Horse Pulling Contests Highlight Fair Program
POMEROY crowds fill four fair nights for horse pulling events led by organizers R C Gilmore and Harve Eastman. Adlis Prkegion’s lighter team won under 2650 pounds, with Putlins Guthrie and Poston also placing in various classes. Harness racing featured Pete Direct winning a 17 pace heat, with Hamilton Hanover and Ablot Direct taking top heats. Pony races on day two saw Esta Mae Blackwood Linda Lou Williams Christine Guthrie claim multiple class wins, judged by Herman Warner and Sidney Spencer, with $400 purses per race. Music by Pomeroy High School band accompanied afternoon events.
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Pomeroy
Tears of Homes
R.C. Gilmore
Harve Eastman
Adlis Prkegion
Bladen
Bill Putlins
Coalville
Gerald Guthrie
DBD
OW. Meeks
Omer
Pete Direct
Leroy Eichinger
Harry Spencer
Bu Local
Hamilton Hanover
K. Buell
Croton
Ablot Direct
C. F Barber
G G Barner
Norfolk
Respectvely
Phyllis Kay
Howard Fuller
Centerbury
Ilazel Vas
L. P. Vallery
Glendale Don
Carl van Dyne
St. Clairsville
Smoky Todd
Fuller
Harry Simmons
Athens
Meigs County
Esta Mae Blackwood
Harrisonville
Sugar
Linda Lou Williams
Whirlaway
Christine Guthrie
My Lady
Lowell Guthrie
Don Guthrie
Owen Plants
Larry Carson
Larry Pugh
K. D. Williams
Joe Blankenship
Prince
Jimmy Beegle
Sam Steinmetz
Janet Heines
Pomeroy Thigh
Ray Woodgeard
Park Rites Set For Lucy Belle Park
Mrs Lucy Belle Park 80 former Racine resident died at the Ostrander home of her daughter Mrs Ernest Weaver at 7 am Friday She is survived by her children Clayton Park Eva Cilson Verna Weaver and five grandchildren Funeral services will be at Ewing Funeral Home 2 pm Monday Burial in Sandhill Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Pomeroy
Lucy Belle Park
Racine
Ernest Weaver
Ostrander i
Clayton
Ewing
Sandwhl
Report of Infant's Death Is Revised
John Gilbert Baumgardner eight month old son of Mr and Mrs John Baumgardner died suddenly Monday evening at the home of his grandparents near Racine. A revised report says the infant had been dead one to two hours when a physician arrived. Earlier notes blamed a congenital heart condition.
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Pomeroy
John Gilbert Baumgardner
John Baumgardner
Russell Cline
Racine
Earlir
Five Granges Provide Picnic Tables for Rocksprings Fair
Six tables donated by county granges were placed at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds for annual fair use. The tables, a presentation to the fair board, will remain for future group picnics and reunions on the grounds. Granges furnishing the stables were Pomeroy Bend, Chester, Rocksprings, Hemlock Grove, and Harrisonville.
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Pomeroy
Granges
Rocksprings
Fair Board
Pomeroy Bend
Chester
Hemlock Grove
Harrisonville
Kanawha River Plant Powers 275,000 Homes in W Va
The 400,000 kilowatt Kanawha River Plant of Appalachian Electric Power Co at Glasgow West Virginia has its first 200,000 Tulowall unit in service. The unit can supply full capacity power to about 275,000 residential customers. insulation work remains and some covering is incomplete as seen in the photo.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Glasgow
W. Va
Talent Winners Listed In Meigs County Fair Talent Show
Michael Barnhart won first in the 12 and under group for No Help Wanted while Max Boring and George Hall took top money in the older division with I Can See The Job Alone. Delores Krautter, Roberta Krautter, Miriam Smith, and Juanita Smith earned runners up in the younger group. Margeda Fideards and Laura Wood placed second in the older group.
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Pomeroy
Michael Barnhart
Max Boring
George Hall
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Barnhart
Hall
Boring
Rhumba Bangie
Delores
Roberta Krautter
Miriam
Juanita Smith
Peace In the Valley
Margeda “Fideards
Laura Wood
Gallia County
Anna Jean
Riose- Taary Rose
Rose
Wildermuth Leaves Local Paper for Portsmouth Times
Ted Wildermuth has accepted a display advertising job at the Portsmouth Times in Portsmouth. He has served in newspaper advertising here for eight and a half years. The Ted Wildermuth Orchestra will maintain engagements, and Wildermuth has led the band since 1930, with the group formed in 1547.
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Pomeroy
Ted Wildermuth
Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth
Sterday
Wildermuth
Grateful Appreciation for Holzer Hospital Staff
In grateful appreciation for the efficient and kind service of the Holzer Hospital staff. Thanks to Dr. Roger Daniels Dr William Ashe Mrs Drusa Cleland and other nurses for their personal treatment. Signed Mrs Walter Howell Middleport.
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Holzer Hospital
Roger Daniels
William Ashe
Drusa Cleland
Walter Howell
Middleport
Return of L. R. Wiley Family to School Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs L R Wiley are the parents of Emma Stobart. They spent the weekend in Zanesville with relatives before returning to their son at the mechanics school at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas. David has spent two months there.
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Zanesville
Rossland E Stopart
Kat
L. R Wiley
Emma Stobart
Mid
Sheppard
David
Force Base
Texas
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