Mother's Day Services Fill Middleport Churches
Middleport churches held special Mother's Day services with flower remembrances and choir selections. The Presbyterians installed A. A. Dillard as trustee and John G. Talbott as ruling elder with elders from Syracuse and Gallipolis present. Heath M E Church welcomed new members on Decision Day and Rev. Rothrock preached Parents Wages. Dr. E H Dutton spoke at First Baptist dedicatory service honoring mothers.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
H. A. Rothrock
Rothrock
Willis Aleshire
Hattie Smith
O. P. Klein
Minersville Couple Honored on Golden Wedding Day
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Roush of Minersville celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner and all day celebration. Family members included sons Herman Howard and Allen Roush of Follansbee and several others, along with daughters and their families. The couple received many gifts.
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George Brenick
Oscar Wince
Alfred Yeanger
Roush
Visitors at Cave Pomeroy site draw crowds
Local group members recount a busy day at Old Man's Cave Logan with thousands of people visiting. Named attendees include Mrs. Mary Miller and daughters Bertha and Marie, Ed Dar of Middleport, Mrs. Eugene Ant and Mary Jean, W. R. Goetz and daughter Ann, Bony Mitchell, Mrs. Le Smith and daughter Jude Smith.
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Pomeroy
Old Man’s Cave
Logan
Memof
Mary Miller
Lughters
Bertha
Marie
Eddar
Middleport
Eugene Ant
Mary Jean
W. R. Goetz
Ann
Bony Mitchell
le Smith
Jude Smith
Party Guests Omitted from Thelma Field Surprise
A list of attendees for Thelma Field's Thursday night surprise party was incomplete with several names missing including Nyle Dan, Chrystal Whaley, Julia Noly, Foster Sayre, Freda Shep, Juanita Pedicord, and Earler, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thelma Field
Nyle Dan- Chrystal Whaley
Julia Noly
Foster Sayre
Freda Shep
Juanita Pedicord
Earler
Indianapolis
Ind
Meigs Countian Ends 50 Years Teaching Service
Professor E O Saunders retires after a half century in Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia schools. He taught in Ashland Condit Wylie Kerrs Run Central and New Marshfield, led as dean and manual training pioneer, praised by lawyers and former students.
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Boyd County Bar Association
Saunders
C. E. Forgey
Ashland Daily Independent
Ashland
Kenova
W. Va
Wylie
Condit
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Kerr’s Run
Central
New Marshfield
Athens County
Family reunions mark Mother's Day weekend
Among many small gatherings during Mother's Day weekend were events at the Robert Washington home with Claude Washington of Sprigg West Virginia and other relatives. John Kincaid Jr transferred from West Point Preparatory School Ft. Benjamin Harrison spent the weekend with his parents before a short Camp Knox training trip. Mrs. Warren Turner and her Malden son visited Mrs. Addie Branch, recently improving from winter illness. Robert Harris of Columbus visited his parents with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mossman also ...
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Robert Washington
Claude Washington
Sprigg
W. Va
John Kincaid
West Point
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Kincaid
Knox
Warren Turner
Malden
Addie Branch
Robert Harris
Columbus
Carl Mossman
Astonishing Relief Reported From Vendol For Rheumatism
A local citizen from a 260 acre farm near Athens shares how Vendol relieved constipation and joint pains. He explains how two remedies improved sleep, digestion, headaches, and fatigue, and praises Vendol’s diuretic effect and overall health boost. Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Store are named sellers.
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Uysville
James B. Crawford
Ville
Athens
Athens Pharmacy
N. Gout St
Hickman’s
Nelsonville
Lead Drug
Adv
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Roy Barnes Named Franklin Wayne
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Roy Barnes of S Third Ave is named Franklin Wayne. Miss Eileen Chapman spent the weekend in Huntington and attended a Vanity Fair dance Saturday night with Glenn Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra. Mayor William Cady of Circleville and Ottie Stanley of Upper Sandusky visited locals yesterday. both are former residents. L D Hartinger returned from Charleston and Boomer W Va after a week with friends. Mrs Warren Ellinger Mary K Riley who visited her parents returned to Toledo with relatives. W A Giles returned home from a winter in Tacoma Wash. Miss Betty Wise spent the weekend in Charleston. Mr and Mrs C E Smith spent the weekend in Huntington with Mrs Smiths nieces Marguerite Downey Mary Frances Drummond and Josephine Danahar. Mrs Ann Schofield of New York is visiting her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs R E McKay and Robin.
