Youths Meet Thursday for Summer Slump Work
In Middleport the Churches of Christ continue efforts to beat the summer slump. The Hemlock Grove Christian Endeavor Society will organize a local society with Miss Sylvia Mayer leading a large youth delegation. Sunday includes a Zion gathering with a picnic. August is Adult Month with guest speakers each Sunday, starting Aug 4. Prof Ernest C Saunders will discuss Have Learned From Boys. Loyal Pals class will lead the morning service. Mae Lambert and six women will perform a sextette.
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Middleport
Churches of Christ
Hemlock Grove
Christian Endeavor Society
Sylvia Mayer
Zion
Don McMillin
Sunde
Ernest C. Saunders
Ashland
Saunders
Meigs County
Pals Clase
Mae Lambert
Robert McElhinney
Edgar Reynolds
Guy Reynolds
Robert Blizzard
Frances Roush
Middleport Fraternity Names Officers for River Excursion
William Wolfe and Ralph Graves were named to the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity executive committee at a Monday meeting. Committees were formed to finalize plans for a river excursion aboard the Island Queen. The group will sponsor the trip as part of its activities.
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Miryseport
William G. William Wolfe
Ralph Graves
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Dr LeGears Remedies Stock Powders for Farm Animals
Remarkable farmer testimonials claim cows and sheep benefit from Dr LeGears Stock Powders with increased milk production and butter fat. The line lists products including Stock Powder Cow Tonle Hog Tonle Udder Ointment Gall Salve Liniment Antiseptic Powder and Chick Tablets offered for sale.
Mustrative Pampntet Given Away Pree Fly Chaser
A promotional item titled Given Away Pree Fly Chaser is offered for sale at $1.00. The piece appears billed as the best ever and marketed as a practical novelty. The listing notes limited quantities and a single price point.
Mont Osborn to Lead Meigs County Road Work
Mont Osborn, maintenance superintendent for the State Highway Department, was announced Tuesday as head of Meigs County road work. The position had been vacant since Albert Caster’s removal about a year ago.
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Mont Osborn
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Albert Caster
Osborn
Reno
Highway’ Department
Birth of Jean Anne Mattox announced in Middleport
Announcement received for the birth of a daughter, Jean Anne, to Mr and Mrs Herman Mattox on July 22. She is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs Elmer Mattox. The Mattox family formerly resided in Middleport and now live on Grandway.
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Jean Anne
Herman Mattox
Elmer Mattox
Broadway
Mattoxes
Liv
Horticulture Society Plans Orchard Day
POMEROY Southeastern Ohio will host two major orchard events. The State Horticulture Society meeting will occur August 16 at C. H. Onter’s orchard two miles west of Little Hocking Route 50, followed by the annual orchard field day at the Wooster Experiment Station. The morning tour includes inspection at the Oakes farm. In July marriage license activity rises with three licenses issued to Gloeckner Hartwig Woolis Lewis Yagla McCoy.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
State Horticulture Society
Horticulture Society
C. H. Onter
Little Hocking
Wooster
States Horticultural Society
Oakes Farm
William Gloeckner
Cleveland
Eleanor Hartwig
Letart Falls
Duane H.woolis
Cheshire B.D. Lewis Carl Yagla
Meigs’ County
Pearl McCoy
Long Bottom
Middleport Feeney Bennett Post American Legion Event
The Middleport Feeney Bennett Post American Legion will present Rodney a magician at the High School Auditorium Friday Aug 16. Ances trial events will be held in the afternoon and evening.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett| Post American Legion
Rodney
Langsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Social notes recount weekend visits in Langsville with Mra Keith van Fomen in Columbus and many locals spending Sunday with relatives. The item mentions funerals for Ore Pickens in Buffalo and various gatherings at Lake Boe Ferry and with families including the Corm Weight and Knapp households.
