Meigs County Grand Jury Indicts 13 Cases After Two Day Session
Fifty four witnesses were examined over two days leading to ten indictments. Roy Moler of Thomas Fork faces cut with intent to wound. other cases include assault and battery against Don and Dean Bowman and multiple burglaries in Syracuse and surrounding areas. The grand jury also assessed jail conditions and recommended repairs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Roy Moler
Thomas Fork
Moler
James Eblin
Eblin
Don
Dean Bowman
Alphonse Schorn
Ernest Cheadle
Dansel Cole
Guy Toban
Pearl Hysell
Hilbert Cox
Toban
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Syracuse
John Branch
Oris A. Hubbard
Earl Nease
Kenneth Osler
William Lawrence
Cris Allen Hubbard
Emma Duckworth
Richard Duckworth
Mella C. Liebrand
George Beards
James Mahoney
R. D. Chapman
R. D
Lester Hart
Pomeroy R. D
Cat Murray
Bert Pickett
Pratts Fork
Guy
Mrs Eli Nobles Dies in Middleport
Funeral service for Mrs. Eli Nobles age 81 will be held at the Wolfe home on Gravel Hill Thursday at two oclock. Burial in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. She died at her daughter Mrs. W. C. Wolfe’s home from infirmities of old age. Survived by husband three sons Howard Curtis Nobles Middleport Gora Mason City W Va one sister Mrs S R Cheesebrough.
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Middleport
Eli Nobles
W. C. Wolfe
Wolfe
Gravel Hill
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Nobles
Howard
Curtis Nobles
Gora
Mason City
W. Va
S. R. Cheesebrough
Bank Re Elects Citizens National Bank Directors
At the annual meeting of Citizens National Bank stockholders and directors yesterday all officers and directors were unanimously re elected. Officers named were President John B Downing Vice President W E Russell and Cashier Paul S Smart. Directors include J B Downing L L Carney W E Russell Henry Swift Tom May C B Smith A W McWay and R B Laughead.
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Middleport
Citizens National Bank
John B. Downing
W. E. Russell
Paul S. Smart
J. B. Downing
L. L. Carney
Henry Swift
Tom May
C. B. Smith
A. W. McWay
R. B. Laughead
Middleport Board Adopts Safety Readers for 400 Students
The Middleport board voted to place an eight book safety series titled The Road to Safety for first six grades to promote safety habits. Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland schools previously adopted the same series.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Cincinnati
Columbus
Cleveland
P.T.A
Gallia County Automobile Club
Will Resume Work On Bridge Project In Pomeroy
Work will resume on the Pomeroy WPA project but currently limited to the lower Main Street parking lot. Local officials expect new schedules allowing work on other streets within a week or ten days, with complete information on street improvements and costs due to meet WPA regulations.
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Main St
Aged Cutler resident Daniel Merrill dies at 86
Daniel Merrill of Cutler born June 21 1864 near Cutler Ohio died December 30 at his niece Mrs Mattie Leyda home He was a bridge and rig builder and worked in local oil fields He was the last of his family Funeral held Sunday at the Presbyterian Church Interment at nearby cemetery Rev W W McClure officiated
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Cutler
Daniel Merrill
James
Martha Stout Merrill
Ohio
Mattie Leyda
Presbyterian Church
W. W. McClure
Louise
Virginia Place
Ruby
Pearl
Stacy
Littie Hocking
O. J. T. Gubb
Haydenville
D. F. Masters
Zanesville
Arlo Masters
Harold Gill
Spencer
W. Va
J. B. Merrill
Cambridge
Leyda
J. V. Leyda
Carl Place
C. E. Brandeberry
Coolville
John Dunbar
Chesterhill
Ivan Blauser
Ralph Gossett
Clarksburg
Frank Gossett
Vendol touted as relief for constipation in Athens ad
A local Athens advertisement features the Vendol Root Herb and Alkaline medicine touted by the Vendol Man at Athens Pharmacy. It quotes Charles Tate on relief from chronic constipation and related symptoms after using Vendol for 30 days and promotes availability at multiple drugstores.
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Athens
Charles Tate
Westace St
N. Court St
Hickman’s
Belsonville
Adv
Middleport Social Notes Install Officers at Meigs Temple
Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters installed officers for the coming year. Officers include Roma Harrah, Margaret Hawkins, Lulu Mason, Addie Laughead, and others. Woman's Music Club elected officers for next year at Heath M E Church with President L W McComas and others. New members welcomed from various names. Guest program planned for Tuesday, January 31.
