Middleport Council Considers Water System Purchase Plan
Middleport council and King Committee officials heard Cincinnati bond representatives outline a plan for municipal water ownership or joint ownership with Pomeroy. A $200000 plant valued by engineers could generate about $55000 yearly income with bonds repaid from plant revenues. Discussions continue with Pomeroy and next Monday’s meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iddleport - Representas
Cincinnati
Atkinson
Mr. Howes
Midport Council
King Committee
Ter
B. Downing
Meigster Company
Middleport
Pomeroy
Middlemight
Middleport Council
Pomeroy Council
H. E. Cook
Fisher
Columbus
Tax Commission
Board of Education
Girl Scouts Leave for Week's Encampment
Middleport troop 1 Girl Scouts travels to the Chester Scout cabin for a week long camp. Leader Mrs Pearl Reynolds leads the group joined by Mrs Edgar Allensworth Miss Jean Bland from Ak ron and Jo Frances Frecker of Columbus plus fifteen scouts and their parents invited to a Friday picnic supper at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Chester
Troop 1
Girl Scouts
Pearl Reynolds
Edgar Allensworth
Jean Bland
Akron
Jo Frances Frecker
Columbus
Barbara Stout
Barbara Meinhart
Barbara Root
Carla Clark
Mary Haggerty
Roseanna Barker
Susan Allensworth
Phyllis Smart
Mary Martha Roller
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Patricia McElhinney
Gladys Lu Folden
Missionary Society Meeting and Local Social Notes
The Middleport Missionary Society of the Church of Christ met at the church with Susie Taylor’s group as hostesses. Seventeen members attended as Miss Taylor led devotional services. Papers were read by Mrs. Zana Wheeler and Miss Mildred Hawley. Wheeler and Eleanor Saunders sang a duet. The group plans a clothes drive for babies in China and a covered dish lunch, plus an August picnic. Mrs. Oscar Roush is the new president. Philathea Women of the Church will meet Thursday evening with Roush’s group as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Susie Taylor
Miss Taylor
Zana Wheeler
Mildred Hawley
Wheeler
Eleanor Sauders
China
Oscar Roush
Philathea
Church of Christ
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Club Hosts Evening
Mrs David Farmer entertains the Staff and Officers Club of Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters with assist ing hostesses TO ENTERTAIN CLUB Mrs R B Laughead Mrs May me Byers Mrs Otho Watts and Mrs Zella Cross. Mrs Roscoe Fowler returns home after visit with parents. Executive committee of the Women s Music Club selects hostesses and plans programs for the year. Miss Vesta McCoy named new president. Mrs H S Roush improves after hip operation and rests at home.
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R. B. Laughead
Mayme Byers
Otho Watts
Zella Cross
David Farmer
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Woman's Music Club
Cedric Clark
Vesta McCoy
Daughters of America Install New Officers
In Middleport Charity Council Daughters of America installed new officers for the year with Mrs. Pribble Wilson of Gallipolis as installing officer. Inducted were Emma Sisson Councillor Fannie Mourning Associate Councillor Frances Roush Associate Vice Councillor Louise Roy Conduct or Cora McBride Warden Estella Roush Inside Sentinel Nettie Mulford Outside Sentinel Edna Howard Recording Secretary Maude Tewksbury Financial Secretary Irene Durst Treasurer Lorena Davis Past Councillor. A social hour and refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Ryger and
Pomeroy
Charity Council, Daughters of America
Pribble Wilson
Gallipolis
Emma_ Sisson
Fannie Mourning
Frances Roush
Louise Roy
Cora McBride
Estella Roush
Inside Sentinel
Nettie Mulford
Outside Sentinel
Edna Howard
Maude Tewksbury
Irene Durst
Lorena Davis
Refugee Relief Fund in Meigs Reaches $625
Red Cross drive in Meigs County reports the refugee aid total at 625 dollars with a 1000 dollar quota aimed for by July 22. Co chairs Theodore Reed and R W Finsterwald plan an intensive final campaign to reach the goal as subscriptions continue daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Red Cross
Theodore Reed
R. W. Finsterwald
Mrs J C Pride Visits Daughter After Illness
Mrs. J C Pride, recently ill at her Knoxville Tennessee home, visits her daughter Mrs. Bessie Montgomery on East Main Street. She is accompanied by her grandson Douglas Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. C. Pride
Knoxville, Tenn
Bessie Montgomery
E. Main St
Douglas Price
Mees Couple Attends World’s Fair After Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs Rob ert Mees completed a wedding trip through the East visiting the World’s Fair in New York on Monday and Tuesday and began their return home today.
