Pomeroy Middleport Councils Discuss Water System Purchase
Joint meeting in Pomeroy with Middleport discusses municipal purchase of the Meigs Water Company. Proposals split on uptime of a unit system versus separate town ownership, with Middleport given option to buy all or share ownership by Pomeroy. Decisions hinge on seller willingness and bond-financed price.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Company
Middleport
Pomeroy City Hall
J. M. Atkinson
Cincinnati
Alfred LeFever
Pomeroy Council
Sewer Pipe Purchase for Town Water Project
The Universal Concrete Company of Columbus supplied a five foot pipe that was accepted. The town will buy 590 feet of five foot pipe plus several hundred feet of smaller pipe for the sewer project.
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Universal Concrete Company of
Columbus
Pomeroy Social Notes Celebrations and family updates
Pomeroy social notes detail celebrations at the Alfred Elberfeld family home Lincoln Hill including anniversaries and birthday dinners for Richard Elberfeld Frances Elberfeld a homecoming for Frances a Thanksgiving dinner for the Elberfelds and relatives and plans for a Grace Episcopal Church Christmas dance. Also reported are visits by Nina Ruth McCullough to her grandmother a weekend in Lincoln Hill and births announced for the Kerns Roush and Grueser families with grandparents listed.
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Pomeroy
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hill
Richard
Frances
Duke University
Jacob Elberfeld
William Anderson
Butternut St
Frances and
Richard Elberfeld
Marsh Shumaker
Young Woman's Guild of
Grace Episcopal Church
Nina Ruth McCullough
Wright St
Curtis Roush
West Shade
E. W. Schrieber
Bess Bentz
Juanita Ashworth
Marilyn
D. D. Ward
New Plymouth
John Leifheit, Jr
Dayton
Jacek
Osborn St
Pipe Organ Installation Recalls Local History
The Methodist Church installs a former Presbyterian organ donated by four friends Mrs. Bertha Pownall Dr. C. E. W. Downie Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs. Nettie Wisecarver each gave one hundred dollars. George Hetzel who built the organ and supervised the Presbyterian setup now leads the reassembly after the Barkoff Organ Factory closed. Organ work proceeds as the intricate task nears completion for use.
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Pomeroy
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Bertha Pownall
C. E. W. Downie
Harry Smith
Nettie Wisecarver
Peace Evangelical Church
Helen Lyons
George Hetzel
Barkoff
Pomeroy Machine Company
Roanoke Couple Marguerite Russell and Floyd Podgett Wed
Announcement from Middleport notes the marriage of Miss Marguerite Russell of Roanoke Virginia to Mr Floyd Podgett also of Roanoke. The bride is daughter of Edward Russell and niece of T B Russell of Middleport. They will reside in Roanoke where the groom is employed on the railroad.
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Marguerite Russell
Floyd Podgett
Roanoke
Podgett
Edward Russell
That City
T. B. Russell
Middleport
Evening Club Awards At Mrs Elberfeld Home
Mrs Dor Schafer and Mrs Edson Hobstetter won high scores at the Contract Club gathering hosted by Mrs Alfred Elberfeld. Two tables played and a salad course followed. Tonight the group visits Mrs Manning Webster for her card club. Mr and Mrs George Anderson celebrate their first Thanksgiving in a new Chestnut Street home with guests, the Rice and Anderson families from Pomeroy and Lincoln Street.
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Dor Schafer
Edison Hobstetter
Alfred Elberfeld
Manning Webster
Chestnut St
George Anderson
J. Q. Rice
Pomeroy
Lincoln St
Local Social News and Family Updates
Leaving this week for a visit in Miami are Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fowler John R. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hawkins and Pauline Cochran. Diane Reichman is reported improving from pneumonia after a recurrence at kindergarten. Frieda Faehnle and Lucille Smith spent the weekend in Akron with relatives.
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Miami
Fla
W. A. Fowler
John R. Hawkins
Stuart Hawkins
Pauline Cochran
Diane Reichman
Calvin Reichman
Frieda Faehnle
Lucille Smith
Akron
Miss Smith
Della Windsor
Chester
Dorothy Nelle
Margaret Isabelle Stewart
Wooster
QO. H. Stewart
Orin Smith
Louesa McAllister
George McAllister
Connie Reynolds
Gallipolis
Jimmie Roller
Max Roller
H. A. Rothrock
O. B. Stout
Portsmouth
Barbara Stout
Cedric Clark
Carla
Lewis Rickman to Take First Aid Instructor Course
Middleport resident Lewis Rickman of the CCC Camp in Chillicothe will transfer to Camp Dean Ironton to join an instructor's course in first aid. A Middleport High School graduate, he was selected from the Chillicothe group after Thanksgiving visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Rickman and attended a football game.
