Supply Bases Established at Several Places
Meigs County flood relief reorganizes aid with a Sugar Run School central base serving Pomeroy and nearby villages. Bases exist at Liberty Ave Monkey Run Naylors Run Kerrs Run Minersville Syracuse Racine Letart Long Bottom and Portland with trucks and boats delivering to towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Sugar Run
Liberty Ave
Monkey Run
Naylors Run
Kerrs Run
Minersville
Syracuse
Racine
Letart
Long Bottom
Portland
Albany Flood Aid Tops Local Efforts and Closures
Albany residents mobilized for flood relief raising funds and collecting food clothing and supplies led by Mrs Ayler and the Red Cross while Boy Scouts canvassed streets and rural areas. Local notices report community group meetings, school and club happenings and a death in Harrisonville with local reactions and obituaries. The Berlin Scherinbeck mayoral hereditary line ends with discussion of heir apparent to the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ayler
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Jane Burdette
Portsmouth
Mary Stuart
Dayton Stuart
Harrisonville
Frances Allen
Ladies’ Aid Society
MEB
Frank Bolton
Marie Hoffee
Emma Mitchell
Parent-Teacher Association
E. B. Dickson
Addie Parker
EB. G. Pauley
Hebbardsville
Pauley
C. N. Jones
Mary
Chester
Dent Allen
Featherton
A. J. van Dyke
Albany Grange
Dale Scott
George Scott
Ohio State University
Albany High School
Ohio State
Sadie Brooks
Blanche Carpenter
Morale High Despite Pomerooy Flood Darkness
A Pomerooy flood left residents without electricity water and gas in the hills, forcing candlelit newsrooms and improvised kitchens. Despite losses and hardship locals praise enduring morale and resilience amid primitive living conditions.
Veterans Reach Pomeroy by New Road After Floods
Mr and Mrs Oliver Hartley of Columbus join other flood veterans arriving on Lincoln Hill by auto Thursday. They describe a temporary route from Rock Springs through Thomas Fork Union Ave Bridge Lasley Street and Sugar Run School to the hill. Advocates urge keeping and extending the route to cut miles between Pomeroy and Rutland. Hartley, formerly an Ohio state statistician, will transfer under civil service after a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Oliver Hartley
Columbus
Lincoln Hill
Thomas Fork
Rock Springs
Union Ave
Lasley St
Sugar Run
Rutland-Pomeroy
Dead Man's Curve
Rutland
Hartley
Auditor of State
Civil Service
Meigs Sportsman Near State Honor Consideration
Meigs County sportsmen urge Governor Davey to appoint Ruel Finsterwald to the Conservation Council of Ohio. Finsterwald would represent the southern part of the state as a Democrat and would influence game seasons and state lakes policy. A separate note reports 3000 rabbits bound for Meigs Athens and Gallia counties were redirected north due to flooding. Conservation Division field work includes Ralph Joachim and boats procured from Buckeye Lake to aid flooded areas amid reduced red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Davey
Ruel Finsterwald
Conservation Council of
Finsterwald
Columbus
Meigs
Athens
Gallia
Ralph Joachim
Conservation Division
Portsmouth
Buckeye Lake
Orachim
Meigs County Dog Licenses Top Auditor Report
Meigs County’s annual report shows 3 802 male and 384 female dogs licensed in 1936. Collections totaled 4 962 75 dollars with 1 673 50 dollars paid for killed and injured sheep and 104 15 dollars in witness fees. One thousand 200 dollars went to the county dog warden. The dog and kennel fund mostly covers expenses and 3 014 60 dollars remained for transfer to the general fund. Thirty kennel licenses at 10 dollars each were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George P. Daniels
Auditor of State
Meigs County
General Fund
Pastor Speaks At High School Assembly
Nelsonville The Rev Leland Goodman pastor of the Church of Christ was guest speaker at the high school assembly on Wednesday morning. He spoke about studying the newspaper comic sheets. The program opened with the assembly march by the orchestra and flag routine by students Howard Hanning Harold Juniper. Others included the pledge led by Howard Hanning and a performance of America led by John Geiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Leland Goodman
Church of Christ
Jack Pritchard
Howard Hanning
Harold Juniper
America
John Geiger
Betty Verity
Paul Wright
Ruth Patton
Pump Secured for Pomeroy Water Plant Restart
A pump needed to restart the Pomeroy water plant has been secured and was en route Thursday night per Capt. Tom Jones. Water service will resume at the earliest moment. Several pump wagons will be used to clean streets as flood conditions ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tom Jones
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Greuser
Are parents of a son born Wednesday night at their Lincoln Hill home. The baby weighs seven pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kenneth Greuser
Lincoln Hill
CCC Camp workers to aid flood cleanup efforts
Recedes have been secured, according to word received by Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler Thursday night. Boys of the CCC Camp, who have helped in many ways during the flood, will probably continue in service during the cleaning-up period. CCC officials are also considering sending a group of workers here from the camp at New Lexington, it is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Beards
Athens
Middleport
Homer Cook
Horace Palmer
Meigs County
Jed Hartinger
WPA
Gravel Hill School
Red Cross
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Roscoe O. Fowler
CCC
New Lexington
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Athens Messenger
Berlin
Scherinbeck
Kurt Maasen
Pomerooy
Messenger
Veterans of
President Roosevelt
Boot Sox
Hip
Ayon
Susquehanna
Ats
Dole
LUX
Strongheart Dog Food
Ifrade
Indiana
Idaho Bakers
Caldwell Creamery Butter
Chillicothe Avenue
Jesh
Rekatty
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