Family Saved as Home Burns in Early Morning Blaze
Parsons Arouses Ralph Neigher Family as flames spread through a pioneer dwelling. He reached the home on a hill near Yellow Bush Bridge just as the fire broke out and woke the sleeping household. The structure and most contents were lost though the family escaped. A belt porch brooder is blamed for starting the fire and insurance coverage existed on portions of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Ralph Neigher
Acie
May
Charlies Parsons O
Yellow Bush
Ralph
Neigier
Shannon
Fen
Local notices crowded with marriage plans and school consolidations
Union Avenue housing moves planned by Southern Ohio Electric in Pomeroy as Koehler block rooms are vacated. Rutland farmer Sylvam J. Cleland marries Dollie Jacks in a ceremony by Justice Fren. Pomeroy High coach Ray Farnham wins third in Ohio Relays golf. County Board consolidates Olive and Crane townships with several special districts. June weddings projected for Irene Winettnar Earl Hickman and Jule Slageter among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples
Union Aven
Pomeroy
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Ebersbach
Koehler
Pomero
Sylvam J. Cleland
Rutland
Terday
Dollie Jacks
Justice Fren
Ray Farnham
Pomeroy High Scho
Athleti
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Olive
Crane Townships
Taypers Plains
Longbottom
Reedsville
Wagner
Irene Winettnar
John Winettnar
Pomero Earl Hickman
Athen
Miss Smith
Horace Smith
Hartford
W Va
Monroe Harder
Akro @hares
Sunday School Class Entertainment at Miss Faehnie’s Home
Middleport Sunday School class held a social gathering Monday evening at the home of Miss Freda Faehnie with Miss West McCoy and Mrs. Paul Bean attending. The group mourned the loss of Miss Pean who had been a member for a time. Refreshments were served by the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLAS
Middleport
Body of Stephen Shinpley Arrives From Indiana
The body of former New Haven resident Stephen Shinpley arrived yesterday from Indianapolis Indiana where he died. The body was accompanied by relatives and burial is planned for today in the family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
W. Va
Stephen Shinpley
Indianapolis
Indiana
County Oil and Gasoline Contract Settled in Compromise
County commissioners in Pomeroy settled the county oil and gasoline contracts after bid review. Excelsior Oil Company of Pomeroy and their Milport Bingham filling station were the low bidders and will divide the county gasoline supply. The board also approved purchases of four three ton trucks from Rawlings in Middleport and Williams in Darwin through designated agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Excelsior Oil
Election results and travel notes from the Capital
GO TO CAPITAL NYE ELECTED MIDDLEPORT May S E R Tompkins general foreman and H H Kent wreck master New York Central lines visit Columbus for experience meetings Kent’s Mary Louige lives there and Kent will be with home folks. Columbus report says George S Nye Pomeroy elected for a two year term on the Ohio State University Union Board of Elections where 315 votes were cast for seven candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
May
S.E. R Tompkins
H. H. Kent
New York Central Lines
Columbus
Mr. Kent
Mary Louige
Pomeroy
Are
Ohio State University
George S. Nye
Othey
Byron Roush Leases Farm On Buffington Island
Byron Roush of near Racine rents 160 acres on Buffington Island to farm this year. He will grow corn and other crops, and raise sheep and hogs. Rabbits and opossums also inhabit the island, which relies on silt from the Ohio River. Floods in midsummer and early fall threaten crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Byron Roush
Racine
Buffington Island
Ohio River
Council Meets In Semi Monthly Session At Greenville
Mayor J E Innley presided as council met in semi monthly session in MGDDLEPORT. Bills for the month were read and ordered paid. A signed petition from Feech Street property owners asked for a newer town street installation. The Street Committee was tasked to ascertain costs and report at the next meeting. A night watchman topic sparked lively discussion with no definite conclusion reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgddleport
J. E Iinvley
Ben Fultz, Jr
J. J. Dillard
Feech Street
Brooks
Williams
Iso
Missionary Society Meets at Heath FE Church
The Foreign Missionary Society of Heath M. E. Church met Monday evening with Mrs. C. M. Hennessey and Mrs. Melisa Crary presiding. Mrs. Jennie Smith led the program and six women presented a short play Remembering Parts about pioneer days. The next meeting is set for June 3 with Miss Somerville as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Foreign Missionary Society of Heath M
Jennie Smith
Miss Somerville
Notable visitors and arrivals mark Middleport week
