Opening Day at Meigs County Fair Brims with Midway Activity
Meigs County Fair opens with the largest midway in its history. Ray Gibbs notes new shows finally appearing this year. The two day event features harness and running races, Mary Wiggans Hollywood Girls, a motorcycle act, a horse show, and a Wild West Rodeo. The baby show is set for Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Grapevine
Ray Gibbs
Mary Wiggans
Hollywood Girls
List of Salisbury and Southern District Teachers Names
Hired teachers cover Salisbury Township Thelma Dill Bailey Run Bradbury Lawrence Chapman F G Mutchler Audrey Theobald Harriet McIntosh Hiland John Lambert Evelyn Turner E J Tracy Nellie Tracy Laurel Cliff Robert Maxwell Lotta grades Harley Musser Geneva Joachin Rocksprings Rose Hill Free land Norris Eileen Buck Farie Erlewine Silver Run Charles Young Sadie McElhinney Edith Forrest Geneva Clark Southern District teachers include Ray Hayman Cora Webb Antiquity Bald Knobs Ora Hill Flatwoods Lawrence Rose Bernice Barnitz Forest Run Great Bend Letart Irene Miller Charles Sayre Paul Manuel Otis Crawford Minersville Elma Ihle Morning Star Helen Bentz Pleasant View Creed Jane Portland Garden Roush Edna Whetstone Charlies Hayman Donald Wolfe Frances Ihle Harriet Fwing Ben Philson Stanley Houdashelt Dorothy Brown Ruth Drake Sidney Fadeley Lem Morris W O Crow Maurice Lott Kathryn Hayes Frankie McKelvey Ruth Tucker Don Nease Flacine Syracuse Carl Weese Clara Rizer Edna Carleton Rachel McBride Emma Duckworth
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Silver Run
Charles Young
Sadie McElhinney
Edith Forrest
Geneva Clark
Ray Hayman
Cora Webb
Antiquity
Ora Hill
Bald Knobs
A. L. Paynter
Wayie Circle
Frances Foster
Flatwoods
Lawrence Rose
Bernice Barnitz
Forest Run
Great Bend
Roy Pooler
Anna Postelwaite
Irene Miller
Charles Sayre
Lem Morris
W. O. Crow
Maurice Lott
Kathryn Hayes
Frankie McKelvey
Ruth Tucker
Don Nease
Flacine
Allen Salser
Stiversville
Syracuse
Carl Weese
Clara Rizer
Edna Carleton
Rachel McBride
Emma Duckworth
Mrs. French Hosts Missionary Group in Remodeled Home
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Church of Christ in Middleport entertained by Mrs. C. French on Main Street. Devotionals led by Mrs. French with Mrs. Edward French presenting the program. China study featured articles and a missionary story. Barrel of fruit planned for Cleveland Christian Home. Refreshments served.
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Middleport
Women’s Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
C. ©. French
Main St
Plan Shiflet Rites for Mrs Eva Shiflet
Funeral services for Eva Shiflet 86 will be at First Presbyterian Church Middleport on Wednesday at 2 30 p m. She died at home in Pt Pleasant Sunday evening. Widow of Lemuel Shiflet she was a native of Pomeroy later lived in Middleport where she belonged to Church of Christ. Survived by two daughters Maude and Etta and three sons Mark Lemuel and Fred a well known Middleport businessman.
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Middleport
Eva Shiflet
Pt. Pleasant
First Presbyterian Church
Mark
Lemuel
Fred
Mules Cause Injuries to Floyd Hill at Home
Floyd Hill was injured Saturday when two mules broke free at his home. He sustained fractures to an arm a leg and two ribs and was reported recovering satisfactorily today.
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Racine
Floyd Hill
Hill
Mrs Charles Ebersbach Hosts Lend-a-Hand and Daughters Circle
Mrs Charles Ebersbach will entertain the Lend-a-Hand and the Daughters of Ruth Class of Simpson M E Church at her Lincoln Hill home Tuesday evening.
