Meigs County WPA Road Project Approved
Approval of a 1 003 279 blanket WPA road program for Meigs County is announced. Sponsor's share 229 255 funds 1 199 men of work to improve 190 miles of roads and build 50 bridges with quarries in Columbia and Salem Townships. A separate 50 000 project to improve Meigs County Fairgrounds at Rocksprings seeks approval to drain swamp behind the grandstand and relocate midway.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbia
Salem Townships
Rocksprings
Athens
Columbus
Washington
Fair Board
Earl Brown Funeral Held at Enterprise
Funeral service for Earl Brown, 59, who died Tuesday at his Rocksprings area home after a long illness, was conducted at United Brethren Church in Enterprise. Burial followed in Rocksprings Cemetery. Survived by seven children Edrie Brown Columbus Martha Brown Frazenburg Mrs. John Hager Hoytsville Richard Earl Ruth Mabel at home two sisters Mrs. John Frick Mrs. John Bowen Athens Road and four brothers Herbert Cleveland Lewis Louisville Ky Val and John Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Earl Brown
Rocksprings
United Brethren Church
Enterprise
Brown
Edrie Brown
Columbus
Martha Brown
Frazenburg
John Hager
Hoytsville
Richard
Camp Hocking
Earl
Ruth
Mabel
John Frick
John Bowen
Athens Road
Herbert
Cleveland
Lewis
Louisville, Ky
Val
John
S.S.S. Tonic Promises Health Boost From Red Blood Cells
An old promotional blurb touts S.S.S. Tonic as a simple internal remedy to rebuild red blood cells, restore energy, and improve weight, nerves, and skin. It claims scientific testing and urges readers to buy at any drug store from Co. 5.5.5. Co.
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S.S.S
S.s.sonic
Eastern Star School of Instruction and social notes in town
Middleport social notes recount Mrs. Louis Burford Mrs. Evelyn Lewis Mrs. Max Harrah Mrs. John Duerr and Mrs. Annice Ohlinger attending the Eastern Star School of Instruction in Nelsonville Tuesday. Burford party later to Parkersburg for White Shrine meeting. other locals visiting Athens Gallipolis and relatives.
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Middleport
Louis Burford
Evelyn Lewis
Max Harrah
John Duerr
Annice Ohlinger
Nelsonville
Eastern Star School of Instruction
Burford
Parkersburg
Maxine Davis
Corning
Ralph Davis
Don Davis
Downing Roush
Grant Wiley
Athens
Mollie Barnett
Muncie
Ind
Charles Barnett
Gallipolis
W. T. Pullin
Clarence Ebersbach
Lloyd Helrich
Thelma Williams
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Meet For April Drill
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters met Tuesday evening. Officers and the drill team are practicing for inspection on April 12.
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Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
Condition Satisfactory for Local Man After Appendectomy
Ed Stewart recovering satisfactorily after emergency appendectomy at Holzer Hospital. Mrs Stewart and their sons have visited daily since the operation.
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Ed Stewart
Holzer Hospital
Mrs
John Smith Jr visits parents then heads for frontier pageant work
John Smith Jr of the John B. Rogers Producing Co. visits Decorah Iowa with his parents after a business stop in Marietta where the Rogers company rehearses Wagons West for the Northwest Territory celebration. He will then proceed to Cheyenne Wyoming to produce Frontier Cavalade during the celebratory rodeo season.
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John Smith, Jr
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Decorah
Iowa
J. K. Smith
Marietta
Rogers Company
Northwest Territory
Dinner honor for Bailey and Robson birthdays at home
A 6 o clock dinner at the Herman Bailey home Fisher Street last night celebrated the birthdays of Miss Mary Jean Bailey and Miss Martha Louise Robson. High school friends attended including Dorothy Nelle Stewart Janet Hocox Jane Stansbury Peggy Robson Charles Burdette Charles Roush Robert Schmoll Donald Mathews Charles Entsminger Gene Harris and the honored guests. Mrs William Robson assisted Mrs Bailey. After dinner the group went to the high school for a rehearsal of the operetta Bittersweet Anne to be performed Friday.
