Meigs County Women Enjoy Outing at State Farm Park
Meigs County home extension women in charge by leader Miss Arline Graff gathered at the State Experiment Farm Carpenter for a noon picnic. They prepared tables, sang the Doxology, heard speeches and skits, and learned about summer camps for home extension workers and 4-H Clubs. Guests included Miss Daniels librarian of Pomeroy Mrs. Garen Stansbury regional director of Garden Clubs and Miss Lenore Giles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Arline Graff
Meigs County
State Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Amy Chase
Calderwood Rites Will Be Held Friday
Middleport notes the death of Miss Nella Calderwood at Peoples Hospital Akron after less than a week of illness. A devoted First Presbyterian member and founder of the Middleport Public Library, she leaves two sisters and other relatives. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at Reed residence with Dr A Y Wilcox officiating, burial at Middleport Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Nella Calderwood
Peoples Hospital
Akron
First Presbyterian
Andrew Calderwood
Park
H. Bruce Hobart
Theodore T. Reed
Pomeroy
Agnes Reed
Ted Reed
Mulberry Ave
Sawyer for Governor Club Dance Planned in Meigs County
A Sawyer-for-Governor Club committee met at City Hall and organized a public dance rally at the K of P Hall in Middlesport Thursday night July 28. Speakers will present as T. Roland Cowie chairs the committee with Thomas Reiley Jr and Harland Klees. A historical note about cider licensing in England during George IV era is mentioned.
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Pomeroy
Sawyer-for-Governor Club
Meigs County
Middleport
K. of P
T. Roland Cowie
Thomas Reiley, Jr
Harland Klees
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Personalities
Mrs. Mary Joachim of Pleasant Ridge is seriously ill. Residents and visitors assemble for dinners and notices list: Eldon Weeks on vacation from Pomeroy National Bank, Yolanda Dilgard returning to Cleveland hospital studies, and various family visits in Akron Portsmouth Pittsburgh Athens Huntington and Columbus. Community members travel, medical updates given, and Prohibition Officers’ Association meeting held in Logan with Pomeroy participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Joachim
Pleasant Ridge
Helen Zeiher
Mulberry Ave
H. D. Roush
Jean
Point Pleasant
Ralph Pinkston
J. W. Pinkston
Los Angeles
Calif
J. L. Fauber
Marguerite Meier
Eldon Weeks
Pomeroy National Bank
Pittsburgh
A. O. Tracy
Roy E. Tracy
Athens
Ora McClain
Huntington
Alice Ewing
Henry
Phil Williamson
John Flood
Portsmouth
W. C. Merritt
Mabel
Columbus
Merritt
Ollie Anderson
Rutland
Coolville Social Notes Mention Local Visits
Mrs. Oscar Find ling returned home after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Will Schreiber in Huntington. A children's service is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the M. E. Church led by Rev. Dwight Dean and Miss Geneva Dean. A Sunday morning service with Rev. E. B. Dean will follow at 10 45. Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Williams of Richmondale visited the Camp Grounds with Mrs. Walter Miller and Mrs. Marcea Hornsby. Miss Martha Fisher of York Pa was weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Daugherty and their son Harold McBride with family from Athens also visited. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Walden of Youngstown were Sunday guests of relatives here.
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Linnie Swan
Leota Swan
Long Bottom
Pomeroy
William Reinhart
Mulberry Ave
Macil Davis
Akron
Kenneth Jones
Columbus
Clyde Jones
Witzgall St
Dorothy
Johnnie Watson
Minersville
Stanley Jones
E. Main St
Bethany M. E
Vernon Nease
Nease Settlement
N. C. Stout
Nellie Wiseman
Athens
Clarence Chatman
New Brighton
Chatman
Letart
Inlaw
Eddie Koehler
Middleport
Eugene Rupe
Rutland
Kathryn Watson
Cheshire
Coolville
Oscar Findling
Will Schreiber
Huntington
M. E. Church
Dwight Dean
Geneva Dean
E. B. Dean
E. J. Williams
Richmondale
Walter Miller
Marcea Hornsby
Lancaster
Martha Fisher
York
E. M. Daugherty
Harold McBride
L. M. Walden
Youngstown
M. J. McCarty
Dea Hayes
Maria Cavin
Jane Cavin
Morris Cavin
Morris, Jr
Lula Cavin
Tullytown
Charleston
James Meadows
New Albany
Ind
Roscoe Meadows
Hayes
McCarty
Large Passenger Boat Takes Coal at Pomeroy
POMEROY The Gordon C. Greene, one of the largest passenger boats on the Ohio River, took coal here Wednesday night. It is the first sighting by locals in months. The boat is remembered for a past race with the Island Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gordon C. Greene
Ohio River
Christian Churches Hold Young People's Day
POMEROY Christian Churches of the county marked Young People Day last Sunday. Total attendance across six churches was 711 with 282 youths aged 12 to 25. Bradford 117 and 68, Dexter 40 and 18, Pomeroy 94 and 43, Long Bottom 56 and 22, Middleport 320 and 100, Bradbury 84 and 31. Rutland attendance not reported.
