Meigs County Fair Opens Tuesday With Weeklong Events
Fairgrounds bustle as Rock Springs hosts the 95th Meigs County Fair opening Tuesday evening with Meigs County Ministerial Association services. Harness racing debuts automatic starter and pony racing, while the Jose Chitwood auto thrill show debuts. Floral entries are due by Wednesday noon for the Make Mine Country Style show.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Meigs County
Jose Chitwood
Paul Baer
Chitwood
Mike Venz Named Chief Arrowhead At Camp Arrowhead
Mike Venz 14 son of Mr and Mrs James Venz of 81 Locust St was named Chief Arrowhead at Camp Arrowhead near Lake Kahherine Jackson County ending six weeks of summer camp. He earned a $400 scholarship forGallia schools selection based on scholarship athletics and leadership.
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Mike Venz
Gallipolis
James Venz
Locust St
Arrowhead
Lake Kahherine
Jackson County
Mike
Buck
Cora
Raccoon Creek
Thivener
Camp Arrowhead
Joe Ross
Gallia Academy
Evan H. Evans
Washington School
Marshall D. Boggs
Wenz
Gallia Academy High School
White Sox
Science Club
Grace Methodist Youth Fellowship
Merrill Davis
Jackson City
Wreck Causes Demolished Auto. Several Accidents Reported
Robert Copley, 21, escaped injury after losing control on Rio Grande Centerpoint Road and crashing, vehicle demolished and left on its top. Patrol cited Copley for driving left of center. Over the Gallia County Youth Exposition weekend, patrol noted four weekend accidents with no major traffic bottlenecks and praised auxiliary members. Rex Stover, 22, and Charles McCarty, 46, were involved in a rear end collision with minor damage. no injuries. Other incidents included Ermil Carter, 18, dragging a wheel and signaling minor damage. Larry Drummond, 17, suffered a tire blowout and lost control, leading to guard rail damage and a court citation for driving without a license. Judge Howell fined Gerald Valentine $10 and costs for reckless operation. Valentine was in a separate Route 35 incident near the junior fair grounds.
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Highway Patrol
Copley
Gallia County
Gallia County Highway Patrol
Fairgrounds
Rex D. Stover
Thurman
Charles P. McCarty
Marysville
McCarty
Ermil C. Carter
Columbus
Carter
Route 7
Larry C. Drummond
Gallipolis
Kgger Creek
Drummond
John W. Howell
Howell
Gerald Valentine
Portsmouth
Valentine
Junior Fair Grounds
Cheryl Fife Honored At Lawn Party
Mrs. Roscoe Fife hosted a Saturday lawn party on Powell Street in Middleport for Cheryl Ann Fife 11th birthday with games a gift hunt and favors of ball point pens. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Paul Werner and Mrs. Roscoe Fowler for guests including Carol Lyons Michael Archer Jimmy Hackett John Blake Ricky Werner and others with David Fife brother of the honored guest.
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Middleport
Roscoe Fife
Powell St
Cheryl Ann
Pomeroy Birthday Dinner Honors Sixth Grage Sherrie
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blackston hosted a chicken barbecue at their Athens Road home for the sixth birthday of daughter Sherrie. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Shaeffer Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. William Grueser, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Bailey and Ruth Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Spencer, Mrs. Maxine Arnold and daughters Susanne Maria and Maria Grueser, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackston with children Sherrie Bobby and Bruce.