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Herman Bailey
Fisher St
Mary Jean Bailey
Martha Louise Robson
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Janet Hecox
Jane Stansbury
Peggy Robson
Charles Burdette
Charles Roush
Robert Schmoll
Donald Mathews
Charles Entsminger
Gene Harris
William Robson
Bailey
Middleport Literary Club follows program on Wednesday
Mrs. C. M. Hennesy entertained the Middleport Literary Club with a brief business session and a program including North to the Orient reviewed by Mrs. M. W. Essex and Admiral Byrd's Adventure presented by Mrs. Frank White. The critic's report was read by Mrs. French.
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Entertains Club
C. M. Hennesy
Middleport Literary Club
The
Orient
Ann Ludbergh
M. W. Essex
Admiral Byrd
Frank White
French
Birthday party honors Susan Eileen Allensworth
Neighborhood playmates and school friends invited Susan Eileen Allensworth to a theater party celebrating her 11th birthday yesterday. After the show the group went to Bailey's Dairy for ice cream. Guests included Martha Howell, Anna Margaret Howell, Paula Britton, Phyllis Smart, and Mary Martha Roller with Mrs. Edgar Allensworth and Miss Roberta Howell.
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Susan Eileen Allensworth
Susan
Bailey's Dairy
Martha
Anna Margaret Howell
Paula Jean Britton
Phyllis Smart
Mary Martha Roller
Edgar Allensworth
Roberta Howell
Letart Falls Civic Group Seeks Unity For Welfare Gains
Letart Falls The Letart Township Civic Association heard State Representative Floyd Mees on Sunday March 27 stressing organized cooperative action to advance welfare goals and reviewing the proposed unicameral legislature petition and tax repeal. The Highways Committee reported success in petitions for Racine to Apple Grove road upgrades. Final action slated for April 4 with constitution and by-laws committee report at the school.
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Letart Falls
Letart Township
Floyd Mees
Racine
Apple Grove
Farewell dinner for Kinshuta scout leader Handel
Paul W. Handel, longtime Kinshuta District Boy Scout executive, is leaving for a new post in Springfield. Robert D. Dalrymple will replace him, with remarks by Frank H. Johnston and appearances by C. E. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Howell. The group set May 15 as the finance drive closing date and planned camp protections and a custodian hire to curb trespassers.
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Cincinnati
Howell
Kootaga
Parkersburg
Frank H. Johnston
Kinshuta
Handel
Norma Goodwin
Dalrymple
Kinshata
Chester
Bond Salesman Arrested on Fraud Charge in Ironton
Acting on a call from Ironton, Chief Charles Wise Jr. arrested N T Dixon at a local hotel shortly after midnight Tuesday and jailed him. Ironton officers later arrested Dixon on fraud charges and took him back to Ironton for investigation.
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Middleport
Ironton
Charles Wise, Jr
N. T. Dixon
Nixon
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Church Activities
Pomeroy reports describe a Simpson M E Church Lend-a-Hand Society demonstration by Mrs. Wyllis McMurray at Ohio Power Kitchen with a luncheon. Plans include church shrubbery planting and Easter egg sales. Epworth League at Bethany Church held a waist measurement party to raise funds for the District Conference. An Epworth program directed by Emma Kathryn Ebersbach featured multiple musical numbers and a short story by Rev. Beuscher. Mrs Mees hosted a miscellaneous shower for her daughter Mrs Harold Erwin, with games and prizes. thirty four relatives attended.
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Pomeroy — Lend-a-Hand Society
Simpson M. E
Ohio Power Kitchen
Wyllis McMurray
Bethany
Epworth League
Emma Kathryn Ebersbach
F. Beuscher
Ben Neutzling
Ruth
Carl
Mees
Albert Mees
Anne Street
Harold Erwin
Gertrude Mees
Eileen Welker
Herman Mees
POMEROY PERSONAL NEWS UPDATE
Mr and Mrs Donald Amos of Lancaster visited Pomeroy on Wednesday. Mrs Homer Cooper of Florida arrived Tuesday to visit her daughter Mrs Dan White. Mrs Amy Kingsland and daughter Amy stay several days in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Will Dawson of Columbus were guests of Ed Koehler in Butternut Avenue. Mr and Mrs D C France of Athens traveled to Pomeroy Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Harold Hilligas moved their furnishings to the Finlan property on Chester Road. Rev Father Farrell of Zaleski attended and conducted the Sacred Heart Church service Wednesday evening.
