Freeport Correspondence

By Deb Milligan

Oct. 11: Columbus Day Happy Birthday: Chris Rogers, Sharon Doane, Pat Bouska, Deb Wilden, Charlie (The Barber) Bardall, Cindy Maleska, Riley Bardall, Ben Hodkinson, Sarah Pulley, April Hart, and Mandy Busby.

Happy Anniversary: Pete and Sheila Koch, Tim and Janet Fenstamaker, and Tim and Rhonda Baker.

Family and friends of Charlie Cyras attended a memorial service for him on Sept. 25. The community also extends its sympathy to the families of Mitzi Kelly and Arlene (Dunlap) Fritter.

Emma Legget, daughter of Derek and Holly (Cunningham) Legget, took 3rd place in her division for the market show! She received the top beginner breeding swine award and advanced market swine award. And she won in her age division for showmanship, then went back and won overall supreme swine showman and 5th overall show of showman.

Robin Spears of Freeport won the mustache and beard contest at the Pumpkin Festival in Barnesville this year.

East Guernsey School (Buckeye Trail) will not have school on Oct. 14 and 15 (parentteacher conference).

The Freeport Fire Department will be cooking and serving chicken dinners at Wellstone Winery just outside Freeport on Saturday, Oct. 16. Serving goes from 4–10 p.m. Dinner is $10, including half of a chicken and two sides.

The final fifth Sunday of 2021, Lakeland Singspiration will be Oct. 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Freeport United Methodist Church.

The community extends its sympathy to the families of Carl Dudgeon of Uhrichsville, who married the former Lois E. Phillips, a Freeport graduate and to the family of Donald Gardner of New Philadelphia.

The 2nd annual fall family outing at YMCA Camp Tippecanoe will be on Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — a fun fall day of activities for the whole family and over 1,100 acres to socially distance. The cost is $10 per car, and you can register online or at YMCA Branch.

Remember in your prayers: Ralph and Alma Faye Brill, Rick Poland, Ed Howes, John and Cindy Gray, Shirley Dunlap, Sam Cunningham, Big John, and John Davidson.

At Clark Memorial Library in Freeport, the book club will be on Oct. 12 at 4:30 p.m., and the fitness fun class will be each Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 p.m.