Officials Move To Adjust County Funds
Meigs County employees who have worked without pay since January will receive wages soon as officials pursue final budget figures. County commissioners Riggs and Bingham labored into Wednesday night aiming to reduce general fund expenditures to the budget commission target. The budget office raised its estimate from sixty five thousand to seventy five thousand, yet further cuts to operating costs remain. Salaries and bills have been withheld pending final adjustments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Budget Commission
Herb Riggs
A. B. Bingham
New Auto Licenses Go on Sale Friday
New automobile license tags go on sale Friday at the offices of deputy registrars in Pomeroy and Middleport. Cars on 1939 plates must be off the road by March 31. New plates may be purchased March 1 but cannot be used until March 10.
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Pomeroy
Cora B. Roberts
Charles Wise, Jr
Middleport
Backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble
Warning signs include persistent backache leg pains swelling under the eyes headaches and fatigue. If kidneys fail to filter wastes blood concentrates toxins and may cause rheumatic pains or urinary changes. Seek relief with Doan's Pills used by millions for over forty years.
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Nature
Dean
Doan
Dinner honors Troop 1 Girl Scouts hosted by Daughters of Union Veterans
Mrs. Pearl Reynolds entertained Jane Howell Tent No. 95 Daughters of Union Veterans to a scout dinner for Troop 1 Girl Scouts. Guests enjoyed a patriotic blue red white table theme and a full scout menu including fruit cup macaronian gratin creamed peas and rye bread. Awards were given to several attendees and installation services held for Mrs. Fred Langlotz.
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Middleport
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
Troop 1
Girl Scouts
Pearl Reynolds
Fred Langlotz
Clara Zier
Effie Tracy
Tom Goeglein
Elsie Hart
Anna Waterman
Miller
Bertha Miller
Zana Wheeler
Local Clubs Hold Meetings and Socials Across Town
The Literary Club met at Mrs. Miller's home with papers on American Glass and Preservation of American Forests. Girl Scouts counted stamps and planned a bake sale at Chambers Grocery. The Wednesday Contract Club and Chiquitti Club hosted gatherings on S Second Ave. Middleport residents Mrs. Downing and Mrs. Knopp toured Mexico City and Charleston visits conclude with family greetings.
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Girl Scouts
Pearl Reynolds
Ruth Pickens
Chambers Grocery
E. R. Tompkins
S. Second Ave
H. L. Ward
W. G. Davis
Meigs Grange Meets Friday in Chester High School
The Meigs County Pomona Grange and Chester Grange will meet Friday evening March 1 at the Chester High School Auditorium. A program is planned and the Degree of Pomona will be conferred only in part with candidates obligated in the Fifth Degree. Chester Grange handles refreshments.
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Carpenter
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Chester Grange
Chester High School
Lyons Burial Will Be in Mausoleum
Funeral services for the late Mrs. L. L. Lyons were held at the First Baptist Church with Rev. F C Kreager and Rev. L. O. Grant officiating. Pallbearers included R. C. Meadows William Wolfe Jr Milton Hamilton Holly Martin Will Haptonstall and Paul Smart. The body rests at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home awaiting placement in the mausoleum near the Lyons home where John Lyons owns the rock blasted tomb. Also interred in the mausoleum are the late Mr Lyons, their son Jack Lyons and Horace Lyons John Lyons’ brother.
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Middleport
L. L. Lyons
R. C. Meadows
Columbus
F Cc. Kreager
Akron
Kreager
First Baptist Church
L. O. Grant
William Wolfe, Jr
Milton Hamilton
Holly Martin
Will Haptonstall
Paul Smart
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
John Lyons
Lyons
Jack Lyons
Horace Lyons
Test Borings Begun On Sugar Run Sewer
Test borings along Butternut Ave for the Sugar Run sewer began Tuesday. So far no solid rock to a depth of 25 feet. L G Merrill, engineer in charge, said the first sewer section and WPA project schedules should be ready in about two weeks.
