Midget Auto Racing Opens Meigs County Fair Day
At Rock Springs Fairgrounds in Pomeroy on September 5 1940 midget auto racing debuted on the Meigs County Fair second day. Houston Bundy led early wins with a V-8 car, while Earl Dickson Harley McCoy and Peggy Smith faced crashes and motor trouble among several incidents.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Houston Bundy
Sidney, O
Earl Dickson
Philo
Mike Pagatha
Zanesville
Harley McCoy
Ironton
Peggy Smith
Carl Shackleford
al Wallace
Cincinnati
William David
Kerns Roush
Roush
McCoy
Bundy
Dickson
Wallace
David
Smith
Pagatha
Patriotic Miss America Sweaters Featured at Pomeroy High
Two senior girls at Pomeroy High School wear Miss America sweaters knitted in red white and blue. Nora Tracy and Mary Holmes model the outfits, made by Mrs Lena Tracy. The design uses thirteen stripes on the waist, one sleeve and yoke in the blue field with 48 stars.
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Pomeroy
Nora Tracy
Mary Holmes
Lena Tracy
Koehler Divorce Suit Filed in Common Pleas
Inez Koehler files for divorce from Floyd Koehler in common pleas court on grounds of extreme cruelty. The couple married July 3, 1930 and have two children.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Inez Koehler
Floyd Koehler
Meigs County 4-H Clubs Exhibit at County Fair
Meigs County 4-H clubs prepared exhibits for the Meigs County Fair. Clubs listed include Clothing, Clothing and Canning, and Livestock Expos with multiple named clubs and advisors from Dexter, Pine Grove, Tuppers Plains, Flatwoods, Forest Run, Syracuse, Hilltop, Darwin, Reedsville, and Reedsville Juniors and Seniors, plus Flower Garden Club Rose Hill and livestock exhibitors from Chester Rocksprings Kingsbury with named advisors and members.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Fair
Dexter
Mary Amos
Kathryn Davis
Catherine Bolen
Eleanora Cleland
Mary Louise Chaney
Jean Amos
Glenna Amos
Shirley Amos
Alta Will
Frances Cleland
Dorothy Strong
Pine Grove
Edna Wolfel
Zana Hall
Eileen Ritchie
Mary K. Tuttle
Opal Singers
Delores Green
Ruby Hall
Dorothy Holter
Marian Meredith
Helen Ritchie
Nola Ritchie
Betty Young
Bernice Young
Hilda iCook
Tuppers Plains
Agnes Starkey
Maxine Staneart
Dawn Dye
Lucy Dye
Celia Dye
Letha Whittington
Syracuse
Mrs. R. FE. Duckworth
Margaret Carroll
Bernice Stowe
Mildred Lisle
Margaret Quick
Wanda Potts
Doris Frank
Clothing
Canning
Program Announced At Pomeroy Church
Bib. School will be held at the Pomeroy Church of Christ at 9 30 am Sunday under the direction of R C Steffy superintendent Worship service will convene at 10 30 o'clock when the Rev B H Morris pastor will speak on the topic Prayer Saves a Nation From War
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
R. C. Steffy
B. H. Morris
Excursion Boat Island Queen Docked After Fog Delays Trip
The Island Queen excursion boat was not aground but docked in lower Middleport after fog delayed travel to Pomeroy. About 500 passengers, including students, disembarked around 6:30 to 7:00, then the boat proceeded to Pomeroy. Phi Delta Kappa and the Gallipolis Eagles sponsored the trip and requested this clarification.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Lower Middleport
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Gallipolis Eagles
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Trips
Mrs. Griff Russell returned from Colorado Springs after visiting her daughter Mrs. Lyston Sewell since July 18. Bob Keffer, visiting Gauley Bridge grandparents, started Middleport High School as a freshman and joined a east coast motor trip with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hargrave arrived from Welch after a Chicago-Heron wedding trip. L. L. Carney’s sister’s death prompted travel to Bay City. Joseph T. Tracy, former state auditor, visited locals. Pearl Yeanger family of Charleston planned two weeks’ stay. Dale Braley and wife from Toledo visited James Stevens’ family.
