Pomeroy Youth Dies After Cliff Fall Near Middleport
Palmer Roller 19 died 2 AM at Gallipolis hospital after being found insensible near the foot of a cliff behind Middleport Central School. Coroner says skull fracture caused death though not instantaneous. investigation continues with several suspects questioned. Funeral Tuesday at Simpson M E Church. survivors include two brothers Mark and Max, uncle and aunt, and his father Jacob Roller.
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Pomeroy
Palmer Roller
Gallipolis
Middleport Central School
Mill Street
Middleport Hill
B. H. Ewing
Ewing
Roller
Reiller
Tracy
Simpson M. E
Beech Grove
Mark Roller
Huntington
Max Roller
Middleport
C. W. Jones
Jacob Roller
Old Scores Heal With Easy Ointment
A testimonial from George Hempstalk of Haven Connecticut states four large ulcer sores were healed by the ointment after two years. The ad claims rapid relief from itching and sores and notes availability in drug stores in big boxes.
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George Hempstalk
Connterson
Social notes and visits from Middleport area
Mrs Gene Hilbert and two children from Cincinnati arrived for a summer visit with herParents Postmaster R E Powell and wife met their daughter in Chillicothe and returned with them. Jennings Keffer of Gauley Bridge WV attended the Middleport High School alumni meeting. Mr and Mrs J M Buchanan and sons visited Rocky Glenn Sanitarium near McConnelsville to see Mr Buchanan. Mr and Mrs Earl Coe of Port Huron Mich arrived to attend the alumni meeting. Roscoe Satterfield returns home after hospitalization in Charleston for a torasil operation. H M Russell Dayton joined his wife here and they stay with Herman Lohse. Miss Jean Lama went to Nelsonville for a week with Miss Elizabeth Backun. Mr and Mrs Mark Roller of Huntington have been here since the accident to the former’s brother Palmer, who died Sunday in Gallipolis hospital. Mr and Mrs W J Root left for Almont Mich after caring for Miss Maryvn Powell, sister to Mrs Root, who died recently. Mrs Root is executrix of the estate. Mr and Mrs J B Downing drove to Zanesville for a close friend’s illness. their son RF Downing went to Charleston. Mr and Mrs Frank Rathburn of [text cut]
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Gene Hilbert
Cincinnati
R. E. Powell
Powell
Chillicothe
Jennings Keffer
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Middleport High School
J. M. Buchanan
James
George
Rocky Glenn Sanitarium
McConnelsville
Buchanan
Earl Coe
Port Huron
Mich
Coe
Roscoe Satterfield
Charleston
H. M. Russell
Dayton
Herman Lohse
Jean Lama
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Backun
Mark Roller
Huntington
Palmer
Gallipolis
W. J. Root
Marvyn Powell
Almont
Frank Hamilton
Washington, D. C
Middleport
Falls
Root
J. B. Downing
Zanesville
Downing
R F Downing
Frank Rathburn
Josephinum Origin Traced to Pomeroy Origin
In the 1870s the Collegium Josephinum began as an orphan asylum in Pomeroy founded by Father Jessing. The facility moved to Columbus in 1877 and later expanded into an ecclesiastical arts college. In 1892 the property was given to the Holy See, elevating the college to Papal status. The first class from the new Columbus site marked its 33rd graduation.
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Pomeroy
Holy See
Leo XIII
Collegium Josephinum
City of Columbus
Worthington
Josephinum
Middleport Alumni Hold Annual Meeting in School Gym
Middleport High School Alumni Association gathered over 100 attendees in the Pearl Street school gym for its annual meeting. Mrs. Dorothy Bryan Harley, president, welcomed 44 graduates of the class of 1932, the largest class to date, while Miss Vera Russell delivered the response.
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Middleport
Middleport High School Alumni Association
Pearl Street
Middleport High
Dorothy Bryan Harley
Alumni Association
Vera Russell
Virginia Lewis Egner
Harley
Earl Coe
Port Huron
Mich
Dan Farmer
Herley
W. Me
Club program ends with officers elected for new year
Kay speaks followed by Frances Daniels piano Miss Lucille Dutton reads minutes Fay Pendergrass Battyn reports nominating committee Elsie Middleton Chambers announces officers Kathryn Hawkins president Eisie Maude Edwards Coates vice president Ethel Chase Miller secretary treasurer Ruth Humphreys assistant secretary treasurer dancing to close. Mrs B P Wilson dies at Dexter after paralytic stroke. no family mentioned funeral date not set.
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Lucille Dutton
Fay Pendergrass Battyn
Elsie Middleton Chambers
Kathryn Hawkins
Eisie Maude Edwards Coates
Ethel Chase Miller
Ruth Humphre
Young Ervin Honored at Ohio State Commencement
The College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University grants summa cum laude degrees to three graduates today, including Thomas E. Ervin son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Ervin formerly of this town. Ervin earns high distinction in political science after maintaining a 3.30 grade point average over four years.
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Pomeroy
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio State University
Thomas E. Ervin
Edgar Ervin
Ervin
Lex Wetter
Not So Long Ago Certain Card Game
Middleport in 1804 enacted a sensational ordinance prohibiting progressive euchre. The village paper warned that players of any age who wager prizes such as paper cutters or tin rattles could face a $50 fine and possible imprisonment.
