Ohio Power to Implement Rate Reductions in April Billing
Ohio Power announces a series of rate reductions effective April for residential and commercial customers. Residential charges drop from 5.9 cents per KWH for the first 30 KWH with stepped reductions through higher usage levels. commercial lighting also reduced by one mill per month over 12 months. Officials estimate savings between 10,000 and 12,000 dollars annually for Pom er oy residents as the company works to pass on benefits to consumers.
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Ohio Power
Anc .Mers
Ohio Power Company
Ridgal
Thewer Company
Theower Company
New Grange Leaders In Simultaneous Chester Meigs Event
The newly elected officers for Chester Rock Springs and Granges were installed in a joint ceremony Tuesday night. J H Musser of Harrisonville presided as juvenile matron for Meigs Ohio State. Musser assisted by a stalling team from Harrisonville Grange. Members named include Paul Kins Virgil Atkins Ivan Cot Bessie Cotterill Grafton Stout Snyder Jean Snyder and Hoskinson. About eight Meigs granges sent delegates totaling 10 grangers. A similar installation occurred in Columbia Grange with the Columbia and Laurel Les unions.
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Percy
Chester
Rock Springs
J. H. Musser
Harrisonville
Meigs
Ohio State
Musser
Harrisonville Grange. Com
Paulkins
Virgil Atkins
Ivan Cot
Bessie Cotterill
Grafton Stout
A Snyder
Jean Snyder
Hoskinson
Tes
Probate Court of Athens County notices hearings and accounts
Probate Court of Athens County publishes hearings and exceptions for numerous guardianship and estate accounts with dates ranging December 1935 to January 1936. Names include Velock A. M. Pinsterwald guardian of Em Carter and Scott as guardian, among others. Notices warn interested parties to file written exceptions by January 29, 1936, with hearings held daily thereafter until final.
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Athens County
Velock A. M
Pinsterwald
Em- Carter
Colegrove
Oliver Ve
Olson Roberts
Re Olson
Walburn
Thomas
Pierpoint
Pe Chiki
Ethel Chiki
B. Nelson
Harve
Gibson Wi
Bank of Athens
N.B.A
Bean
Mer W. Totman
Marion Piman
Arthur
Depha Kinnen
Es- of
Catherin
M. Kinnen
Te Jones
L. Thorn
Athens National Bank
Joseph Hawk
Ming May Siville
HMA
Tence Pare
Parfitt
First
Ant
Renee A Juniper
Mate
Juniper
Pierbaugh
POMEROY Sermons Highlight Child Jesus and Shirley Temple Lesson
Rev R C Ditter preaches on The Child Jesus at Federated Church Sunday at 10 15 AM. A youth meeting at 6 explores What Lessons from Shirley Temple s Littlest Rebel. He holds a 2 PM sermon in Minersville titled A Mother s Advice.
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Pomeroy
Jesus
R. C. Ditter
Federated Church
Shirley Temple
Camp Project To Be Started Next Tuesday
WPA work on the Community Camp near Chester will begin Tuesday of next week with site clearing for the large camp cabin. The scout camp committee reported at the district meeting of scout leaders at Peace Evangelical Church Thursday evening chaired by L. D. Mc Master. Louis Reibel announced a new 16 boy troop at Bethany M EF Church with Floyd Mees as troop chair and Ralph Spencer as Scout Master.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Chester
Scout Camp Committee
Peace Evangelical Church
L. D. McMaster
Louis Reibel
Bethany M. EF
Floyd Mees
Ralph Spencer
Reibel
Parkersburg
R. C. Ditter
Campbell & Crow, Clothiers
Pomroy High School Orchestra Radio Concert in Parkersburg
Pom eroy High School musicians present their first radio program Sunday at 1 PM over Station WPAR Parkersburg. A half hour concert will be performed under director Konrad Scholl.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
WPAR
Parkersburg
Konrad Scholl
Tea planned by Grace Episcopal Church Guild for 60th anniversary
The Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church coordinates a February 4 silver tea at Parish House to mark the 60th anniversary of the group's founding. Officers for the coming year were elected at a Wednesday meeting hosted by Mrs. Edward Ebersbach on Lincoln Hill, with Miss Grace Horton as president and a slate including vice president Mrs. Mary Titus, treasurer Mrs. Fred Crow, secretary Mrs. Greta D. Price, supply secretary Mrs. Charlies Ward, and Thank Offering treasurer Miss Miriam Blackmore.
Honored on Birthday at Middleport Party
Mrs. Wesley Ward hosts a birthday party for her daughter Geraldine Ruth Ward on her seventh birthday after school at 942 Locust Street. Guests include Katherine Fife Nona Morning Zona Scholl Barbara Ellen Bennett Eileen Blosser Sara Dawn Hartley Clarence Fife Wesley Eugene Ward Charleen Marie Ward and other friends. Supper was served at 4 o'clock.
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Middleport
Wesley Ward
Locust St
Geraldine Ruth
Katherine Fife
Nona Morning
Zona Scholl
Barbara Ellen Bennett
Eileen Blosser
Sara Dawn Hartley
Clarence Fife
Wesley Eugene Ward
Charleen Marie Ward
Fire damages home of Akron woman in Middleport
Mrs. J. B. Misner of Akron owned a home in Middleport that was partially destroyed by fire. The information comes from Mrs. Clara Murray, sister of Mrs. Misner, who formerly was Magdalene Ohlinger of Middleport.
