Middleport Groups Discuss Meigs Co War Memorial Sites
A Meigs County War Memorial committee meeting in Middleport debated two possible sites near the U S Post Office and Mill Street parking area. Local officials and civic groups support relocation from Pythian Park with over $100 raised for the project.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs Co
War Memorial
Middleport
Meigs County War Memorial
Pythian Park
Meigs County War Memorial Committee
H. L. Redcay
Board of Education
U. S. Post Office
Mill St
F. G. Hunker
T. A. May
H. N. Swift
Charles Sauer
Guy Carson
Ernest Mulford
Hunker
William Robson
Citizens National Bank
George Beards
Lewis Sauer
O. P. Klein
Meigs Republican Club Plans State Speaker Visit
Meigs Republican Club met at Pomeroy City Hall with wide township representation. Reports on activities were given and plans set for a state speaker at the next meeting on Monday December 11.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Republican Club
Farmers Slay Rat Threat In Wide County Campaign
POMEROY Meigs County farmers saved thousands by eliminating rats in a county wide effort. Over 450 farmers used red squill poison at a cost under 200 dollars, with estimates showing more than 4000 dollars of property protected. Traps and stored bait remain available at the Agricultural Extension office.
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Agricultural Extension Office
Captain Lyons Seriously Ill At Home
Captain J. E. Lyons has been seriously ill at his home in the Fox Addition for two weeks, drawing local concern and attention from residents.
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Middleport
J. E. Lyons
Fox Addition
Garden Club Of Racine Plans Christmas Party
The Racine Garden Club held its November meeting at Mrs. Emma Jividen’s home. Members discussed Christmas decorations and doorways mantels with speakers Mrs. Wingett and Mrs. Lewis. A Christmas party is set for December 13 at Mrs. Gomer Lewis’s home with a six o’clock turkey dinner and gift exchange. New member Mrs. L. M. Morris joined. Ribbons were awarded for festive arrangements to three members. guests included Mrs. Clara Laughlin, Mrs. Mary Hite, and Mrs. Charles Ihle.
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Racine
Racine Garden Club
Emma Jividen
Ben Philson
E. A. Wingett
Gomer Lewis
L. M. Morris
Owen Watson
H. O. Curtis
Charles Stephenson
Clara Laughlin
Mary Hite
Charles Ihle
DAV and Auxiliary Hear State Officers in Middleport
In a called meeting of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 33 and the Ladies Auxiliary, Past State Commander George Fout and Auxiliary president Mrs Mary Fout spoke after returning from a Wilmington zone meeting. Albert L Daniels state adjutant attended as a guest. Reorganization of the auxiliary installed new officers led by Mrs Gordon Wolfe with future posts to be filled. Edward Reuter announced the Southeast District Zone Conference will be in Middleport in the spring. The DAV Chapter has reached its 70 member quota and received state commendation. A separate note reports a mild chickenpox outbreak in lower grades of local schools.
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Middleport
Disabled American Veterans
Ladies Auxiliary
George Fout
Mary Fout
DAV
Wilmington
Albert L. Daniels
Gordon Wolfe
Lloyd Thomas
Edward Reuter
Daughters of American Colonists Luncheon in Athens
Mrs. M. G. Brown presided over the Daughters of American Colonists Fort Gower Chapter luncheon at the Eastwood on East State St with hosts Mrs. O. D. Dailey and Mrs. Faye Baker Cline of Albany. Attending were chapter members and guests, with the MHS Girls Glee Club hosting a hamburger fry by the open fires at State Road side Park, directed by Miss Vesta McCoy.
