Middleport Council Backs $40,000 Municipal Bond Issue
Middleport village council voted to submit a $40,000 bond proposal for a municipal building to the citizens. The measure is referred to Solicitor Cedric Clark to decide if it may be placed before voters in a special election or must wait for the November general election. Rotary representatives Harry Barnes David Miller and Robert Rawlings spoke in support. John B Downing also advocated the proposal. Clerk Frank H Johnston was authorized to consult Prosecutor Manning Webster about delinquent tax collection.
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Middleport
Cedric Clark
Firemen's Team Is Honored at Outing
Middleport B F Parmelee officiated a fish fry at the fire house Monday evening with members of the Firemen's Baseball Team as guests of honor. Representatives of newspapers and a Christ Carnival Company agent attended. William Barker and Robert Vore spoke informally. Plans were made for next week’s carnival at Pythian Park.
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Middleport
B. F. Parmelee
Taxes Bring Suit POMEROY
Due to tax delinquency on property in the estate of Aaron Black deceased, a suit was filed Monday in common pleas court by R. G. Webster as county treasurer against Frank Sloan Hoyt Sloan Bertha Sloan Smith Marie Johnson Irene Simpson William Back Jr Stella Black Floyd Elizabeth Ann Black Lewis Black Percy L. Peoples administrator de bonis non of Aaron Black estate and trustees of Pomeroy Encampment No 68 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Defendants with claims against the estate were instructed to state their claims or be barred.
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Pomeroy
Aaron Black
Common Pleas
R. G. Webster
Frank Sloan
Hoyt Sloan
Bertha Sloan Smith
Marie Johnson
Irene Simpson
William Back Jr
Stella Black Floyd
Elizabeth Ann Black
Lewi Black
Percy L. Peoples
de Bonis
Pomeroy Encampment No
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Twilight Garden Club to Meet at Mrs Tracy’s Home
Pomeroy notes list social visits and travels of residents. The Twilight Garden Club plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs A O Tracy’s Sec ond St with Miss Clara Garland assisting. Numerous residents and guests visit relatives in Ohio cities and beyond.
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Twilight Garden Club
A. O. Tracy
Second St
Clara Garland
James Hood
Columbus
White Cross Hospital
Hood
Miss Healy
H. T. Proctor
St. Albans
W. Va
Proctor
Ralph Graves
Emma Dorst
West Main St
Katie
Wendel Roos
Naylors Run
Athens
Pomeroy
Minersville
Lon Custer
Betty
Hugh
Augusta
Harold Brabbin
Charleston
Virgil Campbell
Minnie Davis
Wyllis Davis, Jr
Sarah Phillips
Harry Brunker
Belpre
Brunker
John Hilligas
Cadmus
Harold Hilligas
Floyd Mees
Helen Kautz
Ralph Garcelon
Floyd Clark
Spring St
Edward Giles Bailey
Sarasota
Fla
Wally Barnett
Point Pleasant
Bailey
Kathleen Margaret Ebersbach
Edgar Ebersbach
Augusta Genheimer
W. S. Genheimer
Mulberry Ave
Cincinnati
Sophia Meier
Willard Meier
Gordon
Delbert Eiselstein
James Church
Virginia
Huntington
Neva Hinds Wilt
el Paso
Tex
Viva Hinds
Harry Hinds
Rutland
Bertha Pownall
Raymond Brown
Howard Long
Barberton
Eva Russ
Anne St
Ray Crumbley
Wellsville
Ohio
Crumbley
Russ
Howard Starkey
Stella Starkey
Union Ave
L. H. Farmer
Mansfield
Meigs Farm Bureau To Meet Wednesday
The Meigs County Farm Bureau will hold a meeting Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian Church in Pomeroy. The session starts at 8 o clock with audience singing and a musical program including a Southeast District pageant My Hours of Memory in Song. Edwin J Bath will attend and give the principal address followed by recreation and refreshments. Fined on liquor charge in Pomeroy Lawrence White was fined 100 dollars and costs, and John Glover was fined 10 dollars and costs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Edwin J. Bath
Legislative Committee
Farm Bureau
Lawrence White
Justice of Peace P. L. Peoples
John Glover
Gallipolis Masons Elect New Officers
Gallipolis Masons announced new officers for The Rose Commandery No. 43 Knights Templars and Morian Council No. 32. E. W. Edwards heads the Knights Templars as eminent commander with J. F. Knight and J. R. Lewis among leaders. Morian Council names W. Rife as illustrious master, with C. M. Yeanger and F. C. Christ in key roles.
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Gallipolis
Rose Commandery No
Knights Templars
E. W. Edwards
L. L. Stone
Robinson
D. Blazer Wetherholt
F. W. Shane
A. P. Kerr
C. M. Yeanger
F. C. Christ
C. D. Slagle
J. F. Knight
W. R. White
J. R. Lewis
Sentinel
J. E. Halliday
Moriah Council No. 32
W. Rife
H. W. Mc Henry
A. C. Safford
E. S. Spear
Guard
Jack Knight
First Metal Bridge Erected Over Severn River
The world's first metal bridge, cast iron, was built in 1776 spanning the Severn River at Coakdale England marking a milestone in engineering.
