Middleport DAR Scholarship Test Results Announced
The Ohio Department of Education released results from the Citizenship tests taken by senior girls in Ohio high schools. Five local contestants led by Ida Lee Hartley and Sally Ey Schaaf posted grades from 106 to 121, placing in the 90 to 95 percentile statewide. The Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter will present Good Citizenship pins to the top contestant at each county high school.
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Middleport
State Department of Education
Ohio
Supt. of
L. W. McComas
Ida Lee Hartley
Sally Ey Schaaf
Carla Dann Owen
Emma Jane Buell
Sara Palmer
State Department
Wilma Roush
Jonathan Meigs Chapte
Jonathan Meigs
Roush
Resignation Talk Sparks Fire Dept Rules Battle
Six Volunteer Firemen association representatives met with Mayor Spencer and the Fire Committee to discuss a new chief and governance rules. Chief Giles plans to resign within the term, while a state backed exam process for appointment was rejected by four to two vote. Fire alarms would precede calls and ward houses would track fire locations on a board for dispatch.
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Pomeroy
Volunteer Firemen's Association
Spencer
Herb Giles
E. Johnston
Willis Will
First Ward
Ted Mankin
W. H. Ebersbach
Rolland Neutzling
Emil Ball
Third Ward
Olan Goodwin
Ivan Will
E. F. Robinson
Giles
Ohio
Ohio Rural Fire Safety Committee
Goodwin
Ex-Resident’s Florida Estate Featured in Middleport
A full page feature profiles Mrs. Clara Thomas Ginn of Sanford Florida as president of the Sanford Garden Club. The article describes her nine acre estate with exotic trees and flowers, her world travel as a Cincinnati Conservatory of Music graduate, and service with the YMCA in World War I.
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Middleport
Sanford Harold
Sanford
Fla
Charles E. Ginn
Clara Thomas
Charles Thomas
Hudson St
Middleport High School
Ginn
Sanford Garden Club
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
YMCA
John J. Pershing
Garden Club meeting slated for Feb 16 in Pomeroy
Mrs. E S Schaaf and Mrs. C L Heaton announce planning for the Meigs County Garden Clubs meeting. Winding Trail Garden Club will host a luncheon at Federated Church in Pomeroy on Feb 16 with reservations due by Feb 11. After registration a resume of the year will be presented and a contact chairman elected before a planned program.
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Middleport
E.S. Schaaf
Meigs County
C. L. Heaton
Winding Trail Garden Club
James Richards
Garden Clubs
Heaton
Rural Youth Have Higher Readership
At the Pomeroy Library Board annual meeting total circulation for the year reached 31 056 books. Children in rural communities favored with branches in Racine Syracuse and Letart Falls borrowed 10 825 children’s books while Pomeroy’s main library saw 5 012 children’s books taken out. Adult books totaled 15 219. Officers elected: W P Lochary president Mrs Harry Smith vice president Mrs Charles Gibbs treasurer Miss Ethel Garland secretary. Other members include Miss Emma Seitz C E Blakeslee and Manning D Webster.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Library Board
Racine
Syracuse
Letart Falls
Pomeroy Library
The
Library Association
W. P. Lochary
Harry Smith
Charles Gibbs
Ethel Garland
Emma Seitz
C. E. Blakeslee
Manning D. Webster
Tea Invite At First Baptist Church Hosts Missionary Play
Invitations go to First Baptist women for a Monday tea at the MIddleport church with Sanborn Missionary Society hostesses. Speaker Mrs. James Stephenson of Pom eroy Baptist will address the gathering and a playlet directed by Mrs. C P Bradbury will be staged. Miss Margaret Ella Hysell handles decorations. Hostesses include Mrs. Lee Russell and other society officers.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Sanborn Missionary Society
James Stephenson
Pomeroy Baptist Church
C. P. Bradbury
Margaret Ella Hysell
Lee Russell
A. R. Pullen
James Pullen
William K. Beaver
Delbert Rice
B. F. Parmalee
Edison Baker
T. A. May
Tom Thumb Wedding to Open Spring Event at Mt. Moriah
Mrs. Florence Richards leads rehearsals for the Mt. Moriah Missionary Society sponsored entertainment of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. A feature is a Tom Thumb Wedding planned for early spring.
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Middleport
Florence Richards
Mt. Moriah
Middleport clubs plan midweek meetings
The Middleport Literary Club meets Wednesday afternoon at Miss Anna Weed's home on N Fourth Avenue. The Amateur Gardeners Club gathers Wednesday evening at Mrs. C L Wood's residence on S Third Avenue with Mrs. Bradbury and Mrs. Klein assisting. Members will bring homemade valentines for exchange.
