First district Grange convention set for July 2
The first district Grange convention will be held Saturday July 2 at 9:30 am with local leaders Massey Musser and Starr in attendance. Activities include degree work and ballot administration with Mr Massey and Mr Bunce among those speaking and presiding as the day progresses. A separate note reports Arthur Covert hospitalized after a tire incident and his mother at his side. condition described as improving.
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Nty Granges
Willer
Ner
Te Y Musser
Chester
Turner
Pomona
E Grange
Laurel
C. G. Wilef
Instar
Rifle Group
Rock Springs
Workers Seek Higher Relief Wages in Meigs County
The Workers and Farmers Association plans a campaign to raise government relief wages in Meigs County to parity with Gallia and Athens. They cite lower local rates due to the absence of a city over 5,000. The group urges businessmen and organizations to contact Congress, and religious services will continue at Pomeroy Baptist Church Sundays. Officers for six months: President A W Hoover, VP Sidney Byers, Secretary Town Bailey, financial secretary Earl Mason, organizer Eber Base, assistants John Cole and George Kittle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Workers’ and Farmers’ Association
Gallia
Athens County
Pomeroy Baptist Church
A. W. Hoover
Sidney Byers
Town Bailey
Earl Mason
Eber Base
John Cole
George Kittle
POMEROY HONORS MRS HOMER LEE AT SUNDAY DINNER
Mrs Flora J Lee mother of the groom entertained at dinner Sunday July 14 near Harrisonville in honor of her daughter in law Miss Norma Young of Pratts Fork who wed Mr Homer Lee in Parkersburg West Virginia July 8 The hostesses included Mrs Verna Young and Eugene Young along with Mr and Mrs Fen Anderson and others in attendance at the Lee home celebration marked by Mrs Lee nearing her 85th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Homer Lee
Flora J. Lee
Harrisonville
Lee
Norma Young
Pratts Fork
Parkersburg
W. Va
F. C. Halliday
Virgil Atkins
Mabel Tyler
Flora Lee
Halliday
Atkins
County Board Will Confer on Taxation
Meigs County commissioners met at the Courthouse in regular session to plan a discussion on equitable tax revenue distribution for a Legislature presentation. Attendees include county auditors treasurers commissioners and prosecutors from 30 counties. The board also asked Surveyor Theodore Beegle to determine whether the Enterprise Route 21 bridge is state or county owned and notes it needs repair.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Zanesville
Theodore Beegle
Enterprise
Green Apples Send 12YearOld to Hospital Near Fatal Illness
Walter Werry 12 of Pomeroy suffered a near fatal illness after eating many green apples. He collapsed while walking with Richard Gress near Naylors Run. a doctor treated him about two hours and he is now recovering. An unrelated notice announced the birth of John Michael Soliday, July 13, to Emerald and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Michael
Emerald Soliday
Thurston
John Race
Baltimore
Darst Jr. Undergoes Appendicitis Operation at Holzer
David Darst Jr. was taken to Holzer Hospital Monday night for an appendicitis operation. Mrs. Darst remained with her husband as he recovers satisfactorily.
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Middleport
David Darst Jr
Holzer Hospital
Breakfast bridge party in Ga polis at LaFayette Hotel
Mrs Charlies F Rathburn Mrs D A Howell Mrs G H Stansbury Mrs M C Hobart and Miss Miriam Blackmore of Pomeroy attended a breakfast bridge at the LaFayette Hotel in Polis on Tuesday morning.
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Middleport
LaFayette Hotel
Gapolis
Charlies F. Rathburn
D. A. Howell
G. H Stansbury
M. C. Hobart
Miriam Blackmore
Pomeroy
Rutland Church Names Rev G N Perkins for One Year
Rutland Church of Christ votes to employ the Rev. G N Perkins for a year with half-time duties at Rutland and quarter-time service at Bradford and Dexter churches. Mrs Perkins assists in church work and the couple will reside in the Christian Church parsonage.
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Rutland
Rutland Church of Christ
G. N. Perkins
Bradford
Dexter
Building Expert to Visit Meigs County
Mr. Corotis of the Federal Housing Administration will be in Middleport at Citizens National Bank from 10 am to 12 pm and in Pomeroy at the McMaster Hardware store Better Housing Office from 1 pm to 3 pm on Friday July 19. He will discuss FHA loan options for repairs remodeling modernization refinancing and new homes. Chairmen David C. Miller and L. D. McMaster invite interested residents to contact them for information and assistance.
