County Schools Face Shortfall as State Grants End
Meigs County and other districts relying on state aid may need extra funds to finish the 1952-33 term. Only three months are guaranteed by the state for Meigs, with opening Sept. 5 and classes to Dec. 1952. High schools may drop to eight months. enrollment starts Sept. 6 after Labor Day. a Meigs County Fair holiday is planned for Sept. 13.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. O. Chapman
Chapmen
Chapman
School Children Dismissal Day Not Announced at Fair
The report notes that days 14 and 15 were mentioned but fails to specify which day during the three day fair children will be dismissed. The omission leaves the exact dismissal time undetermined within the event schedule.
He Can Play Piano Without Fingers
In Rutland on September 2, Arthur Williamson of Niles, once injured in Meigs County, astonishes by playing piano without fingers. He recovered from the accident and now plans to study music at Penn State next year, drawing attention from Middleport friends and family visitors.
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Rutland
Herbert H. Williamson
Arthur
Niles
Penn State
Dr Gay Returns to Middleport for Presbyterian Picnic
Dr T Boyd Gay, on vacation from the Presbyterian Church pastorate, returned to Middleport for a picnic at Rocksprings Fairgrounds. He will preach both morning and evening next Sunday and church activities will resume afterward, after which he announced.
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Middleport
T. Boyd Gay
Presbyterian Church
Zanesville
Fredericktown
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Gay
Parrot Lays Egg Surprises Owner In Pomeroy
Miss Poll gasps as Bertha Ebersbach’s parrot on Mulberry Avenue lays a small brown egg. The bird known for talking reportedly produced the egg, unusual for a captive parrot, and the owner displays it as proof.
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Pomeroy
Miss Poll
Bertha Ebersbach
Mulberry Avenue
Funeral for Walter Franz Held in Parkersburg
Walter Franz son of Mr and Mrs E J Franz Mulberry Avenue Parkersburg funeral services were held this morning. The body arrived from Midland Michigan where Mr Franz died suddenly from heart disease. Attending were fellow Midland employees William Leobrich and Paul Lentz.
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Pomeroy
Walter Franz
E. J. Frans
Mulberry Avenue
Parkersburg
Midland
Mich
Franz
William Leobrich
Paul Lentz
Bissell Reiterates White Crow Tale From 1899
Pomeroy report recalls H. Bissell describing a white crow seen near his Bedford Township farm in July 1899. He also mentions a K and M Railroad accident at Gilbert Rummel and a fatal fall at the Courthouse involving the Fultz family. Followed by notes on Middleport area residents’ travels and local happenings.
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Pomeroy
H. Bissell
Bedford Township
Gilbert Rummel
Rummel
George Fults
Ben
Fred Fultz
Middleport
Fred
Mr. Bissell
Hocking Valley Railroad
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Residents
Edith Bowen daughter of Mr and Mrs Bowen has been critically ill with diphtheria but is convalescing. Several residents including Mrs Tracy and Miss Simms visited Logan briefly. Curtis Matthewson of Powell stays with his grandfather Curtis Gilmore on East Main Street. Mrs Oliver Bradbury is critically ill. Barbara Uhle from Lincoln is visiting relatives in Mulberry Avenue and Mason City connections.
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Pomeroy
Edith Bowen
H. H. Bowen
Spring Avenue
A. O. Tracy
Otho Tracy
H. V. Carl
Emma Waterman
Eva Simms
Logan
Curtis Matthewson
Powell
Curtis Gilmore
East Main Street
Matthewson
Syracuse
Oliver Bradbury
Mulberry Avenue
Barbara Uhle
Lincoln
J. B. Elberfeld
Emma Mees
Mason City
Ohio Power records win Frank Howard Cup for Pomeroy District
A year of no accidents causing loss of working time by Ohio Power Company employees earned the Pomeroy Portsmouth District the Frank Howard Cup. The cup is now on display at the Pomeroy office.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Power Company
Pomeroy-Portsmouth
Picnic Honors Miss Kathryn Huber Before Nursing Training
A church choir organized a picnic on the Presbyterian Church lawn to honor Miss Kathryn Huber of Union Avenue. She will depart Tuesday for Gallipolis to enter the nurses training program at Holser Hospital.
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Huber Pomeroy
Presbyterian Church
Federated Church
Kathryn Huber
Huber
Lena Huber
Union Avenue
Gallipolis
Holser Hospital
Zeiher Secures Music Supervisor Post in West Meigs County
Mrs. Resener A. Zeiher of South Fifth Avenue and a University of Michigan music graduate has secured a position as music supervisor in a circuit of West Meigs County schools for the coming school year. She will begin her duties next Tuesday.
