Bells and Whistles at Middleport Usher in Consumer NRA Drive
Middleport begins a consumer pledge drive to support the President's recovery program with church bells and sirens. Charles McMaster leads as general. George Childs oversees organization. Rev. F C Kreager heads education and promotion. Seven district leaders drive household calls and pledge cards. Labor survey lists professions and employment counts. aim is full cooperation by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles McMaster
George Childs
F. C. Kreager
NRA
Racine Dam Chief To Get Kanawha Position
Racine Dam chief engineer Harry Wilson will be transferred to a Kanawha River dam in a promotion. He has led Racine Dam for about 15 years. The family will move once the Kanawha home is ready, with four children joining him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson
Racine
Racine Dam
Kanawha River
Wilson
Kanawha
Kidnapping Charge Brought Against Three From Middleport
Pomeroy report states Mr. and Mrs. James Hendricks and Mrs. Eaph Dalrymple of Middleport are being returned from Zanesville to face court on a kidnapping charge. Warrant filed by Raph Dalrymple alleges the trio abducted his 13 year old son Jack and forced him to beg and steal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
James Hendricks
Eaph Dalrymple
Middleport
Otho Tracey
Zanesville
Raph Dalrympie
Jack Dalrymple
Returning to Pomeroy After 29 Years F Bengel Visits
Fd Bengel of California Pennsylvania came back to his hometown of Monkey Run for the first time in 29 years. He was joined by his son Ernest Bengel and his daughter Mrs Frank Kennedy and her husband from Pittsburgh. Bengel was born and raised in Monkey Run and left Pomeroy as a young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Fd Bengel
California
Ernest Bengel
Frank Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Bengel Wes
Monkey Run
Peterson's Ointment claims quick relief for piles
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a rapid cure for painful piles. It promises relief within minutes and days with a money back guarantee and tube packaging options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Peterson’s
Ady
Tax Reduction Meeting in Pomeroy Friday
Meigs County taxpayers will meet Friday night at the Courthouse under the Meigs County Taxpayers League to discuss County Auditor H J Blackmore’s proposed 20 percent reduction on all agricultural lands and town properties. League speakers will present reasons for the cut and residents may express opinions. all interested may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Taxpayers’ League
H. J. Blackmore
Ohio Tax Commission
League
Local residents visit relatives and return home
Middleport residents Mr and Mrs Augustus Wilson and two children returned to Russell Kentucky after visiting Mr Wilsons aunts Mrs J K Smith and Mrs Frank Knopp. Resner A Zeiher and family come home for Akron after visiting Columbus and relatives. Dan L Farmer ill with hay fever. Mrs D C Miller hosts bridge club. Mrs Hessop Russell from Logan visits. Ross Peters from Columbus builds porch and garage for the Thomases on Pearl Street. Downing Roush family vacationed in Kananga. Ida Stevens and son Hobart visit from Petersburg. J B Downing and Charleston trip with daughter Mrs Charles Singleton and others return from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
J. K. Smith
Frank Knopp
Russell
Resner A. Zeiher
Columbus
E. L. Manuel
Lester
Plante and Bradbury
Akron
Downing Roush
Kananga
Ida Stevens
Hobart
Perkersburg
J. M. Stevens
South Third Avenue
J. B. Downing
Labor Day
Charleston
Charles Singleton
R. H. Horden
Jane Stansbury
New Taxes Take Effect in District Briefing
Pomeroy reports new taxes in effect since Sept 1 raise prices across admissions cosmetics beer tax and malt tax. Admission tax adds one cent per ten cents paid. Chester Ball Club lowers baseball prices to 10 cents. theaters raise to 35 cents. Cosmetics tax stays at 10 percent. beer cap tax drops to one cent. stamps replaced by new one-cent stamps. malt taxed ten cents per pound with stamp adoption pending. County auditor H J Black issues guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester Ball Club
H. J. Blackmore
Bengel Family Reunion Attended by Twenty Relatives
Twenty relatives gathered for a Bengel family reunion on Labor Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bengel in Gravel Hill Middleport. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Downie and son William of Columbus and several Bengel relatives from Marietta Chicago New York City Pittsburgh Pomeroy Augusta Ky and Charleston. Mrs. Downie and Miss Catharine Bengel planned a two week visit in Pomeroy before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bengel
T. H. Bengel
Gravel Hill
C. BE. W. Downie
William
Columbus
Harold Brabbin
Charleston
Charles Bengel
Gladys
Marietta
George Siegler
