Final Big Ben Minstrel attendance tops 1300 in Meigs Fair draw
At Meigs County Fair the Big Ben Minstrel Association closed its summer run with a show drawing 1304 attendees, aided by free pre school admissions and honored passes. The Thursday show counted 1303. Performers including Judy Riggs and the ukulele chorus returned for encores, while gifts were presented to stage crew and orchestra members.
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Pomeroy
Big Ben Minstrel Association
Meigs County Fair
Fair Board
John Layne
Evelyn Cleland Young
Bill Young
Ralph Werry
Judy Riggs
Kathryn Crow
Joe Struble
Eric Chambers
Donley Reibel
Edgar Arnold
Henry Reibel
Melvin van Meter
Olive Ingraham
Charles Hoffman
Ferrell Shuler
Terry Stalnaker
Coleen Wilson
Charlene Hoeflich
Association
Alice Nease
Crow
Orval Wiles
Bob Hoeflich
New Haven
Mason
W. Va
Heath Methodist Church Holds Outdoor Vesper
In Middleport an outdoor vesper service on the Heath Methodist Church lawn capped a Sunday picnic with the theme God in Nature. More than a hundred attended as Newman Burdette played hymns followed by Mrs. C. P. Klein leading a review of church activities.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist
Newman Burdette
C. P. Klein
Mrs Brown Honored On 73rd Birthday At Family Party
POMEROY The 73rd birthday of Mrs Ben Brown Mulberry Heights was marked by a family gathering. Attendees included Warren Washburn and daughter Jackie Yonkers N Y Mr and Mrs George A Brown and Harold Williams and five children Columbus Md Emanuel Hickey and five children Baltimore Md Lawrence Eblin and three children Laurel Cliff. Gifts were presented to Mrs Brown.
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Pomeroy
Ben Brown
Mulberry Heights
Warren Washburn
Jackie
Yonkers
N.Y
George A. Brown
Harold Williams
Columbus
Emanuel Hickey
Baltimore, Md
Lawrence Eblin
Laurel Cliff
Brown
Mason and Kin Visit Families Across States
Mrs. H. VanMatre Mason reports visits by Juanita Ward and son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scyoc in Parkersburg. Nellie Dudding attended a Camargo Ky camp meeting. Arthur Linart Dawn Marie and Alma Linkart with Nellie Dudding visited Sam Absten in Circleville Ohio. Other trips include Fay Russell in Chicago and William Stump returning from Athens Georgia. Fashion is a kind of racket with fewer new dresses driving the racket.
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Mason
Juanita Ward
Charles Scyoc
Parkersburg
Nellie Dudding
Camargo
Arthur Luikart
Dawn Marie
Newport Richey
Fla
Alma Linkart
Paradise
W Va
Arthur Linkart
Sam Absten
Circleville
Charles Seyco
Fay Russell
Shelia
Donald
Chicago
Ill
Russell
William Stump
Columbus
Luther Tucker
University of Georgia
Athens
Howard T. van Matre
Joan
Donald Russell
Meigs County Fair Highlights and Local Visits
Alfred Gans of Pomeroy exhibited the grand champion Hereford bull for the third consecutive year at the Meigs County Fair cattle judging. Nearby residents including Ellison Boatman, David Fulton and families visited friends in Kyger and surrounding towns.
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Kyger
Ellison Boatman
Washington, D. C
David Fulton
Dover
Del
Walter Rife
Pomeroy
Alfred Gans
Meigs County
Fair Board
Middleport Social Notices and Appointments
Recent visitors and visits to Middleport families are listed from Manning Webster to Vroman and Guinther. The piece also notes an ice cream social at Syracuse Methodist Church and various court notices including an estate administrator appointment in Meigs County and a public publication for a divorce case in Athens County.
