Pomeroy and Middleport Councils Hold Busy Sessions
Pomeroy and Middleport councils met Monday night with residents protesting water bills above the $2 monthly minimum after new meters were installed. A resolution directs the water committee to meet Meigs Water Company officials to investigate. Other actions include a 30 day taxi zone trial on Lynn Street and centralizing taxi phone service. Yellow curb parking was proposed at three fire houses. Damages claim for a window was sent to the finance committee, and several street issues were referred for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Canterbury
First Ward
T. W. Benge
Finance Committee
Street Committee
Millfield Church Of Christ Women Host Friday Meeting
Mrs Nancy Sanders, teacher of the Martha Bible Class, will host the monthly Millfield Church of Christ women’s group at her home Friday night. The meeting is led by Mrs Viola Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Nancy Sanders
Improvement On Route 7 Starts Monday
In Middleport 150 WPA laborers began work on the Route 7 project, awarded to S. Monroe Company of Portsmouth for 25329 dollars, 1631 dollars under the estimate. The 0.767 mile concrete road from Third Street to near Ross Powell’s property will have a brick top and a sidewalk along its length, with completion due by November 15. Clyde Jones oversees the WPA crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
WPA
S. Monroe Company of
Portsmouth
Tom W. Jones
Third St
Locust St
Corporation Line
Ross Powell
Clyde Jones
Garden Club reports prize winners at Meigs County Fair
Middleport Garden Club outlined prize winning entries from the Meigs County Fair and noted more than 14 dollars in prize money. New member Clinton Fisher was welcomed and traveling prize went to Mrs Roy Lansbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Garden Club
Meigs County Fair
Walter Harris
Clinton Fisher
Roy Lansbury
Hebrew Evangelist Adler Levite to Speak in Middleport
The Rev Adler Levite a Hebrew Christian evangelist will present his conversion story at 7 30 pm Wednesday Sept 11 at the First Baptist Church Middleport The speaker a Moody Bible Institute graduate born in Odessa Russia aims to found a home for young Jewish boys who convert to Christianity He welcomes questions on his people and their troubles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Adler Levite
Withrow
Union Mission
Charleston
W. Va
First Baptist Church
Levite
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Odessa
Russia
Burton Claim Held Up by Riverfront Property Dispute
The Middleport council revived the Ernest Burton claim over a riverfront parcel worth about 200 dollars, while the town and Burton dispute ownership amid a government flowage payment hold. A Route 7 road project report and town expense details were reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Burton
Burton
O. H. Stewart
Edgar Ervin
Paul Swisher
Fisher
Fred Lemley
Swisher
Trail Association To Meet In Harrisonburg Oct 13 14
Blue and Gray Trail Association's annual meeting led by president W A Compton will convene October 13 and 14 in Harrisonburg Virginia with a local delegation planning to accompany him. The meeting follows Harrisonburg's Rockingham Turkey Festival October 10 and 11 as county turkey production nears 4000033 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Blue and Gray Trail Association
W. A. Compton
Harrisonburg
Compton
Rockingham
Rockingham County
Pastor Includes News In Church Bulletins
Weekly bulletin from Rev. Ralph Kuether at the Federated Church blends service schedules with local items. It highlights night blooming cereas of neighbor Mrs L A Person, notes wartime charity challenges, praises church women’s migrant camp items, and offers various community comments.
The English Channel and the Straits of Dover
The English Channel, also called the Straits of Dover, lies between southern England and northern France. It connects the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean and is a key route for maritime traffic and cross channel ferries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
English Channel
Straits of Dover
Pomeroy Social Notes and PTA Meeting Announcements
Pomeroy social notes record J C F class meeting on Lincoln Hill at Mrs Malcolm D Hartleys home with 14 members present and a forthcoming church society merger plan. Syracuse PTA opens its season with a 7 30 pm meeting in the school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C.F
Lincoln Hill
Malcolm D. Hartley
T. A. Downie
T. F. Tompkins
Norman Foss
Ralph Gilmore
Pearl Hysell
Jed Webster
Gertrude Smith
Leverett Roush
Church
Syracuse to Play All Star Team Sunday at Pomeroy Park
Syracuse with local stars in the lineup faces the Ohio Valley All Stars at Pomeroy Park in Syracuse on Sunday. Pitcher Harry Potts of Loga n Va joins Eddie Guinther George M Red Jenkins and Lloyd Dinty Moore from Oswego N Y in a homecoming style exhibition. Jenkins and Moore helped Syracuse beat Parkersburg 5 2 Sunday.
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Wilbur Young
Floranell
Kathleen Martin
Harry Hazelton
Raymond Sohn
Columbus
Charles Welch
Kenneth Hysell
Huntington
Rolla Young
Wright Sr
George Parker
Mulberry Ave
Ed Foster
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Elizabeth Reiter
Roger Conant
Lakewood
Ohio
Howard McIntosh
Nye Ave
George Wright
Glenora Wright
Coolville
Car Hood
St. Joseph Hospital
Oswego
N. Y
Syracuse
Jenkins
Moore
Record Crop Reported By Middleport Man
Homer Hysell of upper Middleport set a quirky new record by planting one package each of lettuce seed and beets, 12 tomato plants, and half a gallon of onion sets. He harvested a single pumpkin.
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Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Upper Middleport
Hysell
Victory Day to be Held by Meigs Church Group
Meigs County Churches of Christ plan Victory Day at Rock Springs Fairgrounds next Sunday. Rev. Bert Wilson of Indianapolis will speak at 2 p.m. The event follows a summer drive boosting attendance across 13 churches with record expectations and a 11,863 Sunday School attendance across campaigns. A mass choir of five singers from each church will perform.
