State and National Candidates To Visit Pomeroy Bend Towns
Ag nes B. King from Ironton will headline the Democratic rally at the Courthouse in Pomeroy. Other speakers include Elsie Stanton from Wellston Harold D. Rowe of Coalton and John Halliday of Gallipolis. Judge Charles Zimmerman of the Ohio Supreme Court will meet county Democratic leaders. John M. Vorys, Republican candidate for U S Senate, will speak Thursday night at the courthouse, opposing Senator Simeon D. Fess in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Agnes B. King
Ironton
Congress
Elsie Stanton
Wellston
Harold D. Rowe
Coalton
John Halliday
Gallipolis
State Central Committee
Charles Zimmerman
Ohio Supreme Court
John M. Vorys
United States Senate
Vorys
Simeon D. Fess
Rally Day at Bradbury Church of Christ Planned
Bradbury Church of Christ hosts a countywide rally Sunday with Bible School at 9:30 a.m. led by Ralph Orchard, morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with Gaines M. Cook as guest speaker, basket dinner at 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. county rally service led by Mr. Cook. Music from the church choir and a guest quartet and soloist from McArthur Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradbury
Gaines M. Cook
Ohio Christian Missionary Society
Cleveland
Cook
McArthur Church of Christ
Pomeroy Briefs Visit Highlights Family Guests
Mrs. Pearl Gilkey and Mrs. Bert Stahl visited Columbus with the latter's son-in-law and daughter, F. B. Harrison, and with Katherine Bramlage in Athens and Mia. Margaret Prigge and three daughters Eleanor Olga Marcel la spent Sunday with Carl Bramiage in Lincoln Hill. Kenneth J. Reed hosted his mother in Vale Street, Mrs. Ollen. Skidmore of Athens and granddaughters Elizabeth Ann and Mary Joanne Skidmore from Detroit visited, as Mrs. Skidmore returned from a Michigan cottage trip near Pontiac with her granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Gilkey
Bert Stahl
F. B. Harrison
Columbus
Katherine Bramlage
Athens
Mia
Margaret Prigge
Eleanor
Olga
Marcella
Cincinnati
Carl Bramiage
Lincoln Hill
Kenneth J. Reed
Vale Street
Mra. Ollen
Skidmore
Elizabeth Ann
Mary Joanne Skidmore
Detroit
Mich
Pontiac
Pomeroy seeks divorce citing extreme cruelty and neglect
Ariine Bohram Pomeroy files for divorce in common pleas court accusing Paul Borham of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of their minor child and equitable relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ariine Bohram
Syracuse
Common Pleas Court
Paul Borham
Drought Included, Yet Local Harvest Reaches High 63 Bu/A
Wilmington reports Herman Brown threshing 200 bushels of wheat from 46-10 acres on his nearby farm. The yield averages about 63 bushels per acre, the highest seen in years despite drought conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Herman Brown
Peterson's Ointment for eczema itch relief
Quick relief in minutes with Peterson's Ointment for eczema itching and fiery skin. Soothes, softens crusts, and diminishes redness. Money back if it fails. Also marketed for pimples toes cracks between toes and general skin care. Available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Auxiliary of Legion Plans Picnic Aug 5
Auxiliary to Feeney Bennett Post announces a Shenang Springs picnic for members and families on Sunday August 5 with afternoon and evening activities. Edith Sauer reports plans. delegates to the state Legion Auxiliaries convention at Cedar Point August 18 to 20 include Sauer Wayland Cooper Steiff Mulford with Mulford as a page. The local auxiliary is a two hundred percent group and ranks third in the Eighth District of 11 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenang Springs
Feeney-Bennett Post
Edith Sauer
Lillian Steiff
Ernest Mulford
Pomeroy Personal Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Members of the Third Thursday Bridge Club met Tuesday evening at Mrs. A. D. Russell in East Main Street. Visitors included Lieut. and Mrs. William Reifel and children of Annapolis. Other notes mention visits and returns among local families and connections to Amesville, Huntington, and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Thursday Bridge Club
A. D. Russell
East Main Street
Crill Crosby
Ruth McCroba
Louise Finsterwald
Bess Weed
William Reifel
Annapolis
Edward Ebersbach
Lincoln Hill
Miriam Woods
Harrisonville
W. Va
M. D. Hartinger
Marietta
Local Visitors Return and Summer Comings in Middleport