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Roy Barnes
S. Third Ave
Franklin Wayne
Eileen Chapman
Huntington
Vanity Fair
Glenn Gray
Casa Loma
William Cady
Circleville
Ottie Stanley
Upper Sandusky
Mayor Cady
Middleport Boiler Works
Mr. Stanley
New York Central Railroad
L. D. Hartinger
Charleston
Boomer
W. Va
Warren Ellinger
Mary K. Riley
Toledo
Thomas Riley
Sharon
Riley
Mary Lighter
Columbus
W. A. Giles
Hudson St
Tacoma
Wash
W. D. Bell
Betty Wise
C. E. Smith
Smith
Marguerite Downey
Mary Frances Drummond
Josephine Danahar
Ann Schofield
New York
R. E. McKay
Robin
Gold on Beaches Prompts Rich Sands Warning
The Federal Bureau of Mines reports that in 1938 more than 2500 dollars worth of gold flakes were recovered from San Francisco beaches. The article notes beachcombing yields valuable finds and mentions England importing matches from Japan and Russia at a two cent price for 11 boxes including duty.
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San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Mines
England
Japan
Russia
Women's Civic Club Benefit Party in Pomeroy
Announcement of a benefit party hosted by the Women's Civic Club at 100.C.F. Hall on Friday evening June 9. Public attendance with a small charge. proceeds aid local recreational playground improvements begun last year by a committee led by Rev. Warren Bright.
Pomeroy Housewarming With 500 Club Guests
A Saturday housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. John Duerr on Terrace Street hosted members of their 500 card club. The evening featured flowers candles and a dinner followed by card play with high scores going to Mrs. Frank Johnston and Malcolm D. Hartley and consolation to Mrs. T A Downie. Attending included Roy Barnes Albert Beck J A Edwards Frank Johnston Lee Rudisill and the Duerrs.
Local social notes and gatherings around Pomeroy area
Mrs Warren H Bright hosts Simpson M E Home Missionary Society at Union Ave home. Shakespeare Club picnic planned near Tuppers Plains. Church night at Simpson M E Church invites families with program and entertainment. Dance in Huntington attracts Ike Neal Harold Nease and Marjorie Durst and others from Pomeroy Bend. Various weekend visits include Miss Darst in Columbus and Miss Frances Day in Pomeroy.
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Warren H. Bright
Simpson M. E. Home Missionary Society
Union Ave
Wright McCroba
Lincoln Hill
Harold Brabbin
Dunbar
W. Va
C. E. W. Downie
Shakespeare Club
Jacob Elberfeld
Tuppers Plains
Simpson M. E. Church
Ike Neal
Harold Nease
Marjorie Durst
Huntington
Pomeroy Bend
Miss Darst
Bernice Darst
Columbus
Frances Day
Pomeroy
Chris Day
Leo
Ernest Phillips
Mary Phillips
Tracy Goodwin
Cincinnati
Norma Goodwin
Second St
William Griffith
Myrtle Griffith
Wilbur Reeves
Chillicothe
Marjorie Wolf
Hayes Roush
Lew Roush
Ralph Hayman
W. S. Hart
Elsie Hart
Lasley St
Immaculate Conception Mosaic at National Shrine
The mosaic adaptation of Murillo’s painting required three artists over four years and is now housed in the National Shrine in Washington D C.
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Immaculate Conception
Murillo
National Shrine
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Schwegman Dies Saturday in Hospital
POMEROY Mrs. Helen Schwegman Kerri Run died Saturday at Holzer Hospital after a several day illness. She is survived by one daughter Mrs. O R Faris and two grandchildren George and Helen Faris of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Helen Schwegman
Kerri Run
Holzer Hospital
O. R. Faris
George and
Helen Faris
Scout Drive For Finances Opens Tuesday
Scouting leaders announce the annual Boy Scout financial drive with a Tuesday start. Tonight’s Hotel Martin dinner meeting features last minute instructions and pep talks as volunteers prepare to canvass communities housing scout troops.
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Pomeroy
Hotel Martin
Simpson Church Mother's Day Program Delightful Service
Special Mother’s Day services were held at Simpson M E Church with both adult and junior choirs, a piano solo by Janice Kay Edwards, recitations, a musical poem, and a short sermon by Rev Bright. Flowers were given to all mothers attending.
Hartinger to Retire From Meigs Road Project
ZANESVILLE The Meigs County blanket road project supervisor J E D Hartinger will retire this week prompting a three way shift among WPA personnel in Washington Hocking and Noble counties Whiting succeeds Hartinger House moves to Marietta Goff takes Caldwell post and is a Belmont County native Director Gibson of the Zanesville WPA district voices regret at the departure Hartinger long served as county engineer and prior state highway worker total of 19 years in local road projects.
