Panthers topple Gallipolis ending 15 game SEC AAs streak
Pomeroy Panthers edged Gallipolis 32 to 28 in a rough Southeast Ohio League clash. Sealy scored 14 for Pomeroy, Halbrecht added 14, while Gallipolis struggled with free throws and saw two players ejected as the rivalry turned fierce.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis High School
Blue Devils
Pomeroy Panther
Gallipolis
Panthers
S.E.C.A.A
Halbrecht
Sealey
Devils
McKenzie
Panther
Betz
Mankin
Westfall
Gwinn
Ace
Oddba
Paenkin
Duvorey
Harbrecht
McKenze
Acs
Weebmeplee
PS Fett Ete
SOR
Atmdea
Ss I
Sc Crcetenatine
Eceenmase
Poo Yea
Matson
Lloyd
Lewis
Tanner
Stivers
Safford
W. Va
Wes
Salisbury Township Presents George Washington Program
Salisbury township will host a George Washington program on Thursday evening February 22 at the Bradbury Church. Proceeds go to the infantile paralysis fund. J P Miller chairs the fundraising drive. Further details to be announced later.
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George Washington
Salisbury Township
Bradbury Church
J. P. Miller
Banquet to Mark 59th Anniversary of Christian Endeavor
Pomeroy banquet of the Dexter Christian Endeavor Society will be held Friday evening to observe the movement’s 59th anniversary. Neil Crawford of Athens will be the out of town speaker.
Spelling Bee and Minstrel Rally for Infantile Paralysis Funds
Meigs County stages a spelling contest at Rutland high school to raise funds for infantile paralysis. a minstrel show and dance at pomeroy junior high school next week boost the $500 county quota. local students sell lapel buttons through saturday and county teams compete in the spelling bee.
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Pomeroy
Rutland High School
Pomeroy Junior High
Meigs County
Middleport
Rutland
Wilma Roush
John W. Frank
F. Ray Wilson
Lowell Wingett
Floyd F. Mees
Rutland Orchestra
Clyde Fisher Dies At Holzer Hospital Tuesday
Clyde Fisher, aged near 30, died Tuesday afternoon at Holzer Hospital after being brought there in a diabetic coma. The body was returned to Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home and arrangements were not yet set. He lived with his father Corbett Fisher on the Lindsey farm near Hobson.
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Middleport
Clyde Fisher
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Mr. Fisher
Corbett Fisher
Lindsey Farm
Hobson
Truck Collides With Car In Columbus Traffic
A coal truck from Ebersbach Peacok struck a motor car driven by M. C. Westfall of Columbus on Main Street near Court Street. Westfall’s car and the coal truck suffered slight damage and the matter was settled out of court.
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Pomeroy
Ebersbach Peacock
M. C. Westfall
Columbus
Westfall
Main St
Main St.Court St
Wilma Roush To Head Junior Red Cross in Meigs County
Wilma Roush named chairman of the Meigs County Junior Red Cross by I B Weed. An advisory committee from seven districts plans projects and fund raising to aid needy children with glasses tonsillectomies and dental work.
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Wilma Roush
Red Cross
Meigs County
United States
Meigs County Women Suffer With Mumps
In MIDDLEPORT Mrs. Sadie Brooks 95 and Miss Jessie Carpenter 60 have contracted mumps. Their relative Mrs. Dan L. Farmer also had mumps during the holidays while visiting her mother Mrs. Blanche Carpenter. The Carpenter home houses Mrs. Brooks and Miss Carpenter where the illness was found a week ago.
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Middleport
Sadie Brooks
Jessie Carpenter
Dan L. Farmer
Farmer
Blanche Carpenter
Carpenter
Crashes Averted in Streets of Middleport
Heavy snow left roads icy in Middleport prompting street workers to spread cinders on dangerous curves late last night. No injuries reported and motorists urged to drive carefully as lanes remained slick.
