Blue and Gray Trail Association names officers for year
W A Compton re elected president Theodore Reed chosen treasurer Major E M Brown and Barton Hall retain posts James A Maddox named to Ohio executive committee Directors named for Ohio Virginia West Virginia Indiana Michigan West Virginia officials push surfacing 21 miles of highway to boost tourist trade and urge West Virginia Road Commission action
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Pomeroy
Blue and Gray Trail Association
W. A Compton
Theodore Reed
Spencer
W. Va
E. M. Brown
Harrisonburg
Barton Hall
Logan Chamber of Commerce
James A. Maddox
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
C. D. Shafer
Athens
David Askerin
Bellefontaine
Columbus
Virginia
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio River
Ripley
W Va
State Road Commission of
Hall
Juarez World Premiere At Athena Theater Friday
Warner Bros presents Juarez starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis with a starry supporting cast. The film, debuted in New York and praised as a monumental historical drama, spans imperial palaces to peon huts and ties Mexican events to broader U S history and Monroe Doctrine themes.
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Warner Bros
Juarez
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Athena Theater
New York
Hollywood Theater
Brian Aherne
Claude Rains
John Garfield
Donald Crisp
Joseph Calleia
Gale Sondergaard
Gilbert Roland
Henry O'Neill
Harry Davenport
Montagu Love
Monte Blue
United States
Two College Students Honored With Awards
Two local graduates receive college honors. Kathleen Bush of Ohio State University passed the state pharmacy exam and will work in Columbus. Charles Lewis of Ohio University earned a senior year scholarship and has worked as news editor for The Middleport Review.
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Middleport
Kathleen Bush
H. E. Bush
College of Pharmacy
Ohio State University
Bush
Phi Rho Alpha
Pharmaceutical Recognition Society
Rho Chi
Columbus
Charles Lewis
Evelyn Lewis
S. Second Ave
College of Journalism
Ohio University
Lewis
The
Middleport Review
Volunteer Firemen Hold Meeting Tonight
Regular meeting of the Volunteer Fire Company at City Hall headquarters tonight. In the window at Martin and Roller Drug Company is the inhalator purchased for 250 dollars with extra equipment to revive two persons. firemen were instructed in its use.
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Middleport
Martin and Roller Drug Company
Fire Company
Reverend Rothrock Takes Two Week Vacation
The Rev H A Rothrock of the Heath Methodist Church will be on two weeks of vacation starting this Sunday. The church will hold only the Bible School at 9 15 a m for the next two Sundays. The Rothrocks will travel to Fostoria Lakeside and the Lancaster Camp Grounds for the vacation.
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Middleport
H. A. Rothrock
The
Heath Methodist Church
Rothrocks
Fostoria
Lakeside
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Play Ball Tonight Between Middleport and Pt Pleas ant
Middleport faces Pt Pleasant at Pythian Park as the team seeks a third straight win after defeats of Gallipolis 1 0 and Leon 20 5.
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Middleport
Pt. Pleasant
Pythian Park
Gallipolis
Leon
Racine Religious Groups and Local Social News
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Racine Methodist Church met at Mrs. S. H. Fadely home with devotional by Sue Batey and prayer by Rev. Stephenson. Fundraising plans and picnic menus were set, plus banking and church service arrangements. Local residents were noted visiting, traveling, or on leave, with various family and social updates across Racine and nearby towns. Regal lilies blooming from a single stem highlighted in Painesville.
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Racine
School of Foreign Missions
Lancaster Camp
S. H. Fadely
Charles Stephenson
Ben Philson
Fred Philson
Sylvia Roush
First National Bank
Ohio
Evelyn Ross
First National Bank of
Dwight
George Neigler
Jackson
Miss
John Davis
Lena Byers
Warren
Ray Byers
Davis
Clark Jividen
Charles
Emma Jividen
Harold Weatherholt
Gallipolis
James Sams
New Brighton
Ebert Carnahan
Earl Maxwell
Mary Katherine
East Liverpool
Curt Carnahan
Mildred
Ruth
Carnahan
Maxwell
H. D. Fayles
Sheffield
D. B. Williams
Syracuse
Amanda Cross
Carl Cross
Columbus
Myrtle
Appointment of Luc ia J Bing as administratrix in Bing estate
Lucia J. Bing of Apt 271 A 2955 Neil Ave Columbus Ohio has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Julian W Bing deceased in Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred Dated July 1939 Probate Judge Francis D White county Ohio
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Lucia J. Bing
Apt
Neil Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Julian W. Bing
Athens County
Francis D. White
Said County
John
Meigs Pasture Tests Will Be Featured
Meigs County plans pasture improvement demonstrations coordinated with the Agricultural Extension Service 38 committee men offer to host trials after soil tests and vegetation review lime and phosphorus likely needed on plots. Local farmers cooperating include Dayton Tubbs H B Pickett W D Thoma Gurney L Michael D T Summerfield Ralph Parker Bud Morgan Theodore Mora Dale Dye and many others.
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Wesley
Green County
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Agricultural Extension Service
George Lasher
Rutland Township
Clark Idle
Edson Roush
Sutton
H. T. Trainer
Harry Dudgeon
Emory Powell
J. M. Cox
Howard Bradford
Dan Hartinger
Thereon Johnson
C. E. Humphrey
W. F. Hawley
A. F. Halsey
Ott Hensley
Lesley L. Keller
George H. Lasher
Harley Musser
Walter Compton
Harley M. Nelson
D. G. Gill
E. D. Colwell
S. S. Minor
Norman Heilman
Homer Radford
Jonah Cotterill
Homer Lee
Wayne Chase
Homer Holter
Harold Carnahan
Harold Pickering
Middleport Social Notes Bridge Party Honors Visitors
Mrs. Cedric Clark and Mrs. O. B. Stout entertained with two bridge tables Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Clark’s aunt Mrs. W. L. Hobart and Mrs. Carl Sham of Cleveland. Out of town guests included Mrs. Lenore Hobart Kent from Athens and others visiting Middleport.
