McARTHUR 573 Seek Jobs In County
McArthur Ohio 573 Vinton Countians sought work through the Ohio State Employment Service as of March 31 manager Theodore R Boring noted. About two thirds were unemployment benefits claimants under state or federal laws with 319 veterans, 225 non veterans and 29 women available for work. March referrals produced seven job placements, down from nine in February. No unfilled job openings remained at month end.
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McArthur
Vinton
Ohio State Employment Service
Theodore R. Boring
Employment Service
Ohio Bureau
Employment Service Division
Bureau
Boring
Third Student Flies Solo at McArthur Airstrip
Larry Yost of McArthur, student of Bill Goodwin, became the third to solo at the McArthur airstrip on Sunday afternoon. Earlier solos were by Dr Arnold Lee, a McArthur dentist, and Kenneth Mitchell. A Piper supercruiser piloted by a Michigan airman made an emergency landing nearby on Saturday, after engine trouble. the pilot continued to Charleston West Virginia by bus, leaving the plane, while the town sign on the hangar roof was repainted in orange by H. E. Nunnemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Larry Yost
Bill Goodwin
Yost
Central States Construction Company
Arnold Lee
Kenneth Mitchell
Michigan
Charleston
W.va
H. E. Nunnemaker
Waters Dies at Dundas After Long Life in McArthur
McArthur Ohio April 9 T E Waters 72 a retired electrician and former foreman at Puritan Brick Co mines died at his Dundas home He was born Oct 1 1874 He belonged to Wells ton Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles and IOOF He survived by his wife Nellie Rush and four children services were held Friday 2 pm at Wrightsel funeral home McArthur with Rev J P Daab officiating and burial in Hixon cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Thomas Edward Waters
Dundas
Waters
Puritan Brick Co
Wellston Aerie
Floyd Waters
Joseph Waters
Wrightsel Funeral
J. P. Daab
Hixon Cemetery
12000 Trees Given To Vinton Farmers
A total of 12 000 trees were received in Vinton County and distributed to cooperating farmers for planting by the Federal Soil Conservation Service. Bill Goodwin, a Vinton conservationist, announced the distribution today. Most trees are white and shortleaf pine with George Minton, Jackson Township farmer, planting about 1 160 trees.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Bill Goodwin
Vinton
Autos Damaged In Highway Collision Near Zaleski
No injuries were reported after a head on collision on a rise between Zaleski and the Red Diamond plant. Dr. Evelyn Ball of McArthur, driven by Warren Kemp, and Robert H. Brotherton of Hamden were involved, sheriff William Brown said.
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McArthur
Zaleski
Austin Powder Co
Red Diamond
Evelyn Ball
Warren Kemp
Robert H. Brotherton
Hamden
William Brown
Jail Windows Breaker Fined by County Judge
Molihan Zaleski McARTHUR-Merrill Molihan was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge A L Chatfield on a charge of malicious destruction of property for breaking jail windows while a prisoner.
Aviation Club Planned in McArthur by Former Service Members
McArthur Vinton County prepares to form its first aviation club Tuesday night with former Army and Navy fliers and ex-GIs meeting at Dr Arnold Lee’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County
Army
Putnam WSCS to Meet at Prattsville Church
A Putnam WSCS meeting is set for April 18 at the Prattsville church. Local residents note several visits and family illnesses with neighbors and relatives traveling to Chillicothe Chillico McArthur Marietta and Columbus for care and support.
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Prattsville
Putnam Wscs
W. H. West
Chillico
Mary Watson
Dee Dearth
Columbus
Lucille Allman
Rodney
Gladys
Ernest
Robert Peters
McArthur
J. E. Whitlatch
Wayne Moore
Chillicothe
Murrell Peters
Large House Moved From Postoffice Site
The Swepston house was moved from the new post office site at Mill and South Market to E Mill St. The operation began this week with jacking, rolling, and towing to the new location. Harve Huston led the move while linemen cleared wires and traffic was diverted from Market St.
Girls' State Participants Are Selected
McARTHUR two McArthur high school juniors were chosen to attend the first Buckeye Girls State at Capital University in Columbus June 22 to 29. Rita Rae George and Marilyn Ann Reese were selected for scholarship and school activities, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of McArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
McArthur High School
Buckeye
Capital University
Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
Rita Rae George
Ray George
Marilyn Ann Reese
D. T. Reese
American Legion
Conservation Event Highlighted by Farm Demonstrations
A successful soil conservation roundup occurred Thursday in McArthur at Vernon Hartley’s farm. About 150 people watched two way plows fertilizer attachments and side-hill hitch demonstrations plus tree planting and farm pond planning with B and O conservationists, then attended films and a square dance at McArthur School with Clyde Willis’ band providing music for about 250 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vernon Hartley
McArthur School
Clyde Willis
Mrs. Bratton Services Held in Meigs County
Mrs. Druzilla Webb Bratton, 83, of Athens formerly of Columbia Township Meigs County near Wales Mills, died April 12 after a stroke. She lived with her brother Charles in Athens since her husband Gayly Bratton’s death two years ago, and is survived by brother S. D. Webb of Columbus. Last rites were held April 15 at Columbia Chapel with burial in Castor Cemetery.
