Flower Show Plans For Fair At Meigs County
Plans for the annual Meigs County fair flower show are complete with six divisions including artistic arrangements junior divisions horticulture and specimen collections Premiums and ribbons will be awarded first through third Entries due by Aug 9 at the Rock Springs fairgrounds secretary's office Judging starts Aug 16 Exhibits open to amateurs only and arranged to rule limits with no artificial plant materials allowed in arrangements and multiple entries allowed per exhibitor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Paul Baer
Reid Young
Norman McCain
Secre
Tary
The
Rock
Springs Fairgrounds
Breckenbridge Farms Hosts Ohio Angus Field Day
Mr and Mrs Edwy B Lee host the Ohio Angus Association Field Day at Breckenbridge Farms. About 400 attendees from Ohio Pennsylvania New York and Indiana will register. Speakers include Lee Leachman Ed Fowler Eugene Schear Greta Heckett with a judging contest and junior Angus activities.
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Little Hocking
Edwy B. Lee
Breckinridge Farms
Ohio Angus Association
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Lee Leachman
Ankony Farm
Rhineback
N. Y
Ed Fowler
Bedford
Ind
Eugene Schear
Liberal Markets
Schearbrook Farms
Dayton
Moscow
Idaho
Schear
Virginia
Greta Heckett
Heckmere Highlands
Valencia
Friends Shower for New Bride in Joppa
Mrs. Fred Tucker and Mrs. W A Elam led a bridal shower for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elam (Freda Tuckerman) with games and prizes won by listed attendees. The guest list includes Elsie Perry, Clarence Shumate, Rhodell Steffy, Leo Davidson, and others, while many send gifts unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joppa
Fred Tuckerman
W. A. Elam
James Reeves
Eugene Haning
Jack Elam
Freda Tuckerman
Paul McElroy
Eugene Underwood
Lincoln Russell
Clifford Jones
Rhodel Steffy
Gary Barnitz
Ralph Burchett
Kay Wyatt
Elsie Perry
Clarence Shumate
Rhodell Steffy
Leo Davidson
Lawrence Reed
Charles Smith
J. C. Wyatt
Sam Wyatt
Charity Knox
Arvel Elam
Sharon Thoma
Linda Reeves
Dianne Jones
Jo Smith
Jan Ann Smith
Dorothy Arnold
Martha Arnold
Mary Arnold
Janet Shumate
Denver Carman
Nathan Arnold
Paul Jones
Enos Elam
Howard Donahew
Wayne Johnson
Everett Lambert
Harley Johnson
John Sargent
Clinton Gilkey
Cecil Elam
Albert Heilman
Harold Gillogly
Guy Tuckerman
Ronald Lyons
Kenneth Grover
W. A. Donahew
Robert Bailey
Frank Sarver
Hoy Roush
James Proffits
James Reynolds
Robert Roush
Hattie Elam
Jack Warner
Glenn Thompson
Richard Heilman
Pomeroy Garden Club Names Committees for Year
Winding Trail Garden Club met at Mrs. C. L. Heaton’s home for a picnic supper. Mrs. Carl Will, president, presided as committees were named for the year and plans made to exhibit at the Meigs County Fair flower show. Mrs. Robert Lewis reported the club donated the book The Flower Grower to Pom eroy Library.
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Pomeroy
Winding Trail Garden Club
C. L. Heaton
Carl Will
Meigs County
Robert Lewis
DAR Chapter Plans 1962 63 Year In Middleport
Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution completed its program plans for the 1962 63 year at a meeting hosted by Mrs. George Skinner vice regent. Attendees included regent Mrs. Emerson Jones and program committee members Mrs. James Brewington Mrs. A H Carpenter and Mrs. O P Klein. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Skinner.
