Revival of Meigs County Coal Industry Seen in Ohio River Project
POMEROY plans a river shipping scheme for Meigs County coal with eight towboats and 100 barges, plus a $100 000 loading dock at Huntington. Coal would move 15 000 ton lots to the St Paul district, round trip 25 days, at an estimated 2 cents per ton. A chief engineer post is under consideration if the plan proceeds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John Sauvage
Huntington
St. Paul
Pomeroy River
Sauvage
Divorce Actions Filed in Meigs County
POMEROY three divorce suits have been filed in the Meigs County common pleas court. Bessie M. Deem seeks a divorce from George A. Deem on grounds of failure to provide. they married January 14, 1922 and have four children. Estella D. Cozart seeks release from her marriage to Joseph R. Cozart whom she married in 1900. she asks that two parcels of real estate be awarded to her and Cozart joint ownership in Lebanon Township. Mina Smith sues for divorce from Raymond Smith alleging desertion. they married October 1, 1912 and have three children.
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Lebanon Township
Mina Smith
Raymond Smith
Mrs. Smith
Caught by Police After Wrecking Car
Meigs County officers pursue a stolen car from Parkersburg to Meigs County. Rudy Gilmore drove toward Harrisonville, wrecked the vehicle in a ditch on Route 148 near Harrisonville, and was captured unharmed after a pursuit.
Schoolyard Names List by Grade Levels and Addresses
The document lists students by grade level from eighth to fourth, naming Ruth Dixon, Robert Perry, Buford Findling, Kathleen Bond, and many others across grades from eighth to fourth, with several entries under lower grades and a block of residents identified under “Torch.” A closing note mentions radio reception tests improving when the moon is below the horizon.
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Ruth Dixon
Robert Perry
Buford Findling
Kathleen Bond
Clarice Humphrey
Betty Jo Humphrey
Wanda Kelley
Helen Perry
Bernice Richardson
Francis Skeels
Harold Anderson
Billy Deeter
Joan Griffin
Robert Reed
Joan Sheets
Harry Summerfield
Bobbie Root
Chapman
Myrle Griffin
Betty Hall
Mary Hayes
Mary Kimble
Virginia Perry
Doris Barnhart
Doris Jean Brafford
Juanita Chaman
Plan WPA Project In Tour of Pomeroy
Village officials with WPA superintendent Clyde Jones toured Pomeroy on Sunday to plan sidewalk and street improvements. Jones began work Friday, replacing P S Revegno of Marietta who returns there to lead a project. Sidewalk work will continue until halted by cold weather.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Jones
WPA
Jones
P. S. Revegno
Marietta
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Mrs. Kate Weyersmiller returns to Rock Springs after a weekend with son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs Jewel Curtis on Anne Street. Mr. and Mrs L A Person and J B Person visit Mr. and Mrs Fred Runion in Coolville where Runion is recovering from illness. Harvey Person of Guysville and Virgil Beales and son visit from Union Avenue with relatives in Palestine Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Weyersmiller
Rock Springs
Jewel Curtis
Anne St
L. A. Person
J. B. Person
Fred Runion
Coolville
Runion
Harvey Person
Guysville
Pomeroy
Virgil Beales
Union Ave
Palestine
Meigs County Marriage and Local Social Notes
Announcement notes the marriage of Mrs. Phoebe Waight Fuller of Washington DC to Mr. Joseph Holmes Branson Jr and lists numerous visits and social happenings around Meigs County. The column includes residents visiting relatives in Columbus Utica Norfolk and Youngstown plus local church event details and a report on an Oregon giant fir showing 838 annual rings with fire history evidence.
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Oregon
Vendol Elixir Restores Energy for Miss Delgardo
A city resident reports dizziness relief and renewed vitality after using Vendol. She describes previous spells with blurred vision, backaches, indigestion, and fatigue, then notes bowel movement normalization and calmer sleep. She endorses Vendol as a safe dependable remedy.
Funerals Draw Crowds in Middleport for Two Locals
Funeral services for W G Huddleston and W A B Covert drew many townspeople and out of town guests. The Huddleston service was led by Rev A V C Skinner at the residence on N Second Ave with New York Central Railroad engineers as pallbearers. Covert founder of Covert Baking Company died at 86 and was honored at a service from his son Arthur’s home with extensive floral tributes and pallbearers from his company relatives and friends attending from multiple states.
