County Chiefs Plan Distribution of Surplus Commodities
County commissioners and township trustees approve a plan for distributing surplus commodities under the WPA relief program. Division F will handle the effort with local offices staffing the distribution of items like cereals and produce to unemployables who cannot find work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas
At & Ng
Administras Ie
Chapman
Yivan
Pssary
Middleton
Willard
Local Christian Education Rep to Speak at Presby Church
Rev James A Feld will address the Presbury church tonight on Christian education in Ohio. Pastor Rev C announces the event with Rev Verberg involved in youth work and invites all members and friends to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liport
James A.feld
Christian Education of the
iOhio
Verberg
Bailey
Middleport Literary Club Meets for Thankful Live in U S Program
The Middleport Literary Club met at 2 PM with Mrs. C. M. Hennessy. Members answered roll call on Why I am Thankful I Live in the United States. Recited songs included America The Beautiful. Papers were planned on Star-Spangled Banner Story and An American Idyll. Next meeting scheduled with Mrs. C. W. Clark on Feb 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. M. Hennessy
S. Third Ave
Garfield St
United States
M. S. McAllister
Francis Scott Key
Victor Verybright
Frank White
C. 8. Parker
C. W. Clark
Pomeroy PTA Meeting Highlights Local Interests
Monday night Pomeroy Parents and Teachers Association held a meeting in the High School Auditorium. The program included singing of America Beautiful, reports on current bills, and delegate plans for Congress. Founders Day Feb 17 will be at the High School Gym. Featured speaker was Mrs. John Cranston of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cranston
Hinders
Congress of
PTA
Nelom Jan
Pearl St
Matthews
Pomeroy
Meigs County Auditor Reports Dog Tag Sales Through Deadline
In 1935 the Meigs County auditor noted dog tag sales figures with about 3251 tags sold by Monday and more than 400 remaining. Auditor George estimated additional tags sold earlier in the year, with 48 owners rushing to beat a one dollar fee as a jump on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Fiscenen
George Is
Grange Chiefs At Olive Have Been Installed
LONG BOTTOM The Olive Grange installed newly-elected officers Friday night at Long Bottom with Clyde Will of Hemlock Grove guiding the ceremony. Assisting were Mr. and Mrs. Story of Hemlock Grange and several Hemlock members attended. New officers include Nerva Pryor master Bess Rose overseer Iva Buckley lecturer Willard Taylor steward Ronald Osborn assistant steward Peter Curtis chaplain Adah Bahr treasurer Fannie Coleman secretary Wilbur Weber gate keeper Edith Stalnaker Ceres Lettie McCain Pomona Elsie Bahr Flora Myrtle Rose lady assistant steward. Lunch followed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Olive Grange
Clyde Will
Hemlock Grove
Will
Story
Hemlock Grange
Hemlock
Nerva Pryor
Bess Rose
Iva Buckley
Willard Taylor
Ronald Osborn
Peter Curtis
Adah Bahr
Fannie Coleman
Wilbur Weber
Edith Stalnaker
Ceres
Lettie McCain
Pomona
Elsie Bahr
Flora
Myrtle Rose
Grange
Dr Norris To Head Program
A full-day meeting of Methodist Churches in Meigs County is set for Wednesday January 22 at Simpson M E Church. Opening at 10 30 a m with a devotional period Dr Robert B Foster Portsmouth District superintendent will preside. Principal speaker is Dr L F Norris Ohio Conference Religious Education director. A noon soup dinner and a potluck supper will be served by Simpson Church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Simpson M. E
Robert B. Foster
Portsmouth
L. F. Norris
Ohio Conference
Simpson Church
Boy Scout Merit Badge Effort Ends in Injury
David Goodwin, son of Mrs. Norma Goodwin, is recovering after four fingers were injured in a printing press accident while learning the trade. He aimed to earn a merit badge in printing and plans to resume once healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Boy Scout Organization
David Goodwin
Norma Goodwin
Second St
Young Goodwin
County Grange to Meet Jan 28 at Chester
The Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet with Chester Grange in Chester in a special session Thursday evening January 28. The Fifth Degree will be conferred in full form. Patrons attending are asked to bring pie and sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Chester Grange
Chester
Garner Names Senators To Aid Northwest Celebration
Northwest Territory Celebration Commission has named U S Senate members Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana and Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan. House appointees include Thomas of Irenton and Obert T. Secrest of Caldwell. President Roosevelt heads the commission and will convene it soon to begin planning the 1938 observance honoring settlement and civil government in Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins and Secrest
Marietta
Northwest Territory Celebration Commission
Ohio River
Garney
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
House
Thomas
Irenton
Obert T. Secrest
Caldwell
Middleport Social Notes Mention Local Residents
Middleport residents: Mr and Mrs George Wittmer return from Dayton after visiting sisters. John Smith Jr travels through Kentucky on business and visits home for weekend. James Root, famed tinner now retired, has been ill under a physician care. Miss Nella Mackin and siblings plan to move to the aunts Miss Kate and Miss Nora O Leary on Locust Street with partial furniture sale at Mackin home corner of Second Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Wittmer
Dayton
John Smith, Jr
Kentucky
James Root
Nella Mackin
Kate O'Leary
Nora O'Leary
Locust St
Mackin
Second Ave
Chauncey Woman Taken to Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Luster Dowler of Chauncey was moved by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Columbus Tuesday from Jacobs Avenue. She may undergo appendicitis surgery and has been ill for weeks, previously treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Luster Dowler
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Jacobs Ave
Etta Schoonover
Charles Downhour
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
John Shafer
Walter Wharton
Downhour
Mines in Chauncey District Marked for Work Wednesday
Work report shows all mines in the district marked for operation on Wednesday after 18 were active Tuesday. The list includes No. 10X No. 267 No. 5 No. 219 No. 28 No. 69 No. 24 No. 2565 Ohio No. 1 Poston No. 6 Chauncey N. Y. 25 Hocking Kimberly Luh rig Coonville Lick Rur Black Diamond and Salem Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ohio
Poston No
Chauncey N. Y
Hocking
Kimberly
Luhrig
Coonville
Lick Rur
Black Diamond
Salem Hollow
Suit for Divorce Filed by Mrs Engle in Pomeroy
POMEROY suit for divorce from Helen Engle filed in common pleas court Tuesday by Fair Engle. The couple married March 7, 19234 and have one child. Otho Lane named co respondent. Also Delbert Romine sues for divorce from Della Romine for conduct unbecoming a married woman. Ethyl Lane named as correspondent. they wed December 1927 and have three children. Desert lizards cannot tolerate excessively high temperatures.
