Middleport Park Reopening With WPA Backed Play Program
Middleport Pythian Park opens for school age children starting today. Mrs Hattie Smith and Bradford Hudson supervise the WPA recreation program from 1pm to dark each evening. Morning handicraft classes run 9 to 11 in the old gym for Seventh and Eighth graders. Teeter-totters merry go round and other play facilities are available for all.
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Middleport
Pythian Park
Hattie Smith
Bradford Hudson
WPA
Purity Ice Cream to Open Pomeroy Store
Purity Ice Cream Co plans a new outlet in Pomeroy after Middleport success. Construction underway in the remodeled Horton Building formerly Phillips Sisters Style Shoppe. Equipment and counter work led by Gene Grate, Middleport manager, with opening expected by July 1.
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Pomeroy
Purity Dairy
Middleport
Purity Ice Cream Co
Horton
Phillips
Plan Emergency Class For Pomeroy Adults
An emergency school class for adults will be held this evening at the Pearl Street Gymnasium from 5 30 to 8 30. Instructor Ray Harper will teach caning weaving and hook rugs under an announcement by County Superintendent C Chapman in MIDDLEPORT.
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Middleport
Pearl Street
C. ©. Chapman
Ray Harper
Middleport Council Weighs Site For New Industry
Middleport Council held a special session to discuss securing a site for a proposed new industry. All council members attended as they considered the first step in the plan.
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Middleport — Council
Pomeroy Social Notes Visitors and relatives spend Sunday around town
Local social notes list visitors and guests in Pomeroy and nearby towns. Names include Nettie Wise carver, George Hetzel, J. S. Clark, James and Raymond Maness from the US Navy, Rev. T. A. Maness family, Reed Bigley, Mary Thomas, Patsy Broyles, Dana Davis, Edith Ihle, Nial Hysell, Rollin Price, Ward Windon, and many others visiting relatives in Belpre, Marietta, Columbus, Huntington, Zanesville, Parkersburg, and Clarksburg.
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Richard Thomas
Thomas
Dayton
Union Ave
Edith Ihle
Eureka
Nial Hysell
Son
Columbus
John Seakus
Local Social Roundup From Ohio Towns
Mr and Mrs Virgil Campbell hosted dinner at their Butternut Ave home with Minnie Davis Sarah Phillips Carrie Nye and Alfred Genheimer. Florence Smith and daughter Eleanor visited the Willoughbys in St Marys. Floyd Mees family and Betty Ward toured Columbus then returned Monday. Guy Will and Leo Story from Kingsbury visited Lancaster and nearby. Mary Rawlings of Nelsonville stayed with relatives in Pomeroy and Syracuse for the weekend.
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Virgil Campbell
Butternut Ave
Minnie Davis
Sarah Phillips
Carrie Nye
Alfred Genheimer
Florence Smith
Eleanor
Kenneth Willoughby
St. Marys
Floyd Mees
Bob
Betty Ward
Columbus
Lancaster
Mary Rawlings
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Father’s Day reunion at the Denny home features local families
A Sunday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Denny’s home drew relatives and friends from Wellston Chillicothe Pomeroy Jobs and surrounding areas. Attendees included Arthur Lambert William Lucas Arthur Wykle Earnest Libby Grace Smith Mildred Denny C Pierce Earl Denny Lee Denny and others. Also hosting dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Karr who entertained Rev B H Morris and Mrs. Morris and daughter and singers Walker and spouse assisting in revival meetings at the Church of Christ.
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Alonzo Denny
Arthur Lambert
William Lucas
Hamilton Karr
Twilight Garden Club Met at Miss Hennessys Home
Miss Ella Hennessy assisted by Miss Elsie Hart will entertain the Twilight Garden Club at Butternut Ave. Miss Hennessy hosts Thursday evening event featuring a parcel post sale.
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Ella Hennessy
Elsie Hart
Twilight Garden Club
Miss Hennessy
Butternut Ave
Fishermen Fined Over License Change in Meigs County
Three youths Emmet Lockhart Miss Theria Boice of Parkersburg and Harold Triener of Guysville were fined ten dollars and costs totaling fourteen dollars eighty cents each for fishing without a license. A. H. Joachim state game protector arraigned them before Magistrate FE. Titus under the new flat fifty cent fishing license. Non residents pay three dollars. The article also notes hunting regulation updates including squirrel season dates and trapping rules.
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Joachim
Knights Confer Knight Rank At Theseus Lodge Meeting
Middleport Supreme Representative F G Hunker J C Fisher and Hugh Russell with John Lietwieler of Pomeroy attended Theseus Lodge No 119 Knights of Pythias in Jackson Monday evening. The Knight rank was conferred amid a social hour with knights from across the district observing the work.
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Middleport
F. G. Hunker
J. C. Fisher
Hugh Russell
John Lietwieler
Pomeroy
Jackson
Theseus Lodge No. 119
Knights of Pythias
Eagles delegates named for state convention in Cleveland
Dan McNaughton and Fred Rosenbaum will be delegates to the Eagles state convention at the Hotel Hollenden in Cleveland this week. Mrs. Robert Thompson of White Plains New York visited her sister Mrs. Charles Nease and her mother Mrs. Grant Hood in Minersville before continuing to Terre Haute Indiana to accompany relatives to New York for the summer.
