Dairymen of Five Counties Meet at Pomeroy for Herd Improvement
A Pomeroy gathering of forty dairymen and ladies from Meigs Gallia Athens Washington and Jackson counties discussed Dairy Herd Improvement Association plans. Professor S. M. Lansbury of Ohio State University spoke on dairy cattle judging and program options, with a committee formed for the April 9 meeting. Certificates were awarded for high producing herds, including Edson Roush with 320 pounds butterfat per cow annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Gallia
Athens
Washington
Jackson
S. M. Lansbury
Ohio State University
Harold Carnahan
D.h.la
W. W. Bromfield
Meigs County
Salisbury
State Dairy Association
Edson Roush
Everett Colwell
Ralph Newman
D.h.la. Tester
C. E. Blakeslee
National Dairy Association
Ohio
Association
Furniture Bought For C of C Offices
Bert Pickett secretary of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce secured a truck to Columbus to locate used office furniture. He returned with a desk chairs and other equipment and noted used items are scarce in Columbus. The furniture will be repaired refinished and installed in the Chamber of Commerce offices in the L O QO F building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bert Pickett
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
L O. QO. F
Thirteen Men Go to Army on March 25
The local selective service board announced a March 25 call for thirteen men to leave for the Huntington reception station in West Virginia. Names include Charles Jeffers and Clifford Beaver with order numbers V-1216 and V-1455. two alternates are Ray Neal and Robert Smith. A second call on March 31 will include eight men, names not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Local
Selective Service Board
Huntington
W. Va
Charles Howard Jeffers
Clifford Oras Beaver
Richard Allensworth Finlan
Charles Edward Swatzel
Charles Theron Russell
James Harlan Eliselstein
Dale Denver Durst
Jacob Sullivan Holman
John Raymond Rood
Everett Townie Lightfoot
Charles David Yost
Johnny Lambert
Leo Loring Vaughan
Ray Cash Neal
Robert Henry Smith
Tests Announced for Long Bottom Postmaster Vacancy
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination to certify to fill a fourth class postmaster at Long Bottom Ohio and other vacancies as they arise. Exam will be held in Pompey Ohio. Last year’s postmaster salary was 1100 dollars. Applicants must be 21 to 64 and reside within the local postal territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
United States Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Pomeroy
102 Year Old Meigs County Ex-Slave Honored
Frank Jackson aged 102, oldest ex-slave in Meigs County, was guest of honor at a Naomi Baptist Church banquet hosted by the missionary society. Born in Culpeper County Virginia on March 18 1839 he recalled presidents from Pierce to Roosevelt. He ken memory and energy walks half a mile to Kerrs Run twice weekly.
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Pomeroy
Frank Jackson
Meigs County
Naomi Baptist Church
The
Missionary Society
Mr. Jackson
Culpepper County
Virginia
Franklin Pierce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jackson
Naylor
Kerrs Run
Will Lewis
Carrie Lewis
Louvenia Ridley
Marvey Lewis
Ruben Ware, Sr
Old Rugged Cross
Theodore Jackson
Allen Hampton
Pomeroy Church Officials Meet in Social Evening
Federated Church hosts a social meeting for official board members and church delegates with about fifty attendees. Rev. Gishler and Rev. Kuether spoke on cooperation and church work, followed by group reports and a fellowship lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Council
Federated Church
Lewis Gishler
Gallipolis Presbyterian Church
Ralph Kuether
Racine Social And Personal Highlights In County Notes
Mrs. Claudia Schaefer was honored at a surprise party by Happy Hustler Class with four teen guests. She received a handkerchief shower. Mrs. Maxine Wingett sang solos and a potluck lunch followed. Other local visitors and attendance at Logan basketball semifinals and finals are noted, plus travels to Chillicothe, Parkersburg, and Grass Run.
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Racine
Claudia Schaefer
Schaefer
Maxine Wingett
Chillicothe
Howard Miles
Athens
Logan
George Clark
Wallace Weaver
Clyde Wolfe
Donald Wolfe
Emma Jane Jiden
Charlie Miles
Albert Keeton
Otis Knopp
Arthur Beegle
William Stewart
Laura Johnson
Maxine Smith
Walter R. McCarley
Parkersburg
Harold Weatherhole
Gallipolis
Emma Jiiden
Dana Cleland
Jack Kessler
WPA Road Project Nearing Completion
The county’s blanket road plan with WPA projects for the coming months is nearing completion and will be submitted soon for WPA approval, County Engineer Jed Hartinger said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jed Hartinger
Middleport Students Plan Concert Friday
Middleport last rehearsal for a Friday concert at the high school auditorium brings together the Boys and Girls Glee Clubs and the school orchestra. Instruction is led by Lois Cecil and Gordon Harris with pieces including The Lost Chord and I Am an American by Paul Cunningham, an MHS alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lois Cecil
Gordon Harris
Paul Cunningham
MHS
Teachers To Work for Tax Levy in Meigs
Meigs County educators met at Racine High School with County Superintendent C. O. Chapman and board members to discuss closing schools to secure salary payments five months overdue. A Columbus trip by Chapman and others explored state help, but the group concluded that closing the schools would not help at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Racine
C. O. Chapman
D. B. Williams
Howard Neigler
Ness Norris
Ross Norris
Ray Chapman
Capt
Tom Jones
Columbus
State Department of Education
Ray Hayman
Work Resumed on Sugar Run Sewer Project
Work on the Sugar Run sewer project resumed Tuesday after a temporary shutdown at village authorities request. Mayor M D Hartley and Clerk Alvin Norris left for Zanesville to meet WPA officials. The project is about half completed and will provide a sewer outlet for the Sugar Run drainage area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run
M. D. Hartley
Alvin Norris
Zanesville
WPA
FFA To Hold Father And Son Banquet At Chester High
The Future Farmers of America plans a father and son banquet at Chester High School this evening. T. K. Bell, the vocational agriculture teacher, announces the event with a program featuring speakers connected to agricultural development work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Chester
Chester High School
T. K. Bell
Levy and tax collection plan outlined in official statement
An official statement presents a three mill levy as a remedy to the current deficit and calls for the collection of delinquent taxes to fund operations. The plan emphasizes urgent action to raise revenue and restore financial balance.
Middleport Men Start Photography Club
Preliminary steps for a local photography group were taken at the Ohio Fuel Gas office in Middleport. Tom Mankin was elected president with Emmett Shuler as vice president Willard McMaster as secretary and O P Klein as treasurer. Shuler will head a bylaws committee. group to meet next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Fuel Gas Office
Tom Mankin
Emmett Shuler
Willard McMaster
O. P. Klein
Shuler
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H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
Farmer, Prop
Social Notes
Hudson
National
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Sugar Run P.T.A
Ella Bryant
Margaret Smith
Osborn St
Herbert Pendergrass
Me Roberts
R. L. Fry
Fannie Amberger
Rutland Social Briefs
Rutland
Sid Taylor
I. J. Taylor
Harold
Dan Hill
Charleston
H. L. Adkins
Thomas Green
Garrison
Clarence King
Keith
H. H. Taylor
George
Helen Glaze
Beverly Ann
Carl Taylor
Paul Taylor
June Ann
Betty Jane
Juanita
Esther
Anna Cleland
Grass Run
Cleland
Charles
Middeport
FFA
Clover Farm
Foodland
Campbell's
Tex
Cen
Swanedaen
America
Grahams
Edgemont
Delicio
Idale
Bette
California
Chuck
Pat Wafers
Dick Miller
Columbus Photographic Society
Berengaria
England
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