Pomeroy Names Three Valedictorians and One Salutatorian
Pomeroy High School announces three valedictorians for the 1967 graduating class Kay McGowan Therese Duerr Fultz and David George Hargraves plus salutatorian Emilia Legar. McGowan active in homecoming queen honor society glee band and church organist plans science study at St Marys Notre Dame. Duerr Fultz serves as GAA president National Honor Society and variety show participant plans math study at Marietta College. Hargraves involved in National Honor Society class play paper staff and Eagle Scout ambitions electrical engineering at Ohio University. Legar active in National Honor Society Student Activities Association secretary editor of Panther Roar and 4H plans accounting at Columbus Business University.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Kay McGowan
Thomas McGowan
Mason
Sargeant
Betty Crocker
FTA
GAA
Pomeroyan
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame
David George Hargraves
George Hargraves Jr
East Liverpool
Creative Writers
Ohio University
Athens
Emilia Legar
Charles W. Legar
National Honor Society
Student Activities Association
Panther’s Roar
Buckeye Girls State
Future Teachers Association
DAR Good Citizen
American Legion
Columbus Business University
Eight MHS Seniors Are Given Bibles
In Middleport the First Baptist Church awarded eight Middleport Senior High School students Bibles during Sunday School. Recipients included David Jenkins Paul Haynes David Sigman Sam Hood Elinor Bodimer Marilyn Stumbo and twins Steve and Stephanie Pullen. Bibles tied with school colors and orchids were presented by Tony Fowler with Sunday School superintendent A R Pullen speaking. In Pomeroy two emergency cases arrived at Meigs General Hospital Homer Hysell for a hand injury from a car jack and Helen Truman for a hand cut from mowing with a sickle.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church In
David Jenkins
Dave Jenkins
Paul Haynes
B. L. Haynes
David Sigman
Sigman
Sam Hood
Milton Hood
Elinor Bodimer
Bert Bodimer
Marilyn Stumbo
Clifford Stumbo
Steve
Stephanie Pullen
James Pullen
Tony Fowler
A. R. Pullen
Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
Homer Hysell
Helen Truman
Cleveland
Pomeroy Students Awarded in Annual High School Assembly
Pomeroy high school held an awards assembly awarding students across activities. Honors included journalism staff, typing, annual staff, perfect attendance, athletic letters, track and golf awards, a beauty school scholarship, Readers Digest subscription, and state and national recognitions. Terri Fultz, David Hargraves, and Kay McGowan earned top honors including valedictorian and salutatorian medals.
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Pomeroy
Eddie Baer
Terri Fultz
Panther
Millie Legar
Jane Grueser
Judy Smith
Sharon Smith
Candice Hutton
Jo Smith
Susan Lytle
Jennifer Blakeslee
Kay McGowan
Terry Fultz
Joyce Evans
Judy King
Rose Ann Lisle
David Hargraves
Ronnie Logan
Jerry Well
Harry Garnes
Duane Brickles
Mike Hargraves
Butch Mash
John Wolfe
Carl Karges
Jim Lee
Andy Porter
Don Swisher
Don Lambert
John Goodwin
Jack Mowery
Dave Hargraves
Jim Swatzel
Ron Eastman
Harold Barker
Mike Globokar
Pat Story
Jim Anderson
Jeff Burt
Mike O’brien
Loring Vaughan
James Diehl
Ohio University
State Board of Education
Charles Donaban
William Downie
Carol Hall
William Moore
Patty Leifheit
DAR
Betty Crocker
Alta Scrimsher
Charesse Porter
Gary Scarberry
Kay Bing
Cathy Fultz
Michael Hargraves
Katherine McGowan
Neil Colmer
Theresa Eastman
Mary Francis
Ronald Cowan
Katy McGowan
Bill Moore
Kathy McGowan
Danforth Foundation
Students Present Final PTA Meeting Program at Reedsville
Riverview PTA hosts final meeting with student performances from grades one through eight. Songs include By the Barnyard Gate Gingerbread Boy Little White Duck and Goodnight Song. The eighth grade parodies Little Red Riding Hood and a skit shows Ghost in the House with characters such as Bob Meredith and Mrs Potter. The closing Home Work play features Trudy Pepper and Muscles Murray with narration by Diane Raiguel.
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Reedsville
Riverview
PTA
Hansel and Gretel
Charlene Marcinko
Charles Jackson
Bobby Fitch
Ruby Barber
Roger Smith
Jackie Rise
Robert Hensley
Martha Wells
Meredith
Brenda Boring
Mr. Meredith
Mike Boring
Bob Meredith
Terry Stethem
Margie
Debbie Hauber
Mr. Pepper
Dale Boston
Mrs. Pepper
Debbie Fitch
Helen Pepper
Frances Wells
Timothy Pepper
Randy Hall
Diane Raiguel
Pomeroy Jolly Bunch Honors 82nd Birthday
Mrs. H. E. Bush was honored with gifts and cards for her 82nd birthday at a Jolly Bunch Sewing Club meeting at Mrs. Shirley Mills home. A decorated birthday cake was presented to the honoree amid well wishes from attendees.
