Meigs County to print ballots for November election
The Meigs County election ballot printing contract was awarded to The Pomeroy Democrat for 660 dollars. The project covers 62 105 ballots across 20 taxing districts with extra books for absent voters, due by October 22. Withdrawals included Arthur Beegle and Walter L Vaughan. An appropriation of about 2100 dollars was required for election expenses.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Democrat
Middleport Printing Company
Meigs Publishing Company
Board of Elections
Election Board
Arthur Beegle
Board of
Education
Racine
Walter L. Vaughan
H. J. Blackmore
E. Peoples
Peoples
Karr
Compton
Two Football Games Set for Middleport and Pomeroy
POMEROY Sept 22 Two football games are listed for Saturday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets duel the Blue Devil team from Gallipolis at Middleport field starting 2 30 PM in what is expected to be a hotly contested contest. At the same time Purple Panthers of Pomeroy meet Jackson High on their field with fans already planning to travel to Jackson.
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Pomeroy
Yellow Jackets
Bue Devil
Gallipolis
Middleport
Purple Panthers
Jackson High
Jackson
Barn destroyed at Furbee farm in Great Bend area
Pomeroy reports Marion L. Furbee of Great Bend lost his upper section barn during a heavy storm at about 10 o clock Friday night. The blaze destroyed 20 tons of hay 2130 bushels of wheat 200 bushels of potatoes a wagon harness and other farm tools with an estimated total loss near 1800 partly insured.
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Pomeroy
Marion L. Furbee
Great Bend
Local National Guard News Mixed with Family Health Updates
Mr and Mrs A N Bengel Pomery were called to Cincinnati by Mrs Bengels brothers illness. Mrs Roy E Tracy now in Logan in Columbia hospital for treatment. Mrs Edna Bartels Pomeroy has returned from Parkersburg hospital. Carl Fisher Pomeroy boy returns home recovering from fall. H B Buzard Little Hocking home after Holzer Hospital injuries from auto crash near Tuppers Plains. A son born to Mr and Mrs Frank Mills Syracuse via Caesarean at Holzer Hospital. Clyde Baker Middleport and Paul Nelcamp Akron hurt in Kanange crash. Baker car demolished. both on crutches.
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A. N. Bengel
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
H. B. Buzard
Little Hocking
Holzer Hospital
Tuppers Plains
Frank Mills
Syracuse
Mulford
Cheshire
Clyde Baker
Middleport
Paul Nelcamp
Akron
Kanange
Baker
Nelcamp
Dorcas Society Plans Winter Program After Fall Meeting
Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church held its first fall gathering at the home of Mrs. Raymond Saxton on Locust Street. The group, active in church work, planned winter activities and programs as they resume monthly meetings.
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Middleport
Dorcas Society of the
First Baptist Church
Raymond Saxton
Locust Street
Dorcas Society
Your Society and Locals to 40-3
Hartley staff correspondent notes community segments and local news items calling attention to society updates and local notices. Readers are invited to call John Sauvage at 445-L with circulation or classified advertising inquiries for The Messenger.
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Hartley
The
Messenger
John Sauvage
Meigs County Fair Directors Report Lower Attendance
Meigs County Agricultural Society directors say this year’s fair drew fewer attendees and lower receipts than 1950. Expenses were reduced and 1951 receipts still fell short. For 1952 plans include day and night sessions with 25 cent admission and potential successful night races.
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Pomerqy
Meigs County Agricultural Society Directors
Reedsville Man Dies Of Pneumonia Friday
Winnie A. Wiley aged 54 died of pneumonia at his home near Reedsville after prolonged illness. He lived alone since his mother’s death and is survived by a sister Mrs. Henry Hatch of Athens and a brother Jamie Wiley of Reedsville plus many relatives. Funeral services were at Pleasant Home Church Sunday at 10:30 led by Rev. Bert O Connor with burial in the nearby cemetery. Attendees from distance included Henry Hatch Athens Dr W Coleman Bremen Ira Coleman Mrs B J Williamson Mrs Roy Packard and Charles Gephart of Columbus.
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Reedsville
Winnie A. Wiley
Here
Henry Hatch
Athens
Jamie Wiley
Episcopal Church
Pleasant Home Church
Bert O'Connor
Reedsville M. E
W. Coleman
Bremen
Ira Coleman
B. J. Williamson
Roy Packard
Charles Gephart
Columbus
Sunday School Convention At Portland M E Church
Sunday School convention held at Portland M E Church on Sunday September 27. Judge Peoples and wife with daughter Mrs Rousey and baby from Pomeroy attended. Louis Lee left Sunday for Columbus to begin college work. S J Lee and Tom Deans purchased a car. The wicket in Dam No 21 was lowered Sunday night.
