Meigs County Deaths Surpass Births in 1966
Meigs County health records show 155 births in 1966, 89 males and 66 females, against 215 deaths 123 males and 92 females. Most deaths occurred in hospitals with major causes listed as cardiocomplex and cerebrovascular disease, while rabies control and clinic work dominated health efforts.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Department of Health
Health Department
Riggs
Catherine Lowery
R. N
Beulah Strauss
Board of Health
Dorothy Edmundson
Sue Walker
Selim Blazewicz
Department
Farrell Shuler Turns Hobby To Radio Profession In Nashville
Farrell Shuler son of Mr and Mrs Guy Shuler works at Radio WENO in Nashville Tennessee after taking a Sarasota Electronic School course. He earned his first class radio telephone license and now hosts a three hour station stage show plus a remote studio and searchlight. He married Mary Anna Thompson on February 15 at Middleport Presbyterian Church.
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Farrell Shuler
Guy Shuler
Radio Weno
Nashville
Farrell
Middle Tennessee
Mary Anna Thompson
Bob Thompson
Pomeroy
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Howard Ruppelt
Miles Rush
Big Bend Minstrel Association
Meetings In Meigs County to Form Scholarship Chapter
A steering committee recently named to form a Meigs County Citizens' Scholarship Fund chapter will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Pomeroy Elementary School. A previous meeting was postponed by bad weather and a Garden Club gathering was moved to March 20 with Mrs Michael Fry as guest arranger at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County Citizens’ Scholarship Fund
Pomeroy
Middleport Garden Club
Michael Fry
Cheshire
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Pickup Destroyed in Route 7 Embankment Crash Near Shenang Springs
Cecil C. Carman 55 of Pomeroy Route 2 drove through a guard railing and over an embankment on Route 7 near Shenang Springs. A hillside boulder knocked a utility pole onto the road. a rack on the truck tangled in wire causing loss of control. Carman received minor injuries at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Two Meigs Countians, Ronald A. Hendricks and Michael S. Morris, were inducted into the armed forces for February, Morris transferring for Springfield delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Cecil C. Carman
Shenang Springs
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Carman
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Meigs
Meigs County Selective Service
Ronald A. Hendricks
Michael S. Morris
Springfield
Recruitment Tea Set March 19 By Meigs Alpha Omicron
Alpha Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society will hold a recruitment tea for future Meigs County teachers at 3 p.m. March 19 at Trinity United Church of Christ in Pomeroy. George Hargraves, Meigs Local School District superintendent, will speak with Rev. Wilbur Perrin also participating. A tribute honored Mrs. Marceline Buell Galloway, longtime member and former Pomeroy music teacher.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Alpha Omicron Chapter
The
Delta Kappa
Harold Sauer
Salisbury Pta
Priddy Refuses Extradition on Auto Theft Charge
POMEROY Arnold Priddy of Milwaukee Wisconsin refused extradition to Wisconsin on charges of theft of a 1959 motor vehicle. He will face an auto theft charge in the county court here. The 1959 vehicle has been impounded by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach.
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Pomeroy
Arnold Priddy
Milwaukee
Wisc
Wisconsin
Robert Hartenbach
Priddy
Hartenbach
No KP Duty For GIs At Patrick AFB
Patrick Air Force Base in Florida ends kitchen police duties for enlisted personnel. Civilian mess attendants are being hired to replace KP. The Air Force says the move ends a duty many consider distasteful.
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Patrick Afb
Air Force
Meigs General Hospital Notes Tracks Discharges
Sean Will Ada Rowe Velma Dugan and Carrie Cassell discharged. Circuit Court awarded Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home $566.25 against Roberta Cromley Donald Lee Shaffer and Virginia Shaffer in a civil judgment.
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Sean Will
Ada Rowe
Velma Dugan
Carrie Cassell
Point Pleasant
Mohr - Stevens Funeral
Roberta Cromley
Donald Lee Shaffer
Virginia Shaffer
Vinton Social News Highlights Guests and Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs Bill Woods and family from Columbus visited Mr and Mrs Emmett Ward and Mr and Mrs John Stevens. Everett Denny of Jackson visited Mrs Neva Denny. The Vinton Friendship Garden Club met at Mrs M B Martin's with 10 members and three guests. next meeting planned with Mrs John Payne.
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Everett Denny
Jackson
Neva Denny
Vinton Friendship Garden Club
M. B. Martin
John Payne
Meigs district hires 19 lunchroom workers after in service training
Nineteen women in the Meigs Local School District lunchrooms completed an Ohio Department of Education school lunch program in service training. Certificates will honor their completion. Mildred Bailey joined as a home economics instructor assisting the district. The district considers naming its athletic teams with student input and votes on top nicknames.
