Annual Exhibit Opens Tuesday For Three Days
Pomeroy Meigs County Fair opens Tuesday with high attendance expected, driven by the American Legion Post effort to boost second day crowds. Children’s Day is Wednesday with bicycle races and two prize bicycles, schools closed for a countywide outing, Middleport band performing, horse racing on a good track, and free acts at the grandstand on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ray E. Gibbs
American Legion Post
Middleport
Festival Plans Are Completed for Middleport Fall Festival
Middleport plans for the Fall Festival organized by the Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion and the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department. William Lowe is general chairman with local supervision for most entertainments. The festival runs October 12 through 17. Emma Lu Klein, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Klein, remains critically ill after several days illness and was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
The
American Legion
Volunteer Fire Department of
William Lowe
Emma Lu
Oscar Klein
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
William Griffith
Columbus
Donley
Elmer Logan
Chillicothe
Louise Baer
Christie Baer
Minersville
Miss Baer
White Cross Hospital
Majel Lee
Joe
Jessie Milner
Allen Bundy
Harold Hilligas
Second St
L. A
Torch
Howard Hartenbach
Paul Lynch
Cincinnati
Wendle Berry
Zanesville
Delegates Leave for Columbus Railway Trainmen Convention
Middleport reports delegates depart for Columbus to attend the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Auxiliary convention. Mrs J O Leonard will represent the local chapter. Mr and Mrs Frank Vroman will also attend as delegates from their local union and stay with Mr and Mrs Neil Cooper during the event.
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Middleport
Columbus
J. O. Leonard
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Nesselroad To Enter Grant Hospital For Observation
Mrs. Charles Nesselroad and her daughter Mrs. Lester Hart traveled to Columbus on Monday. Mrs. Nesselroad will enter Grant Hospital for observation and possibly an operation.
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Pomeroy
Charles Nesselroad
Lester Hart
Columbus
Nesselrod
Grant Hospital
Florida Organist Plays MIDDLEPORT on Vacation Visit
Mrs. Gertrude Talbott Baker of Miami played the organ at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. She serves as organist for the White Temple in Miami and Plymouth Congregational Church Cocoanut Grove. The Plymouth Church, called The Church in a Garden and Little Spanish Church, attracts thousands of visitors annually.
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Middleport
Gertrude Talbott Baker
Miami
Fla
J. G. Talbott
Presbyterian Church
Pranks And Chickens Mark Pomeroy Of The 1890s
In early 1890s Pomeroy locals known as cut ups included Ben Biggs S A M Moore George McGuigg and Bill Pratt. Moore a Court Street dry goods merchant plotted to take a rival’s chicken home for supper and enlisted L M Harvey freight agent to help catch a fat old hen after it fled near the Hocking freight depot.
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Pomeroy
Ben Biggs
S. A. M. Moore
George McGuigg
Bill Pratt
Moore
Court St
Biggs
Bigg
Hocking
L. M. Harvey
Mr.Moore
Mr Harvey
Mr. Moore
Harvey
Phi Kaps Hold District Meet in Pt Pleasant West Virginia
Phi Delta Kappa district meeting at the Lowe Hotel in Pt Pleasant W V drew seven Middleport members (Ohio Gamma Xi Chapter) led by Ralph Graves with speakers including Stephen K Vaught Mason County prosecutor and Pt Pleasant mayor J B Couch amid representation from Ohio Gamma Xi Middleport Ohio and West Virginia Delta Pt Pleasant plus guests from Middletown Lore City and Marietta chapters.
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Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Lowe Hotel
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio Gamma Xi
Ralph Graves
Wm. Grate
Bus Reichman
Patsy Murray
Gerald Luellan
Max Lambert
Bill Dillard
Stephen K. Vaught
Mason County
J. BR. Couch
C. A. Rose
Ohio
Tota Beta
Marietta
West Virginia
Middletown
Lore City
Welch family and friends visit from Gassa way and beyond
Middleport residents share a weekend with Dr. and Mrs. L H Welch of Main Street and relatives from North Fourth Avenue. Ernest Mulford heads to Cleveland for the American Legion National Convention and the Great Lakes Exposition. Other locals attend conventions, anniversaries, and family gatherings in Parkersburg, Columbus, Gallipolis, and Cincinnati.
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Middleport
L. H. Welch
Gassaway
W. Va
Frances Curtis
Office Training School
Columbus
Oscar Roush
E. J. Buspan
Kenneth Zuspan
Kay- Jong
Laeysah Sundsy
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits
Pomeroy residents host friends from Zanesville Guysville Columbus and Dartmore area. Reverend Morrison new minister preached at Simpson M E Church while Belpre charge. Several families, including the Persons Griffths Gluesencr camp and others, enjoyed week end visits and dinners with relatives and friends across Ohio cities. Insects do not grow after adulthood.
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Pomeroy
Charles H. Morrison
Zanesville
Morrison
Simpson M. E
T. E. Maness
Belpre
Harvey Person
Guysville
Person
L. A. Person
Father Dunn Honored With Silver Cup in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy Meigs County Rev Father FE F Dunn was presented a silver loving cup at a Sunday night ceremony by the local gun club. Dunn served nine years at Sacred Heart Church before transfer to Millersburg. He returned for the event and plans to visit local friends briefly. A second note from Miss Clara Zier from California mentions a Mt Wilson trip and wildlife encounters.
