Middleport Stadium dedication set for Friday in Ohio
Middleport high school to dedicate showers and locker rooms with Rotarians honored on a special platform. Charles Walburn the Singing Salesman will lead a community sing followed by a band concert and a 1939 champions versus current squad football game led by Clifford Cunningham. Public address and phone systems are prepared. no admission charges.
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Middleport
Charles Walburn
Gordon Harris
Clifford Cunningham
DAV Elects New Officers Tuesday Night
The Meigs Chapter 53 Disabled American Veterans elected officers including James E. Spencer as commander and Dan Price as senior vice commander. Charles E. Withrow named county chair for Forget-me-not Day with Herman V. Ohlinger assisting, and flower sales planned for Argonne Day. The Ladies Auxiliary elected Sadie Wolfe as commander and Fay Thomas as senior vice commander, with Edna Reuter handling child welfare.
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Benjamin F. Turner
Charles E. Withrow
Herman V. Ohlinger
Middleport
Edward H. Reuter
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Reuter
Green Bay
Wis
Turner
National Board of Appeals
Sadie Wolfe
Fay Thomas
Ethel Thomas
Esther Wolfe
Chaplin
Edith Spencer
Lulla McColley
Edith May Thomas
Birty Fife
Edna Reuter
Ladies Auxiliary
D.A.V
Victory Day Planned by Churches of Christ in Meigs County
POMEROY Victory Day for the Churches of Christ of Meigs County will be held at Rock Springs Fairgrounds Sunday September 15 at 2 p m. The event ends this summer campaign to boost church attendance. Bert Wilson Indianapolis general secretary of the Disciples of Christ Pension Fund will speak. All county churches are invited.
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Pomeroy
Churches of Christ
Meigs County
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Bert Wilson
Indianapolis
Disciples of Christ Pension Fund
Bradbury Church hosts regional youth rally
The Bradbury Church hosts a quarterly youth rally with churches of Christ from Bradford Rutland and Dexter meeting Thursday September 12 at 8 00 pm The theme is prepare a back to school idea will be used Wallace Russell leads the youth group Martha Waugh directs the devotional Meigs Victory Band will play and the speaker is to be announced
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Bradbury
Churches of Christ
Bradford
Rutland
Dexter
Wallace Russell
Martha Waugh
Meigs Victory
Potato origins in the Americas before European contact
A native of tropical America from Mexico to Chile, the white potato was used as a food by American Indians long before Europeans arrived.
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Tropical America
Mexico
Chile
MIDDLEPORT SOCIAL NOTES AND WEDDING EVENTS
Middleport society items note Pythian Sisters relocate to Woodman Hall while K of P building sells to West Virginia Training School. Church class reschedules meeting due to stadium dedication. Fiftieth anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Washington celebrated with family at home. Local weddings and travel notices follow, with residents attending, visiting, or entering training and returning home.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Lodge
Woodman Hall
K. of P
West Virginia Training School
Robert Washington
Fisher St
Everett Davis
Lorena Washington
Washingtons
Claude Washington
Washington
Sprigg
W. Va
Herman Mourning
Elizabeth Washington
Mourning
Bob
New Salem
Nan Moore
Elizabeth
Mrs. Washington
Garen Stansbury
Jane
Melissa Hennesy
Dorothy Sauer
Frances Pullin
Mholzer-Wilhelm
Episcopal Church
Pt. Pleasant
C. S. Wilhelm
Motorists Warned To Watch School Busses
Pomeroy police issued a warning that school buses are in operation and must be given protection. Three Pomeroy schools are on the main highway with bus stops at each. Drivers may not pass a stopped bus loading or unloading passengers. Post Chief Walter Wolfe said drivers should pull into the high school driveway when stopped there.
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Pomeroy
Post
Walter Wolfe
Freshmen subjected to Ohio River initiation by seniors
Freshmen at a local high school were tossed into the Ohio River by older classmates during a nighttime initiation. Several boys were unaccounted for, and the tradition is to continue through the week as students resumed the fall semester.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Park St
Railroad St
Marriage licenses issued in probate court
Wednesday licenses include Robert Hunnel Jr 27 of Pomeroy and Martha Geary 21 of Middletonport as well as William Herbert Anderson 23 of Merit and Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld 20 of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hunnel, Jr
Martha Geary
Middleport
William Herbert Anderson
Merit
Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld
Island Queen Runs Aground At Middleport
The excursion boat Island Queen struck the shore at the lower end of Middleport in heavy fog at 3 20 am while returning from Gallipolis on the Ohio River. The vessel carried more than 500 passengers from Middleport and inland cities.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Island Queen
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Gallipolis Aerie of Eagles
Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
Piano Students To Present Recital At Heath Church
Norma Lewis Hecox presents four advanced piano students in a recital at Heath Methodist Church tonight at 8. Friends and music lovers in the vicinity are invited. Performances include two piano ensembles and solo numbers by Janet Hecox Dorothy Stewart Dame Hamilton and Margaret Gill.
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Middleport
Norma Lewis Hecox
the Heath Methodist Church
Janet Hecox
Hecox
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
O. H. Stewart
Joan Hamilton
Charles Hamilton
Columbus
Margaret Gill
Grover Gill
New Salem
Unlighted streets hinder Wilhelm-Holzer wedding party
Passengers, including members of the Wilhelm-Holzer wedding party, trudged through unlit roads and pig pens to reach town from a boat. Many stayed aboard until morning with fraternity members directing traffic at the scene. About 45,000 U S communities rely on highways for access.
Meigs County Fair Enters Second Day
Clear morning weather sets the scene for day two at the Meigs County Fair with midget auto races planned this afternoon and Friday. The midway tents and equipment arrived after a delay for the Washington County Fair and workers prepared the shows for operation. WPA groups display their work among many exhibits while the dirt race track received salt brine and was watered for smooth racing conditions.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Washington County
WPA
Meigs County August Car Sales Reach Forty-One Vehicles
Records from the clerk of courts show Meigs County dealers sold forty-one new cars in August including thirteen trucks.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Leaders in Federal Project Hold Meeting
The Advisory Council of the Housekeepers Aid WPA project met Wednesday night at the WPA building. Members from various agencies discussed project problems and Edith Chanel, Field Supervisor, attended. A luncheon with the council is planned for next month.
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Pomeroy
Housekeepers Aid
WPA
Edith Chanel
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Wild Sisters
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Charleston
Mary Jean Bailey
Herman Bailey
Malcolm Allen
David Ohlinger
Middleport Personali
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Nallen
J. N. Humphrey
Ruth Humphrey
Portsmouth
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Buckeye Lake
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Esther Louise Hoyt
Bess
Max Sanborn
Tehuacana
Texas
Hoyt
Westminister Junior College
Ohio University
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Xenia
Thelma Williams
Martha Jane Downing
Charles Singleton
Paul Leonard
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Department Store
Rutland, Ohio
H. J. Hysell
Fidelity CO
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Vasser
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Blue Castle
Silver Bridge
Freshway Coffee
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Chipso
Libby
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Sunkist
Butter Caldwell Creamery
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