Meigs Board approves lunch policy change and floor work
Meigs Local Board of Education meets at the superintendent's office to review student placement, approve excess lunch food sale, extend reduced price lunch policy, and authorize gym floor refinishing. Actions include staffing changes, bus driver substitutes, and a diploma for William Ritchie.
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Middleport
Meigs Local Board of Education
Charles Dowler
Ray Goodman
Goodman
George Meinhart Named To Middleport Council
George Meinhart was appointed to the Middleport Council replacing Jean Craig who resigned. Meinhart, a former State Representative and longtime Meigs County Recorder, won the vote along with Marvin Kelly Carl Horky and William Walters, while Allen King and James Brewer opposed. The meeting also addressed vandalism at Middleport Hill Cemetery and proposed closing times with penalties for unauthorized access. The council tabled a water and sewer tap fee increase to 125 dollars and discussed studying the proposal. The mayor reported 1093.90 in fines and costs and 124 in police collections. An income tax levy note showed 107 for and 766 against. Legal holidays added MLK Jr Day. school fund handlers to be bonded. unused sick leave to accumulate to 135 days for non-professional staff. The council accepted Trade and Industry Advisory Committee members, approved monthly school financial statements, and thanked outgoing members Joseph Sayre and Carol Pierce. Jennifer Sheets and Dr Keith Riggs will replace them.
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Middleport
George Meinhart
Middleport Council
Jean Craig
Meinhart
Marvin Kelly
Carl Horky
William Walters
Allen King
James Brewer
Meigs County
Board of Public Affairs
Martin Luther King Jr
Trade and Industry
Jury Hearing Evidence In Meigs Murder Case
Charles Tyree of Middleport faces a murder trial in Meigs County for the shooting death of Ruby Jarvis after a June 19 incident. Jurors heard witness testimonies from tavern patrons, neighbors, and medical staff detailing the events and injuries before Jarvis died July 8.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Charles Tyree
Middleport
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Ruby Jarvis
Jarvis
Holzer Medical Center
Tyree
Chillicothe Correctional Center
John C. Bacon
Millard Spaulding
Gallia Schools to Seek 13.5 Million Bond Issue March 30 1976
Gallia County voters outside Gallipolis City Schools will decide on a 13.5 million bond March 30 1976 to fund construction and improvements for Gallia schools. The plan contemplates one or two new high schools and potential remodeling of Hannan Trace Cheshire Kegger and Addaville Elementary buildings with a 22 year repayment at about 4.7 mills if valuations hold. Current taxes total 13.5 mills with 13.3 for operations and .2 for bond retirement.
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Mercerville
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Cheshire-Kgger
Addaville
Bulgarian Liberator Hero Januarius MacGahan Celebrated
Januarius A. MacGahan born 1844 on Pigeon Roost Ridge near New Lexington Ohio was a foreign correspondent whose reports on Turkish cruelties to Bulgarians spurred support for Bulgarian freedom. For decades Bulgaria honored him as a liberator.
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Januarius A. MacGahan
Pigeon Roost Ridge
New Lexington
Ohio
Bulgaria
Board Approves Names for Meigs Vocational Committees
Meigs Local School Board approved nominees for the Trade and Industry Advisory Committees at Monday night’s meeting. Cosmetology includes Kay Proffitt Phyllis Larkens Dorothy Winebrenner Polly Hysell Dorothy Baker Julia Mitchell. Drafting Williams Mayer Tim Cundiff Auto Mechanics Dan Thompson William Davis Don Thomas David Robinette. Mining Randle Simpson Dowell Kitchen Dave Baker Mike Buskirk Paul Williams Welding Mark Hudson Willard Miller. Communications Electronics Gene Thompson Bob Elberfeld Robert Bailey Harold Walker John Anderson.
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Kay Proffitt
Phyllis Larkens
Dorothy Winebrenner
Polly Hysell
Dorothy Baker
Julia Mitchell
Williams Mayer
Tim Cundiff
Auto Mechanics
Dan Thompson
William Davis
Don Thomas
David Robinette
Randle Simpson
Dowell Kitchen
Dave Baker
Mike Buskirk
Paul Williams
Mark Hudson
Willard Miller
Communications Electronics
Gene Thompson
Bob Elberfeld
Robert Bailey
Harold Walker
John Anderson
Tombstones Overturned in Middleport Cemetery Rampage
Middleport Police Chief J. J. Cremeans warns loiterers in Hill Cemetery will be arrested. Fifty tombstones overturned over the weekend, causing thousands of dollars in damages. Cemetery trustees seek tips to identify vandals.
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Middleport
Middleport Hill
J. J. Cremeans
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Dan Morris
Morris
Dowler
State Department of Education
Timates
Cincinnati
St. Joseph
Missouri
Steve Cleland
Racine
Jim Davis
Rutland
Kristy Blazer
Addison
June Eichinger
John Charles Bond
David Guynn
William Ritchie
Ohio School Boards Association
Meigs High School
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Front Row
Cheryl
Renee Stone
Council
Carol Pierce
Joe Sayre
Pierce
Sayre
Jennifer Sheets
Keith Riggs
Mrs. Jarvis
Mrs. Spaulding
Gallia
Meigs Local School Board
F.D.I.C
Athens
First Banc Group of Ohio, Inc
Watch Repair Service
Watchmaker Jeweler
Wilson
Baker
S. Court St. 2Nd Fir
Cline
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