Meigs County Officials Hire Delinquent Tax Collectors
Meigs County commissioners authorize a 30 day tax collector term with Tracy Whaley to secure delinquent realty taxes. Whaley will visit owners with back taxes offering installment plans while properties with no occupants may face foreclosure if payments are not made by Sept. 10.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Tracy Whaley
Whaley
Meigs County Naval Officer Goes to Sea
POMEROY Marion Lietwiler former Pomeroy youth who graduated from Annapolis and is now a U S Navy officer will leave Saturday for California to go on duty in the Pacific. He previously served at Washington D C for office duty and resides with his family at Alexandria. Mrs Lietwiler and children will live in Athens where they have taken a house. They have been visiting their parents Mr and Mrs John Lietwiler and Mrs Blanche Keehne.
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Pomeroy
Marion Lietwiler
Annapolis
U. S. Navy
California
Pacific
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
Lietwiler
Athens
John Lietwiler
Blanche Keehne
Meigs Club Members On Outing
At a recent meeting of the club Tom Mankin served as president with O P Klein as treasurer and Fred Klein Jack Covert John Dillard Paul Haptonstall Paul Grueser Marion A Rife Emmett Shuler as vice president and Doyle Shuler among the attendees.
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Tom Mankin
O. P. Klein
Fred Klein
Jack Covert
John Dillard
Paul Haptonstall
Paul Grueser
Marion A. Rife
Emmett Shuler
Doyle Shuler
Women Form War Aid Unit In Middleport
Middleport reports the permanent Bundles for Britain unit formed at N Sec ond Ave headquarters. Mrs. J. B. Downing elected chairwoman with Mrs. O. H. Stewart as vice chair, Vivienne Middleton as secretary, and Paul Smart as treasurer. Knitting secretary named, meetings set for last Wednesday monthly. Activities include knitting sweaters and socks, collecting usable clothing and blankets for England victims, and accepting monetary donations.
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Middleport
Middleport Bundles For
Britain
N. Second Ave
J. B. Downing
O. H. Stewart
Vivienne Middleton
Paul Smart
Blanche Ballantine
Downing
England
H. S. Roush
Social Notes and Local Visits Include Weddings and Illness
Pomeroy notes report Harley Hendricks recovering from appendicitis surgery and home return from St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. Visitors R. E. Albin Winchester and Mr. Mrs. W A Harry Baltimore left Hemlock Grove to visit West Virginia kin. Amy Kingsland announces July 5 marriage of Ruth Hammer Cumberland and Elihu Frick Washington. Frick son of Lucy Robinson Frick. Fred Beards ill at Chick Hysell’s Middleport. Grand Canyon National Park welcomed 395940 visitors in 1939.
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Harley Hendricks
Eva Hendricks
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
R. E. Albin
Winchester
W. A. Harry
Baltimore
M. E. Perry
Hemlock Grove
West Virginia
Amy Kingsland
Ruth I. Hammer
Cumberland
Elihu Frick
Washington, D. C
Mr. Frick
Lucy Robinson Frick
Chester
Elihu Robinson
Meigs County
Fred Beards
Chick Hysell
Middleport
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Club Elections
Mrs R E Mc Kay led the Pre-Nursery School Mother's Club as president at Roadside Park picnics. New officers include Mrs William Grate as vice president and Mrs Charles Murray as secretary treasurer. nominating committee members were named.
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Middleport
R. E. McKay
Mother's Club
William Grate
Charles Murray
Cecil Bolin
George Skinner
Francis Anderson
Lee McComas
Lee Kennedy
Local Ladies Host Royal Neighbors Event Honors Members
Mrs. Clara Murray Miss Bessie Waugh and Mrs. Sidney Pickens received awards after a series of games at the home of Mrs. James Stevens on Wednesday evening. The event honored Mrs. Nellie Murray of Toledo state supervisor and Mrs. Charles Howard district deputy. A 6:30 covered dish supper was served. Guest Mrs. Fred Sisson of Chicago visited the Stevens family.
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Clara Murray
Bessie Waugh
Sidney Pickens
James Stevens
Stevens
Nellie Murray
Toledo
Royal Neighbors
Charles Howard
Fred Sisson
Chicago
the Stevens
Delegates Named for DAV Auxiliary Convention in Sandusky
Mrs Sadie Wolfe and Mrs Edith Spencer were elected delegates and Mrs Faye Thomas with Mrs Edith Johnson as alternates for the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary convention to be held in Sandusky from July 18 to 20. They plan to attend.
