Meigs Plans Cavalcade to Willkie Meeting in Jackson
Meigs County Republicans organize a “Thousand car cavalcade” to Jackson for Wendell Willkie’s address. County offices close Tuesday to allow attendance. motorists with space urged to report to designated locations in Pomeroy and Middleport to coordinate rides and names.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jackson
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Republican Headquarters
Southeast Corner
Court
Second St
Cora B. Roberts
Courthouse
Middleport Printing Co
Mill St
Rug-Making Meetings Across Groups This Week
Series of rug making meetings tied to a home furnishing project are led by Miss Geneva Humphreys. Groups met at Rutland Methodist Church, Racine Doreas home, Star Grange Hall Salem Center, Reedsville, and Portland home of Mrs J M Cox with a final session planned at Carpenter school.
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Pomeroy
Geneva Humphreys
Rutland-Beech Grove
Methodist Church
Rutland
Racine-Doreas
Garnet Smith
Star Grange Hall
Salem Center
Reedsville-Long Bottom
Reedsville
Portland
J. M. Cox
Carpenter
Pomeroy Divorce Granted to Florence Wilson on Grounds of Absence
Florence Wilson has been granted a divorce from Clyde Wilson on wilful absence. The filing occurred Thursday in the clerk of common pleas court office in Pomeroy. Jed Mees of Ohio State College of Pharmacy named student council president.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Wilson
Florence Wilson
Clerk of Common Pleas Court
Jed Mees
H. H. Mees
College of Pharmacy
Ohio State University
Mees
Meigs Farmers Expect Cattle Shipment Soon
Meigs County farmers anticipate a shipment of fancy Hereford heifers from the West, ordered to improve local cattle stock. A telegram reports the carload is en route, with word expected today on its arrival time in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Meigs County
Middleport Social Notes Highlights and Local Returns
Halloween decorations set the scene at Miss Edith Young’s Sew and So Club gathering hosted by Mrs Charles Sauer on Brownell Avenue. A round robin addressed to Ruth Hawkins at Franklin County Sanitarium offered encouragement while OSU Band member Billy Root prepared for the Cornell game and Niagara Falls tour. Local updates include visits, as well as illness notes for Mrs Richard Grogan and others.
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Middleport
Edith Young
Charles Sauer
Brownell Ave
Miss Young
Sauer
Ruth Hawkins
Franklin County Sanitarium
Ithaca
N. Y
Ohio State Band
Billy Root
C. A. Root
Fourth Ave
Ohio State University
Cornell
New York
Niagara Falls
Billy
Plan Youth Sunday at Simpson Methodist Church
Youth Sunday will be observed at Simpson Methodist Church with young people taking part in the 10 30 morning worship after church school at 9 15. Rev Warren H Bright preaches on The Temptations of Youth in the morning and Remember the Commandments in the evening.
War Memorial committee meeting at LaSalle Hotel
Meigs County War Memorial committee members are asked to meet this evening at the LaSalle Hotel at 8 00. Drew Webster Post American Legion members are requested to attend this meeting as well.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County War Memorial Committee
LaSalle
Drew Webster
American Legion
GOP Women Tea and Rally at Pomeroy HQ and School
Republican women gather Saturday from 2 to 4 at the Republican headquarters for a tea with speaker Gladys Gordon of Columbus. A rally follows at 4 at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium with speaker Major Norman Imrie.
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Pomeroy
Gladys Gordon
Columbus
Pomeroy Junior High
Norman Imrie
Funeral for Henry Klein Held at Finsterwald Home
Funeral services for Henry Klein aged 80 who died Wednesday at his Nease Settlement home were conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock at the Finsterwald Home. He is survived by his son Theodore and several other relatives.
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Pomeroy
Henry Klein
Nease Settlement
Finsterwald
Meigs County Poultry Raisers Hear Specialist
Eighty five Meigs County poultrymen gathered at the courthouse to hear R. E. Cray of Ohio State University discuss poultry economics. Cray noted 1939 county income from poultry exceeded 40 000 and stressed seasonality, market proximity, and the need for quality eggs to command top prices. He announced a second marketing short course meeting next Thursday at 1 p.m. to continue the program.
