Census surprise as Pomeroy and Middleport populations shift
Preliminary sixteenth census figures from Pomeroy and Middleport reveal Middleport’s population declined to 3360 from 349, while Pomeroy’s count fell to 3508 from 3863. Officials caution figures are preliminary and subject to correction, with Middleport mulling possible counting errors.
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Gunn
Athens
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ebani
Midaleport
Pomeray
Cen ‘Sun Bureau
Sir Mey
Heath Methodist To Hold Children's Day
Heath Methodist Church will observe Children’s Day Sunday at ten o’clock in the morning. A children’s class will be received into church, and infant baptism will be held. Rev. H A Rothrock announces the program, with decorations to be contributed by parishioners.
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Middlerort
Heath Methdist
HA. Rothrock
George Schaaf
Roy Barnes
Rothrock
Meigs County Relief Office Faces Funds Exhaustion
Funds nearly exhausted as Meigs County Relief Office issues relief orders for the first half of June. Officials say no immediate money source exists unless the State Legislature acts, with options including new taxes or indebtedness or direct state assistance. WPA activity may continue after July 1 as the fiscal year ends.
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Rumenur
Meigs County
Nak
Shieh
Meigs County Relief Fund
Iis
Teachers Employed in Central Rural District List
The county superintendent’s office lists 1940 81 teachers employed across the Central Rural School District. Named staff include Reedeville Orville Brown Lucy ibble Marion Parker Long Bottom Chester Knight Margaret Pickens Walter Brown Har wel Franklin Bailey Bashan Dorothy Burden Lloyd Dean Chester Coral Riebel John Andrews Elma Smith Kathryn Bailey Chester High School E R Hay ms Henry Beaver Carl Biddle Howard Knight Gladys Violet Aview Roush Orville Chambers TK Bell.
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Chool
Ehoyer
Reedeville
Orville Brown
Lucy
Ibble
Marion Parker
Long Bottom
Chester Knight
Margaret Pickens
Walter Brown
Harwel Franklin Bailey
Bashan
Dorothy Burden
Lioyd
Dean Chester
Coral Riebel
John Andrews
Elma Smith
Kathryn B Ailey
Chester High School
Two Girls 4 H Clubs Formed Wednesday in Pomeroy and Danville
Two 4 H clubs were organized on Wednesday. In Pomeroy the Hilltop Sewing Club was formed at the Children's Home with Mrs Mil Betzing and Mrs Clarence ton as advisors and a slate including Avon Jones as assistant president Fave vice president Abie farmer secretary treasurer Fath ers recreation Wandin Blake and reporters Esther Rood Gerdine Gainer Rita Gainer Viola Madelyn Napper. In Danville Busy Sun Beams Club organized with Dorothy Colwell as advisor and officers Catherine Colwell president Betty Miller vice president Delma Riggs secretary treasurer Mary Farmer recreation Helen Jordan Frances Kent and Anna May Garnes.
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Pomeroy
Hilltop Sewing Club
Mil Betzing
Clarenceton
Helen Jordan
Frances Kent
Anna May Garnes
Dance Revue of Middleport’s Junior Talent Shines
The Middleport event showcases a parade of student dancers led by Andree Pree and Margery Matheny with performances by rehearsed groups and soloists. Highlights include nods to local singers, musicians, and future performers as many participants carry into spring with energy and stage presence.
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Dane
Andree
Schon Fey
Eran
Marjorie Matheny
Anne Onsinger
Boor Gren
Sacks Peat Linea
Wil Fie
Sara
Cara Car
Hhon
Spencer Henrietta
Bone Herron
Ican
Sein
Sean Muu
Nce
Nonn
Jean Green
Rowena Ann Faron
Iidy
Harry Tomar
Dia Roneh
Shiri Miler
Linda Peda
Roger Crowe
Arminta Morsum
Reve
Ruma Seine
Mona Ee Ures
Ell Bradbury
Bill Simpson
Charles Grate Rites Will Be Saturday
Funeral services for Charles Grate age 67 who died Thursday at his Rutland home will be held Saturday at two o'clock at Langson Church with burial at Wright Cemetery. Survived by Bertha Grate and son Garland both of Rutland. India has 66 000 miles of canals. Approximately one in ten thousand people is an albino.
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Homeroy
Charles Grate
Rutland
Langson Church
Wright Cemetery
William Penn to join Ohio River fleet expansion at Neville Island
EAST LIVERPOOL A new motor vessel William Penn is to be launched late this month by Dravo Corp at Neville Island Ways as part of a broader river fleet build. Dravo continues seven 9,000 barrel capacity tank barges for Campbell Transportation and has launched the third in the order. Marietta Manufacturing has launched an unnamed sternwheel towboat for sale, powered by twin tandem compounds at 800 hp and 167 feet long. The Liberty remains a memory as its parts reappear on other vessels, while the towboat Mildred and Valley Belle engines support new operations near Hullerton and Kanauga. The Coast Guard Greenbriar conducts spring inspections with updated navigational lighting planned near Calf Creek, Brunot’s Island, and Raccoon Island. River construction employment rose to 1,417 or 1,417 with 107 new hires.
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East Liverpool — Uy
William Penn
Dravo Corp
Neville Island
Sig Boat
Itm
Inernal Combustion
Dravo Ises
Campbell ‘Transporton Co
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
Liberty
Mildred
Hullerton
Valley Belle
Kan‘auga
U.S. Coast Guard
Greenbriar
Ohio
Service
A. J. Schletker
Calf Creek
Marietta
Brunot’s Island
Raccoon Island
Ter
Racine Social And Personal Highlights In Local Life
Racine society notes range from Stahl Pittsburgh visiting Elm Street property under repair to Edna Boroughs returning to work in Richmond after a week with Easterday relatives due to Miss Bates death. Other items mention tennis court plans, Shain moving to Vine Street, and a May Alumni Banquet view in Middleport amid a quirky Easthampton cow herding tradition.
