Tripled turnout at Meigs Fair Horse Show in Pomeroy
Six hundred seventy one paid admissions attended the 94th Meigs County Fair horse show held Thursday evening. Allen C. Hill Sr. announced the figures, with Roy Holter and others guiding the event as superintendents and Mrs. Lillian Stieff providing organ music during judging. Cash prizes and rosettes were awarded across multiple classes with numerous local participants winning top five placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Allen C. Hill
Fair Board
Roy Holter
Pearl Williams
William B. Downie
Lillian Stieff
Middleport
Janice Houck
Cheshire
Donald Brumfield
Gallipolis
Debbie Cole
South Webster
Kathy Morgan
Kola Sue Waugh
Bladen
Liz Sellers
Wellston
E. M. Cole
Gary Rose
Huntington
Patricia Holter
Harry Guthrie
Coolville
S. L. Koontz
Delegation Attending Fire Meeting in Ohio Conference
Almost all Middleport firefighters plan to attend the Ohio State Firemen’s annual conference in Columbus starting today. A mammoth parade is set for 8 PM, followed by a Deshler Hilton Hotel get acquainted party at 10 PM hosted by Leo Phillips and Columbus fire chief Walter Strickfaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio State Firemen
Village Hall
Columbus
Deshler-Hilton
Leo Phillips
Pomeroy
City of Columbus
Walter G. Strickfaden
Columbus Firemen
Ralph Weimer
Sidney T. Russell
Meigs County Firemen’s Association
David Ohlinger
Charles Murray
Emmet Shuler
James Daniels
Tom Mills
Tom Durst
Raymond Russell
Don Mills
Gerald Anthony
Howard Dailey
Robert Fisher
Harold Hinkle
John Vroman
Russell Mills
Everett Bachner
Robert McElhinny
Wayne Gibbons
Polio Victims Surveyed In Field Study
Mrs. Audrey Young of the Meigs County Chapter announces a county wide census of former polio patients as part of a national program. The survey aims to study post polio effects including nonparalytic cases and tracks treatment and recovery. Doctors and health authorities are asked to help locate all polio survivors in the county.
Dressings For Cancer Are Made By Salem Church Women
Middleport project at Salem Center Methodist Church produced 150 cancer dressings presented to the Meigs County Cancer Society. Co chairs Mrs Clair Edmundson and Mrs Floyd Davis led a team including many church members. Dressings were delivered to the Cancer Society office on Coal Street, with the Friday office hours 9 am to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Salem Center Methodist Church
Meigs County Cancer Society
Clair Edmundson
Floyd Davis
Cecil Caton
Janet Caton
Hollis Grate
Worthy Bright
Edwin Davis
Orion Roush
Alva Swick
Mary Glassburn
Robert Farley
Meigs 4 H and FFA Members Earn 36 A Grades at Livestock Show
Meigs County 4 H and FFA members received 36 A grades at the county junior fair livestock show held at Rock Springs fairgrounds. Blue ribbons went to FFA and 4 H exhibitors including Charles Collins, Joyce Carson, James Caldwell, Donald Sedgwick, and others across Jersey, Holstein, Guernsey, and Brown Swiss cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Davidson
Danny Holliday
Earl Reeves
Jersey
James Caldwell
Ray Powell
Virginia Johnson
Robert Smith
Stephen Hoffman
James Ingram
Eric Parker
Wayne Roush
Robert Kautz
Richard Koblentz
Roger Rose
Holstein
Donald Sedgwick
Larry Gray
Teddy Sedgwick
Ayeshire
James Robson
John Robson
Meigs County Fair Hosts Horse Pulling Tonight and Tractor Event
At 7 p.m. the 94th Meigs County Fair presents a horse pulling contest in three weight classes with cash prizes. Saturday features a tractor pulling event for four classes beginning at 1 p.m. and the Big Bend Minstrel Association’s County Fair Follies at 8 p.m. A fireworks display closes Saturday activities at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Sheets, Jr
Meigs
Big Bend Minstrel Association
Bob Hoeflich
Dallas
Tex
Little Leaguer Benny Wilson Struck by Pitch and Falls
