Local Social Notes Highlight Logan Visitors and Church Event
Marion Rife of Logan West Virginia spends weeks at his home in town. Mrs J B Downing returns from Charleston with daughter Mrs Charles Singleton. Mr and Mrs Reid Harris join the Pythian Sister Lodge at Meigs Temple. The Joachim family returns from Covington Kentucky after illness in the family. Loyal Berean Class hosts new members with a reception at the Christian Church Bible School. B F Fultz visits Chicago to see son Alan and friends Paul Hoffman. Mrs D C Miller and others drive to Columbus Tuesday.
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J. B. Downing
Charleston
Charles Singleton
Reid Harris
Pythian _ Sister Lodge
Meigs Temple
J. P. Joachim
Covington
Joachim
Christian Church Bible School
B. F. Fultz
Chicago
Alan
Paul Hoffman
D. C. Miller
R. A. Miller
A. W. McKay
Columbus
Karr Trial Nears End as Jury Hears State Case
The state rests after calling detective Joseph D. Cleary who admits intent to bribe County Commissioner Irving Karr and recounts a $240 payoff from EB. K. Lippencott with funds from the Ebersbach firm. Sheriff Willock testifies about Karr handing over money. The defense moves to withdraw evidence, the court overrules, and witnesses on Karr’s honesty follow. A verdict is expected by Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karr
Joseph D. Cleary
Columbus
Irving Karr
Syracuse
Mr. Cleary
Pomeroy
Karl
EB. K. Lippencott
Ebersbach
J. A. Willock
Willock
Goessler
Cleary
Compton
Smith
C. F. Rathburn
Middleport
L. D. Davis
Rev. Howard Pilchard
Athens
Fred Guth
H. J. Blackmore
Murder Mystery Shadows a Pennsylvania Death Case
A 21 year old woman Verna Octavia Dell was found dead by poisoning near Allentown after visiting a pow wow doctor for eczema relief. Neighbors believe she was hexed though Rev Frank L Brown and Charles Belles are cleared. Police seek a man she was said to have been involved with as autopsy noted she would have become a mother.
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Pennsylvania
Pretty Verna
Octavia Dell
Right
Allentown
Charles Belles
Literary Club Meets in Bi weekly Session at Reed Home
The Literary Club of Delport met in a bi weekly session at 3rd Avenue with Mrs Reed presiding. Members read and discussed papers by Freda Carl on Madagascar F A Bean on Zanzibar and the Spice Trade and Mrs O H Stewart on Tanganyika. Mrs M C Hobart acted as critic.
Sermons Announced At Pomery Church of Christ
Evangelist Watkins and Mrs. Leonard lead revival at Pomeroy Church of Christ with daily sermons through March 31 including The Price of Blood and The Empty Grave. County Men’s Evangelistic Club will attend. special seating for the group on Friday. Middleport to host Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society all-day meeting April 3 with Miss Tyler as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomerdy Church of Christo
Evangelist Watkins
Leonard
County Men's Evangelistic Club
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Watkins
Middleport
Woman's Foreignionary Society
Heath M. E. Church
Miss Tyler
Gomer Lewis
Two Couples Marry Quietly in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy on a quiet Saturday two local weddings united Miss Margaret Schorn and H. L. Black, and Miss Veda Foss with Charles Edwards. Both brides are from Pomeroy families and both grooms work for the A. T. T. Company. The couples will start housekeeping in Franklin, Indiana next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Io Indiana
Veda Foss
William Ross
Pomeroy
Charles Edwards
Russellville
A. T. T. Company
Black
Edwards
Pomeroy Bend
Franklin
Indiana
Mrs W F Reed Hit By An Auto On South Trip
POMEROY Ohio March 27 Mrs W S Reed wife of the local banker touring the South by motor was struck by a passing car as she stepped from their vehicle in Florida. Initial reports spoke of broken bones but hospital X rays showed mainly bruises. She will return home to Pomeroy when travel possible in about a week to ten days. Middletonport note reports a church class party at Heath M E Church marking a farewell for Ulah Ann Lewis who leaves for Troy with classmates and guests.