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Pomeroy
Citizens National Bank of
Middleport
Pomeroy National Bank
Farmers National Bank
First National Bank
Racine
Corotis
Federal Housing Administration
Corpus
Citizens National Bank
Better Housing Office
McMaster Hardware Store
David C. Miller
L. D. McMaster
Pomeroy Social Personal Mention
Mrs. Oscar Fogle of Chicago visits her parents in town. Mrs. Ethel Sedgewick, formerly a nurse here, visits friends. The Locharys plan a Huntington trip for Charlies hospital visit. William Waters returns from Washington with family staying with the Chases. Marie Richman joins the Waters for a Columbus trip. Elizabeth Chase and son Jack return to Huntington after two weeks here. Grace Guild hosts at Grace Horton’s home. Uhrichsville trip planned for Lincoln Hill. Lend-a-hand Society to sponsor an ice cream social at the Ebersbach Building.
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William Waters
Columbus
Washington
D. C
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Marie Richman
Butternut Avenue
Waters
Elizabeth Chase
Jack
Huntington
Patrick Lochary
Grace Guild
Episcopal Church
Grace Horton
Main Street
Edith Newton
T. A. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Uhrichsville
Glen Mowery
Simpson Methodist Church
Ebersbach
Middleport Social Personal Mention
Mrs. Charles Hughes and son left Tuesday for Albuquerque after ten days here with J. F. Dillard family. Mrs. Hughes, formerly Celia Huber, was joined by cousin Miss Phyllis Dillard and Miss Lilly Huber Kilbourne. Mrs. J. A. Pratt and daughter and Mrs Conrad Dodson and two sons visited J. O. Leonard, and will spend time with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Drake of Columbus returned home after visiting Leonard Gilmore family, Mrs. Gilmore staying week with relatives.
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Midpleport
Charles Hughes
Albuquerque
N. Mex
J. F. Dillard
Hughes
Celia Huber
Phyllis Dillard
Lilly Huber
Kilbourne
R. N. Barnes
M. A. White
J. A. Pratt
Conrad Dodson
Covington
Leonard
Gallia County
Pratt
J. O. Leonard
Paul Leonard
Drake
Columbus
Leonard Gilmore
Gilmore
Property Changes Hands in Middleport
In Middleport several recent property transfers include Cecil P. Bradbury purchasing the Powell & Powell building at South Second Avenue and Main Street from W. J. Root and wife of St. Petersburg Florida. Bradbury plans two apartments on each floor after remodeling. F. A. Shiffer buys the Calderwood house on Second Street from Cora Calderwood and other nearby properties. Dr. Simmons’ brick house on South Second Street is now owned by Chick Wise and will be improved. Charles Walburn purchases the Calderwood Reed property on South Second Avenue.
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Middleport
Cecil P. Bradbury
South Second Avenue
Main Street
Powell
Calderwood
Second Street
Cora Calderwood
Young People Picnic At Carpenter Farm
Annual B Y P A picnic linked by First Baptist Church at Ohio State Experiment Station Carpenter with many local members and guests from Gallipolis Cheshire Pomeroy Racine Carpenter Albany. Vesper services closed the outing at Carpenter Church conducted by the Middleport society led by Rev F C Kreager and others.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Ohio State Experiment Station
Carpenter
Gallipolis
Cheshire
Pomeroy
Racine
Albany
Carpenter Church
F. C. Kreager
Florerice Bush
Bertha Mygatt
Picnic Held for Eli Oeffier at Monkey Run
A Sunday tribute at Monkey Run near the old Tunnel honored Eli Oeffier, former Logan resident. The event featured a cabin and picnic grounds setup with a special afternoon picnic dinner served at noon.
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Pomeroy
Eli Oeffier
Logan
Monkey Run
Oeffier
What's on the Air By . Be Butterfield
Radio listings detail overseas Wimbledon Davis Cup coverage on WABC WEAF WJZ stations with a Saturday Sunday and Monday morning schedule. Programs include Man's Family Wayne King Serenade Jim Harkins' Amateurs Broadway vari eties Burns and Allen He She and They Revue Ted Fiovito Orchestra etc.
