Meigs Band Boosters Meeting Postponed for Uniform Samples
Meigs Consolidated Band Boosters postponed Tuesday’s meeting at Middleport High School to review sample uniforms for the new band. Three of five manufacturers promised maroon and gold samples free of charge by mid March. uniforms needed by August 15. The committee includes Mrs. Harold Rice, Mrs. Earl Wright, Mrs. Charles Griffith, Mrs. Elmer Bailey, Mrs. William King, and Wendell Gerlach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs Consolidated Band
Middleport High School
Consolidated
Boosters Executive Committee
Harold Rice
Earl Wright
Charles Griffith
Elmer Bailey
William King
Wendell Gerlach
Meigs Consolidated Band Boosters
John Welsh
Officers Named At Heath Methodist Church 1967-68
Heath Methodist Church elected officers for 1967-68 at the fourth quarterly conference led by Rev. Calvin Rodeheffer. Trustees include Euler, Young, Fultz, Hennesy, Davis, Lambert, Brewington, Byer, Bradbury. new stewards list many members. Richard Chambers named church lay leader. Pastoral relations committee notes Rev. Max Donahue to serve as pastor next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath
Eric Chambers
Ralph Radcliffe
James Criswell
Lee Smith
E. 0. Ball
John Zerkle
Arthur Strauss
Richard Chambers
Jiiden
Nellie Zerkle
Jack Bechtle
Charles Bradbury
District Missionary Society
Forrest Bachtel
John Baker
James Clatworthy
Sherrie Shuler
Bruch Lloyd
The
Missions Commission
Davenport
Carol Bachtel
Criswell
Commission On Stewardship and Finance
Smith, Bechtle
Everett Davis
Charles Byer
James Euler
McComas
C. F. Hibbs
Gibbons
Jones
Christian Social Concerns Commission
Gaskill
Mildred Zeigler
David Entsminger
James Johnson Jr
Moore
Dorothy Roller
Harold Woodgerd
Bechtle
Ben Philson
Robert Byer
Bobbie Ord
Chambers
Sanborn
Vesta McCoy
Francis Klein
Klein
Newman Burdette
Grace French
Hennesy
Earl Knight
Kathryn Swanson
Knight
Ehuler
Euler
Max Donahue
Meetings In Meigs County Riding Club and Shakespeare Club
The Meigs County Riding Club will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young. The Pomeroy Shakespeare Club will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Jed Webster Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Farm Bureau Board Backs Two Projects in Meigs County
Meigs County Farm Bureau Federation trustees backed two projects and named committee chairs Don Wilson of Shade to lead the strip mine panel and Roy Holter of Pomeroy to head the telephone action panel. The board pledged full support to the Tuppers Plains Chester Water District and the Leading Creek Conservancy District. Andrew Cross, president, said membership exceeded the goal and is still growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau Federation Board of Trustees
Don Wilson
Shade
Roy Holter
Pomeroy Star Route
Tuppers Plains-Chester
Leading Creek Conservancy District
Andrew Cross
Meigs County
Pomeroy Man Reported Ill At Home Sunday Evening
Herbert Martin Pomeroy was taken by the Pomeroy Emergency Squad to Veterans Memorial Hospital after becoming ill at his Minersville Route 1 home Sunday evening. Authorities indicated a possible heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Herbert Martin
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Minersville
Martin
Banquet to honor Red Cross blood donors announced
Meigs County plans a Wednesday night banquet at Sacred Heart Church for donors of two gallons or more and for seniors no longer able to donate. Frank Vaughan of Pomeroy will chair. Over 100 residents are invited. Entry blanks for naming the Meigs County Bookmobile will be distributed to 2,500 students and collected next month, with a winner riding the bookmobile in the Big Bend Regatta Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County American Red Cross
Sacred Heart Church
Frank Vaughan
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mickey Williams
Big Bend
Blaze Destroys Upstairs Of Pomeroy Home
