Plan for Ohio River flood control council outlined
Judge Peoples described a proposed interstate flood control council for the Ohio River Valley with Pennsylvania and Kentucky delegates. Meigs County officials and city leaders from Marietta, Huntington, Gallipolis, Pomeroy, and Sycamore attended. The group aims to organize a permanent council soon to promote large scale flood control and hydroelectric projects along the Ohio to protect populous regions and attract government funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Athens
Gallipolis
Judge Peoples
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Monongahela
Allegheny
Peoples
Entertains at Tea in Middleport Presbyterian Church
Mrs T A May retired president of the Middleport Literary Club hosted a one o clock luncheon for 50 guests at the Presbyterian Church dining room. Yellow and green table decor lit by yellow tapers accompanied a business session and a paper on The Lesser Islands and their Importance.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Church
T. A. May
Elizabeth Hartinger
Honor Roll List from Middleport High School
Middleport May 4 Students on the honor roll for the last six weeks include seniors Orville Chambers Eloise Cooper Margaret Cunningham Vivian Knopp Genevieve Knowles Eber Lewis Robert McMaster Betty Michi Ithmer Neal Merrell Peters Margaret Russell Evelyn Stevens Juniors Owen Fink Edna Hayes Alien Knopp Edward Lewis Pauline Mills Betty Reed Jalonda Roush Evelyn Pierce Sophomores Emma Beards Beulah Burdette Kathleen Bush Frances Curtis Helen Durst Mary Fick Dorothy Gardner Mildred Graves Mary McMaster Jean Reed Evelyn Ross Freshmen William Cooper Lois Diles Mary Hennessy Charles Lewis Elwood Lewis Sybil McCoy Pauline Morris Leah Priode Catherine Roush Mary Scott.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Orville Chambers
Eloise Cooper
Margaret Cunningham
Vivian Knopp
Genevieve Knowles
Eber Lewis
Robert McMaster
Betty Michi
Ithmer Neal
Merrell Peters
Margaret Russell
Evelyn Stevens
Owen Fink
Edna M. Hayes
Alien Knopp
Edward Lewis
Pauline Mills
Betty Reed
Jalonda Roush
Evelyn Pierce
Emma J. Beards
Beulah Burdette
Kathleen Bush
Frances Curtis
Helen Durst
Mary Fick
Dorothy Gardner
Mildred Graves
Mary L. McMaster
Jean Reed
Evelyn Ross
William Cooper
Lois Diles
Mary J. Hennesy
Charles Lewis
Elwood Lewis
Sybil McCoy
Pauline Morris
Leah Jane Priode
Catherine Roush
Mary J. Scott
Local residents gather for family visits and illness notes
Mr and Mrs George Patten of Columbus stay with daughter Mrs Cecil Root on South Fourth Avenue as Mrs Root’s health shows slight improvement. Mrs Fred Whitlock hosts a five hundred club on Grant Street. The report also lists several visitors and family travels in Charleston Belle Vernon and Albany with a death in the Jeffries family prompting Mrs Floyd Brewer’s Albany trip.
