State Examiner Urges Meigs County Tax Collection and Dog Law Enforcement
Meigs County’s 1940 financials show bonded debt of 173000 plus overdrafts in general and Children’s Home funds. State Examiner Whitney cites delinquent real estate taxes rising to 200275.13 and urges budget discipline, an assistant prosecutor for tax collection, and stricter dog license enforcement due to an estimated 500 unlicensed dogs.
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ATH State Examiner
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Whitney
Meigs
Children’s Home Fund
Budget Commission
Teachers Rehired by Pomeroy School Board
The Pomeroy school board rehired a list of teachers for the 1941-42 year. High School staff includes Alan Hoskins Wheeler A Drake William A Smith George E Blackburn Ethel Garland and others. Elementary posts cover Central School Sugar Run School and other sites with principals Ralph Spencer Emma Seitz and staff. Harried McIntosh fills a vacancy from Bertha Miller resignation while J E White and W R Farnham keep their senior and junior high roles.
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Pomeroy
Board of Education
Alan Hoskins
Wheeler A. Drake
William A. Smith
George E. Blackburn
Ethel Garland
Margaret Chapman
Marion Ebersbach
Edith Bowen
C. L. Johnson
Charles Gibbs
James Clark
A. M. Zahl
Willis A. Aleshire
Gladys Crooks
Jean Russell
Clara Belle Murray
Gates Will Lead in Salvation Services
Sgt James Gates will lead Sunday School at 2 30 p m in the Salvation Army Hall The Young People s Legion meets at 3 30 with Miss Clara Custer in charge Evening salvation services are at 7 30 Wednesday 2 30 Women s Home League with Mrs James Gates sews clothes and baby quilts A Children s meeting is set for 4 30 Bible Class under Major Hinshaw holds mid week services at 7 30
Social Notes Highlight Local Lodge Visits and Weddings
Mrs Loretta Haley the Grand International Auxiliary inspector attended a Pride of Ohio No 370 luncheon and meeting at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe with guests from Columbus. White Rose Lodge hosted a salad luncheon at Woodman Hall while a Charleston couple wed and left for home. WPA Nursery School Mother's Club marked a Mother's Day party with corsages and games and planned playground improvements.
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Middleport
Loretta Haley
Grand International Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pride of Ohio
Walter Harris
S. Second Ave
Mary Jane
A. H. Harris
Columbus
Ralph Harris
Milburn
Division 52
Haley
Roy Lansbury
White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Woodman Hall
John Kincaid
Frank Vroman
O. C. Greenlee
WPA
Ray Blosser
Charles Williams
Mary Virginia Reibel
Charles Wil
Birthday Party for Allen Heilman at Pre-Kindergarten School
Allen Heilman celebrated his fourth birthday this week at the Pre Kindergarten School conducted by Mrs. D C Miller. The party was planned by his mother Mrs Cecil Heilman who provided ice cream cake candy and balloons for the children at the school.
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Allen Heilman
D. C. Miller
Cecil Heilman
Pomeroy Brief Notes Club Activities and Local Meetings
Annual picnic of the Senior Shakespeare Club at the Elberfeld farm near Tuppers Plains drew twelve members and four children with a noon porch luncheon. A two dollar appropriation was made toward the Girl Scouts drive. Junior Shakespeare Club held a wiener roast at the Boy Scout camp. Meigs County Ministerial Association elected new officers Rev Charles Baird, Rev Ralph Kuether, and Rev James Taylor. Local Federated Church members attended the Ohio Valley Region Women’s Guild meeting in Wheeling. Butter making described as Argentina natives churn cream in a skin bag pulled by a horseback rider.
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Arthur Rosenbaum
C. F. Tompkins
C. E. Peoples
Malcolm Hartley
Clifford Rhodes
Louis Reibel
Howard Ebersbach
Jacob Elberfeld
Shakespeare Club
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Charles Baird
Ralph Kuether
James Taylor
Ohio Valley Region of Women's Guild
Federated Church
Lena Huber
Wheeling
Funeral for Kitchen Child Is Saturday
Funeral services for Donna Kitchen 18 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs H H Kitchen will be held at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home Saturday morning at 10 30 o clock. The body will be taken to Chillicothe for burial. Donna blue eyed and curly haired was found dead in her crib and thought to have smothered though examination showed illness from measles complications. The tragedy occurred early yesterday morning and Mrs Kitchen found the child dead after arising about 6 o clock. Neighbors Mrs Charles Wise Jr discovered the death. The inhalator squad of the Volunteer Fire Department could not revive Donna after an hour. She is survived by her parents five brothers and sisters Billy Howard Jr Edward Pauline and Dolores and her maternal grandfather Edward Yates of Manchester.
