Pomeroy Home-Coming Week Plans Football Game and Boating Program
Pomeroy Me t M 25 Members of the Home-Coming Committee met at City Hall to finalize events for October 1 to 6. A football game between Pomeroy High and Rutland High is set for next Friday at Middleport High School field. Wednesday is dollar day for merchants and state candidates may appear. Activities include parking lots used for rides and concessions, an amplified sound system, surf board and canoe events, a fire fighting scene with a boat landing building, and a Redmen program night. Further meetings will be scheduled by chairman L D Me Master.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Redmen
L. D. MeMaster
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Moves in Racine
Racine notes include Paul Jones of Columbus visiting his aunt Mrs Ernest Wingett. Mrs Laura Baker returns home to Midland Pa with Mr and Mrs W B Cross for Easter Liverpool and Midland. Mrs Sam Clark fractures her left leg but returns home to Hobson. The Tenthorey Harris and Billy family visit Athens. Ernest Wingett buys Homer Inman property and will move after repairs. Delbert Pullins of Pt Pleasant visits sister Mrs Sidney Fad. Mome Missionary Society holds all day at Mrs Mina Lewis. Rev D F B Moffit fills a Racine appointment and plans to move his family here Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Columbus
Ernest Wingett
Laura Baker
Midland
W. B. Cross
Liverpool
Sam Clark
Mary Turner
Hobson
W. F. Tenthorey
Howard Harris
Billy
Athens
Homer Inman
Delbert Pullins
Pt. Pleasant, Te
Mra
Sidney Fad
Mome Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Mina Lewis
D. FB. Moffit
Racine
Entertains Class Mrs Doyle Phillips Hostess
Members of the J O F Class of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church were entertained by Mrs Doyle Phillips at her East Main Street home. A devotional and business session planned cooperation with the Lend a Hand Society to set up a refreshment stand for the upcoming Home Coming. Bingo provided social hour fun with awards to Mrs Bert Sayre and consolation prize to Mrs Norman Foss. Refreshments followed. Several guests attended.
Ministerial Association Entertained At Dinner
Rev and Mrs T E Maness hosted 25 ministerial association members and their wives at Simpson Methodist Church. The dinner, a month early, honored ministers and families moving to new charges soon. The next meeting will be November 5 at the Church of Christ in Middleport with Rev and Mrs F I Gardner as hosts.
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Pomeroy
T. E. Maness
Ministerial Association
Simpson Methodist Church
Middleport
Church of Christ
F. I. Gardner
Claude Liggett Dies in Minneapolis
Claude Liggett died in Minneapolis Minnesota while visiting his father. He was a World War veteran and a member of Drew Webster Post at Pomeroy. He lived near Letart about a year ago and his wife Neva McDade resides there.
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Pomeroy
Claude Liggett
Minneapolis
Minn
Drew Webster Post
Liggett
Letart Wnt
Neva McDade
Letart
Minneapolla
G O P Club To Meet At Courthouse Thursday Night
The Young Republicans Club will meet Thursday at the Courthouse at 8 o clock. President James Hawley says the first session since the primary will map activities before the November election and cooperate with Republican candidates to aid the full ticket.
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Pomeroy
Young New
Ean
C Hub
James Hawley
Hawiey
Candi Haven
Millfield Bible Class Banquet Honors Youth Contest Winners
Plans are set for a banquet at Grange Hall in Millfield to honor the Church of Christ youths who won the attendance contest against adults. Girls from the Loyal Sunbeams will be special guests. the Martha and Faithful Circle Classes handle the kitchen in white attire. Attendees meet at the Millfield church Friday at 6:30 pm for transportation, with a closing program after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimble
Grange Hall
Church of Christ
Millfield
Bible School
Martha and Faithful Circle
Millfield Church
Social Roundup of Visits and Travel in Middleport Area
Middleport notes show Laura Soulsby and Miss Alice Hysell visiting two weeks with grandmother Mrs Elmira Hysell before returning to Columbus. Local families including Hackett Melvin and Williams families spent weekends in Columbus and Ironton visiting relatives. Guild Society to hold a sample fair and food demo Thursday at Heath M E Church. Bernice Hysell returns home after three weeks away. Various residents visited Huntington and Columbus, attended Labor Day events in Galion, and family travels to Kansas City and Quin cy. Mary Dennis improving in Holzer Hospital. her daughter Mary returned to Columbus. Multiple visitors and homecomings across towns, with relatives in Lockburn Parkersburg Syracuse and Clarksburg W Va.
