Pomeroy Firemen Plan Labor Day Truck Run And Fire
Pomeroy Ohio Labor Day events include a practice fire truck run and a controlled blaze on the ferry landing across Main Street. Firemen will stack a large inflammable pile, ignite it at the right moment, and halt traffic to gauge response times from the second ward fire house. A watchman will be posted to prevent a repeat of earlier missed-on-scene incidents.
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Pomeroy
Maim Street
Lynn
Mechanic Street
Bremen
Odd Fellows
Booster Lab
Meigs County
Pomroy Schools Plan Two Pre opening Sessions
Pomeroy plans two pre opening sessions on September 8 and 9 to organize classes secure books and adjust schedules. Enrollment in the two high schools is expected to be larger than ever with normal elementary numbers. The district asks for usable clothing and books to aid students amid hard times.
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Pomeroy
C. J. Rhodes
Fomeroy
Board of Education
Hannums Gather Reunion of Old Meigs County Family
Long Bottom hosts the 1932 Hannum reunion with 74 descendants from Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio plus neighbors. Dismissed absence of Ada Bahr noted. Officers elected A D Hannum president De C Adams vice president Lavina Brannon secretary treasurer R H Hannum treasurer Mittie Sherman Smiths Fens Pa Dilla Hannum Long Bottom and Adams Parkersburg selected to form the 1993 program committee. Next meeting will be held at Long Bottom the Saturday before Labor Day in 1993.
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Meigs County
Long Bottom
Davis A Hannum
Elizabeth
Hendershot
Hannum
Pennsylvania
Davis A
Guernsey County
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Ada Bahr
A. D Hannum
Athens
de C . Adams
Parkersburg
Lavina Brannon
Sec
Y -Treas
Plains
H Hannum
Treas Long Bottom
Irs
Mittie Sherman
Smiths Fens
Dilla
Adams
Wong
Three Millions Asked By Elmer H. Holmes
Elmer H. Holmes and Holmes Airport Inc of New York City filed a $3,070,000 suit in the New York Supreme Court against Curtiss-Wright Corp and subsidiaries along with Richard Hoyt of Hayden, Stone & Co, over a slander campaign to block bond financing for the Jackson Heights airport project. The suit names New York Air Terminals and Pan American Airways as defendants and cites Holmes’s prior ventures in Syracuse and his plans for a large airfield complex near North Beach, Queens.
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Brocalya Chemical Company
Syrecune
Holmes
Jackson Heights
New York
Halmes
Syracuse
Brocalsa Chemical Company
Herald
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Hoyt
Queens
Curtiss-Wright
North Beach
Flushing
New York Air Terminals, Inc
Pan-American Airways Inc
Holmes Airport, Inc
Mtr Holmes
EEL Holmes & Co
Clentele
Plimtiffs
Hayden, Stone & Co
Curtiss Wright Corporation
Holves Corporation
Central Union Trust Company
Creed
Jssue
Ules Wright Corporation
Wea
Holmes Corporation
Kracketelr
Tas
Coronel Charles
Lindbergh
Curtiss Wee
Liberty National Bank and Trust Company
New York Airways, Inc
Holmes Airport
Terminal Properties, Inc
New York Corporation
Holmes Aurore
Philosophers Bench Adds Back on Court Street
POMEROY Sept. 2 A new bench placed at the end of Court Street gains the nickname Philosophers Bench for its backrest. Locals use it to rest while discussing a wide range of topics, reflecting long discussions observed on the ratiroid track.
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Pomeroy
Court Street
Two Relics Tell of Olden Meigs County
Two relics found in old papers from the Republican office relate to Meigs County history. A 1900 photograph shows the steamer H. E. Spliman partially sunk in the Ohio River as ice moves downstream, its stacks torn off and the vessel dismantled as water rose. A Meigs County map by former auditor Aron Stivers marks Lower Pomeroy, Carletonville, Wolf Pen and property holdings of the Meigs County Oil and Coal Company, Dabney additions, and Horton and Dabney additions between Pomeroy and Middleport.
