Judge Day Addresses Simpson Brotherhood Meeting in Pomeroy
Judge Day spoke on idealism and democracy at the Simpson Brotherhood gathering in Pomeroy. About 100 men attended the session at Simpson Methodist Church as officers for the new year were elected and a rabbit supper planned for December.
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Mercy
Demay
Ohio
Simp Brotherhood
United States
Edge Day
Simpson Brotherhood
J. E. Mahoney
Brothery
Judge Day
Pomeroy
Colum
Pomeroy Opr
Pomeroy Men Held For Chicken Thefts
Pomeroy men Wilbur Napper and Gilbert Bumgartner were bound over to the grand jury on a breaking and entering charge after Friday night thefts from Allen Gilkey. Napper pled guilty, Bumgartner not guilty. bonds set at 500 dollars each. Napper admitted stealing 17 chickens with Bumgartner’s help.
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Pomeroy
Wilbur Napper
Gilbert Bumgartner
Allen Gilkey
Grand Jury
Squire P. L. Peoples
Napper
Repair Work On Route 7 Is Completed
Repair and resurfacing of Route 7 from Third and Locust to Gravel Hill is finished. Workers are completing the stretch to Carney Service Station on Powell Street with limestone and tar coating. State officials chose now due to winter delays delaying new road work.
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Middleport
Third and
Locust
Gravel Hill
Carney
Powell St. Hales
Locust St
Pomeroy J O F Class Plans Christmas Party
The J O F Class of Simpson Methodist Church met at Mrs. Harry Smiths home to plan a December 11 Christmas party. They arranged toy exchanges for the needy, a basket drive for a local family, and a bazaar with the Lend A Hand Society. A nominating committee was named and refreshments served.
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Dorothy Downie
Fern Gilmore
Lend-A-Hand Society
Ruth Ebersbach
Idanelle Fess
Eulalia Webster
Mrs Lippincott Visits Here with Friends
Mrs. Mary Lippincott of Gallipolis visited here Monday with friends. Mrs. Hayes Roush has returned to her Minersville home after spending several weeks in Columbus.
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Mary Lippincott
Gallipolis
Hayes Roush
Minersville
Columbus
Deer Hunter Notes
Middleport reports several local hunters plan trips for the annual deer hunts. Charles Bennett an NYCRR engineer and companions head to Virginia while Dr E F Maag and father in law chase Michigan whitetails. Herman Bailey and Dr Gribble also plan hunts.
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Middleport
Charles Bennett
NYCRR
Virginia
E. F. Maag
Michigan
Herman Bailey
Dr Gribble
Farmers Hold All Day Forest Run Institute Meeting
Pomeroy Forest Run Farmers Institute met Tuesday at Forest Run Church with large attendance. Morning program featured Forest Run School children and a Thanksgiving play. Afternoon sessions covered homemaking and farming topics by Mrs. Joseph Fichter Asa Mattern and others. Five institutes are planned in Meigs County this week and more in December.
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Pomeroy
Forest Run Farmers’ Institute
Forest Run
John Kluesner
Forest Run School
Institute
Joseph W. Fichter
Asa C. Mattern
Kruesner
Geneva Humphreys
Fichter
Mattern
Kluesner
Green
Charles Walburn
Epworth League
Meigs County
Chester
Hemlock Grove
Racine
Salem Center
Meigs and Laurel Granges Elect Officers
At Columbia Grange regular meeting H E Starkey was named Master and H T Trainer overseer with Elizabeth Jordan lecturer and Leo Dudgeon steward. Dorothy Morrison gate keeper Hildred Steward chaplain H W Dudgeon secretary J L Rawlings and Oma Starkey Ceres Nina Chase Pomona Alta Dudgeon Flora Lucy Joe Dye as officer. Dale Dye named legislative agent. Laurel Grange annual election chose Arlin Verigan Master G A Radekin overseer Nellie Vale lecturer Even Morris chaplain Walter Canode steward John Levis assistant steward Helen Holcomb and Maude Holcomb secretary Estella Rade kin treasurer with Emma Marie Bolton Freda Kennedy and Wanetta Radekin as lady officers Mattie Morris gatekeeper Albert Bolin executive committee member Owen Kennedy legislative agent.
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Carpenter
Columbia Grange
H. E. Starkey
H. T. Trainer
Elizabeth Jordan
Leo Dudgeon
Eddie Lou Howery
Dorothy Morrison
Hildred Steward
H. W. Dudgeon
J. L. Rawlings
Ceres
Oma Starkey
Pomona
Nina Chase
Flora
Alta Dudgeon
Lucy Joe Dye
W. S. Swett
Dale Dye
Laurel Grange
Arlin Verigan
G. A. Radekin
Nellie R. Vale
Even Morris
Walter Canode
John Levis
Helen Holcomb
Maud
Dexter Briefs Highlights Local Family News
Old Dexter notes list a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Woodruff with Helen Montgomery as mother. The Chamberlains of Lancaster visit the Nelsons, as do Elwood Nelson’s family for a Sunday supper. Minter Kennedy traveled to Pomeroy, and Mrs. Ella Bush left for West Virginia.
