Power Topic Next Program on Tuesday
POMEROY H E Doughty division manager of the Ohio Power Company with offices in Portsmouth will be guest at the Mercy Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday May 16 at Simpson M E Church. The session will focus on Public Utilities as the year long policy. An executive committee meeting discussed follow up on a cold storage locker plant and a county wide questionnaire to gauge interest. The Retail Council met Tuesday night to review business promotion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
H. E. Doughty
Ohio Power Company
Portsmouth
Mercy Chamber of Commerce
Edison Hobstetter
Simpson M. E. Church
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Council
Judgment on Note Granted to POMEROY in Stratton Motors suit
A cognovit note for 169.74 was granted in common pleas court to plaintiff Stratton Motors. E R Stratton, Agent, sued Charles Frank. In a divorce case Wallie F Brewer vs Thomas M Brewer the court ordered defendant to pay 25 monthly and 50 for expenses. James E White was ordered to appear May 9 to show cause why not punished for contempt for failure to pay in a divorce action filed by Inez E White.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Stratton Motors
E. R. Stratton
Charles Frank
Wallie F. Brewer
Thomas M. Brewer
James E. White
Inez E. White
Pomeroy Marriage Licenses Ahead of June Rush
Licenses issued this week include Forrest Branigan 23 a miner of Pomeroy and Delores Spears 21 of Pomeroy. Also James L. Corwin 23 a waiter of Plain City and Dorothy Jane Arnold 21 of Plain City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Forrest Branigan
John Branigan
Delores Spears
C. C. Spears
James L. Corwin
Plain City
Edna Whetstone Bride of Gayle Price in Grayson Ky
Miss Edna Whetstone, niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cameron of Syracuse, wed Gayle H. Price of Parkersburg W Va in Grayson Kentucky March 4. Price a Parkersburg High and Marietta College alumnus. the couple to reside in Portland after June 15. Also notes on local hospital updates and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Hite
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Hite
John Leakus
Ruth Daniels
J. B. Person
Second St
G. E. Guthrie
Orange
Mrs. Ward Forbes
Bellaire
Entertaining with Dinner and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Gerald Rice hosted a six o clock dinner at their Second Street home to celebrate their son Benny s eighth birthday. Guests included grandparents, relatives from Racine Athens and Pomeroy, and a large decorated cake with eight candies. Next item notes Past Chiefs Association event hosted by Mrs Rollin Beards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Rice
Second St
Benny
George Jochim
Oren Holter
Racine
Henry Jochim
George Jochim, Jr
Athens
Cora Mae
Edythe Jochim
Pomeroy
Rollin Beards
Chiefs Association
Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters
Nye Ave
F. Ray Wilson
Luella Durst
Allie Fisher
Lenna Beards
Lena Grueser
Ernest Rea
William Fisher
Pomona Grange Meeting at Racine High School
Pomona Grange and Great Bend Grange will meet Friday night at Racine High School Auditorium. Hosts will be Great Bend Grange members. After business, a program and refreshments follow. Regular Hemlock Grange session planned for Saturday night at Hemlock Grange Hall.
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Pomeroy
Pomona Grange
Racine High School
Great Bend Grange
Hemlock Grange
Hemlock
Mrs. Watson 81 Dies at Racine Home
Alice L. Watson aged 81 died at her Racine residence after an extended illness. She was widow of Charles Watson. Survived by sons Wallace of Topeka Kansas and C W Watson of Akron, both present at death. Active in Racine M E Church and Racine Chapter 134 Order of Eastern Star.
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Pomeroy
Alice L. Watson
Racine
Charles Watson
Wallace
Topeka
Kansas
C. W. Watson
Akron
Toy herd grows in Spanish Fork collection
Peggy Larsen a 17 year old girl in Spanish Fork has built a toy elephant collection over four years totaling several hundred pieces. Her diverse herd includes elephants of many sizes shapes and colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Fork
Utah
Peggy Larsen
Pessy
Middleport May Recital Showcases Junior Musicians
Junior musicians from Middleport numbering 75 will perform at an 8 pm recital in the High School Auditorium on Tuesday May 9. The Women's Music Club organizes the annual event featuring a Mother Goose Festival playlet with cast including Mildred Ohlinger and Barbara Stout and a program of solos and ensembles.
