Legion Minstrels Please In First Presentation Thursday
The white Minstrels, directed by a professional-less team, entertained a large crowd with a two hour program. Soloists include Jed Hartinger and Artie Rosenbaum. Ruth Tracy and Mrs. Cecil Bradbury Wiley perform on piano and guitar with jokes and song.
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Legion Minstrels
Jed Hartinger
Ruth Tracy
Cecil Bradbury Wiley
Wise
Middleport
Frank Scutor
Rol
Artie Rosenbaum
R. L. Lide
John Shorr
Lyston
Dayton Strickland
Male Young
Raymond Har
Ben Neutzling
Charles
Pat Lechary
Eddie Strauss
Wesley Belles
POMEROY Church Services Set With Choir Sermon
Theme of Rev R C Ditter will be My Peace I Give Unto You at the Federated Church Sunday morning. A sermon by the Senior Choir follows the message. Sunday School begins at 9 o clock and the Young People League meets at 6 p m with an invitation to all Pomeroy church youth.
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Pomeroy
R. C. Ditter
Federated Church
Young People’s League
Return to School After Scarlet Fever Epidemic
High school pupils at Rutland returned to classes after a week’s dismissal due to scarlet fever and diphtheria. Darrell Burson, son of Otho Burson, is seriously ill from complications of scarlet fever and hospitalized at Holzer in Gallipolis. Local social and farming news follows with visits and gatherings among families including Braley, Saxton, Nicholson, and Winn in Dulverton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
John Braley
Langsville
Harry Saxton
Mildred Braley
Clinton Gilkey
Harrisonville
Eva Welsh
Philip Nicholson
Darrell
Otho Burson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Harry Gross
Akron
F. W. Winn
Paul Winn
Will
Seth F. Nicholson
Dexter Ladies Aid Society
L. V. Hunt
Midway
Marvin Chase
Union
William Nicholson
Don Wood
Pat
Pomeroy
Middleport Briefs Report Scarlet Fever Cases Quarantine
Jimmy Souder a small son of Mrs. Eleanor Souder is quarantined at home with scarlet fever on Gravel Hill. Several scarlet fever cases have been reported in Middleport and the county in recent weeks. Mrs. W. T. Moore, after a visit with her sister Mrs. C. F. Rathburn and husband, returned to Chesapeake. Mr. Rathburn's condition is slightly improved. Mrs. M. J. McCarty, Mrs. Jessie Lansbury and granddaughter Virginia Lu Schaaf went to Columbus to stay with Roscoe Meadows for the week. Miss June Lansbury joined her mother in Columbus after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Souder
Eleanor Souder
Gravel Hill
Middleport
W. T. Moore
C. F. Rathburn
Chesapeake
Rathburn
M. J. McCarty
Jessie Lansbury
Virginie Lu Schaaf
Columbus
Captain Jones Named Longest Serving Meigs County Lawmaker
Capt Tom W Jones of Middleport has been elected Meigs County representative to the Ohio Legislature and will be ranking member of the House by length of service. He first won election while in France during World War I and later served in the State Senate.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
House of Representatives
Captain Jones
France
Pomeroy D A R Chapter Hosts Afternoon Program
Members of the Returned Johnathan Meigs Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution were entertained at the home of Mrs. Alfred Elberfeld on Lincoln Hill. Thomas Jenkins district congressional representative spoke to the organization.
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Johnathan Meigs
The
Daughters of American Revolution
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hill
Thomas Jenkins
R. B. Laughead
Elberfeld
Charles Ebersbach
Home Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Society
Ruth McCroba
Louise Finsterwald
Columbus
Seven Die in Fire at East Liverpool Home
Ralph Lane his five children and their nurse died in a fire that destroyed the Lane home after a gas explosion in East Liverpool. The mother was Miss Minnie Lawrence sister of R. B. Lawrence of Long Bottom. Bertha Reed of Pt. Pleasant visited relatives here last week. Mary Sheldon visited relatives at Tuppers Plains recently. W H Swan clerk on the Steamer Ouachita is home while the boat is laid up. Nerva Pryor has recovered from illness.
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Long Bottom
Ralph Lane
East Liverpoo
Lane
Minnie Lawrence
R. B. Lawrence
Bertha Reed
Pleasant
Mary Sheldon
Tuppers Plains
W. H. Swan
Ouachita
Nerva Pryor
Letart Farmer Edward Sargent Succumbs to Heart Attack
Edward Sargent a well known Letart farmer died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home. The death was due to a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at the Methodist Episcopal Church with burial in Letart Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sargent
Letart
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Sargent
Local social notes from Middleport and surrounding area
Mrs Ella Athey of Bucyrus visits sister Mrs L L Cunningham on Gravel Hill. Capt George Howder, recently ill, is reported recovering. Mr and Mrs W R Drury visit with Misses Vesta and Nora McCoy. Mrs W G Davis attends her brother C A Crary funeral in Cincinnati then travels to Columbus with Mr and Mrs R J Odonnell. Mrs E M McCarty travels to New Salem for a few days owning property there. Mrs G D Sauer returns after a Columbus visit with relatives.
