Jack Rogers Celebrates 50 Years In Baseball In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant sportswriter and former coach Jack Rogers, a longtime baseball enthusiast, served as scorekeeper and announcer for the Babe Ruth Tournament this weekend. Rogers began playing at 14 in Oak Hill West Virginia, played four years at Morris Harvey College, coached high school baseball 24 years, and has written about sports and sermons for 44 years.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Rogers
Roger
Oak Hill
W. Va
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Trimble Band Boosters Hold First Meeting of 1974-75
Trimble Local Band Boosters convened to review May toll road success and a June rummage sale. Marshall Kimball announced four fall competitions with two conflicts forcing declines. Majorettes reported two ribbons of excellence and one superior from Muskingum College camp.
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Glouster
Trimble
Marshall Kimball
Linda Andrews
Rosemary Cardaras
Muskingum College
New Concord
Lynn Sharp
Debbie Viado
Cindy Swart
Otterbein College
Westerville
Day Camp Held at Forked Run Lake in Meigs County
A two day day camp at Forked Run Lake served Racine Letart children and Meigs County Home residents with 22 enrolled. Ohio University students Suzie Teaford Donna Weber and Becky Will led activities on fire safety crafts nutrition and wildlife studies with the naturalist's help. Donations from Jones Boys Store Meigs County 4-H Advisory Committee 7 33 Market supported food craft items and local groceries.
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Reedsville
Forked Run Lake
Racine-Letart
Meigs County
Suzie Teaford
Donna Weber
Ohio University
Becky Will
Jones Boys Store
Meigs County 4-H
Forked Run
Surprise Reception For Knittels In Middleport
The Rev. and Mrs. William Knittel were honored with a surprise reception after Sunday School at United Pentecostal Church in Middleport for their 18th wedding anniversary. The event, arranged by the ladies auxiliary and congregation, included flowers, a love gift, scripture reading by Linda Acree, a Helen Steiner Rice poem, and a three tiered cake. Portsmouth visitors Mr. and Mrs. Mose Messer attended, and roses were sent from Mrs. Knittel’s sisters Livena of St. Louis and Dolly of Portsmouth.
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Middleport
William Knittel
United Pentecostal Church
Linda Acree
Helen Steiner Rice
Portsmouth
Mose Messer
Knittel
Mrs. Knittel
Livena
St. Louis
Dolly
Scuba Diving Classes Planned at New Haven Pool
Mason offers eight week scuba and skin diving classes at the New Haven pool starting August 4 from 5 to 8 pm. Open to applicants 18 or over in good physical condition. For details call Roger Hysell at 773-5268.
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New Haven
Roger Hysell
Mason
Nelsonville cross route eyed as tourist draw
Nelsonville officials and NASC members toured a proposed access road from St Charles Street to the Kontner Hill cross erected by Walter Schwartz. Three routes were reviewed with St Charles Street extension favored. plans include a parking area and landscaping later. NAIC would finance the project but officials warned of vandalism and added traffic on a narrow street.
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Nelsonville
NASC
Church Street
Pleasantview Avenue
William Watkins
St. Charles Street
City Reservoir
Reggie Levering
NAIC
Cross
Meigs County Fair Opens Entries Deadline Set
ROCK SPRINGS The Meigs County Fair Board sets the 111th Meigs County Fair for Aug 13 to 17 with open class entries due by 4 p.m. Aug 9. Secretary Mickey King will accept entries Aug 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rock Springs Fairgrounds office. Exceptions: horse show Aug 14 at 1 p.m and horse and pony pulling close the evenings of their events. Middleport church deacons sponsor an ice cream social Sunday at 7 p.m. on the church lawn. transportation available through Rev Dwight Zavits. Pie and cake available.
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Rock Springs
Mickey King
Middleport
First United Presbyterian Church
Dwight Zavits
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Grace Ann Swart
Bill Roberts
Chauncey
Doris Cunningham
Columbus
Conrad Murphy
Minnie Pidcock
Chillicothe
Harry Russell
Brenda
Kelly
David
Lake
Rutland
Vernon Weber
Lawrence Milhoan
Lee Davidson
Anne
John
Charles
Norristown
N.J
Emerson Jones
Dean Weber
Linda Brown
Hilliard
Dennis
Dallas
Donna
Duane Weber
Black & Decker
RTE
Fulton ST
Jig
U.S.A
I A
Popular Mechanics
Nelsonville Cross
Max Valkinburg
Joe Edwards
Watkins
Eddie Matheny
Safety Service
Harry West
Richard Johnson
Levering
Ralph E. Davis
Wilbur Mender
Schwartz
Community Bank
FDIC
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