School Levy Vote Slated In May In Meigs Local
Voters in Meigs Local School District will decide a .7 mill levy at the May Meigs County primary election to qualify for state foundation funds. Superintendent George Hargraves notes the district now trails the required 17 mills by .7. A plan to lease Rutland High School to Rutland Village as a community center is discussed.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Meigs County
Meigs Local Board of Education
Middleport
George Hargraves
Rutland
Rutland Village
Middleport High School
Supt. Hargraves
75 More Subscribers May Join New Water System
Cheshire mayor announces potential addition of 75 subscribers to the Gallia County Rural Water Association for Centerville Thurman. A 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday will gauge interest to extend the system. FHA notes 1204 homeowners signed for water with $10 token payments. low interest loans available for low income families.
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Cheshire
Gallia County
Farmers Home Administration
Gallipolis
Vernon McNair
FHA
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence
Ralph Vorhees
Columbus
Burchett
Cheshire Water Association
Ishmael Gillispie
Rodney
Meigs Heart Fund Reaches 3266 89 in Campaign
Contributions to the Meigs County 1968 Heart Fund total 3266 89 with radio pledges and remaining reports expected to push toward the 3600 goal. Middleport drive co chairmen Mrs L E Reynolds and Mrs John Werner report 487 17 raised and thank all helpers including numerous named workers in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Lucille Smith
Middleport
Lawrence Boyd
Paul Casci
Grace Hawley
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Marta Hubbard
Rosemary Lyons
George Hackett Jr
Edith McNeal
Frank Wilson
Ernest Lallance
Grace Pratt
Debbie Laney
Leslie Ervin
Driver Injured On Route 7 Bypass In Pomeroy
POMEROY The emergency squad was called to the Leading Creek bridge on the Route 7 bypass for Honel Denny 33 who was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital for bruises and lacerations. Denny said a vehicle crowded him from the road and the driver did not stop. Names listed: Effie Manuel Maggie Hurd Mona Higgins Audria Jeffers Fannie Bever Ora Bacon.
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Pomeroy
Leading Creek
Route 7
Honel Denny
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Denny
Effie Manuel
Racine
Maggie Hurd
Mona Higgins
Point Pleasant
Audria Jeffers
Fannie Bever
Ora Bacon
Admitted Names List Includes Local Residents
Leonard Lemley of Cheshire Howel Denny of Rutland and Harry Reitmier of Hartford are admitted. Amos Cross Ernestine Wilson Bernessa Hood Clara Paulsen and Tammy Barrett are also listed as admitted.
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Leonard Lemley
Cheshire
Howel Denny
Rutland
Harry Reitmier
Hartford
Amos Cross
Ernestine Wilson
Bernessa Hood
Clara Paulsen
Tammy Barrett
Denison Students Lead Sunday Service at Pomeroy Church
Denison University students led the morning worship at Pomeroy First Baptist Church with Dave Hasel as the featured speaker. Barbara Harris and Bruce Shuman assisted with scripture and duties, while Hasel spoke on the church’s role amid war, tension, and societal change.
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Pomeroy
Dennison University
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Dave Hasel
Barbara Harris
Bruce Shuman
Hasel
Verdi
J. H. Stephenson
Dennison
Miss Harris
Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship
Ohio
Bern
Switzerland
Youth Outlook Topics At Middleport WSCS Meeting
Middleport residents heard Mrs. Emerson Jones present Youth- Society's Untapped Resource at the March meeting of the Women's Society of Christian Service at Heath Methodist Church. She shared views from Grace Niel Fletcher, Don Anderson, and Rev. Howard Grimes on youth and their role in the church. A piano prelude opened the meeting, with devotions by Mrs. Galen Brown and a Peale-based talk on Enthusiasm Makes A Difference. The group approved a $566 missionary pledge, welcomed missionary George Sidwell to a family night March 26, and set an April 15 WSCS district meeting in Jackson. Hospites assisted, and a social hour followed.
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Middleport
Don Anderson
Grimes
Church of Tomorrow
C. M. Henessy
Galen Brown
Norman Vincent Peale
Nan Moore
Otterbein College
George Sidwell
Korea
WSCS
Jackson
Eastern Star
Walter Hayes
John Ketchka
John Kincaid
C. P. Klein
Mildred Zeigler
William Sprague
Smorgasbord Planned By Catholic Women
Final plans for a church smorgasbord were made at a Catholic Women’s Club meeting. Committees were named for kitchen, table, cashiers, and desserts for the event at Sacred Heart Church auditorium from 5 to 7 p.m. Also planned were gifts for graduating seniors, a rummage sale on April 2–3, and a white elephant sale on April 18. Fr. John Turel led a closing prayer.
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Barbara Mullen
Betty Ohlinger
Catherine Welsh
Joan Tatterson
Josephine Hargraves
Eleanor Gordon
Doris Rinehart
Carol Fry
Vera Buchanan
Helena Brickles
Helen Handley
Christine O'Donnell
Martha Gress
Phyllis Hackett
Rose Sisson
Anna Howell
Martha Howell
Christine Grueser
Olga Pierotti
Mary Kunzelman
Desser
Ruth Thornton
Ruth Hennessy
Phyllis Hennessy
Casci
John Turel
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Poplar Street
Nelsonville, Ohio
Davis Brothers
United
Weiners
Maxwell House
Porkliver
Crisco Oil
Quaker State
the Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Armed Services
Pomeroy Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Mulberry Avenue
James Soulsby
Darrell D. Detty
Ted Reed
Detty
Oak Hill
Donald E. Kretzinger
Grand Lodge of Ohio
OES
Seoul
Meigs Heart Fund
Richhard Bailey
Robert Hysell
Virginia Grogan
Leo Kennedy, Sr
Myron Bailey
Lowell Beaver
Edward Evans
Joe Turner
Hallie McIntyre
Sharon Harrison
Patty Carson
Richard Osler
Golda Mourning
Roscoe Fife
Delores Lynch
Betsy Cunningham
Bernard Fultz
Meigs General Hospital
Denison
Route 124
Portland
Young Democrat
Young Democrat Club
America
Harvard
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