Rio Grande Announces Summer Band and Outdoor Workshop
Rio Grande College outlines two summer sessions from June 12 to July 14 and July 17 to August 18 featuring 17 subject areas including business administration education and health. The HPE courses cover archery tennis gymnastics horseback riding golf badminton and folk dance. A band and chorus program, open to high school graduates with musical experience, offers credit toward Rio Grande College. An August 10 to 23 wilderness and ecology regional workshop in Ely Minnesota includes 10 days canoe travel through Quetico-Superior with forest rangers on standby.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
HPE
Dean B. Rinehart
Ely
Minn
United States Forest Rangers
The
Admissions & Records Office
Regatta Queen Contest Opens in Pomeroy 1972
High school graduates from Meigs Gallia Athens or Mason County may apply to compete for Miss Regatta Queen 1972. The Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sponsors the contest with entry forms to Mrs. Linda Biffle. Contestants must travel with the Chamber for several functions and will ride a parade float on June 16 with the queen crowned at the Frog Ball June 17 at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium.
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Meigs
Gallia
Athens
Mason County
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Linda Biffle
Four County
Chamber of Commerce
Middleport-Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High
Flower Show Plans At Big Bend Regatta In Pomeroy
The Twin City Appreciation theme headlines the Big Bend Regatta Flower Show to be held June 17 and 18 in Pomeroy. Co chairwoman Mrs Tom Stewart leads Rutland Friendly Gardeners with six arrangement classes including River Fantasy Driftwood in 3 D Free As a Breeze and Man Versus His Environment. All Meigs County clubs may enter six arrangements each with a county meeting set for May 15 to finalize plans.
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Rutland
Twin City
Pomeroy
Tom Stewart
The
Rutland Friendly Gardeners
Meigs County
Prisoner to Speak at Zion Church of Christ
Dennis A. Forney, inmate at Chillicothe Correctional Institute and former addict, will speak Sunday at 7 30 p.m. at Zion Church of Christ north of Pomeroy. He leads Concern and has given 75 talks at churches schools and groups. Youth sponsors and others invited.
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Pomeroy
Dennis A. Forney
Chillicothe Correctional Institute
Zion Church of Christ
State Road 143
Concern
Forney
Five appear in Middleport Village Court
Five persons appeared in Middleport Village Court on a Wednesday night. Mayor John Zerkle issued three fines and two bonds were forfeited. Frank Campbell, 21, Pomeroy, speeding, forfeited a $25 bond. Matthew Davis Jr., 29, Halifax NC, intoxication, forfeited a $30 bond. Larry Edmonds, 48, Middleport, driving while intoxicated, fined $100 plus costs and three days in jail. Raymond Justice, 56, Middleport, intoxication, fined $5 plus costs.
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Middleport
John Zerkle
Frank Campbell
Pomeroy
Matthew Davis Jr
Halifax
N.C
Larry Edmonds
Raymond Justice
Middleport Squad Responds to Basketball Illness
Middleport Emergency Squad answered a call Wednesday at 6 37 p m for Rick Triplett 19 who became ill and fainted while playing basketball He was transported to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Rick Triplett
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Car Shoved Into Plants At Market
Police investigate a two car crash on Main Street at the Midway Market. Bertha Schreiber 84 Mason WV and Paul Pierce 30 Pomeroy rear ended. Schreiber was turning into the market and the impact pushed her car into plants. No injuries and medium vehicle damage. Also Castor Cemetery Association to hold annual meeting Saturday at 1 30 p m at Columbia Chapel Church with dues payable.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Midway Market
Bertha Schreiber
Mason
W. Va
Paul Pierce
Schreiber
Albany
Castor Cemetery Association
Columbia Chapel
Truck Bids Opened for Meigs County Sanitary Landfill
Meigs County Commissioners opened bids for two trucks to operate a sanitary landfill including chassis and containers. Bids ranged from 15 568 00 to 21 830 83 with bidders from Pomeroy Columbus and GMC Truck Sales. A new dog warden Gary Dill was hired and site options were reviewed with State Board of Health approval pending.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs Equipment
Reynolds Equipment
Columbus
GMC
Handling, Inc
Miss Sherry King Wins Meigs PTA Scholarship
Meigs High School senior Miss Sherry King, daughter of Mr and Mrs William King of Middleport Route 1, is awarded the Meigs County Council PTA scholarship. King active in DeMolay and Job's Daughters, plans to attend Ohio University in the fall. scholarship awarded at Rutland council meeting held Thursday night.
