Pupils Prepare Evening Program at Simpson Church
Daily Vacation Bible School attendance stays above 100 as five departments participate in an 7:00 PM program at Simpson Methodist Church. The Junior Class picnic at the airmail station on Lincoln Hill was led by Mrs. C. E. W. Downie and Miss Estrilia Daniels, followed by a Laurel Cliff hike and picnic for the Intermediate class. Junior and Intermediate ball teams met at the Junior High School field with a 17 to 7 win by the Junior team. a return game is set for Friday. The Bible School is run by Rev. Warren Bright Rev. Walter Sodt and Rev. Ralph Kuether with Mrs. Harry Smith as superintendent.
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Bible School
Warren Bright
Walter Sodt
Ralph Kuether
Harry Smith
All Day Celebration Planned at Oak Grove
RACINE An old-time picnic at Oak Grove in the Ra cine and Sutton Community on July 4 draws county attention as a home-coming event. This year adds attractions for the largest crowd, with patriotic speeches, community singing, an all-day play program, the greased pig and pole braves, and a nighttime fireworks display. Attendees are urged to bring their fireworks to enhance the display.
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Racine
Oak Grove
Sutton
Visitors in Pomeroy land pontoon plane for fuel
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Collins, residents of Henderson Kentucky, visited Pomeroy on Wednesday afternoon. They landed their pontoon-equipped Taylor Cub on the river to refuel while en route home from Lock Haven Pennsylvania where they bought the new plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. W. Collins
Mrs. Collins
Henderson
Lock Haven
Marriage of Miss Nancy Rawlings and Mr. Howard Ewing
The Messenger reports the marriage of Miss Nancy Rawlings to Mr. Howard Ewing on page eight. Details on ceremony and residence are noted in the society column style item.
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Nancy Rawlings
Mr. Howard Ewing
The
Messenger Today
Social Notes Pomeroy Dish Shower Plans
Plans for a dish shower at the next American Auxiliary meeting were made Tuesday evening at the Legion hall where thirty members attended. After the meeting members visited the home of the late Mrs. Peter Ebersbach. her three daughters and two daughters-in-law were Auxiliary members. Hostesses included Mrs. Edna Hoffner, Anna Jones, Mayme Holmes, Clara Dilgard, Margaret Lallance, Miss Helen Gilmore and Miss Maude Grueser.
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Pomeroy
American Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Peter Ebersbach
Auxiliary
Edna Hoffner
Anna Jones
Mayme Holmes
Clara Dilgard
Margaret Lallance
Helen Gilmore
Maude Grueser
Meigs Homemakers Hold County Picnic at Syracuse School
The Meigs homemakers held a county wide picnic Wednesday at Syracuse School with about 75 attendees. A dinner, two furnishings exhibits by Helen Baer and Sears Roebuck Co, and a supervised recreation period led by Mrs. Wesley S. Green were featured.
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Meigs
Syracuse
Helen Baer
Sears Roebuck Co
Wesley S. Green
C. E. Humphrey
Leslie Keller
C. E. Stout
H. E. Swan
Emma Burford
H. C. Bolin
Dan Hartinger
Mary Virginia Mora
Harry Pickens
Delbert Chase
4-H Hilltop Club Meets at Meigs County Home
Miss Geneva Humphreys attended a Tuesday meeting of the 4 H Hilltop Sewing Club at the Meigs County Children's Home. Plans were made to attend July 4 H camp. Miss Elizabeth Williams assigned demonstrations to Freda King Mona Schwartzwalder and Geraldine Gainer for the next meeting. A hike and games led by Clara Bell Pullins recreational leader were enjoyed.
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Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Elizabeth Williams
Freda King
Mona Schwartzwalder
Geraldine Gainer
Clara Bell Pullins
Vacation Bible School Kicks Off At Local Churches
Daily Bible School classes begin at Minersville in the morning and at Hiland in the afternoon. The two week program runs through the upcoming period with sessions scheduled at both churches.
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Pomeroy
Minersville
Hiland
Vendor relief for constipation prompts praise in Columbus
Mrs. Isabelle Van Ness of 550 Sullivan Ave Columbus Ohio credits Vendor laxative tablets with relieving chronic constipation and associated digestion distress. She says the remedy improved her digestion and overall health and urges others to take Vendol. Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Drug Store advertise Vendol availability.
