Deaths and park rule changes noted in Mason and Pomeroy notices
A Mason notice reports the death of 5 month old Margaret Pickens due to pneumonia, following the earlier death of her brother John and another aunt in Racine. In Pomeroy, the village council bans parking on Mulberry Avenue sides from Breezy Heights to Ann Street, with U turns on Main Street stopped, and bids opened for fire trucks and alarms while authorizing insurance and gas improvements. Also listed are Citizens Military Training Camp applicants Emerson Ratcliff Gerald Rice and Jesse Swisher.
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Middleport
Mason
Speed Pickens
Margaret
Ralph Pickens
John
Pickens
Racine
John Pickens
Pomeroy
Mulberry Avenue
Ann Street
Meigs County
Emerson Raymond Ratcliff
Gerald Joseph Rice
Jesse Roger Swisher
Love Is Undying: A 66 Year Matched Couple
In Letart a septuagenarian farmer named Alva Cummings and his wife celebrate 66 years of marriage on March 10. They raised six children, all of whom have since died, the latest being Mrs. Roush. Alva regularly brings home gifts for his wife from farm and town trips.
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Pomeroy
Letart
Alva Cummings
Roush
Florence Hotchkiss Seeks Divorce in Triayton Case
Florence Hotchkiss files for divorce from Charles W. Hotchkiss of Triayton. Married June 23 1969 they have no children. She cites squandering money and failure to provide necessities. He vanished September 10 1927. her petition notes uncertainty of his whereabouts.
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Pomeroy
Florence Hotchkiss
Charles W. Hotchkiss
Triayton
Common Pleas Court
Scioto Conference Council Meeting Near Pomeroy
The Scioto conference council of administration meets at Nease chapel near Pomeroy March 23 and 24. Rev I A Storer hosts with Bishop Musgraves attending all sessions and delivering several addresses. Pastors from the district will take parts in three sessions each day.
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Pomeroy
Council of Administration of the
Scioto
Nease Chapel
I. A. Storer
Musgraves
Officials Survey Route Ahead of Rail Move
New York Central officials conducted a final Hobson survey before moving engineering crews to Bucyrus. The transfer is set for April 1 and about a hundred families are expected to follow the shops.
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Middleport
New York Central
Hobson
Bucyrus
Bell aboard ship tied to oldest Ohio towboat history
Miss Kathryn Petty of Middleport, river lore hobbyist, notes a large bell aboard the Betsy Ann. The bell, originally from the W. G. Field, the Ohio’s oldest towboat built in 1867, was bought by Capt. Hiram Carpenter and is being shipped to him as a keepsake.
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Pomeroy
Kathryn Petty
Middleport
Waterways Journal of
St. Louis
Betsy Ann
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Hiram Carpenter
St. Mary's
Danger of More Rockslides Halted in Pomeroy
Pomeroy officials report drainage work behind the business section completed. The rock slide danger in that area is believed forestalled after a community scare and a $100 tile and drainage campaign prompted officials to investigate and address the problem.
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Logan Mine
Pomeroy
Funeral for L H R Foulk Held at Ewing Chapel
The body of L H R Foulk arrived from Chicago and was received by Undertaker Ewing. Roswell Foulk from Pittsburgh attended the funeral held at the Ewing chapel at 2 o'clock with Rev Forqueran of Grace Episcopal Church officiating. Burial followed at Beech Grove cemetery.
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Middleport
Theneral
Moble Chancey
Kron
Baptist Church
W. G. James
Pomeroy
L. H. R. Foulk
Chicago
Ewing
Roswell Foulk
Pittsburgh
Ewing Chapel
Forqueran
Grace Episcopal Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Ohio State students elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Nine Ohio State University students have been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic fraternity. Among the laureates is Rolland W. Will of Pomeroy.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Phi Beta Kappa
Rolland W. Will
Pomeroy
River cruise promotion boosts Ohio trip sales
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet line markets seven day Ohio river cruises from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh at 40 dollars including expenses. Special trips are planned from Central Ohio. Evelyn Courtwright age six dies in Washington Pennsylvania shocking relatives in The Plains.
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Pomeroy
Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Rome Grange Holds Regular Meeting With Notable Attendance
Rome Grange No. 2247 met at the I. C. O. F. hall with good attendance. Lecturer Addie Laughlin led the literary program and Master W. B. Spear announced a special meeting for Friday night March 30 to confer degrees.
Shops to Close in Bucyrus for Two Weeks
Notice posted in New York Central shops announces closure from March 16 to April 1 affecting about 350 workers. East Ohio Gas Co. wins city franchise lowering rates for large users, first 500 feet $1.05, thereafter two cents per thousand feet.
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Bucyrus
New York Central
Dover
East Ohio Gas Co
Local families visit Columbus Buckeye Lake and Akron
The Plains and Nelsonville residents spend time in Columbus Buckeye Lake and Akron seeking work. Nurses and relatives from Barberton Gallipolis and Cincinnati visit The Plains and Sugar Creek. Nettle Hawk reports granddaughter Glenella Patton ill with pneumonia in New Orleans hospital awaiting recovery before returning to Chauncey.
