New Levy for Street Repair To Be Submitted to Pomeroy Voters
Pomeroy council approves a four year three mill levy to fund WPA street paving. Plan calls for concrete surfacing on Second Court Lynn and Sycamore Streets with brick reuse on unpaved routes. Proceeds may also back Route 124 repaving and bond retirement funding. May 14 primary vote to decide.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pomeroy Voters
Pomeroy
M. D. Hartley
Hartley
Second St
Court St
Lynn
Sycamore
Butternut Ave
Monkey Run
Naylor
Kr *R
Public meeting planned to explain program to citizens
Street Foreman Julius Sauvage reports water flow from an abandoned coal mine damages property at the end of E Second St. He is authorized to fund repairs. A proposed state WPA project via Ohio State University for review and legal prep of ordinances was discussed and the ordinance committee empowered to act on the community’s participation.
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Julius Sauvage
E. Second St
Ohio State University
Officials Aim to Finalize Money Plan for County
Pomeroy Meigs County commissioners meet in regular session to resolve the final hurdle blocking their annual appropriation. If approved, courthouse salaries and general fund bills can be paid for the first time this year.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mrs Davis in Critical Condition After Hospitalization
Mrs. Davis of N Second Ave was taken to St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg for treatment and is reported in critical condition. Family members remain with her at the hospital.
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Middleport
Dave Davis
N. Second Ave
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Thomas Porter
Athens
Porter
Harry Porter
Bernice Winn
Marcus Roush
Della Phillips
Cora Giles
Harrisonville
Eastern Star
Glouster
Clair Taylor
Helen
Bert Taylor
Columbus
Judd White
Ernest Kennedy
C. M. Chase
Ernest Harrison
Holzer Hospital
S. I. Dunfee
Haddon Dye
Torch
Floyd Dunfee
Rev Delbert Mills Speaks at Olla Podrida Club
The Rev Delbert Mills formerly of Syracuse now based in Columbus spoke at the Olla Podrida Club gathering held recently.
Bowen services held for NYCRR locomotive engineer in Pom eroy
Hundreds attended the funeral for Harry Max Bowen a NYCRR locomotive engineer held in Pom eroy yesterday afternoon. Out-of-town relatives included Clara Bowen and Mr. F H Showers of Mil bury and Jud Boley of Columbus.
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Harry
Max) Bowen
NYCRR
Pomeroy
F. H. Showers
Clara Bowen
Milbury
Jud Boley
Columbus
Middleport social notes list local visits and personnel changes
D S Harold of the Middleport Department Store is ill with an infected tooth. Several relatives and guests visit Columbus and Parkersburg area hospitals and homes. Staff changes include Sherd Hostetter resigning from The Middleport Review and Don Brown moving to The Democrat. William Anderson visited Columbus yesterday.
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D. S. Harold
Middleport
Lincoln St
Jane Elder
Columbus
Wesley Ohlinger
S. Fourth Ave
Ohlinger
Ruby Annice Yeanger
Karl Owens
Charles Price
F. F. Thornton
St. Albans
W. Va
Lucile
Kathryn Price
S. Third Ave
Pearl Yeanger
Charleston
Shelby King
Mary Reynolds
Akron
Will Reynolds
D. E. Miller
Floyd Barcus
Sherd Hostetter
Middleport Review
Pomeroy Daily Tribune
Don Brown
The
Review
Democrat
William Anderson
Mrs Edison Hobstetter Hosts Contract Club Event
Mrs Edison Hobstetter entertained members of her Contract Club at Lincoln Hill home last night. Mrs Manning Webster attended as a guest of the club. A salad course was served at the conclusion.
