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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1937

Page

3

Relocating Pomeroy Residential Areas Feasible Say Officials

City officials hear from planners about moving flood prone homes in Pomeroy with an 80 percent loan option from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at four percent interest. The plan requires a new site, park creation on low land, and sewer and improvements by the WPA. the town faces bonding limits and population decline complicating the project. An identical session followed in Middleport.

Pomeroy Paul P. Oppermann American Planning Officials R. W. Blanchard Ohio Planning Board Ohio River Oppermann Reconstruction Finance Corporation Works Progress Administration Blanchard Middleport

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights from Local Visit and Club

Pomeroy social items note Betty Rowe taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment and operation. Della Wolfe of Racine and others attend from Evans store to Gallipolis. A bridge club is entertained by Miss Aileen Rea with Irene Ebersbach and Dorothy Downie winning awards. Sheriff Fowler reports wife Mildred recovering in Columbus from throat operation.加载

Pomeroy Betty Rowe Walter Vaughan Mulberry Ave Holzer Hospital Dora Wolfe Racine David Duckler Dallas Roush Frank, Bailey Ray Neal Evans Gallipolis Helen Jane Faris Roger Daniel Middleport Aileen Rea E. Main St Irene Ebersbach Dorothy Downie Roscoe O. Fowler Columbus Mildred Fowler Grant Hospital

Young People Entertain Eastern Meigs County Council

Reedville Christian Church hosts the Young People under Miss Helen Emerick for a March 19 program at 7 30. Devotions by Miss Elma Whiteside address Nat ural Resources by Rev Gilbert Courtney a play by Hemlock Grove music by Mil dred and Evelyn Smith reading by Myrtle Rose and Long Bottom then games and singing with refreshments for all attendees.

Reedsville Helen Emerick Young People’s Council Meigs County

Middleport Social Notes highlights and anniversaries

Middleport social notes report travels in Columbus and Athens, visits to relatives, hospital updates on D. L. Lansbury, and several church and club meetings. Highlights include the 18th anniversary of the American Legion Auxiliary at Feeney Bennett Post, Kathleen Bush’s initiation at Phi Rho Alpha, a Middleport wedding, and local club gatherings.

R. C. McBride Margaret VA. H. Stewart Dorothy Nelle Margaret Isabel Columbus Stewart Edgar Ervin J. C. Boley Arthur Covert A. W. B. Covert

Mrs Wolfe Succumbs After Stroke at Apple Grove

Mary Alice Pickens Wolfe aged 62 died at home in Apple Grove after a stroke. Survived by husband Jonas Wolfe, three sons Graham Washington DC Carl Apple Grove Richard at home, daughter Elizabeth Sharpnack Apple Grove, brother Homer Pickens, sister Lizzie Amos Baltimore. Funeral Friday 2 PM from Carl Wolfe residence, burial Wolfe Cemetery Plants.

Pomeroy Mary Alice Pickens Wolfe Apple Grove Jonas Wolfe Graham Washington, D. C Carl Richard Elizabeth Sharpnack Homer Pickens Lizzie Amos Baltimore Carl Wolfe Wolfe Plants

Births and Social Notes From Glouster R D No 1

Mrs John Brown and Mr and Mrs K I Robertson of Glouster R D No 1 welcomed a daughter born Wednesday. Miss Bessie Shepard visited her parents over the weekend. The Dew home hosted a birthday gathering for Roland and Auie with Esta Kirkbride attending. A noon chicken dinner and three large cakes marked the occasion. Attendees included Harold and Herbert Dew with families, Esta Kirkbride, Ringgold, Lula Dew and two children, and several Dew relatives. An afternoon sleigh ride followed.

Glouster R. D. No John Brown K. I. Robertston Bessie Shepard Charles Shepard Riley Dew Roland Auie Esta Kirkbride Harold Dew Herbert Dew Oakdale Ringgold Herald Dew Lula Dew Roland Dew Rule Dew Esta Mirkbride

Rolls Increase As Civic Club Begins Drive

POMEROY membership in the Civic Club has reached 40 since the annual drive began. President Dr. H. D. Brown said a general canvass of the business section has not started yet. The club aims to include every local business and plans to elect officers next week. Brown said the main goal is to attract new industries and aid existing ones.

Pomeroy

Dog Tag Trouble Lands Man In Jail In 1937 Case

Kenneth Haggy of Bradbury was jailed for failing to buy a 1937 dog license. Constable Ross Evans arrested him over the license lapse. Visitors Ed Wyant and I. Curry from the Buckeye Sheriff's Association toured Meigs County Jail Wednesday night.

Pomeroy Kenneth Haggy Bradbury Haggy Ross Evans Ed Wyant I. Curry Buckeye

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Promotes Kidney Health

An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the best way to cleanse kidneys and bladder, claiming swift results. It notes symptoms like backache and puffy eyes and urges readers to obtain the product from a druggist, emphasizing its Dutch origin.

Haarlem Holland Adv

Express Agent Confined by Illness After Flood Exposure

Pomeroy's Lee Rudisill, express agent, is home on Mill Street Middleport due to illness from flood exposure and damp work conditions after high water receded. Also an ad notes Pase teeth cleaner for all day comfort and secure denture fit from your druggist in three sizes.

Express Pomeroy Lee Rudisill Railway Express Mill St Middleport

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