Pomeroy Council approves sanitation and taxi ordinances amid bribery talk
Pomeroy May meeting approves sanitation and taxi fee ordinances and hires first aid kits for firemen. It authorizes 300 feet of hose if funds arise and orders solicitor to probe firemen compensation. Bribery allegations over a gas rate ordinance are discussed with denials and counterclaims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
D. M. Webster
A. H. Durst
J. W. Schlaegel
Schlaegel
F. W. Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Smoking and Drinking Watch Your Stomach Adia Tablets
Quick's Cut Rate Store promotes Dr. Emil's Adia Tablets offering indigestion relief from smoking and drinking with a money back guarantee. The ad targets upset stomach symptoms and positions the product as a fast remedy within the store’s offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Emil
Quick's
Cut Rate Store
Ladies Class Meet At Baptist Church In Middleport
The Ladies Class of the Baptist Church will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Harry Milla on Palmer Street. Several local families were noted in town visiting relatives and attending church activities around Middleport and nearby areas.
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the Baptist Church
Harry Milla
Palmer Street
Indicted men enter pleas in common pleas court
Roland Pomeroy Torrence Wil Wolf Lawrence Long and Waldo Rickman pleaded not guilty to their indictments from the recent grand jury when arraigned before Judge C E Peoples in common pleas court. Louis Hudson pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny. Bond set at 200 dollars for Torrence Wolfe Long. Rickman bond 500. Six others indicted will be arraigned later.
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Pomeroy
Roland Torrence
Wil Wolf
Lawrence Long
Waldo Rickman
C. EB. Peoples
Common Pleas
Louis Hudson
Torrence
Wolfe
Long
Rickman
Legion Post opposes FERA strike in Meigs County
Drew Webster Post No 389 of the American Legion votes unanimously to disapprove the Unemployed League FERA strike. The group pledges readiness to mobilize to prevent destruction of property or harm to citizens, condemning un-American and unpatriotic doctrines and urging veterans to oppose subversive ideals.
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Drew Webster
Legionnaires
Meigs County
American Legion
United States
Department of Ohio
Mobilization Showcases Legion Preparedness in Pomeroy
One hundred percent mobilization of Drew Webster Post American Legion Legion Auxiliary Sons of the Legion Squadron and Boy Scouts gathered at Legion Hall at 7 30 p m Monday night parading through the city. A report was sent to national Legion headquarters as a test of preparedness in case of emergency. In Middleport the Meige County Ministerial Association held an all day meeting and business session at Rev Kreager's home with noon dinner and afternoon program.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Unemployed League
FERA
Meigs County
Middleport
Meige County Ministerial Association
F. C. Kreager
South Sixth Avenue
Trader filing for divorce in common pleas court
W. E. Trader files for divorce from Nellie B. Trader in common pleas court alleging separation after he moved from Columbus to Middleport and that his wife refused to accompany him.
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Common Pleas Court
W. E. Trader
Nellie B. Trader
Columbus
Middleport
Five New Members Initiated at Feeney Bennett Auxiliary
Middleport American Legion Auxiliary Feeney Bennett Post held a Monday meeting with a potluck supper. Five new members were welcomed and initiated: Myrtle Pickens Emaline Allensworth Emma Sisson Mary Kauf and Ruth Moore.
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Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Feeney-Bennett Post
Myrtle Pickens
Emaline Allensworth
Emma Sisson
Mary Kauf
Ruth Moore
Booster Club of Blackville at Bradbury School
A home talent play titled Booster Club of Blackville will be shown Wednesday at Bradbury School at 7 o clock. Proceeds benefit the Bradbury recreation ball team and its activities.
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Bradbury
Booster Club of
Blackville
Bradbury Recreation
Half Holiday Attorneys of Pomeroy to Close Saturdays
At a bar association meeting in Pomeroy members voted to close their offices on Saturday afternoons during the summer. The rule aligns with practices of county offices, the post office, and banks. Prosecuting Attorney C. W. Clark explained the plan to take effect this Saturday afternoon.
