W G McClain Found Guilty Again In Bottle Case
W G McClain of Ohio Valley Dairy Service Co Bellaire was found guilty in Pomeroy Justice Court on a registered container law violation. He paid 174.35 in fines and costs after selling registered milk bottles to Meigs County dairymen. He had earlier faced an Ironton fine for a similar offense.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
W. G. McClain
Ohio Valley Dairy Service Co
Bellaire
Ohio
McClain
Court of Justice of Peace
P. L. Peoples
H. J. Swain
Division of Dairy and Food
State Department of Agriculture
Athens
Roush and Bolin
Tom Duffy
G. E. Salser
MecClain
Ironton
Restaurateur Barsotti Returns to Middleport Venture
Sotti barsotti returns to operate his Middleport restaurant after selling his Parkersburg venture to sister in law Mrs Santi Barsotti Lipip. He has led the business for months as family ties reshape clan holdings. In Middleport Mrs Frank Allen hosts Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church at her Main Street home.
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Middleport
Leroy Barsotti
Parkersburg
Santi Barsotti
Yollanda Lipip
Barsotti
Frank Allen
First Baptist Church
Main St
Bus overturns injures several children near Tuppers Plains
A school bus driven by Nelson Torrence went off the highway about a mile from Tuppers Plains and tipped on its side after being struck by an automobile. Several children were shaken up with only a small embankment at the accident scene.
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Pomeroy
Tuppers Plains
Nelson Torrence
Wells Celebrate Golden Wedding at Storys Run
Mr and Mrs Asa Wells of Storys Run celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary with a turkey dinner. Present were Mr and Mrs Charles McElhinney and daughter Petricia, Mr and Mrs John Wells of Toledo, Homer Wells of Marion, and Mr and Mrs Edmund Wells with three children. The couple received many gifts and cards.
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Middleport
Asa Wells
Storys Run
Charles McElhinney
Petricia
S. Fourth Ave
John Wells
Toledo
Homer Wells
Marion
Edmund Wells
Tuesday Contract Club Meets At Mrs Downing Home
The Tuesday Contract Club gathered yesterday at Mrs J B Downing's home on N Second Ave for a covered dish luncheon and a series of games. Guest Mrs H L Ward of Worthington formerly belonged to the group. High scores were by Mrs J O Roedell and Mrs Theodore Reed.
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J. B. Downing
Second Ave
H. L. Ward
Worthington
J. O. Roedell
Theodore Reed
Freshman Alyce Ebersbach Wins Glee Club Tryout
Ohio University freshman Alyce Ebersbach of Athens earned a place in the Women's Glee Club following a tryout. A Rutland Street resident, she recently graduated from MHS and sang a leading role in the operetta Maid of Tokyo as part of the Glee Club.
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Alyce Ebersbach
Ohio University
Athens
Woman's Glee Club
Clarence Ebersbach
Rutland St
Ebersbach
MHS
Girls’ Glee Club
Glee Club
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Meeting
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Arthur Lewis the organization president.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Arthur Lewis
Visits And Travels Among Local Residents Today
William Barker arrives for a short visit and draft registration. Mrs. C A Emmish and Villetta depart for a Smoky Mountains trip. Miss Emmish enjoys vacation from Columbus. Mrs. Frank Hayes and son Frank Jr return from Charleston. The Ervins travel to Columbus after a few days at home. Hayes and children return to Corning after visiting relatives and attend a Jackson funeral. McCoy family members motor to Athens meeting relatives, then Mrs Kittle accompanies uncle and aunt for a visit. Mrs T H Davis and Miss Sara Jones visit Greenfield. Mrs Virgie Ball of Gallipolis visits Ruth Helrich in Rutland Street.
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William Barker
Burns Barker
Second Ave
Springfield
C. A. Emmish
Villetta
Smoky Mountains
South
Emmish
Columbus
Frank Hayes
Frank, Jr
Charleston
Will Ervin
Ervin
Broadway
Clayton Hayes
Corning
Jackson
Frank McCoy
Hugh McCoy
Roberta Howell
Athens
Middleport preps for Nelsonville clash with Fathers on bench
MIDDLEPORT coach Paul Trittschuh and assistants study blocking and fundamentals after a Jackson defeat. Bill Reichman and Paul Martin cleared to start Friday as Middleport honors fathers on the bench with players’ numbers. The Greyhounds visit and a close, hard-fought game is expected with local bettors giving Middleport a slim edge.
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Middleport
Paul Trittschuh
Charles Pickens
John Lambert
MHS Yellow Jackets
Jackets
Jackson
Bill Reichman
Paul Martin
Nelsonville
Yellow Jackets
Pomeroy
Gordon Harris
Greyhounds
Wellston
Pomeroy Social Notes and Club Activities in Town
Pomeroy Commercial Club at Pomeroy High School held Tuesday meeting with Nancy Arnold as president and other officers. Fellowship Night at Federated Church marked tenth anniversary with Maria's Magic playlet and moving pictures by Rev. Ralph Kuether. Central PTA meeting at Central School featured delegates Dayton Phillips Wheeler Drake and Herman Ohlinger to County PTA Council.
