Central Meigs welfare group formed with 25 organizations
A Wednesday meeting at the Meigs County Children's Home led to forming a county wide welfare organization. Miss Margaret Lutz outlined regional cooperation and nutrition importance while Dr Martha Koehne warned of future needs. John W Frank chaired. Ada Morris explained origins from WPA House Keepers Aid.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Miss Lutz
Ohio
Martha Koehne
State Department of Health
Koehne
Avon Jones
Morris
John W. Frank
Ada Morris
WPA House Keepers Aid Project
Frank
L. J. Heiner
The
Red Cross
Children's Home
Housekeeping Aid
WPA
Aid
Middleport American Legion and Auxiliary
Lewis Manley Legion Post
Pomeroy Legion and Auxiliary
WPA Music Project
Village of
Ward Sues for Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty
Alice Ruth Ward files for divorce from Harold Hoyt Ward in common pleas court claiming extreme cruelty. Married May 11, 1935 at Point Pleasant West Virginia. They have no children and have been separated since July 13, 1940 with alleged lack of support for plaintiff and her minor child from a former marriage.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Alice Ruth Ward
Harold Hoyt Ward
Klondike region located in north western Canada
The Klondike region lies in north western Canada bordering Alaska and sits mainly south of the Klondike River within the Yukon River basin.
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Klondike Region
Canada
Alaska
Klondike River
Yukon River
Delayed Telegraphic News On Chinese Earthquake Toll
It took 47 days for news of a Chinese earthquake to reach telegraphic lines and be cabled to the western world, reporting 70 000 fatalities.
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Club Meeting
The Middleport Literary Club met at Mrs. Ray Sherman’s home with Anna Weed presenting Uncle Remus stories in dialect from memory. Mrs. Tom W. Jones and Mrs. Robert Harris offered papers on Ellen Glasgow and James Lane Allen. The group planned a blind needlework sale upcoming for several weeks.
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Middleport
Joe Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Anna Weed
Middleport Literary Club
Ray Sherman
Miss Weed
Tom W. Jones
Robert Harris
Ellen Glasgow
New South
James Lane Allen
Mrs Cedric Clark Hosts Contract Club Night
Mrs Cedric Clark was hostess to her Contract Club last night. Two tables were in play and high scores were made by Mrs Dor Schaefer and Mrs O P Klein. A salad course was served at the conclusion of several rounds of Contract.
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Cedric Clark
Dor Schaefer
O. P. Klein
White Rose Lodge elects officers and new members
At the White Rose Lodge auxiliary meeting at Mrs. D E Miller’s home on S Third Ave, officers for the coming year were elected including Mrs. Dillard as president and Mrs. Bush as past president. New members include Mrs. Ida Bachner Mrs. Edna Walker and Miss Evelyn Knopp. A salad course followed hosted by Mrs. Miller Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Swindler.
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White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of
D. E. Miller
S. Third Ave
Mattie Bush
John Dillard
Harold Root
Cora McBride
Herman Bailey
L. D. Diles
James Sanders
Walter Hayes
Allen Knopp
Root
Bush
John Talbott
Ida Bachner
Edna Walker
Evelyn Knopp
Miller
Charles Swindler
Ohio River News Notes from Marietta and river yard activity
East Liverpool report notes display space at Campus Martius Museum for river relics collected by the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen with items from pioneer side and stern-wheel steamboats. It also covers contract awards for barges, dredging work, towboat construction, and ongoing employment changes among contractors and U S Engineers.
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East Liverpool
Campus Martius Museum
Marietta
Ben D. Richardson
Malta
American Rolling Mill Co
St. Louis Shipbuilding Co
Weirton Steel Co
Dravo Corporation
Monongahela
Ohio River
Weirton
Monongahela Dredging Co
Atlantic
Ohio
Winnie Mae
Mingo
Follawsbee
W. Va
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Campbell Transportation Co
Ernest T. Weir
Albert E. Heekin
U. S
Middleport Gets NYA Youth Center at Park St School
The Middleport board of education approved using the abandoned Park St School for an NYA Youth Training Center. The project will train 100 youths in woodworking and sewing with a $2000 monthly payroll, and a temporary lease runs through July 30 with 30 days’ notice to end.
