Meigs County School Levy Issue Discussed in Racine Meeting
About 150 residents attended a Racine High Auditorium session on a proposed three mill levy for two years in Southern Rural School District. Ben Keller of the State Department of Education presented receipts and expenditures showing a 1940-41 deficit and 1941-42 shortfall, with local real estate taxes contributing a small share, followed by an hourslong Q&A on district finances.
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Pomeroy
Racine High
Ben Keller
State Department of Education
Exec
Keller
Ross Norris
Two Men Abandon Wrecked Automobile
Two men abandoned a wrecked automobile near Chester after it was reported. Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins and Night Patrolman H H Niemeyer investigated and learned the car had been stolen in Parkersburg West Virginia. The two men were not found.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Dave Jenkins
H. H. Niemeyer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Election set. board outlines steps to curb school costs
At a public meeting D B Williams and the school board described salary cuts and other measures to reduce expenditures. They pledged to vote to close schools if the levy fails in the December 15 special election, while noting the debt exceeds 12 000 dollars as of Jan 1 1942.
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D. B. Williams
Herbert Shields
Letart Township Association
C. O. Chapman
Jammed whistle wakes Middleport and Pomeroy residents
Residents in Middleport and Pomeroy were awakened Sunday by a jammed engine whistle. People investigated at Hobson yards where railroad workers struggled to silence the whistle, unsure if it signaled celebration or danger.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Hobson Yards
Letart Falls PTA Sets Tuesday Meeting at School
Letart Falls P T A will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 in the grade school auditorium. Otis Crawford will lead, with guest speaker E O Saunders, former Ashland Ky dean, speaking on What I Have Found Out About Boys. Readings and discussions follow. all interested are invited.
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Letart Falls
P.T.A
Otis Crawford
E. O. Saunders
Ashland
Saunders
Boy Scout Troop 48 Grows and Plans Community Drive
MIDDLEPORT Troop 48, sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church, nears full enrollment with eight boys joining this week under Scoutmaster Bill Grate and assistants. The troop, including Tiger and Flying Horse Patrols, meets Mondays and plans paper drive for national defense, plus winter activities and trips to the Scout cabin near Chester.
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Middleport
Boy Scouts of America
Robert Chambers
Tommy Durst
Eugene Miller
Robert Fife
Charles Webb
Charles Mulford
First Presbyterian Church
Bill Grate
Charles Hess
Wayne Gibbons
George Buchannan
Edward Tewksbury
Joseph Stratton
Athens
J. H. Grate
H. L. Carr
Charles Bing
Marcus Chambers
A. A. Dillard
Edgar Ervin
Flying Horse Patrol
Fife
Fisher
Webb Mulford
George Daniels
Andrew Lemley
John Erwin
Chambers
Tiger Patrol
Miller
Frank Hayes
Kenneth Sauer
National Movement
Boy Scouts
National Defense
Grate
Chester
Wolfe Couple Celebrates Sixty Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Oren Wolfe marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Broadway Ave home in Racine Their ages are 84 and 78 Their family includes five children seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren An anniversary dinner was served at noon with two large cakes for the couple Guests included Wallace Pickens Albert Botkin Vinnie Woods Harley Barnes Clyde Wolfe Martha Neigler Herman Wolfe Gary Sellers Daisy Sellers Clara and Doris Wolfe and other relatives.
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Racine
Oren Wolfe
Broadway Ave
Wolfe
Wallace Pickens
Columbus
Albert Botkin
Springfield
Vinnie Woods
Harley
Athens
Russell Couple In Columbus Auto Collision
Pomeroy weekend trip of Mr and Mrs Truman Russell of Wright Street ended with a collision at the corner of South Fourth Street and Barthman Avenue in Columbus. Herbert Maas driver of the other car was arrested for failing to stop at a stop sign. Mr Russell was uninjured and Mrs Russell suffered minor injuries. Their wrecked car was towed from the scene. Relatives Mr and Mrs Rolla Young of Pom eroy later transported them home.
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Pomeroy
Truman Russell
Wright St
S. Fourth St
Barthman Ave
Columbus
Herbert Maas
Russell
Rolla Young
Fire crews battle blaze at residence and hall
Middleport firemen answered a second floor blaze at William Fowler’s Beech Street home about 7 PM caused by a defective flue and causing slight damage. Early this morning they aided Pomeroy firefighters against a Meigs County beer and dance hall fire.
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Middleport
William Fowler
Beech St
Shenang Springs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Miller Byers Marriage Solemnized Sunday
RACINE Miss Cora Mae Miller and Mr. Wilmer Byers were married Sunday afternoon by Mayor G Clyde Wolfe at his Racine home. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Bart Miller of Letart Falls. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Ray Byers and employed at Warren. Both graduates of Racine High School. Attendants were Ray Byers, Mrs Bart Miller and Oval Diddle.
