Meigs County Grand Jury Returns Six True Bills
In a two day session the Meigs County Grand Jury questioned 18 witnesses across 11 cases and returned six true bills. Indictments include Harrison Buckner for rape and Earl E Grant for alleged attempted abuse of a five year old girl. Lawrence Graham and Roy Priddy face burglary charges for breaking into Ollie Anderson’s poultry house. George Taylor is indicted for larceny of a cornet valued at 100 dollars, recovered. Four cases were ignored and one continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Iin
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Harrison Buckner
Middleport
Gerald Leland Overturf
Charles Franklin Smith
Earl E. Grant
Lawrence Graham
Roy Priddy
Ollie Anderson
George Taylor
George Tewksbery
Junior Service Club To Meet
MIDDLEPORT The Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Knights of Pythias Hall Thursday night at 7 30. Officers elected at the last meeting including Calvin Reichman president will have charge. This year the club will concentrate on making business better and a drive for membership. Plans for both will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Members Attend Boy Scout Meeting
Local Phi Delta Kappa fraternity members Ralph Graves William Grate Fred Healey Gerald Luellen Charles Murray Delbert Rice Chappelle Talbott and Edward Tewksbury attended a Boy Scout meeting at the Chester Scout camp Tuesday evening. The group plans to sponsor a Boy Scout troop. A Mother’s Day service is set for Sunday at 2 PM in the club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ralph Graves
William Grate
Fred Healey
Gerald Luellen
Charles Murray
Delbert Rice
Chappelle Talbott
Edward Tewksbury
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Chester
Downington 4-H Club Elects New Officers at May Meeting
Downington 4-H Club members met at the school on May 1 to plan projects. George Kreitler, Meigs County farm agent, helped guide selections and arrangements. Officers elected include Edgar Welsh president Dale Whaley vice president Edward Welsh secretary Raymond Jewell treasurer Everett Welsh news reporter Willard Jewell recreation leader and William Reeves assistant recreation leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downington Downington Boys 4-H Club
George Kreitler
Meigs County
Edgar Welsh
Dale Whaley
Edward Welsh
Raymond Jewell
Everett Welsh
Willard Jewell
William Reeves
Tests for Drivers Licenses Given Tuesday in Middleport
Examinations for licenses were held Tuesday from 9 to 5 at the police station by Patrolman A. C. Urton. Eighteen applicants with limited experience or defects faced oral and practical tests on laws, eyesight, signs, and driving. All but two passed. Urton called the results fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. C. Urton
Marietta
Patrol Orton
Foreclosure Tax Lien Filed Against Gaetano Amato Real Estate
G D Gorham as Athens County Ohio Treasurer filed a foreclosure petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County cause 16823 against Gaetano Amato for real estate tax liens on property in Glouster Ohio described as lot 49 in Joel J Allens Second Addition. Defendant must answer by May 2, 1937 or judgment will be rendered. G T Gorham plaintiff. Cornwall Cornwell & Devos attorneys for the plaintiff. Public notice: Karl Shafer seeks private motor carrier permit to operate for The Hocking Valley Brick Co Ohio Plant Nelsonville Ohio with Ford 144 ton truck. hearing information available from Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Earl Shafer Chauncey Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaetano Amato
G. D. Gorham
Athens County
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Giouster
Athens
Obio
Cox
Joel J. Allens
Glouster
G. T. Gorham
Frostor BR. Cornwell
Th. Devos
Karl Shafer
Public Utilities Commission of
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Nelsonville
Ford
Middleport Social Notes Update Hints at Local Visits
Rochelle Illinois guest Walter Bill Karr visits relatives here and in Pomeroy before returning home. Columbus guests of Bert Kent then Mrs. Fultz. Eastern Star attendees from district. Loyal Patch Class pledges flood repair funds. Jimmy Arnold’s eighth birthday. sewing club hosts at Wayne Swisher home with potluck and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Walter
Bill) Karr
Rochelle
Illinois
Joe Karr
Pomeroy
Bert Kent
Columbus
Kent
B. F. Fultz
Fred Whitlock
Robert McElhinney
Church of Christ
Cecil Bolin
Wayne Swisher
Pearl St
Athens
Gallipolis
Scout Training Course Opens in Meigs County
Meigs County hosts the first session of a Boy Scout training course at Camp Kinshuta near Chester with 70 men from local organizations. Speakers include C. E. Wood and Paul W. Handel as patrols are formed and names, mottos, and songs chosen. Next meeting set for Pom eroy at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinshata
Paul W. Handel
Parkersburg
Meigs County
Ralph Kuether
C. E. Peoples
G. E. Ashwell
Kootaga Area
American Legion
Young Pomeroy Judge Demonstrates Scout Woodchopping
Training Course at Camp Kinshuta features Judge C E Peoples observing Eagle Scout Tracy Goodwin as he chops wood for a large cabin fireplace. Sheriff Roscoe Fowler and others witness the demonstration confirming Goodwin as an Eagle Scout mentor.
