Fathers Night Program Highlights Middleport PTA Meeting
Mercy notes W Yippy Dye an outstanding athlete and emerging coach at View High School. Dye, a former Pomeroy High star from Ohio University era, will speak this evening as part of Fathers Night for Northwood PTA.
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MERCY
Yippy" Dye
Yran
Columbus
Tip
Northwood
PTA
Dye
Pomeroy High Wie
Ohio University
View High School
Mechanic Dies of Vat Infection in Meigs County
Mercy Howard Coleman, a mechanic from Reedsville, died Sunday night from a Vat infection while employed in Meigs County. Coleman was a resident of Reedsville and had worked with local road works. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Mmercy
Howard Coleman
Meigs County
Coleman
Reedsville
Thas
Group votes in favor of Cub Scouts at PTA meeting
Fathers Night program at the MIddleport PTA featured Ohio Education Association speaker Karl Berns who urged support for a proposed state board of education and criticized the Bigelow pension plan. The meeting ended with the PTA voting to sponsor a Cub Scout troop and naming a committee chair.
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Cub
Middleport
Karl Berns
Ohio Education Association
PTA
Berns
Ohio
Board of Education
Department of Education
Bigelow
M. W. Essex
H. A. Rothrock
Vesta McCoy
Gordon Harris
Jerry Ashwill
Athens
Boy Scouts of America
Ashwill
Frank White
Cub Scout Committee
David Entsminger
Paul Smart
Don McMillin
New Type Either Black or Dead Horse
Two local girls discuss Republican presidential nomination and joke about a nominee being a dead or black horse, noting the term for an unlikely candidate. No names or dates given.
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Pomeroy
Halloween Carnival Planned by Local School Association
Miss Anna Margaret Wiley chairs the carnival committee for a Halloween event this month. L. W. McComas reports on the flag committee and the group votes to buy a United States flag and a school flag. E. R. Tompkins suggests favorable sentiment toward the U S flag purchase. Louise Drake named kitchen trustee and home economics instructor. Wiley’s room awarded for most fathers present. Franklin Guinther plays Venus Waltz on cornet. Hospitality group hosts a social hour in the Home Economics Room turned Halloween Haunt with cider and doughnuts under orange and black decor.
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Anna Margaret Wiley
L.W. McComas
United States
E. R. Tompkins
Board of Education
Louise Drake
Miss Drake
Miss Wiley
Franklin Guinther
M. W. Essex
L. W. McComas
Wiley
John Dillard
Cedric Clark
Pomeroy Bend Fans Choose Between Home and Away Games
Pomeroy Bend fans will pick between watching the Pomeroy Panthers host Wellston or the Middleport Yellow Jackets play at home against Athens. Middleport has five wins this season, with a strong run including victories over Wahama Rutland Gallipolis Jackson and Nelsonville. The Panthers face Wellston with a hopeful outlook despite Pomeroy’s tougher recent results.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy Panthers
Wellston
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Athens
Middleport
Yellow Jackets
Jackets
Panthers
Wahama High
Mason City
Rutland
Gallipolis
Jackson
Nelsonville
Logan
O'Brien to Address Pomeroy Chamber on Bigelow Plan
George O'Brien Ohio Chamber of Commerce district director will speak against the Bigelow amendments at a Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight at Simpson Methodist Church. In addition to members, county business leaders are invited to hear his remarks starting with a 6 30 dinner.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
George O'Brien
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
O'Brien
Chamber of Commerce
Simpson Methodist Church
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Four Generations of Local Families
A long social column reports Mrs. C. P. Wilburn hosting a family dinner honoring her daughter Mrs. James L. Schilansky, who wed in Charleston on Sept 16, with relatives from Crooksville Zanesville Columbus and Charleston in attendance. The piece notes award recognition for Mrs. Alfred Elberfeld at a Contract Club and upcoming club meetings as well as various local visits and moves involving Middleport residents.
