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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1961
Page
3
Two young Meigs County men were injured when their car overturned near Hobson in Gallia County as it left the roadway and hit an embankment. The driver, Lambert, 32, was cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance and scheduled for Meigs County Court next Wednesday.
Meigs Fair board secretary Frank H. Johnston will accept entries at the Rock Springs fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Thursday for the 98th Meigs County Fair. Open class deadlines include 4 p.m. Aug. 9 for beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine. 1 p.m. Aug. 17 for the horse show. 6 p.m. Aug. 18 for horse pulling. all other departments by 4 p.m. Aug. 10. Tickets for 1961 fair on sale at multiple local outlets.
Mrs Katherine Whittington returns to Brooklyn after visiting Middleport for Mount Moriah Baptist Churchs 83rd anniversary. Local families host or visit relatives in Canonsburg Virginia Beach Logan Portsmouth Kent Racine and Meigs General Hospital to share time and recovery news.
Individual and team demonstrations by members of junior fair groups are scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Salisbury Elementary School. The events are part of preparations for the annual junior fair beginning at Rock Springs fairgrounds next week.
Mrs Phil Williamson led the Happy Harvesters Class devotional on Friday at Federated Church discussing Am I My Brother s Keeper The meeting was in charge by Mrs Phil Meinhart A potluck dinner is planned for September Prizes for games went to Mrs Bentz Wolfe Miss Maude Grueser Mrs Albert Ebersbach Miss Thelma Grueser and Mrs Fred Dessauer A note from Miss Erma Smith thanked for a gift and a church council note for church insurance fund contribution were read A trip Europe report by Mrs I B Weed and a dessert course by Mrs Grover Erb Mrs Harry Canterbury and Mrs Gladys Cuckler followed
Meigs County dairy farmers will study Ohio dairy farm methods this week. At least one carload is expected to depart Thursday for northern Ohio for farm tours. On Friday the group will attend Ohio Dairy Day activities in Wooster. Contact the county extension service to join.
The Middleport Band Boosters Association schedules an ice cream social and band concert on the high school lawn for August 25 with co chairmen named for the social and chaperone duties arranged. Eugene Gherke will direct the bandsmen in an informal concert, following a Meigs County Fair appearance on August 16. A record hop at Middleport park is set for Saturday night with chairs and emcees announced. Uniform purchases for majorettes and drum major pants were discussed but decisions were deferred.
Admitted to Meigs General Hospital are Miss Lois Cecil of Middleport Mrs Estelle McGill of Tuppers Plains Mrs Jesse Lanning of Rutland Windsor Stivers of Pomeroy Henry Carman of Star Route Pomeroy Discharged are Nora Bradshaw Rosie Hall Margaret Duerr and Eddie Lem ley.
About forty Waugh Elliott family members gathered Sunday on Fortification Hill in Gallipolis for a picnic luncheon and to re elect officers. President John Smith Vice-President Homer Elliott Secretary Mrs Otis Catherine Chapman and Treasurer Mrs Homer Belva Elliott were named. Rev Jack Holley delivered the afternoon talk.
The Philo thea Society of the Middleport Church of Christ will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening at the church.
A long list of birth announcements from Holzer Hospital includes daughters to Critchfield Ravenswood Harrison Gallipolis Arnold Jackson Durst Point Pleasant Route 2 Jarrell Gallipolis Dooley Gallipo Fox Clifton Wong Newburgh Indiana Kemper Kerr Higley Bidwell Route Windon Pomeroy Mullins Jackson Dickess Kitts Hill Wallace Wellston Route 2 Elbon Russell Vinton Route 1 Fielder Point Pleasant Molihan Radcliff Oney Jackson Gibson Athens McMillin Mason Jackson McCoy Jackson Spurlock Middleport Hughes Coal Grove North Gallipis Gloeckner Pomeroy Pierce Longsville Facemire Gallipolis Pyles Patriot Carey Ironton Carey Ironton Smith Jackson Bangert Oak Hill Boyles Middleport Priddy Middleport Hawkins Armit Hacker Russell Gilmore Watson Wilson Archbold Moore Hoover Kleinhans Eads Wray Ridenour Akers Mourning Chatfield Morgan Crabtree King Jackson Icard Mourning Fulton Gregory Elkins Kline Coots Sayre Corns Carman Beck Weethee Layne Gray Donovan Owrey Williams Pierce Reece Luddge Hayman Arnold Shay Rabold Sylvia Brown Nora Patrick Hood. One pint used Saturday.