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Pomeroy
Commercial Club
Pomeroy High School
Nancy Arnold
Louanna Ebersbach
Margie Forbes
Miss Arnold
Ebersbach
Federated Church
Union of the
Presbyterian and Peace Evangelical Churches
Maria
Ruth Huber
Margaret Blaetiner
Virginia Ramsey
W. A. Smith
Edith Bowen
Ralph Kuether
Alaska
Federated Circle
Warren H. Bright
Simpson Methodist Church
Staats
South Central District
Ohio
Central
PTA
Dayton Phillips
Wheeler Drake
Herman Ohlinger
Tea and meeting notes from Meigs County Republican clubs
A tea is set for Saturday afternoon October 19 in the Hotel Martin dining room under the Meigs County Women's Republican Club, with Mrs Catherine Neff Cox as speaker. Shakespeare Club notes include new year committees, a roll call on Noted Man of Today, and a Greenland paper. next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Harry Ohlinger on Lincoln Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Martin
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club
I. O. O. F. Hall
Catherine Neff Cox
Ohio Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Shakespeare Club
Malcolm D. Hartley
Lincoln Hill
Louis Reibel
Shakespeare
Harry Ohlinger
Clarence Massar
Aten Shain
Warren H. Bright
Howard Ebersbach
Arthur Rosenbaum
Harry Smith
Clifford Rhodes
Jacob Elberfeld
Lydia Ebersbach
Harry Feiger
C. E. Peoples
Pearl Hysell
Greenland
Rutland Clothier Richard Chambers Takes Post at Rathburn Store
Richard Chambers, longtime partner in Chambers & Juhling Clothing and involved in the Colum bus Dispatch distribution, has begun new duties at the Rathburn Store in Rutland this week after years of work with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Richard Chambers
Chambers & Juhling
Columbus Dispatch
Rathburn
Rutland
Compton Re elected Blue and Gray Trail Leader
Compton, a local optometrist, was re elected president of the Blue and Gray Trail Association at the Harrisonburg Virginia meeting. Theodore T Reed, a local banker and Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce president, was elected secretary of the association.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Compton
Blue and Gray Trail Association
Harrisonburg
Theodore T. Reed
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Meier suit filed in common pleas court for $1915.09
Disaster Loan Corp sues Philip J. Meier and Bernadine Meier in common pleas court Tuesday seeking $1,915.09 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Disaster Loan Corporation
Philip J. Meier
Bernadine Meier
POMEROY-Yerkey and Sprague Secure Marriage License
Harold Yerkey aged 23 of Garden Ohio and Maxine Sprague aged 19 of Athens County obtained a marriage license in probate court on Tuesday. Shirley Mills formerly of Middleport recently moved to Charleston plans to return to Middleport and has rented the White property on N Fifth Ave. Mr Mills works for the New York Central Railroad in Charleston.
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Pomeroy
Harold Yerkey
Garden, O
Maxine Sprague
Athens County
Middleport
Shirley Mills
Charleston
N. Fifth Ave
Mills
New York Central Railroad
Class 12 to Meet Middleport at Miller Home
Heath Methodist Church Class 12 will meet next Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. D. C. Miller instead of the regular meeting night. An eagle owl reportedly lived 68 years in captivity in England.
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Middleport
The
Heath Methodist Church
D. C. Miller
England
Booth Festival Set for Monday at Middleport Heath Church
Meigs and Gallia County Epworth League Cabinet met at the AAA Office to finalize plans for the County Booth Festival. William Stephenson presided as 16 members attended. event Oct 21 at 7 50 pm with Helen Leist in charge of devotions and a Bethesda Hospital speaker arranged by Dan Roush.
Ohio River News Notes East Liverpool river trade activity
Winter near, area boat yards rush river equipment with five dry barges for Union Barge Lines and three auto carriers for launching by Dravo. Semet Solvay orders five barges, Hillman builds five for coke hauling on Kanawha and Ohio. Dredging near complete, fog slows river transport. eight months ending Aug 31 tonnage up 8,980,355 tons to 29,844,500. Employment in river construction falls.
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Liverpool
Dravo Corp
Union Barge Lines
Dravo
Hillman Barge Co
Semet- Solvay Corp
Evansville
Semet-Solvay
Kanawha
Ohio
Monongahelah
U. S
Bryan Parr Chosen Meigs County Draft Board Clerk
Bryan Parr of Great Bend was selected Tuesday afternoon at a Meigs County Draft Board meeting to serve as clerk in the Draft Board office on Second Street. Mrs. Anthony Graber was hired as typist. Dr. George Lasher, chairman, and others were in Columbus for a Memorial Hall session receiving final instructions and supplies.
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Pomeroy
Bryan Parr
Great Bend
Meigs
Seek Bond for Irving Karr Jr
In Pomeroy inquiries arise about a bond for Irving Karr Jr as clerk of the Pomeroy Board of Education. No official announcement has been made by the board but it is seen as indicating Karr will replace Floyd F Mees. Mees resignation followed a board request at its monthly meeting.
