Pomeroy Council Mulls Water Plant Purchase and Appointments
Pomeroy councilmen opened the year with talks on traffic regulation street repairs and acquiring the Meigs Water Plant. A special meeting will invite Cemetery Trustees and the Board of Education. Negotiations with Meigs Water Co. owner John Downing may start. A drive for an auxiliary fire truck was approved. Mayors announced several appointments including police chief Dana Tracy and ward marshals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Board of Education
James Fugate
John B. Downing
Meigs Water Co
L. A. Person
R. W. Finsterwald
T. A. Downie
E. F. Robinson
M. D. Hartley
Downing
Charles Werry
Second Ward Fire Company
Dana L. Tracy
Walter Wolfe
John Young
John Terrill
Herman Neimeyer
Ralston Russell
Harry E. Feiger
Herb Giles
Henry S. Young
Ted Mankin
E. P. Duerr
Racine Couple Wed at Pomeroy Federated Church Parsonage
Announcement lists the marriage of Miss Julia Faye Bell Racine to Mr. Martin C Gandee Bowling Green son of Mr and Mrs Joe Gandee. The ceremony Tuesday December 28 at the Federated Church Parsonage in Pomeroy with Rev Ralph Kuether officiating. Both graduates of Racine High School class of 1934. Gandee attends Bowling Green College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Julia Faye Bell
Martin C. Gandee
Bowling Green
Joe Gandee
Pomeroy
Federated Church Parsonage
Ralph Kuether
Gandee
Bowling Green College
Mayor appoints council committees in new heads
Mayor Hartley announced the council committee assignments with L A Person as Street chair. James Fugate and E F Robinson as others. Ordinance committee to Fugate with R W Finsterwald and E P Duerr. Fire committee chaired by Finsterwald with Fugate and Downie. Light by Robinson with Person and Duerr. Finance chaired by Duerr with Downie and Finsterwald. Water chaired by Downie with Robinson and Person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley
L. A
Spencer Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Christmas
Chester couple Mr and Mrs David Spencer observed their golden wedding on Christmas Day at the home of their daughter Mrs E W Holter in Eagle Ridge. About sixty relatives attended including Nora Holter Hattie Frederick Henry Spencer Cora Singer Jessie Orr Verba McDole Marguerite Rasp Elsie Stahl and Harry Spencer with the four children of a deceased daughter. A noon dinner followed by social hours and small gifts marked the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
David Spencer
E. W. Holter
Eagle Ridge
Spencer
Nora Holter
Hattie Frederick
Henry Spencer
Cora Singer
Jessie Orr
Meigs County
Verba McDole
Toledo
Marguerite Rasp
Woodville
Elsie Stahl
Helena
Harry Spencer
Wise Is Named Chief of Police By New Mayor
Middleport’s new mayor William Robson presided at the 1938 council meeting. David Miller became council president, with Homer Russell Milton Hamilton and Ralph Davis named to the body. Wise resigned as town marshal and was appointed chief of police with James Lewis as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Middleport
William Robson
Robson
J. E. Harley
David Miller
Homer Russell
Milton Hamilton
Ralph Davis
Harry Cross
Guy Carson
Cecil Bradbury
Frank H. Johnston
Charles Walburn
H. M. Cross
Wheelers Run
Mill St
Arthur Lewis
CCC
Camp Meigs
Charles Wise, Jr
James Lewis
Tom Mills
Pomona Grange to Meet Friday at Chester
The Pomona Grange meeting will be held Friday evening at Chester under the Chester Grange. Waneta Radekin will be in charge of the program. The Pomona is the county Grange organization and more than 100 people are expected. Fourth degree members may take the fifth degree at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Pomona Grange
Chester Grange
Waneta Radekin
Pomona
Hemlock Grove
Racine
Rock Springs
Town appoints committees and tightens municipal operations
Fire chief O H Stewart and solicitor Ray McCallum are named in a six year tenure with cemetery trustee R A Miller. Committee appointments cover finance street ordinance fire cemetery safety sewer water and light relief and more. Bills paid when funds allow and indigent burials priced. town records moved to Town Hall. new mayor vows businesslike reform and daily mileage reports. town fleet to return to mayor each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Stewart
Ray McCallum
R. A. Miller
Miller
Russell
Hamilton
Carson
Cross
Davis
Middleport Social Notes Recap of Society Events
The Woman's Missionary Society of Heath M E Church met after Union services at the Church of Christ with Mrs E R Tompkins hosting. Plans were set for a bake sale and quilt fair in March. Members welcomed Mrs Mary Cook back from Chicago. New Year festivities were hosted by the Vroman and Tompkins families with cards and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Missionary Society of the Heath
M. E. Church
E. R. Tompkins
Church of Christ
Nan Moore
Mary Cook
Chicago
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Guests
Long list of visitors and hosts across Pomeroy and nearby towns. Families and friends from Dar win, Toledo, Racine, Columbus, Akron, Joplin, Leamington, Xenia, Zanesville, Gallipolis, Rutland, and other places are noted for weekend stays, dinners, and plantings, plus a sudden death in the Turbin family.
