Meigs County Mayoral Races Face Close Votes
In Pomeroy Hartley wins mayoral race 679 to 601 over Tracy as Racine sees Bentz edge Wolfe by nine votes 101 to 92. Rutland and Rutland Township reelect officials. Middleport bond issue drives attention amid sparse contests in Syracuse and surrounding villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pomeroy
Racine
Meigs County
Henry Bentz
Newayor
G. Clyde Wolfe
Bentz
William D. Steward
L. E. Sayre
Oren Holter
Charles L. McNickle
Howard Neigler
Ben Spencer
J. L. Wilcoxen
Herman Wolfe
Funeral Services Held For Sarah Young
Funeral services for Miss Sarah A. Sally Young 87 died Monday night at her home on S Second Ave Middleport followed an extended illness. She lived most of her life here after moving from West Columbia West Virginia with her parents. Surviving a brother John Young Kansas City Missouri several nieces and nephews including Mrs Millard Bennett Akron who has lived with her aunt at times and helped in her care. Mr and Mrs Bennett came Tuesday to arrange funeral and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sarah A
Sally) Young
S. Second Ave
Miss Young
West Columbia
W. Va
John Young
Kansas City
Millard Bennett
Akron
Mrs. Bennett
Racine Names Water Trustees as WPA Starts Work
Racine council on Monday named Gomer Lewis Miles Cross and Dale Lee to the new Board of Trustees of Public Affairs overseeing the proposed water system. The Bliss Bowman Company bid $60 000 on first mortgage waterworks revenue bonds was accepted last Tuesday. WPA plans to begin mid month with 200 workers contingent on a test well, with a 100 000 gallon steel tank on Pine Hill and mains on all streets including 33 fire hydrants. A $25 tap charge will apply for late water contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
Racine Council
Gomer Lewis
Miles Cross
Dale Lee
Bliss Bowman Company of
Toledo
First Mortgage
Paul W. Elwell
WPA
Pine Hill
Middleport Rejoices Over Passage of Tax Levy
Middleport residents celebrate the approval of the bond issue by 969 to 187. Fire sirens sounded and a volunteer firefighters parade followed as Mayor C. O. Fisher leads a team credited with street lighting, improved roads, and cemetery beautification. The vote backs industrial growth and community improvements amid school cuts and job losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Middleport Cemetery
School Board Battles in District Are Less Numerous
Meigs County voters elected multiple school board members with few contests. Winners include J Brett Colwell Joe Evans and Van McDade for County Board of Education. Horton Brown Joe Evans and Wilbur Pierce for Salisbury Rural. Ernest Grimm Howard Neigler and Ross Norris for Southern Rural. Elza Barton S P McKinney and Guy Mutchler for Western Rural. Dean Blackford Rex O'Brien and R E Perry as Bedford write ins. J W Arbaugh C F Betzing and Cecil O Cowdery for Olive Orange. Columbia Rural elected five by write in Chauncey Staneart D V Cummings Floyd Bolton Harry Dudgeon and Carl Shenefield. Northern Rural elected R A Diehl Jonah Cotterill and Co E Finlan. Central Rural Harry Pickens M L Bahr and M H Allen. Pomeroy Willard Ashworth Irving Karr Jr and Herman H Kuntz. Middleport L D Diles Lewis Sauer and Paul Smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
County Board of Education
J Brett Colwell
Joe Evans
van McDade
Salisbury
Horton Brown
Wibur Pierce
Sete
Southern Rural
Ernest J. Grimm
Howard Neigler
Ross Norris
Western Rural
Elza Barton
S. P. McKinney
Guy Mutchler
Bedford Rural
Bedford
Dean Blackford
Rex O'Brien
R. E. Perry
Olive Orange
J. W. Arbaugh
C. F. Betzing
Cecil O. Cowdery
Columbia Rural
Columbia
Chauncey Staneart
D. V. Cummings
Floyd Bolton
Harry Dudgeon
Carl Shenefield
Northern Rural
R. A. Diehl
Jonah Cotterill
Cc. E. Finlan
Trustee Battles Mark Tuesday Election Across Meigs Townships
Contests for township trustees drew main interest in Meigs county on Tuesday. In Salisbury Township Gilbert Weeks won re election as trustee with 1535 votes and G J Thoma received 851. Walter McElhinney trailed with 835. Other townships elected two trustees each, plus several justices of the peace and constables. Final winners to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Denison
