Middleport transfers plant property to Jordie Manufacturing
The Middleport city council transferred town owned property at Beech and Ash streets to Jordie Manufacturing Company. The plant, formerly built by King Gilbert and Warner, has produced screen doors and windows and will resume intensive operations October 15 with 15 workers. David C. Miller leads the firm with E. L. Lambert as secretary treasurer.
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Middleport
Carnegie Corporation of Columbus
Case Pshirt
Williams Cup
Jordie
David C. Miller
E. L. Lambert
Middleport Social Notes and Local Obituaries
Middleport Social Notes records church youth potluck at the parsonage and social gathering invites. It notes the death of Charles Haynes in Columbus and services in Chillicothe, plus local visits, a birth, and community events including a 58th birthday dinner and school staff changes. It also mentions a teacher appointment in Celina and a birthday party for Gene Abrey with classmates and games.
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Middleport
H. A. Rothrock
Ida Johnson
H. S. McClure
Chillicothe
Charles Haynes
Columbus
Haynes
Eugene Roberts
Akron
Dana Daniels
Roberts
Gyneth Bryan
Charles Juhling
First Ave
E. A. Tovey
Lancaster
Willis Anthony
Souders Apt
James Richardson
Beverly
F. C. Kreager
Ruth Humphrey
Celina
Lima
Marion French
H. E. Cook
Bess Sanborn
The
Federation of Women's Clubs
Hearing Delayed in Meigs County Trustees Ouster Petitions
A hearing on petitions to remove four Meigs County Children's Home board members is postponed to October 25. Judge W. R. White has granted the second postponement.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Children’s Home
W. R. White
Splendid Catchlogan at Buckeye Lake Nets Seven Bass
Fishermen David Hickman and Alva Bray of this city reported a splendid day at Buckeye Lake Sunday hauling seven bass averaging two pounds each. The pair outfished others as the lake yielded steady bites.
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Logan
Buckeye Lake
David Hickman
Alva Bray
Meteorite Found In Byelorussia Shifts Compass Readings
A fragment of a meteorite was found buried three feet deep in Komarinsk district Byelorussia. When brought near, the compass needle deviated by 90 degrees from its normal position.
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Minsk
U.S.S.R
Komarinsk
Byelorussia
Pomeroy Social Notes
Local social column lists weekend visits and gatherings around Pomeroy. Prof. Hilmer Grimm of Columbus visits, families host relatives, students depart for study, and a Twilight Garden Club meeting date is moved to October 14.
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Twilight Garden Club
Pearl Hysell
Harrisonville Road
Pomeroy Delegation Heads to Episcopal Convention
A group from Pomeroy leaves Tuesday for Cincinnati to attend the Episcopal Convention this week. Attending are Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach, Mrs. Carrie Nye, Mrs. Gretta Price, Mrs. John Lietwiler, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lochary, Miss Veda Ihle and Miss Miriam Blackmore. Sophia Fisher hosts dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. C. E. W. Downie and others from Wheeling Chicago and California.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Theodore Ebersbach
Carrie Nye
Gretta Price
John Lietwiler
Pat Lochary
Veda Ihle
Miriam Blackmore
Sophia Fisher
Lincoln Hill
C. E. W. Downie
H. V. Carl
Mary Leifheit
Wheeling
George Heber Jones
California
Catherine Bengel
Chicago
Council Delays Purchase of Water Plant in Pomeroy
Bond salesmen filled the council chamber at the Meigs Water Company financing session. The council postponed hearing any proposals and delayed the purchase. A resolution to seek State Tax Commission approval to refund $13 000 in bonds was approved along with minor supplemental appropriation ordinances. Mayor Hess was absent, with E P Duerr presiding.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Company
State Tax Commission
Hess
E. P. Duerr
Gallia Residents Injured After Athens Auto Crash
Miss Florence Phillips and Mrs Finley Shaver suffered facial cuts and fractures in a Sunday auto accident near Athens while en route to Columbus. Law rence Shaver and the Phillips sisters were treated in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens before transfer to Holzer and Gallipolis hospitals.
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Gallipolis
Florence Phillips
Ohio Hospital
Holzer Hospital
Finley Shaver
Phillips
Athens
Columbus
Lawrence Shaver
Charles Phillips
Sheltering Arms
Miss Phillips
Ben Phillips
Mill Creek
Shavers
Bulaville
Condition Improves in Gallipolis for Miss Jessie Unroe
Incapacitated for two months by arthritis in her hands Miss Jessie Unroe stenographer for County Prosecutor John Howell shows improvement in Gallipolis easing her condition and returning toward work.
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Gallipolis
Jessie Unroe
John Howell
Mrs Norman Russell Hosts J O F Class Gathering
Mrs Norman Russell entertained the J O F Class of Simpson M E Church at her Athens Road home Monday evening. Plans were made for the annual apple butter event.
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Norman Russell
Simpson M. E. Church
Athens Road
Simpson M. E Church Board Holds Regular Meeting
The official board of Simpson M. E Church met at the church for their regular meeting Monday evening.
