Pomeroy council cuts balance in annual appropriation ordinance
The Pomeroy village council reduced total appropriations from 17 967 to 9 197, slashing the service fund and fire hydrant payments. Street lighting, cemetery operations, and street funds were trimmed, while bond retirement remains fixed. Officials aim to balance income with expenditures and seek extra revenue sources.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council
Beech Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Board of Trustees
Plantz
Alvin Norris
Council
E. P. Duerr
James Fugate
L. A. Person
E. F. Robinson
Duerr
Fugate
Cemetery Board
Ward House
POMEROY DIVORCE ACTION FILED BY WIFE
Garnet Falin files for divorce from Alvie Falin in common pleas court alleging willful abandonment from home for over three years. The couple married November 2 1932 at Pomeroy. Mrs Falin also seeks restoration to her maiden name Garnet Moore.
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Pomeroy
Garnet Falin
Common Pleas Court
Alvie Falin
Alfred Farmer Dies Suddenly in Barnyard
Joe King age 77, farmer, died Monday in the barnyard near Alfred from a heart attack. He had long heart disease. Funeral services are Wednesday at two from his residence. Burial will be in Keebaugh Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Joe King
Alfred
King
Keebaugh
Middleport Social Notes Highlights and Visits
Class 12 of Heath M E Church meets at Mrs. Entsminger's home in Lincoln Street with hostesses Mrs. Hayes Mrs. French Mrs. Haskins Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Haddox. Notables include Maria Weiss funeral attendees Gordon Gard ner and Dale Werner of Columbus.
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Heath M. E. Church
David Entsminger
Lincoln St
Gilbert Hayes
M. L. French
Noah Haskins
Leo Kennedy
Herman Haddox
Maria Weiss
Gordon Gardner
Dale Werner
Gardner
Jean
Joan Gardner
Werner
Columbus
Carl Mumford
Washington D. C
Addie Branch
H. F. Heston
Branch
Dayton
Robert McMaster
OHE
Gallipolis
C. B. Smith
Richard Grogan
Kelly Grogan
Frank Ley
Athens
Vannie Townsend
S. Fourth Ave
Charles Spencer
Andrew Harris
Racine
M. R. Douglass
Uhrichsville
M. R. Douglass Sr
MidM@eport Printing Company
Frederick Wilcoxen
T. T. Shelton
Pomeroy Chamber Opens With Speaker and Dinner
About 75 members are invited to the opening meeting at the Hotel Martin this evening at six. Guest speaker is W A Mills of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Edison Hobhstetter will outline 1939 plans. dinner precedes the program. The session ends in time for the Pomeroy game against Jackson at 8 30.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Martin
W. A. Mills
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Edison Hobhstetter
W. C. Atkins
Pratts Fork Briefs Highlight Neighborhood Visits
Cora Ator spent Sunday with her ill father Albert Quivey. Clyde Colburn and son Carl visited Glen Bean in Guysville. Emmett Cain moved to the Allard Pratt property. Rainy Day Sewing Circle met at Cora Ator with a quilt and noon dinner. Next meeting with Bertine Story on Jan 26. Wesley Baker moved to Coolville. Anna and Ruth King are ill. Harry Smiths family visited Frank Burson. Oren Colmer called on Wright Pugh.
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Pratts
Cora Ator
Albert Quivey
Clyde Colburn
Carl
Glen Bean
Guysville
Emmett Cain
Allard Pratt
Bertine Story
Wesley Baker
Coolville
Anna King
Ruth King
Harry Smith
Frank Burson
Oren Colmer
Wright Pugh
Logan Winners Date Set For Poster Contest
Winners of the poster contest held for the infantile paralysis campaign will be announced today.
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Logan
Jacksonville Ohio to Sell Village Bonds in Bid Opening
The Village of Jacksonville Ohio will receive sealed bids to redeem accounts and notes totaling 3200 dollars dated December 1 1938 bearing four percent interest with semiannual payments. Bonds mature December 1940 and December 1941-45 with bids due by February 11 1939 and bonds ready by February 28 1939.
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Jacksonville
Ohio
William C. Hilt
Athens
State of
Pomeroy Social Notes and Grandfather Birthday
Pomeroy Social Notes report Rev. Warren Bright speaking on City Churches and their Problems to the Home Missionary Society of Simpson M E Church with plans for a Thursday noon church dinner. Fifteen relatives celebrated William Leifheit’s birthday at Prospects Hill, with gifts and a noon dinner.
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Fern Gilmore
Butternut Ave
William Leifheit
Prospect Hill
Mr. Leifheit
Man Wanted in Meigs Taken in Huntington
Police in Huntington arrested Edward F. Blankenship, the man wanted on multiple charges in Meigs County. Blankenship had previously left two $12 bad checks in Middleport to Harold Chase and Sidney Russell for an inner tube using a fictitious American Bible Co. check. Sheriff Beards expects he will be sentenced on Huntington charges and cannot be returned to Meigs.
