Pomeroy Schools Report Enrollment Slightly Down
Pomeroy Junior and Senior High School enrollments show a net decrease of forty students for the new year. Senior High reports 281 students with 167 girls and 114 boys, while Junior High lists 215 students.
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Pomeroy
J. E. White
Ray Farnham
Theunior High School
Asses
Ethel Garland
Margaret Chapman
W. A. Smith
fAarion Ebersbach
George Blackburn
Edith Bowen
V. A. Drake
Asa Hoskins
K. J. E. White
Velma Gearys
James Clark
Jean Russell
Willis Aleshire
Miss Murray
Gladys Crooks
Charles Gibbs
Aaron Zahl
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Weekend Activities
Social column covers Five Hundred Club hosts Mr and Mrs Roy Barnes and guests Mr and Mrs Gordon Harris with high scores by Lee Rudisell and Mrs Barnes. Various locals and visitors attend concerts and visits, including Alvira Jones returning from Canada and multiple regional travelers and family gatherings in Middleport and area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Barnes
Gordon Harris
Lee Rudisell
Barnes
Ohio University to welcome Middleport students this fall
Middleport will be well represented at Ohio University Athens this fall as Misses Alice Louise Lam nth Garber and Margaret Mesgall and graduates Kenneth Entsminger Harry Craig Jr William Robson Jr Orville Chambers Charles Lewis and William Garber depart this week for study.
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Ti Middleport
Middleport
Ohio
Mantises Kept As Pets By Orientals Said To Be Common
A historical note claims praying mantises, described as the most blood about insect, are carried as pets by Orientals. The statement reflects dated ethnocentric phrasing and stereotypes about cultural practices.
Pythian Park Set for Meigs Co Fair Opening
With three days left before the Meigs County Fair kickoff on Thursday, Pythian Park in Middleport is buzzing with final setup. Exhibits concessions and displays fill the grounds as fair officials announce cash handling for premiums and expenses with payments due within three days after the event.
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Pomeroy
Pythian Park
Middleport
Fair Board
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Births and Happenings
Birth announced of twins to Mr and Mrs James Maness of Arlington Maryland. Local residents attend and visit relatives including teachers, students and workers moving to new posts and colleges. Community clubs plan events, hospital updates, and school PTA meeting agenda with a squirrel hunting season notice and a new Army Air Corps propeller development noted.
Democratic candidates thinned out in Pomeroy race
The slate for village offices was reduced when several candidates failed to pay the filing fee. Remaining contenders include Mayor Charles Ricketts, Clerk George Faris, and four for council James Fugate Joe Raub Albert Woodard Norman Klees. Education candidates are J. O. Roedel John F. Blaettnar and Robert G. Webster.
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Pomeroy
Charles Ricketts
George Faris
Council
James Fugate
Joel Raub
Albert Woodard
Norman Klees
Pomeroy Board of Education
J. O. Roedel
John F. Blaettnar
Robert G. Webster
Roedel
Blaettnar
Workers' Alliance Plans WPA Wage Scale Adjustment
A delegation will travel to Columbus later this week to consult WPA officials over a reduced wage scale in Meigs County. George Bowers, secretary of the Workers' Alliance, said a committee met with local WPA officials last week and outlined steps aligned with plans from a meeting with Pomeroy businessmen.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Workers’ Alliance
WPA
Meigs County
George Bowers
Bowers
Starr News Notes Recap Of Local Visits And Travel
Starr community notes list visits by Wavalene Prim mer Ella O Neill and others to Peters Primmer O Neill Eggleston and Milstead families. Dayton trips involve Cottrills Edna and E E O Neill. Buckeye Lake and Columbus outings are noted. Principal Esther O Neill resumes duties at Logan East End School as family and neighbors scheme and visit across town.
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Starr News
Starr
Wavalene Primmer
Ella O'Neill
Walters Peters
Frank Cottrill
Zeke Hoskins
Dayton
Ohio
Don Cottrill
Edna Cottrill
Harry Primmer
E. S. Eggleston
Buckeye Lake
Galena Arnold
Grant Bouls
Mabel Cooke
Jess Walker
George O'Neill
Helen Milstead
Herman Cooke
Jen Fry
Union Furnace
E. E. O'Neill
Columbus
Welcome Oplin
Walter Peters
Mary Hixenbaugh
Tuesay
Dorothy Carter
Pete Rice
Dan Carter
Fred Scott
Safe Eggleston
Faculty Shifts Highlight Middleport School Year
Middleport High School fills one vacancy with Louise Drake from Waterford and adjusts assignments across the Junior and Central schools. Principal transfers include Leo Kennedy to Pearl Street to lead the Pearl Street Junior High with new staff. changes also affect Park Street and Central School as grades shift and a calendar for 1939 1940 is announced with key dates.
