Amy L Whaley dies at 98 in Pomeroy
Dr Amy L Whaley longtime Meigs County resident and oldest woman dentist in the United States died at her Court Street home in Pomeroy at age 98 She was widow of Dr David C Whaley a pioneer dentist and helped found the local Eastern Star chapter Her life linked to Meigs history and Civil War Monument efforts as well as Masonic activities She spent her last years under her daughter Amy Kingsland’s care
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Amy L. Whaley
Pomeroy
United States
State Board
Order of Eastern Star
Ohio
Community Notes from Middleport and Nearby Towns
Middleport residents travel for weekend visits to Chesapeake Athens Kaylong and Marion while others return home after visits in Columbus Rio Grande and Charleston. Walter Leroy ex actor and circus owner dies in New York at age eight.
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Walter Leroy
New York
Roads Clear After Warm Weekend in Pomeroy
Highways in Pomeroy area were cleared of snow and ice by Sunday’s warm spell. The overflowing river carried out much of its ice while banks remained thick with ice cakes. Residents hope the break in the weather brings warmer days with occasional freezes to curb high water.
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Pomeroy
Mrs Whaley Dies. Survived by Daughter and Grandchildren
Mrs Whaley, active in politics and local affairs, dies after a life as a regular reader of four daily newspapers. She is survived by her daughter Mrs Kingsland and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Ewing Chapel Mulberry Ave. with the Order of Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters and Rev. Lloyd Clark officiating. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Ewing Chapel
Mulberry Ave
Order of Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters
Lloyd Clark
Episcopal Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pattern for Dress With Two Major Parts and Bindings
This item describes a two piece dress pattern with front and back joined at sides and shoulders. It offers cravat print silk and plain crepe silks as smart mediums, plus cottons linens and pastel tub silks for summer. Size options include busts 36 38 and 40 inches with size 16 needing 3% yard of 39 inch material. Send 15 cents for pattern, include name address and style number. New Spring Fashion Book costs 10 cents, pattern and book together 25 cents, address to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department 160 Fifth Ave New York NY.
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Athens Messenger
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Scout Charter Presented to Pomeroy Unit Troop No 49
A charter ceremony at Bethany M. E. Church presented Boy Scout Troop No. 49 of Pomeroy, sponsored by Bethany Church. L. D. McMaster and Floyd F. Mees chaired, with Ralph Spencer named scoutmaster. A US Constitution copy was given to each boy, and Judge C. E. Peoples spoke on Boy Scout training. Rev. Beuscher led religious exercises. Girl Scouts demonstra tion followed by First Aid displays. Rev. R. C. Ditter closed with benediction.
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Pomeroy
Boy Scout Troop No
Bethany M. E. Church
Bethany Church
Benjamin Neutzling
F. Beuscher
T. FE. Maness
Simpson M. E. Church
L. D. McMaster
Kinshata
Floyd F. Mees
Ralph Spencer
Mr. Mees
Frances Dye
United States
B. F. Turner
C. EF. Peoples
R. C. Ditter
Federated Church
Nine Are Arrested By Officers in Meigs
Meigs County and village officers made nine arrests here Saturday mainly on intoxication charges. Individuals include Clayton Minard of Rocksprings CCC Camp Lash Douglas of Burlington Marion Rife and George Schorr of Cheshire, plus Louis Flanagan of Syracuse for unpaid fine, Robert and Floyd Van Meter for intoxication. Doward Calvert faced reckless driving charges and was released later.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clayton Minard
Rocksprings
CCC
Lash Douglas
Burlingham
Marion Rife
George Schorr
Cheshire
Dana L. Tracy
Water Wolfe
Louis Flanagan
Syracuse
Robert
Floyd van Meter
Hank Young
Carl Johnson
Young
Doward Calvert
Grindley
Baptist Conference Set at Local Church Friday
A Baptist Church in Middleport will host a conference Friday afternoon and evening February 28. The Busy Bee Class plans a luncheon at o o'clock for attendees. A covered dish dinner was held last Friday, and during the business session three members of the class were appointed to plan the annual St Patrick's Day dinner.
