Pomeroy Fire Protection Needs Revision
Pomeroy Ohio fire chief Dana Roush reports the Ohio Inspection Bureau downgraded the village to class eight for fire insurance rates. The bureau lists priorities including a new reserve fire truck, restrict pumper use to fire protection, drills and training, a long ladder on the pumper, discontinue reservoir removal, and upgrading water pumps. Roush seeks funding from the Firemen's Indemnity Fund and plans a reinspection to guide corrections for hazardous buildings.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Dana R. Roush
Roush
First Ward
Middleport
Bureau
Fire Department
Trustees Meeting Lights Changes at We Grande College
Charles H. Rath and Tom W. Jones, trustees, were summoned to Gallipelie Monday to attend a board meeting at the Lafayette Hotel. This morning Mr. Jones departed for Columbus to resign as Meigs County representative to the Legislature.
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Middleport
Charles H. Rathborn
Tom W. Jones
We Grande College
Gallipelie
Lafayette Hotel
Jones
Columbus
Meigs County
Get Up Nights Use Buchu and Gin
An old remedy claims to help bladder irritation and nocturnal urination by flushing out acids and impurities. It describes a juniper gin extract and buchu leaves as components and promises better sleep after four days, with a druggist refund if not pleased.
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Civies
Ody
Funeral for Mrs. George Gattenby at Long Bottom
Aged widow Mrs. George Gattenby died at her home near Shade River two weeks after her husband. She was 78 and left daughters Mrs. Ida Jenkins of New Brighton PA and Miss Mary Gattenby at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Also note: Wayne Pulline fractured his arm and Ramond Ervin will move to the Mascar home as weather moderates. Ohio River Road right of way between Long Bottom and Portland nearly secured and construction may begin soon.
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Long Bottom
George Gattenby
Shade River
Ida Jenkins
New Brighton
Mary Gattenby
Wayne
R. H. Pulline
Ramond Ervin
Charles Mascar
Ohio River
Portland
Miner Injured by Falling Slate at Graves Mine
Hollis Gilkey Bradbury sustained severe injuries Saturday when a slate fall trapped him in the Graves coal mine. He was removed to his home for treatment. Griff Russell reported the theft of two valuable fox hounds recently. The P T A holds its regular meeting Wednesday night following a Sunday service by O W Williams at the Church of Christ. Over 20 people attended the P T A play here. Mrs Jennie Antherson is ill.
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Bradbury
Hollis Gilkey
Graves
Griff Russell
P.T.A
O. W. Williams
Church of Christ
Jennie Antherson
Local residents make weekend trips and visits
Middleport residents and friends travel to Columbus, Parkersburg, Syracuse, and Athens for business and visits. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. A A Chappelle, Ralph Parsons, Evelyn Eichinger, and Dave Jones of Circleville. Several Columbus and Athens connections stop by local homes for brief calls and care duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Chappelle
Columbus
Edward Parson
Ralph
Parkersburg
Ralph Parsons
Henry Eichinger
Evelyn Eichinger
Dave Jones
Circleville
Sidney Pickens
South Third Avenue
Syracuse
Frey Shumway
Athens
Eichinger
Ohio University
New York Central Railroad
Toledo
Roy Russell
Harry Clark
Sid Roush
Jake Shuler
Mort Collins
Edward Spooner
South Fifth Avenue
Irving
Warning on Old Age Pension Scams in Newspapers
Officials warn aged Ohioans not to pay fees for help in obtaining pensions. Eligibility includes 65 years old, US citizen, 15 years Ohio resident, one year in county, no prison or state hospital confinement, income under 300 dollars, no asset divestment. Pension payments up to 26 dollars monthly begin after July 1, with deductions for other income.
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United States
Ohio
District realignment places Meigs County in new HOUS district
E W Peoples county attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corporation announced a district realignment Monday. Meigs and Vinton counties join with Gallia Lawrence and Seloto to form a new district with BE L McCormick of Gallipolis as agent. He will visit Meigs County Saturday at 9 am at the courthouse office.
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Pomeroy
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Meigs County
E. W. Peoples
Athens
Meigs
Peoples
Vinton
Gallia
Lawrence
Seloto
BE. L. McCormick
Gallipolis
Mise Frecker Hosts Sixth Birthday Party for Mimmie Hawley
Middleport residents gathered Saturday afternoon on Grant Street to honor Mimmie Hawley of Long Bottom on his sixth birthday anniversary. Attendees included family, friends, and numerous children such as Frances Pickens Phyllis Smart George Gardner Susan Allensworth Jenny Lou Allensworth and others.
