Four Burned as Car Explodes Near Hobson Depot
Earl Brooks of Columbus drove a car on Route 7 near the Hobson depot when the rear burst into flames. Passengers Mary Jane Rupe 12 and Mabel Rupe 9 suffered burns to the legs while their mother Mrs. Mary Rupe Brooks and others escaped with minor injuries as Middleport firemen quenched the blaze. The car was insured and Brooks is related by marriage to Mrs. Rupe.
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Middleport
Earl Brooks
Columbus
Hobson Depot
Mary Jane Rupe
Mabel Rupe
Mary Rupe
Brooks
Rupe
Front St
Monkey Run
Church Calendar for Week Is Announced
Pomeroy regular church school led by superintendent Emil Ball with services at Simpson M E Church. Rev Warren H Bright preaches at 10 30 about We Preach Christ and at 7 about Joshua. Week includes Woman's Home Missionary Society Monday Epworth League Thursday and choir practices Friday.
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Bethany Church
Bright
Epworth League
Vaccination of School Pupils in Progress
County health officer Dr. W S Ellis and assistants Cosgrove and Bing vaccinate Meigs County school pupils for smallpox. Pomeroy schools were immunized yesterday. Ellis reports two scarlet fever cases in Alfred and Olive Township. Influenza has swept the county in three waves four to five days apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. S. Ellis
Elizabeth Cosgrove
Nell Bing
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Ellis
Alfred
Olive Township
Dr. Ellis
Probate Judge Clark Near Incapacity After Home Fall
Gallia County Probate Judge James S. Clark is nearly incapacitated due to injuries to his right wrist from a fall at his home. The accident prompted medical care and a period of restricted duties.
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Gallipolis
James S. Clark
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Bonds and Visits
John Chase of the Wehe Terrace spent Thursday at Darwin on business. Mrs. Barbara Massar recovering from illness. Mrs. Richard Moore critically ill at Holzer Hospital from blood poisoning after a hand injury. Willing Workers Class and Ewing card club hosted events with awards and an electrical cooking demonstration. Attendees came for the funeral of Charles Gloeckner from multiple states. Lend-a-hand Society and J.O.F. Class prepared robes for the Junior Choir. Local residents reported ill or recovering including George Will Fred Fick Henry Mora and Bobby Karr with family updates.
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Ipomeroy
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Darwin
Barbara Massar
Butternut Ave
Richard Moore
Holzer Hospital
Moore
Henry Ewing
Mulberry Ave
Lee Rudisill
Thomas Young
Rudisill
Raymond Harbrecht
Clay Bryant
Ohio Power Co
J. W. McMurray
Ewing
Lend-a-hand Society
J.O.F
Simpson M. E
John Blaettar
Columbus
George Will
Dayton Will
Fred Fick
Will
Henry Mora
Five Points
N. C. Stout
Main St
G. S. Merry
Glouster
Bobby Karr
Clarence Karr
Spring St
Girls Lead on Honor Roll at Pomeroy High School
The Pomeroy High School honor roll for the last six weeks lists 116 students, with 28 boys and 88 girls on the roll. Among seniors, juniors, and sophomores, many named boys and girls across classes are noted, including Paul Brown, Helen Bolinger, Richard Campbell, Alberta Brickles, Eugene Brown, Eloise Adams, and numerous others.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Paul Brown
William Folmer
James Ginther
Thomas Hennessy
Ernest Jones
Paul Kautz
George Massar
Donald Rosenbaum
Luther Russell
Alston Tracy
Donald Will
Helen Bolinger
Martha Clifton
Helen Cundiff
Dorothy Curtis
Frances Elberfeld
Geraldine Flint
Jean Forbes
Virginia Googlein
Betty Gress
Evelyn Grueser
Pauline Hauck
Gertrude Healy
Hazel Holter
Dorothy Hoover
Donna Howett
Ladonna Jacobs
Mary Kimes
Kathryn Legar
Betty Leifheit
Vivian Me
John Mitch
Charles Pickett
Alberta Brickles
Tressie Caldwell
Flora Marie Carr
Pauline Clark
Dorothy June Cook
Geraldine Gainer
Emma Gloeckner
Mary Goodwin
Dorothy Harbrecht
Mary Phyllis Hines
Maxine Hoeflich
Kathryn Holmes
Annabell Lewis
Betty McCartey
Magna Mills
Marjorie Moore
Leona Priode
Carolyn Smith
Jean Smith
Margaret Ann Strauss
