White Elephant Auction Sets Friday Project Sale in Pomeroy
Pomeroy merchants stage a White Elephant Auction and celebration on Friday. At 9 a.m. vendors may auction any item they wish to dispose of on the parking lot, with proceeds aiding a first home project. Ralph Gilmore chairs the auction committee and prepares articles for sale in advance if arranged. The sale runs 9 until noon and resumes at 1 p.m. for further offerings.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Gilmore
Court St. Merchant
RED Anchor
Home of Quality
Age No Bar In Measles Case Stirs Elderly Woman
Mrs Mollie Bush of Lincoln Hill, near seventy, was diagnosed with measles after a doctor visit for illness. She challenged the idea that measles are only a child’s disease, noting her prior illness years ago.
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Pomeroy
Mollie Bush
Lincoln Hill
Merchants Promote First Decade Salt Elephant Sale
The dismantling of the large salt elephant on the parking lot will begin as gifts donated by participating merchants are distributed. The sale is deemed a success and marks the merchants sponsored first promotional event of the decade. Officials credit merchant cooperation as a major community step forward and plan further cooperative events for Fall and Winter. Merchants will contribute to the Northwest Territory Celebration program.
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Merchants Association
Northwest Territory
Interest grows as Middleport plans August primary
In Middleport the August primary heats up with few candidates. State Senator Tom W Jones seeks to extend his term while Charles E Walburn runs for county commissioner in his first bid. Central committee races are contested with Republicans in each ward and several incumbents seeking re election.
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Middleport
Tom W. Jones
Charles E. Walburn
Walburn
David Jenkins
Edward Ohlinger
Jacob Turner
Norman Weyland
Tom May
Homer Russell
Fred Marshall
Ralph Davis
Clifford Steele
Charles Childs
Davis
May
Prayer Service Draws 85 From Church of Christ
In Middleport 85 members attended a mid week prayer service despite the heat. Special musical selections were delivered by two ministers wives Mrs J P Miller of Brad bury who played violin and Mrs F I Gardner who sang a duet with Mrs Boyd Dilgard.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
J. P. Miller
Bradbury
F. I. Gardner
Boyd Dilgard
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Circles and Visits
Pomeroy social notes recap community activity with visits from Marion Radford and others to Gallipolis and Wheeling. Obituaries mark James Turner and Rhoda Swartz among local figures. hospital stays include Luella Durst and Isobel Metcalf. Auxiliary meeting, art class picnic, and Tillicum Dance Club gathering noted with social events and travel.
Grant Wiley Transfer Moves Family to Albany
Grant Wiley a longtime New York Central Railroad operator at Hobson is transferred to Albany. The Wiley family including Mrs Wiley and three sons Ray Clyde move to Albany while Paul stays in town with relatives at Fisher Market. Clyde excels in model airplane building and Ray and Paul are known basketball players. The Koehlers from Gloucester move into the Wiley home on Rutland Street. Mr Koehler is the Hobson Depot agent and Floyd Koehler is his brother.
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Grant Wiley
Middleport
New York Central
Hobson
Albany
Wileys
Wiley
Rutland St
Lewis Koehler
Glouster
Koehler
Floyd Koehler
Pearl St
Hobson Depot
Vacation trip for local Ben Franklin manager
R. L. Jacobs, manager of the Ben Franklin Store, departed for his home in Mt. Sterling and will spend a week vacation in northern Wisconsin near Rhinelander after a visit there.
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Pomeroy
R. L. Jacobs
Ben Franklin
Mt. Sterling
Wisconsin
Rhinelander
New Dancing School Opens in Middleport
New dancing school starts in Middleport with 75 pupils from Meigs County. Miss Keith Lovewell of Cleveland leads the Monday class at the K P Hall as part of the Bernie Dance School network based in Huntington.
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Middleport
Meirs County
Keith Lovewell
Cleveland
American Society of Dancing Teachers
K. of P. Hall
Bernie Dance School
Huntington
H. L. Longwell
Marietta
Grace Austin
Karl G. Nelson
Charles Murphy
Miss Lovewell
New York City
Middleport Social Notes and Local Weddings Highlight Week
Middleport hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Wiley with siblings from Zanesville and Crooksville guests. Visitors gather for theatre, picnics, and dinners as families in Greenfield, Pik. Pleasant, and Columbus share celebrations. Ohio marriages secretly linked to Kentucky noted. Miss Lillian Saunders wed Mr. John Zerkle in Kentucky. Toledo Public Library marks 100th year with strong non fiction demand.
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Toledo
Ohio
Letart Falls Aid to Meet
The Ladies Aid Society will meet Friday afternoon at the Community Hall. Local residents and visitors are listed among families and friends visiting relatives in Letart Falls and nearby towns over the weekend.