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Sadie Wolfe
Edith Spencer
Faye Thomas
Edith Johnson
Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans
Sandusky
Smiths Attend Funeral of Mrs Edith Williams Mapel in Michigan
Mr and Mrs Orin Smith return to Beech Street after attending the funeral of Mrs Edith Williams Mapel in Michigan. Mapel died in a Michigan hospital from pneumonia after an appendectomy. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Williams former Gallia Countians. Mrs Mapel and her husband Frank Mapel state editor of The Columbus Dispatch were vacationing in Michigan when she fell ill.
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Orin Smith
Beech St
Columbus
Social Notes From Syracuse Busy Week of Visits Illnesses
Syracuse notices list Ellen Baer Da Quisenberry and families as end of week guests of Canton relatives. Measles illness hits Fay Will and several others including N J Karr F A Shumway Charles Nease George Rea Zeiher. Visitors include Eleanor Karr with Irving Karr in Parkersburg and Marvin Roberts Amelia Hamm, Amelia Hamm in Columbus with A M Roberts family. Local painting and visits around Parkersburg Marietta Tuppers Plains Rock Springs and College Road noted.
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Syracuse
Ellen Baer
da Quisenberry
Joe
Roger
Don
Peter Baer
Huntington
Canton
Fay Will
N. J. Karr
F. A. Shumway
Charles Nease
George Rea
Henry Zeiher
Irving Karr
Eleanor
Martha Echols
Herbert Stobart
Gerald Arnold
Marietta
A. O. Lee
Norman Grueser
C. L. Arnold
Rock Springs
Don Lesher Injured in Plane Crash
Donald M. Lesher a 26 year old naval aviation cadet is in critical condition after a plane crash in Corpus Christi Texas He sustained a broken arm leg and head injury His mother Edith McMaster Lesher of Ogden Utah and brother Charles McMaster left for Texas to join him His brother William Curtis Lesher and others are with family in Ogden and Columbus Ohio details indicate he recently joined the naval flying corps and had studied at Oklahoma and Colorado universities.
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Middleport
Donald M. Lesher
Corpus Christi
Miles M. Lesher
Edith McMaster
Ogden
Utah
C. B. Smith
Charles McMaster
Texas
Lesher
Donald
Oklahoma
Colorado
Naval Flying Corps
St. Joseph's Hospital
William Curtis Lesher
Civic-Minded Children Visit County Court
A Meigs County probate court session was halted as a junior delegation from the Bible School’s Junior Crown interviewed Judge E R Titus about the Aid to Dependent Children program. The all girl group ages 11 and 9 asked questions, seeking ways to help dependent children.
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Crown of the Bible School
Amy Kingsland
Letart Falls Misses Enroll at Mountain State College
Miss Addie Wolfe daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Wolfe of Letart Falls has enrolled in Mountain State College at Parkersburg and entered the secretarial course this week. Miss Helen F Marcinko daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Marcinko of Long Bottom registered for the secretarial course and entered classes earlier this month after completing high school at Chester High and spending a year at DeSales Heights Academy Parkersburg.
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Letart Falls
Addie Wolfe
John L. Wolfe
Mountain State College
Parkersburg
Wolfe
Racine High School
Mountain State
Helen F. Marcinko
Joseph F. Marcinko
Long Bottom
Marcinko
Chester High
de Sales Heights Academy
Stung by Wasps at Park Outing Injures 18-Month-Old
Middleport reports 18 months old Bruce Lambert son of Mr and Mrs John Lambert Ruth Will was stung by five wasps during an outing at Roadside Park where a Pre Nursery School Mother's Club event was held. He was treated and suffers no ill effects.
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Middleport
Bruce Lambert
John Lambert
Ruth Will
Enterprise Church To Be Rededicated
Enterprise United Brethren Church in Pomeroy plans an all day homecoming on Sunday July 13 with Bishop A R Clippinger and Dr P E Wright as speakers. Rev L B Mignerey will teach the Sunday School hour, a basket dinner follows, and the rededication occurs at 2 pm with an address by Dr Wright and evening sound pictures.