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Middleport
J. B. Misner
Akron
Clara Murray
Misner
Magdalene Ohlinger
Maness to Speak on Following Jesus Topics at Simpson Church
Rev. T. K. Maness will discuss a Christian attitude toward amusement and recreation in Sunday morning services as part of the Following Jesus series at Simpson Methodist Church. The evening sermon covers The Essentials in the Christian Religion. A county religious education conference follows Wednesday from 10 30 to 6 with a potluck supper and discussion on Youth and the Church.
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Pomeroy
T. K. Maness
Simpson Methodist
Jesus
Rehearsal for There’s a Man in the House at Middleport gym
The Philathea Women sponsor an upcoming PTA backed play at the Middleport high school gym. Rehearsal took place Wednesday evening for the production There’s a Man in the House with PTA support.
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Middleport
High Shhood Gymnasium
Philathea
PTA
Haydenville Funeral for Christopher Martin Held at M E Church
Haydenville residents gathered for the funeral of Christopher Martin at the M E Church with Rev. L C McClandlish of Adelphi presiding and Rev. G C Nutter assisting. Interment followed at Millers Chapel. Martin lived with his daughter Mrs Frank Crother and left a second daughter Mrs Joe Snyder of Columbus.
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Haydenville
Christopher Martin
M. E
Martin
Frank Crother
Joe Snyder
Columbus
L. C. McClandlish
Adelphi
G .C. Nutter
Millers Chapel
Nellie Allen
Harry Swaim
Nora Skiver
Gertrude Ginther
Helen Evans
Chesterhill
Arthur Todd
Maxine
James Allen
Ralph Bond
John Lehman
Logan
Russell Devol
Clarence Reider
William Gleason
Ed Rodewig
J. C. Martin
J. B. Rutgers
Ralph Campbell
R. M. Anderson
C.S. Matheny
James Roseland
Dorothy Vollmer
Baltimore
Morris Vollmer
Fred Graham
Efsie Gastin
Marie Gastin
Gertrude Achauer
Phyllis Vollmer
Ronna Vollmer
Irene Bailey
Elsie Marsh
Sylvia Reider
Nora Vancuren
Aileen Vancuren
Ole
Wild West style scene wounds visitor in Cuervo
Detroit man TM Frank Marker showed a bullet hole in his car rear fender as proof of a Wild West style reception he received when attempting to wake a Cuervo filling station operator on Wednesday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Marker
Detroit
Cuervo
Sheriff Announces Meigs County Birthday Plans for Roosevelt
Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler reported Meigs County will observe Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday on January 30 to raise funds for infantile paralysis. Local chairmen were named for Tuppers Plains Portage Portland Rutland Pomeroy Middleport Racine Chester Syracuse with a dance in Middleport possibly on a different date to avoid conflict.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roosevelt
Roscoe O. Fowler
Tuppers Plains
L. L. Keller
Portland
Herman Kelch
Rutland
Ben Powell
Otto
Kreibih
Middleport
Saxophonist Wins at Middleport High School
In an assembly period program at Middleport High School on Wednesday morning the Junior Class hosted an amateur hour. Act performances included various vocal solos duets and dances. John Kincaid won with Beulah Smith and Betty Lighter placing second.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Radio Fame
Frances Pulling
Phyllis Diles
Lewis Rickman
Virginia Stanley
Beulah Lee Smith
Betty Lighter
Ira Jones
Eleanor Roush
Frances van Cooney
Florence Frazier
John Kincaid
Kincaid
Beulah Smith
Huggins to Open Beauty Shop on Lincoln Street
Miss Mary K. Huggins, holder of a state beauty culture license, plans to open a beauty shop in the Huggins home on Lincoln Street. She is finishing shop work elsewhere before the new venture begins.
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Middleport
Mary K. Huggins
Huggins
Lincoln St
Greta Garbo Reported Traveling Through Panama Canal
Stockholm dispatch says Greta Garbo was seen aboard a Swedish freighter moving toward California with friends noting she was en route through the Panama Canal. The report treats the journey as a routine transit with no confirmed itinerary.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Greta Garbo
Panama Canal
Californi
Isabel Hill Wins Freckles Contest in Middleport
Middleport sixth grade pupil Isabel Hill and second grader Eugene Miller won a freckle contest tied to a Gene Stratton Porter film. The showing is this evening and Saturday at Middleport High School under the Sophomore Class. Winners’ families receive tickets. seven members per family. Judges were D. C. Wolfe Mrs. G. O. Reynolds and Miss Susie Taylor.
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Middleport
Isabel Hil
Eugene Miller
Gene Stratton Porter
Middleport High School
D. C. Wolfe
G. O. Reynolds
Susie Taylor
Meigs County Trustees and Clerks Association Reorganizes
The Meigs County Trustees and Clerks Association met at the Court House Wednesday night and elected officers for the coming year. President E. M. Winters of Portland was chosen, with vice president L. L. Keller of Tuppers Plains and secretary Frank H. Johnston of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Trustees and Clerks Association
Court House
E. M. Winters
Portland
L. L. Keller
Tuppers Plains
Frank H. Johnston
Middleport
Bank officers elected at Middleport Citizens National Bank
Officers chosen at a recent stockholders meeting include President J. B. Downing Vice President W E K Russell Cashier Paul S Smart and directors L L Carney J E Downing R B Laughead A W McKay T A May W K E Russell C B Smith and H N Swift.
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Middleport
Citizens’ National Bank
J. B. Downing
W. EK. Russell
Paul 8. Smart
L. L. Carney
J. E. Downing
R. B. Laughead
A. W. McKay
T. A. May
W. K E. Russell
C. B. Smith
H. N. Swift
Columbus Man Loses License After Manslaughter Conviction
Edo ward Murray of Columbus was convicted of manslaughter in a traffic death, leading to revocation of his driving rights by the authorities.
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Columbus
Edoward Murray
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