Purchase of Orr Farm Pushes Meigs County Home Expansion
Meigs County Commissioners voted to buy the Arthur and Ethel Orr farm adjoining the Meigs County Children's Home, adding about 114 acres for $5,000 with annual payments of $500 at 6 percent interest. The land has long been part of a leasing option and will boost the home's farming efforts and fundraising through garden produce.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Children’s Home
Board of County Commissioners
Arthur
Ethel Orr
Orr
Harvey Hkastman
Board of Commissioners
Arthur Orr
Meigs County Children's Home
Eastman
Insane Dale Smith Committed After Well Attempt
Dale Smith, who leapt into a 47 foot well at his farm between Harrisonville and Carpenter in a failed suicide attempt, was examined in probate court Monday and adjudged insane. He was committed to the asylum at Athens.
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Pomeroy
Dale Smith
Harrisonville
Carpenter
Athens
Cat Funerals Cost and City Put Burials Under Street Dept
POMEROY Sept 20 The council refused to pay cat burial bills from the health fund noting the practice had become an occupation. With no health fund the costs come from other police expenses. The street department will handle burying cats dogs rats and other animals that do not leave the town limits.
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Pomeroy
R. G. Webster
A. H. Ebersbach
Fugitive Returns to Ohio Hospital for Epileptics
Walter Patronik, who had escaped from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at Gallipolis, decided to return and was found on Route 31 near Pomeroy by Rev. Ward Radford. Radford took him to the county jail and O. H. E. authorities then transported him back to Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Walter Patronik
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
Ward Radford
Athens
Radford
Patronik
Stones from blasting damage cars in Pomeroy
Showers of stones from blasting at the old Opera House on Monday caused panic in the vicinity. A small boulder struck Edward Duffy’s automobile on Second Street, punching a fist sized hole in the roof. Another car and a vehicle behind the county jail were similarly damaged.
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Pomeroy
Edward Duffy
Second Street
Local Residents Attend Events and Transitions
Miss Marcia Karr returned home after a sinus operation at Hartman Hospital Parkersburg. Miss Doris Shumway accepted a position at the Reed Confectionery in Pomeroy. Miss Ruth Flanagan hosted her Sunday School class picnic at Carleton College. Mrs. Edson Roush traveled to Columbus to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Avery Roberts returned from Oxford with their son Marvin to enroll at Miami University. Forest Run School pupils and Miss Kathleen Bailey ride by bus to the Syracuse School district this year. Rev. E H Wilson is restored to United Brethren charge by the recent conference. Misses Ruth Arnold and Beulah Winebrenner graduated from Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in Gallipolis. Mrs. Irving Karr and daughter Eleanor visited Mrs. Martha Echols and the Adams family in Parkersburg W V. Mrs. Fred Shumway stayed with her mother Mary Frederick in Keno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Karr
Hartman Hospital
Parkersburg
Doris Shumway
New Reed Confectionery
Pomeroy
Ruth Flanagan
Carleton College
Edson Roush
Columbus
Avery Roberts
Oxford
Marvin
Miami University
Forest Run
Kathleen Bailey
Syracuse
E. H. Wilson
United Brethren
Ruth Arnold
Beulah Winebrenner
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Gallipolis
Irving Karr
Eleanor
Martha Echols
W. A. Adams
Fred Shumway
Mary Frederick
Keno
Pomeroy Seeks Lower Gas Rates After Franchise Expiry
Pomeroy village council discussed expiring gas franchise on Sept. 7 and instructed Clerk R. G. Webster to request renewal at a lower rate from the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Parking woes were aired with a proposal to convert the boat landing roadway into a municipal lot. The clerk was told to notify Mayme Simpson that the wharf franchise will be cancelled if payments are not made while the town faces bond payments of about $14,000 interest and retirement costs with only $10,000 in current tax revenue. The finance committee will check probate court for any inheritance tax funds due.
