Middleport to Build Sewage Plant Under State Law
Middleport village council started legislation to provide a sewage disposal plant financed by revenue bonds of about 225000 dollars. The plan includes nearby Gravel Hill sewers and repayment to the federal government for prior planning. The project hinges on engineer surveys and bond rate approval, with other actions renewing a Workhouse contract and street sealing talks slated for June 14.
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Middleport
L. R. Wiley
David O. Jenkins
Charles Hinsch and Co
Cincinnati
John C. Bacon
Neil Ransick
Ralph Wolpert Co
Dayton
Gravel Hill
Wolpert Co
Columbus
L. P. Cavett Co
Meigs County 4-H Activities and Meetings
Ches ter Junior Lew and So 4-H girls met at Lila Bahr s home with Kaye Bahr as hostess and held a business meeting then games and refreshments. Jolly Girls 4-H Club met at Ann Seenhower s home to save flour coupons for Canters Cave and enjoyed a nine member plus four visitors wiener roast with Dee Thomas and Marjorie Foley serving. Next meeting set for June 2 at 5 30 pm at Diane Head s home. Meigs County Better Live stock Club toured Swackhammer farm with many members and others then held a dairy bar refreshment and business meeting at the county extension office in Pomeroy. Next meeting June 21 at Johnson Farm.
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Chester
Lew
Lila Bahr
Kaye Bahr
Ann Seenhower
Jolly Girls
Canters Cave
Dee Thomas
Marjorie Foley
Diane Head
Meigs County
Lucky Teens 4-H Girls Plan Picnic At June Meeting
The Lucky Teens 4-H girls met at Mildred Hysell’s home with members present. They discussed ways to raise money and appointed Bonnie Wilt Emma Hysell and Joan Woodard to plan a picnic. The next regular meeting is set for June 2 at Carylon Robson’s home.
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Mildred Hysell
Bonnie Wilt
Emma Hysell
Joan Woodard
Carylon Robson
Rutland Busy Gurls Club Plans June Ice Cream Social
Eighteen members attended the Rutland Busy Gurls Club meeting at Dee Thomas home. President Patty Young called the meeting to order and projects were discussed. A refreshment committee was appointed and a June ice cream social was planned. Dee Thomas demonstrated refrigerator cookies and Wanda Boy demonstrated greasing a cake pan.
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Fighteen
Rutland
Dee Thomas
Wanda Boy
Portland Bend Buckeye 4 H Club Meets at Portland School
Eight members attended a business and play session at the Portland School. The program included an artificial respiration demonstration and a softball game. Sammy Price will report on his project at the next meeting on June 3 at the Portland School.
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Portland School
Portland Bend
West End Stars 4-H Club Plans Farm Tour Meeting
Twelve members and two visitors attended at Robert Holliday home. Lawrence Hysell reported on rabbits and Owen Hoffman on spittlebugs. The next meeting is set for June 1 at 8 p.m. at Jack Perry’s home.
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West End Stars
Robert Holliday
Plang
Lawrence Hysell
Owen Hoffman
Jack Perry
Chester Farm 4-H Club Meets at Town Hall With Sixteen Members
James Kimes reports the Chester Farm Boys 4-H Club met at the Town Hall with 16 members present. Project books were discussed. The next meeting is at the adviser’s home on May 31 at 8 p.m.
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James Kimes
Chester Farm Boys 4-H
Ohio Valley Boys 4 H Club Elects Officers
At Olive Orange Grade School a meeting of the Ohio Valley Boys 4 H Club conducted an officer election with seven members present.
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Ohio Valley Boys 4-H Club
Olive Orange
Salem Center 4-H Club Holds Meeting at School
The Salem Center Agricolae 4-H Club met at Salem Center School with six members and one visitor. Project books were given, individual projects discussed and worked on, and members watched television. Next meeting is at the School on June 4 at 7:00 PM.
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Salem Center Agricolae
Salem Center
Auction Notice for Athens County Land Parcel 5.02 Acres
The Athens County Board of Commissioners invites bids by June 17 1954 for a 5.02 acre tract in Athens Township described as part of Farm Lot 27 section 4. The sale includes a 30 foot highway easement along the south boundary. Bids require a 10 percent certified check and 90 percent due at deed.
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Board of Cormuniasioners
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
State of
Ohio River Survey
South Boundry
Athena County
Board of County Commissioners
Bank of Ohio
Athena County Commissioners
W. H. Wakefield
Botw
J. W. Whaley
Students Win Awards At State Scholarship Tests
Racine High School students earned top honors statewide in Ohio state scholarship tests. Norman Harold Roush placed second in Spanish II and eighth in Spanish I. Barbara Ruth Roush took ninth in senior social studies. Shelva Jean Arnott fourth in English 12. Alice Faye Fisher fifth in bookkeeping. Phyllis Elizabeth Ihle unnamed. Albert James Faircloth fifth in Spanish I. Miss Idle tenth in Latin I. All in Division HH for schools with 199 to 400 enrollment.
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Racine
Racine High School
Norman Harold Roush
Shelva Jean Arnott
Barbara Ruth Roush
Alice Faye Fisher
Phyllis
Elizabeth Ihle
Albert James Faircloth
Miss Roush
Faircloth
Ohio
Miss Arnott
Miss Fisher
Miss Idle
Nurse with Meigs Health Board Resigns After Twenty Years
Miss Nelle Bing, a nurse with the Meigs county Department of Health for about 20 years, resigns effective June 23. She is replaced by Miss Bernice Ledlie of Langsville, a Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduate who will start next Tuesday after leaving Meigs General Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Nelle Bing
Meigs County
Pool Opens As Youth Benefit For Community
MIDDLEPORT residents learn the Municipal Swimming Pool opens Sunday afternoon. Supervisor David Winefordner says water is fine and council members praised the pool. Staff includes Harlan DeVol manager and lifeguards Stephen Coats John E Vroman junior guards Patricia Lloyd Sheila Stover Charlene Walburn with concession operators. Family season ticket costs ten dollars plus one dollar per child. children's tickets are six dollars and may be purchased now.
