Parking Space for Pomeroy Is Virtually Assured
Mahoney reports local business leaders favor filling the river bank between Sycamore and Court to create parking. The plan, backed by groups including the Knights of Pythias and American Legion, could extend from the freight depot along Main Street toward the ferry landing with a road to the river. Authority would be town property and may allow free or paid parking. The council was to consider the plan at tonight’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sycamore
Court Street
James Mahoney
Mahoney
Knights of Pythias
American Legion
City Club
Sparalie
Main Street
Bycemore Greet
Ferry Landing
Norural
Wedern
Women To Speak Meigs County Sunday
Meigs County Meigs GOP promotes a Sunday meeting in Middleport with wives of major state and national candidates Mrs G D Tease Mrs J W Bricker and Mrs Gilbert Bettman set to speak. The event is open to the public with refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom
Jones
G. D. Tease
J. W. Bricker
Gilbert Bettman
United States
Ithe Club
Heve
John W Matthews Dies in Raymond City
John W Matthews longtime resident of Middleport dies at his Raymond City West Virginia home after months of illness. He leaves a wife and six grown children including sons Frank and James Matthews in Middleport. Funeral held at 10 this morning at the Raymond City Methodist Episcopal Church with burial at the family grounds in Sissonville near West Charleston. Mr and Mrs Frank Matthews and Paul Matthews of Middleport attended.
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Middleport
Raymond City
John W
Matthews
W. Va
Frank
James ‘Matthews
Methodist Episcopi Church
Sissonville
Charleston
Frank Matthews
Pael Matthews
Wedded 45 Years Fishers Honored by Middleport Teachers
Middleport Ohio October 17 Mr and Mrs J C Fisher celebrated their forty fifth wedding anniversary at home on South Sixth Avenue Their son in law and daughter in law from Gallipolis and Akron visited for the occasion Teachers of the Middleport Public Schools presented a surprise gift arranged by Mrs Guy Ids The long serving board member and former board president is praised for guiding the local school system and earning esteem from educators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Fisher
Middleport
South Sixth Avenue
Fred B. Fisher
Gallipolis
Harry Williamson
Akron
Fisher
Board of Education
Educa
Clifford Fra of Epitome Fined and Held for Grand Jury
POMEROY October 17 Clifford Fra of Epitome below Hobson was arrested Friday charged with a misdeed. He pleaded not guilty and was fined a small amount plus costs in the office of Justice J.W. McCullough. Harold Roush was arrested Saturday on a warrant from Irene Y and was bound over to the justice court for further proceedings.
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Pomeroy
Clifford Fraof
Hobson
J.W. McCullough
Harold Roush
Ireney
Justice Court
Fight for Railroad Recalled by Papers in Pomeroy
A 19th century push to build a Gallipolis to Pomeroy railroad is revealed in papers found after a 1924 Pomeroy fire. Local leaders pledged funds to lure the 6th and West Virginia Railway Co to run cars to Monkey Run by July 1, 1851, with civic and business backers including P. B. Stanbery, A. Geyer, J. W. Thomas, J. M. Fowler, and many firms aided by Cincinnati merchants. The town, then river-based and salt-centered, anticipated growth and diversified shipping needs.
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Pomeroy
Charlie Burtones
Pomeroyals
6Th and West Virginia Railway Company
Gallipolis
Logan
Monkey Run
W. Pomeroy
P. B. Stanbery
A. Geyer
J. W. Thomas
J. M. Fowler
D. Horton
Charles Shorn
Milton Kohler
John A. Franz
F. Gloéeckner
B. R. Remington
G. Fubenstah
N. Curtis
N. Bengel
M. F. Force
J. P. Bradbury
S. A. M. Moore
Cincinnati
Ohio River & Kanawha Selt Company
Century of Tax Paying Marks Bowers Family in Meigs County
In Meigs County at Pomeroy George Bowers will pay real estate taxes marking a 100 year family tax paying span. The first payment by George Bowers Sr. in December 1832 was 6.40 dollars on a farm now taxed at over four times that amount. For 19 years the Bowers have paid taxes without a break.
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Middleport
George Bowers
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bowers
Mr. Bowers
White Squirrels Sighted in Beech Grove Cemetery
Hart Stanbery, Pomeroy banker and amateur naturalist, reports a white squirrel and a gray one with a white tail in Beech Grove Cemetery. He notes that white squirrels were more common in the past but are rarely seen now and mentions a local huntsman shot a black squirrel during hunting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hart Stanbery
Beech Grove
Mission Festival Held at Trinity Lutheran Church
The annual mission festival of Trinity Lutheran Church on Butternut Avenue was held Sunday evening under Rev. Walter A. Pohl. The theme was Continuing in the Work of the Lord. The frame church is being painted and minor repairs are underway.
