Plans Complete for Meigs Farm and Home Labor Saving Show
Pomeroy plans a Friday Farm and Home Labor Saving Show in the Karr Van Zandt Motor Sales Co. showroom from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Demonstrations on machine darning ironing food prepping for freezing and more highlight 65 working tools plus 288 feet of panels. Ohio State University staff and local residents showcase gadgets saving time and labor on farms and in homes.
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Athens | Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs Farm
Pomeroy
Home For Saving
Ldt
Bes
Geneva H. Noland
C. E. Blakeslee
Karr‘Van Zandt Motor Sales Co
Er Main St
Legion
Meigs County Home Extension Council
Clarence Cummings
Don Betzing
George Paulsen
William Morgan
James Titus
Claude Montgomery
George
Harry Holter
George Beaty
Meigs County
Ohio State University
Prayer Week Attendance Strong Despite Weather
MIDDLEPORT attendance remained solid for Universal Week of Prayer at Heath Methodist Church despite incle ment weather. Speakers included Rev. E. Fowler district superintendent and Mrs. A. R. Pullen of First Baptist Church. The program featured choir music by Church of Christ with L. D. Hartinger at the piano.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
E. Fowler
Methodist Churches
A. R. Pullen
First Baptist Church
Church of Christ
L. D. Hartinger
Federated Church
Pomeroy
Roedel Re-elected President Heads Pomeroy School Board
J O Roedel was re-elected president and H H Kuntz was chosen vice president of the Pomeroy Board of Education. Other members include R G Webster P E Stanley and Dor Schaefer. Irving Karr Jr will serve his second year as clerk treasurer Supt W A Smith announced. The board meets 7 30 p m first Tuesday each month. Newly elected officers were sworn in Monday at the superintendent's office. New shades for the Junior High building were received and installed.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
J. O. Roedel
H. H. Kuntz
R. G. Webster
P. E. Stanley
Dor Schaefer
Irving Karr, Jr
W. A. Smith
Guernsey Association Set to Meet in Pomeroy January 15
Members and friends of the South-Eastern Guernsey Breeders Association will gather January 15 at 10 30 a m in the county agent's office Pomeroy Wayne Roush Racine secretary says R L Holden of the American Guernsey Cattle Club and Floyd S Barlow of the Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association will attend Interest in purebred Guernsey cattle grows in Washington Meigs and Gallia counties Plans to promote the breed with 4 H calf clubs quality sires and better feeding programs are expected to be discussed All dairymen invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Wayne Roush
Racine
R. L. Holden
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Floyd S. Barlow
Ohio Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Ohio River
Washington
Meigs
Gallia
Roush
IOOF Encampment Meeting Set for Pomeroy
The IOOF Encampment will meet at Odd Fellows Hall in Pomeroy on Wednesday at 7 30 p m Emil Ball patriarch announced daily journal notes for local readers
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Pomeroy
IOOF
Odd Fellows Hall
Emil Ball
Patriarch
Grover Sues for Divorce in Meigs County Court
Douglas Grover filed for divorce from Dorothy Grover in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Grounds cited are gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
Local Guests Nearby and Health Updates
A sequence of social visits noted includes Dexter, Rutland, Grass Run, Carpenter, and Gallipolis residents visiting W R Halliday who remains slightly improved after a heart ailment. Other visits include Akron guests and family news of births and hospital plans.
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Glada Davis
Mary Holter
Bashan
Peter Nelson
Pomeroy
Jesse Nelson
Holter Hospital
Lafayette Nelson
Gallipolis
Nelson
Max Nelson
Nelson Homestead
Mark Williams
S. C. Cook
Worms Boost Crop Yields By Soil Tunneling
Ten earthworms in a cubic foot of soil can boost crop output by up to 300 percent. By tunneling and digesting vegetable matter they enrich and aerate unproductive top soils.
Middleport Boy Scouts Attend Four Day Winter Camp
Middleport Troop 40 scouts joined with Pomery and Athens youth at Chester for a four day winter camp over the weekend. Eagle Scout Frank Talbott White, Ray Garvin, Charles Haskins, Pete Davis, Billy Swisher, Bracky Wood, Myron Duffield, Jack Werner and Scoutmaster Arthur Skinner participated in outdoor cooking and wood trail ing projects.
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Middleport
Chester
Frank Talbott White
Ray Garvin
Charles Haskins
Pete Davis
Billy Swisher
Bracky Wood
Myron Duffield
Jack Werner
Arthur Skinner
Pomeroy
Athens
Funeral and Christmas Recitals Highlight Rutland News
Funeral services were held at Garland Grate home for Bertha Grate 66 who died of a heart attack. Burial in Wright Cemetery Langsville. Grate’s son Garland in critical condition moved to Holzer Hospital. Rutland Methodist Church packed for Christmas Cantata with choir, soloists, and gifts. Community birthday party and Sunday School party details listed with attendees.
