Holidays and Other Special Dates Are Set
The Middleport school board set the 1937-38 calendar with Good Friday as a holiday and noon dismissal for the County Fair. Teachers may attend the Southeastern Conference in Athens in October and textbooks will be supplied. Key dates include Sept 7 registration, Sept 10 teachers meeting, Sept 13 opening day, Sept 23 noon dismissal, Oct 29 conference in Athens, Jan 27-28 and June 3 examinations, and June 1 commencement.
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Middleport
Board of Education
Athens
Southeastern O. E. A
King
Pie Toss at Dolly Gray Restaurant Originates on Coast
Charlie Merz threw a pie at Dolly Gray after asking its price. Gray ducked and collected one dollar as the amateur act unfolded in Marysville California. The incident marks new dress of casual pranks in Pacific Coast sports news.
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Marysville
Cal
Pacific Coast
Charlie Merz
Dolly Gray
Gray
Merz
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Pomeroy social notes report residents visiting relatives and friends in Mt Vernon Langsville Salem Center Columbus and Huntington. Updates include recoveries visits hospital stays and a marriage, plus church club activities and out-of-town guests at local homes.
Report Mrs Mills In Improved State
Mrs Mills wife of Harry Mills recovering after serious illness at Holzer Hospital as reported by daughter Mrs Max Lambert. Miss Margaret Riley returns home after surgery at McMillan Hospital. Mrs Roy Russell of Middleport Hill remains in critical condition.
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W. Peters
Lorain
Errold Dawson
Lloyd Mowry
Sandusky
H. C. Cunningham
Butternut Ave
Marcella Cunningham
Jennie Davies
Vale St
Walter Holtzworth
Huntington
Elizabeth Jennings
Nye Ave
Alvin Norris
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Ralph Graves
C. V. Todd
Zanesville
R. J. Morgan
Miami Beach
Florida
George Hetzel
Lincoln Terrace
Will Merritt
Columbus
Pomeroy
Roy E. Tracy
Roy Tracy
Holzer Hospital
E. E. Jeffers
Gallipolis
Dana Tracy
Lincoln Hill
Tom McGinnis
Joe Barsotti
Winter Haven
Fla
Louis Hart
Lasley St
Jacob Reibel
Virginia
Spring St
Louis Reibel
Dorothy
Union Ave
Athens
Erna Jesse
Middleport
Harry Mills
Max Lambert
Margaret Riley
Second Ave
McMillan Hospital
Roy Russell
Middleport Hill
Mothers' Jewels in Racine Form New Club
Organization of the Mothers’ Jewels and Home Guards finished Saturday at leader Miss Bonnie Miles’s home. Officers named include Betty Jean Hobard president Mary Ann Neigler secretary Jan Neigler treasurer Audrey Hayman recreational leader and Emma Jane Jiiden news reporter. Next meeting set for August 14 at 2 PM.
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Racine
Mothers’ Jewels and Home Guards
Bonnie Miles
Betty Jean Hobard
Mary Ann Neigler
Jan Neigler
Audrey Hayman
Emma Jane Jiiden
Ex Pomeroy Man Dies in Columbus
Frank Wipple died suddenly Tuesday afternoon while at work at the Jeager Machine Shop in Columbus He was born and raised in Pomeroy Survived by his wife three sisters and five brothers Funeral services set for Friday at 9 am at St Leos Catholic Church with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery in Columbus Verne Ours injured Sunday near Racine has returned from Sheltering Arms Hospital with condition improved
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Pomeroy
Frank Wipple
Jeager
Columbus
Mr. Wipple
Albert Wipple
Union Ave
William Rohletter
George Oeffler
Paul Gruntley
Pomeroy — Verne Ours
Racine
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Events
Mrs Floyd Koehler and daughter Connie Lee visit her parents in Athens as Connie Lee recovers from tonsil surgery. Various residents travel to Huntington and Cleveland for work and visit family. The Bible Class Women host at Mrs J O Leonard's home. Thephila theatre group hosts, and Roger Boren visits family in Huntington. Sub-debs enjoy swimming and boat party on river. A W L S W hosts a farewell shower for Elizabeth Brad ford Lohse before moving to Dayton.
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Middleport
Floyd Koehler
Connie Lee
Harry Russell
Garfield Ave
David Miller
Marian Lambert
Cleveland
Rue Tuckerman
South
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
William Murray
Virginia Robinson
Huntington
Herman Lohse
Elizabeth Bradford
Frank Wilson
S. Third Ave
Lohse
Dayton
Muir Drug Company
Racine Social and Brief Personal Notes
Mrs Rose Howell of East Liverpool arrived Saturday for a visit with the Curt Johnson family. Theiss and Cross families plus Owen Watson and others attended a birthday for Dale Johnson at Curt Johnson’s home. Curt Carnahan and Eber Carnahan were in Cincinnati and Columbus on business. Mrs Curt Johnson and family visited with the Wicklines on Tuesday.
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Racine
Rose Howell
Liverpool
Curt Johnson
Delmar Chittenden
Toledo
A. V. Chittenden
Norman Theiss
George
C. H. Cross
Charles Wood
Owen Watson
Dale Johnson
Curt Carnahan
Cincinnati
W. B. Cross
Eber Carnahan
Columbus
Louis Wickline
Rolandus
Night Guardian Wolfe Exposes Pomeroy After Midnight
In Pomeroy the night patrol led by Assistant Police Chief Walter Wolfe reveals quiet streets after midnight with exceptions on Saturdays. He recalls incidents such as a false bank robbery alarm and a collapsing parking lot wall as he patrols with two sets of shoes and notes the city’s late night activity.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Wolfe
Jake Ament
Court St
Pomeroy National Bank
War Pipe Custom Described In Tribal History
The text recalls how tribes used the pipe of peace to end wars and a large war pipe to begin campaigns, noting the ceremonial smoking by all members before the warpath. It also mentions audiences finding the scenes amusing or embarrassing to those involved.
Stolen 1936 Oldsmobile Near Pomeroy
The Gallia County sheriff reports the theft of a black 1936 Oldsmobile owned by Noah Webster. The license plate is Z163K and the car was taken Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Noah Webster
Gallia County
Roscoe O. Fowler
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Mulberry Ave
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Carla Clark
Martha Jane Downing
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