Gathering Held to Dedicate Organization
A gathering at the Hall celebrated the formation of the Middleport Fire-Department cooperative group. L D. McMaster was appointed president and keynote speaker, praising cooperation between Pomeroy and Middleport as a path to mutual benefit and insurance support for firemen. Local officials and firemen heard congratulatory remarks and shared hopes for community progress.
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Middleport
L D. McMaster
McMas
Pomeroy
of the Messenger
Commit
Pomthe
Roy Councilman
William
Dana
G. Fowler
James Fu
Gilmore
R. G. Webster
A. H. Bibers
Johnston
Olive Tablets advertised as bowel aid for clear eyes and vitality
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for tiredness and poor complexion due to faulty elimination. It claims the tablets improve digestion and overall vitality with olive color branding and offers 15c and 30c sizes.
Dress Rehearsal Operetta At Middleport High School
Middleport High School Girls Glee Club presents The Dress Rehearsal a one act operetta at 8 pm Thursday January 31 at Grove House Academy. Proceeds fund a piano for the high school. Cast includes Jean Reed Lois Diles Amy Fibbs Beulah Lee Smith and others with Miss Mary Eunice Hennesy as accompanist. Matinee for school children and evening show.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Grove House Academy
Miss Jones
Jean Reed
Mlle. Epinard
Lois Diles
Amy Fibbs
Beulah Lee Smith
Clara Wilkins
Josephine Emish
Sarah-Ann
Sybil McCoy
Sophronia Spivens
Mary Lou McMaster
Martha Higgins
Ruth McCallum
Carrie Brown
Eleanor Roush
Jarvey
Fannie Pullin
Miss Pinchbeck
Lorena Gardner
Rosella Parker
Mary K. Hettisimer
Cora Dell Seines
Weekend Visitors and Health Updates from Middleport
Mrs Jess Johnston and Ott Leath of Columbus spent the weekend at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Boice where Boice remains in critical condition. Miss Evelyn Jones Julia Mae Wilburn and Betty Reed returned home to continue studies at Office Training School in Columbus. Mrs Mary Sisson on South Second Avenue slowly recovers from serious illness. Donald Coe of New York City visited from Wheeling to spend the weekend with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs M G White. Mrs C F Rathburn, also seriously ill, is recovering. Miss Christine Grant and cousins Misses Rathryn and Marsha Sater returned to Columbus after visiting Miss Grant's mother Mrs Louise Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Johnston
Ott Leath
Columbus
Arthur Boice
Boice
Evelyn Jones
Julia Mae Wilburn
Betty Reed
Office
Mary Sisson
South Second Avenue
Donald Coe
New York City
Wheeling
M. G. White
C. F. Rathburn
Christine Grant
Rathryn
Marsha Sater
Barber Code Enforcement Steps In Meigs County
Code authority reports steps will be taken to enforce the Ohio Barber Code in Meigs County after partial voluntary cooperation. It notes Ohio courts recently upheld the trade’s rules with key rulings, including a temporary injunction in Tuscarawas County restraining Dennison barbers from cutting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fetters
C. C. Mercer, Jr
Dennison Barbers
Class Organizes and Plans Childs Party at Presbyterian School
The newly formed class of boys and girls at the Presbyterian Bible School elected officers led by President Harold Sauer and Vice President Gene Grate. Committees include Ways and Means Gene Grate Edgar Ruckerman Betty Reed. Membership Alice Sanborn Thelma Shell Bill Grate. Entertainment Ruth McNaughton Dan McNaughton Louise Lewis. Sick Edward Tewksbury Louise Healy Ruth Grate. A kid party is set for next Thursday in the church lecture room with attendees dressed as children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Presbyterian Bible School
Harold Sauer
Gene Grate
Ruth Humphrey
Ways and Means
Edgar Ruckerman
Betty Reed
Alice Sanborn
Thelma Shell
Bill Grate
Ruth McNaughton
Dan McNaughton
Louise Lewis
Edward Tewksbury
Louise Healy
Ruth Grate
Freshman Class Officers Elected at Middleport High
Middleport High School chose its freshman officers with Harold Hubbard as president Violet Hartinger as vice president Marjorie Brown as secretary and Mary June Roush as treasurer in the recent election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Harold Hubbard
Violet Hartinger
Marjorie Brown
Mary June Roush
Powers Faces Multiple Charges After Refusing Stop
Pomeroy Delmar Powers faces five charges including driving while intoxicated after allegedly pouring two pints of liquor on the floor of his car when a state highway patrolman ordered him to stop Saturday night. He is held at the county jail pending a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Delmar Powers
Roscoe O. Fowler
Powers
Fowler
Dies Near Rutland in Rutland Area Man Jake Murray 80
Death of Jake Murray aged 80 after months of illness at his home near Rutland. He was twice married and survived by his wife and nine children. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Rutland with Rev. Harley Bolton officiating and burial in Miles Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jake Murray
Rutland
Mr. Murray
Baptist Church
Harley Bolton
Miles Cemetery
Weekend Visitors Stop in from Columbus and Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Ray Wilson of Columbus visited briefly with friends over the weekend. Mrs J A Edwards and her son M J Edwards of Parkersburg were weekend guests in the home of relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wilson
Columbus
J. A. Edwards
M. J. Edwards
Parkersburg
Ohio towns build and upgrade sewage plants since 1930
Columbus Jan 28 UPI Officials of the State Department of Health disclose that 15 Ohio municipalities installed new sewage disposal plants since 1930, six cities improved existing plants, 11 others obtained PWA grants for new plants, and PWA contracts have been approved for three more.
