Community Carnival Planned by Middleport PTA
Middleport plans a large Halloween carnival at the athletic field on Monday October 31 under lights. Miss Anna Margaret Wylie chairs the event featuring Harrington the magician, costume prizes, free entry for masked children, a Midway with booths and food, confetti balloons and a turkey style fowl throw. Gates open at 7 30 p m with over 1000 expected attendees.
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Middleport
Parent- Teacher Association
Anna Margaret Wylie
Harrington
PTA
Winchester
Gordon Harris
M. A. White
M. W. McCuen
Guy Reynolds
Charles Wise Jr
George Schaaf
M. W. Essex
Paul Smart
Nan Moore
O. P. Klein
Miss Dutton
Miss Frecker
Hawley
Leo Kennedy
Cline Matthews
Charles Bing
R. E. McKay
Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor in Middleport
Frank H. Johnston district chairman Louis Reibel district commissioner Jerry Ashwill Athens field executive and Virgil Campbell committee member formed the Court of Honor before which Troop 40 Boy Scouts received second class awards James Reed Allyn Rothrock and Charles Burk were recognized. Troop 40 plans an inter patrol contest starting November with patrols led by Barst Bradford Burk Harris and Egner. Four new boys Hicks Bennett Evans and Hubbard work toward tenderfoot tests.
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Middleport
Frank H. Johnston
Louis Reibel
Jerry Ashwill
Athens
Virgil Campbell
Court of Honor
Heath M. E. Church
James Reed
Allyn Rothrock
Charles Burk
Gnat
Lewis Barst
Dodo
Allen Bradford
Fox
Gene Harris
James Egner
Larry Hicks
James Bennett
Roy Evans
William Hubbard
Old Testament POMEROY Class Held Weekly
The class on the Old Testament led by Rev. Warren Bright meets each Wednesday evening at the church. Each participant receives a textbook tracing the history and stories of that testament. More than twenty persons have enrolled.
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Pomeroy
Warren Bright
Pomeroy Social Notes Postpones Garden Club Meeting
Twilight Garden club meeting at Mrs. Pearl Hysell’s on Harrisonville Road postponed due to Mrs. Hysell’s illness after a minor operation. Community notes include visits from Rock Springs residents, hospital transport for Clif ford Jenkinson, and social visits across Pomeroy and nearby towns.
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Twilight Garden Club
Pearl Hysell
Harrisonville Road
Hysell
Jewel Curtis
Anne St
Charles
Herman Grueser
Cathryn
Emma Grueser
Rock Springs
Elizabeth Brown to Wed Jack Rathburn in Greenup Ky
Announcement says Miss Elizabeth Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs William Brown of Chester will marry Mr Jack Rathburn of Columbus. They wed in Greenup Kentucky on October 8 1938 and plan to live in Columbus where Mr Rathburn works. Sisters of Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters held services Tuesday evening for Mrs Oscar Myers the last charter member.
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Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters
Main St
Red Men’s Hall
Second St
Elizabeth Brown
William Brown
Chester
Jack Rathburn
Columbus
Greenup
Rathburn
Oscar Myers
Grange Plans Regular Meeting and Float at Pomeroy Parade
Hemlock Grange members will meet Friday evening Oct 21 with Kathleen Smith Mildred Howett and Reba Clark in charge. Chili will be served after the meeting. The Grange entered a float in Tuesday’s Northwest Territory celebration at Pomeroy. The article recalls the first US census of 1790 taken by 700 marshals at about 45000 dollars.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grange
Kathleen Smith
Mildred Howett
Reba Clark
Northwest Territory
The
United States
CCC Camps Take 15 Meigs County Boys for CCC Service
Fifteen Meigs County youths were selected Wednesday for Civilian Conservation Corps duty and traveled to Zaleski in Vinton County for a medical screening. Four alternates accompanied them. All 20 in the group passed the exam, so alternates returned home awaiting the next intake.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Zaleski
Vinton County
Fort Knox
Willard Ashworth
CCC
William Arnott
Antiquity
Wilmer Black
Racine
Robert Smith
Mrs Ora Osborn Pomeroy Dies at County Home
Mrs Ora Osborn 56 died at the County Home Tuesday night. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Keno Church. She is survived by several brothers and sisters.