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Pomeroy
Donald Amos
Lancaster
Homer Cooper
Florida
Dan White
Amy Kingsland
Amy
Columbus
Will Dawson
Ed Koehler
Butternut Ave
D. C
France
Athens
Harold Hilligas
Finlan
Chester Road
Father Farrell, Zaleski
Sacred Heart Church
It would take 213 states the size of Rhode Island to make one state as large as lexas
An oddball comparison states that thirty two Rhode Island sized units would equal a single large state the article notes the peculiar measurement to illustrate scale in a brief humorous item.
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Rhode Island
Lexas
Beautification plans spark community support in Pomeroy
Raron Gilmore, a Pomeroy merchant, kicked off a beautification program by donating a wind blown bob on Brighty’s mule. Brighty and his wagon, part of Willis Hill’s rubbish collection crew, drew a crowd as Gilmore and assistants demonstrated clippers and turning crank to power them.
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Pomeroy
Raron Gilmore
Brighty
Willis Hill
Gilmore
Racine Woman To Preside At PTA District Meeting
Mrs S H Fadely of Racine will preside at the Fifteenth annual district conference of the Parent and Teachers Association at the Second Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth. She directs the PTA Southeast District and has longtime PTA leadership in Meigs County. The theme for this year is Home Preparation for Tomorrow's Citizens.
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Pomeroy
Portsmouth
Meigs County
S. H. Fadely
Racine
Fred Gilmore Ill as Son Returns for Father
Middleport reports Fred Gilmore remains seriously ill with heart ailment and complications. His son Arthur Gilmore, enrolled at a CCC camp in Utah, was called home by his father's condition as church members deliver fruit and foodstuffs.
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Middleport
Fred Gilmore
Arthur Gilmore
CCC
Utah
Church of Christ
Mr. Gilmore
Middleport Firemen Begin Advanced Red Cross First Aid
Middleport Volunteer Firemen started last night on an advanced Red Cross First Aid course led by AOW Hoover. The group, having recently completed a First Aid course under Mr Hoover, is the only Meigs County unit to finish under the new regulations.
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Middleport
Red Cross
Aow. Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Meigs County
Trombonist Orville Chambers visiting family in Middleport
Orville Chambers, trombonist with Walter Knick's Band in Columbus, is spending a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers. He accompanies Mrs Lera Roush and daughter Eleanor Lee from Columbus where Miss Roush recently underwent an operation. Her condition is reported satisfactory.
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Middleport
Orville Chambers
Walter Knick
Columbus
Herbert Chambers
Lera Roush
Eleanor Lee
Remembering Justice Stanley Reed as a well behaved boy
St Joseph barber Ryan Adams recalls Stanley Reed from M iner va Kentucky as a chubby well natured youth who never received a spanking. Adams recalls no fights and regards him as a regular fellow.
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ST. Joseph
Ryan Adams
Stanley Reed
Minerva
Adams
Pomeroy Postoffice Site Accepted
The Pomeroy postoffice plan nears reality as the Ebersbach property on E Second St. is definitely accepted for the building site. Earlier delays stemmed from government title clearances. Plans now call for a brick structure with colonial trim, with local efforts to approve an architectural concrete alternative.
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Pomeroy
Ebersbach
Second St
Will Enroll Adults In Middleport Library Meeting
A public enrollment meeting for adults not enrolled in public schools will be held tonight at 7 in the basement of the Middleport Library. Prof. Floyd Cooper, WPA Adult Education supervisor, will assist with enrollment and class organization.
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Middleport
Floyd Cooper
WPA
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist to host Spring Arbor quartet
Pastor O L Orr announced that on Friday evening April 1 at 7 30 Clarence D Decan from Spring Arbor Junior Seminary Michigan will appear with a ladies quartet at Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
O. L. Orr
Laurel Cliff Methodist Church
Clarence D. Decan
Spring Arbor Junior Seminary
Spring Arbor
Mich
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church
Beauty secret from a doctor aids skin
Doctor F. M. Edwards found constipation worsens skin blemishes and recommends Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The vegetable laxative is said to be gentle yet effective by increasing bile flow without shocking the intestine. Available from druggists in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes.
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F. M. Edwards
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Greyhound
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Tender Handel Farewell
Kootaga Area
Pomeroy Social Notes
League Entertains
Bob
Ewings
Pomeroy Ohio
Women's
Children's Rayon Taffeta
Isuits
Oxfords
Black Elk
L Squire
Portis
Campbell and
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McMaster
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