4-H Winners Honored At Meigs County Fair
Meigs County Fair honored 4-H winners in the show ring. Top winners Mary Mora and Ronnie Wood will advance to the Ohio State Fair. Contest results span food, decorama, flowers, demonstrations, horse show, beef showmanship, rabbits, poultry, ducks, pheasants and swine with numerous grand and reserve champions named.
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Rock Springs
Meigs County
Mary Mora
Ronnie Wood
Niesel Devall
Debbie Birchfield
Barbara Douglas
Paula Hysell
Brent Bolin
Ruth Blake
Pam Crooks
Terry Pullins
Denise White
Starcher
Sharon Karr
Tammie Starcher
Tony Kennedy
Marsha Dillard
Gene Cole
Mandie Rose
Debbie Boatright
Sonya Carr
Charolais
Kim Bickers
Hereford
Brian Windon
Sonia Carr
Laura Smith
Jimmy Parker
David Mould
Karen
Kevin Napier
Dennis Thornton
Rocky Pitzer
Thornton
Butch Templeton
Dave Carnahan
David Thornton
Patty Dyer
Gary Holiday
Baking and Canning Entries Judged at Pomeroy Fair
Approximately 300 baking and canning entries across 139 classes were judged Tuesday by Mrs. Betty Burris and Mrs. Jackie Anderson of Mason County. Ribbons awarded across preserves jams jellies relishes pickles fruit juices and baked goods with multiple exhibitors named including Frances Goeglein Rose Ginther Evelyn Hollon Catherine Colwell Bunny Kuhl Marcia Arnold and others from Pomeroy Long Bottom Chester Vinton Minersville Rutland and nearby areas.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Fair
Betty Burris
Jackie Anderson
Mason County
Frances Goeglein
Eleanor Esther Mays
Chester
Rose Ginther
Esther Mays
Addalon Lewis
Catherine Colwell
Vinton
Peach
Jane Harris
Inez Carson
Long Bottom
Evelyn Hollon
Minersville
Sharon Jewell
Muriel Bradford
Coolville
Barbara Murray
Mays
Glenda Kay Hunt
Lenora Leifheit
Eleanor Leonard
Margaret Parker
Judy Eichinger
Kathy Ann Baker
Middleport
Bunny Kuhl
Jane
Patricia Wolf
George Wolf
Beulah Hill
Rosemary Keller
Addalou Lewis
Carroll
Linda Edwards
Marcia Arnold
Benny Slanter
George Wolfe
Keller
Esther Mayes
Elsie Fulmer
Stella Atkins
Rutland
Evelyn Holton
Elsie Folmer
Barbara Fry
Maidie Mora
Rosemary Kelier
Pumpkin
Parker
Raisin
Mince
Sue Burke
Lois Walker
Joan Fetty
Sharon Stewart
Syracuse
Karen Sue Sloan
Meigs County Fair Races and Contests Schedule
Record crowd at Meigs County Fair as Friday features pony and horse races starting 1 p.m. twilight harness racing at 4 p.m. Junior Fair market livestock sale at 7 p.m. horse pulling at 8 p.m. Saturday brings garden tractor and farm tractor pulls, beauty contests at 1 p.m., women’s costume contest at 6 p.m., and Kenny Starr performs at 8 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Point Teen Honored in State 4-H Dress Review
Marilyn Denise McDaniel 18 of Point Pleasant won the West Virginia State 4 H Dress Review at Jackson's Mills near Weston. She will represent WV at the National 4 H Dress Review during the 4 H Congress in Chicago in November and December. Her entry a vanilla satin floor length gown with a tea dyed lace overskirt and blue flower accent. She also made a satin wrap and lace evening bag and was crowned prom queen and 1976 Mason County Fair Queen.
