Plans For New Community Recreation Center At Middleport Park
Arrangements to convert the Middleport Fire Department ball park at Pythian Park into a modern community recreation center are being made by local citizens, the Works Progress Administration and the National Youth Administration. A meeting of the advisory committee listed attendees and set to organize recreation centers in Middleport with Mrs. Clark as chair and Mrs. Harris and Mrs. French in key roles. Funds and equipment donations are being sought, with the Junior Chamber of Commerce providing support and the park already pledged by the fire department. The plan includes tennis, volleyball, horseshoes, croquet, and use of the Middleport High Gym for indoor events.
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Middleport
Pythian Park
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Association
O. B. Stout
M. L. French
Homer Cook
R. W. Harris
Vesta McCoy
Cedric Clark
Hattie Smith
James Lewis
Adele Schoenlein
WPA
Meics County
Mary Frank Jiiden
Wilhelmina Arbogast
National Youth Administration
Meigs County
Clark
R. W
Dieting Tips For Weight Loss And Health
A Maryland woman reports losing 21 pounds by cutting fatty meats and sweets while eating lean meats, fish, fruit, and vegetables. The ad promotes Kruschen Salts, recommending half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast, promising inexpensive relief and a “Kruschen Feeling.”
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Maryland
Mrs Gardner Becomes Berean Class Teacher Milestone
Loyal Berean Class met with strong attendance Tuesday. Mrs F I Gardner became teacher and president, with Mrs Edgar Allensworth succeeding as president to fill the term, and Mrs Charles Walburn as vice president. An ice cream social and sale were set for Thursday evening June 18 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Exhibit Books On Display In Meigs County Libraries Exhibit
A Pomeroy exhibit displays books magazines and library equipment from 15 Meigs County library centers under Library Extension Program WPA project. Mrs Genevieve Thomas supervises with Miss Lydia Davis assisting. Displays run Friday and Saturday at Sanitary Grocery.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Sanitary
Genevieve Thomas
Racine
R. D
Lydia Davis
Thomas
Mary Frances Jiiden
Rutland
Anch
Washington
Fred Rice
Chester
A. W. Hoover
Bradbury
Sarah Probst
Middleport
Burlingham
Linnie Cullums
Pratts Fork
Reedsville
Alban Curtis
Long Bottom
Artie Gardner
Syracuse
Gladys Walker
Minersville
Tuppers Plains
Edward Cowdery
Auto with brooms beats tack hazard in Jerusalem streets
A novelty auto uses front broom sweepers to clear tacks scattered in Jerusalem streets amid a Palestine Arab strike demanding halting Jewish immigration. A laughing crowd watches as the vehicle passes, confident the device will work. Also notes Union League Club wallpaper securities rise in value and being repurposed into the Gold Room.
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Jerusalem
Chicago
Union League Club
Momme Jacobson
C. W. Bergquist
House
Pomeroy High Baccalaureate To Be Sunday
Rev T E Maness will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the class of 1936 at Pomeroy High School Sunday May 24 at 730 pm Rev A R Stark will chair the service The Girls Choir will perform For the Beauty of the Earth and lead prayers and hymns The event occurs at the Junior High School Auditorium and precedes the sixtieth annual commencement on May 28 with program details to follow Also Dr Catherine MacFarlane pictured after election named new president of the Medical Women's National Association at the Kansas City convention
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Pomeroy
T. E. Maness
Simpson M. E. Church
Pomeroy High School
A. R. Stark
Frank Beuscher
Lloyd Ju
Clark
R. PD. Difter
Maness
Eugene Dunn
At & O'Clock
Medical Women's National Association
Catherine MacFarlane
Philadelphia
Kansas City
American Medical Association
Middleport Visitors and Local Wedding Near Columbus
Middleport residents recount visits from Zanesville and Columbus families. Mr and Mrs Do L Wilson and relatives from McCoy and McLean families traveled, while Dr and Mrs F M Cluff returned from Kansas City after attending an AMA convention. Mrs A W McKay nears Ohio University graduation. Mrs H Stewart attended niece Jean Elizabeth Ervin wedding in Columbus.