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Butterfield
New York
Wabccbs
WEAF
NBC
One Man's Family
Wayne King
Jim Harkins
Chicago
Ray Noble
Wabc-Cbs
Emery Deutsch
Burns
Allen
They
Ted Fiovito
Jan Garber
WJIZ
House of Glaas
John Charles Thomas
Oliver Hereford
Ink Spots
Billy Bisset
Weafnbc
WABC
CBS
Manhattan
Old Kentucky
Wdjz
Four Charges From One Incident Near North and Love
In Glouster a disturbance near Fred North and Eustice Love led to four charges in Justice William Ellis court. Fred North pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and paid 13.70 in fines. Agnes Love filed a separate charge of profane language in the presence of a female. North fought the language charge, waived examination, and was bound over to the grand jury on $100 bond.
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Glouster
Fred North
Eustice Love
William Ellis
Thelma Moody
North
Love
Agnes Love
Mrs Frank Pedicord Dies at Bishopville
Mrs Frank Pedicord 52 died Wednesday at 3 am at her Bishopville home after years of ill health and a major operation in April. She is survived by husband Frank Pedicord mother Ira Kasler sister J J Shepard Roy Vasler Lulu Grubbs H E Jones Emma F Bolinger and brothers Miles and Milard Easler. Funeral services likely Friday at 2 pm at the Bishopville church.
Glouster Past Noble Grands Club Meets at Urbancrest
Glouster Past Noble Grands Club met at the home of Mrs. Freda Ing in Urbancrest with president Mrs. Elza Morris in charge. Readings were given by Mrs. Mary Cheney Miss Matie Dugan and Mrs. Margaret McHarg. Prizes were awarded in games and tests for Mrs. Hazel Lunefors and Mrs. Thomas Hemsley. Retreatments were served with guests Agnes Eddy Lizzie McKee Zeli Brown Mrs. Thomas Hemsley and Mrs. Robert Cobb.
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Glouster
Noble Grands
Marcellite
Rebekah Loder Mer
Freda
Urbancrest
Elza Morris
Mary Cheney
Matie Dugan
Margaret McHarg
Prises
Hazel Lunefors
Thomas Hemsley
Agnes Eddy
Lizzie McKee
Zeli Brown
Robert Cobb
Overcome by Heat In Garden Action
57 year old GLOUSTER Henry Zimmer collapsed from heat while working in his garden on Front Street Monday afternoon. He remained unconscious most of the day but showed improvement this morning. Kiwanis attendance was small at Tuesday noon meeting at the Hotel Goran with George H Campbell winning the attendance prize.
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Glouster
Henry Zimmer
Front Street
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Ci
Goran
George H. Campbell
W L. E Richardson
Trimble Aid Society to Meet Tonight Hosts Named
The Trimble Ladies Aid Society will hold a meeting tonight with Mrs Oma Graham as host. The session aims to discuss upcoming charity efforts and community service plans.
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Trimble
Trimble L Aid Society
Oma Graham O* Hostesay
Winners Are Given Banquet by Missionary Society
A banquet honored Mrs. C. K Rockhold's group for contest wins hosted by Mrs. Thomas W. Figiey. The lawn event featured Japanese lanterns nasturtium decor and devotionals led by Mrs. C. A. Bingman. Talks on stewardship and Burma studies followed with papers by several members.
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Glouster
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Thomas W. Figiey
C. K Rockhold
Vianna Kirkbride
C. A. Bingman
Isabelle Bulloch
Burma
E. E. Munden
W. W. Leadbetter
Gertrude Pride
William James
Bolo
Lillian Lehew
Reading
Bertine Preston
Bingman
C. K. Rockhold
Plan Baseball Series Between GLOUSTER and Murray City
Glouster and Murray City plan a five game baseball series with twilight opener set for Thursday evening at the local grounds. A large Murray City delegation is expected to accompany the team in this community event.
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Glouster
Murray City
Glouster Lodge to Hold Stated Communication Tonight
Business of importance will be up for consideration at Glouster Lodge No. 7 F F A M during a stated communication to be held tonight at 7 30 o clock.
