Baptist Group Names Association Officers
The Providence Missionary Baptist Association elected D. L. Latham of Columbus as moderator at its 128th annual meeting at Middleport Mount Moriah Church. Officers include Nyle Borden first vice president and Granville Seward second vice president.
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Baptist Group Names Association Officers
Middleport
D. L. Latham
Columbus
Providence Missionary Baptist Association
Middleport Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Association
Nyle Borden
Bidwell
Granville Seward
William Parham
Glouster
Meigs County Fair 99th Year Highlights and Tributes
The Meigs County Fair closed its 99th year with strong crowds, a full racing program, and a well received Big Bend Minstrel show. Outrider Johnny Allensworth entertained. Janet Korn suffered an arm fracture and remained in Meigs General Hospital. The Racine Emergency Squad aided on grounds including fireworks, while bands from Wahama Pomeroy Racine Middleport and Rutland energized the event. A thoroughbred owned by Jennings Beegle died after an injury during unloading. Community volunteers and youth groups contributed to lighting, staging, and backstage work. The fair featured a ministers and deacons institute, with leaders fromGlouster Gallipolis Middport and other towns. The Women's Auxiliary elected new officers and hosted devotionals and a missionary message. Memorial rites honored deceased members as the event concluded.
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Meigs County
Fair Board
Johnny Allensworth
Robert Allensworth
Middleport
Janet Korn
Janet
Meigs General Hospital
Bill Wendell
Marietta
Racine
Wahama
Pomeroy
Rutland
Jennings Beegle
Jessie Saunders
Iowa
Arthur McClure
Thayer
Carl Franzen
Red Oak
Frank Eastabrooks
Spencer
Miss Saunders
Big Bend Minstrel Association
Donley Reibel
Henry Reibel
Edgar Arnold
Charlene Davis
John Case
Eric Chambers
Tom Ball
Pete Walburn
Big Bend
Allen C. Hill
Hill
Kathryn Crow
Katie
Dorothy Lewis
Helen’ Leach
Glouster
Mary Price
Gallipolis
Arnold Richards
Marjorie Payne
Bidwell
Lucille Collins
Ironton
William Smith
Guild
Borden
Ethel Riley
McGee
Gladys Viney
Hocking
Eleanor Keels
Gallia
Hattie Cain
Frances Harris
Piketon
Lula Hampton
Campbell Harper
Middle
Isiah Tubbs
Blackfork
C. C. Hart
Cleveland
Wilbur Page
Cincinnati
Rotary Hears Nature Talk
Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club heard Paul Smart discuss animal natural instincts not shared by humans and compare the natural world to humankind after a Heath Methodist Church dinner. George Meinhart, club president, led a brief business session. Theodorus Council Daughters of America set a 7 30 PM meeting at IOOF Hall with pot luck refreshments.
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Middleport
Paul Smart
Middleport-Pomeroy
Heath Methodist Church
George Meinhart
Pomeroy — Theodorus Council, Daughters of America
IOOF
Circles to Meet at Middleport First Baptist Church
Circles of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society of the Middleport First Baptist Church plan Tuesday meetings. Electa Circle gathers at 6 PM at Mrs. Cecil Bradbury’s home for a picnic supper. Love Joy Circle meets at Mrs. Mary Hughes’s home. Dorcas Circle hosted by Mrs. Paul Smart at 7 30 PM.
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Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Three Pedestrians Hit By Car on Rock Springs Grounds
Three persons were injured when struck by a car driven by Virginia Moodispaugh on the Rock Springs fair grounds Saturday night. Doris McHaffie 16 Middleport Russell Skidmore 17 Mason WV and Ronald Skidmore 14 Mason WV received minor injuries and were treated at Meigs General Hospital. Moodispaugh 16 lacking license or permit to drive. Another Saturday accident on New Lima Road Rutland Township when brakes failed on a car driven by Charles Barrett 19 Rutland Route 1, causing a collision with a tree. Barrett treated for a hand laceration.