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Middleport
Lewis Rickman
CCC
Chillicothe
Earl Rickman
Camp Dean
Ironton
Rickman
Middleport High School
Aged Woman Buried At Reedsville Today
Miss Mary A Hetzer, daughter of the late Philip and Matilda Hetzer, aged 87 or 88, died recently and was buried in Hetzer Cemetery after funeral services at the Reedsville M E Church. She lived much of life in Reedsville and Little Hocking and was a semi invalid. Survived by sisters Mrs Elizabeth Kibble of Little Hocking and Mrs Sarah Ellen Fields of Reedsville. Funeral conducted by Rev E L Miller at the Reedsville church Monday afternoon.
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Reedsville
Mary A. Hetzer
Phillip
Matilda Hetzer
Elizabeth Kibble
Little Hocking
Hetzer
M. E. Church
Kibble
Sarah Ellen Fields
E. L. Miller
Hetzer Cemetery
Meigs Township Officials Set Friday Meeting at Court House
The Meigs County Association of Township Trustees will hold a monthly meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at the court house. President Gilbert Weeks announced the regular business session and a report on the recent state meeting will be presented. Also noted is a scientific reference to Punkies or cubcoider sanguisugus coq. Indians of Maine name them no see ums.
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Meigs County
Armstrong
Pomeroy
Meigs County Association of Township Trustees
Gilbert Weeks
Maine
Middleport Yellow Jackets Face Busy Basketball Schedule
Middleport prepares for a new season under coach Paul Trittschuh with 35 boys reporting for practice. Returning players include Diles Barsotti Ohlinger Bennett Clatworthy Bowen Call Gomer McElhinney Reichman and others. First game December 10 against Rutland with a full schedule listed through February 28 with games at home and away.
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Middleport
Paul Trittschuh
Yellow Jacket
Bill Diles
Enzo Barsotti
O. T. Ohlinger
James Bennett
James Clatworthy
Deb Bowen
Wellston
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Racine
Athens
Logan
Jackson
Boy Who Swallowed Toys Recovers at School
Middleport. James Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Fisher of Walnut Street carrier of The Athens Messenger returned to school yesterday after several days illness caused by swallowing a small whistle and toy boat.
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Middleport
James Fisher
Thomas Fisher
Walnut St
Athens Messenger
Mrs Earl Stiddard and Daughter Visit Grandmother
Mrs Earl Stiddard and her daughter Sylvia Lou of Elizabeth Pennsylvania were summoned to Middleport due to the serious illness of Mrs Pearl McKnight, grandmother to the Stiddards, residing on Lincoln Street.
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Middleport
Earl Stiddard
Sylvia Lou
Elizabeth, Pa
Stiddard
Pearl McKnight
Lincoln St
Pomeroy Students Plan Concert for Dec. 13
The Girls Glee Club of 35 girls and a mixed chorus of about 150 junior and senior high pupils will perform on December 13. They will sing Christmas carols and ensemble numbers with a small admission charged.
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Pomeroy
Girls Glee Club
Meigs Church Women Hear Miss Gifford Speaker
Miss Eleanor Gifford will address Meigs County Council of Church Women at the Presbyterian Church in Middleport Wednesday afternoon. She oversees welfare work among Carbon dale mining families and will describe district efforts. The meeting includes luncheon at 1 pm, devotional led by Mrs. Charles Baird, and a solo by Mrs. O P Klein. open to county church women.
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Middleport
Eleanor Gifford
Carbondale
Meigs County Council of Church Women
Presbyterian Church
Gifford
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Charles Baird
Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
O. P. Klein
T. W. Downie
Thanksgiving party at Antiquity Center draws 150 attendees
A Thanksgiving party at the Antiquity Recreation Center on Friday November 22 drew about 150 attendees. The evening featured progressive games square dancing and contests with refreshments of popcorn apples and sweet cider. Local musicians provided music and Ray and Delmar Byers performed a special number. Rossland Stobart supervised the center.
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Pomeroy
Antiquity Recreation Center
Ray
Delmar Byers
Rossland Stobart
Twenty-one Meigs Countians Buy Seals On Campaign Start
Prompt responses Monday saw twenty-one Meigs Countians return money for Christmas seals. Mrs. Lee Rudisill and L. A. Person led early donations to the tuberculosis elimination effort. Four five-dollar bonds and one ten-dollar bond have been sold. No staff salaries. all work is voluntary with a card file to register each contribution. The committee aims to raise five hundred dollars or more for 1940.
Meigs County Seeks Peak Contributions for Tuberculosis Program
Citizens urged to remit contributions promptly to reach a peak that will fund a more complete health program for tuberculosis care and prevention education in Meigs County.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy Library Receives Columbus Books For Shelves
The Pomeroy Public Library has received fiction from the Ohio State Library in Columbus. More titles will be ready for the shelves soon including Juvenile Stories such as Wanda and Greta at Barley Farm and The Popes over Family.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Ohio State Library
Columbus
Wanda
Greta
Barley Farm
Mr. Emmanuel
Colin Lowrie
Riders of the Purple Sage
Pine Creek
Warning to Mothers of Growing Children
An old advertisement promotes Vicks VapoRub with a massage method aimed at relief from colds. It urges 3 minute rubs on the back and chest, a thick chest layer, and a warmed cloth, claiming deep penetration and soothing effects for children.
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Vicks Way
Vicks
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