Middleport Halloween Carnival Promises Big Turnout
Middleport hosts its annual community Halloween carnival with a costume parade led by the Yellow Jackets Varsity Band. The Red River Rangers of Charleston West Virginia join as featured entertainment and numerous contests attract hundreds of participants from local schools. Gates open 7 pm with free costume parade entries and booths open at 7:30 pm.
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Middleport
Mildred Hawley
Anna Margaret Wylie
Miss Wylie
Red River Rangers
Charleston
W. Va
Rangers
WCHS
West Virginia
Mit White
Bobby Turner
Charles Walburn
George Vanater
Larry Hix
Joe Morris
Ralph Terrell
Charles Taylor
Bill Hubbard
Ralph Blosser
Tom Blaine
John Myers
Harlan DeVol
P.T.A
Rutland St
Yellow Jackets Face Chauncey-Dover in Friday Showdown
Middleport fans pack stadium for the seventh game as the undefeated Yellow Jackets host Chauncey-Dover coached by Joe Guerra. Key threat Joe Stalder, a top fullback, headlines the visiting lineup in a non league clash billed as Greek meeting Greek.
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Middleport
Yellow Jackets
Chauncey-Dover
Joe Guerra
Ohio U
Joe Stalder
Stalder
Method of Selecting WPA Men Questioned
WPA relief workers and county officials held a conference to examine the methods used to certify applicants for WPA employment. Georgiana Bowers and Ted Sedgwick spoke for the WPA organization with County Commissioner Herb Riggs WPA Supervisor Don Whiting and Co-Director of Relief Willard Ash Worth present.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Georggna Bowers
Ted Sedgwick
Herb Riggs
Don Whiting
Willard Ash Wvorth
Family sculpture installed in new Post Office at Middleport
The life sized group titled The Family by sculptor Clara Fasano and her husband Jean de Marco is set against a wall inside the new U S Post Office. The work shows a father mother and daughter reading a letter and was treated with oxidized silver.
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Middleport
U. S. Post Office
Clara Fasano
Jean de Marco
New York
Fasano
Miss Fasano
National Sculpture Society
Cooper Union Institute of Art
Art Student's League of New York
Rome
Paris
America
Pomeroy Social Notes Changes in residence and arrivals
Pomeroy social notes describe fall moves within town as families relocate. Finsterwalds move to a new second floor apartment above a newly built funeral home on Butternut Ave from Lincoln Hill. Hutchins move to a new home south of Syracuse. Campbell takes over their vacated apartment. Irwins leave Pomeroy for Pittsburgh after years here, vacating Mulberry Ave. Hudsons plan to occupy Jud Beards house on FE Main St. Rosenbaum and family ready to occupy their repaired Lincoln Hill home formerly Schmittauer. Infant Brenda Lee Strauss named for a new baby born to E. J. Strauss on Union Ave. Potluck at Simpson Methodist Church hosted by Lend-a-Hand Society. Farm Bureau dinner planned for Nov. 9. Emory Wolfe reported ill in Racine. A British surgeon’s note on Yankee Doodle referenced. Notice of Appointment informs that O K Parrett of Athens Ohio is appointed Administrator of Samuel Calentine estate. creditors must file within four months.
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Pomeroy
Ruel Finsterwald
Butternut Ave
George McQuigg
Lincoln Hill
A. K. Hutchins
Syracuse
Hutchins
Virgil Campbell
Mulberry Ave
Pittsburgh
A. M. Irwin
Schorn
Irwin
Reed Drug Store
Walter Hudson
Jud Beards
Main St
Arthur Rosenbaum
Schmittauer
E. J. Strauss
Union Ave
Brenda Lee
Simpson Methodist Church
Lend-a- Hand Society
Farm Bureau Association
Emory Wolfe
Racine
O. K. Parrett
Athens
Ohio
Samuel Calentine
Athens County
Prancis D. White
Said
Pomeroy Receives 17978 Settlement for Flood Lands
Mayor M. D. Hartley accepted from the U S Engineer Office a 17978 final settlement payment for lands flooded by the Ohio River and a flowage easement on Sugar Run sewer. The check was deposited in the village bank as engineers plan sewer construction with WPA project steps to follow over two to three months.
