State Park Construction to Start in Middleport Next Week
A large crew will begin building a state park on the old Central School site behind the new post office in Middleport. Landscape architect T H McCormick and NYA supervisor Robert Kleinschmidt state plans have state approval and easements are in place. The park frontage will be 70 feet on Mill Street and 50 feet on Fourth Street with efforts to preserve natural beauty and level ground for ongoing park use.
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Middleport
T. H. McCormick
State Highway Department
Robert Kleinschmidt
NYA
Mill St
Fourth St
McCormick
Board of Education
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and News
Pomeroy residents report household moves and travel. George and Mrs Blackburn settle in the Reese West apartment on Union Ave. Quinn Hayes goes to Albuquerque to study mining engineering. Hysell hosts Mrs Huggins and Mrs McGuire on Breezy Heights with plans for further visits in Columbus. Birth announced for Alfred Neil Huber weighing ten pounds. Varied future visits and family gatherings unfold across Union Ave and surrounding towns as Labor Day approaches.
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George Blackburn
Reese West
Union Ave
Quinn Hayes
Albuquerque
N. Mexico
Homer Hysell
Breezy Heights
William Huggins
Marion McGuire
Mingo Junction
Huggins
Columbus
Alfred Huber
Deadwood
South Dakota
Alfred Neil
Elizabeth Huber
Butternut Ave
Boyd Dilgard
Minersville
Guy Thompson
Cleveland
Yolanda Dilgard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lewis Reibel
Charles Rathburn
Pomeroy
G. Ashwill
Athens
Frank Cox
Charleston
Mary Huber
Henry Zeisler
Jacob Zeisler
Labor Day
William Baker
Pomeroy School Children Return With Brief Orientation
Vacation ends as pupils gather at schools for schedule explanations and book distribution. Formal classes start Tuesday September 5 for the 1939 40 school season after extensive summer repairs to buildings.
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Pomeroy
C and O Ticket Agent Resigns After 40 Years Service
C and O Railroad ticket agent C F Hawkins retires after four decades of service. Disabled by ill health he retires effective immediately. He began in 1899 under agents Selby and Rathburn and endured floods while maintaining the local office. A Spanish American War veteran he plans to rest at home on S Second Street.
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Middleport
C. & O. Railroad
C. F. Hawkins
Hawkins
Harry Selby
Sam Rathburn
Hobson
S. Second Ave
Kyger Social and Personal Highlights and Local News
Kyger residents attend reunions and fairs. Rev H N Snider preaches at M E Church Sunday morning. Milhoan family notes from Sorrell reunion. 4 H club roasts at Powell Hill. News covers visits, births, and social events including Miss Mar vel St Aubin the Cleveland manicurist who shoots to stead hand.
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Roy Searls
Harry Tate
Zanesville
Paul Gilmore
Burdell Rife
John Spires
James Blackburn
Akron
Floyd Rife
4-H Club
Powell
Hill
Peggy Bradbury
Naomi Bradbury
Gallipolis
Jont Rupe
Harry Powell
Columbus
Albert Milhoan
Jane Clifford
Pomeroy
Peggy
Allie Bradbury
Cleveland, O
Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Moves
Middleport society page records visitors and relocations including Eva Whaley in Flora hosted by Wallace Bradford family, Brownell Ave. trips to Toledo and Columbus. Kelly Field graduates Kincaid family. leaving for Columbus by Dana Daniels. O Leary funeral attendance. Nelsons at home after Athens wedding. multiple hospital stays and travel across Ohio and Virginia.
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Eva Whaley
Flora
Wallace Bradford
Brownell Ave
Richard Folden
Glady Lu
Toledo
Michael Hackett
Gravel Hill
Poca
W. Va
Herman Ohlinger
Columbus
Jackie June Hysell
Della Mae Vance
Ohlingers
Duane Joan Hamilton
Charles Hamilton
E. E. Campbell
Mill St
George Schaefer
S. Second St
Clyde James Russell
John Hoffman
Grant St
Cincinnati
Rosemary Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Holzer Hospital
Fugate Sees Hope in Coal Situation
POMEROY Frank Fugate a local merchant predicts gradual growth of Meigs County coal through truck mines. He believes Central Ohio already provides a winter market for more Meigs coal than is mined now and that more truck mines employing two to fifty men will open.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Frank Fugate
Fugate
Ohio
Firefighters Plan Performance by Renfro Valley at Pomeroy
POMEROY Second Ward Fire Company announces a Sept. 15 appearance by the Renfro Valley Barn Dance entertainers. Tickets go on sale now to maximize audience and fund remaining debt from purchasing a fire truck and pump installation costing about $1,000 with most of the loan already repaid.