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Meigs Temple No. 153
Roma Harrah
Margaret Hawkins
Lulu Mason
Addie Laughead
Valeria Tompkins
Sylvia Burford
Maude Gardner
Rebecca Stevens
Bessie Grogan
Woman's Music Club
Heath M. E
O. P. Klein
L. W. McComas
Paul Smart
Robert Coats
Louis Sauer
Willis Aleshire
Clinton Fisher
Dorothy Sauer
James Weber
Beatrice Pond
Rutland
Vivienne Middleton
Mary Reynolds
Mary Grate
Kelly Grogan
Ray Sherman
J. D. Ryan
Geneva Humphreys
Nell Pond
Bertha
Norma Grant
Loy al Pals Club Banquet Starts Ninth Anniversary
Members of the Loy al Pals Class of the Church of Christ gathered in the church dining room for their ninth annual banquet celebrating the class founding. Seventeen members and teacher Miss Mildred Hawley were guests in a decoratively set table with a poem by Mrs. Guy Reynolds. Afterward they played games at Mrs. Wick Crow’s home and others planned moves into new homes.
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Church of Christ
Church
Mildred Hawley
Russell Group Seeks Hearing On Central Committee Claim
The Russell faction seeks formal recognition as the regularly organized Republican Central Committee. Three state central committeemen will hear their claims Thursday, while the Downing-Swift faction already ran the campaign in Meigs County. The state executive committee granted the Russell group's hearing Tuesday.
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State Executive Committee
Russell
Pomeroy Social Notes Mixes Clubs and Scouts
Mrs. Byron Bing hosted the Lend A Hand Society at Butternut Ave with a dollar per member pledge and a poem gift for a speaker. Troop 2 Pomeroy Girl Scouts led by Frances Dye and Dorothy Grossman held a session on scouting laws and tests.
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A. O. Tracy
E. J. Tracy
Bull Run
Simpson M. FE. Church
Pomeroy
Frances Dye
Dorothy Grossman
Janet Turner
Emma Gloeckner
Ernestine Rea
Jean Mallory
Angie Shain
Barbara Wildermuth
Mary Goodwin
Marion Ebersbach
Twin of Pomeroy Resident Dies in Detroit
Mrs. George Parker received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of her twin sister Miss Abbie Flanagan in Detroit. Born and raised in Pomeroy she was a Pomeroy High School graduate and daughter of Prof and Mrs Flanagan. She leaves one sister in Mulberry Ave and one brother in Detroit. Burial plans await the return of Mrs Parker and Henry Ewing.
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Pomeroy
George Parker
Abbie Flanagan
Detroit
Flanagan
Pomeroy High School
Fof Mulberry Ave
Pleasant Valley Social Notes and Visits
Pleasant Valley residents share New Year greetings as D L Wallace Nelsonville and Harold Jones Chauncey visit Pearl Wood and Arthur Goodin. Sam Goodin funeral attended at Bates Church. E A Dixon returns from Hamilton. Ladies Aid met with Evelyn Pugh with eight members and five visitors. potluck dinner and a completed quilt. officers elected. next meeting Feb 2 at Ella Wood's. Clara Cooper and Homer Stotts family return from California. Harold Jones and wife visit Jones' parents Pearl and Mrs Wood.
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Pleasant Valley
D. L. Wallace
Nelsonville
Harold Jones
Chauncey
Pearl Wood
Arthur Goodin
Sam Goodin
Bates Church
E. A. Dixon
Hamilton
Floyd
Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid
Evelyn Pugh
Ella Wood
Clara Cooper
Homer Stotts
California
Jones
iPearl Wood
Sanborn Rites To Be Held On Thursday
Middleport resident Harley Sanborn 51 died after ten days of illness at his Palmer Street home. A lifelong watch repairman and church worker, he led the Burnell Bible Class for 12 years and directed the Sunday school orchestra. Funeral services are set for Thursday at the First Baptist Church.
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Middleport
Harley Sanborn
Palmer St
Sanborn
First Baptist Church
B. H. Sanborn
Bess Sanborn
Max Sanborn
Burnell
Tuppers Plains
Baptist Church
Three Days Cough Signal Promises Relief with Creomulsion
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation claiming it reaches the trouble area aids mucous membrane healing and loosens phlegm. It offers a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied with relief.
