Middleport Sesquicentennial Exhibit Opens at 8 P M
Meigs County observes 150 years with a three day exhibit at Pomeroy Junior High School opening at 8 p m today. A patriotic program led by Mrs O P Klein and A V Howell kicks off a schedule including a Friday pageant by Miss Ethel Garland and Mrs Howard Nolan and a Saturday square dance program by Jo Hardy Dancers. A Boy Scout color guard will assist and volunteers welcome visitors through Saturday with artifacts and photos from Ohio River boat history.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Pioneer and Historical Society
O. P. Klein
Pioneer Society
A. V. Howell
Pomeroy Junior High School
Howell
Home Extension Council
Ethel Garland
Pomeroy High School
Howard Nolan
Jo Hardy
Miss Garland
Nolan
Patrick Lochary
Manning Webster
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Frederick Way, Jr
Mia. Lochary
Webster
Pomeroy
Ben Philson
Dulcie Young
Bashan 4-H Club Notes July Meetings and Activities
Alfred Cloverettes hosted a Buck's Lake swim party with eleven members and nine visitors. Members cleaned up broken bottles and glass for a service project. Fight Bashan Harvesters met at adviser Cris Smith's home. Elson Long reported on gardening. Randall Roberts was assigned a report for the July 3 meeting at 8 p.m. Roger Riebel and Fiatwood Boys cleaned the Fiat woods churchyard. A short business meeting was led by president Roger Epple. The next club gathering is July 1 at 8 p.m. at Roger Epple’s home. I B&E 4-Hers planned an ice cream social for June 26 at Bashan store building. Iva Long demonstrated a slip stitch. Three new members Sharon Ritchie, Mary Ritchie and Patty Johnson joined. Mrs Krackenberger, adviser, will host July 3.
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Alfred Cloverettes
Buck's Lake
Danice Swarts
Fight Bashan Harvesters
Cris Smith
Elson Long
Randall Roberts
Fiatwood
Fiatwoods
Roger Epple
Bill Smith
B&e 4-H
Ers
Bashan
Iva Long
Sharon Ritchie
Mary Ritchie
Patty Johnson
Krackemberger
Local 4-H and Club Activities Reported
Leading Creek Merry Workers met at Middleport Roadside Park with five members and two visitors touring Sentinel plant and Holsum Bakery. A June 26 club meeting at 7 30 p m featured Madalyn Carol Brown as hostess and a Jolly Star 4-H Club demonstration on reef knot and seam finishes.
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Leading Creek Merry
Middleport
Sentinel
Holsum Bakery
Middleport Park
Chester So and Sew Club
Chester
Janet Knight
Madalyn Carol Brown
Jolly Star
Edna Jane Stanley
Helen Chaney
Racine 4-H Club Plans June Camping Trip
The Virginia King Racine Junior Jolly Neighbors 4-H Club met at Racine High School to decide on a camping trip. Patty Roush and Donna Neville served refreshments as three visitors attended. The next meeting is scheduled for June 22 at 7 PM at Racine High School.
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Racine
Jolly Neighbors
Racine High School
Patty Roush
Donna Neville
Joann Wickline
Numerous Local Visits Highlight Summer Guests
Mason-Susie Land returned home after ten days with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Greenway Chafin of Ragland West Virginia. Cousin Joyce Chafin joined for the visit. Many residents hosted relatives from Parkersburg Columbus and Newark for weekends and Sundays including the Roushs Fruths Bonds and Bond families and the Wahama Band at Lake Hope.
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Lottie Fruth
Marion Thomas
Cheshire
Wahama
Lake Hope
J. C. Paugh
Joe
Jack
Kinston
N. C
Paugh
Gerry van den Dolewert
Toledo
Howard T. van Meter
Wanda Tucker
Columbus
Luther Tucker
Ollie Thornton
Dallas FE. Walder
S. Walder
Geneva
Ohio
Worothy Miller
Point Pleasant
John Bond
Bernard Neutzling
Victor Neutzling
Poteroy
Clarence Neutzling
Bobby Lee
Mr. Lee
Bob Lee
Pool Ready In Four Weeks In Middleport
Village officials indicate Middleport Municipal Swimming Pool will need about four more weeks. After steel delivery, water must fill the 60 by 90 foot oval pool and stand a week before interior work resumes, with three weeks of follow up. In the interim youths swim at Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, and local sites under supervision.
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Middleport
Wold
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Coal St
Janda Fiering
Architects Inspect Four Sites for Meigs County Hospital
Dan Carmichael and L S Rovtar surveyed Liberty Lane School site Talbott property Middleport Meigs County Children's Home and Lasley property on Lincoln Hill to aid site selection for the Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital. The board took no action and awaits their findings before choosing a location.
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Liberty Lane
Talbott
Middleport
Meigs County Children’s Home
Lasley
Lincoln Hill
Leo Vaughan
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Carmichael
Rovtar
Columbus
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Vaughan
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Petees
Preezer
Myrl Coakley
Roger Riebel
Janice Story
Eva Cari
Janice Biffle
Judy Genheimer
Andrea Evans
Rachel Genheimer
Richard Wilt
Virginia King
Crosleys
Crosley
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Mason
Orbiston
Steve Sorrell
Donald Juniper
James
John
Marica
Sorrells
Pfe
Glen R. Sorrell
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Mia
Floyd Sorrell
Mary Alice
Linda
Laura Sorrell
Grace Sorrell
Murray City
Frank Ebner
Jobs
Clayton Bookman
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Elizabeth O’rourke
Edith Halliday
Clarence O'Rourke
Clarence James Robson
Darwin
Charles Poling
Logan
Iva Duncan
Ralph O'Rourke
George Ischus
Vance Glancy
Robert McCall
Nelsonville
Clarence Banfield, Jr
Leroy Beougher
Buckeye Lake
Frank Halliday
Charles Neal
Bremen
Martha Breeze
Clarence Peacock
Chillicothe
Edward Peacock
Delbert Peacock
Clell Campbell
Ralph Campbell
H. L. Kidd
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