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Middleport
Tom Jones
Young Wife Dies in Peritonitis After Illness
MIDDLEPORT June 13 Mrs. Robert Camp 27 died in an Athens hospital Saturday at 11:30 AM from peritonitis following a short illness. The body was returned to the home on South Second Avenue. Funeral services at 1 PM today at the residence with Rev. W B Patterson. Burial in Gallipolis Cemetery. Survived by husband and two small children.
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Middleport
Robert Camp
Athens
Gallipolis
Funeral Services for Mrs Milton Davis Held Today
POMEROY June 13 Funeral services for Mrs Milton Davis 23 who died Friday afternoon in a Pittsburgh hospital from an illness incident to childbirth will be held at Pittsburgh this afternoon. She was the daughter in law of Mrs Leah Davis Main Street and had many friends here. She is survived by her husband Milton Davis a three year old son an infant daughter her parents Mr and Mrs James Baker and a sister all of Pittsburgh.
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Pomeroy
Milton Davis
Pittsburgh
Leah Davis
Main Street
James Baker
Marriage Licenses Issued In Pomeroy Probate Court
June 13 marriage licenses issued in Probate Court list Lee W. McComas 25 a schoolteacher of Carpenter and Julia Miller 24 a schoolteacher of Middleport and Clifford Frazier 22 a miner with Neva Littie 18 of Middleport D2.
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Pomeroy
Lee W. McComas
Carpenter
Julia Miller
Middleport
Clifford Frazier
Miner
Neva Littie
Death of Mrs L M Jones Linked to Prominent Ohio Family
June 13 reports the death of Mrs L M Jones of Columbus. Sister of former Westerville postmistress Mary E Lee, she came from Amesville as Julia and Mary Brown. Her husband L M Jones was Chester born. Their son Guy worked in newspapers in Middleport Columbus Dispatch and Albuquerque New Mexico. Mrs Jones was active in W C T U circles in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
L. M. Jones
Columbus
the Messenger
Mary E. Lee
Westerville
Notei
Amesville
Julia
Mary Brown
Columbus Dispatch
Albuquerque
N. 4
Jones
New Watch Racketeers Warn Public
New York reports a surge in watch repair racketeering using harmful methods. Repairmen remove movements and loosen parts, blow out works with air, or swap in cheap components to make watches run briefly before irreparable damage.
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New York
Athens High Students Earn Numerous Honors in Year
Athens High School students received many awards for academics, attendance and activities. Girls led in honors with certificates for perfect or near perfect attendance and extensive scholarship recognitions for seniors and juniors including Millard Wildermuth Robert Wagner and Rita Burns among others.
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Athens High School
Pauline Kimes
Golda Pugh
Macxine Westfall
Orpha Bean
Rita Elen Burns
Elizabeth Briggs
Clance Shafer
Doris Boggs
Mary Sams
Sarah Sherman
Lorene Rodehaver
Virginia Hoover
Louise Kelley
Joe Gill
Joe Verity
Robert Williams
Paul Hudson
Freeman Graham
Lewis Speiser
Harold Wilsom
James McClanahan
Ralph Wagner
Watt Rhodes
Millard Wildermuth
Robert Wagner
Carl van Dyke
Robert Stacy
John Bardin
Bill Porter
Aubrey Morris
Jim McClanahan
William Kavlish
Dick Corwin
Harry Beebe
Charles Emish
Clysta Rosser
Mary Jo Twiss
Naomi Vernon
Clarice Shafer
Helen Nichols
Kathleen Murphy
Sara Munn
Mary Morton
Jean Morton
Emma Mariner
Jane Knott
Kathleen Kerr
Louise Kempton
Regina Keiley
Martha Hitchcock
Laure Henderson
Betty Gullum
Eleanor Cox
Mary Carolyn Clutter
Rita Burns
Jane Gul
Student honors and officer picks highlight school list
The roster names many students receiving scholarships, scholastic letters, athletic letters, and debate certificates. It also lists upcoming student body presidents and vice presidents including Fero Betz Jimmie Roach Richard Rutkoskie Gilbert Shannon and others.
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Jimmie Roach
Herper Saunders
Paul Springer
Edward Wise
William Leaders
Walter Irwin
Charles Herman
Richard Rutkoskie
Gilbert Shannon
Morton Rice
Lowell Tribe
Harold Wilson
Betty Bolin
Marion Ford
Elvena Davidson
Pau Fishbaugh
Helen Hayes
Elsie Keiley
Mary M. Pickering
Viletta Smith
Margaret Thompson
Carol Durst
Louise Kelley
Agnes Kilpatrick
Catherine King
Lucille Martin
Vivian Rowland
Josephine Robinson
Violet Strahl
Eveleth Atkinson
Mary Ellen Bibbee
Jane Cline
Margaret Chadwick
Edna Davis
Carolyn Fuller
Helen Jones
Virginia Lawson
Bernadine Sprague
Clarice McDaniels
Betty McClure
Wilma Pierre
Fero Betz
Marion Danford
Evangelist Delk Launches Missouri Governor Bid Dream Figured Route
The Rev. James L Delk Jimmy travels rural Missouri with five musicians and two overalls to seek the Democratic nomination. He says a dream of flying led him to run, claiming the Lord directed him to lead the people out of Missouri's wilderness.
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Kansas City
James L. Delk
Jimmy
Missouri
Delk
Eru Carrie Nation
Xious Colony
sudde@nly
Sullf@iin
Sullivan
St. Louis
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Simeon D. Fess
Map
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Cleveland
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National Anti-Saloon League
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Young Ervin
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Astoria
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Walker Willebrandt
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Marjorie Beesley
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