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Middleport
Women's Music Club
Homer Grant
A. R. Hecox
Vesta McCoy
Lucille Dutton
Gordon K. Harris
Mildred Ohlinger
Phyllis Smart
Polly Flinders
Franklin Guinther
Handy Spandy
Barbara Stout
Mother Goose
Jean White
Mother Hubbard
Bob Hayes
King Cole
Volcal
Helen Jane Root
Kelly Grogan
Miss Allen
Cedric Clark
L. D. Diles
Lindsay Lyons
C. H. Wise, Jr
Marshall McCuen
Max Roller
M. L. French
George Meinhart
Jed Webster
Miss Pond
Miss Root
Miss Morehart
Miss Jones
Hennesy
Antis Wolfe
C. Chapman
Harold Root
T. A. May
Jean Whyte
Frances Chase
Janet Frost
Jinny Lou Parfitt
Donna Ruth Russell
Jimmy Roller
Mary Martha Roller
Martha Jane Karr
Raymond Walburn
Norma Jean Sanborn
Buddie French
Betty Hayes
Billy Zeiher
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Patricia McElhinney
Margaret Jean Rise
Joan Talbott
Barbara Meinhart
Milton
Barbara Root
Virginia Joan Wise
Susan Eileen Allensworth
Pauls
Jean Britton
John Fultz
Robert Bailey
Koda Smith
Anna Margaret Lewis
Donna Jean Ward
Betty Jompton
Nina Hughes
Charleen Williams
Jimmy Sanborn
Dicky Walters
James Singer
Roscoe Wise
Roger Dillard
John Lewis
Charles Morris
Billy Swisher
James Haggerty
Gerald Anthony
Lee Smith
Jack Kelly
Don
Birthday Celebration in Concord Home for Riley Wolfe
Mr. Riley G. Wolfe celebrated his eighty fifth birthday with a Sunday dinner. Attendees included Cash and Bert Wolfe, W Va. Mr. and Mrs. S J Sayers, Trimble. Claude Sayers Athens. Ray and Ruth Sayers Concord. Hoyt Sayers Lancaster. others from Athens Millfield and Huntington. Several family and friends visited over the weekend. subscriptions to the Concord Seat Fund were noted and a local gym incident reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Riley G. Wolfe
Cash
Bert Wolfe
Huntington
W. Va
S. J. Sayers
Trimble
Claude Sayers
Athens
Ray Sayers
Nyle Sayers
Ralph
Dean Sayers
Ida and
Annetta Sayers
Jess Weekley
Ruth Sayers
Lancaster
Joe Antle
Crescent Ridge
George Messenger
Amesville
Columbus
Elza Cole
Golda Cole
Ferndale
Erritt Tanner
Glouster
John Carter
Bishopville
Ray
Doris
Betty Fierce
Dick Lafollett
Jim Carter
John Wolfe
John Howard
Ethel Linscott
Margie Wolfe Howard
Arthur D. Wolfe
Anna Lee Smith
Harvey Smith
St. Anthony's Hospital
Neal White
Clarence White
Ames-Bern
Margaret Jane Tigner
Fred Sanders
Dow Sanders
Albany
C.P. Strode
Lenore
Burhl
Mt. Hermon
Ernest Stanley
Wales Mills
Otto Duncan
Harry Linscott
Bobby
Linscott
Nye
iChauncey
To Clean Cemetery For Memorial Day
Beech Grove Cemetery cleanup has begun under Sexton Ross Jones with relief workers provided by Salisbury Township trustees. John Sauvage, newly named Cemetery Trustees member, directs the effort with town officials’ instruction to do the best possible work without spending money.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove
Sexton Ross Jones
Salisbury Township
John Sauvage
Board of
Local craftsman builds violin from spruce and glass
Everett resident Joseph Lambert, after 35 years of spare time work, carved a violin from a Norway spruce slab using a jackknife and broken window glass. He finished the instrument in five months while in the woods near Everett.
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Everett, Wash
Joseph Lambert
Everett
Social notes from Middleport area events and visits
Mrs Sherd Bailey has been ill after an accident and is in Holzer Hospital. Visits include Mrs William Hobart from Cleveland and Mrs Chloe Figgens from Columbus. Clifford Cunningham heads to Tiffin for baseball. Evelyn Aleshire visits The Plains. Mr and Mrs E M McCarty travel to Charleston for hospital care. The Kellys announce the birth of a son. Delayed meeting for Whatsoever Class. Holzer Hospital patients include Mrs David Darst Sr and Mayor William Robson recovering from gall bladder operations. Marriage of Miss Eunice Gilmore and Marvin Ramsey in Kentucky. Scout and library activities. Girl Scouts receive national memberships. Literary Club meets with reviews. next meeting May 10. Engagement announced for Miss Nancy Virginia Rawlings and Mr Howard Karr Ewing, wedding set June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherd Bailey
Locust St
Holzer Hospital
William Hobart
Cleveland
Cedric Clark
Hobart
Will Reed
Chloe Figgens
Columbus
B. F. Fultz
David Darst Sr
William Robson
Jack Bachner
Robert @asker
Eunice Gilmore
George Gilmore
Marvin Ramsey
Lancaster
Kentucky
Gilmores
A. ‘E. Russell
Mill St
Nancyirginia Rawlings
Howard Karr Ewing
Lings
Union Ave
Miss Rawlings
R. H. Rawlings
Mr. Ewing
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Letart Falls PTA stages The Old Maid's Convention success
The PTA presented The Old Maid's Convention to a full auditorium. A Racine performance is planned with the Happy Hustlers. Funeral services for William Chapman were held with burial in Letart Cemetery. Relatives from Buffalo Wheeling Pittsburgh attended.