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M. G. Brown
Athens
Daughters of American Colonists
Fort Gower
Eastwood
East State St
O. D. Dailey
Faye Baker Cline
Albany
Brown
Harry Hurn
Gallipolis
A. A. Chappelle
P. Klein
MHS Girls Glee Club
Vesta McCoy
Marvel Schmoll
Mary Jean Bailey
Martha Robson
Joan Hamilton
Jane Stansbury
Catherine Hennesy
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Mr and Mrs Raymond Bell of Florida visited Mrs Kate Bell Wolf and Mrs Amanda Cross. Mrs Glen Stahl of Pittsburgh stayed with Joe Petrel and travelled home with him. Mr and Mrs Clark Jividen and Harold Wright of Huntington returned after visiting relatives of Mrs Jividen at Marion. Albert Botkins of Springfield spent the weekend with Mrs Botkins parents Mr and Mrs Oren Wolf. Mrs Jake Gaul and daughter with Mrs H W Roush visited Mrs Gauls sister Mrs Bob McKelvey a patient at St Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg. Margaret Peters returned to Indiana after two weeks with her uncle Joe Petret. Dr and Mrs Moritz Peterson and family of Charleston spent Sunday with Mrs Petersons grandmother Mrs Amanda Cross. Members of Racine Garden Club attended Dorothy Biddle’s Christmas Decorations lecture at the Athens Methodist Church Friday afternoon. Owen Watson and daughter Mary Jean with Della Turner visited Aaron Turner at St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Dr and Mrs Harold Brown and family of Rochester Minn arrived Sunday to visit with Mrs Browns parents Dr and Mrs John Philson and other relatives.
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Racine
Raymond Bell
Florida
Kate Bell Wolf
Amanda Cross
Glen Stahl
Pittsburgh
Joe Petrel
Stahl
Petrer
Clark Jividen
Harold Wright
Huntington
Jividen
Marion
Albert Botkins
Springfield
Moritz Peterson
Charleston
W. Va
Peterson
R. A. Tyree
Emma Jiiden
Ralph Hayman
Gomer Lewis
Ben Philson
Ernest Wingett
Owen Watson
George Simpson
Racine Garden Club
Dorothy Biddle
Athens
Mary Jean
Della Turner
Aaron Turner
St. Josephs Hospital
Parkersburg
Harold Brown
Rochester
Minn
Local Painter Otto Lohn Taken for Eye Treatment
Otto Lohn a local painter has been taken to Chicago for treatment by a noted eye specialist after a period of illness due to an eye affliction.
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Pomeroy
Otto Lohn
Chicago
Mr. Lohn
Book Week celebrated at Pomeroy Library
Meigs County public visits the Pomeroy Library during Book Week with donated gift books on display. Donations come from local organizations and include gardening history and children’s volumes. Virginia Ramsey, librarian, thanks contributors and invites further gifts by calling the library this week.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Library
United States
Virginia Ramsey
Pomeroy Social Notes Announces Local Nuptials
Miss Mary Neutzling and Roy Tracy Jr wed in Kentucky on Saturday November 4. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ben Neutzling, runs a beauty shop in Hotel Martin. Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs Roy Tracy Sr, works for the state highway department in Gallia and Meigs counties. Both are Pomeroy High School graduates class of 1938 and plan to start a home next spring.
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Pomeroy
Mary Neutzling
Roy Tracy
Kentucky
Ben Neutzling
Martin
Tracy
Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Gallia
Meigs County
Pomeroy High School
Junior High Class Officers Announced 1939 40
Election of class officers at the Junior High School lists ninth grade president Jack Matson and others, eighth grade president Martha Jayne Myers, seventh grade president Peggy Strauss. Officers include vice presidents and secretary treasurers Mary Mc Croba Ger aldine Roush Lois Neutzling Patricia Bennett Jack Rosenbaum.