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Middleport
Mise
Flossie Frecker
Mimmie Hawley
Long Bottom
James Hawley Sr
Rosanna Barker
Mae Martha Roller
Anna Margaret Howell
Bobbie Tewksbury
Elizabeth Roller
Joan
Dorothy Triplett
Jimmie Whitlock
Mary Holmes
Honor Miss Thompson Racine Birthday Surprise Party
Mr and Mrs Ernest Wingett entertained friends Saturday with a surprise party honor of Miss Virginia Thompson on her seventeenth birthday. Refreshments were served near the close of the evening. Mr Bertha Hopkins of New Jersey spent the past week in Racine with Mrs PX Petre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Thompson
Racine
Ernest Wingett
Virginia Thompson
Bertha Hopkins
New Jersey
PX Petre
Greens Run Church chicken dinner benefit set Thursday
The Young People’s Class of Greens Run Church of Christ sponsors a chicken dinner Thursday in the Greens Run school dining room. Proceeds support the church. Public invited.
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Chauncey
Greens Run Church of Christ Ie
Greens Run
Holiday Ladies' Aid Society Entertained At Maggie Chaney
The Holiday Ladies' Aid Society met at Maggie Chaney's home for quilting and a potluck lunch. Officers elected include Flossie Brickles as president and Thora Blackwood as treasurer, with Ethel Blackwood as corresponding secretary. The group planned a music and current events program and set the next meeting for March 22 at Maude Tubbs' home.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Maggie Chaney
Flossie Brickles
Thora Blackwood
Ethel Blackwood
Maude Tubbs
Lydia Cain
Minnie Chaney
Flossie Brickies
Maggie Levacy
Clara Levacy
Gertrude Douglas
Amanda Douglas
Mise Ethel Blackwood
Audrey Wells
Parkersburg
Teachers Give Play at Carpenter PTA Meeting
High School teachers presented a play at the Columbia Parent-Teacher Association meeting on Thursday night. Superintendent Frank and staff arranged music by a string orchestra, readings by Floyd Cummings and Gerald Starkey, piano solos by Mrs Frank, and a Georgia Nell Radekin and Wanda Starkey duet. A nominating committee was appointed and Wells and Howery will lead the program at the next meeting the first Thursday in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Columbia Parent-Teacher Association
Frank
Floyd Cummings
Gerald Starkey
Georgia Nell Radekin
Wanda Starkey
Mies Wells
Mr. Howery
Resume Levee Work As CWA Crews Restore River Banks
CWA workers resume on the river bank parking lots at Pomeroy after floods. Walls remained undamaged while the lower project trench was cleared. first real test of the new flood walls shows they can withstand high water like the historic wall along the Pomeroy riverfront.
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CWA
Pomeroy
Pomeroy River
Drys Plan Rally In Meiga County At Local Church
Dry forces in Meiga County will hold a rally at the Simpson M. E. Church at 7 30 Wednesday night. J Raymond Schmidt of Washington DC will be the speaker and G E Carson is the county chairman. Schmidt is a prohibition leader and national lecturer with the International Reform Federation and editor of the Twentieth Century Progress.
Phillips Funeral Attended by Ohhlinger Family
Mrs. Martin Ohhlinger and her daughter Alma travel from Middleport to Columbus to attend the funeral of their cousin Edward Phillips. They will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore during their visit.
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Phillips
Middleport
Martin Ohhlinger
Alma
Herman Ohlinger
Columbus
Edward Philips
Walter Moore
Community Church Activities Spread Across Pomeroy
Mrs. John Senkus hosts Foreign Missionary Society on Second Avenue for Founders Day events. Daughters of the American Revolution attendees from Pomeroy and Middleport attend a Manafield convention. Epworth League members lead at Federated Church service and attend the Triangles. Peace Evangelical Circle hosts at Lincoln Hill with local hostesses. A Father-Son banquet at Simpson M E Church follows a potluck. Home Missionary Society meets at Union Avenue with Mrs. Windon hosting and refreshments served.