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Middleport
Do. L. Wilson
Zanesville
Vesta
Nora McCoy
F. P. McCoy
D. A. Howell
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
F. M. Cluff
Kansas City
Jean McKay
H. Stewart
Columbus
Edgar Ervin
Stewart
Jean Elizabeth Ervin
Robert Weiser
Racine Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Event
Mrs. Kate Wolfe hosted Sunday guests from Glouster and Jacksonville including Dr Charles von Scheele and Miss Fidith Senkus. Local families Dell Wolfe Emory Wolfe and Frances Keesler hosted and joined in weekend visits with Elwood Roush Fred Russell Ed Grover and George Luther. An ice cream social by the Baptist Ladies Aid is planned for Saturday night May 23 on a vacant lot pending a business meeting in Racine.
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Racine
Kate Wolfe
John Blower
Glouster
Charles von Scheele
Fidith Senkus
Jacksonville
Dell Wolfe
Aon
Jerry
Parkersburg
Wolfe
Emory Wolfe
Frances Keesler
Columbus
Mra
Elwood Roush
Fred Russell
Ed Grover
Millfield
George Luther
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Ministers hear address at Letart Falls dinner
The Letart Falls Methodist Ministers Association held a dinner at the M. E. Parsonage Monday. Rev. C. D. Copley of Rutland spoke to ministers including Rev. Clarence Swearingen of Middleport Rev. Frank Beuscher of Pomeroy Rev. M. V. Stump of Racine and Rev FarI Scott of Letart Falls. The Letart Falls Ladies Aid Society served the dinner.
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Letart Falls
M. FE
Methodist Ministers Association
C. D. Copley
Rutland
Clarence Swearingen
Middleport
Frank Beuscher
Pomeroy
Copley
M. V .B. Stump
Racine
Farl Scott
Busy Bee Class to Meet Friday Evening
Middleport event notes a Busy Bee Class gathering Friday evening hosted by Mrs. F C Kreager. Assisting hostesses include Mrs. Charles Bennett Mrs. L D Diels Mrs. Harold Chase and Mrs. Harold Hubbard.
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Middleport
F. C. Kreager
Charles Bennett
L. D. Diels
Harold Chase
Harold Hubbard
Two Thanksgiving Days In 1876 Proclaimed
In 1876 the United States celebrated two Thanksgiving days with the last Thursday in November and an additional day on July 4 by presidential proclamation of Ulysses S. Grant.
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United States
Grant
Delayed Periods Relief Ad by Clark Research Labs
An advertisement for a feminine hygiene product claims quick relief from delayed periods using EM The Certified Scientific Female Regulator. It promotes mailing $ to Clark Research Laboratories at 941 Society for Savings Ridg., Cleveland, with specialists in feminine hygiene products.
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Clark Research Laboratories
Society For Savings Ridg
Cleveland
Traveler Sammy the fox terrier arrives from Grand Rapids
Middleport reports Sammy the fox terrier arrived by express from Grand Rapids Michigan and now rests at Grant Street home. Owned by Jane Wolfe, visiting Lancaster COC Camp members returned to see their pet, as neighbors praise the dog. Middleport notes Mr and Mrs J W Longstaff and Mr and Mrs Thomas Longstaff traveled to Columbia for their sister Minnie Stoneburney's funeral and burial at Green Lawn Cemetery in Nelannville.
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Sammy
Jne Wolfe
Lancaster Coc
Wolfe
Middleport
J. W. Longstaff
Thomas Longstaff
Columbia
Minnie Stoneburney
Green Lawn
Nelannville
Death of Fred Polland in Florida Reported
MIDDLEPORT Word has learned of the death of Fred Polland at his home in St. Petersburg Florida. He died of diabetes at age 15 on May 8. Burial was in the family lot at Bufalo N Y. Survived by his wife formerly Mrs P A Thomas of Middleport. She plans to visit Middleport during the summer.
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Fred Polland
Florida
St. Petersburg
Fla
Polland
Mr. Schreiner
Bufe
Hasten anagram contest clues city name hint
Enter the speedily worded puzzle by rearranging HASTEN to reveal a known Geote sis City and mail a postcard before May 209th to Cone test Manager of American Life in Dawson Georgia for a chance at one of twenty cash prizes.
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American Life
Dawson
Adv
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