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Middleport
W. G. Huddleston
W. A. B. Covert
A. V. C. Skinner
George Wittmer
L. A. Fulcher
E. S. Mankin
Robert Harris
Harry Mills
Fayette County
W. Va
Charles Brackin
Gauley Bridge
Guy Fox
Phyllis Bauer
Charleston
W. J. O’brien
Columbus
Covert Baking Company
Arthur
Don McMillin
The
Church of Christ
Karl Bright
Elmer Schenk
Charles Keesey
Merrill Covert
William Covert
Ruth Covert
All of Columbus
B. B. Shubert
Philadelphia
Dale Brookhart
Belpre
Harry Ramsey
Fred Sullivan
Ralph van Meter
James O'Brien
Beulah Forbush
Huntington
John Cross
A. W. Easler
Harvey Baker
Athens
Ward Philips
Nelsonville
Leo Russell
Marietta
E. E. Thomas
Parkersburg
John Mootz
Gallipolis
Shannon
Hillsboro
Allen Hotel
Frank Guinther
Keith King
Gerald Luellyn
Frank Harris
Frank Harris, Jr
Glenn Lambert
Spaghetti Supper and Social Notes at Middleport
A Worthwhile Class of the First Presbyterian Church hosted a spaghetti supper at Mrs. Edward Tewksbury’s home with hostesses Mrs. J Chappelle Talbott and Mrs. Edgar Tuckerman. A bake sale is planned. guests include Naomi Gordon and several local families.
Heath church canvassers pledge support after noon supper
Members of the Every Member Canvass committee of Heath M. E. Church shared a noon dinner with pastor Rev. H. A. Rothrock at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. They then visited congregation members to solicit yearly pledges, continuing a church annual tradition.
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Heath M. E
Mary Jane Coffee
H. A. Rothrock
H. E. Cook
M. W. Essex
L. W. McComas
E. R. Tompkins
C. M. Hennesy
C. L. Brooks
O. B. Stout
R. E. McKay
Cline Matthews
Leo Kennedy
M. T. Haynes
Kelly Grogan
M. G. White
Frank White
Herbert Chambers
I. E. Miller
James Euler
John Dixon, Sr
Roy Barnes
David Entsminger
Gordon Harris
William Stephenson
Veterinarians Meet on Horse Sleep Diseases at Wilmington
Dr. A. B. Bingham of Gravel Hill and Dr. George Lasher of Rutland joined 75 veterinarians in Wilmington for Southern Ohio Veterinarian Medical Association sessions. Most discussions focused on sleeping sickness in horses. Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Poindexter from S. Third Ave. left for New York City to attend the fifteenth annual convention of the Association of Surgeons of the New York Central Railroad where Poindexter serves as railroad company physician.
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A. B. Bingham
Gravel Hill
George Lasher
Rutland
Wilmington
Southern Ohio Veterinarian Medical Association
C. A. Poindexter
S. Third Ave
New York City
The
Association of Surgeons of the
New York Central Railroad
Poindexter
Halloween Party for church junior high girls ends with prizes
Ghosts and witches greet members of the Junior High School class of Girls of the First Baptist Church as they attend a Halloween party at teacher Mrs Willis Anthony home Friday evening. Girls arrive in pirate, fairy, senorita and Bo Peep costumes with Marie Hartwell winning prizes for most beautiful and most comic outfits.
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First Baptist Church
Willis Anthony
Marie Hartwell
Gallipolis Men Charged With Auto Theft
Gallipolis residents Cecil Mehl 19 and Rolland Irwin 25 were arrested early Sunday by Sheriff Hatfield and Chief Frailey on charges of stealing a automobile belonging to Emory Gordon of Cheshire, parked near State and Second Streets in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Mehl
Rolland Irwin
Hatfield
Fraley
Emory Gordon
Cheshire
State and Second Sts
Middleport Band Praised By Ohio Field Crowd
The 40 piece Middleport Band led by Gordon Harris impressed at Ohio Field during Ohio University High School day. They paraded in orange and black, formed the letters O and U, and their rendition of Alexander's Ragtime Band drew an ovation.
