Canaday Claims Sewer Plan Threatens Main Street In Pomeroy
POMEROY villagers eye sewer project on Main Street may disrupt business as crews dig 36 inch trenches up to 19 feet deep near storefronts. Delmar Canaday says bid gaps and sidewalk routing raise costs and safety concerns. A committee reviews legality and claims council members benefit from supplying project materials.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Delmar Canaday
Citizen’s Committee
Citizens Committee
William Lavelle
Athens
Canaday
Ray Shasteen
Leslie Fultz
Don Collins
Franklin Rizer
Lavelle
Camaday
Shasteen
Fred Crow
Fair Supervisors and Events Listed for Meigs County Fair
Meigs County Fair opens Tuesday at Rock Springs fair grounds with 15 departments and many supervisors. The schedule lists junior fair, horse conformation, horse show, horse pulling, pony pulling, dairy and beef cattle judging, sheep and swine, poultry, crops and horticulture, flowers, domestic arts, Grange exhibit, public schools judging, speed events, harness and pony races, concessions, ticket sales, grandstand supervision, and a two night 1969 Big Bend Talent Showcase directed by Bob Hoeflich.
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Harold Carnahan
David Koblentz
Hiram Slanter
Lauren Hoffman
Lauren
Fred Goeglein
Rex Shenefield
Clarence Henderson
Margaret Ella Lewis
Robert Lewis
Grange
Shenefield
Robert Bowen
William Downie
Goeglein
Wallace Bradford
Downie
Reuter
Pugh Amusements
Charles Radford Jr
Paul Klees
Charles Williams
Custer
Big Bend
Bob Hoeflich
Women Prepare For Fair POMEROY W omen Prepare For Fair
Meigs County Fair preparations focus on domestic arts Exhibits are divided into classes such as bedspreads rugs knitting sheets and pillow cases and aprons dresses and other household items Miss Jessie Saunders resigns after years of service Mrs Robert Lewis succeeds her Mrs Wayne Roush of Belpre is named judge for the domestic arts displays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jessie Saunders
Robert Lewis
Wayne Roush
Belpre
Syracuse WSCS Meets At Mrs. Grimm's Home
The Syracuse United Methodist Church WSCS met at Mrs. Melvin Grimm's home with Mrs. William Eichinger assisting. The program, led by Mrs. Donald Lisle, covered The New Prophets and Days of Discovery, including ministries in a resort, airport, truck stop, laundromat, and aid to all in need. A workshop was announced for Aug. 20 in Racine, and Sept. 29 at Camp Francis Asbury. Officers were elected: Virgil Teaford as president and John Sauvage as Christian Social Relations chair. The group welcomed Mrs. Forrest Donley, new pastor's wife, and closed with a reading.
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Syracuse
WSCS
United Methodist Church of
Melvin Grimm
William Eichinger
William Winebrenner
Donald Lisle
Orville Crooks
Eichinger
Virgil Teaford
John Sauvage
Racine
Camp Francis Asbury
Russell Harper
Polanski's caretaker Garretson hailed as innocent by mother
Mary Garretson defends son William Garretson as not involved in the Tate murder case. Los Angeles police sought a second suspect while Garretson faced no physical evidence tying him to the Bel Air killings. Polanski and friends support his innocence. Garretson previously had run-ins with Lancaster police years ago.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Mary Garretson
Los Angeles
William’ Garretson
Sharon Tate
Bel Air
Garretson
Robert Helder
Mrs. Garretson
Calif
Roman Polanski
Middleport Society Notes and Local Travel Plans
Middleport personals list residents visiting relatives and traveling to Beaumont Texas Oberlin Ohio Toronto and Washington D C including the McIntyres new placement. Local church news notes Dr Lester Roush as guest speaker and Rev Max Donahue to preach next Sunday. Racine Local School District schedules a regular meeting for August 14 at 7 30 p m instead of the usual date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Haptonstall
Robert Sharp
Mike Zirkle
Michele
Lancaster
Winfield Glaze
E. W. Bailey
Lester Roush
Heath United Methodist Church
Max Donahue
Racine
Meigs County Sees Severe Flooding After Rainstorm
After a weekend storm, Meigs County experienced high water along Route 7 and Route 33, flooding roads and basements. The Thomas Fork area saw the heaviest deluge with several accidents and rescues reported, while Rutland village and Peach Fork road faced rising waters and a flooded funeral home basement.
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Thomas Fork
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Highway State Patrol
Tom Martin
Route 7
Franklin Rizer Achieves Eagle Scout Ranking
Franklin M. Rizer II, son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Rizer of Pomeroy, received the Eagle rank at a National Court of Honor held Sunday evening at Syracuse Asbury Methodist Church. Scoutmaster William Knight led the ceremony with a bringing of other Eagle Scouts including Garland Parsons Kermit Walton C K Nease and pastors in attendance.
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Pomeroy
Franklin M. Rizer II
Franklin Rizer
East Main Street
Syracuse Asbury Methodist Church
William Knight
Point Pleasant
Court of Honor
Knight
Garland Parsons
Gallipolis
Chadds Hall
MGM
Kermit Walton
George Holmen
Syracuse
C. K. Nease
Wendell Stuttler
Forest Donnelly
Local Social Notes Highlight Area Guests and Visitors
Racine Miss Ruth Ellis of Columbus visited Homer and Edith Hayman. Mr and Mrs Curt Johnson stayed in Hamden with Clyde Johnson and family. Mr and Mrs Ward Foster and their children visited Charles Foster and Albert Hill. Mrs Bessie Smith arrived from Texas to stay with her son Charles Smith. Wesley Putnam and Mike Willis of New Orleans are selling religious material in the area.
