Pomeroy Village Considers Fence Closure and Dump Site
Pomeroy village council revived two old issues. One concerns fencing off land claimed by G J Ewing as village property and shown as North St on plat. The other covers locating the village garbage dump with direction to have land ownership settled by an attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumenur
G. J. Ewing
Platte
North St
Herman Hoffner
George Nesselrond
George Howll
NYA
Walter Wolfe
Pomeroy
Middleport Social Notes Highlights and Visits
Middleport Social Notes recounts Mary Lou Smith’s tenth birthday at Beech Street with 18 friends, a Truth and Consequence game, gifts including a keepsake from uncle George McAllister of Curry Alaska, and ice cream and cake. The column also notes return from Lake Worth Florida by Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Brown, a local musician Orville Chambers joining the Frankie Schenk orchestra in Lima, and garden club plans to tour Mrs. Garen Stansbury’s garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Smith
Beech St
Orin ‘Smith
Topsy
T of Topsy
Curry
Alaska
Mary Lou
Smith
Louesa McAllister
Vera ‘Thomas
Cheshire
Florida
M. G. Brown
Lake Worth, Fla
Rutland St
Chesapeake
Orville Chambers
Herbert Chambers
Rex Koons
Athens
Lima
Frankie Schenk
Indian Lake
Pomeroy Social Notes Officers Elected and Local Visits
Sunday morning election at Enterprise J. B. Sunday School reelects officers: superintendent Mrs. Eldon Weeks, assistant superintendent Roy Curtis, secretary treasurer Harriett McIntosh, pianist Mrs. John Smith. Notes from a circus party for Bradbury School thirds and fourths, Rutland visits by local families, LOBARETS club meeting, and upcoming church events plus hospital and travel items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise J. B
Eldon Weeks
Roy Curtis
Harriett McIntosh
John Smith
Cow in Parking Lot Standoff Narrowly Caught
Police Chief Walter Wolfe was summoned Monday afternoon to corral a cow owned by Gus Hendricks that had wandered from Liberty Lane up Main Street and was cornered in a parking lot.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Gus Hendricks
Main St
Liberty Lane
Grange Members Visit Olive Grange for Degree Work
Pumexux and Hemlock Granges share events as the degree team plans third and fourth degree work Friday night. Members visited the Church of Christ in Middleport Sunday. Each year the Grange visits a county church. Pomeroy Ascension Day services set for Wednesday at 7 30 in Federated Church with redecorating nearing completion.
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Pumexux
Stem
Sek Grange
Olive Grange
Hemlock Grange
Church of Christ
Middleport
Pomeroy
Federated Church
WPA Jobs in Miegs County Update Details Roads
About 25 men work on WPA projects in Meigs County. Report notes progress on Hineckmorton Road, Alfred Rong section, and Bashan Road with gravel surfacing and nearing completion. Rutland access and the Leading Creek Road are also advancing with next year’s completion planned. County Bank project changes under review as district offices assess funding and timing.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
WPA
Mige
Bolan
Cme
Big Rum
Hineckmorton
Cotunin
Alfred Rong
Beng
Ravels
Trent
Fist Seton
Hobaon Bae
Rutland
Bashan
County
Humber
Public Library shelves show partial list of new books
Middleport announces ready for distribution partial stock including Our Holidays in Poetry Agriculture and Farming Business Across the Years The Story of Musical Instruments The Wounded Don't Cry The Rails Push West Murder Goes To Bank light Speak No Evil and eight garden books Juvenile titles include A Series of Mystery Stories for Boys The Violin Detector Japanese Fairy Tale How We Get Our Food I Hear America Singing plus Miss Minerva on the Old Plantation
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Middleport
Buck
Osa Johnson
Sergeant Grischl
America
Minerva
Dorcas Social Notes Mark Anniversary at Long Bottom
Dorcas notes celebrate the Tall wedding anniversary at their Long Bottom Route 2 home with about 200 attendees from Chicago Columbus Athens Pomeroy Ileston and others. Relatives from California and several nieces and friends joined a lawn picnic dinner after a May 18 1891 wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tall
Long Bottom
Mr. Tall
Tall
Ada Coleman
Bertha Beaver
Wellington Parks
Olner
W. D. Chamb- Edgar Bradford
Tra Foster
Joy
Emma Webster
Mary Weber
Umbus
Keno
Foster
Heart
Flarry Beegle
Ian
Henry Weber
Otis Knopp
Praest
Akron
George Beegle
Edith Wolfe
Beegie
Meigs County sports notes highlight bronze and silver medals
In a Riverside Meigs County meet a swimmer named Frye earned a bronze medal for first place in the Meigs championship and joined runner Bobby Bories who took a silver for second place. Albert Walker of Kilvert and others listed, with Marion Hie cited in defense of a nets game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wladioport
Meigs
Marie
Columbus
Setarda
Porymouth
Bobby Bories
Marion
Frye
Ilver
Widow Mary Weber dies at 77 in Reno
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Weber aged 77 were held at her Reno home with burial at Ridenour Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Henry Weber. John Gans, 1 Lincoln Hill resident, whose wife recently died, will relocate to Marietta with daughter Mrs Otto Genheimer. The Gans home will be left vacant as visitors from Marietta left Magietia.
