Pomeroy Home Coming Plans Include River Bank Parking
Pomeroy officials finalize a week long Home Coming Carnival for Sept 3 with amusements contests and water events. Net proceeds will help finance the town river bank parking project. Fire and recreation groups join in booths and a Labor Day event is eyed in coordination with Middleport authorities.
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Pomeroy
General Committee
River Bank
A. H. Rosenbaum
L. PD. Mc
Dana Roush
Avis Ebersbach
L. D. McMaster
Middleport
Meigs Hospital Notes from Middleport Circle
Meigs Hospital notes report Paul Smith son of Mr and Mrs A V Smith improving at home after Charleston hospital stay. Mrs A J Beaver and daughter visited Mt Carmel Hospital in Columbus for Mrs R B Laughead’s recovery. Isaac Staats returned home from McMillen Hospital Charleston after surgery. N McElhinny continuing improvement with visit from son Howard in Charleston. Mrs Miller and Huntington relatives visited. Roy Ward moved from home on Railroad Street to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis for treatment.
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Middleport
Paul Smith
A. V. Smith
Charleston
A. J. Beaver
R. C. Fowler
Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
R. B. Laughead
Laughead
Isaac Staats
McMillen Hospital
Robert
Howard McElhinny
N. McElhinny
Railroad Street
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
House Guests and Travels Around Buckeye Lake
Local residents and relatives roamed through Buckeye Lake area for the weekend visiting family and friends. Several returned to Toledo and Columbus after short visits, while others extended stays visiting kin in West Virginia and Huntington.
Davis and Stivers host family visit in Letart Falls area
Mr and Mrs John J Davis and sons Robert and Roger from Logan visited Sunday at W L Stivers home on East Main Street with local friends. Davis family formerly lived in Pomeroy before moving to Logan years ago. Frances Dye of Columbus visited, and Mrs Guy Martin plans a two week stay with Walter Meinhart in Huntington. Mrs Isabella Hayman age 95 is seriously ill at Apple Grove home. widow of Squire George W Hayman and pioneer Meigs County family matriarch of nine children.
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John J. Davis
Robert
Roger
Logan
W. L. Stivers
East Main Street
Davis
Pomeroy
Frances Dye
Columbus
Guy Martin
Walter Meinhart
Huntington
Letart
Isabella Hayman
Apple Grove
Hayman
Meigs County
George W. Hayman
Margaret Sharpneck
Kathryn Hayman
John
George
Meigs Students Active at Ohio State University
Over 800 Ohio cities and towns were represented at Ohio State University in the last school year. Meigs County towns including Pomeroy Carpenter Letart Falls Long Bottom Middleport Rutland and Syracuse sent students with roles in history chemistry music medicine and education.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Meige County
Ohio State
Pomeroy
Carpenter
Letart Falls
Long Bottom
Middleport
Rutland
Syracuse
William C. Peck
Theron Johnson
Alpha Gamma Rho
The
Horticultural Society
George L. McCullough
Medicine
Orville T. Chambers
Phi Kappa Sigma
University Chorus
Lawrence P. Curtis
Walter B. Dobbs
Lawrence P. Eblin
Robert D. Chase
Bernard R. Higley
John G Smith
Dentistry
Helen G. Williams
Democratic Rally Speakers Scheduled for Pomeroy Meeting
A Young Men's Democratic Club event at the Courthouse in Pomeroy begins at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. Victor Oakley of Nelsonville and Dr. Marting of Ironton, Democratic congressional candidates, will headline. Plans for a final primary rally are expected.
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Congress
Pomeroy
Young Men's Democratic Club
George Faris
Victor Oakley
Nelsonville
Marting
Ironton
Legion convention in Wilkesville hears candidate talks
Dr E LeFever of Glouster and Paul Herbert of Columbus spoke at the American Legion district convention in Wilkesville on Sunday. Resolutions on immediate bonus payments were tabled as Legionnaires stressed care for wounded veterans widows and orphans. Drew Webster Post urged a school matters resolution to go to the state convention. Local post was well represented.
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Legion of Pomeroy
Wilkesville
Pomeroy
E. LeFever Aot Glouster
Congress
Paul Herbert
Columbus
The
American Legion
Drew Webster
Bowen Dinner Honors Stewart Wedding Anniversary
Middleport hosts a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stewart of Carpenter Miss Cora bell Kincaid Wyandotte Mich and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Humphreys with two sons and Mr. and Mrs. H Meadows and daughter in honor of Stewarts wedding anniversary in Middleport.