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Point Pleasant
Marilyn Denise McDaniel
Calvin McDaniel
Jackson's Mills
Weston
W.va
West Virginia
Chicago
Miss McDaniel
Job figures released for Hocking Valley by state service
Unemployment stats for the Hocking Valley are issued by Harold Zimmerman of the State Employment Service. The Logan office reports 999 initial claims and 310 continued with 98 extended. Athens lists 36 initial and 113 extended with 402 continued. One year prior shows a drop of 305. Area job openings include a child development specialist a auto body repairman a apartment house manager a teacher assistant under CETA Title VI. Contact Zimmerman for details. The Wellston Clothing Bank at City Building opens Monday at 9 a.m. for school children.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
Harold Zimmerman
State Employment Service
Athens
Zimmerman
Meigs Artists Earn Best of Show Awards
Becky Sayre and Jayne Hoeflich won best of show at the Meigs County Fair amateur art show judged by Larry Wolfe of Racine. Awards covered senior and junior divisions with multiple blue and red ribbons in oil acrylic water color drawing and marine study.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Becky Sayre
Jayne Hoeflich
Meigs County Fair
William Mayer
Larry Wolfe
Racine
Miss Sayre
Robert Sayre
Southern High School
Miss Hoeflich
Bob Hoeflich
Christie Burson
Evelyn Thoma
Nancy Cross
James Roger Hoyt
Margaret Ella Lewis
Suzie Thoma
Kris Snowden
Middleport
Meigs County Fair Highlights Top Garden Crop Awards
At the 113th Meigs County Fair Pomeroy Ohio winners led in largest crops and best overall garden display. Fred B. Smith and Jackie Starcher topped multiple categories including potatoes and pumpkins while Eva King and Wallace Bradford earned top placements in overall display. Other winners covered vegetables fruits beans and grains with blue ribbons to Evelyn Hollon and Linda Edwards among many names.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fred B. Smith
Jackie Starcher
Minersville
Nancy Cross
Racine
Smith
Evelyn Hollon
Edison Hollow
Eva King
Wallace Bradford
Coolville
Patricia Wolf
Pearl Edwards
Long Bottom
Larry Hollon
C. Thomas Hamm
Earl Dean
Hamm
Dale Kautz
Edison Hollon
Amos Leonard
Elaine Spencer
Kautz
Hollon
Donald Mora
Mora
Charles Machir
George Wolf
Fred Smith
Herman Carson
Linda Edwards
Victor Painter
Middleport
Nancy Gross
Todd Tripp
Benny Slawter
Middleport BPW Hosts Cookout and Plans Contest Event
The Middleport Business and Professional Women held a cookout at the state park on Route 33. They discussed the annual Pretty Baby Contest at the Meigs County Fair. A note from Lucy Elwood was read and Janet Korn was welcomed back after illness. President Alwilda Warner set the fall district meeting for Sept 26 at Burr Oak Lodge with Sept 15 reservations. A scrapbook was given to Freddie Houdashelt, with Dertha Salser winning the travel prize and Beulah Strauss the silver dollar attendance award.
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BPW
Middleport
State Park
Meigs County Fair
Lucy Elwood
Janet Korn
Alwilda Warner
Burr Oak Lodge
Freddie Houdashelt
Mary Martin
Dertha Salser
Beulah Strauss
Trimble School Opening Set
Trimble Local Schools will open on August 31. Parents of kindergarten students will receive mail with entrance dates. Bus and time schedules will be mailed to parents. Homecoming is September 17 at the Glouster stadium with Alexander as football opponent.
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Jacksonville — Trimble
Glouster
Alexander
Firm Challenges Ohio Bell Rate Increase Open Meetings Claim
A Columbus law firm contends the Ohio Bell rate hike violated the state sunshine law. PUCO is said to have rescheduled hearings without proper 24 hour notice, potentially nullifying actions and forcing a refile. The firm seeks a PUCO rehearing.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Lance Schneier
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Schneier
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease
McElroy Clan Reunion Set in Portland Park
The annual basket dinner and reunion of the McElroy Clan and friends will be held Sunday at Portland Park. Dinner is served at 1 p.m. Gerald Powell, executive director, announced the event.
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Portland
McElroy
Portland Park
Gerald Powell
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