Pomeroy Gas Ordinance Faces Voters After Petition
A referendum petition with 240 Pomeroy citizens was filed to challenge the village council's gas rate ordinance. The Ohio Fuel Gas Company approved the measure the same day. J. W. Schlaegel led the opposition as the lone dissenting council member. The petition will be public for 10 days before transfer to elections for ballot inclusion. Brought to Meigs jail B. J. Redmond of Clifton West Virginia, from Char.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
J. W. Schlaegel
Meigs
B. J. Redmond
Clifton
W. Va
Notice of Election for Retail Solid Fuel Division 11 Code Authority
Election for seven members of the Divisional Code Authority in the Retail Solid Fuel Industry for Division 21 will be held May 31, 1934. All retail solid fuel sellers may vote. Ballots and information available from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Columbus Ohio. This follows a National Code Authority resolution under the Code of Fair Competition for Retail Solid Fuel Industry approved February 14 1934 by President Roosevelt.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Ohio
National Code Authority
Roosevelt
Ohio Chamber OF Commerce Election Agency
Suspect Arrested by Charleston Police
A man was arrested Tuesday evening by Charleston police. Local officers say he is wanted on charges of automobile theft and passing bad checks.
Carmon Bailey Hosts Sylvia Bailey Sixteenth Birthday
A Reedsville party honored Sylvia Bailey on her sixteenth birthday at her parents home Mr. and Mrs. Carmon Bailey. Refreshments served to 34 guests as friends and relatives joined the celebration. Reverend D G Holman of Clarksburg preached at the local Christian Church, with Reverend Bert O Conner scheduled to preach at the M E Church next Sunday evening. Miss Evelyn Stainaker of Long Bottom visits with her sister Mrs Addie Newell, and the W A Folan family from Joppa visited Mr and Mrs Earnest Barton Sunday.
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Carmon Bailey
Reedsville
Sylvia
D. G. Holman
Clarksburg
W. Va
Christian Church
Bert O'Conner
M. E
Evelyn Stalnaker
Long Bottom
Addie Newell
W. A. Folan
Joppa
Earnest Barton
Shrine Dedicated by Daughters of Union Veterans at Portland
Dedication of a shrine near Buffington Island State Park in Portland in memory of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held Sunday afternoon May 20 at 2 30 o clock. Ten districts of the Ohio Department of Daughters of Union Veterans will participate in the services.
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Pomeroy
Daughters of Union Veterans
Buffington Island State Park
Portland
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio Department of Daughters of Union Veterans
Blake Divorce Suit Dismissed For Nonresidency
A divorce action by Andrea Blake against William Earl Blake in Meigs County Common Pleas was dismissed by Judge C BE Peoples after the plaintiff testified she does not reside in the county. She was told to file in Athens County.
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Pomeroy
Andra Blake
William Earl Blake
Meigs County
Five candidates initiated at Eastern Star Lodge meeting
Five candidates were initiated at a meeting of the Eastern Star Lodge Tuesday evening including Mrs. Zana Custer Mr and Mrs F Ray Wilson and Ruth Baker. Annual inspection of the lodge will be held Friday.
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Pomeroy
Eastern Star Lodge
Zana Custer
F. Ray Wilson
Ruth Baker
Local Social Notes From Bashan Area
The report notes Mrs. Kim Shain remains seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bailey visit Spiller with their mother Mrs. Anna Singer. George Deems visits his daughter Mrs. Guy Singer. Harlow Ervin of Carmel visits his mother and sister.
Harrisonville School Board hires teachers at meeting
The Harrisonville board of education employed high school teachers E. V. Springer Howard Knight Earl Knight Helen Carl and Miss Clombia. Grade teachers named Mrs. Rachel Warner Nora Gilkey Clemma Vale Alice Reeves Blanche Reeves and Ray Gordon were also hired. Evelyn Warner of New Mexico is visiting for the summer with her parents. Howard Hull received thirteen stitches after cutting his foot while chopping brush and was taken to an Albany physician.
