Plans To Develop Riverfront Park In Sycamore Street
At a regular meeting local business leaders Sycamore Street on the river front proposed leasing the levee front at 135 dollars and spending up to 90000 to develop a public park with bathing beach canoes and craft facilities plus ball fields and a high school football venue. District Rep Phillips cited state attitudes toward a franchise and NRA connections while noting local gas usage and a possible 64 11 thousand feet benchmark versus broader trends.
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Oe Ghrdl
Gehaefer
Theodore
Jocal
Jease
Plic Park
Phillips
Ohio
NRA
United States
Grand Lodge Session Promises Future I O O F Plans
Sept 20 Grand Master Dick of Bowling Green led a district meeting of the I O O F No 9 in Mineral City. The session discussed church affairs and official travels while noting a reunion to be held at the church next Sunday drawing members from many riding counties.
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Mas Dick
Bowling Green
Ohio
Mineral
O. F
W. H. Swan
Miss Anna Scott Weds Mr. Wilson in Huntington
Announcement from MIDDLEPORT dated Sept 20 confirms the marriage of Miss Anna Pauline Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Whitten Scott to Mr Thomas Dale Wilson. The ceremony occurred in Huntington on Saturday Sept 2. The bride’s grandfather Rev Hugh B Scott formerly pastor of the local Presbyterian Church and longtime Meigs County education official is noted in the family history.
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Middleport
Anna Pauline Scott
Paul Whitten Scott
Thomas Dale Wilson
Huntington
Scotts
Hugh B. Scott
Presbyterian Church
Meigs County
Wilson
Dorothy Board Dies at 15 in Holzer Hospital
Dorothy Board 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Board, died Monday at Holzer Hospital after seeking treatment in Middleport and Adrian West Virginia. She lived with grandparents in Adrian but came home four weeks ago to stay with her parents. Funeral will be in Adrian after a home service in Middleport. She leaves her parents one sister and both grandparents.
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Middleport
Dorothy Board
William Board
Holzer Hospital
Board
Adrian
W. Va
Garfield Avenue
Benefit Is Tonight in Pomery For Ed Die Ginther
A volunteer committee stag es a recreation ball benefit game at Middleport this evening between picked teams. Proceeds aid Ed die Ginther of Pom eroy High School for an appendicitis operation last Friday. No passes issued. participants give services. Merchandize donated by local businesses will go to winning ticket holders.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Eddie Ginther
Pomeroy High School
Local Residents Make Short Trips and Visits
Pomeroy personal notices report Robert Warner secretary of the Meigs Building and Loan Co on a brief business trip to Cleveland. Malcolm Hartley and wife joined her mother Mrs John Edwards for a early week visit in Parkersburg. Ernest Joachim and daughter Margaret of Charleston paused in town en route to New Haven where Mr Joachim would address a West Virginia Synod meeting. Joachim family formerly lived here. Dr and Mrs B 8 Barrett of Cleveland stay with Dr and Mrs Crumley.
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Robert Warner
Meigs Building & Loan Co
Cleveland
Malcolm Hartley
John Edwards
Parkersburg
B. 8. Barrett
Crumley
Squirrel Close Encounter Delays Opening Day Shot
POMEROY September 20. Charles Murray a high school youth recalls opening squirrel season when a squirrel perched beside him on a tree and studied him closely. The animal moved around the trunk and escaped before Murray could fire a shot.
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Pomeroy
Charles Murray
Mrs Mila Stark Dies Following Husband’s Death
POMEROY Sept 20 Following by only a few weeks the death of her husband in the same hospital as the result of injuries from a fall Mrs Mila Stark widow of J R Stark died Tuesday forenoon in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. She leaves two daughters Mrs R E Boice of Pomeroy and Mrs Norman Russell of Columbus two sons Edward of Pomeroy and William of Kansas City who came by airplane to be at his mother's bedside. She leaves brothers and sisters in Michigan and Ohio. Tentative funeral arrangements set for Friday at 2 p m.
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Pomeroy
Mila Stark
J. R. Stark
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
William
Kansas City
Michigan
Ohio
NRA Meeting Set For Next Tuesday In Pomeroy
POMEROY Sept 20 meeting of the Pomeroy City Club to discuss stronger NRA cooperation postponed to next Tuesday at the New Martin Hotel. Dinner at 6 followed by a full NRA drive discussion. Attendance open to all local business people. MIDDLEPORT Sept 20 Presbyterian Church calls congregational meeting Sept 27 to reemploy Dr. T Boyd Gay as pastor. leaders urge full attendance.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Presbyterian Church
T. Boyd Gay
Miss Henrietta Ewing Enrolls at Miami University
Mrs. Herbert Ewing and her husband returned from Oxford with their daughter Miss Henrietta Ewing who enrolled at Miami University for the next school year. She is a 1932 graduate of Middleport High School.