Birthday party for Edgar Bryant in Lincoln Hill home
Mrs. Eugene Bryant hosted New Year’s Night festivities at her Lincoln Hill home to celebrate her son Edgar’s thirteenth birthday. The rooms wore seasonal colors and guests brought gifts while refreshments complemented the holiday mood. A funeral had been held earlier that afternoon at Tuppers Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Dunn
Millersburg
J. W. Dunn
New Lexington
Leo Byrne
Cincinnati
Charles Mullen
Mulberry Ave
Anna Vaughan
Lincoln Hill
Xenia
John Baily, Jr
John Baily
Forest Run
Holzer Hospital
Minnie Davis
Sarah Phillips
Thena Brunker
Otho Curtis
Tipton
Emma Epple
Brick Sr
Fred Eiselstein
Columbus
A. K. Oliver
Paul Oliver
Willard Meier
Gordon
W. Va
Pomeroy
Maxine Ebersbach
Beth Arnold
Gallipolis
Adam Ebersbach
Frankie Wilson
Middleport
Eugene Bryant
Edgar
Reverend Kreager Opens Town Union Prayer Services
The first union prayer service at the Church of Christ featured Rev. F. C. Kreager of the First Baptist Church delivering the sermonette with Mrs. Edward French of the Church of Christ offering a short talk. Ministers from town participated and Willis Aleshire with Mrs. C. M. Hennesy sang. the choir included members from all churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
F. C. Kreager
First Baptist Church
Edward French
Willis Aleshire
C. M. Hennesy
Methodist Church
Faith
Miss Amy Lee to Play Womans Music Club Concert
January 10 program features pianist Amy Lee for The Bend concert open to local music lovers. A silver offering will defray expenses. Miss Lee, daughter of Mrs Bertha Mees Lee and the late Albert Lee, studied in Cincinnati and New York, with Town Hall NYC as a notable past venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Lee
Woman’s Music Club
The
Bend
Miss Lee
Bertha Mees Lee
Albert Lee
Pomeroy
Alfred Genheimer
Conservatory
Cincinnati
New York City
Town Hall
Music Club
Newborn in 1938 Wins Prizes From Middleport Merchants
Janice Lource Lewis born New Year's Day 1938 will receive nine prizes from Middleport merchants including baby outfits furniture appliances jewelry and food. Mr Lewis works on the Mill St sewer project for the WPA. Robert Kleinsmith NYA supervisor spoke to the Middleport Garden Club on roadside planting and highway beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Lource Lewis
Wesley Lewis
Rutland Sr
Middleport
Lewises
Lewis
Mill St
Robert Kleinsmith
Meigs
Gallia
Middleport Garden Club
C M. Hennesy
Kleinsmith
Garden Club
Robert Hargis
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Pomeroy and
John Downing
Miss Bell
Spencers
Tar Yeasem
Coats
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Middleport Social Notes
Vromans
Frank Vroman
Walter Harris
W. H. Juhling
Helen Beeson
J. B. Hodge
Vroman
Walnut St
Mabel Race
E. E. Stansbury
Myrta Musser
Stansbury
Musser
Miss Race
James Stansbury
Athens
Earl Brown
Athens Road
Harrie Marie Smith
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Pomeroy Social Notes
Jewell Curtis
Minnie Neutzling
Anne St
Edison Hart
Darwin
Luella Durst
Magnolia Temple
Pythian
John McIntosh
George McIntosh
Emma Jiiden
John Clark
Downington
Philip Meier
Henry Rasp
Pleasant Ridge
A. H. Kuhns
Betty Little
A. N. Schaefer
George Hartenbach
Akron
Minersville
Charles Heilwick
Edward Deifenbach
Guy Mutchler
Rutland
Emma Turbin
Herman Warner
Joshua Turbin
Tuppers Plains
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Jay L. Benedict
Maye
C. Mora
Kreager
Beau Brummel
Gallaher’s
S. Court St
NYA
Spears
Lincen
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