4-H Club of Syracuse Hosts Whitney Dinner
The Senior 4-H Club of Syracuse held a three course banquet for members and guest Eleanor Whitney county extension agent at the Duckworth home. Plans for summer activities were discussed. Members present included Vera Leibrand president and Lucile Duckworth, Elma Edwards, Dolly Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Eleanor Whitney
Richard Duckworth
Lucile Duckworth
Elma Edwards
Dolly Wright
Vera Leibrand
Mildred Winebrenner
Lena Smalley
Margaret Carroll
Elizabeth Edwards
Ethylene Edwards
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Pomeroy social notes recounts visits and entertainments including Mr. and Mrs. Har old Hubbard hosting Mrs. Brown for her birthday, D L Tracy’s business trip to Pt Pleasent, and multiple visitors from Logan Guysville Corning and Charleston. The Lend a Hand Society plans a 6 oclock dinner for 4 H Clubs May 13. Columbus visitors Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hysell return home after a stay with Dana Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Tracy
Pt. Pleasant
Gerald Wildermuth
Portsmouth
George Shaw
Logan
Pomeroy
Chester
Rutland
Harvey Person
Reynolds
Murial Booth
Guysville
Ed Franz
Mulberry Ave
Leimer
Corning
Maxine Casto
Dorothy Erb
Laur St
Rosemarie Seimer
John Bowen
Holzer Hospital
Luke Casto
Paul Casto
Point Pleasant
Arthur Berry
Erie
A. K. Oliver
Glen A. Seafler
Ruth
Charleston
Ray A. Dyke
New Orleans
Simeon Church
Byron Hysell
Columbus
Dana Oliver
Hiram French
Anthony Korn
Reed
W. Va
Mary Korn
Anne St
Middleport Naturalist Gaining Fame for Sanctuary Work
Former Middleport resident Robert FE Smart, now in Chicago, built a wildlife sanctuary in Jackson Park with city support and PWA funds. His amateur wildlife films have drawn interest from schools, earning third prize in a national contest. He recently joined the U S Biological Service, destined for northern Minnesota this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert FE. Smart
Chicago
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Smart
H. M. Cross Music
South Side Park System
Jackson Park
PWA
Mr. Smart
Ivaak Walton League
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mrs. Smart
Buffalo
Civil Service
United States Biological Service
Minnesota
Racine Bus Drivers Host Pupils Picnic Then Theater Outing
Racine school bus drivers James Fagan Price, Bill Stobart Beegle, and Emil Johnson treated local students to a picnic at Eu reka Dam on Sunday and a theater stop in Pomeroy on the return. The piece also notes various social visits and a scholarship contest at Racine Rural High School with graduate Earl Jiiden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Fagan Price
James Stobart
Bill Beegle
Emil Johnson
Eureka Dam
Pomeroy
John Clark
Frederick Dixon
Downington
Emma Jiiden
W. W. Campbell
Drake
New Wilmington
W. N. Hovis
Mercer, Pa
Owen Watson
Conel Woode
Alfred
Ben Witten
Huntingtop
W. B. Cross
Virgie Young
Russell, Ky
T. T. Shelton
Chillicothe
Margaret
Charles Jiiden
Charles Thie
Stanley Cozart
Faye Worthington
Waneta Wright
Grace Salser
Racine Rural High School
Athens
Clyde Cross
Columbus
Earl
Guilding Star Council
No. 124
Joseph Beegle
Theodoris Council
Gallipolis
Name of Pomeroy's First Mayor Sought
A WPA worker gathering historical records asks locals who served as Pomeroy's first mayor. The inquiry has prompted many residents to offer their recollections as researchers seek authoritative answers.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Expect Farms To Carry on Conservation