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Pomeroy
Sauvage
R. G. Webster
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ebersbach
Mayme Simpson
Webster
Mrs Dunn Honored by Loyal Women Class
The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ Bible School in Middleport honored Mrs Martha Dunn who is soon departing for Foster Memorial Home Huntington W Va. The social gathering at Mrs Oscar Sanborns home included a gift presentation and a lunch of ice cream and cake.
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Middleport
Loyal Women's
Church of Christ Bible School
Oscar Sanborn
Martha Dunn
Foster
Huntington
W. Va
Dunn
Eight Middleport graduates enroll at Ohio University
Eight Middleport High School graduates enroll at Ohio University in Athens for the coming year. Three are freshmen. Names include Elan McKay Jean McMaster Dell A Russell Margaret Ella Hysel Frances Willock Dan L Farmer Walter Priode and Max Lambert.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Ohio University At
Athens
Elan McKay
Jean McMaster
Dell A. Russell
Margaret Ella Hysel
Frances Willock
Dan L. Farmer
Walter Priode
Max Lambert
Charming at 84 Hosts Dinner at the Mary Jane
Mrs. Mima Boice, aged 84, remains an active hostess as she entertained ten guests at dinner at the Mary Jane. The pink and white table decor complemented a gathering including Arthur Boice and granddaughter Betty Johnston of Gravel Hill, Marcellus Boice and Emma Boice of Ryger, Holt of Rutland, and Lester Boice of Hobson Road.
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Middleport
Mima Boice
Mary Jane
Arthur Boice
Betty Johnston
Gravel Hill
Marcellus Boice
Emma Boice
Ryger
Holt
Rutland
Lester Boice
Hobson Road
Death of Thomas Holt in Bellaire
Word reached here from Bellaire that Thomas Holt died at his father James Hott’s home in Bellaire. Heart trouble caused his death on Sunday evening and his wife had died eight months earlier. Holt’s body was sent to Washington D C for funeral and burial. He was well known here from visits to his aunt Mrs. Jennie Middleton.
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Middleport
Bellaire
Jennie Middleton
Thomas Holt
James Hott
Holt
Washington, D. C
Middleton
Scalded to Death Letart Falls Girl Dies in Accident
In Letart Falls Miss Billa Lewis rushed to the scene after Viola Virginia Lews, only twenty four hours old, was severely scalded by boiling water. The infant died four hours later. The child’s father had died two years earlier. Viola Virginia is survived by her mother and four siblings. Burial was in Letart Cemetery.
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Middleport
Billa Lewis
Letart Falls
Viola Virginia Lews
Viola Virginia
Letart Cemetery
Prosecuting Attorney Cedric Clark Summoned to Bedside
In Oregon, Clark's mother is reported very seriously ill in Portland. Cedric W. Clark left for Columbus with his wife, planning to continue by train or air to reach Portland, then returned home with the car.
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Oregon
Middleport
Cedric W. Clark
Portland
Ore
Clark
Columbus
Quails Hatch four Leghorn chicks in wild brood
Wade Bibbee of Apple Grove Letart Township reports on his farm a pair of quails hatching four Brown Leghorn chicks cared for by the quail. He suggests a Brown Leghorn hen laid eggs in the quail nest and the hatchlings are reared with the wild brood. He invites visitors to verify the tale at his farm.
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Pomeroy
Wade Bibbee
Apple Grove
Letart
Portland couple obtains marriage license in probate court
Russell Boone, 33, a farmer from Portland Oregon, and Harriet May Ours, 42, a Portland house keeper, secured a marriage license in probate court on Monday and were married the same day. The ceremony was performed by Squire H. H. Mees.
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Pomeroy
Russel Boone
Portland
Harriet May Ours
Squire H. H. Mees
Presbytery Session Held in Athens With Ministers and Guests
The Athens Fall Presbytery met Monday at 9 am for an all day session attended by 33 ministers and several lady guests. The ladies missionary society provided the noon dinner at the church.
