Meigs Local approves eight teachers in Middleport
Meigs Local School Board of Education approved eight hires at a Monday night meeting in Middleport. Hires include Kenda Chaney junior high cheerleader coach Sharon Randall chemistry Penny Williams Knapp IXME Courtney Knight Jeanne Parsons Audrey Kunzman elementary Daisy Cook Title I reading and Gay Perrin Kenglish. Resignations were accepted for Rebecca Tate junior high cheerleader coach Sandra Peters elementary Joette Weber junior high June Yost bus driver. The board also approved tuition for Karl Youngs son to Salisbury School and tabled a school lunch policy amid uncertain food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Local School Board of Education
Kenda Chaney
Sharon Randall
Penny Williams Knapp
Courtney Knight
Jeanne Parsons
Audrey Kunzman
Daisy Cook
Gay Perrin
Kenglish
Rebecca Tate
Pomeroy Elemen
Tary
Sandra Peters
Joette Weber
June Yost
Karl Young
Salisbury School
Nanogenarian farmer Van L. Roush marks 90th birthday
Van L. Roush, a longtime cooperator with the Western Soil Conservation District, celebrated his 90th birthday on June 14. At Union Campgrounds during services for about forty United Methodist churches in Mason County, he was honored as a remarkable man who has carried out most of the planned conservation work on his farm and still performs much of the labor himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van L. Roush
Union
United Methodist
Mason County
Roush
Western Soil Conservation District
James Cleavenger
Soil Conservation Service
Morgantown
Donald McCandless
SCS
Upper Darby
George Viar
Parkersburg
McCandless
United States
Premium Books Available At Meigs County Businesses
Plans for the 1973 Meigs County Fair are under way with the fair board set to open August 14. Premium books and 1973 membership tickets are offered at Meigs County businesses, with books not mailed this year to save costs. Copies available at Domigan's Service Station Route 33 north of Pomeroy, New York Clothing House Green Lantern Swisher and Lohse Pharmacy Sugar Run Flour Mill Five Points Grill and Middleport Department Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fair Board
Mickey King
Domigan’s
Soho
New York Clothing House
Green Lantern
Swisher and Lohse Pharmacy
Sugar Run
Five Points Grill
Brown
Rutland
R. E. Tracy
Walter Grueser
Midland Mutual Life Insurance Co
John Beaver
Taylor-Harper Clan Annual Reunion and Fair Entries
The report covers the Taylor-Harper clan reunion and details on fair entries at Rock Springs Fairground with deadlines August 10 for open class entries. It notes location ticket sales, show entry presences, and staff schedules for August 9 and 10 including Mrs. King and Mrs. Margaret Ella Lewis. It also mentions local farms and engineers visiting Mason County, and Kroger’s new supermarket opening on East Main Street with manager Jack Ambrose and assistant Dave Kersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Brothers Grocery
Rutland
Ward Cross Sons
Racine, and Baum Lumber Co
Chester
Landmark
Pomeroy
Meigs-Jackson-Vinton Bookmobile Schedule For Aug Week
The Meigs Jackson and Vinton bookmobile posts for Tuesday through Friday Aug 3 list stops in Chester, Success Road, Tuppers Plains, Elmwood, Alfred, Mulberry Heights, Bradbury WMPO and Village, Hiland Church, Old Route 7, Bundy, Huston Rest Home, Wilkesville, Salem Center, Langsville, Rutland, Hobson, Middleport, Gravel Hill, Laurel Cliff, Old Chester Road, Flatwoods, Five Points, Day Center, Roads, Winchester, Route 327, Oak Ridge and Rutland with times from morning to evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs-Jackson-Vinton
Chester
Success Road
Tuppers Plains
Elmwood
Alfred
Mulberry Heights
Bradbury
Wilkesville
Salem Center
Langsville
Rutland
Hobson
Middleport
Gravel Hill
Laurel Cliff
Old Chester Road
Flatwoods
Winchester
Route 327
Oak Ridge
Pomeroy Police Arrest Youths
POMEROY The Pomeroy Police Department made two arrests during the weekend. Floyd Pullins 18 Pomeroy was arrested for improper murder. Jeffrey Carr 18 Pomeroy was arrested for eluding a police officer and squealing tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Floyd Pullins
Jeffrey Carr
Taylor Harper families hold fifth reunion at Forest Acre Park
The fifth annual Taylor Harper family reunion was held Sunday at Forest Acre Park near Rutland with a basket lunch at noon. Officers for 1974 were elected led by Mrs. Ben Rife as president and John Werner as vice president. Attendance included James A. Taylor and Mrs. Joe Taylor as oldest attendees and Mark Edward Taylor as youngest. The reunion will return to the same location next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Taylor- Harper
Forest Acre Park
Rutland
Ben Rife
John Werner
Earl Werner
James A. Taylor
Joe Taylor
Grove City
Mark Edward Taylor
Larry Taylor
Ravenna
Dave Birkby
Tonawanda
N. Y
Lester Taylor
Ben Rite
Janet Kronenbitter
Beverly
Penny Garland
Guy Harper
Pomeroy
Guy W. Harper
Berkie Lyons
Michael Garland
Harold Taylor
Marty
Clarence Taylor
Rootstown
Willis Boyce
Columbus
Charles Kronenbitter
Mary Smith
Waterford
Army Private Collins completes first phase at Fort Ord
Army Private Jerry Collins 23 and his wife Diana live with his parents Mr and Mrs Warfield Collins on New Lexington Route 2. He finished the first phase of the modern volunteer Army program at Fort Ord California a 16 week average training. Middleport The Middleport emergency squad answered a 10 50 p m call at the Burkett residence on Turkey Run Road and transported Sarah Burkett to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Pvt
Jerry Collins
Warfield Collins
Diana
New Lexington
Ft. Ord
Calif
Middleport
Burkett
Turkey Run Road
Sarah Burkett
Veterans Memorial Hospital
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Speer
America
Meigs County Fair
Meigs Local
By John Cooper
Middleport Department Store
Taylor-Harper Clan
Cris Bumgarner
Bumgarner
Van
Danny Dewhurst
Richard Tatterson
Leslie Williamsons
John McDermitt
Phl Burris
Clements Tree Nurserey
Lakin State Hospital
Ki. F. Legg
Milton
West Virginia
Beagle Club
Jerrys Run Road
Soil Conservation Service District Office
Lett
Cabell County
Robert Reed
Pirl Burris
Hartford
Mabel Hostetter
Lee Ann Cline
Iva Upton
Reedsville
Ireda Turley
Isiah Gibbs
Lowell Wingett
Lydia Ebersbach
Harold King
Mike Woolard
Donna Conlin
Cleveland
Richard Babels
Mary Yost
Wilma Riggs
Racine
Jaqueline Jonhston
Lowell Collins
Shade
Marilyn Cundiff
Mason
Connie Gannin
Cheshire
Chris Shuler
Mary Hood
Christine Branham
Nancy Phillips
Patricia Naurer
Clara Lavender
Nelsonville
First National Bank
C.D
Ohio
F.D.S.C
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