Unusual Suit Delays Meigs County Estate Case
In Meigs County Court Judge WLA White hears a novel case where a deed witness turns out to be the grantee. Heirs sue to set the deed aside and a life interest holder Mor Brooks figures in a Middleport residence valued at thousands. McKinley administrator faces amended petition, with postponement granted for all parties.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Meigs County
Harriganville
Middleport
Oliver McKinley
Brooks
McKinley
Gachis
Jim
Estacal
Iapult
Colonel Brooks
E. W. Peoples
O. H. Stewart
Henry W. Cherrington
Cherrington
Beal
Barton
Linkenspiller
A. D. Russell
A. P. Miller
Meigs County News Briefs Include Weddings and Local Notes
Kenneth Weaver and Ornetta Amos of Dexter obtained a marriage license on Saturday. James Folden, of Salem Township, suffered paralysis while visiting Charleston, West Virginia, and was returned to Meigs County in serious condition. J A Guthrie sues in Meigs County to collect 145.52 on notes for hospital services. Jury wheel shows only ten names after replenishment. Kathleen Cunningham, 12, placed in County Children's Home. Evelyn Braley leaves Red Cross for Sugar Run mill office. Pomeroy students travel to Meigs County Fairgrounds for field meet. rain ends events early.
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Meigs County
Kenneth Weaver
Ornetta Amos
James Folden
Salem Township
Charleston
W. Va
J. A. Guthrie
Guthrie Hospital
Huntington
Ethel
Franklin Quillen
Syracuse
Kathleen Cunningham
Joseph Zwilling
Middleport
Evelyn Braley
Red Cross
Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Meigs County Fairgrounds
Dead Hanging Wire recalled at old Opera House
A defunct wire hangs from the old Opera House reminding locals of past acts. It ran across the street to Steiney’s place where it fed a bell above the bar. Before each act an operator touched a wall button to ring the barroom bell. The saloon and curtain shows have vanished along with the wire.
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Pomeroy
May
Opera House
Steiney’s Place
Transfusion of Own Blood Saves Woman at Gallipolis
At Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Ohio River steamboat captain’s wife Mrs L A Wright of Henderson West Virginia was near death from abdominal hemorrhage. Two quarts of her own blood were filtered and reinjected after rupture was staunched auto transfusion saved her life and restored her blood count to normal. The operation has been performed 38 times in the United States and five times at Gallipolis hospital. Mrs Wright is recovering.
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Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
L. A. Wright
Henderson
W. Va
C. E. Holzer
United States
Gallipolis Hospital
Wright
Snyder son seriously injured in train collision
Middleport May 26 Mr and Mrs C H Snyder learned their son C W Snyder was seriously injured in an automobile wreck and taken to a Cincinnati hospital He is division manager of the Southern Ohio Electric Company based in Seaman He has a wife and four children in Seaman The car was struck by a train and his condition is listed as critical
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Middleport
C. H. Snyder
C. W. Snyder
Cincinnati
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Seaman
Pomeroy Faces Mayor and Council Candidacy Rush
May 26 in Pomeroy three mayoral hopefuls have filed petitions Charles J Hess seeks a fourth term as Democrat W G Downie and Will Hetzel run as Republicans. Council races attract a dozen candidates with two filed Carl Sauvage and A H Durst Not more than two of the current six may seek re election R G Webster also files for village clerk
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Pomeroy
Charles J. Hess
W. G. Downie
Will Hetzel
Carl Sauvage
A. H. Durst
R. G. Webster
Mrs Mol lie Quickle Dies at Bidwell After Stroke
Mrs Mol lie Quickle died at her Bidwell home after a paralytic stroke. Her sister Mrs Ida Dobbs of Middleport has been staying with her. Dobbs family members will travel to Bidwell today for the funeral there.
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Middleport
Mollie Quickle
Bidwell
Ida Dobbs
Ohio State selects eight co-eds for Mortar Board
Miss Jean Ervin of Middleport is among eight OSU senior women's Mortar Board members chosen recently. She is the third daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Ervin of Columbus and will be the third Ervin daughter to graduate from Ohio State University.
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Middleport
Jean Ervin
Ohio State University
Mortar Board
Ervin
Edgar Ervin
Columbus
Speed Officer Job Open in Pomeroy Council Session
Pomeroy council held a special session to address employing a speed officer amid nine applicants following Chief Roush’s resignation. The town attorney’s ruling on dual pay for a patrolman and town marshal prompted questions on funding. The meeting also reviewed a $15 gas bill and details about free gas after 500000 cubic feet yearly use. Mayor Hess reported $56.10 from speeders and a $240 oil spread bill. all current bills were approved for payment.
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Pomeroy
Roush
Hess
Mrs Hood Dies in Minersville at 72
Mrs Jane Hood aged 72 died at her Minersville home Monday forenoon. She leaves three children Daniel Stewart of Racine Frank Stewart of Minersville and Mrs Anna Shoemaker of Pomeroy. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at the Minersville M E Church with burial in the Gilmore Cemetery in the Nease Settlement.