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Middleport
Resener A. Zeiher
South Fifth Avenue
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
West Meigs County
Lantern Party At Bible School In Middleport
Lantern Party held at Church of Christ Bible School in Middleport on Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Alpha Russell hosting and Miss Fioradel Russell as hostess. Twenty two attendees listed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ Bible School
Alpha Russell
Fioradel Russell
Meigs County Boy Parole Eligible for Industrial School
Bryant White, listed on the Meigs County honor roll at Lancaster Boys Industrial School, has a perfect conduct record for about eight and a half months and is now eligible for parole but lacks a suitable place to live. French notes good behavior can shorten sentences, while violations add time. one peer has 135 extra days for rule breaches.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Bryant White
Messenger
Lancaster
H. L. French
White
French
Lancaster Institution
Apple Grove
West Virginia
Industrial School Journal
Lasley Family Recalled in Pomeroy Real Estate Ties
In Pomeroy Meigs County Ohio the Lasley name remains in local real estate. Judge William Hamilton Lasley died in 1894 and is buried at Beech Grove Cemetery. His mansion near Sugar Run School House now belongs to Mr and Mrs W F Reed.
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Pomeroy
Lasley
Beech Grove Cemetery
William Hamilton Lasley
Sugar Run School House
W. F. Reed
Judge Lasley
Meigs County
O.N.G
Will
Theodore
Tennessee
Dabney Farm
Coalport
Thomas Fork
Szubski Man Dies After Stabbing Incident in Cleveland
Andrew Szubski, 50, dies in a Cleveland hospital after police find him and his wife Stefania, 42, near death at their home. Szubski suffered 24 stab wounds while Stefania was struck with a meat cleaver leaving a fractured skull. police seek details of what happened.
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Cleveland
Andrew Szubski
Stefania
Szubski
Community Meeting at Chauncey High School
Chauncey announces a community meeting Saturday at 7 PM in the Chauncey High School Building. The event aims to inform parents of children who will attend school with E. C. Woodworth of Athens as speaker. A large turnout is anticipated.
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Chauncey
Chauncey High School
E. C. Woodworth
Athens
Epworth League To Elect Officers At The Plains
At The Plains Methodist Episcopal Church Epworth League will elect officers Sunday night at seven for the winter term. No summer meetings were held. Wilmer Powell serves as president of the Plains League and invites all interested young people in the community to attend.
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Chauncey
Epworth League
Plains Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmer Powell
The
Plains League
Frebaults Honor Hubert Frebault on Third Birthday
Mr and Mrs F L Frebault of Athens hosted friends at Mr and Mrs William Lyons home The Plains to celebrate their son Hubert Frebault’s third birthday A refreshment course was served Gifts were given to the honoree Guests included Mrs Robert King Akron and family Miss Virgene Gross Miss Mary Brienig Athens Elizabeth Campbell Louella Wright Mrs Ai ndney and families Marion and Wilma Lyons Athens and Francis and Hubert Frebault Athens
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Chauncey
F.L. Frebault
Athens
Inlaw
William Lyons
the Plains
Hubert Frebault
Robert King
Akron
Maurice Gross
Virgene Gross
Brienig
Mary Brienig
Elizabeth Campbell
Louella Wright
Elizabeth Aiidhney
Marion
Wilma
Frebault
Francis and
Hubert
Millfield Visitors Travel to Jacksonville and Amesville
Local residents from Millfield visiting Jacksonville this week include Mr and Mrs Herbert Mingus and son Gordon with the Linsy Morrison family. Mrs Guy Sams also stayed with the Hills. Theisen and Fulton households visited Amesville and Athens while Eldon Sanders returned to Columbus after two weeks with relatives in Milldale.
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Herbert Mingus
Gordon
Millfield
Jacksonville
Linsy Morrison
Guy Sams
William Hill
Herman Theisen, Jr
Edward Quinn
Amesville
Daniel Fulton
Herman Theisen
Athens
Eldon Sanders
Columbus
Miltala
Chauncey Boy Burned by Powder in Mine Accident
John Cunningham ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Rye Cunningham Chauncey was seriously burned this week while playing with powder near the old Lewis mine The explosion burned the boy about the head and face in Chauncey on September 2.
