Pomeroy Panthers Change Friday Night Game Venue
Pomeroy Friday night football clash moves from Pt Pleasant to Middleport Stadium at 8 pm. Pomeroy remains visitor on the field, with admission unchanged, as both teams prepare for Thanksgiving week showpiece against Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Middleport
Pt. Pleasant
Middleport Stadium
Unco
Seachobe Stout
D. Brickles
Durbin
Nannense Reiker Denteor
Ieeeatiaintee
Fisher J. Williams
J. Frost Mankin
Burdettt Hartenbach
B. Frost R. Brickles
McDaniel Weyersmiller
Wamsley R. Williams
Nott
Athens
Ohio
Russell Loses Fight in Court
Ralston Russell, an attorney from Pomeroy, lost his bid to avoid disbarment as the Court of Appeals affirmed a Meigs County Common Pleas ruling. The decision, signed by Judges Blosser, Gillen and McCurdy, removes him from practicing law in Ohio after six of seven misconduct specifications were upheld.
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Pomeroy
Ralston Russell
Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Richard L.cameron
Marysville
Russell
Ohio
Blosser, Gillen
Plan Turkey Dinner For Volunteer Firemen
Middleport volunteers and guests will attend an annual Thanksgiving time turkey banquet at the American Legion Hall. The dinner is set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m with an impromptu program to follow after the meal.
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Middleport
American Legion Hall
Start Cement Pouring On Route 33 Project
Middleport begins cement pouring on Route 33 improvement at S Third Lo cust St. The project, first slated for Nov 15, was delayed at the start and will take longer to finish.
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Middleport
S. Third
Locust St
Safety guard placed over dynamite stores in Meigs County
A WPA safety measure requires a 24 hour guard over all stores of dynamite and explosives. Arrangements are being made to safeguard these stores in Meigs County.
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WPA
Meigs County
Armistice Day Program At Sugar Run School
Armistice Day program held at Sugar Run School with Rev. Ralph Kuether of the Federated Church as speaker. He spoke at the Central PTA meeting Monday evening. Sixth graders of Central School performed songs and playlets.
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Pomeroy
Sugar Run School
Ralph Kuether
Federated Church
Kuether
Central Parent-Teacher Association
Central School
Substitutes Announced in Salis bury Township Schools
Substitutes Geneva Machim and Orin Smith were hired for Salis bury Township. Evelyn Turner from Laurel Cliff replaces John Lambert who resigned to teach locally and is permanently employed. Band Boosters meet at Middleport High Thursday at 3 30 p m per president Mrs Paul Smart. In the Middle Ages a swan egg theft carried one year imprisonment in England.
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Middleport
Salisbury Township
Geneva Machim
Orin Smith
Evelyn Turner
Laurel Cliff
John Lambert
Band Boosters Association
Paul Smart
England
Racine Social and Personal Highlights
Mrs. Owen Watson attended a fall conference of the American Legion Auxiliary in Nelsonville with Mrs. Charlie Withrow. Numerous Racine residents visited relatives in Athens and Parkersburg, and clubs held meetings at the Legion Home in Pomeroy.
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Racine
Owen Watson
Charlie Withrow
American Legion Auxiliary
Nelsonville
Warner Romine
Sadie Romine
Harry Hoffman
Athens
Reid Easterday
Ralph Parker
Chester
A. C. Smith
Sumner
Charlie Spencer
Robert Yost
Roy Spencer
Ruth
Harold Carnahan
Mattie Yost
David
Gene
Sidney Fadely
Homer Holter
Roy
Racine and
Vicinity
Farm Bureau
Homer Beegle
Parkersburg
Charles Stobart
Frances Jean
Mr. Stobart
Lewis Stobart
Carol Sayre
Betty
Camilla Sayre
Daryl Johnson
Ollie Wilcoxen
Lancaster
Wilcoxen
Lafe Wilcoxen
George Sayre
Rochester
Hilda
Ed Mills
Syracuse
Mills
Myrtle Curtis
Ivan Roush
Santa's Bonus Plan To Be Used Again
The Business Men's Association at City Hall discussed the annual Santa's Bonus to boost pre holiday trade. Plans used for two years were praised as successful. Committees were named by president N. C. Welch, with talks on new industries and meetings with potential representatives soon.
