Man Captured After Long Search Near Apple Grove
POMEROY March 24 Lawrence Hall, pursued since February 28, was captured early Thursday near his Apple Grove home by Deputy Sheriff Dana Tracy and a farmer posse after a hazardous chase over flooded roads. Hall, on parole from Mansfield Reformatory, fled in March after taking a truck with Mrs. Wesley Foley and her child, then hid near Friend’s home before being found in a bedroom. The posse, armed with horses and a boat, used back routes through Racine and Antiquity to close in on Hall’s location.
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Pomeroy
Lawrence Hall
Apple Grove
Dana Tracy
Hall
Meigs County
Roy Denahew
Wesley Foley
Mt. Pleasant
Tennessee
Don#hew
Yellow Bush Bridge
Tracy
Powell
Roy Donahew
John Friend
Nall
Friend
Donsahew
Tracey
Mnaily
Ernest (Coon) Hutton
Note- Jones
Hutton
Apple Grove Bar
Mansfield Reformatory
Flood Bulletin Spoofs Surface In Pomeroy Mount
West Main Street residents laugh at local flood notes posted at a Drive In station as the river crest declines. Messages report water levels and odd incidents at Salt Street and Kerrs Run while Farber Iron Co. areas flood and Max ponders the latest report. In Middleport, Mrs. Tillie Peters lies in a Columbus hospital after a fall and hip fracture.
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Pomeroy
West Main
Salt Street
Butternut Avenue
Monkey Run
Weasa
Melvin Roush
Ben Ewing
Pete Rappold
White House
Kerrs Run
John Cook
Dan Reese
West Pomeroy
Farber Iron Company
Max
Late Henry Warren Leader in Meigs
Report of the death of Henry Warren 71 of Reedsville in Thursday's Messenger via a Coolville date line. A prominent Eastern Meigs County figure and staunch Republican, he helped lead the Meigs County Agricultural Society and Rocksprings Fair. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Reedsville home, burial in Reedsville Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Henry Warren
Reedsville
Coolville
Warren
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs County
Christian Church
Oh Doctor Scores Hit at Middleport
The first performance of Oh, Doctor was well received at 2:30 PM at Middleport High School gymnasium with younger students in attendance. The second show Thursday night was well done under Miss Vesta McCoy supervision and more audiences are expected for the final performance tonight.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Vesta McCoy
Debt Near Million in County and Village Bonds
The 1932 debt report shows total bonded indebtedness of county villages townships and schools at 861603.32 dollars outstanding Dec 31 1932. County and road bonds 201641.00. village 195120.20. township 3607.17. schools 371144.95. Racine Syracuse have none. Rutland small debt. Middleport 57500.33. Pomeroy 136829.87.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Syracuse
Rutland
Middleport
Mrs Gibbs Dies in Middleport Sudden Death shocks friends
Middleport March 4 Mrs Lewis Gibbs died suddenly at Genes eo LiL shocking local friends and sister Mrs Claire McHaffie. Son Travis Gibbs said the body will be brought to Middleport for funeral and burial plans await arrival of family. Services will be at the Baptist Church with Rev B C Kreager officiating and burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Mrs Gibbs is survived by her husband Lewis Gibbs and one son Travis.
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Middleport
Lewis Gibbs
Geneseo
Lil
Claire McHaffie
Travis Gibbs
Gibbs
Lincoln Street
Baptist Church
B. C. Kreager
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Travis
Slow Business Hits Meigs County Offices
Pomeroy March 24. Lack of patronage this week did not close offices but left officials with little to do. In the clerk of courts office no new cases in over a week and marriage license business down. Hearings in common pleas court were postponed due to difficulty securing a jury.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Clerk of Courts
Common Pleas Court
N. TH. Skiles Dead Former Middleport Resident
N Th Skiles aged 73 of Wheeling West Virginia and a former Middleport resident died of a heart attack Wednesday. He and his wife once owned substantial local real estate and moved to Wheeling years ago. Funeral planned in Wheeling with burial to Harrisburg Kentucky. He is survived by his wife a sister Mrs Addie Branch of Toledo and several nieces and nephews.
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Middleport
N . Skiles
Wheeling
W. Va
Clifford Erwin
South Third Avenue
Skiles
Harrisburg
Addie Branch
Toledo
Naieces
Byers to Move Into Berg Building April First
Mr and Mrs J W Byers plan to move April first into the Berg Building South Third Avenue The first floor will house a beauty shop and the family will live in the apartment above Measles illness kept Marjorie daughter of Mr Gladys Lambert Hughes home for several days Mrs M R Chambers entertained her bridge club Thursday evening at her North Fourth Avenue home Three tables were used
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J. W. Byers
Berg Building
South Third Avenue
Marjorie
Gladys Lambert Hughes
M. R. Chambers
Bridge Club
North Fourth Avenue
Pastor’s hitch hike ends with ride after theft slows start
In Mountville a weekend revival led by Rev. Louis Warden faced a rough start when his car and sermon notes were stolen from Columbus. He and assistant Richard Washburn walked part of the way to Hebron hoping for a ride, then traveled by car borrowed from Warden’s father to reach Mountville for services.
