State Patrol Begins Regular Meigs County Traffic Checks
In Pomeroy and Middleport Ohio the State Patrol started regular traffic checks with over 1200 cars stopped for brakes tests and operator license reviews. One arrest was made for no license. others with valid licenses received guidance. Officers Kratzer Baker Greider Duhling, Chief Wolfe, and Deputy Peeples led the effort, aiming to curb speeders on state highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy-Middleport
J. M. Kratzer
C. H. Baker
R. L. Greider
K. L. Duhling
Walter Wolfe
Bentley Peeples
Middleport
Columbus
First Lot Sold in Middleport Hill Cemetery Addition
Middleport Hill Cemetery opens the western addition with 600 lots for sale. Earl Bryant, a Spanish American War veteran, has bought the first plot. The project, sponsored by the town and mayor, employs 30 NYA workers under H L Redcay to beautify the area with landscaped drives and mausoleum sections.
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Middleport
Middleport Hill
Earl Bryant
NYA
H. L. Redcay
Dr. Thomas Davis Promoted to Major in Army Medical Corps
Relatives report Dr. Thomas Davis has risen from captain to major in the U S Army Medical Corps. He is stationed at Camp Barkley Texas with Company G 120th Medical Regiment. His son serves in the military and his daughter Lucile and her husband Edwin Hull a lieutenant colonel have lived on army posts and are currently in Birmingham Alabama visiting the Davises.
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Middleport
Thomas Davis
Medical Corps
United States Army
Camp Barkley
Texas
120Th Medical Regiment
T. H. Davis
Lucile Davis
United States
The
Phillipines
Edwin Hull
Birmingham
Ala
Mrs. Davis
Unlicensed Driver Pays Fine in Pomeroy
Joe Keys, arrested by State Patrolman R L Greider on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a license, pleaded guilty in mayor's court and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Pomeroy
Joe Keys
R. L. Greider
Mayor's Court
Hemlock Grange to Meet Friday Night Program Planned
Hemlock Grange will meet Saturday night for a program and refreshments. Officers stated that all candidates for the fifth degree should attend the meeting of Columbia Grange at School Lot on Friday night.
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Pomeroy
Columbia Grange
Vinton County Pomona
Columbia
Hemlock Grange
School Lot
Gifts Aid Purchase of Hazael School
Hazael Union Sunday School Society thanks donors for funding the Hazael School project. McMurray reports contributions include two gifts of 25 dollars, three of 10 dollars, six of 5 dollars, one of 3 dollars, 105 of 1 dollar, and 35 donations of 50 cents.
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Hazael School
Hazael Union Sunday School Society
C. M. McMurray
New jail intake sparse. Harrison marker unveiled
County jail added only one inmate, Harry Fowler, for unpaid old fine as deputy sheriff notes sparse intake. In other news Indianapolis erected a bronze marker at the former home of Benjamin Harrison, former president of the United States.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Dave Jenkins
Harry Fowler
Indianapolis
United States
Enjamin Harrison
No Silencer Gadget Showcases Odd Inventions
A Kansas City broker and amateur inventor W. J. Haynes demonstrates a device that performs many tasks from soap dispensing to peppering and salting. The gadget includes a bulb cooler, a swap feature, an automatic cracker dunker, a thermometer and a last drop extractor.
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W. J. Haynes
Kansas City
Meigs County Farm Notes on Southeast Ohio Egg Auction Plans
Steering committees from 12 counties in Southeast Ohio selected July 8 as the first auction date in Nelsonville for the egg auction association. Auctions are set for Tuesdays and Fridays, with Meigs County attendees including Riley Pigott and J L Spencer. The article notes leadership, testing plans, and state egg production figures from OSU, highlighting Meigs County’s egg data and price comparison to state averages.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Nelsonville
Athens County
Meigs County
Riley Pigott
Wallace Damewood
J. L. Spencer
Willard Pigott
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs
Athens
Gallia
Jackson
Jackson County
Ohio State University
Forest Fire Report Near Long Bottom Burns One Rescuer
Pomroy reports another forest fire near Long Bottom on Wednesday with no damage extent given. John Park sustained painful burns while fighting the blaze.