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Pomeroy
Bradford
Dexter
Long Bottom
Middleport
Bradbury
Rutland
Mt. Union Weekend Socials and visits noted
Mt Union Sunday School enjoyed an ice cream and cake supper at the church. Various guests visited local families including Mrs Grace Carr, Mrs Rosalie King, Mrs Florence Epple and others from Bradbury and Harrisonville. Rev H Lewis of Cheshire will preach at the church Sunday morning July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Union
Grace Carr
Rosalie King
Bradbury
Florence Epple
Franklin Noel
Eliza Jordan
James Clark
Harrisonville
John Nicholson
Elwood Caster
Athens
Caster
George Harmon
Georgia Mae
von McKnight
Harmon
E. G. DeWitt
Critesville
W. Va
Harley Carr
M. A. Epple
Sidney Jordan
Mae Wood
Kingsbury
Glenn Turner
Carr
B. W. Caster
Canton
Will Harmon
Margaret Harmon
Carpenter
Tommy
Howard Stewart
Pittsburgh
Ruth Nicholson
Clare Nicholson
Wayne Chase
Columbus
M. A. Chase
J. A. Gotschall
Mass
Velma Harmon
Dayton Stewart
Dorothy Jane Quick
State Farm Grove
Roy Wiseman
Chillicothe
O. W. Wiseman
Rev. H. Lewis
Cheshire
Broadwell Team Remains Undefeated After Sugar Creek Win
Broadwell baseball edged Sugar Creek 13 to 10 last Sunday evening. The team has played 10 games this season without a loss. Local families, including the Parsons, Edelberry, Brill, White, Sprouse, Rathburn, James, Vandyke, Smith, and McKinley households, were noted in weekend visits and gatherings across Broadwell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McKinley
Glouster
Henry North
Biscayne Bay Oyster Industry Gets $50000 Rehab Plan
In Miami Florida officials allocate fifty thousand dollars this year to rehabilitate the Biscayne Bay oyster industry and nearby keys. The program will provide employment for 100 men over a twelve month period.
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Miami
Fla
Biscayne Bay
Keys
Middleport couples marry in Gallipolis ceremony
Miss Leota Fierbaugh of Pt Pleasant and Mr Julius Bennett of Middleport wed in Gallipolis on Saturday July 16. Bennett is a 1937 Middleport High School graduate and former Ohio University freshman football player. The note also covers Scout events from Marietta and social visits across several states plus a birthday gathering for Norinne Egner with 13 guests and prize games.
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Middleport
Leota Fierbaugh
Pt. Pleasant
Julius Bennett
Alberta Bennett
S. Second Ave
Albert Bennett
Charleston
Gallipolis
Bennett
Harry Fierbaugh
Parkersburg
Fierbaugh
Pt. Pleasant High School
McCombs
Middleport High School
Ohio University
Joe Lawson
Albany 4-H Club Swim Party and Community Notes
Albany Home Makers 4-H Club and Hilarious Hemmers 4-H Club hosted activities at Crystal Pool and a home gathering. Birth announced for Betty Rachael on July 16. Local families and advisors attended events. several members plan Junior 4-H camp at Camp Ross-Hocking starting July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Homemakers 4-H Club
E. M. Baughman
Vernon Canny
Eldon Dailey
Crystal Pool
Clifford Andrews
Betty Rachael
Harvey McVey
Lafe Andrews
McArthur
Hemmers
Emma Haning Inman
J. H. Semons
Columbus
Helen
Annie Marie
Edna
Athens
Rollow Haueter
Dover
Lester Brentzer
Regina Nelson
J. A. Chase
Joe Burdette
Stockport
Sherman Leref
Akron
Clifton Pearman
Margaret Pearman
E. H. Lash
Relieved Citizen Praises Vendor Health Aid
Mr. Kirby Mayle of Route 6 Athens complains of constipation weak kidneys and digestive pain. He credits Vendor medicine with restoring his health and easing symptoms from stomach acid to sleepless nerves.
