Mrs Blake Honored With Layette Shower in Middleport
Mrs Ed ward Blake was guest of honor at a layette shower hosted by Mrs Bernard Fultz and Mrs James Arnold at the Fultz residence. Gifts featured a hooded basinette with pink decorations and a life size stork. Games yielded prizes for several guests as a large list attended the event. In Brussels the day’s other note, Christian A Herter arrived from Paris for talks with the European Common Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward Blake
Bernard Fultz
James Arnold
Fultz
Blakes
Brussels
Belgium
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Paris
European Common Market
JOF Class Supports Lancaster Camp Funding
The JOF Class voted 25 for the Lancaster Camp at its annual picnic hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles R Karr Sr Mrs Antone Locke president announced no August meeting A Sunday school picnic is set for July 28 with a WSCS seminar and workshop on August 29 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
JOF
Lancaster Camp
Charles R Karr
Antone Locke
WSCS
District officers picnic and H Abele opinion plans
The district deputies and officers picnic was announced for Aug 4 at the home of Mrs Edith Betz ing when Theodorus Council Daughters of America recently met. Legislation was discussed and plans made for reporting the council's opinions on bills to Cong Homer Abele. Each member was asked to contribute to the district rummage sale on Sept 18. The district booster meeting was announced for Oct 23 at Marietta. Ruth Kepler national councilor will be present for that meeting and councils are asked to have candidates there in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edith Betzing
Theodorus
Couple Hosts Cook-Out In Grant Street Home
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Grueser invited guests to an evening cook-out at their Grant Street home. Attendees included Bud Wilson and daughter Coleen. Karl Krautter. Keith and Kimberly. Thomas Bowen. Clay Tuttle. Helen May and Mryta. Don and Debra Grueser. Karen Grueser. and Mrs. Robert Jay of Columbus, with Parkersburg noted as the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William T. Grueser
Grant St
Bud Wilson
Coleen
Karl Krautter
Keith and
Kimberly
Thomas Bowen
Clay Tuttle
Helen May
Mryta
Don
Debra Grueser
Karen Grueser
Parkersburg
Robert Jay
Columbus
Centennial Meigs County Fair Parade Plans Move Forward
Meigs County prepares a major centennial parade from Middleport through Pom eroy to the fair grounds on Aug 13 14 with floats judged and awards given Gov James Rhodes invited and county bands invited Parade marshall Bill Childs and chair Bill Dowine seek large entry turnout Joint sponsor fair board and Riding Club Also Big Bend Minstrel rehearsals Aug 15 features new and returning vocalists dancers and a girls chorus Shrine Circus trip Aug 2 benefits crippled children hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Middleport
Pomeroy
Fairgrounds
James Rhodes
Priod
Bill Childs
Bill Downie
Childs
Downie
The
Fair Board
Meigs County Riding Club
Big Bend
Association
Bill Zerkle
Peggy Bowers
Robert Crow
Don Harden
Joe
Denise Snodgrass
Beverly Perrin
Coleen Wilson
Coleen
Meigs Memorial Hospital Notes and Local Life
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges including Flora Long and Barbara Smith. Local residents and visitors—the Fishers, Bursons, Seidenabels, Hoeflichs, Paulsens, and others—are named with weekend and vacation visits across Meigs County. Marriage licenses issued include Clifton Morris and Cheryl Searles as well as Robert Lambert and Allah Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Clifton Lee Morris
Harrisonville
