Deadline for All Petitions Is March 10
Meigs County Board of Elections sets March 13 as petition filing deadline and March 18 as board action date. Voting windows span April 12 to May 9 for absent ballots, with college students voting April 22 to May 27 and disabled voters April 27 to May 9. Election day is May 12, polls open 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m.
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Pomeroy — Organization
Meigs County Board of Flections
Frank Fugate
Election Board
Board of Election
Two Appeals Filed in Meigs County Against Industrial Commission
Two notices of appeal have been filed in common pleas court from Industrial Commission rulings. Marcell a Andrews seeks reversal of a 1922 Elberfeld store staircase injury decision and George Cundiff requests reversal of an on the job injury ruling with Lost Run Coal Company.
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Pomeroy
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Marcella Andrews
George Cundiff
Miss Andrews
Elberfeld
Cundiff
Lost Run Coal Company
Industrial Commission
Common Pleas
Russell family relocates after mother’s death
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Russell return to Youngstown from Middleport after the death of Mrs. Russell on Beach Street. They are joined by T. B. Russell who will live with the couple. Household goods of the Russell home will be sold as Mrs. Louise Zuspan and her son George move from Cheshire into the property on Beach Street.
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Middleport
Carl Russell
Youngstown
T. B. Russell
Ruseel
Louise Zuspan
George
Cheshire
Russell
Beach St
Marriage license issued to John White and Dorothy Sherrick
John White age 22 and Dorothy Sherrick age 22 both of New Lexington were issued a marriage license on Tuesday. The couple was united in marriage by Rev. T. E. Maness.
Racine Brief Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Lucas and daughter from New Lexington spent Sunday with Mrs. Anna Curtis. Ora Beegle returned home Saturday after several days in Wheeling. Charles Stobart of Parkersburg was a weekend guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Stobart. Mrs. Emma Williams of Columbus was here recently due to the serious illness of her mother Mrs. Monroe Weaver.
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Racine
Lucas
New Lexington
Anna Curtis
Ora Beegle
Wheeling
Charles Stobart
Parkersburg
John Stobart
Emma Williams
Columbus
Monroe Weaver
License Tags On Sale For 1936 87 In Pomeroy
POMEROY license tags for 1936 87 are now on sale and usable March 10. Deputy registrar Gladys Grueser, newly appointed, notes the office is in the First City Bank Building on Second Street. Frank Simms at Race Street’s M C Hobart office is also a deputy registrar. March 31 is the final deadline with no extension. Phil Sommers, local shoe repairman, bought the first Meigs County series tag Z 51 A last year.
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Pomeroy
Gladys Grueser
Second St
First City Bank
Frank Simms
M. C. Hobart
Race St
The Cost of Candidacy for County Offices
Political observers note campaign costs often run to hundreds of dollars. If no spending beyond filing fees occurs, a candidate must spend 0.5 percent of the first year's salary for the office sought. Salaries and filing fees listed: Treasurer 2020 10.10. Probate Judge 2020 10.10. Representative 2000 10. Surveyor 1839 9.12. Clerk of Courts 1755 8.78. Sheriff 1415 7.08. Prosecuting Attorney 1500 6.50. Commissioner 855 4.78. Recorder 1300 6.50.
Middleport Notes Visitors Move Homes and Guests
Middleport residents report a busy period with visitors in town. Mrs B O Gilfillen and daughter Miss Georgia from Brownell Ave are in Huntington. O C Greenlee rents property on Mill St. from F A Shirlet, previously vacated by Florence Bush and two sons now in Athens.
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Middleport
B. O. Gilfillen
Georgia
Brownell Ave
Huntington
O. C. Greenlee
F. A. Shirlet
Mill St
Florence Bush
Athens
Shirley Mille
Herbert Moore
Sheltering Arms Hospital
A. A. Chappelle
Chappelle
Middleport Contract Bridge Club
Billy Reece
John Smith Jr
Kentucky
Mrs. Chambers Hosts Foreign Missionary Society Meeting
Members of the Foreign Missionary Society of Heath Methodist Episcopal Church gathered Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Herbert Chambers at 8S Fourth Ave and Main St. President Mrs. Lee McComas led the session with devotional by Mrs. E M McCarty. Mrs. Walter Hayes presented the lesson from Women Under the Southern Cross. Light refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Foreign Missionary Society
The
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Herbert Chambers
Fourth Ave
Main St
Athens Mother and Daughter Praise Vendol
Miss Velma Baker and her mother from Route No. 3 Athens report Vendol relieved general weakness indigestion and constipation after two weeks. Mrs Baker also began using Vendol and says it helped her stomach troubles and constipation. Vendol sold by Athens Pharmacy with the Vendol Man giving advice daily.
