Meigs County Unemployment Claims Top 380
More than 80 Meigs County residents filed unemployment compensation claims at the Court house office on Thursday. Applicants must register for work before claiming, and refusal of suitable work makes them ineligible. WPA workers are ineligible. The office, run by P A Theisen and staff, operates Thursdays and Fridays on the courthouse top floor.
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Messenger
Athens
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Meigs
Unemployment Compensation Commission
P. A. Theisen
WPA
Guinther Released From Pomeroy Jail After Fine
Eddie Guinther, WPA worker, arrested for driving intoxicated, fined 50 dollars and costs with a 30 day suspended sentence by Judge C E Peoples, released Thursday after agreeing to pay in installments. Not the Eddie Guinther of Pomeroy High athletics turned pro baseball. Clayton Allen also arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. Mr and Mrs George Griffin near the Athens County line taken into custody for investigation.
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Pomeroy
Eddie Guinther
C. E. Peoples
Guinther
WPA
Pomeroy High
Clayton Allen
Hank Young
George Griffin
Athens County
Tuppers Plains
Young
Simpson Methodist Church Plans Sunday Services
Rev Warren H Bright will preach Sunday morning on A Preaching Church and at 7 PM on The Sons of Adam the second in the Bible Men in the modern day series. Emil Ball oversees Sunday School at 9 15. J O F Class meets Monday and Lend a Hand Tuesday. Choir practices 6 30 PM Wednesday and 7 30 PM senior choir. Epworth League meets Tuesday 7 PM.
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Epsworth League
Kanauga Social and Brief Personal Notes
Kanauga social notes list visits and holiday gatherings among local families and relatives. Residents mentioned include F F Thornton and Sue of St Albans. Peter Stace in Middlport. Ralph Walker and Rupert Leedy in Jackson. Pearl Johnson of Charleston. John Eckard and Albert Paulins. Austin Rhodes and Mary Louise Delaney. W F Deem recovering from illness. A dated oddity notes December 22 and the South Pole proximity to the sun.
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John Flynn
John Eckard
Columbus
Pt. Pleasant
Paulins
Ryger
Albert Paulins
Austin Rhodes
Marietta
George Rhodes
Arch Delaney
Mary Louise
W. F. Deem
Local Residents Reporting Illness and Injury
Healy of Middleport is seriously ill at home on S Second Ave. Harley Sanborn of B H Sanborn Co remains in critical condition at Palmer Street home. Lester Boice, father of Dr Raymond and Dr Robert Boice, is improving after breaking a hip from a fall at Hobson.
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Middleport
Ed Healy
S. Second Ave
Harley Sanborn
B. H. Sanborn Co
Palmer St
Lester Boice
Raymond
Robert Roland Boice
Hobson
Fire Company Appoints Committees and Officers at Meeting
Fire Company honors new president Steve McElhinney who named two committees James Lewis chairs the flower committee and George Hoeflick N. T. Wayland Leo Searles head the entertainment committee. Officers elected include Tom Mills as fire chief and Steve McElhinney as president.
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Middleport
Steve McElhinney
James Lewis
George Hoeflick
N. T. Wayland
Leo Searles
Tom Mills
David Jenkins
Ray McCallum
Ed Dempskey
Robert McElhinney
Guy Carson
John Vroman
Paul Swisher
Mac McKinley
Jacob Turner
Charles Wise, Jr
William Robson
Arthur Lewis
Fred Lemley
Tad Bolin
Dwight Frost
Sidney Russell
Bradford Hudson
B. F. Parmelee
Frank Simms
Charles Rayburn
Henry Hennesy
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Events
Mrs Richard Hayman of Chicago was honored at a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Coats at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home. Guests included Dr and Mrs George Schaaf and R E McKay among others. The Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan game drew M H S Coach Marshall McCuen Frank White and William Anderson. A Chiquitti Club slumber party featured Miss Betty Hoeflick host Dorothy Dillard and Jean Hines won a prize. John Zerkle and family moved to a new apartment. Atlantic and Pacific staff met in Gallipolis. The towboat Monongahela with 17 barges passed Middleport downstream toward Cincinnati.
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Chicago
Richard Hayman
Roy Lansbury
Mill Sr
Robert Coats
Rawlings-Coats
Hayman
George Schaaf
R. E. McKay
Clarence Root
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan
Athens
M.H.S
Marshall McCuen
Frank White
William Anderson
Chiquitti Club
Betty Hoeflick
Dorothy Dillard
Jean Hines
Pomeroy
Lenore Bingham
Dorothy Durst
Hortense Dillard
Dorothy Winebrenner
Jane Ann Fick
Anna Lou Abrey
Rosalie Rice
Zerkles
John Zerkle
Ralph Radcliffe
Besserer
Second Ave
Calvin Reichmans
B. F. Parmelee
Edward Tewksbury
Atlantic and Pacific
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
Vendol Promises Relief From Widespread Aches
The Vendol Man in Athens Pharmacy shares patient Mrs. Doris Homer of Columbus Ohio reporting relief from years of body pains after using Vendol. She notes initial constipation relief and kidney diuretic effect leading to freedom from pains and renewed ability to work. Samples are free and no charge to learn more at Athens Pharmacy. Vendol is sold in Nelsonville and by leading druggists nationwide.
