Program To Help Field Soil Training Aired by Farm Leaders
Sixteen hundred Meigs County farmers will be contacted by January 1, 1953 in a PMA led program to improve soil and field training for production and marketing association community committeemen. Contour strip cropping and contour cultivation were named as key permanent practices on hill farms along with lime phosphate and green manures. Committeemen outlined fertility, water, drainage, erosion control, land use and wildlife among priority topics. The session featured PMA leaders and county agents stressing planning, financing and the service network available to farmers. Field training for committee members will occur in two sessions on local farms this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Production and Marketing Association
Production and Marketing Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Production Credit Association
PMA
Pete Shields
Donald Mora
Paul Moore
Norman Heilman
Carl Bilikam
Meigs
Ohio
Norman Bahr
Jackson Production Credit Association
Bahr
Meigs Pma
Kenneth Welch
Reed Jeffers
Elmer Kautz
George Genheimer
Cecil Gilogly
Columbia Township
Ralph Henderson
Lee Henderson
Orange
Wayne Chase
Scipio
Harold Roush
Virgil Roush
Letart
Ed O’brien
Ziba Midkiff
Robert Pickett
Bedford
James L. Spencer
Otis Knopp
Sutton
Howard Ebersbach
Gerald Powell
Marion Furbee
Lebanon
George Carson
George Wells
Rutland
Paul Andrews
Olive
Henry Frank
Chester
Salisbury
Lauren Hoffman
Rex Shenefield
Salem
County
X Ray Mobile Unit to Visit Pomeroy and Middleport
Girl Scouts in Pomeroy and Boy Scouts in Middleport distribute information for an x ray mobile unit visit. Robert D. Ragsdale of the Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association announces the event. Free chest x rays offered Friday and Saturday shifts, with local health groups sponsoring alongside a Meigs County levy election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Girl Scouts
Middleport
Boy Scouts
Robert D. Ragsdale
Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
A. R. Knight
Donald Mills
Mitt White
Meigs County Health Department
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Pranksters Warned After Halloween Mischief in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy, youths damage milk bottles along Mulberry Ave and place barrels on streets. Chief Walter E. Wolfe says offenses may be brought before Judge F Harmon O'Brien in county probate court and that parents will be held responsible for their children's acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
F. Harmon O’brien
Walter E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Mulberry Ave
Meigs Schools Close Friday for Meeting
Pomeroy and all Meigs county district schools close Friday to allow teachers to attend the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association meeting in Athens. Rutland grade school closed today due to furnace repairs in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association
Athens
Rutland
Furnnce
Florence Pyle Hosts Eucre Club High Scores Named
Mrs Florence Pyle hosted a two table eucre night for her club. Frances Wallace earned the high score with Clara Theisen in second place. Dessert was served to Velma Werner Janet Cole Amy Jo Moody Doris Willis Frances Wallace Lizzie Patton and Clara Theisen. Numerous relatives and friends visited Columbus Pittsburgh Charleston and Newark addresses in a series of social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Jane Kulas
Columbus
Gertrude Brown
Charleston
W. Va
Doris Theisen
Tyrus Theisen
Ruth Johnson
Margaret Hunter
Carroll
Ohio
Link Johnson
Eaglesport
Susie Bell
Hooper Ridge
Bill Sanders
Harlan Linscott
Ernest Linscott
Margaret Hughes
Jackson
James Wallace
Charles Tilton
Newark
Leroy Brown
Rutland High Junior Class Sponsors Postgame Square Dance
A square dance will be held at Rutland Legion Hall after the Rutland Belpre homecoming game Thursday night. The Rutland High School Junior Class is sponsoring the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rutland Legion Hall
Rutland-Belpre
Rutland High School
Barnitz-Barnitz engagement of Billie Jean to Melvin Hoelscher
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Barnitz announce the engagement of their daughter Billie Jean to Melvin Hoelscher of Lubbock Texas son of Mr. and Mrs. E B Hoelscher of Richland Washington. Miss Barnitz a Pomeroy High School and Ohio State University graduate teaches in Ropesville Texas. Hoelscher a Texas Tech alumnus holds bachelor and master degrees and works for Davis and Humphries Inc of Lubbock. The wedding will be held in Pomeroy in late November.