POMEROY Ward L. Studer project manager at Zanesville says Camp Meigs despite discontinuation will have farmers uphold Soil Conservation Service coops. Since becoming an SCS camp on April 1 1935 it signed 75 agreements covering 9 775 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kreitler
SCS
Ray C. Archer
Coshocton
Neal McCoy
Bellefontaine
F. M. Pollock
Wooster
C. M. Harsh
Zanesville
Funeral Rites Held for Minersville Native Philip Gress
Funeral services for Philip Gress age 70 were held at his Bellaire home on Tuesday evening. The body was brought to Mason City for services at his brother George Gress home on Wednesday afternoon with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Gress was born in Minersville and later lived in Mason City before moving to Bellaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Philip Gress
Bellaire
Mason City
George Gress
IOOF
Mason
Mr. Gress
Minersville
McElhinney Buys Rutland Street Property in Middleport
Steve McElhinney has purchased the property of R A Martin on Rutland Street Middleport and will occupy it as soon as the present occupants vacate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Steve McElhinney
R. A. Martin
Rutland St
Engineers Meet in Pomeroy Ohio Banquet and Dam Tour
Engineers of southeastern Ohio gathered Tuesday at the Hotel Martin Pomeroy for a banquet and discussion of engineering problems. They had lunch at the Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis and toured the Eureka Dam project downstream from Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy—Engineers
Ohio
Martin
Lafayette
Gallipolis
Eureka
Athens Miner Credits Vendol for Improving Digestion
An Athens man Henry Smith of Route 6 recounts relief from stomach upset gas dizziness and constipation after taking Vendol a root and herb medicine with alkaline content. He praises its effects and notes Athens Pharmacy Nelsonville Hickman’s Drug Store and other druggists sell the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vendol
Henry Smith
Route 6
Athens
Nelsonville
Hickman's
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Meigs County Grand Jury
Phi Delta Kappas
Downington Boys
Boyd Dilard
F. E. Matews
John Rawson
California
Mexico
Cincinnati
John Harbrecht
Andy Harbrecht
Joseph Harbrecht
Father Harbrecht
Sacred Heart Church
Motom Carrier
ARMIT
Pel
Earl Shafer
Chauncey, Ohio
Westminster Abbey
George VI
Buckingham Palace
London
Palace
Middleport Social Notes
O. T. Jenkins
Inlaw
Russell Phillips
Belle
F. E. Mathews
Boyd Dilgard
Ocean Side
Calif
Eastern Star
Iva 1Own
den Hayes
John Duerr
Frank Vrooman
L. H. Flickinger
E. M. McCarty
Marion French
C. W. Snider
Herman Bailey
E. R. Tompkins
Zella Cross
Lee Met Comas
William Michl
J. B. Laughead
R. C. McBride
L. E. Burford
Will Neynolds
Evelyn Lewis
R. A. Miller
James Arnold
Jimmy Arnold
Jimmy
A. H. Bradbury
Meigs Co
Stull Young
Judge Peoples
Eagle Scout
4-H Club of
Whitney
Harry Saxton
Rhode Island
Pomeroy Social Notes
Harold Hubbard
Raymond Brown
Mrs. Brown
Helen Zeiher
Manning Webster
Marguerite Meier
Herman Beards
Clyde Will
Novreen Will
Ev’ Ore’'On
Olive Grange
Simpson M. E. Church
Nellie Smith
Miss Gertrude
The
Messenger
Nacesee
Gordon Hosiery
Lorraine
Batiste
Department Store
Aston
Ty Good Housekeeping
MR. Henry Smith
Wheaton
Kelvin
Kelvinator
C. B.S
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