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Harrisonville
Board of Education
E. V. Springer
Howard Knight
Earl Knight
Helen Carl
Miss Clombia
Rachel Warner
Nora Gilkey
Clemma Vale
Alice Reeves
Blanche Reeves
Ray Gordon
Evelyn Warner
New Mexico
Earnest Warner
Howard Hull
Albany
Graduation Tonight at Pomeroy High School
Commencement exercises for the class of 1934 at Pomeroy High School will be held this evening in the Junior High Auditorium beginning at six o clock. Dr. W S Gamertsfelder of Ohio University will deliver the commencement address. The alumni banquet on May 29 will close the year as graduates attend as guests of the alumni association.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
Local Moves and Visits Noted in Middleport
Middleport residents report moves and gatherings: Mrs Nan Moore and daughter with Miss Mildred Hawiey relocate from the Stewart property on Mill Street to an apartment in the C O Fisher house on Coal Street. Mrs Lucy Downing hosted a Wednesday dinner honoring Martha Stewart of Chicago and Mrs BE Probst of Middleport.
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Nan Moore
Mildred Hawiey
Stewart
Mill Street
C. O. Fisher
Coal Street
Lucy Downing
Martha Stewart
Chicago
BE. G. Probst
Middleport
Boy Sticks by Foster Parents
Arthur Paul Ferguson, kidnapped as a baby, chooses to stay with foster parents Ernest Lee Coyle and Sarah Coyle of Detroit after a jury in Toledo convicts them of kidnaping him in 1918.Mother Edith Smart of Galion testified she did not consent to adoption. Ferguson may face 1 to 20 years in prison. sentencing pending.
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Toledo
Arthur Paul Ferguson
Ernest Lee Coyle
Sarah
Detroit
Edith Smart
Galion
Coyles
Birthday Wiener Roast For Miss Ethel Leifheit
Friends honored Miss Ethel Leifheit with a wiener roast at the Reuter farm near Ball Run Tuesday evening highlighting a social birthday gathering in the rural community.
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Pomeroy
Ethel Leifheit
Reuter Farm
Ball Run
Alma Leifheit Hired as Stenographic Worker at Local Grocery Firm
Miss Alma Leifheit is employed in the stenographic position at The A. D. Weed and Son Wholesale Grocery Co. The role succeeds Mrs. Amy Geary Chase who previously held the post.
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Pomeroy
Alma Leifheit
A. D. Weed and Son Wholesale Grocery Co
Amy Geary Chase
POMEROY Marriage Licenses Issued for Powell Watson
A marriage license was issued in probate court to Melvin Powell 41 and Alice Watson 26 both of Portland. James Edwards 6 of Mason County West Virginia and Sarah Davis 55 of Harrisonville secured a license Monday. Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled in Pomeroy Ohio Twenty Second District May 25 with speakers W F Kampf district director and Perry L Green former state agriculture secretary.
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Farm Bureau
Pomeroy
Twenty-Second
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
W. F. Kampf
Perry L. Green
Ohio
Church and social events in Middleport community
Local church groups plan Friday events at First Baptist and Presbyterian churches including a Red White and Blue social and a Whatsoever Class meeting. World Wide Guild hosts a Mother Daughter banquet with program to follow. A bakery dinner setup announced for June 7 at the church. Mrs Florence Bush hosted Sanborn Missionary Society gathering on Mill Street. Meanwhile Mrs E M McCarty mourns her mother E A Yountz 76 of Athens with burial to be in New Salem after a trip from Middleport.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
The
Presbyterian Church
E. M. Harrah
H. E. Thomas
J. G. Talbott
Emma Owens
Sanborn Missionary Society
Sanborn Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Florence Bush
Mill Street
World Wide Guild, Junior Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
E. M. McCarty
E. A. Yountz
Athens
New Salem
McCarty
C. M. Erwin
Jessie Lansbury
Rutland Birth and Rutland Lady to Host W C T U Meeting
A daughter was born May 4 to Mr and Mrs Sedwick White of San Bruno California making the baby a granddaughter of Mrs Grace White of Rutland The W C T U will meet Friday afternoon May 18 with Mrs Anna Rees.
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Rutland
Sedwick White
San Bruno
Calif
Grace White
Anna Rees
Leaders Named for Daily Vacation Bible School Plans
Middleport committee members met at the Church of Christ to advance plans for the Daily Vacation Bible School opening Tuesday June 5. Rev. F C Kreager chosen superintendent. Training course chairmen named including sewing Mrs Dell Martin kindergarten Mrs William Bradford director of music Mrs Paul Smith woodcraft Rev F J Gardner.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
F. C. Kreager
Dell Martin
William Bradford
Paul Smith
F. J. Gardner
No Field Meet This Year at Pomeroy
No field meet will be held as announced by school authorities. The high school baseball team travels to Columbus this evening for a state tournament. Revival services at Silver Ridge draw large crowds with the Snyder sisters Chilli cothe assisting the pastor. Services continue next week at Lottridge Asbury Chapel and Silver Ridge this Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Silver Ridge
Snyder Sister
Chillicothe
Lottridge
Asbury Chapel
Flinns Visit Elva Dean At Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Flinn of Akron visited their mother Mrs. Elva Dean in Middleport over Sunday and Monday and drove there Sunday afternoon.