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Columbia Chapel
Miles Hoon
Castor Cemetery
WSCS Meeting Moves to Mrs. Chesser Home
The Methodist WSCS will gather Thursday April 17 at the home of Mrs. Carol Chesser for a potluck lunch at noon. Local social notes record visits from area families including birthdays and travels among residents of Green Valley Union Grange Allensville and Circleville.
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New Plymouth
WSCS
Methodist Church
Carol Chesser
Elmer Hixenbaugh
Homer Mohler
Zeath
Smith’s Chapel
Pearl Mohler
Logan
James Stout
Alice Stout
Circleville
Hixenbaugh
John Bostwick
Columbus
Charles Salts
Hamden
Granges
Pomona
Morton
Vinton Township
John West
Aaron West
Velmer Pearce
Doris Mace
Elsie Perry
Green Valley
George Minton
Vaughan
Marcus McCoy
Henry Smith
Mary
Justus Harden
Thomas Ankrom
Union Grange
Allensville
W. H. Steele
Chillicothe
Jessie Little
Frank Ellis
John Barstow
Canton
Lavina Miller
Orland
Washington, D.C
Bob West
Scout Organization
Alice Alberry
Union Furnace
Jeffrey
Walter Peters
Asbury McGathey
Wes
McArthur Legion Post 303 to Meet Friday Night
The Robert Wyckoff Post 303 American Legion plans a meeting Friday night in McArthur. Members are urged to attend and discuss post affairs and community service plans for spring events.
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McArthur
Robert Wyckoff
American Legion
Red Cross Fund Reaches $1 175 Mark
McARTHUR Red Cross drive totals 1175 15 with McArthur Elk Township residents the largest donors at 401 65 while Vinton County industries give 310 Madison and Knox townships 166 12 Brown 14 Swan 11 Harrison and Eagle 79 75 Richland and Jackson 69 45 Clinton 84 75. Collections at Vinton Theater McArthur total 17 93 and county organizations 20 50. County quota 1920 depending on Wilkesville and Vinton Townships.
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Mcarthur
Red Cross
Glenneth Cane
Toay
Elk Township
Vinton County
Madison
Knox
Brown Township
Swan Township
Harrison
Eagle Townships
Richland
Jackson
Clinton
Vinton Theater
Frye
Wilkesville
Vinton
Commission Gets Thanks
A letter of appreciation from the Vinton County Selective Service Board to the Vinton County Commissioners notes that Local Board No. 1 quarters will be vacated by May 31 1947 and that space heat light and janitor service were supplied at no cost to the federal government. Colonel C W Goble directed the notice and the board expresses gratitude for the free accommodations.
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Vinton County
Mr. Sprague
Murder Trial Jury Drawn for Ward Skinner Case
A special jury to hear the first degree murder trial of Ward Skinner, Hamden, was to be drawn from the Vinton County jury wheel at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Judge A. L. Chatfield had directed the draw last week. Skinner is indicted for the fatal shooting of Willard J. Muncy on the Hamden Allensville road. No trial date was set.
Rabid Cow Found Prompts Warnings to Farmers
Sheriff William Brown alerted McARTHUR Vinton County residents to watch stock after a cow belonging to Paul Phillips, Number Ten, went mad on April 5 and died April 9. The head was sent to Columbus for testing, which confirmed rabies. Phillips began treatment while two other cows were suspected but tested negative.
Local Happenings and Deaths in Zaleski Area
Delbert Chesser, worker at Clark Grove Vault Co., injured in Columbus, arm amputated at White Cross Hospital. Two former Zaleski residents died in Columbus, Mary Kinney Kennedy and Elizabeth Seghers. Numerous residents ill or visiting kin in nearby towns and hospitals. notes on travel to Enid Oklahoma and local hospitalizations.
