Meigs County Rural Schools Face State Aid Cut
County Superintendent C N Wagner warns Meigs rural schools would shrink to three month terms if state aid ends. He explains a three mill levy outside tax limits and current aid totals from 1928 to 1931, totaling about 162 961 dollars, would not cover rehabilitation and relief costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. N. Wagner
Ake
R Dnstance
Meiga Ubly
Eis
Iddieport
Halloween Party Engages B Y P U Members
Mrs F micertained the Baptist Young People Union at her South Sixth Avenue home on Tuesday evening with a Halloween party. Mrs Paul Leonard and Mrs James Soud helped. The 25 member group attended, enjoying games, stunts and music. The Union will not hold a national meeting next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leport
Ott
Social notes from Peniel and nearby towns
Miss Thelma Lloyd visits Peniel relatives Captain and Mrs Jones in town. Columbus visitor Mo L Fish. engineer L H Flickinger on pleasure trip in Virginia. George Bearles ill from tooth issue. Garland quartet entertained at M M E Church. many residents in Huntington for church funeral. Mrs Roscoe Fowler and Auxiliary members attend Oak Hill conference. Local families visit Columbus and Rochelle, Illinois, and relatives in Gallipolis. Frank Williams travels to Eston for illness in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Lloyd
Peniel
W. Va
W. Jones
S. Third Avenue
Lincoln Street
Mo L. Fish
Columbus
L. H. Flickinger
Virginia
George Lee
Ggeorge Bearles
Garland Quartet
Huntington
MM. E. Church
Raongingera
A. A. Chappelle
J. “G. Talbott
E. Williams
Woodybury
N. J
Ottie Stanley
Rosener
Gallipolis
American Legion Auxiliary
Roscoe Fowler
Tom W. Jones
W. H. Steiff
H. H.mnett
Oak Hill
Auxiliary
L. A. Thomas
Serena Lloyd
Frank Williams
Eston
Harry Schoen
Ing
Williams
Harvey Jones
Jones
Danaham
Frank Abbott
Otho Karr
Chiiof Rochelle
Vis
Karr
Robert Kinny
McEihinny
Pomeroy
Local News Society and Ads Info for The Messenger
Hartley writes a staff column inviting readers to use the paper's circulation and classified advertising services. Contact John Sauvage at 433-L for Messenger circulation or classified ad inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. A. Hartley
Messenger
John Sauvage
Princess to Dance In Cabaret in Vienna Night Show
Princess Prices Rutchie sister of King Zog of Alabmia signs a contract to perform at a Vienna cabaret. Reported royal disappointment follows the king's cancellation of her engagement to a young army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Rutchie
Zog
Alabmia
Women's Music Club Opens Season With Chamber Music Program
The Women's Music Club of MIDDLEPORT presented its first fall program at Heath M. E. Church. Highlights included a chorus rendition of a Faust waltz, papers on Early Chamber Music and Musical Current Events, performances by a string ensemble and vocalists, and a piano duet. The event closed with a social tea and Halloween themed decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath M. E. Church
Frances Klein
Virginia Cook
Clara Hennessey
Faust
Charles Gounod
Ethel Chapman
Konrad Scholl
Mildred Fowler
the Nile
Ill Meigs County doctor amid pneumonia scare in Pomeroy
Dr. Jane Nye Gilliford, former Meigs County health officer, is ill and threatened with pneumonia at her Main Street home in Pomeroy. Other notes mention Mrs. Arthur Johnson attending the Grand Chapter of the Ohio Order of the Eastern Star in Toledo and Mr. Prall's improving condition in Columbus. The Liberty cargo to Pittsburgh carried 1600 bags of nuts plus cattle, lambs, calves, poultry, and eggs. Sheriff Tracy called 24 petit jurors. one man refused summons claiming misnaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Nye Gilliford
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Arthur Johnson
Toledo
Ohio Order of the Eastern Star
W. P. Wisecarver
Columbus
Charles Prall
Anna Mott
Prall
Tiberty
Pittsburgh
Charleston
Tracy
J. E. Shenefield
Salem Township
J. H. Shenefield
Joneses Return to New York After Southern Education Tour
Dr. and Mrs. T. Jesse Jones returned to their New York City home from Pomeroy where Mrs. Jones visited relatives for two weeks. Dr. Jones, educational director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, continues a Southern States tour studying education relative to community needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pomeroy
T. Jesse Jones
New York City
Meigs County Teachers Attend Southeastern Ohio Education Meet