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Garland Grate
Bertha Grate
Lawrence Schmitt
American Legion Auxiliary
Wright Cemetery
Langsville
Grate
Molly Lou Grate
Garland Gr
Co. O. Chapman
Chapman
Herman Hoppes
Kay Schmitt
Mr. Chapman
Ira Wolfe
James Thomas
Lady Canaday
Marcia Denison
Selah Sidenstricker
Gertrude Chase
Olive Ingraham
Catherine Colwell
Betty Jean Miller
Janet Theobald
Betty Buck
Maxine Siders
Bessie Siders
Mary Beard
Marcus Roush
Oscar Patterson
Wayne Turner
Arthur Marlowe
John Colwell
Happy” Nelson
Doris Thomas
Judy Kay Clark
Osa Marie Turner
Sandra Kay Ingraham
Jean Anne Webster
Joyce Wolfe
Darlene Smith
Sharon Atkins
Susie French
Sue Hall
Sandra Little
Carla Miller
Bonnie Carson
Michael King
Allen King
Joe Phillips
Jack Denison
Keith Kennedy
David Carson
Tommy Clark
Herbie Grate
Virgil Atkins
Frank Halliday
Don Anderson
Phillip Smith
Rose Carson
Blanche McCormick
Bernard Higley
Horns Noise Mark Victory In Middleport
Middleport spectators celebrate Pom eroy Middleport High School’s 49 47 win over a rival after a late comeback. Horns and cheers filled the town as the Yellow Jackets tied the game in the final seconds and won in overtime. Attendees included former MHS students Joe French Allyn Rothrock James Souders and Edward French from Ohio University Athens.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Yellow Jackets
MHS
Ohio University
Athens
Joe French
Allyn Rothrock
James Souders
Edward French
Letart Falls Christmas Weddings and Hospital Update
Attendance at the Methodist Sunday School was 78. Wilber Gathers of Columbus and Mildred Norris were married at United Brethren Church by Rev. L. T. Norris of Junction City. Delber Lee Grady is improving at Holzer Hospital after a Christmas Day tractor accident. Various families spent Christmas with relatives in Columbus, Great Bend, Racine, Parkersburg, and Racine, with multiple gatherings and visits noted.
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Letart
Wilber Gathers
Columbus
Mildred Norris
Tom Norris
United Brethren Church
L. T. Norris
Junction City
Delber Lee Grady
Holzer Hospital
John Hill
Linda
John Barnhart
Great Bend
Davis
Bidwell
W. E. Coyle
C. ¥. Burr
Canton
W. E. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Betty
Cleveland Heights
Elberfelds to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Jacob B Elberfeld of Pomeroy will mark their golden anniversary with an open house Sunday January 12 from 2 to 5 at Mulberry Avenue home. Longtime residents both remain active in local clubs and business. they have ten children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren expected.
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Pomeroy
Jacob B. Elberfeld
Mulberry Ave
Elberfeld
Elberfeld Sons Dept
Pomeroy Garden
E. W. Siddall
Marietta
Robert Slagel
Ironton
Martin
Chillicothe
Robert
Parkersburg
Robert Lytle
William Downie
Funeral Rites Held For Dr L A Thomas
Honorary pall bearers and pallbearers named for Dr L A Thomas M D at First Presbyterian Church in Middleport. Attendees included surgeons and church elders with families from Dayton Columbus and surrounding areas arriving for the services.
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Dr. L. A. Thomas
Middleport
L. A. Thomas
M. D
First Presbyterian Church
Otto Vornholt
Helzer Hospital
Gallipolis
O. H. Stewart
J. H. Grate
A. A. Dillard
Lewis Sauer
Dr. Thomas
William Grate
Griffith Thompson
William Hamm
Earl Warner
John Warner
Redecorating Front Street Home By C Ervin At Middleport
Clifford Ervin completes redecorating of the former Addie Branch residence on Front Street and rents first floor to W T Frazier train master from Hobson who will move his family from Charleston. The large house is redecorated rewired and insulated outside covering. Elsie Wiseman occupies the upstairs apartment and will sublet rooms. Walks painting and landscaping to be finished by early spring.
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Middleport
Clifford Ervin
Front St
Addie
W. T. Frazier
New York Central
Hobson
Charleston
Elsie Wiseman
Ervin
Intoxication Charges Entered Against Three
Eugene Fisher and Richard Fisher were arrested Saturday by Pomeroy police and jailed on an intoxication charge. They were arraigned before Mayor George Howell's court and fined $10 and costs upon guilty pleas. Clarence Ash Sr was arrested Saturday and arraigned Sunday for intoxication and fined $5 and costs.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Fisher
Richard Fisher
Pomeroy City
George Howell
Clarence Ash, Sr
Rabid Guernsey Cow Found Near Pomeroy Porter Midkiff Hemlock Grove
A thoroughbred Guernsey cow from the Pomeroy Porter Midkiff area was found rabid. Dr. W S Ellis health commissioner said the brain was sent to Columbus for laboratory confirmation by the state lab.
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Pomeroy
Porter Midkiff
Hemlock Grove
Woodrow Wilson
Columbus
W. S. Ellis
P M Club Members To Be Entertained At N Third Ave Home
Mrs Da Ruben Beck will host P M Club members at her home on N Third Ave Thursday evening as announced by organizers.
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Middleport
da Ruben Beck
N. Third Ave
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Black Beauty, the Horse
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