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Marietta Pomeroy
John Gans
Lincoln Hill
Marietta
Otto Genheimer
Genheimer
Magietia
Gans
Memorial Services in Middleport Hall Evening
Memorial services will be held at 7 30 pm in Middleport Hall at a joint meeting of the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion and the Meigs Chapter of Disabled American Veterans of the World War. The Ladies Auxiliary will present as speaker Mrs A Conrad of Lancaster and Albert L Daniels of Greenfield will speak, a Ohio Senate member and past Ohio DAV leader. All veterans and civic leaders are invited.
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Feeney Bennett Post American Legion
Meigs Chapter
Legion Hall
Middleport
Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion
A. Conrad
Lancaster
D.A.V
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Ohio Senate
House
Meyers ¥. Cooper
Ohio Battle Monuments Commission
France
Belgium
Ohio
Daniels la
Rotary Club
Johlo
Taxpayers Protective League
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society
Orange
the Elks
DAV
Department of Ohio
Department of Ohio. Dal
Apple Grove Social Notes in Letart Falls Area
Apple Grove community notes cover attendees at Letart Falls Methodist Church and gatherings in Racine, Oak Grove, Apple Grove and surrounding areas. Members discuss Epworth League events, district society conference in Middleport, and visits from relatives as locals share news of trips, furloughs, and employment shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Linscott
Chanute Field
Illinois
Oscar Inscott
Shanute
Alabama
Racine Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Celebrations
Racine society pages note Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Theobald and Mrs. A V Chittenden attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Tall in Success. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs John Parks and Mrs. Harold Weatherholt. Olga Jiden and Ralph Neigler family visits are mentioned along with several local relatives visiting Steubenville and Stockertown.
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Racine
Wilbur Theobald
Ther
A. V. Chittenden
John Tall
Sucess
John Parks
Harold Weatherholt
Emma Jiiden
Jan Neigler
Zanesville
Ralph Neigler
Maggie Batey
New Haven
Amanda Crowe Ward Smith
Stockertown
Jimmi
J. L. Wilcoxen
Lavinia Roe
Roe
Westminster Founda tion gathers for morning ship service at local church
Westminster Foundation representatives of the Athens Presbyterian church conducted the morning service at the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Dr A P Higby of Cleveland, with his son and daughter-in-law Jr and Mrs Bernard Higley of Ireland, attended. Members of the Young Adult Fellowship group served lunch to Athens young people after the service.
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Middleport
Westminster Foundaiong
Athens
Presbyterian Church
A. P. Higby
Ieveland
Bernard. Higley
Iuland
Eighty-Nine to Graduate at Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy High School will hold its sixty fifth commencement Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the Junior High auditorium. Wilford J. Smith of Ohio University at Athens will address the graduates. Dr. Smith is married to former Pomeroy graduate Betty Ebersbach. J. E. White and W. R. Farnham will present diplomas. Music by the school orchestra and a benediction by Rev. Ralph Kuether will conclude the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadantes
Pomeroy High School
Wilford J. Smith
Ohio
University At Athens
Dr. Smith
Tom Pomeroy
Betty Ebersbach
Theodore Ebersbach
W. Main St
Ralph Kuether
J. E. White
W. R. Farnham
Kuether
Pomeroy Chamber President Paid Overtime Parking Ticket
F H Condon, president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce, visited City Hall Monday afternoon by invitation of the police department. The written invitation was a traffic ticket for overtime parking. Condon paid the dollar fee without protest, saying the rules are made for everybody.
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Pomeroy
F. H. Condon
L L Carney Services Held in Delaware Town
Retired businessman L L Carney died after an extended illness at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg Funeral rites were conducted by Rev Cansence Swearingen pastor of the Third Ave Methodist Church Columbus Ohio Interment Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire Ohio Relatives attending from Des Moines Town Charleston Pittsburgh and nearby areas included Mr and Mrs John Smith Sr Mrs Nell Lyman Mrs W Kent Mr and Mrs Carl Carney and family Mrs Nuckles and daughter and Jane and Kirk Carney
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Msitedleport
Cansence Swearingen
Third Ave
Columbus
Heath Methodist Church
L. L. Carney
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Carney
Powell St
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire
John Smith Sr
Nell Lyman
Des Moines
Town
W. Kent
Carl Carney
Family
Nuckles
Aaughter
Charleston
F. M. Pyle
Jane
Kirk Carney
Pittsburgh
Plan Alumni Dance Banquet for May Twenty Ninth
Mis s Annnes' Assctation plans an alumni dance and banquet on May 29 at the High School. President Mra Gore presides. Mira Guy Raycords and committee members organize entertainment by the Gay Nineties and a university band. Tickets and arrangements are announced for the evening event.
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Middleport — Cicerana
Mra Gorefin
Mira Guy
Suara
Lore Naparts
Atenas Wil
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