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Cedric Clark
Athens Community Concert Association
Memorial Auditorium
Edison Hobstetter
Contract Club
Lincoln Hill
Manning Webster
Conclu
Honor Bride With Shower At Rutland
Miss Dorothy Colwell hosted a bridal shower Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Miller honoring Mrs. Hubert Williams. Forty six guests attended the social evening with gifts attached to an inverted umbrella chandelier. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Middleport
Mabel Hysell
Owen Fink
Leo Searles
Dwight Frost
Homer Rice
C. P. Gallagher
Rutland
Dorothy Colwell
Harold Miller
Hubbert Williams
Williams
William Graham
Marvin Graham
Robert Jacks
Canal Winchester
Earl Hogue
Zanesville
Dwight Kennedy
Charles Haley
William Theobald, Jr
Will Theobald
The Shop Around the Corner opens at the Athena Theatre
Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart star in a new Athena release as Klara Novak and Alfred Kralik in a story of a leather goods shop. Their quarrels mask a hidden love as Ernst Lubitsch shifts from satire to intimate realism with Frank Morgan and Joseph Schildkraut among the supporting cast.
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Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Athena
Stewart
Angel
Miss Sullavan
Klara Novak
Matuschek
Alfred Kralik
Mr. Smith
Washington
Destry
Kralik
Klara
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch
Frank Morgan
Joseph Schildkraut
Peculiar planetary setup foretells odd day for many
The Stars Say predicts strange, transformative influences on this day affecting domestic and social life. It notes possible uprooting denouements but stresses that sound judgment and common sense will help manage disturbances and doubts. A birthday portrays unique, intriguing experiences and a sensitive child may show sound judgment.
Store Window Displays Highlight Middleport Consumer Ed Week
Consumer Education Week in Middleport runs through March 11 with Home Economics students led by Miss Louise Drake presenting exhibits in local stores. Students Mary Jean Bailey Nelle Childs Peggy Robson Ruth Seines Louise Winebrenner Dorothy Nelle Stewart Jo Quickle Pauley Ann Kincaid and others create window displays at Martin and Roller Drug Grogan's Chamber's Grocery Hysell's Romayne Gordon Citizens National Bank Schmoll's Dress Shoppe Schmoll's Electric Shop and a library reading table and bulletin board. The first degree of the Future Homemakers of America will be conferred Wednesday as the club affiliates with the national group.
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Middleport
Louise Drake
Mary Jean Bailey
Nelle Childs
Martin and Roller ‘Drug Store
Peggy Robson
Ruth ‘Seines
Louise Winebrenner
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Middleport Department Store
Jo Quickle
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Grogan’s
Margaret Wolfe
Stansbury's
Mazie Wise
Mary Baker
Chamber's Grocery
Anna Price
Mary Miller
Hysell
Romayne Gordon
Citizens National Bank
Ruth Seines
Schmoll
Jeannette Grueser
Norma Wayland
Future Homemakers of America
Future
Homemakers Club
Simpson Methodist notices and linked family updates
Pomeroy Personal columns note the Home Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. Robert Warner’s Mulberry Ave home. Updates include Mrs. Alice Ewing’s return from Cleveland hospitalization and several illnesses and visits among local families and out of town relatives.
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Home Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Church
Robert Warner
Mulberry Ave
Alice Ewing
Cleveland Hospital
Ray Farnham
E. Main St
Maynard Davis
Columbus
Wright McCroba
W. H. Dye
Ralston Russell
Ralston Russell, Jr
George Heber Jones
The
Foreign Missionary Society
C. E. Peoples
Oberammergau
George Blackburn
Athens
Simpson Brotherhood
Emmet Windon
David Will
Flatwoods
Chester Will
Vada Hysell
Nora Heilman
Pomeroy
Dorothy Hoover
Marion
Letha Oiler
Darst Named to Complete Unexpired Term as Justice of Peace
Thomas D. Darst of Middleport is appointed by Salisbury Township trustees to finish the unexpired term of Justice of Peace Earl Titus who resigned about three months ago. Darst will open an office in Middleport the first in recent years for a local justice of the peace. Currently three justices serve the township with two based in Pomeroy P. L. Peoples and J. W. McCullough. Titus also has an office in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Thomas D. Darst
Middleport
Salisbury Township
Earl Titus
Darst
P. L. Peoples
J. W. McCullough
Titus
Meetings for Young People Held at Racine Church
County wide evangelist meetings for youths under the District Epworth League Cabinet opened at Racine Methodist Church. Rev Phipps of Rutland led the first service with a potluck dinner, focusing on Christ Meeting the Needs of the World.