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Ruth Ellis of
Columbus
Homer
Edith Hayman
Curt Johnson
Hamden
Mrs
Clyde Johnson
Ward Foster
Children of
Charles Foster
Albert Hill
Bessie Smith
Texas
Charles Smith
Wesley Putnam
Mike Willis
New Orleans
Ex-Catholic Bishop Weds Divorcee in New Mexico
James P. Shannon former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Minneapolis St. Paul married Ruth Church Wilkinson a Protestant. He plans to remain in the church but faces possible excommunication under Canon 2388 per church law. Shannon says he will continue teaching at St. John's College Albuquerque and will be vice president next month.
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Endicott
N.Y
Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
Shannon
New York Times
Leonard P. Cowley
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
New York
Riage
Cowley
Paul VI
Minnesota
St. John’s
Catholic Church
Loyal Women's Class to Meet at Chauncey Church
The Loyal Women's Class of the Chauncey Christian Church will gather August 14 at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Andrew Jackson's home on May Ave. The local hospital notes list residents and dismissals across several towns, including Ross Kent Addison and Inez Logan Hemlock Grove.
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Ross Kent
Addison
George Rowley
Pomeroy
Etta Ellis
Middleport
Mora Bardin
Hartford
Sandra Powell
Reedsville
Cecil Gibbeaut
Point Pleasant
Denzil Hudson
Syracuse
Robert Hannum
Mt. Alto
W. Va
Inez Logan
Hemlock Grove
Chauncey
The
Chauncey Christian Church
Andrew Jackson
May Ave
Frontier In Viet May Remain Calm
Allied commanders report tentative calm along the DMZ with no signs of major North Vietnamese infiltration or massed troops. Intelligence notes about 1,000 enemy soldiers in three battalions on the southern DMZ rim, while U.S. Marines and allied forces monitor and reinforce defenses in Quang Tri Province.
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Dong HA
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Dmz
Quang Tri
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Con Thien
5Th Mechanized
Quang Tri City
Ngo
Quang Truong
Asault
Gallipolis Man Jailed For Larceny
Meigs County deputies jailed John Oiler 30 of Gallipolis on a grand larceny warrant after Gallipolis police held him until transfer to the Pomeroy jail. Thomas Smith 19 of Syracuse was jailed for disturbing the peace. A Route 124 accident involving Richard Maynard 22 of Racine caused a ditch crash with no injuries or arrests.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
John Oiler
Gallipolis
Oiler
Thomas Smith
Syracuse
Smith
Milton Verian
Richard Lee Maynard
Racine
Miller Counters Urgency for Mars Landing Now
Rep. George P. Miller, chair of the House Space Committee, urged delaying a manned Mars mission 5 to 10 years to develop better technology and gain spaceflight experience. He argued international cooperation with Russia could emerge before such a flight and favored lunar exploration in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Space Committee
United States
Mars
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Russia
Miller
Spiro T. Agnew
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agnew
Paine
Space Agency
U.S
Local Families Visit and Vacation Plans Mentioned
Glouster and Columbus residents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Noon spent the weekend with Mrs. Thomas Noon. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Smith of Tom River New Jersey vacation at Burr Oak Lake. Guests include Mrs. Albert Cook and family of Covington Kentucky.
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Edward Noon
Columbus
Thomas Noon
Denver Smith
Frances Garrett
Toms River
N.J
Burr Oak Lake
Smiths
Albert Cook
Fof Covington, Ky
Messenger Carrier Finds Money and Receives Honesty Award
Paul Klein, 11, of Pomeroy found a $20 bill envelope in a Farmers Bank parking lot and turned it in to Sheriff Robert Hartenbach. The envelope held $75. a local official gave him $10 as a reward. Prosecutor Bernard Fultz congratulated him. Paul and his brother cited their mother’s lessons in honesty.
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Paul Klein
Paul
Farmers Bank
Meigs County
Sherif Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Athens Messenger
Pomeroy
Bernard Fultz
David
Charles Henry Klein
Vale Street
Eskimo Syllabics On Bell Canada Arctic Volume
The Bell Telephone Company of Canada issues a slim volume covering northern Quebec coast Labrador and the Baffin and Cornwallis Islands in the Arctic. Instructions appear in Eskimo syllabics English and French because ten percent of customers are Eskimos.
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Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Quebec
Labrador
Baffin and
Cornwallis Islands
Canadian Arctic
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J. C. Huber Co
Parkersburg
Miller Company
Huber Company
Herbert Shields
Tom Reuter
Hugh Custer
Fred Leifheit
Marcia Karr
Carl Weese
Polanski
Miss Tate
Stephen Earl Parent
Abigail Folger
Jay Sebring
Mike Fletchner
Hattie Smith
Russell McIntyre
Charles Gaskill
McIintyres
Washington, D. C
Toronto
Canada
Betty Cline
James Jiiden
Beaumont
Robert Warner
Oberlin
Horace McElhinny
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Kathy Powell
Charles Humphrey
Connie Wells
Sharon Callahan
Sarah Congo
Joyce Foley
Darrell Jenks
Randy Becker
Molly Guinther
John Riley
Viet
By Robert Ohman
Associated Press
Rep. Miller
John Beckler
Glouster
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