Visits to Little-Known Areas of District
Historical sketches describe Elk Township in 1811 and the birth of McArthur with settlers Levi Kelsey and families. It traces Vinton County origins, rail connections, quarries, early commerce, churches, jails, schools, post offices, and notable residents and Civil War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Harris
Elk Township
Vinton County
Athens County
Vinton Station
Marietta & Cincinnati
McArthur
Vinton
Madison Township
Levi Kelsey
Phillips
Cassill
Fry
McArthurstown
George Will
George Paffenbarger
Joel Stage
Main and
Market Sts
Main St
Wolfe
Calvin
J. S. Hawk
Market
Jackson
Thomas Wren
Athens
Chillicothe
George Shockey
Stewart
William Buckley Davis
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Davis
Lord Cornwallis
Davis
18Th
Ohio Infantry
John Dillon
Zaleski
Voss Hoffhines
Henry Payne
Robert Payne
United States
Alec Pearce
McArthur Democrat
Ohio
Portsmouth
Ezekiah Robinett
New Marshfield
Stephen Sherwood
G. W. Sisson
Thaddeus Fuller
Fullers
Mrs. Lora Jane McComb Last Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lora Jane McComb 65 will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. S. D. Rexrode officiating. Burial follows at Lone Oak Cemetery. She died Monday at 9 40 a.m. at her home. She was widow of Dr. J E McComb and daughter of Newton and Mrs Foglesong. Surviving are two sisters a brother two stepsons one niece and three nephews. The body may be viewed at the home until 1 p.m. Wednesday and at the church until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lora Jane McComb
Trinity Methodist Church
S. D. Rexrode
Lone Oak Cemetery
Mason County
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion Auxiliary
W. E. Dunn
Lena Foglesong
Lloyd
Thomas McComb
Charleston
James McComb
Friend
Mt. Vernon Ave
Mary Alice
Russell Archer
Lottridge Eub Church
James Bobo
Moore Sisters
Bethel Methodist Church
Vanderhoof Baptist Church
C. M. Swartz
Jack Bernard
Herman Bernard
Larry
Miamisburg
Nella Bernard
Guysville
Polly Rabe
Akron
Celia Klingenberg
Columbus
Don Robinson
Rexel Boggs
Bert Boggs
Lillie Davis
Forest Barnhart
Cops Take Over Dog Catching as Fryman Contract Lapses
In Mattoon Illinois the police briefly handled dog catching after Clarence J Fryman Jr’s contract expired. Officers killed two stray dogs injured by cars or battles with other dogs. A policeman tore his pants during the chase costing eighteen dollars and fifty cents. Mayor G W Smith urged renewal of Fryman’s contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon, Ill
Clarence J. Fryman, Jr
G. W. Smith
City Commission
Fryman
Betty J. Ward
Uniontown
Miss Ward
Girl Drinks Ant Syrup Shocks Arcadia Family
In Arcadia California four year old Carmen Aya la drank what she believed to be cough syrup but it was ant syrup. Her mother Anna Aya la acted quickly and took Carmen to emergency care where doctors expected no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Calif
Carmen
Anna A Ayala
Communist Terrorists Balk Animal Collector in Singapore
Dick Hatchcock a 36 year old Los Angeles zoo partner arrived in Singapore seeking to hire hunters in Malaya to collect wild animals for Hollywood. He could not enter Malaya due to Communist terrorists and now has only a few small crocodiles and a six foot python from Singapore dealers. He said he would rather face head hunters and snakes than bandits, and that wild animals are better sports than bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Hollywood Motion Pictures
Dick Hatchcock
Los Angeles
Malaya
Hatchcock
Mental Hospital Opens Doors for Public Tours
Woods Ville State Hospital near Pittsburgh held an open house with hundreds visiting by bus and on foot for an hour and a half. Guides answered questions as visitors viewed nearly $3,000,000 in ongoing construction including a $1,750,000 admissions and office building, a $1,000,000 old age building, a 900,000-gallon reservoir, and related farm and tuberculos unit facilities. The tour highlighted work-therapy shops where patients learn trades.
Pritchards Visit Family in SEO Area Before Fort Knox Move
Major and Mrs. Jack Pritchard and two children, long stationed in Northern California with the Army, visit Nelsonville relatives Mrs. C. G. Pritchard and Albany grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Green. They plan to depart next week for Fort Knox, Kentucky, where Major Pritchard will finish a nine month advanced armored train course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jack Pritchard
California
Pritchard
Army
Mr. Pritchard
C. G. Pritchard
Fall From Swing Fractures Child Arm
Nelsonville report details Glenna Lou Shafer age four fracturing her left arm after a yard swing fall at the Verity home on E Washington Street. The fracture was reduced and placed in a cast in Mount St. Mary Hospital emergency room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Glenna Lou
Donald H. Shafer, Jr
Verity
E. Washington St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Chinese Youth Flee From Military Service
Three hundred fifty Chinese youths fled conscription under Malaya's call up provisions and sailed for Canton by ship. Another group of two hundred is expected to depart in a separate vessel within a week as part of a movement to avoid military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penang
Malaya
Canton
Birth Announced for Marianna Louise Kinkel
Mr and Mrs George Kinkel announce the birth of a daughter Marianna Louise on July 26 at Polyclinic Hospital Cleveland Grandparents are Mrs Susanna Kinkel of Cleveland and Frank Wallace of Walnut Street Nelsonville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
George Kinkel
Doris Wallace
Marianna Louise
Polyclinic Hospital
Cleveland
Susanna Kinkel
Frank Wallace
Walnut St
Nelsonville W. W. Club Plans Wednesday Meeting
The Nelsonville woman’s club will convene Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Charles Anderson on Myers Street for a planned gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. W
Charles Anderson
Myers St
Band Boosters Meet in Nelsonville High School
The Band Boosters gather Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the high school band room to discuss events and activities for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boosters
Nelsonville
Santa Fe Catholics End Meat Friday Privilege
Santa Fe diocese announces loss of the centuries old meat Friday privilege as Pope Pius XII seeks yearly abstinence. Msgr. Blanchard says the change will be uniform worldwide and take effect in September or October. Archbishop Byrne expects similar orders in El Paso and Gallup dioceses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Msgr
Carlos Blanchard
Pius XII
Monsignor Blanchard
Urban II
Spain
New World
Edwin V. Byrne
el Paso
Tex
Gallup
Meters Seldom Lie Says Mechanicsburg Burgess
Mechanicsburg Burgess Ray E. Hutter tests parking meters by inserting his own money during disputes. If the meter records a fine, the citizen pays. if not, the fine is refunded. Hutter says meters rarely fail him and backs up complaints with hands on verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Burgess Ray E. Hutter
Burgess Hutter
Hutter
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Mrs. McComb
Balk
Pittsburgh — — Woods Ville State Hospital
Here
Pritchards
Seo Area
Howard
Middleport
Kentile
Lexington
Ollame
Bendix
Armstrong
Bird
Sloan
Lottridge Social Notes
Barnhart
Mitchell Barnhart
Ed Chambers
The
Plains
Paul Robinson
Samuel Kellen
Charles
Shirley
Josephine
Steubenville
Charles Robinson
Linda
Raleigh
John Depoy
Johnny
Betty Jane
L. H. Allen
H. & H. Rubber Mat Processing Company
Howard the
Trader's
Eaaing
Howard the Trader
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