Meigs County Relief Office directors retained for 1941
Meigs County commissioners decide to keep the 1940 relief office setup with two paid directors Willard Ashworth and Glenn Simpson at 125 dollars monthly and a non salaried director Dor Schaefer. They also extend sponsorship of WPA sewing centers and the school lunch program as relief fund expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Relief Office
Willard Ashworth
Glenn Simpson
Dor Schaefer
WPA
County General Fund
Death of Mrs Bessie Cooley Bartlette in Huntington WV
Notices report the death of Mrs. Bessie Cooley Bartlette at her Huntington home with funeral services held there. A Wednesday prayer meeting at the Methodist Church led by Rev E B Dean will precede a camp meeting board session. The column lists numerous holiday visits and guests among local residents and distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Bessie Cooley Bartlette
Huntington
W. Va
Methodist Church
E. B. Dean
Camp Meeting Board
al Bridges
Ixie Bridges
Mansfield
Sophronia Campbell
G. T. Arnett
Belpre
Mary Minear
Virginia Minear
Paul Hatch
Agatha Brill
Stewart
Leslie Johnson
Columbus
S. S. Tilton
John Victor
Akron
Frank B. Tidd
Annie Walden
Virginia Knight
South
New Orleans
Texas
W. F. Chapman
Grace Boetz
Chappy
Dan Ross
Faye Chapman
California
Laura Goodwin
Bridgeport
John Sheets
Emma von Scheele
Betty von Scheele
Jacksonville
Ola Murphy
Lena Sussell
Alice Robbins
Ida Campbell
Athens
Helen Travis
Winifred Travis
Ernest Travis
Verlyn Travis
Washington, D. C
Musk Shrew Size Stuns Compare to Elephant Toenail
A science note reports the African musk shrew as exceedingly small, described as smaller than an elephant's toenail. The observation highlights the species' tiny stature and contrasts with its larger mammal relatives.
Epidemic of Cold Symptoms Reported With Remedies
An advertisement notes 666 liquid or 666 tablets with 666 salve or 666 nose drops relieve cold symptoms on the first day. The claim is presented as a general relief guide in the ad copy.
Middleport Woman's Music Club Plans 1941 Officers
After a rehearsal the club held a short business meeting naming a nominating committee and reading prospective new members. Next Tuesday evening the semi annual meeting will elect 1941 officers and a guest program on January 28 features violinist David Flannagan with Ohio University musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Helen Sauer
D. S. Farmer
Vivienne Middleton
Vesta McCoy
David Flannagan
Ohio University
Flannagan
Syracuse
Music Club
Newman Powell
Louise Rose
University
Wooster Students Return After Freshman and Sophomore Year
Wooster College welcomes back Misses Margaret and Dorothy Stewart, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H. Stewart. Margaret is recently initiated into Pi Kappa Sorority, nicknamed Peanuts, as she returns to campus with her sister after the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Wooster College
Margaret
Dorothy Stewart
H. Stewart
Margaret Stewart
Pi Kappa Sorority
Postponed Mother's Club Meeting Rescheduled
The Mother's Club meeting, delayed from this Thursday, will now be held Thursday of next week. President Mrs. L. W. McComas announced the change. Hostesses will be Mrs. Wayne Swisher with assistant Mrs. Francis Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother's Club
L. W. McComas
Wayne Swisher
Francis Anderson
Meigs veterans host chicken supper after meetings
Meigs Chapter Disabled American Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary held a chicken supper after their regular meetings. Long tables festooned with red white and blue streamers flags and tapes provided a patriotic dining room. Kitchen committee members included Esther Wolfe Edith Spencer Faye Thomas and Susan Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
Ladies Auxiliary
Esther Wolfe
Edith Spencer
Faye Thomas
Susan Wolfe
Community notes on visits illnesses and personnel changes
Local residents report influenza confinements for C A Emmish and Mrs Richards. Guests visit from Detroit and Columbus besides Florida trips by Mrs Homer Grant and daughter Christine. Attends funeral and illness updates include Rev L R Wilson and B E Talbott. Emmett Blackburn joins New York Central shops after 14 years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Emmish
