Meigs County to Ban Pin Ball and Slot Machines
Meigs County officers will ban gambling devices including pin ball machines and slot machines by February 10. The order covers all areas of the county from villages to rural districts after a meeting with Judge Cedric W. Clark and Prosecuting Attorney Manning D. Webster. Represented were the sheriff's office and police in Pomeroy Middleport Racine Rutland and Syracuse.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Common Pleas
Cedric W. Clark
Manning D. Webster
Sheriff's Office
Mayor's Office
Middleport
Racine
Rutland
Syracuse
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Teachers Pension Talk
Meigs County teachers and others heard G M Pogue secretary of the State Teachers Retirement System explain the system at the High School Auditorium. He urged near future changes to preserve pension value and noted the reserve totals 94500000 in Columbus.
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Middleport
G. M. Pogue
State
Teachers’ Retirement System
Meigs County
Delta Kappa Gamma
Pogue
Columbus
C. O. Chapman
Franklin Guinther
Marvin Murray
Milton Cross
Helen Jane Root
Jack Abbott
David Ohlinger
Stephen Foster
Gordon Harris
M. W. Essex
Ohio Education Association
Pomeroy Marriages and Social Notes Update
Dorothy Erb and Donald Rea wed at the Federated Church with family in attendance. Margaret Breen sails February 3 to Aruba to join her husband John F. Breen abroad. Public party at Sacred Heart auditorium features awards. Helen Jane Faris visits Columbus after Nashville stay. Boone County Jamboree members visit Bendvue Theater hosts at a dinner with local helpers.
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Sacred Heart Auditorium
Helen Jane Faris
Pomeroy
Nashville
Aid for Aged Bill Endorsed by Meigs Society
The Meigs County Old Age Pension Society endorsed a bill in the Ohio Senate to place the Division of Aid for the Aged under a separate independent unit away from the Department of Public Welfare. Senator Horace S. Keifer introduced the measure. Society officers urged the change to reduce political influence on the division.
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Old Age
Pomeroy High School Starts Senior Guidance Program
Pomeroy Ohio 1941 sees the senior guidance program underway at Pomeroy High School Principal J E White distributed the pamphlet Looking Toward College from the Ohio College Association to juniors and seniors Earlier in the year Denison University professor John Bjelke and Ohio Wesleyan University professors spoke to seniors Last Monday Muskingum College representative Mr Barrows gave another lecture in the program
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
J. E. White
Committee On
Ohio College Association
John Bjelke
Denison University
Ships
Ohio Wesleyan University
Barrows
Muskingum College
Middleport Readies Lotsa doin Minstrel at High School
Rehearsals for the Middleport minstrel Lotsa doin are under way with strong cast and director enthusiasm. The show at Middleport High School auditorium on February 5 will keep the same format with minor jokes changed. Tickets are on sale with the Volunteer Fire Department backing the event, and proceeds go to the Infantile Paralysis fund.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Middleport High School
Fire Department
Drive Begins for Sale of 1941 Pomeroyan Yearbook
Campaign to sell the 1941 Pomeroyan yearbook opened at a Senior High Assembly featuring Li'l Abner and the Hill Billy Follies. Senior staff, including editor Barbara Wildermuth and business manager Nora Tracy, presented program highlights and performances by students of Room 23.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroyan
Pomeroy High School
Li'l Abner
Mammy Yokum
Daisy Mae
Troupants Yokum
Room 23
Charlotte Mees
Josephine
Shirley Hysell
Ruth Bauer
Jean
Gertrude Meyer
Addie Matson
Eloise Edwards
Velma Geary
W. A. Drake
Beatrice Diddle
Frances Dill
Virginia McBride
Wallace Riggs
Edward Stark
Barbara Wildermuth
Nora Tracy
Marilyn Young
Clinton Donovan
Jeanette Young
Mary Winebrenner
Ironpants Yokum
Harley Bennett
Gerald Koster
George MacCumber
Janet Turner
Chamber Headquarters Will Be in Town Hall
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce will set temporary headquarters at the Town Hall during the membership drive begun this week. William O. Atkins and H. B. Pickett will co chair the drive. A districting plan will map lists of prospective members. three committees were named: Allen Hartley welcoming, Bob Coates entertainment, M. D. Hartley civic.
