Dangerous Curve Narrowing on Pomeroy Rutland Road
The Dangerous Curve near Meigs County on the Pomeroy Rutland Road is being eliminated by the State Highway Department. Thomas Fork Creek will be redirected with a new channel from Murray Bridge. A sandstone base is to be laid on Lincoln Hill and rolled this week, followed by limestone and asphalt.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy-Rutland
State Highway Department
Thomas Fork Creek
Murray Bridge
Lincoln Hill
Poppy Day Observed in Pomeroy Plan for May 25
Poppy Day will be observed in Pomeroy on Saturday May 25 with memorial poppies worn in honor of World War dead. The Drew Webster Post No 39 Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will distribute the poppies made by disabled veterans and led by Mrs Ada Warner. Poppy girls will staff the business district and outlying centers while volunteers solicit contributions for disabled veterans and needy veteran families.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post No. 39
American Legion Auxiliary
Ada Warner
Mrs Roller Honored as Conductor in Akron Assembly
Mrs Blanche Roller, deputy president of the local lodge, was honored at the Ohio Rebekah Assembly in Akron by being installed as conductor. En route home she stopped in Logan for a lodge homecoming.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Rebekah Assembly
Akron
Blanche Roller
Picnic for three school orchestras at Carpenter Farm
Members of orchestras from Middleport Racine and Harrisonville schools held a picnic Saturday afternoon at the State Experiment Farm in Carpenter. Dan a Farmer supervisor of instrumental music for the schools led the event.
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Middleport
Racine
Harrisonville
State Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Dana Farmer
Lovett Burial In Beech Grove Cemetery Noted
The burial of Stewart Lovett aged 8 and 4 months from Upper Minersville took place Thursday at Beech Grove Cemetery on land where he and Mrs Lovett built their home in 1875. Mrs Lovett died in 1927 and the original Lovett home was moved to allow cemetery expansion.
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Pomeroy
Stewart Lovett
Upper
Minersville
Beech Grove
Mason City Having Boom
Mason City, across the river from Pomeroy in West Virginia, sees hopes of growth as electricity gas reach homes and a government funded waterworks is built. Three 100 foot wells feed a 400000 gallon tank on a hill by gravity. A Pittsburgh firm considers mining near New Haven and reports claim a state penitentiary may move to Lakin.
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Pomeroy
Mason City
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
New Haven
Lakin
Recital by Racine Music Students at High School
Mrs. Lois Fling led a Sunday afternoon recital in the Racine High School auditorium. Performers included Grace Salser Mildred Lisle Ruth Spencer Mildred Morris Bootie Lee Selma Neigler Mary Jean Watson Marian Simpson and Rose Lee with refreshments served afterward by Mrs. Fling.
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Racine
Lois Fling
Racine High School
Grace Salser
Mildred Lisle
Ruth Spencer
Mildred Morris
Bootie Lee
Selma Neigler
Mary Jean Watson
Marian Simpson
Rose Lee
Fling
Hoover Sees Rare Stamps at New York Show
Former President Herbert Hoover, portlier than his White House days, joins stamp collectors at a New York stamp show and is shown inspecting rarities with focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
White House
Herbert Hoover
New York
Pomeroy Social Briefs Highlight Funeral and Local Events
Out of town relatives attended the funeral of Stewart Lovett in Minersville. The Ohio Valley City Club of Alpha Phi Sorority hosted a Founders Day dinner in Gallipolis with Pomeroy attendees. J.O.F. Class at Simpson M E Church planned a 7:30 pm meeting in Butternut Ave home. Local visits included Irma Patterson in Columbus and Carl Titus in Springfield. M J Edwards visited in Lincoln Hill before departing to Owossa Michigan.
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Cecil Jenkins
Cleveland
Freda Russell
Warren
Anna Fichinger
Girard
Harold Weatherholt
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley City Club
Alpha Phi Sorority
Pomeroy
Willard Ashworth
Fred Bleatmar
Frances Dye
Dorothy Grossman
J.O.F
Simpson M. EF. Church
Ralph Gilmore
Butternut Ave
Norman Russell
T. V. Stroup
Irma Patterson
Columbus
Carl Titus
Springfield
T. A. Downie
M. J. Edwards
M.D. Hartley
Lincoln Hill
Owossa
Mich
Chauncey Village Reports 300 Students Enrolled
Mrs William A Hartley completes Chauncey village school enumeration listing 300 students including 142 boys and 132 girls aged 5 to 15, plus 15 boys and 7 girls aged 16 to 17 and 2 girls 18 and 2 boys 18. Four of the boys are employed.
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Chauncey
William A. Hartley
Chauncey Village
Social round notes from Chauncey and area families
Chauncey residents Chauncey James Rankin and Miss Mary Grimm visited with Mr and Mrs Peter Rankin. Local figures attended the funeral of Mrs Jane Witham including Mrs Lottie Cannon, JL Nye and others from Greens Run Athens Sug ar Creek and Chauncey. Mrs Elizabeth Fiske, 84, ill at daughter Nettie Henrys Chauncey home.
