Many Republicans Seek Places on Meigs Co Committee in Primary
Meigs County election coverage lists 117 Republican central committee candidates led by Tim Bishop seeking re election in Pomeroy First Ward amid a heated local contest. Districtwide filings include Alfred Story Jewell Carr Frank Clark E. Story John Stanley and others across Bedford Chester Columbia Letart Middleport and more. Local board of education reports detail Shade Consolidated Rural School District finances for the year ending 1940 with tax values receipts and expenditures and notes on debt service and capital outlay.
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Pomeroy
Republican Central Committee
Pomeroy First Ward
Tim Bishop
First Ward
Bishop
Carl Moore
Weaver Wolfe
Charlies E. Booth
Donnie FE. Hysell
George H. Hicks
August F. Beards
Alfred
E. E. Story
Jewell Carr
Bedford East
Frank A. Clark
E. L. Story
Bedford West
John Stanley
J. C. Quivey
Chester North
William Heilman
Eber S. Gillilan
Chester South
Carl A. Ritchie
Roland Torrence
Columbia
Vesta Robinson
A. D. Morrison
Dexter
George A
Ray Hannam
William Conelly
Middleport
Wilbur Pierce
William R. Sayre
Eldon Morris
Charles O. Murray
Walter Owens
Dan Price
John W. Zerkle
Norman T. Weyland
Homer J. Russell
James G. Lewis
Andrew F. Evans
Charles McElhinney
Sam Theiss
William Robson
David E. Darst
Board OF Education
Shade
Athens
P. O
Ohio
Leo Grim
Falance
Janne
General Fund
OCR
D.d
Sebeves
U. S
A . Abbele
Pubg Ois Ty Es Ebowsine
Togopore
Cvevnesess
Pore Ice Cn Espavesassis
Oia
Pomeroy Clerk Pomeroy Entering Meigs County Recorder Race
Alvin E. Norris 37 serves his third term as village clerk of Pomeroy and enters Meigs County politics as a recorder candidate. Married with one child, Norris moved to Pomeroy in 1927 to manage a grocery, married Helen Ewing in 1930.
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Pomeroy
Alvin E. Norris
Meigs County
Mr. Norris
Helen Ewing
Voter Roster Names From Multiple Town Precincts Listed
A long list of individuals associated with various towns and wards appears, including Minersville Pomeroy Racine Rutland Syracuse and Portland, along with numerous first and middle names and initials. The fragment reads like a political or community roll call with many precincts and village tags.
Middleport remembers 1907 flood on St Patrick’s Day
Residents recall a 1907 flood in Middleport on Sunday March 17. Muddy water flowed through streets and nearly reached first floors of many homes on S Third Ave as residents watched the rising surge.
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Middleport
St. Patrick's Day
S. Third Ave
Baptisms Held With Jordan River Water
River Jordan water was used for the baptism of the infant son of the Rev and Mrs J D Ryan of the First Presbyterian Church and Sue Ellen Knopp daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis Knopp in a special Sunday service. The water, brought from the Holy Land by Rev Fred Lucis of the Athens Presbyterian Church, was used for baptism Mary Ryan and then for additional rites. Rev Ryan occupied the pulpit with Rev H A Rothrock assisting. Mrs Charles Bing sang a solo during the program.
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Middleport
Jordan
J. D. Ryan
First Presbyterian Church
Sue Ellen Knopp
Frank Lewis Knopp
Knopp
Holy Land
Fred Lucis
Athens Presbyterian Church
Mary Ryan
Ryan
Simpson narrowly escapes injury after car wreck near Charleston
James Boo Simpson escaped serious injury when his car struck a culvert Friday near Charleston. He was taken to a Charleston hospital where doctors reported only slight bruises and shock. the vehicle was wrecked.
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Middleport
James
Boo) Simpson
Charleston
Simpson
Concrete road project approved for Middleport Route 7
Senator Tom W. Jones announced that Route 7 from S Third Ave and Locust St to Hobson will use concrete instead of black-top. Village officials long sought the upgrade, and work is set to begin April 15 after discussions with state highway officials in Marietta.
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Middleport
Tom W. Jones
S. Third Ave
Locust St
Corporation Line
Hobson
Marietta
Jones
Pomeroy Social Notes and Club Activities Highlight Evening
The Junior Shakespeare Club sponsored a sweater and skirt dance at the 10.0.F. Hall with Ted Wildermuth's six piece orchestra providing music. Decorations featured clothes lines with sweaters as the club plans fund-raising for a spring mat. Senior chaperons helped supervise. Also Rev Ralph Kuether spoke on Honduras during a Association event at Simpson Methodist Church.
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Shakespeare Club
Ted Wildermuth
Honduras
Ralph Kuether
Simpson Methodist Church
Kuether
T. A. Downie
Warren Bright
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce Meeting Preview
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night at Simpson Methodist Church. Edward N. Dietrich, state director of education, is the principal speaker. The session opens at 6 15 with dinner served by the J. O. F. Class, per president Theodore Reed.
