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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1973

Page

8

Meadow Run Gatherin Offers Music and Camping in Ohio Hills

Meadow Run Music Gatherin in Pike County foothills June 9 and 10 at Casa Rosa Ranch offers mountain music folk dance and camping. Activities include a folk dance workshop fiddler contest banjo fiddle dulcimer sessions and hymn singing with food stalls and camping on site. Admission 1.25 adults 0.50 children. musicians on stage free. Organized by Appalachian Cultural Heritage and Pioneer Skills Project and Jim Dyke Music Co.

Waverly Meadow Run Pike County Casa Rosa Ranch Appalachian Cultural Heritage and Pioneer Skills Project Jackson-Vinton

Youth Cited For No License In One Car Crash

A 14 year old Middleport youth, Mike Andrew Pierce, was cited by Meigs County Sheriff's Department for no valid operator's license after a one car crash on Shotgun Hollow Road. Pierce's passenger Floyd Fitchpatrick, 14, reported injury but was not treated. vehicle damaged. A separate Rutland Route 124 motorcycle crash injured rider but no serious injuries.

Pomeroy Middleport Meigs County Sheriff’s Department Shotgun Hollow Road Mike Andrew Pierce Guy Russell Pierce Floyd Fitchpatrick Rutland Jarrell Racine Ruth C. Grindstaff Grindstaff

AAUW Discusses Meigs Museum Progress and Plans

An AAUW meeting at the Meigs Museum featured Gerald Hilferty outlining a living history plan. The project includes permanent county history displays crafts and activities and a Heritage Day with pottery weaving and music during the Big Bend Regatta. Members urged Meigs County Commissioners to provide financial support.

Big Bend Hilferty Meigs County Historical Society Meigs County Commissioners

Two Point Pleasant Accidents Investigated

Point Pleasant Police investigated two crashes on Jackson Avenue. In the first at 8:45 p.m. Beverly O. Wedge drove into Michael B. Rawson’s vehicle. no injuries or citations. In the second at 5:19 a.m. on Jackson Avenue the other driver Rickey Barnett failed to have lights on. both cars were demolished with no injuries.

Point Pleasant Jackson Avenue 25Th Street Beverly O. Wedge Michael B. Rawson 28Th Street Rickey Barnett Gallipolis

Regatta Talent Contest to Award 80 Dollars in Prizes

A new talent contest during the Big Bend Regatta in Middleport will award 80 dollars to top acts. Vernon Weber leads, entries welcome from individuals or groups in music comedy or any talent. The event June 15 at Meigs Junior High follows the regatta parade at 8 15 p.m. Admission 50 cents. first and second prizes in two age groups. Contest rules set June 13 practice and entry deadline June 13.

Middleport Big Bend Vernon Weber Meigs Christine Guthrie Meigs High School Ohio University Quality Print Katie Crow

Senior Citizens Day Brings 100 to Meigs County Center Supper

One hundred senior citizens and others attended Senior Citizens Day at the Center in Pomeroy. Entertainment included Mrs. Gemma Casci on accordion, singing by Mrs. Bernice Winn, and Darrell Taylor on guitar.

Pomeroy Gemma Casci Bernice Winn Darrell Taylor Eleanor Thomas Meigs County Marie Swan Long Bottom Eliza Powell Harrisonville Harrisonville Club Victor Braley Rutland Silver Circle Club Rutland Club Senior Citizens Center Goldie Clendenin Lebanon Tracy Whaley Denver Rice Durwood Cummings Bernard Connally Clarence Struble Meigs County Council On Aging Pearl Welker Richard Patton Columbus Ohio Administration On Aging Ohio

Health program concludes with VIM session in Meigs County

The final VIM session sponsored by the Retired Teachers' Association at the Meigs County Senior Citizens Center covered Medicare plan timing and costs set to begin July 1 at 6.30 dollars per area. Representatives outlined health care aids for seniors and welfare recipients, with a toll free Marietta contact 800-282-9711. A film on health care resources and services including Meals on Wheels and mental health was shown, and referrals and senior volunteer efforts were described. In Pomeroy, the Emergency Squad reported two ambulance runs to Veterans Memorial Hospital for Rose Mohler and Jim Fugate with leg injuries.

Pomeroy Retired Teachers’ Association Meigs County Senior Citizens’ Center Social Security Office Marietta Norman Capps Leafy Shasteen Margaret Amburger Alice Wamsley

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