Ancestors' Residence Repaired by Earl Cowen at Shade Meigs County
Rev. Earl Cowen of Shade undertakes extensive repairs on the ancestral frame residence above US Route 33 north of Darwin Meigs County. The home sits on land once part of Leroy Jones estate and ties to Jones family history dating to 1814 1821. Cowen and his wife plan to occupy the restored site after work finishes.
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Darwin
Meigs County
Earl Cowen
Shade
Earl Cowens
Diademia Jones
Mary Lowell
Orville
Athens County
Meigs
Burlingham
Jones
Diademic Jones
Atlantic
Wales
Pittsburgh
Nathaniel Fish
Caroline Fish
Bedford
Athens
Mr. Fish
Alexander Campbell Zook
Leroy Jones
Diademia
Ann Cowen
Charles E. Peoples
Jerseyville
Emmett
Ewart
Jennie
Beal
Pratts Fork
Leroy Cowen
George Cowen
Quivey
Diademia Jones Eastman Fish Cook
Lida
Pomeroy
Mulberry and
Second Sts
Jonse Casto
Parkersburg
Reverend Cowen
Three Hospital Campaigns Being Held In Middleport
In Middleport a three way hospital loyalty campaign unfolds. Holzer Hospital workers seek funds for expansion and urge votes for a 400000 Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital bond. A Citizens Committee pamphlet opposes that bond and promotes the Tom Jones Memorial Hospital to be funded by local doctors and residents, not taxpayers.
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Middleport
Holzer Hosital
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Tom Jones Memorial Hospital
Meigs County
the Citizens
Your Hospital Your Hospital
Ohio ranked 45th in hospital beds per thousand. Meigs County fared 88th in beds. The piece urges residents to weigh paying about 80 cents per capita annually for 20 years to improve hospital capacity.
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Ohio
Meigs County
United States
Time For Autos Demonstrated Stopping In Rutland
Rutland high school students and teachers watched tests showing stopping distances at 20 30 and 40 mph. Drivers including Robert Richards and Sheriff Charles Russell demonstrated reaction and braking distances with yellow paint markers. Edward Adams notes speed as a major cause of accidents and urges knowledge of true stopping distances. Stagecoaches stayed in New Mexico until 1881 when railroads arrived.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Robert Richards
Charles Russell
George Rice
Charlotte Weaver
Junior Vandall
Edward Adams
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Farm Bureau Council
Community Notes From Rutland and Athens Area
Rutland residents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Swicks and daughter Paula Jean visited their relatives, while the Baptist Church hosted a masquerade at the American Legion Hall. Maxine Siders of Ohio University visited family, and Ethel Snowden of Athens Hospital was home briefly. Cpl. Charles Spires is recovering from a Korean war injury, and other locals hosted dinner guests and family visitors in Rutland and Athens.
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Korea
Branch Fleming
Ira Fleming
Don Betsing
Gerald Violet
O. E. Stansbury
Ross Halliday Funeral Rites Set for Monday
Funeral services for William Ross Halliday 79 Meigs County farmer who died at his Dexter home will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Dexter Christian Church with burial in Salem Center Cemetery. He leaves a widow Mattie Longstreth Halliday and seven children plus siblings and other relatives.
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Middleport
William Ross Halliday
Meigs County
Dexter
Dexter Christian Church
Salem Center
Rawlings-Coats
Old Christian Church
Mattie Longstreth Halliday
Elsie McClaskey
Gladys Knochs
Wilmington
Ohio
Carroll Halliday
Washington, D. H
Dwight Mutchler
Athens
Ward Halliday
Myrtle Sinclair
Washington, D. C
Frank
Harrisonville
Ray
Wellston
Roy Anderson
Langsville
Charles Holcomb
Ashville
Everett Tracy
Pomeroy
Emma Strong
Toledo
Laing
Mary Longstreth Halliday
Dexter Area
Steiner Relative Named Defense Officer in Ohio Plan
Dr. L P Eblin an Ohio University professor was named one of three radiological defense officers for a 28 county Ohio Defense Area. He is the brother of Mrs Marie Steiner of Middleport and uncle to Ray and Earl Steiner OU graduates.
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Middleport
L. P. Eblin
Ohio University
Ohio
Marie Steiner
Ray
Earl Steiner
O.U
Will action in Meigs County probate records
The will of John K Smith has been admitted to probate and Joseph H Hysell appointed executor of the estate of Filander J Hysell, deceased, according to Meigs County Probate Court records.
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John K Smith
Joseph H. Hysell
Filander J. Hysell
Meigs County
Apple Butter Sale Planned by Rocksprings Church
Women of the Rocksprings Methodist Church will make apple butter on Wednesday. Orders are being taken by Mrs. Clifford Leifheit and Mrs. William Bartles.
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Rocksprings Methodist Church
Clifford Leifheit
William Bartles
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