Halloween Pranksters Roam Middleport Streets
In Middleport a Halloween night scene unfolded with masked youths and prank groups roaming the village despite no official observance. Property damage included soaped windows and deflated tires as Scouts from Troop 45 hosted a Halloween party for twenty four participants with costumes, contests, prizes, refreshments, and a scavenger hunt led by captains Larry Eastep and Kenneth Murray.
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Middleport
Calvin Reichman
John Vroman
Troop 45
Boy Scouts of America
C. R. Karr
Patty McKinney
Polly Karr
Darylene Ward
Russell
Larry Eastep
Team
Kenneth Murray
Family visits span states and cities in Ohio and beyond
Mrs Viola Jones hosts two McMechem cousins Mrs Ethel Anderson and Mrs Barbara Baum and Miss Margaret Gaskill now rooms with Jones. Mrs Florence Smith hosts daughters Mrs Walter Manty from Seattle and Miss Florence Smith from Yonkers met by Miss Eleanor Smith, trip to Pomeroy. Mrs J H Cuckler and Mrs Elizabeth Allen head to Columbus and Delaware to visit relatives. Mr Brabbin joins wife in Dunbar after visit with Downies.
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Viola Jones
Ethel Anderson
Barbara Baum
McMechem
W. Va
Margaret Gaskill
Middleport
Laurel St
Florence Smith
Walter Manty
Seattle
Wash
Toledo
Yonkers
N. Y
J. H. Cuckler
Elizabeth Allen
Columbus
Delaware
Linnie van Meter
Syracuse Presbyterian Church to honor McMillens with farewell
The Syracuse Presbyterian Church will host a fare well meeting Sunday honoring Dr. and Mrs. H G McMillen of Middleport who depart November 15 for Columbus. The program starts at 3 p m and runs through the evening.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
H. G. McMillen
Middleport
Columbus
James B. O'Brien Named Draft Appeals Agent
POMEROY The appointment of James B. O'Brien, a local attorney, as government appeal agent for Draft Board 83 was announced here yesterday. He took the oath of office from Judge Emmett W. Peoples of the common pleas court.
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Pomeroy
James B. O'Brien
O'Brien
Emmett W. Peoples
Common Pleas Court
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Multiple Property Deals
A series of real estate transfers in Meigs County involves Ethel Taylor and others conveying Lot 85 at Middleport to Grace Downing, followed by John B. and Grace Downing to Rennie and Lola Herdman. Additional deeds include multiple parcels in Chester Township, Columbia County, and Salisbury Township with several families exchanging 1.5 to 68 acres among listed parties.
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Ethel Taylor
Jack Taylor
Edna Harkless
John Harkless
Nellie Carsey
Len Carsey
Harley George
Ocie Spung
Richard H. Spung
Flossie Boals
Flora Saxton
Grace Downing
Middleport
John B. Downing
Rennie Herdman
Lola Herdman
Wilbur B. Bailey
Lelia K. Bailey
Margaret A. Bailey
Forest A. Bailey
Francis Schaeffer
Mary E. Schaeffer
Bess E. Jones
Lenora Spencer
Chester W. Spencer
Chester Township
G. R. Jones
Chester
Gloria Lee Backus
Elwood Backus
Freda M. Smith
Pomeroy
Dayton Thomas
D. E
Thomas
Gary Cole
Frances Cole
Salisbury Township
William Fortney
Mae Fortney
Robert R. Howett
W. E. Jeffers
Emma C. Jeffers
Reed Jeffers
Helen Jeffers
Clarence E. Foley
Blanche E. Foley
Columbia Township
Pomeroy Parking Meter Receipts Reported
Parking meter receipts for the past week totaled 242.50 dollars. Secretary to Mayor Sidney A. Spencer Mrs. Ima Russell provides the figure.
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Pomeroy
Ima Russell
Sidney A. Spencer
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Lincoln Heights
Gerald Shuster
Lincoln
James O’brien
Becky
Fir
Bendex
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
E. Main
Meigs County
Starks$ Pharmacy
Walgreen Agency Drug
Asks A All
Campho Lyptus
Tampax
Viking Electric
Doan
Worthmore
U.S.P
Ronson
Aage
Canasta Decks
Irs
Colgate Dental Cream
Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller
Main
Bates
Cannon
Westinghouse
Red
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