Wilson to speak at meeting in Pomeroy
Ralph B. Wilson vice president of Babson Institute will speak at an open meeting of citizens at the Masonic Temple 8 o clock Wednesday on The Possibilities of the Pomeroy Bend The event is hosted by the Community and Rotary Clubs of Middleport and aims to revive business in the Ohio Valley, per district leaders.
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Pomeroy
Ralph B. Wilson
Babson Institute
T. J. Wilson
Middleport
Masonic Temple
Pomeroy Bend
Rotary Clubs
Ohio Valley
Meigs County Pioneer Mrs Carletonstricken by stroke
Ilas Carleton eighty resident of the Jocksprings Settlement suffered a paralysis stroke Saturday and remains in serious condition. Her children travel from Cincinnati, Midorad, New Orleans, and home to support the aged parents. J Carleton stays in usual health while the Carletons are early Meigs County settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ilas Carleton
Jocksprings
Homer
Merson
Cininnati
Marcia
Charles
Midorads
Clarence
New Ileans
Thurman
J. Carleton
Wrife
More Fire Fund Subscribers Listed at Middleport
Middleport March 25 a Middleport company releases a list of new subscribers to the fire fund. Names include R. B. Paushend, Mrs. R. N. Barnes, A Nal Wineger, W. A. Britton, Mrs. Carrie McCullum, Paul Godman, Eva Still, Will Michael, Mrs. Charles Williams, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Middleport
Ee. Company of Middleport
R. B. Paushend
R. N. Barnes
Anal Wineger
W. A. Britton
Arrie McCullum
Paul Godman
Eva Still
Will Michael
Charles Williams
W. Je ““Fotin
Guy “Garson
Fearraves
Edgar Stanley
Mayme Eibel
Allen Knopp
Albert Loan
Marty Wyatt
Lawrence Taylor
Cecil Kauff
J. E. French
Awrence Grogan
Robert Stevens
Rthur Swisher
Martha Brynt
W. F. Pullins
William Clark
R. Stevens
Rich Folden
J. P. Ooth
Harlow Swink
Irving Mines
P. Edwards
J. 8
Ayes
Albert van Cooney
G. D.mith
Robert Skips
D. Guthers
Charles Bennett
Frank. Frazier
Jasper Darst
N. A. Bennett
Bert Doddydge
W. *. Chase
Ethel M. Jones
C. E. Long
Cash Durst
J. C. Walton
Allen White
John Kincaid
Local social notes from Middleport and surrounding towns
Sunday visits span Pt Pleasant Huntington Marietta and gave news of illness hospitalizations and family gatherings. Notables include W P Ohlinger Dreton sisters Freda Leona Ebert Clyde French and T N Curtis with many others attending church events and community meetings. An illness stroke in Gallipolis and a pnuemonia case in Texas were reported along with students and visitors from Ohio State University and local gatherings at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. P. Ohlinger
Pt. Pleasant
Freda
Leona Ebert
Dreton
Bay
Clyde French
Herb Chambers
Marietta
T. N. Curtis
J. C. Fisher
Pearl Shilders
Guy Reynolds
Clinton Fisher
Huntington
Chas. Howard
Hosital
Athens
Woman's Christian Board of Missions
Bearl Graves
Mi. Zion Baptist Church
Pryde
Jorden
Lewis Isson
Texas
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ohio State Univerity
Columbus
Robert Stephenson
Carroll Meadows
Monay
Eadows
Ohiotate University
Lena Suddrach
Clyde Keeler
Jack Moore
Charlesh
T. Ferguson
Dorcas Society
the Bapist Church
B. E.falbott
A. Bartles
Mark Roller
Demurrer Filed in $50 000 Libel Suit
Judge A P Miller for Ebersbach interests filed a demurrer in the $50 000 damage suit by Dana H Peoples against Meigs Publishing Company and Carl Schaeffer. The defense argues the petition fails to state a cause of action and provides legal cites and quotes. The article described arrests for liquor charges and questioned specific charges against an official.
Court cases set for early April in Pomeroy
A petit jury will be drawn today for the May term of court with cases planned for the first two weeks of April. Listings include State of Ohio vs. George Buckner, Claude Polk, Lindsay Locks, Loyd Woodgerd, Campbell Harper, Pearl Malden, and Alba Castle among others. Divorce days scheduled for April 7 and 8. Also Edgar Greenlee vs. Western & Southern Life Insurance and Ralph Spencer vs. W. C. Nichols.
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Pomeroy
State of Ohio
George Buckner
Claude Polk
Fanny McMurray
Sarah Beegle
Lindsay Locks
Loyd Woodgerd
Campbell Harper
Pearl Malden
Edgar Greenlee
Admr
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
Marion Easter
Alba Castle
Kelly Gilmore
Ralph Spencer
W. C. Nichols
Mrs Dora J Hoffman Dies After Stroke at 53
New Haven West Virginia reports Mrs Dora J Hoffman 53 wife of J M Hoffman farmer of Broad Run Settlement died at home Sunday after a stroke suffered 24 hours earlier. She leaves a husband three sons and four daughters.