Sara Jones
R. J. Jones
Harry Nelson
Elizabeth Jones
Detroit
T. H. Davis
N. Third Ave
Ted Richards
White Cross Hospital
Richards
Faye Root
Homer Grant
Christine Grant
Florida
Miss Grant
Columbus
Katharine Grant
South
L. R. Wilson
Greenfield
Wilson
Lawrence Bing
S. Second Ave
B. E. Talbott
Robert Tasker
Jeanie
William Bradford
Joe French
Joe
Dorothy French
Miami, Fla
M. A. Curd
Julius du Pont
New York City
French
Eber Lewis
Miami
Jean White
James White
Emmett Blackburn
New York Central
Gordon Wolfe
William Wolfe
N. Fourth Ave
Wolfe
Richard Grogan
Edgar Ervin
Middleport
Main St
B. F. Parmelee
Gravel Hill
Paul Smart
C. A. Root
Bill Root
Carpenter
Dan Farmer
Perrysville
D. S. Farmer
Blanche Carpenter
Billy
Ohio State University
Kanauga Social and Brief Personal Notes
Mrs Mary Oliver and her young son returned to Ragland near Martins Ferry after visiting her mother Mrs Sherman Hanes Junior Schoonover who works on the steamer John W Hubbard spent time at home Sunday Mr and Mrs Victor Swain and son Joe of Racine were here on business Wednesday Mrs Kate Wagner daughter and niece of Chelyan WV visited the Wagner sisters here Sunday A watch night party at the W E Houston home was moved to the Stace home due to illness Mrs John Vickers returned Sunday from Bluefield WV after a week with relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Mary Oliver
Ragland
Martins Ferry
Sherman Hanes
Junior Schoonover
John W. Hubbard
Victor Swain
Joe
Racine
Kate Wagner
Chelyan
W. Va
Wagner
W. E. Houston
Stace
John Vickers
Bluefield
Alf Cooper
Cincinnati
Dixie Spencer
Bureau of Motor Wecks
Columbus
Bob Spencer
Louisville
Sarah Spencer
Preston Parsons
R. D
William Penn
Neville Island
Ed Harpold
Bernice
Allen Salser
Mr. Harpold
Hart Harpold
Chester
Harrison Hudnell
Clarington
Hudnell
Kenneth Wolfe
Chester Simpson
Mobile
Alabama
Wolfe
Bonnie Miles
Howard Miles
Franklin
Henry Roush
Mildred
Violet Fisher
Sibyl Miles
Fair finances reported for last Meigs County fair
Meigs County Agricultural Society released a 1940 financial statement showing receipts of 951.50 from gate, 235.65 grandstand admissions, and 235.65 privilege fees. Expenditures totaled 1 858.92 with 930.80 for special attractions and 385.75 for premiums. County payment was withheld due to lack of a state director certificate amid a long standing dispute over society recognition. Two years ago two fairs were held by rival groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Department of Agriculture
Meigs County Agricultral Society
Marriage of Mrs. Sarah Starkey to Rev. Lloyd Goderd
Announcement reports the marriage of Mrs. Sarah Starkey of Liberty Ave to Rev. Lloyd Goderd of Mason Illinois. The ceremony was led by Rev. Barstoe of the United Brethren Church at Enterprise. The couple will relocate to Mason, NL, after the wedding Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sarah Starkey
Liberty Ave
Lloyd Goderd
Mason, Ill
Barstoe
United Brethren Church
Enterprise
Goderd
Mason, NL
Eber Neigler
Racine
Velma Roush
New Haven
W. Va
Corning
E. C. Hardin
Racine Methodist Church
Ralph Neigler
Neigler
Birthday Celebrations Dinner and Club Meetings Mentioned
Regular Racine Baptist Church Class No 3 met Friday at Mrs Annie Hoopes home as two members Mrs Hoopes and Mrs Catherine Mallory celebrated birthdays. Various local groups held meetings and installations during the week including Pomeroy Garden Club and Theodorus Council Daughters of America with several officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine Baptist Church
Hoopes
Catherine Mallory
Annie Hoopes
Vera Beegle
Ida Powell
Bertha Sayre
William Geiger
Columbus
Gerald Major
Circleville
Lee Rudisill
Terrace St. James Hood
Robert F. Brandt
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy Garden Club
C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Edward Stark
Irving Karr, Jr
Gilbert Weeks
Harry Davis
Canton
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Alfred Elberfeld
Richard Laughsend
Ray Chambers
Charles
Harry
Pt. Pleasant
Theodorus Council, Daughters of America
C.F. Hall
Nellie Ketter
Dora Heaton
Margaret Smith