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Chauncey
James Rankin
Mary Grimm
Lancaster
Peter Rankin
Don Cannon
Lottie Cannon
Greens Run
JL. C. Nye
Athens
Jane Witham
Elizabeth Fiske
Nettie Henry
B. F. Ferrer
Edgar Burt
Burt
Thomas Oliver
Mine activity report lists idle Chauncey and active mines
Chauncey Mine 25 of Manhattan Coal Co. was idle all week and did not report Monday. Ten district mines were marked for work Monday. Active mines include No. 5 No. 9 No. 107 No. 219 No. 267 Ohio No. 1 Poston No. 6 Lick Run Carbondale and Kimberly.
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Chauncey
Manhattan Coal Co
Ohio
Poston
Lick Run
Carbondale
Kim. Herly
Paints and Patches Operetta Shines at Chauncey High
Chauncey sixth to eighth graders presented Paints and Patches Friday night in the high school auditorium. The operetta featured special singing and dancing choruses including Gypsy Dutch and Pipes of Pan Danc ing numbers. Christine Brown supervised the music with teachers Imelda Smith Bertha Bridgeman Gladys Pickering Frances Howard and Charles Minister assisting.
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Chauncey
Christine Brown
Crade
Imelda Smith
Bertha Bridgeman
Gladys Pickering Frances Howard
Charles Minister
Chauncey Couple Hosts Birthday Dinner
Mrs Lucy McNutt honored her husband Chauncey with a birthday dinner Sunday. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Pete Morhlay Columbus Mr and Mrs Keelan Anders and Mr and Mrs James Wendt Toledo. Mrs Blanche Canter of Chauncey was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Columbus last week accompanied by her husband Luis Canter.
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Chauncey
Lucy McNutt
Pete Morhlay
Columbus
Keelan Anders
James Wendt
Toledo
Blanche Canter
Mercy Hospital
Luis Canter
Middleport
Freq Russell
Virgie Major
Martha Barcus
Harry Enright
Honey Lou
Ralph Smith
Hubball
W. Va
Z. A. Elder
Tommy
Kenectady
N. Y
Nan Agee
Julia Lee
Elder
Martha Sargent
Reese Williams
Sarasota
Fla
Williams
Glouster
Florida
W. Z. Moore
F. Rathburn
Cleveland Clinic
Pete Stace
William Huggins
James Stevens
Fannie Stevens
Daughters of America
Logan
J. W. Wolfe
Sixth Ave
Gallipolis
Holger Hospital
Curtis
Fresh Water Relatives of the Oyster Identified
Fresh water mussels or clams are described as relatives of oysters, noting their aquatic classification and common names in a concise reference.
Funeral for Mrs. Jane C. Witham in Chauncey
In Chauncey the Church of Christ held the funeral for Mrs. Jane C. Witham 81 a life long Chauncey resident. Rev. Gilbert Courtney delivered the sermon and hymns were sung by Mrs. Jessie Fiske Mrs. Helen Courtney and Mr. Charles Bradfield with piano by Mrs. Inez Nye. Pallbearers named Frank Cane er Clyde Canter Alva Karns Ervin Karns Charles Karns Floyd Karns. Interment followed at Nye Cemetery beside her late husband Thomas Witham.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Jane C. Witham
Gilbert Courtney
Jessie Fiske
Helen Courtney
Charles Bradfield
Inez Nye
Frank Caneer
Clyde Canter
Alva Karns
Ervin Karns
Charles Karns
Floyd Karns
Nye
Thomas Witham
Racine Personal And Social Notes
Alf Cooper returns home after visiting friends in Cincinnati. Women from Racine attend a missionary conference at Simpson M. E. Church in Pomeroy. Mrs. Rebecca Cottrill and Miss Ellen Holter host Sunday guests including John Fields Mae Stacey Lawrence Holter and others from Williamson Morning Star and Pittsburgh. Charles Crow an intern at Springfield Hospital spent the weekend here. Capt R D Brown of Pittsburgh visited the Crow home. Mrs Harman of Clarksburg was a Saturday guest.
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Racine
Alf Cooper
Cincinnati
Simpson M. E. Church
Pomeroy
Rebecca Cottrill
Ellen Holter
John Fields
Mae Stacey
Williamson
W. Va
Lawrence Holter
Genevieve Thomas
van Bailey
Bertha
Morning Star
Guy Archer
Charles Crow
Springfield Hospital
R. D. Brown
Pittsburgh
Middleport Notes Highlights Nearby Visits and Illness
Middleport residents share weekend trips and family visits with relatives from Toledo Columbus and Albany. Wives and daughters travel to care for ill family members attend rallies in Logan and handle hospital and funeral obligations.
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Thomas Fork
Presbyterian Church
R. M. Sherman
Louise Lewis
M. S. McAllister
Margaret Sauer
Mrs. Roller
Grueser
Velma Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Irene Grueser
Mr. and
Mrs. Lovett
Music Students of
Elverson
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Convention
University of Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
Christ Church
President Washington
Betsy Ross’ House
Continental Congress
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Vrs. Hartley
Canada
Gmrand
The
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Middleport News
George Darnell
Dorothy Gardner
Business
Hogue
Luckoff
Hirts
Borsch Polanase
la Russe
M. Bonaudi
Pierre
H. J. Herbert
George Reis
A. Spear
Milc
Vera Kimris
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