Meigs County Hosts Eleven-County Meeting of County Homes
Sup erintendents and matrons of County Homes for the Aged from eleven districts gathered at the Meigs County Home for a regional meeting. A basket dinner followed by a business session and a tour showcased George Goddard the blind inmate’s woodwork.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
W. J. Brown
Belmont County
L. A. Hall
R. W. Riggs
Washington County
Cc. O. Leonard
Guernsey County
A. R. Hicks
Lewis Ziler
Nell Kirk
Grace Hutchinson
Noble County
Dale N. Ellis
Morgan County
Allard Pratt
George Beards
Fanny Amberger
Harvey French
Goddard
Pratt
Jackie
George McCumber
Jerry Grimm
Donald Brickles
John Sargent
Meigs
Middleport Teachers Will Enter College
Middleport teachers plan summer study at Ohio colleges. Principal Lee McComas will attend Ohio State University in Columbus. Mrs McComas joins him. Nan Moore and Mildred Hawley move to Athens for Ohio University. Marshall McCuen and Charles Bing commute daily to classes in Athens. Lucille Dutton spends summer in California. Anna Margaret Wiley stays with brother James Wiley in Parlin New Jersey. Mrs Pearl Childers visits relatives in Akron.
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Middleport
Lee McComas
Columbus
Ohio State University
McComas
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Athens
Ohio University
Marshall McCuen
Charles Bing
Lucille Dutton
California
Anna Margaret Wiley
James Wiley
Parlin
N. J
Pear! Childers
Akron
Walter Wolfe Named Interim Police Chief In Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe appointed by Mayor M D Hartley as temporary chief of police to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dana L Tracy. Fred Swatzel also named as night officer during Tracy's leave. council confirmation needed for permanent appointments.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Dana L. Tracy
Fred Swatzel
M. D. Hartley
Wolfe
Swatzel
Tracy
Hartley
Pomeroy Federated Circle Social at Church
Members of the Federated Circle met at the Federated Church on Wednesday evening with hostesses Mrs. Jack Hoffner Mrs. Raymond Eiselstein and Miss Erma Smith. After business a social hour and refreshments followed. A son weighing seven pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Russell Brown at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs E H Priode Yale Street and Mr and Mrs Dana Brown Minersville.
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Russell Brown
Ain St
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
E. H. Priode
Yale St
Dana Brown
Minersville
Local residents travel to Columbus Bucyrus for Lutheran convention
Albert Reuter of Locust Street will leave Saturday for Columbus to join friends then proceed to Bucyrus for the Lutheran convention. Mrs. Nora Atkinson Republican candidate for State Central Committee Tenth District and Miss Pickerington of Athens were business visitors in Pomeroy on Thursday. Mrs. Atkinson leads the Daughters of Union Veterans district chapter.
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Albert Reuter
Locust St
Columbus
Bucyrus
Nora Atkinson
State Central Committee
Tenth District
Miss Pickerington
Athens
Pomeroy
Jacob Zeiher Leaves for Long Bottom Cabin Early
Jacob Zeiher, who recently had a serious operation at Holzer Hospital and recuperated at his sister-in-law Helen Zeiher's home, departed Friday for a stay at his cabin in Long Bottom.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Zeiher
Holzer Hospital
Helen Zeiher
Long Bottom
Social notes from the region on visits and commencements
Mrs. Ward Windon returned from Columbus after visiting her sister Mrs. Lena Bramlage who had a surgical operation there. Mrs. William Waddell came home after a three week visit with her sister Mrs. Mayer of Columbus who recently underwent surgery. Miss Hazel Milhoan of Kenova visited friends in Pomeroy and Middleport. Ann Walters longtime Central School teacher is bedfast since 1930 after a broken hip. William Hetzel and daughter Nora Nye visit their daughter Miss Edna Hetzel in Charleton. Several residents joined Miss Fick in Chester for a hay ride and wiener roast. Mrs. B Weed, Donald, and Nettie Wisecarver attended Culver Military Academy graduation in Culver, Indiana.
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Ward Windon
Columbus
Lena Bramlage
William Waddell
Second St
Mayer
Hazel Milhoan
Keno
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ann Walters
Central
Gravel Hill
William Hetzel
Nora Nye
Edna Hetzel
Charleton
Philomina Killinger
Kathleen Fick
Henry Wells
Woodman
Orange
Frank Johnson
Roosevelt Junior High School
Betty Lou
Johnson
North Senior High School
Jane Carter
W. A. Compton
Carletta
Birmingham College
Chicago
University of Illinois
Norbert
William Hetteseimer
Eva Oliver
Mulberry Ave
Mary Baker
Memorial Home
Huntington
Josie Nelson
Blanche Bailey
Nick Raub
Peacock Ave
Seven Planes Join Rice Sowing Demonstration at Willows
In Willows California seven airplanes took part in a synchronized rice sowing demonstration showcasing aerial seeding methods.
Meigs Man Is Held in Death Of Wm. Cole
A former Meigs Countian visiting his son near Downington vanished Friday and was found dead Saturday in a wooded area two miles from the sawmill. Authorities and the public suspect murder with motive tied to money. A report the killer may have been on horseback prompts questions about timing and location.
