Parkersburg Trade Official to Speak in Pomeroy
Parkersburg Board of Trade executive secretary David H. Kahn will speak to the Pomeroy Civic Club at the Federated Church Tuesday at 6 15 p m. E F Robinson president calls the meeting crucial as members decide whether to form a Chamber of Commerce. A Parksburg Merchants Association delegation earlier studied the Parkersburg system and plans to join the new organization.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Parkersburg Board of Trade
Pomeroy
David H. Kahn
Pomeroy Civic Club
Federated Church
Parkersburg
Civic Club
E. F. Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Middleport Officials Confer on Flood Wall Plan
Mayor William Robson and council members Milton Hamilton David Miller H M Cross D S Harold T A May and Postmaster J H Smith met in Huntington with U S Engineers and officials to discuss the proposed Middleport floodwall. A full report on wall conditions and estimated cost was prepared for council review.
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Middleport
William Robson
Milton Hamilton
David Miller
H. M. Cross
D. S. Harold
T. A. May
J. H. Smith
Huntington
U. S. Engineers
Bradbury Tigers Edge Gallipolis 3 2 In WT Ohio League Game
The Bradbury Tigers defeated Gallipolis 3 to 2 in an Ohio Valley Baseball League showdown. Pullins and Ward powered the batting, while pitcher Hubert Pullin allowed only three runs in 27 innings over his last three starts. A follow up game against Pt. Pleasant is set for Sunday at 2 30 P M at Pythian Park.
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Middleport
Bradbury Tigers
Ohio Valley Baseball League
Gallipolis
Pullins
Ward
Batterys
Hubert Pullin
Bradbury
Pythian Park
Pt. Pleasant
Harley Rife
Launch Evangelistic Campaign at Middleport Nazarene Church
A two week evangelistic campaign will open Sunday July 31 at the Middleport Nazarene Church and run through August 14. Rev. George Archibald announces the event with Rev. Clarence T. Moore of Cincinnati bringing the messages. The opening day introduces Rev. Matty from Pt. Pleasant Mission as a presenter. Services begin at 7 30 each evening.
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Middleport
Teacher in Athens Undergoes Tonsil Removal
Harley Pickett, a Columbia High School teacher, recently underwent a tonsil removal operation in Athens. His condition is reported satisfactory.
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Harley Pickett
Columbia High School
Athens
Job Upsets Home In Oakland Divorce Suit
Harry A. La Rue sues for divorce claiming his wife threatened to leave him if he took a WPA job. He says her ultimatum was I will not live with any man employed on a government project for relief.
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Oakland
Calif
Harry A. la Rue
Rock Springs Grange Hall to be Dedicated in August
The Rock Springs Grange Hall will be dedicated in August with the State Master and other distinguished guests attending. About 70 local members attended the last Rock Springs Grange meeting alongside Clyde Will Hemlock Grange Master and other officials. Nine members received the third and fourth degrees at that gathering.
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Rock Springs
Rock Springs Grange
Clyde Will
Hemlock Grange
Middleport Social Notes highlights from local visitors
Middleport residents and guests share visits and travel news. Mrs Earl E Hixson of Eric Pa renews acquaintances. families from Charleston Cincinnati Girard and Welch stop by for visits while others return home after road work and illnesses pass.
Rodney Downing Visits Charleston and Eureka Dam Outing
Rodney Downing traveled to Charleston for a brief visit with his sister Mrs. R. C. Singleton. He returned with his daughter Martha Jane Downing who had stayed with her aunt. They, along with Dorothy Sauer and two friends Carla Clark and Nan Fisher, went to Eureka Dam for a swim and a picnic.
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Rodney Downing
Charleston
R. C. Singleton
Martha Jane Downing
Mr. Downing
Dorothy Sauer
Martha Jane
Carla Clark
Nan Fisher
Eureka Dam
Louise Anderson returns home from Levi visit
Louise Anderson and her cousin Joe Anderson of Levi West Virginia returned Wednesday to their homes after a week as guests of Mr and Mrs Herman Bailey. Part of the time was spent at the Bailey cottage at Long Bottom with other young people joining the Baileys and daughters Mary Jean and Doris over the weekend.
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Earl E. Hixson
Eric Pa
George Reinwald
William Robson
Martha
Peggy
Paul Smith
Charleston
Will Sayre
Bradbury
Cincinnati
Ada Bess
Lawrence Horden
Lois
Richard
Alpha
Girard
R. H. Horden
Fourth Ave
Walter Barnett
Pt. Pleasant
John Davis
Irene Anderson
New York City
George Anderson
Will Moore
Frank Moore
Marysville
Richwood
Hobson
Moore
Donavan Allen
Hilah Rust
Albany
N. Y
A. H. Bradbury
O. G. Suter
Welch
W. Va
Suter
Eva Stansbury
Stansbury
Louise Anderson
Joe Anderson
Levi
Herman Bailey
Fisher St
Bailey Cottage
Long Bottom
Baileys
Mary Jean
Doris
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Move Picnic indoors
Inclement weather altered plans for the Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters who held a picnic supper in the Temple Hall rather than at Wayside Park in Syracuse as originally planned.
