Tragedies of River Many In Last Year
Meigs County recounts eight drownings in the Ohio River within six months. Among the victims were June Farra, Dorothy Knightling, Ralph Donahue, and Robert Friend, with several other drownings in Middleport and New Haven.
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Pomeroy
June Farra
Dorothy Knightling
Ohio River
Meigs County
Ralph Donahue
Robert Friend
Apple Grove
Middleport
Mark McCoy
Robert Bradford
George Elliott
Syracuse
New Haven
Amada Stewart
Stewart
Dallas Bumgarner
Middleport social notes cover dish supper opens Class 12
The Heath Methodist Church Class 12 met at the John Kincaid home on North Fourth Avenue for a covered dish garden supper. Forty members and two guests attended, served cafeteria style, with business session led by new president Mrs. Kelly Grogan. Members chosen to purchase gifts for former members Doris Allen and Dana Daniels, committees formed, and plans discussed for upcoming trips and fund-raising. Also notes on Boy Scout Troop 40 activities, Wisecrackers wiener roast, and Jitterbugs chili con carne event with Martha and Peggy Robson hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kincaid
N. Fourth Ave
Heath Methodist Church
Kelly Grogan
Nan Moore
Lucille Dutton
Doris Allen
Dana Daniels
M. L. French
Dave Entsminger
O. P. Klein
L. W. McComas
Cline Matthews
M. W. Essex
Frank White
Frieda Faehnle
Lawrence Milhoan
O. B.stout
E. M. McCarty
Bess Sanborn
Richard Grogan
Stewart Hawkins
Troop 40
Methodist Church
Harry McGuffin
Lewis Durst
R. E. McKay
Wisecrackers
Rutland
Betty Brown
Marguerite Souders
Iris Winebrenner
Charles Howard
Middleport
Bailey's
Martha
Peggy Robson
Esther Michi
Halloween party plans for Loyal Berean Class
The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ mapped its annual Halloween party for Thursday December 26 at the church. Mrs C O French and Mrs Edgar Allensworth named to the party committee as Homer Rice led the meeting and devotions were given by Mrs Herbert Fink Mrs C O French and Rev Don McMillan. A duet by Mrs French and Mrs Eleanor Souders preceded plans for fall activities by Girl Scouts Troop 1 under Captain Pearl Reynolds and Lieutenant Ruth Pickens with 20 scouts present. Much of the evening was spent counting sales tax stamps showing the troop had saved 2467 stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean
Church of Christ
C. O. French
Edgar Allensworth
Homer Rice
Herbert Fink
Don McMillin
French
Eleanor Souders
Girl Scouts
Pearl Reynolds
Ruth Pickens
Tragic Water Accident Near New Haven Claims Four
Four young people drowned Sunday when their boat struck a bear trap at Dam 23 in Applegate. A missing oarlock may have contributed to the disaster, but authorities say the basic cause was failure to avoid a known danger. Red Cross water safety rules are urged for prevention.
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New Haven
Dam
Apple Grove
Red Cross
A. W. Hoover
Missionary Secretaries Visit Piketon Then Cheshire
Mrs. H A Rothrock secretary of Christian Citizenship and Miss Lydia Ebersbach secretary of supplies travel in the Home Missionary Society circuit. They attended a meeting in Piketon yesterday and will speak at Cheshire today before continuing to Portsmouth and Ironton next week. Mrs. Floyd Koehler and children spent Tuesday in Athens with Mr and Mrs Frank Ley. Mrs Anna Miller of Langsville visits Lincoln Street family. Mrs Cline Matthews seeks a Columbus residence for a move when property found. Mr and Mrs Herbert Hausman of Erie guests at La Salle Hotel arranging a pool room and counter in Shiflet Building on N Second Ave arriving last night.