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Isabelle van Ness
Sullivant Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman's
Hold Jenkins Funeral Rites Next Friday
Funeral services for Edward Durwood Jenkins 67 who died at Holzer Hospital will be at five o clock Friday at his daughter Mrs O C Greenlees home in Middleport. Burial will be in Middleport Hill Cemetery. Survived by five children and five grandchildren.
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Middleport
Edward Durwood Jenkins
Holzer Hospital
O. C. Greenlee
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Jenkins
Jackson
New York Central
Hobson
Pomeroy
Aunt Jule dies at 100 in Middleport after long illness
Julia Barnett known as Aunt Jule died at her Grant Street home after months of illness. Born a slave in Virginia she came to Malden and later Middleport during Lightburn’s Retreat. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 PM at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Body at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with calling hours until the service.
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Middleport
Julia Barnett
Jule
Grant St
Mt. Moriah
Gotchall Reunion Postponed Amid Illness
MT. UNION The annual Gotchall former pupils reunion planned for July 6 is postponed indefinitely due to Mrs. Gotchall's illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. The event also marked the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Gotchall, longtime southern Ohio teachers who once taught at Wilkesville.
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MT. Union
J. A. Gotchall
Gotchall
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Ohio
Wilkesville
Meigs Highway Head Suspended for 30 Days
Albert Caster maintenance superintendent for the state highway department in Meigs County was suspended for 30 days. George Sheen from the district office at Marietta will temporarily oversee maintenance work. Action for Caster’s removal is indicated.
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Pomeroy
Albert Caster
State Highway Department
Meigs County
George Sheen
Marietta
Caster
Ankle Breaks for Stewart Son in West Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stewart learn from son Junior at Belle West Virginia that he injured Sunday while playing ball and broke his ankle in two places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stewart
Junior
Belle
W. Va
Big Fight Trip Sent To New York For Galento Bout
Three Meigs County fight fans from Racine, Joe Beegle Arthur Beegle and Mike Powell, traveled Tuesday to New York to attend the Louis Galento fight last night.
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Racine
Meigs County
Joe Beegle
Arthur Beegle
Mike Powell
New York
Louis Galento
Dexter Social Notes Mentioning Local Visits and Illnesses
Dexter residents report guests visiting Springfield Athens and Albany. Families shared Sundays with Musser Amos and Saxton households. Illnesses include Mrs Hughes and Mrs Howard Davis. A chimney fire caused $2000 damage at Walter Hampton home. Lloyd sues Greyhound for $2000 in Columbus.
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Dexter
Harry Saxton
W. R. Amos
Keith Weaver
Russell Musser
Springfield
Harry Davis
Columbus
Janet Musser
Lewis Saxton
Ward Saxton
Athens
Ella Nelson
Will Gillology
Albany
Walter Chase
Middleport
F. C. Folden
Will Swan
Howard Davis
Bert Davis
Orlando Davis
Walter Hampton
Meigs Grangers Plan July Meetings and Picnic
Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet Hemlock Grange Friday evening July 7 with a shortened Pomona degree and Fifth Degree option. A new county orchestra led by Mrs Nellie R Vale and director James T Lewis will perform. Plans include August county picnic. On July 13 Meigs Pomona visits Athens County Pomona at York Grange Hall near Nelsonville where county officers confer Pomona degree.
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Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Hemlock Grange
Pomona
New County Grange
Nellie R. Vale
James T. Lewis
County Grange
Athens County
York Grange Hall
Nelsonville
Rain Costs Racine Boy Marble Title
Wilkie Hollman of Racine, famed marble shooter, lost the sectional in Madison after a rain delay moved play to an indoor gym floor. He finished runner-up to Raymond Gray of St. Louis but won the consolation match, totaling 64 games.
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Pomeroy
Wilkie Hollman
Racine
Hollman
Madison
Wis
Raymond Gray
St. Louis
Gray
Taylor Ridge Social Notes
Taylor Ridge notes document a Bulstron family reunion at Pat Bulstron home with a noon picnic and multiple attendees from several towns. Church services highlighted Children’s Day exercises with scripture reading, prayers, songs and solos. Several residents and relatives are listed as visiting, staying or traveling from Albany Ithaca Akron Columbus Zanesville and Cambridge to attend events and gatherings.