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Middleport
Busy Bee
J. O. Leonard
T. A. May
R. N. Barnes
The Secret Loves of Chancellor Hitler suppressed edition
Le Journal article titled The Secret Loves of Chancellor Hitler led the government to suppress the edition on Sunday following a complaint from the German embassy.
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Parish—P
le Journal
Hitler
Woman Born In Middleport Buried Today
Carrie Stewart Besserer died in Chicago after long illness. She grew up in Middleport and married W. B. Besserer. She supported the Middleport Presbyterian Church and Bethany Lodge at Winona Lake. Funeral was at Jessie Lansbury’s home, burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery. A candle clock marked four hours per candle was noted.
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Middleport
Carrie Stewart Besserer
Chicago
Alfred the Great
England
Ohio Forest Purchase Units Survey Gallia Co Land
The Ohio Purchase Units are surveying Gallia County land for inclusion in the McArthur and Symmes Creek units to develop forest lands in Southeast Ohio. Plans cover about 285000 acres from several counties with 25000 workers tied to forest management. ownership remains voluntary with tax and road benefits to local governments.
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Ohio Purchase
Gallia Co
Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia County
McArthur
Symmes Creek Purchase
R. B. McKennan
K. M. McDonald
Symmes Creek
Island View Hostelry
Ironton
James Seward
Jackson
Vinton
Pike, Ross
Gallia
Lawrence
McKennan
Washington
Monroe
Noble
Perry
Hocking
Morgan
Athens
Pike
Scioto
Forest Service
McKennan Eaid
Boca
Nereone
Gallia Seniors To Take General Scholarship Test
Gallia County seniors will take the General Scholarship Test on March 28 at Gallia Academy High School. The exam covers mathematics English social science science reading and languages with Latin included. Over 300 scholarships from Ohio and other states are available for top district and state finishers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
F. E. Higgins
Gallia Academy High School
Higgins
U. S
Ohio
State Department of Education
Awakening Short-Story Noted in Gallia Script
The Gallia Script from Gallia Academy High School features Miss Marian Alexander presenting a short story The Awakening. It typifies late-sleeping among high school boys in a busy Writer's Retreat setting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Marian Alexander
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Cleansing for Health Tones
Dr Edward Olive Tablets present as a vegetable compound touted to improve color, skin clarity, and vitality. Marketed as a safe alternative to calomel, the product claims to stimulate the bowels without dangerous after effects and to aid constipation with steady, reliable results.
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Edwarda
Mrs Swain of Kanauga Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Leatha Frances Swain age 74 widow of Joseph Swain died at her Kanauga home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday with Rev C W Frye of Rodney in charge and Miller Cemetery interment. Surviving are five children Mrs F G Clark Athalia Ohio Mrs W H Foster Princeton W Va Mrs John Jones Dayton Sidney and Victor Swain at home. Two sisters and a brother Harvey Fulks Crown City Mrs J P Lewis Ironton and Mrs Frank Williams Proctorville also survive. The mother of Ferry Dillon Gallipolis was a sister of Mrs Swain.
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Middleport
W. T. Moore
Chesapeake
W. Va
Aleshire
Herbert Chambers
Rio Grande
Harold Kruse
John
Columbus
Kruse
Charles Howard
Riverside Hotel
C. H. Jones
Leon
G. O. Reynolds
W. B. Besserer
Lettie Besserer
Charleston
C. F. Besserer
Carrie Stewart Besserer
Gallipolis
Leatha Frances Swain
Joseph Swain
Kanauga
C. W. Frye
Rodney
Miller Cemetery
F. G. Clark
Athalia
Ohio
W. H. Foster
Princeton
John Jones
Dayton
Sidney
Victor Swain
Harvey Fulks
Crown City
J. P. Lewis
Ironton
Frank Williams
Proctorville
Ferry Dillon
Swain
Detective targets coal thieves in Gallia County
C. & O. Detective W. L. Price captured three men in Gallipolis for coal theft. George Gardner his son Raymond and Ed Kirby pleaded guilty to theft or receiving stolen property and were fined five dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
W. L. Price
George Gardner
Raymond
Ed Kirby
Makes Perfect Score in Southern Ohio Post Office Exams
W. L. Troth dispatching clerk at the Gallipolis post office achieves a perfect grade in the Columbus held examinations testing knowledge of post office locations and mail facilities across Southern Ohio.