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Columbus
UPI
State Department of Health
Ohio
PWA
Emigration Reverses as Mexicans Return from U S
A U S drive pushes a quarter million Mexicans home amid depression era hardship. Fewer than 1 000 legally admitted migrants crossed into the United States last year as port barriers and visa limits rose. Most repatriados head to Laredo Juarez or Mexican farms under the agrarian program.
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Laredo
Texas
Jan
United States
Republic
South
Mexico
Juarez
Illinois Produces About Eighty Five Thousand Pounds Nuts Annually
Illinois contributes about 85000 pounds of edible nuts each year for commercial consumption. This figure reflects steady output in the state’s nut industry and highlights its role in supplying processed products to markets nationwide.
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Illinois
Poem Composed for Nurse Jane Priode at St Josephs
A patient at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia wrote a poem in honor of nurse Jane Priode daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Priode. Priode, a Pom eroy High School graduate, recently completed six months of training and was accepted as a student in the training program. The tribute reflects the unusual appreciation from a patient of the care given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jane Priode
Ed Priode
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Miss Priode
Nurses’ Training School
Pomeroy High School
Virginia Enix
Mrs Stim Dies at 59 in Gallipolis Hospital
Mrs Julia Stim age 59 dies Sunday morning at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis from a complication of diseases. Survived by four daughters and two sons. Funeral rites set for Tuesday at 1 at the Baptist Church Cheshire with burial at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Julia Stim
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Stim
Baptist Church
Cheshire
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Missionary Society Dinner and Guild Dinner Planned
The Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet Friday at Mrs. Lillian Lee's home with Mrs. Hazel Cleland as assisting hostess. On Wednesday the Methodist Guild will serve a dinner at the church annex.
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Racine
The
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lillian Lee
Hazel Cleland
Methodist Guild
School Lunch Rooms Must Levy Sales Tax
The State Tax Commission in Columbus announces that school stores and lunch rooms must collect the 3 percent sales tax. It clarifies that stores run by boards of education are exempt, but those operated by pupils, teachers, or parent teacher groups are taxable.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Boards of Education
W. H. Middleton, Jr
John W. Bricker
Income Tax Filing Notice for 1935 Standards
The notice outlines who must file income tax returns for 1935 including individuals with net income $1000 or gross $5000 and married couples with net $2500 or gross $5000. Filing runs January 1 to March MS, 1935 with the Collector of Internal Revenue as the filing agent. It details a four percent normal tax on net income over personal exemptions plus credits and surtax on higher earnings.
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Internal Revenue
United States
Griffith Evans Dies Sunday
Griffith Evans, long a resident of southeastern Ohio and a noted coal region figure, dies Sunday. He and Elizabeth Branson married in 188? at Corning. their eight children include six living, with descendants in Oak Hill, Schenectady, Boston, and Athens. Elizabeth Evans has served as city deputy auditor. Evans sang widely in Wales and at London events before moving to the United States.
