New Committee Chairmen Elected at Red Cross Meeting
At Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy the Meigs County Chapter American Red Cross elected new chairmen and heard annual reports. Donald Diener was re-elected chapter chairman, while Larry Baker, Mrs. Juanita Sayre, Mrs. John Werner, Mrs. Cindy Coffman, Mrs. John Compton, Bill Fetty, Vernon Nease, and Naomi Lendon took on or retained roles. certificates were presented to multiple auxiliaries and workers, and a social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
American’ Red Cross
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Donald Diener
Larry Baker
Juanita Sayre
John Werner
Cindy Coffman
Middleport
Jeanne Braun
John Compton
Corrine Lund
First Aid
Bill Fetty
Yvonne Scally
Vernon Nease
Naomi Lendon
Fund Drive
Joe Struble
Diener
Scally
Robert Wingett
Vernon Weber
Bill Cundiff
Phyllis English
Coffman
Compton
Braun
Feeney-Bennett Post
Charles Kessinger
Drew Webster
Grace Pratt
Rutland Post
John Thomas
Racine Post
Boyd
Syracuse Post
Robert Crow
Lewis Manley
Virginia DeLegal
Lulu Hampton
Eula Francis
Carpenter
Aaron Zahl
C. E. Blakeslee
Red Cross
Silver Bridge
Meigs
Beuldh Jones
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Vietta Tuttle
Funeral services for Mrs Vietta Mae Tuttle were held at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with many out of town relatives in attendance. Attendees included daughters Veda Parrish and Verneda Hartung of Miami Florida and other relatives from Akron Athens The Plains Albany New Lexington and Galion among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Vietta Mae Tuttle
Rawlings-Coats
Veda Parrish
Verneda Hartung
Miami
Fla
R. C. Gibson
Vesta Tuttle
Akron
Earl Hartung
Allen Chetto
Dorsel Bentz
John Snyder
Wilbert Dearing
Bruce Collins
C. C. Thomas
Mason Fourth of July Celebration Highlights Baseball Tournament
The second annual Fourth of July events in Mason run July 4 and 5 with a baseball tournament for all area teams. Features include men and women softball tournaments and a dunking machine. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Sunday at the ball park. Red Tucker oversees the display. A chicken barbecue at the ball park runs from noon Sunday through Monday, hosted by the Little League and Mason Fire Department.
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Mason
Little League of
Little League
Red Tucker
Little League and
Mason Fire Department
Veterans Memorial Hospital awarded grant for home health program
Pomeroy Veterans Memorial Hospital received approval of a 32920 grant to fund a home health service program expected to start by late July. The program will deliver skilled nursing and physical therapy to discharged patients, easing bed demand and shortening hospital stays. It is financed through the Appalachian Regional Commission with Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Donald Diener
Appalachian Regional Commission
The
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation
Forest Acres Park to See Record Attendance and Rate Cut
Rutland Ohio Leading Creek Conservancy District predicts record campers anglers and picnickers at Forest Acres Park on New Lima Road. Rates will be cut in half with two week visit limits for cabins and trailers. Park features include a three acre lake stocked with trout and catfish and a museum with on site attendant.
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Rutland
Leading Creek
Lake Erie
Ft. Meigs
Watershed Board
Leading Creek Conservancy District
Box
Ohio
Danger Of Cleaners Revealed By Doctor
POMEROY A release from Meigs County Health Commissioner Dr Selim Blazewicz warns of dangers from liquid drain cleaners with over 10 percent sodium or potassium hydroxide. FDA plans a 60 day ban with exemptions for conforming packaging under poison prevention act. The advisory committee approves interim testing and potential special packaging. 271 children ingested cleaners in four years. 114 hospitalized and three died. Major brands reformulated to under 10 percent alkali.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Selim Blazewicz
Health and Welfare Food and Drug Administration
Poison Prevention Packaging Act Technical Advisory Committee
FDA
Ox Roast Set for Rutland July Fourth Festivities
Rutland volunteer firemen plan the annual ox roast at Rutland Park on July 5 from 9 a.m. Events include a talent show at 7:30 p.m. with three cash prizes, food concessions, carnival games, cotton candy sno cone machines, bicycle and sack races, and a fireworks display around 10 p.m. Contact Vernon Weber at 742-5625 or any fire department member to enter.