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Middleport
Herbert Ewing
Oxford
Henrietta
Miss Ewing
Miami University
Middleport High School
Swearingen Named Minister for Heath M E Church
Rev Clarence Swearingen of Wheelersburg is appointed by the Columbus conference to Heath M E Church in Middleport. He is about 40 with a wife and three children. Pastor W B Patterson moves to Carthage Church and Rev H A Sayre is assigned to Circleville, previously held by the late Rev C H Eichinger.
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Middleport
Columbus
Heath M. E
Clarence Swearingen
Wheelersburg
W. B. Patterson
Carthage
Cincinnati
H. A. Sayre
Pomeroy Bend
Circleville
C. H. Eichinger
Arrest advances after old bad check claim against Pickens
Hold at Pomeroy notes Harold Pickens of Nitro West Virginia was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Dana Tracy for a bad check charge from a promise to pay made a year ago. Floyd Miller of Langsville is the complainant. Pickens was released a year ago. With Pickens added and the Dilcher brothers dismissed, the jail population fell to seven, a new low in weeks.
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Pomeroy
Harold Pickens
Nitro
W. Va
Dana Tracy
Floyd Miller
Langsville
Pickens
A. O. Tracy
Dilcher Brothers
Local Mourns and Movers in Middleport News
Middleport notes bring travel by rail from Hot Springs via Charleston for conductor H E Thomas of the C O and family. W C U meeting with Mrs Mary Cook. Paul C Jones ill at Gravel Hill. multiple visits and returns from Pittsburgh Elizabeth Pa to Gravel Hill. families include Howder Dillard Creps Wilson Monahan Bing Ewing and Hamilton with Ohio University Carver admission and Cleveland visitor Martha Wells.
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H. E. Thomas
C. O
Hot Springs
Lawrence Bing
Ade C. Bing
Greenfield
Carver
Ohio University
Martha Wells
Cleveland
H. O. Ewing
Henry Todd
Arthur Todd
Betty
Wayne
Haydenville
J. G. Hamilton
Rev Batterson Transferred to Camp Washington Cincinnati
Glouster pastor Rev F J Batterson is transferred by the M E Conference to Camp Washington in Cincinnati and will fill the pulpit next Sunday. Rev O P Smith of Ney will succeed him at Glouster churches while Rev J G Deeds takes over the Glouster circuit duties.
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F. J. Batterson
M. E
Jacksonville
Trimbie
Millfield
Pisgah
Camp Washington
Cincinnati
Batterson
O. P. Smith
Ney
Defiance County
Glouster M. E
Hisamily
J. G. Deeds
Surprise Birthday Party At Mrs Ira Conaway Home
Neighbors and relatives gathered for a surprise birthday party at the home of Mrs. Ira Conaway Saturday night with ice cream and cake served to a list of attendees including Mrs. William Swartz Mrs. William Heiser and Mrs. Hettie Rambo. Several from the area attended the Clover Farm picnic at Moxahala Park Sunday and Miss Dorothy Davis returned to Warren after visiting local families. Mrs Ira Conaway’s name was omitted as assistant hostess at a Mothers' Club meeting at Mrs. William Heiser’s home last Wednesday evening.
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Ira Conaway
William Swartz
William Heieser
Hettie Rambo
Cora Householder
Freda Swartz
David Cox
Martin Bernard
Gertie Taylor
David Swartz
Mae von Scheele
Chester Lowry
Lena Burdess
Zoa Reickle
William Gaskalla
Mae Swinfell
Earl Mandrell
Arthur Lowry
Theresa Heiser
Gertrude Bernard
Cleo Mae Conway
Iizabeth Ellen Rambo
Arlene Davis
R. E. Davis
Clover Farm
Moxahala Park
Dorothy Davis
Warren
Frank Davis
J. L. Stephenson
Glouster
Mothers’ Club
William Heiser
Glouster M and M pass work in B A degree
Glouster Lodge No. 7 M and M holds a stated communication tonight with work in the B A degree on the agenda.
Athens merchants sign NEA pact per post office records
Athens Steam Laundry and the Aller Meat Market are the latest signers of the NEA agreement, according to records at the Athens Post Office.
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Athens
Trimble Home Coming Draws 150 Visitors
Trimble Church of Christ marks its tenth annual Home-Coming with about 150 guests. The morning features a 30-child chorus and a solo by Mrs. Mackie. Rev. G B Courtney of Chauncey delivers the address on Ten Years of Home Coming. Afternoon includes visitors on platform, special music from multiple choirs, and talks by G H Nye, Kate L Blake, W C Merritt, E G Biddison, and Fred H Ervin. Large turnout from Glouster Philipsville and surrounding districts.