Middleport residents and guests are noted in a series of visits. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoffman and Allen Fultz have returned to Chicago after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fultz Sr. Miss Mary K. Huggins spends the week in Pomeroy with sister Mrs. Homer Hysell. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Russell of Huntington, Virginia, visited Mrs. Harry Mills and family. M. W. Essex, Middleport High principal, attends a six week summer course in Columbus. Mrs. Essex stays with her parents in Coalton. Mrs. R. C. Voas visits Gravel Hill and sister Mrs. Ernest Mulford from Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lloyd of Columbus and son Jimmy visit Mrs. Lloyd’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith in North Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hoffman
Allen Fultz
B. F. Fultz
Chicago
Mary K. Huggins
Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Bennett Russell
Huntington
W. Va
Harry Mills
M. W. Essex
Middleport High
Columbus
Ohio State University
Mrs. Essex
W. E. Davis
Coalton
R. C. Voas
Chilliecothe
J. M. Daniels
Gravel Hill
Ernest Mulford
Bruce Lioyd
Jimmy
Lloyd
E. B. Smith
North Fourth Avenue
Local Dexter Farming Notes and Social Roundup
Dexter residents Howard Wiseman and Dale Wiseman of Wilkesville attended an I C F Lodge meeting. Mrs C Cook and Mrs W R Amos attended the funeral of Mrs Dudley Cameron in Vinton. The Amos family and Mrs Orvetta Weaver visited Springfield as guests of Mr and Mrs Russell Musseer. A 4 H Club ice cream supper was held at the church. Mr and Mrs William McMorrow visited the Cassters in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wiseman
Dale Wiseman
Wilkesville
I. C. O. F. Lodge
C. Cook
W. R Amos
Dudley Cameron
Vinton
W. R. Amos
Orvetta Weaver
Springfield
Russell Museer
William McMorrow
John Caster
Columbia
Kincaid Becomes West Point Cadet In July
William Keith Kincaid left town in late June to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was sworn in July 1 and placed in the fifth company, per a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kincaid of North Fourth Avenue. Edward R. Skinner of East Main Street, Pomeroy, is in the same company. Academic year begins September 1 at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Keith Kincaid
United States Military Academy
West Point
J. W. Kincaid
North Fourth Avenue
Edward R. Skinner
Estella HM. Skinner
East Main Street
Pomeroy
Kincaid
Former Head of State Orphans School Dies
J. B. Kimbrough aged 89 dies at his Wilmington home. A Civil War veteran, he served 16 years as probate judge of Clinton County and later oversaw the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home at Xenia for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Orphans School
Wilmington
Kimbrough
Clinton County
Xenia
Insane Suits Lead To State Hospital Admission
Luther Whittington and William Hoffman of Middleport were adjudged insane in probate court and taken to the state hospital at Athens Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
Pomeroy
Luther Whittington
William Hoffman
Middleport
Athens
Women's Council to Meet at Pomeroy Church
The Women's Council of the Pomeroy Church of Christ will meet Thursday evening at the country home of Mrs. E R Steffy. Members should gather at the church at 7 15 and will be transported to the Steffy residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Women's Council of the
Tuppers Plains 4 H Club Outing to Buckeye Lake
Members of the Tuppers Plains 4 H Club the Willing Workers traveled by bus with 40 participants to Buckeye Lake Sunday. They picnicked in the lakefront mess hall and met friends from Zanesville and Columbus. Karl R Norman, formerly of the village, joined the group. Afternoon boating swimming and sightseeing followed. They returned to leader Mrs Kate Norman for an 8 pm supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Buckeye Lake
Jack Folirod
Lake Front
Zanesville
Karl R. Norman
Columbus
Kate Norman
Local visits and medical leave noted in Circleville area
Miss Marcia Karr returned Tuesday from Columbus after a week of observation and medical treatment. Miss Betty Rollins of Covington Kentucky visits her grandmother Mrs. Margaret Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shumway were guests of Avery, Henry, and Evelyn Elichinger in Circleville and traveled home with Evelyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Karr
Columbus
Betty Rollins
Covington
Margaret Lawrence
Fred Shumway
Avery, Henry
Evelyn Elichinger
Circleville
County Commission Meeting Acts On Road Grading and Gravel
The Pomeroy County Commission held morning and afternoon sessions with the old age pension board. They passed a resolution to furnish 250 yards of gravel to surface the Heaton Heilman Road in Bedford and Chester Townships and instructed the county engineer to grade Diehl Road. Several bills were approved for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — County Commissioners
