Civil War Veterans Honored at G. A. R. Auxiliary Dinner
Cedar Creek Circle No. 73 of the G. A. R. Auxiliary hosted a noon dinner at Woodman's Hall Puesday to honor Civil War veterans and notable guests. Attending veterans included A. J. Steele, W. F. Graves, John Warner, James Salisbury, and others from various regiments. clergy and local members also joined the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cedar Creek Circle
Creek
Woodman’s Hall
Puesday
A. J. Steele
Ninth Infantry
W. F. Graves
W. Va
Middleport women attend state union meeting in Columbus
From Middleport, Mrs. Louise Scott Mrs. Winifred Skidmore and Mrs. Grace Vrooman travel to Columbus for the State Union meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Luncheon at the Neil House followed by a ball. The NY C Veterans Association held a session in Columbus Tuesday with two locals attending. Luncheon was at Lazarus tea room.
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Middleport
State Union
Ladies Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Railway
New York Central Lines
Columbus
Louise Scott
Winifred Skidmore
Grace Vrooman
Neil House
N. Y. C. Veterans’ Association
Skidmore
Lazarus Tea Room
Auto wreck injures captain's wife in McKeesport
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Captain George Howder and his wife were involved in an auto wreck. Mrs Howder was hospitalized and is not expected to leave for a week to ten days. Captain Howder, about 80, sustained minor bruises.
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Middleport
George Howder
McKeesport
Howder
Pom eroy and Middleport plan joint bend celebration
Pom ery and Middleport leaders reach understanding and plan Pomeroy Bend's Greatest Celebration. Traffic will be limited to passenger cars only with Main Street parking banned. Governors and escorts will lead the procession as special guests invited from within 100 miles.
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Pomeroy Bend
Mason, Pomeroy
Middleport
Main Street
Harry Bennett
Columbus
National Guardsmen
West Virginia
Ohio
Council has big meeting in Pomeroy
A Pomeroy council session considered a six year wharfage franchise for Harry Simpson at 50 dollars yearly plus 10 percent of freight charges. The gas rate franchise for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. passed its second reading. Fire alarm tests continued with no solution. A proposed Pomeroy Mason bus route via the new bridge was routed to the Street Committee. Steps were started to allow the street railway to discontinue service if a Main Street paving bond issue proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harry Simpson
Simpson
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Curry
Court Street
Pomeroy-Mason
Street Committee
Street Railway Company
Shower Honors Mrs Gordon Gardner in Pomeroy
Miss Anna Mae Smith and Miss Irene Blaettar hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Gordon Gardner of Columbus visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John Mayer in Middleport. About 20 guests, mainly High School Class of 1924 classmates, attended at Miss Smiths home on Butternut Avenue. The bride of October 6 received many gifts for her new Columbus home. Refreshments and social time followed package openings.
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Pomeroy
Anna Mae Smith
Irene Blaettar
Gordon Gardner
Columbus
John Mayer
Middleport
Miss Smith
Butternut Avenue
Gardner
Public wedding on Mill Street platform
Middleport reports a couple volunteered for a public wedding tonight at 8 o'clock on the Mill Street platform. The bride and groom will be revealed at the ceremony and a local minister will officiate.
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Middleport
Mill Street
Cooks Celebrate Golden Wedding in Middleport
Middleport October 17 Mr Edwin Cook seventy eight and Mrs Cook seventy were honored on their golden wedding anniversary. The couple who have lived in the community many years are surrounded by children Mrs Carl Hoffman of Chicago Mrs Arthur E Stuart of Charleston H E Cook of this city and G B Cook of Towanda Pa All are present except G B Cook. The Rev Arbuckle of Columbus, former wedding officiant, could not attend due to age. A reception tonight at their home will gather close friends.
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Middleport
Edwin Cook
Cook
Arbuckle
Columbus
Covert Buys Property in Middleport for Expansion
Arthur Covert, widening his ice plant cold storage and bakery block, bought the George Childers property on South Sixth Street rear of his site. He will keep renting the house to Neil Moore and family and use the lot for construction. Mrs Childers returned to Charleston today.
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Middleport
Arthur Covert
George Childers
South Sixth Street
Neil Moore
Childers
Charleston
Republicans Rally As County Politics Intensify
Republicans hold a major rally in Syracuse at the Methodist Church basement with speakers Rev Lineberger of Runland Rev Cochran of Racine and Congressman Thomas A Jenkins. Upcoming events include Ketcham address in Middleport and Judge A P Miller talk in Reedsville followed by a County Republican Women's Club meeting at Knights of Pythias Hall featuring a visiting woman speaker.
