Meigs County Mine Operators Agree to Southern Ohio Scale
Operators of several Meigs County coal mines met in Pomeroy led by Pearl Parker to adopt the Southern Ohio mining scale by July 17. Attendees included Estie Heines George Miller W H Wagner Sam Hampton and Blue Diamond Coal. A second meeting is set for Tuesday at City Hall to craft a fair competitive code under the national recovery acts.
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Ohio
Meigs
Pearl Irman
Pomeroy Ittee
Ohio River Coal Company
George Miller
Miller Coal Company
W. H. Wagner
Sam Hampton
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Parker
National Industrial Recovery Act
Chick Hatchery Fire Bores Down In Pomeroy
A fast spreading blaze gutted the Atkins Chick Hatchery on Mulberry Avenue in Pomeroy and damaged a joining garage and a mill truck. Flames from the hatchery roof threatened the Sugar Run Flour Mill nearby. Fire officials said the hatchery interior and equipment were badly damaged with partial insurance coverage. The cause remained undetermined with the garage suspected as the origin. Local and Middleport fire crews battled the blaze as crowds watched.
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Pomeroy
Atkins Chick Hatchery
Mulberry Avenue
Sugar Run
Clarence Neutzling
Middleport
W. O. At
Seven Year Old Burned Lighting Bomb Fuse in Middleport
Bobby Hysell seven year old Breezy Heights resident was treated to prevent lockjaw after lighting a dud aerial bomb fuse in Middleport on July Fourth. He was visiting grandparents on Lincoln Street when the explosion burned his lower limbs though no serious injuries were reported. Also local boys Paul Smith Elwood Lewis and Will Reynolds Jr won a newspaper contest for a free trip to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago and departed from Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Bobby Hysell
Homer Hysell
Pomeroy Bend
William Huggins
Lincoln Street
Middleport
Middleport High School
Paul Smith
A. V. Smith
South Second Avenue
Elwood Lewis
Locust Street
Will Reynolds
North Third Avenue
Chicago
Columbus
Local families visit and travel across towns
Mrs H H Bowles and mother Mrs Martha Bryant and Misses Nella Calderwood and Lenore Giles were in Parkersburg Tuesday. Miss Margaret Rotery and Malcolm Rotery of Lusby Md with aunt Mrs Dee Ward spent Wednesday and Thursday in Lancaster. Ruth and Charles Enteminger visit Langaville relatives. Mrs E M McCarty New Salem visits a few days here. Herbert Chambers stays in Columbus for a few weeks with son Richard and wife.
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H. H. Bowles
Martha Bryant
Nella Calderwood
Lenore Giles
Parkersburg
Margaret Rotery
Malcolm
Lusby
Dee Ward
Lancaster
Ruth
Charles Enteminger
Langaville
E. M. McCarty
New Salem
Herbert Chambers
Columbus
Richard
White Rose Lodge Auxiliary Meeting Held at Hobson Road Home
Members of White Rose Lodge auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met July 13 at Mrs. A A Chappelle’s home on Hobson Road. The gathering followed a business session with a social period to conclude the afternoon.
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Middleport
White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. A. Chappelle
Hobson Road
Recital At Heath M E Church Listed Pupil Names
Twenty pupils from Miss Frances Daniels will perform in a Friday evening recital at Heath M E Church at 8 oclock. Participants include Jean Ebersbach Martha Howell Cressa Webb Virginia White Mildred Howett Angie Elizabeth Shain Charles Asa Bradbury Nellie Fugate Eloise Byers Donna Howett Margaret Ann Strauss Ruth Will Frances Elberfeld Elizabeth Cook George Massar Virginia Geogiein Robert Harbrecht Kathryn Mitch Norman Edwards Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld.
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Middleport
Frances Daniels
the Heath M. E. Church
Jean Ebersbach
Martha Howell
Cressa Webb
Virginia White
Mildred Howett
Angie Elizabeth Shain
Charles Asa Bradbury
Nellie Fugate
Eloise Byers
Donna Howett
Margaret Ann Strauss
Ruth Will
Frances Elberfeld
Elizabeth Cook
George Massar
Daughters of America Council Meeting Attended by Middleport Group
Several Middleport residents gathered at Tuppersa Plains on Tuesday evening for the Daughters of America Council meeting. An after meeting entertainment followed by home made ice cream and cake was served with Mrs. Charles How ard Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gilmore Mrs. Elizabeth Darst and Mrs. Jake Young listed among attendees.
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Middleport
Tuppersa Plains
Daughters of America Council
Charles Howard
F. W. Gilmore
Elizabeth Darst
Jake Young
Kreitler Returns From Columbus Wheat Acreage Talks
G W Kreitler the county agricultural agent returned Tuesday evening from Columbus where he was called to confer with officials on the national plan to cut wheat acreage A report on the conference will be given in The Messenger.
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Pomeroy
G. W. Kreitler
Columbus
Graves to be Dedicated by Ohio DAR Society
POMEROY July 18 On Saturday Aug 19 the Ohio State Society Sons of the American Revolution in cooperation with the Roush and Allied Families Association of America will dedicate graves. George Roush at Weldon Cemetery Racine and Henry Roush at Wolfe Cemetery Plants. Nationally prominent speakers have been secured and a full program is planned with further details to follow in The Messenger.
