Meigs Fair Board Elects Officers for 1946 47 Term
The Meigs County Agricultural Society elected Homer Russell as president H E Starkey as vice president James Weber as treasurer Clarence L Heaton as secretary and Charles Radford as superintendent of speed at a meeting in Middleport They plan a four day fair at Rocksprings Fairgrounds next summer with racing junior fair livestock shows and exhibits The board authorized delivering the lease for the fairgrounds to Assistant County Prosecutor Emmet Peoples and noted track repairs after the midget auto racing season Roush and Potts defended track conditions and fencing saying repairs were completed and the track remains as good as at the season start The board earned 100 per day from race promoters plus concession rent
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Society (Fair Board
Russell Auto Sales
Middleport
Homer Russell
H. E. Starkey
Carpenter
James Weber
Clarence L. Heaton
Charles
Radford
Meigs Fair Board
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Charles Radford
Meigs Fairgrounds
Emmet Peoples
Fairgrounds
Heaton
Fair Board
Meigs Agricultural Society
Vic Eiselstein
Speed
Kearns Roush
Thomas Potts
Meigs County
Meigs
Eiselstein
Baptism of Frank Allen Titus at Grace Church Pomeroy
Frank Allen Titus infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Titus of E Main Street was baptized at Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy. The ceremony at 3 p m was led by Rev Charles Baird with Miss Claire Titus and Harold Voylesong as sponsors. Grandmother Mrs E R Titus and other relatives attended as Probate Judge E R Titus could not attend due to illness.
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Pomeroy
Frank Allen Titus
Frank Titus
E. Main St
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Baird
Grace Church
Claire Titus
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harold Voylesong
Middleport
E. R. Titus
Titus
W. A. Giles
Allen Knopp
James E. Titus
Grace Horton
Crary Davis
Lenore Giles
Lera Knopp
Nora Ann Knopp
Brownie Pack Organized in Middleport
In Middleport a Brownie Pack has been organized with Mrs. A. R. Knight and Mrs. Howard Kress supervising. The eight and nine year olds will join a limited first group, with citizenship lessons and recreation planned. Meetings will be held at the Community Youth Recreation Center.
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Middleport
A. R. Knight
Howard Kress
Pomeroy
Legion Hall
D. C. Miller
Thame
Knight
Kress
Weekend visits and family updates across several towns
Edwin Hood Dayton and Clif ford Hood Chillicothe spent a weekend with sister Mrs Lula Nease Wehe Terrace. Mrs Huber Brown and others began work in a local store while Cora Roberts visited Point Pleasant with her sons and daughters in law. Mrs Kingsland recovering from a heart attack. Doctors note improvement.
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Edwin Hood
Dayton
Clifford Hood
Chillicothe
Lula Nease
Wehe Terrace
Huber Brown
Paul Casci
Nathan _ Sisson
Cora Roberts
Point Pleasant
Grant Roberts
John Roberts
Pomeroy Merchants Plan Christmas Street Decorations
At a Meigs County meeting sponsored by the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce the town merchants agreed on holiday decorations for Main Street. Plans include three-foot evergreen wreaths on utility poles, three large illuminated trees in the parking lot, and arches with Santa and reindeer motifs if arches are built.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Tthe Senior High School
Christian Church
Main Street
Senior High
Santa Claus
John Hite
Jed Webster, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Smith
Frank Will
Allen Hartley
Columbus
Howard Kress
C. Pickens
Allan Hartley
R. L. Jacobs
Oliver Unree
Norbert Compton
Dana Oliver
George Howell
Glenroy Ewing
Frank B. Will
Norman Kloes
Harlan Wehrung
Legionnaires List New State Legionnaires
Drew Webster Post American Legion held a Monday meeting with Lester Hart praised for leading the Veterans Memorial Committee. State Commander Schoepp would accept a speaking engagement for the Birthday Party next March. Vice State commander Halloran to speak at Memorial Day in PomeRoy next May. Post reports 228 paid-up members. membership drive starts Dec 15. Refreshment committee served fifty present.
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Pomeroy
a_i
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Lester Hart
War Veteran Memorial Hospital
Frank Johnston
Drew-Webster Post
Veterans Memorial Committee
Schoepp
Halloran
Legion Post
Oris Harris
Ray Reuter
Charles Grueser
Pomeroy Residents Attend Hereford Show
Mr and Mrs A N Bengel attended the eastern National Polled Hereford show and sale in Columbus on November 15. About 300 cattle were exhibited with eighty sold. consignors and buyers came from 28 states and Massachusetts. The Bengels bought two bulls now at Bengel Hereford Farm Scipio Township Route 680.
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Pomeroy
A. N. Bengel
Columbus
Massachusetts
Former Middleport Resident Is Dead
J. D. Nash 302 Norway Ave Huntington former Middleport resident and operator of Nash & Bolton Planing Mill. family lived on Sixth Ave. Death reported Tuesday.
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Middleport
J. D. Nash
Norway Ave
Huntington
Nash
Nash & Bolton
Sixth Ave
Benefit Grid Game Slated for Middleport Alumni Clash
A benefit football game between Middleport High School Alumni and Wahama High School Alumni is set for Friday at Middleport field. Proceeds fund the Community Youth Recreation Center opening Thanksgiving night. Notable players include Paul Dogger Johnson Lionel Boggs and Lewis Sauer with the Middleport Marching Band to perform at halftime.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Wahama High School
Middleport Field
Community Youth Recreation Center
Wahama
Paul (Dogger) Johnson
Lionel Boggs
West Virginia Transient Dies in Meigs Infirmary
John Palmer Pomeroy 65 a transient from Charleston died at Meigs County Infirmary Coroner W H Ewing reports. The body was moved to Ewing Funeral Home He was a guest at the Seakus Hotel who arrived recently and was admitted to the infirmary Coroner Ewing does not know the relatives address
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Pomeroy
John Palmer
Charleston
Meigs County Infirmary
W. H. Ewing
Ewing Funeral Home
Palmer
Seakus
Meigs Infirmary
Ewing
Man Shoots Self as Police Enter Home Near Rutland
Richard Clark Keller 41 near Rutland killed himself at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday using a single barreled 12 gauge shotgun as officers prepared to enter his Grass Run home. Wife Gertrude led officers to the body after the shot. He had been ill and despondent. Survived by wife and five children. Funeral Thursday at Bradbury Church. Coroner took body to Ewing funeral home, Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Richard Clark Keller
Rutland
Ralph Welker
William Welker
Keller
W. A. Hutton
Harrisonville
Grass Run
Bradbury
W. H. Ewing
Ewing Funeral Home
Gertrude
Boneta Durst
William Keller
U.S. Navy
Alice Louise
Betty
Charles
Meigs County Highlighted in Sunday Radio Broadcast
Meigs County will be featured in a 2 to 2 30 p m radio program on WHKC Columbus as part of the Know Your County series. The Meigs program originates at Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium with rehearsal at 1 p m. The event includes performances by the Pomeroy High School Mixed Chorus and the Middleport High School Girls Glee Club, a Meigs County history quiz between students, and talks by Edison Hobstetter and C F E Blakeslee.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
WHKC
Columbus
Ohio
Pomeroy Junior High School
Pomeroy High School
Middleport High School Girls’ Glee Club
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
C. FE. Blakeslee
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