Remembering the Fourth of July Community Traditions
The piece recalls old fashioned Fourth of July joys from picnics with lemonade to parades and fireworks. It contrasts past simple gatherings with today’s busy scenes, and ends with a local police report: AWOL charged driver in Gallia County after a single vehicle crash on Abney Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Les
Pomeroy
Highway Patrol
Gallia County
Robert Nedille
Vinton
Rt. 2
Abney
Nedile
Symphony To Play On Barge On Ohio River
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra of Pittsburgh touring as a floating concert hall performs July 25 in Pomeroy from its river barge Point Counterpoint. Under Robert Austin Boudreau, the event funds via Meigs County and invites donations to Mrs. Patrick Lochary. Free public concert with daytime educational sessions for high school instrumentalists and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
American Wind Symphony Orchestra of
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Allegheny
Kanawha
Monongahela
Ohio
Robert Austin
Boudreau
Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Lochary
Wind Symphony
Hovhaness
Meigs County
iPythian Sisters Host Fall District Meeting
iPythian Sisters of Middleport plan to host the fall district meeting on October 1 at the temple hall. Mrs Etta Lemley presided over the opening, with pro tem officers named. Birthday observed for Mrs Gertrude Andrews. Mrs William Allman to arrange the district dinner. Local social activities included refreshments at Jack's Dairy Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs
Temple Pythian Sisters
Temple Hall
Etta Lemley
Ben Neutzling
Phil Meinhart
Gertrude |Andrews
William Allman
Horace McElhinny
Betty Biggs
Jack’s
Middleport Personal News Highlights Family Visits
Mrs. Dale Mourning returns from Columbus with her son’s family. Mrs. James Murray hosts her granddaughter and family from Ravenswood. Kathy Downe Comer and baby Randy Lane visit Mrs. Murray for a week. Mrs. Charles Mayes visits Belpre with her daughter’s family. Haw kin s clan returns from camping near Atwood Lake and tours Dover carving museum and Canton Football Hall of Fame. Fourth of July guests include Bloomington Indiana’s Mrs. George Price and Mr. Ronald Evans family, plus Culver City visitors. Gallipolis graduation cere monies for Holzer Hospital nurses school included Miss Sandra Sue Cail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Mourning
Columbus
James Mourning
James Murray
Mike Comer
Ravenswood
Comer
Kathy Downe
Randy Lane
Murray
Charles Mayes
Fielding Hawkins
Charles Vroman
Mark and
Mary
Atwood Lake
New Philadelphia
Dover
Canton
George Price
Bloomington, Ind
Gallipools
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Grace Methodist Church
Sandra Sue Cail
Cheshire
Middleport
Richard Pickens
Eloda Webb
Cressa Cummings
Binghamton, N. Y
Ronald Evans
Jeff
Culver City
Calif
Pickens
Jan Houck
Brent
Brenda
Cummings
Meigs County Land Transfers Read in Local Notices
Meigs County parcels shift in several townships as executors, heirs, and spouses transfer acreage. Transfers include Grace Lynn Corr as administrator for Thomas Marr in Harrisonville and multiple parcels in Sutton Orange and Olive Townships. Local notices also mention funds, county events, and court results from Pomeroy and Hartford areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lynn Corr
Thomas E. Marris
Porcelé
Harrisonville
Gilkey
Teura Bell
Sutton
Eloise Bell
Aisd Rothery Bell Gunn Packard
Frovess Peckard
Frank Packard
Katherine Reever
Humphray Ever
Esther Wells Park Weiling
Maren Packard
Mariske
Packard F
Ruth E Moore
Cerenge
Reeds Igilie
AL Hall
Larry A. Ritchie
Janice Ritchie
Chester
Larry Ritchie
Robert Cle'ond
Ta Winston
Geraldina Varney
Pee L. Nutter
Violet Nutter
Orange T
Alma A. Snider
Paul Muster
Visset Kinster
Orange
Harold Autre
Dorothy Dodduer
Ecresge
Olive T
Esther Rigas
Dorothy Mocd
Devotional Meeting Opens Pomeroy Garden Club Session
Mrs. Oscar Roedel led devotions at the Pomeroy Garden Club gathering held Monday evening at Mrs. Walter Grueser’s home with Mrs. W. Collis as hostess. Two club exhibitors won white ribbons at the Winding Trail Garden Club flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Roedel
Pomeroy Garden Club
Pomeroy
Walter Grueser
W. Collis
Crhostess
Winding Trail Garden Club
Howard Nolan
Harold Brown
Carper
Lydia Ebersbach
Roy Betzing
Richard Jones
Fred
Charles Lewis
Ohio
Walter Urueser
Homer Hysell
Roedel Ang
Fire truck bids clarified by Pomeroy council
Information on the fire equipment bid debated at the Pomeroy village council meeting was clarified. Sutphen Co bid 16721 for a single stage double suction pump. Howe Co bid 15625 for a single stage single suction pump. Howe also offered a two stage single suction pump for 16000, different from specifications. Council has not acted on the bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sutphen Co
Howe Co
Fire Department
Safety Committee
Charles Legar
Rummage Sale in Tuppers Plains Sponsored by Women’s Club
A rummage sale at Clarence Headley residence on Route 7 in Tuppers Plains will run July 12 and 13 from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Items are priced from 10 cents to a quarter. The event is sponsored by the Women’s Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Clarence Headley
Route 7
Women’s Community Club
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Hoodlet
Nelsonville
Easy
Ridenour Radio & TV Bank
Chester, Ohio
Symphony
Point Pleasant
George Johnson
Danny Johnson
James Bragg
Beth
Jim
Germany
Bragg
Morris Bragg
Jackson Avenue
Mike Bragg
Turkey
Stephen Bragg
Jeffery
Akron
Mr. Bragg
Ready-Mix CO
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
Ernest Covert
Chuck
Paula
Belpre
Culver City, Calif
Edward Evans
Great American Insurance Co
Harold L.I
Viettia M. Porter
Bake Sale
Hartford
Mason County Action Group
Pomeroy Village
John Willias
Richard Gross
William McHaffie
Wiliam Reeves
Albany
Rutland
the Plains
Atpens County
Rutland Bottle Gas
Bill Coy
Mgr
United States
WG Sdlwol
Carrie
Ware
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