Quintet Meets Logan in First Tourney Game
Pomeroy Panthers close their season with a 34 27 win over Gallipolis and prepare for Athens tournament. Although not league champions, they claim a reputation for inconsistency, with several strong showings and notable losses to Newark Ashland and Middleport. Logan opens tournament for Pomeroy. locals believe they can win if play to potential. The Gallipolis game was rough and delayed by flood postponements.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Panthers
Athens
Pomeroy High School
Panthers
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Parkersburg
Columbus Central
Portsmouth
Ashland
Newark
Logan
Middleport
Gallia Blue Devils
Unclaimed Costs Listed in Meigs County
Pomeroy notices show money held by Clerk of Courts Herman Beards totaling 270.04 dollars with items from 25 cents to 15 dollars. Witness fees and court service charges dominate. Claimants must file by April 5 or remaining funds go to the county general fund.
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Pomeroy
Herman Beards
Union Brief Notes on Local Obituaries and Illness
Union members report funeral attendance for Vadh Mc Bride of Athens at New Marshfield. Illnesses run through the Jones and Cooper families. Bessie Gabriel, Dorthy Mulpas, and influenza cases noted. Cleveland Clerical Episcopal Diocese opposes state funding for parochial schools in a recent resolution.
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Will McBride
George Mce-Bride
New Marshfield
Vadh
William Cooper
Flo Black
Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Black
Washington St
Athens
Cleveland
U.P
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Sheriff Sale in Partitions Athens County Ohio
Public sale announced in Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio for parcels 94 and 95 in Vertie's Third Addition Verity with coal exception. Appraised at 900 dollars two thirds minimum. cash on day of sale. March 28 1937 attendance at Athens Court House.
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Court of Common Pleas
Ida Palmer
Lena Mourn
Court House
Athens
Ohio
Vertie
Verity
Athens Township
Anna M. Courtney
Z. A. Courtney
Blanch Verity
Common Pleas Court
Pooey
Charles W. Bayless
Gordon B. Gray
Middleport Social Notes Coverage of Local Visits and Guests
Middleport residents host and visit relatives across Ohio and beyond. Col umbus visitors include Christine and Catharine Grant with their mother, the Weltes, and Edgar Ervin and family. A Columbus trip also features Katherine Hepburn in Jane Eyre and a birthday dinner in Middleport. Mrs Beulah McCullum hosted friends in Athens after the flood.
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Middleport
Fred Bush
L. D. Diles
Charleston
Jud C. Boley
Columbus
Boley
Herb Chambers
R. C. McBride
James Arnold
Jimmy
A. H. Bradbury
Zanesville
Christine and
Catharine Grant
Neela Welte
Flora White Clapp
Herbert Thatcher
R. N. Barnes
Welte
Chicago
Rochester
Minn
Edgar Ervin
O. H. Stewart
Minerva Childers
Leon
W. Va
Newton Hawkins
Rutland
A. J. Beaver
Beaver
Roscoe Fowler
Grant Hospital
Effie Warren
Reedsville
Ada Foster
Dayton
Marrie Hoyt
Bess Sanborn
Dorothy Jane Dillard
Ora Dillard
Richard Mackin
Nellie Mackin
Lester Knab
Cincinnati
Knab
August Knab
Fred Healy
Mr. Healy
James Hood
Howard McElhinney
Eleanor
Wayne
Dana Lambert
Herman Mourning
West Salem
Ohio
F. G. Joachim
Martha
Cedar Grove
Healy
C. B. Mattice
Mary McNabb
Charles Joachim
Joachim
Frank M. Vrooman
James E. Harley
Walter F. Harris
R. Plummer Beeson
Vivian Middleton
Katherine Hepburn
Jane Eyre
Hartman Theater
Helen Beeson
Beul@h McCullum
Athens
Nan Moore
Ruth Drake
Hallie
Nella Zerkle
Mary Root
Mildred Hawley
Spring Repairs Hit Middleport Businesses
In Middleport the warm weather spurs property owners in the business section to begin repairs and redecorating. Carpenters and painters work seven days a week as Rawlings Funeral Home moves into newly decorated quarters in the bank building and several storefronts receive upgrades including Grogan's Meat Market and the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. The Carson Restaurant overhaul begins with rebricking, while the Southern Ohio Electric Company adds a brick front and wall reinforcement.