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Stahl
Pittsburgh
Elm St
Crit Bradford
Vine Street
Broadway
Ave
Edna Boroughs
Nirte
Richemond
Memorial Hospital
Staten Island
New ‘York
Cat Easterday
Miss Sity] Bates
Marion
Middle Riss
Maryland
Charles Mallory Jr
Tennie Court
Kate Wilcoxen
Amanda Rose
Reefer
Mia
Wolfe
Athens
Aster
Henry Roush
Mary ‘Smith
Neiger
Mary’ Smith
Portland
Trodie Shain
Antiquity
Howard
Wolte
Vine St
Elia Carrier
Cheshire
Racine
Shain
M. Harris
Coeolumbus
Mise Carrie
Beil
Middleport
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Family Movements
Social Notes from Middleport cover relocations and illness. Katharine Skinner’s home becomes indefinitely shared with Mrs. Skinner’s family on N Thied Ave. Iris eye injury improves but eye infection followed. Hubert Mees Ison seeks crutches after ankle injury. Local musicians Gene Harris Orville Chambers James Simpson head to Huntington for summer engagements with an orchestra. Alvin Mister to reside in Grogan residence on N Third Ave while supervising Chester construction. Mrs Reynolds visits Akron and Columbus en route to her sister. Alvin Mister’s family plans summer stay near Lorraine for graduation events. Margaret Ella Hysen returns from Ontario where she taught. Beatrice Ann Edwards earns West High School diploma. Mrs Mayme Byers moves Wanda Beauty Shop to Emma Welch property. home apartment for Mrs Byers. Grant students travel to Washington following Mr Gatewood’s brother’s death, with extended family in Kansas City.
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Davenport
Katharine
Kitty) Skinner
N.thied Ave
Fan
Hubert Mees Ison
Gene Harris
Orville Chambers
James Simpson
Huntington
Shady Rest Inn
Fo Taylor
Witchcrell
Warren Turner
Relativ
Edward Parsons
West High School
Beatrice Ann Edwards
Virgil Edwards
Alvin Mister
Lorraine
Grogan
N. Third Ave
Mister
Chester
Iam Reynolds
Axbron
Reynolds
Mary Reynolds
Clutt
Dan Carter
Akron
Columbus
Martha Robson
Schmoll Drews
Mayme Byers
Wanda Beauty
Berg
S. Third Ave
Emma Welch
Byers
Gomer Gatewood
Grant
Washeington
D.C
Gatewood
Tom "W. Grant
Tire Charles Sears
Daugheer Ley
Kansas City
Kat
Sewing Machines Cleaned at Pine Grove Clinic
A sewing machine clinic will be held at the home of Mrs. Ernest Holter in Pine Grove on Thursday, June 1 at 10 30 a m. Women will bring their machines for cleaning and repair supervised by Geneva Humphreys extension agent and C E Blakeslee county sericultural agent. A potluck dinner will follow at noon and attendees should bring table service. Information available at the Extension Office in the Courthouse.
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Pomeroy
Ernest Holter
Pine Grove
Geneva Humphreys
C. E. Blakeslee
Pomeroy Social Notes and Club Meetings
Pomeroy social notes describe a Thursday afternoon at the Rutland residence of Mrs. Guy Muthhier with the Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson Methodist Church, a candle lighting service, and speakers on education in Korea. The Stitch and Giza Club of Syracuse held a meeting with officers selected and plans for a wiener roast and a play.
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EROY
Foreign Missionary “Society
Aimpson Methodist” Church
Rutland
Guy Muthhier
Warren H. Bright
T. A. Downie
Malcolm D. Hartley
C. E.W. Downie
A. W. Hoover
George Heber
Korea
Lydia Ebersbach
George Parker
Syracuse
Richard Duckworth
Margaret ‘Arroll
Betty Capehart
Margaret Quick
Verna Stowe
Margaret Potts
County WPA Project Receives Approval in Pomeroy
Local WPA authorities report approval of the county blanket project after a period of delay. Funds are limited and ongoing operations will continue through the month with cautious pace. Officials expect the approval to improve relief efforts after the first of next month.
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Pomeroy
Legion Post selects delegates for state and district conventions
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion names George Childs and Edward Spencer as representatives to the state convention in Toledo on August 15 and the district convention held June 2. Alternates are Len Sisson Berdevik and Everett Davis. Preparations are underway for the district event with an entertainment highlight featuring the Rtn District’s past members. Plans for county activities and Buckeye Boys State selection at the Ohio State Fairgrounds the week of June 15 are announced, with expenses covered by the post.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
George Childs
Edward Spencer
Toledo
Len Sisson
Berdevik
Everett Davis
Rtn
Onin
Bill Diles
James Fignare
Buckeye
Ore State Fairgrounds
Ths Toll
Schoolitaien
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Aurse
England
Hope
Dunkirk
Heath Methodist
Central Rural
Eile
Athens Home Telephone Co
Ohio River
Easthampton
Mass
Arouton
Malai
Middleport Social Notes
Pomeroy Social Notes
Simpson Methodist Church
Opera Mothers and Daughters
Eva Simms
Grace Guilt of the
Episcopal Church
Earl
Pomeroy City
the Mutual
Washington St
City Hall
Athens, Ohio
Amet Ag Eevee
Pennzip'z’ Gas
Milan
Pennzoil
Andress
Fennzoil Co
Oil City
PENN
Mathews Oil CO
Legion
F. J. Beasley Co
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