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Letart Falls
Chester 4-H Club Activities and Local Notices
Chester area notes report the Shade Valley 4-H Club meeting at the Hawk home with weekly gatherings. Various family events include births and funerals for Emma Dorst and George Adams, plus multiple relatives visiting Chester. Illnesses and strokes are noted, and Utah leads U S silver production.
Social Notes From Tuppers Plains Area
Residents share visits and travels across Ohio and beyond. Frank Willard family returns to St. Petersburg Florida after time with Velma Matlack. Buckley visits aunt in Parkersburg. Woodie family from Oak Hill visits Sarah Bahr. Holman sisters spend time with Twila Brooks. multiple locals host or visit relatives in Coolville Lancaster Dayton Huntington Racine Pomeroy Reedsville and Locust Grove. A parkersburg hospital admission noted. Picnic attendees at the state experiment farm Carpenter include Barnett Keller Kim Springer and Parker relations.
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Tuppers Plains
Frank Willard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Velma Matlack
Junior Buckley
Parkersburg
Fred Orshorn
Charlie Woodie
Oak Hill
Sarah Bahr
Orpha
Lucile Holman
Coolville
Twila Brooks
W.F. Or
Locust Grove
Helen Danewood
Madge Green
Cincinnati
W. E. Matlack
Mary Shields
Charles Kelley
Shepley
Dayton
Chester Alberts
Wheeling
Lena Keller
Chester Barnett
Rodger
Ed Kim
Robert
Emma
Georgia Springer
Local notes include appointments moves and visits
Mrs Bernice McCall and children from Lancaster spent a few days with Mr and Mrs J L Rawlings. Mr and Mrs Tim Shuvalas of Chauncey moved into the C H Jewell property. Shuvalas takes Roy Grimes’s railroad foreman post. Miss Wilma Jewell visited her uncle Antony Steinmetz in Lancaster. Mrs Captain Haning remains ill and is in critical condition. Lu McComas home from Ohio State University visited his parents. Southern Ohio Electric extends a line from School Lot along Gorby Hampton Road. Mrs Lizzie Anders of New Lexington returned home after a week here with her sister Elma Steward. Mrs Bertha Hanlin Jarjonet of Muskogee Oklahoma visits her sister Mrs Will Tewksbury.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Mary Saunders
Gallipolis
Lillian Saunders
John Zerkle
Walnut St
Middleport
Saunders
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
Verne Dailey
Zerkle
Lear
Pauline Yeager
Pt. Pleasant
Clayton Pullins
Grueser
Middleport High School
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Motor Company
Minersville
Chester
Shade Valley
Bob
Paul Hawk
Henry Bahr
Darsel Riebel
Emma Riebel
Margaret Weber
Hayes Brown
Akron
Emma Dorst
Dorst
Brown
Sebring
Mr. Brown
George Adams
Adams
Gertrude Brown
Patty
Bernerda
Jack Eiselstein
Marie Farrell
Silver Ridge
Abe Eiselstein
Bernard
Cleveland
Frank Foster
Foster
Hannah Cleland
Betty Warner
London
Robert Zehn
New Jersey
Richard Zehn
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Zehn
Donald Ridenour
Manning Ridenour
Ronald Osborn
Mont Osborn
Henry Siedenahie
Ivan Dieh
Clarence Roebher
Dorsel Riebel
Lily Wells
Bernice McCall
Lancaster
J. L. Rawlings
Tim Shuvalas
Chauncey
C. H. Jewell
Shuvalas
Roy Grimes
Rutland
Wilma Jewell
Antony Steinmetz
Captain Haning
Lu McComas
Ohio State University
Columbus
J. E. McComas
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Gorby-Hampton Road
Lizzie Anders
New Lexington
Elma Steward
Bertha Hanlin Jarjonet
Muskogee, Oklo
Will Tewksbury
Fielder Young Fails To Catch Fly Ball
Deputy Sheriff Hank Young, playing center field for a local business men recreation team, missed his first fly ball after four weeks of steady play. The pick-up squad, meeting Wednesdays at the Junior High Athletic Field, trailed as the runner nearly outran the throw.
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Pomeroy
Hank Young
Young
Olive Farm Women Meet in Reedsville
Olive Farm Women’s Club gathered at Mrs. Carl Buckley’s home. New member Mrs. Pauline Myers joined. The pledge to the flag was led by Mrs. Buckley and Mrs. Harry Pickens read a paper on the Declaration of Independence. Members and guests listed. next meeting set for Aug 18 at Nerva Pryor’s home.
