Hymns by Riverboat Musicians Sail to Ohio River
A group from the Athens District United Methodist Church performed old and new hymns from the sternwheeler Claire E at Pomeroy to a large Bend area crowd. Tim Heaton directed and sang in the Bicentennial program honoring early Ohio settlers and river baptisms. A preconcert picnic occurred on the Pomeroy parking lot with subsequent performances planned in Marietta Hockingport Pomeroy and a final Gallipolis landing concert at 8.
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Tim Heaton
Grace United Methodist Church
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Messenger
Beulah Jones
Ohio River Valley
Claire E
America
Athens
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy Bend
Grace Church
Heaton
Gallia
Rio Grande
Ohio River
Ohio Country
Marietta
Hockingport
Gallipolis Landing
Parade Entries Sought for Jackson Apple Festival
Jackson County Apple Festival seeks parade units for the Sept 22 opening and Sept 25 finale parades. Tom Perry, festival president, lists eligible groups such as color guards bands and floats, with a $10 entry fee for commercial units.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Tom Perry
Jackson Jaycee
Conservationist's Article Published In Ohio Seedling Drive
Ruth Pomeroy Boyd, a Meigs County Soil Conservationist, writes on seedling preparation for distribution to volunteers across 10 central and eastern Ohio counties. The piece notes 80 volunteers handle 320 seedlings per minute, packing 40 per bundle at two bundles every 15 seconds. Tree packing day is an April event by the Licking County SWCD, referenced by Gordon Postle as growth from 11 000 trees in 1966 to nearly 130 000 this year.
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Pomeroy
Boyd Ruth
Meigs County Soil Conservation Services
Ohio
Boyd
Licking County
Meigs District Seeds Pine Spruce and Shrub Packets
Meigs district buys 45 evergreen seedlings for pine and spruce and 40 shrub seedlings including American holly Russian Olive and Chinese chestnut. Volunteers in April pack day include suburbanites scouts 4-H farmers SWCD staff and employees. The Swartz family Reunion was held Sunday in Woode Grove Alfred with 51 attendees and officers to serve another year.
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Swartz
Woode Grove
Alfred
Harold Swartz
Arthur Swartz Jr
Helen Diley
Mabel Lehman
Canal Winchester
Otto Swartz
Hazel Creamer
Shade
Harry Ross
Albany
Martin Dorst
Pratts Fork
Zara Hawk Jr
Williamstown
W Va
Gerald Swartz
Marietta
Vernon Swartz
Hockingport
Hobart Swartz
Coolville
Archie Swartz
Pomeroy
Grace Swartz
Nina Robinson
Clara Follrod
Kathy Follrod
Charles D Woode
Millard Swartz
James Wright
Mandie
Joshua
Meigs Historic Homes Tour Planned by Beta Sigma Phi
The Ohio Eta Phi Chapter will host the second Meigs Historic Homes Tour on October 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. Eight Meigs County homes will be shown, with tickets $3 per person at the doors. refreshments will be at Lewis Telle’s home.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Meigs County
Carl Horky
S. 5Th St
Middleport
Walter Crooks
Page St
Richard Collins
Lewis Telle
Lincoln Hill
Ferman Moore
James Guinther
London Lane
Syracuse
Fred Crow
Frog Blvd
Paul Huston
Bridgeman Street
Squad Delivers Twins En Route to Hospital
Mason Emergency Squad transporting Mrs. Melvin Fields from Hartford to Holzer Medical Center delivered twin girls aboard the ambulance at 545 a.m. Tuesday. There were no complications and mother and babies are reported doing fine. Crew members on the run were Roger Hysell James Lavender Mickey Young and Donnie Johnson.
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Mason
Holzer Medical Center
Melvin Fields
Hartford
Roger Hysell
James Lavender
Mickey Young
Donnie Johnson
Monument Rededication Marks Washington Camp DAR in Ohio
The Ohio Society DAR plans a 11 a.m. rededication of a monument marking George Washington's camp and Kinshuta along the Ohio River south of Long Bottom. DAR members touring the river by Delta Queen visit Marietta Parkersburg and Point Pleasant with a bus tour of local sites. The Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter will host a brief program with Mrs. Thereon Johnson introducing officers and historian remarks.
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Long Bottom
George Washington
Kinshuta
Ohio River
Ohio Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
State Society
Mariet
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Jonathan Meigs
DAR
Meigs County
Ohio Society Dar
Thereon Johnson
Jennifer Sheets
Pomeroy
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Rovd Ruth
Meigs
SWCD
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rutland Home Furnishings
Alb Arich
Lucy Cmy
Plains
Fabrice
Charmin
Kingsford Charcoal
Shasta
Boy -Ar-Dee
Chef Boy-ar-dee
Sys
Eos
Bologna
Eckrich
Wieners
Superior's Tavern
Pillsbury Biscuits
Kaptain Kidd Derimakx Ass’t
Wer
SU Ty
Plains Credit Arrangements
Bottle Gas
Peg
Can
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Golden Isle
Srela
Washington
Camp Dar
Zanesville
Columbus
Drew Webster
American Legion
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