WPA Approval Sought for Pomeroy Middleport Flood Road
County Engineer Theodore Beegle announced plans for a flood proof road linking Middleport and Pomeroy from Lincoln Hill to Middleport Hill. The survey and plans will be submitted to the Works Progress Administration this week, with work to start upon WPA approval. County commissioners sponsor the project to ensure a continuously passable route during high water.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Theodore Beegle
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Lincoln Hill
Middleport Hill
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Socials Highlight Week
Pomeroy notes detail multiple visits and travels of residents to Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and nearby towns. Names include John Cundiff family, Miss Emma Kessler, Mrs. A F Eiselstein, Mary Schaefer, Elizabeth Swisher, T Jesse Jones, and many others with church, funeral and university connections. A social club gathering and a picnic are also noted along with a philosophical line on Japan.
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Weekend Guests
Middleport notes guests and departures among local families and relatives over the weekend. Family visits include Sommerville, Roush, Wilson, Osborn, Humphrey, Aleshire, Emmish, Clark, Gallagher, Cowie, Lohse, Root, Richards, Wiley, Harris, Hysell, and Ellis households. A farewell dinner marked Peggy Pfeil’s move to Wheeling with Catherine Hennesy Nancy Fisher and Sarah Jane Fisher joining.
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Peggy Pfeil
Walter Pfeil
Wheeling
Mary Jane
Catherine Hennesy
Nancy Fisher
Sarah Jane Fisher
Meigs Realty Changes Are Numerous
Real estate transfers across Meigs County in the latter half of April span Bedford, Chester, Columbia, Lebanon, Letart, Olive, Orange, Rutland, Salisbury, Middleport, Pomeroy, Scipio, Sutton, Racine townships and villages. Names include Story, Baum, Ridehour, Weber, McCullough, Sutphin, Jordan, Smith, White, Adams, Gibbs, Rhodes, Cleland, Bagdley, Van Meter, Griffin, Squires, Maynard, Prall, Hood, Parker, Beeson, Cooper, Folden, Walburn, Googlein, Bolin, Chase, Wright, Duckworth, Stowe, Sharpnack, Ohlinger, Ohlinger, Smith, and Clauson notes in a separate item. The list records various affidavit, warranty, sheriff's sale and heirship transfers affecting numerous parcels and acres.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bedford Township
E. P. Story
Nancy A. Story
Clarence Grueser
Clara Grueser
Chester Township
Mile Ridehour
Charlie
Nannie Baum
Milo Ridenour
John Weber
George L. McCullough
Robert L
Hilda White
Charley
Cecil and
Bulah Nelson
Russell Cline
Seva Cline
Fred B
Bertie Smith
Columbia Township
Roxie A
Charley Sutphin
Zella Sutphin Perry
Walter Jordan
G. R
Anna Cline
Lebanon
J. A
Lilly Smith
Arthur
Ida White
F. H. Price
Annie Jones Adams
Lucy A. Gibbs
Mabel I
Allen H. Middleswart
Margaret Deem
Letart
Robert P
Elva Varian
Clark Arnoot
Martha Rhodes
Todd
Iris Rhodes
John W
Rebecca Foley
Okey and Branch Cleland
John Marr
Herschel
Helen W. Bagdley
Olive Township
James Kerwin
Alice Bailey
Charles
Eva Rood
Mancie E. Rood
Arthur E
Ella Fellows
Oscar
Leone Babcock
Orange Township
Fred van Meter
Bertha van Meter
Sarah Emily Griffin
Garner C. Griffin
Garner C
Mabel G. Griffin
Rutland Township
Clair
Ethel Taylor
Horace J. Maynard
Salisbury Township
Norman E
Edna Schaefer
Clifford
Mildred Jacobs
Percy L. Peoples
Norman Schaefer
John
Effie Sebbe
Frank
Ruth Hood
S. H. Squires
Banks
Bertha Parker
Middleport
Robert Beeson
Jennie Beasley
Homer
Edna Cooper
George H. Baker
Richard
Nona Folden
Charles E. Walburn, Jr
Jennie
Norman Baer
Verne
Florence Davis
Addie
C. E. Burton
George Paulsen
Leonard Hess
Denzel
Mable Googlein
Scipio Township
Sandford Howell
Guy
Aura Bolin
Guy Bolin
A. M. Jewell
Gard J. Chase
Sutton Township
Grant Gossett
Clarence Riley
John M. Wright
Evelyn Stone
Bernice Stowe
Racine Village
Jack Sharpnack
Arthur Beegle
Laura Johnson
John P. Ohlinger
G. H. W. Smith
Elliott couple honored at Gallipolis dinner in Lakeland return home
Mr and Mrs A L Elliott recently married in Lakeland Florida were honor guests at a dinner hosted by Mrs Joe Leonard on S Fifth Ave Gallipolis. Guests included J R Thomas of Addison Paul Leonard Paula Jean and Mr Leonard. The couple plans to return soon to their Ogden Iowa home.