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Reedsville
Olive Farm Women’s Club
Carl Buckley
Pauline Myers
Buckley
Harry Pickens
C. E. Myers
W. M. Cowdery
W. N. Swain
Nerva Pryor
Donald Myers
Wallace Damewood
Stewart Child Dies In Pt Pleasant
Peggy Jean Stewart seven months old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Stewart of Pt Pleasant died at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Dana Howell on Anne Street Tuesday afternoon after a few days illness Funeral services are set for Thursday at Bradford Church at 2 o clock with burial in Beach Grove Cemetery A separate note estimates 12 percent of road accidents come from technical causes 3 percent from atmospheric conditions snow rain fog and 85 percent from human factors.
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Pomeroy
Marion Radford
Chester Zerkle
Bentz Wolf
Gallipolis
Elmer Johnson Sr
Elmer Johnson Jr
Wheeling
James
Slim) Turner
Laurel Cliff
Beach Grove
Luella Durst
Holzer Hospital
Alice Huber
Union Ave
Walter Miller
Peacock Ave
Harry Vance
Kenova
Ella Miller
Butternut Ave
H. D. Groff
Cleveland
Points
Michigan
Liberty Ave
Louis Jones and Son
Stanford, Ky
John Chase
Allen
Wehe Terrace
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Savanah, Ga
Smoky Mountains
Sky Line
Isobel Metcalf
Hemlock Grove
A. G. Garrison
Ewing
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
John Beatey
Athens Road
Beatey
Rhoda Bentz Swartz
Lottridge
Clarence
Alfred
Ray Crumbley
Anne St
Wellsville
Twilight Garden Club
Charles Ward
Peggy Jean Stewart
William Stewart
Pt. Pleasant
Dana Howell
Bradford
Meigs Savings To Pay Five Per Cent Dividend
POMEROY A five per cent dividend, totaling over seven thousand dollars, will be paid to depositors of Meigs Savings and Loan Co. Liquidation agent A P Kerr urged all depositors to bring their claim certificates or payments cannot be made. This five per cent payment brings the total to fifty per cent paid during liquidation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Savings and Loan Co
A. P. Kerr
OIL-of-SALT Promises Quick Relief for Sore Feet
Thousands of former sufferers know that OIL-of-SALT brings relief to itching burning and aching feet and other skin troubles. The soothing liquid is pitched as affordable foot happiness at 50 cents with a druggist refund if unsatisfied.
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Carter
Democratic Rally
H. J. Hysell
Clarence Chapman
Mgr
Middleport, Ohio
Rathburn
Nite Dept
Scoolville
Mr. Harris
Nelsonville
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes
Drew Webster
A. R. Tedrow
Tom Cook
William Baxter
Ella Nease
Pat Thornton
Lara Crooks
Gladys Crooks
Virginia Reibel
Carpenter Experimental Farm
Virgil Campbell
Maxine
New York
Betty
Tillicum
Mrs. Maag
Long Bottom
Middleport Social Notes
L. R. Wiley
Harry Meloy
Zanesville
Dorothy Hooper
Glee Lynn Showers
Crooksville
Meloy
Miss Hooper
Mrs. Wiley
Lawrence Bing
Bing
L. R. Wilson
Greenfield
O. J. Click
Pleasant
C. F. Rathburn
Robert Flesher
Tulsa
Okla
Bert Flesher
Oklahoma
Bertha Brown
Charlotte Brown
Warrensburg
H. E. Thomas
Dan McNaughton
Thomas
Lo Ann of
H. A. Rothrock
Lancaster Camp Ground
Rev. Rothrock
Joyce Gardner
Mary Martha Roller
Joyce
Frances Frecker
Syracuse
Howard Brannon
Glenn Lambert
Raymond Stewart
Branch Fleming
Leland Brown
Elmer Wehring
Ladies Aid Society
A. E. Roush
Gene
Orrion
White Church
W. Va
Roush
Lovina Lawson
New Haven
Charles Hayman
C. W. Hayman
Westerville
Alpha Hayman
H. M. Alexander
Robert Chapman
W. S. Chapman
Ralph Gaches
C. B. Alexander
Earnest Ashley
Canton
Olive Grimm
Circleville
P. B. Alexander
E. P. Grimm
A. E. Edwards
Kaylong
Cora Furgerson
Mason City
J. E. Stewart
Floyd Norris
Homer Warner
F. S. Norris
Beulah Boice
Sargent Fay Norris
Samuel Norris
C. W. Mayes
Mary Pierce Huntington
Mary Geraldyne Sheets
Bladen
Mary Wogan
Chester 4-H
Utah
United States
Carpenter
McMaster Hardware and Furniture Co
Middlegort
Olive Farm
Stewart
Meigs Savings
General Advertising Co
Malcolm D. Hartley City Hall
Iluckkoffs
Big Yank
Big Yank Avalon
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