Chapman Lane Lunacy Hearing Deferred for Apple Grove Merchant
In Pomeroy Judge C E Peoples deferred the lunacy decision for C M Chapman, Apple Grove merchant, after a long hearing. Forty-seven witnesses were called, with all testifying Chapman is sane, while the court noted a plan to send him to a Parkersburg sanitarium for treatment. A guardian will manage his affairs during confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Meigs County
Velma Thompson
M. 5S. Daniels
Athens
Middleport Couple Move Into Brooks Property
Mr and Mrs M W Essex newlywed couple occupy C L Brooks property on South Third Avenue. Essex is principal of Middleport High School. Mr and Mrs R E McKay recently back from a honeymoon have rented a nearby house on the same street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
M. W. Essex
C. L. Brooks
South Third Avenue
Essex
Middleport High School
R. E. McKay
Hikers Stopped in Cincinnati While Returning Home
Misses Mattie Landrum and Viola Lee Clintworth, who left Pomeroy to thumb their way back to Oklahoma, were intercepted by Cincinnati officers and held until funds for railroad fare are provided by their parents. They had spent weeks with local friends after hitch hiking from Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cincinnati
Middleport
Pomeroy
Mattie Landrum
Viola Lee Clintworth
Carpenter Eddie Howery to receive dual degrees at OSU
POMEROY, Sept. 1 Eddie L Howery of Carpenter is a candidate for two degrees at Ohio State University summer convocation. He will receive Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education with a biology major. Howery is a Albany High School graduate and member of Phi Eta Sigma Phi Betta Kappa. He participates in Strollers dramatic society and University Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eddie L. Howery
Carpenter
Ohio State University
Howery
Albany High School
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Betta Kappa
Strollers’ Dramatic Society
University Grange
Salisbury Township Seeks 2500 Transfer to General Fund
Petition filed in common pleas court asks trustees William Seyfried Harry Smith and Gilbert Weeks to move 2500 from the Bridge and Road Fund to the General Fund. State Tax Commission approved the action citing tax delinquency and high costs for the indigent. Total Road and Bridge Fund equals 4070.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Salisbury Township
Bridge and Road Fund
General Fund
William Seyfried
Harry Smith
Gilbert Weeks
State Tax Commission
Meigs County Dog and Kennel Fund
General County Fund
Local families plan weekend visits and fair travel
Mrs. Anna Brown and son Horton Brown of Meigs County leave for Georgetown Pennsylvania to visit three Brown and Roush sisters in law. Mrs. Homer Roush and son Allen of Minersville join. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lochary and two children of Pomeroy travel to Amesville to stay with Lochary parents while attending the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, returning Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Brown
Horton Brown
Meigs County
Patrick Lochary
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy
Amesville
Atkinson Funeral To Be Held On Sunday
Middleport will host the funeral for Clarence Atkinson a World War veteran and former resident. The body arrives from El Paso Texas and will lie at Rawlings Funeral Home. Funeral services Monday with Feeney Bennett Post American Legion in charge and burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Survived by his mother sister Miss Clara Atkinson and niece Miss Grace Black are in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Clarence Atkinson
el Paso
Texas
Atkinson
Rawlings
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Clara Atkinson
Greenfield
Grace Black
W. Hi
Steiff
South Third Avenue
Local Folks Take Short East Trip and Move In Collected News
Middleport residents share updates from a two week East trip while Charles Rayburn and family relocate on South Third Avenue. Bob Rawlings and Mabel Hysell visit Columbus and return with Georg Frye family. J W Longstaff spend ten days with Cary Ellison kin. C L Won travels to Athens for sister in law Charles Barker illness. Horden family plan week with son C H Dorden in Columbus. Bob Fisher family return to Wichita after visiting Point Pleasant and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Rawlings
Columbus
Mabel Hmysell
Georg Frye
J. W. Longstaff
Cary Ellison
C. L. Won
Athens
Charles Barker
R. H. Horden
C. H. Horden
Bob Fisher
Point Pleasant
C. O. Fisher
Wichita
Kan
Leaves Hospital Survivor of Auto Mobile Tragedy
Avery Eichinger, who was hospitalized after a motor vehicle wreck that killed his parents Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Eichinger and sister-in-law Mrs Henry Elchinger, has recovered enough to return to Circleville. He planned to attend his parents funeral today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Avery Eichinger
Circleville Hospital
C. H. Eichinger
Henry Elchinger
Circleville
Washburne to Write Book While Employed in Akron