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Pomeroy
Harold Blackston
Athens Road
Sherrie
F. E. Shaeffer
Columbus
William Grueser
Wilbur Bailey
Ruth Ann
Chester Spencer
Maxine Arnold
Susanne
Maria
Maria Grueser
Blackston
Sherrie Bobby
Bruce
Hamburger Fry Brings Local Figures Together Saturday
The 3F Club hamburger fry at Middleport Road side Park featured a round robin get well cards for David Smith, son of Glen Smith of Columbus, recovering from surgery at Grant Hospital. Attendees included Mrs. Baker Gordon, Asa Hoskins and his sister Ada, Mrs. George H. Parkers, Miss Lucy Gibbs, and guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rayburn Jr. with Chloe and Beth of Chicago, NL, plus Kathleen Middleswartz of Columbia Missouri.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
David Smith
Glen Smith
Columbus
Grant Hospital
Baker Gordon
Asa Hoskins
Ada Hoskins
George H. Parkers
Lucy Gibbs
Charles Rayburn
Freddie and
Beth
Chicago
Kathleen Middleswartz
Columbia, Mo
Middleport Personal Notes Ties Local Families Across Visits
Middleport readers learn of weekend travels and guests as Mrs. William Robson and grandson Dennis Cunningham head to Lima to visit relatives, Mrs. Charles Gilbert visits from West Jefferson, and many other locals entertain kin from Springfield Ravenswood Coral Gables and Zanesville over recent weeks.
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William Robson
Dennis Cunningham
Lima
Erlewine
Emerson Jones
C. E. Burdette
Lawrence Milhoan
Minnie Erlewine
Farie Erlewine
Clarence Bailey
Mike and
Richard
Springfield
Charles Gilbert
West Jefferson
Lucy Gregg
Clyde Milhoan
Pomeroy
Milhoan
Ravenswood
C. E. Silvers
Easter Russell
Middleport
Coral Gables
Fla
H. O. Ewing
C. A. Emmish
Mountain Lake
William Kitchen
Debbie
Robert Reiber
Charles Asa Bradbury
Mary Frame
Crooksville
Lewis Koehler
John Buckley
Indian Lake
George
Zanesville
Walter F. Harris
Walter B. Harris
Columbus
Special Fortnite Club Meeting Set for Tuesday
A special meeting of the Fortnite Club is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Miss Anna Howell on Grant Street.
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Middleport — A
Fortnite Club
Anna Howell
Grant St
Society to Meet Pomeroy at Rock Springs Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Rock Springs Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the church.
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Pomeroy
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rock Springs Methodist Church
Pomeroy Personal Items Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. Osa Bailey of Akron visited Bessie Bentz in Pomeroy along with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Schreiber of Mason. David Smith, son of Glenn Smith, is at Grant Hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Jeanette Ingraham and Brenda Sue Ingraham traveled from Marietta with Olive Ingraham and Sandra Kay Ingraham, visiting Belpre relatives. Other readers include visits to Athens County Fair and Virginia Beach, with multiple local households hosting guests from Cincinnati, Columbus, Nitro, and Meigs County.
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Osa Bailey
Akron
Bessie Bentz
Pomeroy
E. W. Schreiber
Mason
David Smith
Glenn Smith
Smith
Grant Hospital
Olive Ingraham
Sandra Kay
Kitty Woods
Marietta
C. H. Ingraham
Brenda Sue Ingraham
Bonnie Dicken
Nancy Woodgeard
Athens
Calvin Mitchell
Gallipolis
E. A. Tracy
Columbus
E. J. Tracy
George Hood
Nitro
W. Va
C. E. Nease
Emory Haggy
Hattie Russell
B P W Picnic Planned by Middleport Club
Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a 6:30 p.m. picnic at Middleport Park on Tuesday evening. Members should bring table service and a favorite dish. lemonade and coffee will be provided. The meeting, moved from a garden party at Frances Klein's home while she is on vacation, is organized by hostess chair Geraldine Swadley and co chair Thelma Pratt. President Nellie Vale says the regular business meeting will not be held.
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Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Middleport Park
Frances Klein
Geraldine Swadley
Thelma Pratt
Nellie Vale
Athens Man Arrested As Parole Violator
Noel Wilson Pomeroy of Parkersburg West Virginia bound over to the Meigs County grand jury on non support under a thousand dollar bond and jailed after failing to post. Virgil Markins of Athens also held as a parole violator over the weekend.
