Stabbing at Athens Theater Leads to Freeman Arrest
Clarence Freeman, former Mansfield Reformatory inmate, is held after stabbing Roger Cullum in the back at the Electric Theater on Main Street. Cullum, aided by Murl Wolf, received first aid and is reported out of danger. Freeman was arrested at his home as details tie to Freeman's sister and Waneta Hines.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
One _PXCE
Clarence Freeman
Someroy
Cullum
Freeman
David Napper
Callum
Mulberry Ave
Laban Hill
Dana L. Tracy
Roscoe O. Fowler
77 year old Dr McElroy walks Delaware to Columbus
A Columbus newspaper recounts Dr B L McElroy a 77 year old former Ohio Wesleyan University professor walking the Delaware to Columbus route. The Racine native has made the journey several times and notes his father’s 1849 era trek from St Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
B. L. McElroy
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
McElroy
Racine
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Probationer Freeman Faces Return to Mansfield Jail
Freeman known as Bearmeat released on probation from Mansfield Reformatory. He allegedly broke a man's jaw in a past fight and now faces new charges for stabbing Cullum during a confrontation. The knife is held by the sheriff and Freeman awaits possible return to Mansfield to serve his term and face charges of cutting with intent to kill.
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Berry Ave
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Roland Boice
Cullum
Freeman
Bearmeat
Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield
Hank Young
Wolf
Davis Family Holds Christening at First Presbyterian
Sunday christening of Ella Wyatt Davis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis Jr., with Thomas III of Tulsa as guest. Rev. Cecil Bailey spoke on baptism during morning worship at the First Presbyterian Church where Dr. Davis was baptized. soloist Mrs. Virginia Egner performed.
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Middleport
Ella Wyatt Davis
Thomas Davis Jr
Thomas III
Tulsa
Okla
Hurley Funeral Rites Held in Chauncey
Mrs. Viola Hurley age 66 mother of 16 children died prior to burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Chauncey funeral services were in the Church of God conducted by Rev Clarence Way with music by Church of Christ singers Pallbearers and flower bearers named Survivors include four children Albert Loper Kenova West Virginia Frank Loper and Mrs Lee Daniels Columbus and Pearl Loper Chauncey plus 19 grandchildren five great grandchildren and sister Mrs Silas Moore Hope Station Ohio
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Chauncey
Viola Hurley
Church of God
Clarence Way
Church of Christ
Greenlawn Cemetery
Lillian Sweeney
Nellie Brookins
Stella Witham
Bessie Nicholson
Allie Hillyer
Frankie Howard
Ethel Graham
Elsie Staley
Flora Kelzenburg
Margaret Mitchell
Agnes McNabb
Hurley
Albert Loper
Kenova
W. Va
Frank Loper
Lee Daniels
Columbus
Pearl Loper
Silas Moore
Hope Station
Ohio
Egyptian Missionaries To Speak At Chauncey Meeting
Rev and Mrs L F E Glenn of Bedford Ind returned missionaries from Egypt after 30 years in mission work will lead a missionary meeting Tuesday night at the New Pittsburgh revival in progress all week. Rev Awe of the Pilgrim Holiness Church assists by Rev Charles Hook. Music by Miss Faires and Miss Hancock.
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Chauncey
Bible Class Meeting at Church Parish House Tuesday
Everyman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet at the Church Parish House Tuesday night for a monthly business and social gathering. Henry Cass serves as president and Albert Jackson as secretary for the business session. The program committee includes Rev. Gilbert Courtney Homer Johnson and Paul Porter. Refreshments will be served by the social committee.
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Chauncey
Everyman's Bible Class
Church of Christ
Church Parish House
Henry Cass
Albert Jackson
Gilbert Courtney
Homer Johnson
Paul Porter
Mullins Child Brought Home After Hospital Appendectomy
Naomi Ruth Mullins, who had an appendectomy at Radium Hospital in Columbus last week, was brought by ambulance Saturday to the Chauncey home of her parents Mr and Mrs James Mullins.
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Chauncey
Naomi Ruth Mullins
Radium Hospital
Columbus
James Mullins
Helen Beeson
W. H. Beeson
Christine Garrison
Beeson
Mrs Chauncey Parsons Visits Miss Dorothy McKinney
Lila Parsons Chauncey of Malta Ohio visits Dorothy McKinney. Both have engaged in home missionary work for the Holiness Church and spent time on mission work in Florida.
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Chauncey
Lila Parsons
Malta
Ohio
Dorothy McKinney
Holiness Church
Florida
Former Chauncey Man Dies in Brice Home
Chauncey native Orlie M. Cook age 58 died Friday at his Brice Ohio home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Brice with burial in Reynoldsburg. Survived by wife Alice McKee a son Dwight two sisters and one brother plus several Chauncey area relatives. He belonged to Masonic Maccabee K of P lodges and Eugenia Chapter O E S.
