Pomeroy Civic Club Acts To Save Bus Line
Pomeroy civic group moves to prevent suspension of the Pomeroy to Mason Hartford New Haven bus service after the Bend bridge purchase. A petitions drive to the State Bridge Commission is praised. a committee is set to seek a solution. Also plans for Christmas street decorations and a Civic Club Entertainment Festival tonight at the Junior High School with the High School Orchestra.
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Pomeroy Civic Club
W. Virginia Bus Line
Pomeroy
West Virginia
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
State Bridge Commission
Pomeroy Bend
Civic Club
Mrs. Wolf Hosts Missionary Group in Racine
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Racine Methodist Church met at Mrs. Kate Bell Wolf's home Friday night. President Dana Cleland led, Edith Hayman led worship, and lessons were given from Congo Crosses. Helen M. Galleher, Shanghai Port mouth district missionary now on leave, will visit November. hostess helpers included Judy Bell and several Mrs. Osborns and Lois Bradford who joined.
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Racine
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Kate Bell Wolf
Dana Cleland
Edith Hayman
Ben Philson
Congo
Sidney Fadely
Clark Jiiden
Gomer Lewis
Helen M. Galleher
Portsmouth
Nanking
China
Judy Bell
George Osborn
Stella Holter
Lois Bradford
Going Courting After Rehearings Divorce in Sight
Hollywood observers report film actress Arline Judge and director husband Wesley Ruggles nearing divorce court after repeated separations and reconcilations. They are said to plan joint custody of their three year old son Wesley Jr. if a divorce proceeds.
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Arline Judge
Wesley Ruggles
Hollywood
Wesley, Jr
Tribute Paid by Kingsland to Late Dr Amy Whaley
Mrs Amy Kingsland presented five dollar checks to the Daughters of Union Veterans and the Order of Eastern Star from Court Street in tribute to her mother the late Dr Amy Whaley who was active in patriotic work.
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Pomeroy
Amy Kingsland
Court St
Daughters of Union Veterans
Order of Eastern Star
Mops. Kingsland
Amy Whaley
Settlement in Death Of Perry Is Sought
Criminal charges against Floyd S. Matlack may be dropped if a civil settlement is reached in the August 1935 automobile crash near Success that killed C. A. Perry of Long Bottom. Matlack, 17, was arrested in Columbus and brought to Pomeroy for a preliminary hearing before Justice of Peace J. W. McCullough.
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Pomeroy
Floyd S. Matlack
Matlack
Columbus
Leroy Bartrum
C. A. Perry
Long Bottom
Perry
Court of Justice of Peace
J. W. McCullough
Former Meigs School Superintendent Dies
Professor James P. West aged 67 longtime Otterbein College treasurer and former Middleport schools superintendent died after months of illness. Funeral was at Westerville United Brethren Church with Otterbein president Dr. W G Clippinger officiating. Burial in Otterbein Cemetery. Westville visited Middleport after leaving in 1902. The report also notes an extinct bird, the nepyornis, laid an egg equal to a gross of hen eggs.
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Middleport
James P. West
Otterbein College
Westerville
Westerville United Brethren Church
W. G. Clippinger
Otterbein
Professor West
West
Pomeroy Social Notes Meet Weekend Visits Across Columbus
Pomeroy residents and relatives travel to Columbus for visits and hospital calls. Mr. and Mrs. Hollie Hawk and Grace Richardson join gatherings at Simpson M. E. Church. Nurses and students mingle with families including the Mees and Mees, and many friends spend weekends with kin in Columbus, Millersport, and Huntington.
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Pomeroy
Hollie Hawk
Grace Richardson
Walter Hammondson
Columbus
Richardson
Grant Hospital
R. B. Foster
Portsmouth
Simpson M. E
Herman Hoffner
Betty
Max
Mary Goodwin
George Arnold
Arthur Arnold
Millersport
Bessie Bryant
Gertrude Mees
Holzer Hospital
Albert Mees
Breezy Heights
Mary Russell
Tippie Dye
Ralston Russell, Jr
Flint, Mich
Ralston Russell
Mrs. Margaret Hennessy Dies at Home in Pomeroy
Mrs. Margaret Hennessy widow of Edward Hennessy died Sunday night at her home on Butternut Ave in Pomeroy from a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by daughters Mrs. Charles Graber and Ella Hennessy and son Tom Hennessy, with two other children predeceased. Funeral Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Hennessy
Butternut Ave
Edward Hennessy
Hennessy
Charles Graber
Ella Hennessy
Tom Hennessy
Sacred Heart Church
Honors Her Niece Sally Ann Lutz at Seventh Birthday
Mrs. F. M. Cluff hosted a Sunday afternoon party at her N. Third Ave home honoring her niece Sally Ann Lutz on her seventh birthday. Green and yellow decor set the color theme as 24 Middleport and Pomeroy children attended. The guest of honor received many gifts and refreshments were served after games and entertainment.
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Middleport
F. M. Cluff
N. Third Ave
Sally Ann Lutz
Sally Ann
Pomeroy
Pasteurized Milk Easier to Digest and Stays Sweeter
A note states pasteurized milk digests more easily than raw milk and retains sweetness longer, highlighting its superior taste and digestibility.
