Racine Legion Auxiliary Plans Poppy Day Sale
Racine unit outlines poppy sale with 1000 pins for Memorial weekend and plans to send one girl to Girls State. A February vote sets delegate fee at 45 dollars. The group also schedules a silent auction, tributes, and a potential observance of the Legion’s 50th anniversary.
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Racine Legion Auxiliary
Racine
Buckeye
Racine American Legion Auxiliary
John Young
Neil House
Columbus
Vernon Randall
Clifford Adkins
Adkins
Legislative Bulletin
Young
Crystal Stobard
America
Members In Meigs Attend Jackson Teachers Meeting
Meigs County members of Alpha Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society attended a Jackson meeting at the Colonial Inn. The program centered on the 1968 theme A Study of Personal Values with talks on moral social political and economic values.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Alpha Omicron
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Jackson
Colonial Inn
Vinas Lee
Anna Maude Fehrman
Garden Club Hears Talk About Birds
TUPPERS PLAINS The Rose Garden Club of Tuppers Plains met at Mrs. Frederick Goebel home for January. Mrs. O J Penninton presented a program on Birds with color pictures identifying local birds. Feeders and bird houses were shown and members discussed feeding methods. An article on Chimney Swifts by Rufus M Reed was read. Mrs Ulah Swan won blue ribbon for her flower arrangement and Mrs Harold Masser the traveling prize. Refreshments served to 12 members and one guest.
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Tuppers Plains
Rose Garden Club
Frederick Goebel
O. J. Penninton
Rufus M. Reed
Ulah Swan
Harold Masser
Weekend Guests Attend Judy Kerns and Joe Custer Wedding
Middleport and Columbus guests visited relatives over the weekend for the wedding of Miss Judy Kerns and Joe Custer. Miss Dianne Criswell and Robert Custer joined the celebration, staying with Mr and Mrs James Criswell. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Jan Hauck and children Brent and Brenda, and Mr and Mrs John Mayer with Cheri and John Meinhart.
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Dianne Criswell
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Robert Custer
Belle
W. Va
James Criswell
Jan Hauck
Brent
Brenda
Columbus
Richard Pickens
Marie van Cooney
John Mayer
Cheri
John
George Meinhart
Judy Kerns
Joe Custer
Pomeroy Court Fines For Theft And Intoxication
Three cases heard in Pomeroy mayor's court resulted in Eunice Rowe 20 Racine paying $5 and costs for assured clear distance and Lawrence Fields fined $5 and costs for intoxication. Floyd Crawford received $50 and costs for shoplifting and $50 and costs for petty larceny involving a bicycle and a pair of shoes. There will be a hymn sing at the Church of God in Chester Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Mayor's Court
Eunice Rowe
Racine
Lawrence Fields
Floyd Crawford
Church of God At
Chester
Gruesers Attend Midland Mutual Life Meeting
Mr and Mrs Walter M Grueser of 300 Riverview Dr Pomeroy are attending a Midland Mutual Life Insurance Co meeting in Miami Beach Florida from January 31 to February 3 The event gathers Midland representatives and wives Grueser earned selection for his sales performance in 66 and 67.
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Pomeroy
Walter M. Grueser
Riverview Dr
Midland Mutual Life Insurance Co
Miami Beach
Florida
Midland
Grueser
New Patrols Form At Girl Scout Troop Meeting
Middleport reports new patrols organized at Girl Scout Troop 39 gathering. Patrol 1 includes The Dependables with Diane Lynch as leader and Linda Gerard as assistant. Troop III features Shooting Stars led by Robin Noel with Martha McNeal as assistant.
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Middleport
Scout Meeting
the Dependables
Diane Lynch
Linda Gerard
April Fraser
Mary Lu Mills
Barbara Fultz
Red Birds
Vicki Kelly
Teresa Thomas
Janet Neal
Susan Powers
Cindy Manley
Robin Noel
Martha McNeal
Cindy Deomosky
Judy Owen
Barbara Anthony
Trash Dumpers Will Be Fined In Middleport
Middleport Mayor C O Fisher warns residents the road to the village dump on Middleport Hill is being littered. Under ordinance 584 violators may be fined and enforcement will begin. Omitted from the survivors list of Orrin Hunsicker are brothers E D Funsicker of Chillicothe and Harold A Hunsicker of Ft. Myers Florida.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Middleport Hill
Orrin
Miss Bailey Honored With Surprise Going Away Party
Racine residents gathered at the American Legion Hall for a surprise going away party for Sheila Bailey daughter of Neva Frederick and the late Oliver Bailey. About 60 guests signed a scroll and offered best wishes as she moves to Indiana with her family amid dancing games and refreshments. Ramdy Roberts gave a Racine 70 chain watch from the high school class and gifts from the Harden family.