Naomi Swatzel
Eleanor Wessa
Norma Wetzel
Mary Yost
Eugene Brown
Clifford Carman
Roger Morgan
Don Mullen
Joe Ohlinger
Wallace Riggs
James Roush
James Soulsby
Robert Wolfe
Eloise Adams
Nancy Arnold
Lily Blazewicz
Eloise Bolin
Louise Burdette
Maxine Casto
Faye Donavan
Wilma _ FEynon
Adele Fowler
Julia Ginn
Lorena Grueser
Florence Hawk
Wanda Jacobs
Betty Lou Kennedy
Mildred Miller
Ernestine Rea
Helen Rhodes
Angie Shain
Eva Jane Simpson
Martha Smith
Margaret Stanley
Wilma Stivers
Bernice Stowe
Nora Tracy
Janet Turner
Abbie Warner
Mary Wildermuth
Marilyn Young
Betty Jane Kennnedy
Vendol Promises Relief from Morning Aches in Athens
Mrs William H North of Sharpsburg tells how Vendol plus Vendol laxative tablets eased her constipation and morning misery. She reports waking relief with clear tongue no sour stomach gas or headaches and improved sleep after using Vendol sold at Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans in Nelsonville.
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Athens
William H. North
Sharpsburg
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Hickman
Nelsonville
Adv
Church Night Observed at Simpson M E Church
The Foreign Missionary Society sponsors a Friday evening church night at Simpson M E Church to celebrate the society's seventieth anniversary.
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Simpson M. E
The
Foreign Missionary Society
Birth of Edward Leo Franz in Malvern Arkansas
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Franz of Malvern Arkansas announce the birth of their son Edward Leo born March 11. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E J Franz of Mulberry Ave.
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Leo Franz
Malvern
Arkansas
Edward Leo
E. J. Franz
Mulberry Ave
Rotary Will Entertain Students
Middleport High School announces 41 honor roll students for the last six weeks with 8 boys and 33 girls. The Rotary Club will host top Freshman and Sophomore students at Friday’s regular meeting, including Janet Dillard and Bill Diles among others.
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Middleport
Middlesport
Ernest Fraser
Rotary Club
Janet Dillard
Bill Diles
Ruth Hamilton
Etsehr Michl
Bob Tompkins
Betty Jane Nuckles
Mary Adeline Smith
Lois Bailey
Artalmae Baker
Jean Bennett
Betty Hartinger
Catherine Hennesy
Freddie Houdashelt
Thelma Howard
Sylvia Mayer
Esther Michl
Marjorie Miller
Robert Tompkins
Maxine Bennett
Easter Ewing
Gene Harris
Evelyn Knopp
Virginia Mayes
James Rickman
Robert Rothrock
Dorothy Stewart
Effie Mae Fender
Ethel Finney
Marcella Fraser
Ruth Garber
Maxine Gutherie
John Harley
Margaret Houdashelt
Alice Louise Lama
Margaret McBride
Donald Mathews
Pauline Mitch
Kathryn R. Monahan
Mary K. Rickman
Margaret Stewart
Betty Walters
Lavada Woodyard
Reverend To Give Special Youth Sermon
Middleport observes Young People's Sunday as part of Loyalty Month at Heath M E Church. Rev H A Rothrock will preach The Entrance To the Best for youth. Sun day School at Church of Christ led by primary department with Harry Gaskill as superintendent. Morning and evening worship topics Suffering With Christ and The Greatest Mystery in the World. Rev J D Ryan announces a communicants class for 9 40 Sunday morning followed by a shorter Catechism study. Mrs L J Heiner leads devotions at 7 o'clock service.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
H. A. Rothrock
Church of Christ
Harry Gaskill
J. D. Ryan
First Presbyterian Church
L. J. Heiner
Flood Survey Discussion and Records Initiative
Local officials discussed a WPA flood survey with Belford B. Nelson and Mr. Johnson of the WPA state office in Columbus. A study of the proposal will be made by WPA officials and indexing of birth and death records by WPA workers will start in a few days.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Belford B. Nelson
Nelson
Johnson
Columbus
Mrs Elmer Lehman Stricken With Appendicitis In Port
Mrs. Elmer Lehman of Canal Winchester was stricken with appendicitis at the La Salle Hotel in Middleport. She was taken to Holzer Hospital for an operation. Mr. Lehman, Columbus based Equitable Life Insurance agent, visited with his wife at the hotel during a business trip.
