Miss Allie Mauck’s porch collapse amid heavy Middleport snow
Middleport reports a heavy snow spell bring mishaps and hardship. Miss Allie Mauck, nanogenarian, loses her back porch roof while neighbors organize food at a soup supper. Mail carriers and milk deliveries face blocked routes. patrolman I B Neal returns from Columbus after a three day idle period. Detroit bound traveler Sylvia Tovey stranded twenty hours. Residents share trudging journeys through drifts, horse drawn sleds, and tight winter routines as persistent cold continues.
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Middleport
Marietta
Allie
Allie Mauck
C. F. Besserer
South Third
E. M. Wood
Ann Rupe
Rupes
Gerald Rupe
Ann
Margaret Reynolds
L. E. Reynolds
Bradbury
Chicago
I. B. Neal
Columbus
Neil
Chillicothe
Slyvia Tovey
Willis Anthony
Detroit
Lancaster
Grover Salser
Racine
Salser
Racine Grange Elects C. S. Morris Master
C S Morris of Long Bottom was elected master of Racine Grange. New officers include Earl Cross overseer Mary K Yost lecturer Eugene Holter steward George Theiss assistant steward Mary V Easterday chaplain Roy Spencer treasurer Bertha Spencer secretary Roger Grueser gate keeper Jean Hayman Ceres Lena Holter Pomona Rose Easterday Flora Geraldine Cross lady assistant steward Clifford Holter executive committee Mary V Easterday home economics chairman Thirty thousand mounted birds were donated to Harvard University museum by John Eliot Taylor collector.
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Racine
C. S. Morris
Long Bottom
Racine Grange
Earl Cross
Mary K. Yost
Eugene Holter
George Theiss
Mary V. Easterday
Roy Spencer
Bertha Spencer
Roger Grueser
Jean Hayman
Ceres
Lena Holter
Pomona
Rose Easterday
Flora
Geraldine Cross
Clifford Holter
Man Injured at Thomas Fork Coal Mine
Melvin Cunningham sustained injuries in a coal mine accident at the Thomas Fork site Tuesday afternoon. He was riding the front of a car when it derailed and roofed, throwing him from the vehicle. his right leg was pinned between the car and a tie. He was reported in satisfactory condition at Meigs General Hospital and expected to be released in a couple days.
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Pomeroy
Melvin Cunningham
Meigs General Hospital
Thomas Fork
Cunningham
Amberger Rites Planned For George Amberger
George Amberger 73 died at 7 am Tuesday at his Nease Settlement home after months of failing health. Born August 7, 1877 in Minersville to Jacob Amberger and Elizabeth Ohlinger Amberger, he is survived by widow Minnie three sons James Dale at home Wallace and two daughters Frieda Frecker and Mrs Oscar Bauer of Pomeroy Route 1 two brothers Henry Frank Peter and one sister Mrs William Jones. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 pm at the Ewing funeral home pending weather permits.
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Pomeroy
George Amberger
Nease Settlement
Amberger
Mr. Amberger
Jacob Amberger
Elizabeth Ohlinger Amberger
Minersville
Minnie
James
Dale
Wallace
Chester
Frieda Frecker
Oscar Bauer
Funeral services for Henry Casto in Middleport
Funeral services for Henry Casto, 70, who died Saturday night at his home on Beech Street, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Rawlings Coats funeral home conducted by the Rev. Paul Taylor. Burial will follow at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until service time.
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Middleport
Henry Casto
Beech St
Rawlings- Coats
Paul Taylor
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Graveside rites for Ida Mae Phelps in Letart Cemetery
Graveside services were held for 14 year old Ida Mae Phelps who drowned in the Ohio River near the Letart shoreline on November 5. The Letart Cemetery was the service site with family present. A rummage and bake sale by the Eagles Auxiliary Aerie 2171 has been postponed indefinitely.
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Pomeroy
Ida Mae Phelps
Ohio River
Letart
The
Eagles
Aerie 2171
Lillian Rayburn
Bulldozer Races to Clear Middleport Snow Drifts
Swisher and three Swisher owned trucks donated by Cheshire coal operator assist Middleport Village workers in clearing drifted snow from Route 7 through the village. Frank Vroman directs with Fred Collins and street crew moving snow to Carson's Playground. Emmett Shuler uses small bulldozers to open the first tracks. highway trucks promised for Wednesday noon were absent at 2 p.m.
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Middleport
Ura Swisher
Middleport Village
Swisher
Cheshire Coal Operator
Route 7
Frank Vroman
Fred Collins
Carson
Pythian Park
Emmett Shuler
Highway Department
Speech Meet To Be Sunday At Syracuse Church
Meigs County Prince of Peace Declamation contest set for Sunday at 7 00 p m in Syracuse Methodist Church Weather permitting three contestants Jo Anne Wilson representing First Baptist Middleport Carol Bachtel Heath Methodist Middleport and Nina Brannon Joppa Methodist Reedsville charge The winner advances to the district contest location to be determined.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Prince of Peace
Syracuse Methodist Church
Jo Anne Wilson
First Baptist Church
Carol Bachtel
Heath Methodist Church
Nina Brannon
Joppa Methodist Church
Reedsville
Session Postponed for Pomeroy Order of Eastern Star
The Order of Eastern Star practice session scheduled for Thursday night in Pomeroy has been postponed to Monday evening.
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Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
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