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Middleport
Death of Mrs L D Jay in Cleveland at 83
Mrs. L D Jay aged 83 died at her Cleveland home last Saturday. She was born Sarah Ann Weeks in Pomeroy and is survived by one son and three daughters. She was aunt to Gilbert Weeks Salis bury Township Trustee and Eldon Weeks Pomeroy National Bank bookkeeper.
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Pomeroy
L. D. Jay
Cleveland
Lemon Juice Recipe for Rheumatic Pain Quick Relief
A home remedy promises fast relief from rheumatic and neuritis pain using RU-EX COMPOUND mixed with water and lemon juice. The ad claims noticeable results within 48 hours, with a money back guarantee if it does not help, sold by druggists.
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Ruex
Middleport Garden Club hosts Know Ohio program
Middleport Garden Club met at Mrs. D. S. Harold's home with Allen Jenkinson and Groves presenting a motion picture Beauty Spots of Ohio as part of a Know Ohio program. Mrs. Rothrock read Explore and Know Ohio. a New Year rhyme topped January's agenda. Mrs. Tompkins presided. prize went to Mrs. Grate. Next meeting set for February 5 at Mrs. Rothrock’s. The party honors Mrs. Eben Bowen’s wife, Mrs. Nelson Gardner, Mrs. John Vroman, and Miss Frances Bowen with a card evening.
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Middleport
Ohio
E. R. Tompkins
M. G. Brown
J. H. Grate
H. A. Rothrock
Nelson Gardner
Gallipolis
John Vroman
Frances Bowen
Eben Bowen
Bowen
Chestnut St
Charleston
C. P. Gallagher
C. F. Hawkins
James Stevens
Local residents note family visits and illnesses
Orion Flesher visits Huntington and attends Louis I. Brown funeral in Athens while sister Mrs. M. G. Brown remains seriously ill. Others include Mrs. Addie Branch critically ill. her daughter Mrs. Warren Turner travels from Dickinson, W. Va. John Zettel visits from Cincinnati. Lenore Giles returns from Tacoma. Olivia Reed visits Columbus.
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Orion Flesher
Huntington
M. G. Brown
Rutland St
Athens
Louis I. Brown
Flesher
Florida
Lantz
McArthur
Addie Branch
Front St
Warren Turner
Dickinson
W. Va
Clarence Ebersbach
Springfield
Xenia
William Grate
Gallipolis
William Belcher
Willis Aleshire
M. J. Mygatt
Fred Shawver
Dorothy Barsotti
John Zettel
Cincinnati
J. D. Ryan
Ryans
Zettel
Fred Luchs
Lenore Giles
W. A. Giles
Ella Bell
Tacoma
Washington
Mr. Giles
Mrs. Bell
Olivia Reed
Columbus
Dorothy Sauer
Hudson St
River Not Frozen Near Middleport In Ohio
Contrary to reports, the Ohio River remains unfrozen from Eureka Dam to Antiquity. From the Pomeroy Mason Bridge area to the ice piers at upper Middleport, the channel shows little ice and clear water.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Eureka
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Upper Middleport
Radio stars register in Middleport for Temple Theater appearance
Radio stars Bashful Eddie Sagebrush Dick Waco Kid Betty Jay Indian Bill and his Tribe Little Montana arrived at a local hotel in Middleport for a personal appearance at the Temple Theater this evening.
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Middleport
Bashful
Eddie
Female Singers Take Spotlight In Light Opera Program
Mrs Willis Aleshire unable to conduct the Woman's Music Club chorus last night illness led Mrs O P Klein to substitute. The chorus will perform popular operetta numbers in a February Light Opera program.
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Middleport
Willis Aleshire
Woman's Music Club
O. P. Klein
County Infirmary Annual Report Details 1939 Costs
Pomeroy Allard Pratt, superintendent of the County Infirmary, filed the annual report with the county commissioners. The 1939 gross expense was 6801.33 dollars. Net per capita cost at the Home was 197.51 dollars. Daily average of inmates on the infirmary farm was 33 with a yearly population of 44, including 28 males and 16 females.
