Hit-Skip Victim Seymour Blake Dies in Ohio Crash
Seymour Blake, 65, of Syracuse, was found unconscious after a car door strike and died Sunday at Gallipolis hospital. Police believe he was hit by a passing vehicle whose door handle left blood at the scene. The earlier Pomeroy Bend crash sent five Huntington football fans to area hospitals.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Chrysler
Huntington
Parkersburg
Middleport
Gallipolis
Flossie Howard
Spyracuse
Seymour Blake
Syracuse
Blake
John Blake
James Turner
Laurel Cliff
Red Cross elects officers in Meigs County
The executive committee of the American Red Cross of Meigs County has organized for winter work and will launch the annual roll call from November 11 through November 25. Miss Myra Burkett resigns due to ill health. new officers and a provisional committee are named.
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George Parker
Homer Cook
D. B. Hartinger
Jessie Hart
R. W. Finsterwald
McCoy
J. O. Roedel
G. W. Kreitler
Garen Stansbury
W. F. Reed
C. A. Schaefer
Street Work Begins In Pomeroy And Middleport
POMEROY November 38. Following an agreement between Pomeroy Middleport and the Ohio State Highway Department seventy men were put to work on streets in both towns. Route 124 in Pomeroy and Route 7 in Middleport are resurfaced with the towns to pay $1800 each while the state covers the debt provided the towns match with further street improvements. The crews under Street Commissioner Casto clear gutters pave prepare for winter and one project includes cleaning Sugar Run sewer. Work continues until funds run out.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
State Highway Department
Highway Department of Ohio
Court Street
Rutland
Captain Jones Bound Home After Needle Incident
Captain Tom Jones Republican candidate for the Legislature is confined to his Midd leport home after a needle pierced his foot last Thursday. He underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital Saturday afternoon to remove the needle fragment and will be unable to walk for some time amid a severe cold and mounting concern about his recovery.
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Pomeroy
Tom Jones
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Halloween Party and Wiener Roast for Mrs Martin’s Class
Mrs Dell Martin entertained 19 girls from the Christian Church Bible School on Thursday evening with a Halloween party and wiener roast in Middleport.
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Middleport
Dell Martin
the Christian Church Bible School
Rocks blasted to foot of cliffs under school grounds
Grows in Rock Pomeroy reports rock blasting at the rear grounds of the new Junior High School to widen outdoor play areas. The red clay surface will be packed smooth as work continues, while a sandstone formation and a massive tree atop it remain undisturbed amid seeds and roots driving growth from rock to soil.
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Pomeroy
Will I Orr Dies After Poisoning Suffering
Will I Orr aged 56 a prominent local farmer died in a Gallipolis hospital at 8 20 Sunday morning after several weeks of poisoning. He was a noted county resident with strong business activity and leaves a wife and several grown children. The funeral will be from Lee Chapel near Bashan at 2 PM Tuesday.
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Bashan
Will I. Orr
Gallipolis
Lee Chapel
Local Knights Templar Mourn Four Members
In three years four members of the Pomeroy Knights Templar Commandery have died Henry Co Wish A P Ashworth Ray C Smith and Wyatt G Plantz. Funerals for all four were conducted by the order.
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Pomeroy
Knights Templar
Henry Co, Wish
A. P. Ashworth
Ray C. Smith
Wyatt G. Plantz
Order
Turner Funeral Held in Pomeroy
The funeral for James Turner, fatally injured in an automobile wreck near Cheshire Friday evening, was conducted Monday at 10 from Rupert Turner’s Laurel Cliff home. The body was later taken to Huntington, West Virginia, for burial.
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Turner
Pomeroy
James 'Turner
Cheshire
Rupert
Laurel Cliffe
Huntington
W. Va
Large funeral draws Knights Templar and Masonic groups
Wyatt G. Plantz banker died with a large turnout at Grace Episcopal Church Pomeroy Ohio. Over 100 Knights Templar filled the pews along with many Masonic members. Local and visiting commanderies from Athens Ravenswood Middleport Mason City Pt Pleasant Gallipolis attended.
