Meigs Students Tour In Capital
Four cars carrying Meigs County high school students toured Columbus as part of a cooperative study. Sponsored by Buckeye REA Jackson Production Credit Association Federal Land Bank Association and the Landmark Cooperatives the group visited Lazarus Store Landmark offices Nationwide Insurance building and the state capital. They lunched with Nationwide Insurance and ended with a Landmark Grain Terminal visit on Hamilton Road.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columbus
Buckeye Rea
Jackson Production Credit Association
Federal Land Bank Association
Landmark Cooperatives
Direc
Tion
Meigs County Extension Office
C. E. Blakeslee
FFA
FHA
4-H
Lazarus
Landmark Cooperative
Nationwide Insurance
Nationwide Insurance Company
Landmark Grain Terminal
Hamilton Rd
Regatta Plans By Xi Gamma Mu Sorority at Mid-Ohio Electric
Xi Gamma Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company office in Middleport to schedule a regatta parade entry. Velma Rae named chairman of the parade committee. assisting are Pearl Welker Nellie Brown Jean Morgan and Mildred Karr. Sabra Morrison outlined concession ticket duties for visitors at the Pomeroy Women's Golf Association tournament July 13. Committees for the year were named by president Mrs Kermit Walton including ways and means social program publicity historian and membership among others. Various socials are planned for the summer. Mrs Mullen was reported ill. an afternoon bridge skit was performed and hostesses served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Middleport
Velma Rae
Pearl Welker
Nellie Brown
Jean Morgan
Mildred Karr
Sabra Morrison
Ways and Means
Norma Amsbury
Sunshine
Custer
Ann Rupe
Betty Miller
Walton
Mullen
Meigs County Sergeant Awarded Silver Star
Army Staff Sergeant Malcolm V. Bentz of Pomeroy received the Silver Star at Fort Campbell Kentucky for heroism in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Bentz calmly fired into attacking Viet Cong and NVA units, helping defend his artillery battery’s guns. His awards include the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
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Pomeroy
Army
Malcolm V. Bentz
John M. Bentz
Route 3
Ft. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Bentz
319Th Artillery
Vesta L. Bentz
Fairbanks Place
Akron
Pauline
Darnell Road
Huntington
W. Va
Middleport Sans Mishaps Over Holiday
Police chief Herbert Gilkey praises Middleport residents and motorists for caution during Memorial Day weekend as no accidents were reported. In Mayor Fisher's court, Michael E. Blaine 19 and Bruce Calvin Simpson 19 were fined for illegal exhaust, John Henry Molley 48 and Charles William Boyles 29 were fined for intoxication, and Albert Anthony Adams 37 was fined for dangerous driving and squealing tires.
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Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Gilkey
C. 0
Fisher
Michael E. Blaine
Bruce Calvin Simpson
Pomeroy
John Henry Molley
Charles William Boyles
Albert Anthony Adams
Love City
Ohio
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admitted Patient Dennis Oxyer
A hospital note records the admission of Dennis Oxyer of Cheshire. A separate report details a Bowmans Run road mishap investigated by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach. Cars driven by Earliner Massie aged 32 of Racine Route 1 and Clyde Salser, 80, of Racine were involved. Massie sustained a bruised right knee.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hartenbach
Bowman’s Run Road
Earliner
Inez Massie
Racine
Clyde Salser
Massie
Typewriter Purchase Authorized at Middleport Church Meeting
Plans were approved to buy an electric typewriter for the church. Rev. Ron Moyer, new pastor, spoke on the church’s work and urged a talking Bibles for shutins project. Mrs. Oscar Roush announced sale of new rags made by class members at Mrs. Ernest Lallance’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Loyal Women’s
Middleport Church of Christ
Ron Moyer
Shutins
Oscar Roush
Ernest Lallance
S. Second Ave
Frank Beach
Meetings In Meigs The Second Monday Sewing Club
The Second Monday Sewing Club meets Monday at the home of Mrs. Robert Lewis instead of their regular meeting night.
