Ten Indictments Drawn By October Grand Jury
The October grand jury completed a two day session returning nine true bills from fourteen cases. Indicted were Kenneth Willoughby for issuing a $210 check to Roy McCullough. Walter Cole for cutting with intent to injure Ruth Rivers on the Fourth of July. Carroll Randolph for public safety incident with intent to cause fatal harm Charles Rood on May 29. Elisha Vitatoe faced two indictments one for blackmail and one for family mistreatment tied to Eloise Overturf and Thornton. Dale Warner and Ora H White charged with failure to provide for their children. Jessie Whitlock and Edison Hubard charged with larceny of oil well equipment worth $292 from I. G. Fleming. S. K. Hendrix charged with incident and battery on Melvin Grimm on Aug. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kenneth Willoughby
Willoughby
Roy McCullough
Walter Cole
Ruth Rivers
Carroll Randolph
Charles Rood
Elisha Vitatoe
Vitatoe
F. F. Thornton
Thornton
Snn
Eloise Overturf
Virginia
Dale Warner
Ora H. White
Jessie Whitlock
Edison Hubbard
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Local social items list visitors and residents in Pomeroy. Mrs. George Moore cares for the Schoenleins as Mr. Schoenlein remains seriously ill at Holzer Hospital. Several families move, host, or attend church events with relatives from Columbus, Racine, Mulberry, Wellsburg, and Wellston, including transfers and entertaining Mary Martha League members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Moore
Columbus
William Schoenlein
Schoenlein
Holzer Hospital
Mulberry Ave
Harry Feiger
Racine
Mulberry
Leaders Training Meeting Discusses Home Planning
Meigs County home extension agent Geneva Humphreys hosted the first Leaders Training Meeting at County Extension Agent Wesley Green's home to discuss living room arrangements. Miss Anna Bierbricher of Ohio State spoke on architecture and furniture balance, with demonstrations and library references. Luncheon followed for leaders from across Meigs County, listing names and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Geneva
Humphreys
Meigs County
Wesley Green
S. Third Ave
Anna Bierbricher
O.S.A
Columbus
Miss Bierbricher
Mary Jane
Amanda Chambers
Ella Hammond
Jean Buckley
Long Bottom
Vaneeta Radekins
Anna E. Turner
Carpenter
Leona _ Storey
H. C. Cummings
Pomeroy
Cecil Kimes
Letha Koblentz
Chester
George Lasher
Rutland
Isabelle Carnahan
Alice Hill
Racine
Dorothy Wolfe
Letart Falls
Everett Colwell
Vinton
Rt. 1
Dirt Gardener Talks Before Pomeroy Club
Harry R. O'Brien of Columbus spoke at the Junior High School auditorium to a large audience after an afternoon garden club meeting with Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien dining at Hotel Martin. He spoke on seven gardener varieties, then showed slides from across the country and colored pictures of new flower developments, many still experimental. He is a long time Country Gentleman staff writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Boyd Dilgard
Minersville
Autherson
Bradbury
David Durst
Gravel Hill
H. E. Cook
Chicago
Carl Hoffman
Middleport Garden Club
Harry R. O'Brien
Pomeroy
William Stewart
Dayton
Arthur Lewis
Clifford Ervin
Fred Schroath
Ann
Robert Warren
Addie Branch
Front St
Charlotte Peverage
Chestnut St
H. A. Rothrock
Woman's Missionary Society of the Heath
M. E
S. Third Ave
Sara Jones
T. Jesse Jones
Jones
New York City
T. H. Davis
Bradford Social and Brief Personal Notes
Mrs Charles Lambert and son Charles went to Tuppers Plains Saturday. Miss Leona Eskew spent weekend with sister Mrs Clarence Andrews in Middleport. Mr and Mrs Floyd Hunktfield of Ruger and Miss Mary Might of West Rutland visited Mrs Lydia Hysell. A surprise birthday dinner honored Clarence Mights 47th birthday with many relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Hysell
Frank Buck
Charles
Charlies Burt
Harold
Gallipolis
Charles Buck
Bailey Run
Clarence Might
John Might
Trimble
Clarence Might, Jr
Bremen
Ben Jacks
Salem Center
Raymond Blosser
Joe Wolf
Middleport
Floyd Rumfield
Ryger
Ran Might
Bury White
Nancy Might
Mary
West Rutland
John Sisson
Willard Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Middleport Social Notes Recap of Local Happenings
Middleport entries cover Mrs. Brott’s 1500 plus collected buttons including Civil War relics, a West Los Angeles wedding of Miss Jean Wessa to Richard M. Joy, and community club activities. Also notes on Legion Auxiliary officers, school band officers, upcoming Armistice Day plans, church suppers, a “Trip Around the World” Philathea event, World Series attendance, and local visits and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Eleanor Wessa Sauders
Jean Wessa
Edward P. Wessa
Richard M. Joy
Los Angeles
Cal
Miss Wessa
California
Joy
Hollywood
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Garnet Foley
Helen Cooper
Edith Spencer
Esther Wolfe
Clara Gilkey
Edith Sauer
Emma Sisson
Bertha Fife
Sadie Wolfe
Dorothy Clark
RAND
Middleport
Anna Lou Abrey
Eva Mae Fugate
William Root
John Dillard
Wellston
Yellow Jackets
Church of Christ
Rock Springs
Auxiliary Gets Charter Thursday In Meigs Chapter
