Meigs County groups to meet in Pomeroy to plan land use
Meigs County extension agent Floyd Green announces a meeting January 23 at Pomeroy Court House for rural groups including Agricultural Extension Service Farm Bureau Grange 4 H and Bankers Association to study Ross County land use planning. Erosion soil and pasture improvement along with livestock poultry and credit concerns will be discussed as steps toward fuller farm prosperity.
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Floyd Green
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Court House
Ross County
Fred Keeler
Rose County
Frank Brown
United States
Agricultural Extension Service
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Emma Sisson hosted friends at the Charles Howard home on Front Street with a chicken dinner and Five Hundred scoring led by Mrs. Hez Root and Mrs. Sidney Pickens. Mrs. George Russell and Mrs. O L Roush organized a Missionary Society meeting with plans for a February tea and foreign slides. Busy Bee Class of First Baptist meets Thursday at Mrs. J O Leonard s home. Various local updates note hospital stays, recoveries, illnesses, and social visits across Middleport.
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Emma Sisson
Charles Howard
Front St
Hez Root
Sidney Pickens
Everett Davis
Elizabeth Durst
Pomeroy
James Stevens
Ernest Mulford
Julius Schmoll
William Allman
Charles McNamee
Charles Price
George Russell
O. L. Roush
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Margaret Gaskill
China
First Baptist Church
J.O. Leonard
Willis Anthony
Lippert’s 50 year Drug Store Stand Pat
STAYS ON AND ON MASCOUTH, Ill. Rudolph Lippert, a clerk in a local drug store, refuses to retire after nearly 50 years. He began work on February 15, 1890, and has stayed on the job through two former owners.
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Mascouth
Ill
Rudolph Lippert
Lippert
Three Guest Artists Present Musicale in Pomeroy Bend
In Middleport and Pomeroy Bend, a January concert featured three guest artists from Athens Miss Mary Elizabeth Ellis violin Mrs Neil Crawford harp and Miss Mary Ness accompanist. Ellis performed Brahms Sonata and Kreisler arrangements while Crawford played Corelli and Hasselmans pieces. An informal reception followed with out of town guests listed including Mrs M M Lesher Omaha Neb Mrs Frank Rathburn Youngstown and Mrs Lenore Kent Athens.
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Middleport
M. J. McCarty
Charleston
McMillan Hospital
Emily Barnes
Lindsey Lyons
Paul French
S. Second Ave
Frances Smith
First Baptist Church
M. G. Brown
Rutland St
William Scribner
H & H Billiard Rooms
Erie
Lenore Hobart Kent
Athens
Cedric Clark
Crawford
Ness
Miss Ellis
C. F. Hawkins
Carroll Swanson
Galli- Gpolis
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Neil Crawford
Mary Ness
Debussy
d’Ambrosio
Southeast District Conference of Music Clubs
Brahms
Kreisler
Miss Ness
Giga
Corelli
Hasselmans
David Farmer
L. W. McComas
Antis Wolfe
M. M. Lesher
Omaha
Neb
Frank Rathburn
Youngstown
Lenore Kent
Commissioners To Meet With WPA Workers
County commissioners and Meigs County WPA workers will meet Thursday night at the Court house. George Bowers secretary of the Workers' Alliance says the gathering follows a Saturday conference and aims to discuss securing more WPA projects in the county.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
WPA
George Bowers
Workers’ Alliance
Bowers
Meigs and Vinton Fruit Growers Plan 1940 Meeting
Meigs and Vinton County fruit growers schedule a full day meeting at Wilkesville High School Auditorium on Friday January 19 at 10 oclock to boost 1940 crops. A T Robbins U S Bureau of Markets will discuss grading and marketing followed by outlook for the orchard business by Howard M Wells. Lunch served by Home Economics girls. afternoon program features Charles H Kraatz Jackson County fruit grower on orchard management and C C Allison extension plant pathologist on new sprays and methods.
Children Get Lunches Through PTA Efforts
Middleport efforts by the PTA provide warm lunches for needy children each school day. A welfare fund, partly funded by PTA treasury allocations, finances the project this year. Lunches are prepared this week by Mrs. Charles Wise Jr and Mrs. Marshall McCuen, with help from Mrs. Cecil Root and Mrs. David Entsminger.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Charles Wise, Jr
Marshall McCuen
Cecil Root
David Entsminger
New Officers Installed By Williams Grange
Seventy four Grangers met at Olive Grange Hall for a joint installation of officers of C. G. Williams Grange and Olive Grange. Hemlock Grange conducted the ceremony with Clarence Cummins as installing officer assisted by Delores Nelson, Edna Clark, Asa Cook, Sarah Hawk, Dayton Will, George Carper, Clarence Heaton and Maurita Lee. There were 13 Grangers from C. G. Williams, 22 from Hemlock, four from Chester and 35 from Olive.
