Removal of CCC Buildings at Rock Springs Fairgrounds
War Department orders removal of Civilian Conservation Corps buildings at Rock Springs Fairgrounds Pomeroy. Materials will be turned over to the WPA for use in Meigs County projects. Camp Meigs established 1933 atop the fairgrounds hill with barracks mess hall and offices, now abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Civilian Conservation Camp
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
War Department
Fair Board
WPA
Meigs County
Camp Meigs
Fairgrounds
CCC
Wedding Permit Grant List from Pomeroy Ledger
Recent marriage licenses issued in probate court include Donald Manley 21 and Kathleen Hawley 17 both of Cheshire R D Clair Ogden Nelson 22 and Julia Elinor Miller 19 of Dexter Paul Searls 18 and Gertrude Farley 19 of Cheshire R D Harley Linthicum 24 of Tapers Plains and Alberta Barber 1 of Reedsville Norman C Will 24 and Allegra Wood 18 of Rutland Floyd Phelps 39 of Mt Gilead and Goldith Mitchell 39 address Pomeroy. Hold Jail Service Meigs County Jail Sunday services conducted by Rev Don Mc Millen Charles Walburn and Homer Rice with guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Floyd Phelps
Mt. Gilead
Goldith Mitchell
Pomeroy
Athens Matron Regains the 18 Pounds Lost
Mrs. Mable Conant of Route 2 Athens reports relief from indigestion headaches and dizziness after using Vendol laxative tablets. She says constipation improved, appetite returned, and she regained the 18 pounds she had lost. The Vendol man at Athens Pharmacy offers details. in Nel sonville it is sold by Hickman's Pharmacy and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Conant
Route 2
Athens
Nelsonville
Hickman
Adv
Safety campaign guards school crossings in Middleport
Special mention of the safety campaign led by Supt. M. W. Essex and Middleport teachers notes their efforts at street crossings. Patrol men with Sam Brown belts and red flags, funded by the P. T. A., monitor dangerous crossings to keep students safe. Two years of precaution have yielded no serious traffic accidents among school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Supt. M. W. Essex
Sam Brown
Fall Festival Activities Sets Pet Parade Details
Rain dampens schedule as Cunningham attractions are limited for the week. Pet Parade entries due by contacting Festival Committee chair Tom Mills, organizers announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom Mills
Rio Grande Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Fifteen members attended a Ladies Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. Lexie Belcher home with Mrs. W T Bohn as hostess. The Rio Grande Thurman Churches held First Quarterly Conference with Dr R B Foster preaching. Numerous guests visited relatives, attended the Fall Festival, and joined birthdays and gatherings across Rio Grande, Columbus, Delphos, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Calvary Church
Lexie Belcher
W. T. Bohn
Rio Grande - Thurman
R. B. Foster
W. A. Lewis
W. T. Packer
Lewis
Sam Jenkins
Chicago
David Williams
Billy
James Lackey
Vega
Charles Hutchison
Walter
Thurman
Perry Davis
Crown City
Ishmael Goodall
Ohio University
John Meyers
Evan Richards
Detroit
F. F. Geotting
Morton
Bess
Columbus
Packer
Ruth
Baptist State Convention
E. H. Midkiff
Maxie Fowler
New Lexington
Finley Richards
L. F. Allen
Anna Mae Womeldorf
Gallipolis
Mary Samuels
E. W. Edwards
Victor Fowler
P. R. Lyne
Flag of Maine given to Kankakee museum
Ensign No. 7 battle flag of the battleship Maine presented to the Kankakee County Historical Society museum by J. J. Pierce. The blue flag bears 13 stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Maine
Kankakee County
Absorber for Planes Aims to Ease Rides in Weather
Louis W. Greve, head of the National Air Races committee, introduces a shock absorbing pedestal designed to improve passenger comfort in transport planes during rough weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis W. Greve
National Air Races Committee
Middleport Social Notes Readings and Visits Abound
Middleport society page lists Miss Hulda Klein returning to work at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric after a two year leave. Visitors include Mrs. W. J. Moore of Chesapeake with sister Mrs. Rathburn, Mr. Moore returning from northern Ohio and Wheeling. Couples and relatives from Amesville Pomeroy and Athens spend time with local families, with Hamiltons and Campbells among those noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Hulda Klein
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
W. J. Moore
Chesapeake
C. F. Rathburn
Moore
Ohio
Wheeling
L. M. Polan
Nancy Moore
Mont Price
Amesville
Pomeroy Bend
Campbell
Charles Campbell
Ray Smith
Athens
Smith
Homer Rice
Rice
W. L. Rice
Pomeroy R. D
Will Story
Clarence Eastman
Gold Ridge
Grace Sauvage
Columbus
Earl Lama
Gravel Hill
Birthday Celebrations Held for Local Residents
Small gatherings occurred at the homes of Lisle Diles and Beech Sr., and B. E. Talbott in late week to honor the birthdays of David Diles Florinel Talbott and Mrs. Paul Smart. Margie Diles Mack and Jean Bennett organized games and fun at the Diles residence. A cake ice cream and candy corn treat was shared. A Talbott home dinner honored Miss Talbott and Mrs. Smart with immediate family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle Diles
Beech Sr
B. E. Talbott
David Diles
Florinel Talbott
Paul Smart
Diles
Margie Diles
Mack
Jean Bennett
Talbott
Miss Talbott
Mrs. Smart
Susan Eileen Allensworth
Phyllis Smart
James Titus
E. R.tompkins
William Bradford
Ray Smith
M. L. French
Charles Bennet
Larry Gardner
Nan Moore
Emma Davis
Norman Edwards
Vannie Badgely
Anna Margaret Wiley
Heath Methodist Class 12 to Meet for October Program
Class Number 12 of Heath Methodist Church led by Mrs Roy Barnes will gather in the church basement Wednesday evening for the October program. Members are asked to bring a white elephant for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Methodist Church
Roy Barnes
Funeral of Mrs Ours Held in Morse Chapel
Mrs Rinda Ours 66 died at her Portland home Sunday evening. Survived by husband J J Ours four daughters and three sons. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm Morse Chapel with burial in Morse Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Rinda Ours
Portland
J. J. Ours
Morse Chapel
Morse
Hold Funeral Rites For Mrs. Alice Hogsett
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Alice Hogsett 85 at Ripley after her death in Cuyahoga Falls. A Letart Falls native, she lived later in Cuyahoga Falls with her husband who died in 1917. She leaves four sons four daughters 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Much of her life was spent in Jackson County West Virginia where she was born.