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Gallipolis
W. L. Troth
Columbus
Ohio
Valencia mob sacks great coffee estate in Gomez era chaos
Reports from Valencia say a mob looted the FE Trompillo coffee estate tied to Venezuela’s late dictator Gen. Juan Vicente Gomez. About 30,000 bags of coffee were destroyed in the assault.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Valencia
Fe! Trompillo
Juan Vicent Gomez
Publicity Agent for Mickey Mouse Identified as Gallipolis Man
Harry Hammond Beall of Los Angeles the first Mickey Mouse publicity agent is identified as Ham Beall born at 18 Pine Street Gallipolis. He returns yearly to visit his hometown and his cousin Mary Maddy.
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Gallipolis
Harry Hammond Beall
Los Angeles
Calif
Ham" Beall
Pine &I., Gallipolis
Mary Maddy
Albany Club Hosts Papers at Musgrave Home
Albany The Wednesday Club met Feb 19 at Mrs. E M Musgrave's home. Mrs. Blanche Cline presented a paper on the ten best movies in production. The Albany Opera House show runs a new serial The Last of the Mohicans each Monday night, sponsored by the M W of A.
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Albany
E. M. Musgrave
Blanche Cline
Albany Opera House
M. W. of A
Mohicans
Dale Smith
Cleveland
J. Howard Cline
Amy Bobo
A. McDonald
Oyster
McDonald
Bobo
Right-of-Way Hearing Thursday in Athens County Probate Court
Preliminary questions on appropriations for easements over lands of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co and Isabella Coe et al between Floodwood and Beaumont will be heard by Judge 8 M. Johnson Thursday at 9 in Athens County Probate Court. Appeals filed by C L Stout Celia Coe Hope Edwin H. Davis Southern Ohio Electric Co Isabella Coe Lettie Coe Hintz.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co
Isabella Coe
Floodwood
Beaumont
8 M. Johnson
Athens County
C. L. Stout
Celia Coe Hope
Edwin H. Davis
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Lettie Coe Hintz
Ivor Young Victim of Traffic Accident
Relatives report Ivor Young of Columbus, son-in-law of the late Charles F. Rathburn, injured in an automobile crash. He suffered fractures to a leg and an arm and is hospitalized in Columbus. Mrs. Young was Helen Rathburn of Middleport before marriage.
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Middleport
Ivor Young
Columbus
Charles F. Rathburn
Young
Mr. Young
Helen Rathburn
Choir Elects Officers in Heath Church
The Junior Choir of the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church names Martha Robson president Charles Bradbury vice president Gene Harris secretary treasurer Librarians are Charles Brooks and Alice Ebersbach Miss Vesta McCoy is director for the ensuing year.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Martha Robson
Charles Bradbury
Gene Harris
Charles Brooks
Alice Ebersbach
Vesta McCoy
Wolfe Baby Henry Eugene Born to Chauncey Wolfe Family
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wolfe announce the birth of an eight and one half pound son named Henry Eugene born Friday February 21. Grandparents are Eugene Dowler Chauncey and Mr and Mrs Frank Wolfe of Amesville Ohio. The Maasai tribes of Kenya Colony, East Africa, desert a village after a death.
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Chauncey
Kenneth Wolfe
Garnett Dowler
Henry Eugene
Eugene Dowler
Frank Wolfe
Amesville
Kenya Colony
East Africa
Thoxine Throat Medicine Promises Quick Chest Cold Relief
Advertises Thoxine as a swift acting remedy for chest colds and sore throats. Claims one swallow loosens phlegm, eases swallowing, and relieves irritation with a money back guarantee. Sold at Cline's Drug Store and Quick's Drug Store.
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Cline
Quick
Ady
Chauncey Church of God Members Attend Corning Meeting
Local Church of God members from Chauncey attended the third yearly district meeting in Corning. The program featured sermons talks music and meals guided by Rev Gilbert Swart of Anderson Indiana. Attendees included Rev Clarence Way and many Chauncey and The Plains participants.