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Pomeroy
Renfro Valley
Second Ward Fire Company
Second Ward
Two Appear Before Court in Pomeroy
Ellison Darst of Middleport pleaded guilty to a wife beating charge in a Pomeroy hearing before Justice P L Peoples. He was fined ten dollars and costs. Edward Gately, arrested on an intoxication charge, pleaded not guilty before Justice J W McCullough. His bond was set at one hundred dollars and he was returned to the county jail.
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Pomeroy
Ellison Darst
Middleport
Justice of Peace P. L. Peoples
Darst
Edward Gately
Grindley
J. W. McCullough
Leases Room for Billiard Hall in Middleport
H J Hausmann of Erie Pa has leased the large Second Ave business room from F A Shifler. After remodeling a modern billiard room and lunch counter will open. Hausmann will return to Erie to buy equipment. Opening tentatively set for October 1.
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Middleport
H. J. Hausmann
Erie
Second Ave
F. A. Shifler
Hausmann
William Kidd Executed in 1701
The historical pirate William Kidd was executed on May 24, 1701, marking an end to his controversial career and a noted moment in maritime crime history.
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William Kidd
Gridders To Report To Coach Friday For Panthers
Football hopefuls are called to report Friday afternoon to Coach C. L. Johnson for a check on material for the Panther squad this season. Practice starts next week as new players replace last year's graduates. The Panthers lack a home field with a grassy athletic field behind the Junior High set for practice.
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Pomeroy
C. L. Johnson
Panther
Johnson
Ion
Panthers
No Meeting of Drew Webster Post American Legion
Officials announce no meeting of the Drew Webster Post of the American Legion on Labor Day Monday September 4. The next regular gathering is Monday September 18 with reports from delegates to the state convention Akron and the nomination election of officers followed by a banquet.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Akron
Funeral for Charolotta Spence Held
Funeral services were held at 11:00 A M at Bald Knob Cemetery for Charolotta Spence 85 who died Wednesday at Joe Lovett home in Racine Surviving children are Fell Lovett Eva Miller plus others with ten grandchildren noted The fragmentary obituary mentions ages places and relationships from New Brighton Lawrence Ohio and Spiller, with an unclear birth date.
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Pomeroy
Bald Knob
Charolotta Spence
Joe Lovett
Racine
Spence
Fell Lovett
New Brighton
Mart Lovett
William Harvey
Lawrence
Ohio
Homer Lovett
Was
Eva Miller
Spiller
Lare
Meigs County Fair Closes After Three Days of Fine Weather
The final day of the Meigs County Fair drew a large crowd to Pomeroy to view exhibits in flowers arts and crafts fruits poultry and livestock and enjoy midway amusements and rodeo performances. For several years the fair enjoyed three days of perfect weather.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Baptism at Judd Bradford Farm Draws Big Rutland Crowd
A baptismal service at the Judd Bradford farm three miles west of Rutland drew over 100 onlookers as five young women were baptized. A second rite is planned Sunday at Middleport Church of Christ at 3 p.m., a Meigs County fair staple. Observers noted the 1938 fair matched prior years apart from no horse racing.
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Dexter
Judd Bradford Farm
Rutland
Middleport Church of Christ
Meigs County
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PACE
State Park
Pomeroy Social Notes
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Public Enemy No. 4
G-man
Hoover
Lepke
Kyger
Middleport Social Notes
Texas
John Kincaid
Kelly Field
William Keith Kin‘caid
Kincaid
West Point
Kincaids
United States
Florida
Blue Ridge Mountains
Bellingrath Gardens
Mobile
Dana Daniels
Rutland High School
Nelson
Soil Conservation Office
Virgie Major
S. Sixth Ave
Tubbs
U. S
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
Meigs County Fair
F. J. Beasley Co
Clover Farm
Clover Fm
Glendale
Ciefsfe
LAR Clover Farm
Lb. Carton
Wieners
Vienna E.cee
Slendale
Foodland
Wesiny
Jersey Sweets
Rotatoes
Peck
Cheez-Its, JR
Iose Son
Poe
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