Middleport Moves to Build Sewage Plant Under Water Law
Village council started legislation to provide Middleport with a sewage disposal plant financed by revenue bonds of about 225000 dollars. The project includes nearby sewer extensions and repays 5500 dollars to the federal government for planning. The plan awaits engineer surveys and bond rate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Meigs County 4-H Meetings and Tours Reported
Meigs County 4-H groups held meetings at multiple homes with members and visitors present. The Ches ter Junior Lew and So 4-H girls met at Lila Bahr’s home for business, games, and refreshments. next gathering set for June 2 at 5 30 pm with Diane Head. Jolly Girls 4 H Club planned flour coupon savings to fund a Canter s Cave trip and had a wiener roast with Dee Thomas and Marjorie Foley assisting. next meeting June 2 at 5 30 pm at Diane Head. The Better Live stock Club toured the Swackhammer farm with many members and refreshments at a dairy bar, then the county extension office in Pomeroy for the business meeting. Johnson Farm hosts the June 21 gathering. All names and places reflect local 4-H activity notes.
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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 with 8 members present to discuss money making ideas. Bonnie Wilt Emma Hysell and Joan Woodard were appointed to plan a picnic. The next regular meeting is set for Carylon Robson's home on June 2.
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Mildred Hysell
Bonnie Wilt
Emma Hysell
Joan Woodard
Carylon Robson
Rutland Busy Girls Club Plans June Ice Cream Social
Eighteen members met at Dee Thomas home for the Rutland Busy Girls Club meeting led by president Patty Young. Projects were discussed and a refreshment committee was appointed. 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 Holds Meeting at Portland School
The Portland Bend Buckeye Boys 4-H Club met at the Portland School with eight members. They conducted an artificial respiration demonstration and played 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
Twelve members and two visitors attended a meeting at Robert Holliday's home. Plans were made to tour each member's farm this season. Reports on rabbits and spittlebugs were provided by Lawrence Hysell and Owen Hoffman. The next meeting is set for June 1 at Jack Perry's home at 8 p.m.
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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
James Kimes reports the Chester Farm Boys 4-H Club held a meeting at the Town Hall with 16 members present. Project books were discussed. The session followed a gathering at the adviser’s home on May 31 at 8 p.m.
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James Kimes
Chester Farm Boys
Election of Officers at Olive Orange Grade School
At Olive Orange Grade School the Ohio Valley Boys 4-H Club held an officer election with seven members present. Members participated in the vote and filled the officer posts.
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Ohio Valley Boys 4-H Club
Olive Orange
Salem Center 4 H Club Meets At School
The Salem Center Agricolae 4-H Club met at Salem Center School with six members and one visitor. Project books were given to each member and individual projects were discussed and worked on. The next meeting is set for June 4 at 7 00 pm at the School.
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Salem Center Agricolae
Salem Center
Athens County bids sought for 5.02 acre land tract in Athens
The Athens County Commissioners invite bids under Section 307.09 for a 5.02 acre parcel in Athens Township part of Farm Lot 27 in Ohio River survey. Bid deposits equal 10 percent, with 90 percent due at deed delivery. Bids must include full bidder names and be accompanied by a certified check payable to Athens County Commissioners.
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Board of Commissioners of
Athens County
Oho
Athens
Ohio
Ohio River Survey
Guysville Road
Ami
Eid
Board of County Commissioners
Bank of Ohio
Athens County Commissioners
Athena County
E . W. H. Wakefield
Chatman
J. W. Whaley
Racine High Students Excel in Ohio Scholarships
Racine High School students earned state scholarship honors in Division II among Ohio schools with enrollments of 199 to 400. Norman Roush placed tenth in senior social studies. Miss Roush was second in Spanish II and first in Spanish II. Miss Arnott fourth in English 12. Miss Fisher fifth in bookkeeping. Faircloth fifth in Spanish I. Miss Idle tenth in Latin I. Albert Faircloth eighth in Spanish I.
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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 County Health Department resigns after twenty years
Miss Nelle Bing resigns from the Meigs county Department of Health effective June 23 after about twenty years of service. Bernice Ledlie of near Langsville will replace her. Ledlie, a Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduate from Gallipolis, will start next Tuesday after leaving Meigs General Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Nelle Bing
Meigs County
Pool Welcomes Youth With New Municipal Facility
MIDDLEPORT residents learn the Municipal Swimming Pool opens Sunday afternoon with Supervisor David Winefordner leading the test swim. An unofficial council inspection praised the grounds as ready. Staff includes Harlan DeVol manager and lifeguards Stephen Coats John E Vroman Patricia Lloyd Sheila Stover Charlene Walburn. Family season ticket costs ten dollars with each additional child a dollar more. children's tickets are six dollars.
