Meigs County Budget Faces 65 000 Limit Challenge
Meigs County commissioners after a full day of session adjourned with plans to reconvene to refine the annual appropriations. The budget commission certified 65 000 for the general fund covering salaries, maintenance, and operating expenses. Officials aim to balance expenditures to the budget, but mandatory legal expenditures and trimmed office allowances hinder reaching the limit.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Budget Commission
Two Men Have Hearing in Mayor's Court
Harold Rawson was heard on malicious destruction charges after police arrest for slashing tires breaking seat coverings and smashing a car headlight. He pled guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars and bound over on the destruction charge. Homer Hendricks faced assault and battery charges and was bound over on a grand jury bond while T B Skeen was arrested on a wanted bad check charge from Ripley West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Harold Rawson
Earl Leifheit
Rawson
Leifheit
Homer Hendricks
T. B. Skeen
Hank Young
Charles Wise
West Virginia
Skeen
Ripley
W. Va
Middleport Veterans Plan District Convention
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion discussed district convention plans at their regular meeting. Committees reported progress on features and a summer event in Middleport. Next Wednesday a further Post meeting is scheduled to review new projects.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Fire Station Interior Receives New Paint
Interior of the Third Ward Fire Station in Pomeroy is being repainted with brick walls cleaned and whitewashed. First floor storage areas for the fire truck and street department equipment are included in the work. Prohibition enforcement cost the United States almost $1,000,000 monthly.
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Pomeroy
Third Ward
United States
New Year's Jamboree and social notes from Middleport
Middleport hosts the New Year's Jamboree of Class No. 12 at Mrs. H. E. Bush's Gravel Hill home. A birthday month token contest wins by Mrs. R. E. McKay. feature taps and snowball contests entertain. Flowers from Pollyanna Pal honor Mrs. Bush. Also reports on club entertainments, church events, travel plans, illness updates, and local residents' health.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
H. E. Bush
Gravel Hill
R. E. McKay
Berean Class Plans New Devotions
The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ adopts daily devotions with a Comrade of the Quiet Hour at 9 30 each morning. The group launches a Personal Evangelism movement, installs new officers, and plans a soup sale for Thursday Jan 25 at a potluck meeting led by Rev Don McMillin and his wife.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Don McMillin
Homer Rice
Alice Fink
Charles Walburn
Frances Stover
Mabel Walburn
Nell Ohlinger
Freda Reed
Building Fund
Clyde Russell
Lenna Devol
Beulah Rice
Rio Grande Professor to Speak at Simpson Brotherhood Meeting
Rio Grande College Professor Raymond Starbuck will address the February Simpson Brotherhood meeting in Pomeroy. He will be accompanied by several students and explain the students' work.
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Rio Grande
Rutland PTA Health Program Highlighted
Rutland January PTA meeting focused on health with first graders reciting health rhymes and singing health songs under Miss Margaret Wells and Mrs. C. O. Chapman. Dr. Roush spoke on Modern Practices in Medicine. Next meeting set for February 19 featuring a Founder's Day program.
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Rutland
Margaret Wells
C. O. Chapman
Roush
Esmond Egnor
Bremen
Arch Egnor
John Utsinger
Columbus
Betty Chase
Clarence Chase
Pomeroy Social Notes Birth Announcement and Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs Paul Dillard announce the birth of a son born Wednesday at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. The Pomeroy Women's Civic Club meets Friday at 7 30 p m at Sacred Heart School club rooms.
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Pomeroy
Paul Dillard
Second St. Ate
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Women’s Civic Club
Sacred Heart School
Stomach Pains Relieved for Chauncey Coal Loader
Delmar L. Guess, a well known Chauncey coal loader for the New York Coal Co., says Vendol relieved daily constipation and stomach upset. He reports eased gas, burning, and a lump in the chest, plus calmer nerves and better sleep after using Vendol. Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans Drug Store advertise the remedy.
Letart Native Dies in West Letart Falls
Letart area notes report the death of Mrs Lavina Lawson of New Haven and funeral details at New Haven. Also listed are births for Shelby Jean Hill on January 13 and a Roush child on January 16 with extensive familial relations noted. Local PTA meeting, infantile paralysis program, and Founders Day plans appear among community items.