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George Patten
Columbus
Cecil Root
South Fourth Avenue
North Third Avenue
Lawrence McElhinny
Dana Lambert
Howard McElhinny
Charleston
Margaret Sullivan
Gertrude Foster
W. G. Huddleston
Pattie Play Tonight and Friday at Middleport High
Middleport High students look toward year end events after the Junior Senior banquet. Tonight and Friday the play Pattie will be presented in the high school gym to seat all attendees. The baccalaureate on Sunday May 7 features Rev. F Kreager delivering Refreshing Wells with Baptist Church music. Dr. George Hunter will speak at commencement May 12 in the gym at 8 o'clock. Alumni banquet on May 29 announced by Miss Kathryn Hawkins.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
F. ©. Kreager
First Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
George Hunter
Ironton
Kathryn Hawkins
Alumni Association
Mary Stevens Dies in Pom ery Widow of Lincoln Hill resident
Miss Mary Stevens aged 80, longtime Pom ery resident from the Stevens family, died Tuesday night at her Lincoln Hill home with brother Freedom. Surviving are Freedom and sister Mrs. Clara Thomas of Middleport. Funeral at Episcopal Church. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Mary Stevens
Lincoln Hill
Freedom
Stevens
Mulberry Avenue
K. of P. Hall
Miss Stevens
Eben
Eben Stevens
Clara Thomas
Middleport
Episcopal Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Letart Falls And Chester News Sketches
Letart Falls items note Rev J D Law preaching in absence of Rev Eve Hayman and visits from Shields Allen Stewart Wood and Sayre families. Cemeteries trusted to Floyd Cummins. college guests Virginia and Naomi Johnson weekend at Pomeroy. Chester notes record Meir baccalaureate address Junior Senior banquet and commencement. Dean Johnston of Ohio University spoke. music by Athens quartet and local bands.
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J. D. Law
East Letart
Eve Hayman
O. G. Shields
Harry Allen
Victoria Norris
V. A. Stewart
Marti Wood
Logan
James, Stewart
H. J. Sayre
Leta
Rio Grande
J. A. Sayre
Floyd Cummins
P. R
Donald Wallace
Galipelis
K. P. Wallace
Huntington
Chester News
Dana Robinson
Chicago
Chester
Theophil Meir
Pomeroy
Chester High School
Dean J. R. Johnston
Ohio University
Athens
Miss Smith
Hartford
Floyd Ridenour
Evergreen
Frank Worthan
Snowville P T A Meeting Closes School Term
Snowville P T A met at Irvin Creek School on April 28 the last day of the term. A basket dinner followed with 27 members 21 pupils and Grace Trayer present. at two o’clock a program led by Miss Trayer showcased pupil and member efforts. Nearby Silver Ridge notes report several residents traveling visitors and school events in the area.
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Snowville
Parent-Teacher Association
Irvin Creek
Miss Trayer
Grace Trayer
Huntley T A Represents Reed At Washington Water Meeting
In Washington D C Senator Reed of Pennsylvania was represented by his secretary T A Huntley at a water conservation meeting. Questioned by Judge C E Peoples, Huntley stated he hails from a notable Pomeroy family as grandson of the late Josiah Huntley and nephew of a local woman.
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Marietta
Huntington
Par- Pomeroy
Gallipolis
C. Warner
Water Conservation Board
Pomeroy
Senator Reed
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
T. A. Huntley
C. E. Peoples
Huntley
Josiah Huntley
Pomseroy
Lincoln Hill envoy Emma Lee's Sweden assignment noted
Emma Lee of Lincoln Hill served as envoy to Sweden. He spent two years in Wyoming at his uncle Will Huntley's newspaper, which formerly belonged to Judge Peoples and was associated with The Democrat. Will Huntley later became part owner of the Tribune Telegraph. T. A. Huntley resides in Pittsburgh.