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Middleport
Athens Fall
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Local visitors travel and family updates noted in Columbus trip
Mr and Mrs L Brooks and son Charles visited Columbus from Friday to Sunday with Brooks sister Mrs G A Williamson and returned home Sunday night. Mr and Mrs H P Stewart joined sister Mrs Griff Lewis and family in Columbus for a visit. Iva Brown visited Barberton over the weekend with nephew Harold Saxton. Mrs C F Reed and family were in Columbus for the weekend with Mr Reed and returned Sunday night. Mrs Charles Rayburn improving at home after Holzer Hospital. Dahlia Pauley accompanied Miss Marjorie Harris to Columbus for a week visiting Miss Harris and Mrs Lester Snyder. Miss Pauley taking a week’s vacation. Mr and Mrs J A Kent went to Columbus and Delaware on Monday on business and returned today. Mr and Mrs C A Poindexter went in New Matamoras Sunday.
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H. P. Stewart
Griff Lewis
Columbus
Mr. Stewart
Iva Brown
Barberton
Harold Saxton
C. F. Reed
Reed
Charles Rayburn
Weekend Visits From Canal Winchester to Racine and Nearby
Local residents visit relatives across Ohio and West Virginia, with trips to Columbus Huntington and Charleston. Notable travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Carl Griffith of Canal Winchester with Myrtle Griffith in Racine, and Anthony Schaefer from Youngstown visiting Mulberry Avenue. Ohio University-bound students from Pomeroy listed among attendees.
Dover Township Roads Being Widely Improved
Approximately 125 workers from Sugar Creek Chauncey and Millfield have labored on Dover Township road projects over recent weeks. Roads upgraded include Alderman Salt Creek Sand Ridge and Peach Ridge with Sand Ridge graded Alderman cindered and Salt Creek gravelled. Township trustees supervise the effort.
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Dover Township
Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Millfield
Alderman
Heavener
Salt Creek Road
Sand Ridge
Peach Ridge
Salt Creek
Injured Granville Woman Sent Home After Fall
Mrs Minerva Juniper, aged resident of Chauncey, sustained a fractured hip and other bruises when she fell on a porch at the home of her daughter Mrs John Weber in Granville Ohio last week Mrs Juniper formerly resided in Chauncey and is well known to local seniors The Weber family recently moved from Chauncey to Granville
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Chauncey
Clyde Juniper
Greens Run
Minerva Juniper
John Weber
Granville
Ohio
Juniper
Weber
Dinner Highlights Fall Meeting of Plains Society
Sept 20 Chauncey A dinner at the home of Misses Marie and Beatrice Aleshire The Plains featured the fall meeting of the Standard Bearer Society of The Plains Methodist Episcopal Church with Miss Nola Spencer as president Entertainment included games and contests Members present were Nola Spencer Opal Spencer Sarah Spencer Elinore Darnell Ruth Darnell Verna Wallace Vera Wallace Gladys Sherwood Margaret Powell Marjorie Cooper Bernadine Bricker Dorothy Cade Lavonda Moore Marguerite McGee Vera McGee Dorothy Nell Michael Millie Michael Mary Michael Geneva Stauffer Frances Harrison Elaine Shrieve Beatrice Aleshire Marie Aleshire
Margaret Bradfield Hysell dies in Chauncey
Mrs. Margaret Bradfield Hysell died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. Mabel Abbott's home in Columbus. The widow of Walter E. Hysell a former Pomeroy attorney, she was born in Harrisonville Meigs County and lived there until recent years. Survived by daughter Mrs. Abbott and sons Jesse and Herbert Hysell of Columbus. Sister Mrs. Samaria Humphrey and brother Seldon Bradfield of Harrisonville noted. aunt of Charles Bradfield Sr. Chauncey and Mrs. Bess Mutchmore of Logan. Funeral held at 3 p.m. with interment in Columbus.
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Margaret Bradfield Hysell
Chauncey
Mabel Abbott
Columbus
Hysell
Walter E. Hysell
Pomeroy
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Abbott
Jesse Hysell
Herbert Hysell
Samaria Humphrey
Seldon Bradfield
Charles Bradfield
Bess Mutchmore
Logan
Nova Scotia Storm Ravages Coast in Second Weekend Blast
Halifax reports severe damage as powerful storm with winds to 80 miles per hour wrecks rail lines and highways across Nova Scotia. Annapolis Valley apple crop losses reach about 1 million dollars. Small schooners driven ashore and fishing gear lost. late crops pummeled possibly lost.