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Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Skinner
Emerson Jones
James Brewington
A. H. Carpenter
O. P. Klein
Skinner
Pomeroy Club to Host Wiener Roast on Fortification Hill
The Pomeroy Bend Citizens Radio Club invites members and families to a wiener roast on Fortification Hill in Gallipolis at 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Mrs. Garber Dies At 80 In Middleport
Florence C. Garber, 80, of Middleport died Thursday at Holzer Hospital after weeks of confinement. Survived by daughter Ruth Hawk of Columbus, son William R. Garber of Akron, two grandchildren, and sister Miss Ann Crow. Rosary at Rawlings-Coats Friday 7:30 p.m. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Saturday 9:30 a.m. Burial in W. Union St. Cemetery, Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Florence C. Garber
Holzer Hospital
William R
Ruth Hawk
Columbus
William R. Garber
Akron
Ann Crow
Garber
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Women’s Guild
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
John Turel
Sacred Heart Church
W. Union St
Athens
Dexter Star Garden Club Hosts July Meeting
Mrs Neal Jeffers hosted the July Star Garden Club meeting in Dexter with thirteen members answering roll call by naming a historical place in Ohio. Mrs J E Radekin led devotion and handed business tasks. First and second place were won by Mrs Grover Stout and Mrs Orion Nelson for arrangements. The next meeting is August 9 hosted by Mrs P H Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Turner
J. E. Radekin
P. H. Nelson
Petitions Accepted For Meigs County Judge Post
Petitions for the office of Meigs County Judge will be received at the county board office until 4 p.m. on August. The only petition circulated thus far is that of incumbent Emmet W. Peoples. The post requires the holder to be an attorney-at-law.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
County Board of
Emmet W. Peoples
Dance Party Set For Saturday Night In Middleport Park
In Middleport the summer recreation program hosts an outside dance for area teenagers at the community park Saturday night from 8 to 11 p.m. The Jays of Pomeroy will em- ment.
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Middleport
Jays of
Pomeroy
Engagement Announced Pomeroy Withee Wilkesville Couple
Mrs Hazel Duffy of Wilkesville announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Mary to Charles Eugene Withee of Pomeroy. Mary is a Wilton High School graduate attending Rio Grande College. Charles is a Pomeroy High School graduate doing graduate work at Marshall University. The wedding is planned for Sunday August 26 at 1 30 PM at the Presbyterian Church Wilkesville.
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Pomeroy
Hazel Duffy
Wilkesville
Mary
Charles Eugene Withee
Charles M. Withee
Wilton High School
Rio Grande College
Withee
Pomeroy High School
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Past Officers Plan Summer Meetings for Ladies Auxiliary
Past Presidents of the Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post 39 met at Mrs. Owen Watson's home to arrange summer gatherings. Mrs. Jed Webster presided, with devotional remarks by Mrs. Harry Houdashelt on We Love God. ill health of Mrs. Thomas Clark noted. birthday cake visit planned for county infirmary in August.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Owen Watson
Mayme Holmes
Jed Webster
Harry Houdashelt
God
Thomas Clark
Houdashelt
Ralph Gilmore
William Baxter
George Beards
Baxter
Holmes
Connee Rae Williams Named Rutland High Drum Majorette
Connee Rae Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Williams from Rutland Road has been named drum majorette of the Rutland High School marching band. She has twp years of majorette experience and recently attended a drum majorette clinic at Concord College in West Virginia. She will be a junior next year.
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Middleport
Connee Rae Williams
Ray Williams
Rutland Road
Rutland High School
Miss Williams
Concord College
West Virginia
Grange inspection and WCTU meet scheduled in Letart Falls
The Ohio Valley Grange will hold its annual inspection at 8 p.m. Monday at the Letart Falls community building. Potluck refreshments will be served. A practice session for degree team members is set for 8 p.m. Friday at the hall. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Federated Church for a planned potluck supper.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley Grange
Letart Falls
WCTU
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Federated Church
Manley Rites Set Sunday
Steven Manley 18 months old son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Edward Manley died Thursday at his Lincoln Street home. The Middleport emergency squad reported he died on arrival. Survived by twin brother David, parents, grandparents Lawrence Manley and William Buckley, great grandparents Carl Manley Ella Phillips Ruby McCumber, and others. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of Christ in Christian Union. Burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Steven Manley
Lawrence Edward Manley
Lincoln St
David
Lawrence Manley
William Buckley
Carl Manley
Ella Phillips
Ruby McCumber
Cheshire
Manley
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Guy Sayre
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Flower arranging workshop held by Mrs. Reibel in Rutland
Rutland residents attended a flower arranging workshop led by Mrs. Robert Reibel, Ohio garden clubs judge, at the Rutland Methodist Church social rooms. She demonstrated arrangements as the group reviewed the county fair flower show schedule, and a Wednesday family picnic was planned at New Haven Park.