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Mr. Cray
United States
Ohio
Cray
Meigs County
Plans for PTA Halloween Carnival at Middleport High School
Details were finalized at the PTA meeting for the annual Halloween Carnival expected to draw over a thousand attendees to a local high school stadium. The event features entertainment by Moonlight Riders and local acts, a masked costume parade led by the Yellow Rocket Band, and many contests for each grade level with prizes for costumes. Admission is free for those in costume. other attendees pay a small charge. The carnival runs at 8 p.m. under lights with Tip Cunningham as master of ceremonies.
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Middleport
Parent Teacher Association
Booth
Edgar Allensworth
Robert Rawlings
Flossie Fecker
Virgie Major
Kennedy
Leah Whitlock
Carl Owens
Georges
Jean McMaster
Industry Prospects Appear Hopeful
Middleport's Business Men's Association received a letter from C A Bentley recently hired to attract an industry for the town. He reported multiple contacts and an encouraging outlook. Bentley, paid 50 dollars weekly for 13 weeks, has funding from the association and locals, and will continue beyond 13 weeks if needed.
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Middleport
Middleport Business Men's Association
C. A. Bentley
Bentley
Meigs Children To Have School Holiday
Meigs students will have a day off next Friday as teachers travel to Athens for the Southeastern Ohio Educational Association sectional meeting set for Friday and Saturday October 31 and November 1.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Athens
Southeastern Ohio Educational Association
Dr Laken Draws Biggest Pomeroy Audience At Campaign
POMEROY The largest audience to date greeted Dr B R Laken last night at the Pomeroy Evangelistic campaign within the Christian Church Mrs Laken arrived from Indianapolis to attend the service Evangelist Tuttle led in prayer Rev Luken preached on faith in the last days The speaker warned that true faith will be scarce in these times Laken said there may never be another great revival and that apostasy calls for judgment Tonight the topic will be How Were the Jews Saved and How We Are Saved Today A mass meeting is planned Sunday at 3 pm with Dr Laken speaking on Is Hitler the Anti Christ Sunday night asks If I Owned Hell and Pomeroy Would I Live Here or Rent It Out
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Pomeroy
B. R. Laken
Dr. Laken
Hitler
Hell and
Mrs Henry Priode To Be Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Priode 74 who died Thursday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis will be held Sunday at two from the Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Kuether officiating. She is survived by her husband three children six grandchildren and several siblings. Interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Akron
Joe Kelly
Glouster
Fred Kelly
Nelsonville
James Kelly
Fostoria
Louise Algeyer
Cincinnati
Alice Cappelle
Carrie Chamberlain
Canonsburg
Ewing
Beech Grove Cemetery
Dies at Home Of Daughter In Middleport
MIDDLEPORT T W McDermott aged 92 died Thursday at the home of his daughter Mrs C F Hawkins Cap known locally had resided here for over 50 years and earlier worked as a mate on Ohio River boats He was active in the Knights of Pythias Lodge and survived by daughters Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Fred Schreiner and several grandchildren The body was taken to Rawlings Coats Funeral Home for funeral services Saturday at two o'clock with interment at Middleport Hill Cemetery. POMEROY Starting Monday Oct 28 at 730 pm in the Long Bottom School there will be classes in farm crops for adult farmers taught by T K Bell no charge A peg legged coyote kills about twice as much domestic stock as a normal animal
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Middleport
T. W. McDermott
C. F. Hawkins
Ohio
McDermott
Hawkins
Fred Schreiner
Rawlings Coats
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Pomeroy
Long Bottom
T. K. Bell
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Harry Carleton
Sidney Burton
Otho Watts
Middleport Social Notes
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Jane Stansbury
Dann Joan Hamilton
Western College For Women
Oxford
R. W. Nutting
A. L. Woolfolk
Huntington
M. F. Cluff
Richard Grogan
Catherine Burns
Rome Stewart
William Vale
J. W. Merrill
Hold Klein
PTA
August White
M. W. Essex
Edgar Reynolds
Charles Pickens
Marion French
Clyde Fisher
D. N. Entsminger
Paul Smart
Lewis Sauer
John Dillard
Louise Drake
Frank White
Mildred Hawley
Mildred Feeney
John Lambert
Lucille Dutton
Gordon Harris
Oscar Klein
Pearl Reynolds
Tip Cunningham
Fidelity CO
Syracuse
Henry Priode
Plan Adult School
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Farry
Val
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
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Itamime
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