Busy Day for Meigs County Fair Entrants
Meigs County fair hosts a parade dog show and tractor pull with multiple 4-H clubs winning cash prizes. Winners include Brian Denny and puppy in funniest category, Baylor as prettiest, Josh as ugliest, Ceaser as most obedient, plus senior float and walking group victors.
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Rock Springs
Meigs County
Brian Denny
Ted Morarity
Baylor
Susan Baer
Josh
Mila Powell
Ceaser
Columbia
Snoopy
Busy Bees
Harrisonville
Racine Girl Scouts
Farm Crops Are Judged at Meigs Fair Show
Meigs County fair entries in farm crops and horticulture were judged by Byron Carter. Winners include George Genheimer of Chester for best six ears of yellow hybrid corn, Sharon Jewell of Pomeroy second, Mrs. Robert Hamm of Racine for best white popcorn, Edison Hollon of Minersville first for wheat, and Edison Hollon first for oats with Donald Mora second. Various categories follow with numerous victors among local residents including Earl Dean, Kenneth Wood, Gladys Morgan, and others across cabbage, beans, onions, peppers, cucumbers, melons, apples, grapes, and field crops.
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Tuppers Plains
Busy Beavers
King
Meigs County
Gladys
Cathy Chaney
Earl Hamm
Long Bottom
Todd Tripp
Alvin Tripp
Pomeroy
Debbie Ohlinger
Dan Mid
Rock Springs
Byron Carter
George Genheimer
Chester
Sharon Jewell
Robert Hamm
Racine
Edison Hollon
Minersville
Earl Dean
Donald Mora
Evelyn Hollon
Kenneth Wood
Oris Ginther
Gladys Morgan
Robert Lewis
Dixie Queen
Fred Smith
Niagara
Roy Holter
Genheimer
Dale Kautz
Horse Show Winners Named At Meigs County Fair
Winners announced at Meigs County Fair horse show include Navaho Dawn Cindy Gooch Harrisonville in 4-H class. Tammy Kennedy Tony Kennedy led multiple ponies in classes 2 8 10 with riders from Middleport Pomeroy Racine and Gallia County towns.
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Rock Springs
Meigs County Fair
Meigs County
Navaho Dawn
Cindy Gooch
Harrisonville
Pat
Lynn Baker
Syracuse
Miss Dolly Polly
Sharon Wilson
Middleport
Todo Pop King
Susan Yost
Racine
Copper
Dave Nease
Minersville
Tammy Kennedy
Kevin Napier
Cheshire
Carol Reinhart
Uppers Plains
Dapney Dillard
Pomeroy
Ruth Ann Fry
Joan Cottrill
Missie Howard
Rutland
Charles Knapp
Mason
Eddie Werry
Bobby Hill
Pam Nottingham
James Smith
Poco Prince
Tony Kennedy
Miss Tinker
Robin Ritchie
Tuppers Plains
Williamson’s Baby
Gloria Hiller
Pt. Pleasant
Little Rebel
Julie Gooch
Lady Jane
Mathew Dillard
Western Pleasure Horse
Clarice McCue
JR Kennedy
Bill Cole
Buckaroo Boots
Terri Short
Gallipolis
Evans Popper
Kim Natter
Miss Dolly
Polly
Pellett
Betty Harrison
Jackie Bennett
Hanks Ruck
Mike Jones
Hanks Buck
Jerry Lewis
Winners Named In Beef Cattle at Meigs County Fair
The Meigs County Fair beef cattle show named grand champion bull and female to Roush Hereford Farms New Haven. S. H. Wellborn and Sons Bidwell won all Shorthorn classes including grand and reserve champions. Participants included Alfred Gans Pome Roy Langsville Hugh Leifheit Pomeroy Rickie Pierce Racine Ray Frank and others.
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Rock Springs
Meigs County Fair
Alfred Gans
Pomeroy
Roush Hereford Farm
New Haven
Rickie Pierce
Langsville
Hugh Leifheit
Roush Hereford Farms
Ray Frank
Racine
Hugh
Leifheit
Rosette
Roush Heresford Farms
S. H. Wellborn and Sons of Bidwell
Meigs County Land Transfers Stir Interest in Local Deeds
Icy Hoover and Harold Hoover transfer acreage in Bedford and Orange townships to Hubert E Day and partners. John A Dean and Virginia Dean convey 107.37 acres in Bedford to Ardis Waggoner and others. Jennie Blackwood and Sylvia Bryson receive shares in the 107.37 acre tract, while Curtis Frederick, dec. transfers in Chester two to Hattie Frederick. Dayton H Spencer and Sarah E Spencer acquire 25 acres in Chester two.
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Icy Hoover
Harold Hoover
Bedford
Orange Townships
Hubert E. Day
Retha Day
Beverly Dandrea
Donny Dondrea
John A. Dean
Virginia Dean
Ardis Waggoner
Mary A. Paynter
Florence Well
Jennie Blackwood
Sylvia Bryson
Edward Blackwood
Clair Waggoner
Paul Paynter
Sanford Well
John Dean
Virginia Cave Curtis Frederick
Chester Two
Hattie Frederick
Dayton H. Spencer
Sarah E. Spencer
Drugged Rare Wolves Recovering at Chest Ranch
In Abiquia New Mexico two rare wolves at the Chest Ranch Museum near death after a visitor slipped barbiturate pills into their cage. Museum director John Hayden reported a third wolf was bitten by a drugged relative and nearly bled to death, but all animals have shown recovery. The mammals, Mexican lobes, belong to a species already classified as extinct.
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Chest Ranch
Museum
John Hayden
Wolfe
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Meigs Fair
Gloria Cross Messenger
Kiff
Miss Ohlinger
Margie Jeffers
Edwin Cross
Chuck Yost
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Harold Sauer
Maureen Hennessy
Drew Webster
American Legion Junior Auxiliary
Kathy Boyd
Future Homemakers of America
Patty Dyer
Star Junior Grange
Becky Wright
Veterans Memorial Hospital Candystripers
Brenda Taylor
Dience
Debbie Conklin
Meigs County Home Economics
Junior Fair Board
Tom Hamm
Steven Stanley
Rhea Mora
Milisa Rizer
Jean Whitehead
Jo Ellen Diehl
Donna Ohiinger
Pat Halter
Clayton Coffey
Woodrow Mora
Mike Benedum
Alan Halter
Ingrid Hawley
Rose Carr
Phillip Kelly
Barbara Jordan
Mary Sauer
Ravyanna Cole
Faye Sauer
Farie Cole
Bill Cornell
Roy Miller
Lee Hysell
Annie Ohlinger
Randall Roberts
Everett Holcomb
Ruth Jordan
Brenda Donohue
Crystal Erwin
Denise Pullins
Paula Hauber
Sherri Young
Marcia Carr
Margaret Brown
Mae Jordan
Mary Jordan
Sue Wood
Jane Jordan
Mary Mills
Betty Dean
Messenger
Grant Johnson
Frances Eskew
Aleta Weaver
Andhurst
Dacron
Solid Tone Wintuk
Orion
Wintuk
Enon Eee
Archdale
N. Court
Abiquia, N. M
CP Telk
Rai
Cosc Meur Lel
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