Slides Of Alaska Trip Shown To Garden Club
Middleport Garden Club met at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office with guest Mrs Nan Moore presenting slides from an Alaska trip highlighting oriental gardens. Nellie Zirkle introduced the speaker. A future area garden club presidents meeting was announced for July 12 at 2 p.m. at the Ohio Power office to plan the county fair flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Alaska
Nan Moore
Nellie Zirkle
Garden Club
Moore
Charles Lewis
Don Bremberg
Two Colts Prize Contest At Ohio Extension Office
In Pomeroy Ohio a boy and a girl may win a registered quarter horse colt. One boy and one girl in Ohio will receive a colt from the Ohio Quarter Horse Association if they are 10 to 16 with parental approval and housing for a horse. Entries require a 100 word essay on Why I Want To Own a Quarter Horse to be used as a 4H project in 1970. Entry blanks are obtainable from the county extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Ohio Quarter Horse Association
County Extension Office
Four Bonds Forfeited In MIddleport Court
Four bonds were declared forfeit and one defendant was fined in the Meigs County court of Mayor C O Fisher Tuesday evening. Defendants were Rex D Hurley of Cheshire $25 for improper backing William H Winebrenner 76 Cheshire $25 for failure to yield right of way Lester W Wise 35 Crystal Lake Ill $25 for passing on a double yellow line in a curve Milton R Roush 18 Clifton $18.70 for running a stop sign. James A Mullins 18 Gallipolis fined $10 and costs for following too close. Pomeroy divorce actions filed include Charles Werry Pomeroy versus Carole Werry Norfolk Va Roy Newell Minersville versus Charlotte Newell Minersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fisher
Rex D. Hurley
Cheshire
William H. Winebrenner
Lester W. Wise
Crystal Lake
Ill
Milton R Roush
Clifton
Mrs. Conkle Hosts Club Picnic in Middleport
Middleport BPW Club held its annual family picnic at president Mrs. James Conkle’s home after a brief meeting approving the 1970 budget. The group announced the national organization's 50th anniversary on July 16 and district 15 convention on October 19 at Lake Hope with Logan BPW as host. Traveling prize went to Rose Reynolds. attendees included Edgar Reynolds, Millard Spaulding, John Werner, Harold Sargent and Jim Conkle. Rutland notes Morgan Weber and family of Oklahoma City visited Miss Mae Weber en route to Boston and other Eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club
James Conkle
Lake Hope
Logan Bpw
Rose Reynolds
Edgar Reynolds
Millard Spaulding
John Werner
Harold Sargent
Jim Conkle
Rutland
Morgan Weber
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mae Weber
Boston
Homebuilders Bring Cheer To Hospital
Middleport Church of Christ Home builders Class entertained 21 patients at the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center in Athens Tuesday night in the intensive care ward. The program included music games and prizes with loot bags and refreshments. Assistants listed include Mr and Mrs Mack Stewart Mrs Denver Rice Mrs Norman Yeanger president of the class Mrs Reva Beach and Mrs Osby Martin. A party is planned for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Southeastern Ohio
Athens
Mack Stewart
Denver Rice
Norman Yeanger
Sewerage Plant Work Begins in Pomeroy
Final plans for a one million dollar sewerage project in Pomeroy were reviewed by Mayor Charles Legar and contractors on Wednesday. Construction starts Monday July 21 with Miller and Son of Columbus and Don King Co. of Jackson handling pipelines and plant work behind the football stadium. Completion is possible in eight months if weather cooperates. Residents will be billed for sewerage from June 1.
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Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Henry L. Miller and Son of
Columbus
Don King Co
Jackson
Mike Stoyak
Burgess and Niple
Legar
Eastern Adds Teaching Posts To Fall Staff
Chester officials report need for new staff including a band director and two commercial teachers for the fall term. The board awarded service contracts to Valley Bell Dairy Ohio Valley Baking Texaco Middleport and Firestone for buses and operations. They accepted the resignation of commercial teacher Boyd Hackney and approved bills for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Eastern School Board
Valley Bell Dairy
Ohio Valley Baking Co
Texaco Company
Middleport
Henry Beaver
Firestone Co
Parkersburg
Boyd Hackney
Pomeroy Area Personal News and Local Arrests
Pomeroy area social notes report visits by the Hoeflich and Hammer families plus extended relatives in Athens and Rising Sun Maryland. Highlights include a Pittsburgh Pirates game in which Bill Wilson pitched. The section also lists three Sheriff’s Department arrests for peace warrant, intoxication, and non support in Point Pleasant.
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Robert Hoeflich
Jayne
Bill Wilson
Pomeroy
Pittsburgh Pirates
J. B. Marshall
Louisville
Russ Watson
Olan Genheimer
Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Cecil Jeffers
Glenwood
Blaine Wallis Devault
John Bush
Police Probe Two-Car Crash In Point Pleasant
City police investigated a two car crash at Sand Hill Road and 28th Street at 9 50 A M Wednesday with no injuries and six hundred dollars of property damage. Robert Phillips 27 of 2614 Mt Vernon Avenue was stopped when his car was rear ended by Anna Gaskins 76 of 2200 Washington Avenue Phillips complained of a neck injury.
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Point Pleasant
Sand Hill Rd
28Th St
Robert Phillips
Mt. Vernon Ave
Anna Gaskins
Washington Ave
Phillips
Two Attend Workshop At WVU In July
The Western District Soil Conservation Service contributed 260 dollars for scholarships to a Conservation Education Workshop at West Virginia University from July 7 to 25. Attendees are Dorothy Mitchell and Olin Hill of Mason County. Two arrests were reported by the sheriff's department Wilbur Beller of Leon for fighting in public and Owen Dalton of Ashton on a non support warrant.
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Point Pleasant
Soil Conservation Service
West Virginia University
Dorothy Mitchell
Olin Hill
Mason County
Sheriff's Department
Wilbur Beller
Leon
Owen Dalton
Ashton
Auto Skids Hit Tree on Wet Rio Grande Street
Ohio Highway Patrol reports a one car accident on Wednesday at 10 25 a m on W College Street Rio Grande Betty J Lanier 36 Bidwell drove south on wet pavement lost control left roadway struck a small tree moderate damage to the vehicle and the driver suffered a small cut no citation issued
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Gallipolis
Ohio Highway Patrol
W. College Street
Rio Grande
College Street
Betty J. Lanier
Bidwell
Modern Woodmen Plan Sunday Picnic
Burlingham Modern Woodmen camp 7230 will hold its annual picnic Sunday at the state park on Route 33 going south. A basket dinner starts at noon. prizes will go to the oldest and youngest couple and the couple with the largest family. If rain comes, the event moves to Woodmen Hall in Burlingham.
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Burlingham
Woodmen
Woodmen Hall
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J. E. Farley
Moses
Zirkle
M. L. French
Harry Chesher
J. M. Welsh
Lark Gable
Rhett Butler
Scarlett O'Hara
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Charles Werry
Carole Werry
Norfolk
Roy Newell
Minersville
Charlotte Newell
Mrs. Conkle
Frigidaire
You!s's Appliances
Columbus St
Nelsonville
Athens County
Pomeroy Personals
Kenneth Harris
James Alexander
Danville, Th
Roger Dillard
Florida
Frances Flemming
Miami
WVU
Logan, Ohio
Great Values
Wodows
Coats
Betty Rose
Extra Low
Famous Brand
Tod
Girls Apparel At
P.F
Oxfords
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