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Middleport
Anna Weed
N. Fourth Ave
Amateur Gardeners Club
C. L. Wood
S. Third Ave
C. P. Bradbury
O. P. Klein
Emily Gothard Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday at Home
Middleport girl Emily Gothard, daughter of Mrs. Lesta Gothard, marked her fifteenth birthday quietly at home on S Third Ave. Ill for an extended period, she could not attend Middleport High School and received cards and gifts from relatives, friends, and Church of Christ associates.
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Middleport
Emily Gothard
S. Third Ave
Lesta Gothard
Emily
Middleport High School
Church of Christ
Local Social Notes From West Columbus and Nearby Areas
Miss Marjory Johnson of West Columbus spent the weekend with Carolyn Barker. Raymond Sommers and James Whitlock of Kent accompanied Mrs. C. E. Vance here. Mrs. Laura Steele has been ill. her daughter Mrs. L. O. Gardner assists. The Rev. W. B. Moore and Dr. Homer G. McMillen attend the Ohio pastors convention in Columbus. Mrs. James J. Douglas and others visit Mrs. George McGhee. H. F. Lucas and Anna Fowble host illness. E. O. Ball and son Tommy travel to Chicago for business. William G. Walters was a business visitor in Ironton. Mrs. Taylor Grogan returns from Columbus guest visit with Cecil Grogan."
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Marjory Johnson
West Columbus
Carolyn Barker
Raymond Sommers
James Whitlock
Kent
C. E. Vance
Ravenna
Laura Steele
L. O. Gardner
W. B. Moore
Homer G. McMillen
Columbus
James J. Douglas
J. R. Douglas
Deanna
B. F. Reiber
Belle, Wy Va
George McGhee
H. F. Lucas
Anna Fowble
E. O. Ball
Tommy
Chicago
William G. Walters
Ironton
Taylor Grogan
Cecil Grogan
Local Man Returns Home After Illness at Work
James Hawley Sr an electrician for the New York Central Railroad returned home to Middleport after a work day illness in Columbus He had been a patient at Meigs General Hospital Monday for a check up
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Middleport
James Hawley
New York Central Railroad
Columbus
Meigs General Hospital
Sauer son recovering after surgery at Meigs General
Richard Sauer, son of Mr and Mrs George Sauer Powell Sr, is convalescing satisfactorily after surgical procedure performed Thursday at Meigs General Hospital.
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Middleport
Richard Sauer
George Sauer
Powell Sr
Meigs General Hospital
Inadequate New Storm Sewer Found After Rain
Councilmen Ivan Will and Olan Goodwin inspected the new storm sewer in upper Monkey Run and found it inadequate to handle the downpour. Water filled the sewer and ran full with excess nearly covering the street. Seventeen catch basins were reported too small to cope with the rain.
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Pomeroy
Ivan Will
Olan Goodwin
Monkey Run
Certificates Awarded To Firemen At Pomeroy Meeting
Twenty volunteer firemen completed a 15 hour life saving course offered by the Bureau of Mines during a Firemen’s Association session at the Second Ward Fire House. The group approved two $100 gifts to local charities and voted $5 to the March of Dimes, later raised to $12. From the New Year’s dance profits, $250 went to the high school football field and $300 to a burial fund for firemen, with total receipts around $1400. Mayor Sidney Spencer praised the firemen, and refreshments were provided by a committee including Mankin, Stivers, Morris and Grueser.
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Bureau of Mines
Firemen's Association
Second Ward
Parkersburg Big and Reel Co
Sidney Spencer
Ted Mankin
Jack Stivers
Robert Morris
William Grueser
Former Businessman Patient in Hospital
Middleport resident T. H. Davis a retired businessman is a surgical patient at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter Mrs J E Hull wife of General J E Hull who traveled to the capital about two weeks ago. Davis could not attend his brother W G Davis funeral services held Wednesday.
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Middleport
T. H. Davis
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Slayer Sentenced to Life in Ohio Murder Case
Dempsey Wickline, 30, convicted of killing his father in law Everett Johnson, 52, was given life imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary. Judge James Collier denied a new trial appeal or manslaughter reduction. Wickline was charged with first degree murder on November 14.