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Severn River
Coakdale
England
Oil to dust abate at Pomeroy parking lot as fair funds aid
The upper Main Street parking lot in Pomeroy will be oiled today to curb dust. Fire Company members say oil costs are covered by street fair proceeds, with excess funds to buy hose and equipment. Cunningham Shows carnival starts Monday for a week, raising traffic concerns with an excursion boat nearby. Merchants discuss lighting the lot and the lower lot wiring will be concrete embedded with stone pillar lights. A 300-year-old Irish blanket owned by Mrs. John Parks, passed through eight generations, is noted in Cleveland.
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Parks
Main St
Third Ward Fire Company
Pomeroy
Social Notes Touching Many Families Around Middleport
Middleport notes detail visits and travels of locals including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Russell en route to Youngstown from Texas, Dr. W A Humphrey and Miss Allie Mauck in Gallipolis, and families like the Russells, McAllisters, and Fasting Studio visitors. Birthday observances honor Elizabeth Russell, 87, with neighbors and flowers.
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Carl Russell
Youngstown
Texas
Louesa McAllister
Russell
Timothy Russell
W. A. Humphrey
Columbus
Humphrey
C. F. Besserer
S. Third Ave
Hattie Bennett
Allie Mauck
Gallipolis
Anna Zimmerman
Mauck
Cheshire
Dow Vance
Pt. Pleasant
W. W. Leonard
Magnetic Springs
David Ohlinger
Charleston
Pearl Yeanger
Elizabeth Russell
Beech St
Grandma Lizzie
McGuire
Gravel Hill
Elsie Flickinger
Mary
Charlotte Jenkins
Marietta
John Longstaff
Corning
Burns Barker
Rosanna Barker
William Longstaff
Dorothy Nell Stewart
Herman Bailey
Mary Jean
Doris Bailey
Fred Rosenbaum
Donald
June Dilgard
Pomeroy
Ben Fultz, Jr
Zanesville
Wrights in Divorce Suit Seek Restoration to Maiden Name
Myrtle Wright filed for divorce from How ard H Wright in common pleas court citing lack of support and repeated attempts to obtain funds during five years of marriage She asks to revert to her maiden name Myrtle Allen Also noted Class in First Aid addressed by Dr Manning Daniels at Public Library and Lodge leader H B Pickett's slow recovery after mastoid operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Pomeroy
Myrtle Wright
Common Pleas Court
Howard H. Wright
Myrtle Allen
Hoover
Manning Daniels
H. B. Pickett
Woodmen's Lodge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charity Council installs D of A officers in Middleport
Middleport Daughters of America installed officers at a regular meeting with Estella Roush as counsel lor and Frances Roush as secretary among others. Delegates to the state convention to be held in Toledo this fall were Maud Ohlinger and R C McBride. Refreshments followed. In Pomeroy Rev Ralph Kuether and wife announced the birth of a son at St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. he weighs eight and a half pounds.
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Middleport—Charity Council
Daughters of America
Estella Roush
James Stevens
R. C. McBride
Fanny Mourning
Frances Roush
Maud Tewksbury
Annice Ohlinger
Toledo
Ohlinger
McBride
Pomeroy
Ralph Kuether
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Kuether
Federated Church
Burglars Take 700-Pound I-Beam in Salinas Theft
In Salinas California police pursue a single strong clue after burglars snatched a 700 pound steel I beam. Detectives use deduction to narrow suspects and connect the unusual metal theft to an ongoing case.
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Salinas
Calif
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Firemen
Athens Pharmacy
Pomeroy Social Notes
Herman Warner
Anna Lee
William
Arthur Wandling
Ruby
Wanda Young
William Warner
Hawks Nest
Ernest
Reed Bigley, Jr
Reed Bigley
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Clara Cordelia Curtis
Pomeroy High
Ohio University
Curtis
Meigs County
Mary Edna
Leverett Roush
Billy
Dorothy Spraugg
Adena
Lake Alma
Dwight Parker
Hamden, O
Parker
Norma Young
Albert Young
Luckoff
Meigs Farm Bureau
Masons
Pennsylvania
Anthony Naples
New Castle
Cleveland
John Parks
Ireland
Middleport Social Notes
Ervin
William Robson
Mabel Hysell
Lena Mae Fels
Gilbert Hayes
Jerry
John Hawkins, Jr
Mr. Hayes
John W. Zerkle
George Schmoll
Donald Mathews
Edward Bennett
Charles Bradbury
Carl Barsotti
Dwight Ross
Racine
the Locks
Minnie Neutzling
Meigs County Water Office
Aaron Neutzling
Akron
Harry Cash
Cuyahoga Falls
Blanch Cochran
Grant St
Fishbaugh
W. Union Street
Mother
Dad
Sonny
Pennsylvania Sugar CO
United States Labor
Licasrt & Mysns
Tobacce, Cos
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