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Athens
Velma Baker
Mra. Baker
Lent Services at Church of Peace in Pomeroy
Lenten services will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Church of Peace Pomeroy. Rev R C Ditter will give the second meditation on In the Cross of Christ I Glory. Time changed from 7 to 7 30. Senior Choir will rehearse after the service.
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Church of Peace
R. C. Ditter
Mrs Terry Hosts Bingo Party in Middleport
Mrs J W Terry entertained with a Monday evening bingo party at her Race Street home. Attendance was good. First prize went to Mrs James Stevens, second and full house to Mrs Phil Meinhart, and the door prize to Mrs M L Howell.
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Middleport
J. W. Terry
Race St
James Stevens
Phil Meinhart
M. L. Howell
New Home Visit by Dwight Kim and Son Marion Edward
Dwight Kim and his son Marion Ed ward visited for a new home move in Steubenville after Mr. Kim was transferred by the Railway Express Agency. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rudisill and also visited Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Kim in Tuppers Plains with family.
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Middleport
Dwight Kim
Marion Edward
Steubenville
Kim
Railway Express Agency
Lee Rudisill
Tuppers Plains
Mr. Kim
E. G. Kim
Safe Is Stolen From Physician at Belpre
An iron office safe weighing 200 pounds was stolen Saturday night from Dr. Wayne Bronaugh in Belpre. Thieves are suspected in a second burglary at Dr. J A Simpson dentist. The missing safe held about 25 dollars in cash and morphine tablets, while the dentist’s loot was mainly gold.
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Marietta
Wayne Bronaugh
Belpre
J. A. Simpson
Rio Grande College Plans Two 5-Week Summer Terms
Rio Grande College will offer summer classes in two terms from June 15 to July 18 and July 20 to August 22. Classes run six days a week with six weeks of instruction, filling the usual summer period.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Plan Amateur Program Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School students will present an Amateur Program on March 2. Robert Price and Laurence Myers are coordinating the event.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Robert Price
Laurence Myers
Revival Attracts Big Attendance in Middleport
Evangelistic meetings at the Church of Christ in Middleport draw large crowds with Rev. James A. Burns as speaker. Special services every evening include a sermon series and a Saturday night officers church service. Tonight's sermon by Rev. Burns is titled A Corner Lot in Sodom.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
James A. Burns
Burns
Sodom
Young GOP Leaders Meet at Courthouse
Meeting of the Young Men's Republican Club held Tuesday evening at the Courthouse in Pomeroy with about 35 attendees. A plan for another gathering next week at the Town Hall was announced and a three member committee was formed to draft by laws for the group. James Hawley chaired the session.
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Pomeroy
Young Men's Republican Club
James Hawley
Firemen Battle Dump Heap Blaze in Mechanic Street Creek Bottom
Firemen were summoned about 9 o'clock Tuesday evening to extinguish a blaze in a dump heap in the creek bottom on Mechanic Street. Heavy smoke hung over the business district for a time as the smoldering fire was brought under control.
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Pomeroy
Mechanic St
Bricklayers Begin Work on New Middleport Schoolhouse
Bricklayers started laying brick on the new school building in Middleport. The project is to be rushed to an early completion according to reports.
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Middleport
Aged Gallia County Woman Burned to Death by Open Grate
Gallia CountyMiss Amanda Russell aged woman burned as clothing ignited from open grate fire in her home near PorterTuesday. Funeral at Clarks Chapel Thursday. kerosene can found near body. Neighbor Alfred McDaniel saw smoke. Russell died in chair with clothes burned off. Burial at Chapel Cemetery. Rev J L Stephenson officiates. Since Jan 18 five Gallia County residents burned to death from open grate fires.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Amanda Russell
Porter
Clarks Chapel
Alfred McDaniel
Russell
David Roush
Eno
J. L. Stephenson
Chapel
Wandalee Sleen Watson
Guyan Township
Melissa Spires
Morgan Township
Jenny Whiting
Ruth Hannah Rupe
Old Kyger
Misa Russell
Test Records Show Progress at Gallipolis High
Gallipolis Miss Fulah Williams, commercial teacher, announced results of speed typing and shorthand tests. Frances Irion, Mary Bess Kent, and Teresa Granacher led shorthand with 80 wpm in five minutes. Twelve winners in typing averaged 40 wpm.