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Pomeroy
Noel Wilson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Virgil Markins
Athens
Marriages Licenses Issued to Six Couples in Local Areas
Eugene Hawkins aged 26 and Mary Smith aged 17 of Pomeroy. James Kiser 20 and Mary Shaffer 20 of Letart Falls. Stanley Gibbs 27 of Hartford WV and Hilda Roush 21 of Middleport.
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Eugene Everett Hawkins
Mary Lou Smith
Pomeroy
James V. Kiser
Mary Ann Shaffer
Letart Falls
Stanley Donald Gibbs
Hartford
W. Va
Hilda Mae Roush
Middleport
Outsider guests attend Robinson wedding reception
Out-of-town guests joined Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robinson for a Saturday wedding and reception. Attendees included Clyde Crabtree of Dayton Fred Bender of Portsmouth C A Trimble of Ironton Paul Northup of Centenary Eulah Williams of Gallipolis and Palmer Trimble of Centenary. Others at the reception were Jack Rogers and daughters Mary Ann and Nancy Richard Newell and son Richard W W Robinson Richard Startzman Charles Webb Ronald Trimble and John Gallion.
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Wayne Robinson
Clyde Crabtree
Dayton
Fred Bender
Portsmouth
C. A. Trimble
Ironton
Paul Northup
Centenary
Eulah Williams
Gallipolis
Palmer Trimble
Jack Rogers
Mary Ann
Nancy
Richard Newell
Richard
W. W. Robinson
Richard Startzman
Charles Webb
Ronald Trimble
John Gallion
Second Monday Sewing Club Holds Forked Run Lake Picnic
Members and families of the Second Monday Sewing Club gathered Sunday for a picnic at Forked Run Lake. Fishing dominated the afternoon as the main diversion.
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Middleport
Forked Run Lake
Holstein Club Holds Picnic in Meigs County
The Meigs County Holstein Club held its annual picnic at the Gene Yost farm near Racine. After dinner a speaking program followed, George Nichols named a cattle ring for judging, and prizes were awarded to participants including David Koblentz, Russell Jones, Clarence Headley and others. sponsors included Sugar Run Mill, Meigs County Farm Bureau, Ohio Valley Feed Co., and Kautz Feed Store.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Holstein Club
Gene Yost
Racine
George Nichols
Nichols
David Koblentz
Russell Jones
Clarence Headley
Parly Karr
Denver Holter
Rosemary Rose
Roger Rose
Gary Ogdin
Charles Jones
Patty Koblentz
Lynn Ogdin
Sugar Run Mill
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Ohio Valley Feed Co
Kautz Feed Store
OES Chapter Plans Friends Night for October 2
Middleport plans for Friends Night on October 2 as Evan geline Chapter Order of Eastern Star meets with Beulah Jones in charge. Pearl Reynolds Sadie McElhinny Mary Meinhart Fern Cheesebrew Freddie Houda shel t named to the program committee.Plans also set for a memorial service in September for deceased members.
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Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Beulah Jones
Pearl Reynolds
Sadie McElhinny
Mary Meinhart
Fern Cheesebrew
Freddie Houdashelt
Middleport Band to debut new summer uniforms
The Middleport High School band under George M. Dallas will wear black sport shirts and black ivy league trousers at the county fair Thursday afternoon. Orange shirt pocket handkerchiefs and orange cummerbunds provided by the Band Boosters add color. First bus departs by 12:30 p m to start performing at 1 p m.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
George M. Dallas
Dallas
Fairgrounds
Middleport Men Sued Over Highway Crash and Divorces
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court a money suit filed by U S Fidelity and Guarantee of Cincinnati and L J Heiner of Rutland seeks 492 66 from Lero y L Hite and R E Hite of Middleport for damages from a Route 124 crash claiming Heiner’s vehicle was damaged by the defendants truck and fault lay with the defendants. John H Buck was granted a divorce from Bertha Mae Buck for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Powell was granted a divorce from James Powell for extreme cruelty and Eleanor was granted custody of three minor children.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Cincinnati
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
Leroy L. Hite
R. E. Hite
Middleport
Route
Heiner
John H. Buck
Bertha Mae Buck
Powell
James Powell
Eleanor
Dinner on Lawn Marks 8th Birthday
A lawn dinner hosted by Mrs. Worley Howell celebrated eighth birthday of Kevin Dailey. Attendees included Everett Dailey Gene Houdashelt Becky Dailey Bronewyn Dailey Martha Howell Anna Howell and other neighbors. Ice cream and birthday cake followed later for neighborhood children.