Meigs County teachers will travel to Athens on October 20 and 30 for the 27th annual Southeastern Ohio Educational Association session. Schools in the county will be dismissed for the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Southeastern Ohio Educational Association
Red Cross Local Roll Call Urged For Armistice Day
Pomeroy court house hosts Red Cross field rep F C Dixon who urges county canvass ahead of Armistice Day and warns Meigs County must fund local needs after January 1 as national support ends. He calls for donations beyond $1 memberships including 10 or 25 dollars where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy, Ch
F. C. Dixon
National Red Cross
Pomeroy Court House
Dixon
Meigs County
Red Cross
National Red Cross Organization
Car Truck Crash Injures Two Drivers on Pomeroy Road
A car driven by Raymond Arnold of Scipio Township and a bread truck from Covert Bakery driven by Gerald Llewellyn of Middleport collided at the foot of Horner Hill on the Pomeroy Harrisonville Road. Arnold and Llewellyn were injured with cuts bruises and a crushed nose for Arnold and an arm wound for Llewellyn. Arnold was taken home by taxi while Llewellyn received medical care in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Raymond Arnold
Scipio Township
Edward Arnold
Gerald Llewellyn
Middleport
Horner Hill
Pomeroy-Harrisonville Road
Arnold
Llewellyn
Middleport Seniors Hold River Bank Wiener Roast
The Middleport High School senior class hosted a wiener roast near Addison on Monday evening with 43 seniors enrolled and many attendees. Chaperones included Mr and Mrs Noah Haskins Miss Mabel Wilson and Mr Easex. The river bank venue was praised as ideal for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Addison
Noah Haskins
Mabel Wilson
Easex
Children's Home Farm Prolific in Pomeroy Show
In a local business window the Children's Home farm displays its fall harvest including potatoes turnips and pears. Superintendent Harvey Eastman and the residents are credited with a fruitful season as cellars and granaries overflow with the summer’s labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harvey Eastman
Suffers Collapse Shoe Merchant Is Sent to Sanitarium
POMEROY Oct 28 Raymond Zeiher a Main Street shoe store proprietor and overseas veteran collapsed Tuesday and has been taken to a private sanitarium at Worthington for treatment in a highly nervous condition. He is a member of an old Pomeroy family son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Zeiher brother of Jacob Zeiher another Pomeroy merchant. It is expected that treatment will restore him to health. He is married and father of a young son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Raymond Zeiher
Main Street
Worthington
Andrew Zeiher
Jacob Zeiher
J M Hopkins Dies Near Alfred After Long County Service
J M Hopkins a 60 year old cattle buyer and longtime Meigs County Agricultural Society director from Orange Township died at his home near Alfred at 9 o clock last night. He had served for many years as a director of the Meigs County Agricultural Society in eastern county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hopkins
Pomeroy
Alfred
Building Reopens As Church After Saloon Past
In Buffalo New York Judge John Knight ordered the padlock removed from a Bailey Avenue building formerly a saloon now used as a church The Church of Nazarene must post a 1000 bond to guarantee that liquor will not be made sold or possessed on the premises
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Bailey Avenue
John Knight
Glouster Plans Big Halloween Celebration
Glouster Kiwanis club at a noon meeting outlines a Halloween celebration on High Street to be hosted with the P T A. The street will be closed from the Foley building to Front Street for booths prizes music and dancing. Delegates L E Richardson and H F Kittle reported on the Columbus Kiwanis state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Kiwanis
Columbus
Glouster Club
Hotel Gordon
L. E. Richardson
H. F. Kittle
Geo. W. Rose
High Street
Foley
Front Street
Lamborne
E. L. Jones
Kiwanis Road Committee
State Highway Department
L. J. Eberle
Dike Wilson
Nelsonville
Murray City
C. A. Pride
Johns. Clark
Methodist notices outline Halloween party and Sunday rallies
Mountville Methodist Church schedules reorganizing of the official board on Oct 31 and a Halloween party. Nov 1 features Sunday School 9:30 am, county rally at Malta, and a series of services at Ringgold Pleasant Hill and Liberty Hill churches with Epworth League announcements and urging attendance. KE Donalson and Dr Seward will speak. attendees bring lunch. no fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountville Methodist Church
