Meigs County 1938 Campaign Largely Quiet with Few Races
Meigs County politics stay calm ahead of state elections with only three county offices on the ballot and a single contest for commissioner. Republican incumbents Floyd F. Mees and George P. Daniels face no opposition, while Herb Riggs seeks a second term against Democrat Weber D. Thoma. Probate judge race pits E W Peoples, appointed after Dr S A McCullough's death, against Earl Titus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Floyd F. Mees
General Assembly
George P. Daniels
Herman Beards
George Meinhart
Lee Archer
George Beards
Herb Riggs
Board of Commissioners
Weber D. Thoma
Riggs
E. W. Peoples
S. A. McCullough
Martin L. Davey
Home Arrangement Is Studied at Meeting
Dorcas group women gathered at Racine for a home furnishing lesson on living room arrangements. Miss Geneva Humphreys led the session with a discussion afterward, naming attendees from Racine and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jake Gaul
Racine
Dorcas
Geneva Humphreys
Miss Humphreys
Clara Roush
Harold Beegle
Harold Carnahan
Annie E. Hoopes
Guy Beegle
Bert Wolf
J. L. Spencer
Goldin Hoback
Dorothy Wolfe
Letart Falls
Iva Carnahan
Alice Hill
Mattie Yost
Racine R. D. 2
Chester Social And Personal
Chester residents attended gatherings and events including a Western Youth Council masquerade at Star Grange Hall Salem Center and a farm bureau meeting in Pomeroy. John Lodwick won a costume prize at Hoffmans Skating Rink. Funeral services for Charles Bookman were held at Eagle Ridge Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
G. L. Michael
Clark Michael
Ada
Walter Klinger
Billy All
Columbus
Wilbur Parker
Irene Hartung
Jean Young
Beulah Hayes
Virgil McElroy
Clifford Hayes
Evelyn Cook
Carl Kautz
Grace Kautz
Samuel Michael
Western Youth Council
Star Grange Hall
Salem Center
Farm Bureau
Bethany M. E. Church
Pomeroy
Harry Guthrie
Ernest Story
Elmer Kautz
John Walter Frank
E. R. Hayes
Hotel Martin
John Lodwick
Hoffman
Tuppers Plains
B. K. Smith
Lucille
Mutual
A. C. Heaton
Chester School
Charles Bookman
Eagle Ridge Church
Chester Cemetery
Lily Christy
Rose Wilson
Janey Young
New Lexington
Ada Bahr
Vinton Woman Dies At Daughter's Home
Mrs. America Soles 87 widow of Thaddeus Soles of Ewington Vinton County died last evening at the home of her daughter Mrs J C Holcomb at 6f S Richardson Ave. She is survived by four grandchildren Claude Carol Soles Mrs Lou Patrick and Loren Atkinson. Cuba if placed with one end at New York City would reach as far west as Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
America Soles
Thaddeus Soles
Ewington
Vinton County
J. C. Holcomb
S. Richardson Ave
Cuba
New York City
Chicago
Middleport Church Plans Centennial Observance
Middleport's Church of Christ prepares to mark its centennial on Sunday November 13 with Rev Don McMillin delivering centennial memoirs sermon. Mid week history readings and a Women's Missionary Society playlet are planned. other church activities include readings by Miss Etta Gaskill and sessions on Africa slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Don McMillin
Etta Gaskill
Women’s Missionary Society
Donna Juan Hamilton
Robert Jackson
MHS
Johnson Bible School
Tennessee
June Hysell
Della Mae Vance
Carmen Jackson
Sylvia Mayer
Anna Glaze
W. E. Russell
First Baptist Church
Africa
L. O. Grant
Middleport Social Notes and Local Weddings
Mrs Frank Vroman hosted a Contract Club night with one guest substituting. High score went to Mrs R W Harris. Mrs Joe Wilson led a sewing club gathering in the Ward building with many members present and a hamburger supper served. In Gallipolis a quiet Methodist parsonage ceremony united Miss Lillie Mayes and Mr Orville Young with the bride wearing a dark blue street ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Frank Vroman
J. E. Harley
R. W. Harris
HAS Sewing Club
Joe Wilson
Ward Building
Dan White
Judson White
Roy Tracy, Jr
Frank Wilson
George Tewskbury, Jr
George Skinner
Louis Johnson
Don Davis
Maxine Wilson
Betty Michl
Sara Williamson
Gallipolis
Lillie Mayes
Orville Young
Scott Westerman
Young
George Mayes
Mr. Young
Jacob Young
Middleport Hill
Bracelet Found in Burlingame Worth Over $1500
Gardener Jerry Gavin found a tarnished bracelet while mowing in Burlingame California and gave it to his children as a toy. A later polish revealed a platinum bracelet set with 144 diamonds valued at more than 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Cal
Jerry Gavin
Pomeroy Social Notes Masons Elect At Masonic Temple
Pomeroy Lodge No. 164 elected officers including J Edward Foster W M and W A Smith S W at a Wednesday meeting. Various social items follow with club entertainments, church group news, Halloween party details, and local movements of residents through the week. Congressman Jenkins spoke at a Republican rally in nearby Wilkesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Chapter
OES
Masonic Club
Order
W. M
Zella Cross
W. P
Lee McComas
William Michl
E. M. McCarty
William Reynolds
Charles Lewis
John Duerr
C. H. Church
Louis Burford
Columbus
Middleport Lodge
A. M. Paul Leonard
Phil Meinhart
W. H. Juhling
Tyler
Pomeroy Lodge No
Masonic Temple