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Letart Falls
Revy
C. L. Thayer
Apple Grove
Ladies Aid Society
Kenneth Wilt
Albert Hill, Jr
Shelby Jean
Albert Hill
Omar Cramlet
Darrel Roush
Bernice Carpenter
Liger Miller
Parkersburg
Johns
St. Andrews
Huntington
William Miller
Sam Dills
Woodrow Dills
Guy Kelly
Virginia
George Kelly
Thomas Norris
Helen Worley
Okey Shields
Library Board Reports More Books in Use
Pomeroy Library Board met Tuesday to review December 1939 activity. 3,663 books entered on the circulation list, 2,016 compared to December 1938, with 34 new books and 31 new members. Attendance was 1,323. The board plans to spend 100 on new books and thanked donors for repairs and added volumes.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Library Board
Virginia Ramsey
Ramsey
Central P. T. A
Wooster
Theodore Reed
Ethel Garland
Harry P. Smith
Library Board
Thayer Horton
Cleveland
Horton
Pomeroy Council to Review and Update Ordinances
The Pomeroy ordinance committee will hold its second meeting of the week to examine and check ordinances in preparation for recodification. Obsolete items will be discarded and revisions updated. The work followed a WPA data prep Tuesday night. Committee members are Robert Warner, George Howell, and E. F. Robinson.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council
WPA
Robert Warner
George Howell
E. F. Robinson
Engineer Speaker for Pomeroy Chamber Meeting
Col. J. D. Arthur head of the U S Engineer Office Huntington W Va will be guest speaker at the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting on February 20. It will be the first meeting of the year with no January session and preparations are under way for the annual membership drive announced by president Theodore Reed.
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Pomeroy
J. D. Arthur
U. S
Huntington
W. Va
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Reed
Miss Smith Hosts Ladies Bible Class In Middleport
Mrs James Murray new president presided at the first meeting of the year held at Miss Frances Smiths home on N Second Ave E Eighteen members shared a covered dish supper at six oclock A devotional period followed with the class song Bless Be the Tie That Binds and prayers offered by Mrs Elizabeth Kirby Murray outlined plans for the year Im promptu talks by Mrs J O Leonard and Mrs Emily Barnes and Mrs James Faulkner Izora Guinth read Friendship Mrs J O Leonard and Mrs Clarence Clark won a spelling contest Guests included Mrs Barnes Mrs Leonard Mrs Alice Smith Miss Ward and the Rev L C Grant
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Middleport
James Murray
First Baptist Church
Frances Smith
N. Second Ave
Elizabeth Kirby
Murray
J. O. Leonard
Emily Barnes
James Faulkner
Izora Guinth
Clarence Clark
Barnes
Leonard
Alice Smith
Miss Ward
L. C. Grant
Threading Tip: Cut Thread End on a Bias for Easier Needlework
A sewing tip notes that trimming the thread end on a bias angle helps it pass through fabric more smoothly. The method reduces fraying and alignment effort, aiding quicker needle threading for sewers.
Meigs County Spellers to Compete in County Bee
Meigs County schools stage a county wide spelling bee January 25 at Rutland High School Auditorium with teams from Rutland Columbia Harrisonville Racine Chester and Tuppers Plains. The event raises funds for infantile paralysis and is led by J W Frank and Miss Wilma Roush.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rutland
Rutland High School
Columbia
Harrisonville
Racine
Chester
Tuppers Plains
J. W. Frank
Wilma Roush
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Wildermuth
F. H. Condon
al G. Fields
William A. Smith
Bricker Proclaims March of Dimes Week in Ohio
Local businesses prepare for Gov. John Bricker's proclamation of March of Dimes Week, urging community support and charitable activities during the observance.
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John Bricker
Backache and leg pains linked to kidney trouble
Health notice warns backache and leg pains may signal kidney problems and urges consultation. It explains kidneys remove acids and waste, describes symptoms, and promotes Doan's Pills as a relief solution.
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Nature
Doan
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Middleport Veterans Plan District Convention
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Kelly Grogan
H. L. Ward
Ben Fultz
D. B. Hartinger
J. B. Downing
H. A. Rothrock
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Fla
Aie Roshrock
Edith Young
Mary Jane
Charles McMillin
Harvey
Charleston
C. A. Poindexter
Anna Trimble
John Dixon
Harold Hubbard
Harold E. Hubbard
Citizens National Bank
Diane Reichman
Calvin Reichman
S. Third Avenue
C. F. Hawkins
Carroll Swanson
James Martin
Charles Sauer
Paul French
Ginny Jo Wise
Rutland Pta Group
Pomeroy Social Notes
Chauncey Man
MR. Delmar L. Guess
Athens
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman
Adv
Letart
West
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
D.s.farmer, Mgr
Miss Smith
Rathburn
Quick's
Creomulsion
Ates
Caldwell S
Bayer
Vicks Salve
Epsin
Noxzema
Iurearry
Jergens
Chamberlains
Quick’'S
Meigs
Ces
Luckoff
Coats
Oxfords
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