G. H. Jones
Foreign Missionary Society Meets in Grant Street Home
The For eign Missionary Society of the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church gathers for a Tuesday evening program hosted by Mrs. El mer Miller in Grant Street. Mrs. Nan Moore, society president, led the devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Foreign Missionary Society of the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmer Miller
Grant Street
Nan Moore
Former Middleport Students to Attend Ohio State University
Middleport Ohio reports former High School students set to attend Ohio State University Columbus this year after fall quarter opens October 3. Harold Lohse Fred Kanause and Wayne Swisher enroll in College of Pharmacy along with Dan L Farmer Orville Chambers and Merrill Peters. Mrs James Sisson notes nephew James Bisson improved at Hopemont Sanitorium W V parents Fred Sisson and Billy visited Labor Day. Dillard family took daughters Hortense and Janet to Charleston for tonsil and adenoid removal at McMillan Hospital with plans to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Harold Lohse
Fred Kanause
Wayne Swisher
Dan L. Farmer
Orville Chambers
Merrill Peters
Lohse
Kanause
Swisher
College of Pharmacy
Midpleport
James Stevens
South Third Avenue
James Bisson
Hopemont
W. Va
Fred Sisson
Billy
J. F. Dillard
Hortense
Janet
Charleston
Tuesaday
McMillan Hospital
Middleton family returns home after Canada and Detroit trip
Dr and Mrs Middleton and children finish a week with Mia Jennie Middleton and others in Middleport then travel back to Dayton on Labor Day. Dr Middleton resumes duties at the Miami Valley Hospital after a several week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Davis Middleton
Canada
Detroit
Mia
Jennie Middleton
Dayton
Middleton
Miami Valley Hospital
Guthries and neighbors recall a busy Parkersburg trip
Alfred Guthrie and Mrs. Guthrie visited Parkersburg for Miss Vietta Parker in hospital surgery. Many locals traveled to Tiffin, Columbus State Fair, Marietta, and Coolville for family visits and events including Swartz reunion and Orange homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Guthrie
Parkersburg
Vietta Parker
Manning le Favor
Glouster
le Favor
Albert Morris
Henry Weaver
Garett Worthen
J. M. Bentz
Tiffin
Freda Cole
Ruth Shumway
Mary Cole
Alvin Cole
Guy Cole
Harry Uthrie
Vern Shumway
Columbus
Martin Keehler
Lucille Bailey
Clarence Partow
Coolville
Miasthia Fae Swartz
Marietta
Dana Swarts
Jacob Zyler
Pomeroy
Lee Henderson
Divorcee Pursues Extradition of Ex-Husband Gill
In Pomeroy Ohio on September 6 Deputy Dana Tracy left for Chicago to secure extradition of Ernest A. Gill, indicted for non support. Gill, jailed in Chicago, may contest extradition as Mrs. Gill seeks his return to Meigs County. Tracy will seek papers in Columbus and governor consent in Illinois. Mrs. Gill funds all travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ernest A. Gill
Meigs County
Dana Tracy
Chicago
Gill
Tracy
Columbus
Springfield
Ill
Ohio
Athens Road
Ames Bern Represented At Ohio State Junior Fair
At Columbus last week the Ames Bern Future Farmers competed in the fifth annual Ohio State Junior Fair with 45 educational exhibits stressing farming ability leadership scholarship and thrift. The Ames Bern booth won third premium in farming ability while 400 animals entered swine and market hog classes 200 poultry pens 250 sheep and lamb entries and 150 potato class entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
B. P. Sandles
Future Farmer
Ames-Bern
Future Farmers
Lee Dorr
Kenneth Loeffier
Edward Keirns
Lee
Roy Hale
Chesterhill
Dale Thompson
Don Strode
Dale
Vernon Wymer
Rutland Residents Return From Trips and Visits
Rutland residents recount travels and visits across several states. Ben Powell family returns from Columbus. Bert and Clair Taylor visit Columbus and Akron. John Beckley illness improves. Hoppes and McKnight return from World's Fair. Clara and Stella Bean Eleanor Weaver and Co D Henry visit Bertha Rathburn. Ivor Young meets Rathburn family. Gaylord Bogardus vacations in Fitchfield Massachusetts. Hugh Evans Day ton visits Rathburn. Carl Reeves’ wife Verda Brown returns from Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Powell
Columbus
Bert Taylor
Clair Taylor
Akron
John Beckley
Herman Hoppes
Everett McKnight
Clara
Stella Bean
East St. Louie
Eleanor Weaver
Houston
Texas
Co. D. Henry
Amesville
Bertha Rathburn
Ivor Young
Young
Gaylord Bogardus
Fitchfield
Mass
Hugh Evans
Dayton
Carl Reeves
Chillicothe
Verda Brown
Jacksonville News Notes Social Guests and Family Events
Jacksonville society page lists visits from the Beaver and Koons families of Trimble and Ft Wayne. Other guests include Dehman and Evans families from Columbus, and Detroit and Chicago visitors. A Labor Day basket dinner celebrated the Seckinger forty first anniversary with many relatives attending.