Epworth League
Young Peoples
Malta
Haworths
Ringgold
Epworth
Pleasant Hill
Liberty Hill
Mountville League
KE. V. Donalson
O. L. Seward
Zanesville
Masquerade Planned by Pocahontas Lodge
The Degree of Pocahontas announces a masquerade party Friday night at the Red Men Hall after the lodge meeting. Members may bring a friend and are asked to bring two sandwiches and two doughnuts for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Revival meetings begin at McLeish Holiness Church
The Rev. Floyd Gail of Zanesville conducts a series of revival meetings at the Holiness Church in McLeish. The meetings started Tuesday evening and will continue indefinitely. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Floyd Gail
Zanesville
Holiness Church
McLeish
Past Noble Grands Club meeting postponed to Nov 19
Glouster October 28 The Past Noble Grands Club of Marcellite Rebekah Lodge postpones its November 5 meeting to November 19. The event will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall and members will entertain their husbands as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Grands
Marcellite Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Herman Atlas Buys Winter Merchandise in Cleveland
Herman Atlas is at the Cleveland wholesale markets this week purchasing extra winter goods for his Glouster store setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Herman Atlas
Cleveland
Legion Auxiliary Meet With District President In Glouster
A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is set for Thursday night at the club rooms over Model Grocery in Glouster. District president Mrs. Sianche Thomas of Logan will attend and all auxiliary members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Club
Sianche Thomas
Logan
Masquerade Party Planned by Hollister Sunday School
The Up and Doing Class of Hollister Sunday school will host a masquerade party at Hollister High School gym Friday at 7 30. Refreshments will be served and three prizes awarded. Slicks Band from Glouster will provide music for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Slick
Glouster
Progressive Study Club Meets Trimble in Gloucester
The Progressive Study Club of Gloucester gathered at Miss Merle Danford’s home on October 28 with 10 members present. Mrs. Bess Henshaw read "The Life of Herbert Hoover" and refreshments followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Study Club
Trimble
Progressive Study Club
Glouster
Merle Danford
Herbert Hoover
Bess Henshaw
Ohio's Coal Bill Is Much Lower This Year
Columbus report shows Ohio state institutions cut coal spending to 65 698 this year. Rettig credits lower prices from more bidders on contracts saving 48 237 on coal and 17 400 on freight costs for the total reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
A.P
Harry Ettig
Rettig
Sedate Girl Proves To Be Best Wife
In Hamilton New York October 28 1930 a Colgate professor says a lively party girl makes a poor long term wife. He cites research showing personality peaks in late teens and early twenties burn out thyroid activity leading to dullness over ten years. He notes some high energy cases may need medical help as the reaction sets in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
N. Y
U.P
Ronald A. Laird
Colgate College
Laird
Butterfly
Dr. Laird
American Gold Flows to France in Massive Shipments
Paris reports a record American gold shipment of 65 million dollars arriving at Cherbourg aboard the Milwaukee and sent to the Bank of France vaults. In two days the influx reaches 81 million, with Dresden adding 16 million and De Grasse en route with 12 million. Total withdrawals since six weeks ago hit 510 million, nearly half of the Bank of France holdings in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Cherbourg
Milwaukee
Bank of France
Dresden
de Grasse
United States
America
Marietta Plans National Washington Birthday Celebration
William J. Spangler state senator from the Tenth Ohio District urged Marietta Chamber of Commerce members to gauge progress on a nationwide observance of General George Washington's 200th birth anniversary. The Ohio Valley event pairs with the Washington anniversary next February to mark the explorer’s Ohio River voyage to Kentucky and the expedition’s return to Fort Pitt at present Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