A blaze of undetermined origin gutted the second floor of Mrs. Bertie Powell’s frame residence on West Main Street in Pomeroy Saturday night. Pomeroy and Middleport firefighters fought the flames, using 900 feet of hose to a hydrant on Hudson Street amid icy conditions. the home’s occupants were away and all furnishings were lost with loss estimates pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bertie Powell
W. Main Street
Middleport
Hudson Street
Powell
Powells
Veterans Memorial Hospital Admits Several Patients
Bethel Coleman Albany Fred Honacher Coolville Roberta Keyes Mason W Va Shirley Derengerger Albany Patrick Robbins Mason W Va Dan Weedie Portland Alma Simpson Middleport Carolyn Statts New Haven Arthur Nease Minersville Radcliff Hager Middleport Arthur Slusher John Sloan Opal Tyree Dorothy Durst Mrs James Hall Evelyn Nicholson and Mabel Sanborn admitted to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Coleman
Albany
Fred Honacher
Coolville
Roberta Keyes
Mason
W. Va
Shirley Derengerger
Patrick Robbins
Dan Weedie
Portland
Alma Simpson
Middleport
Carolyn Statts
New Haven
Arthur Nease
Minersville
Radcliff Hager
Arthur Slusher
John Sloan
Opal Tyree
Dorothy Durst
James Hall
Evelyn Nicholson
Mabel Sanborn
Two Fires Batter Near Point Pleasant Weekend Blaze
Point Pleasant Fire Department responded to two alarms over the weekend due to thawing water pipes with a blow torch. The first call at 10 am Saturday to Odis Crookham at 2015 N Main St caused no reported damage as the fire was under control upon arrival. The second call at 2:15 pm Sunday to George R Wamsley in Henderson caused estimated damage of $50.99 while the fire was partly under control when the crew arrived. Four firefighters responded to each incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Odis Crookham
Main St
Crookham
George R. Wamsley
Henderson
Udder Health and Milk Secretion School at Pomeroy
Registration open for a three session Udder Health and Milk Secretion School to be held March 3 10 and 17 in Pomeroy. Dairymen planning to stay in business should attend with emphasis on mastitis and udder diseases. First session Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Episcopal Parish House with Rex Buller and Dr Harry Barr as instructors. Registration fee $10. advance registration via county extension service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dairyman
C. FE. Blakeslee
Episcopal Parish
Rex Buller
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Harry Barr
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Births and Visits
Pleasant Valley birth notice lists Mr and Mrs Morris Teaford welcoming twins plus births to several local families. Following the births, Albert Roush and family returned from Columbus after a weekend visit with Clyde Smith and family. In Columbus Mrs Roush attended the mid winter conference of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Roush
Becky
Kenny
Columbus
Clyde Smith
Kevin
Christi Smith
Middleport
Home At Eureka Is Destroyed In Gallia
Gallia county firemen battled a Saturday night blaze at a one story frame home owned by Mrs. Osa Holley in Eureka. The fire caused $1,800 loss to the house and $500 to contents with a short in an electric kitchen wire blamed. Firefighters kept another Holley home seven feet away intact and saved a brick neighbor’s garage door and roof. Twelve men and three units fought the fire, which started before 8:46 p.m. and continued in sub freezing temps until 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Osa Holley
Eureka
Ned
Chillicothe Road
William Campbell
Hospital Notes List of Dismissals and Births Spanning Regions
Holzer Hospital notes record a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ralph Van Cooney of Pomeroy as well as numerous names of patients and guardians from Ironton Wellston Gallipolis and Point Pleasant with many dismissed entries. A separate entry from Point Pleasant notes George Allen aged 42 arrested by the Sheriff’s Department on a trespassing warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph van Cooney
Pomeroy
Wallery Ann Wears
Pliny
Robert Lambert
Ironton
Clifford Thomas
John Murrell
Wheelersburg
Dwight Bissell
