Middleport Senior Music Comedy to Play May 4 and 5
Middleport High School presents the Senior Musical Comedy Pattie on May 4 and 5 in the School Gymnasium. Ike Neal stars as Pattie with rival Cy Williams the boxing champ. A preview outlines a comedy of a millionairess posing as an orphan and a mix of romance, crime, and mistaken identities ending with a theatrical cure.
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Middleport
Ike" Neal
Middleport High School
Pattie
Cyclone” Wiliams
Piery
Bob
Jetters
Henry Randal
Fred
Lord Beasley
Bobh
College leader Arthur Braden visits Middleport
Dr. Arthur Braden, president of Transylvania College in Lexington and College of the Bible, preached at Rev. Gardner's church in Middleport Sunday evening after a church meeting in McConnelsville. He returned to Lexington afterward.
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Middleport
Arthur Braden
Transylvania College
Lexington
College of the Bible
F. J. Gardner
Gardner
Braven
McConnelsville
Mrs Mary Dawson Improves Ahead of Mother's Day Program
Middleport report notes Mrs Mary Dawson has been ill but is improving. She recently celebrated her eighty sixth birthday with cards and flowers and hopes to be well enough by May 14 to attend the Mother's Day program at the Presbyterian Church.
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Middleport
Mary Dawson
Style Show Planned at Pomeroy High School
POMEROY May 2 Annual musical program and style show by the Girls Glee Club and Home Economics Club will be Thursday May 4 at 8 PM in the Junior High auditorium. The program includes six glee club selections with Mary Schaefer accompanist, a Modern Cinderella scene with Virginia Compton, Iris Winegar and two sisters, and a final operetta Lady Frances with Velma Geary and Bridget O Harrigan.
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Pomeroy
Girls' Glee Club
Home Economics Club
Pomeroy High School
Hilda C. Ohlinger
Irma Welch
Glee Club
Mary Schaefer
Spring
Mendelshon
Sylvia
Speaks-Deis
Planquette
Liszt
Wilson
Speaks
Virginia Compton
Cindy
Iris Winegar
Dorothy Young
Jane Priode
Lady Frances
The
Velma Geary
Bridget O'Harrigan
Mary Ewing
Mary Russell
Helen Jane Faris
Beulah Hampp
Edith Mae Bowen
Edith Fisher
Ruth Huber
Anna Margaret Owens
Catherine Terrill
Thelma Young
Marion Ebersbach
Helen Williamson
Jean Ebersbach
Betty Campbell
Margaret Muthersland
Rachael Elberfeld
Gertrude Mees
Irene Flynt
Alice Cohen
Betty Hood
Yolanda Dilgard
Betty Giobs
Ruth Morris
Pomeroy Teams Draw Up Schedule for Athens Meet
Pomeroy High School tennis and baseball teams will enter district tournaments in Athens next week. Baseball events run May 12 and 13, tennis on May 13, with a school tournament and late afternoon drawings. Nine players try for ten spots. four players will be chosen for Athens based on past performance and school meet results.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Athens
Miss Sara Jones Visits Greenfield Relatives and Cincinnati
Miss Sara Jones plans a two week trip visiting her brother and sister in law Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Jones in Greenfield then Cincinnati relatives before returning home. Crary and son James of Cincinnati stay with Fred Crary for several days due to Mrs. Melissa Crary’s illness. Numerous local relatives host weekend guests from Keyport Columbus Little Hocking and more. Hysell family returns from Tucson to South Third Avenue Middleport residential life resumes.
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Sara Jones
Greenfield
Inlaw
Robert J. Jones
Miss Jones
Cincinnati
A. Crary
James
Fred Crary
Melissa Crary
Henry Croes
Janes
Keyport
N. J
G. A. Williamson
Columbus
C. L. Brooks
Charles
James McComas
Carpenter
Lloyd McComas
Mildred Dunfee
Little Hocking
Lee McComas
Peter Stace
John Russell
J. B. Downing
Ella Harry
Berthing
Hunice Downing
H. J. Hysell
Marie
Tucson
Arizona
Beeson and Beeson travel from Middleport for Mt Sterling funeral
Miss Helen Beeson and Mrs W L Beeson traveled from Middleport to Columbus and then motored to Mt Sterling for the funeral of their cousin Dr Dana Starr. Dr and Mrs A B Bingham were among Middleport relatives at the service.
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Middleport
Helen Beeson
W. L. Beeson
Columbus
Beeson
Mt. Sterling
Dana Starr
A. B. Bingham
Doctor Starr
Foreign Missionary Society Meeting at Meath M E Church
The Foreign Missionary Society of Meath M E Church met Monday night with Miss Alpha Sommerville. Mrs Nan Moore presided as president. Miss Beas Sanborn spoke on The Newer Patriotism.