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Chamber
Town Hall
Pomeroy
Ed H. Condon
Allen Hartley
Bob Coates
M. D. Hartley
Rudisill First in Membership Drive
Lee Rudisill named top man in the Pom eroy Chamber of Commerce membership push. The local Railway Express agent took action without waiting to be contacted, paying his fee Saturday night and joining as a new member, per an announcement by Condon, the chamber president.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Lee Rudisill
Railway Express
Ed H. Condon
C. of
Rudisill
Mr. Condon
Plan Changes At Courthouse
County commissioners consider rearranging space at the courthouse to add offices for the title certificate, judge Cedric W. Clark’s law library, and the county school superintendent. They expect to finalize a three month appropriation measure in the next day or two.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Cedric W. Clark
Law Library
Commissioners
Judge Clark
W. Second St
Board of Commissioners
Herb Riggs
W. E. Eiselstein
Dan Hartinger
Howard Coughenour Dies in Middleport
Howard Coughenour 58 died at his Pearl Street home in Middleport from pneumonia after influenza. A former coal miner who moved from Poplar Ridge 15 years ago, he ran a small grocery on Ash and Pearl. Survived by his wife, a daughter Carrie, and sister Mrs. H. E. Hardesty of Parkersburg. Funeral Thursday at Poplar Ridge Church with burial in Poplar Ridge Cemetery.
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John Vroman
William Grate
Ruby Byers
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Vroman
Walnut St
H. E. Hardesty
Parkersburg
Howard Coughenour
The
Heath Methodist Church
Cora Dell Scines
Holzer Hospital
John Scines
Fourth Ave
Scines
C. E. Holzer
General Hospital
Cincinnati
E. M. Wood
Helen Wood
Charles Wood
Middleport
Pearl St
Coughenour
Poplar Ridge
Ash and
Pearl Sts
Carrie
Poplar Ridge Church
Poplar Ridge Cemetery
NYA Youths Build New Workshop for Middleport
NYA youths prepare Park St School for a woodworking shop to aid Middleport and Meigs County. The fully equipped shop will employ 50 youths in two shifts monthly and serve public agencies with furniture and recreational gear. Training includes drafting and carpentry. Interviews for NYA jobs are held Wednesdays at the Court House.
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Middleport
NYA
Park St
George W. Munson
Meigs County
C. L. Heaton
Court House
More Pomeroy Middleport News Highlights Page Two
Page two reports additional notes from Pomeroy and Middleport, highlighting local events, civic updates, and community notices. Details include brief mentions of meetings, school activities, and small-scale happenings affecting residents.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Middleport Cagers Face Athens Tonight
Middleport Yellow Jacket basketball team described as small slow and inexperienced aims to limit Athens Bulldogs at the Athens court. They boast one SEC win over Nelsonville and field forwards Clatworthy and Hartinger center Gomer guards Bowen and Barsotti with a reserve group seeking to maintain their SEC record.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Athens Bulldogs
Athens Court
Nelsonville
Clatworthy
Hartinger
Gomer
Bowen
Barsotti
Ira Manley Pomeroy and Rosa Hysell File Marriage License
Ira Manley Pomeroy 27 of Middleport and Rosa Hysell 21 of Rutland secured a marriage license in probate court Monday. The license was issued Saturday afternoon to James Frank-
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Pomeroy
Ira Manley
Middleport
Rosa Hysell
Rutland
James Frank
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Padge
Meigs Co
ArHena
Dorothy Lamour
Henry Fonda
Linda Darnell
Sat
Post
Pete Smith
Coty
Michael Shayne
Charles Rea Ats Re Et
Vivien Leigh
Pee Re Iit
Middleport Social Notes
Gallipolis
Leo Bean
Dorothy Erb
Donald Rea
Ralph Kuether
Federated Church
Stanley Rea
Wheeling
Rea
Grover Erb
Mulberry Ave
Mr. Rea
Ernest Rea
E. Main St
Margaret Breen
Gold Ridge
Darwin
Aruba
Venezuela
Breen
Margaret Gold
Mason City
John F. Breen
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Pomeroy Social Briefs
PHS
Lotsadoin
the Gas Company
TRAD
Smith Bros
Lin
Opal Wise
Bokar Coffee
World Sievil
A&p
Knit Union
Trappe
al Ten
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