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Middleport
Raymond Bowen
Howard Stewart
Carpenter
Corabell Kincaid
Wyandotte, Mich
Harold Humphreys
H. Meadows
Stewart
Zephyrs Ordered for Chicago to Twin Cities Service
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy board authorized two new Zephyr type trains for service between Chicago and St. Paul Minneapolis. Edward G Budd Manufacturing Co will build them in Philadelphia. They will use Winton Diesel engines matching the original Zephyr used on the Denver to Chicago run of 1015 miles in 13 hours 5 minutes.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Board of Directors
Twin Cities
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co
Philadelphia
Denver
Pomeroy Gerber Camp Veterans Attend Southeastern Boosters Meet
Members of the Gerber Camp Spanish American War Veterans joined peers at a Southeastern Boosters Association district meeting in Portsmouth. Hosted by Peerless Camp No. 79 at Portsmouth High School, the all-day program concluded with the next session planned for Marietta in September pending date confirmation.
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Pomeroy
Gerber
Veteriane
Southeastern Boosters Association
Portsmouth
K. A. Willock
Skip Keehne
Ed Parsons
C. A. Hartley
W. L. Russell
Phillip Reibel
Pud Bryan
Orville Farmer
Peerless Camp
Portsmouth High School
Marietta
Middleport Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Mrs Will Mich returns Monday after a Groveport visit with sister in law Mrs Ethel Moore. Miss Marion Lambert returns to Cleveland after a few days with her sister Mrs D C Miller. Mr and Mrs R Voss come home to Chil heathe after two weeks with relatives in J Daniels and Pomeroy. George Childs and Ernest Mulford attended a district American Legion meeting in Wilkesville. Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins of New Lexington visits her mother Mrs Mary Dawson and sister Mrs Louis Seyfried.
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Will Mich
Groveport
Ethel Moore
Marion Lambert
D. C. Miller
Seventh Avenue
Cleveland
R. Voss
J. M. Daniels
Pomeroy
Chil- Heathe
George Childs
Ernest Mulford
The
American Legion
Wilkesville
Elizabeth Jenkins
New Lexington
Mary Dawson
Louis Seyfried
Cheshire visit by Smith and relatives from Akron Hobson Middleport
Mrs. Kate Smith and daughter Virginia of Akron and Mrs. Millie Rice of Hobson join Mrs. Rosa Brechtel and granddaughter Anita Ann Smith of Cheshire to visit James F. Smith and family in Athens recently.
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Cheshire
Kate Smith
Virginia
Akron
Millie Rice
Hobson
Edmon Farley
Middleport
Rosa Brechtel
Anita Ann Smith
James F. Smith
Athens
Penitentiary Sentences For Bad Checks And Burglary
Ben Redmond and Guy Taylor were taken to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus this morning. Redmond received one to three years for passing bad checks. Taylor got one to 15 years for burglary and larceny.
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Pomeroy
Ben Redmond
Guy Taylor
Ohio
Columbus
Dana L. Tracy
Redmond
Taylor
Pomeroy Union Camp Meetings Conclude In West Virginia
Union camp meetings near New Haven West Virginia ended Sunday night after two weeks of services. Several people from Pomeroy and Middleport attended the final gathering. Eugene W. Neville age 4 and Naomi Rhodes age 21 both of Letart Falls received a marriage license in probate court Saturday.
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Pomeroy
New Haven
W. Va
Middleport
ARKE
Eugene W. Neville
Naomi Rhodes
Letart Falls
Loyal Berean Class Meets Tonight at Church Lecture Room
Meeting of the Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ will be held tonight in the lecture room. Members of Group No. 6 with Mrs. George Childs as chairman will be hostesses.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
George Childs
Gallipolis Motor Company to Move to Moore Garage Building
The Gallipolis Motor Company has leased the Moore Garage Building on Second Avenue and will move soon from State Street. The remodel will place body repair and paint on the second floor while show rooms and the general repair shop occupy the first.