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Trimble
Chauncey
Glouster Men's Chorus
Maplewood Quartet
Fred I. Gardner
Middleport
C. M. James
John
Alvern R. James
Janice
Lillie Sanders
Barberton
Kate L. Blake
Eunice Gaskalla
Guy J. Fierce
Anna Johnson
W. C. Merritt
Howard
A. W. Easier
M. Johnson
Vinnie Johnson
Bert Sanders
Don
John Grosvenor
Lena Bean
Olive Kittle
Errett Tanner
Athens
Rose Coffman
Earland Coffman
Rafael Vess
Corning
B. H. Pettit
Patricia
Mozelie
Hazel LaHugh
Millfield
G. H. Nye
Floyd Nye
G. E. Courtney
Charles Bradfield, Jr
Christene Brown
Rev E R Robinette Appointed Pomeroy Pastor
Rev E R Robinette, longtime pastor of Jacksonville J B Church, was assigned to the Pomeroy charge by the conference held at Chillicothe. He leaves Jacksonville amid warm friendships. A community pollock supper and entertainment by Odd Fellows and Rebekahs preceded the transfer, with an offering presented to him. On returning from conference he received a further gift from townsfolk.
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E. R. Robinette
Jacksonville J. B
Chillicothe
Pomeroy
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Robinette
Pastor
Kiwanis Hears Kittle In Pe toskey Visit
H. F. Kittle spoke at the Kiwanis Club at Hotel Gordon on conditions in Petoskey Michigan and nearby areas. He said business in the locality is three to four times higher than a year ago and on the road to recovery. Mr and Mrs Kittle recently returned from a several week stay in Petoskey. Attendance prize went to M M Murphy as awarded by E L Jones.
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Glouster
Petoskey
Mich
H. F. Kittle
Kiwanis Club
Gordon
Mr and Mrs Osborne Honored on 51st Anniversary
Chauncey, Sept 20 Mr and Mrs Henry Osborne celebrated their fifty first wedding anniversary and his 77th birthday with family at their Mill Street home. Guests included many relatives from Athens and Chauncey. the event featured a chicken and squirrel dinner and cakes baked by daughters Mrs Harry B Noble and Mrs E L Bingman.
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Chauncey
Henry Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Mill Street
Harry B. Noble
E. L. Bingman
H. B Noble
Billy
Francis
Fred Osborne
Rachael
Vivian
Jean
Bernard
Hal Osborne
F. A. Osborne
Athens
Dana Osborne
Richard
Florence Ann
Guy E. Osborne
Millie Osborne
Mrs. Osborne
Chauncey-Dover Grads Enter Ohio University Courses
Ten members of Chauncey-Dover High School Class of 1933 enrolled in college. Juanita Jones Alfreda West Joe Guerra Carolyn Guerra Paul Dougherty and Clifford Shafer joined the College of Education at Ohio University in Athens. William Smith is pursuing further study as part of the same group.
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Glenn Gardner
Williard Fielder
Ohio University
Robert Nye
Kirksville, Mo
Chauncey High
Juanita Pendergrass
Ernestine Mingus
Christine Mingus
Elbert Minister
Cecil McCafferty
Athens
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Juanita Jones
Alfreda West
Joe Guerra
Carolyn Guerra
Paul Daugherty
Clifford Shafer
College of Education
William Smith
Myers Rites Held Infant Buried in Catholic Cemetery
Chauncey Ohio Sept 20 Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 for Mary Ann nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry F Myers of Cincinnati The infant died Sunday at the home of Mrs Myers parents Mr and Mrs George Keck in Chauncey Rev Father Dowd of St Pauls Catholic Church officiated and burial was in the Catholic Cemetery in Athens The Myers were visiting their parents when illness struck the child
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Chauncey
Mary Ann
Henry F. Myers
Helena Keck
Cincinnati
Myers
George Keck
Father Dowd
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Athens
Ralph Van Dyke Dies at 35 in Chauncey Home
Chauncey Sept 20 Ralph Van Dyke aged 35 died Tuesday evening at his East Millfield home after several months illness. He leaves a wife and several near relatives. Funeral arrangements were in complete this morning.
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Chauncey
Ralph van Dyke
East Millfield
Needle Club to Meet Chauncey Tonight
Members of the Millfield Needle Club will be entertained tonight in the home of Mrs. Henry Heffkin as Chauncey hosts the group for an evening gathering.
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Chauncey
Millfield Needle Club
Henry Heffkin
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