Work of Five Months Nears Its Completion
After five months of flood relief work in Meigs County the Red Cross will close the Pomeroy flood relief office leaving minimal staff. More than 2,000 families received aid totaling 155400.68 with 72403.07 spent on home repairs and 45789.27 on replacement of goods. Relief was locally funded with most spending at local merchants and each family assessed individually by trained case workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Red Cross
Harriet Ray
Middleport
Rose Rutherford
Athens
Ohio
Ray
Vendor Vendol Claimed To Relieve Gas and Indigestion
Mrs. Ernest Linscott of Amesville Ohio endorses Vendol a herbal laxative said to ease gas bloating indigestion and tiredness. The ad cites relief from headaches dizziness and skin issues and notes druggists in Athens Nelsonville and Ady carry Vendol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Linscott
Amesville
Athens Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Pharmacy
Ady
Ohio River fishing picks up as water clears
Reports say fish are biting in the Ohio River as the water clears to pool stage. Fishermen have reset lines, seen results, and new fishing camps appear upriver. Driftwood remains a hazard but conditions are steadily improving per crews.
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Ohio River
Red Cross aided thousands in flood relief effort across states
Mrs. Ray praised the speed and efficiency of relief during the emergency period. Workers later visited each applicant to tailor rehabilitation plans, providing furniture, repairs, clothing, medical care, and equipment as needed. Over 49 000 families in the state and 225 000 in the 11 state flood basin received help, with Ohio flood relief costing about 4.2 million dollars and total flood relief projected above 23 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ray
Meigs County
Middleport Residents on Outings
Meigs County families enjoyed Fourth of July camping and outings at Raccoon Island Buckeye Lake Canter's Cave Lancaster races and local picnic grounds. Guests included Dwight Frashure Daisie Lou Stansbury and a gathering of friends and relatives at Nice's picnic grounds on the Ath ens Pomeroy Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Gail Miller
Ray Turley
Raccoon Island
Frank Simms
Sidney Russell
Dexter
Buckeye Lake
Canter’s Cave
Lancaster
Dwight Frashure
Daisie Lou Stansbury
Columbus
Daisie Saunders
Nice
Athens-Pomeroy Road
Fred Healey
Chappelle Talbott
Edward Tewksbury
Ersel Davis
Charles Murray
Ralph Graves
George Hoeflich
Betty
Bobby
Louisa Dennis
Mary A. Dennis
Rodney
Kathryn Frances Hines
Marion French
Tigers Win Game in Twilight League showdown
MIDDLEPORT The Twilight Baseball League game at Thian Park last evening featured Pomeroy and Bradbury Tigers. The Tigers defeated Bradbury 16 to 5. The next game is Thursday at 6 PM in Bradbury against Kerrs Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Twilight Baseball League
Pomeroy
Kerrs Run
Bradbury
Thian Park
Bradbury Tigers
Tigers
Ice Cream Social Set by Syracuse Scouts
Boy and Girl Scouts of Syracuse sponsor an ice cream social on Friday evening on the lawn of the Methodist Church. The event starts about 6 o clock with proceeds benefiting the groups and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse— Boy and Girl Scouts of
Syracuse
Methodist Church
Meigs Jury Returns Six Indictments
Meigs County Grand Jury returned six true bills after examining 10 witnesses Tuesday. Clarence Freeman is charged with stabbing with intent to wound. Earl Blake faces neglect of a child. Albert Keeton and James Siler indicted for carrying concealed weapons. Dunwood Cotterell and John Tichenor charged with automobile theft and unauthorized use. Jack Bartrum indicted for neglecting to provide for a child.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clarence Freeman
Earl Blake
Albert Keeton
James Siler
Dunwood Cotterell
John Tichenor
Jack Bartrum
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Holidays and Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hubbard and two children Harold and Betty of Middleport, and Mrs. Raymond Brown of Pomeroy, returned home Monday after visiting relatives in Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Warner and four children left Dayton Tuesday after holiday time with Ernest Rea and others in Kerr Run. Catherine Schlaegel and J. S. Clark joined an outing party in Bashan on Monday. Kimble Hite returned from a Tulsa trip with David Graham in Charleston. W. F. Schoenlein Adele and guest Theodore Thress spent the weekend in Columbus and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harold Hubbard
Harold
Betty
Middleport
Raymond Brown
Hubbard
Catherine Schlaegel
J. S. Clark
Bashan
Kimble Hite
Tulsa
Okla
David Graham
Charleston
W. F. Schoenlein
Adele
Theodore Thress
Zanesville
Columbus
Springfield
Rex Davis
Ben Powell
Ralph Spires
J. B. Conrad
Walter Bennett
Logan
Mitt Spires
Christian Church
Eugene Fink
W. Va
Chloe Fink
Ralph Mills
Wierton
Patterson
Harry Gross
Akron
Fred Winn
al Hoye
Will Lanning
Kermit Brown
Alma Brown
Lizzie Hoppes
Herman Hoppes
C. O. Patterson
Cadmus
Lucille Johnson
Iowa
Elmer West
Baltimore
Girl Born on July 4 at Straitsville
Mr and Mrs Carl Davis announce the birth of a daughter on Sunday July 4 in Straitsville. The item also lists local visits and visitors including Mrs C A Warner and guests from Columbus, and various other notices of travel, illness and events around the Straitsville area.
