Wedding Shower Honors Judy Sloter in Reedsville
Mary Ethel Bahr and Joann Brooks hosted a wedding shower at the Reedsville Fire House for Mrs. Judy Sloter. Prizes went to Mary Nichols and Georgia Barnett. Barnett won the door prize. The guest list includes numerous Sloter and Brooks family members and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Mary Ethel Bahr
Joann Brooks
Judy Sloter
Mary Nichols
Georgia Barnett
Barnett
Mary Slater
Rita Slater
Sue Hayman
Geradline Holsinger
Alisha
Emma Durst
Mildred Brooks
Connie Doherty
Daisy Doherty
Effie Sanders
Linda Gorrell
Loraine Gorrell
Sylvia Curtis
Thelma Watkins
Janet Brooks
Jo Ann Brooks
Barbara Sargeant
Mary Bahr
Maxine Harmer
Angie
Jimmy Ruth
Florence Wyers
Erika Boring
Walter Rockhold
Edward Hughes
Shirley Balser
Gladys Smith
Ileen Bahr
Jackie Bahr
Wanda Larkins
Joan Ann Davis
Darlene Reed
Violet Conn
Vivian Humphrey
Frances Reed
Sharon Hendrickson
Dorothy Riebel
Jessie Doddere
Meigs County 4-H Projects Judged Ahead of Fair
Pomeroy Junior High hosted Meigs County 4-H judging with Miss Margaret Griffith and C. E. Blakeslee directing. Dozens of clubs including Beafereiles New Ideal Bashan 4-H A Go-Go and Morning Star Hillbillies had projects evaluated for ribbons to be awarded at the Meigs County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County 4H Club
Meigs County Fair
Margaret Griffith
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County Extension Office
Read
Ers
Meigs County
Beafereiles
New Ideal
Bashan
Queen Bees
Tuppers Plains
Columbia Make It
Pink Poodles
Leading Creek
Eden
Green Acres
Morning Star Hillbillies
Little Leading Ladies
Mothers
Salem Center
Five Point Star Stitchers
Pomeroy Senior Bend Club
Pomeroy Junior Bend Club
Harrisonville
Jolly Green Giants
Blue Jays
Riverview
Snowville
Great Dames
Hemlock Grove
Court House
Labor Day Plans Set by Syracuse Volunteer Fire Aux
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Volunteer Fire Department met at the ball field concession stand to plan a Labor Day celebration. Ada Slack chairs a committee including Mabel Pickens and Myla Hudson as named by president Jean Hall, with a municipal park dedication also on the agenda. Next meeting is August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Volunteer Fire Department
Ada Slack
Mabel Pickens
Myla Hudson
Jean Hall
Serviceman Lorraine P. Reiker Takes 20 Day Leave
Specialist Lorraine Pat Reiker, RA 67024121, 188th Ord. Co. ammo, now in Vietnam, spent a 20 day leave with his parents in Middleport after attending Middleport High School. Addressed from APO San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Pat Reiker
Keith G. Reiker
Laurel St
Middleport
Army
Vietnam
Specialist Reiker
Middleport High School
Ord. Co
Ammo
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Car Strikes Mail Boxes on Slippery Route 7
Gallia County patrol reports a Thursday 12 40 p m crash on Route 7 south of Gallipolis. Caroll Snowden 36 Gallipolis lost control on a slick highway striking two mail boxes owned by Dale Vansickle and Robert Bush. Passenger Verna Slaten injured but not treated. Snowden cited for excessive speed per road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Caroll Snowden
Tle
Dale Vansickle
Robert Bush
Verna Snowlagen
Snowden
Bedford Elementary School Sold At Auction For 7500807
The Bedford Elementary School building, an unused H shaped structure, sold at auction for about $50 000. The Ohio Valley Christian Service Camp, representing roughly 30 Churches of Christ, bid the high price and plans to use the site 3 85 acres for a youth camp and retreats. Frank Porter Jr. was auctioneer and Meigs Local School Board members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Pre Pomeroy
Oho Valley
Christaan
Bedford
Darwin
Ford Elementary
Ohio Valley Christian Service Camp
Churches of Christ
Executiv
Robert Woods
Pomeroy! Church of Christ
E. J. Sparrow
Logos Church of Christ
Jackie Miller
Ohio Valley
Jack Welker
Hemlock Grove
Gene Whaley
Pomeroy
Mengs
George Hargraves
Larry Morrison
Hiram Slanter
Virgil King
Kathryn Rail
Frank Porter Jr
Don Mullen
L. W. McComas
Beulah Jones School
Meigs
John Wallace
Logan
Painting Exhibit Set At Meigs County Fair
Meigs County fair features amateur paintings with 19 classes for oil acrylic watercolor and drawing. First and second prize cash and ribbons, plus best in show, are awarded. entry deadline 4 p.m. Aug. 8. judging on fairgrounds by Aug. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Lauriders
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Meigs Band Practice Schedule for Aug Sessions
Meigs Local band director David Bowen announces August rehearsal times for sixth seventh and eighth graders at three high schools. Sessions run at Middleport High School Pomeroy Senior High School and Butland High School with daily early morning slots beginning the first full week of August. Eligible pupils are urged to attend the session nearest their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Bowen
Meigs
Middleport High School
Pomeroy Senior High School
Butland High School
Employment Office Meigs Visits To Tuppers Plains Reedsville
The Ohio Employment Service mobile office will visit Tuppers Plains and Reedsville next week. Personnel will assist residents with job counseling training and testing and outline opportunities. No unemployment payments will be made. The Lyons Grocery in Tuppers Plains hosts Monday noon to 4 pm and Tue Wed 9 am to 4 pm. In Reedsville Reed Grathers Market Thursday 9 am to 4 pm and Friday 9 am to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio Employment Service
Tuppers Plains
Reedsville
Lyons’ Grocery
Reed Grathers Market
Garden Club Holds Picnic in Riverview
