Mine Strike Halts Meigs County Coal Operations
About 300 coal miners in Meigs County went on strike Tuesday led by United Mine Workers officials over higher wages and welfare fund participation. Many larger mines remained idle Thursday while smaller mines, including Cheshire area pits, kept operating. Union meeting at Rutland vowed victory depends on each worker’s belief in the contract, with organizers pursuing price adjustments from government agencies.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Ralph Welker
Ovo
Wilbur Bailey
Seyfried
Athens Coal Co
Cheshire
Gallia
Ebersbach
Hobart
Peacock Coal Co
Erefich
Thomas Fork
House
Meigs County
Legion Hall
Rutland
H. P. Rainey
Sixth District
First PTA meeting at Lloyd Head elects new officers
Mrs. Bruce Lloyd was elected president and Mrs. Guy Reynolds named chair of the program committee at the Middleport PTA executive committee meeting held Thursday in the superintendent's office. The group plans monthly meetings the third Monday and discussed coal prices and mining wages affecting local operators and miners.
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Middleport
Parent Teachers Association
Supt
L. W. McComas
Bruce Lloyd
Guy Reynolds
Amateur Gardeners Club
E. 3. Schaa
S. Second Ave
Arthur Strauss
Presi*dent
Forrest Bachtel
Sara E. Schreiner
Schreiner
Pomeroy Names New Band Director and Music Instructor
Eden New York born Philip H Bley is hired Thursday by the Pomeroy Board of Education as instrumental music instructor and band director. He arrives Monday after honorable Army service. He holds a B S in music from a New York university and has six years teaching public school music.
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Pomeroy
Philip H. Bley
Eden
New York
Margaretsville
N. Y
Pomeroy Board
Joe Quisenberry
Syracuse
Stephan Malycke
Quisenberry
Dayton
Midget Races Set Sunday At Meigs Fairgrounds
POMEROY Midget autos race at Meigs Fairgrounds track Sunday. Promoters Thomas Fetts and Kearris Roush promise a full card of entries and dust-free surface after oil treatment by a road contracting firm. Notables include Paul Hooper Marion J J Coleman with Tiny Tim Gene Comstock Melvin Black Doc Folden Buck Rogers Charlie Stewart Wild Bill Birthetsill Earl Dixon and Joe Border.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Fairgrounds
Thomas Fetts
Kearris Roush
Roush
St. Albans
W. Va
Kearns
Theocal
Paul Hooper
Marion
J. J. Coleman
Tiny Tim
Gene Comstock
Champ
Melvin Black
Doc Folden
Buck Rogers
Charlie Stewart
Wild Bill Birthetsill
Earl Dixon
Joe Border
Week's Plans Are Listed By Churches
POMEROY churches announce a week of activities including Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. A song festival follows the sermon But God by Albert J. Shea. Other congregations list services, prayer meetings, and youth programs across Enterprise Carmel Morning Star First Baptist United Methodist Trinity Lutheran Christian Science Federated Grace Episcopal Laurel Cliff Hyssel Run free forms with varied times and speakers throughout the week.
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Pomeroy
Church OF the Nazarene
Syracuse
Albert J. Shea
Pomeroy U. B. Circuit
L. R. Carmichael
Enterprise
Christian Endeavor
Carmel
Morning Star
First Baptist
T.pt. Shelton
United Methodist
Bethany
WSCS
Trinity Lutheran
O. F. Stolzenburg of
Columbus
Fred Bilnettar
Fred Luchs
Athens
Grace Episcopal
C. G. Baird
Serman
The
Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
United
Laurel Cliff
Leroy Hiett
Hysell Run Free Methodist
Services Are Listed For Chester Circuit
Sunday notices for the Chester Methodist Circuit list Rev. E L Miller with church locations Pine Grove Alfred Minersville and others. Activities include sermons at 9 30 a m and 7 30 p m plus school sessions with specific times and a Monday women’s circuit mass meeting at Chester Methodist Church.
