Middleport Yellow Jackets Upset Gallipolis
Middleport edged Gallipolis 7 to 6 in a thriller as Jechman connected with French for the decisive extra point. Pepper led Gallipolis with carries while Entsminger and Entsminger’s kicks kept the Tigers on a tight defense.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Jechman
Yellow Jackets
Blue Devils
Teichman
Hackett
Entsminger
Walters
Gallipols
Pepper
Gibson
Gallipolis
Orange and Black
Gallilis
Middleport High
Local teams clash in spirited Yellow Jacket Gallipot duel
A large crowd saw Middleport and Gallipolis vie for honors in a split decision between Gordon Harting’s Yellow Jackets and Bayliss’ Gallipots. Strong efforts from Marshall and Griffith highlighted a tight matchup with close scores and notable substitutions.
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Bill Stre
Sena
Gordon Harting
Yellow Jacket
Th Bayliss
Gallipots
Marshall
Apn
Yellow Jackets
Ory
Gar Griffith
Blue Devils
Pledgiddleport Pos
Gallipolis
So Walters LE Lewis Atorschaeffer
Morgan
Ial Searberry
LG Keefer
Iso Mllen
Ce Littlefield
Carsey RG Baker Po
Johnson RT Davis
No Pay for County Workers Until 1940
Pomeroy courthouse employees faced another payday with no wages Monday and little chance of salary payments before early 1940. County officials report three months of unpaid work and virtually all general fund money already spent for the year.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Apples To Be Used For Relief
Meigs County fruit growers face an 75,000 bushel apple crop surplus. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation will buy apples for relief use. Growers must divert equal low grade bushels from fresh markets by using for cider vinegar stock feed destruction or not harvesting. contact County Agent or Howard Wells Wilkesville for details. Program starts September 18 with sale possible after.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Ohio
Howard Wells
Wilkesville
U. S
Middleport Council Passes Rule and Road Matters
An ordinance authorizing sale of a perpetual easement tied to the Gallipolis dam was given final reading and passed. Other actions included approving an abstract of riparian rights, listing village real estate deals, taxing Jordie Manufacturing Co. and deducting from rent, plus highway planning with Route 7. Several bills for road and town services were sent to the finance committee for payment.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Middleport Council
O. H. Stewart
Jordie Manufacturing Co
Case Manufacturing Co
Ray Steen
Marietta
State Highway Dept
Council
Third and
Locust
Corporation
Hobson
Steen
Grant St
Pearl, Seventh
Fourth Sts
Finance Committee
M. D. Hartinger
Indian Refining Co
Meigs County relief funds exhausted prompt county action
Relief clients in Meigs County were told funds are exhausted as state matching funds fail to materialize. Officials blamed the shortage on state law and lack of state money, with no immediate relief anticipated. About 300 new WPA workers added, and officials propose school district funding to buy cloth for garments.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mergs
Ashworth and Simpson
WPA
Pomeroy Marks Extension Service Anniversary
The Agricultural Extension Service celebrates twenty five years with an anniversary meeting at Ohio State University on October 10. Former directors and the present director H C Ramsower will attend along with Perry L Green and Walter F Kirk. Governor Bricker and C W Warburton will speak in the evening program. Meigs County residents are urged to attend.
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Garden Club and Local Events
Mrs R G Webster and Mrs Ralston Russell hosted Pomeroy Garden Club members at Mulberry Ave. Mrs Earl Titus spoke on Trees with H B Smith on national forests. New president J O Roedel and outgoing head W McMurray presided at tea. Two new members joined. next meeting with H B Smith on Lincoln Hill. Silver Tea planned by Federated Circle at Mrs Wright McCroba’s Lincoln Hill home. E B Epple recovering after heart attack. Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson Methodist to meet at Mrs Jacob Gloeckner in Monkey Run. Eugene Chapman recovering from appendicitis at Holzer Hospital. Regular Church Night at Simpson Methodist with Rev Warren Bright. Reports on church year plans to be discussed. Mr and Mrs James Everhart and family spent weekend on Lincoln Hill. Miss Anna Louise Carl visiting grandparents H V Carl on Union Ave. Mrs Maurice Carl and Maurice Jr. returned home. Mrs Joe Ebersbach discharged after Holzer Hospital surgery.