Old Age Pension Board
Heaton - Heilman
Bedford
Chester
Diehl Road
Grangers To Compete At Meigs County Booster
Harrisonville hosts the Meigs County Booster program contest at 8 pm Thursday in the auditorium. Twenty minute programs will be presented by Granges across the county and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Evangelistic Meetings Continue at Hobson Nazarene Church
Rev. J. T. Maffin conducts ongoing evangelistic meetings at Hobson Nazarene Church with Rev. A. W. Stewart announcing. Twenty five baptisms occurred in the Ohio River near Hobson and Sunday attendance reached about 800. Next week the tent will move near Chauncey for another series of meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Hobson
Women’s Missionary Society Meeting In Syracuse
Syracuse notes report the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of Asbury Methodist Church met Monday at Mrs A M Roberts home. The Ladies Aid Society held an all day session Wednesday at the church. Mrs James Matthewson with son John Curtis and daughter Dorothy of Powell visited Mrs Mary Karr and friends Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Asbury Methodist Church
A. M. Roberts
Dana Hysell
Ladies Aid Society of
Asbury Methodist Church
James Matthewson
John Curtis
Dorothy of Powell
Mary Karr
Mrs. Goldie Axline Visits Zanesville Kin at Walnut Street
Mrs. Goldie Axline and her daughter Virginia visit Mrs. C. L. Wilson of Zanesville in Walnut Street with Mrs. Wilson’s nieces Nora and Vesta McCoy. They are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Miller and attended a Shenang Springs picnic dinner Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Goldie Axline
Virginia
C. L. Wilson
Zanesville
Athens County Receives 44000 in FERA Relief Foods
FERA commodities valued at 44 443.70 were sent to 2 500 Athens County relief families during five months. The distribution totals 4 154 430 statewide with Athens ranking high per capita. Items include smoked pork butter eggs citrus fruit and beef with guidance to grow and eat from gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
W. R. Shaffer
FERA
Ohio
Shaffer
Pleasant Valley Social Roundup Includes Visits and Guests
Pleasant Valley residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across Athens, Pratts Fork, Wooster, Laurelville, and Columbus. Families such as Davis, Brooks, Powers, Tyler, Wood, Haning, Knowlton, Pugh, Armstrong, Cranmer, Martin, Brooks, Haning, Gibson, Bolin and Russ were mentioned with Sunday and weekend gatherings and a reunion at Bowers schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haning
Lucy E. Wood
Charles Wood
Dorothy Brooks
Pearl Wood
Pearl Howard Brooks
Leonard Williams
Pratts Fork
Harold Young
Columbus
J. M. Knowlton
Young
Tracey Whaley
Frank Pugh
Paul Armstrong
Laurelville
Charlies Cranmer
Coleen, Wooster
W. F. Pugh
W. T. Martin
Ed Brooks
Mike Charles
Earl Haning
Bowers
Nora Gibson
Athens
Ella Wood
Anna Bolin
Margaret Russ
Absent Ballots Ready for Aug 14 Primary in Pomeroy
Absent voters may pick up ballots at City Hall from Charles Stivers, election board clerk, or Frank Fugate, deputy clerk. Those out of the county on election day have until midnight the Saturday before the election to vote absentee. Ballots for invalids or disabled voters released 15 days before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Stivers
Election Board
Frank Fugate
Agnes King and Elsie Stanton Visit In Itanton
Mrs. Agnes King of Itanton seeks Congress in the tenth district on the Democratic ticket and Mrs. Elsie Stanton of Wellston runs for state central committee as they visit friends today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Agnes King
Itanton
Mtative
Elsie Stanton
Wellston
State Central Committee
O O McIntyre Remodels Bovie Home at Gallipolis
Gallipolis July 18 The old Bovie home is being remodeled for purchaser O O McIntyre internationally known columnist. Front porch kept but repainted while copper piping and modern wiring replace old plumbing and gas era fixtures. An antique garden brick wall will surround back yard and brick outside will be painted to mellow the appearance. It is unclear if McIntyre or relatives will occupy the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bovie
O. O. McIntyre
McIntyre
Emma Kerns
California
Social visitors and family gatherings reported in Bishopville
In Bishopville on July 18 many local families hosted or visited friends and relatives from nearby towns. Guests included the McDonalds, Embreys, Milhoans, Withems, Standleys, and others from Glouster Fultonham Trimble and Columbus, with multiple weekend and Friday visits noted.