Pratts Fork Sewing Circle Social News and Local Updates
The Pratts Fork Sewing Circle met Thursday November 5 with Amanda Colburn. Attendees included Alvira Burson Mar Colburn Bertha Williams Mable King Cora Ator Mary Colmer and Mandy Colburn hostess. Next meeting November 19 with Cora Ator. Diphtheria quarantine lifted at the Cain home. Dale Sapp hired by Atkins Chick Hatchery. Nettie Sloane returned from Columbus. Sunday School party at Helen Burson home with games prizes and refreshments. Revival at U B Church continues Friday and Sunday. Opal Randolph of Flora assisting Mrs Lilly Douglas. Will Howard family visited Hanby Ator family. Cora Ator visited daughter Erma Howard in Middleport. First snowfall noted November 4. Mrs Arnold King ill. Alvira Burson Fred Lee and Orion Colmer visited Will Colmer Thursday.
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Pratts Fork
Amanda Colburn
Alvira Burson
Mar! Colburn
Bertha Williams
Mable King
Cora Ator
Mary Colmer
Mandy Colburn
Cain
Dale Sapp
Atkins Chick Hatchery
Nettie Sloane
Opal Randolph
Flora
Lilly Douglas
Will Howard
Hanby Ator
Erma Howard
Middleport
Arnold King
Fred Lee
Orion Colmer
Will Colmer
Community Notes from Middleport and Nearby
Middleport residents recount visits in Columbus Arlington and Parkersburg. Mrs Rife sustains a cut to her left hand requiring medical care. A Presbyterian rummage sale is planned for Thursday through Saturday at the Downing business room. Reverend Gardner travels to Buchanan Michigan for two weeks of evangelistic meetings with companions.
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Marion Rife
Presbyterian
Downing Business Room
N. Second Ave
Middleport
F. I. Gardner
Buchanan
Mich
Church of Christ
Columbus
Gardner
D. 8. Farmer
Arthur Skinner
C. O. French
Edgar Allen
Rutland Church Two Week Revival Opens
A two weeks revival began at the Christian Church in Rutland with Rev. Charles W. Perry of McConnellville as evangelist. Services run nightly except Saturday at 7 30 with special music. Topics include Three Fools Some Christians We All Know I Believe in God Does the Church Pay What Think Ye of the Christ. A Bradford Christian Church delegation which just closed a revival is due Wednesday night.
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Rutland
The
Christian Church
Charles W. Perry
McConnellville
Perry
God
Bradford
Revival Begins Sunday at Graham Chapel
Revival services start Sunday evening November 15 at Graham Chapel led by evangelist Rev. Alexander from Kentucky with special singers from Kentucky. Also notes local moving news and community prospection with a drilling activity by Ohio Fuel Gas Company on nearby farms.
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Graham Chapel
Alexander
Kentucky
William Seaman
Carseytown
Anna Swartz Farm
Clifford Love
C. H. Chappell
Shade
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Fred Moore
Arthur Wood
Logan
Wood
Laddie Hawk
Horse leaning on curve facts from Buck family visit
An OCR fragment notes Alt Buck and family visiting Cave Seytown. It mentions a horse leaning on a curve and the animal keeping its eyes parallel to the ground.
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State Commission
Bridge Co
Mrs. Wolf
Deshler- Wallick
Ica
Crockford’s Club
Mecca
Deshler-Wallick
L. C. Wallick
Pres
Columbus, Ohio
Meigs
Pomeroy Social Notes
Eddie Blake
Mason City
Raymond Ebersbach
Detroit
John Chase
Huntington
Susie Pullens
Flat Woods
Jake Ament
E. Main St
Sarah Williamson
Lafe Williamson
Pomeroy- Harrisonville Road
George McQuigg
Miriam Blackmore
Grace Guild
Miss Blackmore
Francis Martin
Gallipolis
Roy Tracy
Spring Ave
Emma Rayburn
James Cunningham
Rayburn
Florence Rayburn
Charles Rayburn
Edward
Wheeling
Frank Lucke
Lucke
J. T. McLain
Lancaster
A. A. Massar
Mulberry Ave
Delmer Kennedy
William Waters
Wehe Terrace
Marcia Harris
Bert Webster
Parkersburg
Homer Jacobs
Ed Hite
Mary Scott
Herbert Barnhart
Darwin
Golden McGrath
Athens
Pete Waters
Thomas Fork
R. EB. Wheeler
Pittsburgh
Toronto
Osgood Hall
Charles Vance Millar
Queen Street
Pratts Fork Society
Megs
Fai
W. E. Russell
Dan L. Farmer
George Swallow
C. B. Weise
Addie Smith
Jessie Stansbury
Arlington
Davis
R C. McBride
Margaret
Russell Pfiefer
Doyle
Galion
John Minor
Estella Roush
Frances
Rutland Church
Fishbaugh
Union Street
Ens
Alt Buck
Caveseytown
Kerr’s
Chesterfield
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