Meigs Countians Tour Hospital Wing in Pomeroy
Hundreds attend open house at Veterans Memorial Hospital new wing in Pomeroy despite heat. Women’s Auxiliary host tours and refreshments as staff showcase patient rooms lounge patio therapy rooms and basement facilities. Construction cost 891200 from Appalachia Hill-Burton funds and hospital funds. Karr Construction Co led the project with service partners listed.
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Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Women’s Auxiliary
R. R. Pickens
Donald Diener
Walter Lucas
Appalachia
Hill-Burton
Karr Construction Co
Kennedy Electric Co
Plinger
Sherwood Medical
Waverly Piping Co
Earl Hayes and Associates
J. H. Ridgway
T. B. McGowan
C. W. Thompson
L. D. Telle
H. D. Brown
Dds
J. Wienberger
J. B. Owens Jr
J. A. Kemp
G. H. Abels
G. E. Vallee
S. J. Blaze
Beulah Jones
Alice Robeson
Carrie Kennedy
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes appoint new trustees and capacity expansion
The article lists admitted patients from multiple towns and notes the late Emmett Shuler as a board member. It names the hospital trustees: Howard Nolan Cus ter, Harold Sauer, Russell Brown, Asa Hoskins, Earl Clark, George Hackett, Wayne Gibbons, Andrew Cross and Early Roush. Meigs County Commissioners worked with boards. Flowers were donated by local businesses. With a 40 bed addition the hospital can now admit about 100 patients. A doctor recruitment program is underway to attract physicians to the area.
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Meigs County Board of Commissioners
Robert Clark
Ralph Ours
Charles Karr Sr
Middleport Personal Notes Mention Travels and Family News
Middleport residents share updates on visits to Morristown and Columbus, with Dahlia Pauley Grace Via and others visiting relatives. The group planned a trip to Atlanta but returned after T. B. Milhoan suffered a heart attack in Cleveland. Additional reports mention G. C. Knox's daughter Nancy visiting and Mrs. Klein with Richard and Lt Cmdr Arthur Clark en route to California.
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George Alexander
Morristown
N. J
Louise Hall
Dahlia Pauley
Columbus
Grace Via
Dunbar
W. Va
John Kincaid
Leo Savage
Ruth Ann
Cleveland
Lawrence Milhoan
Vernon Weber
Everett Milhoan
Chester
Atlanta
T. B. Milhoan
Dwight Wallace
Nancy
McConnelsville
G. C. Knox
Twirlers from Athens County Travel to Southwest Baton Contest
Diana Guthrie and Karen Strausbaugh from Athens County compete in the Southwest Queen of Baton in Albuquerque New Mexico. They travel with baton teacher Judy Riggs who serves as a judge. They face twirlers from Texas Arizona Colorado and New Mexico and Guthrie plans to duel the New Mexico state champion in the 13 14 year old division. Guthrie and Strausbaugh were named in the 1971 Who's Who in Baton Twirling. They flew from Columbus and stay with Judy Riggs's parents Harold and Mrs. Noble.
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New Mexico
Miss Guthrie
Columbus
Albuquerque
One Injured In Crash In Meigs County Sunday
A one car crash on County Road 21 near Route 7 bypass in Middleport hospitalized a passenger Otis Cole from Tup pers Plains. William Mercer 18 Coolville drove off the bypass skidding in gravel tearing out 23 feet of guard rail. Cole admitted with possible shock to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy. Pomeroy squad also transported Mabel Landaker to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Oldest Catholic Church Santo Domingo Cathedral
The Santo Domingo Cathedral in the Dominican Republic, noted as the oldest Catholic church in the hemisphere, began construction in 1523.
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Hemisphere
Santo Do
Mingo Cathedral
Dominican Republic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meigs Countians Tour
Hospital Commission
Hugh Custer
Russell Cullums
Freeland Norris
Thomas
Bernard Fultz
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mary Blake
Ashton
Tyllie Roush
Wayne Capehart
New Haven
William Filson
Robert Brown
Carney Heib Jr
Pamela Duncan
Lowan Jones
Harold Blain
Teresa Lanham
Robert Spencer
Franklin Holcomb
Philmore Hudnall
Point Pleasant
Russell Mayes
Apple Grove
Okey Vanmeter
Mason
Eugene Stewart
James Oliver
West Columbia
James Barker
Tammy Akers
Glenwood
Linda White
Odean Stephens
Hattie Radcliff
Leon
Russell Ferguson
Falo
Georgia McCoy
Gallipolis Ferry
Burgess Mullins
Gallipolis
Clarence Barnette
Rock Castle
Millard Gilmore
Cheshire
Doris Dalton
Henderson
Edna Putney
Elmer Fife
Katherine Love
Jonah
Stover
Bobby Wood
Arthur Gheen
Vernon Evans
Russell Holland
Nora Simmons
Guy Vinson
Glen Great- Mouse
Christy Fry
Darrell Herdman Sr
Lorie Hall
Virginia Rimmey
Roger Nibert
David Hall
Garnet Tooley
Harold Whitt
Huber Biffle
Roy Bostic
Super Met
Wieners
Pomeroy Squad
Mabel Landaker
Nye Ave
Logan Federal Savings and Ok
Athens
E. State St
Baker & Stauffer
Dean & Barry
Bargain Hunter
Wart
Waiteé
Bankamericard
Stauffer
Agate
All
W. Washington St
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