Parkersburg and nearby residents visit kin across counties
Portland Mrs. Robert Wesch and Mittle daughter visit her Parkersburg grandparents the McKelveys. Mrs. Mary Baker of Pittsburgh visits her mother Mrs. Paynter. Mrs. Harry Swan and son spend a week with Swan's Parkersburg relatives. W G McKelvey family visit Letart. Harry Adams Wilda and a friend vacation with his father Mr. W E McDade. Mrs Bila Roush and grandson visit Pittsburgh roots. Mr and Mrs John Browning Ruth Thompson return to Columbus. Dana Browning and Apple Grove relatives spend Sunday locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wesch
Mittle
Parkersburg
W. G. McKelvey
Mary Baker
Pittsburgh
Mary Paynter
Harry Swan
Bila Roush
Lucy Roush
John Browning
Ruth Thompson
Columbus
Dana Browning
Apple Grove
Reunion Being Planned for Greens Run Christ Church
Greens Run Church of Christ youth group plans a church home coming with church board consent. Meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Snyder in Jacksonville featured devotions by Rev. G B Courtney and a class offering. Members present included Emmett Olbers Pearl Brown Charles Cordray Virgil Fierbaugh and Wayne Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greens Run Church of Christ
Wayne Snyder
Jacksonville
G. B. Courtney
Virgil Fierbaugh
Emmett Olbers
Pearl Brown
Charles Cordray
Chauncey Labor Day Guests Visit Area Families
Labor Day gatherings in Chauncey and nearby towns feature Mr. and Mrs. Henry Osborne hosting guests from Athens Middleport and Chauncey. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Jacoby and Ada Bess Sayre, Lyle Powell, and Florence Ann Dane Osborne. Other visits include families from TupPers Plains Powellton and Athens observers at local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Henry Osborne
Labor Day
Mill Street
Della
Powellton
W. Va
Roy Pendergrass
Arthur Burchfield
Kenneth
Lower Plains
Logan and
Glouster
Harry Moore
Melvin
Shafer
Athens Armory
Local families enjoy Labor Day visits and reunions
Leonard Smith and family of Zanesville spent Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Diek. East Liverpool visitors Mrs. Hershel Livezey and Mrs. Bell Jordan traveled to Pirney West Virginia with Miss Freda Jordan. The Jordans returned Sunday with Bert Taylor and daughter Adria Frost. Mrs. John Beckley attended Standard Bearers class meeting marking the end of a membership drive. Jess Woods and family joined Woods and Stansbury relatives at the Woods reunion in State Farm. Julia Stansbury's return to Xenia follows a visit. Deem and Deaver joined the Deem reunion at Parkersburg. Carl Reeves entertained guests Herman Hoppes Paul Winn Vernon Mills and Leverett Routh at a six oclock dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Smith
Zanesville
Labor Day
Ernest Diek
Hershel Livezey
East Liverpool
Bell Jordan
Pirney
W. Va
Freda Jordan
Jordan
Bert Taylor
Columbus
Adria Frost
John Beckley
Methodist Church
State Farm
Jess Woods
Marion Woods
Ernest Stansbury
Julia Stansbury
Xenia
Deem
Deaver
Parkersburg
Carl Reeves
Herman Hoppes
Paul Winn
Vernon Mills
Leverett Routh
Pomeroy
Labor Day Guests in Chauncey At Jacobs Avenue Home
Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Pendergrass hosted Labor Day dinner at their Jacobs Avenue home Chauncey with guests from Nelsonville Columbus and McKinney Texas including Mrs. Mary Robertson Maud Figgins and many Figgins children and Rollie Monroe Johnson family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Roy B. Pendergrass
Labor Day
Jacobs Avenue
Mary Robertson
Maud Figgins
John
Betty
Jane
Alonzo
Paul Figgins
Nelsonville
Edward Figgins
Max
Elizabeth Figgins
Rollie Figgins
Columbus
Monroe Johnson
McKinney
Texas
Dover News Briefs Highlight Local Family Visits
Chauncey reports Clifford Banfield Jr. returned from a three week visit to Orbiston with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Banfield. Elizabeth Robinett of Millfield visited her daughter in Nelsonville and Donna Lou Sisson returned with cousin Jeane Matheny from a Matheny visit. Chester Sanders of Millfield returned from a stay with son Don in Albany. Fred Sanders and children of Trimble Heights spent Labor Day weekend in Millfield with the Sanders parents. William Robinett Jr and children from Columbus spent Labor Day in Chauncey with Floyd and Mary Stanley. Mrs. George Harvey Nye and son George W Nye of Channery visited in Charleston W Va with G Guthrie family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ida South