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Dan McNaughton
Fred Rosenbaum
The
Eagles
Hollenden
Cleveland
Robert Thompson
Erma Hood
White Plains
N. Y
Charles Nease
Wehe Terrace
Grant Hood
Minersville
Thompson
Terre Haute
Ind
New York
Mulford Wins Suit for State Insurance Fund Access
Fred Mulford won a favorable ruling Monday granting the right to participate in the State Insurance Fund after a jury in Common Pleas Court found in his favor against the Industrial Commission which had denied compensation.
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Pomeroy
Fred Mulford
Industrial Commission
Mulford
Common Pleas
Birthday honor for Mrs. Peter Ebersbach at home
Mrs. Peter Ebersbach celebrated her eighty third birthday Monday with a family gathering at her Wetz gall Street home. Eight sons from Pomeroy and Pt. Pleasant joined three daughters and several relatives for the festive observance.
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Peter Ebersbach
Wetzgall St
W. H
Joe
Arthur
Charlie
Jake
A. H
Adam
Pomeroy
Elmer
Pleasant
Annie
Kate
Carrie Neutzling
Phi Delta Kappa Plans Moonlight Boat Excursion
At the regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity the group completed plans for a Wednesday evening boat excursion. The steamer St. Paul has been chosen for the moonlight ride on the Ohio. The Phi Delts have sponsored two or more excursions a season since 1933, drawing larger crowds each year.
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Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
St. Paul
Ohio
Phi Delts
No Claims Filed in Meigs County April Report
The Industrial Commission of Ohio reported no claims filed in Meigs County during April for fatal injuries. Across the state 96 claims were filed from 38 counties, reflecting activity in the latest commission release.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Industrial Commission of Ohio
No Council Session in Pomeroy Monday Night
No Pomeroy Council meeting was held Monday night due to lack of a quorum. An informal session discussed civic problems in the mayor's office.
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Pomeroy
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Birthdays
Social items list numerous visits among Middleport residents and guests from Albany Charleston Columbus and Chicago. The notes mention Mrs Donovan Allen and Hilah Rust visiting family in Middleport with planned trips to Rio Grande and Zanesville, and many relatives hosting gatherings and meals. A birthday surprise honors Mr. Roush with attendees including Mrs Zuspan and Mary Zuspan.
Graves announce Kentucky marriage of Mildred Long
Mr and Mrs Perry Graves announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred to Harold Tag Long in Greenup Kentucky's Methodist Church on April 4. Mildred a Middleport High School graduate is popular with the younger set. Harold son of Mrs Edward Priode of Cheshire worked at Rawlings Garage after Cheshire High School graduation. They will reside with Mildred's parents on South Fifth Avenue.
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Kentucky
Perry Graves
Mildred
Harold
Tag) Long
Greenup
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Charles Price
Peacock Ave
Ward Windon
Ula
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Clayton Bahr
Chester
W. G. Downie
P. K. Smith
Edward Stark
Howard Coates
Paul Dillard
Eddie Coates
J. B. Elberfeld
Tuppers Plains
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Calvin
Fred Fick
Ruth Will
Lucille Morris
Myrtle Long
Lewis
William Kriselmeier
Parkersburg
Theodore Beegle
Spring Ave
Zanesville
Alva Will
Marietta
George Parker
Mulberry Ave
Oliver Wilson
Dora Wilson
Hugh Farmer
Jean
Clarksburg
W. Va
H. C. Linkenhaker
Hiland
Sophia Meier
Spring St
Anna Graber
John Sullivan
Leo
Laurel Duncan
Loretta Guth
Housewives
Jelke’s
Margarine
C. D. Shafer CO
Middleport Social Notes
Donovan Allen
Hilah Rust
Albany
A. H. Bradbury
Frank Knopp
Seventh Ave
Theodore Wilson
Le-Ann
Wilson
Harley Thomas
Lincoln St
Clifford Russell
Anderson, Ind
Mr. Russell
Harry Russell
Garfield Ave
Walter Burns Harris
S. Third Ave
James Martin
Chicago
Louis Braddock
J. N. Humphrey
Carrol Swanson
Charles Ferdinand
Gallipolis
Mr. Swanson
Charles Swanson
Dwight Frasure
Daisie Lou Stansbury
Tommy
Daisie Lou Saunders
Mr. Frasure
Richard Horden
G. B. Fisher
Thelma Horden
E. M. McCarty
Akron
McCarty
Jessie Sansbury
Franklin Blackstone
Blackstone
Middleport High School
Bertha Martin
Chatsworth
Ill
R. A. Martin
West Virginia
Jean Swearingen
Clarence Swearingen
Ohio State University
Swearingen
Evelyn Lewis
William Garber
Carl Gilmore
Joan
Rachel Owens
Henry Caves
Morton
E. E. Campbell
Honor C. L. Roush
L. Roush
Lois Ann
Mr. Roush
E. J. Zuspan
Kenneth Zuspan
Mary
Kaylong
Sohia Motor
Nnicbake Kron
O. Nam
Mer
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