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Girl
Straitsville
Middleport social notes feature visits and gatherings
Local residents report visits to Springfield and Buckeye Lake, a reunion in Belle West Virginia, and familial gatherings across Belton Ath ens Pittsburgh and Columbus. The Philathea Women plan a church meeting and a red white and blue Fourth birthday party for Nancy Fink with 35 guests and a fireworks display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Fink
Herbert Fink
Main St
Fink
Nancy
Mable Hysell
Miss Corinna Morgan Returns From Oberlin Visit
Miss Corinna Morgan daughter of Prof and Mrs Jack Morgan formerly of Jasonville Ind is a Conservatory Oberlin piano major. She was honored at informal dinners and luncheons during her Middleport visit. VISIT IN MEIGS Mr and Mrs Robert Starkey left for Toledo after a week end here with Mrs Starkey’s sister Mrs Charles Poindexter and at Pom ery with Mr Starkey’s brother Will Starkey who has been seriously ill for many weeks. On Monday the Starkeys and Poindexters motored to Five Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Carl Davis
C. A. Warner
Bruce Whaley
Columbus
Walter Smith
Simma McCloughlin
Jennie Jones
Maynard Highland
J. C. Jones
Mickey Almond
Glouster
Robert Wilson
Charles Lawson
Lucille Webb
Delphos Evans
Phoebe Keeler
James Corbett
Harry Hite
Fred Blankenship
Robert
Leatha Ball
Margaret Osborne
Howard Blankenship
Marion
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Jack Wilson
Barberton
William Pierce
Mabel Shuttleworth
Mildred Todd
Athens
David Price
Allen Beattie
Buckeye Lake
Mable Price
Fauntelle Pettit
New Lexington
Robert Blankenship
Springfield
Miss Price
Miss Pettit
Anna Telljohn
Main St
Vacation Bible School
Oroville
Gordon
Harris
Orville Chambers
Ohio State University
Charles Brooks
C. L. Brooks
Jolanda Roush
Jeessa Mae
Edythe Russell
Edwin Hartenbach
R. A. Miller
Harbor Hills
Homer
Arthur Stuart
Jean
Cook
G. B. Cook
Stuart
Charleston
Michigan
Lois Thomas Holland
St. Petersburg
Fla
Fred Schreiner
Will Daniels
Dana Byers
George Owens
Bertha Owens
Russell Scott
Ft. Wayne
Ind
E. R. Mulford
Corinna Morgan
Jasonville
Sybil McCoy
Miss Morgan
Jack Morgan
Oberlin
Middleport
Meigs
Robert Starkey
Toledo
L. C. Nye
Mary Phillips
Jennie Thornburg
Virginia
H. A. Patterson
Clifford Ruth
Shade
J. A. Bell
Raymond Thomas
Alice
London
Victor Carpenter
Carpenter Home
John Marshall
C. B. Robinson
Mary Duncan
Ella Dillinger
Harry Curtis
Steubenville
Clarence van Sickle
Paul Grueser Improves After Kidney Surgery
Paul Grueser showed slight improvement at Holzer Hospital after surgery for a ruptured kidney. The injury occurred Saturday at his auto body shop when he fell from a pit and struck the edge of an anvil, causing severe blood loss and a transfusion during operation.