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Minersville
Jane Hood
Jane
Daniel Stewart
Racine
Frank Stewart
Anna
Pomeroy
M. E
Gilmore
Nease
State hearing on transit route permit in Ohio
POMEROY May 26 The State Public Utilities Commission will hear June 15 on Safety Transit Company Inc for permission to run three 15 passenger buses along an Ohio Route 7 segment from Parkersburg West Virginia to Huntington West Virginia via Belpre Coolville Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis Crown City Millerport Proctorsville and Chesapeake and to abandon the Coolville to Chesapeake line.
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Pomeroy
State Public Utilities Commission
Safety Transit Company, Incorporated
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Huntington
Belpre
Coolville
Middleport
Gallipolis
Crown City
Millersport
Proctorsville
Chesapeake
Death of James Wilkes at County Infirmary
James Wilkes aged 84 an inmate of the County Infirmary for many years died there Monday Burial will be in the cemetery at the institution.
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Pomeroy
James Wilkes
John M Stivers Civil War veteran dies in Greensboro North Carolina
John M Stivers born May 25 1852 in Meigs County dies in a Greensboro hospital after living there nearly 50 years. He kept roots in Pomeroy visiting the old home on Lincoln Hill to photograph the family beech tree carved with names. He worked 16 years as office manager for Pitt Lumber Company in Greensboro. Survived by widow son Mark of Murray Kentucky daughter Edith in Greensboro brother W R Stivers Chatham Tennessee and sister Ella Stivers Elyria Ohio.
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Pomeroy
John M. Stivers
Meigs County
Greensboro
N. C
Lincoln Hill
Charles Ebersbach
W. R. Stivers
Chatham
Tenn
Ella Stivers
Elyria
High School Baccalaureate Sermon In Middleport
In Middleport on May 26 the Heath M E Church hosted the high school baccalaureate for 32 graduates. Rev C H Eichinger delivered Show Yourselves Worthy with Kreager, Fred Gardner and Dr Gay directing as families filled the church.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
C. H. Eichinger
Esichinger
Kreager
Fred Gardner
Dr. Gay
Grace Blake elected state president of Quill and Scroll
Former Middleport girl Grace Blake, now journalism teacher at McClain High School Greenfield Ohio, has been elected state president of the Quill and Scroll international honorary society for high school journalism. Under her guidance McClain High Dragon teams have won five silver cups in Ohio State University contests a plaque at Ohio University and three National Interscholastic Press Association certificates of merit.
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Middleport
Grace Blake
McClain High School
Greenfield
Ohio
Quill and Scroll
Children’s Day Exercises Planned at Presbyterian Church
Middleport May 26 Children will observe Sunday June 14 at the Presbyterian Church. A program by the school children directed by Mrs. M. R. Chambers and Mrs. J. F. Harley will be presented with Miss Louise Talcott as accompanist.
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Middleport
The
Presbyterian Church
M. R. Chambers
J. F. Harley
Louise Talcott
Busy Bee Class Reschedules Baptist School Meet
The Busy Bee Class of the Baptist Bible School will meet tonight at Mrs. T. A. May’s home instead of the planned date due to commencement exercises. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. F. E. Stigner and Mrs. James Souder. Teacher Mrs. R. W. Bernes will attend.
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Middleport
The
Baptist Bible School
T. A. May
F. E. Stigner
James Souder
R. W. Bernes
Residents share weekend visits across towns in Middleport
Middleport residents and visitors linger over weekend visits with kin and friends. Carrol Meadows Jim Miller and Mrs Addie Smith returned to Columbus after a stay with Mr and Mrs M J McCarty. Others traveled between Huntington Columbus Wellston Parkersburg Gallipolis and Akron.
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Carrol Meadows
Jim Miller
M. J. McCarty
Adr
Columbus
Addie Smith
George Schaaf
Carrie McCullum
Sue Sauer
Mra Hamm
Helen Hess
Huntington
Albert Smith
Robert Corbin
Portsmouth
Kathryn Monahan
Lincoln Street
Fred Lemley
Loretta Bell
Harry Gaskill
Etta Gankill
Zanesville
R. A. Morgan
George McKinniss
Wellston
John Gilliland
Allen Jenkinson
C. E. Willock
Gravel Hill
Sibyl Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Ebersbach
Colorado
G. D. Sauer
Harold
Willow Grove
W. Va
Evangeline Chapter
Fantern Star
Gallipolis
Postal Receipts Rise as May Signals Improve Business
The May postal receipts show an uptick, suggesting improving general business conditions. Frederick Tilton, third assistant postmaster general, testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing after President Hoover proposed a 38 million dollar cut in Post Office Department expenses. The hearing reviewed Postmaster General Brown's plan to raise parcel post rates, with Luther M. Walter cross examining on behalf of large fourth class mail users.
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Washington
U.P
Frederick Tilton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
Brown
Tilton
Luther M. Walter
Appointment of Administrator for Loretta Wines Estate
A. D. Forsyth of Athens is named Administrator of Loretta Wines estate, late of Athens County Ohio. Dated May 16, by M. Johnson Probate Judge.
Appointment of Aaron Bails as Administrator
Aaron Bails of Ohio appointed and certified as Administrator of the estate of John Herbert Bails late of Athens County, Ohio, deceased. Dated the 16th day of May, 18–30tw, by M. Johnson, Probate Judge.
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Aaron Bails
Ohio
Herbert Bails
Athens c
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Akron
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Letart Falls
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Mt. Vernon
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Lancaster
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Albuquerque
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Athens
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Athens County
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