Meigs County charity council to fund local scholarships
Ted Reed Jr will chair the Meigs County Citizens' Scholarship Foundation as it launches April 1 to raise funds for Meigs County students. Five sector heads will recruit workers, with youth involvement encouraged. Recipients owe a moral obligation to repay when able. Also notes gas line break near Lincoln Hill Road delaying traffic during tree removal after recent flood. Rummage sale by Meigs County garden clubs runs Saturday 8 am to 4 pm in Schorn building. Beulah Ewing hospitalized in Huntington WV but expected home soon. Pomeroy seniors plan day of work and babysitting services. display at Meigs County Bookmobile HQ features Eating Around the World books. Rutland High hosts teen record hop 9 pm to 11 pm. Local police report arrests in Point Pleasant for stop sign, reckless operation and school-zone speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Reed Jr
Meigs County
Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation
Crusade Workers Named for 1967 Meigs County Drive
James Soulsby announced 1967 Meigs County Cancer Crusade chairmen in Pomeroy across townships including Bedford Chester Columbia Lebanon Letart Rutland Salisbury Scipio Sutton Middleport and Xi Gamma Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. A 7 30 pm meeting at Pomeroy Village Hall will assign duties. absentees should call Soulsby at 992 2377 for materials.
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Pomeroy
James Soulsby
Vern Well
Bedford Township
Marie Davis
Chester Township
Gordon Perry
Columbia Township
Paul Lawrence
Lebanon Township
Andrew Cross
Letart
Tom Martin
Rutland Township
Robert Bowen
Salisbury Township
Lana Gibson
Scipio Township
Larry Wolfe
Sutton Township
Clarence
Soulsby
Veterans Memorial Hospital Names and Residents Listed
Veterans Memorial Hospital notes list residents Ella Holly Minersville Del ta Gant Parkersburg W Va Osa Boggess Syracuse Carol Calderwood Athens Janice Holter Pomeroy Robert Perry Shade Howard Donahue Racine Edward Ihle Sonja Bush Kathy Newberry Kenneth Cox Earl Brooks Fannie Sovel Ice Holter Lavette Stewart Gilbert Wilson Rita Swan Linda Williams.
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Ella Holly
Minersville
Delta Gant
Parkersburg
W. Va
Osa Boggess
Syracuse
Carol Calderwood
Athens
Janice Holter
Pomeroy
Robert Perry
Shade
Howard Donahue
Racine
Edward Ihle
Sonja Bush
Kathy Newberry
Kenneth Cox
Arl Brooks
Fannie Sovel
Lavette Stewart
Gilbert Wilson
Rita Swan
Linda Williams
Meigs County Wins Bigger Highway Funds and Projects
Meigs County secures seven and a half million dollars in highway projects with Division 10 engineer John H. Dowler noting increased federal and state support. Route 33 from Darwin to Rock Springs shifts from two lanes to four, while future progress on Darwin to Athens remains unclear. Officials discuss site development, industrial prospects, and the role of local communities alongside state agencies.
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Charlene Hoeflich
Middleport
Meigs County
John H. Dowler
Division
Ohio Department of Highways
Meigs County Improvement Corp
Dowler
Columbus
Meigs
Darwin
Rock Springs
CIC
Athens
Department of Highways
Vocal Chorus To Back Middleport High Show Tonight
An 87 member vocal chorus will back several numbers in Middleport High School’s 8 p.m. variety show at the high school auditorium. They perform in a medley of war songs to close the first half and again in the finale a Viet Nam tribute, with a mixed ensemble offering two medleys. The list includes Kathy McElhinny Ruth Ann Haley Elaine Davis Susie Ohlinger Rose Marie Hackett Susie Morris Debbie Grueser Debbie King Jackie Hawley Margie Harris Wayne Davis Bill Hackett Bill Hatonstall Rick Morris Jim Butcher Jim Bartlett Charles Holcomb Mike Gress Van Johnson Bob Priddy and many more.
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Middleport
Vietnam
Laura
Kathy McElhinny
Ruth Ann Haley
Elaine Davis
Susie Ohlinger
Rose Marie
Tractor Trailer Jackknifes Causing Major Damage
In Meigs Gallia border area a tractor trailer jackknifed while slowing for a vehicle, sending a broken loose mobile home and both vehicles into heavy damage. Delta E. Gant, 18, of Parkersburg Route 3, was hospitalized with injuries to her left arm and right leg. Wesley M. Dietrich, 39, of San Antonio Texas, was cited for driving left of center. The mobile home, owned by Kenneth Cox of Louisa Kentucky, was demolished.
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Meigs - Gallia County
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Delta E. Gant
Parkers
Burg
State Highway Patrol
Wesley M. Dietrich
San Antonio
Texas
Morgan Driveway, Inc
Gant
Dietrich
Kenneth Cox
Louisa
Club Members Plan To Plant Evergreens
Minersville Methodist Church grounds to receive evergreen plantings as a community project. Wildwood Garden Club met at Ohio Power Co offices. theme Birds. Devotionals by Mrs Milton Roush. Poems by Mrs Kenilworth Neal and Mrs Roush. Plans made for county garden club rummage sale. Junior club to display at Meigs County Bookmobile HQ and prepare Easter breakfast decor at Forest Run Church. A luncheon and birding talk followed. blue ribbons awarded to several members.
