Engineers Study Could Extend Mechanic Street to Brick Street
POMEROY The Pomeroy Council and Citizens Committee postponed their joint meeting as only half the panel attended. Alfred LeFeber outlined a waterworks purchase study and Harry O'Brien represented the bonding firm. The four committee members pledged to reconvene this afternoon to finalize the outline, while council approved pay raises for police officers during a three month leave. A WPA project proposal to extend Mechanic Street to Brick Street drew citizen support, and the engineer will be instructed to include it. The Sugar Run sewer and federal aid plans for dam related damage near Eureka were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council
Citizens Committee
Alfred LeFeber
Harry O’brien
A. D. Russell
W. A. Compton
Edison Hobstetter
M. D. Hartley
Walter Wolfe
Fred Swatzel
Dana L. Tracy
Sugar Run
Eureka
Funeral Services Held For Fred M. Cowdery
Fred M Cowdery died Sunday at his daughter’s home after a long illness. Born March 14 he would have been 82. Survived by three sons Albert Charles Cecil and two daughters Mabel Hetzer and Amy Amott. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 at the Christian Church Rev D G Holman officiated with burial at Success cemetery.
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Reedsville
Fred M. Cowdery
Arthur Hetzer
Albert
Rockland
Charles
Hockingport
Cecil
Mabel Hetzer
Amy Amott
Christian Church
D. G. Holman
Tuppers Plains
Success
Two suits filed on Jividen Well No 2 materials claim
Pomeroy sues Mountain Iron and Supply Co for 443.05 for drilling materials used on the Jividen Well No 2 near Nease Settlement. A second suit by Oil Well Supply Co seeks 513.00 against the well owners for the same project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mountain Iron & Supply Co
Nease Settlement
Wel
Oil Well Supply Co
Commission Extends Real Estate Tax Collection Date
In Columbus the State tax commission allowed Meigs County to push the real estate tax and assessment collection deadline to April 20. The action permits extended time for taxpayers to settle obligations and for the county to complete tax processing.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Meigs County
Racine High School Honor Roll List Six Weeks
Racine High School reports honor roll standings by class. Freshmen include Eleanor Circle and Gerald Cozart. sophomores Burl Ashley and Thomas Barnitz. juniors Curtis Bradford and Wilma Byers. seniors Sammy Cozart and Billie Elkins. Other named students fill remaining positions across all four grade levels.
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Racine
Racine High School
Eleanor Circle
Gerald Cozart
Ruby Lowery
Ruth Moore
Mildred Morris
Alberta Sayre
Mary Mildred Shain
Ruth Spencer
Burl Ashley
Thames Barnitz
Alma June Bostic
Betty Buck
Emma Jean Carmichael
Evelyn Circle
Margaret Deem
Daryl Johnson
Gretta Lyons
Norma McDate
Anna Louise Martin
Ernest Ripley
Wilma Rose
Frances Shain
Carl Taylor
Curtis Bradford
Wilma Byers
Mildred Carnahan
Mabel Ann Cox
Allegra Fadely
Charles Ihle
Eileen McKinney
Christine Morris
Mattie Ross
Oca Scarberry
Maxine Smith
Faye Worthington
Carolyn Yost
Sammy Cozart
Billie Elkins
Bernice Harpold
Lois Hayman
Hazel Hilldare
Naomi Johnson
Virginia Koelsch
Dixie Spencer
Beryl Worthington
Howard Wright
Racine Pupils Earn English Test Honor Roll Spots
Racine Rural School District eighth graders named to the honor roll after the Every Pupil Test in English where top score was 90 and median 43. Listed pupils include Betty O Conner Marian Simpson Ruth Carnahan Beryl Wolfe Bud Crew Dorothy Stobart Wanda Potts Mary Jean Watson Dale Wagner and others with scores ranging from 71 to 49.