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Pomeroy
H. E. Bush
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
Shirley Mills
Four Minor Crashes Reported By Patrol This Weekend
POMEROY The Gallipolis Post reports four minor accidents in the area over the weekend. A pony died after running onto Route 7 near the Silver Bridge. A wheel came off a towed car striking a northbound vehicle. Two people suffered minor injuries when another car hit a vehicle stopped for a dog. One driver, Kenneth Lament, was cited for following too closely. Paul Randolph received a speeding citation after sliding into a tree with heavy car damage.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Silver Bridge
Earl E. Caldwell
Kelton Lane
Merrill J. Harrison
Northup
Kenneth Lament
Grove City
Cristine
Granville C. Moore
Charleston
Moore
Paul K. Randolph
Addison
Cheshire
Randolph
Middleport Fashion Study And Graduation Plans
Mrs J J Davis and daughter Joyce traveled to Rhode Island for the Fashion Collection 1967 at RISD where Charlene Davis showcased original student designs. Miss Davis, a senior, will graduate June 2. Dr Martin Essex will deliver Middleport High School commencement address and attend a dinner at Grateview before graduation. Open house follows at Grateview overlooking the Ohio River. Former Middleport teachers who worked with Essex will host. Dr R R Pickens treated staff to a trip to Montreal Exposition. Mrs Lettie Roush and son-in-law Raymond Allensworth visited in Dunbar West Virginia for funeral services of Ray Turley.
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J. J. Davis
Joyce
Rhode Island
Rhode Island School of Design
Charlene Davis
Miss Davis
Martin Essex
Ohio
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Middleport High School
Gene Grate
Grate
Montreal
Canada
Lettie Roush
Middleport
Raymond Allensworth
Columbus
Dunbar
W. Va
Ray Turley
Meetings in Meigs County Riding Club Notice
Meigs County Riding Club meets Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Young Sr with Leo Kennedy Jr presiding. The Heath Methodist Church Afternoon Circle holds a May Fellowship Luncheon Thursday at 1 pm in the church dining room. Bring a covered dish and table service. Miss Bess Sanborn leads the program.
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Meigs County Riding Club
Joe Young
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Circle of Heath Methodist Church
Bess Sanborn
School Changes Protested by 300 Citizens
More than 300 residents of the Meigs Local School District signed petitions opposing proposed changes to the Rutland Middleport and Pomeroy high schools. The petitions urge residents to attend a Meigs Local board meeting at Pomeroy elementary school at 7 30 p m to voice views, with no final action expected.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Rutland
Middleport
River Hunt Abandoned to Resume Later in Pool Conditions
POMEROY After a fruitless day Saturday dragging the river at the site of Randy Haning a drowning victim eleven year old boy the Pomeroy Rescue Squad searched riverbanks to Gallipolis Sunday. They said the search is temporarily abandoned but may resume when the river returns to pool stage and clears. The effort focused on the muddy waters near the abandoned coal tipple on East Main Street close to the boy’s parents home.
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Pomeroy
Randy Haning
Pomeroy Boy
Gallipolis
East Main Street
Husbands' Night Held By Middleport CCL
Middleport residents attended Husbands' Night hosted by the Child Conservation League at the legion hall in Pomeroy. A going away gift honored Mrs. Angus Howard who moves to Zanesville with her family. The evening featured games dancing and a humorous Dr. Murray Banks recording. Mrs. Don Thomas won the contest. Orioles crowds led Minnesota 1966 season with 207,894 attendees in games versus the Twins.
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Middleport
Child Conservation League of
Legion Hall
Pomeroy
Angus Howard
Zanesville
Murray Banks
Don Thomas
Baltimore Orioles
Minnesota
Orioles
Twins
Seniors Receive Bibles From Heath Church
Middleport High School gradu ating seniors from the class of Heath Methodist Church were given Bibles during Sunday worship. Presentation by Jack Bechtle to Patricia Ault Asa Bradbury Marjorie Harris and William Davis noted with inscriptions by Mayor C Q Fisher. Rev Max Donahue spoke and music featured God Is A Spirit sung by the choir led by Ben Philson with Newman at the organ.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Jack Bechtle
Patricia Ault
William Ault
Asa Bradbury
Charles A. Bradbury
Marjorie Harris
Eugene Harris
William Davis
C. Q. Fisher
Max. Donahue
God Is A Spirit
Ben Philson
Newman
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Dismissals
Meigs General admitted Thomas L. Weber from Long Bot tom Route 1 Georgia Fraley Cheshire Jacob Hartenbach Mason W Va Homer Hysell Pomeroy Dismissed Sylvia Hysell Sylvia Young Howard H Hall
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Thomas L. Weber
Long Bottom
Georgia Fraley
Cheshire
Jacob Hartenbach
Mason, W. Va
Homer Hysell
Pomeroy
Sylvia Hysell
Sylvia Young
Howard H. Hall
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Therese Fultz
MHS
Becky Radford
Marie Smith
Sandra Beal
Peggy Bowers
Virginia Cunningham
Connie Dill
Peggy Hoffner
Shelia Ohlinger
Jewel Price
Sedonia Spencer
Bernas Yonker
Clarence Lightfoot
Carl Savange
Charles Radford
Linda Shamblin
Robert Whaley
Zana Reuter
Pat Martin
Barbara White
Mobil House
Mobil
French City Lumber Co., Inc
Pine ST
Gallipolis, Ohio
PT. Pleasant, W. VA
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Emmett Will
Daleanna Little
Wanda Sprague
Henry Bert Hunt
Racine
Margaret Bailey
Syracuse
Alpha Holt
Russell Lewis
Laura Taylor
Virginia Ward
Wilds Brogan
Kathleen Moody
Edna Rollins
Janet Reynolds
Emmett Welch
Clyde Frazier
Robert Betz
Leona Stewart
Robert Snowden
Snowden
Northwestern Local Board of Education
Meigs Local
Scipion
George Hargraves
Middleport CCL
Heath Church
Logan
Follett Store
Olympia
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