Meigs CWA Projects Conform to Federal Rule Changes
Meigs County completes readjustment of Civil Works Administration programs to meet new state regulations. One hundred forty workers are cut from the payroll as projects resume on the revised basis. Director Henry Corradini reported the action and pledged review for cases needing further investigation. Corradini attended a statewide administrator meeting in Columbus.
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Civil Works Organization
Meigs County
CWA
Henry Corradini
Toca! Oitice
Wea
Corradini
Columbus
al. Patria
Sleuthing Tricks Highlighted by Columbus Police
In Pomeroy on January twenty second a Columbus article details detective methods. Detective John Phillips, a former Pomeroy resident, explains pawnbrokers often hold keys to stolen goods as descriptions of pawners aid arrests. Otto and Leo Phillips, brothers of the detective, are Columbus officers and Otto famed for the Snook murder case.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
John Phillips
Phillips
Otto
Leo Phillips
Otto Phillips
Snook
Mary Phillips
Naylors Fun
Aged Widow Gilliland Dies in Middleport
Mrs Katherine Gilliland widow of John Gilliland of Vine Street died at her daughter Mrs HP Mayer Lincoln Street Sunday morning at 7 o'clock aged years death from complications of age and illness Survived by son John Gilliland Vine Street and four daughters Mrs Mayer Lincoln Street Mrs Barnhill Athens and two others Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Mayer home with Rev Fred J Gardner Church of Christ officiating Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery
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Middleport
Katherine Gilliland
John Gilliland
Vine Street
HP. Mayer
Lincoln Street
Uiiland
Mre. Mayer
Barnhill
Athens
Mayer
Fred J. Gardner
Church of Christ
Beech Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Willian Edward Anderson Draws Relatives
Out of town relatives attended the funeral of Willian Edward Anderson in Middleport. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Waeteon Russell of Buckrus Ohio Mr and Mrs M J Long of Atlantic City NJ Mr and Mrs W A Rickley and Son Mity Harry Heberte and James Cowie of Pittsburgh PA Mr and Mrs Marry Stewart and Herman Schaeffing of Columbus Mr and Mrs Roy Nease of McMechem WV Mr and Mrs J Maroney and sons Joe Billy and daughter Catherine of Shrewabury WV.
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Middleport
Jan
Willian Edward Anderson
Waeteon Russell
Buckrus
Ohio
M. J. Long
Atlantic City
N. J
W. A. Rickley
Mity
Harry Heberte
James Cowie
Pittsburgh
Marry Stewart
Herman Schaeffing
Columbus
Roy Nease
McMechem
W. Va
J. Maroney
Joe and
Billy
Catherine
Shrewabury
Howard Hughes Advances in State Service in Columbus
Howard Hughes former Meigs County deputy and longtime tax settlement clerk in the auditor of state’s office at Columbus has been promoted to chief examiner directing accountants who audit state departments He is a state authority on taxation of state and sub divisions Oliver Hartley of Pomeroy certified as statistician and editor at the state auditor’s office takes full duties January 1 plus birth of a Hughes daughter bringing the family total to four children.
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Pomeroy
Howard Hughes
Auditor of State
Columbus
Meigs County
Hughes
Oliver Hariley
Pomeroyan
Civil Service
State Auditor's Office
Minstrel Chuckles Dress Rehearsal Held at Masonic Temple
Middleport January 22 Dress rehearsal of Minstrel Chuckles an amateur show to be staged Wednesday and Thursday at the Masonic Temple by Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity was held yesterday. The nationally known producing company backs the production with amateur Pomeroy and Middleport talent in the cast featuring song and dance routines and novelty numbers.
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Middleport
Masonic Temple
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Pomeroy
Funeral services for Mrs Lydia Deem held at Christian Church
Lydia Deem dies at home near Bashan. funeral at Christian Church with burial at Band Hill Cemetery. C H Lawrence store to become a Clover Farm. Rev and Mrs V A Nanna and daughter Mable Phillips visit. Nanna preaches at ME Church. Frea F Newins, World War veteran, appeared before Cincinnati medical board last week. George Galtenby seriously ill. Mrs W H Bissell of Bashan caring for granddaughter at Joe’s home.