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Portland M. E
Dam No. 21
S. J. Lee
Tom Deans
Louis Lee
Columbus
Judge Peoples
Rousey
Pomeroy
Weekend Visitors and Local Moves in Columbus Area
Mrs Earl Rumfield of Columbus visited cousins Mr and Mrs E D Miller on Gravel Hill and planned a brief stop in Dexter before returning home. Numerous residents were noted traveling to family funerals, hospital recoveries, and short visits in nearby towns such as Mt. Carmel St Marys Seaman and Coolville.
Two Divorce Suits Filed Here Yesterday
POMEROY Ohio Sept 29 Two divorce suits were filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court yesterday by wives Each case involves children In the first Mabel Woods sues Marion C Woods seeking a divorce and custody They married May 1 1925 She says he left over three years ago and provided for four years The second suit is Lovenia Folden against Herman Folden married March 20 1923 with two children They separated June 21 this year She cites drinking and physical abuse and says he struck her six times in three years She seeks divorce custody and alimony
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Mabel Woods
Marion C. Woods
Woods
Lovenia Folden
Herman Folden
Local Social Happenings and Visits Reported
Mrs A E Williams and daughter Helen Grace visit Athena with Mrs Gomer Lewis of Pomeroy. Asbury Methodist Church Women plan a Thursday meeting at Van Johnson home. Lodge attendees from Dexter join Mrs C A Springer and others. Porches being built in Syracuse. Gallipolis and Huntington visitors noted. A party from Pomeroy visits West Shade to see Ralph Spencer after his mother’s death. Attendees include C A Bartels family, Huntington. C Y Bridgeman returns from Columbus. Local sick list includes Albert Isaac Carleton. James Clark enrolls at Marietta College. Mrs William Bath suffers blood poison in hand. Hess Nichols family visits I C Chapman at Tuppers Plains. Curt Frederick of Oak Hill visits Shumways.
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A. E. Williams
Helen Grace
Gomer Lewis
Pomeroy
Athena
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Asbury Methodist Church
van Johnson
William Moore
C. A. Springer
Frank Harris
Charles Nease
Margaret Cook
Dexter
Herbert Stobart
Syracuse
Harvey Nease
Gallipolis
Marcia Karr
West Shade
Ralph Spencer
Albert Spencer
C. A. Bartels
Huntington
Emma Duckworth
I. C. Chapman
Tuppers Plains
Curt Frederick
Oak Hill
Fred Shumway
Dr E E Stansbury Celebrates 82nd Birthday
Middleport report notes Dr E E Stansbury marked his 82nd birthday with family and friends. His wife Mrs Stansbury, aged 81, shares in good health, and Dr Stansbury remains active in work.
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Middleport
E. E. Stansbury
Franklin Automobile Adopts Growth Based on Estimated Sales
H. H. Franklin, president of Franklin Automobile Company, explains a growth strategy for advertising. The firm pledges a definite percentage of gross sales for annual advertising, calculated from estimated sales for the year rather than last year's business, and asserts the plan is sound and in operation now.
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Franklin
H. H. Franklin
Franklin Automobile Company
Ohio Bible Class Convention Set for Zanesville
The Sec ond Anhua Convention of The Ohio Federation of Men's Bible Classes will meet in Zanesville October 3 and 4. The event opens October 3 at 1 PM with a business session at Market Street Baptist Church followed by a 4 PM parade. A sunrise service is planned for Putnam Hill Sunday morning.
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Zanesville
Anhua
Ohio Federation of Men's
Ohio
Market Street Baptist Church
Putnam Hill
Pastor's Wife 61 Hangs Self in Private Sanitarium
Mrs Madge Mc Kay 61 wife of Rev A D McKay of the Presbyterian Church at Fredericktown Knox County died by her own hand in a private sanitarium at Newark Ohio Monday authorities reported.
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Newark, O
Madge McKay
A. D. McKay
Presbyterian Church
Fredericktown
Knox County
Sorghum Molasses Making Resurges in Ohio Counties
In Pomeroy Ohio on September 29 observers report a revival of sorghum molasses production across Gallia and Lawrence counties and beyond. The old mill and boiling vat are common again with output selling at 50 cents per gallon, down from a dollar in prior years.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Gallia
Lawrence
Choice Owl Is Choicest Bull In Jersey Medal Honor
High producing daughters of C Ch Violet s Choice Owl earned the American Jersey Cattle Club silver medal for the bull owned by Charles H Rice in East Sparta Ohio. Daughters Owl s Martha Abbie Princess Owl s Choice Peaches and Owl s Beauty Princess produced strong butterfat and milk yields on official tests.