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Rutland
Mobile pap smear unit to visit Mason County week of Aug 23
Mason County Health Department plans a mobile pap smear unit to travel the county during the week of Aug 23 offering free screenings. The service aims to provide cancer detection to visiting women with assistance from the Mason County Cancer Society and other groups. Meigs High School cheerleaders host a car wash in Middleport at Ashland Service Station on Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm to raise funds for summer uniforms, charging $1.50 per car.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Health Department
Mason County Cancer Society
Middleport
Meigs High School
Ashland
Locust St
Patti Hill
New Haven
Mason
Meigs Equipment Co
Springfield Equipment Co
West Virginia
Red Cross
14 Fined By Lewis Justices
Lewis District Justices Gail Faires and Robert Peoples fined 13 persons this week. Faires handled cases including Marjorie Yost for bad check restitution and costs. David Russell for littering. Elizabeth Thornton. Childs Wilson for intoxication. Melvin Black for improper passing. Peoples presided over Joe Beaver for intoxication. Melvin Halstead and Shirley Halstead for obscene language. Joseph Suppa for driving left of center. Ray McDade and Marie McDade for intoxication with jail days. Theodore Smith for intoxication. James Fletcher for intoxication.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis
Gail Faires
Robert Peoples
Faires
Marjorie Lee Yost
Arbuckle
David F. Russell
Mason
Elizabeth Jane Thornton
Gallipolis Ferry
Childs T. Wilson
Evans Route 1
Melvin C. Black
Fraziers Bottom
Joe Beaver
Grimms Landing
Melvin Halstead
Shirley Halstead
Joseph Suppa
Charleston
Ray McDade
Marie McDade
Pliny
Theodore Smith
Leon
James J. Fletcher
Fairview Notes Show Wide Circle Of Weekend Guests
Fairview news lists numerous weekend visitors and travelers including Clinton Jarrett Brooksville Florida Edward Foreman Groveport Ohio James Larra Bertha Proffitt Columbus Eber Hall Brooksville Ohio Mabel Laham Barberton Elsie Shahan Portland Anna Mae Glasgow Bellaire among others. The notes also mention ride shares calls and a death in Syracuse prompting family visits to Point Pleasant and Ravenswood with several local families hosting and visiting in Ohio and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Clinton Jarrett
Brooksville
Fla
Edward Foreman
Groveport
James Larra
Bertha Proffitt
Columbus
Eber Hall
Ohio
Mabel Laham
Barberton
Elsie Shahan
Portland
Anna Mae Glasglow
Bellaire
John Foreman
Howard Stover
Chillicothe
Bryan Harris
Reedsville
Bertha Wolfe
Brenda Lewis
Don Hayman
Laurel, Md
Martin Pickens
East Liverpool
Grenroy Wolfe
Violet
Calvin
Cleveland
Rollin Wolfe
Kankakee
Ill
Henry Cline
Akron
Alfred Saunders
Gallipolis
Lilly Cline
Bertha
Larry
Canton
Eddie Wolfe
Jamie
Janelle
Jackson
Dory Wolfe
W. K. Smith
Doyle Smith
Kathleen Lewis
Michael Elmore
Glen Burne
Susie Harris
Janice Gibbs
Trina
Middleport
Joyce Circle
Cheryl
New Haven
W. Va
John Lewis
Belpre
Sam Lewis
Harrisonville
Tuan Proffitt
Robert Lewis
Audrey Ours
Sylvia Byers
Goldie Neville
Point Pleasant
Mary Smith
Syracuse
Raymond Neville
Senator Byrd Changes His Birthdate Novel Verification
Senator Robert C. Byrd is found two months older than his stated birth date. Birth certificate shows November 20, 1917, instead of January 15, 1918, after brother Clyde Sale questioned the date. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, was orphaned at 10 months old.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Virgil Ours
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Pauline Wolfe
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Joe Ankrom
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Charles McNickles
Ray Heiney
Ravenswood
Morris Wolfe and Sons
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Dunbar
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Malettoa E
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