Athens Men Are Placed in Jail After Car Collision
POMEROY Oct 117 Two Athens men W A Hampton and Donald W Hampton were arrested by Constable Robson and jailed in Meigs County. After colliding with Joseph Meier’s car in Pomeroy they fled, Meier pursued, and later the Hamptons were detained in Middleport and arrested during a countywide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W A. Hampton
Donald W. Hampton
Athens
William Rotson
Meige Couny
Pomeroy An
Joseph Meier
Meier
Third Avenue
Middleport
Bere
Sheriff's Office
Hank Young
Robson
Hampton
Sugar Run PTA Plans Stage Facilities at School
The Sugar Run Parent Teacher Association announced plans to fix a classroom at Sugar Run School for staging school entertainments. Desks will be removed and bleachers for about two hundred seats will be installed, with financing by the PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run School
Sugar Run Parent Teacher Association
Parent- Teacher Association
Weekend Travelers Share News Across Columbus and Nearby Towns
Several residents spent the weekend visiting relatives in Columbus and nearby cities. Notable movements include Miss Mabel Wilson and Mrs Cora Bennett returning to Middleport, the Grate family in Columbus visiting Mrs Grate’s daughter, and Dale Warner from Ohio State University at home with family. Other trips covered Cincinnati, Gallipolis, Williamson, and New Haven with football games and family gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wilson
Columbus
Middleport
Cora Bennett
Miss Wilson
J. H. Grate
Gene
Mary
Ruth
Alice Myers
Grant Street
Albert Faehnie
Freda
Cincinnati
Mr. Faehnie
Webb Smith
Phyllis
Helen Larsen
Smith
M. C. Hobart
Lincoln Street
Miss Larsen
J. A. Kent
C. W. Clarke
South Third Avenue
John Luffer
Louisville
Milton Osborne
Star
Milton Osborn
Johnson
Luffer
Williamson
W. Va
C. W. Clark
Clark
Corvallis
Ore
O. B. Stout
Mark Roller
Huntington
Cc. W. Jones
Shenang Park
Max
South Sixth Avenue
C. H. Horden
Horde
Teeth With Real Comfort Fasteeth and Pleasant Powder
Ad promotes Fasteeth and a pleasant powder that keeps teeth firmly set. Claims no gummy taste and easy to eat and laugh in comfort. Instructions suggest sprinkling Pasteeth on plates and buying from Quick's Drug Store or local druggist.
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Quick
Tate
Adv
Paving to Start This Week on East State Street
Brick hauling for the East State Street paving project begins this week with first brick delivered Saturday. Concrete has been laid along the present brick road and sidewalks on the north side of the street near the Children's Home.
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East State Street
New Street
Children’s Home
Home Street
Park Street
East Corporation
Rowland Farm
State Street
Sunday guests join Carbondale families in local visits
Carbondale residents hosted guests during the weekend. Rev HL McDaniel of Athens and Ray Homme and family from New Lexington visited Ralph Williams. Logan visitors Ot Stevenson and Harry Bickle joined John Stanley's household with others in attendance.
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Ralph Williams
HL. McDaniel
Athens
Ray Homme
James
Maurice
New Lexington
Ot Stevenson
Logan
Harry Bickle
Union Furnace
John Stanley
Kenneth
Lizzie Cox
Minnie Civ
Columbus
Chicago
Louise Homan Sanday
Paul Dunn
Floyd Barrows
Zanesville
Sade Six
Six
George Barnicutt
Blanche Barrows
Nelsonville
Floyd Mosier
Pete James
Allie Landis
John Landis
Lee Mace
Everett Mace
Ruth
Lancaster
Sarah Webb
Sharpsburg Ladies Aid Meeting and Local Social Notes
Sharpsburg Ladies Aid met with Lillian Bardin Thursday afternoon. Eighteen women shared a pleasant afternoon with light refreshments. Forest Russell won the contest. Various residents traveled for medical care and social visits to Columbus Marietta Chester Hill Mt. Hermon Canaanville Glouster. Households attended a sale at C. T. Huffman and Hermon Ladies Aid served lunch.
