97 Year-Old Phil Blackstone to Play in Old Timers Game
Phil Blackstone, a Bremen resident aged 97, will sit on the players bench and may bat left handed in the Old Timers Softball match at City Park Saturday night. The event funds the Hocking County Recreation Center and marks the Second Annual Old Timers Day with a 6:30 p.m meeting for players 50 and over.
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Logan
Phil Blackstone
City Park
Blackstone
Bremen
Scarlet
Grey Oldtimers
Blue Oldtimers
Ty Cobb
Mark Sheets
Mark
Harold and
Patricia Sheets
Third St
Logan Lions
Peewee League
Transor-Williams Corp
Alliance
Henry
Hocking County Recreation Center
Yesteryear observance planned by Meigs County seniors
Plans for Meigs County Senior Citizens second Yesteryear day set for September 17 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at East Main Street center and adjacent field. Crafts demos and contests are scheduled with prizes. booths from local groups. no admission charge. diverse foods and live entertainment all day.
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Meigs
Yesteryear
Meigs County
East Main Street
Ward
Stringdusters
Bill Stockwell
Rutland Club Plans September Flower Show
The Rutland Friendly Gardeners meet at Mrs. Larry Barr home to outline a September flower show themed Ohio's Beautiful Seasons at Pomeroy National Bank Rutland Branch. Open Sept 9 10 bank hours with popular vote judging by customers visitors. other details include meetings, library donation, Meigs County Fair results, and Gardeners Day Out planning.
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Rutland
Rutland Friendly
Larry Barr
Robert Snowden
Dick Fetty
Ohio
Barr
Fetty
Bill Willford
OAGC
Meigs County Personal News Highlights
Meigs residents and relatives are listed with hospital stays and visits. Mrs Harry Houdashelt of Middleport remains a surgical patient at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. Other locals journeyed to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Akron, and St. Louis, while Mrs Welsh attended a legion auxiliary convention in Toledo.
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Harry Houdashelt
Middleport
Holzer Medical Center
Gallipolis
Margaret Place
Groton
N.Y
Freddie Houdashelt
Charles Burdette
Veterans Administration Hospital
Huntington
Mildred Hawley
Dewey Horton
North Carolina
Horton
Chapel Hill
Meigs
James Hegler
Matthew
Columbia
Emerson Jones
Roger Luckeydoo
Lee
Amy
Kettering
James Brewington
Alva Luckeydoo
New Haven
Jack Robson
Geneva Ward
Niagara Falls
Canada
Mary Kunzelman
St. Louis
Pomer
Reports Given at Meeting
The Middleport Garden Club held its August gathering at Mrs. M. J. Fry’s Cheshire home. Officers and members discussed secretary and treasurer reports, heard poetry from Mrs. Jeanne Bowen, and tours of the Fry residence.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
M. J. Fry
Cheshire
Walter Hayes
Nellie Zerkle
Charles Horky
Jeanne Bowen
Etoilla Cassell
B.B. Ziegler
Irene Jackson
Susan Jackson
Rose Reynolds
Ema Jean Crooks
Maxine Gaskill
Lennie Hoptenstall
Redovian
Doris Will
Becky Glaze
Lee Lee
Janett Horky
Shelia Horky
Keith Robertson
M.J. Fry
Kirkel Named Group Member
Dr. John H Ackerman announces Hugh P. Kirkel president of Holzer Medical Center to join the Statewide Health Coordinating Council as the governor’s designee. Kirkel’s term runs until September 1980, with SHCC advising the State Health Planning and Development Agency.
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Gallipolis
John H Ackerman
State Department of Health
Hugh P. Kirkel
Holzer Medical Center
Statewide
Health Coordinating Council
SHCC
Ackerman
Kirkel
State Health Planning and Development Agency
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio
Gallia County
Area VI Health Service Agency
Marietta
Area VI Health Systems Agency
Thomas W. Morgan
Morgan
Adult Signup Planned for Tri-County Evening Classes
In Nelsonville a special in school evening registration is set for tonight Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 30 to 8 p m for adults wanting to enroll in Tri County Joint Vocational School evening classes. Registration closes Wednesday for classes starting the week of Sept 12 with 48 courses offered across multiple subjects.
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Nelsonville
Tri-County Joint Vocational School
Athens City
Alexander
Federal Hocking
Logan City
Miller
Nelsonville-York City
New Lexington City
Trimble
Cathy Evans
Mishap and Thefts Reported in Logan Area
A Logan biker, Scott Buller, 41, of Columbus was injured Sunday on Middlefork Road when a front wheel hit loose gravel and he slid down an embankment. He was treated and released at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Three burglaries are under investigation with losses including pipe lighters, a Winchester rifle, tools, and a tape player.
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Logan
Middlefork Road
Ellis Road
Scott Buller
Columbus
Middlefork
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
McGatheys Shell
Route 33
Laurel Run Road
John Burns
Starner Road
Charles Hunter
Greenbriar Ridge
Rio Grande College Adds Mining Technology Program
Rio Grande Community College announces a two year mining technology program to prepare students for mining industry roles and upgrade current workers. Karara, formerly with Southwest Virginia Community College, will head the new program starting Sept 6 with emphasis on supervisory training and hands on mining courses.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College Community College
Karara
Southwest Virginia Community College
Community College
Mining Technology
Lyne Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kathy Morgan Moore
Young Wives Club of Chester
Humane Society, Cancer Society
Big Bend CB Club
Meigs County Historical Society
Rutland Club
Edwards
Snowden
Willford
Bolin
Jack Walker
Carpenter
Jim Quillen
Walter Hayze
M.L. French
Judy Arnold
Fry
Dorothy Roller
French
Hallie Zerkle
Sibly Sak
Betsy Hokery
Mary Skinner
Ruth Arnold
Dorothy Morris
L&m
Home Improvements
W. Hunter St
Legen
Rio Grande College
Cairo University
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Cairo
United States
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Society of Civil
S. Court
Iy Studio
Tim Wooten
Alexander High School
Seaman’s
Seaman's Super Market
Messenger
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