DeSilver Heads Ohio Masons Visit Announces District Meet
POMEROY George F De Silver of Cincinnati grand master of Ohio Masons will visit the 12th Masonic District for a district officers meeting in Harrisonville. A 6 30 p m dinner follows at the Harrisonville School with reserve calls to WY 2 6749. Accompanying De Silver is Ben R Evans Jackson deputy grand master. Harrisonville Lodge 411 hosts the event covering Meigs Gallia Lawrence and Jackson Counties.
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Pomeroy
George F. DeSilver
Cincinnati
Masons
Ohio
Masonic
Harrisonville
Harrisonville School
John Daryl Alban
Oak Hill
de Silver
Ben R. Evans
Jackson
Pickering Hardware Co
Pickering Realty Co
Valley of Cincinnati
Joseph Stanley
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Meigs General Hospital Notes
Jesse Lambert and C. T. Rhodes recorded for Meigs General Hospital notes. Dismissed names include Mrs Elva Hayes Charles Carr Anna Wines Lessie Lusk Virgil Yarbrough Edith Rice Carrie Bahr Pauline Smith Patrick Murray Lola Ward.
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Jesse Lambert
Middleport
C. T. Rhodes
Pomeroy
Elva Hayes
Charles Carr
Anna Wines
Lessie Lusk
Virgil Yarbrough
Edith Rice
Carrie Bahr
Pauline Smith
Patrick Murray
Lola Ward
Veterans Memorial Hospital Admits List of Patients
Veterans Memorial Hospital records include admissions for Verlie Amos of Pomeroy Marilyn Gibbs of New Haven W V Ronnie Ford of Racine Leola Keck of Pomeroy Maggie Shain of Racine Daisy Swick of Middleport Alma Simpson of Rutland Doris Haley Mrs Delmar Hawley and son Mrs James Brace and son Howard Woods and Alta Dill listed among recent admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlie Amos
Pomeroy
Marilyn Gibbs
New Haven
W. Va
Ronnie Ford
Racine
Leola Keck
Maggie Shain
Daisy Swick
Middleport
Alma Simpson
Rutland
Doris Haley
Delmar Hawley
James Brace
Howard Woods
Alta Dill
Folk Music Recording Used In Lent Service
Joan Baez recording All My Trials will illustrate the sermon by Rev. Richard Martin at Grace Episcopal Church for the community Lenten service Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Also participating are Rev. Bill Perrin Federated Church Rev. Carver Williams Pomeroy First Baptist Church and Envoy Ray Wining Salvation Army.
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Pomeroy
Joan Baez
Richard Martin
Grace Episcopal Church
Bill Perrin
Federated Church
Carver Williams
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Ray Wining
Salvation Army
Rio Grande Meetings Set At Middleport Church
Two Rio Grande Association meetings were planned at the Middleport First Baptist Church. An officers workshop with Ohio Baptist Convention women’s official Betty Fisher as speaker was announced. The Southeastern Ohio Baptist Ministers Wives Day was set for April 14-15 with chairs Tony Fowler and Harold Chase coordinating dinners and lunches.
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Rio Grande
Middleport
Rio
B. H. Sanborn Grande Association
Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Willis Anthony
The
Rio Grande Association
Anthony
Southeastern Ohio Baptist Ministers’ Wives
Tony Fowler
Harold Chase
Frank Cheesebrew
Donald Boone
Meigs County airstrip decision eyed for Monday by FAA
The FAA is expected to approve the Meigs County airstrip next Monday. At a Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting officials from the FAA Columbus District airport office are slated to attend a 10 30 a m gathering at the courthouse. County commissioners the county engineer airspace officials and Meigs County Improvement Corp representatives will participate. The chamber endorsed a Friday Good Friday noon to 1 30 p m business closing with a three hour community service at Grace Episcopal Church. Regatta plans progress for June 10 12 and Jack Kerr to head an antique car show.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Federal Aviation Administration
Fred W. Crow
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Curtin
Columbus
FAA
Ohio Division of Aviation
Meigs County Improvement Corp
Regatta
Allan Leonard
Jack Kerr
Eastern Pupils Gain Top Ratings in Athens Contest
Sixty Eastern School District pupils competed in the solo and ensemble event in Athens. Superior ratings went to Ruth Ann Barnhill Tom Gumph Karen Humphrey Martin Osborn Jenny Dean and Jean Whitehead. Several ensembles and solos earned excellent and good ratings across bands and vocal groups.