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Letart
Alice Hogsett
Ripley
Cuyahoga Falls
Hogsett
Letart Falls
Jackson County
W. Va
Red Cross Executive Committee Meeting Tonight in Meigs County
The Meigs County Chapter of the American Red Cross holds a meeting of its executive committee this evening at 7 30 at the office of R W Finsterwald on Second Street. District officers of the Red Cross will be present.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
The
American Red Cross
R. W. Finsterwald
Second St
Red Cross
Pomeroy Social Notes Recap of Weekend Visits
Pomeroy social notes list weekend visits and family gatherings. Names include Roy Kasper Edith Eiselstein and many relatives from Huntington Canton Crown City Parkersburg Columbus Gallipolis Minersville and Ohio State University. A funeral in Minersville and a 57th birthday celebration for Mrs. Grant Hood are noted along with Daughters of Union Veterans attendees and local relocations.
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Pomeroy
Roy Kasper
Edith
Herbert Eiselstein
Huntington
Mary Pooler
Danny Pooler
Canton
Gerald Rice
Cora Bennett
Russell Rice
Crown City
Rice
Effie Rice
Ex Resident Dell Hayes Revisits Pomeroy After 30 Years
M A Dell Hayes, former Pomeroy resident now in Louisville Kentucky, visits his hometown and finds it greatly changed. Local merchant T P Eiselstein and banker Will Reed are the only acquaintances he recognizes. Hayes recalls Pomeroy as a boom town then, born in Harrisonville, left in 1880, and now retired after a long railroad career. He plans travel to Marietta after the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
M. A
Dell) Hayes
Louisville
T. P. Eiselstein
Hayes
Will Reed
Mr. Hayes
Harrisonville
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Marietta College
Duluth
Smalley Rites Are Being Completed
Roy Smalley of near Flatwoods died at Holzer Hospital after a kerosene stove explosion caused severe burns. He awakened his wife and four children as the house burned. the family escaped and he drove them to his father in law's home before succumbing. Funeral arrangements are being completed.
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Pomeroy
Roy Smalley
Flatwoods
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Smalley
Hygienist Lectures at PTA Meeting in Middleport
At Middleport High School auditorium a PTA gathering featured oral hygienist Miss Meyers and assistant Miss Stohl with State Health officials demonstrating dental hygiene. Motion pictures aired as Meyers and staff plan school visits to extend the lecture this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent Teacher Association
Meyers
Stoh
State Department of Health
Cosgrove
Bing
Angeletti
Pomeroy
Miss Meyers
America
Lee McComas
Gravel Hill
Charles Snider
PTA Leaders Plan Organization Work
At the Middleport high school PTA meeting Band Boosters Club elected Mrs William Bradford as president with Mrs Lewis Sauer as vice president Mrs C A Root as secretary and Paul Smart as treasurer for the coming year Several committees were named including one to arrange purchasing a new instrument and durable portfolios for band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Bradford
Bradford
Lewis Sauer
C. A. Root
Paul Smart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Old Meigs Camp
Don McMillen
Church of Christ
Charles Walburn
Rio Grande Social
Leila Mokarzel
Cranford
N. J
College of Our Lady of Good Counsel
White Plains
N. Y
Middleport Social Notes
Mrs. Ours
Pomeroy Social Notes
Erma Smith
Lafayette
Charlotte Danner
Arthur Arend
Loretta Franz
EF. J. Franz
Mulberry Ave
Hugh Graber
Selim Blazewicz
Ohio State University
L. F. Schoenleb
Elizabeth Bartels
Anna Bartels
Minersville
Arnold
Virginia Arnold
M. H. Jenkinson
Arnold Jenkinson
Justine Jenkinson
Robert Jenkinson
Bryan Jenkinson
Lancaster
Howard Carman
William Mathews
Harold Smith
Robert Ramey
A. H. Logan
Parkersburg
Brestler
Near Lancaster
Annie Kimes
Carl Arnold
Logan, W. Va
Sam Arnold
Grant Hood
Daughters of Union Veterans
Glouster
Mabel Wolf
Charity Seakus
Elizabeth Campbell
Effie M. Tracy
Eva Russ
Lucie B. Langlotz
Minnie Neutzling
Jenny Howell
Bertha Radford
Jean Hart
Elsie Hart
George Hochstetter
Rose Hill
Chaile Caldwell
Butternut Ave
Phil Williamson
Miss Mary
Mary
M. D. Hartley
Lynn
Lee
Marietta
Anon
Sohio
PTA
Central
Pearl and
High School
Athens Pharmacy
All Drug Press
Coats
Ior
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