Pomeroy Names Calkins Resident Engineer for Meigs County
Charles Calkins of Pomeroy is named resident state highway engineer for Meigs County, filling a vacancy since Wright McCrory left the post. H. D. Goddard, who had overseen county highways, is transferred to Hocking County. A proposed extension of the Pomeroy Rutland Road 900 feet toward Rutland is under study. The $125,000 Rutland Pomeroy project, now largely finished, will soon receive beautification work along the roadside.
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Pomeroy
Charles Calkins
Meigs County
Wright McCroria
H. D. Goddard
Hocking County
Pomeroy-Rutland
Rutland
Rutland-Pomeroy
Mrs. Whipple Heads Auxiliary at Drew Webster Post
Mrs. Henry Whipple was elected president of the Auxiliary of The Drew Webster Post The Pomeroy American Legion during the regular meeting Tuesday evening Other officers named include Mrs Helen Nease first vice president Mrs Lon Custer second vice president Miss Luella Durst secretary Mrs Fannie Amburger treasurer Mrs Raymond Eiselstein sergeant at arms Mrs A F Eiselstein chaplain The group enjoyed a social hour and refreshments hosted by Mrs Stanley Jones Mrs Boyd Dilgard Mrs Ernest Lallance and Miss Maud and Freda Grueser.
Boy undergoes surgery after severed artery injury
Eugene Davis five year old son of Mr and Mrs Doug las Davis of Minersville was hospitalized after his foot cut severed an artery. He was taken to Holzer Hospital at Gallipolis for an operation as the wound failed to heal following the injury last week.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Davis
Douglas Davis
Minersville
Holzer
Gallipolis
POMEROY-A Visit to a Kansas Salt Mine Experience
The article recounts Mr. and Mrs. P L Peoples and daughter Mrs. Wilson Norris of Athens on a West trip visiting a Kansas salt mine 600 feet deep. They tour Rocky Mountains Park Denver Little Cheyenne and cross to St Joseph Missouri where the grandfather once wagoned west. The mine yields 500 tons daily and uses pillar supports.
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Pomeroy
Kansas
P. L. Peoples
Wilson Norris
Athens
West
Rocky Mountains Park
Colorado
Denver
Little Cheyenne
Wyoming
Peoples
St. Joseph
William Peoples
Athens County
Laurel Cliff
L. M. Peoples
Uniforms For Middleport High School Band
Middleport High School Band will receive new uniforms after a Band Boosters Club committee awarded the contract to C. E. Ward Company of New London Ohio. Delivery is promised by October 30 after measurements were taken from band members.
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Middleport
C. E. Ward Company
New London
Ohio
Girl Scouts Hold Special Honor Court at Pomeroy
Girl Scouts met Tuesday at Simpson M E Church for the year’s first meeting. A Court of Honor elected Maxine Russell secretary while Mrs Bob Roberts assisted Miss Mary Elizabeth Chapman. Attendees included Mary Martha Smith and many others. Hedgehogs destroy cockroaches and beetles.
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Marilyn Young
Adele Fowler
Betty Hoffner
Lilly Blazewick
Abbie Warner
Nora Tracy
Helen Rhodes
Mary Goodwin
Kathryn Hennessy
Betty Gress
Vera Hepp
Emma
Dorothy Gloeckner
Janette Bramblage
Maxine Russell
Eva Jane Simpson
Carolyn Smith
Dorothy Jane Cook
Margaret Ann Strauss
Rita Duffy
Leona Priode
Mary McCroria
Jean Mallory
Louana Ebersbach
Mary Phyllis Hines
Harrisonville Fair Plans Include Band and Contests
Harrisonville fair officials announced a 40 piece Middleport High School band will perform on Saturday Oct 3 during the community fair. The program also features horse pulling pony races livestock judging and athletic events as part of a Meigs County league with teams from Athens and Meigs High Schools competing for a league banner.