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Pomeroy
Athens
Ruth Ann Barnhill
Tom Gumph
Karen Humphrey
Martin Osborn
Jenny Dean
Jean Whitehead
Kirk Chevalier
Louise Michael
Nancy Hawk
Debbie Wood
Nancy Karr
Lenore Michael
Six Explorer Scouts Attend Career Day at Marshall University
Six Explorer Scouts of Post 256 New Haven attended Scout Career Day at Marshall University in Huntington. Attendees included Larry Carpenter Gene Beatty Robert Redman Max Brown Billy Burgess and Larry Frey, joined by Scoutmaster F C Reichert.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven
Marshall University
Larry Carpenter
Gene Beatty
Robert Redman
Max Brown
Billy Burgess
Larry Frey
Huntington
F. C. Reichert
Gilmore Completes Administration Course at Fort Knox
Private Horace W. Gilmore son of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Gilmore Middleport Route 1 completed a personnel administration course with emphasis on personnel management at the Army Armor Center Fort Knox Ky He entered the Army last October and is a 1964 graduate of Middleport High School.
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Middleport
Horace W. Gilmore
Clarence E. Gilmore
Army Armor Center
Fort Knox
Gilmore
Army
Middleport High School
Samuel Arnold
Samuel N. Arnold
Syracuse
Army Training Center
Fort Gordon
Pomeroy High School
February Expenditures Top $6 000 in Pomeroy
POMEROY Receipts in February totaled 2791.50 with expenditures 6353.74 across general, cemetery, street and other funds. March 1 balances show active and inactive funds at 209916.13, including sanitary sewers and bond retirement, with detailed fund splits.
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Pomeroy
Edna Schoenler
Fire Department
Birth notices from Holzer Hospital list numerous newborns
A Holzer Hospital notes section catalogs many births with parents listed in Henderson Point Pleasant Wellston and surrounding areas. Names include Bowser Smith Horne Humphreys Moore McClure Meadows Satterfield McCarley Douglas Smith Tackett Roush Wood Miller Horne Chil ders Deshazo Stroth Shelby Shelton Norton Thomas Fallon Swartz Broyles Eads Harris Harris Chambers Sprouse Mahaffey Williams and many other families.
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Ray Albert Bowser
Henderson
James Albert Smith
Point Pleasant
Darrell Radford Horne
Coalton
Robert L. Humphreys
Richard Jay Moore
Wellston
Jerry W. McClure
Ravenswood
John £. Jones
Ferris Albert Rice
Loretta D. Meadows
Flatwoods
Roscoe Satterfield
Middleport
Mack McCarley
Gerald R Douglas
Coolville
Frank G. Smith
Vinton
Luther Tackett
N. Emogene Roush
Letart
Wilbur W. Wood
Jackson
Arthur L. Miller
Rutland
Carlton J. Hackney
Leon
Garland McComas
Franklin Furnace
Irwin George Patch
Clara Saylor
Ralph Lewis
Joseph C. Nagle
Oak Hill
Michelle Pauline van Kirk
Sherman Bonecutter
Gallipolis
Lida L Bunce
Danny Ray Stapleton
Delmer R. Cobb
Meetings in Meigs Schedule and Society Gatherings
An Meigs area notices list 4-H Pleasure Riders meet Monday at Grace Episcopal Church parish house at 7 30 p m Women’s Missionary Society meets Thursday at Fomeroy First Baptist Church at 7 30 p m with Mrs Joseph Cook in charge and hosts Mrs J H Stephenson and Mrs Cook A Rock Springs Grange meeting with a program and refreshments Thursday at 7 30 p m Mary Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem convenes Friday at 8 p m IOOF hall New officers elected Julia Fleming deputy grand matron guest Harrisonville Chapter Order of Eastern Star meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the temple members to bring articles for an auction sale.
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Meigs
Mary Shrine
White Shrine of
Nine Girls Initiated Into Rainbows At Point Pleasant
Nine girls were initiated into Point Pleasant Assembly 23 Order of Rainbow at the Masonic Hall Building. Names include Rebec ca Rich Rhonda Bailey and Lili Blain with 31 Rainbow girls in attendance. March 12 and 13 District No. 2 meeting at Cedar Lakes referenced.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Rebecca Rich
Rhonda Bailey
Lili Blain
Reida Doolittle
Peggy Lou Faudree
Dianna Ferrell
Lesa Hudson
Mary McCarty
Velma Wheeler
Cedar Lakes
Rainbow
Janett Capehart
Linda Thomas
District Worth
Ronnie Bailes
Jack Rich
Russell Priddy
Olin Blain
W. R. Doolittle
Sadie Bailes
Leona Brock
Mary Becky
Clara Mae Priddy
Maudie Chadwick
Point Pleasant Council Adopts Stray Dog Ordinance
Point Pleasant council approved a new stray dog ordinance after a lengthy session. It allows the city to pick up any dog on public property, with humane disposal if unclaimed in five days, fines and possible jail for violators, and abstention by Councilman Bill Winter.
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Point Pleasant
Bill Winter
Gary Minton
Pomeroy Meter Patrolman Resigns and City Hall Talks
Pomeroy officials accepted the resignation of David Goodwin as meter patrolman effective March 19 and discussed replacing him with a meter maid. The council will consider federal aid for a new City Hall site after Delmar Canaday sought funding. Other items include a 1300 foot six inch water line installation, missing fire department nozzle value over $70, Daylight Saving Time debate, and February receipts of $456 approved.