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Middleport
Sisters Keep Perfect Attendance at Millioan Reunion
Miss Farie Erlewine of Middleport and Mrs. Clarence Bailey of Springfield attended the 13th Millioan family reunion. They have not missed any annual reunion during the 13 years the event has been held.
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Middleport
Farie Erlewine
Clarence Bailey
Springfield
Erlewine
Bailey
Catnapped Persian Cat Baffles Gallipolis Police
Gallipolis police face a quirky case as Michigan teacher Howard Lytle reports his large black long haired Persian cat missing from a Circle's Motel site after a car door was tampered with. Lytle suspects children may have taken the cat along with candy and firecrackers. The untraced pet is a spayed female with white markings and a white front paw.
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Gallipolis
Michigan
Circle’s
Howard Lytle
Saginaw
Mich
Lytle
Fort Stewart
Weekend arrests noted at Gallia County events
Gallia County Sheriff Oscar Baird reported a calm four day Gallia County Youth Exposition with only one on site arrest for intoxication. Outside the event the blotter showed four arrests including Paul Martin and James Dunlap for breach of peace after a Blue Willow Night Club fight. Arthur Kurtz faces bad check charges while James Douglas is jailed on an assault warrant and Emmett Brabham arrested for intoxication with county court appearances planned.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Sheriff's Department
Paul Martin
James M. Dunlap
Point Pleasant
Blue Willow
Upper Route 7
Arthur E. Kurtz
Irenton
Bennie Pennington
James R. Douglas
Emmett Brabham
Bidwell
Man accused of beating wife after bar altercation
Virgil Perkins of Letart Falls was hospitalized in Gallipolis after an alleged Route 7 nightclub fight. Wayne Harper of Middleport was arrested for the beating but released when Perkins was accused of striking Harper’s wife with a beer bottle, prompting the attack. Perkins suffered multiple facial cuts and a possible skull fracture.
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Pomeroy
Virgil Perkins
Letart Falls
Holzer
Gallipolis
Robert Hartenbach
Wayne Harper
Middleport
Perkins
Hartenbach
Harper
Auto Crashes on Route 124 Causes Property Damage
Sheriff Hartenbach reported a one car crash on Route 124 Sunday evening when a south bound car driven by 20 year old William E. Wilson of Point Pleasant skidded on loose gravel washed onto the road. The vehicle left the highway, struck a ditch and a driveway abutment near the Chapman Roadside Market. Wilson was uninjured and no charges were filed.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
William E. Wilson
Point Pleasant
Wilson
Chapman
Rupes Entertain in Rutland Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Wayne Rupe hosted a dinner at their Rutland home Sunday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Marcus Downs and son Harrington of Delaware, Mr and Mrs Richard Rupe and daughter from Pomeroy, and Mr and Mrs Jacob Rupe and family of Middleport.
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Middleport
Wayne Rupe
Rutland
Marcus Downs
Harrington
Delaware
Richard Rupe
Pomeroy
Jacob Rupe
New Hay Class Added To Meigs County Fair
A new hay class in the farm crops and horticulture division of the Meigs County Fair invites county farmers to enter. Premiums of 4, 3 and 2 dollars are offered for three categories: 50 percent or more legume hay, 49 percent or less legume hay, and all grass. Earl Dean heads the department.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Earl Dean
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