Red Cross awards exceed five thousand in flood area
Major awards totaled 4 501 26 with 983 15 dedicated to household goods and 4 501 26 for building and repairs The director Mrs Marjorie Cator said cash awards are not given and aid is based on need The local office in Pomeroy Meigs County has received 1 100 applications while Middleport reports 1 000 applications The awards committee included Maurice Reddy and Mrs Vasilike Foster with other local citizens and officials involved
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Marjorie Cator
Cator
Meigs County
Middleport
Maurice Reddy
Ohio
Cincinnati
Vasilike Foster
Zanesville
Wade Holter Funeral Held in Meigs County
Wade Holter died Saturday at his Chester West Virginia home. Funeral services were held Monday at Morning Star Church with burial at Gilmore Cemetery. Present were Brenton Holter and his two daughters Kathryn and Elizabeth and his brother George of Grove City Pennsylvania.
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Pomeroy
Wade Holter
William Matthewson
Syracuse
Chester
W. Va
Morning Star Church
Gilmore Cemetery
Brenton Holter
Kathryn
Elizabeth
George
Grove City
Pomeroy Social Notes Brisk Local Visits and Club Meeting
Pomeroy notes record numerous visits among residents from Columbus Racine Marietta and Alfred among others. Police chiefs attended Federal Court in Columbus. Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters host potluck and Twilight Garden Club plans slides and a social at Miss Ethel Garland’s Minersville home.
Disaster Loan Office Opens Friday in Pomeroy
The Disaster Loan Corporation will open an office Friday at 113 E Second St Pomeroy noon to 4 PM to accept loan applications aimed at flood losses Civic Club officers arranged staff including E P Duerr H D Brown and W A Compton The club and city council sent resolutions to President Roosevelt urging U S Army engineers plans for 39 dams in Ohio River headwaters under federal supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disaster Loan Corporation
Pomeroy Civic Club
The
Athens Messenger
E. Second St
Civic Club
E. P. Duerr
H. D. Brown
W. A. Compton
Pomeroy Council
F. D. Roosevelt
U. S. Army Engineers
Ohio River
Army Engineering Corps
Succumbs at Newark and Related Obituaries
Henry Hamm of Naylors Run learns his sister Mrs. Margaret Bibbes died at her Newark home. Katie Hamm of Condor Street is another sister. Hamm travels to attend the funeral. Mrs. Grimm widow of Civil War veteran Jerry Grimm dies at Burlingham with relatives across Ohio. Plus Gaetan Jannone, European railroad tourist service head, gets lost near Rochester after guiding thousands of tourists.
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Pomeroy
Henry Hamm
Naylors Run
Margaret Bibbes
Newark
Katie Hamm
Condor St. Is
Hamm
Grimm
Jerry Grimm
Burlingham
Rochester
N. Y
U.P
Gaetan Jannone
Europe
Death notices for Mrs Hysell and relatives
MIDDLEPORT Mrs. Mary Hysell died Wednesday at her home on Hysell Run. She is survived by three children. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM from Hysell Run Church, with burial in Miles Cemetery. POMEROY Mr and Mrs William Wells of Bull Run learned Wednesday of their niece's death in Columbus. Wells and son Henry traveled to Columbus Thursday to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rose Wangler
Mulberry Ave
Columbus
Dana L. Tracy
William Robson
Middleport
Federal Court
Luella Petrel
Racine
Carrie Bay
Marietta
W. S. Koester
Vale St. A. N. Bengel
Dr. Gribble
P. Li
Dana Peoples
Fred Crow
Leroy Holmes
Ralston Russell
McArthur
Phil Wolfe
Portsmouth
Olive Young
Gallipolis
Magnolia Temple
Jake Ament
Conrad Ohlinger
Norman Russell
Raymond Boice
Charles Findling
Alfred
L. A. Person
Edtie Roos
Naylors Run
Lena Reuter
Dora Reuter
Carl Hamm
Henry Hamm
Wilbur Logan
George Henderson
Martin Koehler
Harry Guthrie
Val Brown
Lucy Kibble
Reedsville
Emma Kathryn Neutzling
Old Age Pension Office
Marion Howell
Thomas Fork
William Hoppess
Chillicothe
Alvin Norris
Sophia Meier
Catherine Wipple
Hunting
Wipple
Adam Ebersbach
E. Main St
Maxine
Holzer Hospital
Bumgardner
Schoonover
Schwartzwalder
C. E. Peoples
Butternut Ave
Owen Walker
Glouster
Mary Hysell
Hysell Run
Miles Cemetery
William Wells
Bull Run
Nancy Andrews
F. I. Gardner
Merrill Covert
John Russell
Lincoln St
Alex Frazier
M. H. Hamilton
Hamilton St
Max Roller
Frank Holmes
Alice
Roy Holmes
Syracuse
Ashland
Armco
William Huggins
Mary K
Pearl McKnight
Harry Borning
Rose Merrill
Hamden
Ray Brown
Orville
Margaret Gaskill
Hartford City
W. Va
G. H. McDaniel
H. S. Mourning
Pt. Pleasant
Morgan McDaniel
CVW Club
Chapelle Talbott
Third Ave
James Askren
Karen
Ruth Cromley
Bellefontaine
Askren
B. F. Fultz
The
Presbyterian Church
W. G. Huddleston
R. Cc. McBride
A. Z. Junkerman
J. G. Talbott
W. P. Ohlinger
M N. Humphrey
Damage to Church Properties Assessed in Flood Areas
Pomeroy hosts Bishop H. Lester Smith and Dr. Robert Foster as they tour Methodist churches and parsonages damaged by floods. District superintendent Foster had reported on losses earlier. Officials pledge all possible financial aid to affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
H. Lester Smith
Cincinnati
Robert Foster
Foster
Four Meigs County Couples Are Married