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Middleport
N. C. Welch
Thanksgiving Services Set for Nov 20 at Bethany Church
Union members will hold services next week on Wednesday night November 20 at 7 30 at Bethany Church. Local clergy will lead a devotional service with community participation and prayer.
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Pomeroy—Union
Bethany Church
Buckeye Rural Electric to present at Marysville safety demo
John R. Lusher manager and Lewis Gillespie line man of Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative plan to represent their power system at a state wide safety demonstration at Marysville No 18 and 19.
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Gallipolis
John R. Lusher
Lewis Gillespie
Buckeye
Gallia County's Only Aviatrix Attends Paderewski Party
Eleanor Bentz of Gallia County, guest of Mr and Mrs John Will in Rutland Street Middleport, is noted as the county's only aviatrix. She attended the Paderewski birthday party held by the Woman's Music Club at First Presbyterian Church and expressed a strong passion for flying. Bentz has four hours and twenty minutes of actual flight time and receives after hours instruction from her flying instructor who also teaches Rio Grande College students.
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Middleport
Eleanor Bentz
Gallipolis
John Will
Rutland St
Bentz
Gallia County
Woman's Music Club
First Presbyterian Church
Rio Grande College
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Club Events
Pomeroy Music Club holds annual Thanksgiving program at Federated Church with vocal and organ solos and choirs. Final practice Friday at 7 pm. Mrs Aten Shain hosts Pomeroy Shakespeare Club. Book Week drive and drug talk followed by stories and music. Simpson Methodist Church women report dinner, devotionals, and meetings. hospital update on Mrs Blakeslee. Birth announced for Jack Alan Weese in Syracuse. Twilight Garden Club to view flower garden films. Visitors include Mrs Probst, Rev Blake party en route to Pasadena. Eleanor Grove visits.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Music Club
Federated Church
Aten Shain
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Mulberry Ave
Harry Ohlinger
Germany
Pearl Hysell
Arthur Rosenbaum
Howard Ebersbach
Warren H. Bright
Lincoln Hill
C. E. Blakeslee
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
C. C. Smith
Chicago
E. J. Lavendar
New Berry
Mich
Weese
Syracuse
Jack Alan
Twilight Garden Club
Simpson Methodist Church
Edison Hobstetter
Arthur Probst
Cincinnati
Thanksgiving Parties Planned at Two Centers
Thanksgiving gatherings are announced at the Racine and Antiquity Recreation Centers. The Antiquity event, led by Ross Stobart, will be Friday, November 22 with progressive games, dancing, and refreshments for all. Racine Center hosts a Tuesday, November 19 party in the grade school basement coordinated by Ted Hilldare and Mrs Harriett McClintock featuring games and new contests.
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Racine
Antiquity
Antiquity Center
Ross Stobart
Stobart
Ted Hilldare
Harriett McClintock
Racine Center
Library drives aid 40 readers per dollar during Book Week
A year ago local groups donated about 50 to the Pomeroy Public Library during Book Week. Books bought were checked out over 1,200 times, averaging more than 40 readers per dollar. This year similar efforts are expected as Book Week runs November 10 to 16 with displays at the library and Reed building window on Main Street.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Reed
Main St
Healing of M'Von do leper film at Federated Church
The Federated Church screens Healing of M Von do next Sunday night depicting leper work at Presbyteran Hospital in Elat Cameroon East Africa. Admission is free though a free will offering will aid hospital work.
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M’vondo
Federated Church
Presbyterian Hospital
Elat
Cameroon
East Africa
Junior Women’s Guild
Federated Church Council
Federated Circle
Local Residents Return From Weekend Visits
Youngstown visitors spend days here with Mrs. Tippie s mother Mrs. Ollie Stowe and her sisters. Mr. and Mrs Newton Spencer return to Logan after a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C F Tompkins on Second Street. Tom Hennessy returns home on Mulberry Avenue after Holzer Hospital surgery. C A Walker taken to Columbus by ambulance after a stroke at Hotel Martin.
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Youngstown
Tippie
Ollie Stowe
Union Ave
Newton Spencer
Logan
C. F. Tompkins
Second St
Tom Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
C. A. Walker
Columbus
Hotel Martin
Woman's Music Club marks Paderewski birthday with somber tribute
The Middleport Woman's Music Club held a First Presbyterian Church party honoring Paderewski on his birthday November 6. A program featured choruses, violin and piano solos, and a two piano piece Minuet by Paderewski. Mrs. J Heiner recounted Paderewski life including his New York debut and exile as Polish president.
