Mason County Fair Schedule Announced for Aug Four Days
The Sixth Annual Mason County Fair runs August 9 to 12 at the old National Guard shops. Catalogues are available at local banks, the chamber, livestock market, and various stores. Membership costs 3 dollars with voting rights and four days admission. Season and adult passes priced, youth admission free until 4 p.m. Aug 9. Exhibits must be in place by Aug 8, and cannot leave until Aug 12 at 9 p.m. Entries open to Mason and surrounding counties. junior division limited to Mason. New features include industrial exhibits, market dog sale, and a chapel.
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Mason County
Biggs Department Core
Farmers Hardware
Fruth Pharmacy
Fair Board
Fair Association
Gates
Mason
Howard Price
Emil Roman
Hannan High School
Gallia Academy High School
Point Pleasant High School
Hit-Skip Charged In Car Crash
A Saturday 5 10 p m accident in Pomeroy involved Delber H Milam 33 Middleport driving south and Walter DeVault 22 Ash Street Middleport driving north. DeVault crowding Milam off the road forced Milam into a power pole and left front impact. DeVault was later arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Milam sustained heavy damage to his car while DeVault sustained light damage to his vehicle.
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Pomeroy
Delber H. Milam
Middleport
Walter DeVault
Ash Street
DeVault
Milam
Woman Hurt In Sunday Accident At Route 2 south of Point Pleasant
On Sunday at 5 40 p m two autos collided 14 miles south of Point Pleasant injuring Karen Jones 25 of Nitro a passenger in Robert L Jones 19 of Clarksburg. Floyd Short 64 of Dover was cited for failure to yield right of way. Clark Kinsel 22 of Cottageville also cited for loss of vehicle control after his car struck the rear of Freda M Stone 44 of Springfield.
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Point Pleasant
Route 2
Karen Jones
Nitro
Robert L. Jones
Clarksburg
Sheriff’s Department
Floyd Short
Dover
Jones
Short
Clark Kinsel
Cottageville
Sheriff's Department
Kinsel
Freda M. Stone
Springfield
Auto Hits Culvert Near Rutland Office
Sheriff’s officers responded to Lima Road north of the Rutland Post Office after a car driven by Nancy Joan Norman 18 of Charleston struck a culvert and overturned while turning onto White Hill Road. She was uninjured. passenger Richard Campbell 30 of Rutland Route 1 sustained a cut to his right arm.
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Pomeroy
Lima Road
Rutland Post Office
Nancy Joan Norman
Charleston
White Hill
Richard Campbell
Rutland
Hay baler injury at home in Gallipolis
Otto E Saunders, 54, of Gallipolis Star Route, sustained lacerations to the right hand and wrist when his hand was caught in a hay baler as it rolled over. He was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday evening.
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Gallipolis
Otto E. Saunders
Holzer Hospital
Saunders
Man Drowns In Ohio At Ravenswood
POMEROY Pat Career 65 of Pittsburgh drowned Sunday after falling from a barge on the Ohio River near Ravenswood around 4 30 a m He was on the S M Jenks towboat wore a life jacket but was pulled under the barge His body was recovered about 6 a m and heavy fog hampered the search Emergency squads from Pomeroy and Racine aided in the effort The body was taken to Chambers Funeral Home in Ravenswood
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Pomeroy
Pat Career
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Ravenswood
Comer
S. M. Jenks
Pomeroy and
Racine
Chambers Funeral Home
Cars Collide At Driveway In Pomeroy
A Saturday 5:20 p.m. accident on Route 3 in Pomeroy involved Holly F. Starcher, 70, of Sandysville and Lison H. Stebbins, 66, of Syracuse. Each vehicle sustained moderate damage after Stebbins turning into a private driveway with the Stebbins car rear on the highway, and Starcher striking it.
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Pomeroy
Highway Patrol
Holly EF. Starcher
Sandysville
Lison H. Stebbins
Syracuse
Stebbins
Starcher
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admits Ed Robie
Ed Robie of Pomeroy was admitted to Meigs General Hospital.
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Meigs General Hospital
Ed Robie
Pomeroy
Motorcyclist Injured In Collision In Meigs County
A 16 year old motorcyclist, David Dailey of Portland Route 1, was seriously injured after colliding with a car driven by Roy Powell on Racine Bashan Road near East Hollow Road. Dailey, in fair condition at Veterans Memorial Hospital, suffers two fractured legs a fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Powell’s car sustained heavy damage and Dailey faces a juvenile court citation for no driver’s license.
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Pomeroy
Racine-Bashan
East Hollow Road
Meigs County
Sheriff's Department
David Dailey
Portland
Roy Powell
Dailey
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Racine
Powell
Juvenile Court
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Recent guests include The Rev. H. H. Hoyt of Prince George Maryland visiting Miss Bess Sanborn and Mrs. Max Sanborn. Florida visitors Kim Kevin and Kirk Beck returnees. Willis Anthony property moved into by Frank Eschleman family. Mrs. Homer Russell hospitalized at Meigs General. Julie Mourning returns to Columbus after grandmother visits during mother’s hospitalization. Sandra Luckeydoo soloist at Heath Methodist Church.
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Max Sanborn
H. H. Hoyt
Prince George
Mayme Rainey
Kim
Kevin
Kirk Beck
Florida
Middleport
Frank Eschleman
Willis Anthony
Lincoln St
Pearl St
Homer Russell
James Brewington
Alva Luckeydoo
New Haven
Luckeydoo
Sandra Brewington
Heath Methodist Church
God
Newman Burdette
Driver Cited After Crash near Gallia County
The highway patrol reported an accident Friday at 6 20 p m on State Route 7 three miles south of Gallia County Road 15. Betty Browning 31 of Cleveland Ohio drove north in a car struck by Clyde Eugene Beogher 17 of Rockbridge Route 2 who went left of center. Daniel Bias a passenger in the Beogher car was injured but not hospitalized. Beogher was cited into juvenile court.
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Pomeroy
Highway Patrol
Gallia
Betty Browning
Cleveland
Ohio
Clyde Eugene Beogher
Rockbridge
Beogher
Browning
Daniel Bias
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes in Saree Section
Dismissed names include Lillie Carpenter Harrisonville David Dailey Portland Terri McDaniel Middleport Marjorie Ferrell Syracuse Carmen Jewett Rutland Greg Thomas Pomeroy Clyde Whited Huntington W Va Wi nona Clark Racine James Batey George Batey William Marshall Laura Grue ser Garnet Jones Dorothy Roush Rodney Spires Jennie Holter Goldie Graham Ruth Spaulding Diana Brogan Mrs Donald Biffle and daughter Mrs Charles Sprouse and daughter.
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Lillie Carpenter
Harrisonville
David Dailey
Portland
Terri McDaniel
Middleport
Marjorie Ferrell
Syracuse
Carmen Jewett
Rutland
Greg Thomas
Pomeroy
Clyde Whited
Huntington
W. Va
Winona Clark
Racine
James Batey
George Batey
William Marshall
Laura Grueser
Garnet Jones
Dorothy Roush
Rodney Spires
Jennie Holter
Goldie Graham
Ruth Spaulding
Diana Brogan
Donald Biffle
Charles Sprouse
Bill Would Make Parents Liable For Damage Caused By Children
In Columbus, Ohio, a House approved bill would raise parental liability for property damage caused by children to $1,000. The measure sits on the Senate calendar as lawmakers return from weekend recess amid tax and education funding debates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Senate
House
Statehouse
Sen
Ate Ways and Means
Senate Health, Education, and Welfare Committee
House Government Operations Committee
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