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Warden
Columbus
Richard Washburn
Hebron
Newark
Mr. Washburn
Mountville
Rev. Warden
Honor Roll Names Many Mollister Pupil Achievers
A Mollister district honor roll lists seniors Maxine Allen Olive Andrews Kathryn Jennings and others across grades from seventh to fifth. Mentions include perfect attendance and those neither absent nor tardy, highlighting a broad mix of students achieving high grades and commendations.
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Ollister
Maxine Allen
Olive Andrews
Kathryn Jennings
Emma Andrews
Eva Evans
Freda Shepard
Betty Jean Edwards
Phyllis Melligan
Mabel Morgan
Henrietta Phelps
Bonnie Sarina
Betty Sears
Clara Williams
Marie Wright
Richard Reed
Harold Andrews
Anna Andrews
Bobby Carey
Ben Evans
Bert Erwin
Betty Edwards
Earl Gaskalia
Nora Horner
Bruce Norton
Henrhketh Phelps
Betty Searis
Laia Mae Daugherty
Helen Molnar
Imogene Bailey
Sophia Frydroski
Helen Hevceg
Donna King
Louise Moore
Calvin Davis
Deloss Doughty
Gordon McCormick
Anna Lee Adams
Betty Ruth Andrews
Betty Byers
Betty Cooper
Lulu Mae Daugherty
Helen Evans
Elizabeth Fada
Goldie Johnson
Mae Lenigar
Marguerite McClellan
Genevieve Moody
Ada Markins
Sadie Markins
Opal Conway
Dayton Hupp
Everett Johnson
Foster Lewis
Alex Vaido
Harvey McGee
Marguerite Christman
Betty June Clark
Bertha Hupp
Gene McCullough
Eva Wright
Billy Gail
Kenneth Humphrey
Joe Molnar
Agnes Frydroski
John Nott
Carl Moody
Glenna Reed
Lawrence Burns
Ena Andrews
Margaret Christman
Beulah Ervin
Margaret Fade
Genelle Moore
Helen Sass
Margaret Ann Verba
Lois Markins
Seckinger Child Fractures Wrist at Play
Betty Anne Seckinger eight age daughter of Mr and Mrs Clel Seckinger fractured her right wrist while playing near home on Spring Beret Wednesday evening The girl was running and fell resulting in the injury in Glouster.
Flora Jane Dew 79 dies at sister's home near Palos
Mrs Flora Jane Dew 79 dies at 3 30 AM at the home of her sister Mrs Shaner near Palos from infirmities of age. She was the widow of John Dew who died about 12 years ago. Funeral plans not announced. Also notes Evangelist T W Butterfield of Zanesville to preach at West Side Church of Christ Sunday at 3 PM.
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Glouster
Flora Jane Dew
Shaner
Palos
John Dew
Gilouster Alumni elects Getta Ley president
Mrs Getta Ley was chosen president of the Gilouster High School Alumni Association at a Wednesday night meeting. Officers will be elected at a follow up meeting Monday at 7 at the High School Building with all members expected to attend. In Rendville the senior branch of the N A A C P from Athens and Perry Counties will meet Sunday at 2 30 at the First Baptist Church. Public invited.
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Glouster
Getta Ley
Gilouster High School
N.A.A.C.P
Athens
Perry Counties
First Baptist Church
Rendville
Government costs rise relative to national income 1913–1932
The chart compares federal state and local government costs with U.S. national income over 1913 to 1932. It shows national income in 1932 below 3 billion more than 1913, while the share of government costs climbs from 8.5 percent to 40.6 percent.
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United States
Solons differ on measure to collect taxes
In Columbus on March 4 the Whittemore Bill to spread delinquent real estate taxes and pre 1932 assessments over six annual installments with interest was adopted by the House with an amendment. The Senate refused to concur and a joint committee will be named to resolve the divergence.
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Columbus
Whittemore
House
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Akron
Mouse, Cordes of
Hamilton
Rogers of Lorain
Donovan of
Lucas
State Utilities Commission
Handley of Hamilton
McManus
Dr E B Bryan Addresses Marietta Rotary Club
Dr. E. B. Bryan president of Ohio University spoke at the Marietta Rotary Club meeting on Thursday March 24. Dr. Parsons president of Marietta College presided and introduced the visiting educator. The address offered new perspectives on education and was praised as among the club’s strongest in years.
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Marietta
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University At Athens
Marietta Rotary Club
Keats
Parsons
Marietta College
Bryan
Rotary Club
Byran
Marietta Rotary
March Ohio Alumnus Splits Ewing's Honor
The Ohio Alumni edition issued today reveals that John Hunter, not Thomas Ewing, should have shared the honor of the university’s first graduate. Both earned degrees in 1815. Hunter died the year after. Additional items cover campus building history, editor notes, last basketball season, and alumni news.
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Ohio
Clark E. Williams
Ohio University
Thomas Ewing
John Hunter
Hunter
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George van Zant
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Jeppie Swisher
Tillie Peters
R. H. Horden
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Men's Athletic Union
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N. TH. Skiles
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Trimble
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