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East Sparta, CO
American Jersey Cattle Club
C. Ch. Violet
Jersey
Charles H. Rice
Owl
Mr. Rice
Martha Abbie Princess
Owl's
Advertising Trends Shape Cleveland Newspapers
The Trade Winds survey in the current issue states that newspaper ad sales will rise as managers align with local business trends. It notes cautious consumer buying, spotty economic improvement, and advertising focusing on distribution areas and price driven copy.
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Cleveland
Trade Winds
Union Trust Company of
Prohibitionists Plan Broad Drive to Build Support
Ernest H. Cherrington of the Conference of Organizations Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment outlined a campaign to unite dry sentiment across the American Legion labor legal and medical groups that backed a prohibition referendum. He said veterans and local workers deserve direct outreach and that lawyers and electors will be enlisted to promote respect for law and oppose alcohol.
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Washington
U.R
American Legion
Ernest H. Cherrington
Conference of Organizations
Cherrington
Legion
First Frosts Expected as Fall Arrives in District
The first real autumn chill brings out overcoats and furs as observers note a sharp drop in temperature. Forecasters predict continued cool weather this week with possible frosts. Last night’s drop was the severest of the season while motorists report fall colors appearing in the Athens woods.
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Athens
Apple Grower Anticipates 100000 Bushels This Season
Marietta analyst Dr. S A Cunningham expects to pick and pack 100000 bushels of apples from Rome Hill and Scioto orchards at Newport Chillicothe. The crop stands among the largest in southern Ohio in years. Fruit is government graded and stored for later market release.
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Marietta
S. A. Cunningham
Rome Hill
Newport
Scioto
Chillicothe
Ohio
Man Living in Park Refused Voting Rights
In Cincinnati, Charles Martin, an unemployed man living in Garfield Park, was refused registration to vote in November. He has resided in Cincinnati for 18 years and told officials poverty forced him to live in the park. Friends threaten court action.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Board of Elections Today
Charles Martin
Martin
Garfield Park
Youngsters Laugh At Elders Analyzing Adolescent Emotions
New York college students answering a word reaction test and questions on sex and marriage show practical knowledge and frank views, contrasting with elder attempts to interpret adolescence. The results reveal attitudes toward dancing, kissing, lust, cosmetics, and love, with youths noting they discuss such topics among themselves but hide findings from older generations.
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Sidney B. Whipple
United Press
New York
U.P
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Carrie Chapman Catt
Ben Lindsey
Anthony Comstock
Manchuria Crisis Reports Reach Secretary Stimson
Conflicting accounts from Japan and China about Manchuria reach Secretary Stimson as he seeks peaceful settlement. Japan pledges lawful conduct and avoid actions harming talks. China asserts ongoing aggression despite Japan’s claimed troop withdrawal.
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Washington
U.R
China
Japan
Manchuria
Stimson
Driver Hang Self After Disgraceful Accusations
Marietta Sept 29 a 38 year old Briggs wagon driver for Stone Dairy in Belpre killed himself at home after leaving a note blaming his accuser and claiming innocence. He left dinner with family then disappeared later found dead in the barn by hanging. coroner Fred Jackson investigated. He resided in Briggs two years, survived by wife and four children, with family in West Virginia.
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Marietta
Kins
Briggs
Belpre
Watkins
Ston
Fred Jackson
Vir County
W. Va
Parkersburg
Barlow Man Dies After Two Months Illness
Myron Williams 50 of Barlow died at home after a two month illness. He is survived by wife Mrs. Williams and children Aldine Esther Edward and Harry, all of Barlow, sisters Mrs. Edward Concord Maynard and Mrs. Augusta Brooks Fleming, brothers Hiel Williams Rockland D Williams Spencer James Williams Racine and Frank Williams Fleming. Services set at Barlow Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 2 30 p m with Rev. Mr. Foote in charge.
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Marietta
Myron Williams
Barlow
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Perry Haning
Hugh McCoy
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C. B. Forrest
C. W. Snider
Seaman
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A Brown
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J. C. Wilcoxen
Lola Thomas
St. Petersburg
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Richard
Coolville
Haning
Wilbur Curtis
Dora Boice
Lincoln Street
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Lera Roush
Bucyrus
Jack Starkey
Dayton
Frank Kreager
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D. H. Daniels
Daniels
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H. E. Thomas
J. H. Norton
Pt. Pleasant
D. A. Howell
Syracuse News
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Men Bible Students
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