Local Social Roundup From Gallipolis and Nearby
Mrs Emma Owens and daughter Rachel visited Gallipolis for treatment and observation. Rachel shows improvement. B F Fultz made a business visit to Columbus. Mrs E RR Tompkins hosted her 600 club after lunch at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. Dana Byers hosted school friends at his Mill Street home. Mrs J W Byers served refreshments. Paul Leonard, railroad material checker, visited home on leave. H J Gray and family left for Rainsville West Virginia. sons returned to Ohio University in Athens. Miss Marjorie Harris of Columbus was home over the weekend. Tom Leach visited his sister Ida Leach before returning to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Owens
Rachel
Gallipolis Sriday
B. F. Fultz
Columbus Sriday
E. RR. Tompkins
Mary Jane
Dana Byers
Mill Street
J. W. Byers
Paul Leonard
Charleston
H. J. Gray
Rainsile
W. Va
Ohio University At
Athens
Marjorie Harris
Columbus
Tom Leach
Ida Leach
Sanday
Local Household News and Family Travel Updates
Chase returns home from White Cross Hospital in good shape for his age as Blanche McBride is named nurse. The Bowen boys Delbert and Earl underwent tonsil and adenoids surgery in McMillan Hospital in Charleston and returned home Sunday feeling well. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hayes visited Jackson over Sunday while Mr and Mrs James Allen and three children traveled to Toronto near Steubenville for employment. Mrs Albert Vancooney recovers slowly after tumor surgery at McMillen Hospital. Kate Sayre visited Cheshire from Milton Osborn and Mrs Johnson. Chester Knab and wife visited Cincinnati with his parents Gus and Elizabeth Russell. W W Garber and children spent weekend in Columbus with relatives. Continued on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bowen
Delbert
Earl
Charleston
McMillan Hospital
Gilbert Hayes
Jackson
James Allen
Toronto
Steubenville
Alten
Albert Vancooney
McMillen Hospital
Kate Sayre
Cheshire
Milton Osborn
Johnson
Pearl
Lincoln
Chester Knab
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Eiussell
Knab
Gus Knab
Russell
W. R. Garber
Columbus
Three Roosters and Hen Duck Family Warn Alarm Clock
In Pomeroy Jacob Elberfeld keeps three roosters three hens and a bantam hen with a neighbor’s duck forming a traveling mixed farm family. They roost in a tree at night and awaken the neighborhood by crowing quacking and morning chatter. The duck stays near the tree while the chickens descend at dawn to begin their daily routine.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Elberfeld
Mulberry Avenue
Eugene Wolf
Charles Mulien
Taxi Drivers Protest License Tax in Pomeroy
Taxi drivers in large numbers plan to protest an annual $25 license tax, with claims some operate free while others on Court Street pay. Front street stands face competition with bus lines, and Rutland area services are mentioned as payers. Absentee voting totals show about 800 votes reported by the County Board of Elections, with few major issues on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rutland
Middlepoert
Cape
Court Street
Highty
County Board of Elections
Miss Sara Dobbs Ends Detroit Columbus Visit
Miss Sara Dobbs spent three weeks visiting friends in Detroit and relatives in Columbus and arrived home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Dobbs
Detroit
Columbus
Black to be tried on shooting charge at upcoming term
Pomeroy November 4 The court term opens November 12 with the state case against John Black set for a second hearing. Black previously faced a shooting at his brother in law Kai Eblin with intent to kill and a hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Black
Black
Kai Eblin
Syracuse
Pension Day Hears 1898 Veterans Outnumber 1801
Civil War and Spanish American War veterans collect pensions in Pomeroy with Spanish-American vets dominating the rolls after 31 years. Widows grow scarce as 1898 veterans receive 14 to 50 dollars monthly. locals praise government support for 1898 veterans. Mrs Zella Cross and Mrs Jed Thomas hosted a sewing club gathering with fancy work and refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Zella Cross
Jed Thomas
Me. Master hardware and furniture store opens in Middlewort
The Me. Master hardware and furniture store opened Saturday in Middlewort despite bad weather. Over 500 visitors attended as the new furniture department was attractively decorated and staff guided crowds through the remodeled four month project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlewort
Flersons
Rain Delays Main Street Highway Work in Pomeroy
Heavy rains slow progress on the Main Street highway project in Pomeroy with workers limited to four days over the past two weeks. The street is nearly complete above the business district and could finish within two weeks of working time. A barefoot baby left distinctive footprints in soft cement at Lynn Street as a mother carried him away.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Lynn Street
Middleport Notes on Recovery and Local Visits
Rodney Hetnes, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Hetnes, a second grader, is recovering after a recent operation at Dr Now’s office. Raymond Allensworth and Tony Riley Jr stayed in Logan Friday night with Mrs Edgar Ewing. The Ewings hosted Middleport football players for dinner after the gat Miss Susie Taylor was at Vinton.
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Roy Hetnes
Dr Now
Raymond Allensworth
Tony Riley, Jr
Logan
Edgar Ewing
Ewings
Middleport
Susie Taylor
Vinton
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The
Messenger
Telephone
Chase
White Cross Hospital
Blanche McBride
Hess
Rutland Township
Junior Hale
Leo Clouse
Messen
Rodney, Small Son
Mr. and
Athens County Savings Loan Co
F. E. Goldsberry
the Security Savings Bank
Thens
Ohio
Graybar
A. C
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athiens
Nelsonville
Chesterfield
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