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New Haven
W. Va
Dora. J. Hoffman
J. M. Hoffman
Broad Run
Hillsboro Jackson Pomeroy Derby Bus Line Authorized
Pomeroy will gain a new bus route approved by the State Public Utilities Commission. The Hillsboro Jackson Pomeroy Derby Bus Line will run between Pomeroy and Hillsboro and pass Piketon Jackson and Rutland, expanding service to Columbus Marietta Charleston Huntington and beyond.
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Pomeroy
State Public Utilities Commission
Hillsboro
Huntington
Gallpolis
Dog Not Rabid in Leading Creek Area
A dog belonging to Ed Sisson of Leading Creek was believed rabid and killed. Its head was sent to the State Laboratory in Columbus for examination on March 20. A telegram from the lab to Dog Warden Henry Seidenable confirmed the dog did not have the disease.
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Pomeroy
Ed Sisson
State Laboratory
Columbus
Henry Seidenable
Divorce Granted In Wright Case In Pomeroy
Beatrice Wright's divorce was decreed by Judge F W Crow on Monday in Pomeroy The defendant is jailed in the Ohio Penitentiary on charges of shooting a neighbor last winter at Dark Hollow The litigants are negroes.
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Pomeroy
Beatrice Wright
F. W. Crow
Ohio Penitentiary
Dark Hollow
Downies to Have Late Honeymoon in Scotland
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie of Pomeroy plan a two month honeymoon in Scotland to celebrate their golden wedding after more than fifty years of marriage. He previously worked as a mail messenger on the Hocking Valley Railroad. The article recounts their family history and the ancestral voyage that linked the Downie and Crosbie families to Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Alex Downie
Columbus
Scotland
Margaret Downie
Downie
Hocking Valley Railroad
William L. Downie
Susan Downie
Captain Downie
Dogs Are Problem in Pomeroy as Town Fines Dogs at Large
Dog Warden Henry Seiden reports ongoing trouble with roaming dogs. Several individuals from Middletown were fined $10 plus costs for letting dogs run at large at night. A Rocksprings man paid a heavy fine for a dog without a license tag found near Dr. Frank Parker’s sheep in Rutland Township.
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Pomeroy
Henry Seidenable
Middleport
Rocksprings
Frank Parker
Rutland Township
Payne Is Hurt In Auto Crash Near Cheshire
Middleport March 25 Brownie Payne barber with a chair in Cranshaw Shop sustained a broken leg in a wreck Sunday near Cheshire as he rode with friends in an automobile that was wrecked. It was described as a serious accident with Payne badly injured.
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Middleport
Brownie Payne
Cranshaw
Cheshire
Payne
Payne, 62, Longtime Middleport Barber Hurt in Crash
A 62 year old Middleport barber, Payne, suffered a broken leg in a car crash. None of the other passengers were injured. Payne has practiced barbering in Middleport for more than four decades.
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Payne
Middleport
Middlesport Board of Education Chief in Hospital
J. Fisher president of the Middlesport Board of Education and traveling salesman for a Gallipolis company has been in Hawes Marshall Hospital in Huntington for a week for eye surgery. The left eye was operated on and his right eye will soon undergo cataract removal. Fisher has long suffered sight problems, and the first operation is reported to help him greatly.
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Middleport
J. ©. Fisher
Middles 4Port Board of Education
Gallipolis
Hawes Marpore Hospital
Huntington
Couple Married in Pomeroy
Hiram Cox age 25 a Gallipolis farmer and Mae Massie 18 giving Middleport as residence were married yesterday by Justice F Gilmore. Anna and Robert Massie, parents of the bride, gave consent.
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Pomeroy
Hiram Cox
Gallipolis
Mae Massie
Middleport
Gallia County
Justice F. \. Gilmore
Anna
Robert Massie
Hocking Valley Conductor Returns Home After Florida Trip
Conductor Frank McBride and his wife return to Pomeroy after weeks in Florida and Cuba. They visit Mr. and Mrs. Philip Meier, relatives of Mrs. McBride, and plan stops at Mrs. Locke and other relatives before heading to Charleston Marietta and Bridgeport. Their home is in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
World War Veteran Gil Walters Remains in Hospital
In Middleport March 25 Gil Walters a World War veteran writes relatives from Dawson Springs Government Hospital Kentucky where he is treated mainly for tuberculosis He is a ward for 17 days and will know then if he must stay or can return home The American Legion Fee ney-Bennett Post shows interest in Mr Walters and his parents Mr and Mrs J C Walters.
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Government Hospital
Middleport
Gil Walters
Dawson Springs Government Hospital
Kentucky
American Legion
Feeney-Bennett Post
Walters
J. C. Walters
Married Man Held on Delinquency Charge
Wheeler Lawson, a married man with seven children, is jailed at Pomeroy on charges of contributing to the delinquency of Elzania Lawson, a 16 year old girl from the same area. She remains jailed and will be taken to the Girls Industrial School at Delaware after the Larrison hearing in Probate Court.
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Wheeler Lawson
Pomeroy
Elzania Lawson
Girls ‘Industrial School
Delaware
Larson
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W. S. Koester
Wilson
Silas Carleton
Iis Exon
Fire Fund
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Rer
George Haley
John Black
Black
Petit Jury
Hoosier
Royal
Davenport
Ivory
East State Street
China
Coxwell
Victor
Phonograph
East State
Dog
Scotlanton
America
Crosbie
Susan
New York
Crosbies
Young Downie
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Pomeroy Wharf
Young
Lincoln Hill
Florida
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