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Pomeroy
Charles Ebersbach
Lend-a-Hand
Daughters of Ruth
Simpson M. E. Church
Lincoln Hill
Social notes from Pomeroy and nearby towns
A long list of weekend visits and travels among Pomeroy residents and relatives. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth, Mrs. Cecil Elselstein, and Mrs. Virginia Rea visiting Trimble. Phyllis Ann Waters mentioned ill with scarlet fever under quarantine. Dr. Rollin Boice's business trip to New York. many extended family gatherings across Parkersburg Columbus Athens Chillicothe Portsmouth and Marietta with dinners picnics and house visitsThroughout, several residents plan moves or new schooling commitments at Ohio State University Denison College and St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg.
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Paul Davis
Parkersburg
E. D. Will
Frank
Lincoln Hill
Guy Chase
Columbus
A. C. Jones
Tom Googlein
Gerald Wildermuth
Thomas Fork
Cecil Elselstein
Virginia Rea
Trimble
Ohio
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
Phyllis Ann Waters
William Waters
Rollin Boice
New York
Raymond Boice
Joe Se
Albert Mees
J. T. Mees
Paul Shay
Chauncey
Eva Russ
Anne St
Jea Russ
Hartford Sty
Norman Russell
William Dorst
West Main St
Russell
Charles Fisher
Miss Virginia
Charleston
William Ohlinger
Logan
Barbara Scholl
Everett Tracy
Bull Run
Eastern Star
Marietta
Glenroy Ewing
Harriett
Son Howard
Mr. Ewing
John Flood
Portsmouth
Wallace Smith
Bethany Church
Spring St
Ada Genheimer
Ben Gravely
Alex Downie
Laura Eden
Point Pleasant
C. E. W. Downie
Addie Graeser
Condor St
Gladys
Rollin Neutzling
Joseph Rubin
Pomeroy
Chris Beards
Lucille
Everett Hawkins
Nelsonville
O. R. Faris
Minersville
Howard Spence
Groveport
PTA Plans Fall Activities at Middleport Meeting
The Middleport PTA executive committee met to plan the coming school year. Mrs Charles Snider as president appointed committees for program membership magazine publicity and hospitality. The Room Mothers program returns. Representatives room building chairmen and a general chairman were named. Next Monday's meeting will honor first grade mothers and new teachers.
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Middleport
PTA
Charles Snider
Welfare Conference Opens Tonight in Canton Ohio
The forty seventh annual Welfare Conference of Ohio opens tonight at Canton with Conference President Wendell F. Johnson as principal speaker. His topic is A Static Poor Law in a Changing Welfare Scene. The public is invited to all sessions. Mrs Elinor R Hixenbaugh notes seven institute courses and 60 group meetings. Notables include David Cushman Cayle Paul Beisser and Paul Ziegler among others. Fred Guth and relatives visited Father Murphy at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. He is recovering from injuries in an automobile accident. Oklahoma has 6657 miles of railways within its borders.
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Pomeroy
Welfare Conference
Ohio
P. m
Canton
Wendell F. Johnson
Toledo Social Service Federation
Elinor R. Hixenbaugh
David Cushman Cayle
Washington, D. C
Paul Beisser
Baltimore
Child Welfare League of America
Paul Ziegler
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Fred Guth
Lena
Katie Guth
John Sue
Phyllis Schorr
Father Murphy
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Social Notes From Middleport informally recalls local visits
Middleport residents share weekend visits and gatherings. Robert Tasker has joined Covert Baking Company as an electrical and refrigeration engineer, and his wife and baby daughter Sunday are with Mrs. Jessie Lansbury. Others include Mrs. Emma Root, Mrs. Rathburn’s guests en route to Athens for Judge Wood’s funeral, and several families hosting relatives at homes around town.
