
Rupe
Val Reynolds
Second Ave
Megadore
Paul Smart
Marion
Mr. Smart
Wellston to Appear on Pomeroy Floor
Pomeroy hosts Wellston in a Tuesday night game as the floor, patched after flood damage, is used for two games before next season. Friday night the Panthers visit Athens and Monday’s Middleport game resumes on a repaired court. Birth announced for a Middleport couple’s son.
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Pomeroy
Wellston
Panthers
Athens
Middleport
Vendol Helps Local Youth Says No Mistake
A 19 year old Millfield Ohio man Clarence Sykes tells how Vendol relieved his constipation poor appetite headaches and sleepless nights. He credits lasting relief and urges others to try the herbal medicine sold by Athens Pharmacy Nelsonville Hickman’s Pharmacy and Vendor Man.
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Clarence Sykes
Millfield
Ohio
Athens
Everone
Nelsonville
Hickman
Farm Women Meet at Home of Mrs Emrick
Reedsville February meeting of the Farm Women's Club was hosted by Mrs J W Emrick. Eleven members answered roll call with a remarkable 1936 event. Papers on Ohio history were read by Ora Myers Myrtle Rose and Helen Emrick followed by an oyster supper for members and guests.
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Reedsville
J. W. Emerick
Farm Women's Club
Ohio
Ora Myers
Myrtle Rose
Helen Emrick
W. F. Ha
Harry Pickens
Carl Buckley
Wallace Damewood
Lucy Cowdery
Nerva Pryor
Effie Warren
Cochran Dies at 64 in Middleport After Illness
Joseph Cochran 64 a resident of Middleport died Sunday at his home after a two week illness. A native of Winston-Salem North Carolina he was injured in October 1919 at the Charter Oak Mine and had been a cripple since. He is survived by his wife Blanche Cochran. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Middleport
Joseph Cochran
Cochran
Winston-Salem
N. C
Charter Oak
Blanche Cochran
Creomulsion Ad Urges Fast Relief for Coughs
The advertisement claims Creomulsion quickly reaches the seat of chest colds and bronchial irritation to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm. It promises a money back guarantee if results aren’t seen from the first bottle.
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Pomeroy Telephone Co
Pomeroy Social Notes
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Second and Sycamore Sts
Bethany and Federated Church
Peace Evangelical Church
West
Ralph West
Anne &J
Alma Fell
Ann St
Alma
Drew Webster Post
Legion Hall
Clark
Willard
Story
William Morgan
Philip Sommers
Adam Hoskins
Robert Gardner
Bobby Phil
Jackson
Gardner
Grace Hudson
Hudson
Louise Baer
White Cross Hospital
Christie Baer
Minersville
David Bing
Byron Bing
Butternut Ave
J. T. Morgan
Joplin
Bing
Mayme Davis
Charleston
William Hetzel
Jacob Roller
Homer Marchington
Dexter
Bill Downie
Bill McQuigg
Howard Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Ed Diefenbacher
Agnes Grimm
Circleville
Myrtle Griffith
Spring St
Thomas Hall
Marietta
Earl Arnold
Girard
Herman Hoffner
Mr. Arnold
J. S. Arnold
Harrisonville
Robert Warner
Cora Warner
William Sayre
Allen Ball
Pomeroy-Chester Road
Theodore Ebersbach
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harry
Bertha Pownall
R. H. Wells
Charles Forest
Louis Hagmann
Minneapolis
Thomas Bowen
Harry Hagmann
Chicago
Leonard Renshaw
Mary Renshaw
Joe Renshaw
Isabel Thomas
Corning
John Leakus
L. A. Person
J. B. Person
Harry Runion
Torch
Wright McCroba
Ann
Albert Durst
Portsmouth
Old Age Pension Office
Jane Priode
St. Joseph Hospital
Ed Priode
Vale St
Annheim Orch
WLW
Dick Tracy
Junior Nurse Corps
Tom Thomas
Jack Armstrong
Dorothy Gordon
Tom Miz
Lady Doris Kerr
Orphan Annie
Johnsons City Guitar
NEA
Orch. News of
John Gurney
Bob Newhall
Lowell Thomas
Renfrew
Jack Fulton
Billy and Betty
Orchestra Santa Anita Race
Gum
Abner Popeye
Uncle Ezra
Ray Heatherton
Midge Williams
Booke Carter
Royalists
Bester Orch
Fibber McGee
Haenschen Orch
Pick
Pat Frank Munn
Haenschen
Pat
Frank Monn
Lawes
Himber Orch
Jack Pearl
Wayne King
Nichols Orch
Paw Sullivan
Jones Orch
Ferdi Orch
Bestor Orch
Freeman Orch
Glen Gray
Moon River
Ravel Orch
CBS
NBC E. Ss
Ted the Gumps
Farm
Malone Mary Marlin
Helen Trent
Gene Arnold Parm
Jack Berch
Sylvia Clark
Perm
Hall Orch
Dan Hardings
Bestor
Jack Armstrong Science Service
the Johnsons
David Orch
Alexander Cores
Amos ‘N
Andy Jack Palton
Easy Aces
Lum
Abner Alexander Woollcott
Hendrik van Loon
Jack Randolph
Boake Carter
Reisman
Ted Hammerstein Dude Ranch
Edgar
al Jolson
Ben Bernie
al Pearce
Jack Oakie
Fred Astaire
Jack Ocekie
Jimmy Pidler Warnow
James Orch
Vernow Orch
Carol Weymann
Paul Sullivan
Andre Baruch
Mary Paxton
Orch
Martinez Brothers
Dance Orch
Dorsey Or
Ash
Ae Bestor
Dorse
Handor Moon Rives
NBC
Newark Bears
Panther
Willetta Emmish
Co. A. Emmish
Bobby Fiesher
Orion Fiesher
Chesapeake
Bobby
Ohio River
Fred Bush
Bagnell
Morris Ave
Joseph St
Mrs. Bush
Peggy Pfeil
Walter H. Pfeil
Pittsburgh
Elmer Haggerling
Peggy
Mr. Pfiel
Wheeling
Continental Steel Company
William T. Moore
C. F. Rathburn
Moore
WPA
William Cooper
Lindsay Lyons, Jr
Clara Louise Smith
Mary E. Hennesy
Charles Henessy
R. A. Miller
L. W. McComas
J. E. McComas
Clifford Kauff
Middleport Hill
Millfield Youth
Vendol
Clarence W. Sykes
Emrick
Jos. Cochran
Luckoff
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