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Harrisonville
Middleport
Fair Board
Vocational Agriculture
Athens
Meigs
H. H. Pickering
Smith-Hughes
Meigs County
Jonah Cotterill
Meigs County Rural Electrification Plan Discussed
A tri county meeting at the Farm Bureau Office in Pomeroy reviewed the Rural Electrification Program for Meigs County with Meigs Athens and Gallia counties sending four board members each. Members named include G L Michael Minersville Cesco Atkins Sumner C S Morris Long Bottom Everett Colwell Vinton and J M Pullins Pomeroy as promotional representative. Promotional reps pursue rights of way and membership fees for the district plan.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
Meigs
Athens
Gallia
Rural Electrification Board
G. L. Michael
Minersville
Cesco Atkins
Sumner
C. S. Morris
Long Bottom
Everett Colwell
Vinton
J. M. Pullins
Syracuse Social Notes and Community Happenings Push
Syracuse portion lists visits from Helen Underhill and relatives from Columbus, the Carmichael and Copley families moving charges, local social events at Asbury M E Church, doctor news on Anna Mae Ackrey, Freda Fields returning to work, and local residents planning to move to Syracuse with J T Blair attending and chorister duties noted.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
Asbury M. E. Church
C. D. Copley
Roy Carmichael
Carmichael
Copley
Syracuse
Branche Fleming
Huntington
Anna Mae Ackrey
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Freda Fields
Williams Variety Store
Pomeroy
Syracuse U. B
Carmel
Racine
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Pomeroy residents and visitors are listed with travels to Parkersburg Ironton Zanesville and Columbus. typhoid cases, theater work progress, and local hospital visits are noted along with a D.A.R. convention trip and K of P Py thian Sisters gathering.
Democrats Plan Meigs County Headquarters in Pomeroy
Democratic leaders said Meigs County headquarters will open in Pomeroy by Oct 1. Plans include rallies with invited state candidates Governor Martin L. Davey and Kennedy running for secretary of state. Ernest Wingett of Racine was chosen to run the new HQ.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Martin L. Davey
Kennedy
Democratic Club
Ernest Wingett
Racine
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Charles Calkinsons
Meigs Co
Pomeroy-Rutland Road
Mrs. Whipple
Cooper's Underwear
Esquire
Campbell Crow
Girl Scouts
Babette
Foot Fashion
Oxfords
Wun-Der Shoe Store
Athens’ Family Shoe Store
Meigs Rural Electric Plan
Syracuse Social Notes
Helen Underhill
Inlaw
George Underhill
R T. McClain
Columbus
Mary Karr
Marcia Karr
Carl Genheimer
Pomeroy Social Notes
George E. Fricker
Pine Grove
Parkersburg
Fricker
Evelyn Stonaker
Edward Diefenbaugh
Myrtle Griffith
Spring St
Diefenbaugh
Griffith
Noah Sheets
Fomeroy
Nell
Caddie Bing
Gertrude French
Ironton
John Chase
Zanesville
Chase
New Concord
D.A.R
Ruth Yolton
E. Main St
Laura Hayman
Welshtown
James Mahoney
V.F.W
Patty Jenkinson
Vica Russell
Mulberry Ave
Don
William Kreiselmier
Whipple
Pleasant Ridge
Mr. Long
Thomas Fork
Mattie Reeves
Herbert Giles
Seaman
Malcolm Hartley
J. A. Edwards
Diana Lynn
A. W. Hoover
Marion Welsh
Springfield
A.F. of L
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Betty
Phil Williamson
Mary
Marilyn Ewing
Marilyn
Republican
Fairgrounds
Quillin
Cincinnati
Wolf Pen
Harley Johnson
Mary Williamson
Martha Clifton
Virginia Googlein
Ruth Will
Margaret Amburger
Sally
Pomeroy Scouts
Herman Scholl
Court Street Grill
Max Harrah
Harrah
United States
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