Meigs County Fair Attendance Tops Ten Thousand In 1963
Meigs County Fair drew 10 642 attendees over its centennial observance with 2 924 paid admissions on Saturday. Races featured Sister Too Eyre Raid and Success Cay pacing and trotting heats with Betsy Vo and Ima Bud placing in the free for all. A Saturday night fireworks display by the Racine Fire Department closed the event after the Big Bend minstrel show.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Too
Eyre Raid
Ginny Hold-Up
C. D. McAfee
Athens
Success Cay
L. N. Acker, Wooster
Frank D. Jackson
Frank Jackson
Chickamauga Stables
Gallipolis
Pam An
Jenny Bea
Mr. Corkey
Atomic Pick
Betsy Vo
Sidney
Roger Spencer
Ima Bud
Ward Humphrey
Racine
Laurel Run Community Visitor Notes and Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Eddie Fisher visited Mr and Mrs Guy Evans. Mrs Juanita Wolfe visited neighbors and relatives near Logan. Miss Ladonna Wolfe spent a day with family in Athens. Cook-out at Clarence Patton home attended by Haskins Patton and others. Several visits and weekend stays noted among residents from Nelsonville Columbus Union Furnace Albany and Lancaster.
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Larry Thaxton
Columbus
Wendell Bradbury
Richard
William Barnett
Charleston
Clyde Barnett
Perry Bradbury
Phena Cliffords
Stanley
Pomeroy
Frank Simms
Larry Elkins
Clarence Easton
Fairborn
Bob Sisson
Wooster
Mrs
Wayne Sisson
Laurel Run
Eddie Fisher
Guy Evans
Juanita Wolfe
John Stufflebean
Charles Kline
Logan
Claude Brandon
Ladonna Wolfe
Lawrence Wolfe
Blanche Moorehead
Nellie Wend
Athens
Denny Campbell
Nelsonville
Harry Boyd
Eugene Chesher
Clarence Patton
Belle Hoskins
Millard Patton
Union Furnace
Robert Patton
Enterprise
Lottie Patton
Millard
King Dalton
Sonville
Gene Chesher
J. K. Dalton
Albany
C. J. Bumgardner
Dale
West Union
William Wood
Muskingum River
Mary Gastin
Gail Fouty
Debbie
Terry
Elmer Anthony
Linda Meade
Carl R. Veith
Kenneth L. Searls
Camp Pickett
Cecil Cook
Linda Shreve
Wilkesville
Clarence Searls
Terry Hall
New Vienna
Earl Taylor
Ella Larue
Dexter
Marlin Rife
Wayne Searls
Rutland
Terry Searls
Tony Taylor
Teresa
Ethel Shively
Akron
Alex Shuler
Shuler
Robert Afert
Kathy
Kent
Dana Story
James Dyer
Ross Shuler
Rutland Paul Taylor
James Conkle
J. M Conkle
Ellison Boatman
Maryland
Hocking Valley Bank of Athens Certificate Granted
State certificate grants THE HOCKING VALLEY BANK OF ATHENS COMPANY authority to conduct commercial, savings, and special plan banking in Athens County Ohio. Certificate issued by Clarence C Luft Superintendent of Banks at Columbus on August 1 1063.
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State OF Ohio
Division OF Banks
Hocking Valley Bank OF Athens Company
Clarence C. Luft
Hanks
Hocking Valley Bank OF Athens
Athens
Athens County
Ohio
Columbus
Meigs County Meetings Highlight Community Gatherings
The Love Joy Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Paul Smarts home. Homebuilders Class picnic is at 6 p m Tuesday at Mr and Mrs Bud Abbotts. Loyal Women's Class meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church. Jacine Grange practices August 26 for inspection August 28. Winding Trail Garden Club hosts guest night potluck at Mrs Robert Lewiss home 6 p m Wednesday. Past presidents of Drew Webster American Legion auxiliary meet at Mrs J M Thorntons. Middleport Camp Modern Woodmen picnic at 6 p m Wednesday at Middleport Community Park near the pool.
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Love Joy
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport Baptist Church
Paul Smart
Middleport Church of Christ
Bud Abbott
Loyal Women’s
Jacine Grange
Winding Trail Garden Club
Robert Lewis
Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
J. M. Thornton
Middleport Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
Middleport
Birth at Meigs Memorial Hospital and discharges
Mrs. William Wamsley of Hartford West Virginia welcomed a daughter. Kenneth Noble of Royal Oak Michigan Mamie Nelson of Pomeroy and Mrs William Wamsley of Hartford were admitted. Discharged: James Eads Richard Hickman David Theiss Mrs Albert Lawson Elvira Snyder of Middleport Hazel Stout.