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Keith van Fomen
Columbus
Mims
Chester Erin
W. ‘. Miler
Mrantitis
John
M. Pieny
Pickens St
Miss Bertlett
Doron
Mas « Autry
Hartman
Athena
Dorothy
Ore Pickens
Buffalo
W. Va
Mirey Church
Thuredey
Miler
Mn Anna
Meseverett McKnight
Inns
Fred Winn
Bernard Lede
Roy
Mira
Lester Knapp
Tantly
Canal Fulton
Pomeroy Drivers Endure Sudden Local Cloudburst
Motorists traveling westward Tuesday afternoon faced a heavy rainstorm with glaring sun. The downpour barely dampened ground as Pomeroy and nearby areas remained dry after storms that hit other towns. Lowlands flooded while small streams overflowed.
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Pomeroy
Army units to pass through Pomeroy on August 7
En route to Spain Wisconsin troops from the 201th Infantry West Virginia National Guard will travel through Pomeroy August 7. Army trucks carrying men and equipment will cross the Pomeroy Bridge and follow Route 33 through Main Street. The 201st Infantry will join the 150th Infantry at Athens after coming via Parkersburg and will be granted right of way through Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Spain
Wisconsin
West Virginia National Guards
Pomeroy Bridge
201St
150Th Infantry
Parkersburg
Athens
Bradbury to Retire as Salesman and Enter Farm Life
A. H. Bradbury, veteran salesman and noted politician of Middleport, plans retirement the first of the month to run his Portland area farm and perhaps move to Florida in winter. He will be succeeded at C D Shater Co. by Paul Dillard, who has worked with his brother in law C C Fisher at the Fisher Market. Dillard began his new duties Monday.
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Middleporta
Bradbury
Portland
Florida
C.D. Shater Co
Paul Dillard
C. C. Fisher
Fisher Market
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Announcements
Multiple social items report travel and visits among residents of Pomeroy and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Herr Giles leaving Tuesday for Waverly on business, Mrs Chasien Rosell hosting guests, the Bricksens announcing the birth of a baby, and families returning from trips to Virginia Beach and Senecaville. Phyllis Johnson and John Curry announce an upcoming marriage, with the ceremony held May 18 at Lancaster and plans to reside in Cambridge.
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Herr Giles
Wehe Terrace
Waverly
Charles” Renny
Gene Bricksen
Starkey Dre
D. Amsbury
Vievinia Beach
D. Montgomery
Buenia Vista
Montgomery
Tnis Smith
Bessie Montgomery
Marie
Mes
J.C Pride
E. Main St
Senecmville
Phyllis [Johnson
Chester
John Curry
Senecaville
Lancaster
Cambridge
Curry
Great Bend Grange to Host Evening Event on Saturday
Hemlock Grange secretary Herman Beard announces the Great Bend Grange will entertain Saturday evening as part of a weekly program at 8. The event features a play and light refreshments served by the luncheon committee.
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Great Bend
Hemlock
Herman Beard
Urge Farmers To Plan for Fall Planting
Farmers in Meigs County should plan now to secure wheat seed for fall planting amid expected surplus. Ohio trials show Thorne out yielding Fabhio and Trum hull, with seed expected to be plentiful for 1840. Meigs County growers Raymond Arnold and C E Humphrey used Thorne last fall. a complete grower list is available from the County Agent.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Thorne
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Raymond Arnold
Harrisonville
C.E. Humphrey
Reedwville
Judge Peoples Visite Of f in Pomeroy
Judge C Peoples, recovering from a serious illness, visited his courthouse office in Pomeroy on Tuesday with a nurse. He plans to run for reelection as common pleas judge, greeting staff during a brief, first return to duty since hospitalization.
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Pomeroy
C& Peoples
Common Pleas
Picnic at State Park to benefit church on August 4
Portland hosts a Sunday picnic at the State Park for church fundraising. The event features speaking contests music softball and various games for the public with several activities planned.
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Portland
State Park
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A. H. Bradbury
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