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Long Bottom
Pomeroy
John Park
Alfred Personal and Brief Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Conelly and daughter Donna Jean visited Pomeroy Tuesday. Miss Virginia Mae Swartz visits Jean Brittain in Middleport. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Midkiff and sons Guy and Verlie visit Athens. Mrs. Mary Barnhill joins. Robert Swartz visits Mr. and Mrs. James Amon in Columbus. Mrs. Harley Midkiff visits her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pierce. Miss Sarah Virginia Conelly visits Mrs. William Chapman in Tuppers Plains. W. H. Walker moves oil drilling rig on Mrs. Iva Findling farm north of Alfred. Mrs. Charles Coe of Milwaukee spends a week with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Shumway.
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Alfred
Homer Conelly
Donna Jean
Pomeroy
Virginia Mae Swartz
Jean Brittian
Middleport
Orlando Midkiff
Guy
Verlie
Mary Barnhill
Athens
Robert Swartz
James Amon
Columbus
Harley Midkiff
Dan Pierce
Sarah Virginia Conelly
William Chapman
Tuppers Plains
W. H. Walker
Iva Findling
Charles Coe
Milwaukee
Vern Shumway
Auction Opens for Miller Lumber Assets in Middleport
Prospective bidders from multiple towns gather at S. Third Ave for the R A Miller Lumber bankruptcy auction directed by trustee T A May and Earl Swepson. Cohen Company of Huntington bids $9000 for full contents, with stock later sold in lots for just under $10,000 amid street chaos and a near-accident involving a Volunteer Fire Department truck. Congressman Jenkins’s brother Robert Jenkins attends, as does Tom Lewis of New Lexington. Miller Company ends doors after 30 years, with David Miller likely to run Jordie Manufacturing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. A. Miller Lumber Company
S. Third Ave
T. A. May
Earl Swepson
Columbus
Hamilton
Logan
New Lexington
Cincinnati
Jeffersonville
Marietta
West Mansfield
Lancaster
Portsmouth
Athens
Racine
Pomeroy
Woodsfield
Nelsonville
Huntington
Lower Middleport
Porter Smith
Cohen Company of
John Lyons
Robert Jenkins
Jackson
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tom Lewis
Griff Lewis
N. Second Ave
Miller Company
David Miller
Jordie Manufacturing Co
E. L. Lambert
Courtroom hallway work near completion in Meigs County Courthouse
Meigs County Courthouse updates shrink the courtroom slightly as hallway work nears completion. A regular visitor noticed the changes and asked how much larger the room was before.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Central Rural School Graduates Listed in District
Central Rural School District lists graduates from Reedsville and Long Bottom schools with names including Zora Belle Wallace August Kibble Florence Buckley Maxine Pickens Helen Sprague Frances Miller Thelma Virginia Pratt Joan Lorene Clark Joe Alan Barnhart Joan Hawley Wayne Millioan Paul Lawrence Glen Johnson Wytre Marie Pullins and Hemlock Grove eighth graders Avery Logan Avice Logan Florence Gill Nina Faye Taylor Rex Bing.
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Pomeroy
Central Rural
Reedsville
Zora Belle Wallace
August Kibble
Florence Buckley
Maxine Pickens
Helen Sprague
Frances Miller
Long Bottom
Thelma Virginia Pratt
Joan Lorene Clark
Joe Alan Barnhart
Joan Hawley
Wayne Millioan
Paul Lawrence
Glen Johnson
Wytre Marie Pullins
Hemlock Grove
Bedford District
Avery Logan
Avice Logan
Florence Gill
Nina Faye Taylor
Rex Bing
Initiate Swimming Season on the Ohio River
MIDDLEPORT swimmers from the MHS varsity football squad officially opened the season this week with a party at the Coal St levee. Reports indicate additional swimmers were seen earlier in the week along the Ohio River.
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Middleport
Ohio River
MHS
Coal St. Levee
Brush Fires Keep Volunteers Busy Around Gravel Hill
Brush fires have kept the Volunteer Fire Department busy in the past days. Yesterday a run was made to the old cemetery on Gravel Hill where a brush fire threatened to get out of control. This is the third fire caused by burning brush this week.