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Chauncey
Orlie M. Cook
John Cooke
Brice
Reynoldsburg
Mr. Cooke
Alice McKee
Dwight
Alice Cook
Marguerita Bowyer
Edward Cooke
Cooke
F. & A. M., Maccabee and K. of P. Lodges
Eugenia
O.E.S
Revival Dates Updated for Fagan Visit at The Plains
Chauncey Rev and Mrs Harry Fagan of Shelby Ohio who have led a Nelsonville revival will now speak at the Church of the Nazarene The Plains on Tuesday and Wednesday nights May 25 and 26 instead of Wednesday and Thursday. They plan a Roseville revival Thursday. Mr Fagan is blind and skilled at piano imitating flute violin and guitar. Mrs Fagan preaches. The public is invited to hear their message in sermon and song.
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Chauncey
Harry Fagan
Shelby
Ohio
Nelsonville
Church of the Nazarene
the Plains
Roseville
Fagan
Mont Miller
Raymond Riggs
William McDaniel
John Geyer
Columbus
Herman Hattox
Helen Brown
Georgia Slaughter
Zanesville
John Duerr
Lower Middleport
Julia Baldwin
George
R. W. Nutting
S. Third Ave
the Bald
Chauncey Personal Visits From Area Families
Chauncey residents host relatives from Dayton Glouster Portsmouth and Steubenville over weekends and visits. The Nicholson Clary and McHarg families travel for family gatherings with trips to Portsmouth Columbus and Columbus area weekends.
Birth of Eight Pound Son Charles Lewis Pettit
Hyatt Pettit and Pauline Antle announce the birth of an eight pound son named Charles Lewis born Thursday May 20. He is grandson of Lewis Antle and Bart Pettit of Millfield and great grandson of Mrs. Charles Ante of Trimble.
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Chauncey
Hyatt Pettit
Pauline Antle
Charles Lewis
Lewis Antle
Bart Pettit
Millfield
Charles Ante
Trimble
River Trip Draws Crowds to Middleport Steamer
On a sunny spring afternoon the first excursion boat of the season, the St. Paul, brought about 400 passengers from Gallipolis and Pomeroy to Middleport. The crowd included Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Maag, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Tuckerman, Wayne McElhinney, Mr. and Mrs. Max Lambert, Miss Marguerite Dunlap, Miss Julia Mae Wilburn, Miss Hilda Kelly, and others from Pt. Pleasant Athens Kanawha Charleston and Kanawha. The steamer then proceeded to Gallipolis and back to Pomeroy Bend near midnight.
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Middleport
Columbus
Glouster
Athens
Ohio River
Gallipolis
St. Paul
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Middleport Levee
E. F. Maag
Edgar Tuckerman
Pt. Pleasant
Wayne McElhinney
Charleston
Max Lambert
Marguerite Dunlap
Julia Mae Wilburn
Wilburn
W. P. Wilburn
Eunice King
Kananga
Hilda Kelly
Maxine Robertson
Jack Gorham
Publication Change At The Democrat Meigs County
John Kent Pomeroy publisher of The Democrat Meigs County weekly releases his contract effective July 15 announced by Lowell W. Gett, former editor. Control reverts to owner Judge Emory Carleton. Snow fell nationwide every month in 1816 dubbed the year without a summer.
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Pomeroy
John Kent
Democrat
Meigs County
Lowell Wingett
Emory Carleton
United States
Middleport Firemen Baseball Schedule Delayed Again
The opening of the Firemen’s baseball season was postponed again as Glouster failed to appear due to an automobile breakdown. A week earlier rain postponed the Point Pleasant game. The next scheduled game with The Plains is set for Sunday May 30, with Paul Swisher as manager.
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Middleport
Firemen
Glouster
Point Pleasant
Paul Swisher
the Plains
Former Pomeroy Man Dies in South Carolina
Anthony Raub age 38 of Union South Carolina died recently with no available details. He was a former Pomeroy resident, son of Nicholas Raub of Peacock Avenue, and survived by his father and six children. The body will be sent to Pomeroy and arrival is expected today or Tuesday with funeral time to be announced.
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Pomeroy
Anthony Raub
Union
South Carolina
Raub
Nicholas Raub
Peacock Ave
Cave-in Route 7 Sparks Near-Accidents at Mill Street
In Middleport the Route 7 cave-in near Mill Street in front of the post office causes frequent close calls. Sunday an out-of-town motorist drove through a "Men Working" sign and narrowly avoided hitting the post office window.