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John Senkus
Foreign Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Second Avenue
Alfred Elberfeld
Pomeroy
Charlies F. Rathburn
Middleport
Daughters of American Revolution
Manafield
Simpson M. E. Epworth League
Federated Church
Triangles
Federated Circle of Peace Evangelical Church
Ruel Finsterward
Lincoln Hill
Raymond Hood
Charles Price
Tom Evans
Simpson M. E
Home Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Church
RE. V. Windon
Union Avenue
Pearl Hysell
School PTA Meeting Highlights Syracuse Program
Mrs. Thomas Clark chaired a Parent Teacher Association session at the Syracuse school auditorium. Mrs. Helen Underhill of Columbus opened the week with her mother Mrs. Mary Karr. Various locals and visitors attended social and community events including Branch Fleming hosting a five hundred petty gathering and Edward Houdshelt hosting Junior League members.
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Syracuse
Thomas Clark
Parent
Helen Underhill
Columbus
Mary Karr
Fred Shumway
Stewart
Eleanor Karr
Athena
Ohio University
Branch Fleming
Woodrow Hendrix
Edward Houdshelt
Paul Niswander
Carrell
American Legion Post Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Drew Webster Post in Pomeroy marked the fifteenth anniversary of the American Legion in Paris with a Monday night banquet and entertainment at Legion Hall. A large cake with 15 candles and a flag icing replica was presented by Mrs. A. O. Tracy, honoring the post’s achievement of surpassing its membership quota and receiving a facsimile of the first Paris meeting.
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Pomeroy Legion Fost
Organization of Veterans
Pomeroy
American Legion
Paris
Drew Webster Post
Legion Hall
Legion
A. O. Tracy
Syracuse Church News Highlights and Local Appointments
Rev L C Watt writes a Gallipolis paper series as Syracuse churches report evangelistic services at Asbury M E Church led by G L Bogardus and P W Niswander. New members join Syracuse Foreign Missionary Society and local residents Belle Cameron Gladys Crooks Weese convalesces as Donald Holter becomes Pom eroy Syracuse taxi driver.
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Syracuse
L. C. Watt
Asbury M. E
Gallipolis
BE. K. Robinett
U. B
Jackson
Oalton
G. L. Bogardus
Paul W. Niswander
Carroll
Syracuse Foreign Missionary Society
Carl Weese
Gladys Crooks
Belle Cameron
Pomeroy
Donald Holter
Car Weese
John Hallam
Class Meets This Evening for Women’s Bible Study
The Women’s Bible Class of the Baptist Church meets this evening with Mrs Clarence Rupe on South Sixth Avenue and Palmer Street. A program and social time follow, and refreshments will be served at the close.
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Middleport
The
Baptist Church
Clarence Rupe
Sixth Avenue
Palmer Street
Past Chiefs Meet CHAUNCEY-Past Chiefs Club gathering
Chauncey Past Chiefs Club of Pleasant View Temple and Pythian Sisters held their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. N. 8. Harvey on Ellis Avenue. Members attending included Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs. William Collins Sr, Mrs. Ira Cunningham, Mrs. Floyd Linscott, Mrs. Harry Wallace, Mrs. Charlies Sweeney and Mrs. Harvey. Refishments were served by the hostess.
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Chauncey
Chiefs Club
Pleasant View Temple
Pythian Sisters
N. 8. Harvey
Ellis Avenue
Arthur Smith
William Collins
Ira Cunningham
Floyd Linscott
Harry Wallace
Charlies Sweeney
Harvey
Twenty mines listed in Chauncey district working list
Twenty mines in the Chauncey district are reported on the working list today. They include Hocking Kimberly Car bondale Lick Run Luhrig Coonville Chauncey No. 25 Poston No. 6 Black Diamond Ohio No. 1 No. 255 No. 267 No. 26 No. 24 No. 107 No. 69 No. 10X and No. 219.
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Chauncey
Hocking
Kimberly
Carbondale
Lick Run
Luhrig
Coonville
Poston
Black Diamond
Ohio
Mountaineers and Chauncey Broadcast from Zanesville
The Mountaineers quartet Charlies Simpson Delbert Hawk Lester Dowler and Otis Blair Chauncey with Wilmer Powell performed a music program in Zanesville Saturday. They will broadcast again from Zanesville next Saturday at 2 p m.
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Chauncey
The
Mountaineers
Charlies Simpson
Delbert Hawk
Lester Dowler
Otis Blair
Wilmer Powell
Plains
Zanesville
Mrs Sweazy Chauncey Seriously Ill At Home
Mrs L L Sweazy Chauncey is seriously ill at her home on West Main Street after falling ill Monday. Her daughter Mrs Cleo Kellenbar ger and son Dick of Logan are with her to help.
