Toys Admission for Needy Children at Middleport Theater
In Middleport the Liberty Theater hosts a Thursday matinee at 4 pm where each child’s toy serves as admission. The event, organized by the Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion and the Christmas Toys for Needy Children Committee, features repaired and restored toys crafted by NYA volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
New Liberty Theater
Dan Price
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Legion Hall
S. Fourth Ave
Santa Claus
NYA
Harry Houd Ashell
The
Middleport Review
Middleport social notes cover events and engagements
Hostesses for the Christmas party of the Whatsoever Class of the First Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. L. J. Heiner's home in Rutland to plan the event. Other notes mention BYPA attendees at a Lima convention, funeral visitors for Mrs. Jacob Hughes, a baby named Stephen H. Coats, a December 27 wedding for Miss Katherine Jones and Robert McMaster, college visits, and local resident movements and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
Heiner
Marcus Chambers
Ray Sherman
Frank Vroman
W. H. Juhling
Vivienne Middleton
Earl Probst
Mary Lou McMaster
Jean McMaster
Josephine Emmish
Katherine Jones
Raymond Jones
Gallipolis
Robert McMaster
Grace Methodist Church
Miss Jones
Rio Grande College
OHE
McMaster
Harry McMaster
Glouster
Ohio University
Athens
West Jefferson
MHS
C. B. Smith
Melissa Hennesy
Leah Ann Crites
Harriet Schumann
Capital University
Jean Clark
IOOF
Pomeroy
Miss Crites
Schumann
Hennesy
C. A. Emmish
Columbus
Clara Ervin
Frances Pullin
Dorothy Sauer
Arthur Fick
Bill and
John Jones
Jack Vornholt
Richard Holzer
Troy Grange Elects Officers at Coolville
The annual Troy Grange election in Coolville named G. O. Shanks as Master and Adda Warren as Overseer with Myrtle Dixon as Lecturer. Other officers include Tom Newsom, Edgar Dixon, Nina Dixon, Linda Shanks, Ray Clark, Ruby Richards, C. E. Brandeberry and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Troy Grange
G. O. Shanks
Adda Warren
Myrtle Dixon
Tom Newsome
Edgar Dixon
Ella Clark
Edward Daugherty
Helen Rodgers
Linda Shanks
Ray Clark
Ruby Richards
Ceres
Columbia Burdette
Pomona
Nina Dixon
Flora
Georgia Stout
Ireland
Centennial
G. R. Gunder
Sarasota
Fla
Jessie Ellis
Ocala
Ellis
Lillian Reed
Francis
Mary Gaskins
Edwin Bingman
Meriam Bingman
Carl Callaway
Orville Bibbee
Fred Swearingen
Ohio University
Howard B. Pritchard
Toledo
Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League
Doris Jean Brafford
Ray Hart
Xenia
Virginia Knecht
John Gross
Athens
A. B. Saunders
Harold Verwohlt
St. Clairsville
C. H. Verwohlt
Betty Joe
Granges Plan Socials and Install Officers
Granges meet with A H Curtis in charge and plan an oyster supper for December 8. Ohio Valley Grange announces new officers led by Dan Hartinger as master and Clara Mae Robinson as lecturer with a December installation at Letart Falls for Racine Great Bend and Ohio Valley Granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Olive Grange No
A. H. Curtis
Reedsville
Long Bottom
Ohio Valley Grange
Dan C. Hartinger
Harold Hayman
Clara Mae _ Robinson
Mary Wolfe
Herbert Roush
Mabel Roush
John Wolfe
H. L. Sayre
Edward Robinson
Ceres
Gladys Shields
Pomona
Earl Robinson
June Hayman
Early Roush
Racine Grange
Great Bend Grange
Letart Falls
Armistice Day Program and Local Social News in Jacksonville
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church staged an Armistice Day program led by Miss Effie Stephenson with fourth and fifth graders singing war songs around a campfire and bugle echoes by Ernest Burdiss and Lawrence Cominsky. The Mothers' Club presented a drama titled A Thanksgiving Miracle and plans for a December 15 jitney supper and bazaar were announced. Local women and families are noted visiting, hosting guests, and attending events in Jacksonville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Effie Stephenson
Ernest Burdiss
Lawrence Cominsky
Mothers’ Club
S. C. Elsen
Edward Welling
Welling Home
Jerry Welling
Hollister
Willis Shumway
Robert Selby
Edwin
Cecil Herper
Louis Ziegler
Pennsylvania
Joe Judson
May von Scheele
Coolville
John Sheets
Gertie Taylor
Martin Bernard
Guysville