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Simpson M. E. Church
Ministerial Group Urges Moral Repair in Meigs County
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at the First Baptist Church in Middleport to discuss morals. A resolution urged support for law officers to correct declining conditions, with Rev. Ralph Kuether elected secretary to replace Rev. F I Gardner.
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Middleport
Meigs County
First Baptist Church
F. C. Kreager
H. A. Rothrock
Don McMillan
Robert E. Leake
Bright
Beuscher
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Clary
Reedsville
Busy Bee
Kuether
F. I. Gardner
Washington, D. C
Eleven bids opened for Middleport federal building site
Postmaster J H Smith opened eleven bids Monday morning at the Middleport post office for the site of a new federal building. Bids ranged from 5000 to 10500 dollars with properties on N Third Ave Race St First Ave Garfield Ave Second Ave Mill St Walnut N Fourth Ave and N Fourth Ave offered by local residents and the Middleport Board of Education. The government may reject all bids after agents view the sites.
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Middleport
Middleport Federal Building
J. H. Smith
James H. Williams
N. Third Ave
Race St
First Ave
Garfield Ave
Second Ave
Garfield
Katharine Rathburn
Mary Davis
Third Ave
Cole St
William Stansbury
Mill St
M. G. White
Garen Stansbury
Agen
Ella McElhinney
John B. Downing
N. Fourth Ave
Central School
Troop 40 Sees Jamboree and Flood Pictures
Willard Mc Master showed motion pictures of the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington and 1937 flood scenes after Troop 40’s meeting in Heath M E Church basement. Three new scouts John Fisher Allen Rothrock and Charles Burke joined the troop and Robert Rothrock will transfer from Nelsonville.
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Middleport
Washington, D. C
Willard McMaster
Heath M. E. Church
John Fisher
Allen Rothrock
Charles Burke
Robert Rothrock
Nelsonville
Conference To Be Held At Church Of Christ
A workers conference will be held at the Church of Christ in Middleport tonight at 7:00 o clock. Reverend Goodwin of Nelsonville will lead the conference open to all church organizations and workers.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Goodwin
Nelsonville
Revival by Rev. William Barnes At Eden Nazarene Church
Rev William Barnes pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Eden conducts revival meetings here with services starting at seven o clock nightly. He leads evening prayers and sermons inviting community participation and renewal.
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Long Bottom
William Barnes
Church of the Nazarene
Eden, C
Disabled Vets Meet At Legion Home
Pomeroy Meigs Chapter No 53 Disabled American Veterans will meet Thursday October 7 at Feeney Bennett American Legion Home Middleport. The group plans the Legion Home as permanent meeting place and invites all disabled veterans to attend, with or without a dues card, to discuss services and benefits they are entitled to.
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Pomeroy—Meigs
Feeney-Bennett American Legion
S&s
Fourth St
Middleport
Legion
Old Rutland Couple Weds After Long Wait
An 81 year old man, Newt Hawkins of Rutland, marries 77 year old Zora Clench after securing a marriage license. They planned to wed by Rev. Harley Bolton in Rutland following his earlier failed attempt to bring her to the courthouse.
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Pomeroy
J. N
Newt) Hawkins
Rutland
Hawkins
Zora Clench
Mr. Hawkins
Becomes Santa Claus With Unplanned Gift Police
John Adams a 93 year old Civil War veteran presented each of his nine children with $50 for Christmas allowing choice in spending. The article notes bamboo growth is richest in tropical Asia with spread to Japan and up Himalaya elevations.
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Pomeroy
John Adams
Santa Claus
Tropical
Asia
Japan
Himalayas
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Mary Haggerty
Donna Jean Reichman
Kathryn Lois Smith
Marjorie Michi
Jean White
Jane Sauer
Marjorie Diles
Roseanna Barker
Freddie Klein
Pomeroy Social Notes
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Nye
Anthony Korn
Charles Whitlock
Reed
W. Va
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Marion
Mary Korn
Anne St
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Korn
Rachel Elberfeld
J. B. Elberfeld
Mulberry Ave
Baltimore
Goucher College
Byron Bing
Butternut Ave
Warren Armstrong
Richard Smith
David Bing
Cleveland
Walter Meinhart
Huntington
Walter Neutzling
Zanesville
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George Hetzel
Lincoln Terrace
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Naylors Run
Bertha Grate
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Ted Jenkins
Lucille
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Peacock Ave
William Huggins
Mingo Junction
Homer Hysell
Anne St. George
William Rea
Ohio University At
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Pittsburgh
C. H. Jesse
East Main St
Roy Lucas
R. S. Leachman
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Jacob Thomas
Mable Thomas
Minersville
Susan Pullins
Flat
Ford Blake
May Carson
New York City
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Harriett Ohlinger
Eva Russ
James Russ
Hartford
Mayme Simpson Hartenbach
Alva Hite
E. H. Morris
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Gallia
U. S
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Legion Home
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Licatrr & Migvaas Toss.co Co
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