Couple Observes Golden Wedding in Middleport
The golden wedding celebration of Mr and Mrs. A. J. Smith at Bradbury Street Middleport observed Sunday drew 50 guests. They married in 1877 and kept wedding finery. a Johnstown flood tablecloth and keepsakes, including a 150 year old teapot from England, were displayed. Social time followed dinner as relatives and friends visited from Huntington Columbus Rutland Racine Clifton and San Francisco.
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Middleport
A. J. Smith
Bradbury
Johnstown
England
Mercer
Mill Street
Sarah Crawford
San Francisco
School Enrollment Totals for Middleport Reported
June 1 Mrs Edward Spooner completes the annual enumeration. Females of school age number 55 and males 467, total 72. Last year the total was 915.
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Middleport
Edward Spooner
Local Marriage Licenses Issued in Pomeroy Area
Judge Cora Roberts grants three license pairs in Pomeroy area. William Sponagie 43 of Pomeroy with Viola Romine 49 of Langsville. Clyde Lambert 29 of Rutland with Blodern Thomas 2 of Rutland. Eugene Spear 21 of Columbus with Dorothy France 21 of Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Cora Roberts
William Sponagie
Viola Romine
Langsville
Clyde Lambert
Rutland
Blodern Thomas
Rutland Eugene Spear
Columbus
Dorothy France
Daughters of Union Veterans Lauded for Their Work
Memorial Day activities in Pomeroy featured Daughters of Union Veterans aiding veterans. With car support from Ben Ewing and Ruel Finsterwald, veterans attended a Simpson M E church service, Beech Grove exercises, and a noon dinner at Ament restaurant escorted by Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Tracy.
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Pomeroy
Daughters of Union
Ben Ewing
Ruel Finsterwald
Simpson M. E
Beech Grove
A. F. Miller
A. O. Tracy
Daughters’ Lodge
Ament
Pomeroy Bend
Funeral Held for Walter Romine in Rutland
Funeral services conducted at Rutland Baptist Church for Walter Romine 42 who died Sunday at his father Bart Romine’s home. Cause of death cancer. Unmarried man buried in Miles cemetery.
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Rutland
Rutland Baptist Church
Walter Romine
Bart Romine
Here
Romine
Miles Cemetery
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Meeting Set
Simpson M. E. church circle meets Thursday evening at Mrs John Sauvage home with Mrs Mina Webster assisting. Sunday school hour features a Thank Offering address by Mrs Holcombe of Athens and an offering for the society’s work. In Texas a local boy Raymond Adams is reported ill in El Paso hospital as authorities hold the trio due to lack of a bill of sale for their car.
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Texas
Syracuse
Raymond Adams
el Paso
Memorial Day Visitors From Ohio and Nearby States
Mr and Mrs Jacob Ament visited Cincinnati over Memorial Day with his brother John Ament. Dana Tracy and family returned to Columbus after visiting Tracy parents. Nora Tracy joined them from grandparents. Ernest Bowers of Cleveland visited his sisters Mrs Jesse Guest and Mrs Mabel Thomas. Earl Persons of Huntington joined Decoration Day guests Louis Persons family. Earl Hartley returns from Ada Ohio and Chicago after graduating Ohio Northern University. Mr and Mrs Boyd Pendergrass with Herbert Monnett left Chauncey for a new home in Kentucky mining town near the Virginia line. Dr and Mrs EF W Downie and Theo Downie of Columbus with Mrs Alex Downie visited Memorial Day in Pomeroy.
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Jacob Ament
Cincinnati
Mr. Ament
John Ament
Mrs. Dana Tracy
Columbus
Mr. Tracy
Mrs. A. ©. Tracy
Nora
Ernest Bowers
Cleveland
Jesse Guest
Mabel Thomas
Earl Persons
Huntington
Louis Persons
Earl Hartley
Ada
Ohio
Chicago
Ohio Northern University
Boyd Pendergrass
Herbert
Monnett
Chauncey
Kentucky
Virginia Line
EF. W. Downie
Theo
Alex Downie
Pomeroy
Radio Marathon of Concerts on WEAF and 25 Stations
Across networks WEAF and 25 stations plan to broadcast Planquette's The Chimes of Normandy with Rosario Bourdon conducting the Symphony Orchestra. Other stations list musical programs from WWJ WGY and WCAO among many, plus United Press baseball repeats and Hofbrau Orchestra.