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Pomeroy
Olive Grange Hall
C. G. Williams Grange
Olive Grange
Hemlock Grange
Clarence Cummins
Delores Nelson
Edna Clark
Asa Cook
Sarah Hawk
Dayton Will
George Carper
Clarence Heaton
Maurita Lee
C. G. Williams
Hemlock
Chester
Olive
Funeral Services Held For Miss Gluesenkamp
Catherine Gluesenkamp 39 formerly of Pomeroy died Monday at her Charleston home. She leaves her parents one sister and two brothers. A morning service in Charleston preceded final rites at Finsterwald Funeral Home at 3 PM. Burial followed in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Catherine Gluesenkamp
Charleston
Finsterwald Undertaking
Beech Grove
Revival to Start in Middleport at Nazarene Church
Revival begins Wednesday January 24 at the Nazarene Church on Pearl Street Middleport. Rev James Flannery of Portsmouth Ohio will be the evangelist following a meeting at Gallipolis Nazarene Church. A half hour song service and special singing are planned with Rev Lawrence Fick in charge. The Papagos Indians date their year from the harvest of the giant cactus fruit.
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Middleport
The
Nazarene Church
Pearl St
James Flannery
Portsmouth
Gallipolis Nazarene Church
Lawrence Fick
Pomeroy Court Hears 89 Cases In Last Year
The Pomeroy mayor's court processed 89 cases in 1939. Intoxication led with 55 defendants, followed by disturbing the peace with eight. Theft had only two cases, eight automobile cases involved six charges, and three reckless driving arrests occurred.
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Pomeroy Court
Pomeroy
Disturbing the Peace
Pomeroy Social Notes Reflect Club Activities and Local News
Junior Shake speare Club entertained at Miss Pauline Clark home. Mrs Clarence Massar hosted Senior Shakespeare Club with papers on Armament burdens and rayon value. Surprise birthday for Mrs R S Blackwood with thirteen relatives, oyster supper, cards and gifts. Stella Starkey ill. Howard Starkey visiting. Local visits among Rutland and Columbus residents as Mrs Wilson improves after illness.
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Shakespeare Club
Pauline Clark
Howard Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Lawrence Stewart
R. S. Blackwood
Harrisonville
Cecil
Stella Starkey
Howard Starkey
Columbus
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Howard Wilson
Rutland
Wilson
Mr. Chase
Liberty Whistle donated to Clark County Historical Society
Springfield records that the first Armistice whistle dated November 11 1918 has been donated to the Clark County Historical Society museum marking the end of World War I.
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Springfield
Clark County Historical Society Museum
Meigs Groups Gather for Dinner in Pomeroy Plans
Campaign leaders in Meigs County meet at Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy to discuss final anti paraly sis fundraising efforts and upcoming minstrel ball at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium. County chairmen urged to attend with broad local group involvement.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Simpson Methodist Church
Pomeroy Junior High School
Lowell Wingett
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Middleport Rotary Club
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Boy Scout Organization
Woman's Civic Club
Rutland High School
Middleport
Meigs Groups Hold Second Food Meeting
Dorcas, Rock Springs, Reedsville and Toppers Plains communities held second nutrition meetings on planning and preparing family lunches. Geneva Humphreys led all day sessions as 12 women attended the Dorcas meeting and 15 homemakers joined Rock Springs.
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Pomeroy
Dorcas
Rock Springs
Reedsville
Toppers Plains
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Community meetings log shows female attendance
A Long Bottom gathering Thursday drew 32 women while Tuppers Plains Friday event hosted 11 women attendees.
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Long Bottom
Tuppers Plains
Services for Mrs Welch Announced
MIIDDLEPORT Funeral services for Mrs Emma Hunker Welch 78 will be held Thursday at 10 30 am at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the casket closed per her wishes. The Rev J D Ryan of First Presbyterian Church will lead the service followed by prayers from Rev H A Rothrock. Interment in Beech Grove Cemetery seeks her husband Clayton E Welch and her parents Jacob Hunker. Known as Aunt Mamie she was born in Pomeroy and lived in Middleport since childhood. She actively participated in local social life for many years.
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Miiddleport
Emma Hunker Welch
Rawlings-Coats
Welch
J. D. Ryan
First Presbyterian Church
H. A. Rothrock
Beech Grove Cemetery
Clayton E. Welch
Jacob Hunker
Mamie
Pomeroy
Middleport
Notable local woman rescripts life amid illness and service
A longtime resident and church member faced illness in late November following pneumonia. She contributed to the First Presbyterian Church, Missionary Society and Whatsoever Class among other groups, and resigned from several in recent years. Death resulted from heart failure while in a convalescent state.
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First Presbyterian Church
the Missionary Society
Speedy bouts set by commission in Philadelphia
Wrestlers may grunt and groan in Philadelphia to their hearts content but must do it fast as a 11 30 p m curfew binds all bouts. The State Athletic Commission set the new deadline for ending matches and ruled that final bouts must start no later than 10 p m.
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Philadelphia
State Athletic Commission
Peterson's Ointment advertised for skin irritations
An old advertisement assures quick relief from itchy pimples eczema and red blotches caused by external factors with Peterson's Ointment priced at 35 cents. It promises money back if one application does not delight and notes additional use for tired feet and toe cracks.
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Peterson
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Middleport Social Notes
Finland
Red Army
Musicale
Meigs, Vinton Fruit Growers Plan Meeting
Williams Grange
Pomeroy Social Notes
Clarence Massar
Butternut Avenue
Malcolm D. Hartley
Jacob Elberfeld
Federated Clubs
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Air Ministry
Meigs
Fred Sanders
Court St
Paramount
Victor Herbert
Allan Jones
Mary Martin
Chesterfield
Liccerr & Myers
Tosacco Ca
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