Prisoner Jewell Sentenced for Dual Arson Counts
John J. Jewell was found guilty of arson on two counts by a common pleas jury in Harrisonville. Judge C. W. Clark sentenced him to Ohio Penitentiary terms of one to 10 years and one to five years, to run concurrently. He asked to preserve the court record. request granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Petit Jury of Common Pleas Court
John J. Jewell
Ohio
C. W. Clark
Jewell
Clark
Harrisonville
Dale Howell
W. E. Blower
Blower
Birthday of Legion Is Celebrated in Meigs County
Feeney Bennett Post and Meigs DAV auxiliaries joined to celebrate the American Legion’s twenty second anniversary in Meigs County. About 250 veterans attended at the Legion Hall for a program supper and dance with speeches by district and state leaders, including Cedric Clark and Floyd Mees. Decorations featured red white and blue with birthday cakes and music to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Meigs
Meigs County
Legion Hall
S. Fourth Ave
George Childs
Eighth District
Charles Sauer
Ladies Auxiliary
Feeney-Bennett
Gordon Wolfe
DAV
Ed Spencer
Ben Turner
Floyd Thomas
Ross Williams
Americanism Committee
Racine Personal and Brief Social Notes
Miss Eva Jane Simpson hosted a weekend gathering with Marilyn Young Naomi Swatzel Lilly Blazewicz Carolyn Smith Betty Hoffner and Gloria Schaefer. Ralph Neigler and sons Caroll and Forest returned to Zanesville after visiting their Racine home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Eva Jane Simpson
Marilyn Young
Naomi Swatzel
Lilly Blazewicz
Carolyn Smith
Betty Hoffner
Pomeroy
Gloria Schaefer
Ralph Neigler
Caroll
Forest
Zanesville
Alta Wood
Apple Grove
Fern Norris
Fred Sayre
Harold Brannon
Tuppers Plains
Warner Romine
Marietta
Ruby Hayman
George Hayman
Sidney Carpenter
McKees Rock
Miss Hayman
Howard Johnson
Ohio Supreme Court declines review on Youngstown pinball ban
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review a Youngstown city ordinance licensing pinball machines, leaving the unconstitutional status of the measure effectively in place. The decision sustains prior rulings that challenged the licensing scheme and its legality.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Youngstown
Middleport social notes and community events report
The page details a 12th birthday dinner for Robert Fisher with family and neighbors, plus numerous club gatherings. It covers White Rose Lodge activities, Presbyterians meetings, a bowling outing to Gallipolis, a covered dish supper, and notes on birthdays, church events, and local visits including Misses Diles, Moore sisters, and residents across Middleport and nearby towns.
Meigs County Fish and Game adopts date for annual outing
The Meigs County Fish and Game Association set Pomeroy June 19 as the date for its annual outing and banquet at the Pomeroy Gun Club. Arthur Skinner was elected president, Willard Ashworth secretary, and Kenneth Grueser treasurer. The group plans expanded hunting and fishing license sales to fund county activities.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs County Conservation Committee
Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Edison Hobhstetter
Pomeroy Men Issue Public Challenge to Ticket Sellers
Dor Schaefer and Roy Betzing of Pomeroy challenge any two-man team in Meigs County to outsell them in Meigs County Fish and Game Association membership tickets. Betzing sold 50 tickets last year. Teams should contact the challengers or Fish and Game Association officers to arrange terms if the challenge is accepted.
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Pomeroy
Dor Schaefer
Roy Betzing
Pomeroy Business
Meigs County Fish and Game Association
Betzing
Fish and Game Association
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Visitations
Mrs. Warren H. Bright will host J. O. F. Class at her Union Ave home Monday evening. Mrs. Ernest Rea is reported ill on E Main St. Dolly Bean of Athens visited Mulberry Ave residents Emma Waterman and Eva Simms. C. O. Chapman, county schools head, visited Columbus on school business. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lohn move into Sam Fugate property on Beech St after fire last November. Sam Fugate ill at Beech St.
