Leaders Elected To Meigs County Agriculture Board For 1937
Pomeroy Hurley M Nelson of Salem Township was elected president of the Meigs County Agricultural Conservation Association board. Dan C Hartinger Letart chosen vice president Leo R Story Bedford Township added to county committee H B Pickett Darwin secretary and Louis E Stevens Pomeroy treasurer. Stevens reports about half of 1936 program payments received with roughly 30 000 to be paid to Meigs farmers. The 1937 program adds changes favoring the region with emphasis on using American grown clover and alfalfa seed. George W Kreitler notes dangers of European seed and importance of seed adapted to Ohio conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hurley M. Nelson
Salem Township
Meigs County Agricultural Conservation Association
Dan C. Hartinger
Letart
Leo R. Story
Bedford Township
H. B. Pickett
Darwin
Louis E. Stevens
Meigs County
Nelson
Washington
Stevens
United States
George W. Kreitler
Mr. Nelson
Canada
Ohio
Dog Dan Struck by Car in Middleport. Hayes Seeks Recovery
Dan, the Beech Street dog owned by George L. Hayes, was hit by an automobile Friday and lies resting on a couch with a quilt. Hayes notes Dan has a long pedigree as a valuable night hunter and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dan
George L. Hayes
Beech Street
Baptist Church Plans Service In Pomeroy After Flood
Services of the Pom eroy Baptist Church will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralston Russell at 10 o clock Sunday morning Rev A R Stark announced After service the church will be put back in use The building was damaged in the flood The pipe organ Seymour damage costs about 1400 to repair The piano and pews were ruined Several local churches donated aid including St Paul Lutheran in Pomeroy which received 200 from Rev T J Schellhase in Youngstown Schellhase previously pastored the Pomeroy church during the 1913 flood and knew the 1937 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Ralston Russell
A. R. Stark
St. Paul
Far West Nuptials Linked Vesta Bowles John Clapham
Announcement from Modesto California notes the marriage of Miss Vesta Bowles to Mr. John R. Clapham. Bride is daughter of Cuvier Bowles of Newton Bowles lineage and relative to J. F. Bowles and Mrs. Halliday of Dexter. They plan to reside in Modesto. Eight official Hawaii flowers named plus a sea shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles
Modesto
San Joaquin Valley
San Jose
San Jose State College
Modesto High School
Modesto Junior College
Ray Clapham
Middleport Social Notes Update From Local Residents
Multiple Middleport residents are mentioned with illness recoveries and family events. Notables include Robert Carson recovering after surgery at Holzer Hospital, George Bauer and Jacqueline Grogan ill, Miss Mary Park in White Cross Hospital, and Harry Schoen’s severe illness in Charleston. The column also notes Flood relief absences, a new birth in Danville, and local visits by William Gosney and Harry Gosney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Martin Robert Carson
Guy Carson
Holzer Hospital
Carson
George Bauer
Gravel Hill
Mary Park
White Cross Hospital
William Cooper
Ohio State University
Columbus
H. E. Cooper
Pahokee
Fla
Jacqueline Grogan
Cecil Grogan
Louis Johnson
Fred Marshall
T. C. Grogan
Norfolk
West Columbia
Baldwin
George
William Swisher
Harry Craig
Locust and Beech Sts
Harold Brown
Helen Davis
Cleveland
John Kent
Mollie Williams
Charleston
Harry Schoen
Joe Taylor
Danville
William Gosney
Broadway
Marion Allen Rife
Marion
M. H
School Equipment Is Being Restored
A group under Mrs. Ray Sherman is painting and repairing equipment for the W P A Emergency School in Middleport New York which was in high water. New chairs are crafted from orange crates and the old chairs and small tables are being painted apple green. Cot frames have been scrubbed and coverings laundered. The school will resume once repairs finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray Sherman
W.P.A
Club Meeting Notice For Grace Church Event
Mrs. Manning aided by Mrs. Robert McKay will host the Young Churchwoman's Club at Grace Episcopal Church Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Manning Webster
Robert McKay
Young Churchwoman's Club
Grace Episcopal Church
Cat Sails for 12 Years Aboard Esperance Bay
Tiger Tim the liner Esperance Bay mascot has traveled for twelve years with owner G. B. Gatty, the second steward. He has set foot on land only once in all that time aboard the vessel in Sydney North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
U.R
Tiger Tim
Esperance Bay
G. 8. Gatty
Panthers Win From Wellston High School
Pomeroy Panthers defeated Wellston 25 to 17 after a slow start. The game at Pomeroy Junior High faced a rough floor damaged by the flood, affecting footing. Pom eroy Reserves beat Wellston Reserves 12 to 8 in the preliminary. Referee was Wise of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panthers
Wellston High School
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Wellston
Pomeroy Junior High School
Pomeroy Reserves
Wellston Reserves
Wise
Athens
Simpson v Weed heirs mortgage release ordered
In Meigs Court the case of James Elmer Simpson vs Co H Weed I B Weed and Helen G Hinkle heirs of A D Weed deceased ends with a court order that a mortgage release be provided by the defendants. The chart shows a transfer of 1500 dollars from the road fund to Salisbury’s general fund and a divorce suit filed by Edna A Jacobs against William Homer Jacobs. Edna cites neglect and failure to provide. they wed January 18 1916 and have eight children, seven living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Homer Jacobs
Mrs Martha Roseberry Dies
Mrs Martha Roseberry dies at her Bellaire home and will be brought to Park Street residence of her daughter Mrs Thurman Saxon for funeral services. Sister Mrs William Fowler, who aided in care, has returned here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Martha Roseberry
Bellaire
Thurman Saxon
Park St
William Fowler
Roseberry
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and News
Pomeroy social notes list numerous weekend visits and homecomings from Parkersburg Columbus Huntington and Gallipolis. Several residents are noted ill or traveling including Miss Lillian Gloeckner and Mrs. H. L. Streich. The Daughters of Union Veterans met at IOOF Hall with a George Washington program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Union Veterans
IOOF
George Washington
Elfie M. Tracy
Elsie Hart
Caddie Wickham
Mable Wolf
WPA trains housekeepers in Sandusky Ohio
Seven Sandusky women completed four weeks of intensive training under a WPA project. They learned food buying, menu planning, cooking, budgeting, and child care to work as visiting housekeepers in local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Sandusky
U.P
Sundials Run True Only Four Days Each Year
A note explains that sundials show the correct clock time only on four dates: April 15, June 14, September 1, and December 24. The rest of the year they drift by a full day or more, depending on the sun and equation of time.