J. Edward Foster
W. A. Smith
Smith
S. W
Edison Hobstetter
J. W
C. E. W. Downie
Walter Vaughan
Lester Hart
S. D
Pearl E. Stanley
J. D
John Seakus
H. B. Smith
Thomas Jenkins
Pomeroy
Wilkesville
N. C. Stout
Guy Gorby
Edward Stout
Carpenter
Bradford
Firemen Plan Rabbit Dinner and Hunt in Middleport
Middleport Volunteer Firemen outline a rabbit supper for November 17 at City Hall. Mayor William Robson and Police Chief Charles Wise Jr lead hunting teams in a side contest to determine who buys the dinner. The group also sponsors a Community Christmas Tree and a candy treat for children with Wise, Rayburn, and O E McKinley directing arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Robson
Charles Wise, Jr
Fire Company
Wise
Charles Rayburn
O. E. McKinley
To Broadcast Election Returns in Pomeroy
Arrangements for broadcasting election returns on loudspeakers from rooms near the election board office in the Masonic Temple are complete. The method, tried after the primary, drew large crowds and will be sponsored again by The Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Election Board
Masonic Temple
Democrat
Funeral rites for Rodney Sanborn in Middleport
Funeral services for Rodney Sanborn age 57 who died at Methodist Hospital Peoria were held at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. A native of Middleport he lived in Ironton for many years and was noted for his musical ability in Prof J T Lewis Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rodney Sanborn
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Rawlings-Coats
Mr. Sanborn
Ironton
J. T. Lewis
Auxiliary Dines at The Senkus Hotel
Dinner meeting of the Civic Club Auxiliary held Thursday at the Senkus Hotel with twenty members and guests. Mrs. T A Downie led a short business session and Miss Estrilla Daniels county librarian spoke on library work and community service. Miss Marguerite Meier and Ruth McCrobba sang two solos and Edison Hobstetter showed Northwest Centennial Celebration moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Edith Bowen
Hart Humes
Charles Gibbs
Marguerite Meier
Humes
Pomeroy
Civic Club
Senkus Hotel
Sion
T. A. Downie
Ruth McCrobba
Estrilla Daniels
Northwest
Edison Hobstetter
Rowland to Speak at Athens Republican Meeting
Plans for a Republican meeting to be held Saturday afternoon announce Judge O F Rowland of Athens County as speaker. The Bricker Club room on Main Street will host the event perWomen Republican officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas
Athens County
Bricker Club
Main Street
What-So-Ever Class Preps Manse for New Minister
Members of the What-So-Ever Class of the First Presbyterian Church held a potluck at the manse yesterday amid housecleaning. They are preparing the manse for the Rev. J. D. Ryan who will arrive in Middleport with his family next Tuesday. Volunteers included Mrs. O. H. Stewart, Mrs. Frank Vroman, Mrs. W. H. Juhling, Mrs. Dea Hayes, Mrs. W. G. Huddleston and Mrs. Lula Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
J. D. Ryan
Middleport
O. H. Stewart
Frank Vroman
W. H. Juhling
Dea Hayes
W. G. Huddleston
Lula Mason
Bush Funeral Saturday For William H. Bush
Funeral services for William Henry Bush age 77 will be held Saturday at 2 oclock at his daughter Mrs Ernest Conkle home on Bradbury Burial will follow in Bradford Cemetery He is survived by his wife three daughters Mrs Ella Wenning Wellsburg West Virginia Mrs Mina McGolthin Piney Fork and Mrs Conkle One son Elmer and a number of grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Henry Bush
Bradbury
Ernest Conkle
Bradford Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Athens
Meigs County
Vinton
Middleport Church of Christ
Foreign Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church
George Archibald
South Africa
C. Fick
Syracuse
H. A. Rothrock
Heath M. E. Church
Middleport Social Notes
C. P. Bradbury
Evelyn Ely
C. A. Root
Bob Hoeflick
Cressa Webb
Martha Jean Kauff
Jack Abrey
Helen Jane Root
Donald Mills
Lillie Huber
Kilbourne
Pt. Pleasant
R. N. Barnes
M. A. White
Kelly Grogan
Main St
Harold Kruse
Ohio State
Purdue
Tom Mills
E. S. Boggess
Cleveland
Paul Lynch
Cincinnati
Willis Aleshire
Herbert Chambers
Phil Williamson
Jackson
Pomeroy Social Notes
Masons Elect
Grace Guild
Grace Guild of the Episcopal Church
Carrie Nye
Jed Hartinger
Theodore Reed
Greta Price
L. G. Gribble
Harry Feiger
Freda Fields
Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Meinhart
Hattie Smith
Anna Weed
Bradford Hudson
Percy Curtis
Pomeroy Personals
Richard Campbell
Forest Run
Peoples
Butternut Ave
Neva Seyfried
Harrisonville Road
Alva Hite
Holzer Hospital
Josie Walker and Sons
Tom Thomas
Spring St
Condor St
Ray Tracy
A. O. Tracy
Charleston
Lawrence Lanning
Donald
Lanning
Chloe Lanning
Nora Nye
Tom Googlein
Louise Heller
Beaver
Bert O'Conner
Ray Gibbs
John Lyons Jr
Florence Smith
Yale St
Bellaire
Harriett Russell
Albert Jr
Chamberlain
Senkus
Rowland
Paul Whiteman
George Gracie Burns Allen
Eddie Dooley
Licorri & Myens Tobacco Co
Bush
Oldsmobile
Olds
Lansing
Mich
General Motors
Laney
Chevrolet
Nelsonville, Ohio
McFarland
Athens, Ohio
Chesterfield
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!