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Letart
PTA
Racine
Happy Hustlers
William Chapman
Robert
Wheeling
F. W. Williams
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert Chapman
W. Va
Elizabeth
Grace Canfield
McGeorge
Pittsburgh
Frederick McIntosh and Son
Spencer
C. L. Thayer
Sunda
Epworth League
Ladies Aid Society
Community Hall
Garen Roush
Convicted Man Seeks Light Sentence for First Offense
A Chicago Historical Society reviewer found an 1886 Greensboro area clipping noting a white man convicted at Chatham North Carolina for slapping wives. He asked the court for a light sentence claiming it was his first offense and he had received only $1.50. The item also mentions a Nebraska law about sharing meals in Omaha restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Historical Society
Chatham
N. C
STANSO Amnica Lotion Ad by STANSBURY DRUG Co
STANSO Amnica Lotion promotes hand face and lip care soothing smoothing and softening rough skin. From STANSBURY DRUG Co Middleport Ohio with availability at all dealers priced 260 and 50 cents.
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Stanso Amnica
Stansbury Drug Co
Middleport
Engagement Announcement for Betty Brown and William Johnson
Dr and Mrs Walter A Brown announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Betty to William Perry Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Johnson of Warrenton Virginia Miss Brown a graduate of Ohio State University and her fiancé a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute formerly resided in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Brown
Franklin Ave
Columbus
Betty
Willam Perry Johnson
Aubrey Johnson
Warrenton
Miss Brown
Walter Brown
Ruth Wells
Ohio State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Zaleski Social Scene Highlights Lodge Inspection
Zaleski Eastern Star Lodge members attended an inspection in Wilkesville on Thursday. Mrs Charles Long of Columbus visits her aunt Mrs Louisa Hamilton. Dr and Mrs A A Boal of Columbus stayed with Mrs Flora. Irene Duduit and Anne Hammond visited Ohio University student Irene Duduit and her parents were in towns. Masonic Lodge held its annual inspection Saturday with about 50 members. A D Hufford of Bremen inspected. Mrs E A Duduit and Miss Helen McKibben traveled to Chillicothe Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
Eastern Star Lodge
Wilkesville
Charles Long
Nancy Jinks
Columbus
Louisa Hamilton
A. A. Boal
Flora
Irene Duduit
Ohio University
Athens
Anne Hammond
E.A. Duduit
Martin McKibben
Columbus Art School
Zaleski Masonic Lodge
A. D. Hufford
Bremen
E. A. Duduit
Helen McKibben
Chillicothe
Work of Artists Is To Be Exhibited
An exhibit of Edna Way watercolors and John Rood wood sculpture will be displayed at the Episcopal Parish House from 9 to May 14. Open daily 2 to 5 pm and Wednesday 7 to 9 pm under the Episcopal Church women's Club. Both artists have shown in national shows and received acclaim.
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Pomeroy
Edna Way
Ohio University
John Rood
Lawhead Press
Athens
Episcopal Parish
Episcopal Churchwomen’s Club
Vermont cat Nipper on university payroll earns sixteen yearly
Burlington Vermont report notes Nipper the black cat guarding the University of Vermont green houses is officially listed on the monthly requisition for a sixteen dollar per year salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
University of Vermont
Percy Peoples Files Candidacy for Mayor in Pomeroy
Percy L. Peoples announces his bid for mayor as the third candidate in the Pomeroy municipal race. A Republican and Salisbury Township justice of the peace, he is a known community figure and Free Methodist Church worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Percy L. Peoples
Walter Wolfe
A. O. Tracy
Peoples
Salisbury Township
Free Methodist Church
Old Resident Henry Cussins Dies in Local Burial
Henry Cussins of Pomeroy died at 85. He had no near relatives. his wife died earlier. Born in Pomeroy he lived here all his life. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at Ewing Chapel with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Henry Cussins
Lucy
Mr. Cussins
Ewing Chapel
Beech Grove Cemetery
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Wed
General Electric
Ewings
Ohio
Pomeroy Social Notes
William
Mildred Smith
Young Churchwomen's Club
The
Episcopal Church
Adele Schoenlein
Manning D. Webster
Jean Russell
Henry Durst
Monkey Run
P. C. Bolan
Joe Beegie
Shirley
Mike Powell
Herman Warner
Mulberry Ave
Roy Jones
Minersville
Catlettsburg
Frances Haning
Hoyt Haning
Hubert Brown
Spring Ave
Albany High School
Brown
Anna Brown
Rock Springs Road
Pomeroy Bend
Charles Ebersbach
Tampa
Flo
Willard Grant
Meigs
C. Merritt
Meigs and
Athens County
Meigs County
Merritt
William Woodard
McMaster
Middleport, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Marvin L. Kelly
Pearl Reynolds
Ruth Pickens
Mary Lou Kelly
Susan Allensworth
Norvine Enger
Carla Clark
Peggy Lewis
Temple Theater
Literary Club
J. E. Harley
O. B. Stout
Frank Bean
Booth Tarkington
O. . Stewart
George Schaaf
Masonic Club
Stout
Letart Falls
Omaha
Neb
Elberfelds
Percy Peoples
America
Rathburn's
Rutland
H. J.hysell
Dave S. Farmer, Prop
Women's New
LACE
Taylor Stores Inc
Schine
Athena
W. A. Lockwood
Teel
Procter & Gamble
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