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Zaleski
Wilson
Pete) Chesser
Delbert
Columbus
Clark Grove Vault Co
White Cross Hospital
Chesser
Mary Kinney Kennedy
Mary Lenhart
Ella Woltz
Thomas
John
Jacob
Anna O’rourke
Ella Kinney
City
Elizabeth Seghers
Gertrude Murphy
Mary
Cecelia
William
Chillicothe
Edgar Egleberry
Enid
Okla
Egleberry
William Crain
Electric Company
Benjamin Walker
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
University Hospital
Albert Pennell
Lester Cooley
Barbara
Albany
Paul Schribely
Athens
Pearl Schneider
Madge Wyatt
C. E. Vansky
Della Schneider
Logan High School Band Concert Friday Evening
Logan High School presents its annual spring concert in the high school auditorium at 8 p m featuring over 70 musicians. Soloists Ned Myers and Martha Sue Cruise perform with the band, with Myers singing Lord’s Prayer and Cruise singing If I Had My Life To Live Over. Tickets are on sale with no reserved seats.
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Logan
Logan High School
Ned Myers
Martha Sue Cruise
Miss Cruise
Myers
Malotte
James Horwell
Horwell
Hall
Beethoven
Third Symphony
Eroica
Skornicka
Sigmund
Algeria
Schubert
Victor Herbert
King
Car Capsizes injuring Army and civilian nurses
A civilian nurse Evelyn Caldwell of Warner Oklahoma and Lt Virginia Hunnicutt were injured when their car overturned on Route 50 near Ratcliffsburg after a collision with Mrs Evelyn Priest's car. Caldwell suffered back injuries and was taken to Chillicothe hospital. Hunnicutt had minor injuries. Priest's car was undamaged. her son Charles Priest rode as a passenger. Deputy Weese led the investigation.
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McArthur
Ratcliffsburg
Evelyn Caldwell
Warner
Okla
Chillicothe Hospital
Haistand
Virginia Hunnicutt
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Evelyn Priest
Chillicothe
Charles Priest
Wayne Weese
Land Transfers in Vinton County This Week
Vinton County records show multiple real estate transfers in McArthur and surrounding townships from April 9 to April 15. Transactions include 80 acres from C F Miller to Martin Kirk in Eagle Township and 139 acres from Wade Scott to Paul J Davidson in Eagle Township, among others.
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McArthur
C. F. Miller
Martin Kirk
Eagle Township
William A. Wilbur
Clark
Edith Ward
Inlet
Hamden
Joe
Jennie Prater
Eddie
Bertha Ousley
Clinton Township
Edward and
May Kinnison
Willie Hale
Elk Township
Wade Scott
Paul J. Davidson
John W. and
Mattie
Lula Martin
Harley Graves
Winnie Stewart
Harley
Lillie Hysell
Essie
Ernest Sowers
Allensville
A. L. Preece
Andrew Cottrill
George F. Barnes
Maggie Stewart
Dundas
Ambulance Runs Reported Across Several Towns
Ambulances carried residents from McArthur Zaleski Hamden Warner Oklahoma to multiple hospitals. Ben Walker from Zaleski to Hocking Valley then University Hospitals Columbus on April 10. Ola O Leary to Mt Carmel Columbus on April 10. Harold Spurlock and infant son driven home to Hamden from Chamberlain Ball Clinic on April 12. Evelyn Caldwell from Warner Oklahoma to Chillicothe hospital after an accident on April 12.
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Mcarthur
Ben Walker
Zaleski
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
University Hospital
Columbus
Wrightsel
Ola O'Leary
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Wrightsea
Harold Spurlock
Hamden
Chamberlain Ball Clinic
Heinstand
Evelyn Caldwell
Warner
Oklahoma
Chillicothe Hospital
Ratcliffsburg
Hemlock Grove Sunday School Attendance and Social Notes
Attendance at Hemlock Grove Sunday School was 24 with Charles Blivens serving as minister for both services. The weekend included visits with the Midkiffs and gatherings with Nelsons and Baxters. Robert Hawk, after a year in the Army, returned home Saturday night.
McArthur Jurors Drawn for May Common Pleas Term
Jurors for the May term of the common pleas court in Vinton county will be drawn April 25 at 10 a.m. at the clerk of courts office by jury commissioners W. F. Cline and Milford Harden.
Firsthand account of a distant major quake reaches McArthur
Wyman Wallar, a student in Los Angeles, describes his first earthquake experience in a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Wallar of McArthur. He details running down stairs as lights flickered and wires danced, noting the quake lasted about a minute and was felt from Phoenix to Seattle.
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McArthur
Carl Wallar
Mc.Arthur
Wyman Wallar
Los Angeles
Wyman
Phoenix
Arizona
Seattle
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T. E. Waters
Air Club
Mrs. Bratton
Legion
Romberg
Militaire Francais
Saint Saens
Edna
Oscar
Doris King
Hemlock Grove
Met Wrte
Hinkle
Lustre Creme
Rayve
Fitch
Recoloas
U. 8
Pot. of
Pedents Laboratories Inc
Mennen’s
Stork
Miles
Miles Nervine
Gach Tasut
Feee
Conrenre
Miles Alka
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