Meigs County Fair adds twilight harness racing to schedule
The 98th Meigs County Fair announces three racing days with twilight harness events on Aug 17 and 18 starting at 5 p.m. Each day features six two heat races with purses of 500 dollars, 250 for final day heats. Officials Downie Betzing Baer Morgan oversee speed events and pony and running races are set for Friday and Saturday afternoons.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fair Board
William B. Downie
Don L. Betzing
Walter Baer
Roger Morgan
Downie
Roy Holter
Downie and
Betzing
Dr Edward W W Lewis to Speak Twice in Middleport
Dr Edward W W Lewis a former Middleport resident now of Saint Joseph Michigan will make two appearances in Middleport The first at 8 p m Tuesday August 15 at the Meigs County Ministerial Association service opening the Meigs County Fair The second as the morning speaker at the Reunion Time centennial observance at the Middleport First Baptist Church A dinner on the High School lawn and a 3 30 p m vesper service at the Middleport stadium follow the talk Dr Lewis has an extensive academic record and has served as pastor in several states plus international ministry work He was selected for Who's Who in the East 1957 and Who's Who in the Midwest 1960 He is married to Judith Andress and they have three sons and a daughter
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Middleport
Meigs County
Baptist Church
Middleport High School
Middleport Stadium
Charles Pomeroy
Wichita
Kansas
Lewis
Ohio University
Harvard University
Andover Newton Theological School
Columbia University
Flon College
Congregational Christian College
North Carolina
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
First Congregational Church
Saint Joseph
Mich
East
Dr. Lewis
New Hampshire
Marine Corp
St. Joseph
Judith Andress
J. Mace Andress
Boston
Slate Fall Hurts Miner In Cheshire Coal Mine
Clifford Murray 25 of Middleport Route 1 was admitted to Meigs General Hospital for back injuries from a slate fall at the Elmer Moles mine near Cheshire. Middleport emergency squad summoned to the mine at 1 57 p m Wednesday and transported him to the hospital.
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Ray
Middleport
Meigs General Hospital
Murray
Elmer Moles
Cheshire
Circle Party Honors The Higginbothams
A Priscilla Circle gathering at Middleport First Baptist Church honored Mr. and Mrs. George Higginbotham with an ice cream party on Broadway Street. Attending were Mrs. Harold Thomas, Mrs. Eugene Murray, Mrs. Richard Hovatter, Mrs. Harold Smith, Mrs. Evelyn Bower, and Mrs. Gene Coleman.
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Middleport
George Higginbotham
Broadway St
Priscilla Circle
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport First
Osbornes To Observe 50th Anniversary
REEDSVILLE Mr and Mrs Lindley Osborne of Reedsville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at their farm home on Saturday Aug 5 The couple married Aug 9 1911 and have nine children all of whom will attend.
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Reedsville
Lindley Osborne
Drakes and Families Gather in Ongoing Zanesville News
A string of social visits highlights this week in Zanesville and surrounding towns. Notables include Mrs. Jennie Drake and daughter Jean. WSCS meets at Mrs. Isabelle Murray’s home with nine members. visiting relatives stop by Drake family homes in Glouster Columbus and Lincoln Nebraska, plus vacations and weekend visits across Athens Frederickstown Huntington Logan and other locales.
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George Drake Drakes
Jennie Dudash
Jean
Zanesville
WSCS
Isabelle Murray
Congo
John Embrey
Ross Hogue
Glouster
Hogue
Golden Drake
John Holland
Dallas Christman
Elias
Sullivan Maxwell
Carl W. Drake and Sons
Lincoln
Neb
George Drake
D. C. Nelson
Corning
Ed . Phelps
Athens
Deloris Short
Miamisburg
Cora Williams
D. C. Maxwell
Harold Vess
Frederickstown
Ralph Drake
Cleveland
J. S. Drake
Raphael Vess
Huntington
W. Va
Emma Davis
H. B. Drake
Columbus
Drake
Jean Dudash
Ohio University
Birley Tharp
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Laura Lester
Oskaloosa
G. W. Drake
Alice Linscott
A. E. Maxwell
Vince Pompey
Somerset
Paul Lewis
Carl Drake and Sons
Harold Drake
Logan
Fall Regional Meeting Discussed By Gardeners
Middleport Ohio committees of the Middleport Garden Club and the Amateur Gardeners met at Mrs. Wesley Fry to discuss the fall regional meeting of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. A time and place are to be determined. The state convention will be in Athens on Sept 7 8.
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Middleport
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Bend
Middleport Garden Club
Wesley Fry
Athens
Meigs
Amateur Gardeners Club
William Slater
Fry
Edgar Reynolds
Garen Stansbury
J. E. Harley
Nellie Zerkle
Susan Park
Racine Social Notes Guests and Visits Across States
Thomas A. Evans of Lancaster dined with sister in Racine. Families from Mason West Virginia Syracuse Columbus and Portland visit relatives in Racine and Grove City Michigan. Illness calls extend to Shelbyville Indiana as gatherings continue through weekend visits by Beegle Bradford Davis Roush and others.