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Pomeroy
Irving Karr
Pomeroy Board of
Edcation
Karr
Floyd F. Mees
Mees
Racine Church Groups Meet and Socials Noted
Racine notes show the Happy Hustler Class of the Methodist Church meeting with hostesses Mrs. Ralph Heyman Mrs. Gomer Lewis and Mrs. Ben Philson. The Booster Class Baptist Church plans a Halloween party in the church basement Friday evening. Epworth League of Antiquity Methodist Church meets Friday at 7 30 at Mrs. Clarence Wickline home. Home Economics Club at Racine High School held first meeting in the auditorium. A hay ride is planned. Mrs Harold Beegle hosted a 6 pm chicken dinner for daughter June’s birthday. Dale and Bert Roush of Portland off two weeks from river steamer Patriot have been called to Memphis Tennessee.
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Racine
The
Methodist Church
Ralph Heyman
Gomer Lewis
Ben Philson
Baptist Church
Epworth League of the Antiquity Methodist Church
Clarence Wickline
Racine High School
Harold Beegle
Racine R. D
June
Ralph Hayman
Howard Miles
Columbus
Dale Roush
Bert Roush
Portland
Patriot
Memphis, Tenn
Garden Club Hears Papers On Flowers
Syracuse Garden Club met Monday evening at Miss Emma Duckworth home with Miss Elizabeth Duckworth assisting. Twenty members attended as they answered what are you doing in your garden now. New president Mrs Thomas Clark led the business session and plans for new library books were made. Elma Ihle was welcomed as a new member. Mrs Harry Potts presented a paper on Unusual Plants and How to Grow Them followed by Hardy Asters by Mrs James Quick. Ribbon awards went to Mrs Fred Shumway Elizabeth Duckworth Mrs Irving Karr and Mrs Earl Foit with an award to Mrs Frank Capehart for most ribbons in the year. November meeting will be at Mrs Irving Karr assisted by Mrs Fred Shumway.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Garden Club
Emma Duckworth
Elizabeth Duckworth
Thomas Clark
Elma Ihle
Harry Potts
James Quick
Fred Shumway
Irving Karr
Earl Foit
Frank Capehart
Rural Mail Carriers Elect New Officers
Annual meeting of the Rural Mail Carriers Association was held at the American Legion Hall in Pomeroy. Officers elected: Wilbur Jonas president Nelsonville Scott Hutchinson vice president Crit Bradford Racine secretary treasurer. Speakers included Tra Young Floyd Mees and Mr Brown. Spring conference set for June 8 at Lake Hope near Zaleski.
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Pomeroy
American Legion Hall
Wilbur Jonas
Nelsonville
Scott Hutchinson
Jackson
Crit Bradford
Racine
Tra Young
Floyd Mees
Mr. Brown
Vinton County
Lake Hope
Zaleski
Bryan Returns to Middleport as Meigs Prosecutor Candidate
Democratic prosecutor candidate Joseph Dum ble Bryan returned to Middleport after months in Chicago and Kansas City. He recently recovered from a serious illness and is the son of the late Will and Mrs. Bryan, brother of Mrs. James Harley of Zanesville, now residing at the LaSalle Hotel.
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Middleport
Joseph Dumble Bryan
Meigs County
Chicago
Kansas City
Mr. Bryan
Will Bryan
James Harley
Zanesville
LaSalle Hotel
Weeks and Scott End Fair Tour With Twenty One Stops
Gilbert Weeks a Salisbury Township trustee and W R Scott former Republic candidate completed a county fair tour in Lancaster amid a crowd described as tremendous. Weeks set a new record by attending 21 fairs this season, surpassing his 1940 mark of 20. Scott drove Weeks during the trip.
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Pomeroy
Gilbert
Gyp) Weeks
Salisbury Township
W. R. Scott
Republiccan
Lancaster
Scott
Gyp Weeks
Weeks
Women Struck by Taxi in Pomeroy Neighborhood
Mrs. H. G. Burt of Butternut Avenue was hit and knocked down at the Second and Lynn Street intersection Tuesday evening by a taxi driven by Charles Hauck. She suffered bruises to her thigh knee and ankles but was not seriously injured and was taken to a doctor.
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Pomeroy
H. G. Burt
Butternut Ave
Second
Lynn St
Eveening
Charles Hauck
H. H. Niemeyer
Burt
Olive Tablets Promote Digestive Health and Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to prevent constipation and aid liver bile flow. It claims 20 years of use and urges readers to buy at druggists for 15 30 or 60 cents.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
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W.G. McClain
Mrs. Allen
Vicks Way
Vicks VapoRub
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Athens Messenger
Dairyman
Middleport Social Notes
Bridge Club
WCTU
Member
Federal Reserve System
Pomeroy Social Notes
PTA Meeting
Franz Werfel
America
Werfel
New York
Compton
Meier
WED
Mrs. Mills
Booth
Ohio River News Notes
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Allegheny
Meigs Draft Board
Irving Karr, Jr
Garden Club
Chater
Armstrong
Fidelity CO
Vracuse, Ohio
Susanne Turner
Mary Steele and
Jean Donnelly
Members of
Women Flyers of America
Liccert & Minai Tobacco Co
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