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Evans
Corning
Elizabeth Branson
Jane
George
Oak Hill
W. Va
Mary Gillilan
Schenectady
N. Y
Granville
Boston
Mass
Griffith L
Elizabeth
Athens
Elizabeth Evans
Ohio
Hiness
Ohio Highways Snow Ice Covered Across State
Radio reports from the Cambridge State Highway Patrol Station WPHT state anew that Ohio and Western Pennsylvania roads are heavier in the west and south. The northeast has a thin ice coating, Columbus area sees snow, Cincinnati has sleet followed by snow, and northwestern highways are slippery. Southeastern Ohio reports heavy snow.
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Cambridge
Jan
Cambridge State Highway Patrol
WPHT
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Cincinnati
Two Presidential Dances To Be Held at Glouster
White and colored residents plan separate Birthday Balls in Glouster on Wednesday night with a bridge and enchre party by the American Legion Auxiliary. Tickets support infantile paralysis relief and Warm Springs Foundation. 70 percent funds go to crippled children in the county.
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Glouster
American Legion Auxilary
American Legion Hall
Lamborn
Order of Eagles
High Street
Vern Lamborn
Warm Springs Foundation
Stag party honors Glouster-George Conley on Cherry Street
A Friday night birthday event at Cherry Street celebrated Glouster-George Conley turning 33. Guests included Hale Leach Harry Williams Leonard Warren James Kirby Eddie Turner Lawrence Williams Alston and Robbert Fultz with animal favors and a large centerpiece tag.
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Glouster
George Conley
Cherry Street
Hale Leach
Harry Williams
Leonard Warren James Kirby
Eddie Turner
Lawrence Williams
Alston
Robbert Fultz
Progressives Meet GLOUSTER The Progressive Study Club meets at Miss Esta Cunningham home
The Progressive Study Club gathered 15 members at Miss Esta Cunningham's Main Street home Friday night to discuss Scientific Exploration in South America. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Members listed include Mrs. Bertha Angle Mrs. Grace Bryson Mrs. Garnet Drugg Mrs. Mae Dunnett and others. The club plans a Valentine party February 8 at Mrs. Bean Henshaw's home. United States ranks second among nations in maternity case mortality.
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Helen Green
Vera Kinney
Bertha Angle
Grace Bryson
Garnet Drugg
Mae Dunnett
Esta Harper
Bess Henshaw
Hazel Janchinas
Lou Munden
Mildred Davis
Grace Ochs
Ruth Watkins
Sara Williams
Lalla Danford
Eva Kientz
United States
Tomcats Down Buchtel Boys Team 27 to 19
Glouster High Tomcats played strong basketball at home and defeated Buchtel High 27 to 19 in a Saturday night game. The win highlighted sharp defense and a steady offense for Glouster.
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Tomcats
Buchtel
Glouster
Glouster High Tomcats
Buchtel High Boys
Kasler Infant Dies in Glouster Home
Esther Ann Kasler six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Kasler of Glouster R D 4 died at 2 30 this morning at her parents home Funeral services have not been arranged.
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Kasler
Glouster
Esther Ann Kasler
Floyd Kasler
Dan LeFever Dies in Liberty Hill Area Funeral Planned
Dan LeFever age about 60 died Sunday at New Lexington. Born and reared in Liberty Hill vicinity he left the area 15 years ago. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 PM at Liberty Hill Church with burial beside the church. Survived by wife two sons and two daughters. The British Medical Register lists 55,201 doctors.
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Glouster
Dan LeFever
New Laxington
Liberty Hill
Mr. LeFever
Creomulsion Ad Claims Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement urges immediate action against coughs and colds with Creomulsion. It touts seven benefits in one, says it is powerful yet harmless, pleasant to take, and narcotic free, and offers an on the spot money refund by the druggist if not relieved.
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Emen
Jime Hawley
Athens Sun
Hubbard
Pomeroy Personals
U. S
Huey Long
Lnty and Service
Pally
Mrs. Stim
New York Society
Mrs. Allston Boyer
Louis Bayard
Tad
Griffith Evans
Hal
Williams
Soles
Chare Mick
Collins
Rawies
Charmick
Ceusastreees
Rife
Smathers
Wee Wagner
Glouster Williams
Brookes
Darling
Gunthor
Howard
MeeAlliater
Swartasub
Millington
W. Union St
Fidence
On Count Savings & Loan
Harold McCracken
Prescott Halsey
Mera
Winston-Selem, N
F. F. Peters
Frazier Forman Peters
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