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Pomeroy
Father FE. F. Dunn
Clara Zier
California
Mt. Wilson
Modoc Man Arrested For Assault In Local Case
Eddie Welch of near Modoc was arrested Friday on an assault charge preferred by a local woman. He was brought to the city, arraigned before Justice Thomas Gamwell, pled guilty, and was fined 13 dollars and 80 cents plus costs.
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Glouster
Eddie Welch
Modoc
Thomas Gamwell
Bomb scare at Allen County courthouse field
In Lima Ohio a device found behind the Allen County courthouse frightened workers. It was moved to a field and ignited into a smoke, emitting a shrill whistle rather than exploding. Investigators secured the area as authorities investigated the curious device.
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Lima
U.P
Allen County
Straitsville Mine Fire Seeki ng Halt With WPA Projects
Three WPA projects totaling 360000 will start within 10 days to extinguish the Straitsville mine fire that has burned since the 1884 strike. Supervised by a Federal Bureau of Mines mining engineer, the effort will place workers in Ward Township Hocking County and two sites in Perry County near Shawnee and west of New Straitsville.
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New Straitsville
Washington
Federal Bureau of Mines
Ward Township
Hocking County
Perry County
Glouster Beats Collieries in First Game as Logan Triumphs
In Logan on Sunday the Glouster softball team split a doubleheader with Collieries. Glouster won the first game 5 to 4, while Logan took the second 8 to 6. The report notes Miss Sue Gengerelli, a Glouster High and Columbus Beauty Culture alumna, now manages a Mary Lou salon chain in Columbus and previously worked at Brown's Beauty Shop.
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Glouster
Ohio Colleries
Logan
Miss Sue Gengerelli
Glouster High School
Columbus School of Beauty Culture
Mary Lou
Columbus
Miss Gengerelli
Brown's
Bern ard Child Dies at Greens Run
Bernard Child aged three months, child of Mr and Mrs Francis Bernard of Greens Run, died Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements planned for Tuesday at 3 PM at the home, burial in the Taylor Ridge cemetery. Also notes visits and social events among local families and transfer of Otis Johnson to Fort Wayne for civil engineering studies.
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Glouster
Francis Bernard
Greens Run
Taylor Ridge
Fred King
Gerald King
Johnstown
Bertha Carpenter
Gertrude Jewell
Bishopville
Carpenter
Palos
Otis
Johnson
Ft Wayne Ind
Post Office Sells 4.6 Million Postcards and Envelopes
American post offices sell about 4.6 million postcards and stamped envelopes in a year, underscoring steady mail volume.
Telephone Banquet Honors Growth Leader in Ohio District
The Southeastern Ohio District of Union Telephone Co. held a banquet at the Kennebec Hotel in McConnelsville for the greatest percentage gain in telephones installed over a period. It also served as a birthday event for George B Quatman Lima general manager of the four districts. Local attendees included Mr. and Mrs. E L Jones Mr. and Mrs. C G Lunsford Mrs Sadie Cook Mrs Lalla Dunnett and Mrs Clara Wells.
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E L. Jones
C. G. Lunsford
Sadie Cook
Lalla Dunnett
Clara Wells
Two Are Arrested For Intoxication In Glouster
In Glouster Frank Hartley of Jacksonville and Howard Rutter were arrested midnight Saturday by Marshal Fred Heck and Deputy G H Love on intoxication and disturbing the peace charges. They pled guilty Sunday morning before Mayor C F Wallace and were fined 13.80 each. The Loyal coworkers class of the Church of Christ meets Wednesday at 7 30 PM at Miss Marcella Jonas’s home Walnut Hill.
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Glouster
Frank Hartley
Jacksonville
Howard Rutter
Fred Heck
G. H. Love
C. F. Wallace
Co-workers
Church of Chiist
Marcella Jonas
Walnut Hill
Miss Cunningham Recovering After Major Surgery
Miss Esta Cunningham, a Glouster High School faculty member, underwent a major operation at White Cross Hospital in Columbus late last week and is recovering. She had previously undergone another surgical operation this summer.
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Glouster
Miss Esta Cunningham
Glouster High School
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Miss Cunningham
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Frank Vroman
Hollis Scott
Scott
John Rupe
A. A. Chappelle
Hobson Road
Pomeroy Social Notes
Lonnie Custer
Mrs. Gilmore
Nease Settlement
Helen Gilmore
Farm Bureau
Mildred Gilmore
Capital School of Beauty Culture
Howard Stansell
West
Carrolton
Earl Stansell
Elizabeth Jennings
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Richard Campbell
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Albert Alward
Fred Crow
Ohio State University
M. H. Jenkinson
Justin, Lancaster
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Basil
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Virginia Arnold
Rose Hill
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Harry S. Day
Roy E. Tracy
Spring St
Eddie Blake
A. Rosenbaum
Butternut Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Reed Steinbaur
Dorothy Moss
Brandenburg
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Walter Allis
Wm. Myers
Syble Allis
Allis
Ed Koehler
Howard Hughes
Maxine Roush
Virginia Geoglein
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Kathryn Hennessy
Norma Louise Wetzel
Kathryn Leger
Maxine Russell
Jean Flint
Martha Clifton
Ruth Will
Mary E
Hugh Davis
Leah Davis
W. Main St
New York
Missouri
V. F. W. Choice
Bernard W. Kearney
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Denver
Father Dunn
Straitsville
Bernard Child
Telephone Company
Luckoff
Iota Ray
Slibs Doe
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Cocoanut Grove
Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
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