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Pomeroy
Robert Mees
East
New York
Marriage license issued to Floyd Casio and Retha McKinney
A marriage license was issued Tuesday in probate court to Floyd Casio aged 21 of Cheshire R D 1 and Retha Mc Kinney aged 21 of Cheshire R D.
Local social notes from Racine and nearby towns
A crowded Racine society roundup lists visits and travels including Fred Cranshaw’s recovery at University Hospital Columbus returning to work. Bonnie Miles visiting Ohio University Athens. Mr and Mrs Howard Miles and others visiting relatives in St. Louis. Sidney Fadely entering Ohio State University summer term in Columbus. Muskegon visitors with Mrs Owen Watson. Kelly Coe and H K Coe visiting and staying with Watterson. Clara Laughlin returning from St Petersburg Florida. Lavenia Smith visiting George Simpson. Guy Beegle and family guests of Jake Gaul. Henry McCormick visiting relatives in Columbus. T Shelton family visiting Logan relatives with Virginia Ann Wilcoxen.
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Racine
Fred Cranshaw
University Hospital
Columbus
Bonnie Miles
Ohio University At Athens
Howard Miles
Robert Dintleman
Robert Junior
St. Louis
Dintleman
Warren Wolfe
Sidney Fadely
Ohio State
Clara Laughlin
Simpson Laughlin
Smiths Ferry
Laughlin
St. Petersburg
Florida
Lavenia Smith
East Liverpool
George Simpson
Guy Beegle
Tommy
Racine R. D
Bob McKelvey
Norma Kay
T. T. Shelton
Lson Bifly
Frederick Wilcoxen
Logan
Wilcoxen
Daugh
Virginia Ann
Council Elects First Officers
A newly formed WPA housekeeping aid council met at the WPA building Tuesday evening. Officers elected were John Walter Frank president Miss Geneva Humphreys vice president and Mrs Mayme J Heiner secretary. The council heard a project briefing by Mrs Morris and Mrs Wood.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Morris
John Walter Frank
Geneva Humphreys
Mayme J. Heiner
Wood
Meigs County
Fairgrounds Scene of Coon Dog Trials
Field trial for coon dogs to be held at the Meigs County Fairgrounds on Sunday July 21. All dogs must be at the grounds by 9 30. Entry contact Frank G Roush president of the Meigs County Coon Hunters Association. Mail address Minerville.
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Meigs County Fairgrounds
Frank G. Roush
Meigs County
Mrs. Alma Tedrow Dies in Middleport
Alma Oakes Tedrow died suddenly last night at the home of Mrs. Mary Cook in Middleport. A native of Maldon West Virginia she had long been in poor health. She is survived by her husband Charles F. Tedrow an engineer for the New York Central Railroad. He was in Dickinson when she died and returned with his train. The body was taken to the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home for funeral services.