Kansas City man T. W. Grant visits Lexington then stays with Mrs. Lucy Downing and Mrs. Lucy G. Uorgess. Huntington pair Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bumbayne visit relatives. Judge I. C. Mauck and family also seen. Akron worker Bob Allensworth returns home. Toledo cousin Mrs. H. Russell attends funeral of Fred Russell. Canton guests Will Collins family visit parents Mart Collins. Columbus businessman M. L. French returns after days there. Cambridge resident W. C. Humphrey visits Pau Dareens. A. W. Humphrey and wife visit relatives then return to Columbus. George Moore family attend funeral of granddaughter Frances Moore in Syracuse. burial in Middleport Till Cemetery beside father killed in a mine two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Grant
Kansas City
Lexington
Can
Middleport
Lucy Downing
Lucy G. Uorgess
A. W. Humphrey
C. FE. Besserer
Columbus
George Moore
Neal Moore
Syracuse
Frances Moore
Holrer Hospital
van Johnson
Middleport Till
Ngo
Social visits and religious notices in Shade area
Anna Swartz of Athens and family visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith on Saturday evening. Rev. John Browning of Gloucester preached at Shade Sunday and visited the Browning home. The baccalaureate address at Shade auditorium was given by Rev. McCollough. Various locals hosted guests including Clyde Smith Edith McGuheen Fern Larent Mary Delle Maxwell and others. Walter Smith traveled to Columbus for medical evaluation then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley Rogers
Daughers
Tia
Even
S&s. J. Smith
Fame
John Browning
Glouster
EE. FE. Browning
McCollough
Shade
Leo Williams
S. J. Smith
Clyde Smith
Edith McGuhen
Fern Larent
Mary Delle Maxwell
Charley Howard
Will Colmer
Lvris
Lela Blackwood
Sylvia Ziggaroos
Walter Smith
Columbus
Carmel Slusher
P. T. A. Meeting Planned at Central School
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 8:90 o'clock in the Central School Building with president Mrs. Elmer Tavis presiding. Mrs. Bessie Hartinger leads the hour’s task on association work and a county health round-up discussion is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlewort
Parent-Teacher Association
Elmer Tavis
Bessie Hartinger
Martinger
Two Prisoners Escape Federal Reformatory
An intensive search was underway today for two inmates who fled from the Federal Reformatory here yesterday. A third escapee was captured while trying to cross the Borota River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiblicotak
May
U.A
Yesterdas
Borota
Love's Awakening in Adele Garrison Serial
Adele Garrison continues Noel and Marys complicated romance set around Prince Georges and Olivia at the farm. Noel grows pale from illness and unspoken love while Mary and Olivia maneuver for status. Hints of a city hospital and a delayed engagement loom as the plot advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love’s Awakening
Adele Garrison
Noel
Lincoln
Hell
Lamb
Lillian
Prince Georges
Harry Underwood
Mary
Olivia
Philin Veritzen
Konjola Proves Remedy for Stomach Kidney Pain Says Rose Bible
Mr Rose Bible of 345 North Second Street Coshocton credits Konjola with relief after years of stomach pain neuritis and kidney trouble. He reports improved digestion vanishing neuritic pain and normal kidney function and notes its sale at Mc Kees Drug Store in Athens and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Rose Bible
North Second Street
Coshocton
Athens
McKee
Vest
Siblings and neighbors visit after hospital stay
Sunday guests attend treatment at Chillicothe Hospital for Hamden Ohio men. Ben McLeish remains unconscious in serious condition while Wyatt Snyder’s injuries are unclear but not thought serious. Ben Snyder Clyde Trainer return home after cuts and bruises. Several residents visit relatives and friends on Sunday and Monday, including Miss Helen Guthrie, Mrs. Susan Wingett and children, Miss Mable Colburn, Marl Hart, Walter Smith, Miss Glennie Flanders, Everett Bissell, Vienna Kelley, Miss Mary Delle Maxwell, Edith McGuhen and Fern Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leish
Chillicothe Hospital
Hamden
Ohio
Ben McLeish
Wyatt Snyder
Ben Snyder
Clyde Trainer
Helen Guthrie
Gladys Smith
Susan Wingett
Harry Howard
Mable Colburn
Marl ‘Hart
Walter Smith
Glennie Flanders
Velma
Everett Bissell
Ambrosia
W. Va
Vienna Kelley
Mary Delle Maxwell
Edith McGuhen
Fern Sargent
Mable Smith Frida
Sunday Visits and Neighborhood News in Amesville Area
Mr and Mrs Amos Priggs and son James visited the Conants in Amesville. Lizzie Barber of Nelsonville visited Mary Ludwig in Columbus. Roy Croy and children from Athens called on N S Croy. Reynolds Lenigar returned to Columbus. Roy Radford drove to Gallipolis to see his brother Higgins. Fierce family moved back to their farm vacated by Wilbur Downey. S Shaw hosted a Sunday dinner with Dowler family of Parkersburg and Flor ence Leniger family, Vincent and George Wriend, Mack Boyles, Mia Ludwig and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Barber
Nelsonville
Mary Ludwig
Deila Shaw