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Bob Keffer
S. H. Keffer
Gauley Bridge
Bradbury
Middleport High School
Bob
West Virginia
Keffers
J. H. Brackin
Demetrius Keffer
Jennings Keffer and Son
Portsmouth
Keffer
U. S. Navy Yards
Lawrence N. Hargrave
Bay City
Mich
McCarty
L. L. Carney
St. Anthony's Hospital
Columbus
Pearl Yeanger
Rubyannice
Russell Allen
Charleston
Cheshire
Dale Braley
Toledo
James Stevens
Billy Starkel
Frank Carson
Chicago
Ford Plate
Sarah Gibbs
Goldin Elberfeld
Harrisonville Road
Magnetic Springs
A. L. Main and Son
San Diego
Calif
George Heber Jones
Union Ave
Eva Mae Fugate
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Mulberry Ave
Frank Fugate
Four Young Pianists Presented in Heath Church Recital
Four young women trained by Norma Lewis Hecox performed a piano recital at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport. The program featured two piano ensembles, solos, and a Mozart Sonata with Mrs. Hecox accompanying. Weekend guests, attire noted, and plans announced for continued study at Marshall College Dolly Madison Wooster Ohio.
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Middleport
Duan Joan Hamilton
Margaret Gill
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Janet Hecox
Norma Lewis Hecox
the Heath Methodist Church
Bagatelle
Beethoven
Miss Stewart
Miss Hamilton
Miss Hecox
Miss Gill
Rogers
Thompson
Mozart
Hecox
Moskowski
Marion Allan Rife
N. Fourth Ave
Robert Kim
Guy Everett Springer
Tuppers Plains
Charles Hamilton
Dana Daniels
Columbus
Marshall College
Huntington
Grover Gill
Salem Center
Dolly Madison School
Virginia
Western College For Women
Oxford
Stewart
Wooster College
Awards announced in Meigs County 4-H livestock exhibits
Livestock awards at the Meigs County Fair were announced today with Jersey heifers going to Roy Grueser of Rocksprings and A Billy Radford of Rocksprings for Guernsey heifers awarded to Albert A Parker of Chester. Henry Bahr of Chester received Beef heifers while Robert Hawk of Chester earned another award. George Parker of Chester won Poland China sow and gilt recognitions with Charles Carper of Kingsbury and A Cole handled the class.
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Chester
Victor Bahr
George Parker
Harold Parker
Albert Parker
Henry Bahr
Robert Hawk
Lawrence Roush
Roy Grueser
Billy Radford
Kingsbury
William A. King
Charles Carper
Meigs County Fair
Jersey
A. Guernsey
Albert A. Parker
Poland
A. Cole
Field Day at Kerrs Run Planned with Amusements
POMEROY Field Day with a variety of amusements games and contests will be held Saturday at the Kerrs Run recreation grounds starting at noon. The event was postponed from Friday due to rain and will conclude with a square dance at 7 PM in the recreation rooms.
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Pomeroy
Kerrs Run
Pomeroy Forms New Woman's Society of Christian Service
Pomeroy plans a charter meeting next Wednesday at 7 for a new church organization to replace several existing groups at Simpson Methodist Church. All women interested in church work are invited. tea will follow a purposes and plans explanation. The note also lists local social updates and visits of residents and relatives.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Lenda-Hand Society
Home
Foreign Missionary Societies
New Methodist
Pomeroy Village Council Meeting Scheduled
The Pomeroy Village Council will hold a regular meeting Monday night after postponement from the previous Monday due to a holiday.
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Pomeroy
Rev R N Hill to Preach at Rutland
The Rev Robert N Hill of Huntington West Virginia will preach Sunday morning at 1030 at the Rutland Christian Church following Bible School at 930 led by superintendent Will Burford. Preaching services will be held at Zion Church at 2 pm Sunday.
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Rutland
Robert N. Hill
Huntington
W. Va
Rutland Christian Church
Bible School
Will Burford
Zion Church
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