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H. A. Rothrock
Christian Citizenship
Lydia Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Piketon
Cheshire
Portsmouth
Ironton
Floyd Koehler
Connie Lee
Eddie Gene
E. F. Maag
Athens
Athens With Mrs. Koehler
Frank Ley
Anna Miller
Langsville
David Entsminger
Lincoln St
Cline Matthews
Columbus
Matthews
Herbert Hausman l
Erie
la Salle Hotel
Hausman
Shiflet
N. Second Ave
Christian Endeavor Society Plans Winter Activities
The executive committee of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of Christ met recently and outlined plans for four months of winter events. Miss Frances Roush serves as adviser. division leaders are Chester Rice, June Hysell, Richard Fink, and Iris Winebrenner. They will organize monthly entertainment and arrange guest speakers for Sunday meetings starting October 1.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the
Church of Christ
Frances Roush
Chester Rice
June Hysell
Richard Fink
Iris Winebrenner
Endeavor
Funeral services set for Mrs Effie Bowman Hundley
Funeral services for Effie Bowman Hundley aged 67 will be at 2 p m Friday at First Baptist Church MIddleport Interment Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire beside husband Edward Hundley who died nine years ago She is survived by three daughters Mrs Edgar Heater Mrs Stewart Adams Pittsburgh and Mrs Carl Mumford Washington D C fourteen grandchildren plus numerous nieces and nephews and grandnieces Betty Jane and Ferry Nuckles She was active in church and missionary society and recently returned home after four months with her sister Mrs James Hundley Twin daughters died at birth.
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Middleport
Effie Bowman Hundley
First Baptist Church
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Edward Hundley
Hundley
S. S. Bowman
Will
Bert
Hobart Bowman
Los Angeles
Harry
Detroit
Frank Bowman
Dayton
James Hundley
Hobson
M. J. Hamilton
Edgar Heater
Stewart Adams
Pittsburgh
Carl Mumford
Washington, D. C
Betty Jane
Ferry Nuckles
Woman's Missionary Society
Hamilton
Hamiltons
Japanese hide gold by silver plating amid census drive
Tokyo reports that Japanese citizens wary of surrendering gold articles are reportedly plating rings and other items with silver to fool authorities conducting a gold census. The tactic aims to conceal ownership and avoid requisition during wartime measures.
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Tokyo
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Mrs. C E W Downie hosted a picnic on Lincoln Hill with noon dinner and Mari ett a guests. Dexter hosts report a September 15 Christian Endeavor Society formed by Claude Delaney’s birthday and anniversary, with officers chosen for six months and pledge cards signed at a candle light service. Geneva Humphreys resumes duties as home demonstration agent after World’s Fair trip and Washington visit.
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C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
C. W. Bengel
Clara Mann
Fred Day
John Otto
Wesley Otto
Seigler
Della Strecker
Bertha Strecker
Marietta
George H. Jones
T. W. Bengel
A. N., Bengel
T. A. Downie
Pomeroy
Geneva Humphreys
New York
Washington, D. C
Humphreys
Annual Forget-Me-Not Day To Be Saturday
D A V allied drive in the area plans a Saturday Forget-Me-Not Day with 25 volunteers selling blue Forget-Me-Not pins. Charles E. Withrow leads the campaign with theaters Liberty Temple Meigs Bendvue and Racine cooperating. Herman V. Ohlinger heads Middleport work from LaSalle Hotel. Frenk Sullivan leads Pomeroy from Shorn Barber Shop. organizers seek volunteers.
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Pomeroy
Charles E. Withrow
Liberty
Temple
Middleport
Meigs
Bendvue
Racine
Herman V. Ohlinger
LaSalle Hotel
Frenk Sullivan
Maine
Bradbury Rally Heads for Record Attendance
Bradbury Church hosts the quarterly rally on Thursday night September 21 drawing youths from Bradford Rutland Dexter and Bradbury Churches of Christ. Rev Harold Deitch of Russell will speak with music by Rutland Young Ladies Quartette and the Youth Rally Orchestra. If weather allows games will be on the parsonage lawn. Registrants must be ages 12 to 30. Wallace Russell presides.
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Bradbury
Bradford
Rutland
Dexter and
Wallace Russell
Jacket Coaches None Too Confident Ahead of Rutland Tilt
Middleport coaches say the Yellow Jackets are ironing out rough spots after a 40-0 win over Wahama. Gene Harris is out with a shoulder injury. lineup likely unchanged. New players Yeanger Tonston Martin Carsey Roush Hartinger join, while Rutland visits for their season opener.
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Middleport
Wahama
Marshall McCuen
Charles Pickens
Yellow Jacket
West Virginia
Rutland High School
Gene Harris
Yeanger
Johnston
Bradbury
Martin
Carsey
Roush and
Hartinger
Hobson
James Bennett
Bennett Brothers
Arnold
Julius
Gene
Orange
Black
Rutland
Italy's Population Rises by 424 Thousand in 1938
Italy records a population increase of 424,394 persons for the year 1938. The growth reflects steady demographic expansion amid national policies and economic conditions shaping census figures and urban-rural shifts.