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Cedric Clark
O. B. Stout
Clark
W. L. Hobart
Eunice Reed
Carl Sham
Cleveland
W. F. Reed
Theodore Reed
Stout
Fisher St
Lenore Hobart Kent
Athens
Colusa Woman Opens Sitka Beauty Parlor
Fresh Alaska progress noted as Mrs Karl Mitzkell and daughter Dorothy Fay depart Colusa to open a beauty parlor in Sitka.
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Colusa
Cal
Alaska
Karl Mitzkell
Dorothy Fay
Sitka
Churches Enter Fourth Week of Campaign
POMEROY The Summer Slump Campaign lists average Sunday attendance for Meigs County Churches of Christ led by Middleport 300 and Pomeroy 80. Tonight at eight, the Dexter Church of Christ hosts the Thursday meeting with music sermon and features as delegates from seven or eight churches attend each week.
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Pomeroy
Churches of Christ of
Pomeroy Social Notes Birthday party hosts and guests
Miss Amy Kingsland hosts a Wednesday birthday party at her Court Street home with a turkey dinner, yellow and white decor, antique silver, and flowers from friends. Guests include Mary McCune, Ruth Phillips, Elizabeth Kessinger, Elizabeth Carnes, Anne Dunbar, Eleanor Karr, Agnes Reed, Harriet Ewing, Mary Clifton, and Ruth Phillips of Athens.
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Pomeroy
Amy Kingsland
Court St
E. W. Kingsland
Miss Kingsland
Kingsland
Mary McCune
Mary Stalder
Ruth Phillips
Athens
Mary Elizabeth Kessinger
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Carnes
Anne Dunbar
Gallipolis
Eleanor Karr
Syracuse
Agnes Reed
Harriet Ewing
Mary Clifton
Scouts Pass Tests in Five Points of Health
Thirty three Girl Scouts in Troop pass seven tests in second class work on Five Points of Health sun shine fresh air food rest exercise and cleanliness. Next week a final meeting before summer with songs and games led by captain Mrs Pearl Reynolds.
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Middleport
Pearl Reynolds
Pioneer Board Plans August Meigs County Meeting
Meigs County Pioneer Society announces a Saturday 2 p.m. board meeting at Mrs. E. W. Kingsland’s Court Street home to finalize plans for the 65th annual session on Thursday August 10 at Syracuse Methodist Church. Ladies Aid will serve a noon luncheon. officers to be elected. all pioneer families invited to register for a small fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hartley
Ladies Aid Society
Syracuse
E. W. Kingsland
Vacation School at Bradford Closes with Graduation
Bradford church hosts graduation exercises Friday night ending the Vacation Bible School. Miss June Bond of Cambridge serves as dean. Ice cream and plaster Paris church plaques made at the school will be sold. A Junior softball league for 12 and under is organized with teams at Middleport Bradbury Bradford Rutland and Dexter inviting other Churches of Christ to join.
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Bradford
Bradford Church
June Bond
Cambridge
Churches of Christ
Middleport
Bradbury
Rutland
Dexter
Death of Ralph Harris 39 Former Middleport Resident
Ralph Harris aged 39, formerly of Middleport, died in St. Louis last week. Funeral attended by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Harris, Mildred Beach. He was son of the late A. S. Harris, a New York Central Railroad engineer, and grew up in Middleport. The Harris home on Lincoln Street is now owned by Mrs. Kathryn Monahan.
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Maria Cavin
Tullytown
M. J. McCarty
Dea Hayes
Cavin
Charleston
Maurice
New Albany
Ind
Middleport
Ella Reichman
Chicago
Ralph Bryan
Frank Murphey
Franklin
Athens
D. B. Hartinger
Betty Reed
Robert J. Dienst
Columbus
Miss Reed
Stella Palmer
Norman Parr
John Thompson
Belle
W. Va
Mr. Thompson
Edward Thompson
Virginia
Joe Frances
Albert Lee Frecker
Ralph Frecker
John Frecker
Flossie Frecker
Grant St
Burns Barker
Rosanna
Corning
Ralph Harris
St. Louis
Jonathan Harris
Mildred Beach
Harris
A. S. Harris
New York Central Railroad
Lincoln St
Kathryn Monahan
Boy Struck by Taxi in Front Street Incident
In Middleport, Edward Schwab’s young son was slightly bruised after darting into a taxi driven by Dale Durst near his home on Front Street. The car was traveling at reduced speed and the driver was exonerated.
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Middleport
Edward Schwab
Front St
Dale Durst
Ivalynn Skating Club Plans Buckeye Lake Trip
At the Tuppers Plains Rink the Ivalynn Skating Club met with 32 members and visitors. They scheduled a Buckeye Lake trip for July 23 and asked members planning to go to attend a meeting Friday night July 21.
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Tuppers Plains
Ivalynn Skating Club
Sev
Eral
Buckeye Lake
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George McQuigg
Lincoln Hill
Marguerite Moore
Mary Huber
Kathryn
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E. Main St
Charles Ward
Will Hobart
Will Reed
Mulberry Ave
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Carrie Nye
Grace Guild
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Nancy
M. J. Edwards
Bay City
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Parkersburg
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Norbert Compton
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W. Main St
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H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
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Pioneer Board
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