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Zanesville
J. E. D. Hartinger
Meigs County
WPA
Washington, Hocking
Noble Counties
Hartinger
Pomeroy
Donald P. Whiting
Washington County
Mr. Hartinger
L. E. House
Noble County
Marietta
Mr. Whiting
House
Caldwell
David D. Goff
Hocking County
Goff
Belmont County
L. C. Gibson
Meigs Countian
Pomeroy Bend
Two Injured in Motorcycle Crash Near Mill Field
CHAUNCEY residents Frank Nogrady and Joe King were hurt when their motorcycle collided with a machine in Mill Field on Sunday. Nogrady suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and other serious injuries and was taken by Jagers ambulance with Dr. C. N. Saunders to a Columbus hospital. King, after medical attention, was returned to his Greens Run home.
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Chauncey
Frank Nogrady
Oregon Ridge
Joe King
Greens Run
Millfield
Nogrady
C. N. Saunders
Columbus
King
Jagers
Athens
Loyal Women's Bible Class Meets Wednesday in Mill Street Home
The Chauncey Loyal Women of the Church of Christ will gather at 1 30 pm Wednesday in Mrs William A Hartleys Mill Street home with Mrs Carl Shafer in charge Assisting hostesses are Mrs Guy Brookins Mrs Carl Shafer Mrs Floyd Nye and Mrs Thomas Hamilton
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Chauncey — Loyal Women's Bible Class
Church of Christ
William A. Hartley
Mill St
Carl Shafer
Guy Brookins
Floyd Nye
Thomas Hamilton
Heirs of Frank Boday probate case seeks heirship
On a May 1939 Sunday, L R Pierce administrator filed a petition in Athens County Probate Court against Julius Kovacs to determine the heirs entitled by law to Frank Boday deceased. The petition asks the court to identify rightful heirs and grant related relief. Francis D. White, Probate Judge.
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Frank Boday
L. R. Pierce
Julius Kovacs
Athens County
Ohio
Chauncey Dover Seniors Present Play Thursday
Chauncey-Dover High School senior class will stage the farce Second Childhood in three acts on Thursday May 18 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Paul Fiske directs the production with cast members Roger Gould Irene Ross Betty Heffkin George Keish Steve Hubey Orpha Browning Katherine Brown Venice Hunter Jack Smith Vern Border Warren Hale and Mary Ward.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Paul Fiske
Roger Gould
Irene Ross
Betty Heffkin
George Keish
Steve Hubey
Orpha Browning
Katherine Brown
Venice Hunter
Jack Smith
Vern Border
Warren Hale
Mary Ward
Chauncey Man Edward Quinn Seriously Ill in Mill Street Home
Edward Quinn Chauncey is seriously ill at his Mill Street home with his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Herman Theisen Jr. at his side. His other children Mr and Mrs Prushing of Commercial Point Ohio Mr and Mrs John Johnson of Troy Ohio and Mr and Mrs Archie Quinn of East Liverpool Ohio were summoned Sunday by the family. A brother and three Lathrop sons also visited that day.
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Chauncey
Edward Quinn
Herman Theisen, Jr
Mill St
Prushing
Commercial Point
Ohio
John Johnson
Troy
Archie Quinn
East Liverpool
Lathrop
West Chauncey Welcome for Wilson Visit
Chauncey receives Saul Wilson from Los Angeles for a week's stay with his mother Mrs. Sarah Wilson and family. It marks his first return to Ohio in about eight years.
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Chauncey
Saul Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Sarah Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Ohio
Greens Run Church chicken dinner set for May 17
The annual chicken dinner by the Young Married People's Class of Greens Run Church of Christ will be held Wednesday May 17 at the Parish House.
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Chauncey
Greens Run
Church of Christ
Chauncey Benefit for Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge
A benefit party for Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge is set tonight at 8 o'clock in the Chauncey K of P Hall. Local members urge attendance to support lodge activities and community projects.
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Chauncey
Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge
Chauncey K. of P. Hall
Sugar Creek Nine Defeats Chauncey
Sugar Creek defeated Chauncey 8 to 4 in a Sunday baseball game at Chauncey. Upcoming games include Sugar Creek hosting the Cutler Reds at 2:30 p.m. next Sunday, Memorial Day at Cutler, and Sugar Creek traveling to Union Furnace on June 4 with a return on June 18. Interested teams may write manager Andy Castely, Millfield Route 1.
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Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Cutler Reds
Cutler
Union Furnace
Andy Castely
Millfield
Ohio
Meigs Girl To Serve At Tea In Gallipolis
Miss Betty Will of Meigs County will serve at a public tea at Our House in Gallipolis on Saturday May 20. Eight nurses training students from Holzer Hospital will wear period costumes for the Lafay ette Day observance.
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Pomeroy
Betty Will
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
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