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Pomeroy
Middleport Social Notes and Entertain Club Highlights
Entertain Club hosts Five Hundred with two tables, prizes to Gordon Harris and Mrs. Roy Barnes. St. Patrick’s Day decor brightened the dining room as refreshments were served. Dozens of local residents and relatives visited or traveled to see family in Dickinson Dayton Columbus Athens and Zanesville.
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R. E. McKay
Gordon Harris
Roy Barnes
Middleport
Warren Turner
Dickinson
J. E. McComas
Columbus
Lloyd McComas
Hockingport
Rogert Tasker
Jean
Herrington
Kas
McMaster Apts
Marshall McCuen
Marcia
Supt
M. W. Essex
Ashland
McCuen
Virginia
Jack White
Allen White
Washington D. H
James Faulkner
Mill St
Memories of Easter Morn Palm Sunday at Pomeroy Club
Pomeroy Music Club presented Memories of Easter Morn at Federated Church on Palm Sunday afternoon. The program featured soloists and choruses performing sacred works including The Crucifixion and The Palms with Velma Geary directing and Ruth McCroba organist. The service noted Arabian reference to Libyan women removing footprints to elude temptation.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Music Club
Federated Church
Spence
Alice Smith
Betty Ward
Marguerite Meyer
Sally Ashworth
Albert Reuter
Lewis Stanley
Norman Foss
Patrick Lochary
Ralph Kuether
Christine Kuether
Helen Zeiher
Marion Welch
Ruby Burt
Velma Geary
Ruth McCroba
Middleport High School Band 12th Annual Concert
Middleport High School band and orchestra presented their 12th annual concert at the high school auditorium yesterday afternoon. The program featured marches overtures solos and small ensembles under Gordon Harris with guest artist George Merrill and Mrs Merrill. Alan Bradford Gene Harris and others received awards and accolades for years of service and performance.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Gordon Harris
George Merrill
Pt. Pleasant High School
Merrill
Alan Bradford
Gene Harris
Franklin Guinther
Marvin Murray
Jack Smith
Jack Abbott
St. Patrick's Day
Stephen Foster
Milton Smart
David Ohlinger
Franklin
Milton
Wellston
Orchetra
Mr. Harris
Bettie Beckler
Lenore Bingham
Mary Jean Bailey
Helen Jane Root
Harris
Same License Number Sold Again in Middleport
Mrs. Charles Wise Jr deputy registrar of motor vehicles notes Harold Sauer at her desk preparing to purchase 1940 license plates. Sauer receives Z-220-D the same number he had last year and the next to be sold by coincidence.
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Middleport
Charles Wise, Jr
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Athens Messenger
Meigs Co. Committee
Gravel Hill
Pythian Park
Broadway
L. L.cunningham
H. E. Bush
Harry Cartwright
Harry Fowler
Ernest Mulford
John Lewis
Minersville
Roy Jones
Thomas C. Edwards
Asa Custer
Olivedale
H. A. Barnhart
Ray Riggs
Pageville
Harry G. Hanning
Gerald L. Reeves
Pomeroy Precinct
Claud V. Jones
Pearl Jacobs
Clarence Curtis
Herman Warner
Charles E. Booth
T. C. Bishop
Dannie E. Hysell
LeRoy Eichinger
Earl Collins
Rutland Village
L. L. Myers
G. H. Pratt
Rutland East
Dayton Russell
Frank Beach
Rutland West
Pearl Lanning
Dell Rice
Salem
Max Edmundson
Hollis R. Grate
Silver Run
Lawrence Hartinger
Pearl Frazier
Syracuse Village
Homer Roush
Irving Karr
G. Fleming
Syracuse
Clark Idle
Reed Eynon
Tuppers Plains
C. E. Young
Howard Caldwell
Armstrong
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Charles Faulkner
Fred Mees
Jean Faulkner
Mees
Carla Clark
Lenore Hobart Kent
Olivia Reed
Charles Reed
Reed
Vivienne Middleton
Jed Mees
L. O. Grant
Louisville
John Harley
Zanesville
Ohio State University
Charles Asa Bradbury
E. Third Ave
Marguerite Wright
Harry Hayes
B. F. Barnes
Denzil Marteney, Jr
Thomas Eads Jr
Harold
Parkersburg
Ohio State
Lawrence Bradford
William Root
MHS
Lawrence Bing
P. O. Forrest
Henderson
W. Va
Forrest
Wheeling
Bing
Pleasant
Libya
Ruth Hamilton
Lois Bailey
Sara Jane Fisher
Bob Welte
Catherine Hennesy
Bill Riley
Bob Hoeflick
James Egnor
Lewis Sauer
Marion Fugate
Bettie Meeker
George Taylor
James Rickman
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Philadelphia
U.P
Emil Altimiri
Altimiri
Dept
Baltimore
Maryland
United States District Court
Southern District of Ohio
Eastern Division
Hocking Valley Cereal Beverage Company
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville, Ohio
Ohio Corliss
H. P
Curtis
C. G. Dew
Nelsonville, O
Harry A. Mettler
Jefferson St
Nelsonville
R. Earl Swepston
W. Broad St
Mass Hazel Brooks
New York
New Municipal
Miss Brooks
American Airlines
America
Liccerr & Myers Tosacco Co
Sis
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