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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1957
Page
5
McARTHUR Bookmobile service will continue through the current contract expiry. The Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library Board met to hire a driver immediately and to schedule a bookmobile meeting soon. Librarian Evelyn Hansel will resign May 1 with two weeks vacation. Mrs. Ross Goodwin becomes assistant to Roselle Hunter and Juanita Rose.
McARTHUR Arnold Bowden 16 Hamden suffers a broken leg and body lacerations when a car driven by Robert W. Matteson 17 Hamden runs off Route 160 east of Hamden and overturns. The car is badly damaged. An April 7 minor collision near U S route 50 on Long Run Road causes light damage. Charles L. Larve 25 Kyger is fined 15 dollars and costs for improper license plates.
Harold Hewitt resigns as Deputy Sheriff of Vinton County effective April 1 to take another job. Sheriff Harold Steele will appoint a successor within the week to fill the $2300 position.
Mrs. Glenn Fisher learns of sister Mrs. Bert Delay’s death. Denver, son of Eldred Persons, returns from Germany for services as Army member. Visits feature the Eichingers, Morrison, Reed, McCain, Sargent, and Beaver families among others in Columbus Middleport Racine Zanesville Alley and Parkersburg area sessions. Mrs. Erma Cleland obituary closing.
Virgil B. Brown, personal property tax examiner for Ohio, will visit the Vinton County Auditor’s office for the next two weeks.
Leone Luella Scheerschmidt and Charles S Scheerschmidt appear on a marriage license in the local notices. Alfred F E Allman, a carpenter on Rt 1, and Gladyse Carol Wilson, also on Rt 1, received licenses.
Ralph Dickson administrator for Lucy Dickson estate transfers a lot in McArthur to William and Lenora Brown. Blanche Ong and others transfer 89 acres in Swan Township to Charles FE Connor. Richard H Bobo transfers acreage in Knox Township to Norbert J Ploski. Joseph Hoselton estate heirs transfer residence in Jackson Township to Andrew Frederick Hoselton and Jesse Hoselton. Blanche Wine and others transfer Jackson Township acreage to Earnest Hinson.
The Vinton County National Bank, with deposits of 4,063,294 as of December 31, 1956, climbed 145 places to rank 5368 among the 5400 largest U S banks. The shift is noted in the 1957 Daily American Banker roll call from New York, amid about 14,000 U S banks.
The McArthur Parent Teacher Association will sponsor a dance Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. for junior and senior high school students with parents invited. A separate dance for fourth through sixth graders will be held Saturday night, April 27. John Salts was elected PTA president, with Arthur George as secretary Arnold R. Lee treasurer and P. E Wrightsel vice president.
The Intermediate Girl Scouts of Troop 14 met at the Memorial Building with Mrs. Floyd Benedict Jr and Mrs. Arnold Lee in charge. Becky Benedict reported on the Tippy Toe Patrol. Ruth Ann Kinnison and Kay Robinson reported on their patrols. Ruth Ann's patrol dramatized a health song.
Mrs. Clarence Ziegler Mrs. Garfield Dodrill and Mrs. Robert Wells attend the Women's Federated Club meeting in Cincinnati as representatives of the Junior Civic Club of McArthur.
The club met last Monday and elected officers including President Mrs. Raymond Weyand, Vice President Mrs. Faye Jewell, Secretary Mrs. Pete Partlow, and Treasurer Miss Lois Witte. Mrs. Homer Morrison was chosen director for the district of about nine cities. next meeting is a dinner led by Mrs. Helen Garrison.
Miss Christine Will daughter of Mr and Mrs J G Will of Boundary Ave Was given a party to celebrate her fifth birthday with friends and family in attendance.
McARTHUR Ker mit E Root a 24 year old Albany resident faced trial for killing a sow with a bow and arrow. The case against Root ended Wednesday in a hung jury. the sow was owned by Hubert Gambill in Albany.
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