Pomeroy Church of Christ closes evangelistic series with plans for dedication
The Pomeroy Church of Christ wraps up evangelistic services begun September 14 with a sermon on the Prodigal Son and his Brother. Next Sunday a sermon on Scriptural Ordination of Officers and The Unpardonable Sin. Newly elected elders, deacons, and deaconists to be ordained. Official board organizes with Judge C. Peoples as president. Building finishing for Dedication Day November 2. Visitors from across the county attend.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Columbus
South Columbus
Many Meetings In Town On Tuesday
Pomeroy Oct 8 Several local public meetings took place Tuesday evening. Kiwanis Club and charity groups convened, Village Council met, Boy Scouts gathered, Drought Relief and Farm Bureau met, and plans formed for a Knights of Pythias play. Charity revival names officers and targets a move to organize a drive next week.
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Associated Charities
Ralston Russell
Cady Whaley
Lydia Wbersbach
Beech Grove
C. & O. Railroad
Butternut Avenue
William Matthewson
Syracuse
Coal bids awarded for courthouse and jail in County
Bids for fuel coal for the coming year were opened in the county commissioners office. The Blue Diamond Coal Company won the courthouse and jail contract at 2.56 per ton for clean coal, beating Robert Russell and others. Awards for other institutions were not yet decided and will be announced later.
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Aor Sapeil
Pomeroy
Furny Coal
County “Commissioners
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Robert Russell
M. Rathburn
M. L. French
W. H. Wagner
Meigs County Happenings and Local Notices
Miss Ella Shrewsbury visits Parkersbury family. October grand jury to finish Wednesday. Columbus firefighter Frank Jacobs and wife vacation with parents in Pomeroy. Tax exemption movement for ex service men gaining traction. Windsor Stivers and Chester Morris of State Highway Department visiting Pomeroy homes. Mrs. Michael Thumm, former Meigs resident, dies in Davenport Iowa. Adam Scholl sustains broken leg at Noble Summit Hobart Mine. treated at Holzer Hospital. Missionary meeting in Cincinnati attended by Lydia Ebersbach Kathryn Bengel and Secretia Genheimer. Rev. L O Forqueran resigns as Grace Episcopal rector effective in 30 days. Mrs. Kekie Warner of Indianapolis visiting sister Hannah Fisher in Liberty Avenue Pomeroy.
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Meigs County
Ella Shrewsbury
Parkersbury
W. L. Stivers
Pomeroy
Frank Jacobs
Fire Department
Columbus
Windsor Stivers
Chester Morris
State Highway Department
Kathryn Bengel
Secretia Genheimer
Return of Stansbury Party From Columbus trip
A. W. E. Stansbury returned to Middleport Oct 8 after a week in Columbus with nieces Mrs. George Lasher and Mrs. Robert Adams and sister Mrs. Myra Rowley. They plan to bring the mother home next week after her injury at Mrs. Adams residence on March 20.
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Columbus Middleport
W. E. Stansbury
Columbus
George Lasher
Robert Adams
Myra Rowley
Reed
Row
Rowley
Adams
Birth Announced in Middleport for Don Carroll Becker
Mr and Mrs Delbert Becker of South Fourth Avenue announce the birth of their son on October 7. The child weighs eight pounds and is named Don Carroll.
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Middleport
Oct
Delbert Becker
South Fourth Avenue
Don Carroll
Vinol Named By Patient As Boost In Strength And Appetite
A patient, Harry Becker, reports lifting 1000 pounds after using Vinol mineral tonics. Doctors have long prescribed Vinol for its mineral elements and cod liver oil content. The ad claims the first bottle provides immediate pep and appetite, with a tasty flavor. Nelsonville distributor listed.
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Harry Becker
Gibin Nelsonville
Explosion Victims Recovering In Middleport
Victims of Monday night’s explosion and fire in Middleport are reported improving. Mrs Della Windsor, newly appointed chair of the Women’s Republican Committee, is in Holzer Hospital with pneumonia fears but expected to recover. Rescue efforts and swift actions by local and West Virginia fire crews are praised as the community recovers.
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Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Della Windsor
Women's Republican Committee
Ralph Windsor
Dayton
Windsor
Harold Hubbard
Middleport High School
Stanley Simms
J. H. Smith
J. E. Hartey
Lawrence Taylor
John Wiley
G. R. Gomer
Tom McClure
R. A. Miller
William Robson
Robson
West Virginia
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio River
Ohio
Neutzling Released From Pomeroy Charge
Victor Neutzling, a Pomeroy soft drink vendor, was released after state officers arrested him on liquor possession charges and he paid old fines and costs totaling 525 dollars.
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Neutzling
Victor Neutzling
Hartinger to Speak at Ohio Federation Meeting
Mrs Elizabeth H Hartinger leaves Middleport for Newark to attend the Central District meeting of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs and will be one of the speakers.
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Middleport
Elizabeth H. Hartinger
Newark
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Middleport Literary Club Opens Year With Latin America Study
Middleport Oct 8 The club met at Miss Nella Calderwood’s home for its first meeting of the year. The program included responses current events remarks by the retiring president Mrs Hennessey greetings by the new president Mrs Bean a map study of Latin America by Miss Barnes and a solo by Mrs G H Smith.
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Literary Club
Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Nella Calderwood
Hennessey
Bean
Latin America
Barnes
G. H. Smith
Middleport Mention Notes Visits and Illnesses
Rev and Mrs C H Eichinger traveled to Gallipolis to see Mrs Ralph Windsor and Mrs Elizabeth Chase at Holzer Hospital. Eli Pfarr of Cleveland is seriously ill due to a tooth after a period of poor health. Mrs Fred Russell and her children visited Bradbury relatives in Toledo before returning home. Mrs George Howder and Mrs McHaffle went to Gallipolis to visit Mrs Elizabeth Chase and Miss Mary Walters at Holzer.