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A. L. Elliott
Margaret Thomas Ralph
Lakeland
Fla
Gallipolis
Elliott
Joe Leonard
S. Fifth Ave
Christening in Sacred Heart Church for Megan Miller
A christening for Megan Miller infant daughter of Dr and Mrs F M Cluff was held Sunday at Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy at 2 pm. Great grandmother's lace christening robe was worn. Godfather Walter Burns Harris and godmother Ruth Lutz, sister of the child's mother, attended.
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Megan Miller
F. M. Cluff
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Walter Burns Harris
Ruth Lutz
Change in Personnel Of Bank Announced Pomeroy National Bank
Changes in personnel at Pomeroy National Bank were announced Saturday. A L Franz resigns to join Reserve Lithographing Co. in Cleveland. Robert S Coates is promoted to assistant cashier. Eldon Weeks, formerly deputy treasurer of Meigs County, is hired as bookkeeper. The bank recently moved into a remodeled banking room and receives favorable comments locally and from visitors.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy National Bank
A. L. Franz
Reserve Lithographing Co
Cleveland
Robert S. Coates
Eldon Weeks
Meigs County
The
National Bank
Moving Time Brings Changes in Residence
Spring moving time brings several family changes in MIDDLEPORT. Gilbert Hayes and family relocate to the Chambers property on S Third Ave. Dell Fife and son move into the former Oliver Rowley home on Third Ave. Dwight Frost and daughter Janet move into the Carson home on Pear Street. Razing begins on the M J Hamilton store on S Third Ave as a new business venture prepares to start.
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Middleport
Gilbert Hayes
Chambers
S. Third Ave
Dell Fife
Cheshire
Third Ave
Oliver Rowley
Dwight Frost
Janet
Scout Leader Will Be Speaker in Meigs County
C E Wood regional Boy Scout director of Cincinnati will be the guest speaker at a Tuesday night meeting at Camp Kinshuta. Local scout officials have assurance of his presence and county groups have been asked to bring seven-member committees to learn about scouting.
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Pomeroy
C. E. Wood
Cincinnati
Camp Kinshuta
Wood
Repainted Houseboat Ties to Pomeroy Riverfront
Repainting of the Twin Cities Yacht Club houseboat was completed today. The boat features green trim and a green roof and now enhances the Pomeroy riverfront. It will probably be permanently moored downstream from the new parking lot, according to club members.
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Pomeroy
Twin Cities
Australia grows huge cabbages in Victoria weighing 31 pounds
Australia claims prowess in oversized cabbages with a Victoria grown specimen weighing 31 pounds and measuring 3 feet 10 inches in diameter. The report compares the achievement to Alaska in the realm of large vegetables.
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Sydney
U.P
Australia
Alaska
Victoria
Straitsville Social Notes Update from a Social Week
Mrs Robert Wilson Sr hosted a euchre party for Swastika Council. Guests included Jessie Orndorf Lena Vernon Ella Leake Josie Stubbs Eliza Neal Agnes Wilson Mabel Stoltz. Several locals visited relatives and hosted gatherings across town with multiple colorfully named attendees.
