Perry County Fair 1960 Opens Aug 3 with Fireworks and Horse Show
Evening programs run August 3 to 6 feature the All County Band Show and fireworks. August 4 brings Stoney Cooper and Wilma Lee from the Grand Ole Opry. Highlights include a Friday horse pulling contest and a Saturday horse show. New facilities include a lake for youth activities and upgraded wiring along with expanded senior fair departments and a chopping and sawing elimination event.
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Lexington
Grand Ole Opry
Stoney Cooper
Wilma Lee
Clinch Mountain Clan
Paul Bunyon
Perry County
Mrs. Almira Musser Dies At 96 In Springfield
Mrs. Almira Musser age 96 formerly of Meigs County died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Springfield after a three month illness. Born in 1864 in Meigs County she lived much of her life in Hysell Run later moving to Springfield to reside with her daughter Mrs. Sylvia Crosbie. She was a Rutland Methodist Church member surviving are two sons Russell Donaldsville and William Roseville a sister Mrs Eltha Medcalf 17 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren and 17 great great grandchildren. Funeral is set for 2 p m Saturday at Chase Funeral Home Rutland conducted by Rev Raymon Kankright burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Almira Musser
Meigs County
Sylvia Crosbie
Springfield
Mrs. Musser
Sheffield Russell
Hysell Run
Rutland Methodist Church
Crosbie
Russell
Donaldsville
William
Roseville
Eltha Medcalf
Warren
Laurel Cliff Social Visits Span Several Towns
Local residents from Laurel Cliff and nearby communities are noted for visiting relatives and friends across Huntington Gallipolis Columbus Naylors Run Hill Bull Run Canton Middleport Racine and Camp Arrowhead. Couples and families including the Fox Diehl Story Ackley Schafer Cruthers Vitatoe Smith and others are mentioned with multiple hospitality exchanges.
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Laurel Cliff
Harmon Fox
Clark Cline
Terry
Roy Howell
Camp Arrowhead
Huntington
Lew Diehl
Charles Diehl
Son
Gallipolis
Vern Story of
Columbus
Clarence Ackley
Norman Schaefer
Weekend Visits Spur Wide Roster of Relatives Travels
Syracuse residents list relatives and friends from Leesburg Columbus Pittsburgh McKeesport East Liverpool Steubenville and beyond. The visits include reunions, grandmothers and parents hosting kin in Buffalo W Va Terre Haute Cincinnati and Chicago with Lions Club delegates in Chicago and many extended family errands.
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Syracuse
Roger Winebrenner
B. L. Miracle
Leesburg
R. B. Sellers
Lawrence, Sellers
Columbus
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Local Social Notes Highlight Visiting Families and Moves
Chester residents Annie Will and Fay Smith hosted relatives from Jessup Georgia and fans of the Clelands. Harold Brown returned home after his mother Laura Brown passed away in Santa Paula. Airman Lee Baker visited his family then reported back to Laughlin Air Base. Chicago visitors Vern Weber stayed with Curtis Wolf. Albert Peterson and daughter left for Malmstrom after seeing John Ginther. Jerry Cleland, stationed at Camp Perry, visited the Clelands. Ralph Knight hosted in Kent. Ray Hines and son visited the Woode family. Delmar Baum family vacationed in the southern states. Roy Christy Sak moved into J Hoffman’s newly purchased home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Annie Will
Fay Smith
Jessup
D. M. Cleland
Harold Brown
Santa Paula
Calif
Laura Brown
Lee Baker
Laughlin Air Base
Tex
Hobart Smalley
Vern Weber
Chicago
Curtis Wolf
Albert Peterson
Malmstrom
Mont
John Ginther
Pfc
Jerry Cleland
Camp Perry
Ross Cleland
Ralph Knight
Kent
Howard Knight
Ray Hines
Charles Woode
Delmar Baum
Roy Christy Sak
J Hoffman
Vinton Township Garden Club elects officers at Lake Hope
The Vinton Township Garden Club held its meeting at Lake Hope and elected Thelma Leitch president Daphne McLaughlin vice president May Cottrill second vice president Ruth Swisher secretary and Gladys Pierce treasurer. The next meeting will be at Walton North school with Mrs Franklin Ebert as hostess. Richard Kerring and son of California visited his mother Mrs Erma Nelson and family at Point Rock.
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Radcliff
Vinton Township
Racine Social Notes Show Casual Gatherings and Visits
The Racine social column records a Sunday school covered dish dinner led by Mrs. Houdashelt with Mrs. Laura Watson in charge. A social hour at guest homes follows with attendees from Pomeroy Celina and other Ohio towns. Visitors include families from Columbus Letart and Letart West Virginia as lists of names appear.
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Racine
Happy Hustlers
Margaret Houdashelt
Laura Watson
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Flor
Helen
They
Vern Story
Leona Karr
Naylors Run Hill
Mrs
Lew Deihl
Everett Tracy
Bull Run
Rose Poulton
Headley Cruthers
Vernon Howell
Canton
Elisha Vitatoe
Middleport
Lowell McNickle
Oscar Smith
Lewis Diehl
James Quick
Margaret Cottrill
Mildren Chapman
Letart Falls
Alexander Quick
Embree Park
Jim Bill Osler
Della Starkey
Betty Theiss
John Buchanan
Brady Lake
Eugene Buckley
Mr. Buckley
Russell Buckley
New Brighton
Sue Ann
John Dudding
Cumberland
Duding
Eber Stowe
Ernest Pusey Jr
Covington, Ky
Mildred Morris
Cincinnati
Jessie Stowe
Alva Cross
Ava Price
Terre Haute, Ind
Arthur Cross
Greenfield
Walter Cross
Ruth Wingett
Robert Holstein
Buffalo
W. Va
Vernon Bartels
Bartels
Emmett Bartels
Troy Zwilling
Woodrow Henrix
Floyd Eppley
New Lexington
Earl Harden
Harden
Florence Harden
James Mumaw
Marengo Junction
Mr. Mumaw
Frankie Mumaw
Maude Branch
Mattie Springer
Willis Leadingham
International Lions Club
Harley Johnson
Wolf Pen Rd
LaDonna Lewis
Rittman
Albert Duckworth
Grace Lance
Maggie Hensley
Max
Kinneer
Sig
Max Kinneer
Dodge Dart
Chrysler
Mercury
Jewell
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Pontiac
Plymouth Belvedere
BUICK
Plymouth
Belvedere
Desoto
Kinneer Motors
State Street
Athens, Ohio
Nash Rambler
Oldsmobile
Racine Social Notes
Laura Schaeffer
Albert Heilman
Dale Smith
Otto Lohn
Ronald Smith
Thomas McClung
Celina
Ohio
Tom Wolfe
Tion
Mammouth Cave
Lyle Cline
Decatur, Ill
Bob Leck
Hamilton
Charles I. Salser
Johnstown
Grover Salser
Pearl Martin
T. G. Hilldare
K. E. Byer
Harlow Ervin
Lawrence Salser
Donald Salser
Ed Salser
Dorcas
Parnell Conrad
Amanda
Mary Everett
Athens
Edgar Taylor
Raymond Bell
Oak Grove
Charles Beegle
Beegle
Ira Beegle
Gary Sellers
Groveport
Ward Sayre
Herman Wolfe
Jerry Graham
Lester Sponagle
Arch Rollins
Gladys Canter
Donnie McClelland
Letart
Flo Allwine
F. E. Dunn
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