Newly organized D A V Auxiliary to Meigs Chapter Disabled American Veterans will receive its charter Thursday night at a joint meeting with Feeney Bennett Post American Legion in the Legion Home at Middleport. Fourteen women sign as charter members and leaders Fout and Daniels will speak. Mothers wives sisters and daughters of disabled veterans are eligible to join with stand-in members available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion
Middleport
George R. Fout
Albert L. Daniels
Columbus
Squirrel Hunt Yields Mixed Sized Prey in Gordon
R T West and Williard Meier of Gordon West Virginia hunted two days here. Meier killed a red fox squirrel weighing two pounds while West captured a gray squirrel weighing half a pound. Both are former Pomeroy residents now employed in Gordon coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
R. T. West
Williard Meier
Gordon
W. Va
Meier
West
Pioneer Ball plans advance on Beauty sponsors Meigs County event
Final plans for the Pioneer Celebration Ball at Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium on October 10 were set by the dance committee led by Frank H. Johnston Sr. Sponsors will buy official souvenirs to support the Meigs County Northwest Territory Celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank H. Johnston
Henry Sr
Carlton Brooks
Mary Williamson
Meigs County
Northwest Territory
Frank Will
Will
Charles Walburn
Meigs County Grange Chorus
Dan Hartinger
Patrick Lochary
Syracuse
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
FF. H. Johnston
Ethan Harper
Chappelle Talbott
Charles Murray
Elbert Robinson
Joe Milner
Ted Downie
Transfer Funds Pomeroy Case in Lebanon Township
Trustees of Lebanon Township filed to move funds from the general to the road fund in common pleas court Tuesday. State tax commission approved the transfer. Disaster Loan Corp. sues Albert H. Durst and Lillian G. Durst for $2,860 plus 3 percent interest on $2,800 from Dec 10, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lebanon Township
Common Pleas Court
State Tax Commission
Disaster Loan Corp
Albert H. Durst
Lillian G. Durst
Pomeroy Recreation Committee Set for Winter Program Meeting
Pomeroy Recreation Committee will meet Thursday night at Pomeroy City Hall as Rev. Warren Bright announces. The session will discuss a proposal for a winter program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sutton M. E. Church Rally Day Observance
Sutton M. E. Church schedules Rally Day on Sunday Oct 9 at 9 30 am with Sunday School re engagement sermon and musical features. Revival planned in Danville begins Oct 10 with Rev Jesse Williams and Jesse Carter and an all day meeting on Oct 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sutton M. E
Sutton
Danville
Jesse Williams
Portsmouth
Jesse Carter
Good Roads Day Rolls On In Temple New Hampshire
For the seventh straight year the town held Good Roads Day with men building a road section and women serving a dinner in welcome after the work.
Bradford Revival Continues With Evangelist Miller
Evangelist W H Miller labeled ingratitude the most horrible sin during Monday night services. Representation came from Middleport Brad bury Bailey Run and Columbus. Middleport Church of Christ plans to send a delegation Wednesday night. The subject for the next meeting is A Dry Stick a Jaw Bone a Small Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
W. H. Miller
Middleport
Bradbury
Bailey Run
Columbus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pomeroy Social Notes
North Vernon
Ind
Phil Meinhart
Julius Smith
Mary-Martha League
J. S. Epple
Anna Miser
Pataskala
John Praff
Daughters
Columbia Center
Miriam Blackmore
Hillsboro
Kincaid
Feiger
Peoples
Vale St
Ray Crumbly
Mr. Thompson
Wellsburg
Russ
Frances Haning
Clarice Karr
Chauncey
C. D. Reed
Vivia Hinds
Harry
Bertha Pownall
George Henderson
Arlingham
David Cuckler, Jr
Breezy Heights
Hurl Hanna
Nelsonville
Ward Windon
Rock Spring Road
Otho Murray
Charlotte Murray
Parkersburg
Rey
F. Buescher
Robert Pfiester
Robert
Herald Buescher
Frank Buescher
New York
Europe
Eva Russ
Anne T
Benton Penn
Ada Long
Douglas
Willard Meier
William Mikesell
Youngstown
Allen Hartley
Union Ave
Hartley
Mikesell
Pomeroy Club
Charlotte
Mich
W. R. Brott
Middleport Social Notes
Mary Jean Bailey
Catherine Hennesy
Venore Bingham
S. Fifth Ave
Bertha Stevens
First Baptist Church
Pioneer Ball
Miss Williamson
Carter
Iaase
Greyhound
ST. Louis
Chillicothe
Washington, D.C
Cincinnati
Vincennes
Clarksburg
Union Bus Station
W. Union Lst
Wini Choos
Geliciou
Union
A. Bean Gro, Flu
Hotel Berry
Bethel’s Quality Shop
Court
Rob's
Brass Rail
Broughton Dairy Store
Harry Burns Gro
Lancaster & Sta
the Cline Pharmacy
Court College Inn Rest
N. Court Cone’s Gro
Y Weenington
WiGieda Eo
Cornie
Dewey Laughlin
N Court
Korner Gro
Logan's
Maxwell’s
McKfe Drug CO
M. Munn Clover
W. Union
North Grill
Cour O'Neal
Ohio Food Met
Ohio Restaurant
Union Pastimf Pool Room
Union Pete's Cave
Court Pete's Grill
Union Russell's
Union FL. Sapp Meats
State
Risson
M. Smith
May H. J. Smith
Bumson
Court & Union Stack’s Cash
W. Union Sunnyside Gro
Mortis
Twin Pine Girll
Blaze Walker
N. Court Westfall
W. Wahington
White's Clover Farm
State Williams Service Station
Cor, F. St
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