Benny Wilson 12, son of Frank Wilson a Pony League organizer, was hit in the head by a pitch at Municipal Park and then broke his collarbone in a fall from a tree. He’s in a cast, missing All Star game duties and the Yankee roster trip to see the Cincinnati Redlegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Benny Wilson
Benny
Frank
Hack) Wilson
Municipal Park
Wellston
Yankees
Woody Call
Cincinnati Redlegs
Pomeroy Daughters of America Meet at Lodge Hall
Pomeroy POMEROY PAST Councilors of Chester Council 323 Daughters of America held their regular meeting Wednesday night at the lodge hall with Mrs. Oscar Weber presiding. C N Jones Ohio State Grange deputy master inspected. Mrs. Ralph Turner led the literary hour. Several guests attended and local hostesses planned September activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester Council
Daughters of America
Lodge Hall
Oscar Weber
Erma Vale
Albert Bolin
Maud Holcomb
G. B. Radekin
C. N. Jones
Ohio State Grange
Ralph Turner
Laurel Grange honors long-time members in Life program
Master Everett Holcomb presided at Laurel Grange yearly inspection. The This Is Your Grange Life program saluted 72 and 68 year members Mrs. Mattie Caster Morris and Mrs. Mamie Vale Martin, plus over 50 year members Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Radekin. Charter members W. G. Caster O. A. Vale and Wesley Caster and their wives led the honored list. Invited guests from Point Rock and nearby towns attended the surprise program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Everett Holcomb
Laurel Grange
Holcomb
W. G. Caster
G. A. Radekin
Arlin
Avanel
Tina Marie
Nellie Vale
Johnny
Maggie Birchfield
Arthur
Columbus
Freda Kennedy
Athens
Bessie Stout
Kate Stout
Bess Musser
Albany
James Nichol
Graveside Services Set for Two Former Middleport Residents
Middleport friends await the double burial at Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy on Saturday at 4 p.m. for Mrs. W. C. Russell of Coral Gables Florida and Mrs. F. O. Spain of Miami Florida. Mrs. Russell is the mother of Mrs. H. O. Ewing of N. Third Ave and Mrs. Spain is Mrs. Ewing’s sister. The pair were longtime Middleport residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. C. Russell
Coral Gables
Fla
F. O. Spain
Martha Russell
Miami
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy
Root Sells Funeral Home to Troy Director
Clarence Root has sold the Clarence Root funeral home in Chillicothe to John Heiby, funeral director of the Ervin Deeter funeral home in Troy. Heiby now operates the business after Root, Middleport High School graduate, ran it for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Clarence Root
Chillicothe
John Heiby
Ervin Deeter
Troy
Heiby
Root
Middleport High School
Cincinnati
Harold Root
Brownell Ave
Middleport Couple Reaches Recovery After Crash
Mr and Mrs Harry Houdashelt of Middleport were hospitalized in Fond du Lac Wisconsin after a head on collision with a truck last Thursday. They expect to be released this week and plan to stay with their son in law Ronald Place and his wife in Green Bay until arrangements are made to return home. Houdashelt suffered a broken rib and Mrs Houdashelt head injuries in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harry Houdashelt
Fondulac
Wis
Ronald Place
Green Bay
Houdashelt
Quality Print Shop
Houda
Rutland Visitors Visit Local Hosts
Rutland residents Mr. and Mrs. Clair Taylor of Langsville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hill and their son Billie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Taylor
Langsville
Bob Hill
Billie
Mrs Jones Dominates 94th Meigs County Fair Prizes