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Ironton
Dempsey Wickline
Ohio
James Collier
Wickline
Everett Johnson
Mills announce birth of son Gregory Evans
Mr and Mrs Harry K Mills Jr of Gallipolis announce the birth of a son Gregory Evans on January 29 at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs H K Mills and Mr and Mrs Stanley Evans of Gallipolis. The Mills also have another son Michael. Mr Mills formerly managed a local market.
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Middleport
Harry K. Mills, Jr
Gallipolis
Gregory Evans
Holzer Hospital
H. K. Mills
Stanley Evans
Milles
Michael
Mills
Plants Man In Serious Condition After Crash
Lloyd L Nice 45 of Plants sits at Meigs General Hospital with a fractured skull multiple cuts and shock after his sedan was struck by an empty gravel truck owned by Salisbury Township trustees driven by Ira Van Cooney. The collision occurred about 10 30 a m near Nice home. The truck left the road rolled over twice and up a 50 foot bank injuring the driver slightly. Van Cooney had a cut over his left eye and did not seek a doctor. Patrol and sheriff arrived at the scene and Nice’s condition was updated Monday night.
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Pomeroy
Lloyd L. Nice
Plants
Meigs General Hospital
Salisbury
Ira van Cooney
Nice
van Cooney
Highway Patrol
Jacob Turner Seeks Republican Nomination for General Assembly
Jacob Turner announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to the General Assembly. He is a Middleport resident, a New York Central Railroad trainman with 28 years of service, former coal miner, and member of several veterans and fraternal organizations. Turner earned the Purple Heart for WWI service with the 148th Infantry in the Argonne battle.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Turner
General Assembly
Mr. Turner
Middleport
New York Central Railroad
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Battle of the Argonne Woods
148Th Infantry
Ohio
Turner
The
Baptist Church
Walters Family Informed Of Sam Walters Death
Mr and Mrs Charles Walters and Mr and Mrs Jacob Betz learned of Sam Walters death in Columbus. After funeral services in Columbus, interment is planned in Cleveland beside his wife who died years ago. The couple had no children.
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Walters
Middleport
Guy Walters
Charles Walters
Jacob Betz
Columbus
Sam Walters
Cleveland
Vet Wrestler and Actor Lewis Montana Dies in Los Angeles
Lewis Montana known to fans as Bull Montana, veteran wrestler and film actor, died Tuesday in Los Angeles from heart disease at age 64. He had been hospitalized since December 30 and was famous for his heavy tough-guy roles.
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Los Angeles
Lewis (Bull) Montana
Pomeroy Social Notes: DAV Auxiliary Plans Public Games
The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary met at the Warner Beauty Shop to finalize plans for a public games party on Thursday February 2 at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. The public is invited.
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Pomeroy
Disabled American Veterans
Warner Beauty Shop
Sacred Heart Church
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Lane Across Town
A long list of Sunday visitors and weekend guests fills the Spencer area social page. Families from Mason Columbus Akron Dayton Millersport Dennison University Athens Bowling Green and other places are noted visiting relatives and recovering residents.
Evans Operates Legion Lunch Room at Pomeroy
Roy Evans son of Mr and Mrs Jack Evans of First Street operates the Legion Lunch room next to the Legion Station in Pomeroy He has attended Rio Grande College.
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Middleport
Roy Evans
Jack Evans
First St
Legion
Legion Station
Pomeroy
Evans
Rio Grande College
Sheriff’s Siren Ignored Sparked Wet Street Crash
Sheriff Charles Russell answered a midnight emergency on E Main St. driving with siren on and speed over 50 mph. A westbound pickup from a service station angled into the east lane, forcing a skid that struck Jean Haymen’s car. No injuries and about 300 dollars in damage. sheriff’s car also damaged.
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Pomeroy
Charles Russell
E. Main St
William Hobstetter
Trafe
Jean Haymen
Akron resident attends Wooster funeral with relatives
Joe Lavely of Akron visited with the Sanborns and returned home with his parents-in-law Mr. and Mrs. M R Sanborn and Miss Althea Andersons mother. They traveled to attend funeral services for Miss Margaret Campbell a cousin of Mrs Anderson who died in Columbus after a long illness. Funeral services are being held in Wooster.
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Middleport
Joe Lavely
Akron
Sanborns
M. R. Sanborn
Althea Anderson
Margaret Campbell
Mrs VanCooney in Critical Condition at Holezer
Mrs. Albert VanCooney remains in critical condition at Holezer Hospital a week after admission. Relatives say her daughter Mrs. Ray Reuter of Columbus has been summoned to her bedside.
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Albert VanCooney
Holezer Hospital
Ray Reuter
Columbus
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