Homemaker Camp Planned for Meigs County Women
Meigs County women plan to attend the Ross-Hocking Homemakers Camp July 22 and 23 near Pomeroy. Miss Geneva Humphreys and three local homemakers visited the site to plan activities including swimming, vespers, campfire, and nature studies for participants from Meigs County.
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Hens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County
Ross-Hockings
Gallia Ohe
Pomeroy
Ross-Hocking
Geneva Humphreys
C. L. Heaton
Kenneth Weaver
R. T. Burdette
McArthur
Filing Fee Required Of Trustee Candidates
A filing fee of 1.75 dollars will be required for township trustee candidates when nominating petitions are filed with the county board of elections. The fee follows a compensation increase for trustees approved by the 93rd General Assembly. The secretary of state office directed the county board to collect the fee. a similar fee applies to township clerk candidates.
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Pomeroy
County Board of Elections
Albert Gloeckner
93Rd General Assembly
Gloeckner
Meigs
Ironton Group Visits Epworth Leaguers
Immanuel Church Ironton Epworth League members visited the Epworth League of Simpson Methodist Church. They had an Ohio River swimming and boating party followed by a potluck dinner. Ralph Payne led the Sunday evening league. The group later went to Rev Warren Brights home for singing and watermelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Epworth League
Immanuel Church
Ironton
Simpson Methodist
Ohio River
Ralph Payne
Warren Bright
Mulberry Ave
Grange Orchestra To Feature Pomona Program Friday
The County Grange Orchestra under Prof. James Lewis will present the Pomona Grange program at Hemlock Grange Hall on Friday July 7. Special music from Co G Williams Grange Tuppers Plains includes a Floyd E Mees talk and an illustrated lecture by Miss Geneva Humphreys county home demonstration agent. Hemlock Grange will present a short skit.
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Pomeroy
County Grange Orchestra
James Lewis
Pomona Grange
Hemlock Grange Hall
Co. G. Williams Grange
Tuppers Plains
Floyd E. Mees
Geneva Humphreys
Hemlock Grange
New and Used Car Market Holds Up In Meigs County
Clerk of Courts Herman Beards reports June filings show 473 automobile titles, up 13 from May. Of June total 58 were new vehicles and 10 were trucks. Fees collected were 488.25 with 340 credited to the county treasury and 148.25 to the state.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Herman Beards
Beards
Exhibition Softball Game In Pomeroy Wednesday
An exhibition softball game between the Pomeroy Eagles and the Ches hire nine will be held at the Junior High School playground Wednesday at 6 p m Recreation Director W R Farnham announced. A collection at the game will benefit Colombo Brickles who suffered a fractured shoulder in a recent league game.
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Pomeroy
Eagles
Cheshire Nine
W. R. Farnham
Colombo Brickles
Letart Falls Farmer Resting at Holzer Hospital
A. B. Alexander, 82, of Letart Falls, was reported resting easily at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a fall at home caused a fractured knee. He was admitted for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
A. B. Alexander
Letart Falls
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Seven Children Baptized at Home in Pontiac
Roy Landstrom and wife asked Rev. F L Schreckenberg to bless seven children in their home. Roy Jr Eugene Charlotte Ann Lawrence Wilma Jean Theodore and Duane received baptisms together in what noted as a remarkable home ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Ill
First United Lutheran Church
Roy Landstrom
F. L. Schreckenberg
Roy, Jr
Eugene
Charlotte Ann
Lawrence
Wilma Jean
Theodore
Duane
Pomeroy Social Notes: Local Travels and Visits
Pomeroy social notes report a series of visits and trips. The Slagle family left for a southern motor tour visiting Shreveport and other areas. Families including Booth Carman Stormont Branson Bailey Robinson Arnold O'Brien Young Retzer share a pattern of relatives hosting or touring across Ohio and nearby states.
