Middleport High opens season with Rutland in Dec
Middleport High School basketball coach Trittschuh organizes drills with six returning lettermen Barsiotti Clatworthy Bowen Gomer Ohlinger and Hartinger guiding a mix of recruits. The schedule starts December 9 at home against Rutland and includes games through February 27 against Wellston and other area teams.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Middleport High
Rutland
Middleport
Trittschuh
Middleport High School
Barsotti
Clatworthy
Bowen
Gomer
Ohlinger
Hartinger
Decorate Town For Holidays
POMEROY Start on Christmas decorations includes erecting poles along the outer wall of parking lot areas for lights. Lights will be strung along these poles rather than along the curb. On Second Street one center string will replace two side strings.
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Pomeroy
Second St
Southern Cross seen further north as Earth wobbles
The Southern Cross, visible only in the United States at the southernmost points, will gradually be seen further north due to the wobble of Earth's axis, eventually reaching as far as Quebec, Canada.
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United States
Quebec
Canada
Heath Church Social Notes and Local Community Events
Middleport Class No. 12 met at the Heath Methodist Church with multiple hostesses. The executive committee voted to drop the Dec 5 bazaar and market and requested a one dollar donation to the class treasury. New members Mrs. Earl Knight and Mrs. Orville Chambers joined as Christmas carols were sung. A potluck supper sponsored by the Whatsoever Class of First Presbyterian Church is set for Dec 2 from five to seven. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lisle moved to Rise Apt in Syracuse. Lisle works on the New York Central Railroad. Mrs. C P Bradbury hosted a Contract Club gathering. high scores went to Miss Marie Richman and Mrs. Edison Hobstetter. The Lucky Thirteen Club hosted Miss Marjorie Michl and guests with refreshments to close.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
C. O. Fisher
John Will
David Entsminger
Gordon Harris
D. S. Harold
Earl Knight
Orville Chambers
First Presbyterian Church
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Ohio Sailors and Soldiers’ Orphan Home
Xenia
Fultz
Donald Lisle
Syracuse
Rise
S. Fifth Ave
Lisle
J. E. Miller
New York Central Railroad
C. P. Bradbury
S. Third Ave
Manning Webster
Marie Richman
Edison Hobstetter
Lucky Thirteen
Marjorie Mich
Ralph Swearingen
Cleveland
Margaret Swearingen
Roy Frecker
Pine Grove
Ryan Homestead
Emma Duckworth
H. L. Carr
J. L. Buckley
Rutland
A. M. Roberts
H. L. Holter
Dana Hysell
John Cowan
Shade
Mary Karr
Sergeant Ankrom Stationed in Iceland With U S Army
Sgt. Joe Ankrom son of Mrs Daisy Ankrom and nephew of Mrs Eben Bowen is now stationed in Iceland with U S soldiers. He previously served at Ft Custer Michigan until this fall. His wife resides with her parents in Bellevue Kentucky.
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Joe Ankrom
Daisy Ankrom
Eben Bowen
Iceland
United States
Sergeant Ankrom
Ft. Custer
Mich
Bellevue
Mrs Dyke Rites Held in Charleston
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dyke age 89 died Tuesday at her Charleston home. Widow of Samuel Dyke and sister of the late A K Oliver she formerly lived in Pomeroy and Mason City. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery at 1 30 this afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Mary Elizabeth Dyke
Charleston
Dana Oliver
Samuel Dyke
A. K. Oliver
Mason City
Beech Grove
Eddie Blake
W. Va
Blake
Roy Tracy
Charles Radford
Otho Tracy
Second St
William Comer
Mulberry Ave
Frank H. Perkins
Vinton and
Syracuse WCTU Meeting At Mrs Shumway Home
Syracuse Ohio a Syracuse W C T U met Tuesday at the home of Mrs F A Shumway with devotions led by several members. Christina Grimm presented new member Miss Teckle Hess and was named sales manager of twelve Temperance Calendars. Union songs and reviews of The Union Signal filled the program. Refreshments followed. Several local guests and visitors were noted among Thanksgiving gatherings and church events.