Middleport High School will select two new cheerleaders to join Sandy Simpson Jeanie Manley and Helen Taylor in the Middleport cheerleading corps Tryouts start at 8 30 p m Tuesday at the school and interested girls should attend the first practice session.
River traffic reports list gauges and boat moves across Ohio Kanawha and Kanawha River routes. Dams are up on the Ohio with Kanawha dams closed. numerous locks show boats arriving and departing between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. including vessels like Greenup Bosworth Solvay Vulcan and Solvay entry names and times.
Rock Springs Grange will meet at the hall on Thursday evening at 8. After the meeting the group will move out to prepare for the county fair.
Past councilors of Theodorus Council Daughters of America will hold a meeting Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Grover Erb with Mrs Fred Dessauer assisting hostess.
The official board of the Middleport Church of Christ will meet tonight at 7 30 at the church to discuss regular monthly business.
General Thomas D. White served as chief of staff of the United States Air Force from July 1, 1967, to June 30, 1981. He oversaw major modernization and strategic initiatives during the late 1960s through the early 1980s.
More than sixty residents join final rehearsals for the Big Bend Minstrel Association county fair show to be staged August 17 and 19. Costumes and lighting will be tested at Middleport High School auditorium before final staging next Wednesday.
Middleport S Sgt Maur ice Walker former Boiser Air Force Base Shreveport Louisiana has been reassigned to a Bitburg Germany base for a three year tour. He and his wife visited family in Middleport and Mason West Virginia before his departure from Mc Guire Air Force Base New Jersey.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Baumgardner of Columbus announce the birth of a son Charles Frederick at University Hospital on July 29. The mother Laura Ellen Scott of Middleport is a grandmother. Mrs Ema Bland of Middleport is a great aunt.
Eight members of the Ohio Brown Swiss Association will show cattle at the Meigs County Fair this week. Gallia County exhibitors include Rich ard A. Lakin of Fairfield his daughter Becky and Lawrence Holliday. Becky's Brown Swiss Grand Champion is Lakin's Charmer Candy.
Middleport emergency squad answered a 8 25 p m call to Nan Frazier 685 Locust St. A local physician treated Mrs Frazier at the residence.
The Gallia county reunion drew 52 attendees at Centenary Church lawn. Guests included Mrs. Gilbert Bodimer of Indianapolis and Harley Brucker of Erie Pa, who traveled the farthest. Officers reelected were Everett Brucker Newark president Gilbert Meal vice president and John Brucker secretary treasurer. Mrs Bodimer visited Charleston after staying with niece Mrs L Claude Miller. Oldest attendee was Mrs Adam Meal mother of vice president.
Deputies were called to the Gallia County junior fair Saturday to arrest a man for intoxication. Edward P. Thompson, 53, of Vinton, was charged with intoxication.
Janet Drew Windon age 66 of Wehe Terrace died after a heart attack Saturday afternoon in a Gallipolis residence and passed away Saturday evening at Holzer Hospital. Survived by husband Elmer V. Windon son Alfred B. Windon two uncles Sidney and Roy Crew two aunts Jessie Bengle and Bertha Root. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ewing funeral home with Rev. C Melvin Alkire officiating. Burial Beech Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Stoney Roberts and his All American Daredevils perform at the 96th Meigs County Fair at 8 p.m. in an two hour show of end over end autos dive bomber crashes motorcycle leaps and precision driving with 1961 stock Ford autos. The act includes Chris Rorris the human bomb in a coffin surrounded by dynamite.
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