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Pomeroy
Jack Matson
Mary McCroba
Freda Parker
Martha Jayne Myers
Geraldine Roush
Lois Neutzling
Peggy Strauss
Patricia Bennett
Jack Rosenbaum
Court Issues Five Marriage Licenses
POMEROY Recent marriage licenses issued in probate court are the following T H Mullins 60 of Clay County West Virginia and Lydia Vaughan 58 of Pomeroy Kibble Lawrence Cowdery 21 of Long Bottom and Virginia Ellen Wilson 21 of Reedsville Charles Barnhart 21 of Athens and Ada Burnside 21 of Pomeroy Fee James Mason Fisher 25 of Minersville and Virginia Ann Harris 19 of Minersville Earl Henderson 23 of Newark and Marjorie Jones 21 of Langsville
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Pomeroy
T. H. Mullins
Clay County
W. Va
Lydia Vaughan
Kibble Lawrence Cowdery
Long Bottom
Virginia Ellen Wilson
Reedsville
Charles Barnhart
Athens
Ada Burnside
Pomeroy Fee
James Mason Fisher
Minersville
Virginia Ann Harris
Earl
Britons Thaw Says Returning Cleric After Trip
Philadelphia reports Rev. Dr. Donald Gray Barnhouse of the Tenth Presbyterian Church says the European war softened Britons making them warmer. He cited a London railroad line encounter with an army colonel who began a conversation, a sign of newfound sociability.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Donald Gray Barnhouse
Tenth Presbyterian Church
British Isles
London
Barnhouse
No Changes From Vote Recount in Local Trustees
POMEROY Nov election recounts by the county election board left winners unchanged in three townships. G L Reeves trailed by 24 votes to tie with Hubert Bryson for Scipio Township trustee, Bryson kept the lead after recount. Glen R Cline retained a two vote edge over G L Lyons in Columbia Township trustee race. James Nicholson remained ahead of C H Amos in Rutland Township after recounts.
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Pomeroy
County Election Board
G. L. Reeves
Scipio Township
Hubert Bryson
Bryson
Glen R. Cline
G. L. Lyons
Columbia Township
James Nicholson
C. H. Amos
Rutland Township
Amos
Dean Packer Speaks at Baptist Pre Convention Rally
Dean W. T. Packer of Rio Grande College addressed the Pre Convention Pep Rally at First Baptist Church in Middleport. The event drew Pom eroy Association youth to boost interest in the Baptist Young People convention in Lima on November 24 to 26.
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Middleport
W. T Packer
Rio Grande College
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy
Alice Mourning
BYPU
Dean Packer
Elva Sheets
Gallipolis
Arrested for Hunting Without a License Fined
POMEROY Clair Athey of Cheshire was arrested Saturday evening by Game Protector A H Joachim on hunting without a license. He pleaded guilty in Justice of Peace Fred Hanson’s court in Gallipolis and paid a $25 fine plus costs.
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Pomeroy — Clair Athey
Cheshire
A. H. Joachim
Athey
Court of Justice of Peace
Fred Hanson
Gallipolis
NYA Toy Repair Project Approved by Local Legion
NYA will sponsor a Christmas toy repair project in Meigs County led by Robert Kleinschmidt. The workshop will be in the basement of the American Legion Hall, with county wide toy distribution to needy children. A similar Legion effort two years ago secured many toys at minimal expense.
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Middleport
NYA
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Robert Kleinschmidt
Meigs County
Legion Hall
The
Legion
Dexter Social Note Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Mrs Alex Lane of Gallipolis and her son Quentin, stationed in a CCC camp, visited with Mr and Mrs Douglas Sigler along with Mr and Mrs Delton Lane and baby. Mrs Almus Rawlings and Mrs Ted Longstreth called. Jessie Nelson ill. George Edward MacGlothlin recovering from chicken pox. Junior Sigler and Wanda Chapman attended the Rutland football game Friday.
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Old Dexter
Alex Lane
Gallipolis
Quentin
CCC
Delton Lane
Baby
Douglas Sigler
Almus Rawlings
Ted Longstreth
Jessie Nelson
George Edward MacGlothlin
Junior Sigler
Wanda Chapman
Rutland
Free Trial Truss Offered for Reducible Rupture in Kansas City
A Kansas City advertisement promotes a Physician's Appliance truss sent free to try for 30 days with no money down. No C.O.D. or deposit required. customers supply name for a measurement blank, return it, and the truss ships postage paid. If unsatisfied, return with no owed amount.
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Kansas City
Main St
C.O.D
Blue Diamond Trust
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