Reedsville
Elmer Rose
Gallipolis
Gary Montgomery
Charles MccNickle
Racine
Bambi Lynn Little
Proctorville
Joyce Lynn Bing
Middleport
Perry Dennison
Crown City
James H. Sickles
Jackson
Michael Kemper
Gallipo
Lis
Ena Belle Cooper
Tony Biffle
Point Pleasant
Charles Wheeler
West Columbia
Ivan Turner
Ewington
David Williams
Ora Clark
Homer Morgan
Eugene Bare
Ruth Ann Walters
Wellston
Mary Johnson
Oak Hill
Anna Skaggs
Edward Blake Sr
Raymond — Hellems
William Patterson
Henderson
Gene Saunders
Russell P. Bergdoll
Horace Dee Damron
William Boyd
Pamela S. McCarty
Anita Brisker
George Allen
Sheriff's Department
Burdette Promoted at Appalachian Huntington Division
E. L. Munday Jr. of Appalachian announces Charles A. Burdette from Point Pleasant stores supervisor to division Stores and transportation supervisor in Huntington. Effective April 1 1967. Burdette joined March 1 1946 as storeroom helper at Point Pleasant and has spent his career in stores. He is a Mason, Leon Baptist Church member, WWII Air Force veteran, married with one son, and will move to Huntington after May term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
E. L. Munday Jr
Appalachian
Huntington
Charles A. Burdette
Burdette
Masonic Lodge At
Buffalo
Leon Baptist Church
Leon
Gallia Man Injured In Three Car Wreck
Gallia County man James EF Jeffers, 41, was injured in a three car crash on Route 7 near the Meigs Gallia line. He was treated at Veterans Memorial Hospital for scalp and chin lacerations after a chain of collisions involving James W. McDougal, 72, and Frank S. Jones, 61. Jones was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance and will appear in Meigs County Court on March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gallipolis
Meigs-Gallia
Veterans Memorial Hospital
James EF. Jeffers
State Highway Patrol
James W. McDougal
Cheshire
Frank S. Jones
Point Pleasant
Jones
Jeffers
Meigs County
New Officers Named for Meigs 4-H Pleasure Riders
Meigs 4-H Pleasure Riders Club at St. Pauls Lutheran Church elected Bill Downie president Teresa Gooch vice president Sedonia Spencer secretary Cindy Gooch treasurer Donna Manuel recreation leader Leann Frost health chairman Lynn Baker safety chairman Janet Humphrey news reporter and Ava Sayre song leader. Member books were distributed and another meeting set for March 20 at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Pleasure Riders Club
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Bill Downie
Teresa Gooch
Sedonia Spencer
Cindy Gooch
Donna Manuel
Leann Frost
Lynn Baker
Janet Humphrey
Ava Sayre
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Rapp
Palmer St
Methodist Church
Commission On Education
Eugene Harris
Fultz
Emerson Jones
Jean Cooke
Kathy McComas
Kathy McGirr
van Johnson
Donald Stivers
EF. M. Wood
Perry Mitch
Francis Asbury
Rio Grande
Farm Bureau Board
Stimson Ave
New Post Office
Athens, Ohio
Athens
Eastern
Southern
Southeastern Ohio
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Clyde Bartlett
Middleport Church of the Nazarene
Marion
Ohio
George Coulter
Superinten
Shirley Guinther
Lincoln Hill
Shirley
Blaze
Frame
Arm
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mrs. Morris Teaford
Morris Teaford
James Simpkins
Russell Deal
Apple Grove
Henry Wainright
Herbert Harmon
Charles Lewis
Kathleen Mayes
Loraine Crump
Joe Yester Jr
Roy Turner
Roy Fisher
Daniel Brown
Sam Hawthorne
Jerry Rainey
Timothy O'Leary
Gallia
Department
Holzer Hospital
Robert Adams
Charles Baker
Karen Brown
Normal Dean
Robert Durst
Lloyd Foglesong
Vickie Lynn Giacome
Leta Lynn Goodwin
Charles Hargraves
Walter Hughes
Bernice Matthews
Charles Moore
Ebner Pickens
James Richardson
Clarence Ruppelt
Donald Saxon
John L. Sigman
Daler Scholt
Irvin South
Glenn Watterson Jr
Reva Reynolds
Delbert Riffle
Dora Roush
Clyde Shamblin
Meldoy Tate
Roy Yauger Jr
Man
Burdette Promotion
Complete Insurance Service
Epon
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Reed & Baur, Inc
Mahaffey
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Aline
Atress
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