Thomas Palmer
Charles Beaver
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Cr. L. Koons
Trimble
Beaver
Koons
South
Palmer
Harry Dehman
Norma Jean
Columbus
Carl Dehman
David Evans
Stanford Evans
Frank Rabe
Ralph
Frances
Akron
Ana
Anna
Kathryn Edzikowski
Helen Rudensky
William Alexy
William
Detroit
Mich
Joe Edzikowski
Denver Gibbs
Sycamore
Charles Kalt
Sandyville
W. Va
Stanley
Charleston
William Kalt
Harvey Luther
Luther
George Luther
O. D. Samples
Rodger
William Hallam
William Shust
Marty Duez
Fred Hallam
Chicago
Lorene Miller
Wm. Hallam
B. S. Mills
Margaret Neese
Syracuse
John Chappelear
Jack Gerber
Cincinnati
Martha Marion
Katherine Whaley
Frank Dunlevy
David Cox
John Cox
Tom Cox
Cox
James Morris
John Seckinger
Clell Seckinger
Glouster
Roy Seckinger
Alliance
Custer Seckinger
Leroy
Salem
Hoy Seckinger
LaDonna and
Hoy Jr
William Gibbs
Dayton
Chauncey
Clifford Banfield, Jr
Orbiston
Mrs Henry Banfield
Elizabeth Robinett
Millfield
Ivan Matheny
Nelsonville
Donna Lou Sisson
Matheny
Jeane Matheny
Chester Sanders
Don Sanders
Albany
Fred Sanders
Trimble Heights
William Robinett, Jr
Billie Lee
Labor Day
Clifford Bantiely
Betty Lou
Culuar
Mildrin Halliday
Clarion
James B
Clarence Clarence, Jr
Roberts
Billie
Frank Hath Banfield
Mr and
Field
Chauncey Visitors and Local Updates
Mrs. Joe Bridgewater and Miss Winnona Bridgewater of Chauncey spent Labor Day weekend with relatives in Barberton and Akron and visited Lake Erie. A. L. Preston of Chauncey vacationed in Dayton with Wesley Syx and guests include Rachel Lowery from Columbus and Mrs. William Gibbs of Glouster. The Carter family from Columbus, former Chauncey residents, visited their son B. E. Carter and family on Converse Street. Merritt Martin of Crooksville spent the weekend with the Carters. Edith Coulson of Chauncey improves after a fall at home on High Street. Dan Friedberg and family, summering in Chauncey, depart for Cleveland where he teaches high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Joe Bridgewater
Winnona Bridgewater
Barberton
Akron
Lake Erie
A. L. Preston
Dayton
Wesley Syx
Syx
Rachel Lowery
Columbus
William Gibbs
Glouster
J. B. Carter
B. E. Carter
Converse Street
Merritt Martin
Crookaville
Edith Coulson
High Street
Dan Friedberg
Isaac Wilson
Cleveland
Friedberg
Mrs Barbara Smith Committed After Lunacy Hearing
Pomeroy residents report Mrs Barbara Smith of Tanners Run was committed to the state hospital at Athens after a lunacy hearing in probate court. She was transported to Athens Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Barbara Smith
Tanners Run
Athens
Chauncey Mining Operation Reportedly Underway Today
Fragmentary notice lists Chauncey areas including No 25 Posy Run and Black No 107 with names such as Bantiely Halliday and Hath Banfield among workers. Details unclear but indicates active mining at Chauncey with a noted force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey No
Cally
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Ross Peters
Fred Thomas
Pearl Street
Thomas
Missions Society Meets
Middleport High
Fund For Columbus
James Sisson
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Alfred
Maxine Bahr
Long Bottom
Will Folirod
Coy Mawk
Dana Swartz
Swartz
Woody Grove
William Bentz
Emily
Will Shrieber
Huntington
Arthur Hawk
John Hawk
Phoenix High School
Arizona
Orange
Miller Beam
Delbert Gau
Martin Keoblew
Amee-Bern High School
Kenneth Loeffler
Raymond Mendenhall
Blaine Mart
George Newburn
J. L. McKitrick
Rutland
the Colonial Finance Company
North Court Street
Jacksonville News
By Arlene Davis
Henry Kiser
Sheridan West
Frank Binderbasin
Portland
W. E. McDade
Ohio Millers State Association
F. J. Beasley CO
Greens Run Christ Church
C. D. Shafer CO
News of Dover
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Ge Cey
Ingas
Tary
Edward
Mert
Sept
Society of Greens
Christ
Lena Leake
Clara Cannon de Olbers
Tor Ever
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Potter Corporation
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Lew
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