Rutlanders visit relatives and church group at Syracuse Beach
Rutland residents Mrs. Paul Bean and her son visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bean over Sunday. The Standard Bearers of the M. E. Church spent the afternoon and evening at Syracuse Beach. Harvey Johnson, recovering from a recent stroke, and Mrs. Oscar Patterson with her daughter returned from Holzer Hospital. Laurel Dexter Grange held an open meeting on July 24 with four Granges represented. The program featured music by the Kitchen Band, songs, readings, stunts and a short play The Hitching Post. State Patrolman Ampleby spoke about the State Highway Patrol and answered questions from motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bean
Columbus
Frank Bean
M. E. Church
Syracuse Beach
Harvey Johnson
Oscar Patterson
Holzer Hospital
Dexter
Laurel Grange
Granges
Hitching Post
Ampleby
Mrs. Smith Visits Jackson for Ill daughter
Mrs. Herbert Smith arrived in Jackson to be with her seriously ill daughter Mrs. Harlan Eiselstein who is improving. Mr. Eiselstein, employed by Evans Grocery Company, was transferred from the Pomeroy store to Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herbert Smith
Harlan Eiselstein
Jackson
Eiselstein
Evans Grocery Company
Pomeroy
Husbands Act Up Divorces Reveal in Gallia County
Gallia County divorce statistics show 75 wives filed for divorce versus 7 husbands. From July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, 61 new divorce suits were filed with 21 pending before that date. Five divorces granted to husbands and 36 to wives. Custody: 2 children to father, 11 to mother. Coroner inquests totaled 21, with two homicides: Robert A. Hagar shot January 4, 1934, by nephew Walter Hagar, and Charles Red Long shot May 25, 1934, by Chester Blankenship. One death by own action. 17 men and 4 women on the inquest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Margaret B. McCormick
Robert A. Hagar
Walter Hagar
Green Township
Charles “Red” Long
Chester Blankenship
John A Stone Ill In Gallipolis Pioneer Father Of 14
John A Stone 97, a Gallipolis pioneer and Civil War veteran, is ill at his Second Avenue home. He spent his life in the city from French settlement days to today and helped found Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. Three of his 14 children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John A. Stone
Second Avenue
Birds Killed By Police Fire In City Nuisance Crackdown
More than 60 starlings were killed by the Police Department and other marksmen with shotguns on Tuesday night as residents complained the birds were becoming a city nuisance and causing depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles McKinney sues railroad over crossing wreck
Charles McKinney files a $1,830 suit against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company claiming a defective highway crossing near Cheshire caused his June 20 car crash injuring him and damaging his auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles McKinney
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Cheshire
County Agent E H Reed named to state farm group
E H Reed Gallia County Extension Agent has been appointed to a six member committee of county agents to meet federal officials in Washington on changes to the farm adjustment program. The first conference will be held in Columbus Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. H. Reed
Gallia County
H. C. Ramsower
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Storm Strikes Dexter
A miniature tornado swept through this vicinity last Wednesday afternoon causing uprooted trees, partial house damage, and crop loss. Lightning struck cattle and trees in the Dexter area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Funeral for Rufus Mitchell Held at Mt Moriah Church