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South
Craig Slagle
Shreveport
C. W. Booth
Gertrude Carman
Indian Lake
Red Cross
A. L. Stormont
Columbus
Gallipolis
Lincoln Ridge
Hattie Vicars
Ironton
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary Meets With Refreshments
The Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary held a meeting in the K of P hall Monday evening with a business session followed by ice cream and cake. Local residents and visitors from Columbus, Addison, Oberlin, Great Neck, Athens, Marietta, Letart, Mansfield, Parkersburg, Buckeye Lake, Washington DC, and Cincinnati are noted among those visiting or traveling for various family and social engagements this past weekend and week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
K. of Phail
Eugene Keefer
Son
Columbus
Bible School Teachers and Helpers Picnic in Lincoln Hill
POMEROY The Daily Vacation Bible School teachers and helpers held a picnic Saturday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. W. Downie on Lincoln Hill. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. Warren Bright and son Peter, Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Kuether and son, Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Rice, Mrs. Harold Roush, Mrs. Joe Cook, Mrs. Walter Reibel, and several Misses Estrilla Daniels, June Bond, Donna Love, Jean Mallory, Audrey Smith, Abbie Warner, Mary Goodwin, Mary Martha Smith, Dorothy June Cook.
Rock Springs 4-H Club Beats Chester 10-8 In Softball Game
The Rock Springs Boys' 4-H Club held a meeting on Tuesday June 27 and won a softball game against Chester 10-8 after a visit to Chester on Thursday. Players included Alfred and Gerald Grueser Charles and George Carper William Folmer Don and Byron Bailey Edward Humphrey Robert Grueser and Reid Will with George Carper as manager. A rematch is planned July 6 at the fairgrounds.
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Rock Springs
Chester
Alfred
Gerald Grueser
Charles
George Carper
William Folmer
Don
Byron Bailey
Edward Humphrey
Robert Grueser
Reid Will
Fairgrounds
Local Youth Fractures Arm Before CMP Departure
John Harley fractured his right arm while cranking a car owned by Charles Asa Bradbury. The trio had previously traveled with Bradbury to the New York World's Fair and Niagara Falls without incident, and Harley was set to depart for the Citizens Military Training Camp in Indianapolis.
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Middleport
Citizens Military Training Camp
Indianapolis
John Harley
Charles Asa Bradbury
Bradbury
Harley
Niagara Falls
Minersville Couple Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Scott of Minersville celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with a noon dinner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Bailey Mr and Mrs Earl Scott Mr and Mrs Richard Nye Mrs Roger Daniels Miss Marcella Reibel John Bailey Jr and Carl Baker of Gallipolis.
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Minersville
John Scott
John Bailey
Earl Scott
Richard Nye
Roger Daniels
Marcella Reibel
John Bailey, Jr
Carl Baker
Gallipolis
Local merchant Pomeroy returns to work after injuries
POMEROY T P Eiselstein, a prominent local merchant, resumed duties at his department store Monday despite a dislocated shoulder two fractured ribs and severe body bruises from a fall at his home recently.
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Pomeroy
T. P. Eiselstein
Alderich Buys Sam McCarley Farm At Sheriff Sale
At a sheriff's sale Saturday Arthur G. Alderich purchased the farm east of Vinton long known as the Sam McCarley place for 900 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Arthur G. Alderich
Sam McCarley
Vinton
No Airmail Today Over Ohio Valley Holiday
Airmail service in the Ohio Valley was suspended today due to the holiday. By May 1, 1939, the United States had 2,371 airports and landing fields, of which 728 were equipped with night lighting.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
United States
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Fourth of July Plans
Local residents outline Fourth of July outings including Paul Smart family at Cora Dam near Gallipolis and Gordon Harris with Dan White fishing at Raccoon Creek in Gallia County. Postmaster J H Smith hosts guests from Hunting, and Roy Barnes entertains the Five Hundred Club with Henry Ewing and Gordon Harris. High scores win for Mrs Harris and Frank H Johnston. Broadway Kitties salad course served.
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Paul Smart
Cora Dam
Gallipolis
Gordon Harris
Dan White
Raccoon Creek
Gallia County
J. H. Smith
J. D. O'Neal
Ernest Tice
Joseph Morris
Maude Taylor
Huntington
Roy Barnes
Henry Ewing
Harris
Frank H. Johnston
Local residents plan July Fourth trips and visits
A parade of friends and relatives prepare for Independence Day. Mr and Mrs Allen Jenkinson and Miss Stella Palmer head to Buckeye Lake for the holiday while R A Miller travels to Harbor Hills for the summer home. Numerous other families, university visits, and guest engagements span Akron Parkersburg Gallipolis and Columbus as summer plans unfold.