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Middleport
Republican
Meigs County
H. E. Spliman
Ohio River
Aron Stivers
Meigs
Lower
Pomeroy
Hobson
Bineravile
Syracuse
Carletonville
Wolf Pen
Meigs County Oil and Coal Company
Dabney
Horton and Dabney
Meigs Court Merger Tendered Ridiculous Opposition
Meigs County opponents ridiculed a plan to merge the probate and common pleas courts. Attorney Edgar Ervin of Columbus claimed the merger would save about 10 600, while critics note salaries below that figure. The measure, to abolish the probate court and combine functions, may not go to a vote this year but remains under discussion in Pomroy and area. Several local names and households are listed among weekend activities and visits.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Meigs County
Edgar Ervin
Columbus
Such & Merker
Howell Union Avenue
Irvin
Ervin
Pomroy
Peoples
Probate
Common Pleas Court
Third of Population Gets Federal Flour
POMEROY Sept. 3 An unofficial tally shows about one third of Meigs County's population received Red Cross flour during the past summer. About 2590 individuals are listed, suggesting roughly 7560 county residents shared in the government bread aid. County population is given as between 7 and 12 thousand.
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Red Cross
Pomeroy
Meigs County
United States
Census Bureau
James Dunn Dies Aged Middleport Man
James Dunn, 82, of Broadway Street Middleport died Thursday night after a long illness. Survived by wife and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the residence with Rev. F.C. Kreager of the Middleport Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Middleport Hall Cemetery.
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Middleport
James Dunn
Broadway Street
F.C. Kreager
Middleport Baptist Church
Buriat
Muidateport Hall
New Courthouse Entrance Built at Meigs on Highway Wing
Workmen at Meigs Courthouse complete a new southeast wing entrance to the state highway office. A doorway was cut through the building and a steel entranceway added along the side, allowing highway staff to reach the attics without passing through the court and jury room formerly used for the law library.
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Boorwas
Meigs
Pomeroy
State Highway Office
Forrmerly
Fair visitors and local notes from Middleport
Sept 3 notes report Paul Smith winning a free Ohio State Fair trip plus a Cleveland air races trip and returning Friday William Reynolds also won a State Fair trip and came home Thursday. Mrs Griswald ill with appendicitis Prof Haye and Mrs Hays back from Great Bend trip Miss Alice Valendinghan of Cincinnati visiting Wilbur Baum family.
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Betlen Ezom Fair
Middleport
Paul Smith
Cleveland
William Reynolds
Cime
Blanch Zipperich
Wilbur Baum
Griswald
Haye
Hays
Great Bend
Alice Valendinghan
Cinis
LN Hut
Swisher Guests and Local Funeral Notices Across Community
Lotiridge Mr and Mrs H C Swisher hosted guests from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon including Mrs Fred Wilson and son James from Fairmont. A large crowd attended the funeral of Dr Harper Sus fany at Carthage Presbyterian Church with Rev Warner in charge. Multiple local families visited, attended, or hosted gatherings, including Chevalier relatives, the Kincades returning from Akron, and numerous neighbors at homes of Borss, Boreas, and Gaston. The notices list a wide stream of community visits and family movements around Belpre and nearby towns.