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Pomeroy
Allard Pratt
Local Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Illness and Visits
Mrs Allie Bradfield aged 87 is reported seriously ill at her Harrisonville area home. Howard Ebersbach has recovered from a week long illness at Mulberry Ave home. Mrs Ebersbach and her new son are in satisfactory condition. Mrs Paul Dillard and infant son expected home today from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. A baby weighed four pounds thirteen ounces at birth and is doing well. Betty Burnside 12 was taken by ambulance to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg for possible surgery. Stella Starkey ill at Union Ave was taken by ambulance to Ed Reuter's on Bull Run. Mr and Mrs Dale Gilkey and children of Gallipolis visited Charles Gilkey on Harrisonville Road. First regular Drew Webster Unit American Legion Auxiliary meeting since November held with Zana Winthrow in charge. Young Woman's Guild Federated Church met at Ruth and Kathryn Huber Wehe Terrace with a business session and refreshments. Mary Martha Smith daughter of Eddie Smith Wehe Terrace ill from an infected arm and absent from school since Friday.
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Allie Bradfield
Harrisonville
Howard Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Ebersbach
Paul Dillard
Second St
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Rth
Betty Burnside
John Burnside
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Stella Starkey
Union Ave
Ed Reuter
Bull Run
Dale Gilkey
Charles Gilkey
Harrisonville Road
Dief
Drew Webster Unit
American Legion
Zana Winthrow
Young Woman's Guild of the Federated Church
Ruth
Kathryn Huber
Wehe Terrace
Mary Martha Smith
Eddie Smith
Pupils Attend Theater Treat for PTA Attendance
Middleport pupils from Mrs Pearl Reynolds room walked through snow to a local theater for a PTA attendance reward. In Pomeroy David Eynon 21 Guy Guinther 31 and Almont Cottrill 38 all of Syracuse were jailed on disturbing the peace charges by Syracuse Marshal Harold Duckworth. In Middleport the MHS Freshman Sophomore reception was postponed to Feb 23.
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Middleport
Pearl Reynolds
PTA
Pomeroy
David Eynon
Guy Guinther
Almont Cottrill
Syracuse
Harold Duckworth
MHS
Benefit Cage Game Planned at Pomeroy Junior High
A benefit basketball game will be played at Pomeroy Junior High School gym Saturday Feb 3 to aid X-ray treatments for Robert Brickles Pom eroy sophomore athlete. Dye's All Stars led by Tippy Dye and Jimmy Hull will represent Pomery. Local merchants back the effort and the Retail Merchants Council will close stores so clerks may attend while Brickles recovers from a bone disease and practice injury at Holzer Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Robert Brickles
W. R. Farnham
Dye
Tippy Dye
Jimmy Hull
Fred Crow
Chauncey Shumaker
Jimmy Clark
Charlie Murray
Bill Grueser
Ralston Russell
Arthur Fick
Retail Merchants Council
Young Brickles
Holzer Hospital
Junior Band Plans Concert in Middleport High School
The Middleport Junior Band under Gordon Harris will perform a concert Sunday at 2 pm in the high school auditorium. A silver offering will support buying new instruments as thirty musicians from fifth to higher grades present solos ensembles and band numbers after extra rehearsals this winter season.
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Middleport
Gordon Harris
Tiger or lion tamed more easily when caught young
A jungle-born big cat is easier to train than a cub raised in captivity, suggesting early wild capture aids learning while captive-bred animals resist conditioning.
Olive Tablets Offer Liver Boost For Morning Vitality
A vintage advertisement urges readers to take Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and aid digestion for constipation and sluggish liver. Propels daily use with claimed benefits and pricing 15 30 60 cents in drugstores.
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Ohio
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