Teens Fight Bear Attack in Glacier National Park
Four teens on a working vacation in Glacier National Park faced a grizzly that attacked overnight. Michele Koons, 19, died in her sleeping bag, while Julie Helge, 19, was killed in a separate incident nearby. Roy Ducat, 18, was seriously injured as rangers hunted the bears.
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West Glacier
Mont
Glacier National Park
Paul R. Dunn
Edina
Minn
Michele Koons
San Diego
Calif
Michele
Julie Helge
Albert Lea
Park
Roy Ducat
Perrysburg
Ohio
Dunn
Ray
Ron
Extra Judges Sought In Bill
Ohio House floor debate opens on a bipartisan omnibus proposal to add 17 common pleas judges across 12 counties led by four for Cuyahoga and three for Franklin. The measure, needing two thirds approval, joins a busy schedule of tax, education, highway safety and unemployment reform bills as lawmakers return from weekend recess for a lengthy session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Senate
House
Charles Fry
Clark
Barry Levey
Butler
Common Pleas
Lorain
Lucas
Mahoning
Montgomery
Muskingum
Richland
Summit
Warren
Wayne
Vacation Bible School Scheduled In Pomeroy
POMEROY The Pomeroy Church of Christ will sponsor a Vacation Bible School Aug 21 to 25 from 9 to 11 30 a.m. at the church. Two classes per age group cover ages 4 through 15 with teachers listed for each nursery through Junior II and staff including secretary, refreshments, crafts, song leader, pianist, and missionary story daily. Community children invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eileen Bowers
Shirley Baily
Elizabeth Ohlinger
Kathy Wehring
Joe Reynolds
Mary Sauvage
Sarah Roush
Barbara McGovern
Meigs County Land Transfers Transfer of Hartman to Keefer and Wells to Ohio Electric
Phoebe M and Robert E Hartman convey tracts in Columbia Township to Ralph and Catherine J Keefer. Vernal H and Louise Well transfer an easement in Bedford Township to Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Company.
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Phoebe M
Robert E. Hartman
Ralph
Catherine J. Keefer
Columbia Township
Choir Outing for Middleport Church of Christ Kids
Members of the Junior Choir from Middleport Church of Christ enjoyed a surprise picnic Saturday at Kenneth Seites farm Route 33. Adults helping included Mr and Mrs Kenneth Seites Mrs Milton Houdashelt Gallipolis Mr and Mrs Raymond Baker and daughter Angela Mrs Horace Abbott Mrs Raymond Cole. Choir members named include Vickie Abbott Beverly Houdashelt Virgena Tolbert Debbie Cindy Triplett Redina Crenson Pratt Ricky Vingbre?ner Sharon Wilson Cathy Baker Kathy Meadows Mary Boggs Eric Scites Davis Rayanna Cole.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Kenneth Seites
Route 33
Workshop Prepares For Meigs Fair
Chester Garden Club held a Friday workshop at the Chester Grange Hall to ready exhibits for the 104th Meigs County Fair. Fifteen arrangements were planned, with club members to participate in the second show and four members invited to exhibit at the State Convention Flower Show in Athens on August 23. Hostesses served a sack lunch and drinks to members and guests Debbie and Sandy Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Grange Hall
Chester Garden Club
Athens
Howard Knight
Paul Karr
George Frederick
Debbie
Sandy Wood
Meigs General Hospital Notes and area events
Meigs General Hospital admitted George Renshaw Pomeroy Gene Buckley Middleport Sil ken Edmonds Rutland Route 1 Dismissed Anna Elkins POMEROY The Twin Cities Shrine Club motorcycle patrol invited to Belpre parade Aug 17 contact Ben Ewing or John Zerkle by Wednesday LANGSVILLE Langsville Congregational Christian Church homecoming Aug 20 Sunday School 1 15 am worship 10 am basket dinner at noon Builders Quartet from Riplay WV to perform 2 pm Public invited
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George Renshaw
Pomeroy
Gene Buckley
Middleport
Silken Edmonds
Rutland
Anna Elkins
Twin Cities
Shrine Club
Belpre
Ben Ewing
John Zerkle
Langsville
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Local notes record visits by Mount Union student Tom Baker with parents, families traveling to Columbus and Springfield, and relatives gathering for a family dinner. Also noted are a Meigs County school bus inspection today by the state patrol and Carl Billikam recovering in Holzer Hospital after a ladder fall.
Test Results At Racine School Board Meeting
The Southern Local Board of Education met at Racine High School. Seven district children passed the county test and qualify for first grade despite birthdays after October 31. Twelve participated. Robert Slaver, former Gallipolis band director, was rehired. Bus insurance was discussed with no decision reached.
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Racine
Southern Local Board of Education
Paul Powell
Robert Bowen
Powell
Robert Slaver
Gallipolis
Marietta Judge Set To Judge Meigs County Fair Displays
Mrs Gilbert Cullen of Marietta an accredited judge of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs will judge both the Wednesday and Friday flower shows at the 1967 Meigs County Fair Oral judging by the standard system will begin at 1 p.m. on both days All 35 classes will be judged Wednesday Only exhibits in the artistic arrangements division will be changed and judged Friday Premiums and ribbons will be awarded in three places in each class.