Rufus Mitchell aged 84 was laid to rest today at Mt Moriah Baptist Church at 2 30 conducted by the Rev Mr Harris. Burial followed in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rufus Mitchell
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Mr. Harris
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Gallipolis News Phone Your News to Miss Edna Ervin
Gallia County news note invites readers to phone Miss Edna Ervin at 635 from the Lafayette Hotel for contributions to The Messenger Correspondent column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Ervin
Lafayette Hotel
Messenger
Gallia County
Kawana Family Notice From Logan Area
A fragmented obituary style notice notes Mr and Mrs Opha and their little son of Logan with relatives such as Mrs Clara Way and Mrs Mollie Falls. It mentions a church service at noon led by Rev McMahan and burial details, plus family travel Family names include Robert Vickers Ethel Webbe Betty Jo and A G Thorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opha
Logan
Wagner
Clara Way
McMahn
Mollie Falls
Dade
Ton
Lake
Robert Vickers
Eclipse
Pittsburgh
Penna
Ethel Webbe
Betty Jo
Char
A. G. Thorne
Letart Falls News Sketches Quiet Friday Movements
Fragmentary OCR reads Letart Falls residents and families visiting New Haven on Friday and Sunday. Names include Bert Reedsville Earlie Roush ferry Eddie and other locals, with mentions of a community hall event to raise funds for a building and multiple relatives visiting Charleston and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Reedsville
Earley Roush
Ferry
New Haven
Len Nida
Eilioy
Harvey Adams
V. AW
Mary Jane
J. E. Stewart
Agre
Charles Coldwel
He Law
Eva Robert
Mattie Austin
Charleston
Hospital Thres Perform For Local Patients At Gallipolis
Thres were performed at vital Tuesday with patients including Jack Russell, son of Stanley T. Russell, and Benjamin Lipolis. Other admissions included N. Butricks of Middle Town, Mrs. Charles W. Va., and Isabelle Veith of Cheshire for observation and surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stanley T. Jack Russel
Benjamin Lipolis
N. Butricks. Middleton
Charles Son
W. Va
Nabelle Veith
Veith
Cheshire
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Pomeroy Bend Towns
King, Zimmerman
Bradbury Church
Churches of Christ of County
Pomeroy Briefs
Canal Zone
Pacific
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Houston
Gatun Lock
Panama Canal
Harold B. Fiske
Panama Canal Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Dern
John Roosevelt
Navy
Auxiliary of Legion
Middleport—American Legion
Pomeroy Personals
Dexter News
Kincaid Is
Ohio Region No. 3
Washington
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Monroe, Morgan and Noble
W. D. McIntire
Commissioners
Grangers
Nazarene
Pleasant Valley
Clarence Davis
H. M. McKinley
Howard Brooks
Anna Powers
Harold Powers
Joyce Ann Tyler
Pearl Wood and Family
Q O. O. McIntyre
Bishopville
Stacy McDonald
Herbert
Martha Ann
Glouster
J. M. McDonald
Ralph Antle
Bexley
W. S. Worden
Albert Embrey
Fultonham
J. W. Palmer
John Milhoan McLeish
Floyd Milhoan
Marguerite
P. J. Stanley
John Withem
Edna Allman
Clara McMullen
Don Withem
Thurman Smith
Raymond Robinson
Marguerite McDonald
Ralph McMullen
Mary Louise
Merle Standley
Oak Grove
Charlies Milhoan
Guy Triplett
Trimble
Rutland
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Hoover
Mary
John A. Stone Ill
Starlings
Reed
Mary Folden
Ruth Davis
Rachel Minx
Elmer Nelson
Maroon's Run
Maynard Davis
L. E. Enteminger
Blanche Davis
Emmett Davis
Rachel
Homer Marchington
Mitchell
Kanauga W
Letart
Trak
Betty
Wayne
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