Meigs Counties Urged to Join Northwest Territory Parade
Meigs County communities are urged to participate in the Northwest Territory Celebration parade on Tuesday Oct 11 with at least one float from each area. A Columbus picnic extended invites former residents to return, plans include a car cavalcade led by state highway patrolmen, and banners sold to finance the event.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Northwest Territory
John Hite
Meigs County Association
Columbus
Meigs
Simpson M. E
Bradbury Tigers Beat Gallipolis in Pythian Park
In MIDDLEPORT a Sunday baseball game at Pythian Park saw Bradbury Tigers topple a Gallipolis colored team 4 to 2 after a tight contest. Gallipolis led 2 0 0 through eight innings before Bradbury tied in the third and surged with two in the eighth. next Sunday the Hocking Valley Giants visit Bradbury for another showdown.
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Middleport
Pythian Park
Bradbury Tigers
Gallipolis
Tigers
Bradbury
Pullins
Koehler
Hill and Lee
Hocking Valley Giants
Youngest Hunter Sallies Forth After Squirrel
MIDDLEPORT. An air of expectancy filled Middleport as hunters prepared for the season opening. Sally Schaaf, six, accompanied by her father Dr. George Schaaf, joined the field at five. Sally, a first grader, has hunted with her father the past two years. Homer Vance, Tom Vance, Bucyrus, Claude Vance, Dana Leonard, and Marion came to Meigs County for the hunt and will return Tuesday.
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Middleport
Sally Schaaf
George Schaaf
Sally
Homer Vance
Tom Vance
Bucyrus
Claude Vance
Dana Leonard
Marion
Meigs County
Cat preserved like tin found under Wyllis Hill home
Body of a cat was discovered beneath Mr. and Mrs. William Reibel's home on Wyllis Hill in an unusual state of preservation. The hide remained intact, whiskers and eyeballs preserved, as a basement is dug. The find ends a 25 year odor mystery dating back to 1913 when the family noted a foul smell.
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Pomeroy
William Reibel
Wyllis Hill
Reibel
Camera Recovered After Robbery Suspect Loots Cars
Police recovered a stolen Kodak after Chief Walter Wolfe traced it through serial number inquiry with Eastman. William A. Smith reported the camera missing from his car, leading to the rapid return of the item and the neighbor’s surprise.
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William A. Smith
Wolfe
Smith
Chief Wolfe
WPA Walk Job To Begin October 5 In Pomeroy
Mayor M D Hartley announced tentative start date October 5 for the Pomeroy street and sidewalk WPA project. Work relies on WPA approval and no tar surfacing will occur this fall. A double sidewalk crew will lay a stone base on the lower parking lot and several streets while tar work waits until spring.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Street
M. D. Hartley
WPA
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Visits
Church class plans an old fashioned quilt prize for the Centennial celebration. The Menchini family returned from New York en route home from Italy via Parkersburg. Sewing club shower for Harriett Beards. Loretta Franz, recently from the West, visits before nurse work in Columbus. Local visits include Hysell hosts, Deeks siblings in Akron, and patients at Holzer Hospital. multiple residents reported with fair to improving conditions.
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United Brethren Church of Enterprise
Harry Beards
Homer Casto
Italy
Former Glouster Resident Escapes Injury in Storm
Mr and Mrs E L Jones learned on Saturday that Mr and Mrs O K Rogers Dorothy Jones who are in the storm zone in Rhode Island were safe. They reached Providence Saturday though wiring from Pawtucket was not possible. The Rogers had left Glouster only the week before and arrived home Monday at 1 am as the storm struck Wednesday. Pawtucket suffered no flood damage but the hurricane heavily damaged the local business block. the brick wall at the back stood firm while front windows across the block were blown out except at Mr Rogers location.
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E. L. Jones
O. K. Rogers
Dorothy Jones
Rhode Island
Providence
Pawtucket
Rogerses
Scout Board of Reviews Set Tuesday Night
The Boy Scout Board of Reviews will meet Tuesday at 7 in the high school manual training room. All Scouts and leaders urged to attend as this is the last meeting before October Court of Honor. The Retail Clerks hold their regular monthly meeting in Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday September 27 at 7 30 p.m. to discuss important business.
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Glouster
Boy Scout Board of Reviews
Scout Committee
Scoutmasters
Court of Honor
Odd Fellows Hall
Social Notes From Glouster and Club Gatherings
GLOUSTER The Rothwell Club met at Mrs W W Bryson s home with eight members and two visitors. Four dollars was voted to help rent the library room. Mrs M M Bryson read The Changing World about four stages of development. Dolls from many lands entertained the group. Guests were Mrs A M Shumaker and Mrs FE Raser of Columbus. Seven Sisters Club held a theater party at Crawford Theater with listed members. Lew Davis of Cleveland visiting E A Anderson family. The Standard Bearers to meet at 7 30 tonight at Miss Anna Louise Logie s home.