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Pomeroy
David Goodwin
Charles Legar
Goodwin
Legar
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Meigs County Water Co
Mulberry Ave
Drew Webster
New Farm Program On Ballot In Meigs County Vote
About 50 Meigs County farmers will vote Thursday on continuing the current tobacco acreage allotment program or switching to acreage poundage plus quotas. The ASCS administers the program which has been in effect 26 years as yields rise while demand lags.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. E. Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Meigs County
Salem Center School
ASCS
Pomeroy
Rutland Students Take Merit Qualifying Test
Fifteen Rutland High School juniors sat for the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test under guidance counselor Harold Sauer. Semi finalists are chosen per state, with finalists after additional testing and data. Names of Rutland participants include Marty Woodard, Dennis Weber, Chester King, Leroy Pope, Barbara Williams, Roger Davis, Chris Napper, Diana Caton, Mary Floccari, Melva Johnston, Raymond Harless, James Crisp, Charles Scott, Debbie Turner and Sabra Canaday.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
Harold Sauer
Guidance
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Rutland
Marty Woodard
Dennis Weber
Chester King
Leroy Pope
Barbara ,Williams
Roger Davis
Chris Napper
Diana Caton
Mary Floccari
Melva Johnston
Raymond Harless
James Crisp
Charles Scott
Debbie Turner
Sabra Canaday
Bookmobile Visit Schedule for Meigs County
Meigs County Bookmobile announces stops this week including Tuppers Plains School Reedville Riverview Portland Long Bottom Middleport Forest Run and Portland communities with times ranging from morning to afternoon at each location. The plan lists Wednesday sessions from 9 to 4 and Thursday from 9 to 3:30 with stops at schools libraries and communities.
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Middle Port
Meigs County
Tuppers Plains
Reedsville
Riverview
Long Bottom
Portland
Middleport
Forest Run
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Notables
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list newborns and local residents connected by births and family events. Richard Bostic and Mrs Bos tick of Gallipolis Ferry welcome a daughter, Michael Elliott and wife of Gallipolis welcome a son, with further names tied to Point Pleasant and New Haven communities.
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Richard Bostic
Gallipolis Ferry
Michael Elliott
Gallipolis
Herman Winston
New Haven
James L. Morgan
Point Pleasant
Cleo Holley
Guernsey Breeders Honor Don Mora At Area Meeting
Officers were re elected at the South eastern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Assn winter meeting in Racine. Don Mora received a bronze production certificate for the butter fat record on his Don's Highland Lady. Edson Roush to receive a state award at Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Don Mora
Southeastern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Assn
Southern High School
Racine
Leland Parker
Curtis Breeding Service
Roush
James Carnahan
Mora
Ron Eckhard
Ohio Guernsey Breeders Assn
Ralph Byron
Athens
Meigs County Fair
Harold Carnahan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meigs General Hospital
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Betty Fisher
Women’s Work
Ohio Baptist Convention
All Church
Vilma Pikkoja
Meigs County Bookmobile
Milton Hood
Fred Gibbs, Jr
Rhoda Hall
Haiti
Burma
Elizabeth Slavin
White Cross
South India
Dorothy Johnson
Dayton Christian Center
American Baptist Missionary Society
Valley Forge
Fowler
Bert Bodimer
Manning Klees
Martha Fowler
Isabelle Winebrenner
Dorcas
Frances Beards
Electa Circle
Klees
Love Joy Circle
Charles Bennett
Granville
Paul Smart
Miss Fowler
Joe E. Wilson
Bodimer
David Darst
Explorer
Career
Holzer Hospital
Charles E. Sprouse
Milva V. Mahaffey
Albany
Harlen E. Williams
Crown City
Robinson
Franklin R. Lewis
James M. Nibert
George I. Pinkerman
James R. Pullins
Jenning Robin
Carl A. Simpkins
Bert V. Teaford
Francis E. Unger
Sandford C. Vallance
Michael E. Wamsley
Blod B. Webb
Patricia A. Spencer
Fred I. Gardner
Middleport Church of Christ
Memorial Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Point Pleasant Council
Lincoln Ave
Roush St
Bellemeade
Hogg St
Janet Miller
Laura Gaskins
D. B. Morgan
West Virginia
Mason County Health Department
Health Department
Jim Wiggins
Planning Commission
Wiggins
Camden
Poplar
Main Sts
Reid Doolittle
Eldon Halingstad
Pittsburgh
Jack Pyles
Stanley Waldie
Point Pleasant Lumber Co
Malleable Iron Co
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Fred Fillinger and Son
C. H. Waugh
Charles Chapman
Guernsey
Dixie Circle
Nancy Yost
Joy Theiss
Jan Alkire
Martha Yost
Lloyd Blackwood
Central Ohio Breeders Assn
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