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Harry Moore
Lavonda
the Plains
Frank Robey
Nelsonville
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
James Moore
Ralph Hartman
Martin Hunter
The
Plains
Akron
August Olson
Lawrence Olson
Barberton
Sugar Creek
Pearl Linscott
Holzer Hospital
Gallupolis
Cincinnati
Floyd Linscott
Arza Linscott
Carol
Hooper Ridge
Ian
Sam
Chauncey
Nettle Hawk
Glenella
Milton Patton
New Orleans
Louisiana
Chauncey Alumni Plan Meeting With Home Economic Teacher
Chauncey March 14 members of the Chauncey high school alumni will meet Mrs. Bernice Carter home economic teacher of the Chauncey Dover high school this evening at the school auditorium.
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Chauncey
Chauncey High School
Bernice Carter
Chauncey-Dover High School
Debaters Chosen For Plains High School Contest
The Plains high school announces its debate squads. The affirmative team includes George Stalder Fredericka Nida and Ruby Parfitt Eldon Hawk Willo Darnell and Stella Gabriel forms the negative team. The Plains travel to Hollister Friday for the first debate. Chauncey Lover high school teams will debate with Buchter Friday evening.
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Eldon Hawk
Willo Darnell
Stella Gabriel
the Plains
Hollister
Chauncey-Lover High School
Buchter
Junior Epworth League Social Banquet at K P Hall
The Junior Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church in Chauncey hosted a social and banquet in the K of P hall after a membership drive. Rev. N O Warren planned the event, with songs and music and an address by Rev. D L Browning of Gloucester. Luncheon was served by several local women.
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Chauncey
Epworth League
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
K. of P. Hall
N. O. Warren
D. L. Browning
Glouster Methodist Episcopal Church
Daisy Six
Luella Preston
William Cochran
Noam Mullins
Goldie Warren
Social Visits Across Towns Highlight Family Gatherings
Mr and Mrs William Locke and others spent Sunday in Weilston at a chicken supper then toured Jackson and Chillicothe. Mrs S P Tinklepaugh from Middleport visited relatives in the city with her husband a railroad conductor. Mrs Lettie Coe Hints from near Chauncey spent Tuesday in Athens, and Mrs Charles Ogg has been reported ill at Converse.
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William Locke
Robert Phillips
Charles Sweeney
Mary Helen
Charles Sweeney, Jr
Weilston
Jackson
Chillicothe
Lettie Coe
Chauncey
Athens
Charles Ogg
Converse Street
Alumni Banquet Evening Meeting Set
An alumni banquet is scheduled for 7 o'clock this evening and all alumni are urged to attend.
Funeral and visit notes from local families
Reports list funeral attendance and family visits across towns. Rittenhouse attended Mrs. Burke’s funeral in Columbus while Donald Moore and Warren Pickens returned from Dayton for John Pickens’s death. Steubenville relatives visit the Huggins home on Lincoln Street.
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Mr. Rittenhouse
Columbus
L. B. Burke
Donald Moore
Warren Pickens
Dayton
John Pickens
Marion McGuire
Will Huggins
I Steubenville
William Huggins
Lincoln Street
J. E. Harley
John
Plains High School Skits To Be Performed Thursday
The Plains high school presents six skits in the auditorium at 7 o clock Thursday evening. The show is staged by the junior and senior high students to raise funds for the Plains Parent Teacher Association relief work.
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Chauncey
Plains High School
Plains
Plains Parent-Teacher Association
SUFFERS STROKE AT HOME IN LEXINGTON AVENUE
Ethel Andrews wife of Roy Andrews of this city suffered a paralytic stroke at her Lexington avenue home early Tuesday. Her condition is described as critical. Naomi class for young married women at The Plains Methodist Episcopal Church will meet this evening at 7 at the home of Mrs Bernice Lyman with Mrs Bernice Humphrey in charge and Mrs Luman as program leader. Millfield personal notes report Mr and Mrs Fred Russell hosting guests Monday, Mr and Mrs James Par-
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Chauncey
Ethel Andrews
Roy Andrews
Lexington Avenue
Naomi
Plains Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Bernice Lyman
the Plains
Bernice Humphrey
Luman
Millfield
Fred Russell
James
Local Residents Visit Friends Then Head Home
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tata of The Plains hosted Calmus Vincent who had been visiting, plans to travel to Charleston West Virginia, before returning to his home in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
Dandersine hair care ad touts easy routine and dandruff relief
The piece presents Elsa Cover of New York City praising Danderine for soft creamy hair. She claims a few dashes on her brush keeps hair smooth, scalp healthy, and dandruff gone, with shampooing only monthly and bottles selling for five cents at drug stores.
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Elsa
West 178Rd St
New York City
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Secondhickens
Pomeroy Council
Chancey
Literary Club
Beegle
McElkinney Bldg
Middleport, O
Bell
Honor Pomeroy Boy
Pennsylvania
Packet Company
Evelyn Courtwright
Evelyn
Mia
Mary Jellison Courtwright
Washington
Mrs. Courtwright
Samuel Jellison
Rome
Plains School
M. E. Church
Chauncey Personal
S P, Tinklepaugh
Neices
Charles Bradfield, Sr
G. JB. Courtney
George Williamson
French Dry Cleaners
Oliver Mitch
J. A. Beaver
Gallipolis
Mahogany
Maple
the Swanson Furniture Co
Isaac Wilson
BY Briggs
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