WPA Roads Reopened in Meigs County After Long Pause
About 300 WPA workers were re employed Monday after a lengthy suspension. Meigs County road projects at Hysell Run Burlingham and Route 124 to Locust Grove resumed with more than 800 employed overall. Surfaces were improved with gravel river gravel and lime rock as crews advanced drainage and cuts, predicting durable state highway like roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Dober
He County
Hysell Run
Burlingham
Beaver’s Corner
Locust Grove
Herb Ggs
WPA
Don White
Representa
Nts
E County
Motion to Dismiss Lyons Appeal in Ohio Meigs County
POMEROY Ohio March session in Meigs County court to hear a motion to dismiss the appeal of John E Lyons regarding a tear-down order on his Opera House building. State Fire Marshal Gill is represented by Thomas J. Herbert and Howard Bernstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John E. Lyons
Ray E. Gill
Appellee
Court of Appeals
Meigs County
Thomas J. Herbert
Howard Bernstein
Gill
Lyons
Appellant
Probate
Court of Common Pleas
Social Notes Mark 79th Birthday at Maggie Pierce Home
About 30 relatives and neighbors gathered at Maggie Pierce’s home for her 79th birthday. The party featured visiting, games, music, and a potluck supper with a large angel food cake centerpiece. Attendees included many named families from the area and local Grange members held meetings and planned events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dcliff
Kung
Maggie Pierce
Paul Zinn
Patreloyou
J. E. Baerson
Donald Lorin
Mart Dwight McLaughlin
Clyde Pierce
Ardath
A. Jumy Sanders
Clinton Camp Andren
Lorin
Kathryn
Chris Cline
Anit
Carl
Doris
Roger
Jesean Biffle
Dickie
Dondeverone
Orville
Clelie
Everthe Paul Emmett
Glenn
Prop. Pierce
Gary Allen
Harrycomr
Gladys
Vie
McCoy Fely
Wari
Vinton Township Grange
Saturn Hovening
Grange
Memmach
Wnden
Frivening
Mary Canter
Clarence Colwell
Clarence
Radcliffry
de- Hocter
Gallipolis
Car Fry
Frye
Charles Bradlett
Middleport-Pomeroy Marr
Council Selects Truck and Approves Resolutions
Pomeroy village council chose a new street department truck after a tie vote and then voted to authorize state highway snow clearing and to require sidewalk repairs for A. H. Durst. The meeting also noted progress on locating a garbage dump site.
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Pomeroy
Hartley
la Machine
George Howell
State Highway Department
A. H. Durst
Butter Inut Ave
Middleport PTA draws large crowd for January meeting
In Middleport the January PTA gathering filled the high school auditorium with a devotional led by Rev Don McMillin and singing directed by Miss Vesta McCoy. Treasurer Leo Kennedy reported 70.43 on the general fund and 29.58 in welfare. The group voted to buy a radio up to 15 for an attendance prize and planned a February patriotic program with Washington's Birthday events.
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Middleport
PTA
Don McMillin
Vesta McCoy
Cises
David Entsminger
Leo Kennedy
Washington
Pearl Reynolds
Sylvia Mayer
Mayer
Gordon Harris
St. Mary's
Harris
H. A. Rothrock
Feeney Bennett Post Meets Wednesday Night
The Feeney Bennett Post American Legion plans an important meeting at the Legion Hall on S Second Ave in Middleport on Wednesday evening. Legionnaires urged to attend as new year projects will be discussed and convention committee reports given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Legion Hall
S. Second Ave
Legion Convention
Births and social notes from Pomeroy society page
Announcement of a daughter Carol Louise to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Beards and a son ten pounds sired by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Beegle. Funeral guests for Mrs. Mayme Bohnert included relatives from Charleston and Athens, with other local visits and travel noted among families on Peacock and Butternut Aves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Louise
Hugh Beards
Theodore Beegle
Mayme Bohnert
Elmer Ashworth
Butternut Ave
C. B. Bohnert
Donny
Wayne Hall
Edward Bohnert
Carl Bohnert
William Spaniel
William Hix
Billy
Joe Gregg
Mary Gregg Coleman
Lillian Gregg Bowes
I. P. Wear
Ruby Hamilton
Mae Boggs
Charleston
Kathryn Bramlage
Athens
A. S. Eiselstein
Peacock Ave
Bohnert
Daisy Betz
Phil Williamson
Betty Ward
E. Main St
Maria Ward
Columbus
Passes 88th Birthday Dies Sunday at Home
POMEROY After celebrating her 88th birthday on January 7 Mrs. Peter Grueser died Sunday evening at her Minersville home. She is survived by daughter Mrs. George Stace who resided with her. Her husband had died many years before. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Finsterwald Funeral Home with burial in Grueser Cemetery on Minersville Hill.
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Pomeroy
Peter Grueser
Minersville
George Stace
Finsterwald
Grueser
Minersville Hill
Reedsville Girl Dies After Short Illness
Eight year old Norman Jean, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman, died Sunday afternoon in Reedsville after a brief pneumonia illness. Survived by mother, sister Louise, brothers Eugene and Ronald. Burial in Reedsville Cemetery beside her father Howard Coleman, who died last October.