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William Wamsley
Hartford
W. Va
Kenneth Noble
Royal Oak
Mich
Mamie Nelson
Pomeroy
Wiliam Wamsley
James Eads
Richard Hickman
David Theiss
Mrs. Albert Lawson
Elvira Snyder
Middleport
Hazel
Stout
Emergency Squad Answers Two Calls In Weekend
Pomeroy Emergency Squad responded to two calls over the weekend. Leland Saxton was taken to Meigs Memorial Hospital for an eye laceration from a fall at his home. Mrs. C A Nelson was hospitalized with apparent heart attack symptoms and given oxygen.
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Pomeroy
Leland Saxton
Meigs Memorial Hospital
C. A. Nelson
Cook
Gap Hill
Parolee Jailed After Meigs County Fair Fight
Keith Woods of Welsh Town sustained leg wounds after a dispute over moving a motorcycle at the Meigs County Fair. Harold E. Darst, 23, of Rutland Route 1, admitted to the cut but said he was instructed to strike by another person. Darst, a parolee, was confined to the county jail.
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Pomeroy
Welshtown
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Meigs County Fair
Keith Woods
Harold E. Darst
Rutland
Robert Peeares
Woods
Darst
Racine
Hartenbach
Hoff Family Visits Grandmother and Travels East and South
Dr and Mrs Robert Hoff formerly Barbara Sewell and three children Bret Brenda and John David of Kersey Colorado arrived by plane Monday to visit Mrs Hoff s grandmother Mrs Gry Russell in Parkersburg West Virginia They will travel to Philadelphia to visit Mrs K T Wagner and then Elyria Ohio before returning home The group also met Mrs Walter C Beahm and family in Knoxville Tenn and visited Mrs E M Wood in Summersville West Virginia The family attended the Big Bend Minstrel show at the fair before continuing their trip
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Robert Hoff
Barbara Jean Sewell
Bret
Brenda
John David
Kersey, Colo
Meigs County News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Social notes recount visits by AIRLINE-Miss Sue Riley and Grace Bailey family at Athens and Millfield. Local youth completion of Navy basic training at Great Lakes and an ice cream social fundraiser at Pomeroy-Naylor’s Run. Meigs County fair displays win blue ribbons as Bradbury Elementary leads. births announced in Nelsonville hospital.
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Sue Riley
Millfield
Grace Bailey
Charles Hawk
Dale Saylor
Pomeroy
Rutland Soldier Participates in Swift Strike Exercise
Pfc Gary E. Rife of Rutland is taking part in Exercise Swift Strike HI, a U S Strike Command exercise in Georgia and the Carolinas. The 22 year old truck driver joined the Army in 1960 and recently served at Ft. Bragg after graduating from Rutland High School in 1959. His mother Mrs Margie B Grueser and wife Carolyn reside in Rutland.
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J.C. Cleo Kerns
Korea
Sgt. Kerns
Ft. Benning
Judy
Joyce
Kerns
Middleport
William Robson
Peggy
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Georgia
Rutland
Gary E. Rife
Margie B. Grueser
Carolyn
North
South Carolina
Rife
670Th Transportation Company
Ft. Hood
Two Thefts Probed By Sheriff In Weekend Incidents
Sheriff Hartenbach reported two break ins over the weekend. At the former Log Cabin on Route 7 near Hobson candy and tobacco were stolen after entry was forced through a window. The Log Cabin is not operating now. The Millican service station at Tuppers Plains reported a break in with a rear window pane broken and four tires stolen.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hartenbach
Route 7
Hobson
Wesley Idle
Gallipolis
Vance Millican
Tuppers Plains
River Traffic Conditions and Dam Status Across Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
River gauges report rising rollers on Gallipolis and Greenup dams with rollers on the sill. Canals list numerous boats and their load changes at Lock 17 through Lock 34, including names like Bonnie and Marmet boats, alongside stilling statuses and up or down movements.
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Montgomery
Greenup
Whanawha Falls
Hinton
Ohio River
Huntington
Bonnie
Deana Bosworth
Selvat
William BR
Travis
Soleway
Frieberger
Harvey Jordan
Aliquippa
Lelia
Kanawha River
London
Miss Sterling
Derrick
Marmet
L. W. Sweet
Winfield
Lacey Jane Lucas
Thelma Ann
Alan R. Meredill
Southern
Inediana
Jenks
Bob Tenter
Mr. Mack
Beaver
National
Jerry Bosworth
Jock
C. V. Harner
John Z. Rowe
C. V. Harper
William H. Zimmer
Ravenswood
Luther Herdman
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Pomeroy Route 1
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Little Hocking
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