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Robert Tasker
Covert Baking Company
Sunday
Jessie Lansbury
Mill St
John Powell
Emma Root
W. T. Moore
Orion Flesher
Chesapeake
C. F. Rathburn
Athens
J. P. Wood
Homer McCarty
Bobby
Cheshire
Dell Fife
S. Third Ave
George McAllister
Wisdom
Montana
Louesa McAllister
Beech St
McAllister
West
Dorothy Grant
Columbus
Henry Peterman
Leona Eberts
Oreton
C. O. French
Joe Leonard
St. Fifth Ave
Hooker St
Edward McCullough
Texas
Nora O'Leary
del Pauley
Nitro
W. Va
Francis Andrew
Long Bottom
John Curtis
Josephine Curtis
John B. Downing
N. Second Ave
General Hospital
Charleston
Ladies Guild meets in Middleport at Heath Church
The Heath M E Church Ladies Guild in Middleport gathered at Mrs. David Entsminger home Monday evening with assist of Mrs. C A Emmish. President Mrs Nan Moore led devotionals and business, nominating committee chosen with Emmish as chair, program committee chaired by Mrs Roy Lansbury. Hattie Smith led hymns and readings covered two famous hymns “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go” and “O For A Thousand Tongues To Tell.”
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Middleport
Ladies Guild of
the Heath
M. E. Church
David Entsminger
C. A. Emmish
Nan Moore
Emmish
Roy Lansbury
Hattie Smith
Roush Rites Held At Forest Run Church
Attendees from out of town gathered for the funeral of Glen Roush at Forest Run Church Sunday afternoon. Relatives included Herman and Howard Roush and families, Glen E. Roush’s widow, Bert Haning of Columbus, Everett Perry of Fairport, T. B. Roush and son Perl, William Junod, Albert Rhodes of Athens, and the Rev. Naylor of Syracuse delivered the sermon.
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Albert Rhodes
Athens
Rev
Naylor
Syracuse
Baptist Church Class Holds Farewell Party
The Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church in Middleport bids farewell to Mrs. Virgil Edwards as she and her family move to Columbus. A cover supper was held on Monday at the church on S Second Ave, with Mrs. Edwards receiving an electric kitchen clock and a commemorative verse.
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Middleport
Virgil Edwards
Columbus
First Baptist Church
S. Second Ave
Mons
Edwards
Middleport WPA Improves Sidewalks on N Second
WPA workers lay concrete sidewalks in front of Smith Clothing Company G W Tewkebury Restaurant and Salle Hotel on N Second. Remodeling of the former Kindle's Restaurant room also noted. Approximately 25 000 gallons of water produce one ton of paper.
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Middleport
WPA
Smith Clothing Company
G. W. Tewkebury
Salle Hotel
N. Second Ve
Kindle’s
Davis Interests
Pastor Swearingen Leaves Middleport for Wilmington
The Heath M. E. Church reports Reverend Clarence Swearingen, who has served Middleport for four years, is transferred to Wilmington Ohio. Middleport will welcome Reverend H. A. Rothrock, coming from Nelsonville, as its new minister.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
Clarence Swearingen
Wilmington
O. Middleport
H. A. Rothrock
Rothrock
Nelsonville
Daughters of Union Veterans Initiate Mrs Sayre at Pomeroy
The Daughters of Union Veterans met in regular session at their hall Monday evening. During the work Mrs William Sayre Bradbury was initiated into the order. Refreshments were served during the social hour.
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Pomeroy
Daughters of Union Veterans
William Sayre
Bradbury
Birthday Party for Charles Lochary Celebrates Fifth
Charles Lochary celebrated his fifth birthday Monday at home on Lincoln Hill with a small group of friends. Mila Jane Stark Lynn Hartley John Michael Kent and Jimmie Lochary attended the party with refreshments and individual candled cakes.
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Pomeroy
Charles Lochary
Lincoln Hill
Lochary Lawn
Mila Jane Stark
Lynn Hartley
John Michael Kent
Jimmie Lochary
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Meigs County Fair
Mrs. French
Plan Shiflet Rites
Pomeroy Social Notes
Olan Goodwin
Ohio State University
Marsh Shoemaker
Edward Lietwiler
Ohio University
Visitather Murphy
State of
Oklahoma
Middleport Social Notes
Ladies Guild Meets
Wild West Stampede
Baptist Church
Southern
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