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Pomeroy
W. S. Reed
C. D. Reed
South
Florida
Middleport
Heath M. E. Church Sunday School
Julia Miller
Ulah Ann Lewis
Troy
Marjorie Martin
Kathryn Hysell
Betty Cook
Anna Margaret Hayes
Ruth Pickens
Marilyn McGhee
Virginia Smith
Ruth Enstminger
Melissa Hennessy
Junaita Haddox
Opal Taylor
Marvel Schmoll
Wilma
Luellien
Maxine Mankin
Marcela Frazier
Ruth Robinson
Kathryn Wormeldorf
Olivia Reed
Janet He Cox
Mary Crary
Boy injured in Pomeroy after car strike
Lonnie Hughes, 11 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hughes of lower Main Street, Pomeroy, was run down by an automobile driven by his uncle Jim Hendricks on Tuesday while en route to school with his twin sister. Dr. Byron Bing treated the wound at home and described the injury as serious. The child reportedly darted into the path of the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lonnie Hughes
Edward Hughes
Lower Main Street
Jim Hendricks
Byron Bing
Pair in Middleport Released After Robbery Probe
In Middleport on March 27 two suspects held for days on robbery suspicions in the Frank Gloeckner case were released and ordered to leave the state after Gloeckner was confirmed dead. The Woman's Music Club postponed its March meeting to April 2 due to church events. the upcoming recital features junior musicians with Mrs. Rodney Downing as social chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank Gloeckner
Middleport
Gloeckner
Woman's Music Club
Heath M. E. Church
Rodney Downing
Two Hurt When Fog Blinds Driver On Pomeroy Road
In dense morning fog on the Pomeroy Athens road two people were seriously injured when an automobile veered off the road and struck a culvert. The victims, Harry Lewis and his sister from Letrat Falls, were thrown from the car and found by Mrs. Warner Rawlings. They were taken to Holzer Hospital. their condition was reported as serious and unconscious. Local residents summoned Dr Manning Daniels and the Finsterwald ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Long Lane
Pomeroy-Athens
Harry Lewis
Letart
Falls
Columbus
Holzern Hospital
Mr. Lewis
Warner Rawlings
Manning Daniels
Finsterwald
Roush Confesses to Cross Store Robbery Linked to Lawson
Walter Roush, jailed in Pt Pleasant, admits he and Diamond Lawson robbed the Ward Cross store in Racine and another Cross River side store. Hearings to follow the Karr case. Also notes about Mrs. Riley’s return to Logan, visits by Arch Brown and Mrs. Engler in German town, and Edgar Ervin with Barnby guests of the Davises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Walter Roush
Pt. Pleasant
Diamond Lawson Ln
Ward Cross
Racine
Lawson
Cross
West Virginia
Karr
Easter Program at Church of Christ Chauncey
The Church of Christ Chauncey will hold an Easter program with Sunday School at 9 30 a m next Sunday. Attendance last Sunday was 136 with goals set in each Bible School class for higher turnout. The event features songs readings and regular lessons. Committee members include Miss Ruth Fiske Mrs Biella Cunningham Mrs Pearl Henry and Mrs Charles Ogg. The church parlor will be decorated with plants and flowers. All are welcome. The Rev G B Courtney conducted two funerals Tuesday for William Watkins and Mrs Grigsby with burials at Nye and Maplewood Cemeteries respectively. The Ladies Aid Society of Chauncey M E Church meets Thursday for an all day quilting session.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Bible School
Tee
Ruth Fiske
Biella Cunningham
Pearl Henry
Charles Ogg
Nye
Willard Watkins
Nettie Cunningham
Lena Cunningham
Grigsby
Trimble Church of Christ
Maplewood
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Chauncey M. E. Church
Konjola Proclaimed A Miracle Cure By Patient Testimonial
A Cleveland Ohio resident from Hancock Avenue touts Konjola as a life changer. He notes relief from rheumatism neuritis indigestion and sleepless nights after four weeks of use and claims long lasting health gains including freedom from rheumatic pain and improved sleep. He praises the medicine as having millions of grateful users.