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Middleport
David Winefordner
Winefordner
Harlan DeVol
Margaret Hoyt
Meigs General Hospital Admits and Discharges List
A long hospital list shows admitted patients including Rita Baker and Hazel Stewart with multiple towns of residence, plus names such as Jean Moore, Odella Smith, Bessie Holt, T A Gomer, Bernice Durst, Charles Hayes Jr, Murl Douglas, Virginia Carpenter, Sara Roush, Maude Ralph, and others. Discharges include Edward Reynolds, Vergil Hayes and son, Flossie Calloway, Alice Russell, Elizabeth Young, Sara Roush, Don Moore and son, and several others.
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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
Charles 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
Clan Goodwin
Henry Bentz
Racine
Grace Ellis
Cheshire
Charles Bissell
Ethel Halfhill
Frank Graham
Middleport
Edward Reynolds
Vergil Hayes
Flossie Calloway
Alice Russell
Elizabeth Young
Sara Roush
Bertha Conde
Don Moore
Ernest Henry
Lettie Lambert
Jessie McGuire
Lena Belles
Mary Jones
James Sauders
Erma Vale
Stephen McCullough
Man Discharged After Cat Attack Infection
Olan Goodwin was released from Meigs General Hospital Tuesday afternoon after being treated for a right hand infection caused by a stray cat that attacked him three weeks ago while he tried to chase the animal from his shop.
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Pomeroy
Olan Goodwin
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County Fair Board names four new appointees
Meigs County Fair Board announced four new appointees expanding membership from 12 to 15. Clinton Gilkey replaces Roy Eichinger on the board. New members include Roger Morgan, Robert Pickett, and Charles Radford. The fair runs August 18 through 21.
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Bedford Township
Charles Radford
Pomeroy
Dedication Sunday at Sutton Methodist Church
A Memorial Day homecoming and dedication will honor redecoration and a new pulpit at Sutton Methodist Church on Racine-Bashan Road. Activities include Sunday school 10 a.m. worship 11 a.m. basket dinner noon in the church yard, dedication at 2 p.m., followed by a Memorial Day service by the Racine American Legion Post. The Women’s Society completed papering, and the pulpit was bought by the official board.
Seventh birthday parties in Middleport district families
Linda Darst celebrated her seventh birthday with a yard party at the Bethel Colemans on Lincoln Street. Guests enjoyed a pink heart cake, ice cream, and games with prizes for Diana Criswell. In another note, James Miller marked his eighth birthday with a party at the Mille residence on South Third Avenue featuring balloons, treats, and prizes for Ellen Dutton, Mary Scott, and Blaine Popp.
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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 Bobo
Michael Bratton
Susie Rathburn
Anna Mae Jeffers
Celeste Ault
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
S. Third Ave
Ellen Dutton
Mary Scott
Blaine Popp
Nancy Little
Nancy Ash
Lynn Daniels
Janice Tannehill
Bonnie Buckner
Jimmy Warner
Johnny Allensworth
Patty Martin
Bobby Martin
Michael Morris
Larry Gladwell
Tuffy Ferguson
James
Perfect Attendance Honors At Letart And Salem Center
Twenty five Letart Grade School pupils and nineteen Salem Center Grade School pupils earned perfect attendance awards for the school year. Recipients include Letart honorees Jacqueline Adams and James Lee Hunt among others, and Salem Center names such as Janet Eaton and Don Nelson.
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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
Notable Names in Second Grade Class Photo
The readables show students Jobb and Tommy Ball along with Charles Buckner and second grade teacher Mrs Flossie Allensworth. The group highlights a small town classroom and its staff.
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Jobb
Tommy Ball
Charles Buckner
Flossie Allensworth
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Charles Murray
Wayne Gibbons
Joe Young, Jr
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Style-Mart
DuPont Dacron
HIS Week Magazine
Good Housekeeping
Hove
Meigs Co
Ownie-Gross, Inc
Clarence Baker
Eldon Painter
Dale Ellis
Charles D. Bissell
Air Board
Capz
CASTO
Meigs
Elizabeth Taylor
Vittorio Gassman
John Ericson
Louis Calbern
Barbara Bates
Roy Thompson, Jr
Hig Patrol
Korea
Middleport Society
Eugene Criswell, Diana Criswell, Tina and
Dale Durst, Jr
Westinghouse
Cleland
W. Main
Liberty
Voice of the
Wendell Corey
Vera Ralston
Forrest Tucker
Phil Harris
Walter Brennan
Duke
Dorothy Pierce
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Alalina
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