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New Straitsville
Robert Wilson, Sr
Swastika Council
Nelle Shuttleworth
Jessie Orndorf
Lena Vernon
Ella Leake
Josie Stubbs
Eliza Neal
Agnes Wilson
Mabel Stoltz
Levi Wolfe
Logan
Kathleen Holleran
Columbus
Raymond Roscoe
Nelsonville
Raymond Kilburger
Crooksville
Harvey Eberts
Clarence Harkless
Florence Priest
Sand Run
Esther Kegg
George Hite
Lottie Jewitt
Chauncey
Edna Price
Robert Blankenship
Athens
Lizzie Spicer
Dr. Price
Anna Abraham
Eastern Star
Russell Campbell
CCC
New Lexington
Louis Campbell
Newark
James Campbell
Coronation Souvenir Program Note Absence of Edward Duke of York
The Middleport souvenir program for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, received via Stansbury’s Drug Co, features royal portraits including the King, Queen, Queen Mother Mary, and princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Poet John Masefield and John Drinkwater contributed pieces, with the Form and Order by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Edward, Duke of York, is conspicuously omitted.
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Middleport
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Stansbury’s Drug Company
Royal Coast of Arms
Mary
Elizabeth
Margaret
John Masefield
John Drinkwater
John Ellis Dies at Home in Racine Area
Word reached here Sunday of the death of John Ellis formerly of Racine at his home in nc. He was a brother of Dr. W. S. Ellis county health officer Belican Burial will be at Racine.
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Pomeroy
John Ellis
Racine
Innc
W. S. Ellis
Hold Lancaster Rites for Native of Chauncey Today
Mrs. Ruby Love Spears of Chauncey, 35, wife of Clarence Spears and daughter of Homer Love and Nettie Love Miller, died Friday night in Lancaster after gallstone illness. Funeral and burial occurred in Lancaster today. She leaves husband, three sons, one daughter, her mother, one brother Carl Love, and was sister to Josephine Lott, Zona Sapp of Chauncey, and Friend Love of Athens.
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Chauncey
Ruby Love Spears
Clarence Spears
Homer Love
Nettie Love Miller
Lancaster
Spears
Nettie Miller
Carl Love
Josephine Lott
Zona Sapp
Love
Athens
Chauncey Resident Enters Hospital for Gallstone Surgery
Mrs. Carson Sanders Jr. of Chauncey traveled to Columbus today to undergo a surgical operation for gallstones at St. Francis Hospital later this week. She has been seriously ill for a week and in poor health for months, accompanied by her husband.
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Chauncey
Carson Sanders, Jr
Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
Chauncey Social And Personal Notes
Mrs Nellie Jordan and Mrs Hulda Swart with sons Kendall and Richard attended the funeral of Mrs Naomi Swart Blevins in Springfield last Thursday. Mr Charles Hawk of Athens visited Chauncey Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Shields. Dr Francis Keck of Columbus spent the weekend with his parents on Ellis Ave. Walter Spears was called to Lancaster by his sister in law Mrs Clarence Spears. George Williamson, here for week end, worked at a Montgom ery shaft area in W Va. Roberta and Bobby Thompson from Indianapolis visited Chauncey with their parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Thompson and Mrs Lura Tucker.