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Middleport
Foreign Missionary Society of Meath M. E
Alpha Sommerville
South Fifth Avenue
Nan Moore
Beas Sanborn
Council Issues $30,000 Bond To Pay for Road
POMEROY May 2 Under suspension of rules the village council passed Ordinance No. 160 authorizing the issuance of 30000 dollars in bonds to pay for the resurfacing of village roads two years ago. A larger part of the session was spent on a claim for damages by L D Davis of Kerrs Run totaling over 700 dollars for damage to property from the new concrete road. The matter was referred to the street committee for investigation with a report due at the next meeting.
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Pomeroy
L. D. Davis
Kerrs Run
Davis
Street Committee
Mrs Gardner Dies in Vineland NJ Funeral in Flats West Virginia
Mrs Lucy Gardner aged mother of Larry Gardner of Beech Street died Sunday at her son Horden Gardner’s home in Vineland New Jersey from a complication of diseases. Survived by five sons Holden Gard ner Omar Donald Ernest Larry and many grandchildren. Body to be brought to Middleport. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 30 am at the White Chapel Flats West Virginia with burial nearby.
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Middleport
Lucy Gardner
Larry Gardner
Beech Street
Horden Gardner
Vineland
N. J
Holden Gardner
Omar
Parkersburg
W. Va
Donald
Marietta
Ernest
Charleston
Larry
White Chapel
Flats
Churches Prepare Mother's Day Programs in Middleport
In Middleport on May 2, churches announce special Mother's Day observances for Sunday May 14 with plans already underway for the celebration.
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Middleport
Famous Civil War veteran Henry Cleland dies in Racine
Henry Cleland aged 86, a Civil War veteran and the nation’s oldest Union veteran to have served five years, died Sunday at his Dorcas home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM from his residence, with Drew Webster Post American Legion in charge and Boy Scouts presenting the flag. Cleland endured four months as a prisoner at Andersonville and fought at Gettysburg.
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Racine
Henry Cleland
Dorcas
Cleland
Andersonville
Gettysburg
Drew-Webster
American Legion
Local arrests and fines in Pomeroy and Middleport
Leonard Martin of Athens faced a $10 fine for speeding after pleading guilty in Mayor Hess's court. Charles Sayre pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined $100, license revoked for one year. George Lowe and Harold Perry were arrested in connection with a Point Rock wreck. William Saxon questioned in a Lower Middleport fight. D of A lodge degree staff met at Mrs. R C McBride’s home with 25 in attendance.
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Pomeroy
Leonard Martin
Athens
C. J. Hess
Dana Roush
Charles Sayre
Justice of Peace
Earl Titus
George Lowe
Harold Perry
Vinton County
Meigs County
Point Rock
William Saxon
Middleport
A. O. Tracy
Lower Middleport
D. of A. Lodge
R. C. McBride
South Fifth Avenue
James Stevens
Signboards To Mark Athens Four Entrances
Athens Kiwanis Club plans four eight by six foot signs at north south east and west city entrances. Signs will read Athens Home of Ohio University with a statement on local school children and driving caution. Kiwanis emblem to be displayed and 20 members expected at a rally with Rabbi Tarshish speaking at Marietta Country Club.
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Athens
Athens Kiwanis Club
Ohio University
Kiwanis
Athens Club
Marietta Country Club
Jacob Tarshish
Columbus
Murray Fowler
Athens State Hospital
Reconstruction Finance reports March loan totals
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation says in March it loaned 233 million dollars during the banking crisis month. It bought four bank preferred stock purchases totaling 13.68 million and issued 640 other loans totaling 131.05 million to banks insurance companies and railroads. Ohio loans reached 680 thousand to nine banks seven building and loan associations and one insurer.
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Washington
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Roosevelt
Secretary of Treasury
Woodin
Ohio
Rail Timetable Notes for Athens Trains
Daily schedule details show No 3 and No 9 southbound departures from Athens at 11 38 a m and 7 44 p m with No 2 and No 4 northbound and southbound services at 11 20 a m and 6 24 p m Daily except Sunday lines include Chesapeake and Ohio service from Bocking Valley with No 37 in the evening and No 30 arriving at 11 02 a m also daily except Sunday Baltimore and Ohio timetable connectivity mentioned.