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Middleport
Jan Ignace Paderewski
Woman’s Music Club
First Presbyterian Church
Poland
United States
Helen Jane Root
Alice Louise Lama
Homer Grant
Paderewski
J. Heiner
New York
D. W. Ingerham
Ohio University
Marion Allen
A. R. Hecox
Phyllis Smart
Susan Allensworth
Rowena Autherson
Dorothy Peoples
Willis Aleshire
Gordon Harris
Vesta McCoy
Cecil Root
Ray Sherman
Edgar Ervin
Lewis Sauer
O. H. Stewart
John Dillard
E. R. Lama
Vivienne Middleton
Phyllis Joachim
Elizabeth Joachim
Mary Grate
Garden Club Plans and Awards Highlight November Meeting
Pomeroy November meeting of the Syracuse Garden Club with 20 members present featured a Thanksgiving themed roll call. Mrs. Tom Clark presided as programs for 1940 and 1941 were distributed, and a Christmas meeting with dinner and gift exchange was announced for December 9 at the Presbyterian Church.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Garden Club
Irving Karr
Tom Clark
Presbyterian Church
Emma Duckworth
Earl Foit
Albert Duckworth
Fred Shumway
Chester Township Home Conservation Committee Meeting
The Chester Township Home Conservation Committee will meet Friday evening November 15 at the home of Mr and Mrs E Kautz. Township conservation committeemen and wives, alternates and their wives are expected to attend.
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Chester
Chester Township Home Conservation Committee
E. Kautz
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Encourages Bile Flow
An old advertising blurb touts Carter's Little Liver Pills promising daily bile flow to prevent bowel decay and gas, claiming relief from constipation and sour feelings. It urges readers to buy the product at 10¢ or 26¢ and take as directed.
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Carter
Kiesling Rites To Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Waldo Kiesling age 42 who died Monday at the Veterans Bureau Hospital at Chillicothe will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the Letart Church. A Letart Falls resident and World War veteran he is survived by his wife Ruth and three sons Henry Floyd Charles Russell and Robert Lee all at home. He also leaves one brother Leonard of Akron and three sisters Mrs Earl.
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Charles Russell
Robert Lee
Leonard
Akron
Earl
Helen Louise Takes Grid Game Seriously
POMEROY Helen Louise Stobart two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Stobart of Antiquity loves football. She joined youngsters at the Antiquity Recreation Center where her father is supervisor and, when excluded, grabbed a football and bit a hole in it.
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Pomeroy
Helen Louise Stobart
Ross Stobart
Antiquity
Antiquity Recreation Center
Local names linked to Letart ferry operator
Barrows Huntington Mrs. Robert Gibbs Letart W Va and Mrs. C V Gerlach Marietta are identified alongside Mr Kies ling who served as ferry operator at Letart.
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Earl Robinson
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John Young
Letart
Falls
Leon Morris
Washington D. H
Marjorie
Theiss
W. B. Cross
C. B. Crow
Tuppers Plains
Brown
Santa
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mrs. Shain
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle No. 1
A. V. Howell
Wyatt Radford
Mary Huber
Ti. A. Downie
Robert Warner
George Heber Jones
A. N. Bengel
Verlie Conway
Oscar Myers
Gertrude Mitchell
Lydia Ebersbach
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Fidelity
Ridanty Company
Facuse
Middleport Social Notes
Thomas Longstaff
S. Sixth Ave
Bertha Longstaff Hamilton
Luther L. Roger
E. Broad St
Boger
Nelsonville High School
Gardner
Nelson Gardner
Eben Bowen
Chestnut St
John Vroman
Charles
John Eben
Frances Bowen
Charleston
Lester Bowers
Betty Louise
Springfield
Howard Bowers
John Thomas
Harry Johnson
Huntington
L. B. Johnson
Charles Mayes
Belle
W. Va
Grant St
Roy Lansbury
Adda Smith
Mill St
Grace Savage
Roger Savage
Langsville
Melvin Vining
Edgar Morris
Harrisonville Road
Lansbury
Smith
Chauncey Weise
New York City
Richard Hayman
Augusta Gilmore
Wolfpen
Howard Stover
Pearl St
Caromel
Helen Louise
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