Binas Violet Dies Sunday in Marion Ohio
Mrs. R F Perry and Mrs Dale Hart of Athens received word that Binas Violet of Marion Ohio died shortly after midnight Saturday of diphtheria. He was a World War veteran in Co K 4th Engineers 3rd Division and lived much of his life near Flora Meigs County before moving to Marion. A brother Herbert lived in El Paso Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
R. F. Perry
Athens
R. D
Dale Hart
Binas Violet
Marion
Forest Glen Cemetery
Gerald
T. J. Violet
Meigs County
Co. K
4Th Engineers
Ohio
Marion Steam Shovel Company
Herbert
el Paso
Texas
Frances Wilson Weds William Ellis in Peach Creek
Miss Frances Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs D A Wilson of Peach Creek West Virginia married William Ellis in a ceremony at her parents home The couple will reside in Peach Creek Familiar relatives in Middleport announced the marriage and noted the bride has often visited the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frank Knopp
J. K. Smith
Frances Wilson
D. A. Wilson
Peach Creek
W. Va
William Ellis
Owens Rites Set for Emma Owens in Middleport
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Owens takes placeThursday afternoon at 2 at the Presbyterian Church Middleport with burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery services officiated locally by church leaders family members attending report notes local observances expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Emma Owens
Presbyterian Church
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Wed in Pomeroy Pomeroy Vaughan Rose and Macil Simpson marry
Vaughan Rose 18 of Kaylong West Virginia and Macil Simpson 21 of Pomeroy secured a marriage license in probate court and were united in marriage by Justice of Peace J W Mc Cullough.
Long Bottom Olive Orange Grange meets Friday for degree work
The Long Bottom Olive Orange Grange will gather Friday night February 26 to perform the third and fourth degree. A potluck supper will be served during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Olive Orange Grange
Post Office Safe Is Locked After Flood in Middleport
Mud in the mechanism left the Middleport Post Office safe nine feet underwater and now it cannot be opened. A shortage of money order blanks stamps and other supplies resulted. The report was sent to the Fourth Postmaster General in Washington and officials await instructions to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Washington
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Athens Messenger
Meigs
Baptist Church
Far West
Honolulu
Hawaii
Territory
Middleport Social Notes
Virginia Joan Wise
Lera Roush
Locust St
Eleanor
C. E. Smith
Harrie Marie
Huntington
William Russell
Poplar Ridge
Harry Gosney
Lonnie Hughes
Leonard Meat Market
H. H. Neimeyer
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Carl Francis
Zanesville
J. A. Gilliland
Vine St
Bess
Norma Sullivan
Pomeroy Fick
F. Mees
F. Brickles
C. Crow
Sc. Murray
Ketter
G. Shumaker
Strickland
Wellston Hodge
F. Rhodes
F. Kisor
Staten
C. G. Bates
Stephenson
Meigs Court
Pomeroy Social Notes
Dorothy Long
Ruth Gloeckner
Parkersburg
Emil Ball
Elias Ball
Dana Swartz
Charles Betzing
Alfred
W. Beales
Union Ave
Dick Brown
E. W. Schreiber
Bessie Bentz
Lincoln Hill
Bertha Conde
Mulberry Ave
Ben Franklin
Harriet Ohlinger
Harry Ohlinger
Harry Godfried
William Scholl
Heights
Waltho Allen
Allen
Harriet Russell
W. Main St
Victor Eiselstein
Agnes Reed
Theodore Reed
C. E. W. Downie
M. M. Downie
Bill
Harold Brabbin
Mary Pooler
Downie
Marietta
Odetta Pierotti
Licia
Amelia Tei
Ida
Vera
Palmie
Minnie Neutzling
Anne St
Edward Demoskey
DeMaskey
Bentz Wolf
T. E. Maness
Ruth
Russell Tride
George Holmes
Barbara
Worthington
Ed Smith
Wehe Terrace
Alma Adams
Thomas Thompson
Adams
Lena Hoeflich
Willis Hill
Stanley Bobo
Pleasant
Bobo
Dana Davis
Gallipolis
Elmer Wickham
Helen Lochary
Charles Gilkey
Pat Thornton
Judd Beards
Joe Windon
Flatwoods
Window
Garland McClellen
Lafe Williamson
H. L. Streich
Elizabeth Schaefer
Mary
Minersville
St. Louis
DAV
Owens
Grange
Turkey
Greece
Wsterfield
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