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Pomeroy
Ohio State Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Roush and Allied Families Association of America
George Roush
Weldon
Racine
Henry Roush
Wolfe
Marriage Announced for Martha Hobstetter and Richard J. Chambers
Miss Martha Hobstetter daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hobstetter Rose Hill Pomeroy and Richard J Chambers son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers Middl eport were married in Circleville on Monday by Rev C H Eichinger. They will start housekeeping in Columbus and Mr Chambers will run a combined filling station and grocery on Hague Avenue.
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Middleport
Martha Hobstetter
Richard J. Chambers
Pomeroy Bend
George Hobstetter
Rose Hill
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Chambers
Herbert Chambers
Mt. Herman School
Westfield
Mass
Circleville
C. H. Eichinger
Neighborly Visits Highlight Weekend in Dam No. 21 Area
Mrs. Neva Leagrett Mrs. Walter McDade and Herbert Roush of Le tart spent Sunday with W. E. McDade family. Howard Arkiey and Fannie Dougherty with nephew of Steubenville stayed with Nancy Sales relatives. Sarah Jane Dorothy Mae Dougherty left with aunt Nancy Seales after three weeks here. Lee of Parkersburg visits son Sam at Dam No. 21. W. E. McDade Kananga visiting here. May Lou Custer and children with Arthur Price family. Hugh to stay with grandparents. Eber Ours and Jay Ours at Delaware visiting Dam No. 21 parents.
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Neva Leagrett
Walter McDade
Herbert Roush
Letart
W. E. McDade
Howard Arkiey
Fannie Dougherty
Steubenville
Nancy Sales
Sarah Jane
Dorothy Mae Dougherty
Nancy Seales
Lee
Parkersburg
Sam
Dam No. 21
Kananga
May Lou Custer
Arthur Price
Hugh
Eber Ours
Jay Ours
Delaware
Jacket Frauds Highlighted By Athene Messenger Series
The Athens Messenger warns readers about impostor advertisements in a series on jacket scams. A fake letter from Union Employment Office sought repeated classified ads and $1 for details, later traced to a fictitious agency in Parkersburg.
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Athens Messenger
The
Messenger
Help Wanted
Union
Avery S&t
Parkersburg
W. V
Parkersburg Sentinel
Parkersburg Retail Credit Bureau
Fourth of July Visitation and Birth Announcements
Families and friends gathered around July Fourth with guests including Zaleski Thomas Robinson family and Vansky relatives. A birth was announced for the Bighouse couple, and Lawn picnic at Lake Alma featured McKibben and Vansky kin among others.
Ohio Brines Studied by State Geologists
The state geological survey reports the first findings on Ohio brines including Athens County. Wilber Stout and associates describe wells drilled circa 1820 on the Hocking River and Sunday Creek, yielding strong brines from Big Injun sand at 5380 feet with 75 gallons producing seven pounds of salt. Central Ohio relied on these works, and salt was scarce and costly before wider exploration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
The
State Geological Survey
Ohio State University
Hocking River
Sunday Creek
Dover
York Townships
Hocking and
Salina
Beaumont
Appalachian Mountains
Local Visitors Reach Outlying Towns This Weekend
Mrs Floyd Shuster and four children from Chillicothe visited friends in Zaleski Sunday. Miss Nellie O Leary of Toledo visited relatives here. Elmer Robertson and Elpha Robertson with Frances of Charleston W Va spent weekend with relatives. Elizabeth Robertson, who had stayed weeks, returned home with them. Luther Kimmey and Roy Daily of Athens visited Zaleski recently. Waveline Tinker returns from Dayton after visiting aunt Lina Walsh.
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Floyd Shuster
Chillicothe
Zaleski
Nellie O'Leary
Toledo
Elmer Robertson
Elpha Robertson
Frances
Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Robertson
Luther Kimmey
Roy Daily
Athens
Waveline Tinker
Dayton
Lina Walsh
Local Social and Road Work Notes from the Valley
Week end visits occur at Long Bottom and Rolandus as families gather. Road crews haul gravel on Rainbow Road and grade Sugar Run Road this week. Several residents travel to Montana to visit relatives, and Barn construction begins on Eagle Ridge with local workers. Sunday School sessions held each week at 9 30.
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Murl Trussell
Mary Smith
Long Bottom
Clint Slater
Ethel Barringer
Simon Powell
Rolandus
Dayton McElroy
Rainbow Road
H. V. Tucker
Sugar Run
Edna Powell
Wayne
Minnie Orr
Lottie Hayman
J. C. McKay
Eagle Ridge
Ray McKay
Tom Batley
George McCullough
Artie Schriver
Wayne Orr
Paul Orr
Montana
Relapse Keeps Chauncey Woman Cardinal Homebound
Mrs. George Harvey Nye of Chauncey is confined to bed after a relapse following injuries from an automobile accident days earlier. She had briefly recovered and stood up this week before suffering the setback.
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Chauncey
George Harvey Nye
Improvements at C H Church Home in Middleport
This week renovations at the residence of C H Church include converting the front porch into a sun parlor with screened windows.
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Middleport
C. H. Church
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Bunion Relief
An advertisement claims Moone's Emerald Oil quickly reduces bunion inflammation when applied night and morning. It offers a two ounce bottle from Quick's Cut Rate Store with money back guarantee if not satisfied and suggests veins and varicose veins may improve with use.
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Moone
Quick
Adv
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