Harriet Beards
Winona Cook
Myrtle Long
Outside Sentinel
Margaret Swatzel
Inside Sentinel
Glenna Swatzel
Ruth Duerr
Della Stahl
Blanche Roller
John Kincaid Named For West Point
John W. Kincaid Jr. of Middleport has been appointed to the U S Military Academy at West Point by Senator Robert A Taft. He graduates from MES and studied at Ohio University and Fort Benjamin Harrison prior to entering West Point in July. His elder brother William Keith Kincaid is a West Point graduate and instructor at Maxwell Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Kincaid
John W. Kincaid
United States Military Academy
West Point
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Young Kincaid
MES
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ohio University
Athens
Kincaid
William Keith Kincaid
Maxwell, Field
Montgomery
Ala
Law Firm hires son of president as clerk with Roosevelt Jr
Thomas Edgar Ervin, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Ervin of Main Street, becomes a business associate of Franklin D Roosevelt Jr age 26 as he starts work as a law clerk at Wright Gordon Zachry and Parlin in Middleport following Columbia University graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Wall St
Wright, Gordon, Zachry and Parlin
Columbia University
Thomas Edgar Ervin
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Social Notes of Syracuse brief list of local bygone events
Miss Eleanor Karr was guest of honor at a pre nuptial party in Pt Pleasant West Virginia hosted by Mrs Benjamin Franklin IV. Several Syracuse residents made travels or visits, and funeral notices mention George F McBride. Members attend church and Society meetings across the region with several family and college connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Eleanor Karr
Benjamin Franklin IV
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Karr
Virginia Hoover
Ohio University
Athens
Gladys Crooks
Lenora Campbell
South
A. L. Flanagan
Ben Quisenberry
Gallipolis
George McBride
Baltimore
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Asbury Methodist Church
Morton Webster
Nelsonville
Fay Nease
George W. Rea
Kirkersville
Earl Nease
Columbus
Earl Fait
Carr Duckworth
Crooksville
Henry L. Carr
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Gayle Price
Parkersburg
J. E. Carleton
George F. McBride
Jefferson Jones
Beaver
Dwight McBride
East Liverpool
Clara Baker
Mart McBride
Gertrude McBride
Delaware
Katherine Fields
Emory
Akron
Kate Anderson
Middleport
Tecla Hess
Veterans Stag Party Hosted by DAV and American Legion
The Middleport Meigs Chapter Disabled American Veterans and the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion jointly host a stag party this evening for all ex service men. The event takes place at the American Legion Hall on South Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
S. Fourth Ave
Glouster Dentist Speaks at Jacksonville PTA Meeting
Dr. Lowell Burnelle of Glouster spoke on preventing dental disorders at the Jacksonville P T A meeting. A social hour followed with committee leaders listed and Mary McCann's room earning the attendance banner. Founders Day program planned for February with social committee named. Weekend visitors included Paul Cassidy and Miss Carol Louise McFarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Lowell Burnelle
Glouster
Jacksonville P.T.A
Burnelle
Janet Miller
Esther Parks
Theresa Dunlevy
Garnett Seckinger
Mary McCann
Lena Evans
Viola Kahne
Florence Meeks
Lucille Williams
Club Will Meet In Mayor Williams Office
Glouster Townsend Club plans Thursday gathering at 2 p m in Mayor Thomas Williams Sr office. Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster — Townsend Club
Thomas Williams
New Flu Cases Reported in Meigs Area
Pomeroy reports ongoing influenza and severe colds for two to three weeks with daily new cases. Some early influenza cases are milder than 1918 but still confine patients to home for two to five days. Cold weather did not curb the spread as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester Garden Club Meets in Chester