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Laura Soulsby
Alice Hysell
Elmira Hysell
Columbus
George Hackett
W. E. Melvin
Ironton
Mra
Melvin
Guild Society of the Heath M. BE
Bernice Hysell
Hmysell Street
H. B. Bush
Kathleen
Nan Agee
Frankie Gaylord
Huntington
William Vale
Gravel Hill
Curt Lallance
Syracuse
R. C. McBride
South Fifth Avenue
Delbert Hee4
Dene
James Souder
South Fifth
Clarksburg
W Va
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights This Week
Mrs. Robert Chambers returns to Columbus after visiting relatives in Pomeroy for a week. Lew Saunders accompanied her. Orville Chambers plans to enroll at Ohio State University. Ed Arnold of Rose Hill travels to Columbus with Bert Taylor regarding property. Mrs. W B Gall of Belington and Mrs. Ray Ridenour of Philipp plan to attend the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star in Charleston, lasting until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chambers
Columbus
Lew Saunders
Orville Chambers
Ohio State University
Ed Arnold
Rose Hill
Bert Taylor
Rutland
W. B. Gall
Belington
W. Va
Ray Ridenour
Philipp
A. R. Knight
Doyle Phillips
East Main Street
Charleston
The
Eastern Star
Chauncey News honors Ananette Janes birthday
Ananette Janes was the honored guest at a Sunday dinner marking her birthday anniversary. Relatives attended as pink and white decorations themed the event. Madge Boring played piano while Gil bert and Navarre Costa provided violin music. The guest received many fine gifts.
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Chauncey
Ananette Janes
Madge Boring
Gilbert
Navarre Costa
Mrs. J. R. Ogdin Dies in Carpenter Home
Mrs. J R Ogdin, 78, died at her home in Carpenter Monday at 655 am Funeral services will be held at the residence Wednesday at 2 pm and burial will follow in the family lot She was a sister of Robert Hixson of Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
J. R. Ogdin
Carpenter
Glouster Personalities Share Weekend Guests and Birth News
Glouster residents hosted a large Sunday gathering honoring Harvey Brooks for his forty fourth birthday. Attendees included Alex and Ada Taylor, Lewis Mingus, Elza Brooks and many Greens Run families. John Danko hosted visitors from Chicago. Also noted is the birth of a son to Roy Wade’s family and Hellen Cook’s recovery from appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Ross
Harvey Brooks
Agnes
Glenn
James Hemplemen
Darwin
Middleport
Brooks
Ross Home
Lewis Mingus
Elza Brooks
Ada Taylor
Greens Run
Beck Reeves
Henry
Ed Zukowski
John Ryan
Carl Snyder
Esta
Elizabeth
Lewis Murray
Joe Mingus
Edna Kennard
Joann Kennard
Betty Mingus
Gorge Love
George Miller
Trimble
Walter Zachery
Mary Danko
Elizabeth Danko
George Koopritz
Chicago
John
Mrs. Sarah Vernon Dies in Glouster After 43 Years Local Residence
Mrs. Sarah Vernon aged 74 died at her home Monday afternoon from complications after a four month old fall. She had lived in Glouster 43 years and is survived by one daughter Mrs. Emmett Rogers and four sons Walter Harry Carson and Ernest. Funeral at M. E. Church Thursday at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. O. P. Smith. Burial in Glouster cemetery.