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Italy
Meigs County Man Visits Pomeroy After 46 Years
W. E. Bolen of Pleasant Hill Ridge near the Athens County line traveled to Pomeroy for the first time in 46 years. He recalled many old buildings no longer standing and asked about the streetcar line the old salt plant below town and whether coal still ships from the Peacock Mine.
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Pomeroy
W. E. Bolen
Meigs County
Pleasant Hill Ridge
Athens
Bolen
DAV Adjutant To Visit Meigs
Albert L. Daniels of Greenfield Dis abled American Veterans Adjutant will visit the Meigs Chapter at 7 30 Friday night at the Legion Hall in Middleport. He will install new chapter officers and explain the recent pension law. Wartime disabled veterans are welcome.
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Pomeroy
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Disabled American Veterans
Legion Hall
Middleport
Benjamin F. Turner
Meigs
Daniels
NYC Employment Increase Noted
Middleport reports rising NYC Central payroll activity as eight crews of 40 men are called South to Dickinson. Machinists and repair workers are recalled to Hobson shops for rail car and locomotive maintenance, signaling broader employment gains in transportation.
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Middleport
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
South
Dickinson
Hobson Shops
Temple Theater Operator Taken for Emergency Appendectomy
Charles Neal of the Temple Theater was rushed to Holzer Hospital Tuesday evening for an emergency appendectomy. On Wednesday his mother Mrs. Hoffner and his brother Ray Neal joined him at the hospital.
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Middleport
Charles Neal
Temple Theater
Holzer Hospital
Bob Burns Stars in Cobb Story At Athena Friday
Bob Burns and Irvin S. Cobb collaborate on Our Leading Citizen to open Friday at the Athena Theater. The film features Susan Hayward, Elizabeth Patterson, Gene Lockhart, and Charles Bickford in a tale by Cobb with screenplay by John C. Moffitt.
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Sage
van Buren
Paducah
Bob Burns
Irvin S. Cobb
Athena Theater
Bob
Cobb
Burns
Missouri
Alfred Santell
The
Arkansas Traveler
John C. Moffitt
Susan Hayward
Joseph Allen, Jr
Elizabeth Patterson
Gene Lockhart
Charles Bickford
Divorce and Mortgage Filings Reported in Local Courts
The Pomeroy divorce action of Miriam M Ohlinger and Orval T Ohlinger was dismissed on plaintiff's motion. In Racine, judgment on cognovit notes for 350 and 175 dollars was granted in the case of Racine Home Bank versus Okey and Blanche Cleland. A mortgage foreclosure suit for 1650 dollars was filed in common pleas court by C O Miles and H Miles against Roy E McCullough Charlotte Nye McCullough and C D Schaefer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
C. O. Miles
H. Miles
Roy E. McCullough
Charlotte Nye McCullough
C. D. Schaefer ‘Co
Mayor Fines Five In Court Wednesday
Marvin Marks of eastern Meigs County admitted guilty to hunting out of season after shooting a $25 squirrel and was fined $25 plus costs. In Mayor Hartley’s court, Gerald Wise, Ross McClain, Richard Jones, and Ollie Clark pleaded guilty to intoxication with varying offenses and penalties. Also noted, during World War I certain airplanes used hollow propeller shafts to fire explosives.
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Pomeroy
Marvin Marks
Meigs County
Marks
A. H. Joachim
M. D. Hartley
Gerald Wise
Ross McClain
Richard Jones
Ollie Clark
Osborn Named Assistant State Highway Superintendent
Osborn received appointment as assistant state highway maintenance superintendent in Meigs County and began new duties this week. He has 12 years of highway department experience before being laid off a year ago.
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Pomeroy—Mont Osborn
Meigs County
Osborn
Highway Department
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Donald
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Middleport Social Notes
Schine
Gloria Jean
Nan Grey
Mary Carlisle
Johnny Downs
Matty Malnek
Athena
UEC
Boden
Brian Donlevy
Frontiers
John Wayne
Ray Corrigan
Raymond Hatton
Dick Tracy
Piketon Meeting
Christian Endeavor
Pomeroy Social Notes
Jacket
General Electric
Ewings
Pomeroy Ohio
Southe Mcmaster
Ohio
DAV
Nyc
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
Dave S. Farmer
Rathburn's
Oxford
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