Cheryl Alberta Searles
Pomeroy
Robert Wayne Lambert
Columbus
Allah Erlene Wolfe
Syracuse
Circus Planned for Labor Day Parade in Pomeroy
Pomeroy Fire Department and Emergency Squad announce a Labor Day celebration on Sept 2 featuring a parade with bands fire equipment and a circus owned by the Hoxie Brothers. Proceeds fund radio upgrades for village trucks as Fire Chief Henry Werry and Squad Chief Phil Glogar chair committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hoxie Brothers
Henry Werry
Phil Globokar
Dick Vaughan
James Soulsby
Roy Reuter
Middleport Personal Notices Highlight Local Travels and Visits
The column lists residents from Piqua to Parkersburg and beyond visiting relatives and friends. It notes furloughs from Korea, Scout activities at Camp Arrowhead, and trips to Virginia Beach, Columbus, Cleveland, and Dunbar. Names include the Mc Omber family, the Fultz, Rice, Gherke, Harris, Haggerty, Terrell, Fisher, Grueser, Bechtle, Butcher, Crooks, Ervin, Ketchka, Hauck, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McOmber
Kathy
Connie
Jane
Piqua
Bernard Fultz
Fultz
Denver Rice
Virginia Beach
Eugene Gherke
Stevie
Grantsville
Billy Rice
Lewis Harris
Minersville
Richard Haggerty
Robert Haggerty
Camp Arrowhead
Cheshire Boy Scout
Time Honored Meigs Theme For 100th County Fair
Meigs County fair pages celebrate a centennial theme Time Honored Meigs for the 100th Annual Meigs County Fair at Rock Springs August 13 18. Flower show and domestic arts will feature aged entries with rules requiring a history for judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Meigs
Paul Baer
Purley Karr
Four Fined By Meigs Judge Porter
Four defendants in Meigs County were fined and two had bonds forfeited by Judge Frank W. Porter. Floyd Hampton faced 15 dollars plus costs for taking an animal out of season with probation for 30 days. Betty Imboden was fined 100 dollars with 90 dollars suspended and one year probation for no license, plus 10 dollars for parking on a highway. William L. Davis paid 10 dollars and costs for no valid license. Paul Blake was fined 10 dollars and costs on intoxication and disturbing the peace. Bond forfeits included Bean Reap 50 dollars on a bad check charge and Clyde E Kuhn 17.50 on speeding.
Added Road Expenditures Authorized for Meigs County
Meigs County Commissioners authorized Shelly Co to use more materials for blacktopping Wippel and Flatwoods roads after specification changes. They approved 300 tons of limestone for Scipio Two trustees and plan to black top 0.7 mile in Chester Commons. Reed Jeffers accused fence damage on Columbia Two from ground leveling. engineer Daniel Thompson will investigate and repair. Bids for diesel fuel and gasoline will be sought for 90 days, due August 5 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Commissioners
Shelly Co
Flatwoods
Scipio
Chester
Chester Commons
Reed Jeffers
Columbia Two
Daniel Thompson
Commissioners Office
Robert Whaleys Host Family Picnic Sunday
A Pomeroy social item notes a family picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Whaley Burlingham with numerous attendees from Middleport Brookville Marietta Columbus and Burlingham. In Pomeroy a divorce suit has been filed by Jeanne Cooke Middleport against Kenneth D Cooke in Meigs County Common Pleas Court seeking custody of two minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ray Whaley
Burlingham
Wallace Bradford
Neda
Middleport
John Ketchka
Brookville
Charles Winebrenner
Marietta
Clara Paulsen
Robert Hemlock Grove
Bernard Paulsen
Columbus
Charles Paulsen
Charles
Eric
James Hazelton
Mike
Lynn
Jane
Tim
Keith Whaley
Mayor Fines 3 Men For Intoxication