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Glouster
Sarah Vernon
Emmett Rogers
Corning
Rogers
Murphys divorce granted in Meigs County court
Anna Muriel Murphy is granted a divorce from John Murphy in Common Pleas Court with custody awarded to the mother. Pencil Taylor Daniel is granted a divorce from Floyd Daniel for extreme cruelty and there are no children. Hoyd bankruptcy case restrains sale of the farm in Columbia Township and J. J. Fulton is made a party in a suit involving Wyatt Plantave estate and the Village of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hoyd
Congress
Frazier-Lemke Farmer Bankruptcy
C. E. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Hoyd
Columbia Township
J. J. Fulton
State Superintendent of Banks
Fred W. Crow
de Bonis
Wyatt G. Plantave
Pomeroy Et al
Charlotte Nye to Wed Roy McCullough in Pomeroy
MIDDLEPORT Dr and Mrs George McCullough hosted a Saturday evening gathering for Roy McCullough and Miss Charlotte Nye. Announcement notes their forthcoming marriage set for Friday October 12 at the Episcopal Church in Pomeroy. Nye is a teacher, daughter of Mrs George Nye of Pomeroy, while Roy McCullough is son of Probate Judge A McCullough and returns to Ohio State University in Columbus.
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Middleport
George McCullough
North Third Aynue
Roy McCullough
Charlotte Nye
Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
Nye
George Nye
East Main Street
McCullough
A. McCullough
Ohio State University
Columbus
Marriage of Loyd Pierce and Eether Riggs announced
Announcement notes the March marriage of Loyd Pierce of Pleasant Hill Athens County and Eether Riggs of Meigs County. The bride, daughter of Herb and Mrs Riggs of Bedford Township, has lived with her parents. The Pierces will move to Athens and establish a household there.
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Pomeroy
Lioyd Pierce
Pleasant Hill
Athens County
Eether Riggs
Meigs County
Herb Riggs
Bedford Township
Birthday Party For Ralph Brown Gathers Local Children
Chauncey Ralph Bunkie Brown celebrated his sixth birthday Friday with a home party. A group of children enjoyed games, gifts, and refreshments prepared by his mother and aunt Mrs Brown and Mrs Clifford Courtney Corning. Attending were cousins Betty Jane Isabel Charles Marvey Marguerite Gilbert Jr Courtney Eldon Galbreath Pauline Agin and Nellie Agin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ralph “Bunkie” Brown
Mrs. Brown
Clifford Courtney
Corning
Betty Jane
Isabel
Charles Marvey
Marguerite
Gilbert
Jr. Courtney
Jasola Galbreath
Eldon Galbreath
Pauline Agin
Nellie Agin
Class Has Meeting at Church Social Rooms
CHAUNCEY-Willing Workers a class of junior girls in the Church of Christ Bible School taught by Mrs. Reena Shafer Simpkins held a meeting and pollack supper at the church social rooms Saturday. Attending were Geraldine Parry Elizabeth Spears Isabel Courtney Lois Ann Shafer Elsie Worden Marilyn Parry Ruth Lester Margaret Smith Margaret Marie Jackson Dorothy Jane Mc Cafferty Pauline Agin Nellie Agin Jeanette Blackford Ethel Henry Frances Fiske the teacher Mrs Simpkins and guests Mrs Christine Frown Betty Jane Courtney Ruth Leffler.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ Bible School
Reena Shafer Simpkins
Geraldine Parry
Elizabeth Spears
Isabel Courtney
Lois Ann Shafer
Elsie Worden
Marilyn Parry
Ruth Lester
Margaret Smith
Margaret Marie Jackson
Dorothy Jane McCafferty
Pauline Agin
Nellie Agin
Jeanette Blackford
Ethel Henry
Frances Fiske
Simpkins
Christine Frown
Betty Jane Courtney
Ruth Leffler
Two Men Arraigned on Intoxication Charges
Bert Ray pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Co F Wallace and received a $10 fine, costs, and 60 days in the Columbus workhouse with suspension on good behavior. Joe Richards was arrested for intoxication, pled not guilty, and his trial was set for Thursday at 7 PM. Charges were filed by their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Bert Ray
Co. F. Wallace
Columbus
Joe Richards
Loyal Bernin Class to meet at Church of Christ Bible School
Members of the Loyal Bernin Class will gather at the church for a business session led by class president Dana Howett. Plans for a noon luncheon on Wednesday October 3 will be finalized with Mrs P A Mysell as social chairman.