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Middleport
Mill St
Racine Social and Personal Mention
Ernest Smith and son Robert and Ben Salser and daughter travel to Cincinnati for Robert Salser’s graduation from God's Bible School. A group including Mr and Mrs B R Matthewson and Phyllis Jean, plus Dewitt Smith and Will Mathewson visit Rebecca Cottrill and Ellen Holter. Tyree family returns from Scarbro WV after ten days. Frank Wilson returns with Ruth Spencer to Detroit for the summer.
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Racine
Ernest Smith
Robert
Ben Salser
Cincinnati
Robert Salser
God's Bible School
B. R. Matthewson
Phyllis Jean
Dewitt Smith
Dayton
Will Mathewson
Syracuse
Rebecca Cottrill
Ellen Holter
R. A. Tyree
Celebrate Ninth Birthday of Emma Jane Jividen
A birthday party for Emma Jane Jividen, ninth birthday, was held at her home on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. Guests included Ruth Massar, Geraldine Holter, June Holter, Jean Spencer, Joan Spencer, Audrey Hayman, Reda Ann Johnson, Lois Ihle, and Mary Jean Watson. Activities featured games and contests with pink and green lunch decorations and a birthday cake.
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Natal
Emma Jane Jividen
Clark Jividen
Ruth Massar
Geraldine
June Holter
Jean
Joan Spencer
Audrey Hayman
Reda Ann Johnson
Lois Ihle
Mary Jean Watson
Morning Star Resident Dies at Home
POMEROY Louis L. Rose 65 died at his home near Morning Star Saturday evening after a brief illness thought to be an indigestion attack. He is survived by his wife Abbie and six children in Arkon Morning Star Bashan Fos toria Crooks ville and Pom eroy. three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Lee Chapel with burial in Lee Chapel Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Louis L. Rose
Morning Star
Rose
Abbie Rose
J. H
Harry
Virgil
Arkon
Mary A. Genheimer
Lawrence
Norman
Bashan
Carrie Yates
Fostoria
Bessie Roush
Crooksville
Mollie Wilson
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Pomeroy Social Notes lists residents and visitors including Edward Lietwiler and Bruce Blake at Ohio University in Athens, Ed Diefenbaugh returning to Columbus, Loretta Franz from Columbus visiting Berrywood area, and several families--Mang, Tracy, Allmendinger, Kuether, Radford, Kelton, Killinger, Mitch, Rosenbaum, Hysell, Smith, Willoughby, and Blair—visiting relatives or traveling for weekends and medical updates.
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Pomeroy
Edward Lietwiler
Bruce Blake
Caldwell
Robert Lisk
New Matamoras
Athens
Ohio University
Ed Diefenbaugh
Columbus
Myrtle Griffith
Loretta Franz
Ed Franz
Mulberry Ave
Bradford Mang
Warren
Roy Tracy, Jr
Clarence Chase
Rutland
H. D. Allmendinger
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ralph Kuether
Lard Radford
Laurel Cliff
Aaron Kelton
Gallipolis
Jay Myers
Willy Killinger
Zanesville
Spring St
Jessie Mitch
Orient
Fred Rosenbaum
Henry Rasp
Cecil Hysell
Holzer Hospital
Florence Smith
Kenneth Willoughby
St. Marys
John Blair
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Weekend Guests
Middleport residents hosted relatives and friends from Warren Minersville Roseville and Columbus over the weekend. Several local residents welcomed guests at home gatherings and Sunday dinners while others reported illness and casual visits with extended family.
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Waneta Hines
Miss Hines
Mul
Pearl Nicholson
Ruth Clary
Charles Clary
Garfield Nicholson
Darrell Witham
Dayne
Jayne
John
Henry McHarg
Portsmouth
Thomas McHarg
Rockefeller’s
Rockefeller
Inset
Richford
Pocantico Hills Estate
Tarrytown
N. Y
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Bradford Maag
William Grueser
Minersville
Flora Dell Russell
Herbert Stewart
H. J. Schaeffing
Gertrude Stewart
Keefer
Stewart
N. Second Ave
C. W. Snider
Cambridge
Carl Lallance
Ray Yates
Parkersburg
Curtis Lallance
Syras Case
Ernest McBride
Fifth Ave
George Daniels
Daniels
Stobart
C. A. Poindexter
Poindexter
Saturda
Colc Wee
Parkersel
Greyhound
Clarksburg
Washington, D.C
New York
Richmond, Va
ST. Louis
Chicago
Union Bus Station
W. Union St
Canaanville
Guysville
Coolville
Charleston, WN
Margaret Hutton
Jane Fauntz Manske
Rirl
Josephine McKim
Georgia Coleman
Dorothy Poynton Hill
Lenore Right Wingard
Los Angeles
Ouveen
Marshall Wayne
Marshall
Arthur Lindegren
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