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Chauncey
Church of God
Corning
Anderson
Ind
Gospel Trumpet
Gilbert Swart
George Swart
Clarence Way
Roger Way
John Marshall
Margaret Marshall
Robert Hillyer
Clarence Staley
Freddie Crabtree
Elia Cunningham
Frankie Cunningham
Edward Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
Sherwood
Elizabeth Mitchell
Clarence Mullins
Ruth Mullins
Roberta Simmers
Dorothy Lowery
James Lopez
Junior Loper
Theo Kelzenberg
Theodore Kelzenberg, Jr
Irene Ross
Kathleen Phillips
Eileen Phillipe
Mary Loper
Plains Ehuren
Mia
John Loper
Harold Roling
Floretta, Hanning
Grace Goldsberry
Mines Work Report Lists 24 District Mines
Twenty four mines in the district were marked for work on Monday per the report. The list includes Nos 247 255 219 107 42 1 28 24 18 10X 9 5 69 Ohio 1 Poston 6 Chauncey N Y 24 Hocking Black Diamond Lithrng Salem Hollow Coonville Kimberly Lick Run and Carbondale.
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Chauncey
Ohio No. 1
Poston No
Chauncey N. Y
Hocking
Black Diamond
Lithrng
Salem Hollow
Coonville
Kimberly
Lick Run
Carbondale
Chauncey Personal Notes Round Up Local Visits Illness
Mrs Charles Leffler of Chauncey reported ill at home. Hazel La Hugh visited from Boling Millis with Mozelle and Virgil La Hugh. Sam Tippett of Tippet groceries was ill at home. Mrs Leo Bingman and children of Athens visited relatives in Ellis Avenue. Mrs Elizabeth Waldie of Chauncey and her sister in law from Athens were in Logan to visit a sister recovering from surgery.
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Chauncey
Charles Leffler
Hazel la Hugh
Ernest Stanley
Boling Millis
Mozelle
Virgil la Hugh
Sam Tippett
Tippet Grocery
Leo Bingman
Athens
Dr J Rit chie Smith Dies in Englewood Home
Dr J Rit chie Smith 8 a professor emeritus of homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary died at his Englewood New Jersey home after retirement since 1928.
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Englewood
N. J
J. Ritchie Smith
Princeton Theological Seminary
Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday School elects officers
In Chauncey the high school class elected officers for the February meeting. Erle Bridgewater Jr was re elected president Ruth Shafer became vice president Irva Rivers was named secretary and Betty Jane Courtney treasurer Alice Johnson chairs the nominating committee. Devo tions led by Ruth Shafer and an attendance report by Julia Johnson.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday School
Mra
Christine Brown
Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Ruth Shafer
Iiva Rivers
Betty Jane Courtney
Alicn Johnson
Julia Johnson
Richard Osborne
Helen Kensey
Martha Nye
Bessie Baughman
Alice Johnson
Ellen Blackford
Irva Rivers
Helen Keasey
Helen Ferrer
Betty Jana Courtney
Erle Bridgewater
Paul Tippett
Dix Pickering
Frank Johnson
Ray Johnson
Christine Frown
Trimble Church of Christ Officers Plan Meeting
A meeting of the official board and teachers of Trimble Church of Christ Bible School will be held Monday at 7 PM. Plans for evangelistic services from March 22 to April 5 will be discussed. Evangelist Rev. Fred Gardner of Middleport Church of Christ will speak. Pastor Rev. Guibert Courtney of Trimble Church is Chauncey resident. Denver report notes 20 men with horses and sleds hauling feed to 15 000 deer and elk high on snowbound Colorado trails.
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Chauncey
Bible School
Trimble Church of Christ
Fred Gardner
Middleport Church of Christ
Guibert Courtney
Trimble
Denver
Colo
Colorado
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Ohio River
C. E. Peoples
Havana
Covadonga
Spain
Baptist Conference
McArthur Tracts
Mickey Mouse
Albany Club
Musgrave
Indiana
Hauncey
Chauncey High School Group
Trimble Christ Church Officers
Nature
Bruck
Pico Wholesale Company
Glouster
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