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Middleport
David Winefordner
Winefordner
Harlan DeVol
Margaret Hoyt
Hospital admits list of patients and newborns in multiple towns
Meigs General Hospital reports admitting numerous patients from Reedsville Dexter Syracuse Minersville Rutland and Langsville with additional births noted for several couples including Don and Clarence Baker Eldon Painter Dale Ellis Charles Bissell and others. Names include Rita Baker Hazel Stewart Jean Moore Odella Smith Bessie Holt T A Gomer Bernice Durst and many more.
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Rita Baker
Reedsville
Hazel Stewart
Dexter
Jean Moore
Syracuse
Odella Smith
Minersville
Bessie Holt
Rutland
T. A. Gomer
Bernice Ann Durst
Pomeroy
Charlies Hayes, Jr
Murl Douglas
Harrisonville
Charles Reuter
Virginia Carpenter
Chesterhill
Sara E. Roush
New Haven
W.va
Maude Ralph
Larry Lee
Eagle Ridge
Kathleen Painter
Langsville
Olan Goodwin
Henry Bentz
Racine
Grace Ellis
Cheshire
Charles Bissell
Ethel Halfhill
Frank Graham
Middleport
Don Moore
Clarence Baker
Eldon Painter
Dale Ellis
Charles D. Bissell
Man Attacked by Stray Cat Receives Hand Infection Treatment
Olan Goodwin was discharged from Meigs General Hospital Tuesday afternoon after being treated for a hand infection from a stray cat bite three weeks earlier. He had tried to shoo away the animal from his shop when it attacked.
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Pomeroy
Olan Goodwin
Meigs General Hospital
Fair Board Appointees Named in Meigs County
C L Heaton announces four new Meigs County Fair Board appointees expanding membership to 15. Roy Eichinger is replaced by Clinton Gilkey. new members are Roger Morgan Robert Pickett and Charles Radford. Premium lists for the August 18 to 21 fair were discussed.
Dedication Sunday at Sutton Methodist Church
A Memorial Day homecoming and dedication mark a Sunday at Sutton Methodist Church on the Racine Bashan Road. The day features Sunday school at 10 a.m worship at 11 a.m a churchyard basket dinner at noon and a 2 p.m dedication service followed by a Memorial Day service by the Racine American Legion Post. The Woman s Society completed re papering the interior and the new pulpit was bought by the official board.
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Pomeroy
Sutton Methodist Church
Racine-Bashan Road
Racine
Seventh Birthday Celebrations at the Darst and Miller Homes
Linda Darst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Darst, marked her seventh birthday with a yard party at the Bethel Coleman residence on Lincoln Street featuring a seven candle pink heart cake. Guests included Diana Criswell and three dozen friends. James Miller celebrated his eighth birthday with cake, balloons, and games at the Miller home on 5S Third Ave with Mrs. Miller.
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Middleport
Linda Darst
Dale Darst
Bethel Colemans
Lincoln St
Durst
Edna Carson
Diana Criswell
Sandra
Susan Ohlinger
Nancy
Shirley Ash
Marilyn
Billy Swan
Sonny Blevins
Michael Archer
Roy Coleman
David Covert
John Blake
Mary Fultz
Sandra Miller
Bill Jackson
Billy Edwards
Connie Boho
Michael Bratton
Susie Rathburn
Anna Mae Jeffers
Celeste Ruit
Tony
Sandra Clench
Narsa Frost
Sandra Bunce
Kathy Graves
Carolyn Hendrix
Michael Mulford
Pamela Covert
Linda Darnell
Joy Boggs
Shirley Buckner
Ronald
James Miller
Myron R. Mille
Miller
Third Ave
Perfect Attendance Marks at Letart and Salem Center Schools
POMEROY reports 25 Letart Grade School pupils and 19 Salem Center Grade School pupils earned perfect attendance for the school year. Recipients include Letart students Jacqueline Adams and James Lee Hunt and Salem Center students Janet Eaton and Don Nelson among others.
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Pomeroy
Delorous Glenn
Patricia Roush
Robbie Graham
Kathryn Powell
Barbara Combs
Larry Grimm
Clara Ruth Glenn
Lillian Hall
Henry Hill
Charles Hupp
Larry Powell
Johnny Arnott
Sally Roush
Sue Miller
James Hall
Salem Center
Janet Eaton
Don Nelson
Raymond Nelson
Charles Leo Spires
Dorothy Graham
Judy Gallion
Linda Turley
Barbara Jones
Marlin Goff
Randall Tackett
Cecil Nelson
Beverly Bowen
Maude Brewer
Richard Rise
Alvah Jiiden
Ward Nelson
Thomas Spaulding
Bernie Bowen
Paul Reese
Ball and Buckner Participants Named in District Event
Tommy Jobb and Charles Buckner are listed alongside second grade teacher Mrs. Flossie Allensworth in a district event roster, suggesting a community or school program involving local residents and educators.
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Jobb
Tommy Ball
Charles Buckner
Flossie Allensworth
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