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Middleport
Church of Christ Bible School
Dana Howett
Mra
P. A. Mysell
Eastern Star members attend annual Southeast Pie iie Meeting
Middleport residents from Evangeline Chapter No. 172 joined others in Marietta for the Southeast Pie iie Meeting annual picnic session. In the business meeting Mrs. M. L. French was elected district president. From Middleport the women included Vannie Townsend Hat tie Bennett E M Harrah and E M McCarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Marietta
M. L. French
Vannie Townsend
Hattie Bennett
E. M. Harrah
E. M. McCarty
Important meeting of Thea Chapter O. E. 8 tonight
An important meeting of Thea Chapter O. E. 8. is scheduled for tonight at 7 30 o'clock. The gathering aims to discuss Chapter affairs and upcoming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Thea Chapter
O. E
Study Club Opens With Spain and Latin America Topic
The Progressive Study Club met at Mrs. Jennie Jones home for the first yearly session. Miss Eva Kientz shared travel pictures from California while discussions centered on Spain and Latin America and heroic adventure. Eighteen members and two visitors attended the two course dinner with guests Mrs. Grace Ocha and Mrs. Jessie McBroom Hill. DANFORDS HAVE PICNIC Mor gan County held a picnic on a knoll above the old Danford homestead with three sons of the late Mr. Danford present and others including L. G. Cary and several Danford family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Progressive Study Club
Jennie Jones
Spain
Latin America
Eva Kientz
California
Grace Ocha
Jessie McBroom Hill
Letart Falls Community Notes and Wedding Event
Letart notes report Rev James Law will return to Letart M E Church for another year. Local Ladies Aid meets Friday at Mrs Arthur Roush’s home. Glenn W Wolfe and Georgia Wheeler wed at the bride’s home with Rev J D Law officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Law
Letart M. E
M. E. Ladies Aid Society
Arthur Roush
Barnes
Antiquity
Charleston
Lavina Lawson
New Haven
W. Va
Harley Flowers
Evans
Charley Slaughter
Ed Sargent
Spencer
Bert Grimm and Sons
Zanesville
Grimm
C. B. Alexander
Mary Miller
Beaver Falls
James Sall
Glenn W. Wolfe
Washington
D. C
Georgia Wheeler
Apple Grove
J. D. Law
Carl Wolfe
Roberta
Rutland Socials Include Cox and Browning Visit
Rutland residents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cox and Dana Browning of Charleston spent Saturday night with J. M. Cox and family. They returned with Mrs. Browning and her little son who had been visiting kin. J. A. Siders visited Huntington with relatives. Mrs. Harlan Mills returned from Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis where she worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cox
Dana Browning
Charleston
J. M. Cox
J. A. Siders
Huntington
Harlan Mills
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Remove Slip Covers Now for Summer and Winter Storage
Instructions to remove summer slip covers from furniture and pillows, send to cleaners, then pack with heavy paper between folds. Store in dust and moisture-proof boxes until next spring.
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Meigs
Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Franchot Tone
Joan Crawford
Herbert Marshall
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Episcopal
Maness
Methodist Church
G. O. P. Club
Tion
Pomeroy Personals
Chauncey News
Carpenter Resi
Dent
City
Meigs Court News
Mr. McCullough
Lierd Pierce
Eether Rices
Mrs. Pierce
Ralph Brown
Pollack
thAss
Tomont
Letart Falls
Shirley Temple
James Dunn
Claire Trevor
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Tim McCoy
Helen Foster
Isaac Wilson Store
Zenner
Crewe
Dres
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