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Meigs Temple Pythian
Temple Hall
Syracuse
Westinghouse Wins $1.7 Million PRR Contract
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co announced a $1,700,000 award from the Pennsylvania Railroad to supply electrical equipment for ten new 100 mile per hour passenger locomotives.
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Pittsburgh
QUP
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middleport schools set opening date and calendar 1938-39
Middleport public schools will open September 12 with a 1938-39 calendar approved by the Board of Education. Registration for high school begins September 6 by grade, with teacher meetings September 9. The calendar lists fairs, holidays, exams, and commencement through May 31.
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Middleport
M. W. Essex
Board of Education
Southeastern Ohio Education Ass'n
Athens
Pomeroy White Elephant Sale Hits Stores Next Week
Residents of Pomeroy will see elephant decorations in many stores as the White Elephant Sale begins Wednesday. Most local shops participate in the event which ends July 29 with an auction on the parking lot led by an experienced auctioneer and open to all.
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Pomeroy
Monkey Run Triumphs 3 2 In Ninth Inning Rally
Monkey Run rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge The Haven 3 2 in Twilight League action. The Haven led 2 0 after the fourth and ninth innings while Monkey Run scored in the seventh to tie before clinching in the ninth. Coalport beat Kerrs Run 14 12 as Kerrs Run faltered late after leading 12 7 at six innings.
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Pomeroy
Monkey Run
Haven
Coalport
Kerrs Run
Kerrs
Social Notes of Bashan gather for visits
Mr and Mrs Guy Archer of Athens called on friends here Sunday C E Hayman is ill Marion Orr visited his grandfather and aunt Floyd Powell of Portland visited John Taylor Clayson Johnson and Olive spent Monday with Marion Sloter Wayne Powell of Portland stayed with cousin Kenneth Sloter Pleasant Hill L D S Church held an all day meeting Rev Loring Gray and Anterton from Columbus preached Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson Olive spent Monday with Dayton Hayman Hoyt Yates of Fostoria visiting brother J C Rose Nelson Torrence of Reedsville visited son Rol and family Mrs Anna Singers visited daughter Mrs A H Bailey last week
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Loring
Gray
Anterton
Columbus
Carl Johnson
Olive
Dayton Hayman
Hoyt Yates
Fostoria
J. C. Rose
Nelson Torrence
Reedsville
Roland
Anna Singers
A. H. Bailey
Personal News Notes from Bradford Vicinity
Bradford notes report visits by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lambert and family to Middleport, Mrs. Joseph Johnson and son with relatives in Columbus, Sanford Russell from Akron ill while visiting grandmother Mrs. Jessie Russell, Elder Johnson and daughter with her parents in Hysell Run, Clarence Might with his mother in West Rutland, Millard Lambert ill, Mrs. Carlos Snowden and daughter of Rutland with Mrs. Charles Burt, Wayne Russell and son from Kentucky visiting Jessie Russell, Gladys Hendricks of Parkersburg visiting Ed Russell family, and the Bradford Church Young People class holding a wiener roast at the Boy Scout Camp.
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Bradford
Charles Lambert
Middleport
Joseph Johnson
Columbus
Sanford Russell
Akron
Jessie Russell
Elder Johnson
Ernest Harrison
Clarence Might
Nancy Might
West Rutland
Millard Lambert
Carlos Snowden
Rutland
Charles Burt
Wayne Russell
Kentucky
Gladys Hendricks
Parkersburg
Ed Russell
Bradford Church
Pomeroy Social Notes and Garden Club Meeting Report
The Twilight Garden Club met at Ada Hoskins home on Athens Road with Char ity Leakus presiding. Other items include Pomeroy personals with multiple trips visitors and local social engagements.
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Garden Club
Twilight Garden Club
Ada Hoskins
Athens Road
C. E. Peoples
Charity Leakus
Roll Call
Dey Hysell
Minnie Eiselstein
Carrie Nye
Lucretia Genheimer
Picnic at Hall The Past Councillors of Theo
A brief item notes a gathering at a hall titled Picnic at Hall featuring former councillors of Theo. The piece highlights a reunion atmosphere and local civic memory as attendees reconnect with past city leadership.