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Middleport
Athens
Ohio University
M. W. Essex
L. W. McComas
Robert Harris
William Garber
Ruth
Dale Holter
Lillian Stieff
A. V. Smith
Paul Smith
Kathryn Lois Smith
William Robson
Marshall McCuen
Charles Wise
Mazie Wise
C. P. Bradbury
Walter B. Harris
C. H. Church
O. P. Klein
C. O. Fisher
Nan Fisher
Gordon Harris
Jack Abbott
Ohio Field
Ohio
Alexander
Reedsville Personal And Social Mention
REEDSVILLE George A Mc Dougle and son Albert Greens burg Pa will be here Tuesday to visit the former s mother Mrs E R McDougle who will be 87 years of age on that day Mr and Mrs C E Humphrey daughter Earlene and son Charles spent Sunday at Belleville with his father E J Humphrey Kim Williams Little Hocking is visiting his brother Charles Marvin Petty and his wife have moved from Groveport into the Mrs M E Montgomery home Mrs Earl Buchanan who has been visiting at Hebron with her sister Mrs John McKay is here for a short stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Randolph Charles Hamilton and family Philo visited here recently with his father C H Hamilton Mrs M C Morrison Boulder Colo will arrive this week to visit her brother S A Kimes Although chinch bugs have wings they migrate on foot.
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Meigs County
Phoebe Waight Fuller
Washington, D. C
Joseph Holmes Branson
Branson
Nell Robinson
Elihue Robinson
Chester
P. L. Clifton
Norfolk
M. D. Hartinger
Main St
O. B. Kreinbihl
Utica
David Geyer
A. R. Clifton
Butternut Ave
John
Barbara Schaefer
Naylors Run
Charles Daboll
Belpre
Daboll
Simpson M. E
Daughters of Ruth
Herman Kloes
Silver Ridge
John Burns
Yale St
Columbus
Albert Kloes
Ed Kloes
Eva Zeisler
Youngstown
Henry Kloes
Locust St
E. J. Franz
Mulberry’ Ave
Miss Loretta
St. Mary’s
Joe Seimer
Corning
Bobby Phil Gardner
Emma Foster
Ira Foster
Gallipolis
Ward Foster
Dorcas
M. E. Montgomery
Earl Buchanan
Hebron
John McKay
Earl Randolph
Charles Hamilton
Philo
C. H. Hamilton
M. C. Morrison
Boulder
Colo
S. A. Kimes
Meigs County Republicans Rally At Courthouse and Club
Meigs County Republicans held events in Pomeroy with speeches by Verner Metcalf Arthur Johnson and Kathryn Neff Cox. Mrs Earl Lama opened the courthouse rally while the Sixteenth District chairwoman stressed honesty and limit centralization. Johnson and Metcalf spoke on jobs and tariffs as party workers hosted tea and program.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Earl Lama
Central Committee
Bricker Club
Republican Women's Club
Verner Metcalf
Marietta
Arthur Johnson
Republican State
Floyd F. Mees
Kathryn Neff Cox
WPA
Cox
Congress
Cleveland
Johnson
Miles Heights
Metcalf
Two men jailed after crash in Bidwell chase
Charles Shumaker 68 and Sam Neal 72 of Bidwell were jailed after Shumaker's car struck Bernice Darst's parked vehicle on E Main Street. Darst pursued them, catching the suspects at Court and Main Street. They were held overnight pending further investigation.
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Pomeroy
Charles Shumaker
Sam Neal
Bidwell
Shumaker
Bernice Darst
E. Main St
Darst
Court Ad Main St
Three Days Cough Signals Danger and Creomulsion Claim
An advertisement urges readers that a persistent three day cough signals danger and promotes Creomulsion as a potent remedy. It claims relief by soothing inflamed mucous membranes and expelling germ laden phlegm, with a druggist refund option if not satisfied.
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Mary Delgardo
Hickman's Pharmacy
Middleport Social Notes
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Tewksbury
J. Chappelle Talbott
Edgar Tuckerman
Pleasant
Marie Erlewine
Dan McNaughton
Ruth Pickens
Tom Pickens
Baltimore
Paul Gordon
James Sauders
Eleanor
E. O. Kelley
Delbert Reed
Lewis Via
Mt. Vernon
Via
McConnelsville
Naomi Gordon
Florence Clark
Frieda Kauff
Mary Mourning
Etta Romine
Mrs. Fisher
Sara Jane Fisher
Catherine Hennesy
Jane Stansbury
Janet Hecox
Joan Hamilton
Ester Martin Ewing
Betty Becker
Bertha Stevens
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Maxine Bennett
Martha
Peggy Robson
Mary Jean
Doris Bailey
New York
Ancient
Russia
Reedsville
James Titus
Meigs County Women's Republican Club
Henry Dixon
Senator Metcalf
Dixon
Balto
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Scottie
Skyes
Cairns
Eddie Cantor
America
Columbia Network
E.S.T
C.S.T
P.S.T
W. G. Weaver
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