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Kirby Mayle
Route 6
Athens
Vendor
Vacation Bible School Closes Friday in Harrisonville
The First Presbyterian Church of Harrisonville ends a three week Vacation Bible School on Friday July 22 with an eight o clock commencement in the church. Rev Mr Knapp and Mrs Knapp directed the program featuring hymns prayers memory work handicraft certificates and a closing benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
First Presbyterian Church of
Presbyterian Church
Knapp
Alleged Thief Held in County Jail on Canoe Theft Charge
Clarence Frick, 42, is jailed awaiting Columbus authorities on a charge of stealing a canoe. He claims the canoe was borrowed. The vessel is held pending case disposition.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Frick
Columbus
Rutland Golf Course Hosts Elimination Tourney This Week
Rutland Golf Course in Meigs County hosts an elimination tournament this week as golfers compete on improved greens. A large crowd attended last night and the venue remains a popular pleasure spot in the area.
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Rutland
Meigs County
Middleport seniors ill at home amid long illness
Two long time Middleport residents face serious illness at their Pearl Street and Railroad Street homes Mrs John Hawkins Sr and Mrs Eli Nobles both in poor health for months East Letart hosts 4 H Club benefit ice cream social Saturday night July 23 at East Letart
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Middleport
John Hawkins, Sr
Pearl St
Eli Nobles
Railroad St
Letart Falls
4-H
East Letart
Marriage Licenses Issued In Meigs County And Nearby
Pomeroy reports marriage licenses issued over several days to Les ter Burton Burford 32 Rutland and Virgie Ree Majors 25 Meigs County William Kelly 23 Red House West Virginia and Sylvia King 16 Meigs County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Burton Burford
Rutland
Virgie Ree Majors
Meigs County
William Kelly
Red House
W. Va
Sylvia King
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
State Experiment Farm Park
Calderwood
Sawyer-for-Governor
George IV
England
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Zoo
Coney Island
Art Museum
Taft Museum
Baltimore & Ohio
General Advertising Co
Malcolm D. Hartley City Hall
Rathburn
Pomeroy Social Notes
Ted S. Cooper
Cleveland
Agnes Reed Mulberry
Boyd Dilgard
H. C. Spence
Charles Mullen
Ellis
Fannie Amberger
H. L. French
Mable Freeman Sears
William Freeman
St. Joseph Hospital
Sears
Freeman
Billy Zeiher
Washington, D., C
A. A. Massar
Norman Klees
J. T. McLain
Albert Mees
Anne St
Rosemary Shay
Chauncey
Mt. Union News
Broadwell Briefs
White Elephant Sale
Ewing's
Middleport Social Notes
Lewis Durst
Robert
John Snider
Marietta
Jamaica
Charles Snider
Tom
Ann Snider
John Williams
Gail Snider
E. S. Trickler
Connersville
Clifford Ervin
Fred Schroath
Ann
Malden
Margaret Sauer
Ervins
Hobart Heston
Dayton
Heston
Addie Branch
Branch
George Taylor
Mabel Hysell
Chambers Grocery
C. F. Reed
Richard Hayman
Chicago
Roy Lansbury
Ralph Hayman
Racine
Ladies Bible
First Baptist Church
James Murray
Grant St
M. J. Hamilton
Mattie Guinther
Church of Christ
Nice’s Park
Athens Road
Edward French
Mildred Hawley
Norinne Egner
Bob Hoeflick
Norinne
Virginia Lewis Egner
Betty Holter
Ulah Jones
Roseanna Barker
Anna Barker
Carla Clark
Barbara Meinhart
Norma Weyland
Mark
Albany Club
Vacation Bible School
Carter
H. J. Hysell
Clarence Chapman
Mgr
Middleport, Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Pharmacy
McMaster Hardware and Furniture Co
Batiste
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