Chester Garden Club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Bernard Eiselstein hosting. Guests included Mrs. Garen Stansbury and others. illness kept president and vice president away. Papers on Old and Historic Gardens and Birds were read. Guest remarks and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Bernard Eiselstein
Garen Stansbury
Middleport
James Titus
Rutland
Della Windsor
Akron
Floyd Ridenour
Wilbur Baum
Henry Wipple
L C. Meredith
Howard Knight
Irwin Meredith
Guy Summerfield
Eiselstein
Henry Beaver
I. C. Meredith
Cecil Nelson
Buel Ridenour
Elma Smith
Cuba
Earl Hassell
Baltimore
Jesse Tuttle
Emma Jean
Patricia Hearing
East Fultenham
Supt
E. R. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio Education Association
J. S. Davis
Olive Orange
Louise Coleman
Chester High School
Bliss College
Constance Allen
Avis Roush
Elma Fay Kincade
C. B. Kincade
Tuppers Plains
Ronald Bailey
J. S. Bailey
Greenup
A. S. Cooper
Miss Kincade
Tuppers Plains High School
Athens
Bailey
George Pyles
Beaver
Diles and Entsminger Re-elected in 1941 Board Meeting
Middleport board of education re elected L D Diles as president and David Entsminger as vice president at the first meeting of 1941 after Week of Prayer. Mrs D B Hartinger was re appointed to the library board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Board of Education
L. D. Diles
David Entsminger
D. B. Hartinger
Substances Forming the Human Body
Iron, sugar, salt, coal carbon, water, iodine, oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, hydrogen, and lime compose the human body.
Farm Program Work In Meigs Explained
Vaughan B. Crites county FSA supervisor explained the aims and functions of the Farm Security Administration at a Unified Farm Program committee meeting in Meigs. The committee reviews one agency per meeting to acquaint members with all phases of farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Unified Farm Program Committee
Vaughan B. Crites
FSA
Local Social Headlines From Racine Weekend Visits
Racine society notes report Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Blakely and Bob Russell visiting Mrs. Blakely’s parents Dr. and Mrs. John Philson. Jack Blakely returned home after holidays, with adoption papers filed to change his name from Coffee to Blakely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Lewis Blakely
Bob Russell
Columbus
Girls Glee Club Performs During Week of Prayer
MIDDLEPORT The MHS Girls Glee Club with 45 members in white vestments sang Beethoven The Heavens Resound and led by Lois Cecil at piano performed during the Week of Prayer at First Baptist Church. Rev Don McMillin delivered the sermon on The Sufficiency of God and linked blackouts in Europe to sin shadow. Dr R Lloyd Pabst of Rio Grande College is slated as tonight guest speaker with expected large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
MHS
Beethoven
Paul Smart
Lois Cecil
Helen Jane Root
J. H. Grate
First Presbyterian Church
David Durst, Sr
Church of Christ
William Haptonstall
Don McMillin
Europe
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande College
Way To Believe Itchy Pimples Relief Ad
An old ad promoting Peterson's Ointment for irritated skin and itching. It claims quick relief from pimples red blotches and itching with a 35c box at a druggist. Also mentions benefit for itching feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
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Netherlands
Norway
Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Poland
Middleport Social Notes
Margaret Wolfe
Thelma Boyer
Edith Mae Thomas
Edward Spencer
Coats
New Shipment
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Social Notes of
Party For Veterans
PTA
Floyd Brooks
Paul Cassidy
Wyandotte
Mich
Michigan
Carol Louise McFarland
Birl McFarland
Northville
Alviria Spires
Floyde Brooks
Joe Laire
Catherine Kellner
Jo Curtiss
Frank Binderbasin
Ralph Hoisington
Meigs Area
Chester Garden Club
Diles
Abdella
Chauncey
F. J. Beasleyy Co
Meigs
Bellans
Hke
The
C. D. Shafer Co. Wholesale Distributors
True City Loan and Guaranty Company
S. Court ST
Lynne Roberts
Guy Kibbee
John Maguire
ED Gargan
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jerome Cowan
20Th Century-Fox
Boris
Karloff
Lindsay
Bargai
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