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Pomeroy
Paul Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Grueser
W. Main St
Rutland News Notes And Personal Items
Rutland notes irregular visits from Verna Winegar Gary Ind to Clarence Price home and others. Betty Fink celebrates her tenth birthday with 18 guests and ice cream. Local families from Zanesville Logan Columbus attend visits. church ice cream social planned. Miss Lucille Johnson vacationing in Iowa.
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Rutland
Verna Winegar
Gary
Ind
Clarence Price
Milton Swazey
Millersport
Dwight Kennedy
Courage of Former Meigs Youth Relayed Over Radio
Middleport resident Arthur Williamson, once beaten and robbed on a Pennsylvania road, recounted his survival on a nationwide radio hook-up. Despite losing fingers and toes, the pianist and composer performed "Trees" with clear arpeggios, proving perseverance after hardship. Williamson is the son of Herbert and Mrs. Williamson, formerly of S Fifth Ave, and began piano study with Mrs. Clara Crary Hennesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edgar Guest
Arthur Williamson
Williamson
Pittsburgh
Scotts
Mr. Williamson
Herbert Williamson
S. Fifth Ave
Clara Crary Hennesy
Capture Girl Recaptured by Probation Officers in Meigs County
Ruth Herre, on probation from Marysville Women’s Reformatory, was taken into custody Tuesday by county officers to be held for her probation officer. Four Middleport men, recently fined by Mayor Har lay, serve their fines in the Meigs County Jail. Quigley Morris twenty five dollars, Howard Stitts five dollars, Roy Moler ten dollars, and Alfred Smith one hundred dollars for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Pomeroy
Herman Warner
Ruth Herre
Marysville
Reformatory
Middleport
J. FE. Harlay
Meigs
Quigley Morris
Howard Stitts
Roy Moler
Alfred Smith
Happy Hustlers 4-H Club Holds Second Meeting
In Chester on June 29 the Happy Hustlers 4-H Club met with nine attendees including seven members and leader Mrs. Ada Morris. President Grace Kautz opened the meeting and a refreshment committee was appointed for the next gathering.
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Chester
Happy Hustlers 4-H Club
Ada Morris
Grace Kautz
Pomeroy Man H. C. Pickett Undergoes Mastoid Surgery
H. C. Pickett, active in Meigs County conservation for four years, had mastoid trouble surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens yesterday. His condition today is satisfactory. A daughter Madelyn Pickett of Columbus is with him.
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Pomeroy
H. C. Pickett
Meigs County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Madelyn Pickett
Columbus
Pimples Kill Romance Ad Teases Peterson’s Ointment
Hyberbole about pimples causes broken relationships leads to an ad for Peterson’s Ointment. It promises quick relief from skin blemishes and irritation and notes the price as 35¢ with a money back guarantee if one application fails to delight.
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Peterson
Ady
Dell Fife Builds Two Story Garage On S Third Ave
Dell Fife of Middleport constructs an 18 foot tall two story garage behind his property on S Third Ave. He recently moved from Cheshire after the flood and this structure will store items on the second floor as a precaution against another deluge.
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Middleport
Dell Fife
S. Third Ave
Fife
Cheshire
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SDAY
Athens Messenger
Red Cross Willis
Pomeroy Office
Pomeroy Social Notes
Terminix
West Virginia Terminix Co
R. BE. King
Middleport Social Notes
D. B. Hartinger
William Thomas
Belmont
Mass
Hartinger
Frank Murphey
Emmett Hull
Mt. Vernon
Rue Tuckerman
Hull
Mr. Tuckerman
Hattie Smith
Mary Adaline
Belle
Smith
Walter S. Stewart
Stewart Adams
Adams
Effie Hundley
M. J. Hamilton
Peter Stace
Palmer St
Shiflet
Ralph Dillinger
P. A. Hysell
Dillinger
Kathleen Beards
Hysell
Church of Christ
Bart Rawling
Clarks Chapel
Ladies’ Aid Society
Oliver Walls
Mary Snow
C. V. Strawn
Eva Carpenter
Phyllis
Georgia Bolin
Catharine
Mary
Eva Snow
Selma Patterson
Ray Rose
Maxine
Alice Thomas
Ben Maxwell
James Maxwell
Irene
Eileen
Howard McCutcheon
Donna
Corning
White Summer
Froes
Oriental Rugs
Pickett
Eed
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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