Fourth of July Celebration Planned by Middleport Legion
Middleport hosts a July Fourth program at the high school grounds under Feeney Bennett Post No. 25. The parade starts at 7 PM, a band concert at 7 30, and an 8 20 pageant directed by Margaret Riley featuring Indian dance numbers and tableaux. The event ends with an hour and a half of fireworks and Legion members labor hard for a successful 1931 celebration.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
No. 25
American Legion
Middleport High School
Featuras
Wise Margaret Riley
Pomeroy
Sunbeam
Legion
Stanbery Defended Andrew Johnson in Impeachment Trial
POMEROY July 3 Fifty years ago on June 26 1841 Henry Stanbery grandfather of Hart Pomeroy banker died in New York City. He had moved from Cincinnati after practicing law there for many years. His fame rested on his defense of President Andrew Johnson in the impeachment trial. He was later noted as a trial lawyer whose arguments were sustained by the United States Supreme Court in the President case.
Bentz Dies After Long Suffering Civil War Vet
Gottleib Bentz a blind Civil War veteran died at 46 in Pomeroy after a long decline. He lived with his daughter Mrs. OConnell and attended Decoration Day in Beech Grove Cemetery. The funeral is set for Bethany Methodist Church with Rev. Pennell. Bentz joined the Daughters of Veterans and will be honored by the Tent.
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Pomeroy
Gottleib Bentz
Mrs. O'Connell
Beech Grove
Chamces
Pines
Bethany Methodist Church
Pennell
Bir
Bentz
Daughters of Veterans
Grave Marking for Miss Cady Whaley by local DAR group
The Daughters of the American Revolution place a seven inch bronze grave marker on Miss Cady Whaley’s plot in Beech Grove Cemetery Meigs County. The round wheel design with thirteen stars honors the Revolutionary era and is supported by a brass stand. Miss Whaley’s sister Mrs Amy Kingsland of New York City attended the burial as the only surviving Revolutionary descendant present.
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Miss Cady Whatey
Meigs County
Miss Cady Whales
Beech Grove
RCT
D.C. Whaley
Cady
Autcher
Charden
Amy Kingsland
New York City
Former Resident Dead Melvin Wolfe Dies at Parkeraburg
Parkeraburg July 3 Funeral arrangements for Melvin Wolfe one died at his Marrtown home early Thursday follow a broken hip suffered about two weeks ago Wolfe 1 born Plants Meigs County Ohio married 180 to Mary Elizabeth McNickels resident three years in this vicinity Surviving three daughters Mrs Hennah Bentz Martha Wolfe and Mrs Mattisa Garvin Akron Ohio a son Joseph Wolfe Motor to Camp Middleport July 3 Mr and Mrs Plummer Beeson and former father W H Beeson Rose Wire and daughters Betty Mildred Ann and Miss Jane Davis motor to Quannanut Camp Rockbridge today for the weekend The camp is owned by Miss Helen Begon daughter of W H Bees now in Europe
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Mrev
George Schaaf
Robert
Cincinnati
Sikey
C. W. Snider
Bethesda Hospital
Mae Eye
Helen Gaucher
Washington, D. C
Jessie Lanstury
South Secand Avenue
Meg
Ada Bing
Jenaden Armstrong
A. M. Gibson
Gendonderry
Chilicothe
Gibson
Helen Weinrich
Friends Church
Tir
George Higgenbotham
Hooker Street
Brand
C. Washington
Spriggs
W. Va
Paul Jones
Robert Washington
Margaret Gaskill
Springfield
Misa Etta Gaskin
Melvin Wolfe
Plants
Parkeraburg
Marrtown
Mr. Wolfe
Meigs County
Ohio
Mary Elizabeth McNickels
Hennah Bentz
Martha Wolfe
Mattisa Garvin
Akron
Joseph Wolfe
Camp Middleport
Plummer Beeson
W. H. Beeson
Rose Wire
Betty
Mildred Ann
Jane Davis
Quannanut Camp
Rockbridge
Helen Beegon
W. H. Bees
Europe
Funeral Notices and Local Movements in Meigs County
Funeral services held for Mia Ann Mainwaring in Syracuse with burial at Syracuse Hill Cemetery. Thomas Rogers a ferryman to be buried at Syracuse Hill Cemetery. Mrs Conrad Bartela dies in Pittsburgh. funeral expected at Pomeroy Pesce Church Saturday. Captain G Y Crow, river captain, dies at Great Bend. long tied to Valley Belle trade. Movement: Pomeroy resident Glenroy Ewing returns from motor trip. residents visit in Cincinnati and New York. Mrs Weaver fractures arm in Letart Falls. Mrs Davies travels from Washington PA to Pomroy. Church activities planned at Heath M B Church Middleport. evangelism topics and midweek services listed. Mr and Mrs Cash Durst relocate to John Boatman Farm in Gallian County Court. praised as finest Southeastern Ohio farm with modern home.
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Meigs County
Mia
Ann Mainwaring
Syracuse
Afernoon
Mde
Elizabeth Huber
Sire
Anna Stark
Pittsburgh
Queen City
Pomeroy
Simpson M. E
G. Y. Crow
Great Bend
New Orleans
Boatman Farm
Middleport
Cash Durst
John Boatman
Mr. Darest
Shelif
Gallian County Court
Onion
County Prison Population Drops as Veg Prices Fall
The county saw a high prisoner count all month but it dropped to four yesterday. Officials expect per capita costs to decrease with a plentiful supply of cheap vegetables.
Court News in Common Pleas Court
Dora King and Alexander Township filed paternity charges against Marvin Reeves in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Trial was set for July 24.
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Common Pleas
Dora. King
Alexander Township
Marvin Reeves
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Public Forum remembers 1931 Garfield assassination and 50th anniversary
Editor notes readers recall the 1931 event when President Garfield was shot and killed. The piece reflects on a boyhood memory of harvesting wheat, a home scene under a cherry tree, and news of the assassination carried via telegraph. June meals totaled 1,453 at Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
Ohio to grant largest prisoner parole release in state history
Fourteen men from Athens County facilities and 1,680 penitentiary inmates plus 700 prison farm prisoners will become parole eligible in September under three new Ohio laws. Gov George White signed the bills in May. The exodus surpasses prior releases, with inmates from Fairfield Jackson Meigs Perry Vinton Washington and other counties included.
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Athens County
London
Ohina
Ohio
George White
Fairfield
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Washington
PAYS TO THIN TREES AND TERRACES PROMISE PROTECTION
The piece notes higher returns from thinning trees with peaches earning 25 to 50 cents more per 4 bushels and apples 30 cents more per bushel when properly thinned in North Carolina. It cites G. Johnson, extension specialist, estimating terraces as worth about $200 per acre to prevent erosion.
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North Carolina
G. Johnson
University of Simats’ College of Agriculture
4 H Club News Rome Stitchers Meeting Recap
The Rome Stitchers 4 H club met at the schoolhouse on Wednesday July 1 with eight absent and three visitors present. A discussion on the social planned for the Home Economics room was held. The next meeting is Tuesday July 7 at the schoolhouse.
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Rome
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C. H. Elchinger
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Epworth League
Orville Chambers
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Messenger
United States
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