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Racine
Sheila Bailey
Neva Frederick
Oliver Bailey
American Legion Hall
Jack Codner
Joan Wolfe
Bailey
Indiana
Ramdy Roberts
Sheila
Robert Harden
Queen of Hearts
Chester Methodist Church votes on expansion plan
Chester church committees propose an expansion with a new educational unit and a Sunday vote by all members over 18 led by Pastor Pearl A. Casto. Middleport emergency squad aided Virginia Pierce at her Railroad Street home at 509 PM, taking her to Veterans Memorial Hospital. Meigs County Central committee filings show Republicans David Koblentz and Thor Carsey in Harrisonville precinct.
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Chester
Chester Methodist Church
Pearl A. Casto
Middleport
Archie Pierce
Railroad Street
Virginia Pierce
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Meigs County Central
Board of Elections
David Koblentz
South Chester
Thor Carsey
Harrisonville
Sorority Finishes Its Mothers March in Meigs County
The Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Pi Beta Phi completed its Mothers March in Middleport and Pomeroy to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Chairwoman Mrs. Ann Barnitz of Pomeroy reports that 25 percent of donations support the Medical Scientific Research Fund and birth defect centers nationwide. A January canvass reached 4,000 Meigs County families, with volunteers including Jennifer Anderson, Anne Chapman, Lois Clelland, Gail Hovatter, Judy Crooks, and many others.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Meigs County
Mrs. Barnitz
Jennifer Anderson
Anne Chapman
Lois Clelland
Gail Hovatter
Judy Crooks
Martha Eshleman
Doris Ewing
Carolyn Grueser
Rita Lewis
Carol McCullough
Ina Meadows
Lila Mitch
Roseta Redovian
Ruth Riffle
Barbara Riggs
April Smith
Marilyn Swan
Bonnie Thompson
Twila Matheny
Lynn Stump
Donna Byer
Coleen Ohlinger
Carolyn Seatterfield
Kathy Well
Sue Zirkle
Roberta Krauetter
Donna Hauck
Vickie Gloeckner
Beverly Long
Floral Arrangement Demonstration at Rutland Garden Club
Rutland Friendly Gardeners held a January meeting at Mrs. Bruce May’s home led by Mrs. Fred Williams. Demonstrations used dried materials to show placement considering room color and furnishings with formal symmetric designs for tables and furniture pieces. First place was Mrs. Robert Snowden for a brown and gold tall arrangement. second went to Mrs. Howard Birchfield. others shown wood and pink celesta blooms. A $5 gift from Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snowden was accepted. A guest speaker from the Rutland School garden therapy program, Don Williams, will discuss game conservation in Ohio with slides. Refreshments, prizes, and a surprise layette shower were noted, with arrangements on display at the Pomeroy Bank Rutland branch.
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Rutland
Fred Williams
Rutland Friendly Gardeners
Bruce May
Fred Williamson
Joe Bolin
Robert Snowden
Howard Birchfield
Roy Snowden
Rutland School
Don Williams
Ohio
Tom Martin
Pomeroy National Bank
Harold Wolfe
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God
Danie Brinker
Americanism
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Thle
Shain
Marie Boyd
Mary Roush
Leora Young
Opal Diddle
Meigs
Salisbury School
Fay Sauer
Middleport and Pomeroy
Lois Cecil
Susan Park
Ethel Garland
Eva Simms
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Welliston
Arzella Baker
Virginia Atkinson
Guy Smith
Dorothy Scott
McArthur
National Education Association
Dallas
Texas
Esther Dauber
Ideals
Cleo Barnes
Erma Stephens
Mary Ellen Smith
Ethel Chapman
Euler
Avis Frecker
Theodosia Frecker
Mildred Hawley
Mrs. Lee
Vilma Pikkoja
Mary Virginia Reibel
Beatrice Rinehart
Mrs. Sauer
Carolyn Smith
Lucille Smith
Emily Sprague
Dorothy Woodard
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