Delayed Fire Alarm Hearing Sparks City Complaint
Mayor Hess of Pomeroy orders immediate sounding of fire alarm after investigations show the 5000 dollar system often delays. He directed George Smith to activate the alarm as soon as fire news arrives. The Messenger reports that on several occasions the whistle was not sounded until firemen were in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Pomeroy
Haseen
C. J. Hess
George Smith
Third Ward
A. O. Tracy
Tracy
Charlies Mullen
Wildermuth
Naylors Run
Telephone Exchange
Dana Roush
Roush
Rheumatism Cure Ad and Local Fire Alarm Debate
An old ad promotes Alleniu as a cheap rheumatic cure with 48 hour relief and money back guarantee from McKee Drug Co. A long report examines a delayed fire alarm plan in the town, questioning efficiency, costs, and public perception while detailing firefighter duties and recent fire reactions. The piece includes social notes on visitors, births, illnesses, and a school picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee Drug Co
Alleniu
Names of Teachers For 1933 Announced
Meigs County schools announce hires for Chester Olive Ray and Columbia districts with Shumway School slated to close. Supt. Wagner lists staff for Chester Chester High and grade schools, Olive Orange Joppa Eden Silver Ridge Tuppers Plains, Minersville and Portland areas, with Racine already reported. Ray Whaley offered to teach at Shumway if kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Orange
Tuppers Plains High School
J. S. Davis
W. A. Rice
Ruth Drake
Joppa Grammar
Freda Cole
Joppa
Helen Young
Eden Grammar
Augusta Perry
Eden
Olive Cowdery
Silver Ridge
G. Christy
Tuppers Plains
Norwood Knight
Kathryn Decker
Violet Benedum
Lucy Weaver
Wagner
Ray Whaley
Columbia
Columbia High School
Nile Frank
Catherine Slates
Willam C. Peck
W. H. Hampton
Nellie Radekin
Freda Turner
Ina Radekin
Minersville Grammar
Clara Rizer
Helen Grueser
Portland
Nile Barnett
Frankie McElme
Reedsville
Orville Brown
Lucy Kibble
Racine
Boats Gain Speed as Dams Stay Down on Ohio
POMEROY May 19 With the Ohio River dams down steamers are delivering tows faster than usual aided by strong currents in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The J. D. Ayres is due to pass en route to Memphis while the Sam Craig moves upstream to Pittsburgh with a large tow of empty barges and the W. C. Talbott passed here Tuesday with five barges of sea.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Ohio
Mississippi
J. D. Ayres
Memphis
Sam Craig
Pittsburgh
W. C. Talbott
Simpson Church Team Upsets B and B in Recreation Baseball
In Pomeroy on Wednesday evening the Simpson Church team upset the favored B and B nine 7 to 4. Simpson scored five runs in the first two innings, then with a new pitcher held the early lead to three more runs while B and B managed four runs in the first two frames but could not mount a comeback.
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Simpsons Slaggers
Pomeroy
Simpson Church
Dopesters
Class Night at Pomroy High School A Revue of ’62
Annual class night at Pomroy High School showcased a senior performance titled A Revue of ’62 at the Junior High Auditorium. The show, directed by Miss Ethel Garland Mrs Frank Chapman Miss Hilda Ohlinger and Miss Marion Ebnersbach, drew a large audience.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ethel Garland
Frank Chapman
Hilda Ohlinger
Marion Ebersbach
Rutland Social News Notes From Rutland Area
The column lists local residents visiting and traveling. Miss Flossie Frecker assisted by Mrs. J W Kincaid and Mrs Allen White. Mr and Mrs George Junkerman of Sugar Grove visited Dr Junkerman in Rutland. Delbert Becker and family and Albert Scholl and son attended a circuit in Parkersburg. Mrs Burns vacationing at former home in Glouster Virginia. The illness of a minor child at Rutland Street noted. W H Raub and family of Corning with F O Yonger and Bruce of Cheshire attended commencement and visited Clarence Clark.
