Relief Bond Vote Planned in Meigs County
Meigs County plans a $35700 relief bond issue to be put to voters in the November election. Officials had set August 26 for a special election but changed plans due to prep delays. If the state utility tax is retained, repayments come from that tax. otherwise it would be a real estate levy. Relief Director George Beards says winter relief depends on approval.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Board of Commissioners
M. D. Webster
George Beards
Melon Party At Middleport After Phi Delta Kappa Meeting
Members of Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity held a watermelon party Monday night near Rocksprings during their regular meeting time. Attending were Bill Dillard Ralph Graves Bill Grate Allan Jenkinson Tom Mankin Patsy Murray Fred Haley Bus Reichman Chap Talbott and Ed Tewksbury.
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Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Bill Dillard
Ralph Graves
Bill Grate
Allan Jenkinson
Tom Mankin
Patsy Murray
Fred Haley
Bus Reichman
Chap Talbott
Ed Tewksbury
August Auto Sales Hit Sixty in Meigs County
Sixty new autos were sold by Meigs County dealers in August. Forty two were passenger cars and eighteen were trucks. Sales compared favorably to the same month in previous years according to Clerk of Courts Horton Brown.
Mrs Minnie Neutzling Heads to California to Visit Son
Mrs Minnie Neutzling of Walnut Street leaves Middleport for Los Angeles to reconnect with her son after 15 years. She becomes the twenty first local resident to travel to the Pacific Coast this summer.
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California Middleport
Minnie Neutzling
Walnut St
Los Angeles
Calif
Neutzling
Middleport
Pacific Coast
Church social and meetings announced for week
Federated Church officers met at the Presbyterian Church for a 6 oclock potluck. Mary Martha League to meet Wednesday at Mrs Louis Reibel s home with Mrs William Baker as assistant hostess. Twilight Garden Club to meet at Mrs Fred Shumways in Syracuse Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Roy Kasper and daughter Leah Mae returned from a two week visit in Cleveland and the Great Lakes Exposition.
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Federated Church
Presbyterian Church
Mary Martha League
Louis Reibel
Union Ave
William Baker
Garden Club
Twilight Garden Club
Fred Shumway
Syracuse
Roy Kasper
Leah Mae
Cleveland
Albert Kuntz
Vica Russell
Mulberry Ave
Elsie Tyree
Kankasee
Ill
Marcella Reibel
Cumberland Mountains
Mammoth Cave
Jake Ament
Chiefs
P. L. Peoples
Pearl Jacobs
Straitsville Social Notes Highlights Local News
Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs Lem Slatzer in Straitsville. Several local visits and family gatherings noted in Columbus Barberton and Reynoldsburg. Church services suspended for two weeks. United States described as the largest leather producer globally.
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New Straitsville
Lem Slatzer
Elsie Hanning
John Evans
Mary Moodie
Anna Abram
Columbus
Jack Wilson
Robert Wilson, Jr
Barberton
John Jones
Parks
William Shuttleworth
Marilyn
Joe Todd
William Cal
Margie Ann Delaney
Frank Brown
Logan
D. B. Blankenship
Mildred Walters
Christina Beattie
John Shuttleworth
Annabelle Lanning
David Shuttleworth
Thomas Frazure
M. E
Carl Whitmer
Reynoldsburg
John Whitmer
Simeon Nihiser
Minor Bishop
Payne, Co
Paulding County
James Lee
Maxine
Elkhart
Pomeroy Social Notes Across Town Happenings
Pomeroy social notes recount visits and homecomings including Rachel Church to Bailey Run visiting ill Joe Hysell, Jack Anderson returning from Charleston, and many relatives traveling to Columbus, Syracuse, and Cincinnati for fairs, hospital stays, and family events.
Mrs. L. A. Jones Dies At Home in Ashland
Mrs. L. A. Jones 74 died of a heart attack at her Ashland Kentucky home Monday night. Survived by children Mrs. Walter Speed Bluefield Virginia Mrs. Wallace Chaffin Logan West Virginia Ermal Williamson Ironton Ohio Harry Williamson Akron Clyde Williamson Warren Ohio Phil Williamson and Lafe Williamson Pomeroy Ohio also sister Mrs. Bettie Runion Ashland and brother Dr. Sidney Lawson Logan West Virginia Funeral service will be held in Ashland Wednesday then burial in Williamson West Virginia
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Pomeroy
L. A. Jones
Ashland
Jones
Walter Speed
Bluefield
Wallace Chaffin
Logan
W. Va
Ermal Williamson
Ironton, O
Harry Williamson
Akron
Clyde
Warren, O
Phil and
Lafe Williamson
Bettie Runion
Sidney Lawson
Williamson
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Mrs. Mabel Russell age 49 obtained a marriage license to wed Lewellyn Rogers age 51 Athens miner shortly after her husband Ernest O. Russell was granted a divorce for neglect of duty in common pleas court. Ernes t Clayton Cary and Elsie Bass secured licenses in probate court after a divorce action.