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Glouster
Glouster Lodge
Millfield Routes Consolidated as Patton Takes Over
Chauncey report states the Millfield Post Office combined its two routes on July 14. Patton, formerly Route 2 carrier, now covers both routes under Postmaster Clarence Sanders, after an earlier transfer from Route 1 and temporary appointment in 1920. Patton, 45, married to Elizabeth Wemmer, has two children and 15 years in service. He is secretary of the County Rural Letter Carriers Association.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Gilbert Keirns
Marysville
Ohio
Patton
Clarence Sanders
Mabel Mingus
Abe Bell
Ida Hill
Elizabeth Wemmer
County Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Parents Meeting for Sand ilge Oregon Ridge Beaumont Dalley Morristown
Parents and friends of pupils in Sand ilge Oregon Ridge Beaumont Dalley Run and Morristown are urged to attend a Morristown school building gathering Monday July 22 at 7 30 pm. The meeting is described as important to the welfare of pupils at the named schools.
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Chauncey
Sandiilge
Oregon Ridge
Beaumont
Dalley Run
Morristown
Bunlding
Chauncey Community Meeting And Mine Operations Update
Mazon Council Degree of Pocahontas members are asked to attend a lodge hall meeting Wednesday night to arrange entertainment for state officers visiting Thursday. Mabel Gamble of Van Wert Ohio Great Pocahontas will be present at the council meeting Thursday night. Chauncey Friendship Class picnic supper at Nice Tourist Camp Thursday evening July 25. Chauncey Mine 2 percent of Manhattan Coal Co operating today for first time in over a month with five mines active in district including No 267 No 219 No 10 and Black Diamond.
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Chauncey
Mazon Council
Pocahontas
Lodge
Mabel Gamble
van Wert
Ohio
Great Poors Hontas
Chauncey Church of Christ
Nice
Chauncey Mine
Manhattan Coal Co
Funeral of Mrs Mary Stauffer Held at Athens
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Stauffer a Lower Plains resident was conducted Sunday at the Christian Church in Athens with Rev Reed Downs presiding. A large attendance reflected many friends and distant relatives including Louis Stauffer.
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Lower Plains
Athens
the Plains
Mary Stauffer
Christian Church
Reed Downs
Harvey Frye
Bernita Raymond Johnson
Columbus
A. C. Ansel
Robert Walthall
Zaleski
Myrtle Cline
Portamouth
John Cline
A. M. Linscott
Carroll
Hooper Ridge
Harry Linscott
McDonald
Vloyd Linscott
Vera Whitlatch
Cart Mills
Portsmouth
Charlies
Billie Parks
Nelsonville
Charles
Bobby Nelson
Vernice Bescoe
Floyd Whitlock Mansfield
Chauncey Personal News And Local Travels
Nell Tippett returned to Chauncey from Yellowstone National Park to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Tippett. L H Pendergrass and family ended a camping and fishing trip on the Ohio River near Syracuse Ohio. Gertrude Carter of Chauncey shows slight recovery after illness. Margaret Shields has returned from Moxabata Ohio to care for her uncle Frank Weiner who suffered a stroke. Dan Friedberg Clarence Oliver and Frank Cunningham of Chauncey are fishing on the Muskinegum River.
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Chauncey
Nell Tippett
CCC
Yellowstone National Park
Sam Tippett
L. H. Pendergraas
Ohio River
Syracuse
Hubert Pendergrass
McRoberts
Gertrude Carter
Merritt Martin
Crookeville
Carter
Margaret Shields
Chaunety
Moxabata
Ohio
Frank Weiner
Dan Friedberg
Clarence Oliver
Frank Cunningham
Muskinegum River
Vinton Minister to Lead Morristown Church Services
The Rev. J. J. Wallace of Vinton Ohio will conduct services at Morristown Holiness Church Chauncey starting Thursday night. Preaching Thursday to Sunday nights with all day Sunday services. Cottage prayer meeting canceled for the week. Pastor Charles Mook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
J. J. Wallace
Vinton
Ohio
Morristown
Holiness Church
Charles Mook
Chauncey Bridge Club Picnic Highlights Local Event
Frances Howard hosted Chauncey Bridge Club at Nice Touriet Camp Tuesday night. After a picnic lunch two tables of bridge were played with Edith Friedberg winning high score and Lena Wilson finishing second. Attendees included Ruth Bridgewater Ruth Fiske Christine Brown Jessie Fiske Sarely Thomas Edith Friedberg Lena Wilton and Frances Howard.
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Chauncey
Frances Howard
Nice
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