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H.C Swisher
Fred Wilson
James Wilson
Fairmont
Wilson
Swisher
Harper Sus
Carthage Presbyterian Church
Res Warner
John Chevalier Edward Chevalier
Charles Congreve
Reedsville
Bart Kincade
MI Allen
Glen Gaston
Guecis
John Gaston Surday
Cherishart
Hazel
Essie
Vis Hersh Abart
Little Hoching
Garrit Grown
Robert Harriman
Pathersburs
L T Mannton
Rev Parkinson
Belpre
O L Davis
Wayne Sharp
Joe| White
Laurchille
Robert Shirn
J. Runnion
Harold
Oryn Watkins
Gor
Billy
Amos Hixon
Willow Creek
Daniel Ackley
George Ackley
Marton
John Bachelder
Paul
Aytmer Ackley
Athens
Fred Varner
John Archer
Archer
Charley Archer
Virgynia
Sandusky
Ohio
Bashan
Meres
Athers
Arnold Bernard
Bernard
Michael Kinnen
Glen White
Guy
Frank Lawrence
Ores Swartz
Wil Sepple
Bnl Gillian
Fallview
BE. R. Watkins
Emmett Blair
Paul Hartman
Local Notables Attend Fair and Fall Incident
Cheshire residents Mr and Mrs James Weber attended the State Fair with Ben Yah Baer and Cecil Nelson. Mrs B N Huntle of Huntington plans an extended visit with Mr and Mrs J Tuttle. Peter Jeroleman fell Monday breaking his collarbone and several tabs. D M Warner has been ill for several days. Grace Eiselstein visits Lancaster for several days. Bernard Eiselstein and Gordon Ridenour also in attendance.
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James Weber
Ben-_ Yah Baer
Cecil Nelson
B. N Huntle
Huntington
Tuttle
Peter Jeroleman
D. M. Warner
Grace Eiselstein
Lancaster
A. Eiselsten
Bernard Eiselstein
Gordon Ridenour
Excursion to Cincinnati Draws Local Attendees
Twenty tickets were sold for the Cincinnati excursion last Sunday. Attendees from here included Mrs Rowena Nixon, Mrs EE Jace, Mrs Elizabeth Hammer, Mrs Fanny Romme, S I Baker and son, Mrs Arg y Whales, Mr and Mrs Chester Bond, C Py Russell and family, Dorothy and Victor Russell, Mr and Mrs Floyd Russell and his mother Mrs Susan Hornsby, and Miss Thelma Chute. Also noted, Mrs W T Crandall hosted the Baptist Ladies Aid and Mission Society meeting Thursday afternoon. Anna Scott of Belpre visited Tuesday, calling on friends, as did Mr and Mrs Roy Muller of Akron.
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Cincinnati
Rowena Nixon
EE Jace
Elizabeth Hammer
Fanny Romme
I Baker
Alf
aArgy Whales
Chester Bond
Py Russell
Dorothy
Victor
Floyd Russell
Susan Hornsby
Thelma Chute
Faye Barrows
W T Crandall
Miller Family Motor Trip and Local Visits Noted
The Miller family led by Mir and Mrs Thomas Miller traveled from their home in Mole Hil West Virginia visiting the Riges Memorial Church at Joseph Mills and attending a homecoming at Wilbur. Other locals noted include Roy Atiler family travel, Reuben Dunies in Little Hocking visiting Thomas Dunfee, H Dye and Ruth, Paul Price of Coolville at the Mid-East Regatta in Marietta, and Ruth and Lucy Coleman attending on Saturday. Orren Daft of Zaleski visited Criss home. Mr and Mrs Jack Moore and Billy have returned from time with her parents and left for Akron. Rev Cunningham of Albany led Baptist services. Lient Henderson of Athens Salvation Army stopped for a short visit. Mr and Mrs A B Bean visited Athens. Mr and Mrs J Markward of Toledo are spending the week with Morris Webster and mother.
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Mir
Thomas Miller
Mole Hil
W. Va
Millers
Riges
Ruth
Paul Price
Coolville
Marietta
Afisg
Lucy Coleman
Orren Daft
Zaleski
Criss
Jack Moore
Say Billy
Akron
J. E. Hamilton Hag
Mtr
Afraac Jonea
Cunningham
Albany
The
Baptist Church
Lient Henderson
Athens
Stocks Boosted by Optimism After Labor Day Preview
New York stock and commodities markets surged as investors anticipated a post Labor Day recovery. Trading was heavy with buy orders nationwide, lifting prices 1 to 3 points by day's end. Bonds strengthened while cotton rose two dollars per bale and wheat advanced. Short sellers sought to cover amid a rush of new speculative bids and offerings.
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New York
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Biddleport RD
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Ray Morris
Niclton Musgrave
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