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Pomeroy
Ora Osborn
Keno
Birthday Party Honors Wilbur Paugh in Joppa
A Joppa birthday event honored Wilbur Paugh on his 40th anniversary at the Paugh home with a cake. Attendees included numerous Paugh relatives and friends from Akron Pittsburgh Wadsworth Nitro Parkersburg Success and Joppa.
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Joppa
Wilbur Paugh
Paugh
Mr. Paugh
Alta Paugh
Akron
Leonard Paugh
Pittsburgh
John Howard
Esther Paugh
Wadsworth
Paul Looney
John Francis
William Dillion
Goldie Dillion
Bernice Powers
Vern Green
Raymond
Doylestown
Roy Bailey
Warren
Erwin
Marion
Nitro
W. Va
John Christy
E. E. Hull
Success
Elmer Reed
Gay Baker
Special Spook Show at Athena Theater
Durso the Great presents a midnight spook show at the Athena Theater with tricks and wizardry defying science. The accompanying screening is The House of Mystery, a fast paced drama. Frank Nolan, the theater manager, invites the public with a cautionary thrill.
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Durso the Great
Athena Theater
Durso
Valley of the Shadow
Frank Nolan
The
Athena
Bid to buy final assets of Meigs County S&L
Kenyon Johnston of Gallipolis and William H. Kroger state building and loan superintendent reported a $20,000 bid for the remaining assets of the Meigs County Savings and Loan Association in Pomeroy. Kroger will seek court authorization next Wednesday to approve the sale, enabling a final 17 percent dividend and bringing total disbursements to 67 percent. If approved, depositors receive the final distribution before Christmas.
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Columbus —LLP
Meigs County Savings and Loan Association
Pomeroy
Kenyon Johnson
Gallipolis
William H. Kroger
State Building and Loan
Kroger
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Letart Falls Grange inspection and local notices
Letart Falls reports Ohio Valley Grange annual inspection by County Deputy Harley Musser with about 50 members present. Several society and personal visits noted along with church services and social events across town and surrounding areas.
Pomeroy Rural Social And Personal Notes Summary
Local residents attended the Lancaster Fair including Mr and Mrs William Heilman Lizzie Wickham and daughter Mrs B VU Ridenour Clyde Will Pearl Will and Ruth. Rosa Morris is ill and Albany visitors Mrs A E Donaldson and two children stayed with C E Ashworth.
Legion Post Home Under Construction on Main Street
Drew Webster Post American Legion begins work on a new meeting hall on Main Street Terrace beside the Rudisill residence. The building resembles a house on the outside, with interior plans for meetings and banquets, and potential conversion to a residence. Nearby, the Duerr home foundation nears completion in stone construction.
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John Duerr
Duerr
Middleport social and literary gatherings note October events
Middleport residents attended a true and false quiz at Heath M. E. Church hosted by Mrs. Kelly Grogan with Mrs. Dana Daniels answering all questions correctly. The event followed devotional led by Mrs. Robert Coats and featured a Halloween themed salad course. The Middleport Literary Club met at Mrs. M. W. Essex’s home discussing French colonists in America and LaSalle wilderness cavelier with papers by T. A. May Dana Daniels Meade Minnigerade and Frank White. The club voted fifty cents per capita for state federation dues and a subscription to the General Federation magazine. Mrs. C. F. Rathburn is improving at Huntington Orthopedic Hospital. Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church schedules its monthly meeting Friday night at the church.