Jacksonville Man 60 Buried in Chauncey
Asa Lambert age 60 died at his Jacksonville home Sunday. Funeral services were held at his home conducted by Rev Ray Green of the M.E. Church. Burial followed at Hill Top Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Safreed and Mrs Samuel Ruensell of Jacksonville and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Asa Lambert
Jacksonville
Hill Top Cemetery
Safreed
Ray Green
M. EF
Lambert
Samuel Ruensell
Bailey Run Moving Day in Chauncey and Greens Run
Bailey Run residents swapped homes in a moving day with Clyde and wife Pierces relocating to Greens Run, Brown family moving into their vacated home, and Edison Stalling moving from Millfield into the Bowen residence. Middleport residents attended a surprise birthday party hosted by Carl Reeves of Rutland for his wife, celebrating her birthday with a five hundred dollar diversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Bailey Run
Clyde Pierce
Greens Run
Lawrence Brown
Pierce
Edison Stalling
Millfield
Bowen
Middleport
Carl Reeves
Rutland
Ohio Relief Debate Highlights State Budget Strains
Ohio lawmakers clash over relief funding and a future needs based allocation bill. Senator Metzenbaum denounces relief figures, House Finance cuts $34,000 from the Hartman Building and approves other items while a separate sundry claims bill drafts nearly $513,077 in post veto obligations for state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metzenbaum
Ohio
House Finance Committee
Ohio Hartman
Grafton State Farm
Lorain County
Lake Alma
Jackson County
Russell Point
Archevological and Historical Society
William Foss
D-Mercer
Senate Finance Committee
Mrs C W Snider Hosts Fox Patrol Dinner
Mrs C W Snider entertained the Fox Patrol of Boy Scouts with a 6 o'clock dinner at her Lincoln Street home. Her eldest son Bob is a Fox Patrol member. A man spends about 23 years in bed if he lives to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. W. Snider
Fox Patrol
Boy Scouts
Lincoln Street
Bob
Racine Social Notes Recap Of Visits And Guests
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hayman were business visitors in Columbus on Tuesday. Mrs Henry Bentz and son Duke spend two weeks with relatives in Beaver Pennsylvania. Mrs Elizabeth Spencer Delaware is visiting here and Mrs Orville Hayward with niece Fieanor Bentz visited Mr Hayward at the Ohio Hospital for Epiceptics in Gallipolis. Mr and Mrs G A Clark spent Friday with friends in Parkersburg. Robert Spencer Columbus was a weekend guest. Charles Stobart Parkersburg arrived to stay a week with his parents Mr and Mrs John Stobert. Mr and Mrs Robert Carvel Dayton were weekend guests of her parents, Mr and Mrs A J Schaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Spencer
Delaware
Orville Hayward
Fieanor Bentz
Gallipolis
Hayward
Ohio Hospital
G. A. Clark
Parkersburg
Robert Spencer
Columbus
Charles Stobart
John Stobert
Robert Carvel
Dayton
A. J. Schaffer
Birth Announcement for Gravel Hill Girl
Parents Mr and Mrs Sid ney C Roy of Headley Street Gravel Hill announce the birth of a daughter on Monday January 20. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Sam Roy and Mr and Mrs Q T Ohlinger of Gravel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sidney C. Roy
Headley St
Gravel Hill
Sam Roy
Q. T. Ohlinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
F Relief Organization
Koehlers
Main St
WPA
Pomeroy High
England
Chicago
Maria Martinez de Hoz Palmer
Potter D’orsay Palmer
Women’s
C. M. Hennessy Home
Eroy
Point-Teacher Association
Highuditorium
America
Et Roe
al Congress of
Yers
FE. C. Stoper
C. EK
Booth
Parlner
Methodist Church
Co, E. Roe
D. C
Prin
Cipal
Eis Sale Falls
Ival Bej
Middle ‘Port Success
E. x. White
W. Va
Seressful
Inter
Kreager
Rey White
Olive
Dr. Norris
Meigs M. E
County Grange
Garner
Northwest
Roosevelt
Ruth Moffett
James A. Moffett
Oil Company
Warren Johnson
New York
Mr. Moffett
Columbus Hospital
Lustin Dowler
Engle
Honor Mrs. Reeves
Dr. Pierce
Mae Thompson
Thrasher St
Springfield
Cts
Dr. Pierces Clinic
Buffalo
N. Y
Ohio State University
Miami University
Tax Commission
Wilberforce University
Industrial Commission
Welfare Department
Mrs Excursions
Battinore
Cute
Bove’ Phleeced Lumber
Bove’ Tweedaroy Knickers
Racine
Ralph Hayman
Henry Bentz
Duke
Beaver
Colonial
North Court
Steve Colonial
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