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Walter Allen
New York Central Railway
Charleston
Arizona
Texas
Marjorie Diles
Paris
Louise
Lucille Moore
Hollister High School
James Faulkner
Charles McNamee
R. A. Miller
Third Ave
Bryan Casebolt
Dickinson
W. Va
Walter Hayes
New York Railway Circle
Upper Sandusky
Otto Stanley
Warren H. Bright
Union Ave
Ernest Rea
E. Main St
Dolly Bean
Athens
Emma Waterman
Eva Simms
Mulberry Ave
C. O. Chapman
Columbus
Otto Lohn
Sam Fugate
Beech St
Honor Roll Named at Middleport High School
Middleport High School announced 36 students eligible for the honor roll across freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors based on end of six weeks averages. Top honors went to the highest ranking freshman and sophomore with all A grades. Rotary Club guests include the top students. HELP COACH TO MOVE MIDDLEPORT: Coach Paul Trittschuh and team members helped relocate his household goods from the Scott property to the Bailey residence.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Carla Clark
Mary Lu Hartinger
Fred Klein
Evelyn Smith
Wanda Thomas
Betty Lou Werner
Dorothy Burnette
Nana Fisher
James Hartinger
Ann Kelly
Donna Maguire
Margaret Milhoan
Elizabeth Moore
Patricia Sherman
Ruth Taylor
Janet Dillard
Jeanne Ebersbach
Artamae Baker
Jean Bennett
Bill Diles
Ruth Hamilton
Betty Hartinger
Catherine Hennesy
Bob Hoeflich
Freddie Houdashelt
Thelma Howard
June Hysell
Paul Martin
Sylvia Mayer
Esther Michl
Marjorie Miller
Denver Rice
Helen J. Root
Robert Tompkins
Iris Winebrenner
Paul Trittschuh
Scott
Front St
Bailey
Lincoln St
Meigs County Farmers Weigh 1941 AAA Program Payments
Meigs County AAA Committee released 1941 Farm Program provisions. Cooperators may earn payments by following soil-building plans within corn and oats acreages, plus wheat loans parity payments and crop insurance. Rates include 8 cents per bushel wheat, 0.8 cents per pound tobacco, 1.10 per acre soil-depleting crops. sign by May 1 1941.
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Pomeroy
AAA
Meigs County
AAA Committee
Edson E. Roush
Roush
Syracuse PTA meeting discusses amplifier and child programs
The Syracuse Parent-Teachers Association met at the school auditorium with Mrs. Earl Foit presiding. Reports covered the County Council PTA meeting, a possible amplifier through the NYA, a hot lunch program discussion, an upcoming adult study group on children, and plans for the Southeast District Conference in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Earl Foit
D. B. Williams
Grace
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Middleport Social Notes
Robert Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Rosemary
Virginia Jo Wise
Miz
Frank Talbott White
Lee Smith
Harry Featherstone
White Rose Lodge
Woodman Hall
N. Second Ave
L. D. Diles
John Talbott
Edward Parsons
Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Henry L. Carr
Wayne Gibbons
George Buchannan
James Buchannan
Richard Sauer
Clarence Idle
Ernest Kennedy
J. Chappelle Tal
Missionary Society
Presbyterians
Presbyterian Missionary Society of
The
Anna Weed
Margaret Sauer
W. H. Juhling
Vivienne Middleton
Charles Shumaker
Edgar Ervin
Henry Carr
Charles Howard
Spiritual Life Group
R. C. McBride
National Missions
O. H. Stewart
Fannie Mayes
First Baptist Church
Clarence Clark
S. Second Ave
Sally McCormick
Mayes
Pomeroy Social Notes
Rathburn
Department Store
Rutland, Ohio
New
AAA Group
PTA
Mom Shumway
Kanauga
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
D. S. Farmer, Prop
Dixie Margarin
Clover Farm
Pineapple Sale
Hawaii
Waikiki
Delhi
Clover Farm—Field
Just
Omic
Foodland
Hominy Clover Farm
the Breakfast of Champions
Sauerkraut
Clover
Nancy Hall
York — Imperial
Penn
Pennsylvania
Ike
Ros
Tre Crry Loan and Guaranty Company
Court ST
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