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Pomeroy
M. D. Hartley
U. S Engineer Office
Huntington
United States Treasury
Ohio
Sugar Run
U. S
Hartley
Council
E. P. Duerr
Panthers Rest Until November 3 at Jackson
The Pomeroy Panthers have no game until November 3 at Jackson as they continue practice to fix issues keeping them in the basement division. Meanwhile Middleport Yellow Jackets, coming off a win streak, host Chauncey Dover at Middleport Stadium on Friday night.
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Pomeroy
Jackson
Pomeroy Panthers
Panthers
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Chauncey-Dover
Middleport Stadium
Dexter Briefs: Local visits and carpentry work noted
Mr and Mrs George Johnson of Gallipolis visited Sunday afternoon with the latter's brother Douglas Sigler and family Mr and Mrs James Hook employed at the O H E and Mrs Alex Lane of Gallipolis visited Tuesday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Douglas Sigler John Bowles is doing carpenter work for Sylvan Clelland on his new barn.
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Dexter
George Johnson
Gallipolis
Douglas Sigler
James Hook
O.H.E
Alex Lane
John Bowles
Sylvan Clelland
Hunters Rush Season Arrests by Warden
Two hunters, Charles Allensworth and James Goff, were arrested after attempting to open the rabbit season. Allensworth pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a rabbit out of season and paid a $25 fine plus costs. Goff, a minor, was held for probate court appearance with similar charges likely pending.
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Pomeroy
Charles Allensworth
James Goff
J. H. Joachim
Allensworth
Mayor's Court
Goff
Joachim
E. W. Peoples
Miners Form Local Union in Pomeroy District
A general meeting at Pomeroy City Hall led to a unanimous decision to form a centralized miners local union and seek recognition from coal operators to pay the union wage scale. Organizers plan further talks Friday to complete the structure and appoint committees.
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Pomeroy
H. T. Rainey
Division 1
District 6
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pomeroy City Hall
Garnet Morris III Reported Seriously Ill at Christ Hospital
Garnet L. Morris, formerly from this vicinity and now in Aurora Indiana, is seriously ill at Christ Hospital after a surgical operation on Wednesday. His mother, Mrs. Mat tie Morris, left Tuesday night to flee with him.
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Garnet Morris III
Point Rock
Garnet L. Morris
Aurora
Ind
Christ Hospital
Mattie Morris
Miss Simms Chosen for Pomeroy Library Board
At a Pomeroy Library Board meeting Miss Eva Simms was named to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. George Keiser. Librarian Virginia Ramsey reported on the Ohio Library convention in Columbus and discussed Book Week plans and donations. She noted rising circulation from 874 in September 1938 to 1,385 in September 1939 and predicted October will exceed that.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Library Board
Eva Simms
George Keiser
Virginia Ramsey
Ohio Library
Columbus
State Library
Miss Ramsey
First Aid Training Offered for Bus Drivers in Pomeroy
A. W. Hoover offers a first aid class Thursday at 7 30 p m at Pomeroy City Hall. All school bus drivers must have a first aid certificate by January 1, 1940 to obtain a school bus driver's certificate.
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Pomeroy
A. W. Hoover
Pomeroy City Hall
Mystery Fire Destroys Pullins Home Near Chester
The home of Mary Pullins near Chester was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening. The one and a half story frame house burned to the ground with cause undetermined. The family had been away and found the loss partially covered by insurance on their return.
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Pomeroy
Mary Pullins
Chester
Change Schedule for Winter Airmail Pickup
Winter airmail pickup routes serving 58 cities across Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Delaware switch to new afternoon times affecting the Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Huntington WV legs. Flights will now be 45 minutes apart to accommodate daylight arrivals at overnight terminals. The Pomeroy station will see the plane at 12 15 p m and Gallipolis at 12 23 p m.
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Pomeroy
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Delaware
Richard Co. du Pont
All American Aviation, Inc
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Pomeroy Station
Gallipolis
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