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Ella Athey
Bucyrus
L. L. Cunningham
Gravel Hill
George Howder
W. R. Drury
Vesta
Nora McCoy
W. G. Davis
C. A. Crary
Cincinnati
Columbus
R. J. O’donnell
E. M. McCarty
New Salem
G. D. Sauer
Wedded Thursday in Middleport Ruth Baker and William Grate wed
In a Thursday ceremony Rev F C Kreager joined Ruth Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs William Baker Union Avenue Pomeroy and William R Grate son of Mr and Mrs J H Grate North Third Avenue. Bride a 1930 Pomeroy High School graduate and Holzer Hospital nurse. Groom a 1927 Middleport High School alumnus who studied at Ohio University and works at Purity Ice Cream. They will live on Second Street.
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Middleport
F. C. Kreager
Ruth Baker
William R. Grate
William Baker
Union Avenue
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Holzer Hospital
J. H. Grate
North Third Avenue
Middleport High School
Ohio University
The
Purity Ice Cream Company
Grate
Second Street
Presbyterian Society Hosts Potluck Dinner in Pomeroy
Miss Bertha Osborn was the guest of honor at a 6 o'clock potluck dinner hosted by the Presbyterian Missionary Society at Mrs. C. E. W. Downie’s home on Lincoln Hill. Thirty members attended the dinner and social evening. Mrs. George Ebersbach remains seriously ill at her Sugar Run home. Sugar Run PTA members meet at 3 PM today at the school. Butter nut Avenue ladies provide the afternoon program, presided by Mrs. Arthur Rosenbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Osborn
Albert Kuntz
Michigan
B. F. Gravely
Thelma
Presbyterian Missionary Society
C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
George Ebersbach
Sugar Run
Parent-Teacher Association
Ladies of
Butternut Avenue
Arthur Rosenbaum
Skipper Hudson III Of Middleport Clifton Stricken
Clifton resident Skipper Hudson III known for the Little Ben Ferryboat between Middleport and Clifton is seriously ill at home after a stroke. This is his second attack of paralysis, officials say.
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Hudson III
Middleport
Mr. Hudson
Clifton
Hudson
Little Ben
Dietrich Stars as Catherine in The Scarlet Empress
Marlene Dietrich headlines the Majestic Film The Scarlet Empress portraying Catherine of Russia through her rise from German princess to Empress. The production by Josef von Sternberg is lavish with striking settings and costumes and strong supporting turns from John Lodge Sam Jaffe Louise Dresser and others. Charlie Chan in London plays at the Ohio Theater with a tense race to prove a brother’s innocence amid a manor house maze and a fox hunt chase. Tracy Rides stars Tom Tyler in a western at Court Theater with Virginia Brown Faire Edmund Cobb and Charles K. French supporting, promising daring stunts and Western action. Also notes the election expense filing deadline and a Girl Scout meeting at the Presbyterian Church to sell Christmas cards for first aid kits.
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Majestic Theater
Marlene Dietrich
Catherine of Russia
Josef von Sternberg
Paramount
von Sternberg
Miss Dietrich
Russia
Peter
John Lodge
Alexei
Sam Jaffe
Charlie Chan
London
Ohio
Charlie
Pomeroy
County Board of Elections
Middleport
M. W. Essex
Presbyterian Church
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God Harmon
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Tom Collins
Art Ferguson
Lou Stanley
Bob Coates
Mary Neutzling
Mary Clifton
Betty Jane Gibbs
Ruby Rice
Carjetta Ohlinger
Madalyn Pickett
Louise Baer
Mary Williamson
Almont Hite
Margaret Lallance
Middleport Briefs
Capt. Jones
Dean
Solon
Pomeroy Personals
Pomeroy Briefs
Catherine
New Majestic
Star
Drue Leyton
Fox Film
Discovery
Raymond Milland
Clive
Elsa Buchanan
Philip MacDonald
Earl Derr Biggers
Tom Tyler
Cattle Association
Tracy
Hercules
Tom Ia
Virginia Brown Faire
Tyler
Edmund Cobb
Charles K. French
Carol Shandrew
Lafe McKee
Evans
Mrms
Tossceo Coy
Tom
Liberty
Sidney - Murry
Scarlet Empress Sow Loose
Sam Oates
Louise Onessen
yQsef von Sternberg
Mrs. Wiggs
Charlie Han
Braty
LaNa
Eddie Cantor
Mary Pickford
Norma Shearer
Clark Gable
Maurice Chevalier
Gloria Swanson
Ruth Chatterton
Tullio Ei
Mona Barr
Ray Pele
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