Excursion To Be Repeated Next Year
Ohio River boat trip sponsored by 4-H clubs from six counties drew 2236 members and families aboard the Steamer Senator. Meigs County joined at Middleport, returning there by 7 pm. Attendance by county listed. Lang and Brownfield spoke onboard. plans for another excursion next year are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
C. C. Lang
Gallipolis
Middleport
Meigs County
Meigs Club
Ruth Bennington
Hocking County
Flood Henderson
Eva Marie Williamson
Jackson County
Everett Royer
Clarabell Motter
Gallia County
C. E. Blakeslee
Geneva Humphreys
Lang
Brownfield
James Hundley Goes To Washington
Local inventor James Hundley travels to Washington D C to seek approval and finalize plans for selling a recently perfected invention. He will stay with his niece Mrs Carl Mumford and visit the Marshall family on N Second Ave during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Hundley
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hundley
Carl Mumford
Juanita Hundley
Marshall
N. Second Ave
Vendol Brings Relief for Constipation in Warren Woman
Mrs Vida McConnell of Warren Ohio reports dramatic improvement after starting Vendol two weeks ago. She describes relief from constipation related stomach upset gas and breathlessness and recommends others try Vendol sold by Athens Pharmacy at 7 North Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida McConnell
Warren
Ohio
Niemeyer Brothers Meet in Columbus
In Columbus Charles Niemeyer of Pomeroy and a plasterer discovers his brother John Niemeyer a carpenter from Mechanicsburg working nearby. The siblings had been unknowingly laboring within a short distance of each other for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Niemeyer
Columbus
Niemeyer
John Niemeyer
Mechanicsburg
Rededication Planned After 30 Day Church Redecorating
A month long cleanup and redecorating at Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy included steam removing ceiling canvas from about 30 years ago and varnishing hardwood. Beams were ivory and walls pale cream. Rededication services are planned with former pastors and residents invited. Decoration and program committees are named. Further plans and the date will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Church
Lee Rudisill
Raymond Ebersbach
Lucy Gibbs
L. L. Roush
E. W. Harper
F. Ray Wilson
Howard Ebersbach
Ralph Gilmore
Ed Smith
M. D. Hartley
Pearl Hysell
Grange Program Draws 31 Members and Visitors
Racine Grange No. 2606 held a Wednesday evening meeting at the Grange Hall. Visiting Rocksprings Grange members participated including Mrs. Thomas Young and Mrs. Lawrence Roush among others. A total of 31 members and visitors attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine Grange No
Grange Hall
Rocksprings Grange
Thomas Young
Lawrence Roush
Floyd Will
Henry Bailey
Eugene Collins
Henry Evans
Gertrude Grueser
Buena Grueser
Scott Folmer
Gerald Hoffner
Two Placed in Jail Over Week End
Mack Hawkins was jailed Sunday on a warrant from his wife who charged him with striking her. Sunday evening Guy Carson was arrested and jailed after an altercation with Mayor C O Fisher over beer parlor closures on Sunday. Carson allegedly kept his Locust Street business open despite the mayor's order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mack Hawkins
Guy Carson
C. O. Fisher
Carson
Locust St
Summer Round-Up Planned at Racine High School
Racine prepares a summer round-up for children entering school in September at Racine High School on Wednesday at 8 am. Health Commissioner Ellis and local doctors, with County Health Department nurses, will supervise. Mothers should accompany children. committee chairs are Mrs. Sidney Fadely with assistants Mrs. Ruth Tucker and Mrs. Alice Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine High School
W. S. Ellis
County Health Department
Sidney Fadely
Ruth Tucker
Alice Hill
Middleport Social Notes Update on Local Visitors and Recoveries
Miss Margaret Healy recovers at home after hospital stay in Parkersburg following an operation. Mrs. C B Smith also returns home this week after major surgery. William Guy Suter, visiting Welch, West Virginia, spent the weekend in Middleport and plans to work at Curtiss-Wright in Columbus. Several families host visiting relatives with travel to Columbus, Chillicothe, and Cleveland for events and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Margaret Healy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
