Middleport School Takes 1939 40 Calendar With 65 Retirement Rule
The Middleport school board adopts the 1939 40 calendar starting September 11 with a 180 day term and a set retirement age of 65 for teachers. Frankie Gaylord retires from Park School, freeing a vacancy filled by Charles Gravel Hill graduate and former Park School athlete. Miss Drake joins home economics at the elementary level. Funeral for Clarence Middleton held in Middleport after New York Central Rail accident near Charleston.
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Lendar
Ors
Ohio
Frankie Gaylord
Park Ool
Charles
Margaret
Gravel Hill
Gaylord
Marshall Mc
Pickens
Iddleport High School
Footum
Rio Grande
Hartleys inNation Shared Name Sparks Inquiry
C A Hartley of Fairhope Alabama informs that there are at least two more Hartleys in the country bringing total Hartleys to four. Dr C A Hartley of Evansville Indiana and Company A Hartley, assistant cashier of Citizens National Bank Norwalk Ohio are identified among the scattered Hartleys. Alabama Hartley says letters from 19 states reflect widespread interest and no bad reputations yet found.
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Pomeroy
C. A. Hartley
Fairhope
Alabama
Evansville
Ind
Co. A. Hartley
Citizens National Bank
Norwalk
Hartley
Shakespeare Club Picnic At Mrs Ohlinger's Country Home
Pomeroy social notes report the Shakespeare Club annual picnic at Mrs. Harry Ohlinger’s country home near Reedsville with a noon dinner and social afternoon. Attendees include Mrs. Ohlinger and son Joe, Mrs. Feiger, the Rosenbaum family, the Ebersbachs, Massar, Shain, Hartley, Peoples, and several others. The event marks the end of meetings until fall.
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Ruth Ebersbach
Tommy
Sammy
Louanna
Malcolm D. Hartley
Lee
C. E. Peoples
Harry Smith
Lydia Ebersbach
Jean Mallory
Mary Martha Smith
Louis Reibel
Bible School Pupils To Hold All Day Picnic
MIDDLEPORT The Daily Vacation Bible School closes after two weeks with over 300 pupils and about 50 teachers. The final morning session features songs and memory verses as diplomas are awarded. An all day picnic at Meigs County Fairground is planned Monday with separate group meetings at each church and organized transportation by parents.
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Middleport
DVBS
Meigs County Fairground
Middleport social notes include visitors and events
Middleport residents host and visit relatives in Gallipolis and Huntington. Miss Martha Jane Downing travels from Philadelphia to visit family. Mrs. Dayton Ralph faces major surgery in Cleveland Clinic. Bradbury honored in Addison for birthday return to work. Coats and Elder visit Schenectady after World's Fair trip. Local swimming party draws many from the Gallia area.
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Nelson Gardner
Gallipolis
Noell Martin
Dayton Ralph
Cleveland Clinic
John Leaper
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Athens
Lena Porter
Hogsett
W. Va
K. P. Nowlan
Huntington
Mont Howell
Third Ave
Howells
Carolyn Jane Reese
Charleston
Martha Jane Downing
Philadelphia
Rodney Downing
J. B. Downing
R. W. Nutting
New York Central
Hobson
Nutting
New York State
Bradbury
Asa H. Bradbury
C. D. Shafer Company
Chauncey Rothgeb
Addison
Mr. Bradbury
Seventh
Chestnut Ave
Robert Coats
East
Thomas Elder
Louise Sargent
Tommy Cave
Schenectady
N. Y
Coats
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Cleveland
Jaws Fractured But No Teeth Broken
Meigs County auditor George Daniels survived a Canal Winchester crash with fractured jaws but no broken teeth. Driver Ernest Wingett reported three cars in the collision as Daniels and companions headed toward Columbus. Daniels was taken first to Grant Hospital, then Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy—Iin
George Daniels
Meigs County
Canal Winchester
Ernest Wingett
Wingett
Columbus
Mr. Daniels
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Grant Hospital
Landmark Paint Hotel Martin Receives First Coat
The historic Remington Hotel, now Hotel Martin in Meigs County, is getting its first paint coating. Edgar Ebersbach operates the red brick building and plans aluminum paint with 50 gallons. Window sashes and decorations are trimmed in bright green as the Lynn Street side nears completion.
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Pomeroy
Remington Hotel
Hotel Martin
Edgar Ebersbach
Lynn St
Owen Cottrill Wins First in State Contest
Harrisonville High School student Owen J. Cottrill won first prize in sheep judging at the state vocational agriculture judging contest held at Ohio State University. The Harrisonville wool judging team, with William Knopp and Charles Alkire, placed seventh among 67 teams. Nearly 3500 boys participated across all contests.
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Harrisonville
Owen J. Cottrill
Harrisonville High School
Ohio State University
William Knopp
Charles Alkire
Owen Cottrill
Annual Meet Held Thursday At Gun Club
Ernest P. Duerr won the cup for the third year in a row at the Pomeroy Gun Club annual shoot. Duerr shot 89 of 100 to claim top honors during the Fish and Game outing held at the club.
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Gun Club
Pomeroy
Ernest P. Duerr
Pomeroy Gun Club
Duerr
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