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Middleport
Rawlings
Bank
Citizens National Bank
Grogan
Mary Jane
Carson
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Realty changes in Meigs Co Ohio reported by county auditor
Real estate transfers in Meigs County last week list deeds for multiple townships and villages. Transfers include warranty and quit claim deeds transferring acres from individuals to others, including several to George Frecker, W. R. Bailey, M. E. Jeffers, and others, with village transfers noted for Middleport and Racine.
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M. E
Emma Jeffers
Wm. H
Ida Mae Cheadle
Lebanon Township
Lottie Isabelle Cozart
Hobart Cozart
Ralph
May Vanmeter
Olive Township
Marteen Rockhold
Harvey Rockhold
Delbert
Lola Barber
Will DeLong
Quit Claim
Salem Township
Tressa
G. G. Thompson
Berdie Norton
Salisbury Township
Edward P
Elizabeth Roush
John R. Graves
Middleport
A. H
R. B. Beeson
Pomeroy
Edgar S
Ida C. Davis
Verne V. Davis
Sutton
William Thoma
H. A. Harris
Wm. F. Tanbory
Ruby Wince
Frank
Erma Roush
Fire damages home on E Main St in Pomeroy
A. R. Knight residence at E Main St in Pomeroy was damaged by a Saturday night fire that affected the second floor and caused water damage before the blaze was controlled by the Pomeroy Fire Department. A minor Sunday night fire at Ebersbach Service Station on E Main St caused no damage and was quickly extinguished.
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Pomeroy
A. R. Knight
E. Main St
Ebersbach
Carl Hutchins
Carl Burns
Columbus
A. K. Hutchins
Betty
Betty Chase
Rutland
Roy Tracy, Jr
Spring St
Daughters of Union Veterans
Helen Zeiher
Billy
Harry Roush
Bertha Philson
Pleasant
Henry Durst
Monkey Run
Frank
George Webb
Portsmouth
Wesley Webb
Marietta
EB. W. Kingsland
Amy
Royal Telephone Company
Court St
G. R. Smith
Herb Giles
Kate Fick
Bertha Allis
Marguerite Durst
Eloise Ebersbach
Cora Mae Joachim
Garent Giles
Gertrude Smith
Disaster Loan Office Set Up in Pomeroy
The Disaster Loan Corporation opens a local office at the Messenger office 113 E Second St with daily hours 1 to 4 pm. Applications are free and will be accepted each afternoon until all interested obtain loans. Pomeroy Civic Club officials announce urgency to apply promptly.
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Pomeroy
Federal Disaster Loan Corporation
E. Second St
Pomeroy Civic Club
Middleport at Tourney Narrowly Ties Shawnee In OT Thriller
Middleport battles Shawnee at Logan in a tense 26 26 tie ending in another overtime period. Captain Paul Smith calmly sank two free throws to level the score as Bob Lohse led Middleport scorers with 47 points across the Shawnee and Coolville games. After the Shawnee game the team rested in local hotel rooms while fans awaited updates and the district champs belt buckles were awarded.
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Meddleport
Logan
Shawnee
Paul Smith
Bob Lohse
Coolville
Smitty
Middleport
George Schaaf
Walter Burns Harris
Civic Club To Meet In Pomeroy Tuesday Night
Pom eroy Civic Club will hold a meeting Tuesday night at the Senkus Hotel on E Second Street. President H D Brown announced the gathering as part of the club annual membership drive. The note recalls that the first amateur outdoor athletic games in America were held in New York on October 21, 1871.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Civic Club
Senkus
E. Second St
H. D. Brown
America
New York
Missionary Society to Meet at Church of Christ
The United Christian Missionary Society of the Church of Christ will meet this evening at the church. President Mrs Etta Gaskill will preside and five members will present reports from different missionary stations. Electrical devices now carried on handcars quickly measure strains in railroad rails.
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Middleport
United Christian Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Etta Gaskill
Meigs County Probate Notes From Last Week
Transactions in Meigs County probate court include transfers of real estate in the Rathburn estates to Bertha E Rathburn and Kathrine F Rathburn. Robert H Roush named administrator with will annexed for Hess estates. Margaret J McCullough named executrix of S A McCullough with bond set at 10000 dollars. Dana Moore Clifford Morris and Bert Orr named appraisers for the McCullough estate.