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Mnasonic Order
Order
L. O. Forqueran
Knights Templar
Athens
Ravenswood
Middleport
Mason City
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Dillard sisters depart for Columbus pri day nursing work
Misses Rosamond and Kathryn Dillard leave after a long vacation visit to resume nursing in Columbus. They travel with their mother Mrs Ora Dillard and sister Mrs Walter Owens, who will join later. A Square Club dance at the Masonic Temple was praised as a success.
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Rosamond
Kathryn Dillard
Columbus Priday
Ora Dillard
Walter Owens
Owens
Dell Martin
Danville
Orion Davis
M. J. Hamilton
Masonic Temple
H. O. Kent
Kathleen
Columbus
Mary Louise
C. H. Snider
Huntington
W. Va
Local residents tale of travels and visits across towns
Area families spent weekends and holidays visiting relatives in Columbus Huntington and Athens. Names include Mrs. R P Smith Miss Frances Smith Mr and Mrs Dan Hartinger Carl Russell Naomi Howell and others. A vehicle wreck injured a relative and several residents attended a Marshall Weslyan game.
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Dan C. Hartinger
R. P. Smith
Columbus
Frances Smith
Co. B
Glen Smith
Carl Russell
Youngstown
Timothy Russell
Grant Street
E. R. Tompkins
Roscoe Fowler
Max Lambert
Clarence Root
Art Lewis
Russell Mille
Huntington
W. Va
Marshall College-Wesleyan
Fowler
Marshall
Carl Mossman
Ruth Mossman
Miss Bing Earns Delta Phi Delta Membership
All Around Meigs County reports Miss Virginia Bing daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Byron Bing has been elected to a membership in the Delta Phi Delta.
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Virginia Bing
Byron Bing
Pomeroy
The
Delta Phi Delta
Tennell Family Welcomes Son Amid Community Notes
The national honorary art fraternity of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware reports a son born to Rev. Glenn Tennell and his wife at Bethany M E Church in Pomeroy. The Tennells now have two children, including a daughter named Ralph Davidson. Ralph, once employed on the Dock Radford farm at Five Points, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly taking property from his employer, John Cross. Athens attended W G Plantzy funeral. Cross is a former Pomeroy resident. Mrs. Jacob Huber left Pomeroy for Gallipolis to care for her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Huber.
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Frank Brumley
Toledo
Sarah Hysell
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Brumleys
Hysel
Della McMaster Cook
Ethel Zeise
Raymond
C. H. Eichinger
Carrie Hoyt
Reedsville
W. H. Wilson
Charles Nannemaker
New Paris
Martin Ohlinger
C. M. Ervin
Athens
Bobcats
Cincinnati Bearcats
Will Drury
Glouster
Nora
Vesta McCoy
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Glenn Tennell
Bethany
M. E. Church
Pomeroy
Tennells
Ralph Davidson
Cross
Jacob Huber
Gallipolis
Charles Huber
Halloween Masked Party Honors Jacqueline Hysell
Mrs. Pearl Hysell entertained a Halloween masked party Friday night on Xi Street in Middleport honoring her daughter Jacqueline. Guests included Dorothy Lawson Mary Miller Thelma Howard Maxine Mackin Eunice Gilmore Flordell Russell Junior Stewart and Jack Miller.
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Middleport
Pearl Hysell
Xi Street
Jqueline
Dorothy Lawson
Mary Miller
Thelma Howard
Maxine Mackin
Eunice Gilmore
Flordell Russell
Junior Stewart
Jack Miller
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Bend and Meigs County
C. A. Hartley
Messenger
Virgil Marsh
RED Cross
Pomeroy and
Will Orr
Sonal Pride
Mrs Lautz
Emily Lautz
Cooking School
Athens, Ohio
Plantz
Ida Sanborn
Coolville
Lucy Boggess
Marvin DeMain
Springboro
Meigs County
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Astro Bldg
Athens F. E. Goldsberry
Zenuine
Bayer
John Cross
W. G. Plantzy
Chesterfield
Eggett & Myers Tospacco Co
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