Pomeroy School Lunch Project Delayed Awaiting WPA Decision
The Pomeroy school lunch project opening was postponed again as Meigs County commissioners approve two rooms on E Main St for the program and prepare to meet WPA district representatives. Commissioners spent much of the session discussing county help for road repairs and drainage work in Chester Township.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Pomeroy
WPA
Meigs County
E. Main St
Thee Wpa
Zanesville
Chester
Officers named for Middleport Girls Glee Club
Janet Dillard was elected president with Mary A. Smith as vice president and Nelle Childs as secretary treasurer. Betty Nuckles will serve as librarian, Anna Price as assistant librarian, Phyllis Smart as assistant pianist, and Mary A. Smith as assistant pianist. Fifty eight girls passed preliminary tests for the club. The group will perform a candlelight Christmas service with Lois Cecil as director.
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Middleport
Trouble Comes Twice To Ravenna Family
William Woodard and family of Ravenna faced two accidents last week. Their son Billy had an arm crushed in a clothes wringer. The next day Woodard fell from a scaffold, breaking a bone in his foot. He had worked for the Pomeroy Street Department before moving to Ravenna.
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Pomeroy
William Woodard
Ravenna
Billy
Woodard
Pomeroy Street
Postpone All Star Game Arrangements in Syracuse
Plans for an all star game in Syracuse were dropped as many players are unavailable. Manager Richard Duckworth says regulars are away and tentative Syracuse participation seems unlikely this year with a possible later arrangement. Syracuse pros this season include Lloyd Moore Harry Potts George Jenkins Eddie Guinther and Rollie Hemsley.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Harry Potts
Logan
W. Va
George
Red) Jenkins
Durham
N. C
Eddie Guinther
Ashland
Rollie Hemsley
Cleveland
MHS Band Set to Perform at Meigs County Fair
Meigs County news notes the MHS Band will play at the fair Friday with performances both afternoon and evening. Band booster president Mrs. Allensworth outlines goals for the year while announcing uniforms to be cleaned and an extra uniform purchase. Gordon Harris reports the board bought a tenor saxophone and purchase of base horn stand and drum sticks. A promotion committee is named and junior band vacancies are noted inviting fifth graders to join music lessons.
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Middleport
Edgar Allensworth
PTA
Allensworth
Gordon Harris
Board of Education
Frank White
Paul Smart
O. L. Roush
Harris
Mrs Heiner Appointed Investigator in Local Old Age Pension Office
Rutland resident Mayme J. Heiner has been appointed as an investigator in the local old age pension office after taking a civil service examination. She has long served as executive secretary of the Meigs County Red Cross chapter.
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Pomeroy
Mayme J. Heiner
Rutland
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Happenings at Church
The Middleport page reports a lively Saturday program at First Presbyterian Church featuring a songfest with Mrs. Lillian Steiff at the piano and 23 Loyal Temperance League members plus four guests. Charlene Marshall led as new president, with Miss Sauer teaching the study from Answers To Alcohol and a wiener roast at Roadside Park to close the gathering.
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Middleport
Lillian Steiff
Loyal Temperance Group
First Presbyterian Church
Charlene Marshall
Mildred Ohlinger
Wilma Price
Margaret Sauer
Mont Miller
Edward Price
Floyd Barcus
Columbus
LTL
Miss Sauer
Heath Methodist Class No 12 hosts autumn meeting
Class No 12 of the Heath Methodist Church will meet tomorrow evening for the first autumn meeting at the home of Mrs John Will on Rutland Street. Officers include Mrs Leo Kennedy president Mrs John KinkaId vice president Mrs Orin Smith secretary Mrs Frank White treasurer and Mrs O P Klein teacher who will be the hostesses. The meeting opens with a potluck supper at six with each person bringing a covered dish.
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the Heath Methodist Church
John Will
Rutland St
Leo Kennedy
John Kinkaid
Orin Smith
Frank White
O. P. Klein
Gas Rate Ordinance Nears Final Action
Middleport Council held a closed meeting to give a second reading to a gas rate ordinance that would raise rates slightly over five years. The third and final reading is scheduled for Monday night September 22 at 7 30. Citizens are invited to attend and comment.
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Middleport
Middleport Council
Pomeroy Council Plans Street Work Cutback
Pomeroy council to curb street department spending to avoid year end deficit while keeping a brief program allowing residents to share half the material costs. Preparations to re advertise a $10 000 refunding bonds issue proceed after a procedure error. Negotiations for a new village dump site begin as residents complain about nuisance from the current dump.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Ivan Watson Reports From Panama Awaiting Trinidad Transfer
Ivan Watson air corps mechanic arrived last Tuesday in Panama, as told by his parents Mr and Mrs Owen Watson. He wrote he was awaiting transfer on another boat to Trinidad, the island off Venezuela on the northeastern coast of South America.