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Pomeroy
Butternut Ave
Sugar Run
L. G. Merrill
The Great Victor Herbert on Athena Screen
The Athena Theater presents The Great Victor Herbert a film built around Herbert's Broadway influence and his friendship with a rising era star Mary Martin Allan Jones and Walter Connolly lead a strong cast with Lee Bowman Judith Barrett and Susanna Foster in supporting roles Herbert's enduring tunes are showcased with freshness in this celebrated portrait of the composer.
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Victor Herbert
America
Paramount
Athena Theater
Herbert
Andrew Stone
Mary Martin
Daddy
Allan Ornes
Walter Connolly
Lee Bowman
Miss Martin
Judith Barrett
Susanna Foster
Annual Safari Program Held by Methodist Women at MIddleport Church
The third annual safari of Methodist women, part of the Million Unit Fellowship Movement, was held at the Middleport church. The program featured organ music by Mrs. C M Hennesy, vocal solo by Mrs. Hattie Smith, and a review of Georgia Harkness by Mrs. Orin Smith. Delegates were elected to the Jackson meeting to form a Women’s Division of Christian Service. The event included prayers, litanies, and a ten hour gathering in the Sunday School room.
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Middleport
Methodist Church
C. M. Hennesy
My Redeemer
Lord
Buck
Hattie Smith
H. A. Rothrock
Orin Smith
Georgia Harkness
Dc. M. Hennesy
Rothrock
Robert Harris
Jackson
Christian Service
John Kincaid
L. W. McComas
K. A. Emmish
I Dream of
Jeanie
Florian
Mary Adeline Smith
Dorothy Mankin
Catherine Hennesy
Janet Dillard
Jeanne Ebersbach
Frances Pullin
P. Klein
Gordon Harris
Flatwoods Gains Electricity Link From Five Points
Flatwoods residents will soon enjoy home electric service as power lines from Five Points extend to the old Canada Church. Work is nearly complete and most of the 15 homes to use the new lines are wired. The community has long sought electric service.
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Pomeroy
Flatwoods
Five Points
Old Canada Church
Rev Danford to Speak at Simpson Brotherhood Dinner
POMEROY The Rev John Danford pastor of First Methodist Athens will speak at the Simpson Brotherhood dinner Monday evening March 4 This regular monthly meeting features special musical numbers group singing and recreation afterwards John Lambert president invites men to attend.
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Pomeroy
John Danford
First Methodist Church
Athens
Simpson Brotherhood
Danford
Brotherhood
John Lambert
Lambert
Licensed To Wed POMEROY
Two marriage licenses issued in probate court name William Cundiff 21 of Mason West Virginia and Margaret Gloeckner 16 of Pomeroy. Also John King 28 of Graham Station West Virginia and Mary Lewis 21 of Fairview Ohio.
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Pomeroy
William Cundiff
Mason
W. Va
Margaret Gloeckner
John King
Graham Station
Mary Lewis
Fairview
Towboat Traffic Is Heavy on Ohio River
Towboats moved freely on the Ohio River with steamers visible from Main Street as ice cleared. Rivermen report rising river tonnage yearly, driven by shipments of gasoline and oil, sand and gravel, coal and steel products carried by barges pushed by towboats rather than by packet boats.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Extension Granted for Meigs Taxes
Meigs County tax collections near 10000 dollars as of Wednesday with a 10 day extension extending real estate payment to March 10. Personal property tax books will close April 1. Treasurer Lee Archer announced the extension after the original deadline.
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Pomeroy
Lee Archer
Archer
Whittington Baby Fed With Medicine Dropper
The premature son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Whittington Bradbury weighs under three pounds at birth and is progressing well in a homemade incubator with feeds given by a medicine dropper.