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Henry Young
Laurel St
Grant Roberts
Billy and
Clark
Pt. Pleasant
George Retzer
Jeanette Shumaker
Rochester
Mabel Berry
Akron
Bess Sanborn
Max Sanborn
L. W. McComas
Carpenter
McComas
Ohio State University
Glenn Jarvis
Uhrichsville
The
State University
A. W. McKay
Jean
Roy Barnes
Franklin Wayne
Parkersburg
Barnes
Kathryn Marteney
Lizzie Copley
Gallipolis
Orin Smith
Lenore Hobart Kent
Michael
Cedric Clark
M. C. Hobart
Bernard Wysong
Columbus
Edward Blake
Mason City
Wysong
State Department
Frank Ley
Athens
Kelly Grogan
Floyd Koehler
Robert E Leake
Cowie
Middleport Review
Chicago
Phillis Hoyt
Miss Hoyt
Meade
J. W. Penfold
New Philadelphia
Sherman White
Dorothy
Eleanor
Pomeroy
Buckeye Lake
Janet Booth
Oberlin
Virginia Patterson Allen
E. D. Stanton
Coshocton
E. E. Reese
E. W. Mauck
New York
EF. D. Keeler
Marianna
J. Howard Neal
Line
Colonel Campbell
Cincinnati
Roy Shafer
Harry
Algonac
Mich
Gallipolis Man Jailed for Fine Default
Gallia County Jail holds 35 year old local resident Luther Sigler for failure to pay a $25 intoxication fine issued by Judge Halliday. He is brother of Virgil Sigler who was recently sent to the penitentiary for armed robbery.
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Gallipolis
Luther Sigler
Gallia County
Halliday
Virgil Sigler
Fireworks sale arrest shocks Gallipolis scene
Henry Johnson a local colored shoe shine operator was arrested yesterday in Gallipolis for illegal fireworks sales. The city ordinance prohibits such sales and a police report notes the incident.
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Gallipolis
Henry Johnson
Graves Registration Project Under Way
Gallia County WPA Graves Registration under a mopping up program is under way. Dewey Sallar leads this effort with two men a typist and the director. The aim is a correct list of all soldiers and burial places in the county. Volunteers report names and burial sites at the American Legion Hall.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
WPA
Dewey Sallar
American Legion Hall
Sallaz
June marriage licenses set fewest record in Gallipolis
Judge James S. Clark notes no record was set though 33 couples received marriage permits in June compared with 31 last year. First license issued went to Lawrence McCloud 22 from Columbus and Nora Maureen Moore 21 of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
James S. Clark
Lawrence McCloud
Columbus
Nora Maureen Moore
Candidacy Filing Fee Set for Township Posts
The Gallipolis board of elections requires a $1.75 filing fee for township trustee and clerk candidacies. Each position now carries a $350 annual compensation under current law.
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Gallipolis
Board of Elections
Helen Russell
ROTC Camp Beckons Captain at Fort Knox
Captain Paul Weatherholt travels to Fort Knox Kentucky for a two week ROTC training camp starting Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul Wetherholt
Fort Knox
Recital highlights and social notes from Gallipolis
Miss Janet Bailey’s piano pupils performed at the Presbyterian Church in a Sunday evening recital with summer flowers adorning the chancel. The roundup of readers lists numerous students and local families visiting relatives and attending events around the Fourth with many trips to Akron Cleveland Indianapolis New York and Columbus among others.
