Meigs County WPA Workers Aim to Form Unit of Alliance
Meigs County WPA workers from 16 projects met in Rutland to discuss uniting under the Workers Alliance of America. About 120 attendees planned two Sunday meetings at Syracuse State Park and Rutland to elect a county grievance system and organize under a Syracuse charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Meigs County
WPA
Workers Alliance of America
Blackstone Tipple
State Park
Syracuse
Workers Alliance
George Bowers
Thomas Fork
Zanesville
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Highlights
Bethany Methodist Church members held a visit hosted by Mrs. Alex H. Fisher with Mrs. Edna Schoenleb assisting. Twenty members attended. a prize from Mrs. Carrie Fisher went to Mrs. Anna Smith. Europe-bound Sister Mary Elise plans a September return after touring and sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Methodist Church
Alex H. Fisher
Lasley St
Edna Schoenleb
Ella Bryant
Carrie Fisher
Anna Smith
Europe
Mary Elise
Sacred Heart
Delinquent Taxes in Meigs County Show Huge Increases
Meigs County records show delinquent taxes rising from 23 239 in 1913 to 31 000 short in 1925 to 69 783 in 1930 and 173 105 in 1936 with county bonds at 159 265 and municipal bonds at 129 849. Statewide delinquency totals 126 000 000 prompting an extended Delinquent Tax Commission to Feb 15 1941 to study remedies. Senator Tom W Jones named to replace Verner Metcalf as commission member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Tom W. Jones
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
The
Tax Commission
Columbus
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Weekend Activities
Middleport notes report Dan L Farmer and wife traveling to Evanston to enroll at Northwestern for summer study and a dinner at his parents home with family and friends. Other items mention a 1500 mile jalopy trip to New York for the World’s Fair, Eastern Star inspection, OSU graduation appearances, local hospital updates, lodge entertainments, Girl Scout camping plans, Jitterbugs club events, and various visits and travels of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Dan L. Farmer
Evanston, Ill
Farmer
Northwestern University
David Farmer
Tiltonsville
Blanche Carpenter
Jessie Carpenter
Sadie Brooks
Carpenter
Vendol Relieves Digestive Ailments Say Ohio Woman
Mrs. Della Russell of Chillicothe Ohio reports relief from constipation gas bloating sour stomach and choking sensation after using Vendol. She praises natural bowel action and urges others with similar symptoms to try Vendol sold by Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Russell
Mill St
Chillicothe
Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Drug Store
Pleasant Valley Social and Personal Notes
Pleasant Valley notes record Maynard Coates and Miss Vivian Pugh visiting at Vinton County Lake. Mrs. Mary Hanning of Athens stayed with her brother Pearl Wood. Edward and Cora Brooks joined D L Wallace and family in Nelsonville and sent calls to Harold Jones in Chauncey. Jessie Reeves visited her niece Mrs Edward Pugh in Athens, Ella Littler and sons visited H M McKinley. Harold Powers stayed with Earl and Mrs Hanning at Pearl Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Maynard Coates
Vivian Pugh
Pearl Goodin
Vinton County
Mary Hanning
Athens
Pearl Wood
Edward Brooks
Cora Brooks
D. L. Wallace
Nelsonville
Harold Jones
Chauncey
Jessie Reeves
Edward Pugh
Ella Littler
Long Bottom Club News And Local Visits
Long Bottom Garden Club met with Mrs. Betty Roush and Mrs. Mary Matlack. Six teens and three visitors attended. a flower arrangement contest was held and new member Mrs. Helen Brooks joined. July picnic date to be decided. 4 H Clothing Club met at the school with 13 members and leader Mrs. Ella Hannon. Geneva Humphries attended as home demonstration agent. Garden club members planted near Sand Hill Cemetery. Visitors from East Liverpool hosted by relatives, funeral in Syracuse. Obituary noted for J B Shumaker. A white sparrow nesting near F N Dorst’s home drew remark. District rural carriers picnic at Vinton. Mrs F C Andrew improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Riverside Garden Club
Betty Roush
Mary Matlack
C. E. Humphrey
Harry Pickens
Reedsville Garden Club
Helen Brooks
Ella Hannum
Geneva Humphries
Pomeroy
Sand Hill Cemetery
C. L. Skinnell
East Liverpool
C. E. Lawrence
Lewis Sanford
Liverpool
Syracuse
Sanford
John Dalton
J. B. Shumaker
Gallipolis
Shumakers
F. N. Dorst
C. B. Hayman
E. L. Clark
C. S. Swan
Vinton
F. C. Andrew
Young Surface siblings hospitalized in Ohio
Edna Surface seven taken to Ohio Hospital for the Blind in Columbus for treatment after injuries causing temporary blindness. Her brother Harry Surface remains at Mt. Vernon Sanatorium for tuberculosis care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edna Surface
Harry Surface
Ohio Hospital For the
Columbus
the Surfaces
Harry
Mt. Vernon Sanatorium
Farm Bureau To Hold Open Rural Meeting
Pomeroy June 19 Farm Bureau hosts county wide rural meeting in the Senior High Auditorium with Ellis Warthington Ohio State Farm Bureau to speak and show The Lord Helps Those Who Help Others. Discussion topics cover applying democracy and education methods with music by Racine Grange Orchestra and refreshments served. Dana Houda shel presides. Open to all attendees.