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Long Bottom
Lydia Deem
Bashan
The
Christian Church
Band Hill
C. H. Lawrence
Clover Farm
V. A. Nanna
Mable Phillips
Charleston
Nanna
Mary Shelton
Bert German
Frea F. Newins
Cincinnati
George Galtenby
W. H. Bissell
Joe
Bradbury Notes Spark Congregational Social Chronicle
In Bradbury on January 22 Karl Arch erle is mentioned with Mrs Ed Gilkey and Mrs G C Russell. Mrs Miria Dodeon visited Mrs James Lambert. Mrs Edith Russell hosted lodge members. Charles Wagner principal noted. Hy eel Run visitors included Mr and Mrs Clarence Mussel. Herald Evans visited sister Mrs Mark Stahl Bailey Run. Junior Marion son of Mrs Earl Moore ran with grandmother in Vinton.
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Bradbury
Karl Archerle
Ed Gilkey
G C. Russell
Miria Dodeon
James Lambert
Edith Russell
Charlies Wagner
Clarence Mussel
Marcella Russel
Herald Evans
Mark
Sumner Obituary and Local Social Notes
Mrs. Kate Pullins died Tuesday after some time ill. Burial will be in UC Church Cemetery at Silver Ridge. Asbury Smith is in Alvin Cole in Athens on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wells received a serenade at Val Wells home. Austin McNutt and family spent the weekend in Sumner. William Murphey returned with them. The Everett Petty family visited the Jacob Dorst family. Fae Swarts of Marietta visited Freda and Mary Cole. Several young people gathered at the Dana Swartz home Sunday evening for a party.
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Kate Pullins
UC Church
Siiver Ridge
Asbury Smith
Alvin Cole
Athens
Emerson Wells
Val Wells
Austin McNutt
William Murphey
Everett Petty
Jacob Dorst
Thia Fae Swarts
Marietta
Freda
Mary Cole
Dana Swartz
Extension Granted for Barber License Applications
Pomeroy reports extension to February 1 for filing barber license applications. License blanks available from State Auditor H. J. Blackmore's office.
Harrisonville High to Stage The Red Headed Stepchild
Harrisonville residents learn that a local production titled The Red Headed Stepchild will be performed at the Harrisonville High School Building on Friday January 26. The event was announced for community entertainment in the town.
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Harrisonville
Harrisonville High School
Former News Writer Aims To Run Show Boat On Western Rivers
Kathryn Petty once filed river news columns for Middleport and later wrote for The New Deal in Poughkeepsie New York. Now a staff writer and director of Barn House Players she dreams of owning a modern show boat to bring Broadway plays to the Ohio Valley and tour western rivers.
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Pomeroy
Kathryn Petty
Middleport
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
N. Y
O. O. McIntyre
Cape
Meigs County
Gallia County
Betty
New England
WJAX
Jacksonville
Fla
New Deal
Barn House Players
Residents and visitors travel through Middleport brief
Middleport reports include Mr and Mrs Ralph Anderson returning to Cleveland after the death of his father Edward Anderson. Several locals visit Columbus for a day with friends. Swisher remains at Ohio State University. Other ties show Edna Berry visiting John W Zerkle in Mt. Carmel Hospital and the Sickle and Reynolds families hosting relatives from Columbus Charleston and Witcher West Virginia.
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Cleveland
Wayne Swisher
Eloise Cooper
Dan White
Columbus
Swisher
Ohio State University
Mollie Lou Grate
Grant Street
G. H. Stansbury
Cincinnati
Buat Dees
Edna J. Berry
John W. Zerkle
Mt. Carrie
BE. R. Sickle
Guy Reynolds
Colum
Rev Rogers to Deliver Farewell Sermon in Glouster Sunday
Rev. M. Rogers, pastor of the Church of Christ in Glouster, will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday night before leaving for Broomeburg Pennsylvania to assume a new post. His family plans to stay through school terms. his brother Charles, a Glouster High senior, hopes to resume studies if his eye injury heals. Charles was injured by a hot soldering iron in Liberty Indiana during holiday break.
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Church of Christ
Rogers
Charles
Glouster High School
Liberty
Ind
Pomeroy Personal Notes Include Local Visits
Mrs Stella Watkins returned to Minersville from a week with Mr and Mrs Laban Hill Beech Street. Mr and Mrs J W Race of Baltimore were visitors at the Hartley home Lincoln Hill. Mrs Flora Downie of Columbus will spend a week with Dr C E W Downie and relatives in Pomeroy and Middleport.