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Janet Bailey
Presbyterian Church
Ella Gertrude
Mary Alice Lupton
Helen Butterfield
Janice Folden
Vivian Allison
Dorothy Laufer
Jean Ecker
Carol
June Canaday
Beatrice Hively
Barbara An
Helen Wheeler
Mary Jacqueline Chambers
Betty Lou Shoemaker
Janet Brown
Martha Ann Niday
Judy Wetherholt
Katie Lee Brumfield
Maxine Powell
Work Hours Are Increased for Gallia County Projects
Gallia County laborers on WPA road projects will begin work Wednesday under a 130 hour monthly schedule, up from 107, with the same wage scale. Professional service workers switch to a 140 hour monthly schedule, no change. Five road improvement projects are active and two lime quarries supply materials. About 1,000 of 1,100 county workers are on the blanket road program, the rest in office, sewing and registration duties.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Masons Confer Master Mason Degree on John Mootz Jr
A large number of Masons witnessed the Master Mason degree for John Mootz Jr at the Masonic Temple shortly after sunrise. Breakfast followed the rites, served by a committee chaired by Charles B. Stevers.
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Gallipolis
John Mootz, Jr
Masonic Temple
Charles B. Stevers
Picnic Park Ready for Evening Use in Gallipolis
City Manager John Gwinn prepared Fortification Hill Park for picnickers clearing debris polishing shelter house tables and benches and placing firewood near grills. The park is well lit and open for late evening gatherings. Mr and Mrs Ray Richards and their five children head to Riverside California to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fortification Hill Park
John Gwinn
California
Ray Richards
Blake Strait
Riverside, Calif
New Pension Aides Start Wednesday in Gallia County
New appointees to the Aid for the Used office in Gallia County begin duties Wednesday. Mrs. Alice Alexander Wolfe earns 110 dollars monthly and Miss Leota Betz 80 dollars. The trio includes investigator Mrs. C. V. Ward, named over a week ago.
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Gallipolis
Alice Alexander Wolfe
Leota Betz
Wolfe
Miss Betz
C. V. Ward
Gallia County
Republican Executive Committee
J. Harold Wolfe
Girls Quartet at Grace Methodist Church in Worthington
Reverend Paul Baker led a program by a girls quartet from the Methodist Children’s Home at Worthington. They sang several numbers and pledges of support were received for the home’s activities at the end of the service.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Paul Baker
Worthington
To Give Recital by Nellie Amsbury in Gallipolis
Mrs Nellie Amsbury former resident now in Columbus will present a hymn recital of her own compositions at First Baptist Church on July 9 She authored numerous songs and spirituals
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Gallipolis
Nellie Amsbury
Columbus
First Baptist Church
Neal divorce suit filed in Gallipolis over cruelty and non support
Mrs. Lillian Neal sues W. B. Neal in Gallipolis for divorce alleging cruelty and failure to provide for herself and their two children. Court records note Neal is an itinerant preacher with a history of multiple offenses.
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Gallipolis
Lillian Neal
W. B. Neal
Neal
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Sagen
Institution
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England
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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W. G. Birch
Ruth Bailey
Westerville
W. L. Robinson
Baltimore
Shriners Supreme Council
Aladdin Temple of Columbus
Louis Arnold
Toledo
Louis
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Blain
Lima
Rosemary Frost
Grace Crossin
Wellston
John O'Brien
John Kurtz
David
Lena Huber
Famly
Union Avenue
W. H. Kurtz
Huber
Great Neck
Anna Hecox
Wehe Terrace
McAfee
Nell
Daisy Hundley
Marietta
Foreign Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Church
Cora Webb
West Main St
C. E. Peoples
Mattie Shields
Lige
Letart
Carl Shields
L. R. Farmer
Mansfield
Bertha Miller
Mary Miller
Farmer
Adam Ebershach
Main St
George Powell
Philip H. Meier
Ethel
Clara Garland
Margaret
Mary McCallum
Lee Jenkins
Billy Phillips
Washington, D. C
Olive Young
Ralph Young
Jack
Martha Ruth Parrish
Danville
Cora Roberts
George Volk
Frances Young
Russell Harden
Middleport Social Notes
Entertain Club
Claude Crawford
C. M. Hennesy
Kathryn Hennesy
Congress Street
Gallipolis Social Notes
Earl Campbell
Harry Smeltzer
Nelle Cook
Lewis Millar
Evelyn Cook
Cleveland
Miss Cook
Robert Featherstone
Luckofefs
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