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Athens
Chesapeake and Onto
Bocking Valley
Baltimore & Ohio
Natl, Limited
Gallipolis approves water rate cut and drunkenness fine
Gallipolis City Commission lowers water rates effective July 1 with a flat 8 000 gallon cap at 3.75 per quarter and lighter charges for larger usage. The ordinance also reduces the drunkenness fine from 100 to 40 and authorizes a wharfboat project with Rupert Hughes plans.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Gallipolis City
John Gwinn
L. C. Bean
Gwinn
Kananga
A. J. Stormont
Rupert Hughes
Reduced Farm Loan Rates Cut to 4 1 2 Percent
Gallipolis reports federal farm loan rates cut from 5 percent to 4 1 2 percent effective May 1 for five years A P Kerr in charge of Gallia County loans notes thirty six seed loans totaling about 3000 dollars issued to farmers through May 1 with thirty more pending Fred K Mills chair says the application period extended to May 15
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Gallipolis
A. P. Kerr
Gallia County
Fred K. Mills
HIY steak roast at Fairfield Lake features Pete McCormick speaker
Gallia Academy HI Y members held a steak roast and outing at Fairfield Lake Monday night with Principal E E Higgins acting as chaperon Pete McCormick served as the speaker for the gathering in Gallipolis Ohio on May 2.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy Hi-Y
Fairfield Lake
E. E. Higgins
Pete McCormick
Mrs Freelin Admitted to Holzer Hospital for Observation
Gallipolis dispatch reports Mrs Ed Freelin of Jackson was admitted to Holzer Hospital on Monday for observation.
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Gallipolis
Ed. Freelin
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Rotary District Meeting Attended by Mill er and Mossman in Columbus
May 2 report from Gallipolis notes Harry Miller retiring club president and Paul Mossman attending the Rotary International district meeting in Columbus as Miller's Gallipolis Rotary Club delegation.
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Rotary
Gallipolis
Harry Miller
Paul Mossman
Rotary International
Columbus
Miller
Rotary Club
State education official visits Gallipolis district
Lil Southein an examiner with the state department of education arrived Monday night to spend three days with clerks of boards of education in several county school districts. He will return for additional days next week to continue the inspection.
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Gallipolis
Lil Southein
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Death of Laura S. Harris Rounds Family Across States
Word reached Middleport that Mrs. Laura S. Harris died in Kansas City Kansas after illness. Her son L D McMaster’s wife, with other children, had been with her in Kansas City. Funeral held today. burial at New Market Iowa where she formerly resided.
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Middleport
L. D. McMaster
Kansas City
Kan
Large liquor haul after raid on Guyan Township farm
Police arrest of Lewis Rose leads to raid near the Lawrence County line where a 100 gallon copper still, 30 gallons of liquor in casks, and 300 gallons of mash are seized. Rose pleads guilty to transportation and is fined, with a hearing set on possession of equipment for liquor production.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Rose
Guyan Township
Chester Leaper
Howard Gates
Lawrence County
H. B. Wood
J. H. Shate
Rose
Gates
Third Avenue
Leaper
A. J. Stormont
Planters Manufacturing sues for 453.03 promissory note
Gallia County Common Pleas Court records show Planters Manufacturing Company of Charleston W Va filing a money only suit against W L Poling for 453.03 with six percent interest from Sept 4 1932. O A O'Dell bought tract No 1 in foreclosure sale for 273.65. Homer Ward bought tracts No 2 and 3 for 172.21 to satisfy a judgment. Frank Ely withdraws his divorce petition against Ruby Bly.
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oThé
Gallipolis
Planters Manufacturing Company
Charleston
W. Va
W. L. Poling
Gallia County
Albert Lawson
Homer Ward
Frank Ely
Ruby Bly
Eighth Grade Test Marks Reported Across District
Examination results list Rio Grande Hill as top in eighth grade with a score by Meg a2 Brooks and other recipients across Evergreen School Township Doris Huntley Dorothy Frances Fergusss Archie Clay Tenary School in Green Ella Mae Scott Dowler Vinton Centerville Cora Dewitt Cheshire Bidwell Porter Merry Bidwell. Certificates were sent by the Department of Education to the named schools and individuals.
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Gallipolis
Meg
Brooks
Bio Grande
E. W. Edwards
Apartment of Education
Evergreen School Township
Doris Huntley
Dorothy Frances Fergusss
Porter
Archie
Gallia County Auto Registrations Rise in April
Gallia district reports a 19 percent jump in automobile registrations for April, with 32 new cars, 5 trucks, and 27 transfers. May 2 notes the month’s total surpasses March, marking a high point in recent months for new car registrations and vehicle transfers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Margaret
Apri
Reese Funeral for Lifelong Galipolis Resident
Mrs. Jom Reese, lifelong Gallia County resident, buried today in Gallipolis after dying at home Sunday from pneumonia. Services at Nebo Church conducted by Rev Whiltling of Jacke ing. She leaves three siblings, including David Griffith and Ma Gills, all of Gallia County. Evans and John FE of Gallpolis, brothers.
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Gallipolis
Jom
Nebo
Whiltling
Reese
Ale David Griffith
Ma Gills
Gallia County
Evans
John FE
Evan Polis
Gallia County Man Charged With Rape Denied by Defendant
A Gallia County man from Crown City pleaded not guilty to a rape charge after being brought before Mayor J in Gallipolis. He was required to post a 1000 bond and remained in County Jail on failure to bond. Nearby, family members visited Gallipolis to support the Kerr household amid illness and stroke events in the area.
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Gallipolis
Crown City
Guyan Township
Gallia County
J. Crown City
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