Ola Moody
Gertrude Hogue
Mildred Antle
Trimble
Elsie Welling
Athens
Vivian Hallam
Dan Rinehard
Columbus
William Hallam
John Johnson
Della Johnson
Della Landon
Ralph Oliver
Appomattox Court House Post Office History
The Appomattox Court House post office, near the Lee surrender site to Grant, was once officially named Surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appomattox ‘Court House
Lee
Grant
No Smiles Evident in County Visitor's Office
Pomeroy reports smiles were absent as county visitor Harvey L. French and his employee Miss Alice Sanborn missed recent salary payments. Three months of pay were issued to five other staffers last Friday after five months without pay. The delays involve funds outside the county general fund and pertain to aid divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harvey L. French
French
Alice Sanborn
Thanksgiving Socials and Visits Share Racine Events
Thanksgiving gatherings across Racine feature Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crow with daughter visiting Lan caster relatives, and many families from Zanesville Wheeling Columbus Huntington sharing time with local hosts. A Christmas party planned by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. A Racine M E Church father and son banquet is set for Nov 30 with plans in progress. Fifty relatives held a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Linn Hart with gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Wingett
Sarah Spencer
A. V. Chittenden
Rutland
Amanda Cross
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Clark Jiiden
Racine M. E
R. H. Hayman
Hayman
Eber Hayman
Parkersburg
Owen Watson
E. C. Hardin
Belpre
Zanesville
Linn Hart
Cheeter Simpson
Earl Hart
Ella Watson
Local visits and holiday travels across Rutland area
Miss Lucille Wise of Columbus beauty school spent holidays with Mr. and Mrs. F L McKnight and friends. Electa Hysell and son Lloyd visited Mr. and Mrs. F L McKnight and Art Hess and son from New Straitsville at Bert Gilkey’s Leading Creek home. Albert Hawkins of Springfield visits his parents Thomas Gaffney and Ernest Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport Personals
Olivia Reed
Ohio State University
Columbus
Dorothy Sauer
Hudson St
Charles Reed
David Ohlinger
Reeds
Charles Hern
OSU
Virginia Hern
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Charleston
Bert Hern
Cheshire
Virginia Russell
Office Training School
Griff Russell
Alec Fraser
Rutland
Lucille Wise
F. L. McKnight
Electa Hysell
Lloyd
Art Hess
New Straitsville
Bert Gilkey
Leading Creek
Albert Hawkins
Springfield
Thomas Gaffney
Ernest Hawkins
Future War Memorial Site Problems
The Meigs County War Memorial Committee met at the Mill Street site with MIDDLEPORT officials to discuss location issues and future upkeep. They considered extending the adjoining state highway park to include the memorial land and plan to move the memorial before bad weather, with further action set for Thursday during state-local talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
T. H. McCormick
Marietta
R. C. Kleinschmidt
NYA
Pomeroy
Paul Smart
Board of Education
H. L. Redcay
F. G. Hunker
Meigs County War Memorial
Mill St
MHS Seniors Elect New Class Officers
Middleport High School seniors elected officers for the year. Gene Harris, Yellow Jacket football player and musician, became president. Charles Roush, veteran footballer, was named vice president. Bob Rothrock, squad member, is secretary. Easter Martin Ewing, on the Activity staff and Girls Glee Club, is treasurer. Diplomas to mirror 1939 design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Gene Harris
Yellow Jacket
Charles Roush
Bob Rothrock
Easter Martin Ewing
Girls Glee Club
WPA Officials Attend Zanesville Meeting
Four representatives from the district WPA office at Zanesville joined foremen and timekeepers at Pomroy City Hall Tuesday night. Ray Overholser led as district supervisor, with Roger Masters, J. F. Moberly, and John Baker in finance and engineering roles. The session reviewed operating procedures tied to new WPA program provisions enacted by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
WPA
Zanesville
Pomeroy City Hall
Ray Overholser
Division of Employment