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James Moseley
Heath Methodist Parsonage
H. A. Rothrock
Charleston
S. Second Ave
R. Hunsicker
Sidney Ellis
Cheshire
Mr. Hunsicker
Middleport
Donna Kitchen
H. H. Kitchen
Rawlings-Coats
Chillicothe
Donna
Howard, Jr
Edward
Pauline
Dolores
Edward Yates
Manchester
Rutland High School Announces Graduation Schedule
Final arrangements set for Rutland High School graduation activities. May 17 Prom May 18 Baccalaureate with Rev Buckley and Rev J P Miller. May 21 Class Night. May 23 Commencement at 8 00 pm with speaker J Davis Illingworth a Wit tenberg graduate and minister. Graduates listed including Darrell Burson Catherine Morris Helen Locke Maxine Ogdin and others.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Buckley
Rutland Methodist Church
J. P. Miller
J. Davis Illingworth
Illingworth
Catherine Morris
Glenna Clark
Mabel Russell
Eilene Darst
Donald Shrader
Lawrence Baker
Catherine Bolin
Darrell Burson
Thurman Carsey
Eilene Durst
Mary K. Davis
Kathleen Donahue
Betty Dunfee
Margaret Fink
Evelyn Goff
Cecil Hewitt
Helen Locke
Thelma Michael
Dorothy Molden
Carl Moore
Don Morgan
Hobart Nelson
Maxine Ogdin
Seanna Rumfield
Homer Russell
Lucille Spaulding
Lawrence Snowden
Dorothy Wise
Reva Wiseman
Cupid Weds After Midnight Run to Pomeroy
Night Patrolman H H Niemeyer aided a young couple David Harrison and Rita Sprouse with her father arriving in Pomeroy at 3 a m to marry so Harrison could return to Parkersburg for work Probate Judge E R Titus issued the license and Rev Ralph Kuether performed the ceremony The note adds recent licenses James Mosley 21 Charleston Mildred Asbury 19 Middleport Oliver Hinchcliff Jr 22 Athens Peggy Sutton 21 Athens
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Pomeroy
Cupid
H. H. Niemeyer
David Harrison
Rita Sprouse
Harrison
Parkersburg
Niemeyer
E. R. Titus
Ralph Kuether
James Mosley
Charleston
Mildred Asbury
Middleport
Oliver Hinchcliff, Jr
Peggy Sutton
Athens
Simpson Methodist Church sets weekly schedule in Pomeroy
The J.O.F. Class meets Monday at Mrs. Elsie Smith home. Official Board gathers Tuesday at 7 15 pm. Circle No 3 meets at Mrs. Elsie Smith home. Choir practice Wednesday at 7 15 pm. Simpson Young People meet Thursday at 7 30 pm.
John Fugitt Pleads Guilty in Nelsonville Court
John Fugitt of Nelsonville pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor C G Dew court on Thursday charged with intoxication. He was fined ten dollars plus costs. The text notes the Indian rhinoceros uses teeth as its major offensive weapon rather than its horn.
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Nelsonville
John Fugitt
C. G. Dew
Preliminary Grading Starts on Village Streets
Preliminary work begins this week on grading all gravel streets in the village as part of an extensive resurfacing project contracted to Calvin and Harris of Marietta.
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Middleport
Calvin & Harris
Marietta
Church Services Plan Sermons And Speakers Across towns
Middleport announces new officers for the First Baptist Church with Rev. Ralph Zundel delivering a sermon titled The Church of My Dreams. Paul Smart schedules special music for Church School assemblies while Zundel also presents evening sermons on Should I Worry About My Sins Trouble The Future. Other area churches list topics and guest groups for Sunday services.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zundel
Paul Smart
Zundel
Charles Bing
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Fellowship of Athens
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Heath Methodist Church
Rothrock
Meigs Gallia Women Attend Christian Service Society
Women from Meigs and Gallia counties joined the sub district meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Heath Methodist Church. Key speakers included Mrs Horace Dewey on China while a noon luncheon featured iris table decor and a 30 person Gallipolis delegation attended.
