Further Water Show Plans For Middleport Pool
Middleport pool manager Leo Kennedy announces plans for the first water show on August 22. Boys joining diving exhibitions report to the pool at 11 a.m. Saturday to instructor Miss Mary Carolyn Miller. No age limit for divers. Registrations for the penny throw and greased watermelon contest are with Miss Miller anytime. The penny throw targets children three to eight. the watermelon contest for ages nine to 13.
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Middleport
Leo Kennedy
Mary Carolyn Miller
Meigs County Fair Opens with Religious Services
A large crowd attended the 95th Meigs County Fair opening religious service led by Rev. John Elwood as Dr. Arthur E. Beckett spoke. The Meigs County Ministerial Association hosted the program at the Rock Springs grounds with music and organ by Mrs. Doster.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Pair Crowned 1958 Meigs County Junior Fair Queen and Escort
Patricia Ann Blakeslee and Gordon Atkins were named the 1958 junior fair queen and escort at the Meigs County Fair opening. The crowning, tied to a Meigs County Ministerial Association service, highlighted eight years of club work for both winners. They will represent Meigs County at the Ohio State Fair starting August 22.
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Meigs County
Lois Ann Knopp
Buzz Beegle
Miss Blakeslee
Atkins
C. E. Blakeslee
Pomeroy
Eugene Atkins
Harrisonville
Bidwell Social Notes Highlight Garden Club Show Winners
The Triconta Forum Garden Club flower show at Wilkesville featured Bidwell and Bidwell Variety Garden Club members entering arrangements. Mrs. Knotts won the trophy while Mrs. McClaskey also exhibited. Visitors included Ernest and Anthony Murray, and Col umbus residents Florence Adams and Bess Fredrick called on local families.
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Bidwell
Marshall McClaskey
Charles Knotts
Triconta Forum
Wilkesville
McClaskey
Knotts
Bidwell Variety Garden Club
Florence Adams
Columbus
Elizabeth Donnett
Rosetta Clarkson
Rio Grande
Mary Donney
Harrisburg
Ora Shaw
James L. Rutan
Anthony Murray
Brooks Trout
St. Albans
Rotary Has Splashing Good Time In Gallipolis Pool
Gallipolis Rotary Club enjoyed a swimming party at the city pool with wives and children present. Inductions were held for Billy Joe Johnson and Harold Wiseman at a post dinner business session in the Farmers Hotel. Guests included Richard Epling of Gallipolis and Tom Gordon of Westminster, Md., hosted by Alfred Arnold and Bernard Diehl. Visiting Rotarians were Dr. Stewart Lloyd of Pool Pleasant and Dr. Leo Bean of Coca Beach, Fla.
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Billy Joe Johnson
Harold Wiseman
Farmers Hotel
Richard Epling
Gallipolis
Tom Gordon
Westminster
Alfred Arnold
Bernard Diehl
Stewart Lloyd
Pool Pleasant
Leo Bean
Coca Beach
Fla
Friendship Sunday School Picnic At Harmon Field
The Kanauga community reports its Friendship Sunday School class held its annual family picnic at Harmon Field. Connie Maddy, age four, had a birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs W M Maddy with ten children present. Nearby residents visit kin and friends in Charleston and Kentucky. James Philip McKenzie is the newborn son of Mr and Mrs David McKenzie.
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Kanauga
Friendship
Harmon Field
W. M. Maddy
Connie
Wallace Pullins
Albert Spencer
Columbus
Homer Sowards
Byron Ward
David McKenzie
James Philip
Local families visit relatives across states
Langsville and Chelsea based families spent time visiting relatives in Point Pleasant Hy sell Run and Columbus. The group included Mr and Mrs Dale Wright Mrs Carol Pierce and children Daniel Ricky Kim Debra and others plus Dwight and Cecil Nelson after a 4 H camp at Canters Cave. Floyd Merz of Spring Lake and Clark Pierce joined the gatherings at the Barr home.
