Mayor Robson Declares No Second Term in Middleport
In Middleport with seven days to file, Mayor William Robson announces he will not run again. Robson is recovering from major surgery at Holzer Hospital after a 16 day stay. Rumors name Allen Hartley as Republican mayoral candidate. Bradbury and Walburn seek second terms. C H Wise Jr may again run for police chief amid unpaid salaries.
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Middleport
William Robson
Holzer Hospital
Allen Hartley
New York Central Railroad
Mr. Hartley
C. P. Bradbury
Charles Walburn
C. H. Wise Jr
Firemen Set Carnival Week in Middleport Streets
The Volunteer Fire Company held a bi monthly meeting at City Hall with an ice cream social. They discussed a Syracuse boat tragedy where George Elliott was drowned and noted a June 11 carnival on the town streets to raise funds.
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Middleport
Volunteer
E. O. McKinley
Steve McElhinney
Ray McCallum
Syracuse
George Elliott
Pete
Older People Still Active in Memorial Day Observances
In Pomeroy four score beyond circle notes show elderly residents still engaged in community rituals. Mrs John Gans 83 and husband 87 walked from Lincoln Hill to Beech Grove Cemetery with flowers. Emerson G Harper 85 recounts Civil War and Spanish American War service while bedfast. David Geyer in his nineties injured recently. Emma Waterman nearing 90 remains active and beloved. Grandma Mayme Downie 87 weaves rugs and reads. C A Hartley 82 misses planting flowers for daughter Truda on Memorial Day except when away as a soldier in 1898.
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Pomeroy
John Gans
Lincoln Hill
Beech Grove Cemetery
Emerson G. Harper
General Custer
Co. C
Bedfast
Thomas Fork
Nathan Vale
David Geyer
Geyer
Emma Waterman
Mayme Downie
C. E. W. Downie
Scotland
Alex Downie
C. A. Hartley
Truda
Seniors Set Perfect Attendance Records
MIDDLEPORT two members of the Class of 1939 at Middleport High School, Dorothy Durst and Ruth Garber, achieved perfect attendance with no absences or tardies in four years. Durst had perfect attendance through all 12 years of local schooling. Durst is daughter of Mr and Mrs David Durst Sr of Russell Street and began at the Park Street Building. Garber is daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Garber.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Dorothy Durst
Ruth Garber
Miss Darst
David Darst
Russell St
Park St
Miss Garber
W. R. Garber
Racine Social and Personal Highlights Week End Visits
Racine residents and relatives share weekend visits and travel notes. Delmar Chittenden and family returned to Toledo after attending the alumni banquet. Several others report meetings with relatives in Plain City Canton Columbus and Westerville. Wilkie Hollman to Madison for the national marble shooting contest.
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Racine
Delmar Chittenden
Toledo
A. V. Chittenden
Plain City
Owen Watson
A. T. Marcus
Detroit
Emma Jiiden
Marcus
Frank Gaylord
Middleport
Huntington
Veterans Hospital
Chub Pickens
Butler Pickens
Alma
Canton
Ray Reithmiller
Columbus
Reith
John Hollman
Madison
Wis
Middleport Social Notes Recap of Memorial Day Visits and Local Events
Social items note visits from Gerrit Visser and Nancy Reed family ties in Columbus and Cheshire. Guests include Donald Mills diploma at Middleport High School with Orla Mills from Springfield. Cheshire High School Alumni banquet attendees listed. Additional visits by W C Childers of Butler with Nina Bland and Billy, and gatherings with J J Vaughn in Jackson for her grandson’s graduation.
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Gerrit Visser
Columbus
Cheshire
Inlaw
James Hughes
Kananga
Cheshire High School
Noah Haskins
Ray Turley
Orin Smith
Leo Kennedy
Orla Mills
Springfield
Pomeroy
Middleport High School
Donald Mills
S. W. Mills
Elmer Dodd
Ethel
Alice
Albert Kassner
Cincinnati
Mills
J. J. Vaughn
Jackson
W. C
Social schedule marks return for Mrs. Fowler in Richmond
Mrs. R O Fowler returns to Richmond Indiana after Memorial Day with her parents the Beverage family. She will join Rev and Mrs Robert E Leake at Bexley tonight for a tea hosted by St Albans Guild on June 4 and a Rocky Fork Country Club luncheon on June 7 with guild members as hostesses. Scout troop plans three day Camp Kinshuta outing near Chester for June 20 with investiture practice next Wednesday led by Mrs Pearl Reynolds and Miss Ruth Pickens.