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Doris McHaffie
Middleport
Russell Skidmore
Ronald Skidmore
Mason
W. Va
Meigs General Hospital
Frank
Miss Moodispaugh
New Lima Road
Rutland Township
Charles Barrett
Rutland
Barrett
J. J. Davis
Democrats Plan Precinct Training School in Meigs County
Meigs County Democratic Club met at Rutland Grade School to organize a precinct training school with Ernest Wingett saying a date will be set once teaching material arrives. Charles Diehl and Troy Zwilling to lead the strategy committee with E C Perry Tom Hannigan and Francis Andrews also appointed. The September meeting will feature Congressman Walter Moeller as speaker at Riverview School. Executive committee session followed with refreshments served by Mrs Charles Mullen and Mrs Victor Young.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Democratic Club
Rutland
Ernest Wingett
Charles Diehl
Troy Zwilling
E. C. Perry
Tom Hannigan
Francis Andrews
Riverview School
Walter Moeller
Charles Mullen
Victor Young
Middleport Personal Notes From Weekend Visits
Middleport column lists residents and guests visiting from Columbus Sum merville W Va Princeton W Va Belle W Va Brynathyn Pa and other areas. It mentions travel back home after visits and local family gatherings plus minor health notes including a fractured ankle and a heart condition.
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E. M. Wood
Summerville
W. Va
C. L. Wood
Princeton
John Angel
Kevin
Columbus
Arnold Richards
Asa Jordan
Chillicothe
Damon Wiseman
B. F. Reber
J. J. Douglas
Belle
Lillian McGhee
Harley Devol
Phillip de Maine
Akron
Lucy Boggess Waelchief
Brynathyn
Middleport
William Everson
Ohio University
South Charleston
Ohio
Leo Smith
Frieda Faehnie
H. D
Reunion Noted For Hughes Family In Gallipolis
A Hughes family reunion was held at the Gallipolis Shrine Club in Middleport with most children present. Charles Hughes of Columbus missed the gathering. numerous relatives from East Tawas, Baltimore, Sabina, Huntington, Gallipolis, Columbus, and Middleport attended as guests of various Hughes spouses.
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Middleport
Ancil
Mary Hughes
Gallipolis
Charles Hughes
Columbus
Glenn Hughes
East Tawas
Mich
James Hughes
Baltimore
George Maddus
Betty Hite
Teresa
Kimberly
Sabina
Harry Witham
James Witham
Debra
Stephen
Jennifer
Huntington
Lewis Hughes
Gordon Gobel
Rita
Robbie
Ray Hughes
Carolyn
Ike
Barbara
Steve
Martin Hughes
Cathy
Debbie
Diana
Allen Hughes
Chester PTA Plans Get Acquainted Party
POMEROY The Chester PTA hosts a get acquainted party for first graders at Chester School from 1 30 to 3 30 Thursday afternoon. The first grade teacher and S J Davis executive head of the Eastern Local School District attend. PTA officers serve refreshments to children and mothers. MIDDLEPORT The 13th birthday of Patricia Ault was celebrated Saturday with a family party and gifts. Ice cream and cake were served.
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Pomeroy
Chester Pta
Chester School
S. J. Davis
The
PTA
Middleport
Patricia Ault
Plans Set For Open Church Wedding
Miss Marjorie Ann Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Baker of Syracuse will wed Rev William L Voris son of Mrs Harold Voris of Columbus in an open church ceremony at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 2 30 PM on Saturday August 25 with vows by the Rev Ralph House of Clyde. Attendants will be Mrs William Fisher Mrs Charles Chancey and Mrs James Baker and an open reception will follow in the church social room.
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Pomeroy
Marjorie Ann Baker
Paul Baker
Syracuse
William L. Voris
Harold Voris
Columbus
Mr. Voris
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ralph House of Clyde
William Fisher
Charles Chancey
James Baker
Dorothy L Brown Announces Engagement and Wedding Plans
Mrs. Orville Brown announces the engagement of Dorothy Louise Brown to John Franklin Musser. The couple will wed in an Aug 26 ceremony at 3 p.m. at the Enterprise EUB Church with Rev Francis H Glazier officiating and a reception to follow in the church social room.
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Pomeroy
Orville Brown
Dorothy Louise
John Franklin Musser
W. K. Musser
Athens
Enterprise Eub
Francis H. Glazier
Racing Program Presented Saturday At County Fair
Meigs County Fair capped its final days with a full racing program featuring horse and pony harness events and pony running races. In the 2:20 trot, I. P. owned by Russell Pickens won both heats, with Hideaway Rodney and Jill Roy placing in the first heat and Kilone in the second. Pathfinder John won the free-for-all pace, while Eva's Lind and Betsy Vo followed in the heats. Miss Bryne Volo led the first leg of the third race with Patrick Wayne and Robin Frisco following. Bobby S. topped the fourth race with Bonanza Barnes and Little Dick Spencer close behind. Pony harness races saw Diablo, Fury, and other ponies place across weight classes, while Thoroughbred running class saw Ronnie Morrow win for St. Paris Route 1.