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Syracuse
W.C.T.U
F. A. Shumway
Clara Roberts
Nellie Shumway
Mary Karr
Star of Hope
Christina Grimm
Teckle Hess
Irving Karr
God Bless America
Union Signal” Magazine
W.C.T.U. Benediction
Temperance Doxology
Pomeroy and Middleport WCTU Groups Meet
Members of the Pomeroy Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted Middleport WCTU Tuesday evening in Simpson Methodist Church social rooms. A program featured a Peace talk by Mrs. James Stephenson, a report on the State Convention in Columbus, a duet by Mrs. Ralph Kuether and Mrs. C F E Downie, devotionals led by Mrs. Luther Tracy, and refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Middleport
Simpson Methodist Church
James Stephenson
Miller
Columbus
Ralph Kuether
C. FE. W. Downie
Luther Tracy
When Poisoning Was An Art In Medieval Nobility
In medieval society poisoning was feared as a refined risk. Nobles kept salt cellars locked to guard against the lethal dose, signaling how common treachery and elegant safeguards intersected in courtly life.
Fact about U.S. vehicle usage on highways
A government estimate states that over one third of all trucks and automobiles produced in the United States remain in operation on the nation’s roads today.
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United States
McArthur Votes on Street Light Levy Plan
McArthur voters will decide on December 30 whether to approve a special tax levy above ten mills to fund street lighting. The proposed rate, not to exceed 214 mills or 25 cents per $100 of valuation for two years, follows a failed November 4 levy and ongoing courtesy credit from the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company.
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Mcarthur
W. F E. Collins
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Meetings and Births
Social notes report a White Cove Council gathering in Logan with 98 attendees from several lodges including the Great Pocahontas and Great First Scout. The item also records multiple births in the area, a home visit, a contract bridge gathering at Vale Street, and residents traveling to Charleston and London.
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Sally Allison
Nellie Thomas
Blanche Roller
Verna Hysell
White Cove
Racine
Charles Gibbs
Contract Bridge Club
Vale St
Forrest Creason
Edith Bowen
Creason
Jean Russell
Roy Betzing Involved In Route 7 Crash After Shenang Springs Fire
Local businessman Roy Betzing, co owner of Shenang Springs Night Club, was in a collision Tuesday afternoon when a coal truck driven by James Jeffers of Reedsville failed to stop for Betzing’s car while he observed the burned club ruins.
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Pomeroy
Roy Betzing
Betzing
Shenang Springs
James Jeffers
Reedsville
Safety Week Sponsored at Pomeroy High
Pomeroy High School Commercial Club leads a safety campaign with student posters by Constance Seyfried and Addie Matson. Miss Edith Bowen supervises. students Ruth Anna Bauer Martha Roedel Willis Giles Betty Couch Dorothy Warner and Margaret Weaver spoke on safety themes.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Constance Seyfried
Addie Matson
Edith Bowen
Ruth Anna Bauer
Martha Roedel
Willis Giles
Betty Couch
Dorothy Warner
Margaret Weaver
Louanna Ebersbach
Ruth Ann Bauer
William Welker
Miss Bowen
Social Notes of Hemlock Thanksgiving Travel
Hemlock social column records gatherings across Ohio. Ohio State students Dick Tharp and Carol Flowers with Lois Hodgson spent Thanksgiving at homes in Columbus. Local families from Columbus, Burr Oak, Detroit, Cleveland, Athens, Nelsonville and Crooksville visited relatives and hosted gatherings.
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Trible Campbell
Clara Towns
Mick Kelly
Columbus
Fred Gehring
Jasper Thompsor
Don Osenbaugh
Cleveland
Bill Osenbaugh
P. B. Osenbaugh
Lora Davis
Nina David
Floyd Fuller
Athens
Wilbur Williams
Nelsonville
Jack Williams
Joe Hines
Clara Driggs
Crooksville
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Southern Cross
Meigs County
Florence
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
Farmer
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Royal Flyer
C&f Penny Club
Saturda
A. M. To
Cussins & Fearn
N. Court St
Middleport Social Notes
T. Lyston Fultz
Fred Fultz
Pearl St
WCTU
Kathryn
Miriam Anna Holmes
Roy Holmes
Asbury Methodist Church
Mary Radford
Flatwoods
Walter Baer
Minersville
W. A. Adams
Parkersburg
Daisy Duckworth
Akron
Helen Underhill
Marcia Karr
Robert Salser
East Letart
Tenora Campbell
Herbert Stobart
Bernice Stowe
Cincinnati
Mrs
Frank Stowe
Pomeroy Social Notes
Anna Lee Comer
Edward Lietwiler
Camp Shelby
Miss
John Lietwiler
Pomeroy High
Stylemart
Clothcraft
Hart Schaeffner & Marx
Sterling
Hardwick Suits
Brown's Beach
Blue Melton Jackets
Meigs Clothing CO
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Hemlock
Rathburn's Department Store
Rutland, Ohio
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