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Pomeroy
The
Bar Association
C. W. Clark
World Wide Guild Postponed Meeting May 17
The junior missionary society of the Baptist Church the World Wide Guild with councilor Mrs F C Kreager will held its postponed meeting Thursday evening May 17 instead of Monday An annual Mother Daughter dinner will be served with a program and social hour to follow.
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Middleport
World Wide Guild
Junior Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
F. C. Kreager
Past Chiefs to Meet Middleport Tonight
Members of the Past Chiefs Association gather this evening with hostesses Mrs. R. B. Laughead Mrs. W. G. Huddleston and Mrs. Pearl McKnight. President Mrs. E R Tompkins says no meetings will be held after June until fall.
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Middleport
Past Chiefs Association
R. B. Laughead
South Fifth Avenue
Hooker Street
W. G. Huddleston
Pearl McKnight
E. R. Tompkins
Legion Leader Thomas McCall to Speak in Middleport
State commander of the American Legion from Columbus Thomas McCall visits Middleport and will address ex service members and Legion Auxiliary at 8 oclock in the Masonic Hall, per Feeney Bennett Post Commander H D Ingles.
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Middleport
Thomas McCall
American Legion
Columbus
Masonic Hall
Legion Auxiliary
H D. Ingles
Feeney-Bennett
Revival Services Begin at Morristown Holiness Church
Reverend M. C. Kittle of Murray City leads a multi day revival at Morristown Holiness Church in Chauncey with assistance from Rev. Charles Hook. Special music is planned and cottage prayer meetings are canceled Thursday night. The public is invited to attend.
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Kittle
Murray City
Morristown
Holiness Church
M. C. Kittle
Charles Hook
Victim of Accident in Harrisonville Motor Crash
Roy Jordan, son of John F. Jordan, was seriously injured in a motor car accident at Harrisonville Sunday night and was taken to Gallipolis hospital. Harold Vernon of New Lexington recently visited his aunt Mrs. Elda Starkey. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Caster were in Athens Saturday evening. George Wood and Ben Caster shod sheep for J. A. Gotschal Saturday. Dr. Grace and her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan of Columbus, the Don Wood family of Pomeroy, and Bettie Bratton of Side Hill were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Wood Sunday.
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J. W. Byers
BE. R. Tompkins and Son
Columbus
New Stream Line Railroad
Denny Bachner
Huntington
Hollis Scott
Heath M. E. Church
Shenang Springs
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Claire Minor
Lulu Mae Ashley
Church
Christ
Carpenter
Roy Jordan
John F. Jordan
Harrisonville
Gallipolis Hospital
Harold Vernon
New Lexington
Elda Starkey
F. E. Wood
A. R. Caster
Athens
George Wood
Ben Caster
J. A. Gotschal
Grace
Elizabeth Jordan
Don Wood
Pomeroy
Bettie Bratton
Side Hill
Birthday celebration and early season baseball in Bradbury
In Bradbury a thrice large birthday dinner honored Isaac Lambert on his seventy fifth birthday with three large cakes and ice cream. In Monkey Run the season opener saw Bradbury fall 62 to winless. Local families share birthday anniversaries and illnesses including Ray Russell Karl Archer and James Russell visiting relatives in New Haven W Va and Chillicothe.
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Y. Bradbury
Isaac Lambert
Monkey Run
Bradbury
George MccHaffie
Ray Russell
Karl Archer
Shannon Russell
Thomas Hendricks
James Russell
New Haven
W. Va
Sanford Dodson
Chillicothe
W. M. Sayre
Marie Beach
Jesse Bache
Leading Creek
Hamilton, veteran grocer, dies suddenly in Middleport
M J Hamilton longtime South Third Avenue grocer suddenly died on Monday morning. He had been a First Baptist Church member for four years, while his wife had belonged to the same church for sixty two years. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary on October 20, 1932.