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Rutland
Flossie Frecker
J. W. Kincaid
Allen White
George Junkerman
Sugar Grove
Junkerman
Grant Street
Delbert Becker
Albert Scholl
Parkersburg
W. Va
Burns
Glouster
Virginia
Rutland Street
W. H. Raub
Corning
F. O Yongeron
Bruce
Cheshire
Clarence Clark
South Third Avenue
Middleport High School graduation marks 46 in class
Middleport May 19 fifty eighth annual commencement exercises at the school gymnasium honored 46 graduates. The program opened with orchestra music led by Miss Vesta McCoy and included glee club numbers, a piano solo by Miss Sara Louise Scott, and a keynote by Dean T C McCracken of Ohio University.
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Fred S. Wilson
Columbus
Frank Vroman
W. H. Juhling
Maude Thomas
Glencoe
Elizabeth Joachim
Orville Edward, Jr
O. E. Bechtel
Portsmouth
Arlena Lyons
Central School
Rathburn Golf Courage
Middleport
Middleport High School
Pearl Street
Vesta McCoy
Frank C. Kreager
the Baptist Church
Sara Louise Scott
Supt
A. W. McKay
Dean T. C. McCracken
Ohio University
Dean McCracken
Jean McKay
Langsville Man Files Suit in Meigs County Court
In Meigs County May 19 W D Bolin of Langsville filed suit in the Clerk of Court's office seeking legal redress. The action centers on civil claims affecting local parties and references the Meigs County Clerk's records.
Judgment Entered on Cognovit Note in Bolin Case
The court granted payment of 1374 dollars plus interest from April 1925 on a cognovit note given by Lief Bolin’s son. The note acknowledged a loan of that amount.
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Lief’ Bolin
Patterson To Head School at Rutland
Rutland boards elect Oscar O. Patterson of Vinton Ohio as superintendent to replace C O Chapman now county supervisor. Patterson a three year high school principal, married with one child, plans to move after Ohio University summer session.
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Rutland
Rutland Board of Education
Oscar O. Patterson
Vinton
Ohio
C. O. Chapman
Patterson
Ohio University
Mary M. Spratt
Lucille Smith
Kenneth Leach
L. Krueger
Lawrence Calvin
Konrad Scholl
Ethel Chapman
Helen Miller
Mildred Hoppess
Beatrice Fond
Reva Mills
Carl Reeves
Rutland Township
Roy Snowden
Hysell Run
Pleasant Valley
G. O. Will
Beech .Grove
Everett Mc
School board pivots on Buckhorn and others with possible disposition
Knight, Stout, Thelma Michael, Parker, Seth Nicholson, Lima, Margaret Wells. No selections were made for Buckhorn, Highy, Wright, and Grass Run districts as some disposition may occur before next year, board members announced.
Reverend A R Stark Returns From Pomeroy Visit
Reverend A R Stark of the Pomeroy Baptist Church returned Wednesday.
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A. R. Stark
The
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Notable Visits and Travel Notes From Philadelphia and Michigan
From Philadelphia where he attended a meeting of Eastern Seminary trustees. Mrs. Edward Ebersbach and Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach left for Ann Arbor Michigan to visit Miss Rosalind Ebersbach and attend the May Festival at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Marcia Hobstetter is staying with her sister-in-law Mrs. Robert Hill at Richwood Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Seminary
Edward Ebersbach
Theodore Ebersbach
Ann Arbor
Mich
Rosalind Ebersbach
University of Michigan
Marcia Hobstetter
Robert Hill
Richwood, O
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Mennen’s
Colgates
Pebeco
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Liniment
Pepsin Caldwell
T& J
Olick
Shumway School
Church
Dope
Class of
Dean T
McCracken
Supt. McKay
Esther
Marjorie Michi
Janet Dillard
McKay
Fred I. Gardner
Church of Christ
Vera Russell
Carl Kerns
Dorothy Roush
Eee Zee Vinton High School
Chapman
Two Tone
Aerolux
Charleston, W. Va
Luckies
O. K. America
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