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Ladies’ Aid
Lillian Bardin
Forest Russell
Ruth Brooks Wras
Columbus
Ella Harris
Marietta
Hannah Rardin
Chesterhill
Mt. Hermon
Lydia Hanson
Rardin
Eunice Armstrong
Lillian Rardin
Lucille Aldrige
Canaanville
Hannah Chappelear
Glouster
Maria Grimes
Floyd
Leve
Malte
O. Grimes
C. T. Strode
Lyle Harris
Route
C. T. Huffman
Hermon
Athens Man Granted New Pilot License
Claude J. Dry of Athens was granted a commercial pilot license Friday by a federal inspector in Marietta after a series of tests at the Marietta airport. Dry, chief machinist of The Athens Messenger plant, already owned an airplane and stores it in the Rowland hangar on the Athens Canaanville Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude J. Dry
Athens
Marietta
Mr. Dry
Athens Messenger
Marietti
Rowland
Athens- Canaanville Road
Gallipolis Presbyterian Church Rededicated on 104th Anniversary
In Gallipolis, the First Presbyterian Church marked its 104th cornerstone anniversary with morning and evening services. Officials read donors for the chapel, dedicated lights, and a wayside pulpit while Rev. Duff chose a sermon title referencing the church’s desire. Historical addresses recalled early church life, pew rents, and 19th century fund-raising, with notes on the church’s 1828 cornerstone and later exterior changes.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
William Wood Duff
Church of the Lord's Desire
F. Nea
Carnegie Library
Neal
George Wetherholt
First
Presbyterian Church
W. P. Beall
Presbyterian
First Religious Society
Beall
A. Pomeroy
Majestic Showboat Joins Bryant's In Kanawha Winter Quarters
Majestic show boat docked in the Great Kanawha mouth four miles above Gallipolis with Townboat Atta Boy in tow. It joins Bryant's show to winter there after returning from the lower Ohio and Cumberland rivers. Bryant's troupe plans engagements in Indianapolis and the Studebaker Theater in Chicago. The Golden Rod also awaits hull repairs at the Kanawha mouth.
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Bryant
Kanawha
Gallipolis
Majestic
Attaboy
Kanawha River
Ohio
Kentucky
Cumberland
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Studebaker
Chicago
Captain Bryant
Windy City
Sesson
Golden Rod
Auto Strikes Bridge Near Evergreen Injures Five
Robert and James Emmertt brothers aged 22 and 23 and Dal Walter 19 of Wellston were treated at Holzer Hospital for face and scalp lacerations after their touring car struck a bridge on State Route 160 near Evergreen. They were discharged Sunday morning. James McCain 23 of Hartford City W Va was treated for a back injury at Holzer after an incident at the Liverpool Salt Company plant. Mrs Ray Curkham Pt Pleasant underwent an operation Saturday morning. Mrs W E Konkoskie Athens was discharged Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert
James Emmertt
Dal Walter
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Evergreen
James McCain
Hartford City
W. Va
Liverpool Salt Company
Ray Curkham
Pleasant
W. E. Konkoskie
Athens
Hercules Roller Company Foreclosure Action in Merion
Gallipolis Oct 17 The Hercules Roller Company Merion seeks foreclosure of a mortgage helped by that company against C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
The
Hercules Roller Company
Merion
Defendants Face Judgment Plea in Gallia County Case
The petition cites defendant failure to pay a $1,398.15 judgment in Gallia County Common Pleas Court dated Sept 7, 1932. The W W Williams Company and Milton Banking Company are named to clear claims along with B Gilmore and Jackson in the suit.
Trustees Pledge Red Cross Support in Gallia County
Gallia County trustees pledged support to the Red Cross relief drive at a Saturday Courthouse meeting led by H. E. Houck the president. They discussed winter relief work but no funds are available yet awaiting action from county commissioners on emergency relief bonds. Current figures show 74 families in Gallia County receive government flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Greenbrier Completes Kanawha Tour for Light Service
United States Lighthouse Steamer Greenbrier finished its Kanawha River tour and heads to Pittsburgh to deliver supplies to light tenders on the upper Ohio Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers. The crew established several new lights aiding pilots. The vessel is described as the finest steamer built for lighthouse service.