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Theo
Dinner and theater party honors daughter on vacation
Mrs. Boyd Dilgard hosted a dinner and theater party Wednesday evening to honor her daughter who is vacationing from studies at St. Lukes Hospital in Cleveland. Also present were Miss Louise Baer of White Cross Hospital in Columbus and guests Miss Helen Jane Faris, Margaret Lallance, Mary Williamson, Mildred Gilmore, Mary Clifton, June Dilgard, Jacqueline Maag.
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Boyd Dilgard
St. Lukes Hospital
Cleveland
Louise Baer
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Helen Jane Faris
Margaret Lallance
Mary Williamson
Mildred Gilmore
Mary Clifton
June Dilgard
Jacqueline Maag
Grace Church Guild Plans August Parish Picnic
Members of the Guild of the Grace Episcopal Church were entertained at the home of Mrs. O. B. Kreinbihl with Mrs. A. R. Clifton assisting. President Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach led the business session and plans were made for the August picnic on the Parish house lawn. Refreshments followed during the social hour.
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The
Grace Episcopal Church
O. B. Kreinbihl
A. R. Clifton
Theodore Ebersbach
Johnson Home Hosts Betty Lou Johnson Fete
Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson entertained at their Henry Street home Wednesday evening in honor of their daughter Betty Lou Johnson of Columbus. Games were played and refreshments served to Rita Duffy Janet Turner Mary McCroria Angie Shain Ernestine Rea Barbara Wildermuth Lois Ann Neutzling Jane Ann Clifford Charlotte Simms Gallipolis Ruth Taylor.
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Pomeroy
Leo Phillips
Columbus
Edward Turnbull
Scranton
Virginia Google
Googlein
Cleveland
Painesville
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hill
Chicago
Rosemary Phillips
Phillips
W. Va
A. R. Knight
Frances Elberfeld
New York
Cora B. Roberts
Frank Pickens
Long Bottom
A. V. Howell
McKnight
Bedford
Ind
Marion Radford
Robert Gardner
Bobby Phil
Jackson
Phil Williamson
Sara Starkey
William Starkey
Liberty Lane
Cincinnati
Jane Ann Clifford
Charlotte Simms
Gallipolis
Charles Beegle
Racine
Homer Hawkins
Rutland
Emma Leifheit
Edna Beckett
Emmett Fowler
Evans
Richard Vaughan
Albert Wipple
Frank Johnson
Henry St
Mr. Johnson
Betty Lou Johnson
Rita Duffy
Janet Turner
Mary and Ann McCroria
Angie Shain
Ernestine Rea
Barbara Wildermuth
Lois Ann Neutzling
Ruth Taylor
Rock Springs 4 H Club Plans Picnic at Fairground
The Rock Springs 4 H Club and Jolly Juniors Sewing Club met at the Rock Springs Grange Hall on July 13. Five members and one visitor attended, and plans were made for a picnic at the Rock Springs Fairground on July 27. Refreshments were served.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Jolly Juniors Sewing Club
Rock Springs Fairground
Moulden Visits Parkersburg Wife in St. Joseph’s
J H Moulden traveled to Parkersburg to see his wife who was admitted to St Joseph's Hospital on Wednesday for obstetric and heart ailment treatment. She is expected to remain in the hospital for two weeks or longer.
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Parkersburg
Middleport
J. H. Moulden
St. Joseph's Hospital
Athena Picture Sinners In Paradise At the Athena
Universal presents Sinners In Paradise at the Athena with Madge Evans John Boles and Bruce Cabot in leading roles. The story follows nine castaways after a airliner crash on a Pacific island where civilization yields to primal struggle amidst tropical danger. James Whale directs and James Buckley wrote the original story.
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Pacific Ocean
Universal
Athena
Madge Evans
John Boles
Bruce Cabot
Gene Lockhart
Nana Bryant
Charlotte Wynters
Milburn Stone
Morgan Conway
Donald Barry
Willie Fung
Marion Martin
Dreamlike Nighttime Visit in Logan Poem Fragment
A fragile dream about friends visiting in the night ends as they vanish, written in a lyrical note. The passage shifts abruptly to a statistical line noting about 6,500,000 cars in the United States valued at $50 or less.
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United States
State School Director Denies Columbia Plea
Columbus Ohio E N Dietrich state director of education told a Columbia School District delegation he cannot intervene in their bid to transfer territory to Wilkesville in Vinton County. He noted the Meigs County Board of Education reported petitions lacked the legal signatures to compel a transfer.
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Columbus
U.P
E. N. Dietrich
Columbia
Meigs County
Wilkesville
Vinton County
Meigs Democrats Hold Meeting in Pomeroy
Meigs County Democratic Club met Thursday night at Pomeroy City Hall. Informal talks supported both gubernatorial candidates Davey and Sawyer as Meigs Democrats head toward the primary election amid observed splits on the party nomination.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Democratic Club
Pomeroy City Hall
Davey
Sawyer
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