Meigs County 4-H Club Demonstrations and Meetings
Meigs County 4-H groups held numerous demonstrations and meetings at farms and club houses. Members, led by advisors such as Dick Sterrett and Mrs. Blakeslee, presented topics from food to rigging to sewing and camping, with judging scheduled for July 21 and reports on nutrition and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Koblentz
Meigs County Better Livestock Club
Claire Woode
Rick Koblentz
Eric Parker
Dick Sterrett
4-H Club Meetings Spotlight Demonstrations and Topics
Jean Whitehead hosted Riverview 4-H Club with a potato chip sale discussion and a cookies demonstration. Charmettes met at Pat Gaul's home where Marge Keebaugh demonstrated proper dress for the occasion. The Carpenter Boys 4-H Club met at Columbia School with Walter Jordan reporting on camp experiences. Bashan Farmerettes gathered at Sutton Methodist Church for Joyce Grueser’s baking cookies demonstration and outdoor cookery was discussed by Alice Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Grange Hall
Ruth Baer
Pat Koblentz
Edna McCoy
Jean Whitehead
Riverview
4-H Club
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Myers
Charmettes
Pat Gaul
Marge Keebaugh
Jackie Bahr
Carpenter Boys
Columbia School
Walter Jordan
Bashan
Sutton Methodist Church
Joyce Grueser
Alice Harris
June Bush
Chester So and Sew Club Meeting Notes Preview
Debbie Keebaugh and Opal Offutt joined the club during the hall event. Sherri McCain delivered a health and safety report. At the next gathering, members plan to discuss upcoming activities and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Keebaugh
Opal Offutt
Chester So & Sew Club
Chester Grange Hall
Sherri McCain
Rotary Will Aid Campers at Camp Kindlich
Point Pleasant Rotary Club donates 50 to sponsor five mentally challenged children for a week at Camp Kindlich July 13 to 17 at the Mason County Youth and 4-H camp near South Side. Donations support children enrolled in local special education classes. sponsors may send checks to Mason County Association for Retarded Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Kindlich
Mason County Association For
Hazel Roush
Local visits and family gatherings span Harrisonville area
Community members shared visits and dinners across several families in Harrisonville and nearby towns. Notable stops included Gilkey, Jewell, Alkire, and Eggleston households with extended kin in Gallipolis Racine Columbus and Zanesville. Separately, Sylvania Electric Studies Turkey milestone antenna tech could fit space vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Gilkey
Harrisonville
H. D. Gilkey
Joey
Gallipolis
Don Gibson
Mark and
Gay
Lana Gibson
Bud Douglas
Alice Whaley
Columbus
Lola Clark
Francis Alkire
Howard Gilkey
Golda Jewell
John Stout
Elza McCall
Carpenter
Guy Bolin
Clinton Gilkey
Lincoln Russell
Pleasant Valley Hospital Foot Surgery Ends for Joe Wilson
Pt Pleasant notes include Joe Wilson 11 son of Mr and Mrs Pat Wilson Jr returning home after foot surgery at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Visitors recount travels of Bateson family from Newfoundland to Ohio River Rd and plans to relocate to Columbus for Air Force base assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilson
Pat Wilson
Route 35
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Harry Bateson
Donald
Mike
Deborah
Newfoundland
Bateson
Harmon Air Force Base
Louis Bateson
Ohio River Rd
F. W. Ingraham
Windsor Ct
Point Pleasant
Batesons
Ingraham
Ben Stout
East Brunswick
N. Y
Columbus
Lockborne Air Force Base
Clarence Cox
Cathy
Charleston
J. W. Cox
Camp Conley
Cox
Cincinnati
Grover Childers
Downington Social Roundup Shares Weekend Visits
A series of weekend visits and family gatherings link residents of Downington Columbus Harrisonville and McArthur. Notable mentions include the Rouse family from West Virginia visiting Downington and Syracuse Ladies Auxiliary planning a July 18 hot weather supper to fund a new fire truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downington
Harold Willis
Troy Allen
Columbus
Willis
Ray Haning
Ray Rouse
West Virginia
Paul Moore
Jenie
Lancaster
Roy H. Gold
Athens
Ira Gaston
John Haning
Pleasanton
Kenneth Haning
H. G. Haning
John L. Clark
Robert Clark
Harrisonville
Noland Haning
Robert Jewell
Jewell
Glen Jewell
Harry Coon
L. C. Seipel
C. A. Bolen
Syracuse
Syracuse Ladies Auxiliary
Village Hall
Marie Rizer
Ada Slack
Mildred Pierce
Firm Sweney & Cartwright Wins McArthur School Bonds
The Sweney & Cartwright firm of Columbus was the top bidder for 477000 dollars in bonds sold Tuesday by the McArthur Board of Education. Six bids total with a 3 5/8 percent rate and a 4341.77 premium for 23 year bonds. Funds will finance a site purchase new elementary school building and upgrades to existing schools. Plans by Moellenkamp & Associates Lancaster call for fall advertisement of the improvement contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Sweney & Cartwright
Columbus
McArthur Board of Education
Moellenkamp & Associates
Lancaster
Committee Members Are Picked At Point Pleasant Meeting