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Christian Church Bible School
Liller
Carrier
Columbus
Nella Kepler
Elda
Windsor
Kenneth Entsminger
H. E. Bush
Mt. Alto
W. Stansbury
Huntington
G. H. Stansbury
Pittsburgh
Elmer Hugh Davis
South
Emma Davis
Middleport
Davis
Helen
Cleveland
Middlebourne
J. J. Herrigan
J. C. Powers
F.S. Powers
South Fifth Avenue
Hubert Garner
George Patten
Cecil Root
C. H. Eichinger
Gallipolis
Ralph Windsor
Elizabeth Chase
Holzer Hospital
J. W. Forquer
Eli Pfarr
Pfarr
Fred Russell
Toledo
Lon Russell
Bradbury
George Howder
McHaffle
Mary Walters
Holzer
Local delegation to push funds for Meigs roads
A Meigs County Drought Relief Committee delegation heads to Columbus to petition state authorities for road funding this fall. They seek legislative action to authorize appropriations and avoid class legislation, aided by County Auditor H. J. Blackmore and Attorney A. D. Russell, aiming to borrow on next year's taxes for road work.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Drought Relief Committee
Columbus
H. J. Blackmore
A. D. Russell
Langsville Woman Severely Ill From Pneumonia After Typhoid
Langsville Edith May Thomas remains seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia following typhoid fever, cared for by a trained nurse. Visitors include Milton and Cleve Wolfe of Racine and siblings at the Whitmer home. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Miller and son of Huntington, Virginia, and Mrs. Dora Braley of Rutland called at J. W. Miller’s Sunday as John Bland and Mabel Lansbury of Columbus visited care teams and family earlier.
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Edith May Thomas
Milton
Cleve Wolfe
Racine
Loren Miller
Huntington
W. Va
Dora Braley
Rutland
J. W. Miller
John Bland
Mabel Lansbury
Columbus
Wolfe Family Holds Reunion At Athens Fairgrounds
The Wolfe family reunion at the Athens Fairgrounds attracted 114 members from Athens County and beyond. Officers elected were Dr. John M. Howard as president and Mrs. Nora Wolfe Atkinson as secretary-treasurer. A death and three births were reported, and a War of 1812 marker was noted at Concord Cemetery. Emory V. Wolfe and Riley G. Wolfe attended as the last of their generation. Gladys Wolfe read a poem before a cafeteria dinner.
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Wolfe
Athens County
Athens Fairgrounds
John M. Howard
Amesville
Nora Wolfe Atkinson
Athens
Cora Wolfe Sanders
Phillis Ann Kinney
Fred Kinney
Glouster
Mary Delle Wilson
Curtis Wilson
Putney
Marion Eugene
Bruce Mills
Chillicothe
George Wolfe
Concord Cemetery
Guthrie's Rangers
Fannie P. Wolfe
Frank Wolfe
Kenneth J. Wolfe
Bert Siville
Columbus
J. C. Wolfe
Will Wolfe
Huntington
W. Va
Merritt Wilson
Elkins
Merritl R
Weekend Visitors Share Time Across Families
The week end gatherings included J. L. Lansbury and family with Mrs. Etta McKnight Mrs. Rob ert McKnight Mrs. Queen Mrs. Herb Folden Mrs. Elwood Ken nan and Mrs. Susan Rose visiting Mrs. Everett Mc Knight. Etta Brown and spouse spent Tuesday with her brother Mr. Price near Rutland. Von Miller and children visited sister Mrs. J. B. Piper of Vinton with Alice Ethel and Mabel Miller.
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J. L. Lansbury
Etta McKnight
Robert McKnight
Queen
Herb Folden
Elwood Kennan
Susan Rose
Everett McKnight
Etta Brown
Mr. Price
Rutland
von Miller
Alice
Ethel
Mabel Miller
J. B. Piper
Vinton
Plains School Assembly Honors Class Officers
An assembly in the grade auditorium introduced all class officers for the school year. The presidents of each class spoke, new superintendent Mr. Rice addressed duties of officers, seniors elected him advisor, and a pep rally followed. Friday after the football game Boy Scouts met at the school house and hiked to a nearby cave.
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Plains School
Mr. Rice
Point-Up Appetite with Cascarets
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly candy tablet to stimulate bowels and reawaken appetite. It claims relief from biliousness and headaches, noting they strengthen bowel muscles and work for both adults and children. Drug stores sell them for a dime.
Scout Camp Echoes at Pittsburgh Mine Visit
A group of scouts arrived at the Pittsburgh mine cave, set up camp, cooked supper, and after socializing by the fire turned in around 8:30 PM. They broke camp after breakfast the next morning with attendees including Paul Darnell James Buffing Clarence Stalder Gerald K B igardner Joseph Manda and others.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Darnell
James Buffing
Clarence Stalder
Gerald KB
Igardner
Joseph Manda
Idumphrey
Gilbert Donelson
Fread Gabriel
Benny Harriss
Woodrow Sherwood
Charities
Ison
Elmer Cade
Ih. W
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Virgil Marsh
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Chichester
the Plains School
Taloum He. Promotors ’ Drug & Chemies) Corporation
Malden
Masa
Ables
Bank of Athens National Bank
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General Electric
Electrical Research and Manufacturing Organization
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nedsonville
Mvpdeleport
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