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R. O. Fowler
Richmond
Ind
A. J. Beaver
Robert E. Leake
Bexley
Leake
Grace Church
St. Alban’s
Girl Scouts
Camp
Moonlight Riders Lead Main Street Skating Night
Despite poor weather a large crowd of boys and girls attended a public skating party on Main St. The Kerr's Run Recreation Center hosts a Moonlight Riders show from WPAR at 7 30 PM with rhythmic games group singing and square and round dances.
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Pomeroy
Main St
Kerr's Run
WPAR
Bashan Social and Personal At Mrs Slater’s Illness Visit
Mr and Mrs Bud Johnson of Michigan and others visit Mrs Alma Slater who is ill. D E Frankhauser arrives from New Martinsville to spend a week with her ill mother. Wade Smith family visit Orville Gainor. Fred Hayman brings daughter home from Parkersburg hospital. Memorial Day visits from several couples to J C Rose family.
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Chester Rose
Canton
Paul Dye
Akron
Dan Willard
Nebraska
J. C. Rose
Harry Colledge
Cleveland
William Eckles
Liverpool
Charles Torrence
Cora Wilson
Delaware
Dana Horton
Nat Barnhart
Columbus
Clem Bailey
Montana
A. H. Bailey
Chalmer Gilliland
Lester McKenzie
John Taylor
Pomeroy
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Helen Williamson
Parkersburg Hospital
Phil Williamson
Philip H. Meier
Joe Meier
Toledo
Jess Brewster
Ed. Jenkinson
Crown City
Chris Smith
Smith
Clara Jenkinson
Brewster
Jenkinson
John Leakus
Ruth Daniels
Holzer Hospital
Earl Person
William Schreiber
Suit Seeks Sale of Real Estate in Meigs County
Helen Johnson sues Mr. and Mrs. McClintock and C. H. Chapman with Vernon L. Archer as county treasurer to establish priority claims on real estate to satisfy a $259.65 judgment recorded November 30, 1938. The court is asked to order sale of the defendants property and to declare claims.
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McClintock
C. H. Chapman
Vernon Lee Archer
Gerald Wildermuth Appointed Local A. and P. Manager
Gerald Wildermuth becomes the new manager at the local A. and P. store with Virgil Beals transferred to Portsmouth. Sugar refineries reportedly use old burnt bones as filtering and whitening agents in sugar production.
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Pomeroy
Gerald Wildermuth
A. and P
Virgil Beals
Portsmouth
Pomeroy Couple Wed At Millersburg Parsonage
Olga Angeletti daughter of Mr and Mrs A Angeletti of West Main Street wed Clifton L Johnson Pomeroy High School football coach at the Catholic parsonage in Millersburg. The bride the class of 1932 Pomero y High School and nursing school graduate will honeymoon a wedding trip to New York Boston Canada and other points.
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Pomeroy
Olga Angeletti
A. Angeletti
W. Main St
Clifford L. Johnson
Pomeroy High
E. F. Dunn
Millersburg
Pomeroy High School
School of Nursing
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
New York
Boston
Canada
Mrs. Humphries Dies At Rutland Home
Lula Humphries age 75 died at her Rutland home Thursday morning after years of invalidism. She formerly lived in Pomeroy and is survived by one son in Omaha Nebraska.
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Pomeroy
Lula Humphries
Rutland
Recital Planned by Pomeroy Music Club Tonight
The Pomeroy Music Club will hold a practice at Federated Church at 7:00 this evening to prepare for Monday’s public program. The recital will feature organ and piano duets violin and organ piano solos and various vocal arrangements with many younger members participating.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Relatives visit over. Huntington pair to Chicago then San Francisco
A Huntington couple returned home after a visit with relatives in Coolville. They plan to join a party in Chicago on July 1 and spend a month at the San Francisco Fair. Mrs. Ora McClain of Huntington is in Pomeroy for several days on business.
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Huntington
Coolville
Person
Chicago
San Francisco Fair
Ora McClain
Pomeroy
Students Are Honored At Middleport Graduation
Special honors were conferred on Alice Louise Lama and John Harley on Wednesday evening before graduation exercises. Four year scholarship keys were awarded for highest scholastic standing among the 1939 graduates. Miss Lama is treasurer and youngest class member. John Harley is president.
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Middleport
Alice Louise Lama
John Harley
Miss Lama
E. R. Lama
James Harley
Patent Delayed Homesteader Receives Patent in 1938
Dillon rancher Sam Freeman filed a homestead patent on May 15, 1898 and lived on the land for 40 years. Legal obstacles delayed the patent until May 21, 1938, granting him title.
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Dillon, Mont
Sam Freeman
Dillon
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