Thirteen Floats Entered In Meigs Festival
Meigs County prepares for a July 22 parade in Meigs County with at least 13 floats entered. Parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. from the Rawlings Garage lot in Middleport, with prizes for top non commercial floats and a meal program at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The festival features music by Richard Cox and the Harvesters and ticket sales led by Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
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Roger Morgan
The
Entertainment Group
Richard Cox
the Harvesters
Pomeroy
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Pearl Welker
Velma Rue
W. O. Atkins
Atkins
E. A. Wingett
George Meinhart
Pomeroy High School
Frank J. Lausche
Chambers of Commerce
Two Local Boy Scouts Begin Trek to National Jamboree
Pomeroy youths Johnny Young 15 and Charles Swisher 12 of Troop 249 left Kenova West Virginia for Irvine Ranch California to join 70 scouts and leaders for the national jamboree. The trip spans about three weeks with stops in Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco and Los Angeles. They will tour Los Angeles Hollywood and before the jamboree a tour of Mexico is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Boy
Kenova
W. Va
Tri-State
Irvine Ranch
California
Johnny Young
Hank Young
Charles Swisher
Wayne Swisher
Denver
Colo
Mt. Evans
Summit Lake
Echo Lake
Central City
Clear Creek Canyon
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Redwood Forest
Golden Gate Bridge
Los Angeles
Hollywood
1-H Club Dance Friday At Rocksprings Fairgrounds
The Snowville 4-H Club led by Joseph J. Stanley will stage a square and round dance from 9 pm to 1 am Friday at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds exhibit building. Whitey Beegle and his orchestra provide music and calling. Proceeds support club needs. Open to the public. refreshments will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Snowville
Whitey Beegle
Joseph J. Stanley
Weighing Day Slated For Chicken Contest
Meigs County prepares for the chicken of tomorrow contest with 11 to 13 entries. weighing begins at 8 am visiting Morning Star Snowville Carpenter and Langsville in order. district judging will be at the Crow Brothers Dressing Plant Letart Falls. contestants previously placed high in district competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Smith
Thomas D. Crow
Crow Brothers
Letart Falls
Poultry Producers Association
Lester McKenzie
Meigs County
McKenzie
Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Morning Star
Snowville
Carpenter
Langsville
Letart
Turkish woman in a harem held control of property
Britannica notes that a Turkish woman in a harem enjoyed absolute control over her personal property and, in divorce, was usually provided for adequately.
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Health
George Cook of Chicago visits Pomeroy for several weeks. Agnes McGreevy helps care for Mrs. Millard Wildermuth and infant son who returned home from Meigs General Hospital. Mrs. Auterson undergoes her third surgery since June. Various local residents and guests travel to Parkersburg Charleston Cleveland Baltimore and Trenton with family visits and hospital news.
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George Cook
Chicago
Pomeroy
Agnes McGreevy
Millard Wildermuth
Pearl St
Meigs General Hospital
Hal Frost
Valley Forge
I. Michael
Nancy
Mary Hatcher
David Michael
Memphis
T. W. Autherson
McMillen Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
Auterson
Paul Barnes
Truman Russell
Anita Sue
J. C
Parkersburg
Lee Drenner
Cecil Wise
Donna Lynn
Dreama Lee
Don Drenner
Pomeroy High School
Cleveland
Drenner
Loman Gwinn
Nitro
Frances Gwinn
Gwinn
Trenton
N. J
Jean Roush
Roush
Mees
Seaside Heights
New Jersey
Middleport Driver Fined $5 and Costs in Traffic Violation
William D. Lee, a Middleport cab driver, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Sidney T. Russell on a Thursday evening traffic violation. The State Highway Patrol apprehended him.
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Middleport
William D. Lee
Sidney T. Russell
State Highway Patrol
Pomeroy Church News Roundup
Local church listings include service times for many congregations in Rutland Syracuse Chester Bearwallow and surrounding areas. Notable attendees include pastors Blaine Farley N H Jenks M C Larimore and Truman Dodson with services from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. across denominations.
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Rutland Church OF God
T. P. Satterfield
Antiquity Baptist
Blaine Farley
Church OF God
N. H. Jenks
Syracuse
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M.mohrhoff
Bearwallow Church OF Christ
Truman Dodson
C A. White
Bethany
Carmel
Young Peoples Meeting
Kerrs Run
Troy Fields
Nelsonville
Forest Run
BYPU
Church OF Christ
Don Seevers
Jesse CC. Hayes
Racine
John Elwood
Antiquity
Forrest
Oak Grove
Sutton
Sacred Heart
George Adams
Harry Bates
Laure
Cliff
Hysell
Christian Science
I Corinthians
Church OF the Nazarene CC
C. Coolidge
Young Peoples
United Methodist J
Leslie Kunze
Reunion Host Dies After Gathering Near Harrisonville
Sidney Jordan 82 died two days after hosting a family reunion at his home near Harrisonville. The gathering on Sunday July 5 drew 76 attendees including John Douglas Leroy Kessinger Harold Currier Lena Jordan and many Jordan family members. The death followed a heart attack on Tuesday night at the residence.