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Pomeroy
Churches of Christ of
Bradbury
Bradford
Dexted
Hemlock Grove
Keno
Long Bottom
Middleport
Orange
Rutland
Reedsville
Tuppers Plains
Zion
Fellowship of Churches
Churches of Christ
Ohio Theater Reopens On Full Time Basis
The Ohio Theater in Athens will reopen on a full time basis this week. Under Schine Theaters policy, two features will show on Sunday Monday and Tuesday, with a complete program change on Wednesday and Friday, offering accessible action pictures at popular prices for Athens and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nolan
Schine Theaters
Athens
Ohio
The
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Meeting Notes
The Middleport Phi Delta Kappa met last night and accepted Lewis Koehler Jr resignation as secretary. Koehler, employed by Purity Bottling Works, will enter Ohio University Athens next week. A report on the Island Queen boat excursion shows over 700 tickets sold to residents of Middleport Pomeroy and Athens. The boat outing was financially successful and refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Gail Curtis
June Nester
Lorena Gardner
Columbus
Chester
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Octavia Cavin
Maria Cavin
M. J. McCarty
S. Third Ave
Kenneth Roush
Logan
Roush
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Bettie Becker
Purity Dairy
Alyce Ebersbach
Ohio University
A. W. McKay
Agnes Wells
Parkersburg
Mary Jane
McKay
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Lewis Koehler, Jr
Koehler
Purity Bottling Works
Athens
Pomeroy
Reed elected chairman of Ohio Bankers Group Seven
Theodore T. Reed vice president of Farmers Bank and Savings Co. was chosen chairman of Group Seven of the Ohio Bankers Association at a St Clairsville meeting attended by over 250 bankers from Athens Belmont Coshocton Guernsey Hocking Meigs Monroe Morgan Muskingum Noble Perry and Washington counties. Reed will succeed G B Smith of Malta National Bank.
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Pomeroy
Theodore T. Reed
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Ohio Bankers Association
St. Clairsville
Athens
Belmont
Coshocton
Guernsey
Hocking
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble, Perry
Washington
Reed
G. B. Smith
Malta National Bank
Army Enlists Wolfe and McCloud Sent to Ft. Bragg
Ray Arnold Wolfe and Howard McCloud have been admitted to the United States Army and sent to Ft. Bragg North Carolina Relatives report Wolfe is son of William Wolfe and McCloud is son of Sam McCloud and Mrs Wolfe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray Arnold Wolfe
Howard McCloud
United States Army
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Wolfe
William Wolfe
McCloud
Sam McCloud
M L French Charged With Criminal Libel
Marion L. French a Pt Pleasant coal dealer pleaded not guilty to a Mason County West Virginia charge of criminal libel. He allegedly circulated handbills attack ing Attorney Jack Johnson and Captain Charles Roberts as a back story to a forced sale of the steamer Margaret Hall to cover back wages. French denied seeing the handbills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Roberts
French
Margaret Hall
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Athens Messenger
Ohto
Pomeroy and
Brenda Joyce
Maryland
Ralph Bellamy
Mischaauer
Charlie Ruggles
George Murphy
Maxie Rosenbloom
Panama
Tonite Final Errol Flynn
Schine 'S
Athena
CWC Theatre
Gene Autry
Carolina Moon
U. S
Gaston Henri- Haye
United States
Nazi Germany
Middleport Social Notes
David Miller
C. O. Fisher
Harry M. Cross
Board of Education
John Zerkle
H. M. Cross
James Lewis
Cross
Miller
Russell
Darst
Zerkle
Rawlings
Lewis
Floyd Daniels
Beech Sr
Council
Beech St
Indian Refining Company
Pomeroy Salt Company
H. R. Barnes
Archer
Beasley
Lyons
J. Faehnle & Son
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Georgia Williamson
R. A. Miller
James Buchanan
Mason City
Russell Fields
Buchanan
Grant
Helen Amick
Herbert Amick
Blaetmar Automobile Company
Third Ave
Frances Curtis
John Curtis
S. Third St
Edward McIntosh
McIntosh
Middleport High School
Bell Telephone Company
Pomeroy High School
McSweeney Auto School of
Detroit
R. V. Ebersbach
Pearl McCreary
Harriett McIntosh
Turner
Benjamin F. Turner
Veterans’ Organization
Wilkersville
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Pomeroy Personals
Trail Association
Pomeroy Social Notes
PTA
MERT
Syracuse Parent-Teachers Association
Sam Penn
S. B. Davis
Herb Spencer
Springfield
Charles Murray
Murray
Virginia Dill
Win McMurray
Mechanic St
Ernest Ohlinger
E. W. Schreiver
Bessie Bentz
Vaneta Ashworth
D. D. Ward
New Plymouth
Wise
mcCarty
Hesson
Enews Cantwell
Rere Wenmouth
Ceneka
Brookover
Ancece
Cewie
Eneneeece
Osnouce
Cottrill
L. Moore
Cowie
Ohio Theater
Taybe
Colonial
CCUM
Telcom
Berry Hotel Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Bankers Association
Theodore Reed
M. L. French
New York
Chillicothe
San Francisco
Dayton
W. Unio
Wash, Pb
St. Lous
Cincinnati
Way Fais
Aom
Rand
Wade
Morgan St
Glouster, O
Sacsoa RT
Ale Gas Company
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