PTA Carnival Set For Halloween at Middleport High
Middleport posters announce the PTA Halloween Carnival on Oct 31 at the high school athletic field. Miss Anna Margaret Wiley chairs the event with organized committees and aims to outshine past carnivals. The community affair features Red River Rangers on WCHS radio, High School Band, turkey throws, contests, bicycle and tricycle races, and a costume parade on the track.
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Middleport
PTA
Anna Margaret Wiley
Red River
WCHS
Charleston
Pomeroy Junior High Announces Small Honor Roll
Pomeroy Junior High lists first six weeks honor roll with nine ninth graders seven eighth graders and three seventh graders. Principal W. R. Farnham notes smaller enrollment but fewer students qualifying and vows to raise numbers by next grading period.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Freda Parker
Jeannette Young
Harriette Sullivan
Martha Roedel
Ruth Bauer
Charlotte Mees
Cecil Spencer
Weldon Pfarr
Mary K. Vaughan
Danny Rosenbaum
Rose Marie Nease
Betty Mae Couch
Willis Giles
Ruth Brickles
Mary McCullum
Martha Jane Myers
Jack Rosenbaum
Patricia Bennett
Elaine Young
W. R. Farnham
Supreme Court Judge Arthur Day to speak at Simpson Brotherhood
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Arthur H. Day will address the Simpson Brotherhood event on Tuesday November 14. The meeting will admit only ticket holders, with attendance capped at 100 in the church dining room. A chicken dinner precedes the session as the group marks its first anniversary and elects officers.
Disabled Veterans To Go to Marietta
Rehabilitation school will be conducted Sunday October 22 from 10 30 until 12 30 in Marietta during the southeast zone conference at the courthouse. Veterans wishing to open their claims should attend this session. Edward H Reuter of the local Disabled American Veterans group says all laws and regulations on wartime disability compensation and hospital benefits will be explained, including new Congressional laws.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
Edward H. Reuter
Disabled American Veterans Organization
Congress
Birth of a Daughter Ida Lena Dorfer
Mr and Mrs Olen Dorfer Beech Street announce the birth of a daughter Ida Lena on Tuesday weighing 8% pounds. The mother is formerly Rosalee Manley daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Manley Sr.
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Olen Dorfer
Beech St
Ida Lena
Dorfer
Rosalee Manley
Lewis Manley
Pomeroy Adopts Unusual Nudity Bathing Law
Cadillac Michigan praises its beach attire ordinance as permitting nude bathing from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Pomeroy mirrors this approach with a similar ancient ordinance.
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Pomeroy
Cadillac
Mich
Work Resumes on High Street Paving by WPA
WPA workers on High Street resume brick paving after a one day lay off caused by the village lacking a street roller. Officials say the job will likely finish next week.
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Pomeroy
High St
WPA
Community notes and local elections in Buckeye region
Pomeroy residents share visits and health updates while Carson elected Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association county chairman in a formal gathering. A marriage license is issued to William Fox and Hazel Shane. a 101 year old woman donates a Civil War era flag to Lycoming County Historical Society.
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Carson
Middleport
Guy Carson
Headquarters
Silver Grill
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Ohio, Inc
Pomeroy
William Fox
Hazel Shane
Letart Falls
Warrensville
Anna C. Wilson
Lycoming County Historical Society
Ulysses S. Grant
Donation to Middleport Fire Company After Tragedy
A glass jar containing 48.87 dollars was presented to the Middleport Volunteer Fire Company by Robert McKelvey, Clarence Shields, and Earl Shank from Apple Grove vicinity. The gift supports replacing equipment lost in the Apple Grove Locks tragedy on the Ohio River and honors the fire department’s service.
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Middleport
George Hoeflick
Emmett Shuler
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
McConnelsville
Mrs. Manda B. Moses Dies After Heart Ailment
Mrs. Manda B. Moses aged 80 widow of John H. Moses died at her Columbus home after two years of heart trouble. A native of West Virginia and long-time resident of Hartinger Ave in Middleport, she moved to Columbus in 1923. Survived by son L. O. Moses and daughter Miss Mina Moses, with a brother Rev. A. C. Hicks. Funeral in Columbus, then in Huntington, with interment at Union Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Baker
Pearl St
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Henry Fowler
Jacob Brown
Virgil Lewis
Amanda White
Simpkins
Charles North
Raymond Walker
Moriah Baker
J Lucy Brown
Raymond McCarty
Charles Brown
Garber
Grand International
B. of L. E
W. R. Garber
S. Second Ave
Beards
Garen Stansbury
Columbus
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Seneca Hotel
Frank Allen
Busy Bee
Harold Chapman
C. C. Chapman
River Hill
Zaleski
CCC
Arthur Boice
Gravel Hill
Bob Haggerty
Leo Vaughn
Charles Pickens
Marshall McCuen
Wellston
Lewis Koehler
Rutland Sr
W Frame
Crooksville
Guy Carson
Martin Robert
Lamp Russell
Louisville
Middleport
Manda B. Moses
John H. Moses
L. O. Moses
New York Central
Hobson
Mina Moses
A. C. Hicks
Cico
W. Va
Huntington
Steele Funeral
Union Cemetery
Traveling Minister To Speak in Pomeroy
Rev. Mr. Ayres of Cincinnati will speak at 11 o'clock Sunday service at Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy. He has led the Wayside Cathedral in southern Ohio during summer and directs song services and addresses, with driving, organ work, and church duties. Regular Sunday School precedes at 10.
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Pomeroy
Mr. Ayres
Cincinnati
Wayside
Ohio
Grace Episcopal Church
Ayres
Little Chapel
Panthers Fall to Wellston 33-6 in Thursday Clash
Pomeroy Panthers were overwhelmed by Wellston 33-6 at Wellston stadium. Wellston scored 26 points by halftime as Pomeroy managed only a 21 yard touchdown run by Lewis in the second half.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Wellston
Lewis
Athens Group Speaks at Tuppers Plains Methodist Service
Sunday service at the Tuppers Plains Methodist Church features the Westminister Fellowship deputation and Athens pastor emeritus Dr. A Y Wilcox speaking on Not the Past but the Future. Ohio University quartet with Miss Marietta Fitts Miss Ruth Forsythe Mr Robert Nye and Mr Paul Gilbert provides singing.
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Tuppers Plains
Methodist Church
Westminster Fellowship
A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church In
Athens
Marietta Fitts
Ruth Forsythe
Robert Nye
Paul Gilbert
Ohio University
George Collins
Gilbert
Wilcox
Absence of a Friend Reaches Quick Cost and Access
A fragment notes the idea that cost and speed allow reaching an absent friend or relative within seconds. The text hints at practical means or methods that shorten time and expense to contact someone missing.
Industries Disappearing From Small Inland Towns
H N Burgett of the Independent Business Men’s Association of Ohio reports on a Commerce Department finding that inland towns are drying up. He cites local businessmen in Southeastern Ohio, criticizing absentee ownership and urging collective efforts to attract new industry, preserve local employment, and keep money circulating locally.
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United States Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Ohio
H. N. Burgett
Independent Business Men’s Association OF Ohio
Advy
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