County boards set exams for teachers and jurors
Pomeroy officials announce that graduates and others seeking temporary teaching certificates must pass exams in arithmetic grammar and teaching principles. Tests will occur in July August and September. Meigs county jury commission members D B Williams Aw Bahr T W Karr and Mrs Bertha Titus Lasher are forming the jury box at the courthouse for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Williams
Aw Bahr
T W. Karr
Bertha Titus Lasher
Rutland
Meigs County
Middleport Commencement At First Presbyterian Church
The Middleport high school commencement will be held Thursday evening May 26 at the First Presbyterian church. Prof C L Martzolff of Ohio University will deliver the class address. Nineteen students will receive diplomas, the largest class in the school’s history.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
First Presbyterian Church
C. L. Martzolff
Ohio University
Not Leaving Middleport Sparks Jury Commission Talk
A fragmented report notes a misunderstanding involving a jury commission at work. Mrs R F Wells was mentioned with Charles H Crow of Great Bend in relation to staying away from Middleport, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Wells
Charles H. Crow
Great Bend
Middleport
Wells family plans move to aid health and business
The passage notes a family relocation to a different climate for health, with son J. W. Wells joining and managing the furniture store transition. Mrs. R. F. Wells retains ownership of the building as the affairs are settled.
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J. W. Wells
R. F. Wells
Unnamed Brother Mourns Death in Ohio Family Obit
He had been home only a few days when he was taken ill and never regained consciousness. Besides the brother already named, he leaves a brother John who lives in Indiana and two sisters Mrs Flora Talbot formerly of Middleport and Mrs Frank Hayes of Langsville.
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John
Indiana
Flora Talbott
Middleport
Frank Hayes
Langsville
Dell Grimes Buried at Greenlawn After Sleep Death
Dell Grimes former Rutland township resident died in Columbus Thursday from sleeping sickness and a blood clot on the brain. He was 64, single, and living with his brother Ira Grimes. He had spent the winter down South.
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Dell Grimes
Rutland Township
John Grimes
Sidehill
Greenlawn
Columbus
Ira Grimes
Middleport man fires up to save oil truck blaze
M. J. Parsons of Middleport faced a gasoline and oil truck fire after a man lit a cigarette near the vehicle at Kyser. He leaped into action starting the engine and driving clear of the danger zone, then smothered the fire around the truck and station, sustaining burns but saving the property and village from a possible conflagration.
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M. J. Parsons
Middleport
Kyser
Standard Oil Company
Parsons
Passing of H. H. Mees Pioneer Pomeroy Grocer
The death of H. H. Mees at Breezy Heights Sunday ends years of declining health after a stroke. A longtime Pomeroy grocer, he ran cash and carry without phone or delivery, later managed by his daughters. Survived by wife and a large family, the funeral is tomorrow at Trinity Chapel with Rev. Otto Stolzenburg of Columbus officiating.
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H. H. Mees
Mees
Trinity Chapel
Otto Stolzenburg
Columbus
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Ends Year with Picnic Plan
The last meeting of the year is this afternoon at Mrs. H C Pownall's Lincoln Hill home. A June 9 picnic at Mrs. C E W Downie's Lincoln Hill residence will close the club's activities until October as preparations begin for Memorial Day tributes.
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Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
H.C. Pownall
Lincoln Hill
C. E. W. Downie
Memorial Day Observances In Pomeroy And Middleport
The American Legion hosts events in Pomeroy and Middleport with a bean dinner and afternoon speeches ahead of a parade and services at Beech Grove cemetery. G A R and Spanish American War Vets join in Middleport with Christian church services next Sunday. A 10 o'clock parade from City Hall to the church features Cedar Creek Circle ladies leading with colors and members in white.