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Peggy Robson
Ben Ervin
Charleston
C. L. Wood
E. M. Wood
Helen Wood
Joan
Bracky Wood
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Edgar Ervin
Washington, D. C
Elaine Ervin
Ellis Haworth
Ervin
Forest Rose Council
Daughters of America
John Kincaid
New York Central
Hobson
Don Robert Leonard
W. W. Leonard
Locust St
Middleport
Alma Oakes Tedrow
Mary Cook
Tedrow
Malden
W. Va
Charles F. Tedrow
New York Central Railroad
Dickinson
Rawlings-Coats
Former Syracuse Resident Mollie London dies in West Virginia
Funeral for Mollie London, former Syracuse resident, will be Friday at 2 30 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Syracuse. Burial in nearby cemetery. She died Tuesday morning in New Haven West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Mollie London
Syracuse
New Haven
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Second Ward routs Monkey Run 20 to 10 in league game
Pomeroy Second Ward beat Monkey Run 20 to 10 at the Pomeroy Recreation Ball League. Inning one saw nine runs for Second Ward, five more in the second. H. Davis hit three home runs and Bass another as the winners pulled away.
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Pomeroy
Second Ward
Pomeroy Recreation
Monkey Run On Ice
Dredging Contracts Secure for Ohio River at Dashields Dam
Monongahela Dredging Co bids 10808 for 57400 cubic yards of Ohio River material at Dashields Dam. The firm also won a 26000 yard Kanawha River contract near London Locks under Huntington District supervision. Other notes include bids opening for Natrona Creighton channel work, boiler orders for Steamer Mil dredge, repairs for Chenoka towboat, and U S Shawnee inspections. safety campaigns and new tank barges for Union Barge Line.
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East Liverpool
Monongahela
Natrona
Creighton
Allegheny
U. S
Ohio River
Ohio
Charleston
Kanawha River
Dravo Corp
Union Barge Line
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Meigs County Milk Dairies Awarded Grade A Rating
Meigs County Health Department announced Grade A status for several milk dairies and pasteurized milk producers in Pomeroy Racine and surrounding areas. The new grade is marked on bottle caps indicating regular inspections and compliance with U S Public Health Milk Regulation adopted December 1938.
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Pomerly
Meigs County
Huntington
Meigs
Health Department
Farm Women's Camp To Be Held in July
Rural homemakers from Meigs and nearby counties will gather July 20 21 at the Ross Hocking camp near Chillicothe for a summer camp. Participants include women from Ross Pike Fairfield Athens Jackson Gallia Scioto Pickaway Hocking and Meigs Counties. For details contact Geneva Humphreys Home Demonstration Agent Pomeroy Ohio or call 158 M. Registrations due by Saturday July 13.
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Pomeroy
Ross-Hocking
Chillicothe
Ross
Pike
Fairfield
Athens
Jackson
Gallia
Scioto
Pickaway
Highsand
Hocking
Meigs
Meigs County
Geneva Humphreys
Ohio
Motor Tour through the South by VanCooney Party
Postmaster J. H. Smith and Mrs. Smith with Miss Haze plan a southern motor tour. They will visit Georgia as guests of Mrs. Smith’s relatives during their annual vacation period.
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South Middleport
J. H. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Miss Haze
VanCooney
Georgia
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Council Pond
Calais
France
English Channel
Straits of Dover
Middleport Social Notes
Philatheas
Roscoe Fowler
Richmond
Ind
A. J. Beaver
Grant St
Fowler
Sidney and
Glouster
Crosley Corporation
Canada
Ansur
Member
Federal Reserve System
Council
Fairgrounds
West Virginia
Ohio River News Notes
Webster Towing Co
Mildred
Jeffersonville
Boat and Machinery Co
Marietta
A. B. Sheets
Iceland
Bolin & Roush
Herman Hoffner
Mary Korn
Harold Moore
J. E. Sanborn
Bailey
Ben Cross
William Cross
R. D
Thomas Duffy
Pearl Phillips
Vernon Nease
Minersville
Kanawha Dairy
Pt. Pleasant
William Priode
Cheshire
Springhill Dairy
Ben Smith
Grover Salser
Dorcas
James Titus
Rutland
Earl Wilford
Portland
John L Wolfe
Letart Falls
PITT
Luckoff
Connie Smart Footwear
Eunice
Paris
Mechem’s Shoe Stores
Nelsonville
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