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R. G. Webster
Ralston Russell
Pomeroy
Wyllis McMurray
George Heber Jones
Herman Kuntz
H. B. Smith
Lincoln Hill
Federated Circle
Wright McCroba
E. B. Epple
Foreign Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Church
Jacob Gloeckner
Monkey Run
Eugene Chapman
Joe Chapman
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Warren Bright
James Everhart
Bruce
Jane Butler
Springfield
Malcolm D. Hartley
Anna Louise Carl
West Lafayette
Ind
H. V. Carl
Union Ave
Maurice Carl
Maurice Jr
Carl
Joe Ebersbach
Mrs Ward Heads East for Maryland Visit and Pimlico
Mrs H L Ward leaves Middleport for Lusby Maryland to visit sister Mrs Michael Rorty and son Malcolm who returned from England aboard the American Farmer. She expected to sail via The President Roosevelt but changed plans after cancellations. Also plans Baltimore visit with the Ransomes and attend Pimlico races.
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Middleport
H. L. Ward
Thomas Midgley
Worthington
Lusby
Michael Rorty
Malcolm
New York
England
Roosevelt
Rortys
United States Steamship
Rorty
Police Chief Seizes Young Hobo On Freight Train
Fowler California Police Chief R W Donaldson says he found the country’s youngest hobo in Willie Mitchell a 5 year old Negro boy. Willie ran away from home and had ridden more than 70 miles on a freight train into Fowler.
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Fowler
Cal
R. W. Donaldson
Willie
Mitchell
Pomeroy Council Plans Parking Lots and City Improvements
The Pomeroy council discussed marking Main Street parking lots to maximize spaces and traffic flow. The lots may open soon, with no markings for weeks. A 30 day police leave for Fred Swatzel triggered Bentley Peeples appointment. Dump improvements, fencing, and caretaker hire were approved. A 30 minute Main Street parking ordinance is to be prepared for next meeting.
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Pomeroy
Bentley Peeples
Peeples
Lawrence Withers
Main St
Ralston Russell
Boost Home Town Talent Night at Hemlock Grange
Hemlock Grange sponsors Pomeroy town event on Friday night October 6 at the grange hall featuring the Great Bead Boys Maxie the trick dog and Kelly the dummy. In Toledo ultraviolet ray equipment now supplies bacteria control for several meat markets with workers warned to wear hats and sunglasses in cold rooms.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grange
Grange Hall
Bead Boys
Maxie
Trick Dog
Kelly
Toledo
Read Bible Yearly Continues at Spurgeon's Tabernacle
London report notes William Olney 90 has read the Bible annually since 1902. Brooks and Wolfe, both from Middleport, secured a marriage license in probate court on Saturday. Peking News claims to be over 1400 years old, predating movable type printing by centuries.
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London
William Olney
Spurgeon's Tabernacle
Pomeroy
Leonard Richard Brooks
Ruth Esther Wolfe
Middleport
China
Peking News
Camel Smoker Benefit Across State Tax Areas
Smokers in communities with certain state cigarette taxes can save the tax and, in some cases, switch to Camels. The Camel program touts a unique savings, plus cooler, milder smoking with a fragrance and taste from finer tobaccos.
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Joe DiMaggio
Bucky” Walters
Joe
Bucky
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Athens
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Gallipolis I High
Rawlings Garage
Pomeroy Salt Co
Harry Smith
Powell St
Middleport Review
J. B. Downing
Harry Barnes
Miller Brothers
Atta
Spor
Gee
Ufac
Fror Clar
Pomeroy Social Notes
Plantea
Mrs. Ward
East
Thrifty Housewives
Blanket
Drands
Tane
Othe
Smoegg
Oncaantha
Hower
API P Rage
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
New York Yankee
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