Quarter Horse races thrill crowd at Meigs County Fair
Under sunny skies 80 degree day crowds watched the 108th Meigs County Fair quarter horse races in Rock Springs. Tom Taylor was injured when his horse Camp Annie fell in the third race. he was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital. Winners included Chickabat Dee in the 220 yard dash, Darrell Stumbo on Barnette in the 330 yards, Bronte ridden by Junior Shelton, and Polyne sian Leo in the 440 yards. Ohio Valley Racing Association members were prominent among winners.
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Rock Springs
Meigs County
Tom Taylor
Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Chickabat Dee
Jennings Beegle
Racine and Riden
Joe Arrington
Nash
Darrell Stumbo
Middleport
Barnette
Larry
Pat Davis
Annie
Taylor
Double Folly
Robert Meier
Bronte
Junior Shelton
Shelton
Bingo Polly
Bob Hatchen
Marysville
Larry Jenkins
Leo
Paul Kilpat
Ric
Frazersburg
Ohio
Rick Lee
Ricks Bar Deck
Bill Neeley
Marjorie Dall
Ray Davis
Joe Shepman
Ohio Valley Racing Association
H. A. Cole
Will Cundiff
Ed Rickard
Guy Radcliffe
Wellington
Meigs County Fair Honors Deceased Board Members
At the 108th Meigs County Fair Twilight Harness Races two memorials honored Fred Leifheit and Charles Radford, both longtime Fair Board members who died this summer. The winning horse Gentry, owned by Roger and Sidney Spencer and Dr. Jacob Weinberger, carried a black and white blanket presented by the New York Clothing House. The board’s past leaders, including Frank Johnston, were remembered as the fair continued under acting president Wallace Bradford and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
Fred Leifheit
Charles Radford
Gentry
Meigs County Racing Brothers
Roger and
Sidney
Spencer
Jacob Weinberger
New York Clothing House
Leifheit
Meigs County Fair
Frank Johnston
Meigs Riverview and Area 4-H Club Meetings Report
Multiple 4-H groups in Meigs and Letart area meet at members’ homes and churches for demonstrations, recreation, and projects. Topics include canning green beans bread shaping French toast yeast temperatures sewing foods and project book work. Next meetings listed for August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview 4-H
Whitehead
Juli Whitehead
Teresa Chichester
Jane Whitehead
Cathy Pickens
Niesel Duvall
Chris Martin
Man Seeks Lions for Wrongful Trade in Zoo Heist
A Birmingham man, David Barber, 36, is charged in New Orleans with getting two lion cubs and one serval from Louisville Zoo by false pretenses. Louisville director Dr Ivo Poglayen identified Barber at the scene after a zebra striped truck drove in August 1 offering a trade for Canadian lynx and an otter. The Wisconsin zoo reportedly had no lynx or otters, and Poglayen said Barber planned to pick up two tigers in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Birmingham, Ala
Louisville, Ky
David Barber
Louisville Zoo
Ivo Poglayen
Poglayen
Louisville
Wisconsin
Texas
Barber
Local notices and club reports from Radcliff area
Movements and visits recorded across Ohio and Virginia include the Cottrill family moving to a mobile home near Circleville and Melvin Cottrill's employers in Circleville. Local activity notes include the Vinton Township Garden Club meeting at Mrs George Leitch's home with 14 members, officer installations, and future meeting plans.
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Gladys Pierce Radcliff
Melvin Cottrill
Columbus
Circleville
Parnie McLaughlin
D. E. McLaughlin
Theodore Madden
Falls Church
Alene Head
Daphne McLaughlin
Gregory
Vinton Township
Frank Cottrill
Clara Jeffers
Fanchon Wells
Millie Coen
Edith Cooper
Wilton
Ohio University
Gladys Pierce
W. E. Bigony
Albany
Spencer-Weinberger Take Two Meigs Fair Races
ROCK SPRINGS The 1971 Meigs Fair racing opened with twilight heats at 6 p.m. Dr S W Howe Marietta presided as judge. Gentry driven by B Davis won the opening heats while Wind Flower driven by Sid Spencer took top spots in the three year old trot heats. Trailing placers included Just Something and Song of Calypso. Tuloma and Loveys Filly also earned wins in their heats amid trophy donations by local sponsors. Outrider Tony Kennedy rode Bachelor Boy parade pony.
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Rock Springs
S. W. Howe
Marietta
William Smith
Fred Goeglein
William Downie
Pam Howe
Steve Howe
Gentry
Roger
Sidney Spencer
Jacob Weinberger
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
B. Davis
Que Vero
Spencer-Weinberger
Fascination
Fred Leigheit
Charles Radford
New York
Kermit Walton
Lucille Leifheit
Fred Leifheit
Wind Flower
George Keigley
Richwood
Sid Spencer
Jim Steward
Five Points Grill
Just Something
Robert Pugh
Barlow
Song of Calypso
Wodockin Rock
Tony Kennedy
J. R. Kennedy
Rutland
Bachelor Boy
Robert Allensworth
John
Dairy Cattle Winners Named at Meigs County Fair
Dairy cattle judged at Rock Springs Meigs County Fair where Earl Dean Virgil King and Roy Holter led in multiple classes. Guernseys showed Carnahan Nease Mora and Carnahan claiming top positions across cow and yearling classes. Grand champion female went to Roy Holter and champion bull to Earl Dean.
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Meigs County
Rock Springs
Meigs County Fair
Earl Dean
Roy Holter
Virgil King
Dean
King
Phillip Radford
Holter
Nease
Carnahan
Athens
Hill County Farms
David Nease
Hill Country Farms
Hill Country
Hill Farm
Hill Country Farm
Sacco And Vanzetti Release Scheduled
New York reports a planned October release of Sacco and Vanzetti under AMC Pictures in the United States and Canada. The film centers on the famous 1920s trial and notes both men were executed in 1927 for murder related to a factory robbery.
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New York
Sacco
Vanzetti
United States
Canada
AMC Pictures
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Alaska
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Wallace
Bradford
Marvin King
Aelan Bra
Messenger
Beulah Jones
Meigs 4-H Club News
Tuppers Plains
Charles Carr
Sonia Carr
Beth Headley
Teresa Carr
Teresa Buckley
Green Hornets 4-H
Lesa Herald
Tim Kauff
Treasury
Buckeye Beauties
Baptist Church
Sally Walters
Cynthia Lane
Pink Panthers
Karen Werry
Jody Grueser
Sandy Hamilton
Kimberly Grueser
Ada Stigliano
Terri Manuel
Leslie Roberts
Milisa Yonker
Letart Farm Boys 4H Club
David Foreman
Larry Hupp
Todd Roberts
Lion Zoo
Radcliff
Becky Wright
Ca. Oy
Auto Top
Igor OE
Champlin
Tebuy
SAE
Vel
Siang
Meyy
Route 50
Athens, Ohio
Guernseys
Bull
Harold Carnahan
Daniel Nease
Donald Mora
Mora
Sacco and Vanzetti
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