Surprise party for Meigs County Judge at courthouse
Judge John Bacon presided Thursday morning as coworkers hosted a surprise birthday celebration in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court. A decorated cake was served by Nellie Brown with attendees including Sheriff Robert Hartenbach Prosecuting Attorney Bernard Fultz and courthouse staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bacon
Bernard Fultz
Robert Hartenbach
Manning Webster
Gordon Caldwell
Eleanor Robson
Janet Morris
Allen Hill
Martha Chambers
Betty Hobstetter
Nellie Brown
Beulah Jones
John Bacon
Landfill Dump Problems Remain After Middleport Council Meet
Middleport villagers and Meigs County Health Board discuss ongoing landfill fire and odor. Fire department responses continue as residents urge closure, while licensing and federal funding options are explored for a county wide landfill solution.
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Middleport Council
Middleport
Meigs County Board of Health
County Board of Health
Middleport Fire Department
Dale Dutton
Leading Creek
State Health Board
Board of Health
Health Department
Hobson
Meigs County
Sheep-Lamb Club Holds First Meeting in Meigs County
The Meigs County Sheep and Market Lamb Club met at the County Extension Office with adviser Mrs. Clayton Coffey in charge. Members set 1971 rule ages for singles and paired lamb projects, require lambs be on feed by June 1, and entry cards due then. The next meeting is April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Extension Office to join the market lamb program.
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Clayton Coffey
Meigs County
Hannan
Sunnyside
Ordnance
Hartford
Broad Run
Letart
West Columbia
Lowell Cook Vocational
Chandlers Ridge
Mason Grade School
Fenton Glass Factory
Belva Kiser
Janet Lee McCarthy
Carol H. Wolfe
Versie Kincaid
Rotary Hears About Green Acres Center Needs Funds
Point Pleasant Rotary heard Marshall University Dean Robert Hayes discuss the Green Acres Center Inc. in Lesage West Virginia a non profit facility serving 92 mentally retarded children from Mason Cabell Lincoln and Wayne Counties. Efforts target 100000 this fiscal year for development and operation. Lenzie Hedrick was elected club president with new officers and directors named. Next week features a ladies night by the Point Pleasant High School stage band excerpts from their Black Knights review.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Hayes
Marshall University
Rotary Club
Hayes
Green Acres Center Inc
Lesage
W. Va
Mason
Cabell
Lincoln
Wayne
Jack Fruth
Green Acres
Harland Pitchford
Eldon Werch
Gallipolis
Seldon Fleming
Earl Deal
Bob Cochran
Bob Wingett
Cecil Minton
Jim Moore
Point Pleasant High School
Black Knights
Trout Derby Scheduled at Forest Acres Park Rutland
The two day trout derby starts at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Forest Acres Park on New Lima Road Rutland. 300 fish were stocked Friday by the Leading Creek Conservancy District. Cash prizes total 60 dollars with 25 10 and two fives. Entrance is 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children under 12.
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Rutland
Forest Acres Park
New Lima Road
Leading Creek
Meigs County Livestock Club Sets 1972 Beef Plans
The Meigs County Better Livestock Beef Club discussed 1972 beef breeding requirements with a plan to require members to carry a beef breeding project at least one year out of two. Carol Pierce was named countywide leader and the area divided for advisor support. The next organizational meeting will occur within three weeks at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Better Livestock Beef Club
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Carol Pierce
Pierce
Ray Midkiff
Bashan-Racine-Letart
Andrew Cross
Route 733
Francis Benedum
I. O. McCoy
Bill Carr
Columbus
Southern Ohi
Brando to star as The Godfather in Paramount film
New York AP reports Marlon Brando will portray the title role in The Godfather for Paramount Pictures. Simultaneously Holzer Medical Center lists multiple birth announcements for families in Wellston Rio Grande Jackson Rutland and Racine.
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Ronald Kennedy
Wellston
Douglas Griffin
Rio Grande
Charles Bowmen
Jackson
Jerry Jacks
Rutland
Gary Evans
Racine
New York
Marlon Brando
the Godfather
Paramount Pictures
Mason County Board Drops 22 Charges Against Supt Smith
Four Mason County Board of Education members reversed course and dismissed 22 charges against Supt. I Brooks Smith at Thursday night’s meeting. The board pledged renewed cooperation for the school system and entered the dismissal in the minutes.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
I. Brooks Smith
Smith
Ted Stevens
Bill Withers
Ray Fields
Charles Eschenaur
Stevens
Harry Siders
Withers
Mason County
Point Pleasant Fines Total 18 In Week Court
Mayor Jon Leighty and Justices Gail Faires and Robert Peoples fined 18 people in Point Pleasant over the past week. The cases include intoxication, improper registration, bad checks, speeding, driving without a license, and other traffic or minor charges with fines, costs, bonds, or restitution.
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Point Pleasant
Jon Leighty
Lewis District
Gail Faires
Robert Peoples
Leighty
Sidney Huddleston Jr
Herbert McDonald
Wallie Hart
David Cheesebrew
Magistrate Faires
Elmer V. Mitchell
Middleport
Charles W. Pickens
Erich Boegh
Peoples
Frederick S. Woods
Waynesboro
Bertha J. Fox
Clifford L. LePort
Henderson
John Michael Wheeler
West Columbia
Wendell C. Wogan
Mrs Wilson Recuperates From Serious Illness
Mrs Helen Wilson formerly of Meigs County now living in Rennselaer New York is improving from spinal meningitis and will be hospitalized for several weeks. She is a teacher in the Rennselaer School system and receiving care at Albany Medical Center Room E N 310 Albany NY 12208. Relatives visiting include sisters Virgene Knight Elberfeld Mae Knight Lambert and Chester Knight and his son Dick.
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Middleport
Helen Wilson
Meigs County
Rennselaer
N. Y
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted to Pleasant Valley Hospital are Johnie Roush and Hadie Young from Point Pleasant along with Clyde Hammack Warren Miller Frances Tygrett of Point Pleasant and Apple Grove. Dismissals include Larry Hess Sherry Smith James Morrow and Mrs Perry Sayre.
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Johnie Roush
New Haven
Clyde Hammack
Warren Miller
Frances Tygrett
Point Pleasant
Hadie Young
Apple Grove
Larry Hess
Sherry Smith
James Morrow
Perry Sayre
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SOAR
Save Our American Resources
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Holzer Medical Center
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Mason Board
By Celia Roush
Supreme Court
Smith Jackson
T. J. Electric Co
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Mt. Flower Pta
D. W. Herdman
Delmer Wheeler
State School Board of Finance
Supt
Gary Conley
Community Action
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Point Pleasant Junior High
Justice Fine
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Pleasant Valley Hospital
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A-Rama
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