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Taylor Ridge
Bulstron
Pat Bulstron
William Kindall
Twylid
Ester
Ernest
St. Charles
Mich
Clarence Marshall
Lowena
Lanilla
Clyde
Glen
Homer King
Albany
James Bulstron
Athens
William Brooks
Jean
Daniel Bulstron
Harold Bulstron
Erles Edington
Cambridge
Harold Love
Baltimore
Marie Bulstron
Lancaster
William Bulstron
Phylis
Deloss Bulstron
Church of Christ
Dorotha Kempton
Ernestine Strausbaugh
Gladys Hildebrand
Delores Judson
Geraldine Mulpas
Glenna Hanning
Jean Heffken
Oren Justus
Ithaca
N. Y
Jack Kutta
Justus
Fred Heffken
June
Billie
Akron
W. D. Coey
Doral Heffken
Joseph Hooper
John Hooper
Canton
Evan Davis
Thomas Judson
Glouster
Merile Coey
Sam McClelland
Elsie Moody
Greens Run
Albert Skinner
Albert Moody
Mont Davis
Mona Jean
Columbus
Clyde Canter
Chauncey
John Wenger
Elmer Davis
Shirley
Jacksonville
John Davis
Verneta Moody
Floyd Hook
Amesville
Walter Douglas
Middleport Social Notes highlight local moving and visits
Middleport notes report Mr and Mrs Paul Moore and children moving into a Main St home bought from Fred Shifler and a fully redecorated interior. Several residents travel for cottage opening at Buckeye Lake and family visits. Birthday celebrations at Schaff and Vining households, plus beauty student Wanda Butcher extended Columbus visit. Loyal Women to Meet and local fishing camp plans also noted.
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Middleport
Paul Moore
Main St
Fred Shifler
Willi Reynolds
Holzer Hospital
R. A. Miller
Kathryn Monahan
Kathryn Rose
Buckeye Lake
Miller
Harbor Hills
C. L. Brooks
Charles
Roy Sansbury
Elmer Vining
Grace
Cuyahoga Falls
Mr. Vining
Sansbury
Adda Smith
Smith
Chauncey Weiss
New York City
Vinings
Melvin Vining
Virginia Lu Schaff
Wanda Butcher
Columbus School of Beauty Culture
WPA Projects Shut in Meigs County for Year End Inventory
WPA authorities announce all projects in Meigs County will close for inventory at fiscal year end, effective immediately until July 5. A regular skating party on Main Street between Sycamore and Lynn has been postponed to Thursday July 6.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Meigs County
Main St
Sycamore
Lynn Sts
Racine Personal and Brief Social Notes
Racine society notes list visits from J B French and Gorslins of Akron to the Jiiden home. Owen Watson returns from Huntington Veterans Hospital. Oak Grove Missionary Society picnic at Mrs Cross home. W B Cross travels to Columbus. Giblin family visits Cross parents in Racine. Jiiden and Krider in Columbus. Angela Burke of Ohio University visits Bonnie Miles. Mrs Weaver recovers after surgery in Parkersburg hospital.
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Racine
J. B. French
Adrian
Harley Gorslin
Herbert Gorslin
Akron
Clark Jiiden
Owen Watson
Veteran's Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
W. B. Cross
Oak Grove
Columbus
Kelly Giblin
Jimmie
Painesville
FASTEETH promotes secure dental plates for comfort
False teeth can be worn with confidence as FASTEETH keeps plates firmer and more comfortable. The powder has no gummy taste or pasty feel and does not cause nausea. Available at drug stores.
Ordination Examination Tonight at First Baptist
Pastor Rev. L O Grant announces an ordination examination service at First Baptist Church in Middleport tonight at 7 30 p m The candidates Edward Lewis of the local Lewis family and Charles Lusher of Mercersville will be questioned by delegates from Baptist churches invited to attend the public service
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Doan
Middleport
L. O. Grant
First Baptist Church
Edward Lewis
George Lewis
Chares Lusher
Mercersville
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Great Bend
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