S. Second Ave
C. B. Smith
William Cooper Heads to Baltimore After OSU Graduation
William Cooper son of Mr and Mrs Homer Cooper of Sarasota Florida has graduated from Ohio State University this month and will take a metallurgical engineering position in Baltimore Maryland He left Sunday evening for that city accompanied by his wife Clara Louise Smith They were week end guests of Eloise Cooper and Dan White at the White home in Sarasota Also mentioned visiting relatives include Mr and Mrs Dana Pfarr and son George of Vero Beach and Mitt and Frank Talbott White who have returned from the country after visiting relatives in Middleport and area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
William Stansbury
Beaver
Pauline
Dolores
Billy
Howard Kitchen Jr
Chillicothe
Homer Jones
S&s. Third Ave
Hartinger
H. N. Swift
Edward
Buddy) French
Owen
Curtis French
James Hartinger
Orville Ohlinger
Cleveland
Middleport
West Salem
Herman Mourning
Nan Moore
Elizabeth
Rose Hackett
Mary Jane Roush
Columbus
Lera Roush
Eleanor Roush
Guy Reynolds
Marilyn Jean Bland
Akron
Barbara Stout
Stouts
Lucille Dutton
B. H. Rawlings
C. P. Dutton
Frank White
William Cooper
Homer Cooper
Sarasota
Fla
Ohio State University
Baltimore
Cooper
Clara Louise Smith
Ray Smith
Dana Pfarr
George
Vero Beach
Pfarr
W. J. Forquer
S. Third Ave
Racine
Roy Smith
Racine R. D
Ralph
Hopewell
Dixie Spencer
Donald Price
Portland
Nealie Hoback
Maxine Smith
Aaron Smith
Frank Cleland
Covert
Helen Bentz
Ohio University
John Bentz
Florence Wilson
Lancaster
Henry Cleland
Lloyd
Chester
Lake Tomahawk
Wis
Virginia Bentz
Joe Arnott, Jr
Elmer Compton
Marcia Ann Curtis
Bonnie Miles
Athens
Tom Joe Pickens
Ralph Neigler
Carol
Canton
Ray Byers
Parr
Elm St
Ed Beaver
Raciffe-Dorcas Road
Latin teachers return from Athens conference in Greece
Miss Susan Park of Middleport High School and Miss Ruth Drake of Racine High School attended a Latin teachers conference in Athens. Miss Jane Stansbury and Miss Dame Joan Hamilton spent the weekend in Jackson as guests of Miss Jane Boucher at Western College for Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Park
Middleport High School
Ruth Drake
Racine High School
Athens
Jane Stansbury
Dame Joan Hamilton
Jackson
Western College For Women
Jane Boucher
Racine Social And Personal Highlights This Week
Local families and friends gather for visits and vacations. Ralph Smith enjoys a two week break from Hopewell Virginia while Miss Dixie Spencer joins from Columbus and other guests travel from Portland Lancaster and Ravenna.
Recent Realty Changes in Meigs County
Meigs County land transfers are listed with multiple parcels across Letart Middleport Salisbury Olive and Orange townships. Transfers involve M Roush Bertha Condee Lydia Morgan Anna Racer and others to Carrie Roberts Cora Cooper Homedew Blanche Brinker Rosie Dorst Hulda Klein Otis Knopp Caryl Matlack Charles Bell Floyd Casto and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron E
Alma Hysell
Sarah C. Wagner
Olive Township
Rosie Dorst
Bertha Swan
Major Powell
John A
Julia A. Boley
Middleport
Hulda
Edith Klein
Charles G
Cora M. Wilcoxen
Lebanon Township
Otis F
Edna Knopp
Mary Hickman
Carson C. Davis
Amy Humphrey Sampson
Mae D
Mas. W
Lucille L. Seyfried
Parcels
Salisbury Township
Floyd Casto
Spanish-American Vet Dies in Columbus
Lane H. Winters aged 60 died at his Columbus home last Tuesday from heart disease. Though not a Meigs County resident, he served in Company L, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War, and many Pomeroy residents knew him through that unit. He was a native of McArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lane H. Winters
Columbus
Meigs County
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Pomeroyans
Mr. Winters
McArthur
Astrological Forecast Warns Of Sudden Ventures And Romance
The prediction notes a day of far reaching influence with surprising ventures in life and business. It cautions restraint in romance and urges discreet conduct while suggesting possessions may spike in value amid bold moves. Birthday individuals face dramatic private and professional experiences ahead.