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Pomeroy
Epworth League
Racine Methodist Church
Racine
Phipps
Rutland
Christ
Warren H. Bright
Rothrock
Middleport
Racine Church
February Totals of Car Certificates and Sales
During February 332 automobile certificates of title were issued from Clerk Herman Beards office for new and used cars. Revenue totaled 339.55 with 231.65 kept by the county and 107.90 sent to the state. New car sales reached 63, deemed excellent for February.
DAV Leaders to Convene With POMEROY at Middleport Meeting
Several state officers of the Disabled American Veterans will attend Meigs Chapter DAV at the American Legion Hall Middleport. The meeting begins at 7 PM with a chicken dinner served.
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Pomeroy
The
Disabled American Veterans
Meigs
DAV
American Legion Hall
Middleport
Alabama spirits down Montgomery as board steps up enforcement
The Alabama alcohol beverage control board begins 1940 by intensifying enforcement. It refuses to renew licenses of 47 beer and liquor dealers and creates a special enforcement unit.
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Alabama Spirits
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board
Council Splits Vote on Bill Owed to Electric Company
Middleport council last night discussed Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co charges totaling about 1640 dollars for street lighting and 244.23 dollars for merchandise dating back to 1931. The council approved signing a statement to auditors but two records are missing. A resolution to discontinue April street lighting was passed and a request to extend the Stansbury bequest settlement to April 14 was noted. The Zerkle Transfer was hired to return village boats from East Pomeroy and Crown City, and property leases for garden plots were approved.
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Middleport
Co. O Fisher
Regula
Cross
Hamilton
Rawlings
Zerkle
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Merchandises&c
Rawlings Land Zerkle
Arthur Anderson and Co
Council
H. M. Cross
Stansbury
W. E. Stansbury
C. P. Bradbury
M. L. French
East Pomeroy
H. L. Redcay
Crown City
Park and
Beech Sts
Point Rock Social Notes
Mrs. Mary C Bolin spent Wednesday with sister Estella Radekin. Several local families listed visiting, dining, and hosting in Columbus Athens and nearby towns including Morris Radekin Cottrill and McLaughlin. Grange meetings and illness notes appear among community updates.
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Point Rock
Mary C. Bolin
Estella Radekin
W. R. Holcomb
Laura Pickett
D. V
W. M. Morris
Pomeroy
Wesley Allen Ogdin
Columbus
E. Radekin
Athens
Morris
T. E. McLaughlin
Middleport
Owen Kennedy
Ronald
G. A. Radekin
L. D. Cottrill
Neva
Charles Riley
Radcliff
Lewis McLaughlin
R. S. Turner
Arlin Verigan
Garnet Veri
Howard Bolston
Sophomores Defeat Seventh Graders In Intermural Clash
Middleport reports a 28 22 sophomores win over the seventh graders in a high school intramural contest. Bill Call led with 13 points and Blaine added nine for the eighth grade.
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Middleport
Bill Call
Blaine
Skater Sustains Broken Arm In Local Fall
Carla Daune Owens, daughter of Karl and Mrs Owens, broke her right arm after a fall while skating near her home on S Third Ave. The Second Grade pupil suffered the injury during her first skating of the season Sunday.
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Middleport
Carla Daune Owens
S. Third Ave
Carla Daune
Karl Owens
Thrift Effort Causes Tax Confusion in Sacramento
A Southern California parlor operator sent the state board of equalization her last quarter sales totaling 1.00 dollars and enclosed two 3-cent stamps. She noted one stamp covered the 3-cent tax and asked the other for return if the stamps were not accepted, highlighting a tax payment mix up.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
State Board of Equalization
Sane
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