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Chester
Chester Methodist Circuit
E. L. Miller
Pine Grove
Alfred
Minersville
Chester Methodist Church of the Women of the Circuit
Athens
Ohio
Carthage Bor
Willian Cross
Sand HH Road
Bethany Ridge Road
George Bateman
Athens County
Dorothy J. Parmiter
Gordon Gray
Harold Rose
D you Like Melons So Does Philip Meier
POMEROY Philip H Meier a Pomeroy shoemaker enjoys his annual watermelon feast. His friend Will Crow the Watermelon King of Letart presents two melons weighing 42 and 34 pounds. Phil calls them the sweetest melons ever grown and revels in them.
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Pomeroy
Philip H. Meier
Will Crow
Letart
Phil
Pastors Plan Busy Sunday in Middleport Churches
In Middleport vacation time ends as Sunday services resume. Church of Christ hosts W A Fite from Kentucky Christian College with sermons at 10 15 am and 7 30 pm on Becoming a Great Christian and Second Coming of Christ. Other churches schedule morning sermons, Sunday School at 9 30 am, and evening services with local pastors, plus board and society meetings.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
James Keffer
W. A. Fite
Kentucky Christian College
Grayson
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Kingdom of God
William R. Grate
First Baptist Church
Pauli Smart
Charles M. Pomeroy
Heath Methodist Church
Forrest Bachtel
Ben Philson
Robert Hartley
Pomeroy
Board of Education
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Four Persons Taken to Jail POMEROX
Four individuals were jailed in Meigs County on September 1. Andrew Cother Goodnight of Cincinnati faced a petit larceny charge for breaking into a freight car, appeared before Justice Percy L. People, paid a $10 fine, and received a 30 day sentence. Charles Jeffers was jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge by the State Highway Patrol. Lloyd Ohlinger of Meigs County remained jailed awaiting admission to the State Hospital. Elizabeth Hoffner of Stiversville was arrested by Pomeroy police on September 4 for intoxication.
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Pomerox
Meigs County
Andrew Cother Goodnight
Cincinnati
New York Central Railroad
Percy L. People
State Hospital
Elizabeth Hoffner
Stiversville
Pomeroy
Harvest Home Festival at St Pauls and St Johns Churches
POMEROY St Pauls Lutheran Church and St Johns Church Chester Township plan Harvest Home Festival on Sept 8 in the St Johns Church grove. Activities start with Sunday School at 10 30 am a noon picnic dinner divine service at 2 pm with a recreation program between 1130 am and 2 pm and after the service. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. John’s Church
Chester Township
St. John's Church
Three service members return to Middleport High School
Middleport High School welcomes three returning service members. William Hubbard and Ray Evans, both Navy veterans, along with Norma Louise Wayland a WAVE, have rejoined to pursue further studies. Wayland will take special commercial work while Hubbard and Evans work toward a diploma.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
William Hubbard
Ray Evans
Navy
Norma Louise Wayland
Miss Wayland
Hubbard
Evans
Rutland Legion Post to Install Officers on Sept 9
Rutland American Legion Post No. 467 will hold an officer installation ceremony on the evening of September 9. A special speaker from Columbus will be on the program.
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Rutland Legion Post
Rutland — American Legion
Columbus
Middleport clubs host meetings and updates
The Middleport Social Notes report year end gatherings of the Amateur Gardeners Club and P. M. Club with elections, honors, and meals. Members, guests, and hosts are named, including Mrs. Schaaf, Mrs. Schreiner, and Mrs. Loyd. Various members travel, teach, or return from vacations, and reporters note future events and officer elections.
Pomeroy Social Notes and Community Notices
Pomeroy Social Notes recounts the Victory Club gathering at Mrs Edith Hood's home in Minersville for their annual chicken supper with sixteen members present and plans for a Sept 17 public party in Syracuse Junior Hall. The Meigs Pioneer Society met in Pomeroy to arrange the Amminali Memorial Service at United Methodist Church on Oct 6 led by Rev Albert Bitters.
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Victory Club
Edith Hood
Ville
Syracuse Junior Hall
Meigs Pioneer Society
Pomeroy
United. Methodist
Albert Bitters
E. Whingsland
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