Second Minstrel Show Draws Cheers of Crowd
The Big Bend Minstrels drew cheers and applause in Pomeroy as a second season Variety Show, directed by Bob Hoeflich, packed the Senior High auditorium to aid the Meigs County Cancer Society and emergency squads. Performers included Paula Sayre, Vicky Brown, Dana Thompson, and the Norris Sisters with numbers ranging from Down at the Huskin Bee to Hernando's Hideaway. The program featured dancing choruses, solo turns, and an ensemble finale with nations represented and a patriotic ending.
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Pomeroy
Big
Bend Minstrels
Bob Hoeflich
Ace Eac
Behhind
Meigs County
Tops
Syracuse
Meigs County Cancer Society
Chloris Grimm
Paula Sayre
Vicky Brown
Harold Brown
Hoeflich
Dana Thompson
Indiana
Ner
Bill Childs
Arthur Net
Sylvester
Thompson
Olive Ingraham
Kenneth
Charlesanna Hess McElhinny
Russell Roush
Bill Clark
She
Charles Kegar
Norris Sisters
Shirley
Do ‘Ene
Carolyn
Sparde
Ramora Boice
Jean Hayman
Karen Gregg
Evelyn Cleland
Bill Bailey
Miss Cleland
Jence
Donna Reibel
Children build miniature cars in Athens backyard showpiece
In Albany area 1906 era fashion, Jones children and relatives crafted metal toy autos with two horsepower motors reaching twenty mph. The project, costing about 200 dollars, consumed 200 hours of labor per car. The four young makers hauled the bright red mini racers to Claybanks Speedway events in Meigs County each summer.
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Pomeroy
Albany
Tin World
Randy Fee Tree
Fy Jones
Jones
Meigs County
Ray
Buck) Tones
Athens
James Sargent
New Plymouth
Middleport Personal Notes Trace Local Moves and Visits
Middleport notices Mr and Mrs Fred Collins return to their Walnut Street home after a long Gallipolis stay with Mrs Collins improving after a long illness Former street commissioner Fred Collins is noted. Mrs Mary Fraser of Providence Kentucky visited en route to Cleveland with Mrs Lillian McGhee. Bob McKinney John Fisher and John Vroman spend the day at Marietta College.
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Fred Collins
Gallipolis
Walnut St
Two Hurt In Collision At Beech Scene
Beech reported collision involving a one ton truck driven by Emmet A. Rawson of Long Bottom turning left and hitting a car driven by William M. Smith of Bellaire. Passenger Harry W. Smith suffered a severe head injury. Kathryn Smith had a leg injury. Others uninjured. Emergency squad transported both injured to Jones Memorial.
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Middlepart
Beech
Russell Bailey
Emmet A. Rawson
Long Bottom
William M. Smith
Bellaire
Harry W. Smith
Smith
Kathryn Smith
John Stewart
Middleport
Jones Memorial Cline
Homecoming Slated At Long Bottom
LONG BOTTOM The annual Long Bottom homecoming will be held Sunday at the Methodist Church. A basket lunch at noon and a program with the officers in charge are on the agenda.
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Methodist Church
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Meigs General Hospital
David Roush
Minersvile
Phillips Sisters
Eve Oaeeres
R. R. Pickens
Ray III
Minneapolis
Huntington
Runeits Bond
Gerald Malkin
Youngstown
E. F. Robinson
John McKenzie
Collins Jewelry
Price
East Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Stylemart
Portis
ARROW
Puritan
Coopers
THE
IVY League
Ohio
Baker Furniture
Eport
Firestone
H&r
Firestone Dealer
Middleport, Ohio
Khyber Pass
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Dale Dutton
Dutton Drug Company
Greyhound
Bermuda
the Shoe Box
Valley
Cart Red
BALL
Ben Franklin
Zipper Binders
St. Add
Fast Mail
Rall
Roy Rogers Lynch
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