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Pomeroy
Sherry King
Meigs
Meigs County Council
Miss King
William King
Middleport
Pomeroy Bethel
Attorney Buck Honored At Webster-Fultz Luncheon
Robert Buck of the Webster-Fultz Law Firm in Pomeroy was honored at a Meigs Inn luncheon after passing the state bar exam. He will be sworn in as an attorney in Columbus on Saturday with attendees including courthouse staff his wife Debbie, parents Fritz and Buck, Marvin Keebaugh, and colleagues Manning Webster and Bernard Fultz.
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Pomeroy
Robert Buck
Webster-Fultz
Meigs Inn
Columbus
Buck
Debbie Keebaugh Buck
Fritz Buck
Marvin Keebaugh
Manning Webster
Bernard Fultz
Pomeroy Emergency Squad Responds to Two Calls
The Pomeroy Emergency Squad made two calls on Wednesday. A Virginia Yonkers was ill at Shamrock Motel and taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital. William Huffman suffered a lacerated mouth at Court Street Cab Co and was treated at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Shamrock Motel
Virginia Yonkers
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Court Street
Legion Baseball Program Planned At Pomeroy Meeting
Drew Webster Post No. 39 held a meeting in Pomeroy to plan a summer baseball program. A 1 pm Sunday signup at the Legion hall was announced, with 34 games on the schedule. Coaches Nesselrode and Werry and manager VanMeter named. the post and Feeney-Bennett Post 128 sponsor the county program.
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Pomeroy
American Legion
Drew Webster
Post
Don Hunnel
The
Legion Hall
Hannel
George Nesselrode
Mike Werry
Norman VanMeter
Feeney-Bennett Post
Middleport
Center Needs Students at Mason County Learning Center
Center recruiter Rev C L Frum notes good response but expects attendance to dip as warmer weather arrives. The center needs about 12 students daily and 12 per night to cover costs and avoid closure. Open Thursday evenings and Monday 6 to 9 30 p m.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
C. L. Frum
Frum
Body Reported Lying in Ditch Vanishes
Meigs County Sheriff Hartenbach says a woman’s body wrapped in a blanket was found in a ditch by Jackson county officials but disappeared before investigators arrived. He suspects the person may have walked away on her own.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Jackson County
Harrisonville
John Moore Wins Second in School Poster Contest
John Moore of Meigs High School won second place in a student art poster contest tied to a class project. Under teacher Margaret Ella Lewis the entries were part of a contest by the Art Institution Schools of Minneapolis and Scholastic Magazine. Moore’s poster urged students to stay in school and earned a drawing table prize.
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Rock Springs
John Moore
Meigs High School
Margaret Ella Lewis
Art Institution Schools of Minneapolis
Scholastic Magazine
Moore
Don Moore
Laurel Cliff
Two Drivers Cited After Sharon Hollow Road Crash
Pomeroy Meigs County sheriff reports a Thursday 1 p.m. crash on Sharon Hollow Road involving Harold Proffitt 46 of Portland and Raymond Kerns 63 of Racine. Kerns cited for failure to yield and Proffitt for expired chauffeur license. No injuries.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Sharon Hollow
Harold Proffitt
Portland
Raymond Kerns
Racine
Kerns
Proffitt
Law Curbs Street Parking in Green Township Subdivisions
Cincinnati AP report says new zoning law in Green Township western Hamilton County requires two car garages in all new subdivisions. The ordinance, approved by the township trustees, went into effect this week and changes street parking rules accordingly.
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Cincinnati
Green
Hamilton County
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