In Middleport Mayor Lee Smith fined three men on intoxication charges. Joseph Capehart aged 23 from Letart and Leroy Gates aged 41 of Rutland were fined five dollars plus costs. James Sprouse aged 43 of Middleport paid fifteen dollars and costs. Two men from Long Bottom, James Carter and Eugene Whystell, forfeited sixty dollar bonds on petty larceny charges for stealing a case of liquor from a local tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lee Smith
Joseph Allen Capehart
Letart
Leroy Delbert Gates
Rutland
James Sprouse
James Carter
Eugene H. Whystell
Long Bottom
Garden Club Meeting Highlights Pomeroy Hosts Tour
Mrs. Dor Schaefer and Mrs. E. W. Coates hosted the Pomeroy Garden Club meeting. Lydia Ebersbach led devotions. A picnic was planned for August at Mrs. Charles R. Karr Sr.’s home with Mrs. Charles Lytle as co-hostess. President Mrs. Harold Brown read by-laws and Mrs. J. W. McMurray spoke on gardens. A tour of the Schaefer garden followed with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dor Schaefer
E. W. Coates
Lydia Ebersbach
Charles R. Karr
Charles Lytle
Harold Brown
J. W. McMurray
Schaefer Garden
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Meigs General notes list individuals Albert Hartung Pomeroy Fred Harper Pomeroy David Sayre Racine and Mary Feasterday with unclear roles and context in the fragmentary entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hartung
Pomeroy
Fred Harper
David Sayre
Racine
Mary Feasterday
State Grange Officers Inspect Laurel Group
Ohio State Grange deputy master Mr. Virgil Atkins and matron Mrs. Atkins inspected Laurel Grange. Lecturer Nellie Vale presented Boys The Hope of Our Nation with ten boys honored. Five couples and one individual from Laurel Harrisonville Star Granges received 50 year seats. Pomeroy personals note Frank H Johnston visiting Columbus. West Virginia visit and blood poisoning illness also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Virgil Atkins
Ohio State Grange
Laurel Grange
Nellie Vale
J. E. Radekin
Maude Holcomb
Frank Halliday
Harrisonville Grange
Ora Proffit
Star Grange
Pomeroy
Frank H. Johnston
Will Hellerman
Columbus
Edward Brannon
Weston
W. Va
Vida Thle
High St
Betty Reibel
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Mrs. Blake
Layette
Gene Harris
Charles Byer
Richard Roller
Richard Gress
Lulu Russell
Elder Johnson
Leo Smith
Max Roller
Frank Harris
Walter Crooks
Crary Davis
Howard Byer
Newman Burdette
David Hindy
Lewis E. Smith
M. D. Allensworth
Pierce Case
Roy Tracy
Beth Fult
Tom Crow
Wayne Bergdoll
Forrest Bachtel
Carol Bachtel
Martha Mace
Bruce Lloyd
Beulah White
George Anderson
Pearl Hoffman
David Miller
Larry Wiley
Nolan Swackhamer
Ruth Wise
Thomas Crow, Jr
Marguerite Durst
Bernice Durst
Herter
Lancaster
SAVE
RC Cola
NEHI
True Fruit
H. Abele
Callies
Axwell House Coffee
Clover Farm
Sunkist Lemons
Children of the County
Shrine Circus
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Flora Long
Cheshire
Barbara Smith
Henry Doefer
Della Windsor
Nora Wolfe
Carl Bishop
Pomeroy Personals
John Fisher
Hebron
C. O. Fisher
Theodore Beegle
Fisher
Carrie Burson
Athens
Mary Castle
Phoenix
Ariz
Dora O’brien
Shade
Bertha Schreiber
Mason
Howard Seide
John Terrell
Oak Ridge
Tenn
East
Jack Bechtle
Dunbar
Ira Butcher
Don Strauss
Judy Butcher
Airman 1-c
Ira Ray Butcher
Airman Butcher
Korea
North Carolina
Miss Butcher
Jeannette Crooks
Cleveland
Ohio University
Clifford Ervin
Bridgeport
Edward Johnson
John L. Ketchka
Jan. Hauck
Warner French
Graceland
Wyatt Chadwell
Jessie Saunders
Ada Hoskins
Porter
Robert Whaleys
Meigs General Hospital
Grange
Laurel Group
Becky
N. 2Nd Avenue
Smith's Clothing
Beckys
Middleport, Ohio
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