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Gallipolis
Fulah Williams
Frances Irion
Mary Bess Kent
Teresa Granacher
Vera Major
Bernice Massie
Maridel Myers
Betty Jane Riggs
Meningitis Fatal at Holzer Hospital
Geneva two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Woolum of Gallia County died from meningitis at Holzer Hospital. It was the first county death from the disease in a decade.
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Gallipolis
Geneva
John Woolum
Gallia
Holzer Hospital
Farm Bureau Rally Draws Gallia Countywide Turnout
In Gallia County every district attended the Farm Bureau Rally at the Gallipolis high school Tuesday night. President Anderson Robinson presided with a program featuring solos by Clarabell Schwartzwalder and Mary Northup, a zither solo by Ferne Saunders, a guitar set by Elliott Brother, a vitamin playlet by Vinton 4 H Club girls, and group music from multiple local groups including the Cotton Pickers and Harmony Four.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farm Bureau
Anderson Robinson
Robinson
Clarabell Schwartzwalder
Route 160
Mary Northup
Raccoon Island
Ferne Saunders
Elliott
Bethesda
Vinton 4-H
JL. F. Warhington
Columbus
State Farm Bureau
Cotton Pickers
Cadmus
Harmony Four
Lecta
Theron
Evalyn Swisher
Little Kyger
Four
Gallipolis Passes Ordinance Blocking Gas Stations on First Ave
The city commission prohibits filling stations from First Ave between State and Cedar to prevent a gas station near Our House. They approve $600 to extend water mains on Chillicothe Ave and discuss laying a sewer line on Portsmouth Ave. Mrs Halliday hosts DAR meeting with Mrs Hurn speaking on the United States Army.
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Gallipolis
First Ave
State
Cedar Sts
Our House
Chillicothe Ave
Portsmouth Ave
J. F. Halliday
DAR
Court St
Harry R. Hurn
United States Army
Gallia County Lawyers to Close Thursday Afternoons
Gallia County Bar Association President Hollis C. Johnston announced that starting tomorrow March 5 all Gallia County attorney offices will close Thursday afternoons. The measure affects the county legal offices and their weekday schedules.
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Gallipolis
Hollis C. Johnston
Gallia County
Rotary Honors Football Hero
More than 100 Rotarians and guests gathered at Hotel Lafayette to honor Charles Hamrick of Gallipolis a Gallia Academy High School graduate and a leading football player at Ohio State University Columbus Two OSU coaches Ernest Godfrey and Francis Schmidt attended and praised Hamrick Penniston Columbus sports writer addressed the meeting Myers high school coach spoke for the local club and Rev Sagen gave the invocation Price led singing Christ introduced the guests and Trevor Davis spoke briefly
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Gallipolis
Hotel Lafayette
Charles Hamrick
Gallia Academy High School
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ernest Godfrey
Francis Schmidt
Hamrick
Fd Penniston
Laurence Myers
Rotary Club
George Sagen
Robert Price
Frank Christ
Trevor Davis
Judge White Enters Appellate Judge Race in Gallipolis
Judge W R White, current Common Pleas judge in Gallipolis, formally filed petitions Tuesday to run for an appellate judgeship. Dan C Jones of Perry Township announced candidacy for county commissioner in the Republican primaries, noting his two prior terms eight years ago.
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Gallipolis
W. R., White
Common Pleas
Dan C. Jones
Perry Township
Getties Named Head Of Gallipolis C. of C.
GALLIPOLIS The Chamber of Commerce board named C. C. Getties president with H. W. Walter and Stanley Evans as vice presidents F. C. Christ treasurer and Paul Mossman secretary Lots determined the bank depository with First National Bank selected A committee including Christ Walter and C D Slagle to choose an office location.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Getties
H. W. Walter
Stanley Evans
F. C. Christ
Paul Mossman
First National Bank
Comeposed of
Small February receipts for Gallipolis court hit low mark
Municipal Judge A J Stormont reported the smallest monthly collections in over two years with February receipts totaling 118.46. Of this amount the city gains 84.26, the state 7.50 and the county 17.50 in fines and costs.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
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Meigs County
WED
Monongahela
Allegheny Rivers
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Phil Sommers
Middleport NewsNotes
F. M. Cluff
Akron
Mrs. Chambers
Mrs. Terry
GOP
Rotary
White
Colonial Plan
Colonial
Clonial Finance
North Court
Sturdat
Rosa
Ponselle
Martint
Kostelanetz
Columbia Net
Getties
Gallipolis C
Bellans
Kew
Luckoff
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