Plant location search eyed for big Austin Powder plant
Delegation from Austin Powder Co plans a site visit in Pomeroy and Kerr Glass interests scout land nearby as Meigs County businesses seek a 1.5 million plant to employ 500 men. Ohio travels include Middleport Kerr Run area while West Virginia land across the river near Graham Station is also considered for gas access.
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Pomeroy
Austin Powder Co
Ohio
Middleport
Kerr’s Run
Meigs County
Pomeroy Bend
Kerr Glass Company of Oklahoma
West Virginia
Graham Station
Ill at church in Laurel Cliff
Mrs Lovina Bennett 81 of Middleport collapsed during prayers at the Free Methodist Church Laurel Cliff near Pomeroy Sunday evening. She was taken to the parsonage and returned home Monday reported improved.
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Pomeroy
Free Methodist
Laurel Cliff
Lovina Bennett
Minerva Finian
R. O. Lemon
Bennett
Mrs Rathburn Hostess Omits Guests From Luncheon List
In Middleport on October 21, Mrs. C F Rathburn hosted a luncheon at Elmhurst Tavern honoring D A R officers. The guest list failed to include Mrs. C M Roe and Mrs. T W Craig of Athens who had been house guests of the hostess.
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Middleport
C. M. Roe
T. W. Craig
Athens
C. F. Rathburn
Elmhurst Tavern
Pomeroy Village Council Holds Brief Session
Pomeroy council meets with reports on street payrolls fire apparatus insurance and unpaid bills for fire engine use. Citizens consider taxi license fees and a possible municipal water plant from New York capitalists. Legion gains permit to close Matin Street for Halloween festivities.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council
Charlies Peoples
Laurel Street
Mayme Simpson
Chester
Rutland
Letart
New York
Gotham
Middleport
Ben Fultz, Jr
Barn Fire Costs Dr. McCullough 300 Chickens and Feed
A barn fire on Dr. A. B. McCullough near Bashan destroyed 300 chickens and most winter feed, leaving only 45 shacks of fodder. The loss follows prior storage losses last year when corn and fodder were damaged by late winter.
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Pomeroy
Dr. A. BE. McCullough
Bashan
Veteran of World War II buried in Wellston
Charles Morrow aged 44, World War II veteran, died at his Wellston home after serving with the 84th Division in the Argonne. He worked in coal mining with his father near McArthur and leaves a wife Yona Grate, son Jerry Henry Morrow, his mother Mrs Jerry Morrow, and siblings J H Morrow Will Morrow Frank Morrow Minnie Morrow and Mrs C C Callahan. Funeral was at his mother’s home officiated by Rev A F Harding with burial at Lidrewood Cemetery.
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McArthur
Charles Morrow
Wellston
Jerry Morrow
Elko
MccArthur
Vinton
Jackson
Dy Argonne
Yona Grate
Jerry Henry Morrow
J. H. Morrow
Will T. Morrow
Torank Morrow
Minnie L. Morrow
C. Callahan
McArthur Youth Killed in Zaleski Road Crash
McArthur youth Mack McCarley born January 16 1912 in Gallia County died in a Saturday night wreck near Zaleski when his car left the road and rolled several times. Passenger James Peoples from McArthur escaped with minor injuries. He built his car from assembled parts and was known for mechanical talent. Survived by parents Cline and Edith McCarley two brothers Walter and Robert and sister Mary. Services at the Methodist Church Wilkesville burial follows in Wilkesville tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Cge W. McCarley
Zaleski-Pratts Vile
Zaleski
Young McCarley
James Peoples
Mack McCarley
Ewington
Gallia County
Cline
Edith McCarley
Lanz-Hamilton
Walter
Robert
Mary McCarley
Wilkesville
Ww. W. Weiser
McARTHUR ON AIR WITH ROUTE NO 50
R W Rutledge of the Lantz Hamilton Hotel received notice that the Washington Trail route along U S Highway 50 will be aired this week on WJSV Mt Vernon Hills Wa. The program airs Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday at 7 31 p m and Tuesday at 7 17 p m on 1460 kilocycles 255 4 metres. McArthur was listed as a Route 66 stop in Monday's broadcast.
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McArthur
R. W. Rutledge
theLantz-Hamilton Hotel
Washington
Local Notes From McArthur and Nearby Towns
Robert Bethel improves at home after a hospital stay in Cherrington Logan. Radcliff visitor T A Eadie toured county while H I Swaim organized whole milk routes in Washington County. Rural routes and Millersport guests frequent the area as births and Society officers mark a busy week.
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Robert Bethel
Percy Bethel
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
A. Eadie
Radcliff
H. I. Swaim
State Dairy and Food Commission
McArthur
Washington County
Hagel Brown
Mabel Brown
O. Hunbus
McaArthur
Carl McMahon
North Laat Nik
T. St. Murphy
Minerva Redd
Millersport
Paul Wilbur
Byer
W. Wilbur
Hamden
Wesley McFadden
Missionary Society of the M. E. Church
Cynthia Hamilton
Frances Coultrap
John Murphy
Fred Miles
Alice Wyckoff
Weiser
Ora Lee
Harry Levis
Wilkesville
New Plymouth
Wayne Carnal
Hamilton
J. A. Carnal
Emmett Morrison
Clarence Ziegler
J. A. Morrison
Grace Stegier
Prefers Jail Young Man Steps In For Inmate In Meigs County
John Schultz of near Tuppers Plains is in jail after an October sentence for a liquor violation. A jobless, unnamed young man offered to take Schultz's place behind bars, saying he would rather have food and shelter than stay out in the cold. Jail officials declined the offer.