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Pomeroy
Mabel Russell
Lewellyn Rogers
Athens
Ernest O. Russell
Common Pleas
Georgia M. Cary
Richard H. Cary
Ernest Clayton
Toledo
Elsie Bass
Middleport
Carpenter News Notes Opens School With Staff Count
Carpenter-Columbia Schools opened Monday with Principal Emmett Nelson and a staff including teachers Eddie Lou Howery Lowell Chase Miss Miller fifth and sixth grades Nellie Vale third and fourth Ina Sams and Miss Freda Turner. Bus drivers H E Starkey Dailey Morris and George Radekin janitor W S Swett. Local Grange meeting featured a 4 H program and ice cream cake.
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Carpenter
Columbia
Emmett Nelson
Eddie Lou Howery
Lowell Chase
Miss Miller
Nellie Vale
Freda Turner
Ina Sams
H. E. Starkey
Dailey Morris
George Albert Radekin
W. S. Swett
Columbia Grange
Ed Sahle
New York
J. F. Jewell
Clarence Bobo
Houston
Texas
Charles Bobo
Frances Marie Bobo
Lucy Perry
New Jersey
Georgia Nell Radekin
Cincinnati
Aleta Combs
Ripley
Alice Perry
Charleston
Delbert Perry
Verlin Howery
Columbus
B. A. Howery
J. A. Turner
Janet Schupbach
H. C. Schupbach
Woodsfield
Bernice McCall
Lancaster
J. L. Rawlings
W. M. Morris
Dayton Morris
Marietta
J. M. Webb
Gladys Geron
Springfield
Virgil Geron
Revival in Progress at Coal Port School
Revival services are held nightly at the Coal Port School conducted by Evangelist C. Detty of Washington D. C. The meetings start each night at 7:30.
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Coal Port School
Evangelist C. #. Detty
Washington D. H
Johnstown Clock Returns To Service After Flood
The town clock in Johnstown Pennsylvania resumed operation after being disabled by the St Patrick s Day flood waters. The halted mechanism had been a rare public reminder of March s gray days and now ticks again during lunch hours for stenographers and shoppers.
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Johnstown
U.P
Middleport People Attend Funerals and Visits
Out-of-town relatives come to Middleport for Truman Jones funeral Tuesday afternoon. Dana Jones Everett Jones and families from Toledo Columbus Belle West Virginia visit. Local residents travel to Columbus for visits and the Ohio State Fair, including Grant Wiley and family and Dr F M Cluff with William Stansbury.
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Middleport
Truman Jones
Dana Jones
Everett Jones
Toledo
Mark Jones
Columbus
John Thompson
Belle
W. Va
Frank Matthews
Hughes
Jane Lu
Ernest Major
Miss Major
S. Sixth Ave
Cline Matthews
Sara Dobbs
Charles Bing
J. N. Humphrey
Ruth
Frederickstown
Knox County
Grant Wiley and Sons
Paul and
Raymond
Chicago
F. M. Cluff
William Stansbury
C. W. Cooper
Meigs Cyclist Tours Canada After Long Bicycle Trip
Tracy Goodwin, a Meigs youth, is touring Canada on a 1000 mile bicycle trip he began days ago. A card dated Aug 31 from Windsor Canada notes he had a fine trip and met Jesse Owens in Columbus before reaching Toledo Detroit. He reports a temporary delay due to a broken bicycle part.
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Pomeroy
Tracy Goodwin
Windsor
Canada
Columbus
Jesse Owens
Toledo
Detroit
Norma Goodwin
Goodwin
Dexter Woman Sallie McMorrow Dies at Home
Mrs. Sallie McMorrow, an aged Dexter resident, died at her home on Tuesday morning. Funeral services are set for Thursday afternoon in Dexter with Rev. Leah Wetherby delivering the sermon. Burial will follow at White Oak Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Sallie McMorrow
Dexter
Leah Wetherby
White Oak
Sons of American Legion Elect Officers for Year
The Sons of the American Legion met Tuesday evening at their hall and installed the year's officers. Social hour followed with refreshments served.
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Pomeroy
Sons of the American Legion
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Floralee
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Myrtle Griffith
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D. L. Tracy
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