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Middleport
Clifford Whittington
Bradbury
Pomeroy Personalities Honor Ray Harper on Birthday
Mrs. Ray Harper hosted a surprise party Monday evening for her husband’s twenty ninth birthday. Attendees included their daughter Janet Wayne Taylor Harriet Thompson Ray Keeton and son Albert Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler and daughter Mary Mr and Mrs Carmel Delong Bea Harper and others. Refreshments followed a social evening and gifts were exchanged. Mrs William Morgan is reported improving after an operation at St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Mrs Giles Bailey and daughter from Sarasota Florida visit her parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Ebersbach.
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Ray Harper
Janet
Wayne Taylor
Harriet Thompson
Ray Keeton
Albert
Elizabeth Wheeler
Mary
Carmel Delong
Bea Harper
Harper
William Morgan
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Giles Bailey
Sarasota, Fla
Death of Alfred Lippi in Middleport at 68
Alfred Lippi died after a weeks long heart ailment at Holzer Hospital. He had run a Middleport fruit business for nearly 30 years and is survived by his wife, three daughters, and two granddaughters. Born in Bagni Di Lucca Italy, he married Freda Scharf in Halle Germany and later moved to Cleveland then Gallipolis before forming Fontana Fruit Co and a Middleport fruit store partnership.
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Middleport
Alfred Lippi
Holzer Hospital
Lippi
Santi Barsotti
Parkersburg
Oscar Schall
Pomeroy
Norma Lippi
Norma Jean
Rita Ann Schall
Fontana Fruit Co
Maurice Barsotti
Second and
Cole Sts
New Automobile Tags On Sale March 1
Mrs. Charles Wise Jr deputy registrar will sell motor vehicle licenses from her home office at S Second Ave Middleport assisted by Mr Wise. Licenses go on sale Friday March 1 and run through March 31 the last day still pending. Special initial license blanks must be sent to Columbus by March 1. This year plates are dark blue with white figures.
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Middleport
Charles Wise, Jr
S. Second Ave
Columbus
Burchett Divorce Case Settled Over Perry County Farmlands
Bell Burchett and Albert Burchett resolved their divorce by agreement regarding partition of farm lands in Perry County. In Visalia California, John Terry, Tulare County traffic school instructor, graduated one pupil after the second lesson. the pupil was a 57 year old gray haired woman.
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Gallipolis
Belle Burchett
Albert Burchett
Perry
Visalia
Cal
John Terry
Tulare County
Dodge Engineering Means Longer Car Life and Fewer Repair Bills
An automotive pitch highlights Dodge engineering as delivering longer life and lower upkeep over 1940 models. It notes 4 061 engineers bought Dodge this past year and urges buyers to inspect the 1940 Dodge for luxury, new ideas, and gas oil savings. Figures cover October 1938 to September 1939. latent data.
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DODGE
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Mrs. McNamee
Charles McNamee
Melvin Paulin
Nease Settlement
Maw
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H&avien Swisher
Dolter Hospital
Harlow Swisher
Harry Russell
Walter B. Harris
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Charles Dawson
Allis
Sally Sauer
Charles Sauer
Brownell
Ave
Sally
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O. B. Stout
Miss Sanborn
Plan Bake Sale
Miss Dillard
Hortense Dillard
Chiquitti Club
First Presbyterian Church
Cora McBride
Carl Owens
John Dillard
J. B. Downing
R. C. Singleton
Charleston
Mexico
Mexico City
Downing
Frank Lewis Knopp
Frank Knopp
Seventh Ave
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
D.s.farmer, Mgr
Meigs Grange
Athena
Wain
Ella
Colonic
Berry Hotel
Wed
Ohio River
Whittington
Pomeroy Personals
New
Rathburn's Dept. Store
Rutland, Ohio
C. O. Mannes, Jr
Seattle
C. O. Manneas, Jr
C. A. Daugherty
North Court Street
Athens, Ohio
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Nelsonville, Ohio
Big Selection
F. Ing
Cinan
Wwev
Coats
New Shipment Women's
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