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Lincoln Hill
B. F. Witten
Huntington
Racine
B. F. Turner
Condor St
A. R. Stark
Frankfort
Ind
Elizabeth Swisher
R. B. Swisher
Pomeroy
Donovan Mann
Ironton
William Downie
Willian McQuigg
Selim Blazewicz
Ohio State University
T. Jesse Jones
New York
Anna
Kathryn Schlaegel
John
Peter Schlaegel
Lincoln Terrace
Ralph Russell
Gordon
W. Va
F. E. Peel
Butternut Ave
New Martinsville
Florence Rayburn
Charles Rayburn
Middleport
Nora Miller
New Haven
Ruth Tracy
Eddie Blake
Mason
J. R. Elder
Columbus
Floyd Mees
Alva Hite
Gallipolis
L. V. Reuter
William Carman
Rock Springs
A. C. Jones
Ethan Harper
Phil Harbrecht
Joseph Mharbrecht
Sacred Heart Church
Jack Milamore
W. E. Gilmore
Raymond Karr
Rochelle, Il
W. H. Karr
Fred Birtcher
Lemuel Birtcher
Bishop Hobson
Cincinnati
Episcopal Church
Albert Franz
Cleveland
M. R. Chapman
Hartford
Esther Frecker
Chester
Edward
Edward Sharon
Sharon
C. E. Moorehead
Matthews
Glouster
Mildred Fowler
Taylor Sommerville
O. L. Roush
Delaware
Roush
Lois Ann
Sommerville
Joe Wilson
S. Third Ave
Wilson
J. B. Wilson
William Hetteseimer
George Cowie
W. E. Stevens
Cecil Cowie
Harold Lohse
College of Pharmacy
Herman Lohse
Gravel Hill
Harry Root
Root
Elizabeth Root
Ted Richards
Dick Wiley
Crooksville
Larry Lee
Gordon Harris
Adena
Marjorie Harris
Washington, D. C
Robert Harris
Sally Jordan
Pleasant
Margaret Ella Hysell
Bar Harbor
Harry Hysell
Fred Edwards
Chesapeake
Genevieve Curtis
Wilbur Ellis
John Ellis
Chauncey
Nellie Jordan
Hulda Swart
Kendall
Richard
Springfield
Naomi Swart Blevins
Charles Hawk
Athens
Charles C. Shields
Ellis Ave
Francis Keck
George M. Keck
Walter Spears
Lancaster
Clarence Spears
George Williamson
Montgomery
Preston Thompson
Roberta
Bobby
Indianapolis
Joseph Thompson
Lura Tucker
Facing Life sermon at Church of Christ revival
Talks on Facing Life CHAUNCEY Evangelist O W Williams will deliver the sermon Facing Life at the Church of Christ revival tonight at 7 30 with a Greens Run delegation expected. Sunday night Athens Night drew 41 residents from that city as Rev Neal Crawford spoke on Recognizing the Voice of God.
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Chauncey
O. W. Williams
Greens Run
Athens
Neal Crawford
Five Mines Working Chaunc ey District Report
Five mines in the district were marked for work on Monday. The operations listed are Poston No. 6, White Ash No. 69, Black Diamond No. 255 and No. 9. A separate note states the Bible.translate has reached 835 languages since 1804.
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Chauncey
Poston
Mrs. Clarence Sanders Hosts Family Birthday Dinner
Chauncey Mrs. Clarence Sanders entertained children and grandchildren at her Chauncey home for her birthday with an elaborate chicken dinner ice cream and cake. The birthday cake was baked by Mrs. Lucille Sanders. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sanders Jacquelyn Sanders Virginia McQuade Dr and Mrs C N Sanders and sons Bob and Bill Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders William Wannamaker and Mr and Mrs Clarence Sanders.
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Chauncey
Clarence Sanders
Lucille Sanders
Lewis Sanders
Jacquelyn Sanders
Virginia McQuade
C. N. Sanders and Sons
Bob
Bill
Charles Sanders
William Wannamaker
Dover Grange Meeting Postponed Two Weeks
The regular Dover Grange meeting in Chauncey is postponed for two weeks per master Paul Fiske. Giraffes can pull leaves from trees with their tongues.
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Chauncey
Dover
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Norman Foss
Homeron Wehe Terrace
George Bing
Warbach
Neb
Mate Bing
Gertrude French
John Chase
Caddie
Nelle
Union Ave
Dell Rice
New Lima
Japan
Middleport Social Notes
Meigs
Modesto
Cal
Smith
Ernest Leonard Smith
Ernest Leonard Clauson
Meigs Co
Straitsville Social Notes
Hollywood
Eleanor Tennant
Eleanor
Jack Oakie
Benny Goodusa
Georgie Stoll
Judy Garland
Gall Stone
Thomas Hamilton
H. F. Kittle
Malta
Ross Milton
Hamilton
Kittle
Duffee
Milton
Hamiltons
Kittles
Emil Blunden
Lincoln Wilson
al Tafft
Sanders
Dr. Pierce
Essie Cunningham
Goodman Place
S. W
Canton
Ohio
Buffalo
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Fred Jacoby, Jr
Nat
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Mel
Mr. Reynolds Tobaces Company
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