Disease Detectives Seek Answers To Why Flu Skipped Six States
Government disease detectives seek the reason six states Mississippi Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin Nebraska and Hawaii escaped last winter’s Hong Kong flu outbreak. Experts say solving this could have worldwide significance and may foretell the coming winter’s pattern.
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Washington
Hong Kong
United States
America
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Hawaii
Europe
James 0. Mason
U.S. Public Health Service
Communicable Disease Center
CDC
Atlanta
Mason
Connecticut
New York
West Virginia
Des Moines
Iowa
Middleport Squad Responds to Two Medical Calls
Middleport Emergency Squad made two runs on Thursday. At 4 p.m. they were called to Clarence Nicholson residence on Park Street where Nicholson suffered chest pain and was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital. At 8:29 p.m. they were summoned to the Middleport Cab office for an unidentified woman with a cut wrist, who was also hospitalized. Police are investigating the accident.
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Middleport
Clarence Nicholson
Park St
Nicholson
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Two Hurt, Two Admitted At Holzer Hospital In Gallia County
Two people were admitted to Holzer Hospital for injuries in Gallipolis. Bailey Dugan, 9, Rutland, head injuries and facial lacerations from a sleighing accident near home. Opal Meadows, 75, Gallipolis, hip fracture from a bed exit fall.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Bailey Joe Dugan
Rutland
Robert L. Dugan
Opal M. Meadows
Rutland Christmas Dinner Guests Across Families Listed
The Rutland column lists Christmas dinner guests across many families including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snowden and relatives Bruce May Debbie Mike Homer Parker James Carpenter and others. Guests visited in Pomeroy Nitro Owensboro and Richmond with extended gatherings at Laurel Grange and Dexter areas. Sonny Slawter serves in Viet Nam and many households hosted relatives over the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Snowden
Bruce May
Debbie
Mike
Homer Parker
James Carpenter
Jay
Carroll Snowden
Steve
Larry
Gary
Annette
Archie Simpkins
Missy
Charla
Nate Wise
Jane
John
Leroy Bartrum
Pomeroy
Anna Turner
She
James van Meter
Chester
Purl van Meter
Teresa
Greg
Rodney Wright
Charlotte Imboden
Rutland
Air Force
Mt. Home
Idaho
Wilbur Imboden
Lily
Earl Wright
Dexter
Howard Phillips
Joe Phillips
Renee
Robert Nelson
Vicki
Pamela
Cully
Tara Joe
Owensboro, Ky
Ed Nelson
Paul Patterson
Benny Slawter
Boston
Mass
Hiram Slaw
Family Christmas Reunion Held in Athens Route 1 Home
A Pomeroy family gathered December 27 for a Christmas reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Story and son Mark on Athens Route 1. Attendees included Jewell Story of Pomeroy Orville Rhodes of Racine Airman Gary M. Rhodes at Sheppard AFB Texas John Mengel and children Keith Debra and Linda of New Albany Ohio and Eugene Story and Clair in Marysville A gift exchange followed the noon meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Francis Story
Mark
Athens
Jewell Story
Orville Rhodes
Racine
Gary M. Rhodes
Sheppard Afb
Texas
John Mengel
Keith
Debra
Linda
New Albany
Ohio
Eugene Story
Clair
Marysville
Holzer Medical Center births and dismissals list
Holzer Medical Center reports multiple births in New Haven Alba Oak Hill Jackson Point Pleasant Pomeroy Gallipolis Wellston and related discharge of numerous patients. The notice enumerates newborns and names of patients dismissed, including many listed with titles Mrs. or Mr. and their spouses or relatives.
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James H. Layne
New Haven
James Ray
Albany
Phillip Kiser
Oak Hill
James Brown
Jackson
Gerald R. Boggs
Point Pleasant
Ronald E. Biffle
Pomeroy
James R. Dixon
Gallipolis
Merle A. Kuhn
Wellston
Meigs Sheriff Reports 3 Mishaps During Holiday
Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reports three New Year holiday traffic incidents. Richard Hayman 80 of Racine sustained a fractured left collar bone after failing to yield on Third Street Racine and was hospitalized. Edward Stark 21 of Lincoln Hill slid on County Road 26 into an embankment with no injuries. Bobby Joe Adams 19 of Racine lost control on County Road 106 and hit an embankment with no injuries or citations.
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Pomeroy — Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Richard Hayman
Pearl Street
Milton Cleland
Racine
Hayman
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Edward Stark
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy
Bobby Joe Adams
Middleport Personal Visits Over Holiday Across States
A series of holiday visits are noted. Michael Gerlach and family from Chillicothe visited his parents in Middleport, joined by Susan Gerlach. Robert Mitch and wife from Wheeling visited Perry Mitch and John Seines’s families. Johnny Allensworth and Galion guests visited Millard Wildermuth and family. Ronald Place and children from Groton toured Harry Houdashelt’s home. Edgar Allensworth visited Lt. Col. James Hartinger in Kansas City, with Hartinger in the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Gerlach
Chillicothe
Gerlach
Susan Gerlach
Middleport
Robert Mitch
Wheeling
W. Va
Perry Mitch
John Seines
Johnny Allensworth
Galion
Robert Allensworth
Millard Wildermuth
Jim
Ronald Place
Groton
N. Y
Harry Houdashelt
Freddie Houdashelt
Edgar Allensworth
James Hartinger
Kansas City
Hartinger
Air Force
Glouster Community Hosts Various Visiting Friends
Glouster residents welcomed numerous guests from across Ohio and beyond. Visitors included Darewood Losey and Francis Love from Lancaster and Chicago, plus families from Springfield Barberton Columbus and more. Bob Lowery and others traveled from Meridian Mississippi and abroad for holiday visits before returning home.