Ohio State graduate Harry R. Washburne, who drew attention last spring by refusing his diploma, will write a book on an undisclosed subject. He left Middleport for Columbus to gather material and will return to Akron to continue writing while working part time at a rubber factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harry R. Washburne
Ohio State University
Washburne
J. C Fisher
South Sixth Avenue
Columbus
Akron
U B Services Conference Nears in Tuppers Plains District
Rev and Mrs D Vause Snyder depart Monday for Chillicothe to attend the Southeast Ohio annual conference of the United Brethren in Christ at First United Brethren Church. The Ladies Aid met with progress reported by president Mrs Frankie Parker and a young peoples rally is planned at the U B Church Saturday night. James Amshbury directs youth work and expects a large delegation. a program at five oclock precedes a polluck lunch at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
D. Vause Snyder
Chillicothe
Southeast Ohio
United Brethren In Christ
First United Brethren Church
Ladies Aid
United Brethren Church
Frankie Parker
U. B
James Amshbury
Minute Details in Competition Will Win Corps Honors
Ohio Legion rules govern a drum and bugle corps contest at Ohio University Stadium on Sept 10 with cash prizes totaling 425 dollars. Eight judges from the state drum corps panel will assess uniform, cadence, marching, bugle, and drumming. Each corps has 15 minutes, must move at least 13 minutes, and stay in motion a minimum 10 minutes with two penalty points per minute under that limit. Strong teams from Massillon Bellefontaine and others from Lima Martins Ferry Jackson Parkersburg Charleston Fairmont Moundsville will compete.
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Ohio Department of the American Legion
Ohio
K. T. Crossen Post No
Athens
Ohio University Stadium
West Virginia
State Department
Drum Corps Committee
Lima
Massillon
Bellefontaine
Martins Ferry
Jackson
Parkersburg
Charleston
Fairmont
Moundsville
W. Va
Athens Battery Enjoys Camp Work at Camp Knox Ky
Athens Battery E of the 134th Field Artillery, made up of Athens County boys, starts range fire at Camp Knox Kentucky. The unit has won recreation honors in baseball boxing swimming and tumbling in the first ten days and placed third in the brigade riot squad. Corporal Wolfe’s polo pony adds color to the unit's stories. Dick Atkins tied for first in brigade competition.
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134Th Field Artillery
Athens County
Camp Knox
Roscoe
Turkey
McKibben
Athens
134Th
62Nd
Battery E
Corporal Wolfe
Dick Atkins
Murder Verdict In Death Of Ironton Doctor
Coroner H. H. Jones returned a murder verdict in Ironton over the death of Dr. J. W. Lowry, whose body was found May 24. The coroner said the physician was strangled and chloroformed during a robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
U.R
H. H. Jones
J. W. Lowry
Lowry
Dorcas Society to Meet at Miss Mauck Home
Members of the Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church will meet this evening at the home of Miss Allie Mauck on South Third Avenue in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dorcas Society of the
First Baptist Church
Allie Mauck
South Third Avenue
Battery E Camp Life and Leadership Highlighted
Standing 59.75, Battery E leads the regiment as the top firing unit. First week shows guard duties five times, daily schedule runs 5 AM to 10 PM with 20 hours active due to NRA. Mascot is a lizard. Muldoon and Sherlock cook. Local families and officers named.
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NRA
Muldoon
Sherlock
van Meters
Campbell
Mrs Elder and son to travel to Schenectady N Y
Mrs T A Elder and her son and Mrs Martha Sargeant will depart Saturday by automobile for Mrs Elder's home in Schenectady New York. The grandson has stayed with them for the summer and Mrs Sargeant plans to remain with her daughter and family in Schenectady indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
T. A. Elder
Martha Sargeant
Elder
Schenectady
N. Y
Chicken Trapped On Car In Odd Fashion
A Pomeroy man unknowingly struck a chicken and parked on Second Street. The bird became wedged on the car front with its head through a metal hood ring and feet through radiator holes, unable to free itself until rescued by A. H. Ebersbach and taken to the Third Ward Fire Department for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Second Street
A. H. Ebersbach
Third Ward
Pire Wpartonent
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Parkersburg Sanitarium
Show Rooms
Court St
Littler
Ohio State
Dan C. Hartinger
John A. Kent
East
Charles Rayburn
Herb Chambers
Fred Hoffner
Avery Elchinger
Miller Bros
Are Paint Co
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Aia
Helen Beeson
Cheshire
Franklin
U. B. Services
Athens Battery
Dorcas Society
Miss Villa Bates
Golfon
Ney
Clover Farm
Certo
Glasea
Pork Roll
Wafer Coe
Zic
Sunkist
Nic
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Aristocrat of All
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