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Francis Morris Racine
Thomas A. Evans
Lancaster
Helen M. Johnson
Glen Cartwright
Mason
W. Va
Esta Eaton
Curtis Johnson
Titus Pickens
Maud Johnson
Josie Pickens
Syracuse
Howard Neigler
Edward Simpson
Bud Simpson
of Pomeroy
Grove City
Mich
Shelbyville
Ind
Gene Beegle
New Brighton
Ira Beegle
Critt Bradford
Worthington
Don Bailey
Columbus
A. C. Bradford
Jim Davis
Portland
Dana
Louise Parr
Dale Roush
Henry Roush
Donald McKay
Sandra
Mr. Victory
Verne Watterson
Danny
Mason Spencer
Tom Lindsey
Scotty
Sam Curtis
Sue Ann
Harry Curtis
Bob Byers
Middleport
T. G. Hilldon
Don Johnson
Middleport Youth Serves in 82d Artillery Battalion
George W. Hibbs of 352 N Third St Middleport serves in the 82d Artillery Second Missile Battalion in Kitzingen Germany. The unit posted the highest score for its missile type at White Sands Range New Mexico last year. Hibbs entered the Army July 1959 completed basic at Fort Knox and arrived overseas January 1960. A 1959 Middleport High School graduate.
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Pomeroy
George W. Hibbs
C. F. Hibbs
Third St
Middleport
82D Artillery
Kitzingen
Germany
White Sands Range
New Mexico
Hibbs
Army
Fort Knox
Middleport High School
Racine Driver Injured When Auto Hits Pole
Razel D. Boggess, 29, Racine, suffered a lacerated forehead after his car slid on a slick spot on Route 338 near Racine and struck a utility pole. Sheriff Robert Hartenbach investigated the Tuesday night crash.
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Pomeroy
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
Racine
Razel D. Boggess
Nassau as Confederate blockade runner base
Nassau, capital of the Bahama Islands, served as a major base for supplies for Confederate blockade runners from 1861 through 1865.
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Nassau
Bahama Islands
Forty one Meigs candidates file for township posts
The Meigs County elections clerk reports forty one candidate declarations for township trustees villages and school boards. Lebanon Township leads with six candidates for two trustee posts followed by Rutland Salisbury Chester Columbia Letart and Bedford Orange Scipio Sutton with three to five filings. Northwestern Local Syracuse district see multiple filings while Racine and Syracuse villages have none. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. August 9.
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Pomeroy
Dorothy Johnston
County Board of Elections
Lebanon Twp
Clinton E. Johnson
Dana Congo
Ronald Hart
S. F. Cornell
Robert L. Fitch
Warden Ours
Rutland
Salisbury
Dale L. Wright
Worley Haley
Elmer E. Hysell
James Nicholson
Delbert A. Romine
Robert F. Snowden
Robert Nelson
Thor Carsey
Syracuse
Herman London
Roy Winebrenner
Woodrow Zwilling
C. H. Williams
Thomas A. Clark
E. E. Hayman
Charles Neuman
Racine
Welcome Is Given By DOIA Chester Council Meeting
Chester Council Daughters of America met with 27 members and five guests. Welcome extended to Margaret Cotterill Alice Capehart Florence Harden and Sadie Thuener of Guiding Star Council. An electric clock and steel spoons were presented. silent auction announced. thanks sent to county commissioners. Ada Morris won the traveling prize. Ethel Orr reported home from hospital and birth of a son to Esther Hayes Ridenour.
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Chester
Esther Harden
Guiding Star Council
Nevada Beaver
Chester Council
Daughters of America
Margaret Cotterill
Alice Capehart
Florence Harden
Sadie Thuener
Home and Orphans Committee
Margaret Tuttle
Ethel Orr
Esther Hayes Ridenour
Vanderine Williams
Ada Morris
Middleport Personal News From Ohio Town
Local residents share visits and travel updates. Leroy Petzinger and Laura Hager remain at a Middleport summer home while both are employed at the Ohio School for the Blind. Nearby trips include Covington Kentucky and Charleston West Virginia family visits. Theo Neutzling enters Meigs General Hospital for treatment. The Rev Raymon Konkright plans return from a Lakeside Evangelism Conference representing the Portsmouth District.
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Leroy Petzinger
Laura Hager
Columbus
Middleport
Petzinger
Ohio State School For the Blind
Hager
Grace Badgley
Raymond Burns
Kathy
Covington
Etrom
Entsminger
Theo Neutzling
Meigs General Hospital
Susie Slater
Linda Darnell
Jacksonville
C. E. Slater
Raymon Konkright
Lakeside
Portsmouth
Ohio Methodist Association
Benjamin Franklin’s 1762 rocker chair invention
Benjamin Franklin fastened curved wood to chair legs in 1762, creating the first rocker. The note highlights Franklin’s practical tinkering and the origin of rocking chairs in early American craftsmanship.
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Benjamin Franklin
Woman Falls Over Cliff Near Welshtown Road
Mrs. Garnet Miller of Minersville was found badly bruised after an apparent fall from a cliff above Welshtown Road. She was located by Alfred Lyons and rushed by ambulance to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after emergency squads searched the river area.
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Pomeroy
Welshtown Road
Garnet Miller
Minersville
Miller
Garden Club Picnic Planned in Middleport
The Middleport Garden Club schedules its annual picnic for 6 p.m. Monday at the home of Mrs. James Titus.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
James Titus
Drunk Driver Jailed in Meigs County Court
Pomeroy Clair Ziegler received a $100 fine and costs and a three day jail sentence on charges of driving while intoxicated in Meigs County Court before Judge Emmet W. Peoples.
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Pomeroy
Clair Ziegler
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
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Athens Messenger
Ister
Canada
New Brunswick
Ordination Council of Southern New
Pomeroy Cement
Roy
Clifford Mur
Higginbothams
Osbornes
Drakes
Vanguard
Hardware
Bobby
Candy
Randy
Clyde Newhart
Morristown
Hibbs Is
Missile Battalion
DOIA
Becky
MidDleport, Ohio
E. Main St
Pomeroy Ohio
Englander
Ivas
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