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Stella Watkins
Minersville
Laban Hill
Beech Street
J. W. Race
Baltimore
O. A. Hartley
Lincoln Hill
Flora Downie
Columbus
C. E. W. Downie
Pomeroy
Middleport
Twins Celebrate 39th Birthday At Parental Home
Ray and Roy Tracy twins of Mr. and Mrs A O Tracy observed their thirty ninth birthday Saturday. They were guests at their parents home in Pomeroy Sunday for a family party. Ray Tracy, now in Charleston, recently ran an auto parts store in Athens and plans to relocate to Pomeroy to open a similar shop.
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Hay
Roy Tracy
Pomeroy
Jan
Ray
A. O. Tracy
Ray Tracy
Charleston
Athens
Hiddleport School Resumes After Renovation
Park Street and Pearl Street schools reopen after a week closure for renovation work. CWA painters completed interior upgrades and redecorated the building this morning.
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Hiddleport
Middleport
Park Street
Pearl Street
Progres
CWA
Glouster Church Team Wins in Two Overtimes
Glouster Church of Christ defeats Liberty Church of Christ 35 to 32 in two overtimes at Liberty Indiana. Clinesmith scores 13 for Glouster while Montgomery leads Liberty with 17. game tied 26 all at end of regulation and 32 32 after first OT.
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Glouster
Jan
Glouster Church of Christ
Liberty
Ind
Liberty Church of Christ
Clinesmith
Montgomery
Johnson
Glowster
N. McCashland
F. Sennene
McClelland
Calley
Baeckenrediis
Ike
Jonni
Union Delegates Headed to Indianapolis for UMWA Meet
Ralph Deem representing Mine 267 and H T Rainey from Trimble join others from Valley locals as they depart Glouster for Indianapolis to attend the International UMWA meeting. Sunday Creek Mine 6 at Millfield will send two delegates Ray Gaston and Arthur Triplett to the event.
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Glouster
Ralph Deem
Dew
H. T. Rainey
Trimble
Herman Theisen
Millfield
Indinapolis
Ind
International Organization of the U. M. W. of A
Valley
Sunday Creek
Millfeild
Ray Gaston
Arthur Triple
Town Stays Sober After Workhouse Plan
GLOUSTER Jan 22 The city jail had no intoxicated inmates Saturday night a contrast to six arrested last week. Those unable to pay fines are serving on the streets under a workhouse contract authorized by the mayor, sharply reducing arrests.
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Glouster
Brick relaying completes on No 6 paving segment
Work to lift and reset brick on the No 6 paving from High Street near the ice plant to the Sunday Creek bridge was finished Saturday in Glouster.
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Glouster
High Street
Sunday Creek
Ohio University mid year graduation lists sixty five degree applicants
The registrar reports 65 students have applied for degrees and diplomas for the February graduation at Ohio University. Exams run Jan 2 to Feb 2 with no ceremony. second semester registration Feb 5–6. The first-semester resident enrollment was about 2,400. second-semester size is expected to compare favorably.
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Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Kierns Child Dies at Six Months in Ames Township
Freda Jean Kierns six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Kierns died at home in Ames Township after a week long illness. She leaves parents a brother Raymond and sister Violet May. Funeral at Church of Christ Millfield Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev Miles E Hoon officiating. Burial in Hill Top Cemetery Millfield.
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Glouster
Freda Jean
Frederick Kierns
Ames Township
Raymond
Violet May
Church of Christ
Millfield
Miles E. Hoon
New Marshfield
Hill Top
Millfeld
Public Hearing on Eden Hockingport Road Expansion
The Director of Highways of Ohio will hold a public hearing at 2 o clock P M Eastern Standard Time on Monday February 5 1934 in the Meigs County Commissioners office Court House Pomeroy Ohio to hear arguments for and against adding the Eden Hockingport Portland Long Bottom roads to the state highway system. The proposed location begins at State Route 124 north of Portland follows the Ohio River and Meigs Athens line to intersect State Route 248 and continues to Hockingport about 63 miles plus 2.2 miles from Eden to the Meigs Athens line. O W Merrell Director of Highways of Ohio. 1-22-2otw
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Columbus
Ohio
Director of Highways of
Meigs
Portland
Sec. S
Ohio River
Long Bottom
Eden
Meigs-Athens County
Hockingport
O. W. Merrell
Highways of
Appointment of Hal H. Rowland Executor in Athens
Hal H. Rowland of Athens Ohio is named executor of the estate of Will A. Hays deceased of Athens County. Dated January 13 1934 by Probate Judge Johnson.