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Racine
Cora Mae Miller
Wilmer Byers
G. Clyde Wolfe
Bart Miller
Letart Falls
Mr. Byers
Ray Byers
Warren
Racine High School
Oval Diddle
Middleport Social Notes Marriage of Mrs Mabel Berry and Max Sanborn
Middleport notes announce the marriage of Mrs Mabel O Berry of Akron and Mr Max Sanborn of Palmer St solemnized in Akron by Rev F C Kreager. Attendants were Mr and Mrs C W Gale of Akron. The couple spent the weekend in Akron and Columbus and will reside on Palmer St.
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Middleport
Mabel O. Berry
Akron
Max Sanborn
Palmer St
F. C. Kreager
First Baptist Church
Sanborns
C. W. Gale
Class 1260f Heath Methodist Church Meets Wednesday
Class No.1260f of the Heath Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at 8 at the church. Mrs. Leo Kennedy is president of the class. Hostesses will be Mrs. Cc O Fisher, Mrs. John Will, Mrs. D N Ensteminger, Mrs. D S Harold and Mrs. Gordon Harris.
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Heath Methodist Church
Leo Kennedy
Cc. O. Fisher
John Will
D. N. Ensteminger
D. S. Harold
Gordon Harris
Miss Katharine and Christine Grant Return Home From Thanksgiving
Miss Katharine Grant and Miss Christine Grant returned Sunday to Columbus after spending Thanksgiving with their mother Mrs Homer Grant. They were accompanied by Miss Janet Hecox and Miss Jane Stansbury returning to Capital University, and Alan Bradford returning to Ohio State University.
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Martha Jane Downing
Columbus School For Girls
Rodney Downing
Second Ave
Miss Downing
Carla Clark
Nan Fisher
Columbus
Melissa and
Catherine Hennesy
Capital University
C. M. Hennesy
Mr. Downing
Leland Saxton
Katharine Grant
Christine Grant
Homer Grant
Janet Hecox
Jane Stansbury
Alan Bradford
Ohio State University
Thanksgiving social notes and visits across the region
Thanksgiving week activities include visits by Miss Margaret Gaskill and family to McArthur and Wells residents the Embodens escorting Miss Gaskill home. College student Miss Opal Taylor and Miss Bobbie Deam spent the weekend with Leonard Taylor’s family in Gravelly. Local meetings include Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters at 7:30 with officer nominations.
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Margaret Gaskill
Vine St
Pete Gaskill
McArthur
Gaskill
Charles Gaskill
Wellston
Enswater
Scott Emboden
Columbus
Miss Gas~kill
Opal Taylor
Bobbie Deam
Bliss College
Leonard Taylor
Gravelill
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
J. W. Brickles
Broadway
Sherman Kemper
Huntington
Daisy Ankrom
Gallipolis
Eben Bowen
Chestnut St
Charles Edwards
Phil Edwards
Clarence Ebersbach
Ebersbach
Parkersburg
Alyce Ebersbach
Ohio University
Athens
Eva Klein
Real St
Robert Kayser
Ruth Entsminger
Charleston
D. N. Entsminger
Betty McGinnis
Frank Brumley
Ohio
Wallace Lawrence
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Jenkins
New
Two School Lunch Projects Are To Open In Meigs County
Two more school lunches will open Monday in Meigs County at Columbia School and Laurel Cliff boosting total to 15, per county supervisor Mrs Selah Weatherby. A further lunch project at Long Bottom has been requested. Louise Huber was taken to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg Saturday seriously ill with throat infection and appendicitis.
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Lexington
Louis Seyfried
N. Second Ave
Edward French
Holzer Hospital
George Beards
David Jenkins
O. C. Greenlee
Greenlee
George Ed
Youngstown
William Jenkins
Beards
Mr. Jenkins
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbia School
Laurel Cliff
Selah Weatherby
Long Bottom
Louise Huber
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Pomeroy School Board Interviews Five Engineers
The Pomeroy Board of Education interviewed five engineers Monday night to supervise planning and construction for a swimming pool, football stadium, and vocational agriculture building. A $61,000 bond approved on Nov. 4 funds the improvements. engineers included Wesley Bintz of Lansing, William Davis of Athens, Walter Graf, R. E. Crooks of Lancaster, and J. J. Morgan of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
Wesley Bintz
Lansing
Mich
William Davis
Athens
Walter Graf
R. E. Crooks
Lancaster
J. J. Morgan
Columbus
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Athens Messenger
Reedsville
A. C. Stewart
Zelma Lee Jeffers
Lorraine Edwards
Juanita
Vannita Boring
Maxine and
Louise Vineyard
Jimmie Argubrite
Crom
Kentucky
Mechem
Nelsonville
PTA
the Crazy Loan and Guaranty Company
S. Court Street
Fred Sangers
Mgr
Boy Scout Troop
Mrs. Wolfe
Russells
Fire Department
Miller-Byers
Middleport Social Notes
Pomeroy Social Notes
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