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Meigs County
M. E. Rathburn
Bertha E. Rathburn
Kathrine F. Rathburn
Charles F. Rathburn
Robert H. Roush
Catharien
E. Hess
John G. Hess
Robert 8. Hess
Margaret J. McCullough
S. A. McCullough
Sutton Township
Dana Moore
Clifford Morris
Bert Orr
McCullough
Grasshopper sighting and odd astronomy note reported
A resident of Fast Springfield reported many grasshoppers leaping in a field this winter. Also a local weatherish note claims the cat eye method of telling time narrows at noon and widens in the afternoon.
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Steubenville
Fast Springfield
Meigs Pomona Grange Meets at Racine Auditorium
Meigs County Pomona Grange met with Great Bend Grange in Racine Auditorium Friday evening with 141 members present and eleven Granges represented. New Fifth Degree members were O. V. Dailey Elmer Dailey Bert Sayre Josephine Ritchie and Denver Rice. A literary program directed by Mrs. Vaneta Radekin featured a talk on conservation by George Kreitler instrumental music by Homer and Denver Rice and by 5 H Fadely and colleagues. Eight legislative bills prompted eight resolutions and local representatives will be informed. Refreshments were served.
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Racine
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Great Bend
George Kreitler
Homer
Denver Rice
Middleport
5. H. Fadely
State employees’ expense accounts sent back over limit
Expense accounts of about 1200 state employees were returned to the respective departments because they exceed the $83.50 daily expense allowance. The announcement noted the action and the limit.
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Columbus
U.P
Vendol Brings Relief to Athens Man After Years Of Discomfort
A Athens farmer Mr Grove Love credits Vendol with remarkable health gains after months of constipation headaches indigestion and sleepless nights. Since starting Vendol his nerves sleep digestion and appetite improved and he reports feeling “the first time in years I’ve felt just right.” Vendol is sold locally by Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Pharmacy in Nelsonville.
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Athens
Grove Love
Route 7
Harts Chapel
Hickman
Nelsonville
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Quintet
Meigs Co
Redito
United States District Court
Alfred Richardson
John P. Kelso
Innkruptcy
Citizens Bank Building
OHNP
Kelso
Middleport Social Notes
Frances Curtis
Josephine Curtis
Mrs
Pearl McCary
Charles Baker
M. E. Baker
Edward Miller
Baker
Margaret Russell
Roy Russell
Alfred Casin
Clara Lewis
J. T. Lewis
Mrs. Harris
Robert W. Harris
R. W. Harris
Marcus Chambers
Robert
Herbert Chambers
Richard Chambers
Willis Aleshire
Rio Grande
Sallie Jordan
Edith
Pete Schneider
Pt. Pleasant
Frances Dye
Don Coe
Margaret Coe
Westfield
N. J
M. G. White
Brownell Ave
Nancy Hogg
New High
Jessie Neigier
J. Dillon Cross
Ethel Cross
Disaster Loan Office
Civic Club
Pomeroy Social Notes
Lucille Beards
Trench City Council
D. of A
Miss Beards
Florence Karr
Forest Run
Delos M. White
Mt. Sterling
White
Karr
Ray Crumbley
Wellsville
Crumbley
Eva Russ
Ann St
Russ
Hartford
James Russ
Holzer Hospital
Jacob Roller
Amanda Borham
Mulberry Ave
Kathryn Wipple
Huntington
Sophia Meier
Earl Person
William Schieber
C. H. Jesse
FE. Main St
Florence Phillips
Bentz Wolf
Wheeling
George Beaver
Mildred Tubbs
Stephen Martin
St. Francis Hospital At
Elsie Tyree and
Sun Gay
Kankakee
Ill
George Phillips
Myrtle
Norman Phillips
Theodore Burris
Harvey Fastman
Alrich
Efarly
Meigs Pomona Grange
Mr, Grove Love
Evelyn Chandler
Evelyn
Dizzy
Lakeside Sl
Jesey
R. J. Reynolds
Tob
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Herb
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Jack Oskie
Benny Goodman
Wabc-Columbia Network
Sig Buchmayr
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