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Robert Lewis
Three Arrests In Pomeroy Police Report
POMEROY Police Chief Jed Webster reports the arrest of James Carleton 19 Pomeroy for speeding George Donovan 18 Syracuse for fictitious registration Robert Sayre Pomeroy arrested Wednesday night charged with destruction of property and assault He was free on bond Wednesday All will appear in Mayor Charles Le gar's court June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jed Webster
James Carleton
George Donovan
Syracuse
Robert Sayre
Charles Legar
Memorial Day guests and alumni weekend in Middleport
Memorial Day events brought guests from Columbus Dayton Charleston and Philadelphia among others to Middleport and Pomeroy for alumni banquets and family gatherings. Local residents Allen Jenkinson and Marion Ebersbach returned from Florida while families visited Millioan Ridge Cemetery and attended the Pomeroy Alumni banquet and PHS Alumni Reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Chambers
Wilbur Curtis
Walter Major
Columbus
Margaret Hill
Dayton
Pomeroy
Evelyn Lewis
Charleston
W. Va
Charles Lewis
George Dallas
South Charleston
Ohio
Forrest Bachtel
Middleport
William Matlack
Chester Rd
John Phillips
Philadelphia
Rutland
Lawrence Milhoan
Clara Phillips
Wilkesville
Jack Kelly
Bernard Sweeney
Julia Wilburn
Carl Brannon
Leo Kennedy Sr
Jesse Lake
Millioan Ridge
Marshall Haselton
Clint Sears
George Siddall
Laura
Timmy
Deer Park
Cincinnati
Paul Smart
Allen Jenkinson
Florida
Robert Turner
North Robinson
Joe Turner
Roger Luckeydoo
Huntington
James Brewington
Alva Luckeydoo
New Haven
N. S. White
Myrtle Watkins
Akron
Beulak
White
Ben Pickens
Baltimore
Richard Pickens
Robert F. Roberts
Kathy
Becky
Michael Roberts
Cuyahoga Falls
Robert D. Roberts
Robert
Robert Hill
Allen Hill
Marion Ebersbach
Mrs Farley Honored With Surprise Stork Shower
POMEROY Mrs Lawrence Farley of Grove City was honored with a surprise stork shower at the home of her sister in law Mrs Harold Lee of Lincoln Heights Pomeroy Prizes went to Mrs Ella Jones Mrs Louise Farley and Mrs Jean Schoonover Hostesses included Mrs Lola Farley Mrs Juanita Lee and Mrs Wilma Dillon Others present were a list of neighbors and relatives Gifts were sent by Mrs Ella Barnhart and Mrs Betty Manley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lawrence Farley
Grove City
Inlaw
Harold Lee
Lincoln Heights
Ella Jones
Louise Farley
Jean Schoonover
Lola Farley
Juanita Lee
Wilma Dillon
Chloe Frost
Freda Gilmore
Gertie Searles
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Druing Registrants and Dismissals
Veterans Memorial Hospital notes list registrants from Letart West Virginia and Rutland including Rishard Dye Le muel Shifler Sally Bias Alice Coleman Genevieve Smith York Eagles James White Evelyn Holter and Charles Beller. Dismissed Elizabeth Metzner Owen Watson Virginia Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rishard Dye
Letart
W. Va
Robert Dye
Lemuel Shifler
Rutland
Sally Bias
Pomeroy
Alice Coleman
Albany
Genevieve Smith
York Eagles
New Haven
James White
Evelyn Holter
Racine
Charles Beller
Elizabeth Metzner
Owen Watson
Virginia Pierce
Ohio highway safety bill headed for passage in house
Ohio lawmakers prepared to pass a broad highway safety bill after two years of study and eight weeks of hearings. The measure, touted as creating one of the nation’s best programs, includes an implied consent provision for drunken drivers. The same week, the Senate approved an anti discrimination hiring bill for state projects, while other actions included banning common law marriages after 1970 and revising banking laws. Governor Rhodes pledged to sign the civil rights measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture and State Agencies Committee
James A. Rhodes
Charles J. Carney
Youngstown
Carney
Civil Rights Commission
Frank W. King
Toledo
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Meigs
Capital
Meigs General Hospital
Dennis Oxyer
Cheshire
Mrs. Farley
Veterans Memorial Hospital
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