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Pomeroy
Minersville Methodist Church
Wildwood Garden Club
Ohio Power Co
Milton Roush
Kennilworth Neal
Roush
Meigs County Bookmobile
Forest Run
Victor Hysell
Hysell
Alfred Yeanger
Mason Fisher
Karl Grueser
Dwight Milhoan
May Holter
Homer Holter
Kenneth Harris
Clifford Phillips
Heidi Milhoan
Meigs General Hospital Admits and Discharges
Meigs General Hospital reports admissions for Vern Davis Middleport and Victor Grimm Middleport and Pearl Durst Cheshire. Anna Perry Pomeroy and William Kreiselmeier Pomeroy admitted. Robert Stobart and Bill Stephenson dismissed.
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Meigs General Hospital
Vern Davis
Middleport
Victor Grimm
Pearl Durst
Cheshire
Anna Perry
Pomeroy
William Kreiselmeier
Robert Stobart
Bill Stephenson
Community groups meet in Middleport and Rutland events
The Middleport Garden Club holds a Monday meeting in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. social room. Racine Chapter 134, Order of Eastern Star, invites past matrons and patrons as guests of honor Monday evening. April anniversaries will be recognized. Mrs Amos Tillis, former missionary to Africa, speaks Tuesday to the Rutland Methodist Church Women Society of Christian Service at Mrs Jacob Schilling’s home. An auction is planned. Salem Center PTA meets at 7:30 Monday in the school auditorium with Robert Garner presenting instrumental students and Mrs Mildred Hawley showing slides of her European tour. Refreshments served.
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Middleport Garden Club
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Racine Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Amos Tillis
Africa
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rutland Methodist Church
Jacob Schilling
C. J. Lemley
Salem Center Pta
Robert Garner
Mildred Hawley
Births and bake sale mark Holzer Hospital news
A parade of newborns is announced from Gallipolis to Point Pleasant and Ironton with numerous parents listed. A Chauncey bake sale at the post office Saturday at 9 a.m. is sponsored by the Chauncey Dover fire department auxiliary.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover
Racine Man Commutes Hearing Set for Ross
POMEROY The commutation hearing for Ralph E. Ross near Racine is set for 10 a.m. April 14 in Columbus before the Ohio Adult Parole Authority. Ross received a life sentence in December 1963 for second degree murder tied to his wife’s death. Meigs County Common Pleas Court convicted him.
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Pomeroy
Ralph E. Ross
Racine
State of Ohio Adult Parole Authority
Columbus
Ross
Ohio
Meigs County
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Mark W. Grueser
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
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Schorn
L. and Z
East Main St
Beulah Ewing
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Beulah
Pomeroy High School
FE. Main
Nye Ave
Elladene Watson
Rutland
Rutland High School
Point Pleasant
Jack Wilts
Glen A. Jones
Gallipolis
Samuel Lee Patterson
Crusade
James Rhodes
West Virginia
Patterson Peple
Ohio Department of Development
Curt Koons
Koons
Hobson
Edison Baker
Holsum Bakery Co
Department of Development
Steve Cowdrey
Eastern High School
John Goodwin
Cincinnati
Institute On World Affairs
NATO
Middleport- Pomeroy
Nancy Buchanan
Cathy Manley
Vicki van Meter
Sharon Hindy
Sharon Whitlatch
Mary Long
Cathy Bailey
Cynthia Mills
Nancy Harris
Jane Surface
Melissa Davis
Patty
Sandy Swartz
Kathy Morgan
Marta Hubbard
Candace Bahrn
Ann Wilson
Donna Hayman
Ruth Lacey
Karen Flores
Mary Woods
Sandy Humphrey
Debbie Maiden
Sandy Garten
Ann Hanson
Connie Simmons
RCA
Elberfelds
Holzer Hospital News
James McCormick Mills
Sherman Buskirk
Kenneth G. Thompson
Morris North
Joseph F. Blackburn
Ravenswood
Hosey Freeman
Carlesburg
Frank E. Kinsley
Ironton
Albert Moore
Dallas A. Cadle
West Columbia
John Wayne McKinney
James McCormick Mills Ill
Kimberly Jo Neville
Clara FE. Howery
Albany
Harry O. Baldwin
William R. Barnhart
Ronald E. E. Barr
George D. Berkley
Dannie L. Brickles
Clifford D. Carder
Iris J. Collins
Dolores E. Cooper
Ena Belle Cooper
Kelle Easter
Lois L. Frank
Charles E. Gates
Gene Greene
Jack Hill
Marion C. Lewis
Avalon G. Lowe
Robert McCarley
Raymond G. McManaway
Carl D., Moore
C. Myers
Baby Sharp
James E. Skaggs
Kenneth Smith
Babbage Spaulding
Mary A. Wipple
James P. Young
Baby Young
Marion Perkins
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Reat
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Karr & van Zandiadillac
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