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Middleport
Charles Wise
Wise
Edward F. Blankenship
Huntington
Blankenship
Harold Chase
Sidney Russell
American Bible Co
George Beards
Death of Gallipolis Native Harry M Langley
Harry M Langley, 66, native of Gallipolis, died Sunday night in a Columbus hospital. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jessie Leeper, who lives in Gallipolis. In London, four blind shorthand typists use a small machine to punch Braille signs on a moving tape.
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Gallia Gallipolis
Harry M. Langley
Gallipolis
Columbus
Jessie Leeper
London
Band Boosters Seek To Raise Needed Funds
Band Boosters Association in MIDDLEPORT plans an entertainment on January 25 featuring Brown and Meneley with vocal solos instrumental numbers and characterizations. Proceeds fund band transportation to Portsmouth for a music festival on April 1 while paying bills and supporting school outreach.
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Band Boosters Association
National
Brown
Meneley
Lewis Sauer
Herman Bailey
Homer Rice
Ross Wise
O. P. Klein
Portsmouth
McMaster’s Hardware Co
Northwest Territory
Association
Block Is Sold To G. A. Tabit
At a sheriff's sale in Gallipolis George A. Tabit owner of the Lafayette Hotel bought the adjoining block housing a recreation hall A M Blake hardware WPA offices and Dr W E Howell on the second floor for 14500 after bidding by about 50 onlookers The sale satisfied a Huntington bank judgment against the estate of the late C C Henking Tabit plans to continue renting the building.
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Gallipolis
George A. Tabit
Lafayette
A. M. Blake
WPA
W. E. Howell
Tabit
Huntington
C. C. Henking
Lodge to be inspected at Centerville Thurman
Announcement of inspection of Centerville Masonic Lodge at Thurman in Gallia County on Thursday January 26 conducted by Dr Otto S Carter district deputy Names on the lodge roster include John Owens worshipful master Kermit Massie senior warden Lawrence Lundy junior warden Harry Anderson senior and Paul Ludlow junior deacon Refreshments will be served The Knickerbocker theater collapse in New York City in 1922 killed 98 people.
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Gallipolis
Centerville
Masonic Lodge
Thurman
Otto S. Carter
John Owens
Kermit Massie
Lawrence Lundy
Harry Anderson
Paul Ludlow
Middleport PTA names committees for Southeast District conference
Middleport PTA last night named committees for the February Southeast District conference led by president Mrs. David Entsminger. Lunchroom head is Mrs. E R Tompkins with several aides. decorations and ticket sales teams were formed. plans for the Founders Day conference and local school donations were announced.
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Middleport
Southeast District Conference of Parents and Teachers
David Entsminger
Middleport Pta
E. R. Tompkins
Doris Allen
Wesly Ely
Cline Matthews
Hoffner
A. Root
John Kincaid
Paul
Nan Moore
Thelma Morehart
Entsminger
Karl Owens
Pomeroy
Charles Wise, Jr
Lewis Sauer
Middleport Five Tangles With Athens Bull Dogs Tonight
Middleport Yellow Jackets host the Athens Bull Dogs in the third home game. Coach Marshall McCuen reportedly lines up the same five starters from Saturday’s Rutland game: Bradbury Hackett Lohse Rickman Bachner. Preliminaries for the Middleport reserves vs Athens start at 7, with the MHS band directed by Gordon Harris performing.
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Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Athens Bull Dogs
Athenians
Marshall McCuen
Rutland
Bradbury
Hackett
Lohse
Rickman
Bachner
Bolin Seeks 28950 Judgment for Auto Accident
Leif Bolin seeks 28950 in a judgment after an October 22 1937 collision in Middleport. Dr F M Cluff of Middleport is named as defendant. The accident occurred at Main and Rutland Streets when Bolin crossed the street and was struck by a car driven south on Main Street. The petition alleges the car was traveling about 60 miles an hour.
Data on Farm Crops To Be Taken Shortly
Gallia County plans a nationwide census next year and County Agent E G Royer urges all farm residents to keep complete records of agriculture this year. Royer says ten years ago similar data aided rural operations and the upcoming census will ask more extensive questions for statistics.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Gallia County
Roger
Fire alarm answers at Linton home chimney soot
Assis tant Chief Gerald McLaughlin responded to a 1 p.m. Monday alarm at the home of Mrs. Margaret Linton on North Street. Soot in the chimney caused the call with no loss reported.
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Logan
Gerald McLaughlin
Margaret Linton
North St
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