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Tuppers Plains
H. L. Flinn
Akron
Elva Dean
Middleport
Funeral services for B. E. Price in Bates Church Friday
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at Bates Church for B. E. Price of Pleasant Hill who died Wednesday. The Rev. M O. Davidson will officiate.
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Bates Church
B. E. Price
Pleasant Hill
M O. Davidson
Birthday Honored for Lewis Moore at Home
Friends and relatives gathered at Lewis Moore's home Tuesday to celebrate his eighty fifth birthday anniversary with warm wishes and refreshments.
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Middleport
Lewis Moore
Young Democrats of County to Host May Meeting
Charles Sawyer Pomeroy lieutenant governor and Ohio gubernatorial candidate will speak at a public meeting in the Courthouse next Thursday night May 24 under the Young Men's Democratic Club. Committees were named Tuesday with roles in membership entertainment publicity campaign and grievance. club officers listed as Wingett Miller Faris Stivers.
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Carl Miller
Carl Buckley
Weber Thoma
Charles Stivers
Lowell Wingett
Donald Wolf
Frank Simms
Omar Bays
John Andrews
John Arbaugh
Clarence Clifford
O. B. Kreinbihl
Wesley Caster
Harry Knopp
Virgil Edwards
Albert Paynter
E. A. Wingett
Thomas Weber
George Faris
Meigs County Unemployed League Objects to Deputies Hire
Meigs County Unemployed League protests 530 special deputies hired during a strike at Meigs County FERA projects. The league urges no payment to deputies, citing peaceful strike conduct and sheriff orders for immediate dispersal. Pearl Bolin leads the effort and seeks relief action from Pierce Atwater of the Washington FERA office in Columbus.
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Pearl Bolin
League
Pierce Atwater
Washington Fera
Columbus
Ohio Relief Administration
Death notices from Minersville obituary for Eliza J. Coe
Mrs Eliza J Coe of Minersville died this morning at home after a heart disease funeral arrangements completed for her at 2 pm Sunday at Minersville Cemetery. She leaves children Walter Diddie of Sytacne, brother George, Mrs George Roush and Myrt Wiggins among others. Burial to follow at local cemetery.
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CR Omeroy
Hay
Eliza J. Coo
Hong
William Diddie
Sytacne
George
George Roush
Minersville
Sig Osmer
Albert
Myrt Wiggins
Minersvile
Minersvile M “4
William Brown
I Ship
McConnelsville Sanitarium
Hayester
Four Youth Show At Fairview Led By Miss Lenna Sharp
About 200 young people gathered at Fairview Saturday night under the guidance of Miss Lenna Sharp, director for youth activities in the Christian Societies four part. Betty performed a song as part of the program featuring local youth. The event concluded with plans for the next conference at Silver Ridge.
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Tuppers Plains
Fairview
Gram
Lenna Sharp
Christian Societies of
Little Betty
Silver Ridge
Margaret Hartman seeks divorce and name restoration in Harland County
Margaret Hartman files for divorce in Common Pleas Court seeking restoration of her maiden name. She states her husband has been absent and guilty of gross neglect of duty. marriage details are noted.
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Margaret
Ty Common Pleas Coun Harland Hartman
Birth Announcement for Ann Bernard Columbus Couple
Mr and Mrs Bernard Columbus announce the birth of their daughter Ann.
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Bernard
Columbus
Ann
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John Thompson
Bell
Griff Thompson
Jane Davis
L. R. Crowell
Crowell
Wellston
G. H. Stansbury
C. H. Horden
David Terrill
C. F. Reed
Charleston
Jean Reed
R. L. Frickles
Guy Reynolds
Gravel Hill
Huntington
Www
HH. Jage Appalachian Plectric Powerr CO
Huntington Div
Huntington, W. Va
Henry Thies
Fadeys
YALE
Miss Leifheit
WED
Black Joe
Stephen C. Foster
Old
Kentucky
Young Democrats
Sawyer
Unemployed League
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Golden Glow
Clark
Oxfords
Meigs Cy
Eliza Cook
Ersville
William
Ewings
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