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Meigs
Gallia
Christian Service Society
Middleport
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Heath Methodist Church
Scott Westerman
Gallipolis
A. J. Kestle
Portsmouth
Pomeroy
Chester
Reedsville
Portland
Letart Falls
Racine
Rutland
Cheshire
Bidwell
Thurman
A. W. McKay
M. L. French
H. E. Cook
C. M. Hennesy
Bess Sanborn
W. M. Essex
Plans for Pomeroy Softball League Completed Thursday
Pomeroy managers at the Recreation Office outlined a softball league to start May 22 with games on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Monkey Run Kerrs Run and High School diamonds. Teams Kerrs Run Sugar Run Second Ward and Hoover Red Birds set 15 player eligibility lists and a monthly dollar fee to cover balls.
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Pomeroy
P. L. Curtis
Kerrs Run
High School Diamonds
Sugar Run
Second Ward
Hoover Red Birds
Max Ginn
Robert Roberts
Charles Kaptina
Jack Kirkpatrick
Red Birds
Methodist Services Are Announced
Rev Warren H Bright of Simpson Methodist Church will deliver the sermon The Armor of God during morning worship at 10 30. Church school opens at 9 30. Evening service is omitted so members may attend high school baccalaureate at 7 30.
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Pomeroy
God
Warren H. Bright
Simpson Methodist Church
Brooks Shoes vs Nelsonville Eagles Twilight League Game
Sports brief notes a 5:30 PM twilight league game between Brooks Shoe Factory and the Nelsonville Eagles at City Playground. Also prints probate notices listing multiple estates with accounts filed and hearings suspended until June 9 1941 with details of administrators executors and guardians and instructions to file exceptions five days before the hearing.
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Nelsonville
Brooks Shoe Factory
Nelsonville Eagles
City Playground
Athens County
Ohio
Mary Weisenbach
Mathew Weisenbach
Gladys Simpkins
Clarice Daugherty
David H. Daugherty
George W. Rose
Silas F. Mescher
Carl H. Love
Henry Cone
Arnold A. Lonas
Joseph A. Lonas
Helen M. Gray
Ella Rohrkasz
Roger J. Jones
Henry Trout
Flora K. Johnson
Charles P. Knowlton
Florence McKinley
George L. Fleming
Alice Brown
Walter A. Brown
Edward Leo Mulligan
Robert E. Selby
Clarence Brown
Altha A. Johnson
Abraham L. Johnson
Homer L. Johnson, Jr
Gordon K. Bush
F. W. Bush
Marry Davis
Gene Carsey
Evelyn D. Hallett
Carma Bertine Heffner
Max Wilson
Clarence Hillen
Roush Funeral Rites Arranged for Saturday
Funeral services for Lucy E. Roush will be held Saturday afternoon at the Portland Methodist Church. The body will be in state from 1 to 2 o'clock for friends to call. Burial will be in Portland Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Lucy E. Roush
Portland Methodist Church
Portland Cemetery
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Whitmore
Buchtel Road
Chas. Huddy
Nelsonville, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Lodge
Mother's Club
Liams
Reibel
Wilmetta Burton
George Warner
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Argentina
Baties Restaurant
Rutland High
Ethel Musser
D. E. Lewis
Jackson
C. B. Stevens
C. J. Weisley
A. K. Wilson
L. W. McComas
Margaret McCormack
Stanley Lanier
Gallipolis Methodist Church
Flo McGlasson
Chicago
C. C. Copely
Thurman-Rio Grande Charge
WSCS
Brooks Shoes
Francis D. White
Icesar Romero
the Cisco Kid
Mary Beth Hughes
Lynne Roberts
Chris Pin
Martin Robert Lowery
Ben Carter
Gene Stratton-Porter
Tim Holt
Virginia Gilmore
Joan Carroll Spring
Byington
RKO Radio Picture
Dr. Satan
Roush
John Farley
Pomeroy Motor Co
Rayon
California
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