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Middleport
Elmer Lehman
Canal Winchester
la Salle Hotel
Holzer Hospital
Lehman
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Columbus
St Patrick Day Events and Social Notes Highlight Middleport
Middleport residents attend guest visits and property matters as Mrs Winifred Skidmore visits from Cleveland. Local students travel to Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg WV with relatives for a weekend, and St Patrick Day suppers at the First Baptist Church draw large attendance.
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Winifred Skidmore
Cleveland
Walter Harris
Frank Vroman
M. G. Brown
Charleston
Robert Flesher
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
Wallace Ebersbach
Edgar Ebersbach
New Martin Hotel
Cecil Grogan
Blackstone Products Co
N. Y
W. J. O'Brien
Columbus
A. A. Chappelle
Athens
J. R. Harvey
A. J. Beaver
The
First Baptist Church
Walls of Post Office Rising Rapidly in Middleport
Five bricklayers work on the new Middleport post office as walls rise quickly. Sill stones are awaited before window frames, and lack of approval could halt work with an enforced vacation. The first brick was laid two weeks ago by Prof. A. W. McKay, former local school superintendent for 30 years.
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Middleport
A. W. McKay
Mrs Harris to Host Next Group Meeting in April
A meeting note states Mrs. Robert Harris will host the next group gathering in April. The exact date and location are not specified in the available text.
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Robert Harris
Entertaining Heath M E Choir at the Aleshires
Mr and Mrs Willis Aleshire hosted Heath M E Choir members at their Chambers Building apartment after choir practice. Aleshires lead the choir and organist, with ping pong and Chinese checkers played before guests moved to Purity Dairy for refreshments.
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Willis Aleshire
Heath M. E. Choir
Chambers Building
Aleshire
Aleshires
Purlity Dairy
Announce Services at Church of Christ Bradbury
The Rev J P Miller announces regular worship at the Bradbury Church Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 with Lois Bailey leader Bradford Endeavor led by Leona Eskew at 6 30 p m A Talent Program will be presented at Bradford Church at 7 30 p m with the choir performing special numbers.
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Bradbury
J. P. Miller
Bradbury, Bradford
Dexter
Churches of Christ
Christian Endeavor
Lois Bailey
Bradford Christian Endeavor
Leona Eskew
Bradford
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SSS
Thens Messenger
OHI
At Hobson
Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
Pomeroy Social Notes
Beatrice Buck
Myrtle Long
Willing Workers
United Brethren Church
Buck
Charles Gloeckner
Richard Reed
Camille
Anna
Alvena Gloeckner
Philadelphia
Joe Gloeckner
Newport, Ky
Albert Gloeckner
St. Louis
Mary Gloeckner
Barbara Guth
John Sullivan
Leo
Laurel Duncan
Kathryn Wipple
Huntington
Mary Hubbard
Ironton
E. F. Dunn
Millersburg
Ryan
Pomeroy High
Rotary
William Beaver
Louisa Dennis
Harvey Allensworth
Grant St
Starling McCullough
C. P. Gallagher
Donald Hosey
Robert Kerr
Lancaster
E. W. Peoples
Charles Rice
Eva Lee
East Gallipolis
Middleport Social Notes
Earl Dumble
Nitro
W. E. Bryan
James, Harley
Mrs. I
Mrs. Dumble
Kwik
Clover Farm
Nephi
Facia Tisene For
Foodland Dill Pickles
Clover
Catsup Farm
Denaaic
Margarine Sneaas Clover Cola
Ania
Foodland
Valencia
Florida
Red
Felaeiooen
Clover Penn Motor
Pka. Jr
Edgeman
America
Camay
Bana Iarn
Art Almon
Cnet
Ayaa
Ilendale
Clov
Glendale
Cam, Ib
Mars
C. F
Wieners
Clover Farm Stores
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