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Sweazy
Ili
Chauncey
L. L. Sweazy
West Main Street
Cleo Kellenbarger
Dick of
Logan
Chauncey Ladies' Auxiliary to Meet Wednesday
Chauncey Ladies' Auxiliary No. of United Mine Workers will hold their regular meeting Wednesday night at 6 30 at the Chauncey K of P Hall.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies
United Mine Workers
Chauncey K. of P. Hall
Dinner Entertainment At Ellis Avenue Hosted By Mrs Picker
Mrs Gladys Pickering entertained at dinner Monday evening at her Ellis Avenue home in Chauncey. Guests included the Rev. W Rhibrand, Rev. O W Williams, Rev. G B Courtney.
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Chauncey
Gladys Pickering
Ellis Avenue
W. Rhibrand
O. W.W. Williames
G. B. Courtney
Visit in Rockbridge Chauncey
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cannon and Mrs. Lottie Cannon visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Shaffer in Rockbridge Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Shaffer, who has been ill, remains in a serious condition.
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Rockbridge
Chauncey
Don Cannon
Lottie Cannon
All Day Quilting Itinerary at Greens Run
Mrs Dow Cannon and Mrs Lottie Cannon hosted an all day quilting gathering with a chicken dinner at Greens Run. Guests included Mrs Fred O ters Mrs Fred McClelland Mrs James Golding Mrs Lena Leake and granddaughter Donna Blower.
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Chauncey
Dow Cannon
Lottie Cannon
Greens Run
Fred Oters
Fred McClelland
James Golding
Lena Leake
Donna Blower
Buy It Wear It Chauncey Social Auction Planned
A unique social affair by Pleasant View Temple Pythian Sisters Chauncey follows tonight's temple meeting. Each member donates a clothing item to be auctioned and worn during the social hour.
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Chauncey
Pleasant View Temple
Pythian Sisters
Millfield Personal Notices and Local Updates
Mrs Raymond Howard has shown improvement after illness. Mary and Carolyn Guerra and Joe Guerra visited from Ohio University. Woodbury run roads remain nearly impassable. Mrs G C Patton cannot drive the route. Herbert Crabtree moved family to East Millfield company house. Cleo and Mae Guerra ill, nursing at grandmother Abbie Clancy’s. Faithful Aide Bible Class to meet. M E Church Ladies’ Aid served soup for furnace payment. Easter program plans underway at Church of Christ. Rev Miles Hoon to preach next Sunday. Vernetta Moody recovering at home after Adamsop? ad pendicit ing operation. Mrs A J Truatt of Cleveland visited parents due to illness. several named ladies attended event at the Passenger Building in Athens. Wemer hosted Concord Church Bible Classes with games and refreshments.
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Raymond Howard
Mary
Carolyn Guerra
Joe Guerra
Ohio University
Woodbury Run
G .C. Patton
Herbert Crabtree
Simpson
East Millfield
Cleo
Mae
Abbie Clancy
T. H. Blower
Faithful Aide
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Emma Rankin
Church of Christ
Miles Hoon
New Marshfield
Vernetta
Albert Moody
Greens Run
St. Francis Hospital
A. J. Truatt
Cleveland
J. R. Wade
William Cole
Trimble
Vaughn Earich
H. H. Theisen
H. O. McDaniel
Elizabeth Robinett
P. D. Hill
Senger
Athens
KR. H. Wemmer
Concord Church
Crescent Ridge
Mrs. Melvina Staffinger Dies at Chauncey Home
Mrs. Melvina Hahn Staffinger aged 86 wife of Henry F Staffinger Chauncey died Monday at 5 p m at her Converse Street home after a week of illness She had been in failing health for weeks She was widow of Jacob Hahn of Glouster and had two children who died earlier Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Mollie Mason Mrs Elmer Morris Mrs Emma Coleman and two sons D W Hahn and Harry Hahn She was a Church of Christ member active in Glouster church community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Melvina Hahn Staffinger
Henry F. Staffinger
Converse Street
Mr. Staffinger
Jacob Hahn
Glouster
Church of Christ
Mollie Mason
Elmer Morris
Emma Coleman
D. W. Hahn
Yorkville
Ohio
Harry
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