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Pimeroy
Meigs County
John Schultz
Tuppers Plains
Meigs County Budget Fight and Damages Claims
Meigs County commissioners wrestled with a tight budget at their mid month session. Residents sought appropriations while no extra funds were available and some claims were partially paid from depleted funds. Belle Carleton demanded 500 but settled for 475, while a Long Bottom claim offered 200 on a 400 demand. The group planned tax budget work to begin soon, with residents proposing cuts to deputy salaries and road land appraisals to meet legal limits.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Belle Carleton
Syracuse
Long Bottom
Dr. C
C. D. Shumaker
Rome
George Paulsen
Citizens Drought Committee
Giles Smith
Paulsen
Smith
Board of Revision
Columbus
Bowmen Bandits Evade Police Net in Ohio Route
Parkersburg dispatches say the Bowman bandits slipped toward Pomeroy as Meigs County officers blocked Chester bridge. County and state police set ambush points along roads but the duo escaped by using back routes, with Sheriff Willock noting their skill with rural roads helped them elude capture.
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Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Ohio River
No. 7
Meigs County
Chester
West Virginia
Athens County
Jackson
Gallia
J. A. Willock
Ohio
Middleport Couple Quietly Wed In October Ceremony
Florence Mackin and H D Pauley were married Friday October 3 in Hamlin West Virginia. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs F A Mackin and Middleport High School class of 1928 graduate, and the groom, son of Mr and Mrs E G Pauley of Albany, have rented the Richard Folden home on Locust Street and will reside there.
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Middleport
Florence Mackin
H. D. Pauley
Hamlin
W. Va
F. A. Mackin
Middleport High School
E. G. Pauley
Albany
Wallet Lost by Moundsville Guard Visits Hartford City
William J. Chapman, guard at Moundsville Penitentiary, reports the loss of a wallet containing 241 dollars while visiting his parents in Hartford City a few days ago. The notice lists other local tidbits and distant visitors at funerals and hospital stays.
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William J. Chapman
Moundsville
Hartford City
Ralph Windsor
Middleport
Gallipolis
Meigs County
Dental Society
Chillicothe
T. W. Crow
P. EB. Stanley
Katherine Poindexter
Art Karr
Huntington
Adams
Eckels
Parkersburg
Howard Blake
Washington
Dbd. C
Arthur Probst
Cincinnati
Horace W. Karr
Columbus
Father of Rev. Kreager Dies in Zanesville
The father of the Rev. FL CG Kreager, pastor of the First Baptist Church, died last Thursday at his Zanesville home. Burial occurred Saturday after the son learned of his illness. Kreager had visited his father that Thursday unaware of his illness.
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Middleport
FL CG. Kreager
Zanesville
Kreager
Middleport Mourns Through Social Roundup of Visitors
Local column lists residents and guests visiting from Columbus Bucyrus Gauley Bridge Cincinnati and Charleston. Names include Miss Mary Louise Kent Beulah Forquer John Stephenson Virgie Major and Dr C H Horden among others. Notes Holmes of New Haven and several family gatherings are mentioned with travel to Columbus Cleveland and Point Pleasant.
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Middleport
Mary Louise Kent
H. O. Kent
Columbus
Beulah Forquer
J. W. Forquer
Eli Pfarr
Spomi
Miss Enright
Frank Enright
Virgie Major
South Sixth Avenue
John Stephenson
J. H. Folden
Pt. Pleasant
Waldo Miller
Fanny Mayes
South Third Avenue
Dell Martin
Alfred
W. W. Watkins
George Meinhart
George Sauer
Bucyrus
Sauer
Cleveland
New York Central
Charles Brackin
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Brackins
Brackin
K. & M. Railroad
Charles Thomas
Cincinnati
Ross Schneider
C. H. Horden
Horden
E. E. Stansbury
North Third Avenue
John Major
Gordon Gardner
Irving Spafford
Edw. Spooner
South Fifth Avenue
Walter Brown
H. O. Ewing
Brown
Ruth Wells
J. W. Wells
Emma Davis
Middlebourne
Helen
North Fourth
Walnut Street
Frank Betz
Charleston
William Reed
Grant Street
E. DiPirco
Family Night Dinner at First Baptist Church
Beginning Wednesday evening October 22, the First Baptist Church in Middleport will observe monthly Family Night with a cov ered dish dinner at 6 o'clock. The event aims for a social gathering before the prayer service and will announce monthly social sessions on the preceding Sunday. Many are expected to attend the first meeting.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Bowmans On the Run as Officers Find Hidden Loot
Word reached Miss Bowmans Pomeroy that a large posse surrounded the Bowman brothers camp near Vanceburg Kentucky on Sunday. The occupants fled but clothing and jewelry valued at about 1000 dollars were found secreted at the camp. The Bowmans were seen there on Saturday but fled after receiving a tip.
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Pomeroy
Bowman Brothers
Vancebure
Bowmans
Railroad commissions granted to five in Meigs County area
Governor Cooper issued commissions to five men in the Chesapeake Railroad section, including W. L. Price Hayes and Gooman. The commissions are filed in the Meigs County Courthouse to authorize their action in the area.
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Pomeroy
Lowing
Cooper
Chesapeake Railroad
Gooman
W. L. Price
Hayes
Meigs
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for babies and children
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe, mild laxative for common infant and child ailments. It claims relief from sour belching vomiting feverishness colic and digestive upset caused by sour foods, promoting gentle bowel relief in constipation and sickness in young children.
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Magnesia
Phillips Co
Varick 8&T
New York
N. Y
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