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Konjola
Hancock Avenue
Veland
Ohio
Birth of a son at home in VDainseyVille
This week a son was born at the couple's home in VDainseyVille. The baby weighed 81 pounds and has been named John, Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vdainseyville
John, Jr
Sailor Maids Operetta by Greens Run High Students
Chauncey March 27 stage settings are done for the operetta Sailor Maids to be presented by Greens Run High School music classes Thursday at 7 30 in the Greens Run School Auditorium. Directed by Mrs Lenora V Saylor the cast features Paul Welsh Ernest Cartwrigh Ray Levke Eldon Grinstead Brad Kutta Goldie Mogos Doris Fieraugh Estella Wailish with a 40 member chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Greens Run High School
Greens Run School
Lenora V. Saylor
Trimble Township
Paul Welsh
Ernest Cartwrigh
Ray Levke
Eldon Grinstead
Brad Kutta
Goldie Mogos
Doris Fieraugh
Estella Wailish
Parent Teacher Association Hosts Evening Event
Chauncey P T A sponsors an entertainment and social at the high school auditorium tonight at 7 o clock. The public is invited and proceeds support the association's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Welock
Cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ Planned
The Heath Church of Middleport will present Dudley Buck’s cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ next Sunday at 7 p.m. as the replacement for regular evening services, performed by the church choir.
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Middleport
Christ
Dudley Buck
the Heath M. E
Dads Attend Mothers Circle Meeting at West End School
Logan report notes Fathers joined the Mothers Circle of the West End school for a Thursday evening gathering attended by about one hundred. Rolland Bright of the local board spoke on school finances as the Gamma Sympathy orchestra provided music. Refreshments followed.
Three Children Killed by Mother Near Toledo Farm
A mother and her three children were found dead in a Maumece area farmhouse five miles from Toledo. Authorities say the demented mother strangled the children and set fire to the home. A note from Mrs Gaylora Sleyer 25 urged her husband not to worry. Sheriff Kraft noted the mother appeared demented and hinted the children may have fought for their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Maumece
Gaylora Sleyer
Kraft
Pilot forced down at Roosevelt Field during coast to coast attempt
Okey Bevans radioed from Willards N. M. that he was forced to land early today at Roosevelt Field while attempting a non stop flight from Los Angeles. The telegram confirms the incident as of March 27.
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Roosevelt Field
Kli
Okey Bevans
Willards N. M
Los Angeles
Near-Death Injuries From Portsmouth Auto Crash Reported
PORTSMOUTH March 26 Mrs. T A Cavendish 35 of Huntington WV and her nephew Elden Handley 17 were near death after an automobile crash near here Their necks were broken and they remained in critical condition with injuries sustained in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
T. A. Cavendish
Huntington
W. Va
Elden Handley
Omission Noted for Attendance at Last Meeting
Church records correct attendance list after mislisting Mrs. Mary Bolin. The omission was inadvertent and her name will be added to the record of those in attendance.
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Mary Bolin
Bake Sale To Benefit M.F.E. Church In Amesville
Esther Claus of the M FE Church at Amesville will hold a bake sale at Sedwick's Store on Saturday March 30 starting at 1 20 oclock to benefit the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Claus
M.fe
Amesville
Sedwick's
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Bates
Frank L. Brown
Treas
M. P
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Wren
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Margaret Schorn
Charles Schorn
Remington Hotel
H. L. Black
W. F. Reed
Boy
Harry
Lewis
Letart Falls
T. A. Riley
Logan
Edgar Ewing
Arch Brown
Will Engler
Germantown
Edgar Ervin
Mr. Barnby
Davis
Millfield
the Plains
John
Quince) Adams
Charles S.bradfield, Jr
Courtney
G. B. Courtney
William Watkins
MR. &. J.T. Grady
Heath M. E. Church Choir
Elberfelds
New York
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Logan Gas CO
Sterling
Biedel-Mead Oil Co
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