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Middleport
M. J. Hamilton
South Third Avenue
Choir Rehearsal Planned at Church of Christ in Chauncey
The Church of Christ choir will meet Thursday night in Chauncey to rehearse Mother's Day songs for next Sunday's services. Local social notes mention Miss Dannie Adkins visiting Chauncey guests the McKinney sisters.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Dannie Adkins
Mislfield
Dorothy
Esther McKinney
L. D. North
Bailey Run
Harry Moore
Lower Plains
Nelsonville
Charles Molter
Robert Hillyer
May Avenue
Margaret Johnston
Columbus
Burg Johnston
Chauncey Personals Visit Local Families Sunday
Chauncey and surrounding area residents shared Sunday visits with relatives in Athens Marion Columbus and Sand Ridge. Mrs Elmer Finsterwald and Mrs Ella England hosted in Chauncey while Ernest Pritts and family joined Mrs Bernice Pritts and others. Additional visits included Mrs Angie Hayes of Cincinnati with Charlies Sweeney and family and Marion’s Ona Mae Phillips with daughter Betty.
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Chauncey
Elmer Finsterwald
Athens
Ella England
Ernest Pritts
Joe Pritts
Mias Bernice Pritts
Angie Hayes
Cincinnati
Charlies Sweeney
Charles Sweeney, Jr
Ona Mae Phillips
Betty
Marion
D. A. Rupe
Sand Ridge
James Beard
Nelsonville
Southerton
Herbert Lowery
Columbus
James Mullins
Andrew McKinney
Elaine, Paul
Zelda Mae
Mines in CHAUNCEY district operate five on Monday five today
Five mines in the CHAUNCEY seven district were active on Monday and five remain on the working list today. Monday’s operations included No. 10X No 7 No. 24 No. 15 No. 68 Poston No. 6 and Ohio No. 1. Today’s active mines are No. 255 No 9 No 68 Carbondale and Coon ville.
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Chauncey
Poston
Ohio
Carbondale
Coonville
Mrs Charles Endicott Dies At 82 In Marietta Hospital
Mrs Charles Endicott, 82, died Sunday in a Marietta hospital after being taken there a week earlier for medical care. She leaves her husband. The body was returned to the family home for the funeral and burial.
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Chesterhill
Charles Endicott
Marietta
Sunshine Class Meeting at Bishopville Home
The Bishopville Sunshine Class met at John Standley Jr. home with Madge Pedicord presiding. Kathleen and Warren Dennison and Richard Reed won contests. homemade ice cream and cake were served. Attendees included Mrs. Marietta Standley, Glen Reed, Kathleen and Warren Dennison, and several Standleys. next meeting set for May 25 at Miss Marguerite McDonald’s home.
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Bishopville
John Standley Jr
Madge Pedicord
Kathleen
Warren Dennison
Richard Reed
Marietta Standley
Glen
Marjorie
Don Standley
Thelma Standley
John Standley
Minnie Mae Dennison
Ore Jones
Arlena
Edward Smith
Dorthéa
Charlies Milhoan
Edwin Kaasler
Marguerite McDonald
Nellie Dennison
Lawrence Shaner
Garnet Reed
Hattie Hoon
Pre-School Clinic Set for Thursday at Glouster High
Glouster P T A sponsors a all day pre-school clinic in the high school auditorium with local physicians and the county health department assisting. Parents of children entering school next fall are urged to bring them for a free complete physical examination. Clinic hours are 9 AM to 1 PM.
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Glouster
Glouster High School
Bridge Chaunceyentertains at Mrs Fiske home
Mrs Paul R Fiske entertained with three tables of contract bridge Saturday night at Miss Ruth Fiske's home. High score went to Miss Chrystal Simms and second to Miss Long Wilson. Miss Mary Louise Fiske attended as a guest. Hostess served refreshments. Girl Scouts to meet Wednesday at 2 PM at the American Legion hall on High Street.