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Pomeroy
Gilbert Cullen
Marietta
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Meigs County Fair
Bank Art Show Invites Local Artists at Pomeroy Bank
Pomeroy Meigs county artists may display pictures for a week at the Pomeroy National Bank. Registration is open with five pictures per registrant and three artists' work shown weekly starting Sept 11. Junior artists may register for a future display. Only original paintings accepted.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy National Bank
Maxine Griffith
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Names of Patients and Towns
A brief hospital notes entry lists patients at Veterans Memorial Hospital: Doris White of Long Bottom, Jennie Tipton of Cheshire, Warren Calaway of Reedsville, David Knapper of Pomeroy Route 2, Wilbur Barber, David Dailey, Edith McCoy, Merley Durham, Stella Adkins, and Daniel Rairden, with Sybil Workman also mentioned. The fragment indicates routine record keeping without further details.
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Doris White
Long Bottom
Jennie Tipton
Cheshire
Warren Calaway
Reedsville
David Knapper
Pomeroy
Wilbur Barber
David Dailey
Edith McCoy
Merley Durham
Stella Adkins
Daniel Rairden
Sybil Workman
Meigs Church Youth Rally Plans Officers and Float
Forty seven youths from six Meigs County Churches of Christ attended the Meigs County Church of Christ Youth Rally at the Pomeroy church. Rev. James McGovern welcomed attendees and Janice Eskew led singing. Rev. Eugene Underwood presided over the meeting which discussed September officer elections and a Sept. 3 pre nominating gathering at Bradbury Church of Christ. Possible parade float for the Meigs County Fair was also considered. Churches represented included Bradbury Bradford Millport Rutland Zion and Pomeroy. ministers present were Revs. Carter Moyer Russell Underwood Williams and McGovern. Refreshments were provided by church women led by Mrs. Denver Campbell.
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Pomeroy
Churches of Christ of
Meigs County
Church of Christ
Pomeroy Church
James McGovern
Janice Eskew
Eugene Underwood
Zion Church of Christ
Bradbury Church
Pomeroy Nurse Honored At Graduation Ceremony
Patricia Hennessy of Pomeroy graduated August 6 from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Parkersburg West Virginia and earned the three year top honor in her class. Guests included Mrs T Hennessy Sr Mrs H Reynolds and son Al Miss Myrtis Kay Parker and several Hennessy relatives. Miss Hennessy is vacationing at Daytona Beach Florida.
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Pomeroy
Patricia Hennessy
St. Joseph School of Nursing
Parkersburg
W. Va
T. Hennessy
H. Reynolds
Mary Lenon
Flushing, N. Y
Robert Morris
Robert Morris, Jr
Paula
Myrtis Kay Parker
Dwight Parker
Z. Hennessy, Jr
Mary Kay
Bernadette
Maureen
Charles Vaughan
Miss Hennessy
Daytona Beach
Fla
Two Persons Treated For Minor Injuries
POMEROY Treated in the emergency room of Veterans Memorial Hospital Monday were Gregory Stewart Middleport and Mack Trace Jackson. Stewart, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Stewart, 510 Headley St Middleport, fell from a tree and fractured his left arm. He was treated and released. Trace, 27, an employee of W N Holderman Construction Co, injured his thumb on the Route 33 project and was treated and released. James Bowers 37 Columbus is in satisfactory condition at Meigs General Hospital after bee sting effects. David Knapper Route 2 Pomeroy suffered a possible heart attack at the county health office and was admitted to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
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James Bowers
Columbus
Meigs General Hospital
Middleport Council Meeting Postponed by Vacations
Middleport council did not meet Monday evening as planned because several members were on vacation. Mayor C. O. Fisher stated the session was postponed.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
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Bear
Killer Bears
Park Rangers
Miss Koons
Denise Huckle
Sam Manuel
University of Arizona
Ronald A. Noseck
Ray T
Oracle
Ariz
Nosecks
University of Louisville
Trout Lake
Noseck
Squirt
Denise
Paul Dunn
Sherry Johnson
Donna Smith
Evely Smith
Janet Veney
Thelma Osborne
Pauline Kenny
Bonnie Well
Susie Andrews
Pat Wehrung
Benny Chapman
Linda Wehrung
Sharon Freeman
Connie Carr
Sheila Ohlinger
Abaam
Logan Monument Co., Inc
W. Main
Sears & Elberfelds
LOGAN
Lowell Wingett
Frank Murray
Gravel Hill
U. S. Grant
Caroline Moneymaker
Murray
Tom Baker
Mount Union College
John Baker
William Kitchen
Chillicothe
J. A. Young
Ruth Wise
C. H. Wise
William Allman
Ed Coates
Leo Swick
Hilliards
William Betz
William Ault
Kay
Perry
Merri
Greg Bush
Pamela Dodson
Springfield
Charles Bush
William
Waverly
C. H. Wise, Jr
Donald Lowery
Danny
Virginia Beach
Claude Washington
Somerset
Cannonsburg
William Grueser
Don Grueser
Harrietta Newland
James Simpson
Simpson
Sandy
Maurice Walker
Dorothy Scott
California
California; and Their Parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Scott
Russell McIntyre
Charles Gaskill
Mcintyre
University of Toronto
Canada
Kathy Spengler
Atwood Spengler
Cindy
Paul Scott
Indiana
Walter Riggs
Leona Roach
Florida
B. 8. McKinney
Orange Lake
Ohio State Patrol
Carl Billikam
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln Heights
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Meigs
Toff
Don Reuter
Boa
Reuter
Rock Springs
Federal Reserve System
Federal Insurance Corporation
Tom
Nelsonville, Ohio
Nelsonville
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