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Pomeroy—Education For Democracy
Pomeroy Senior High
The
Farm Bureau
Ellis Warthington
Ohio State Farm Bureau
Warbington
Nova Scotia
Co-operative
Racine Grange Orchestra
Dana Houdashel
District 4
Alfred Social and Personal Highlights Nearby
Alfred society notes report weekend visits among Huntington Chester Sumner Coolville and Athens residents. Rex O'Brien welcomed a daughter and son. Health 4 H Club met June 8 to discuss salads and meals and planned a June 15 trip for president Ethel Woodyard to the New York World's Fair Philadelphia and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Earl Person
Huntington
Charles Findling
Murray Hopkins
Rex
de Bahr
Chester
Sunny
Edith Betzing
Silver Ridge
Mable Swartz
Vesta ‘Bentz
Glenna Shumway
Rex O'Brien
Athens
Dana Swartz
Forest Guthrie
Guthrie
Sam Evans
Alfred Health
Ethel Woodyard
Philadelphia
Washington
Judge Peoples Speaks at Redmen Flag Day Event
Judge C. E. Peoples told a wartime tale of six soldiers passing a flag without it touching the ground during a Flag Day ceremony at the Junior High School Auditorium. The event, hosted by the Ascohanoc Tribe of Red Men, included a parade by American Legion Drum Corps, Redmen in regalia, and Boy Scouts, with remarks by Mayor Hartley and Athene Hatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. E. Peoples
Ascohanoc Tribe of Redmen
American Legion
Redmen
Boy Scouts
Warren Bright
America
Judge Peoples
M. D. Hartley
A. P. Hatch
Athens
Truck Hits Parked Car on Mill Street
Richard Foley’s sedan on Mill Street was badly damaged when a large carnival truck traveling south from Nitro West Virginia veered into it after being blinded by headlights. Deputies Hank Young and Charles Wise Jr investigated as a crowd gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Richard Foley
Mill St
Nitro
W. Va
Hank Young
Charles Wise, Jr
Plan Skate Party On Main Street This Evening
Recreation leaders announce a skate party on Main Street from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight. The event aims to provide a community activity for residents and visitors.
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Pomeroy
Main St
Middleport Party Photo Story Accepted by Colliers
A Middleport birth day party aboard the show boat Majestic for Dorothy Barsotti is accepted for an August Collier's Magazine issue. Katty Wampus Club members posed from Roy's Place to the levee, boarding the boat and watching Toby Steps Out. The photos, taken last year by Ullrich Meisel, have been published internationally and featured in Life Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Majestic
Collier's Magazine
the National Weekly
Gene Wyatt
Middleport News
Ohio River
Katty Wampus
Dorothy Barsotti
Roy
Mrs Hollis Gilkey Buried at Cheshire
Funeral services for Mrs. Hollis Gilkey were held Wednesday at Story's Run Church at 2 p.m. and burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire. The 42 year old woman died Monday at her Harrisonville Road home. she is survived by her husband and two children, Charles and Lovisa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hollis Gilkey
Story’s Run
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thens Messenger
Meigs Co
of Workers Alliance
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mrs. Fisher
Herman Bailey
Bill Diles
Cleveland, O
Anna Reany
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xenia, O
New American Export Lines
Floyd Bennett Airport
Atlantic
R. V. Carlson
W. W. Ehmer
Pat J. Byrne
T. S. Terrill
M. C. J. Doyle
Middleport Social Notes
Charles Asa Bradbury
John Harley
Gene Harris
Charles Jiiden
Racine
Bradbury
New York City
England
Niagara Falls
Canada
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dave Dixon
W. A. Giles
Lenore Giles
L. Crary Davis
Ohio State University
Crary Davis
Department of Metallurgy
College of Engineering
Young Davis
Earl
Sigma Xi
Crary
Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
Edward Jenkins
Holzer Hospital
Frank Rice
Toledo
Frank Allen
Katharine Bryan Stockman
J. E. Harley
Bryan Place
Stockman
Kansas City
Entertains Lodge
H. E. Bush
White Rose Lodge
John Dillard
William Robson
Girl Scouts
Camp
Kinshuta
Norvine Egner
Posama ‘Barker
Barbara Stout
Anna Barker
Mary Haggerty
Carla Clark
Ann Kelly
Mary Lou Kelly
Charlotte Brown
Betty Holter
Leanna Darst
Lucille Warner
Barbara Meinhart
Mary Lou Allensworth
Carlena Allen
S. Fifth Ave
Wanda Byers
Easter Martin Ewing
Sarah Fisher
J. H. Grate
Oklahoma City
Okla
H. H. McCormick
Frances Grate
Mr. McCormick
Ben Ervin
Charleston
Downing Roush
Doris Bailey
Levi
Mary Ann Anderson
Mildred Asbury
Dunbar
Mrs
Dublin Zoo
Ireland
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
Dave S. Farmer
Rathburn
Colliers
Pomeroy Bend
General Electric
Ewings
Pomeroy Ohio
McMaster
Ayafee Alpha
Mi A
Oxfords
Big Yank
Lisle Knit Athletic
Knit Union Suits
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