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der American Legion
Pomeroy
Middleport
Beech Grove Cemetery
Christian Church
Cedar Creek Circle
Special Memorial Day planned by Gerber Camp 88 Spanish War Veterans
At MIddleport meeting Gerber Camp 88, Spanish War Veterans, votes to hold special Memorial exercises at Beech Grove cemetery Pomeroy on the second Sunday of June next year. The plan fields names and burial locations from Spanish-American War Philippine insurrection and Chinese Relief Expedition veterans buried in Meigs County and to decorate graves yearly. Citizens with information urged to write Adjutant L. N. Gerber Middleport Ohio with full veteran details.
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Middleport
Beech Grove
Pomeroy
Meigs County
L. N. Gerber
Ohio
No-To-Bac Helps Break Tobacco Habit
No-To-Bac claims to end all tobacco cravings with a tablet placed in the mouth. The ad promises mental and physical improvements and offers a money back guarantee if craving does not cease.
Local residents visit and family health notes
Mrs. Bartley of Albany helps care for sister Mrs. John Dye who suffered a stroke Tuesday. J B Bradfield and wife, visiting Millersport, returned home Tuesday with grandson Kenneth. BE. J. Lee died at home Monday morning. Reverend Rakim preached at the C P church Sunday afternoon. Ray Alkire and daughter called on Dave Nelson at Dexter Sunday. Charles Haning of Athens visited Lena Turner Saturday. Will Clark and Rutland family visited R. E. Clark Sunday. Dylvan and Everette Michael of Pomeroy visited Saturday.
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Rakim
C. P
Ray Alkire
Dave Nelson
Dexter
Charles Haning
Athens
Lena Turner
Will Clark
Rutland
R. E. Clark
Dylvan
Everette Michael
Pomeroy
Murray M E Church Interior Upgraded Amid Commencement
Murray City reports interior work at Murray M. E. church with painting and wiring for electricity. Supt Stailey of Athens and his team provided music for the men’s Bible class. Local visitors include Mrs Charles Strum and Miss Katie Lock returning from Ashland.
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Charles Strum
Columbus
M. LD. Higgins
Vance Webb
Logan
Murray M. E. Church
Katie Lock
Ashland
Marion Cook
Cook
Sherman Byers
Carbon Hill
Donaldson
Nelsonville
Ed Snyder
Hack ‘Street
Murray
Local visits and gatherings in Whitehall area
Whitehall residents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moore and sons Allen and Harold visited relatives in Middleport. Pearl Coe and children and Frank Kenney visited G. E. Tribe and family. Mrs. Vern Adair of Hebron visited F. J. Hooper’s family, and Mrs. Charles Pratt stayed with Mrs. Golda Tribe in Athens. Rosetta Jones of West Virginia visited her parents, G. C. Larson family. A. A. Niggemeyer and son John were guests of Dr. J. M. Higgins in Athens. Young folks held a weiner roast Friday evening. C. S. Moore spent time in Columbus visiting W. C. Parker and family.
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Herbert Moore
Allen and
Harold
Middleport
Pearl Coe
Pearl Chapel
Frank Kenney
Pleasant Valley
G. E. Tribe
Vern Adair
Hebron
F. J. Hooper
Charles Pratt
Golda Tribe
Athens
Rosetta Jones
West Virginia
G. C. Lawson
A. A. Niggemeyer
John
J. M. Higgins
C. S. Moore
Columbus
W. C. Parker
Harrisonville Residents Visit and Return Home
Harrisonville lid Scott returned Tuesday from Gallipolis hospital. W D Hogue and family visited town last week to see friends before continuing to Colorado and California.
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Lid Scott
Gallipolis Hospital
W. D. Hogue
Colorado
Calornia
In Memoriam Wiley V Daggett One Year Remembrance
iN MEMORIAM in memory of Wiley V. Daggett who departed this life one year ago May 24 1920 A kindly voice from our midst has gone A loving hand is still But a sweet memory yet remains of our friend in the Great Beyond Employees Home Furnishing Co.
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Wiley V. Daggett
Employes Home Furnishing Co
Invention for Filling Pipes Prior to Sand Bending
Machinery devised to fill metal pipes with material before they are bent with sand to prevent crushing. The note highlights a new technique to protect pipe integrity during shaping and reduce deformation.
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