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Board of Education
Shade Cons
Athens County
General Assembly
Director of Education
Leo Grim
Pomeroy — Enterprise United Brethren Church
A. R. Clippinger
D. D
United Brethren Church
P. E. Wright
Southeast Ohio
L. B. Mignerey
Jackson United Brethren Church
Mignerey
Africa
Bishop Clippinger
Wright
Enterprise Church
Wilton Wright
Orville
Wilbur Wright
William E. Bartoe
Meigs County Boys to Join CCC Camps
Seven Meigs County youths departed for Civilian Conservation Corps service. Named are Billy Capehart Syracuse Clinton Donovan Pomeroy Earnesteen Little Middleport Carl Edward Moore Pomeroy Archie Pierce Pomeroy Pete Betzing Syracuse Ernest Ward Langsville. Destination not stated, likely Ohio camps. relief office notes open quota on July 15 for interested county youths.
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CCC
Relief Office
Ohio
Sales Taxes Rising in Meigs County
Sales tax receipts in Meigs County show about 3000 dollars more than the first six months of 1940 indicating an upturn in retail business. The gain suggests improving consumer activity and local commerce.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Skilled Labor Shortage Hits Meigs WPA Projects
Meigs County faces a skilled labor scarcity as laborers leave WPA jobs for higher demand in the preparedness boom. Three county projects are active: Flatwoods Road, Big Run Road, and Sugar Run sewer, employing about 380 men. Surfacing begins Monday on two miles of Flatwoods Road from Route 7 using river gravel, with grading underway on adjacent sections.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Flatwoods
Big Run
Sugar Run
Big Run Creek
Throckmorton Road
Pomery Grange Meeting Rescheduled to July 18
The Pomona Grange bi monthly meeting postponed from July 4 will be held Friday evening July 18 at Racine High School. Sponsored by the Great Bend Grange.
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Pomeroy
Pomona Grange
Racine High School
Great Bend Grange
Former Meigs Man Dismisses Movie Stars
Edward Wm. Jones, once of Bailey Run, now in Los Angeles, says movie queens look ordinary off screen. He visits home after 12 years in California and notes mosquitoes are rare there, a nuisance not found in his adopted state.
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Pomeroy
Edward Wm. Jones
Los Angeles
Mr. Jones
Bailey Run
California
Gas Tax Funds Arrival for County Townships
Gasoline tax money totaling 4800 dollars has been received at the county auditor's office from the state for distribution to townships. Auditor George Daniels announced that the distribution will be about 400 dollars to each township and made around July 15.
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Pomeroy
George Daniels
Hold Hunt Funeral In Pomeroy Today
Mrs Barbara Lee Hunt 48 died at White Cross Hospital Columbus Wednesday. Graveside rites to be held at Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy this afternoon. She is survived by her mother Mrs Genevieve Rumsey Seebohm Packam two sons Byron Barney Hunt state golf champion Lytle Springfield two daughters Mrs Virginia Hill Columbus and Miss Barbara Hunt Dayton and two brothers Herman Seebohm Columbus Rumsey Seebohm San Antonio Texas. Native of Pomeroy she lived here with her parents.
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Middleport
Fred Sisson
James Stevens
S. Third Ave
Chicago
McArthur
Stevens
Gary Hamilton
Sisson
Ella Sisson
Harry Featherstone
Frank Bride
Cadiz
Chillicothe
Patricia Kennedy
Leo Kennedy
Gallipolis
Jeanette Yeanger
Max Lambert
Isaac Taylor
Rutland
Taylor
Bailey Cabin
Long Bottom
Sally McCormack
R. N. Barnes
M. A White
Lily Hughes
Albuquerque
Mexico
Barbara Lee
Bohm Hunt
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy
Hunt
Genevieve Rumsey Seebohm Packam
Byron
Barney” Hunt
Lytle
Springfield
Virginia Hill
Barbara Hunt
Dayton
Herman Seebohm
Rumsey Seebohm
San Antonio
Tex
Meigs
Sailor on furlough visits Middleport and relatives
George Taylor of the United States Marine Corps is on a 10 day furlough with relatives in Middleport and West Virginia. He is stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yards on the USS North Carolina and returned yesterday to his grandmother Mrs. Addie Branch after visiting his mother Mrs. Warren Turner in Charleston.
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Middleport
George Taylor
United States Marine Corps
West Virginia
Taylor
Brooklyn Navy Yards
North Carolina
Addie Branch
Charleston
Warren Turner
Bake Sale by Loyal Women at Chamber's Grocery
Miss Susie Taylor leading the Loyal Women's Class bake sale at Chamber's Grocery on Mill Street Saturday morning to raise funds. The event features homemade treats and community participation.
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Middleport
Susie Taylor
Chamber's Grocery
Mill St
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