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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1934

Page

14

Remaking Meigs County Parks and Roads Prominent

Middleport undertakes Pythian Park to town park conversion with a new swimming pool and amusement facilities. Buffington Island Memorial State Park receives beautification work. Major CWA projects focus on highway improvements and new routes linking Meigs County. State highway plans include Route 7 upgrades and reconstruction of stretches from Portinga to Long Bottom and Eden to Hockingport.

Middleport Buffington Park Meigs County Pythian Park Meige County Buffington Island Memorial State Park CWA State Highway Department Romis Portiang Long Bottom Eden Hockingport Chester Tuppers Plains State Department

Government Activity Aids 1933 Record

Meigs County saw a building boom in late 1933 and early 1934 driven by government works including CCC camps highway projects and CWA programs rather than private investment. Local repairs modernization and moving a large warehouse on East Main Street reflect the era’s activity amid a slack private market.

Pomeroy Meigs County Ewing Hilock Second Street Mulberry Avenue Mechanic Street Red Anchor Department Ewing Grocery Main Street Remington Hotel Eimharet Tavern East Main Street Ebersbach Neutzling Liberty Meigene Rockother Fairgrounds Federal Civil Works Administration

Attic room upgrades and campus improvements in Pomeroy

A report notes attic space conversion to living areas in homes, plus riverbank parking lots and a cleared high school field. Government programs spur building activity in Pomeroy and Meigene, with new parking, insulation, and brick school additions improving infrastructure.

Lethc West Main Street Pomeroy Bend Pomeroy Ing Combaing

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Meigs Ohio River Road Puy Clarence Way General Plastering Contractor By Malcolm Hartley Messenger Grunow ABC Living Tone Radio Gruneow Hanna G. W. Hopkins Radio and Electric Shop W. State St
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