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Meigs
Wm. Cole
Cole
Chauncey
Athens County
Downington
Meigs County
Middleport High announces honor roll list
The Middleport High School annual Activity issue, edited by Olivia Reed and staff, lists honor roll recipients across freshmen to seniors. Named honorees include Lois Bailey, Mary Hackett, Warren Bennett, Opal Taylor, Marvel Schmoll, and many others.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Olivia Reed
Margaret Stewart
Opal Taylor
Warren Bennett
Alice L. Lama
Coradell Seines
Bettie Wise
Mary June Roush
Marvel Schmoll
Mary Hackett
Anna
Melissa Hennesy
Harold Hubbard
Geraldine Parsons
Mary Jane Roush
Hortense Dillard
Peter Epple Rites Held in Meigs
Peter Epple, 80, died at his home on Bunker Hill Wednesday night after a long illness. His wife remains seriously ill in Holzer Hospital. He leaves four sons Dana and William of Akron Herman at home Theodore of St. Ansgar Ia. two brothers John S. Epple Pom eroy and Leonard of Bunker Hill and sister Mrs Susan Thoma Columbus. Funeral services were held at Bunker Hill Cemetery at 2 oclock.
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Pomeroy
Peter Epple
Bunker Hill
Epple
Holzer Hospital
Dana
William
Akron
Herman
Theodore
St. Ansgar
John S. Epple
Leonard
Bashan area wires homes for electricity
Many residents are having houses wired for electricity this week. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bissell with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. F. Bissell’s family, plus Edytha Stout who spent the weekend with her parents. Local calls and visits occur among neighbors in the Buncombe area noted throughout the period.
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Bashan
Charles Bissell
H. EF. Bissell
Edytha Stout
Warden Ours
L .E. Trussell
Emma Tucker
Delaware
Pearl Baum
Bremen
R. E. Torrence
William Conley
Long Bottom
L. C. Rose
Norman Rose
Floyd Powell
Brother Wayne
Oss Baker
Portland
Clint Slater
Park Spence
Dunbar
W. Va
Paul Orr
S. A. Rairden
Harlow Ervin
Gallipolis Families Sail for Italy to Visit Relatives
Mrs Oscar Bastiani and baby of Gallipolis with Mr and Mrs Clement Menchini and son of Pomeroy departed Friday for New York to sail to Italy. They will land at Genoa and stay until October with relatives in and near Bagni di Lucca, their birthplace.
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Gallipolis
Oscar Bastiani
Clement Menchini
Pomeroy
New York
Italy
Genoa
Bagni di Lucca
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Social items note Miss Barbara Stout hosting theater party for Miss Martha Downing of Hot Springs Ark with after show refreshments at Bailey's Dairy. Returning home are Miss Jean McKay and Miss Helen Stover with Florence Stover and Richard Talbott visiting. Other notices cover family and travel plans across Ohio and adjacent states.
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Middleport
Barbara Stout
Martha Downing
Hot Springs
Ark
J. B. Downing
Line crew from Middleport aids Superior wire teardown
The Columbus and Southern Electric Company line crew from Middleport, including Herman Lohse William Allman Paul Smith Ed King Dale Barnhart Chester Barnhart William Howard Clarence Brown and Leland Saxton with Mrs Leo Beeson, are at Superior near the Kentucky line tearing down old electric wires. Mrs Beeson is visiting for her nephews high and junior high school graduation. Miss Jones will stay with Mrs Walden King in Wooster during summer vacation.
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Middleport
Columbus and Southern Electric Company
Superior
Kentucky State Line
Herman Lohse
William Allman
Paul Smith
Ed King
Dale
Chester Barnhart
William Howard
Clarence Brown
Leland Saxton
Leo Beeson
Miss Jones
Walden King
Wooster
Miss Jean Reed Named Operating Room Supervisor
Miss Jean Reed, a graduate of Mt Carmel School of Nursing, Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus, has secured the supervisor position in the operating room to be assumed in late summer. Reed has just returned to Columbus after a brief visit at her home on North Fourth Avenue.
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Jean Reed
Mt. Carmel School of Nursing
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Miss Reed
N. Fourth Ave
Children Will Give Programs Sunday Observances in Middleport Churches
Middleport churches plan Children Day services with programs in pageant styles. At First Baptist Church Miss Margaret Ella Hysell and Mrs. Paul Smith coordinate a pageant including Beginners to Juniors with recitations songs and choruses by the Young People's choir. Heath M E Church hosts an informal primary program directed by Miss Mary Root during Sunday School.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Margaret Ella Hysell
Paul Smith
Heath M. E
Utah Adopts slogan for conservation push
Salt Lake City reports Utah adopts a citywide conservation slogan promising widespread adoption by western states. The phrase Wild Flowers and Shrubs Love Them and Leave Them is to appear on canyon and scenery signs across the state.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Middleport Scouts Headed to Parkersburg Camporee
Troop 40 of Boy Scouts of America led by scoutmaster R. E. McKay left Middleport for Parkersburg to attend a three day camporee at City Park. M. W. Essex and White’s Grocery trucks with troop committee members transported the group with parents invited to visit Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
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Middleport
Ralph Blosser
Charles Burke
Lewis Darst
Gene Harris
Charles Reed
Bob Snider
James Miller
James Reed
Frederick Klein
George Vannater
Allen Bradford
James Egner
Boy Scouts of America
R. E. McKay
Parkersburg
M. W. Essex
White
First Woman Teacher Recollects Lincoln Viewing in 97th Birthday
Mrs Carrie Butler Smith the pioneer teacher at Ohio’s deaf and mute school in Columbus remembered viewing Abraham Lincoln in his casket while celebrating her 97th birthday in Youngstown Ohio.
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Youngstown
Carrie Butler Smith
Ohio
Columbus
Abraham
Medical kits looted from six Salinas physicians
In Salinas California six doctors reported robberies of their medical kits within a week. Police suspect the thief sought narcotics and are reviewing local incidents for a possible link.
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Salinas
Cal
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