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Jill Roy
Kilone
L. G. Borden
Hillsboro
Pathfinder John
Robert L. Pugh
Marietta
Green Ivan
L. D. Pugh
Eva’s Lind
Frank W. Junk
Washington D.H
Betsy Vo
Ralph and
Sidney Spencer
Pomeroy
Miss Bryne Volo
Ray Newhart
Patrick Wayne
H. G. Miller
Williamsburg
Robin Frisco
C. K. Buel
Croton
Peter Run
Pete Ohlinger
Tiny Tot
Cheryl Williams
Diablo
Peter Ohlinger
Greg Meeks
Fury
Mark Wells
Bobby Jones
Peanut
Tony
Charles Byers
Pt. Pleasant
Kay Allen
Star Lite
Ronnie Morrow
Meigs County Fair attendance climbs past ten thousand
Paid admissions to the 99th Meigs County fair reached 9647, up about 800 from 1961, with 1395 daytime and 1525 evening admissions on Saturday. Grandstand turnout rose to 4549 from 4280, led by the Big Bend Minstrel Association which drew 1020 Thursday and 1184 Saturday nights.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fair Board
Big Bend Minstrel Association
Squad Aids Woman After Medicine Overdose
Middleport emergency squad answered a call to the Harold Thomas residence on S Fourth Ave. Connie Phillips visiting at the Thomas residence reportedly took an overdose of medication. She was transported to a local physician's office by private car.
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Middleport
Harold Thomas
S. Fourth Ave
Connie Phillips
Thomas
Lee Myers Dies At 80 In Rutland
Rutland resident Lee Myers 80 died unexpectedly at his home Sunday. A former blacksmith, he was a longtime Rutland resident and a trustee of Rutland Methodist Church. Survived by wife, two children, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren, a sister also survives. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chase Funeral Home with visitation. Burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Rutland
Lee Myers
Myers
Rutland Methodist Church
Ruth Tinsley
Columbus
Marsha Denison
Elm Grove
W. Va
Paul
Charles
Wilmington
Anna Perry
Downington
Chase Funeral Home
Miles Cemetery
Dean Mills to Speak at Meigs County Youth Services Week
Athens resident Dean Mills will be guest speaker at the Meigs County Churches of Christ annual youth services week. Programs run 7:30 p.m. each night from Monday through Thursday at Rutland Bradbury Middleport Zion and Pomeroy churches with the Men’s Fellowship guest at tonight’s service. An 8 p.m. Racine Grange inspection will be held Wednesday with C. N. Jones as inspecting officer. The Loyal Women’s Class of Middleport Church of Christ meets Thursday at the church.
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Middleport
Dean Mills
Athens
Meigs County
Racine
C. N. Jones
Final Show Of Musical Captivates Big Bend Attendees
About 1200 fans packed the 1200 View grandstand for the Big Bend Minstrel Association seventh annual summer musical. John Layne earned two encores along with Judy Riggs Ester Sylvester Irene Grueser Kathryn Crow Bill Young Gene Hester and Hoeflich who performed standout numbers. Judy Chase received a surprise shower and dinner at the Jai Lai in Columbus hosted by Porter Stanley Traffinger and Platt office staff.
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Paris
Bill Young
Bob Hoeflich
Gene Hester
Hoeflich
Basin Street
Rutland
Judy Chase
Clarence Chase
Jai Lai
Columbus
Porter, Stanley, Traffinger and Platt
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Bernice Borden
Elbert McGee
S. J. Jackson
Earl Cooper
Ervin Baumgardner
Roy Jones
Mr. Latham
Glous
Rotary
Laundry & Cleaning E. Second
Heiner
Heiner’s
U.S. Army
Douglas M. Pillion
Edding
Frankfurt
West Germany
Pillion
Pomeroy Personals
William Tubbs
Phoenix
Ariz
Mildred Tubbs
John
Cash Bahr
Middleport Church of Christ
Robert Kaser
Hulda Klein
Frank M. Fugate
Sixth Ave
David Konkright
Robert Harris
R. W. Harris
FORD
Keith Goble
Dorothy L. Brown
Doward Calvert Jr
Meigs Fair
NPAT
OME Manet
ACEC
New Holland
Fulton-Thompson
Tractor Sales & Service
Spring Avenue
W. Washington St
Nelsonville
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