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Orcresta
New York
U. P
Planquette
Normandy
National Opera
Red
WEAF
United Press Baseball
South Islanders
Moment Musicale
Ipana Troubadours
National Cavaliers
David Lawrence
Elkins’ Orchestra
LaSalle Symphony Orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Croquot Club Eskimos
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Coga Sanders
Flotilla Club
World Faith Conference to Meet in Lausanne
The World Conference on Faith and Order will be held in Lausanne Switzerland from August 3 to 21. About five hundred delegates will attend representing all non Roman Christian faiths worldwide.
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Lauganne
Switzerland
Schedule policy shifts from four to five wins in nine games
The record notes a change from four out of nine to five out of nine. It cites 1919 and 1922 as years of changing rules including a reference to rape and murder terms in 1922. Additional questions ask about large peach orchards and Alaska’s naming, mentioning Bert Johnson Orchard in Arkansas and the Aleut origin "Allaska."
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Bert Johnson
Arkansas
Alaska
Russia
Russian America
Allaska
William Howard
Iceberg Detection Efforts Under International Patrol
Scientists test sun wave methods to locate floating icebergs in the Atlantic as part of the international ice patrol program. Experiments aim to improve warning systems and vessel safety amid Atlantic shipping.
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Atlantic
Preliminary study on seismic signs in North America and Pacific
The committee has completed a preliminary study of seismic indicators indicating earthquakes in North America and the Pacific regions. The report outlines initial findings and suggests further analysis by geoscience agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Aerica
Pacific
Tax ruling bars loss allowance on used truck trade-ins
The bureau of internal revenue rules that no deduction for losses will be allowed in tax returns when losses occur from trading used trucks or passenger autos for new cars.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Coolidge Enters Final Two Weeks Before Vacation
President Coolidge enters a two week period before his vacation. He drafts two speeches including the government budget outline for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The surplus is indicated to reach 600 million dollars. He will speak in Hammond Indiana on June 14 before heading to the Black Hills.
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Coolidge
Washington
United Press
Hampton Roads
Hammond
Ind
Black Hills
South Dakota
Heat in Black Hills contrasts with D C’s muggy nights
In July the Black Hills record highs around 106 degrees while nights stay cool. Experts say President Coolidge will spend his summer vacation there, noting the oppressive heat in the national capital is largely absent.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Coolidge
National Capital
Good Will aviator Dargue to visit New England region
Major Herbert A. Dargue, nicknamed the Good Will aviator, will tour cities in New England Canada and New York during May 1980 through June 4. He will lecture at several bases and participate in aviation displays.
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Herbert A. Dargue
New England
Canada
New York
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Mary
J. N. Humphrey
George Swallow
Caroline
Jud Bell
Floyd
Herb Chambers
Racine
Daughters of Union Veterans
Romine Funeral
Womans Foreign Missionary Society
G. K. Bradford
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Keiser
Clothier
Pomeroy Briefs
WBAL
Baltimore
WSAIL
WLW
Gibson Orchestra
Heermann
WTAM
Gill
Public Auditorium
Wylie
Weao
WWS
Detroit
Wcx-Wir
Germany
John B. Kennedy
Commodore Orchestra
Davis
Maxwell
RCA Radiotrons
Astor Grill
KDKA
Westinghouse
WJZ
WGY
Schenectady
van Curter Orchestra
Hilo
Federal Radio Comm
United Latha
WPG
Atlantic City
Jean Weiner
The
Parodians
WSAI
Carey
LaSalle Symphony
Zoo Dance Orchestra
Crosley Cossacks
Minnich’s
Harmony Four
Crossey Sky Terriers
Janssen
Goodrich
Saaks
WWY
Wiz
United States
Harvesters
Fisher's Orchestra
Pitt
America
Indo-China
WEAP
Frederick J. Haskin
Nungesser and
Colt
Levasseur Marine
R. M
Gonin
D'Oisy
Paris
Saigon
the Swanson Furniture Co
Athens
C. D. Shafer Co
Wien
Hal la
We Messenger
Omer ‘ A
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Petey Ey
Droiggiste
K-R-O Company
Springfield
Custer Park Cool
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