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Rutland
Robert Reibel
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Rutland Friendly Gardeners
Rutland Methodist Church
Reibel
New Haven Park
Bank Is Granted Deficiency Judgment
The Farmers Bank and Savings Co. has been granted a deficiency judgment against Paul and Helen Brown in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Also filed was an entry dismissing charges of failing to comply with an order of a state fire marshal against Sanford Wolfenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Paul and
Helen Brown
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Clerk of Courts Office
Astate
Sanford Wolfenberger
Canasta Club Meeting Hosts Prizes and Guests
Middleport reports Mrs Harold Hubbard entertaining her canasta club on Wednesday evening with guest Mrs Keith Gobel. Prizes went to Mrs Gobel and Mrs Carl Horky. Other players included Miss Ann Howell and several Mrs Richards. Refreshments followed. In a separate item Ada Lambert of Mill Street was admitted to Meigs General Hospital in an unconscious state after Middleport emergency transport.
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Middleport
Harold Hubbard
Canasta Club
Keith Gobel
Gobel
Carl Horky
Ann Howell
Richard Owen
Jack Bachner
Harold Thomas
Martha Howell
Ada Lambert
Wesley Fry, Mill Sr
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy Personal News Roundup of Local Visits and Travel
Mrs Zuelelia Smith remains home due to an ankle injury. Guests include Mrs May Smith and daughter Mrs Mary Lou Yehnert with Cindy and Harry of Akron and Mrs Robert Seyfried with son Jimmy from Toulrosiers Air Base in France. Other visitors: Mr and Mrs Don Rinehart of Loogootee Indiana to see Mr and Mrs Leroy Ruschel, son Mark, and Mr and Mrs Robert Burton and family. Edward Johnson and children David and Debby return from Bridgeport. weekend trip planned to Charleston West Virginia to visit E B Johnson. Charlotte Glaze, daughter of Mrs June Glaze, in Cleveland visiting Kathy Gatehouse. Brenda Glaze with relatives Don and Anna Pullins in Columbus. Richard Vaughan returns Saturday from Ashland Kentucky after A and P training for the new Middleport store. Thelma Robbins Rupp and Frank Morrow of Wellston visit Mrs O P Klein. Enzo Barsotti of Fresno California visits his mother Nellie Barsotti and relatives. Wayne Bergdoll of Paw Paw West Virginia visits Orin Smith. prep for duties at Rutland High School as basketball coach and teacher. West Virginia Wesleyan alumnus.
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Zuelelia Smith
May Smith
Mary Lou Yehnert
Cindy
Harry
Akron
Robert Seyfried
Jimmy
Toulrosiers Air Base
France
Henry Werry
Don Rinehart
Loogootee
Ind
Leroy Ruschel
Mark
Ae Robert Burton
Fanny
Charlotte Glaze
June Glaze
Cleveland
Kathy Gatehouse
Brenda Glaze
Columbus
Don
Anna Pullins
Richard Vaughan
Ashland
Middleport
Thelma Robbins Rupp
Frank Morrow
Wellston
O. P
Sixteen Meigs County youths attend state awards tour
Sixteen Meigs County youths toured Belpre Marietta and Parkersburg for the state awards program after studying cooperatives and off the farm business operations. Groups represented Future Homemakers of America Future Farmers of America Farm Bureau Youth Councils and 4H.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Belpre
Marietta
Parkersburg
Future Homemakers of America
Future Farmers of America
Farm Bureau Youth Councils
4H Club
Ginger Stearns
Phyllis Siegal
Richard Holter
James Hamm
Roland Sayre
Ricky Koblentz
Duane Tuttle
Louella Thompson
Connie Haley
Dixie Roush
Jane Baer
Yvonne Beal
Ruth Ann Bailey
Pamela Wilson
Sue Ann Myers
Mary Thompson
Delmar Hamm
Howard Nolan
Wayne Roush
C. E. Blakeslee
Melanie Brown
Roy van Meter
Sally Knowles
John Hysell
Robert Brown
Roger Holter
Charles Lee
Doc Miller Sons, Inc
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co
Marietta Vegetable Crops Experiment Station
The
Milk Producers Co
Clifton Pair Married At Local Church
Laura Holland of Clifton wed Lester Johnson in a candlelight ceremony at Clifton Methodist Church at 7 30 p m on July 7. Rev Holly Hensley officiated. Linda Call and Pamela Tolliver lit tapers. Music by Helen Barker and Lula Russell. The couple resides in Clifton. she teaches at Clifton Elementary and he works as a carpenter.