Ingenious camera trap leads to youths arrest in Pomeroy
Paul Grueser of Grueser Body Works installed a camera that clicked with a flash when the cash register opened. Sunday arrest followed for James Woodrow Workman 18 and Walter Lee Jr. 13 after a triggered photo showed Workman’s startled face. The pair admitted garage trespass on Saturday and prior times and are held at the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Paul Grueser
Grueser
W. Main St
James Woodrow Workman
Walter Lee, Jr
Workman
Lee
Walter Wolfe
Pomeroy Personal Notices Include Hospital Admission
Mrs. A. O. Tracy was taken from her home on Second Street to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis for observation and X ray treatment. Her condition remains serious. Weekend visitors included Mrs. William Waters and family of Columbus and Mrs. Harold Russell and children of Charleston. Ray Wilson of Columbus visited with friends. A three week vacation trip was planned for Circleville relatives. John Duerr hosted his 500 card club on W Main Street. high scores went to Mrs. Lee Rudisell and Roy Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Tracy
Second St
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
William Waters
Columbus
Harold Russell
Charleston
Waters
Russell
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Ray Wilson
Racine
Vaughn Crites
Lincoln Hill
Circleville
John Duerr
500 Card Club
W. Main St
Lee Rudisell
Roy Barnes
Gallipolis Woman Injured in Bradbury Accident
Lizzie Butcher of Gallipolis sustained a serious head injury after a Sunday night car crash at Bradbury. Two Gallipolis cars, driven by Henry Baird and Delbert Dray, were involved. Passengers included Eula and Juanita Butcher, Donald and Paul Butcher, and seven months old Richard Dray. Deputies Jenkins and Grindley investigated the near head-on collision at a highway curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lizzie Butcher
Gallipolis
Bradbury
Holzer Hospital
Henry Baird
Delbert Dray
Baird
Mr. Baird
Paul Butcher
Richard Dray
Stella Rose
LaHew
Esta Vance
Dave Jenkins
Grindley
Tax Filing Schedule Set For Meigs County July
The Department of Taxation announces July sales tax filing in Meigs County with Examiner E. R. Lama at the Meigs County Court House on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Returns due by July 31 1941 require notarized vendor signatures and complete supporting records. False returns may lead to prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Department of Taxation
E. R. Lama
Meigs County Court House
Department
Lama
Police Arrest Eight During Week End
Eight people were arrested over the weekend in Pomeroy and nearby areas on intoxication assault and reckless driving charges. Suspects include Melvin R. Rupe of Middleport held on intoxication. James Harrigan and Henry Bentz on intoxication charges. Russell Lee of Pt. Pleasant West Virginia on reckless driving. Charles Tice jailed for assault. Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Seyfried for disturbing the peace. Ralph Warner of Rutland jailed for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Melvin R. Rupe
Middleport
H. H. Niemeyer
Rupe
James Harrigan
Henry Bentz
Grindley
Evans
Russell Lee
Pleasant W. Va
Wolfe
Niemeyer
Charles Tice
George Lawson
Max W. Seyfried
Lower Pomeroy
Ralph Warner
Rutland
Dave Jenkins
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Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Niemeyer Brothers
Grange
Inter
Middleport Social Notes
William Guy Suter
Guy Suter
Welch
W. Va
William
Curtiss-Wright
Kathryn Monahan
Pomeroy Personals
BAY
Luther Dickey
Roy Proffitt
Howard Johnson
Dickey
Proffitt
Nurito
Armstrong
Fidelity Easy
Fidelity Co
Syracuse, Ohio
Colonial
Colonial Plan
Colonial Finance Co
Berry Hotel
Athens, O
Young
Sraneet Lushe
Miarmenica
Hesterfield
Chesterfield
Tobaccoland
U.S. A
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