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Middleport
Louise Drake
Waterford
Amesville
Cline Matthews
Social Security
Leo Kennedy
Park St
Pearl St
Susie Taylor
Alvira Jones
Charles Pickens
Marshall McCuen
Central School
M. A. White
Pearl Reynolds
Mildred Hawley
Virgie Major
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens
Condition of Boy Reported Serious
MIDDLEPORT Reports from Holzer Hospital that Jack Bachner 12 son of Mr and Mrs Ray Bachner remains critically ill The boy was released after five months and had enjoyed summer play with friends before a relapse last week Mrs Walter Burns Harris who recently gave birth Tuesday night is listed as seriously ill After several blood transfusions and oxygen therapy her condition shows slight improvement Mr Harris aunt Mrs Margaret Croushore of Glouster serves as special nurse
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Don Sauvage
Charleston
Griff Sauvage
Roger Sauvage
Langsville
Charles Smith
Clarence McnCary
Princeton
W. Va
Jolanda Roush
Lee Roush
J. E. Harley
Zanesville
John Kincaid
Harley
Charles Asa Bradbury
B. F. Barnes
tr.Parkersburg
Roy Barnes
Ss. L. A. Fu
Catherine
Melissa
Gordon Harris
Mr. Harris
Columbus
Feay
Melissa Hennesy
Capital University
Jacob Young
Alliance
Mr. Young
John Young
Hugh Rousey
Pomeroy
Middleport Hill
Charles Paul
Michigan
David Paul
Kingsbury
Frank Rathburn
Youngstown
James Maness
Arlington
T. E. Maness
Dorothy Reibel
Frederickstown
Louis Reibel
Marcella Reibel
Allen Chase
Washington, D. C
John Chase
Union Ave
Caddie Bing
Edith Ray
Vienna
Gertrude French
Rosemary Phillips
A. R. Knight
Main St
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
Pittsburgh
Phillips
Arthur Fick
Renzo Mechini
Kimble Hite
Findlay
Findlay College
Young Hite
Findlay School
Simpson Methodist Church
Jacob Mees
Parent-Teacher Association of Central School
Fred Rosenbaum
Twilight Garden Club
Lucretia Genheimer
Mulberry Ave
J. S. Clark
Lorenzo Davis
L. D. Davis
Helen Keiser
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Jack Bachner
Ray Bachner
Jack
Walter Burns Harris
Harris
Margaret Croushore of
Glouster
Chester Sanders
Millfield
Dow Sanders
Albany
Thomas R. Savage
White Cross Hospital
Chauncey Mine
Chauncey
Dennis McDaniel
Port Clinton
H. O. McDaniel
Martena
Andrew Jackson
Burg Johnston
F. H. Staffinger
W. D. Hines
Ezra J. Karns
Lee Dowler
Athens
Herbert and
Jenkins Clifford Shafer
Carl Shafer
Mound St
John Wendt
Dwight Bolen
B. F. Goodson
Sam Eblen
John Eblen
James Edwards
Hysell Run
West Virginia
Samuel Eblen
Pomeroy to See Radio Barn Dance at Junior High
The Renfro Valley Barn Dance will be presented Friday evening September 15 on the Junior High School auditorium stage. Firemen sponsor the event and the program airs on three major networks with a large audience. Reserved seats go on sale after Monday September 11 at Rosenbaum's Restaurant on E Main St.
Pomeroy to Consider Special Tax Levy
Pomeroy Village Council holds a special meeting this evening to discuss an additional tax levy to be submitted to voters in November. Routine business from last week will be disposed of. no meeting occurred last week due to Labor Day.
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Pomeroy
Ladies Aid Meeting at M E Church
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church will meet Wednesday for an all day session at the church. Quilting will be followed by a soup dinner and a business meeting in the afternoon. All members are urged to attend.
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Chauncey — Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
The
Aid
History Repeats at Gravel Hill School
Miss Virginia Major, long time primary teacher at Middleport Schools, returns as the sole instructor at Gravel Hill School as enrollment drops. The district previously expanded from a one room Gravel Hill school to a four room brick building with four teachers and over 100 pupils.
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Middleport
Virginia Major
Miss Major
Gravel Hill
Gravel Hill School
Central School
Middleport Blacks Out for Economy Measures
Local merchants report flashlight and battery shortages as pedestrians face dark streets after the Middleport council discontinued street lighting to save money. Citizens fear permanent darkness unless the three mill bond passes in November.
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Middleport
Middleport Council
Mrs Cline to Speak at Faithful Circle Bible Class
Mrs Cline of Athens will be guest speaker at the Faithful Circle Bible Class September meeting at Millfield Church of Christ. The event, at Mrs Nellie Russell's home, starts Tuesday at 6 30 p m with a potluck supper before the meeting led by class president Mrs Eleanor Sharick. Attendance is anticipated.
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Chauncey
C. R. Cline
Athens
Faithful Circle Bible
Millfield
Home Coming at Greens Run Draws Crowd
Chauncey notes report homecomings and visits as residents gather for church events His Greens Run Church of Christ home coming included a basket dinner and varied musical performances with attendees from Chauncey Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Columbus Also mentioned are hospital visits and family visits in Chauncey
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Greens
Betes
Chauncey
Greens Run Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Taylor Ridge Rohed
C. M. Anglin
Doris Mulpas
Greens Run
Bailey Run and Sugar Creek Tie in Nines
A nine inning game between Bailey Run and Sugar Creek ended in a 4 4 tie Sunday afternoon. Next Sunday September 17 a double header is scheduled at the Bailey Run diamond featuring Deanville and Bailey Run plus Sugar Creek and Bailey Run. Bailey Run is seeking games and teams should write manager Earl Pyle Millfield Ohio R D 2e.
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Chauncey
Bailey Run
Sugar Creek
Deanville
Earl Pyle
Millfield
Ohio
Mines in Chauncey District Marked for Work
Nine mines in the Chauncey district were marked for work on Monday. The active list includes No. 25 at Chauncey, Poston No. 6, Carbondale, Coonville, Kimberly, No. 255, No. 24, No. 107 and No. 90.
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Chauncey
Poston
Carbondale
Coonville
Kimberly
Chauncey Woman's Bible Class Opens Fall Activities
Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ begins fall and winter activities with an all day meeting and potluck dinner on Wednesday September 13 at Mrs. Rice Thomas home. Class president Mrs. Carl Shafer leads the event and invites all church women to attend.
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Chauncey—Loyal Woman's Bible Class
Church of Christ
Rice Thomas
Carl Shafer
Church
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