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Halifax
N. S
U.P
Annapolis Valley
Prison Psychosis Saves Man From Chair
Hampton Pannell a Columbus Black man narrowly escaped the electric chair as psychiatrists ruled him insane from his “intolerable situation.” Judge John R. King sent Pannell to the State Hospital for the Insane at Lima for three months observation after his May 20 murder conviction for stabbing Fred Howerton.
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Columbus
O.R
Hampton Pannell
Negro
Pannell
Ohio Penitentiary
Fred Howerton
John R. King
Lima
Chauncey Personalities Visit In Zanesville
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Charles Ogg and daughters Mary and Laura Mae visited in Zanesville on Sunday guests of Mrs Della Carr and Mrs Charles Carpenter. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Reeves also present.
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Charles Ogg
Mary and
Laura Mae
Chauncey
Zanesville Sunday
Ogg
Della Carr
Charles Carpenter
Lawrence Reeves
Local Social Notes Highlight Daughters and Guests
Ithamer Weed Maxine Lewis and Helen Schaefer visit. Mr and Mrs A D Russell entertain their daughter Alice Louise Russell who arrived from Columbus Sunday. Miss Kathryn Huber guests of her mother Mrs Ed Huber. Kathryn attends Holzer Hospital Training School for Nurses. Miss Alice Hoffner and Miss Ethel Yechum of Columbus visit. Mr and Mrs Herman Hoffner and family host. Mr and Mrs George Reibel and Mrs John Reibel from Columbus visit Mrs Catherine Reibel. Mrs Margaret Ramey returns home in Columbus after staying with relatives here.
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Ithamer Weed
Maxine Lewis
Helen Schaefer
A. D. Russell
Main Street
Alice Louise Russell
Columbus
Kathryn Huber
Ed Huber
Union Avenue
Kathryn
Holzer Hospital
Alice Marie Hoffner
Ethel Yechum
Herman Hoffner
Lincoln Hill
George Reibel
John Reibel
Catherine Reibel
Naylor
Margaret Ramey
Toledo Plant Produces New Half Ton Truck
Toledo Sept 20 The entire output of a new half ton six cylinder truck for the International Harvester Company of America will be manufactured at the Toledo plant of the Willys-Overland Co under a manufacturing and sales agreement between the two firms.
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Toledo
International Harvester Company of America
Willys-Overland Co
Revival at Luhrig Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mrs. Ruth Nuby, the colored minister of Athens, leads a revival meeting at Luhrig Pilgrim Holiness Church. Services begin each evening at 7:30 o'clock and church leaders report growing interest.
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Luhrig
Ruth Nuby
Athens
Hessian Flies Threaten Early Wheat Sowing
Entomologists warn that early sowing in autumn invites Hessian fly losses, noting a surge in Ohio not seen since 1920. Infestation now reaches about a third of surveyed wheat straws, with severe impact in northern counties. Fly-free dates range from Sept 22 to Oct 5, as females lay eggs on emerging wheat spears and larvae cause damage.
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Ohio
Ohio- Michigan
Fly Free Wheat Sowing Advice from State Agents
County agents teach fly free sowing of wheat to ensure early growth and high yields. Ohio State University Entomologists and Ohio agricultural bodies coordinated a statewide survey to promote this method for individual farms.
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Ohio State University
Oni, Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio Department of Agriculture
State Liquor Control Plan Is Advance
New York report outlines a state controlled liquor system proposed by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. The plan would create a Quebec style authority with New York City as one district and the rest of the state divided into districts, eliminate private profit, and tax traffic under both state and federal laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York City
State
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Vitality And Health
An advertising pitch claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin restores energy and health at age 62 and beyond. It touts a natural laxative blend of senna and pepsin, urging regular use for adults and children to improve appetite, sleep, digestion, and bowel function.
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Dr. Caldwell
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