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Racine
Betty O’conner
Marian Simpson
Ruth Carnahan
Beryl Wolfe
Bud Crew
Dorothy Stobart
Wanda Potts
Mary Jean Watson
Dale Wagner
Wanda Leibrand
Ruby Scarberry
Mildred Lisle
Dolores Wolfe
Gilbert Hart
Martha Lou Waterson
Delma Byers
Wilma Barnitz
Larry Spencer
Charles Mowery
Marjorie Price
Mary Shain
Adria Beegle
Arthur Nease
Donald Roush
Charles Moore
Earl Teaford
Marjorie Eynon
Ethel Miller
Margaret Roush
Mary Jane Foster
Evelyn Sayre
Opal Offutt
Gloria Schaefer
Escape Crash Injuries On Third Ave
Jed Webster Jr. attempting to pass a northbound truck driven by Dewey Guthrie, who turned left onto Palmer St., collided with the truck. Webster’s car was badly damaged and electric service lines were torn down. The accident occurred Monday at 8 a.m.
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Middleport
Jed Webster Jr
Dewey Guthrie
Third Ave
Palmer St
Webster
Hunter shoots 75 year old golfer makes 73 in Par Del Monte
Under age par in Del Monte California Frank Hunter aged 75 from Pasadena shot two under his age. He played the outgoing nine in 41 and finished with 32 for a total of 73 two over par.
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del Monte
Cal
Frank Hunter
Pasadena
Pomeroy Social Notes Birthday party honors Oma Jean Zahl
Oma Jean Zahl celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday at her parents home with games and refreshments. Other notes include Mildred Gilmore and Helen Williamson at a hairdressers' convention in Chicago, and multiple visits and travels among local residents such as Mrs. Alice Ewing and daughter Mary, Helen Gilmore, Alice Bowen, Mary Ewing, and others in Columbus Huntington Massillon Marietta and Spencer West Virginia with various family updates and community events.
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Pomeroy
Little Oma Jean Zahl
Aarron Zahl
Mildred Gilmore
Helen Williamson
Hair Dressers
Chicago
Alice Ewing
Mary
Simpson M. E
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club
A. H. Fisher
L. F. Schoenleb
Eugene Bryant
John Leifheit
John Leifheit, Jr
George Harper
Columbus
Middleport Garden Club Hosts Meeting and New Club Formed
Mrs. C. M. Hennesy hosted the Garden Club on S Third Ave with Mrs. Garen Stansbury presiding. Programs covered mulch and soil prep, plus a call for planting spots on Mill St and around the new high school grounds and Middleport cemetery. A new garden club formed in Hemlock Grove with 18 members, affiliated as the eighth Meigs County club with Ohio Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. M. Hennesy
S. Third Ave
Garen Stansbury
John Kincaid
Etta Gaskill
Mill St
Middleport Cemetery
Mobile
Isle-Aux-Oie
Stansbury
Hemlock Grove
James Titus
Hemlock Grange
Meigs County
Ohio Association
Arthur Nelson
Mildred Betzing
Leona Storey
Helen Karper
A. A. Chappelle
Columbus
Legion Auxiliary Plans Public Dance and Dinner Drive
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Hall for a potluck and business session led by president Mrs. Lillian Lewis Stieff. They plan a public dance every other Friday and formed a committee for the annual anniversary dinner. The unit has 59 paid members and seeks one more before the March 16 membership drive deadline.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Lillian Lewis Stieff
Missionary program at Enterprise by local church group
The mixed quartet of the Church of Christ along with Mr and Mrs D S Farmer Mrs Eleanor Sauders Charles Walburn and L D Hart inger accompanist traveled to Enterprise after Sunday church services to take part in a missionary program being given by the United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
D. S. Farmer
Eleanor Sauders
Charles Walburn
L. D. Hartinger
Enterprise
United Brethren Church
Clarks Chapel Social And Personal Items
Clarks Chapel notes include visits by Victor Carpenter and Lon Walls family events. Eileen Walls visits grandmother Ella Dillinger. Frank Phillips family guests. Lon Walls honored on birthday with many cards and a telegram from Dr. O H Ford.
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Clarks Chapel
Victor Carpenter
Lon Walls
Thomas Vercoe
Graham Chapel
Hugh Sheridan
Eileen Walls
Ella Dillinger
Frank Phillips
Esther
Carl
J. A. Bell
European Beauty carved by Bara tribesman at Field Museum
A wooden sculpture titled European Beauty, carved by a Bara tribesman from Madagascar, was recently added to the Field Museum in Chicago. The piece depicts a colonial official’s prim wife as seen by a native artist, reflecting colonial gaze themes in early 20th century collecting.