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Emma Lee
Lincoln Hill
Wyoming
Will Huntley
Democrat
Judge Peoples
Tribune-Telegraph
T. A. Huntley
Pittsburgh
Mrs Reese Chambers takes postmaster aide post at Long Bottom
Mrs Reese Chambers began her duties as assistant postmaster at Long Bottom on Tuesday replacing Mrs Ella Hannum wife of Postmaster Roy Hannum. A post office rule is said to bar relatives of the postmaster from employment. Alva Barr a long time Meigs County school teacher is reported seriously ill at his Tupters Plains home. He served as county school examiner and district superintendent before retirement. Second teacher examination set for Saturday morning at Pomeroy High School at 9 o'clock under county board examiners J W Frank Will Crow and C C Chapman. Mrs Emma Ebersbach is spending-
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Reese Chambers
Long Bottom
Ella Hannum
Roy Hannum
Post Office Department
Alva Barr
Meigs County
Tuppers Plains
Barr
Pomeroy High School
County Board of School
J. W. Frank
Will Crow
C. C. Chapman
Emma Ebersbach
November Elections Facts Are Explained
POMEROY May 4 C E Mullen explains November village and township election rules Candidates for mayor clerk marshal and councilmen in villages require five signers on their petitions with one witness Signatures due by 6 30 p m June 15 For villages under 2000 population including Racine Rutland Syracuse townships file by Sept 8 Township officers three trustees one elected one justice of peace three constables per township In Salisbury 44 signatures required Three education board members to be elected with 25 signers County board of education members to be elected with 74 signatures
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Pomeroy
C. E. Mullen
Board of Elections
Middleport
Malen
Racine
Rutland
Syracuse
Justice of Peace
Salisbury
Boards of Education
County Board of Education
Local residents take part in Tuppers Plains class play
A group from this community attended the recent class play staged in Tuppers Plains with several local participants in the cast.
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Tuppers Plains
Huntington Woman Relocated After Visit to Sister
A Huntington woman was brought to the city on Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ebersbach of Lincoln Hill Pomeroy to stay with her sister Mrs. Bertha Stratton. She had been visiting at Stratton's home this week.
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Ing
Huntington
W. Va
Bertha Stratton
Edgar Ebersbach
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy
Local residents and visitors noted in Parkersburg area
Lloyd Van Nest Clara Mace Paul Hannaman and Ohla Fae Swartz mentioned relatives in Parkersburg. Mr and Mrs Gus Van Nest and their son were in Parkersburg recently. Rex Bentz of Huntington visited his parents Conrad and Mrs Bentz. Miss Pearl Pitts of Orange visited aunt Mrs W E Robinson. Mrs Vinnia Woode and son spent Wednesday at Rocksprings with Charis and Mrs Radford.
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Loyd van Nest
Clara Mace
Paul Hannaman
Ohla Fae Swartz
Gus van Nest and Son
Parkersburg
Rex Bentz
Huntington
Conrad Bentz
Pearl Pitts
Orange
W. E. Robinson
Vinnia Woode and Son
Rocksprings
Charis Radford
Cheshire Alumni Elect New Officers At Spring Banquet
Garnet Kirby was elected president of the Cheshire High School Alumni Association at the annual spring banquet. Geneva Clark named vice president Eloise Yauger secretary Carrie Briggs corresponding secretary and Louise Starcher treasurer also chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Local Socials Report From Columbus Area Relatives
Miss Isis Peters returns from Columbus relatives while Mrs Evelyn Lawrence of Kananga visits her daughter Mrs Clarence Mulford. Mrs Phena Denny of Little Ryger guests Mr and Mrs E O Yauger. Mr and Mrs M L Weekley Caldwell visit Willard Weekley and E E Roush in Miami Florida while visiting sister Ida Winegar. Mrs G N Thompson and daughter with Mrs Warren Thomas attend funeral of Mrs Harvey Thomas in Columbus. Alma Pierce and son from McCutcheonville and daughter from Findlay spend weekend here. Cecil Roush of Youngstown visits W Yauger family.
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Isis Peters
Columbus
Evelyn Lawrence
Kananga
Clarence Mulford
Phena Denny
Little Ryger
E. O. Yauger
E. E. Roush
Miami, Fla
Ida Winegar
G. N. Thompson
Warren Thomas
Harvey Thomas
Alma Pierce
McCutcheonsville
Findlay
Cecil Roush
Youngstown
W. Yauger
Spring Fever Health Tonic Promised In Ad
An old advertisement touts 8.8.8 as a spring tonic boosting appetite and red blood cells. It claims improved energy and clearer skin, warns against substitutes, and urges medical consultation for organic disease. The copy promotes the liquid tonic priced at 8 shillings 8 pence and credits The 8.8.S. Co. with the ad.
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