Rutland
F. E. Dunfee
Dunfee
Rutland Township
Rutland Village
M. S. Roush
Nora McNaughton
A. E. Barton
C. M. Chase
P. A. Jivid
Pomeroy
Meigs
Salisbury Township
Gilbert Weeks
County Association of Township Trustees
Salisbury Board
G. J. Thoma
Walter McElhinney
Bedford
Dana Haning
Dayton Tubbs
Chester
G. E. Frederick
A. D. Tuttle
Columbia
G. L. Lyons
Henry C. Turner
Letart
Herbert L. Sayre
Cloist Badgley
Lebanon
Simon Powell
Raymond Fitch
Orange
J D. Carr
L. L. Keller
Olive
Ira Boring
W. F. Hawley
J. Blaine Giles
G. E Might
Salem
Peter Nelson
Marion McClure
Scipio
W. R Wilson
Melvin Morris
Salisbury
G. J. Thomas Sutton
Jake Gaul
George Phillips
P. L. Peoples
Steve Martin
Thomas FE. Darst
Charles Werry
Fred Swatzel
Ross Evans
William Ebersbach
Bert Hunt
Constable
Huie Donahew
Ralph Hutton
Hunt
Hutton
Donahew
Orange Township
Carll L. Parker
C. L. Hardway
Justice of Peace
Kenneth Salser
Ronald Grindley
Dean Brinker
Sutton Township
Racine Commercial Club Holds First Meeting
Racine High School club opened the year with 21 members and 3 advisors Charles Hayman Donald Wolfe and Elmer Compton Gomer Lewis First National Bank of Racine spoke on banking Ten new members were welcomed after initiation Refreshments followed with committee crews listed for program refreshments and cleanup
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine High Commercial Club
Charles Hayman
Donald Wolfe
Elmer Compton
Gomer Lewis
First National Bank of Racine
Lawrence Hilldare
Marjorie McDade
Charles Mallory
Gayle Wagner
Dolores
Funeral for Earl Ward set for Thursday in Middleport
Funeral services for Earl Ward age 39 who died Tuesday at Rocky Glenn Sanatorium will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be Crooksville co workers. He is survived by his wife three sons from a former marriage two daughters his parents and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Earl Ward
Rocky Glenn
First Baptist Church
Crooksville
Ward
Gus Ward
S. Second Ave
Perry County
Jones
Earl, Jr
Donald
Robert
Chauncey
Judith
Janice Louise
Edith
Charleston
Randolph
Ravenswood
Cecil
James
Billy
Dayton
S. Third Ave
Mr. Ward
New Adult Books Added to Pomeroy Public Library Shelves
In October the Pomeroy Public Library added new adult titles awaiting circulation. Notable additions include Junior Miss Berlin Diary One Foot in Heaven Gospel in Art And the Life Everlasting The Master How Shall I Learn to Teach Religion Recovery of Ideals Lyric Religion Plain Man Seeks God 101 Patchword Patterns Village in a Valley Donated by Pomeroy Garden Club So You Want to Take Better Pictures Lawns Collecting Antiques Smattering of Ignorance Paderewski Memoirs Two to Six Parent and the Happy Child Toaster's Handbook Book of Modern Poetry poems by Dorothy Lowe of Pomeroy included Speech making continuous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public
Dorothy Lowe
Bond issues carry in PomeROY and Middleport vote
In Meigs County the Pomeroy school bond issue of 61,000 and a Middleport 35,000 bond for town expansion were approved by large margins. The midnight and Sunday closing ordinance in Pomeroy narrowly passed, while county and some rural levies failed. Bedford Township banned alcohol sales locally. The county mill levy failed overall. Grandfather of Pines notes Chilean pine is an ancient Jurassic Era tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Middleport
Bedford Township
Chile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hartley and
James E. Tracy
Malcolm D. Hartley
Hartley
Pomeroy Village
Alvin E. Norris
Jacob J. Zeiher
E. F. Robinson
Virgil Campbell
Harry Canterbury
Frank Chapman
Robert Warner
Clair Karr
Karr
Tracy
Denison
C. P. Bradbury
Gene Grate
H. M. Cross
David E
Darst
Harry Houdashelt
David C. Miller
Homer J. Russell
John Zerkle
Ticket
Syracuse
Woodrow T. Zwilling
Robert Flanagan
Harry Potts
C. H. Williams
Ben Quisenberry
Avery M. Roberts
Fred Shumway
Tom Clark
John Gilmore
Sarah Young
By Francis Klein
Racine Commercial Club
DeBoth Cooking School
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Athens, O
Eoi
Social Notes
Pomeroy and
Turkey
Chesterfield
Liccert & Myeas I Onacco
Farth
Truth Otte
Athens Pharmacy
Gloria and
Barbara Brewster
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!