Meigs Approves Highway Improvement Project in Salem Center
Meigs County Commissioners approved a federal aided plan to upgrade three county highways in the Salem Center area at an estimated cost near 65 000 with the county share about 40 000. The project covers County Roads 1 1A and 27 including new asphalt surfaces and safety upgrades with guard rails and traffic controls. The work aims to begin contracts by June with potential use of funds reallocated from the shelved Page Street project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Jones
Meigs Bureau
Pomeroy
Salem Center
Meigs County
Howard Gifford
Ohio Department of Transportation
Southern Ohio Coal Co
Federal Highway Administration
Gifford
Page Street
Wesley Buehl
Director of Transportation
Ohio
Kidnap Hearing Set for Couple Accused in Ohio Abduction
Federal court will hear charges Friday against Charles Ritz and Harriet Lilly after they were arrested in southern Ohio for abducting John Rutherford at gunpoint from St. Albans West Virginia and driving him to Ohio in a car trunk. Bond set at 25000 each.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
St. Albans
W. Va
Charles R. Ritz
Charleston
W.va
Harriet Lilly
Castro Valley
Calif
U.S
Mark R. Abel
John Rutherford
Rutherford
California
Gallipolis
Ritz
Bond
Memorial Service for Four Middleport Garden Club Members
A Middleport Garden Club memorial rite honored four deceased members during a Monday meeting at Mrs. James Titus home near Rutland. Miss Nellie Zerkle led the candle service for Mrs. C. M. Hennesy, Mrs. Clyde Fisher, Mrs. David Entsminger, and Mrs. Crary Davis, with tributes on their club work. The group also heard reports from president Sibley Slack and notes on guest night, a retiring regional director gift, and committee assignments.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
James Titus
Rutland
Nellie Zerkle
C. M. Hennesy
Clyde Fisher
David Entsminger
Crary Davis
Earl Dean
Grimm
William Morris
Michael Fry
Roscoe Fowler
French
Hayes
Harold Lohse
Edgar Reynolds
Kenneth Cale
Titus
Kincaid
Slack
Logan library boards plans fund for bookmobile replacement
Trustees authorized notifying the Ohio Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Affairs to seek permission to establish a fund for bookmobile replacement. The current van, bought a decade ago for about 12500, need not be replaced now but a fund is planned for the future. The board also approved a 60000 depository contract with Farmers and Merchants Bank for the 1975 76 year and noted rising circulation figures across main and bookmobile services. Senior citizens activities in Pomeroy include a 11 30 a.m. fitness program and a Bob Evans Farm outing Friday at 9 a.m.
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Charles Knight
Ohio
Ernest Wingett
County Board of Elections
Wingett
Middleport
Howard Frank
LOGAN
Logan-Hocking County
Howard St. Clair
Ohio Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Affairs
Hocking County
Premier Mothers Club
Ohio Child Conservation League
Main Street
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Francis Miller
Pomeroy
Bob Evans Farm
Kiwanis Club Plans Fund Raising in Glouster
Glouster Kiwanis Club held its first 1975 76 meeting at Hotel Gordon with guest Jon Holbert now a member. Plans include house to house light bulb and popcorn sales in Jacksonville and on High Street to fund youth service programs and scholarships.
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Glouster
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Gordon
Jon Holbert
Holbert
Glouster Community Bank
Jacksonville
High Street
Trimble
Kiwanis International
Roger Kittle
Kiwanis Seeks New Members At Athens Area Dinner
Community plans a Ladies Night dinner October 18 at Hocking Valley Motor Lodge honoring H. John Huffman newly elected treasurer of the Ohio District. Installation of officers next Monday at 6 p.m. by Joe Bush includes Elmer Lowry Anthony Moscato Robert E. Smith Richard Guinther Daniel K. Teater with two new members Earl Davis and Jon Holbert to be inducted.
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H. John Huffman
Athens Club
Ohio
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
Joe Bush
Division 9
Elmer Lowry
Anthony Moscato
Robert E. Smith
Richard Guinther
Daniel K. Teater
Bush
Earl Davis
Jon Holbert
Tractor Pull Set for Sunday in Rutland Park
A garden tractor pull will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. in Rutland at the park next to the old high school, sponsored by the Rutland Fire Department under the Organization of Garden Tractor Pulling Association of Southeastern Ohio. Refreshments will be available from the department auxiliary. For information call 742-2143 or 667-3730 or 667-3435.
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Rutland
Rutland Fire Department
Rutland Park
Garden Tractor Pulling Association of
Southeastern Ohio
Department Auxiliary of
Meeting Set for Sunday in Pomeroy
The southeast Ohio Junior Miss Scholarship Program committee schedules an orientation for interested high school senior girls this Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Meigs Inn banquet room Pomeroy. The program is set for Nov. 23 at Meigs Junior High School auditorium Middleport with the winner advancing to Ohio finals in Mount Vernon January 10 to 17.
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Pomeroy
Southeast Ohio
Meigs Inn
Meigs
Middleport
Southern Ohio
Ohio
Mount Vernon
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Kiwanians
Kiwanis Club
Pirate
Pepsi
Eckrich
Oga
Dixie
Eckrich Pickle Loaf
Kahn
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Pittsburg
Poplar Street
Nelsonville
Davis
TBP Steel Dota
Aku
Ball
Ball Corporation
Muncie
Indiana
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