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Old Dexter
Alva Woodruff
Helen Montgomery
Everrett Chamberlain
Lancaster
Elwood Nelson
Glenn Strong
Chamberlain
Hester
Pauline Washington
Nelson
Minter Kennedy
Pomeroy
Ella Bush
West Virginia
J. E. Harley Injured In Industrial Clash
A clash at the Earl J. Jones coal mine near Stovertown involved Jones company workers and Industrial Gas Co. staff. Injuries included J. E. Harley, long time Middleport resident and former mayor, and Jones himself with the extent of Harley’s injuries not disclosed.
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Middleport
Columbus
Earl J. Jones
Zanesville
Industrial Gas Co
Jones
Stovertown
J. E. Harley
Harley
Olive Grange elects officers sponsor radio show
Olive Grange No. 2135 elected new officers for the coming year at a recent meeting. Officers include Master A. H. Curtis and secretary Minerva Pryor. The group will sponsor a radio program The Trail Blazers at Chester High School on November 16. Third and fourth degrees were conferred on Mr. and Mrs. Harrowlover.
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Pomeroy
Olive Grange
A. H. Curtis
Denver Curtis
William Hannum
Tress Swain
William Taylor
Lizzie Taylor
Minerva Pryor
Jake Weber
Ceres
Georgia Swain
Pomona
Leona Taylor
Flora
Snzy Curtis
Hazel Milhoan
Glen Milhoan
Mary Curtis
Fannie Adams
Francis Larkins
August Weber
Mark Taylor
Elza Larkins
C. F E. Myers
Eleanor Hannum
Trail Blazers
Chester High School
Harrow Lover
Launch Milk Fund Drive To Aid Needy
MIDDLEPORT Milk bottles will be placed in local businesses to collect donations for the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity milk fund. The drive, led by president Wayne Gibbons, aims to provide needy families with milk for several weeks near Christmas. Committees were named to distribute bottles and compile beneficiary lists. The regular meeting at Carsons Headquarters drew 34 attendees.
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Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Wayne Gibbons
Carson
Rotary District Officer To Visit Middleport
Joseph W. Fichter of Oxford Ohio governor of Rotary District 159 will visit Middleport on Friday November 17 to meet with the Middleport Rotary Club. He teaches at Miami University and Ohio State Grange and was formerly assistant state director of education. The club will confer with him on administration and activities and he will address the entire club at dinner. The Middleport Rotary Club, organized in 1928, meets Fridays at the Masonic Temple.
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Middleport
Joseph W. Fichter
Oxford
Ohio
Rotary International
Rotary Club
Fichter
Miami University
Ohio State Grange
Rotary Club of
Hamilton
Rotary
Cleveland
W. S. Green
L. J. Hawk
Middleport Rotary Club
Masonic Temonle
Syracuse Garden Club Plans Christmas Party
Syracuse Mrs. Frank Capehart and Mrs. Lawrence Sellers hosted a meeting for Syracuse Garden Clubs with a December 11 Christmas party planned at Mrs. Irving Karr home. Twenty two members attended and four new members joined. Mrs. Weese reported on Miss Dorothy Biddle lecture in Athens and chrysanthemum paper was read. Flower arrangement awards went to Mrs. Carl Weese and Mrs. Frank Capehart. A social hour followed. Idaho Falls potatoes plentiful shipments about 300 cars ahead of 1938 according to the agricultural marketing service.
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Syracuse
Frank Capehart
Lawrence Sellers
Carl Weese
Irving Karr
William Houdashelt
Charles Wagner
Elizabeth Duckworth
Emma Duckworth
Weese
Dorothy Biddle
Athens
Herbert Parker
Idaho Falls
Ida
Idaho
Agricultural Marketing Service
Olive Tablets Promise Relief For Constipation And Liver Bile
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a cure for constipation and sluggish liver bile. It claims the tablets stimulate bile flow to aid digestion of fatty foods, tone intestinal action, and improve elimination. Priced 15 30 and 60 cents, available at all drugstores.
Declamation Winners Named in Columbia Contests
Columbia High School hosted Prince of Peace declamation contests across four venues November 5 12 naming winners Dyesville Church Mt Union Temple M E Church Carpenter Baptist Church Four winners receive bronze medals and advance to county contest Judges included Odta Gillogly Eldon Dailey F E Radcliffe and others An unrelated line notes tuberculosis cases nationwide estimated over 500000 active cases in the United States.
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Carpenter
Prince of Peace
Columbia High School
Dyesville Church
Helen Holcomb
Lucy Joe Dye
Mt. Union
Floyd Cummings
Juanita Rife
Temple M. E
Gerald Starkey
Doris Radekin
Claire Steward
Carpenter’ Baptist
Bill Westfall
Marie Cummings
Eileen Stansbury
Alvin Dye
Downie Nelson
Odta Gillogly
Eldon Dailey
F. E. Radcliffe
Circulation Hits Record High At Pomeroy Library
October set a new circulation record with 2922 books loaned from Pomeroy Public Library surpassing 2153. County teachers borrowed many titles for classes boosting demand and Virginia Ramsey, the librarian, requests new donations as W P A stations also expand access.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Virginia Ramsey
Safer to drive than stay home in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama the state health department reports 21 home accident deaths last year versus 12 deaths from motor vehicle accidents, suggesting driving is safer than staying at home in the capital city.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Department of Health
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