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John Cunningham
Chauncey
John
Rye Cunningham
Old Lewis
Mrs Alice Jones Dies Former Athens County Woman
Mrs Lot tie Cannon received word that Mrs Alice Jones a former Athens County resident died at the family home in Pittsburgh Pa The body was brought to Jackson the home of her brother Hugh Sheffer and funeral services and burial occurred there She is survived by her son Willard Jones of Pittsburgh.
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Athens County
Pittsburgh
Chauncey
Lottie Cannon
Greens Run
Alice Jones
Jackson
Hugh Sheffer
Jones
Picnic by Sanders Hill With Millfield Church Class
Chauncey on September 2 reports Miss Christine Mingus led the Millfield Church of Christ Bible School primary class in a Sanders Hill picnic. Students and guests enjoyed songs stories and games. Also noted an injury to Earl Lowery from a basement fall at the Chauncey K of P hall leaving him unable to walk due to a knee ligament tear.
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Millfield
Sanders Hill
Chauncey
Christine Mingus
Chaun Wee
Earl Lowery
Chauncey K
P. Hall
Negroes Coming Into Ohio More Rapidly
Columbus Sept. 2 1940 The Ohio Department of Health reports that in the last twenty years the state population rose 1 762 000. Immigation accounted for 906 8 percent of the gain while births beyond deaths contributed 855 282. The Negro population grew 152 4 percent and the white 32 1 percent with immigration driving the Negro rise. During the first decade Negro deaths exceeded births but in the last decade there were 5668 more Negro births than deaths.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Health
Right Person Sought for Blood Transfusion in Jersey City
Jersey City police volunteers try to save seven year old Robert Dalton with blood transfusions after osteomyelitis damaged bones and led to amputations. Nineteen donors offered blood but none matched the right type yet. more tests planned amid hopeful department effort.
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Jersey City
U.P
Robert Dalton
Minister Seeks Death Penalty in Wife's Murder
The Rev. A. E. Wrentmore, pastor in Indianapolis, urged death for Hubert C. Moore who confessed to killing his wife Marjorie on August 14. Moore, 30, a Robinson, Illinois high school teacher, cited jealousy and resentment over her teaching ability and housekeeping as motives.
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Moore
Robinson
New Jersey Vehicle Commissioner Bars Licenses for Unpaid Judgments
Harold G. Hoffman, motor vehicle commissioner of New Jersey, ordered that anyone in an accident who has failed to pay a judgment shall not possess an automobile license until the judgment is paid.
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Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Wyman Pierce and Forsyth Deeds Recorded in County
Ida I Wyman transfers lot 1666 to Athens County Savings and Loan Co. Warranty deed. Daniel A and Muriel J Pierce transfer lot 726 to Ellen C Baird. Warranty deed. F D Forsyth to William H Langan transfers multiple inlots 2510 2511. Warranty deeds. L O Thornberry to W H Butcher transfers sec 14 frac 13 subdiv 6 and 24 12 a all. Warranty deeds.
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Ida I. Wyman
Athens County Savings and Loan Company
Daniel A
Muriel J. Pierce
Ellen C. Baird
F. D. Forsyth
Wiliam H
L. O. Thornberry
Butcher
Seventy-Eight Raw Materials Go Into Car Tire
A tire maker notes seventy eight raw materials sourced globally and organized into a tire construction. The statement highlights the complexity and international reach of tire production.
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Marietta Paint & Color CO
W. State &T
Dr. Gay
Presbyterian
Pomeroy Parrot
East State Street
Bennett's
Bissell
Plummer Beeson
Leo Beeson
Fred Ollom
Frances
Cecil Ollom
H. Russell
Danville
Dell Martin
Montgomery
W. Va
John G. Talbott
Joan
Talbott
Flora Talbott
City
A. A. Chappelle
Lee McComas
Carpenter
Elmer Miller
Grant Street
McComas
Betz
Gravel Hill
L. H. Flickinger
Carnegie
Herman Bailey
Raymond City
Virgie Major
Wilkesville
Cace
Nancy Gregory
Ernest Major
Ruth Thomas
J. C. Wilson
Thomas
Ohio Wesleyan
Department of Music
Judge
County Bar
Wyandotte
Epworth
Peter Rankin
James
Elsie Rankin
Mattie Chamberlin
John Hitch
Leonard Brown
Ernestine Mingus
Ann Kollister
Sugar Creek
Mary Stalder
Lawrence Olson
Iowa Farm
Des Moines
Sheriff's
Sioux City
Ohio
Bern Township
Cash Feed Store
W. Union St
Kasco
Apex
Ocsak
Gal. Siza
Doz
Voss
Lovell Wringer
Southern Ohio Electric Co
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