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Clifton
Clifton Methodist Church
Laura Holland
Lester Johnson
Holly Hensley
Linda Call
Pamela Tolliver
Glenwood
Helen Barker
Lula Russell
Middleport
Johnson
Open House Party Honors Dr and Mrs Carpenter
Tuppers Plains Christian Church hosted an open house party Saturday honoring Dr. and Mrs. N. C. Carpenter who serve the church. Sponsored by the church official board and the Christian Women's Fellowship, with Herman Black and C. O. Newland co chairing. Rev. W. W. Bragg led the devotional. Cake and homemade ice cream were served as attendees gathered to discuss expanding church activities.
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Tuppers Plains
N. C. Carpenter
Carpenter
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Herman Black
Cochairman
C. O. Newland
W. W. Bragg
Esther Circle Meeting Plans Charity Pillow Case Drive
RACINE The Esther Circle of the Baptist Missionary Society met at Mrs. Laura Bell home with co host Mrs. Lina Curtis. Devotional led by Mrs. Emma Salser on Divine Nature. Business approved bringing pillow cases for Bacone College for Indians. Next at Mrs. Cora Buck home. Members listed.
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Racine
Esther
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Laura Bell
Lina Curtis
Emma Salser
Bacone College
Cora Buck
Bertha Sayre
Granville
Mabel Roush
Ethel Smith
Marie Roush
Vera Beegle
Isabel Simpson
Gretta Simpson
Blanche Spencer
Blanche Watterson
Frankie Neigler
Edna Pickens
Martha Lou Beegle
Mary McCauley
Society Meets At Church For Program In Pomeroy
After a Circle Restaurant dinner the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Forest Run Methodist Church met in the party room. Mrs. John Scott led. Mrs. Manning Klees spoke on The Church and Today's Students and Christ Above All. Readings were by several members. articles by others. New officers to be installed Sunday. Guests included Mrs. Dale Warner and others. ANNUAL PICNIC POMEROY Modern Woodmen Shade Camp 699 to hold picnic at Athens fairgrounds Sunday with a noon basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Minersville Methodist Church
Karl Greuser
Ace Simmons
Verna Mae Sal‘ser
Dorothy Harten‘bach
Jeffrey Barker
Alfred Yeanger
Jack Curtis
Lawrence McDaniel
Kearns Roush
Dale Warner
Stacy Arnold
George Baer
Woodmen of America
Shade Camp 699
Athens Fairgrounds
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Breckenbridge Farms
Angus Group
Garden Club
Radio Club
Star Garden Club
Mary Duffy
Pomeroy Personals
Edward Johnson
Debby
Bridgeport
Fred Schroath
Charleston
E. B. Johnson
ESTES
Billie Sol Estes
el Paso
Tex
Coleman McSpadden
Harold B. Orr
George McCarthy
R. W. Alexander
Superior Manufacturing Co
Mary Shrine
Pomeroy— Mary Shrine
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
IOOF
Kroehler
Elberfelds
the Farmer's Bank
Federal Reserve
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp
B. H. Sanborn Jeweler — Optometrist
Middleport, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
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