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Langsville
David Wright
Point Pleasant
Dale Wright
Carol Pierce
Daniel
Rustie Pierce
Ricky
Kimmie
Debra
Hysell Run
Frank Abdon
Chelsea
Mich
Columbus
Cecil Nelson
Canters Cave
Floyd Merz
Spring Lake
Aliph Barr
Birth Announced for Daughter of Mumford Family
Word is received of the birth of a son to the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Mumford Sr now Mrs D B Norris at Tampa Florida Mrs Mumford formerly Wauneda Hundley
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Middleport
Carl Mumford
D. B. Norris
Tampa, Fla
Mumford
Wauneda Hundley
Latest Model Boat To Race At Big Bend regatta in Middleport
Milford Harrison of Vermillion will race his S-80 in the C-1 hydro class and S-100 in the C and D-F hydro classes at the second annual Middleport regatta. He is noted for driving with a right hand throttle and the S-100 boat matches the Washington design used to set 107 mph. Harrison has earned multiple trophies including two third places in world championships. Divorces filed in Meigs County court report follows.
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Middleport
Big Bend Boating Club
Milford Harrison
Vermillion
Harrison
Washington
Alfred Alfred Dororthy Burke San dra Swartz and Ronnie Burke
Alfred Alfred Dorothy Burke San dra Swartz and Ronnie Burke attended separate sessions of the Youth Camp at Lancaster Campgrounds. Dana Swartz of Columbus visited his daughter Mrs Paul Buckley. Mr and Mrs Clair B Woode of Pomeroy visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charles D Woode. About 65 people attended the Young family reunion at the Henderson home. Glen Robinson is painting the old Robinson home in Alfred. Mr and Mrs Rigg Phillips are adding cement porches. Mr and Mrs Robert Windland of Columbus spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Garnet Windland.
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Alfred
Dorothy Burke
Sandra Swartz
Ronnie Burke
Lancaster
Dana Swartz
Columbus
Paul Buckley
Clair B. Woode
Pomeroy
Charles D. Woode
Clarence Henderson
Glen Robinson
Robinson
Rigg Phillips
Robert Windland
Mr. Windland
Garnet Windland
Roses Host Chicken Dinner in Pine Grove
Mr and Mrs Norman Rose hosted a Sunday chicken dinner at their Pine Grove home. Attending were Mr and Mrs William Schafer Mr and Mrs David Downing and children Christy and Larry from Columbus Miss Rosemary Rose and Miss Anna Jean Rose also attended.
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Pomeroy
Norman Rose
Pine Grove
William Schafer
David Downing
Christy
Larry
All of Columbus
Rosemary Rose
Anna Jean Rose
Ohio Pastor Chosen for Methodist Evangelistic Mission
The Rev. Carl E. Hicks of Oakwood Methodist Church Columbus is selected as one of 32 U.S. Methodists to join a September mission to Panama Bolivia Chile and Peru. The Ohio conference minister and Meigs County area farmer will travel after endorsement by Bishop Hazen G. Werner. The group will split into pairs for field assignments.
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Hicks
Sutton Methodist Church
Lester L. Roush
Meigs
Lima Methodist District
Roush
Meigs County
Manley Rites Set for Louise Manley at Rawlings-Coats
Funeral services for Louise Manley 69 who died Monday in an automobile accident on Laurel Cliff Road will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Rev George Osler of Point Pleasant will officiate with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Louise Manley
Laurel Cliff Rd
Rawlings-Coats
George Osler
Point Pleasant
Gravel Hill Cemetery
M. W. Cornell Rites Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Malcolm W. Cornell age 28 who died in an automobile crash Monday night will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ewing funeral home with Rev. John Elwood of Racine officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Pomeroy
Malcolm W. Cornell
Ewing
John Elwood
Racine
Ex-Resident Ross Peters Undergoes Lung Surgery in Tampa
Former Middleport resident Ross Peters age 86 underwent lung surgery in a Tampa Florida hospital and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. He is the father of Ruth Peters Childs.
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Middleport
L. D. Diles
Ross Peters
Here
Tampa, Fla
Peters
Ruth Peters Childs
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