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Chauncey
Paul R. Fiske
Ruth Fiske
Chrystal Simms
Long Wilson
Mary Louise Fiske
Be Loved romantic musical opens at Ohio Theater
A star studded Universal musical romance titled Be Loved opens at the Ohio Theater on Wednesday. John Boles Gloria Stuart lead a cast including Jimmy Butler Dorothy Peterson and Mickey Rooney with a violist Lester Lee and a chorus of singers in a Virginia plantation sequence. Alice White marks her wedding anniversary during the First National film A Very Honorable Guy now showing at the Ohio Theater.
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Ohio Theater
John Boles
Gloria Stuart
Players
Jimmy Butler
Dorothy Peterson
Albert Conti
Lucille Gleason
Edmund Breese
Ruth Hall
Morgan Farley
Richard Carle
Anderson Lacher
Lucille le Verne
Victor Schertzinger
Alice White
Cy Bartlett
Joel Brown
Alice
Gay French Resort Seen in 'Riptide' at Majestic Theatre
Norma Shearer stars in Riptide with Edmund Goulding directing. Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall lead a strong cast into a film famed for elaborate European settings including Riviera scenes and Cannes ambience. The production features indoor swimming pool action on a sound stage and real snow for Swiss sequences.
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Norma Shearer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Majestic Theater
Riviera
Cannes Beach
St. Moritz
Edmund Goulding
Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
Patrick Campbell
Skeets Gallagher
Ralph Forbes
Lilyan Tashman
Arthur Jarrett
Earl Oxford
Helen Jerome Eddy
George K. Arthur
Marilyn Spinnert
Phyllis Cochrane
Howard Chardecott
Halliwell Hobbes
Alexander Toluboff
Edwin B. Willis
Ohio teachers plan to form state federation
Ohio teachers will meet in Springfield May 26 to study tax problems and to form a State Federation of Teachers affiliated with the AFL. Representatives of the newly organized Springfield union and a Toledo convention committee conferred over the weekend on plans for the convention.
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Toledo
U.P
Teachers of
Ohio
Springfield
American Federation of Labor
Toledo Federation of Teachers
Floradora Comeback Tops Hollywood Offerings
The Floradora chorus returns with a modern revival featuring Kay Francis and Renee Whitney among a parade of stars in a Theatre Road release. Henry Hull leads a cast noted for stage and screen success in the Guild play turned film now at the Court Theatre.
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Warne
Hollywood
Kay Francis
Renee Whitney
Lorena Wing
Heleng
Henry Hull
Guild
Court Theater
Hull
D. W. Griffith
Cat Canary
Lulu Belle” Co Road
Underground potash town blaze injures eighty workers
Eighty workers were underground when a cut set fire to a potash town of Guggingen. The incident prompted emergency response and investigations into safety procedures at the site.
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Mulelhsim Gariing
Cuit
Guggingen
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Schlsegel
Phillips
g@m
Gae
Schlagel
R E. A. Graber
Graber
Middleport Council
Dana Roush
Herbert Giles
Second Ward Fire Department
General Electric
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Grangers
Meigs
Alfred
Pomona
Alfred Grange
Kari Starkey
Hari Musser
Rocksprings
C. G. Williams Grange
Tuppers Plains
Nellie Radekin
Follred Sisters
Guy Mutchier
Pomona Grange
Vernon Nease
Harry
Mary Swartz
L. Roush
Maggie
Roush
E. J. Zuspan
Griffith
Calvin Reichman
George van Zandt
Legion
Attorneys of Pomeroy
News of
Chauncey and
Dover Township
Mome
Bradbur
Honor Mrs. Chappelle
Fred Healy
A. A. Chappelle
J. G. Talbott
Joan
Virginia Leonard
Chappelle Talbott
Men's & Boys Harvest
TFAIR
Boston
America
William Russell Magna
the Daughters of American Revolution
Continental Congress
Washington
Standley
Girl Scouts
American Legion Hall
High Street
Majestic
Chima Shearer Montgomery Robert
Floradorg Sextey
Betra
Midnig
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