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Gallipolis
United States
Greenbier
Kanawha River
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Kanawha
Uncle Sam
Ohio River
Lighthouse Service
Shipowner Hubbard Loses Yacht. Queen City Damaged
John W. Hubbard a Pittsburgh shovel maker and Steamers owner, loses a 250000 yacht off the Atlantic. The Queen City now in Pittsburgh repairs after wheel shaft failure and machinery damage. repairs estimated at 10000 with a hollow forged steel shaft to replace a 15 ton solid hexicon shaft. St Louis buyers reportedly eyed the vessel for Mississippi trade or excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Hubbard
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Mississippi
Pennsylvania Boat License Law Declared Unconstitutional
The Pennsylvania motor boat license law requiring side bow plates is ruled unconstitutional by the Secretary of Commerce in Washington. Federal law governs boats on interstate streams, making the state rule invalid for vessels on the Ohio River and other inland waters affecting Gallipolis and Huntington operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Gallipolis
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Ohio River
Huntington
Boyd Jury Panel Likely Delayed Seating
In Gallipolis on Oct 17 selection of a 12 member jury and one alternate to try Walter Boyd Crown City for the murder of Fred Brumfield began this morning. Witnesses were summoned to Tuesday morning. jurors may not be seated until late Tuesday. Key witnesses include Lucile Day Lovella Day Farnum Brumfield and Flossie Donnally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter Boyd
Crown City
Fred Brumfield
Harry M. Miller
Henry Cherrington
Lucile and
Lovella Day
Farnum Brumfield
Flossie Donnally
Real estate transfers recorded in Gallia County week
Real estate transfers include Aaron Calloway to Maggie Calloway for 8 acres in Raccoon Township. Maggie Calloway to J. W. Slater for 3 acres in Raccoon Township. Charles Layne to C. L. Johnson for 8.8 acres in Ohio Townships. John W. Shavver to Naomi Shavver for 8.6 acres in Ohio Township. John F. Morgan trustee to Tho…
Gallipolis 142nd Anniversary of French Settlement
Gallipolis marks its 142nd anniversary as the French Five Hundred settled the site on October 17. They came from France after overland travel from Alexandria, Virginia and a flatboat ride down the Ohio River. Rufus Putnam organized cabins and blockhouses for defense before the planned utopian French city.
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W. G. Sibley
Gallipolis
France
America
Alexandria
Fottspurgh
Ohio River
Rufus Putnam
Ohio Land Company
Marietta
Five Hundred
Utopis
Scioto Land Company
Steamer A. L. Budd Gets New Wooden Hull in Ohio River Service
The Steamer A. L. Budd built in Marietta in 1896 receives a new 145 foot wooden hull at Parkersburg Dry Dock. Four 24 foot boilers from New Albany will be installed. Owners Costanzo Coal Mining Co have permit to rename the vessel Cos tano after reconstruction. Hull timbers sourced from the Northwest. John McConnell supervised repairs. The rebuilt ship, soon to be commissioned, is expected to be among the region’s best on the upper Ohio and Monongahela rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.cry
Gallipolis
A. L. Budd
Marietta
Parkersburg
Old Diamond Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Cincinnati
Occasny
Cairo
Lis
Budd
New Albany
Ind
Costanzo Coal Mining Company
Costanzo
Northwest
John McConnell
Remembering Kerr the Gallipolis Pharmacist in Druggists I Remember
A symposium titled Druggists I Remember gathers authors and artists in Gallipolis. McIntyre recalls Charles D Kerr as the town’s leading druggist who bought clothes in Cincinnati, owned a three story house, wore a flower lapel pin, and donated a marble Grecian drinking fountain to replace an old iron pump before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntyre
Chas. D. Kerr
Gallipolis
Herbert Mayes
American Druggist
Chas
PD. Kerr
Cincinnati
Forks of the Creek
Shriners
Denver
Charles D. Kerr
Converting Packet Into River Towboat Leroy Loses Finery
GALLIPOLIS Oct 17 The former local packet Leroy that ran between Gallipolis and Winfield W Va up the Kanawha River is being converted into a towboat at the Parkersburg Drydock. The cabin staterooms with plate glass mirrors are being torn off and the Leroy, long in Ohio Monongahela and Kanawha trades, will look very different when commissioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Parkersburg
Gallipolis
Kanawha River
Winfield
W. Va
Ohio
Monongahela
Kanawha
Suit Filed In Common Pleas Court Over Cognovit Note
A suit was filed in the common pleas court by the International Agricultural Company of New York against W. O. Barnitz and Ruth Barnitz of Letart to secure payment on a cognovit note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
International Agricultural Company of New York
W. O. Barnitz
Ruth Barnitz
Letart
Want to Look Young Secret of Naturl Health Dr Edwards Olive Tablets
A diet health ad claims youth comes from a healthy liver and bowels. It cites Dr Edwards of Ohio who developed an olive colored vegetable compound as a gentle liver and bowel toner. The tablets are sold at 1c, 3c, or 6c depending on size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Ohio
Anne Adams Pattern Catalog Offer Promises Sewing Plans
The Athens Messenger advertises the Anne Adams Fall and Winter pattern catalog with models for adults juniors and larger sizes. It details pattern pattern 2449 sizes 34 to 46 with binding and fabric amounts and step by step instructions. Send fifteen cents for the pattern and twenty five cents for the catalog and addressee details.
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Anne Adams
Gether
Athens Messenger
17Th Street
New York
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