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Madagascar
Chicago
Field Museum
First 1938 Licenses Delayed Appear Here
Meigs County license tags for 1938 appeared in Middleport on Saturday as deputy registrar William Lowe sold the first license, numbered 7510, to Alvan Rife of Carpenter.
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Middleport
Meigs County
William Lowe
Alvan Rife
Carpenter
Social Notes From Dexter Daily Life Gatherings
Sunday guests visited the Saxtons in Dexter including Elmer and Vivian Dent and families from Charleston and Athens. Vale stayed with the Vales in Dyesville. Campbell of Langsville joined the Weavers. The Bowles hosted Sandra and Morgan Jones of Tiltonville. Delaney and daughter Barbara Ann visited Rutland. Nelson attended a Salem Center trustees meeting. Masonic lodge members met in Harrisonville. Mrs. Saxton marked her 73rd birthday with Mae Dent and Ella Nelson joining dinner. Afternoon and evening guests included Glaze and the Smiths families and Ward Saxton with his daughter. The Suen? path: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Ward Saxton joined relatives in Athens Sunday.
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J. F. Bowles
Claude Delaney
Barbara Ann
Alpha Plummer
Rutland
Peter Nelson
Salem Center
Masonic Lodge
Harrisonville
Lewis Saxton
Mae Dent
Charleston
Ella Nelson
W. L. Glaze
H. C. Smith
Max Smith
Larry
Ward Saxton
Athens
Vona McKnight
Midway
Carrie Smith
Lewis
West Texas Chamber moves into new Abilene office
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce has moved into a new building in Abilene Texas valued at $200000. The facility will house the chamber offices a museum a lounge and recreation rooms for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene, Tex
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Middleport Council Backs Floodwall Project
Middleport Village Council, with Mayor Robson and key officials present, voted in favor of a floodwall plan after engineers estimated a 150000 dollar cost with rights of way supplied by the town or half covered by the government under conditions. The panel also set April 5 for Route 143 relocation hearing in Middleport and pursued a pool project at Pythian Park, appointing a five member committee to push a new effort if possible.
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Middleport
Carson
Cross
Hamilton and
Russell
William Robson
Bradbury
O. H. Stewart
Charles Wise I Jr
Jas. Lewis
Arthur Lewis
Tom Mills
U. S
John J. Jaster
Robson
James Williams
Emmett Blackburn
Park St
Pythian Park
Eusteka
Columbus
Counseilmen
Homer Russell
Harry Cross
J. H. Smith
Henry Swift
J. B. Downing
Racine Brief Notes Move and Illness Update
Trubie Mayes moved his family to Lock 19 on Wednesday after transfer from Lock 24. Harry Brownell shifted his family from the Harris property to the Mayes home. Mr and Mrs Ray Reithmiller and Miss Ian Reithmiller of Columbus were summoned to their mother Mrs Ellen Reithmiller’s home. Ellen Reithmiller, recently treated for gall stones at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis, remains seriously ill with a slight improvement reported Monday.
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Racine
Trubie Mayes
Harry Brownell
Harris
Mayes
Ray Reithmiller
Ian Reithmiller
Columbus
Ellen Reithmiller
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Plan April Dance In Northwest Territory Celebration
Middleport Phi Delta Kappa members voted to cooperate with the committee in charge of the Northwest Territory celebration to be held in Pomeroy in October. They discussed plans for a private dance in April at their regular meeting in the fraternity rooms on N Second Ave.
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Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa
Northwest Territory
Pomeroy
N Second Ave
Cowboys Salary And Living Costs Revealed In Hearing
In a freight rate hearing at El Paso before the Interstate Commerce Commission Oliver M. Lee of Alamogordo New Mexico testified the average cowboy on the western plains earns about 40 dollars monthly. He also said the rancher provides food and bed costing an additional 20 dollars per month.
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Dallas
Tex
Western Plains
Oliver M. Lee
Alamogordo
N. M
I. Co. C
el Paso
Get at the Cause of Constipation
Claiming constipation causes a sunken feeling the ad urges daily breakfast with Kellogg's All Bran. It explains "bulk" as undigested matter aiding elimination, promotes water intake, and notes All Bran contains vitamin B and iron, made in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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Kellogg
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