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Meigs
Ohio Department of Education
Margaret Gerlach
Edna Evans
Wilma Mees
Thelma Grueser
Mildred Arnold
Velma Douglas
Avice Bailey
Helen Quivey
Maxine Arnold
May Romine
Nellie Borgan
Joyce A. Vance
Dena Hoffman
Alma Smith
Myrtle Donahue
Coda Slanter
Mildred Jeffers
Ethel Lowery
Margaret Butcher
Mildred Bailey
Middleport
Stu
Mrs Korn Honored At Shower In Columbus
Mrs Homer Hysell and co hosts hosted a layette shower for Mrs George Korn Jr at 17 Ann St. Columbus guest Mrs Korn Jr received the door prize. games awarded to Mrs Lawrence Francis and daughters Mary and Donna. Refreshments featured layette themed cupcakes ice cream mints and coffee.
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Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Ann St
David Goodwin
Max Maxuel
Jo Ann
Jewel Curtis
Jerry Davis
Vincent Gheen
Geoffrey Wilson
Charles Legar
Carl Moore
Ruth Thomas
Thomas Hendrix
Rome Williamson
Christina O'Donnell
George Korn
Claude Quillen
Raymond Guinther
Angela
Mildred Wells
Addison Seaman
Edna_ French
Roland Neutzling
Raymond Boice
Helen Fell
Evelyn Fick
Amelia Bauer
Thurston Stone, Jr
Don Jett
Edward Thomas
Frances McKenzie
Murray City Socials and Visiting News
Mrs. Ethel Mal Foster and two nephews John and Billy Evans plus Mrs. Clara Hook of Columbus visited Mrs. Sadie Foster in Murray City. Bobby Gene Dixon of Logan spent Sunday with his parents. Michael Dupler stayed with his mother Grace Dupler. Hazel Stone was visited by her father returning from Mount St. Mary Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander moved to Anna Shaffer house from Ate Kurtz property. Sunday guest of Grace Dupler was her grandson Kenny Dupler of Buchtel. Guests of Dottie Lewis included William Larimer of Logan and the Lock family from New Lexington. Emmett Snyder’s guests included Rev. and Mrs. Paul Huffer and Mr. and Mrs. Don Snyder and family of New Straitsville Route 1.
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Murray City
Ethel Mal Foster
John
Billy Evans
Clara Hook
Columbus
Sadie Foster
Bobby Gene Dixon
Logan
Willard Dixon
Michael Dupler
Grace Dupler
Hazel Stone
Mount St. Mary Hospital
William Alexander
Ate Kurtz
Anna Shaffer
Kenny Dupler
Buchtel
Dottie Lewis
William Larimer
Lock
New Lexington
Emmett Snyder
Paul Huffer
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Don Snyder
Mark
Matthew
James
Rebecca
Kelly
New Straitsville
Births at Veterans Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Ben Davidson and Mr. Davidson of Cheshire welcome a son. Arthur Mearow of Henderson and Mrs. Raymond Justis of Middleton, along with James Jeffers and Mildred Roush are admitted at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
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Ben Davidson
Cheshire
Arthur Mearow
Henderson
Raymond Justis
Middleport
James Jeffers
Mildred Roush
Middleport Emergency Aids Two Women Birth Reported
Middleport squad answered two calls. Mrs Garnet Potts slipped on N Second Avenue and sprained her left ankle. Mrs Ben Davidson Cheshire was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital after giving birth to a son. A separate hit skip damaged a utility pole and 90 feet of Gerald Rupe’s fence on Route 43 east of Middleport. Meigs County Sheriff’s Department investigates.
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Middleport
Garnet Potts
N. Second Avenue
Ben Davidson
Cheshire
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Gerald Rupe
Route 43
Meigs County
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Ohio Department of Health
Health
Perry Riggs
Sanitarian
Roy Donnerberg
Bob Jacobs
Anna Howell
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Terry
Coleen Ohlinger
Ohio University
Arthur Strauss
South Third Ave
Coleen
Bud Wilson
Meigs Alpha Omicron Chapter
Rosalie Story
Geneve Joachim
Ben Philson
Lee Lee
Mildred Hawley
Europe
Buick
Blaettnar
Buicks
Pontiac
Pomeroy Ohio
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Meigs General Hospital
Mrs
Eleanor White
Cougars
Golden Mustangs
Golden Trojans
Grenadiers
Mustangs
Marauders
Pioneers
Thunderbolts
Trojans
Thundering Herd
Wolverines
Wild Cats
Clifford L. Russell
St. Clairsville
Russell
Samantha
Evelyn Cleland Young
Evelyn
Pomeroy Pta Mothersingers
June van Vranken
James B. O’brien
George Korn Jr
Mary Korn
Henry Werry
Fred
Norway
U.S. Navy
Sandra Smith
Elberfelds
Servic Bank
Rutland
FDIC
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DeVille
Cadillac
Karr & van Zandt
Oldsmobile
Pomeroy, Ohio
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