Roy Croy
Athens
N. S. Croy
Reynolds Lenigar
Columbus
Roy Radford
Gallipolis
Higgins
James Fierce
Wilbur Downey
8. S. Shaw
Guy Dowler
Aon Howard
Parkersburg
W. Va
BR. Leniger
Sunday School program and community notices at Rock Riffie
A large crowd attended a program at Rock Riffie Schoolhouse by children from both rooms under Mrs Barrett and Miss Mujigan. D O Chapel presented the school with a framed charter for two first grade classes. Mother's Day events and a plan for a banner contest were announced by the Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Riffie
BE. Tiarrett
Mary Mu Jigan
D. O. Chapel
Glad Hands
Sunshine
Miss Bess White Visits Athens Family Home
Miss Bess White of Athens spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Mrs. Henry Phillips and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess White
Athens
Henry Phillips
Whaley and Hines Families Share Sunday Visits Across Town
A local social note lists Sunday and weekend visits among Bedford residents including Willie Martin and family, Opal Amos, Millard Quivey, Dell Whaley, Charlie St. Clair, Otis Whaley, Grace Pugh, W. L. Whaley, Thomas Mulligan, Clyes Hines, Omar Hines, Guy Lee, Maurita, Dolph Jeffers, and Edith Whaley. The gatherings span Bedford, Downing ton, Rock Springs, and Athens area households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
Donald Amos
Millard Quivey
Dell Whaley
Charlie St. Clair
Otis Whaley
Downington
Welby Whaley
Rock Springs
Tracy Whaley
Grace Pugh
W. L. Whaley
Thomas Mulligan
Dutch Ridge
Clyes Hines
Athens
Mia
Omar Hines
Dwight
Guy Lee
Maurita
Dolph Jeffers
Edith Whaley
Charles Hines
Salem Retreats and School Honors Across Community
A Salem preaching service led by the Rev. C. W. Johnson took place Saturday night with another sermon planned for next Saturday at 7 o clock. Miss Gay McDonald of The Plains finished a successful school year here with an indoor picnic and prize awards for best attendance and top grades to Helen Grace Eleanor Six and Mary McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Johnson
Gay McDonald
the Plains
Helen Grace
Eleanor Six
Mary McDonald
Lohse Family Attends Athens Funeral Service
Br and Mrs Theoore Lohse and family attended the funeral of the former's father in Athens Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Jesse Gaiy were also noted in the notice as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theoore Lohse
Athens
Jesse Gaiy
Community notes and local trials in Zaleski region
Sunday guests include McKibben family and Vera Anne Fr McKibben in Zaleski. Rev Cherrington leads service at Zaleski ME Church. Charlotte Staley of Ohio University visits Miss Margaret Lantz. Travel of Cozad and Robbiga families noted. A car crash near trot ord injures several. Wyatt Snyder trapped beneath wreckage. Clifford Matthews found guilty of selling liquor and fined $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. McKibben
Vera” ‘Anne
Zaleski
Jerry Martin
L. L. Cherrington
M. Fi
Zaleski M.E
Charlotte Staley
Ohio University
Athens
Margaret Lantz
Herbert Hamilton
Mary Cozad
Mildred Gillman
Ghia University
Kay Cox
Gon
Max
Bk. T. Davis
Bainbridge
Nell H. Peterson
Sanford Arnett
Hamden
Clifford Matthews
Matthews
Amos I. Garrison
William J. Jones
Columbus
James W. Darby
White Cross Hospital
Darby
Ord
J. Gill
Garage O
Chilicothe
Ben Snyder
Snyder
Wyatt
Clyde
Trainer
Ben MelLeish
Wyatt Snyder
Trainor
McLeish
Tinker’s
Embalcande
Hern
Concealed Names Cigarette Tests Spur Taste Trials
A scrambled excerpt describes nationwide cigarette tests aimed at revealing which brand a smoker truly prefers. It notes familiarity with old brands may hinder trying a better option and emphasizes giving men a fair chance to evaluate on the level.
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Pomeroy Bend
Shipley Body Servies
Nye
New York Central Railroad
Cilia Vheveen
State
Huffington Island
Pouttey
Pram Reed Street
Missionary Society
Ray Bumbayne
Huntington
I C. Mauck
Ales. Co
Baserer
Bob Allensworth
Akron
Anna Swartz
Doe Hank
Philip Veritzens
Gouess
Miss—Lincoln
Sim
Jack Lee
Miss Cola
Law
Mrs. Rose Bibl
Lackville
Amos Priggs
James
Jerry Conant
Amesville
Clarks Chapel
Minnie Segs
Thomas
Ear Ammond
Dayton
Frank Phillips
Herb Sanborn
Hastings Addition
Eters Dinnia
Isaac Wilson
Chauncey, Ohio
Safe-Way Transit Co
Charles
Marietta
Charleston, W. Va
Bedford
Willie Martin
Dells Whaley and Family
Salem
Vivian Wilkes
Clarence Neal
Subrte
John Graham
Dorothy Graham
Ida Malone
Lilla Davidson
Barberton
Theodore Lohse
Wess Brandenburg
Noah Hill
Kor Rorick
New Marshfield
Charles Groce
Floyd Wilkes
Vivian
Louise Neal
Luhris
Mackie Horn
Carbon Hill
George
Arthur McDonald
Seth Hunter
Henry Pollard
Lulu Wilkes
Charles Wilkes
Ovid Cozad
Cozad
Emmett Robbigae
Harriett McKini
Stockdale
John W. Greigheimer
Chillicothe
J.P. Smith
Gimaiere
S. Y
Mr. Clare
Baltimore
James E. Poulton
P. Lorillard Co
Cigarett Gol
Pers
Paul Whiteman
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