Meigs Firemen Battle Recurrent Brush Blazes In Dry Ohio
Pomeroy and Middleport fire crews fight frequent brush fires amid a severe dry spell. They respond to multiple calls daily from Pomeroy at 5 06 p m to Rutland and Vine Streets in Middleport and Cheshire near a vacant lot behind a school. embers rekindle near Liberty Lane and Pine Grove Road with no injuries reported.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio
John Halley
Rutland Street
Vine Street
Cheshire
Little Rgger Road
Texaco
Pine Grove Road
McIntyre
Liberty Lane
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Bookmobile Schedule Is Released for Meigs and Jackson Areas
The Meigs Jackson Vinton County bookmobile timetable covers Tuesday through Friday routes. Stops include Racine Wagner's Harden's River's Forest Run Franklin Fourmile Cunningham Scioto Cove Coalton Syracuse Antiquity Letart East Letart Apple Grove Great Bend Pomeroy Elementary and Pomeroy Library with varied morning and afternoon windows.
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Pomeroy
Meigs- Jackson-Vinton County
Racine
Wagner’s
Harden’s
River’s
Forest Run
Franklin
Fourmile
Cunningham
Scioto
Cove
Coalton
Syracuse
Antiquity
Letart
East Letart
Apple Grove
Great Bend
Meigs 4-H Groups Plan Hike and Safety Rules
Meigs 4-H Nites at the Peckham home outlined a hike and a list of safety rules for the next meeting with Jeff Peckham in charge of recreation and Charlotte Peckham hosting refreshments. Pine Grove Pals held two recent meetings at the Elle and Ridenour homes with 11 members each, naming officers, dues, flags, and plans for Project Plan-O-Rama. Sherry Epple led recreation and Nancy Ridenour provided refreshments. A Point Rock Easter Sunrise service is set for Columbia Chapel at 6 am on Sunday followed by Sunday School at 7 am and breakfast at 8 am, with Rev. Eugene Underwood announcing special musical numbers.
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Green Hornets
Charlotte Peckham
Rutland
Jeff Peckham
Kim Dewhurst
Pine Grove Pals
Roger Elle
Sherry Epple
Gordon Ridenour
Nancy Ridenour
Tammy Fitch
Point Rock
Columbia Chapel
Eugene Underwood
Servicemen News From Vietnam and Local Rummage Sale
Army Commendation Medal goes to S Sgt Lewis D. Persinger near Long Binh Vietnam for tactical communications security work. Dr. Richard B Simpso n attends Air Force Reserve Medical Service Conference at Dobbins AFB Georgia. Sgt John H Rowland serves at Korat Royal Thai AFB Thailand with a communications unit. Sgt James W Tippie arrives at Ent AFB Colorado after prior duty in Wiesbaden Vietnam and the same unit. Middleport club to sponsor a rummage sale Friday and Saturday in Frye Building Mill Street from 9 AM to 5 PM.
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Lewis D. Persinger
Maude F. Persinger
Gallipolis
Long Binh
Vietnam
Caroline
New Jersey
Gallia Academy High School
Richard B. Simpson
Glendale
Special Air Force Reserve Medical Service
Dobbins Afb
Simpson
Wright-Patterson Afb
John H. Rowland
Goldie M. Rowland
Rockbridge
Korat Royal Tahi Afb
Thailand
Communications Service
Logan High School
Albert D. Wahl
New Straitsville
James W. Tippie
Queen L. Lowery
Riverside Dr
Ent Afb
Colo
Aerospace Defense Command
Wiesbaden AB
Germany
Athens High School
Arlene
Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Frye
Mill Street
Mine Items Vandalized at Raven Coal Co
Gallia County deputies investigate vandalism at Raven Coal Co on Cremeans Road near Lincoln Pike. A grader filled with sand had a radiator damaged plus a grease gun and radiator caps tossed over an embankment, and a fan belt went missing.
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Gallipolis
Raven Coal Co
Cremeans Road
Lincoln Pike
Gallia County
Rutland Easter egg hunt awards $100 bond to Ray Hood
A Rutland Easter egg hunt at the American Legion farm on Beech Grove Road awarded a $100 savings bond and other cash prizes. Ray Hood of Mansfield won the bond provided by the Rutland Fire Department. Proceeds from the drawing will fund a new siren for the fire department.
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Rutland
Rutland American Legion
Beech Grove Road
Rutland Fire Department
Ray Hood
Mansfield
Seion
Fire Department
Archie’s Recreation Center
Three Fined For Violation In Village Court
Three residents were fined five dollars plus costs for traffic light violations after appearing before Mayor Charles Legar in Pomeroy village court Saturday evening. Alvin Haggy of Pomeroy Paul Wolfe of Syracuse and Steven Patterson of Pomeroy were named. Donald Lovett, address unknown, paid ten dollars plus costs for intoxication.
Trash Haulers Return To Work In Middleport
Middleport village trash haulers Lawrence Boyd Lawrence Manley and Jerry Ward resume trash collection after a council meeting. They will operate for 30 days using the Cozart land fill near Coolville while a longer plan is arranged.
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Beulah Jones Meigs
Middleport
Cozart
Coolville
Boyd
Griffith
Little Hocking
Pomeroy
Gene Grate
Council
Vandals Damage Light Pole and Candy Machine in City
Police investigate two vandalism incidents in the early hours. A white Chevrolet with Ohio plates struck a candy machine at the Esso Service Station on 21st Street around 5 a.m. Monday, shattering the glass and leaving the area. Earlier Sunday at 3:30 a.m., a metal light pole at 2409 Jackson Avenue was damaged, flood lights broken, and debris scattered across the driveway of the Compact store, with about 50 dollars in damage.
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Point Pleasant
Esso
21St Street
Ohio
Jackson Ave
Flames Gut 115 Year Old Church In Ohio Fire
A fire of undetermined origin Sunday morning destroyed the 115 year old Good Hope Church on Williams Creek Road about 12 miles from Mercerville. Firefighters from the Fairview Fire Tower Crown City reached the scene after the alarm at 9 30 a.m. Mrs Kapper, who discovered the blaze, had arrived to clean and her son had previously unlocked the building.
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Crown City
Williams Creek Road
Mercerville
Good Hope
Fairview
Kapper
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Meigs High
Rock Springs
David Bowen
Gary Ellis
Nancy Thompson
Ellen Rice
Mick Childs
Jennifer Goble
Richard Dean
Duane Will
George Hawley
Eddie Brown
Becky Houdashelt
Carol Hargraves
Meigs
Roy W. Smith
Portland
Farmer
Roberta J. Teaford
Harold Brinker
Penny Dill
Meigs County
Rickey A. Evans
Walter Evans Jr
Lackland Afb
Tex
Keesler Afb
Miss
Evans
Hannan Trace High School
Kee Hunt
Shelly Co
Tative
Brewer Co
York Co
Gallia Paving Co
Gene Goldsberry
Shelly
Harold Chase
Emmett Shuler
Middleport Planning Commission
Shuler
Planning Commission
Edison Baker
Chase
Howell
Miss Howell
J. J. Cremeans
Cremeans
Tom Kelly
Marion Francis
Goeglein
Locust Street
John Zerkle
Zerkle
Roger Morgan
David Ohlinger
Lawrence Stewart
Richard Vaughan
C. O. Fisher
Grate
Appreciation
Middleport Crew
U. S
House of Representatives
Department of Transportation Safety
Ohio Insurance Institute
East Broad Street
Columbus
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