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Gallipolis Company
Moore Gallipolis
Gallipolis Motor Company
Moore
Second Avenue
State Street
Holzer Hospital Notes Gallipolis Admissions
New Holzer Hospital admissions include Joseph But terick of Middleport for treatment Oscar Halley of Raccoon Island for treatment Sherman Richards three weeks old son of Roy Richards Thivenir for treatment Roy L Ward of Middleport for observation Miss Freda Deckard daughter of Bolser Deckard of Vinton for surgery. Dismissals list Mrs Herman Smith of Gallipolis for observation Mrs Lafe Harrison of Crown City for surgery Clay Haffelt of Thivenir for surgery and Mrs Von Thompson and infant.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Joseph Butterick
Middleport
Oscar Halley
Raccoon Island
Sherman Richards
Roy Richards
Thivenir
Roy L. Ward
Freda Deckard
Bolser Deckard
Vinton
Herman Smith
Lafe Harrison
Crown City
Clay Haffelt
von Thompson
Public meeting on Jenkins amendment to federal road law
The Jenkins amendment to the federal road law will be discussed at a public meeting tonight at the courthouse. It proposes that 2 percent of federal appropriations be used on county roads. Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins may attend.
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Gallipolis
Thomas A. Jenkins
Pair Charged With Fraud Remanded to Grand Jury
William Beaucock and Robert Stewart are charged with fraud and remanded to the grand jury on $200 bond each. They allegedly secured cattle and other stock in Gallia County offering later payment and defaulted on the balance.
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Gallipolis
William Beaucock
Robert Stewart
Fred Milliser
Gallia County
Miss Lindsey Resigns Rio Grande Post for Denison Role
Miss Mildred Lindsey, two years registrar at Rio Grande College, accepts a similar post at Denison University Granville. Miss Lois Cross of Delaware will take Lindsey's former position.
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Rio Grande
Mildred Lindsey
Rio Grande College
Denison University
Granville
Lois Cross
Delaware
Lindsey
Bible Quote Notice From Hutchinson Tax Deputy
Eli Stuckley deputy sheriff sent a notice to a Nickerson Kansas man claiming a $12.92 tax debt The reply by return mail contained a Scriptural reading: If thou hast nothing to pay why should he take away thy bed from under thee.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Eli Stuckley
Nickerson
Program for Youths Discussed by Leaders
Fifty five older members of 4-H Clubs met at the Keystone Camp for a district conference to plan programs for 16 to 20 year olds from 10 counties. Gallia County Extension Agent E. H. Reed and assistant Glen W. Pryor attended with local members Betty Hamrick Esta George Hobart Fulton and Thomas A. Evans. The 4-H Club Camp closed Saturday night with 60 Gallia County children entering.
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Gallipolis
E. H. Reed
Gallia County
Glen W. Pryor
Betty Hamrick
Esta George
Hobart Fulton
Gallia County Briefs Note Local Visits And Legion Camp
Gallia County residents host guests from Tulsa California Dallas and Baltimore and plan Florida visits. The Lafayette Post American Legion will dedicate its new camp on Raccoon Creek Wednesday night.
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W. D. Henderson
Tulsa
Okla
Gallia County
Florida
Oklahoma
F. A. Haskins
California
William Cherrington
Captain Besse
Baltimore
Lafayette Post
The
American Legion
Raccoon Creek
17 Year Old Thief Returns More Stolen Goods in Gallia County
Gallipolis report details 17 year old Albert Ramer arrested after a string of home robberies in Gallia County. He confessed and led officers to stolen items including a gun, beads, rings, and clothing. a prior arson confession from two years earlier is noted.
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Gallipolis
Albert Ramer
E. E. Hatfield
John Fraley
George Brown
Mill Creek
Gallia County
Brown
Ramer
Clue
Hatfield
Fraley
Ohio Township
James White
Ramner
B. I.S
Lancaster
Shooting Case Remanded on Bond in Gallipolis
A shooting case in Gallipolis involving Sheree, age 29, was brought before the Justice of the Peace. The defendant was remanded to the county jail on a $300 bond after a grand jury complaint. The matter names Smith, Gates, Springs, and others in connection with the pistol incident at the address in Gallipolis. Separately, First Savings Ohio filed foreclosure notices naming Givens and Delia Givens and stating the amount due.
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Gallipolis
Sherics Gates
Springs
Stephens
Foros
Ohio
Delia
Dead Doctor Hoy Stomach Cure Promoted In Early Ad
A story recounts a specialist who created a stomach remedy for acid indigestion and gas. Despite ambiguous claims, the prescription gained fame posthumously and advertised Udea Tablets with a money back guarantee via Athens Pharms.
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Udea
St. Paul
Minn
Athens Pharms
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