Riverview Garden Club members and nine members plus five guests gathered at Mrs. Harriss Frank home for the annual picnic. Mrs. Claremont Harris presided over appointing a nominating committee with Mrs. Carl Buckley as chairman. The group will not meet in August. Rutland Nazarene welcomes Rev. Lloyd Grimm and family moving to the parsonage opposite the church. his first sermon is planned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Riverview Garden Club
Harriss Frank
Johnnie Kibble
Claremont Harris
Carl Buckley
Frank
R. E. Williams
Harrold Massar
Patty Grossnickle
David Brown
Kathy Pickens
Rutland
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Lloyd Grimm
West Lafayette
Hughes Named Superintendent for Southern Local Schools
William R. Hughes a Kentucky native and Ohio University doctoral candidate has been hired as superintendent of the Southern Local School District in Meigs County He replaces the retired Charles Hayman who returned in 1965 after Paul B Powell resigned Hughes previously led the administration department at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Pass Ky and has lived in Amesville while pursuing his degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
William R. Hughes
Kentucky
Ohio University
Meigs County
Hughes
Charles Hayman
Paul B. Powell
Alice Lloyd College
Pippapass
Two Men Arrested By Meigs Sheriff
Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach arrested Calvin Hawk, 43, Reedsville on a disturbing the peace charge. He posted bond and was released. Also arrested was Lloyd R. Brunson, 30, New Haven, West Virginia, on an old warrant for indecent exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Calvin Hawk
Reedsville
Lloyd R. Brunson
New Haven
W. Va
Home Return After Major Surgery In Long Bottom
Peariene Lee of Long Bottom returned home after a major operation and a six week stay at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy. She received many cards and gifts from people in the western states after her name and the hospital were announced on Nite Capers Radio Station in Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Peariene Lee
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Nite Capers
Utah
Albany Man Fined by Police for Intoxication
William Reeves of Albany was fined $25 and costs after appearing before Mayor Charles Legar for intoxication. Robert Hayman, 32, of Rutland, was arrested by Pomeroy police for speeding and will appear in court August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Reeves
Albany
Charles Legar
Robert Hayman
Rutland
Wildwood Garden Club Hosts Prize Winning Flower Slides
Wildwood Garden Club and guests viewed prize winning flower slides presented by Milton Roush from the Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation at Forest Run Church. The meeting covered camera technique, filming quality, lighting, and flower arrangements. Plans were made to enter the Meigs County Fair Flower Show with an August exhibit and a Mardi Gras class entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wildwood Garden Club
Forest Run
Milton Roush
Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation
Carl Grueser
Ward Windon
Meetings in Meigs and Milhoan Ridge homecoming
The 22nd annual Smith reunion will be held Sunday at the park southwest of Logan on Route 93. The 22nd Milhoan Ridge homecoming takes place Sunday Aug. 11 at Milhoan Ridge Christian Church in Jackson County West Virginia with a noon picnic lunch invite for friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Route 93
Milhoan Ridge
Milhoan Ridge Christian Church
Jackson County
W. Va
Sale Slated At Meeting By Syracuse Guiding Star Council
Syracuse Guiding Star Council 124 and Daughters of America Lodge met on Cherry Street. A picnic is planned for Sunday August 4 at Deputy Edith Betzing's home for all council deputies and district officers. A grab bag sale will occur at the August meeting with each member bringing a sack containing a 25 cent article. Middleport emergency squad responded at 6 10 a.m. to Cheshire for Mrs Alice Cohen who may have suffered a heart attack and was taken to Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Guiding Star Council
Daughters of America Lodge
Cherry Street
Edith Betzing
Middleport
Middle-port
Cheshire
Alice Cohen
Holzer Hospital
Starr Class Meeting at Syracuse Church
The Starr Class of the First United Presbyterian Church in Syracuse met recently. Frankie Mumaw offered opening devotions and readers included Florence Potts, Rachel McBride, Miss Mumaw, and Mayme Holmes. Cards were sent to ill members and a sympathy card to Mrs Rosa Ginther. Money-making greeting cards were ordered, with Miss Mumaw as contact. Daisy Roush to host August meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Starr
First United Presbyterian Church
Frankie Mumaw
Maggie Hurd
Elizabeth Duckworth
Helena , Mullins
L. H. Stebbins
Rosa Ginther
Miss Mumaw
Florence Potts
Rachel McBride
Mayme Holmes
Mrs. Potts
Daisy Roush
Two Educators Attend Appalachian Meeting in Charleston
Two Meigs County educators attended the Second Annual Members Meeting of the Appalachian Educational Laboratory at Morris Harvey College Charleston West Virginia. Robert E. Bowen of Pomeroy schools and Larry R. Morrison assistant superintendent of the Meigs Local School District joined more than 350 attendees from the Appalachian region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Appalachia
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
W. Va
Robert E. Bowen
Pomeroy Schools
Larry R. Morrison
Meigs
Appalachian
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Beulah Jose
Meigs 4-H
Janice Ritchie
Jean Mees
Mary Brickles
Janet Mees
Karen Griffith
Ivan Archer
Elberfelds
Christian Service Camp Boys School
Pomeroy PH
McCall's Patterns
Singer Sewing Machine
Southern
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
ALL Savings
Pomeroy - Rutland
Wildwood Club
Vernon Nease
Windon
Fred Nease
Coupe Deville
Cadillac
Karr & van Zandt
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
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