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Patty Raber
A. M Shumaker
FE. Raser
Columbus
Sisters Meet
Seven Sisters Club
Crawford Theater
John Barnes
Murray City
Mike Colbert
Porter Shively
Harve Sayre
Floyd Leake
Buchtel
Elizabeth White
Nelsonville
John R. Clark
Glouster
Lew Davis
Cleveland
E. A. Anderson
Anna Louise Logie
Middleport Social Notes Visitors and Family Events
Middleport social notes record Miss Virginia Smith entering training at Christ Hospital Cincinnati this fall after an appendectomy. Her parents Mr and Mrs Ray Smith of Athens traveled to Cincinnati to bring her home. Various relatives and friends from Columbus Athens Canton Charleston and other towns are listed visiting, hosting or traveling, with a wiener roast at Boone Hollow as a Sunday highlight.
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Virginia Smith
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Ray Smith
Athens
L. D. Diles
Smith
Fred Hoffman
Jack
Bob
Ray Turley
William Lynch
Irving Smith
Columbus
W. P. Lynch
T. R. Cowie
Louis Burford
Lancaster
H. S. McClure
Charleston
Myrta Musser
Herman Engler
Carl
Louis Seyfield
Otis Bradford
William Bradford
R. B. Loughead
Harry Warner
Ona
W. Va
Curtis Clark
Canal Winchester
C. F. Besserer
S. Third Ave
E. A. Asbury
McMaster
Harry Houdashelt
Youngstown
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Meigs Temple
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
R. S. Jackson
James Jackson
Clarence Shawver
Dorothy Hickman
Belle, Va
R. M Jackson
Pearl St
Boone Hollow
New Books Added to Middleport Library Shelf Today
Middleport Public Library announces a large batch of new books across non fiction and fiction sections now ready for circulation. Notable titles include A Passionate Victorian and Andrew Jackson, plus The Chinese Parrot and Our Town a Play. Also listed are works donated during 1937 38 by Cedric Clark Miss Esther Louise Hoyt and others. The library serves Meigs County residents Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays from 2 to 4 30 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm.
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Middleport
General von Steuben
The
Supreme Court
Freedom of the Press
Massachusetts
Zeppelin
England
Ol’ Man River
Victoria
Miranda
Ohio
Cedric Clark
Fannie Kimble
Andrew Jackson
Esther Louise Hoyt
Stoddard
Frankie Downing Grant
American Library Association
Middleport Public Library
Meigs County
Promotion Day At First Baptist Church In Middleport
Promotion Day at the First Baptist Church featured separate class program openings then a short service upstairs. The Primary Class led by Mrs. Paul Smart sang two songs. The Burnell Bible Class aims to lift attendance with 34 and 35 members Sunday. The J.O.F. Class of Simpson M E Church will meet Monday at Miss Lydia Ebersbach’s home for its regular social gathering. Three of five new cars are bought on installment plans per statistics.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Paul Smart
Burnell
Pomeroy
J.O.F
Simpson M. E. Church
Lydia Ebersbach
Downin Named Meigs County GOP Campaign Chairman
The Meigs County Republican central committee announced John B. Downing as chairman of the Republican campaign committee for Meigs County. Downing, president of Citizens National Bank and member of the Republican state finance committee, will oversee two party headquarters in Pomeroy and Middleport.
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Meigs County
Republican Central Committee
John B. Downing
Republican Campaign Committee
Mr. Downing
Citizens National Bank
Republican State Finance Committee
Pomeroy
Whaley Building
Middleport
Charles Childs
Rawlings
N. Second Ave
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Athens Messenger
Anners
Pomeroy Bend
Musser
Chester Grange
Harley Musser
Rock Springs
Pearl Mora
Clyde Jinks
Garnet Jinks
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Harry A. Mettler
Hoty
John Caldwell
Nellie Caldwell
Harry Caldwell
Mary Hayes
Court of Common Pleas
Stewart
Rome
Foster B. Cornwell
Her
Reibels
Adolf Hitler
Nuremberg
Germany
Hitler
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mary Bishop
Nye Ave
Harriett Beards
Wheeler Drake
Albert Brown
William Bartels
Agnes Sutton
Mary Davis
Kathryn Mitch
Loretta Franz
J. Franz
Mulberry Ave
Pearl Hysell
Harrisonville Road
Mr. Hysell
Lara Deeks
Akron
Tom Googlein
Ethel Smith
Mary A. Smith
Earl Denny
Peacock Ave
Charles Calkins
J. E. Tracy
Eddie Smith
Mary
Martha
Ann
Dorothy Jones Rogers
Fred L. McDaniel
Cowboy
Terrell Jacobs
Tony” Concello
Circus
Jacobs
Terrell
Concello
America
A. J. Keyolds
Ecvo Ce
Winston-Saiem
N.C
Middleport Social Notes
Ralph Anderson
Detroit
Katherine Anderson
Baptist Church
Downin Gop
Balto
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Ireland
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