Meigs Hospital Marks 23rd Year Of Service
Meigs General Hospital began in 1948 after Meigs County lacked a local hospital. Dr. Raymond Boice served as first chief of staff with Dr. Charles Mullen among early staff. The 23 bed facility, housed in a former post office, later expanded with an obstetric ward and surgery suite.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs General Hospital
Gallipolis
Athens
Parkersburg
Raymond £. Boice
Charles Mullen
Mr. Cluf
Joseph Davis
William Servic
Selim Blazewica
Mart
Meigs General Hospital Board
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Veterans Memorial
Mullen
Robert Jones
Clull
Blazewicz
Roger Daniels
Edmund Butrimas
Phillip Kinnard
Nine People Treated After New Year Accident In Pleasant Valley
Emergency medical care was given to nine individuals at Pleasant Valley Hospital on New Year’s Day and evening. The injuries ranged from a mashed foot to lacerations and fractures.
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Point Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Henderson
Foote i Mineral Co
Graham Station
Densel Durst
New Haven Holiday Visits Reach Local Families
Miss Karen Lieving, seriously ill in Cincinnati, visited New Haven over the holidays with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Oths Lieving and Mrs. Thelma Capehart. Cleveland guests Larry Leins and Stephen visited the Howard family. Huntington guest Nancy Hill visited Mr. and Mrs. Herman Layne. Salt Point visitors Dr. T. R. Vanee and Barbara Jeff and Debbie joined Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Vanee.
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New Haven
Karen Lieving
Cincinnati
Oths Lieving
Thelma Capehart
Larry Leinste
Stephen
Cleveland, Ohio
B. J. Howard
Mike
Nancy Hill
Huntington
Herman Layne
T. R. Vanee
Barbara
Jeff
Debbie
Salt Point
New York
B. R. Vanee
Bend Lights Contest Winners In New Haven Area
Winners of the Bend Area Lighting Contest sponsored by the New Haven Woman's Club were Litchfield first, Oscar Casio second, and Nelson Roush honorable mention. Mark Ward won first outside tree decoration. Mrs. Edwin Stein and Mrs. Eugene Hester won door prizes. Rick Abel took first in a religious door category. Judges came from the Winding Trail Garden club in Pomeroy. The Christ mas meeting of the Win-One Class at New Haven United Methodist Church held at Mr and Mrs Bill Srinstead’s home featured cookies, punch, carols, and a vocal number by Mrs Paul Fortney.
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Wew Haven
Bend Area
New Haven
Proud Planters Club Elects New Officers
NEW HAVEN The Proud Planters Junior Garden Club held its reorganizational meeting at the New Haven school. Officers for the coming year are president Robin Perry vice president Linda Bumgardner secretary Mandy Howard treasurer Mary Lou Brabham. They will meet on the last Thursday of each month after school at the elementary school for grades four six. Officers will be installed at the January meeting and members will work on yearbook covers. Sponsors are the Nehaclima Garden Club.
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New Haven
Proud Planters Junior Garden Club
New Haven Shool
Robin Perry
Linda Bumgardner
Mandy Howard
Mary Lou Brabham
Nehaclima Garden Club
Letart Homemakers Hold Christmas Dinner in New Haven
NEW HAVEN The Letart Homemakers Club held a Christmas meeting at Bob Evans Steak House with a dinner then a return to Mrs Ray Friend's home for dessert and a gift exchange. Devotions featuring the Christmas story were given by Mrs Ray Friend. The group sang carols. Prizes were won by Mrs Don Thompson and Mrs Phillip Click Jr. The birthday honoree was Mrs Lewis Sayre.
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New Haven
Letart Homemakers Club
Bob Evans
Ray Friend
Ray
Friend
Don Thompson
Phillip Click Jr
Lewis Sayre
Chief Pyles Reports 1869 Ot Work and City Police Actions
Chief of Police Jack Pyles presents the 1869 yearly report detailing 41,093 miles traveled and 11,903 hours worked by the department. Revenues include 812 dollars in property recovered and 2,740 parking meters tickets. 162 misdemeanor and 13 felony arrests are listed along with 21 accidents in December and 11 drivers arrested. Intersections at Sixth and Vi killed and damaged multiple vehicles in the year.
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Polst. Pleasant
Jack Pyles
Pyles
Department
Jackson
Accis
Damtral
Amputee nurse couple wed in second ceremony
New York report on Albert Nirenstein 22 and Nancy Dunker 38 exchanging vows in a second, elaborate ceremony. The groom, a veteran who lost both legs to a land mine in Vietnam, says the union proves amputees can have strong marriages. Army Chaplain Corbin Cherry officiated. 50 amputees attended.
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New York
Vietnam
Albert Nirenstein
Nancy Dunker
Corbin Cherry
Fugate Home Celebrates Christmas Visit in Pittsburgh
Mrs Margaret Dannhardt has returned to Pittsburgh after Christmas with relatives in Pomeroy Bend. She was guest of Mrs Frank M Fugate who hosted a Mulberry Avenue dinner for relatives including Mrs Dannhardt Dr and Mrs Marion Fugate Athens and Mr and Mrs C P Klein Middeport. Dr Fugate and Mrs Dannhardt joined James Fugate for a holiday visit with Frank Fugate, a Holzer Medical Center patient for three weeks. The group delivered gifts and refreshments to the nursing staff.
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Midpleport
Margaret Danohard
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy Bend
Frank M. Fugate
Fugate
Mulberry Avenue
Pomeroy
Dannhardt
Marion Fugate
Athens
C. P. Klein
Middeport
James Fugate
Frank Fugate
Holzer Medical Center
Fines Set For Numerous Charges In County Court
Point Pleasant defendants face fines from 1 to 50 dollars plus costs for speed violations assault and battery improper pausing and other offenses. Multiple individuals including James M Simms Carl Leonard Lee and Robert Rivich paid fines or served jail time. Bruce Bush and others cited for expired inspection and related charges.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace Court of
Oia Mahan
Wyre
James M. Simms
Carl Leonard Lee
Point Amt
Kenneth A. Wint Pleasant
Alo
Roger Bonecutter
Point
Robert Anthony
Point Plowsalt
Ile
Maxine Watson
Henderson
Bruce Bush
Gallipolis Ferry
Fire damages Gallipolis home in 1970 blaze
Firemen from Gallipolis fought a house fire caused by a short in wiring near water pipes at a Garfield Avenue residence valued at 49000. Eleven firefighters and two engines responded. no injuries though a family dog was overcome and revived with oxygen.
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Gallipolis
John Marelay
Garfield Ave
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Beulah Jans Hospital
Meig G General Hospital
Melvin Bonecutter
Soreground
Lowell Wingett
William Capehart
Marjorie Bentz
Meigs Hospital
Philip Sporn
Kelly Sherer
Route 2
Frances Fruth
Harmon Stables
Catherine Thomas
Glenwood
Carol Rayfield
South Charleston
Cathy Higginbotham
Mary Lieving
Viola Durst
Litchfield
Bend
Proud Planters Club
Letart Homemakers
Fugate Home
James Light
Wilson
George Love
Paint Pleasant
Wilbur Pearson
Pepperell and Cannon
Altmans
Pepperell
Cannon
Middleport
Edith
Hulda Klein
William Stoecker
Edith Klein
MEIGS
Anny Barker
Vichie Fierce
Reedsville
TN Hospital
Gussie M. Benson
Holzer “Medical Center
Noblecraft
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