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Reedsville
Norman Jean
Elizabeth Coleman
Louise
Eugene
Ronald
Howard Coleman
River Ice Breaks Across Ohio River Attracts Spectators
River ice spanning the Ohio River broke away yesterday afternoon and was pushed downstream by a large ice gorge that passed through Middleport around 4 p.m. Spectators lined the bank to watch the spectacle.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Golden Wedding of Mae Crary and Billy Davis in Middleport
Fifty years after secretly marrying in Fisher Hollow and later sharing a home on Front Street the couple celebrated a quiet golden wedding anniversary. Their daughters and relatives joined a family dinner as friends sent flowers and greetings.
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Middleport
Mae Crary
Billy Davis
Nan Fisher
Fisher Hollow
Ludwig Crary
W. G. Davis
Saul
Front St
Columbus
Ray O'Donnell
Collis Dawson
L. Crary Davis
Clinton Fisher
Davis
C. M. Hennesy
Davis Ice Co
Charles F. Davis
S. Second Ave
Benefit To Feature Ventriloquist Artist At Bendvue Theater
Ventriloquist Parsons Pomeroy Randall will headline The Melodiers at Bendvue Theater on Wednesday night. The show supports the infantile paralysis fund tied to the President's Birthday Celebration. Parsons performs with a trained dog and The Melodiers, Great Bend musicians, tour nationally. A local motion picture screening is also on the schedule.
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Pomeroy
Randall Parsons
Bendvue
Parsons
Melodiers
Great Bend
Class To Have Party New Year Jamboree at Heath Church
Class 12 of Heath Methodist Church plans a New Year Jamboree at the January meeting. The gathering will be at Mrs. H. E. Bush's Gravel Hill home Wednesday at 8 PM. Members receive birthday month verses and plans for a cafeteria supper the next night.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
H. E. Bush
Gravel Hill
First Haircut for Five Week Old in Middleport
Robert Theo dore West, five weeks old and son of Mr and Mrs Ralph West, received his first haircut at the Penn Beauty Salon in Pomeroy. His aunt Mrs Stella Penn trimmed the child into a boyish bob during his visit to his aunt and uncle Mrs Jessie West Hennesy and Henry Hennesy on First Ave.
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Middleport
J. K. Searles
Pearl St
Wesley Rice
Witcher
W. Va
Searles
Jean
Robert Jones
New York City
T. Jesse Jones
Charles McNamee
Eli Davis
Morning Star
Harold Chase
W. G. Bell
Tacoma
Wash
W. Giles
Bell
Willard McMaster
Los Angeles
M. M. Lesher
Omaha
Robert Theodore West
Ralph West
Jessie West Hennesy
Henry Hennesy
First Ave
Master West
Stella Penn
Penn
Pomeroy
Three Plead Guilty Before Meigs Judge
Three of five men indicted by the Meigs grand jury last week pleaded guilty at arraignment before Judge C E Peoples. Marvin Price admitted forgery and was released on probation after a deferred sentence. Elmer Lindsey admitted motor vehicle theft and was released on probation. Wilbur Napper pled guilty to breaking and entering with a deferred sentence. Gilbert Bumgardner pled not guilty with bond set at 500. Damon Watkins pled not guilty to grand larceny with bond set at 1000.
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Bumgardner
Damon Watkins
Athens County
Band Leader Suffers The Show Goes On at Temple Theater
Ted Wildermuth of the Sing and Swing Band suffered a severe shock while gripping the microphone at a Sunday afternoon program in Middleport. He persisted with the show, honoring the tradition that the show must go on.
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Middleport
Ted Wildermuth
Temple Theater
Wildermuth
Wife Granted Divorce in Meigs County Court
Pomeroy divorce granted to Toma Kennan from Walter Kennan on cruelty and neglect. Custody awarded to the wife. Alimony set at 550 and child support at 20 monthly.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Toma Kennan
Walter Kennan
Kennan
Pomeroy Panthers Aim For Victory Over Wellston
Pomeroy Panthers host Wellston this evening at the Junior High Gym with free admission for children accompanied by parents. J Warren and Sam Halterman, business visitors in Columbus, noted Fleet Highway Freight Lines employment changes with H H Kitchen moving to the Shiflet property on S Second Ave.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Wellston
Middleport
J. Warren
Sam Halterman
Vis Itors
Columbus
Halterman
Fleet Highway Freight Lines
Mr. Warren
Fleet Highway Lines
H. H. Kitchen
Chillicothe
Shiflet
S. Second Ave
Simple Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Claims Fast Relief
An old home remedy advertises RU-EX COMPOUND sold by druggists with a lemon juice mix. It promises rapid relief within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help, urging consumption as a cheap treatment.
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Ruex
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Veigs County
Sir Radcliff
Western
Tommy
France
London
Middleport Pta
Feeney-Bennett Post
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Lt Cold
Lin Nial
Keu
Rae
Colonie
Berry Hotel
Middleport Social Notes
C. P. Bradbury
Lucille Dutton
Alfred Elberfeld
O. P. Klein
Edith McMaster
Neb
C. B. Smith
N. Second Ave
Frank Rathburn
Youngstown
McMasters
Virginia Jo Wise
C. H. Wise Jr
Sarah Jones
T. H. Davis
Greenfield
the Messenger
Libby
Keystone
Meigs
Cote
Uae
Luckoff
Melton
Logan
Lancaster
Victor
Ecru
Buffalo
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