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Hal H. Rowland
Athens
Ohio
Will A. Hays
Athens County
Johnson
Said County
Mrs Emma Staley Dies at Chauncey Home
Chauncey brief notes the death of Mrs Emma Staley at her Chauncey residence. The item mentions ongoing CWA work improving pavements in Chauncey with major streets repaved including Main Fourth Mound Sycamore Converse High Drake Nye and Lexington Avenues.
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Emma Staley
Chauncey
CWA
Main
Fourth
Mound
Sycamore
Converse
High
Drake
Nye
Hills
Lexington Avenues
Ruth Fiske Hosts Bridge Club Night
Miss Ruth Fiske was hostess to her bridge club Saturday night in Chauncey with a refreshment course served after the play. Her sister Mary Louise Fiske assisted.
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Chauncey
Ruth Fiske
Miss Fiske
Mary Louise Fiske
Jenkins Bill Seeks Return of Veteran Benefits
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins has introduced the Four Point Bill to restore some benefits cut by the Economy Law. The measure would be considered separately from appropriations due to a House rule blocking amendments to spending bills. It aims to restore service connected cases, allow hospitalization for veterans in need, improve provisions for disabled veterans and provide for widows and children.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
House
Congress
Jenkins
Local Social News Highlights From Mt Hermon Area
Mr and Mrs Clarence Kern visited relatives Monday with Frank and Lillian Bardin. Henthorne hosted parties in Vernon with Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hen thorne. Pollyanna Armstrong travels to Marietta for the week. Mt Hermon Ladies Aid met at Irene Hanson Amesville with a fine dinner. attendees included Revered Long Nellie Kern Ella Harris Sarah Waggoner Eunice Armstrong Mary Carpenter Emily Carpenter Belle Burns Lillian Bardin Marcia Grimes and host Irene Hanson.
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Gilbert Henthorne
Vernon Pollyanna Armstrong
Marietta
Lenor Strode
Ella Quinn
Ming Louise Grimes
Bobby
Betty Low
Aldrige
Maria Grimes
Zella Barkharst
Chesterhill
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mt. Hermon
Irene Hanson
Amesville
Reverend
Rail Time Card Highlights Athens Train Departures
Northbound No. 3 leaves Athens 11:38 p m except Sunday. No 2 southbound leaves 11:20 p m and No 4 daily 6:24 p m. Chesapeake and Ohio Northbound No 37 Athens 5:30 p m daily except Sunday Southbound No 30 arrives 11:02 a m daily except Sunday. Baltimore and Ohio Westbound Nos 1 4 43 operate with varying times.
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Athens
Chesapeake and Onioc
Hocking Valley
Baltimore
Death notices for Mrs. Staley in West Main Street home
Chauncey aJn. Rw. Staley wife of Esme Staley died Sunday at the family residence on West Main Street after a period at Floodwoog. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the V A and is survived by her husband, mother, and others. Funeral arrangements announced this morning.
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Staley
Esme
Cey
West
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West Main
Ladies Auxiliary
V. A
Chauncey Christian Endeavor Holds Supper Meeting
The Chauncey church of Christ, organized by Mr and Mrs Mill Street, hosts a Tuesday supper in the church home. Mr minister serves as president of the society with Mrs Reena as president and Miss Alice Dew and Miss Lucille Rivers among participants.
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Chauncey, Jan
Christian Endeavor
Chauncey Church of
Chrnge
Ister
Mill Street
Toolluck
Ciety
Reena
Alice Dew
Lucille Rivers
Bible School and Church Attendance Report
Courtney reports 168 at Trimble Church Bible School and 70 at Sunday worship services. Young People and Young Married Class recently organized with 25 attendees. Church Board appointed for the membership drive.
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People's McHauncey
Courtney
Trimble Churg Bible School
Marre
Karl Johnson
Chauncey Area School and PTA Meet Tonight
Jan 4 Chauncey events include a potluck at High Street home of class president and a Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 30 pm. Chauncey-Dover High School officials and teachers to discuss study programs and church activities are invited.
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Chauncey Jan
cey-Dover High School
Gardner
Hayes Aven High Blood Relief Ad Promises Easy Cure
An unreliable ad claims to relieve high blood pressure and anxiety with a free trial and a promise of dramatic symptom improvement within days. It references Dr Hayes and an address in City, Missouri, urging readers to send for a report and cancellation.
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Hayes Aven
City
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