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Harrisonville
Sidney Jordan
John Douglas
Leroy Kessinger
Harold Currier
Bertha Carl
Lena Jordan
Roy Jordan
Kate Wilson
Asa E. Jordan
Earl Jordan
Scott Brown
John Jordan
Lemuel Jordan
Ethel Reeves
Karl Jacks
Betty Bond
Robert Russell
Arthur McGee
Ray Jordan
Harold Norris
Clyde Ditcher
Roush to Represent Firemen’s Brotherhood at National Convention
Harold Roush of the New York Central Railroad will attend the national convention as the Firemen's Brotherhood representative. The event takes place at Copely Square Hotel during July August and September with Mrs. Roush accompanying him to Boston where the convention will be held.
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Middleport
Harold Roush
New York Central Railroad
Firemen's Brotherhood
Copely Square Hotel
Meigs County Junior Fair Entries Due August First
4 H club members must submit livestock entry forms for the Meigs County Fair by August 1. C E Blakeslee notes cattle over six months require Bangs disease tests within 60 days, or vaccination under 24 months. all cattle need a clean herd TB test within 12 months or current TB testing. Sheep require a veterinarian certificate of disease freedom and hogs may use serum or vaccine treatment. Next Tuesday Blakeslee and a veterinarian will test animals at member farms.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. E. Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Cub Scouts Picnic Scheduled Sunday
Cub Scouts of Troop 249 and their families hold a picnic at Portland Park on Sunday afternoon. Attendees plan to arrive at 4 p.m. with a basket supper at 6 p.m. Each family should bring their own table service. Chester Knight is cub master.
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Pomeroy
Cub Scouts
Troop 249
Portland Park
Chester Knight
Meigs Countians Mark Sixtieth Anniversary
Point Rock residents celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Morris with an open house. The couple’s son Dr. Morris and Mrs. Morris attended along with numerous local friends and relatives. The Morris home sits beside Laurel Grange where Mrs. Morris and her husband hold long memberships and degrees.
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Point Rock
W. M. Morris
Dr. Morris
Morris
Wilkesville
American Legion Auxiliary
Mamie Martin
Wesley Greg
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M. L
Smart
Athens
National Delierer
Mexico
Young
Swisher
Camp Arrowhead
Huntington
Billy
Ohio
Federal Reserve System & Federal Bpeposit Insurance Corp
Pomeroy Personals
Pomeroy Church News
WSCS
MT. Zion
H. E. Harris
Zrace Episcopal
Richard Ash
First Baptist
R. H. de Mott
County Fairgrounds
Bailey's Lake
Danville
W. VY. Gilkerson
James Carroll
Dale Ratliff
Hazel Clark
Nick Pierce
Damon Wiseman
Harley Carr
John Stout
Lelia Hysell
Floyd Jordan
Emer Whittington
Ruby Stover
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Kansan
Richard Dix
Jane Wyatt
Albert Dekker
Victor Dory
Robert Armstrong
Rod Cameron
Pecos River
Charles Starret
Smiley Burnette
Jack Mahoney
John Hodiak
Stephen McNally
Maverick
William Elliott
Phyllis Coates
UT Tvs
Meigs
Gene Autry
Gall Davis
Robert Livingston Rodd Redwing
Victor Mature
Patricia Neal
Edmund Gwenn
Larry Keating
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Temple Middleport
Gregory Peck
Millard Mitchell
Jean Parker
Karl Maiden
Helen Westcott
Skip Homeier
Hugo Hans Cleo Moore Sun
William Lundigan
Mitzi Gaynor
David Wayne
Ronald Reagan and
Rhonda Fleming
Vera Ralston
John Carroll
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Gerald Mohr
the Ring
Lana Turner
Kirk Douglas
Helen Walker
Ross Elliott
Glen McClure
Nellie Vale
John Frank
S. D. Vale
Jimmie
Erma Vale
Clyde Morris
Jane
William McHaffy
E. G. Nelson
Henry E. Rife
Carl Knapp
Diane
Worth Harder
Colgate
Martin
Lulu Russell
N. Second
Race St
Senate
Modern New
Crosley Shelvador
Arune
Crosley
Mill Street
Crosley Shelvadors
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