William J. Spangler
Ohio
Tarlton
Chamber of Commerce
George Washington
Ohio Valley
Washington
Ohio River
Kentucky
Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
Buried Fortune Is Said Murder Motive
Akron man Joseph Fugedi shot his father Joseph Sr then hanged himself in a case tied to secret money disputes. The coroner, M B Crafts, investigated as workers dug up soil on the Fu gedi property seeking buried cash from about 15 000 dollars taken from seven Akron banks last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U.P
Joseph Fugedi
Joseph
M. B. Crafts
Crafts
Fugedi
Wreck at Belpre Leads To Arrest of Driver
W. H. Bise of Palestine West Virginia wrecked a car on the Belpre highway while transporting whisky. He fled the scene but sheriff arrested him at Rockland. Pleaded guilty to liquor possession and to driving while intoxicated. Fined $100 on each count and jailed 30 days with six month license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
W. H. Bise
Palestine
W. Va
Belpre
Bise
Rockland
Overseas Writers Host Laval guests amid cheese gaffe
Washington luncheon with French reporters accompanying Premier Pierre Laval includes a humorous moment as a guest hidden cheese wrapper reads Made in Germany. The incident surfaces amid reflections on Camembert style and national origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O.P
Pierre Laval
United States
Monsieur
France
Germany
Fewer Coal Miners Die in September U.S. Mines
Deaths from coal mine accidents reached 107 in September, seven fewer than August. September coal production declined 17 percent from a year earlier, while fatalities fell 26 percent from September 1930. For the nine months ending in September, 1,079 miners died, down from 1,462 in the same period in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Bureau of Mines
Bad Fortune Is Still Dogging Man's Steps
Circleville reports Horace Van Horn of Darby Township continues to face hardship after a fatal motor car crash last November that killed William Lewis. Acquitted in the death case, Van Horn saw his wife committed to a mental hospital and later release followed by her suicide. A $25,000 damages suit alleging negligent driving is now filed against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
U.R
Horace van Horn
Darby Township
William Lewis
Lewis
van Horn
No Big Shots in Prison of Uncle Sam
Leavenworth limits Capone to standard prison routine. Warden White says Capone will receive the same treatment as other inmates, will be examined, assigned to factory work or taught bookkeeping, and will trade costly clothes for denim and brogans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Leavenworth
Kan
U.R
Chicago
al Capone
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
White
Capone
Red Cross Membership Drive Urged by State Official
F D Henderson chairman of Governor White's state relief committee urges local relief committees and workers to cooperate with the American Red Cross and support its annual membership campaign in Columbus Ohio on October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Columbus
F. D. Henderson
Governor White
American Red Cross
French Buy Plan For Farm Board Wheat In Major Pact
Paris reports negotiations nearly complete for France to purchase at least 20 million bushels of United States farm board wheat, with potential total reaching 50 million. In parallel, several central European governments are negotiating with the farm board to buy cotton on credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States Farm Board
Farm Board
Mount Vernon Visit Redirected by Washington Memorial Route
Josette Laval arrives at Mount Vernon by the regular route and pays admission as a tourist. Col. Dodge, custodian of the shrine, opens a new Washington Memorial Highway and claims to await Maréchal Petain. A chase and comic deception unfold as Josette leaves by the route Dodge prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Co Enel Dodge
Washington Memorial Highway
Henri Petain
Mademoiselle
Col. Dodge
Petain
Josette
Dodge
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Wagner
Children’s Home Farm
Sani
Tarium
Kiwanis Club
Mountville Circuit
Harry Cordy
el Monte
Calif
Cordy
Mile Josette Laval
W.B. Drake
C. D. Shafer CO
Helena Rubinstein
Rachel
the Cline Pharmacy Co
Mademoiselle Laval
Laval
Vinci
Gibson's Pharmacy
Gem Pharmacy
F. J. Beasley Co
Optometric Service
Lamborn’s
Richard Abicht
Bob Baker
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