Halloween Party Held by Baptist Youth Fellowship
Thirty two youths from the Baptist Church gathered Monday in the church social rooms for a Halloween party. Prizes were awarded for costumes and the event included games and a devotional closing led by Rev. Richard DeMott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Daniels
Billy Sterrett
Bob Roush
June Kendall
Richard DeMott
Rose Garden Club installs new officers in Tuppers Plains
The Rose Garden Club held its first meeting of the year at Martha Marks home with Seventeen members present. Elizabeth Lyons passed the presidency to Neisel Weatherman as Phyllis Shields Ethel Arbough and Myrtle Boggess were named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Rose Garden Club
Martha Marks
Elizabeth Lyons
Neisel Weatherman
Phyllis Shields
Ethel Arbough
Myrtle Boggess
Margaret Grace
Ritchey Farm
Route 7
Penny Wise
Leone Babcock
Pomeroy Baptist Class Postponed to November Sixth
The one won one class of the Baptist church will not meet this week. The meeting has been postponed until November 6.
United Methodist Prayer Group Meeting notice
The United Methodist Prayer Group will meet at C. E. Blakeslee’s home on Lincoln Hill Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
United Methodist Prayer Group
C. E. Blakeslee
Lincoln Hill
Beaver Falls Hosts Dinner Guests From Multiple States
Mr and Mrs Russell of Radcliffe Beaver Falls Pa hosted dinner with Mr and Mrs Price Wolfe Wooster Ohio and Mr and Mrs Eber Carnaham and Mrs Ward Foster Racine visiting Mr and Mrs Ralph Gilmore Monday for a social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell , Radcliffe
Beaver Falls
Price Wolfe
Wooster
Ohio
Eber Carnaham
Ward Foster
Racine
Ralph Gilmore
School officials visit state education offices in Columbus
Pomeroy O. O. Patterson county superintendent of schools and Eldon Weeks visited the state department of education offices in Columbus to day for a business visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Murphey named Executor of Emily C. Murphey estate
Franklin C. Murphey of Athens Ohio appointed Executor of the Emily C. Murphey estate. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated October 21, 1952, by Judge John F. Newcomb probate judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin C. Murphey
Athens
Ohio
Emily C. Murphey
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Said
Businessmen and Teachers Back School Levy in Pomeroy
About 100 local business groups and Pomeroy Public Schools administrators and teachers urged voters to approve a five mill school levy. If a majority supports it, the district would gain 30,400 in state aid, funding books, supplies, maintenance, equipment, and modest salary increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Schools
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy School
Pomeroy Pta
General Assembly
State School Foundation
Smith
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Pomeroy Man Fined and jailed for intoxication
Oliver Mitch of Middleport was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail on intoxication charges in a Tuesday hearing before Mayor Delmar A. Canaday. Chief Walter E. Wolfe filed the charges. Rufus Hoscar, 36, of Middleport faced checks written with unlawful intent to defraud and pled guilty, but mayor Canaday ordered further investigation before sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Oliver Mitch
Middleport
Walter E. Wolfe
Canaday
Rufus Hoscar
Hoscar
Six Racine Graduates Now in Columbus
Six Racine High School 1952 graduates are now in Columbus. The group includes Virginia Arnott of Ohio National Bank Janice Hayman of Battelle Memorial Institute Marilyn Bruwer with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Vera Norris of Farm Bureau Insurance Co John Fischer Jr of Lindell Machine Shop and Critt Bradford Jr attending Ohio State University studying as an auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine High School
Columbus
Virginia Arnott
Ohio National Bank
Janice Hayman
Battelle Memorial Institute
Marilyn Brewer
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Vera Norris
Farm Bureau Insurance Co
John Fisher
Lindell Machine Shop
Critt Bradford, Jr
Ohio State University
Alfred Crew Dies at 86 in Pomeroy
Alfred E. Crew aged 36 died Tuesday at his Athens Road home in Meigs County. A retired farmer active in grange and Farm Bureau, he survived by a daughter Janet Windon, two sisters Mrs Eugene Strauter and Mrs N W Bengel, two brothers S S Crew and J R Crew, and a grandson Alfred Burl Windon. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ewing Funeral Home with burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Laird Miller
State
PMA Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
Technicolor
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Forrest Tucker
Menes
Ralph Meeker
Angela Lansbury
Mark Stevens
Patric Knowles
Wilson Brothers
Wilson
New York
E. Main St
J Pomeroy
Millfield
Eer Wa
Jane Ue
Jewelers
Main
Eugene C. Fountaine
Gracia B. Miller
Camp Lejeune
N.C
2Nd Marine Division
Pomeroy Social Notes
Club
Pomeroy Personals
Coats
Phillips
Mojnd
Dickie
Robinson
Elberfelds
Vogue
Star Brand Work Shoes
Hartley & Bennett
Quick's
Alfred Crew
Jaymar
99Th General Assembly
Ohio Senate
Pol. Adv
Oakley C. Collins
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