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Middleport
NYA
Board of Education
Park St
Gravel Hill
Columbus
State Conservation Department
George Munson
Robert Kleinschmidt
Suits Filed in Meigs Will Case in Common Pleas Court
Fred Shumway admin on the estate of George Victor Sponagel filed two suits against Victor Genheimer. Claims include that 5000 dollars and 950 dollars in a Ravenswood building and loan account were the estate's and not turned over, and that a 2270 dollar Hill note and 210 shares of Banc Ohio stock were the decedent's property. The suits seek judgment for 5950 dollars with interest and for return of the note and stock to the estate.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Fred Shumway
George Victor Sponagel
Victor Genheimer
Sponagel
Ravenswood
Spenagel
E. J. Hill
Mary Hill
Banc Ohio Corporation
Genheimer
Schools Move Thanksgiving Holiday Dates In County
County school officials, adopting the presidents' directive, changed the 1940 41 calendar. The original November 28 29 Thanksgiving holidays were moved to Thursday and Friday November 21 and 22. Announcement came from County School Superintendent C O Chapman's office.
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Pomeroy
C. O. Chapman
Angie Shain Hosts Junior Shakespeare Club Meeting
October meeting of the Junior Shakespeare Club was held at Angie Shain's Mulberry Avenue home with Rita Duffy and Martha Smith assisting. The group discussed fundraising, held a roll call featuring "A Famous Football Hero," and enjoyed a program including a Thanksgiving story by Martha Roedel a Peggy Story poem a piano solo by Jackie Magg and a game by Eva Jane Simpson followed by a social hour.
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Pomeroy
Shakespeare Club
Angie Shain
Mulberry Ave
Rita Duffy
Martha Smith
Roll Call
Martha Roedel
Peggy Story
Jackie Magg
Eva Jane Simpson
Date Set for 1941 Burley Tobacco Referendum in Ohio
POMEROY November 23 will be the voting day for the 1941 Burley tobacco marketing quota referendum. Edson E. Roush AAA Chairman says growers may choose a three year or one year quota plan. The three year plan shields many allotments from cuts and requires no reduction below 1940 levels for small plots.
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Pomeroy
Burley
Edson E. Roush
Meigs County Aaa
AAA
Final Meigs County Egg Marketing Course Held
Seventy people attended the fourth and final session in Pomeroy led by R E Cray of Ohio State University. Demonstrations compared fresh county eggs with metropolitan store eggs and showed one week old eggs under proper conditions remain high quality.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
R. E. Cray
Ohio State University
Torchbearer meeting at Salvation Army tonight
The Salvation Army Torchbearer group from Marietta conducts a 7 30 p m service at the Army auditorium on Second Street. An outdoor ring meeting precedes the indoor program of music singing and speaking.
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Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Army Auditorium
Second St
Marietta
Jack the Terrier Hero of Lohn Fire
POMEROY. Hero of the Lohn fire early Wednesday morning was a terrier named Jack who first sensed danger. He tugged at the bed clothes and awoke Mrs. Lohn, helping her guide Otto Lohn, who is blind, out of the burning house.
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Pomeroy
Jack
Critical condition of Florence Vadish at Franklin County Tuberculosis
Miss Florence Vadish, long ill at Franklin County Sanitarium with tuberculosis, is reported in a critical condition. Her mother Mrs. Mary Meier travels from Columbus to be with her daughter.
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Florence Vadish
Franklin County
Mary Meier
Columbus
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Inter-American Commission of Women
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Washington
United States
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Rathburn
Rutland
Middleport Social Notes
Entertains Club
Ohio River News Notes
Meigs
Brighten UP
H. J. Hysell
Farmer
Lohn Fire
Fidelity
Armstrong
Fidelity CO
Syracuse, Ohio
Land of Sunshine
Mootz Bakery
Famon
Libby
Waite Juice
Hive
Queen Olives
del Haven
Omato Juice
Libby's
National Biscuit Cos
Grahams Sugar Honey Maid
Cooktes
Altine
Caldwell Butter Creamery
Weiners
Bologna
Ame
Oraxion
Camay Soap
Ivory
Pennant
Cee Ag
Jonathan Apples
National Brands
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