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C. P. Wilburn
James L. Schilansky
Julia Mae Wilburn
Schilansky
Charleston
Wilburns
O. B. Malone
Olivia Napier
Paul
Virginia Goulding
Wm. S. Drake
G. T. Drake, Jr
Laurel
Columbus
James Napier
Roy Cross
Jack
Crooksville
Jack Weller
Laura
Zanesville
Alfred Elberfeld
Middleport
Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Lincoln Hill
Dor Schaefer
William Reifel
Arthur Groppenhbacher
Greenfield Route No. 3
Groppenbacher
Elizabeth Jenkins
New Lexington
Louis Seyfield
Stanley van Atta
van Atta
Ray Singleton
Ann Jenkins
Pete the sheriff’s dog returns to work after month’s recovery
Pete the dog owned by Sheriff George Beards is back on the job after a five to six week recovery from a broken leg. The canine wore a splint and brace and was hit by a car earlier. He celebrated by wandering streets and narrowly avoiding another collision. Pete remains devoted to following the county officers he respects.
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Pomeroy
Pete
George Beards
Mary Jean Scott Celebrates First Birthday in Minersville
Pomeroy group gathers at Mr. and Mrs. John Scott home in Minersville for Mary Jean Scott’s first birthday. Relatives include the Scotts of Racine Newark and Columbus plus local families. Robert Fleming born to Robert and Cora Roberts. Claude Jones shows gradual improvement after Holzer Hospital illness.
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John Scott
Minersville
Mary Jean Scott
Earl Scott
Racine
Ted Scott
Newark
John Baily
John Bailey, Jr
Marcella Cleland
Ann and
Altona Baily
Columbus
Chet McGrew
Medina
Olan Genheimer
Pomeroy R. D
Flossie Kapple
Denver Kapple
Parkersburg
Ben Neutzling
Mary
Lois Ann
Roy Tracy
Robert Roberts
Union Ave
Robert Fleming
Ira Fleming
Syracuse
Cora B. Roberts
Walter Neutzling
Carl
Zanesville
Richard Reed
Frank Brandenberg
W. Main St
Denver
George
Joseph
Claude Jones
Holzer Hospital
Jacket Lightweights Edge Blue Devils in Close Win
Middleport Lightweights, a junior Yellow Jacket squad, beat a Gallipolis Blue Devil reserve team 14 to 13 on the Middleport athletic field. Tom Blaine scored the first minute touchdown from Jimmy Hartinger, with later points by the Jackets securing the lead.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Blue Devil
Gallipolis
Uptown
Yellow Jackets
Tom Blaine
Jimmy Hartinger
Junior Jackets
Pomeroy Seeks Efficient Use of $17,978 Sewer Funds
POMEROY The village council discussed how to spend $17,978 received from the United States Government for flowage rights in the Sugar Run sewer area and flooded parcels due to the Eureka Dam. A sanitation engineer may be consulted before replacing the aging closed sewer now flooding under Second Street.
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Pomeroy
United States
Sugar Run
Ohio
Eureka
U. S
M. D. Hartley
Huntington
Hartley
Third St
Second St
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Pomeroy District
Edward Moore age 23 of Middleport R D and Kathryn Cundiff age 18 of Middleport. Rolland Gibbs age 22 of Rutland and Monna Edwards age 21 of Rutland also granted licenses.
Gravel for Meigs Roads Is Unloaded
Unloading of 5,000 tons of gravel for road surfacing began Monday from barges at Pomeroy landing. County bought material for WPA improved roads. Trucks hauled gravel to Bull Run and Texas roads to protect surfaces before winter. County has struggled to keep up with surfacing needs. Thirty seven international telephone circuits are in operation.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Landing
WPA
Bull Run
Texas
Second Fire Company Clears Equipment Debt
Debts contracted by the Second Ward Fire Company for a new truck and pumping equipment have been paid. The truck and pump cost about 1000 dollars. A note burning ceremony is planned to destroy the notes against the fire company.
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Second Fire Company
Pomeroy
Second Ward Fire Company
Backache and Leg Pains Signal Kidney Trouble
Warning from health experts that backache and leg pains may indicate kidney or bladder issues. Doan's Pills are suggested to help kidneys flush waste and relieve symptoms, a remedy claimed to have helped millions for years.
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Dean
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