Chester residents sweep extensive awards in domestic arts poultry and grange exhibits at the Meigs County Fair. Cited winners include C N Jones with ten blue ribbons, J M Gaul six, Bertha Carl four, Sybil Dorst five, Donna Holter three, Marie Koblentz three, Dale Kautz two, and D J Morgan one first. Poultry honors go to Earl Dean with leghorn ribbons and Betty Carleton Plymouth Rocks. Sharon Atkins leads Plymouth Rock ribbons. Wilber Parker earns three for New Hampshire Reds. Chester Grange tops displays earning $55 premium, Rock Springs $50, Racine $45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Koblentz
Dale Kautz
Pomeroy
D. J. Morgan
Earl Dean
Chester
Betty Carleton
Plymouth Rocks
Sharon Atkins
Harrisonville
Plymouth Rock
Wilber Parker
New Hampshire
Grange
Chester Grange
Rock Springs Grange
Racine Grange
Capt Rummel Attends Salvation Army Camp Meetings
Captain Glenna Rummel of the Pomeroy Salvation Army and local members spent a week visiting camp gatherings. They joined Coolville Hollow Rock near Steubenville and Conneautville Peniel Holiness Camp, assisting Missionary Day services at each site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Glenna Rummel
Salvation Army Corps
Coolville
Hollow Rock
Steubenville
Peniel
Conneautville
Rummel
Pittsburgh
Praying Mary
Mary Witchenstein
Grace Landers
Eva Haning
Harrisonville
Capt. Rummel
Salvation Army
Glendale
Ohio
Only Three Attend Middleport Athletic Association Meeting
Only three people attended the Middleport Athletic Association meeting at the high school Curtis Jenkinson John Parsons and a Messenger representative The meeting was called by President Robert Mills Coach John Thompson of Russell Ky is not scheduled to arrive until Tuesday and another meeting is expected after that date
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Athletic Association
Curtis Jenkinson
John Parsons
Robert Mills
John Thompson
Russell
Sales Tax Receipts Drop In Meigs and Nearby Counties
Meigs County and five neighboring counties report lower sales tax receipts for the week ending July 27. Meigs totals 3665 versus 4669 a year ago, with Vinton down to 582 from 1746 and Athens 9009 from 11497, Gallia 2958 from 3585, Hocking 5332 from 8050, and Jackson 5642 from 7248.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Tracy
Vinton
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
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Meigs Fair
Shire
Don Guthrie
Lowell Guthrie
Guysville
Mary Ann Smith
Marietta
Western Pleasure Horse
Fred Leifheit
Mary
Fred Cullup
Gary Cole
Gary
Shade
Jack Stewart
Mason
Larry Roush
Racine
Sharon Pullsbury
Point Pleasant
Johnny al
Charles King
Rutland
Paul Shumaker
James Sheets
Bill Collins
Marilyn Foglesong
Isaac Lewis
Clifton
W. Va
Duck King
Danny Zirkle
Larry Carson
Keith Reuter
Junior Kennedy
Nelsonville
Catherine Shavorinsky
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFA
Les Collins
Patricia Blakeslee
Bill Carleton
Arlene Theiss
Patsy Price
Joyce Carson
Carl Walton
Karen Theiss
Clarence Robson
Donald Robson
Bob Kautz
Sonny Slawter
Judy Slawter
Benny Slawter
Connie
R. C. Gilmore
J. H. Eastman
Buckeye Horse Pulling Association of
Pomeroy Women’s News
Leta Mae
Delores Kraeuter
James Wickham
Wallace Amberger
Barbara
Norma Jean Right
Esther Wright
Hobart Newell
Henry Spencer
Norman Frederick
Pomeroy Personals
J. L. Shipes
Rolland
Jacksonville
H. E. Weaver
Richard Weaver
Syracuse
Nadine Dailey
Wilma Ohlinger
J. E. Thomas
Thomas
Duke Cleaners Middleport
Pomeroy Gallipolis
Pt, Pleasant
Root Sells Funeral Home
Pomeroy-Middleport Barber's Association
Barker's Association
Pomeroy and
Mrs. Jones
Paul “Shorty” Schuler
Portland Park
Route
Judy Holliday
Richard Conte
Full OF
Gary Cooper
Ralph Bellamy
Billy Mitchell
Liberty
King Kong
Fay Wrey
Menet Armstrong
Bruce Cabot
Tim Holt
Pomeroy Bond Theatres
Halliday Brand
Bill Williams
Ward Bend
Joseph Cotton
Viveca Lindfors
Betsy Blair
Howard Duff
Lita Baron
Boca Grande
Oklahoma
Gordon MacRae
Gloria Grahame
Shirley Jones
Dumont
Zenith Television
Zenith
ALLEN
Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Jam
FORD
Preston Motors, Inc
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