Mrs Henry D Watson president of the Point Pleasant Women's Club announced committee selections at a Thursday Gold Room meeting in Gene Ball's Restaurant. E B Johnson named year book chair. C G Bauerle co chair. C Cottrill press book chair. J C Moreland telephone chair. D G Wilfong memorial chair. Department chairs include Laula Lewis music and art Eschenaur literature, Neal Baker Citizenship, William Marnhout health and safety, Peggy Gerlach child welfare, Gail Fiares gardens, Howard Carder American home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Henry D. Watson
Point Pleasant Women’s Club
Gene Ball
E. B. Johnson
C. G. Bauerle
Charles Cottrill
J. C. Moreland
D. G. Wilfong
Laula Lewis
Roy W. Eschenaur
Neal Baker
William Marnhout
Peggy Gerlach
Gail Fiares
Howard Carder
Middleport Soldier Promoted in Germany
Lawrence E. Hysell of Middleport, serving with the 261st Engineer Company as an editor, was promoted to specialist five on June 23 in Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence A Hysell of Middleport Route 1 and a 1957 graduate of Rutland High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lawrence E. Hysell
Rosemary
Laurel St
Germany
261St Engineer Co
Hysell
Lawrence A. Hysell
Rutland High School
New Haven Woman Attends Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Charleston
Olivia Roush of New Haven attended the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner sponsored by the West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Olivia Roush
W. Va
Democratic Executive Committee
Charleston
No Swimming Rule Evoked For Campers
Lake Hope bans Columbus Community Camp children from swimming until safety plans with Director Thelma Stinson and Manager Dick McDaniel are in place. McDaniel requires a list of swimmers next of kin and addresses to be submitted to Beach Manager Don Peters before further use of the beach. The rule follows the lake's fourth drowning in its history, 11 year old Harry Roy Arthur drowning and 9 year old Walter Thompson rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Columbus
New Plymouth
Lake Hope
Thelma Stinson
Dick McDaniel
McDaniel
Don Peters
Harry Roy Arthur
John Arthur
Walter Thompson
Reid Krantz
Vinton Auditor Proposes In-House Real Estate Re appraisal
Vinton County officials submit a proposal to the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals for a county led re appraisal. Auditor Glenn L. Peters would handle the work with clerks Donna Martin and Kay Taylor starting immediately, aiming to complete by June 1966 for the 1966 tax year, with unit costs and new records prepared for Tax Appeal Board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Martin
Kay Taylor
Tax Appeal Board
Ex Gallia Man Weds Ex Gallia Man in Illinois Ceremony
Gallia County native Mr. Orice Wiggins married Rose Kalling of Elgin Illinois. The ceremony took place in Austin Illinois at a Lutheran Church with Rev Bergman officiating. Attendants included Mrs E Hampton and Mr and Mrs Robert White Oak Park Illinois. Bride wore beige lace and pearls gifted by the groom. Wiggins is brother to Mrs E L Tobias and Mrs Minnie Kemper of Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Orrice Wiggins
Gallia County
Rose Kalling
Elgin
Ill
Austin
Bergman
E. Hampton
Robert White
Oak Park
Mr. Wiggins
E. L. Tobias
Minnie Kemper
Vinton
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MEIGS
Allen Gibson
Kathy Morgan
Meigs County
W. A. Morgan
William Downie
Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Jennifer Blakeslee
Mary Francis
Susie Heaton
Millie Legar
Mary Radford
Rock Springs
Sherrie Blackston
Marie Grueser
Lottie Leonard
Connie Radford
Salem Center
Linda Shenefield
Pamela Wilson
Sherrie Turner
Debra Turner
Dixie Roush
Ruth Ebersbach
Portland Ideal
Portland Methodist Church
Sandra Sayre
Joyce Ritchie
Joyce McDaniel
Harold Lohse
Big Bend
Morton Titus
Jeff Werry
Jennifer Lohse
Mrs. Lohse
John Lohse
Pomeroy Benders
Nancy Titus
Millie Segar
Vernon Weber
Terry Miller
Jane Wise
Beverly Thompson
Ernestine Wood
Canter’s Cave
Grange Hall
Atkins
Kay Wyatt
Margie Warner
Vicki Spencer
Pat Bailey
Peggy
Heida Milhoan
Ohio Audubon Bird Society
Lenora
Louise Michael
Barre
Barre Guild
Logan Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan
Ohio
Rotary
Ruth Snodgrass
Racine
Omatrix
Ray Wilson
Woodrow Dale Wilson
Bob Alkire
Ray
Charles Alkire
Allie French
Bernice Eggleston
Dasa Markins
Zanesville
Grace Carr
Buffalo
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Air Force
Harry Rhodes
Artie Gelwick
Cleveland
Janet
Robert Greer
Jackson Ave
Harley Powell
Elmer Vanmeter
Ricky
Clifton
Roscoe Greenlee
Patty Anderson
Akron
Dwight, Dwaine
Toby
Carla
Carl Greer
Bobby Greer
Philadelphia
T. J. Hemp
Carteret
N. J
Wirt Robbins
Main St
Mary Lynn Riddle
Robbins
New Brighton
Alvin Ord
Robert Ord
Charlotte
Mason
Downinseton
Vesta Robinson
Carl Chase
Glen Haning
Garnet Martin
Ora Carsey
Steven Martin
Tarry Carsey
Neva Howell
Mrs
Leroy Howell
Chillicothe
Margaret Converse
Beloit
Wis
U.S
Keith Hardie
Dorothy Glagow
Madison
Shirly Wulf
Converse
J. Sherman Porter
Paris
Mary D. Porter
Washington, D. C
George O O’briant
Utica
J. Dale Miller
Rio Grande
Evan C. Roderick
Vinton Auditor
Gallia
Nelsonville
Empire
Ashland
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Highway
Wyandotte
Route 23
North
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