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Middleport
Gravel Hill
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings
Middleport social items report Miss Freda Carl hosting the Middleport Literary Club at Mrs. D B Hartinger's home with book reviews by Vivienne Middletown and Mrs O B Stout. The Worthwhile Class of First Presbyterian Church discussed Is Religion Necessary to Happiness led by Miss Kathryn Jean Lama. Plans for an ice cream social in June or July were discussed and awards given in a plant guessing contest.
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Middleport
Freda Carl
D. B. Hartinger
Vivienne Middleton
Bess Streeter Aldrich
O. B. Stout
F. A. Bean
Susie Slagle
Roll Call
Kathryn Jean Lama
First Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Sauer
S. Second Ave
Louise Drake
Ernest Kennedy
Lama
Charles Idle
Chappelle Talbott
Yehudi Club Hosts Sophomore Girls Evening
Yehudi Club met at Miss Norma Jean French home with assistant hostesses Miss Marjorie Michl and Miss Mildred Ann Wise. Supper was served to the members before they went to Hamilton's for the rest of the evening.
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Kincaid
N. Fourth Ave
Jo Quickle
Mazie Wise
Jean Ebersbach
Jeannette Grueser
Norma Louise Wayland
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Hamilton
Yehudi Club
Norma Jean French
Marjorie Michl
Mildred Ann Wise
Hamilton's
Robson Family Hosts Fish Fry at Letart Cabin
William Robson Jr hosted friends Tuesday evening at a fish fry at the Robson cabin on the Ohio River near Letart. The Robson family has been enjoying fishing in the area for two weeks.
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William Robson, Jr
Robson
Ohio River
Letart
Robsons
Mrs Edison Hobstetter Hosts Card Club Evening
Mrs Edison Hobstetter entertained members of the Middleport Pomeroy Contract Club at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe with dinner then continued the evening at her Lincoln Hill home for cards after a brief garden tour.
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Edison Hobstetter
Middleport- Pomeroy
Mary Jane Coffee
Lincoln Hill
Louis Johnson Named Plant Inspector at Curtiss-Wright Plant
Louis Johnson, a former United States Navy veteran, will be employed as an inspector at the new Curtiss- Wright Plant in Columbus. He has worked at the Navy yards in Norfolk, Virginia, and will reside with his wife and son after visiting his grandmother and in-laws in Middleport and Binghams Mill.
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Middleport
Louis Johnson
United State Navy
Curtiss- Wright
Columbus
Johnson
Navy Yards
Norfolk
Julia Gerber
S. Second Ave
Fred Marshall
Bingham's Mill
Middleport Daughters of America distribute prizes at meeting
Members of the Middleport Council No. 183 Daughters of America held a regular meeting followed by a social hour and games. Prizes were awarded to Miss Ferne Badgley Mrs. Nora Gesney and Miss Ethel Badgley. Refreshments were served after the games.
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Middleport
Middleport Council
Daughters of America
Ferne Badgley
Nora Gesney
Ethel Badgley
Will Meet Friday at First Presbyterian Church
Whatsoever class of the First Presbyterian Church will meet Friday evening at the church with hostesses Mrs. J. H. Grate Mrs. J. B. Downing Mrs. Lula Mason and Mrs. George Anderson Sr The meeting will open at 7 30 o clock.
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First Presbyterian Church
J. H. Grate
J. B. Downing
Lula Mason
George Anderson, Sr
Judgment Sought On Promissory Notes In Two Common Pleas Actions
R V Ebbersbach sues A H Brown for 212 45 on a promissory note in common pleas court. Merit Clothing Co sues Wick Crow and Marguerite Crow for 2667 87 on a promissory note filed the same day in the same court.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
R. V. Ebbersbach
A. H. Brown
The
Merit Clothing Co
Wick Crow
Marguerite Crow
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Grange
Central Rural School
Rathburn
Rutland, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Dor Schaefer
Hobstetter
Gallipolis
Mary Cook
Carl Hoffman
Chicago
H. E. Cook
Nelle Bishop
Cleveland
Island View Inn
Hoffmans
Mrs. Hoffman
Mrs. Cook
Yehudi
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
D. S. Farmer, Prop
Fit and Services
Mediem’s Shoe Stores
Swank
Meigs Clothing Company
E. Main St
Friendly Men's Store
Pomeroy, Ohio
Oxfords
Oxford
Luckoff
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