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George Schaaf
Heath M. E. Church
Kelly Grogan
Dana Danieles
Robert Coats
Lillian Smith
Northwest Territory
Middleport Literary Club
M. W. Essex
America
T. A. May
LaSalle
Dana Daniels
Black Forest
Frank White
Cedric Clark
White
General Federation of Women’s Clubs Magazine
Presbyterian Women Meet at Mrs Tewksbury Home
The Young Women’s Class of the First Presbyterian Church will be entertained at the home of Mrs Edward Tewksbury Friday evening.
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Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Tewksbury
Local residents enjoy fine weather with visits and travel
On a sunny Sunday Long Bottom residents took short trips along the Ohio River Two young men swam in the river Dr Ed Shumaker of Scio flew in to visit his parents C D Shumaker of Pomeroy was a guest Russell Ornsley from Clarksburg visited relatives Mrs Bess Rose traveled to Pomeroy to be with her daughter Reta Others visited relatives from Letart Falls Margarite Winston and her son attended a Lancaster fair The Howard Hughes family from Columbus spent the weekend locally Venezuelan buses feature Bible scenes to ward off accidents
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T. A. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Pleasantville
Albert Beck
E. A. Wingett
Racine
Sarah Spencer
Frank Eaton
Huntington
Kansas
J. W. Schaegel
Wyllis
Flint
Mich
A. C. Linkenhaker
Hiland
Russell Phillips
Roanoke
Virginia
Charles Lytle
Butternut Ave
Rudolph Pellage
Green Bay
Wis
Estrilla Daniels
Cincinnati
A. C
Pat) Jones
Main St
L. V. Reuter
Rock Springs
Beaver
Bert O'Connor
J. B. Elberfeld
Barbara
Barbara Uhle
Illinois
George Mees
Mason City
Charles Bengel
Gladys
Marietta
Pomeroy
Letart Falls
Ohio Valley Grange
Harley Musser
C. L. Thayer
Edna Phillips
Portsmouth
Sharpe
U. B
Ladies Aid Society
M. E
Grange
Wilma Roush
Ada Kinder
Old Man’s Cave
Carl Bennett
Pat
Olive Grimm
Circleville
Wayne Woodward
Columbus
Bertha McDade
Letha Grimm
Dan Humphrey
Tom McDermott
Steubenville
Clyde Alexander
Murl
Ernest Ashley
Canton
Elmer Ashley
Ed Higginbotham
Dolly
Robert Kleinschmidt
Charleston
Delaware, O
Bart Miller
Tom Wagner
Gallipolis
Emmett Peoples
Kathryn Schlaegel
Cassia Sayre
Wheeling
George Sayre
Jerry Graham and
Bert Brinker
Mt. Alto
Long Bottom
Ohio River
Ed Shumaker
Scio
J. B. Shumaker
C. D. Shumaker
Russell Ornsley
Clarksburg
Bess Rose
Reta
Floyd Wilson
Rea Swan
Margarite Winston
C. C. Hoover
Garden of Moon Seen as Feature at Athena Theater
Busby Berkeley who started as a dance director uses a metronome to pace rhythm and tempo in Garden of the Moon Warner Bros production at the Athena Theater. He notes the metronome offers steady beat, improving timing over verbal counts and helping cranes and actors move in smoother rhythm.
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Busby Berkeley
Warner Bros
Athena Theater
Berkeley
Pension Cuts Foster Anxiety in Meigs County
Meigs County residents fear a possible 50 percent pension cut if federal funds are withheld. In 1922, 1022 residents drew 21 294 dollars in old age pensions with an average 20 84 monthly award. By September 1937, 897 people were on the rolls receiving 18 341 dollars. Ice crystals 5 to 10 inches wide have been found in the Antarctic.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs
Legion Post Launches New Membership Drive
Drew Webster Post American Legion begins annual membership drive aiming to renew as many members as possible before Armistice Day. Pocket souvenirs will be distributed to those who renew prior to November 11.
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Drew Webster
American Legion
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