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Glouster
John Losey
Mike Lemity
Corning
Darewood Losey
Lancaster
Ernest Misner
Coolville
Carl Fouts
Johnny Molnar
Bernice Smoot
Springfield
Alvin Hardy
Francis Love
Charles
Emily Hardy
Virginia Belson
Chicago
Bob Lowery
Meridian
Normanowery
Bob
Mississippi
Albert Love
Harry
Bill Giffin
Akron
Chuck Marquette
Jim Campbell
Kim Spencer
Barberton
Frank Skinner
Helen Sands
Dayton
Skin
Meigs County Land Transfers Report
Meigs County records show numerous transfers including Ruth Donchew’s lot in Letort Two to Marshal and Jah Roush. Evelyn Spencer’s lot in Pomeroy to Miller and Betty Gene Miller. Other parcels shift to Bernard Mutchson, Laura Hutchison, Eunice Cornell, Helen De Long, and several Cornell heirs among others.
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Ruth Donchew
Letort
Marshal Roush
Jah Roush
Evelyn Spencer
Pomeroy
Bobby
Miller
Betty Gene Miller
Thomas Stewart
Joan Stewart
Bertha Custer
Salisbury
Francis Lightfoot
Clara
Avqwo
Racine Woman Injured in December Fall
Mrs. Anna Obizzo of Racine suffered a broken leg after a fall on December 22 while en route to work. She is currently recovering at home.
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Racine
Anna Obizzo
Meigs County 1970 Budget Approved by Supervisors
Meigs Soil and Water Conservation Services Board of Supervisors met to set up and approve the 1970 budget. Farm plans for the Fred Roush and Warren Pickens farms were approved. Attending were C. Fe. Blakeslee, Carl Bilikam, and Supervisors Carnahan, Miller, Shenefield, and Johnson. A sub-area meeting was added for Jan 14 at McArthur and a state meeting at Columbus Jan 21-22. Plans for Wildlife Packets were also made.
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Methodist Church
McArthur
Southern
Columbus
Area Vegetable Growers School Held in Marietta this Tuesday
The POMEROY-Meigs and nearby counties join Washington County for the Area Vegetable Growers School led by C. E. Blakeslee. The event at the Marietta courthouse covers plant bed care marketing through grocery chains labeling regulations bubble house ideas and a growers round table with local producers.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Washington County
C. E. Blakeslee
C. J. Cunningham
Washington
Bill Brooks
Ohio State University
Big Bear Produce
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Food and Drug Administration
CARDC
Harold Racer
Meigs County
Warren Pickens
Reedsville
Airman Rhodes Has Holiday At Home
Airman Gary Rhodes stationed at Sheppard AFB Texas spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Orville Rhodes of Racine. Also attending were Mr and Mrs Russell Rhodes and family from Marietta and Mr and Mrs Jewell Story of Pomeroy. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Eugene Ritchie and family from Portland.
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Pomeroy
Gary Rhodes
Sheppard Afb
Texas
Orville Rhodes
Racine
Russell Rhodes
Duana and Dale
Marietta
Jewell Story
Eugene Ritchie
Joyce Ann
Nona Ritchie
Aaron Sayre
Portland
Active Windsor Park Estate Plotters Named
A set of named housing developments including Windsor Park Estate Hillcrest Sheffield Active Valiant Greatlakes Regal Detroiter Delta Deluxe appear in a listing. The notice enumerates multiple project names and associated designations for potential buyers.
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Krop
Windsor
Park Estate
Hillcrest
Sheffield
Active Valiant
Greatlakes
Regal Detroiter
Delta
Deluxe
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Iteigs Common Pleas Court
Marjory Wines
Earl Wines Jr
Rutland Personals
REBEL
Joe Giles
Pine ST
Middleport, Ohio
Mullen
INS. Agency, Inc
Pomeroy, Ohio
Holzer
Mary E. Adams
Arnold Boggs
Jessie M. Carle
Sheila Cogar
Bailey Dugan
Bonnie Fick
Donald Fry
Milford L. Hysell
Clarence Isom
Jon C. Johnson
Kelly Marcum
Hollie Mayo
Sanford McCray
Charles McIinturff
Clifford Nance
Willie Nickels
Robert Wagoner
Letitia Miller
Jeffrey Adkins
Thurman Babc
Ora Roush
Clarence D. Adams
Ida Bachner
Carolyn Sue Brown
Florence N. Broyles
Jerry Larkins
Harold Markle
Eula Stafford
Edwin D. Thomas
Howard E. Young
David Yauger
William Morgan
Wirapheto
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Council On Environmental Quality
Sheriff's Department
Third Street
Ner
Bill Skinner
Dow Lowery Sr
Martin Woodard
Dow Lowery Jr
Rodney
Joey McKee
Francis Watson
Dana Zarley
Baby
Viola Zarley
Frank Lowery
Ann Woods
Ralph Judson
Madison
Wis
Thomas Judson
Republic Ave
William Mingus
James Hammond
Obett
Robert Nutter
Robert Kinney
Howard Hartman
B. J. Leffler
Nelsonville
Walter McDivitt
Embrey St
Norman Brown
Walbridge
Cadillac
Calais
Deville
Sedan de Ville
Karr & van Zandt
Oldsmobile
G.m.ac
Johnson
Raymond Brown
Brown
Court House
Second and
Putnam Streets
Airman
Rhodes
Southern Ohio
Family Investment
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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