Roger Masters
J. F. Moberly
John Baker
Division of Finance
Act of Congress
Old Time Dance At Kerr's Run Center Friday Night
An open to the public old time dance will be held Friday night at Kerr's Run Recreation Center. Funds were provided to install electric lights after a period of closure. A public party last Wednesday drew over 125 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — An
Kerr's Run Recreation Center
Meigs WPA to Elect 1940 Officers at Pomeroy Hall
Meigs County Workers’ Alliance WPA unit will elect half of 1940 officers at Pomeroy City Hall on Tuesday December 5 at 730 pm. County secretary George Bowers notes county officers’ terms end December 20. Rutland Stiversville Long Bottom and Syracuse locals vote. two members will become District 3 state committeemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Workers’ Alliance
WPA
Pomeroy City Hall
George Bowers
Rutland
Stiversville
Long Bottom
Syracuse
Meigs County
Athens County
the Plains
Francis Overturf
George Heilman
Dylvan Michael
Pneumonia Fatal to Walter W. Farley in Silver Run
Walter W. Farley 49 died at home in Silver Run after several days illness. Funeral arrangements by Rawlings Coats were not yet made. Survived by wife and children Florence Alfred Ralph Osborne Mrs. Wise Mrs. Searles Frieda, plus several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Walter W. Farley
Silver Run
Rawlings Coats
Farley
Florence
Alfred
Ralph
Osborne
Margaret Wise
Gertrude Searles
Frieda
Relieve Indigestion with One Dose Ballans Tablet
A small black tablet offers quick relief for indigestion and upset stomach. One dose is promoted to aid digestion, reduce acidity, and calm sour feeling, with a suggested price of 25 cents everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie
Meigs Schools Receive State Foundation Funds This Week
Meigs County schools collected the fourth quarterly settlement for 1939 from the State School Foundation Program totaling 525,592.76 dollars. District shares include Bedford 3,661.24 Central 8,121.04 Northern 7,258.15 Olive Orange 5,040.65 Salisbury 5,105.94 Southern 14,405.70 Western 8,400.04.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
State School Foundation
Bedford
Central
Northern
Olive Orange
Salisbury
Southern
Western
Foundation
Middleport
Star Grange Holds Annual Election
Star Grange in Dexter elected officers: Master Walter Holliday over seer A L Holliday lecturer Evlyn Montgomery steward Max Ward assistant steward Dana Nelson chaplain Mildred Wells gatekeeper Jess Nelson secretary E L Bosworth treasurer Blanch Nelson Pomona Dorothy Corneil Flora Elenor Nelson Ceres Vesta Nelson. Next meeting set for December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter — Star Grange
Walter Holliday
A. L. Holliday
Evelyn Montgomery
Max Ward
Dana Nelson
Mildred Wells
Jess Nelson
E. L. Bosworth
Blanch Nelson
Pomona
Dorothy Corneil
Flora
Elenor Nelson
Ceres
Vesta Nelson
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Appetite Help
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to relieve gas and acid indigestion and to improve digestion. It cites a Cleveland testimonial from Mrs. Frank Hetzel praising its appetite stimulation and digestive support, available in liquid or tablet form from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Frank Hetzel
59Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Middleport Theater
Legion Home
Middleport Social Notes
Alice Mourning
William Bolin
William Ward
First Baptist Church
Janet Turner
Angie Shain
L. O. Grant
Baptist Young People’s Convention
Lima
Jacob Hughes
Church of Christ
William Hughes
Harlan Hughes
Hubert Hughes
Dan Satterfield
Dan
Bellaire
Stephen H. Coats
Robert H. Coats
Holzer Hospital
Hayes
Kanouse
S. Second Ave
Fraser
Duke
Camden
N. J
Governor Moore
Jacksonville News
Racine
Rutland Briefs
Carter
Meigs
Pomeeroy
Atiow
Star Grange
Greyhound
Cincinnati
ST Louis
Washington, D.C
Chillicothe
Vincennes
Clarksburg
New York
Union Bus Station
W. Union St
Greyao Celey
Food Institute
Esther Boehm
Gasco Food Institute
Leadway
Leadway Coffee
Lys Y
C. D. Shafer Co
Nelsonville
Esther Roehm
Ohio Apples
P. O
Apple Institute
Painesville, Ohio
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!