Minersville church officers and community notices
On Sunday January 1 the Methodist Sunday School elected officers led by Superintendent Walter Houdashelt and secretary Mrs Helen Fisher. The Winner Class chose President Mrs Katie Becht and secretary Mrs Doris Grueser. The Ladies Aid quilted 14 quilts in the year, a new record. Local residents and visitors were noted, including the Roush and McCallum families, with hospital visits and protracted meetings announced. The human body breathes more air by weight than it consumes in 24 hours.
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Minersville
Methodist Sunday School
Walter Houdashelt
Ethel Stewart
Helen Fisher
Mildred Phillips
Theodore Maag
Gladys Houdashelt
Dorothy Jones
Marjorie Forbes
Katie Becht
Elsie Forbes
Doris Grueser
Grant Hood
George Hartenbach
Clarksburg
Rutland
Elizabeth McCallum
Henry Straile
Pomeroy
John Brown
Brown
Alfred
Middleport Jackets Open Season With Three Home Games
Middleport braces for a basketball weekend as the Yellow Jackets host Gallipolis, Rutland, and Athens Bulldogs. Officials say the team, underdogs in all three, seeks improvement after a season opener loss to Gallipolis and a narrow win over Rutland.
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Middleport
Jackets
Gallipolis
Rutland
Athens Bulldogs
Yellow Jackets
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Scooters Banned At Shafter Migratory Camp
The camp council at Shafter Migratory Camp in California has prohibited scooters for 200 campers after their rapid riding rattled nearby auto drivers.
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Shafter
Cal
Middleport Board President Re-Elected
MIDDLEPORT F. R. Tompkins will again head the Middleport Board of Education with C. O. Fisher as vice president and Paul Smart as clerk. The meeting focused on the proposed stadium, which now looms as a reality, while Supt. M. W. Essex said work on the stadium will not start today due to changes in county WPA officials delaying the project.
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Middleport
F. R. Tompkins
Middleport Board of Education
C. O. Fisher
Paul Smart
M. W. Essex
WPA
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Mrs. Eli Nobles
Middleport School Board
Wendor
MR. Charles Tate
Middleport Social Notes
William Reichman
Souders
Broadway
Reichmans
Stansbury
Middleport Printing Company
Carl Brannon
Mill St
Chillicothe
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hill
Harriet Russell
Wright McCroria
Cedric Clark
Fred Groff
Hazel Miller
A. P. Miller
Edison Hobstetter
Groff
Dar
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
O. R. Faris
Ben Skinner
Dana Daniels
Ellis Island
Island
Daniels
Rollin Price
Charles Price
Parkersburg
Russell Group
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Phil Wolf
Portsmouth
Kenneth Roush
William Durst
East Main St
Roush
George Young
Spring St
Holzer Hospital
Young
Tom Googlein
Harrisonville Road
Hysell
A. C. Jones
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Ward
Brinker
Huntington
E. J. Franz
Mulberry Ave
Graham Station
Leroy Brechtel
O. L. Strauss
Wehe Terrace
Harry Hauck
West Main St
Wilbur Gladstone
Charles Packer
New
Bridgeport
Carl Riggs
W. E. White
Lee McCom
Margaret Clifford
C. T. C. Club
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Auditorium
Mary
Barbara Hackett
Betty Gress
Vera Hepp
Kathryn Hennessy
Roberta Howell
Peggy and
Gertrude Healy
Cecelia and
Joan Harbrecht
Ascohanoc Tribe of
Red Men
Jacob Thomas
Varnal Caldwell
Herb Miller
Roy Miller
Sagamore
Fred Bartels
W. W. Rupe
Howard Hysell
Herman Massar
Eddie A. Smith
Ernest Lambert
Robert Rupe
Eddie A. Smth
Wigwam
Jacob Roller
J. O. Roedel
Pomeroy Garden Club
R. W. Ebersbach
J. W. McMurray
Arthur Skinner
A. H. Rosenbaum
Harriett Russell
Ralston Russell
W. R. Farnham
Robert Leake
Harry Smith
Beaco
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F. J. Beasley CO
Middleport Board
Poldent
Messenger Insurance
Cecil B. Eiselstein
Osborne St
Vic Thornotr
Coolumbus Mutual Life Insurance Cmpany
Ohio National Bank
Columbus, Ohio
Date Insurance Department
Athens Messenger
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company
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