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Methodist Church
Syracuse
Lineberger
Runtland
Cochran
Racine
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congressman Ketcham
Michigan
Middleport
Masonic Temple
A. P. Miller
Reedsville
County Republican Women's Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Mrs Ella Harry Departs for Atlanta Visit
Mrs. Ella Harry left Tuesday for Atlanta Georgia to visit Harvey B Downing and daughter and other relatives and friends. Sunday Mrs Lucy Boggess hosted at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop in her honor before departure. Mr and Mrs Lou E Saunders of Columbus are visiting relatives and attending the Fall Festival. The Fred Miller family Wendell Miller of Columbus with Mrs Entsminger and family have returned home. Mrs Gordon Gardner returned to Columbus after a short visit with her parents.
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Middleport
Ella Harry
Atlanta
Harvey B. Downing
Lucy Boggess
Mary Jane
Harry
Lou E. Saunders
Columbus
Fred Miller
Wendell Miller
Miller
Langsville
Dave Entsminger
Gordon Gardner
Mayer
Syracuse man arrested in DWI linked to fatal crash
Pomeroy reports Frank Quillen of Syracuse was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge connected to the automobile crash that killed Horace Karr a few weeks earlier.
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Pomeroy
Frank Quillen
Syracuse
Horace Karr
Dean of Girls Addresses PTA on Youth and Sex Education
Miss Mary Connett, dean of girls at Athens High School, summarized Newell W. Edson of the American Social Hygiene Association talk at the PTA convention. She urged parental involvement in sex education, discussed adolescent adjustment, and outlined plans to improve health and relations among students, teachers, and parents. Two vocal solos accompanied the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell W. Edson
American Social Hygiene Association
New York
Mary Connett
Athens High School
Miss Connett
Ship
Edward Grieg
Puccini
Senior Students Perform Piano Pieces in Recital
Miss Jettle J. Denmark, music supervisor at the high school, presented four senior students including Paul Saylor who played the piano pieces Romance by Sibelius and Scherzo by Edward Grieg.
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Jettle J. Denmark
Paul Saylor
Romance
Sibelius
Scherzo
Edward Grieg
Letter Golf Rules and a Mind Teaser on the Last Page
The note explains letter golf with rules to transform one word into another by changing one letter at a time, keeping letter order and using common words. It cites par as six and mentions a complete solution printed on the last page.
Fatally Hurt Near Gallipolis
P. D. Horn a 26 year old bond salesman from Huntington West Virginia was seriously injured when his car skidded and struck a telephone pole near Gallipolis. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
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Gallipolis
P. d Horn
Bond
Huntington
W. Va
Horn
Golden Wedding Guests Attend Poston Johnson Celebration
Poston Miss Mildred Coulson of Gallia polis visited her parents the Coulsons. Mr and Mrs William Hutchinson of Cleveland visited their parents the Hutchinsons and the Hunters. A Golden Wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs W F Johnson drew relatives from Parkerburg Saint Louis and Athens among others.
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Mildred Coulson
Galliopolis
Dan Coulson
William Hutchinson
Cleveland
Boone Hutchinson
William Hunter
W. F. Johnson
H. A. Mattieson
Edwin
Parkerburg
W. Va
James Cunningham
T. V. Johnson
George Grim
James
Harve McColley
Clifford Wilson
Lottie Wilson
Poston
Iwin Johnson
William
Robert
Fontella
Ruth
Richard
Santoy
Henry Hamilton
Steve
Henry King
Pleasanton
Floyd
Elzia Bennett
Strouds Run
Guy Gilkey
Gladys and
Pearl
Athens
Findley Creighton
Chauncey
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G. A. R. Auxiliary
Railroad Auxiliary Assembly
McKeesport, Pa
Daughters of Ohio
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Edmund W. Kingsland
Louis R. de Steinger
United States Navy
Kingsland
Amy Whaley
Ohio Society
New York City
Rutland
Allen G. Braley
Rutland Township
Baptist Church
Harley Bolton
Miles
Mother Goose
Castile
Gibson’s Pharmacy
Prescription Store
Pomeroy and
Commu
Haptonstall
Will Davis
Mr. Before and After
Dial
Isaac Wilson
The
Swanson Furniture Co
N. Court St
Dean OF Girls
J. D. Haskins
Chiropractor
Security Bank
Ford
Ford Motor Company
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