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Athens
Doris Homer
Pontiac St
Columbus
Ohio
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Magnolia Temple Club
Mrs. George Joa chim and Mrs. Mary Renshaw hosted Past Chiefs of Magnolia Temple on East Main Street. Lena Grueser led the business session. awards went to Delbert Eiselstein Beards Lanning and Luella Durst. Delbert Eiselstein and Joe Beegle joined the organization. Refreshments served to a long list of members and guests. next meeting planned with Lizzie Young and Norma Parker.
Meigs County Clerk of Courts Reports 1938 Income
Meigs County Clerk Herman Beards reports 1938 income of 5249.17 with 3757.35 from automobile title certificates 1287.11 from court costs and 204.71 from other fees. Five thousand two hundred forty two certificates of title issued. December totals 335 titles and 544.25 revenue with 239.35 kept by the county and 104.90 sent to the state.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clerk of Courts Office
Herman Beards
Union services feature Rev Frank Beuscher guest speaker
MIDDLEPORT Rev Frank Beuscher pastor of Bethany M. E. Church Pomeroy spoke at union services held at First Presbyterian Church last night. A large vested choir performed a special anthem and Mrs O H Stewart presided at the organ. Services conclude tonight with ministers sharing in the closing program. Large congregations attended these union meetings.
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Middleport
Frank Beuscher
Bethany M. EF
Pomeroy
First Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
O. H. Stewart
Damage Action Filed in Dixon Death Case
Jane Dixon administratrix of C. Victor Dixon sues Grant Gilkey and Morton Rice in common pleas court for thirty thousand dollars over a fatal auto wreck on State Route 684 near Harrisonville. Alleged excessive speed and centerline breach caused brain and internal injuries leading to death on October 14.
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Dixon
State examiner reviews Meigs County clerks records
The Ohio state examiner Leo E. Plymire from Sabina is currently inspecting the records of township clerks in Meigs County as part of a routine audit. He will review books and verify filings to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Leo E. Plymire
Sabina
Olive Orange Farm Women choose delegate for federation meeting
In Reedsville the Olive Orange Farm Women's Club met with Mrs. Harry Pickens and selected Mrs. Will Swain as delegate to the Ohio Federation of Farm Women's Clubs annual meeting in Columbus on January 31. The program topic was Friendship with papers by Mrs. Roy Hannum and remarks by Mrs. W. F. Hawley.
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Reedsville
Olive- Orange Farm Women's Club
Harry Pickens
Will Swain
Ohio Federation of Farm Women’s Clubs
Columbus
Roy Hannum
W. F. Hawley
Carl Buckley
Effie Warren
Robert McMaster Named Attendant at Ohio Hospital for Epileptics
Middleport announces Robert Mc Master of Glouster is appointed attendant at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis. He is a graduate of M H S and Ohio University and will begin duties immediately.
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Middleport
Robert McMaster
L. D. McMaster
Glouster
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
McMaster
M.H.S
Ohio University
Katzenbach Divorce Petition Cites Extreme Cruelty
Mrs Ethra Katzenbach filed a divorce petition in the clerk of courts from her husband John Katzenbach citing extreme cruelty. A prior petition filed by Mrs Katzenbach was dismissed before this action.
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Ethra Katzenbach
Clerk of Courts Office
John Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Sand Run Personal And Social Mention
Miss Doris Blake ill of tuberculosis at Mt. Vernon Sanatorium last summer is recovering. George Shultz principal of West Logan School has returned to Logan after vacation with his parents. Miss Marjorie Wolfe won two skating contests in Chesterhill Wednesday evening. Mrs. Daisy Wahl and daughter Mary of Gore visit her parents. Rev. Lloyd Evans will resume Monday evening church services Jan 9 after two week absence. Roy Beal, Zanesville teacher, visited his parents during Christmas vacation. Lorraine Nye of Columbus visited her grandparents last week.
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Doris Blake
Mt. Vernon
George Shultz
West Logan School
Logan
Charles Shultz
Marjorie Wolfe
Chesterhill
Daisy Wahl
Mary
Gore
Chester Bartow
Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Roy Beal
Zanesville
George Beal
Lorraine Nye
Columbus
Walter Guess
Special home account books offered in Meigs County
Geneva Humphreys Meigs County home demonstration agent offers special home account books at the extension office in Pomeroy. She hopes many Meigs County women will obtain and use them.
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Pomeroy
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Scout Leaders Course Starts in Athens
The Boy Scout Hock Hocking District will begin a 12 session trainer course on January 16 at 7 30 PM in Athens High School. Scout executive G E Ashwill hopes scoutmasters and assistants attend to improve instruction for their units with three Athens meetings and additional sessions planned for Nelsonville and Glouster.
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Boy Scout Hock
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