Election of Officers at Racine High School
Friday election of officers by the Racine High School senior class elected Paul Beegle president Arthur Nease vice president and Gayle Wagner secretary treasurer with results reported for the class.
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Racine
Racine High School
Paul Beegle
Arthur Nease
Gayle Wagner
Mrs William Bradford Heads PTA in New Year
Mrs William Bradford elected to succeed resigned president Mrs L W McComas at the Middleport PTA meeting. New officers included Miss Flossie Frecker filling vacancy and 77 parents and teachers attending the session.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
L. W. McComas
William Bradford
L. R. Reynolds
Flossie Frecker
Lois Cecil
Gordon Harris
Elizabeth Ann Newman
Earl Knight
Phyllis Diles
L W. McComas
Noah Askins
Nan Moore
M. L. French
Ralph Zandel
First Baptist Church
Muskingum College
PTA
Orin Smith
Bradford
Columbus
H. A. Rothrock
Marriage of William Grimm and Edith Wolfe at Wilmington
The ceremony took place at the parsonage of Rev. and Mrs. Ray Beegle in Wilmington on Sunday September 7. The groom William Grimm, an Athens Airport instructor, and the bride Edith Wolfe are linked to Racine through her family. After the ceremony they traveled to Indianapolis where Grimm will continue as instructor at the municipal airport.
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Middleport
E. O. Smith
Lee
Frank Martin
Floyd
Silver Run
Ottawa
Kas
NYCRA
Kansas
Edith Mitchell Richardson
Frances Stark Moss
Detroit
Campbell Harper
Parkersburg
John Jefferson
Richardson
Richardson and Mrs. Moss
Campbell
H. L. Ward
Thomas Midgley
Worthington
Reena Autherson
William Autherson
Lois Bailey
R. G. Bailey
Columbus
MHS
Jackie Hysell
Holzer Hospital
Eli Hysell
Liberty Ave
Leah Whitlock
R. M. Cheseldine
Skippy
Harry W. Beebe
Indianapolis
Cheseldines
Cheseldine
John A. Heagy
Mary Ann
London
Heagy
Charleston
S. C
Helen Beeson
Christine Garrison
Franklin Junior High School
H. R. Lewis
A. R. Hecox
Lewis
Ulah Ann
Ohio University
Athens
Christine Grant
Roosevelt High School
Homer Grant
Katharine Grant
Grant
Frances Bowen
Meigs County
Ft Bragg
N. C
Eben Bowen
Chestnut St
Bowen
John
Shakespeare Club
Jeannette Young
W. Main St
Dora Duckworth
Agnes White
James Robert
Syracuse
William
Edith Wolfe
Harry Wolfe
Racine
R. D
Ray Beegle
Wilmington
Beegle
Grimm
POMEROY Marriage License Issued in Youngstown Pair
Marriage license issued Sunday to Pete Swi genavic, 22, and Mary Juricich, 21, both of Youngstown. They were united in marriage by Justice of Peace P L Peoples.
Taxes May Be Paid in Meigs Until Sept 20
Meigs County taxes may be paid through Saturday September 20 without penalty. County Treasurer Lee Archer notes many have overlooked tax due dates, but most are regular filers who have paid annually.
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Meigs
Lee Archer
Hartford Wins Game Two in Valley Series
Hartford edged New Era 3 to 2 Sunday to take a 2 0 lead in the best of five Ohio Valley Association series. A Hartford victory next Sunday would clinch the pennant and trophy as Gibbs signs to play with Huntington next season.
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Pomeroy
Hartford
New Era
Ohio Valley Association
Gibbs
Huntington
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Meigs County Fair
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S. Court St
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Moscow
Middleport Social Notes
Pearl Schreiner
Blake
Miss Mills
Gallipolis
Jesta Richards
Washington, D. C
W. R. Drury
Glouster
Bridge Club
Mary Jane
D. C. Miller
O. B. Stout
der Schaefer
Edison Hobstetter
Quick's
CUT Rate
Your Penslar Drug Store
Pomeroy Council
Trinidad
Pomeroy Social Notes
Star Garden Club
C. E. Stout
Dexter
Mary Bolin
Nina Steele
Bolin
J. R. Morton
E. G. Nelson
Louise Woltz
Wilkesville
Flora Chase
Star Grange Hall
Viola Halliday
Ton Jon
Ton Jon Health
West Union St
M. & R. Dietetic Laboratories, Inc
Athens, O, P. O
Packer
Luckoff
W. L. Douglas
Melton
Oxfords
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