Four marriages were recorded in Meigs County probate court. Robert Givens 29 and Greta Fox 27 of Middleport wed Justice H. H. Mees. Herman Wince 23 of Middleport and Alice Van Inwagen 18 of Pomeroy wed Justice E. R. Titus. Dores Arnold 19 of Pomeroy and Mildred Singer 17 of Mineraville wed Justice J. W. McCullough. Herbert Matheny 21 of Fallsbury and Clarestine Blake 15 of Reedsville wed McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Robert Givens
Greta Fox
Middleport
H. H. Mees
Herman Wince
Alice van Inwagen
E. R. Titus
Dores Arnold
Mildred Singer
Mineraville
J. W. McCullough
Herbert Matheny
Fallsbury
W. Va
Clarestine Blake
Reedsville
McCullough
Auxiliary Will Give Legion Birthday Party
The Auxiliary Unit of Feeney Bennett Post American Legion will honor Legion members with a birthday dinner on St Patrick’s Day March 17 at 6 30 pm at the Legion Hall 85 Fourth Ave Mrs Cora Bennett and Mrs Metta Mulford lead the arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Post
St. Patrick’s Day
Legion
Legion Hall
Fourth Ave
Cora Bennett
Metta Mulford
School Children Go On Star Gazing Trip
Junior High students and their teacher Mrs Nan Moore toured Venus and other heavenly bodies last night. They gathered at the Pearl Streets Building and moved to Grant Street where Mrs Moore explained stars and shared stories from the eighth grade reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pearl Sts
Nan Moore
Grant St
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Moves and Funerals
Middleport residents relocate to new homes as the Luellens depart and Phil Meinhart’s family plans to move into the Seyfried house. Local visits include Raymond Swisher on furlough, and travel to Ashland for a relative’s funeral. Community gatherings cover CVW Club, Loyal Pals Class elections, and church meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Phil Meinhart
Louis Seyfried
S. Second Ave
Luellens
Raymond Swisher
United States Air Corps
Selfridge
Mich
Pythian Sisters Install Officers Tuesday Night
Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters installed new officers at Castle Hall Tuesday night. Installing officer Mrs. Teresa Autherson, with assistants Mrs. Martha Childs and Mrs. Amy Bowen, led the ceremony. Several officers were inducted including past chief Mrs. Gail Snider and most excellent chief Mrs. Thelma Rousey. other new officers were Mrs. Estelle Ely, Mrs. Evelyn Fultz, Mrs. Jessie Houdashelt, Miss Erma Smith, Mrs. Maude Gardner, and Mrs. Carrie Zerkle. Elizabeth Durst missed the ceremony. Ice cream and cake followed the installation in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
Teresa Autherson
Martha Childs
Amy Bowen
Gail Snider
Thelma Rousey
Estelle Ely
Evelyn Fultz
Jessie M Houdashelt
Erma Smith
Maude Gardner
Carrie Zerkle
Elizabeth Durst
Ye Olde Time Singing Concert by M E Church
Racine residents will attend a play titled Ye Olde Time Singing Concertte at the high school auditorium on March 19 presented by the Happy Hustlers class of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The class women will form the cast. A noon dinner by the same class will be held March 10 at the church annex following a successful profit dinner held this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Happy Hustlers
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Annex
Mrs Elizabeth Davis Taken To Holzer Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth Davis was transported from her Chester Road home to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Wednesday. She is the mother of Mrs Dana Roush and Mrs Louis Stanley and is reported in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Road
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Davis
Dana Roush
Louis Stanley
Bladder Irritation Remedy Ad Promises Quick Results
An old advertisement touts a bladder irritation cure with a 25-cent guarantee. It urges flushing the bladder and using green tablets made from buchy leaves and juniper oil, sold by Cline's Pharmacy with the prompt “Just say Bukets.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Cline’s Pharmacy
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Johnny Robinson
Billy Zeiher
Pat Hennessy
George Wright
Pat Duffy
Teeto Daniels
Donnie Beals
Joe Foster
Curtis French
Jackie Slack
Charles Ed Tewksbury
Jack Roush
Patsy Shields
Marjorie Hughes
Mary E
Ann Foster
Sonia Scholl
Patricia Meier
Margaret Jean Bryant
Alta Ann Smith
Mary Ann Clifford
Jeannie Faye Ohlinger
Janice Kay Edwards
Andrew Zwilling
George Herrock
Youngstown
Mr. Herrock
Twilight Garden Club
Pomeroy Senior High School
Ethel Garland
Minersville
Frank Chapman
Pomeroy—Office
Rathburn
Et Rutland
Hysell
Athens
Auxiliary
New Spring Cretonne
Middleport Social Notes
Evelyn Amos
Springfield
Tuckerman
R. H. Horden
Cecil Horden
Lee McComas
Lloyd McComas
Belpre
H. E. Bush
L. S
Cunningham
Huntington
Corning
Supreme
Ford G. Hunker
Max R. Sanborn
Mr. Hunker
M. E. Hall
James A. Garfield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sidney Russell
Church of Christ
Mildred Hawley
Edward French
Audrey Frost
Hildred Steward
Helen Bolin
Nina Russell
Louise McElhinney
Clas
Russell
Kenneth Weaver
E. F. Maag
Lena Miles
Harry Gaskil
M. E. Church
Hospital
Elizabeth Davis
America
Edison General Electric
Ewings
Sellers
H. J. Hysell
Clarence Chapman
Mgr
Middleport, Ohio
Carole Lombard
Luckies
Paramount Pictures
Swing
Miss Lombard
American Tobacco Company
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