Festival Parade Honors Dignitaries With Floats and Bands
The Meigs County festival parade features 4-H floats and commercial displays from Sugar Run Flour Mill and Meigs County Farm Bureau. Equestrian units ride with the Meigs Riding Club led by Linda Bassnett, while bands from Racine Chauncey-Dover Pomeroy and others provide the marching soundtrack. Government figures ride in special cars with Governor Lausche and Rep. George Meinhart among the dignitaries.
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C. G. Williams Grange
O. Richardson
William Morgan
Rocksprings
Guy Neigler
Racine
Loretta Sayre
Mary Grace Stobart
Ann Sargent
Rosemary Salser
Mary Alice Nease
Virginia Johnson
Janice Wolf
Mary K. Johnson
Norma Kay Mee- Kelvey
Langaville Boys 4-H
Ed Evans
Bedford
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Don Anderson
Jack Carses
Joan Burson
Crow Brothers Poultry
Tom Crow, Jr
Theo Smith
Pro Vico Feed
Elberfeld
Gov Lausche Arrives At Festival by Auto
Gov Frank Lausche and party traveled by automobile from Columbus to Meigs County arriving at the Meinhart home on N Second Ave in Middleport. After speaking in Pomeroy he planned to fly from Parkersburg for a West Virginia engagement that night. Host George Meinhart and guests included William Atkins H B Kress and William Childs.
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Middleport
George Meinhart
Frank Lausche
Meinhart Home
William Atkins
H. B. Kress
William Childs
Middleport Brings Parade Life to Four-Block Festival Route
Middleport celebrates the Broiler Festival with a four-block parade down S Second Ave. Edward French, aged 78, watches from his porch and jokes about the revelry. The Paw n Taw Square Dance club performs off their float, Meigs County Riding Club shows off a new flag, and local bands Chauncey Dover and Racine draw cheers. Children ride ponies, and local business girls enjoy lunch on the curb as spectators.
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Rich Valley Dairy
Ohio
Meigs County Riding Club
26 Strong
Linda Bassnett
Riding Club
Emerson Douglas
Tony
Middleport
Second Ave
Edward French
Paw N’ Taw
Johnny Allensworth
Bedford Republican
Wilter Midkiff
Dana Dais
Guy Lee
Sam Williams
James Hazelton
Roland Dais
Helen Dais
Eileen Burson
George Midkiff
Wilber
Pomeroy
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Chauncey-Dover
T. R. Cowie
N. Second Ave
Mrs. Cowie
Jerry Pullen
Jean Bennett
Jean Clark
Anna
Martha Howell
Ashbaughs Entertain Baltimore Visitors in Pomeroy
Mr and Mrs Carl Ashbaugh and daughters Carol and Janet were honored guests at a Sunday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Homer Holter Attending with the Ashbaughs were Mr and Mrs Co D Frecker Mr and Mrs Roy Frecker and children James Jacquelyn and Joane Mr and Mrs Raymond Frecker and son Kenneth Mr and Mrs Roy Holter and daughter Ann and the hosts from Baltimore Md
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Roy Holter
Ann
Local Visitors and Hometown Social Roundup
Murray City residents and relatives from Nelsonville and Straitsville appeared in a social note. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wilson and family, Miss Lorna Thompson, John Kruger, and the Lanning family with Anaceal, visiting Nelsonville. Others spent time along the Muskingum River or with Mrs. Morris Dupler and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Wilson
Michael
Susan
Lorna Thompson
John Kruger
Roy Lanning
Anace
Nelsonville
Morris Dupler
Henry Spencer
Warren Dupler
Muskingum River
Willa Wooten
Johnnie
Ruth Shelly
Jobs
Middleport Personalities and Weekend News Summary
Middleport residents and visitors share news of health, travel, and relocations. Mr. Maurice Thompson undergoes heart surgery in Cleveland after a visit with Mt. Sinai hospital. Don Gosney, former village patrolman, works in Columbus and spent the weekend home.
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Ernest Kennedy
Judy
Edith Thomas
William Grapes
Cheshire
Maurice Thompson
Cleveland
Hart Lyons
Thompson
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Don Gosney
Columbus
Archie Rum
Lou Ann
Huntington
George Hoeflich
Barbara Mayes
William Mayes
Lima
Charles Mayes
Lloyd Allen
Charleston
Joe
H. L. Slack
Jack Slack
Huntington Pool
Ellen Shadle
Lawrence Bing
S. Second Ave
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Wild Bill Hickok
Andy Devine
Jingles
William Anderson
Ralph Spencer
Midleport
Don Mills
DAV
John Bacon
Bova Industrial School
Susie
Jay Dee Pony
Vernon Weber
State Highway Patrol
Middleport Police
Governor Lausche
Fred Stanley
Broiler King
Aries
Chicken of Tomorrow
Pomeroy Corporation
Delmar Canaiday
Frank ‘Vroman
Virgil V. Brown
Legion
Alan Ladd
Richard Conte Arlene Dah
Akim Tamiroff
Victor Mature
Alexander Scourby
See Marvin
Richard Fgan
Roy Roberts
Nick Dennis
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Firel
Ile Battery Egg
Lausche
Ashbaughs
Baltimore
Murray City
Gordon James
Straitsville
Charles Shaffer
Grace Shaffer
Audie Murphy
Beverly Tyler
The
Ralph Richardson
Ann Todd
H. L. Kidd, Mer
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Athens
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McCammon, Mer
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Court St
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BR. Baird
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F. Main St
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Myr Coakley
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Firestone
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