Republicans Seek Successor to C R Smith in Vinton County
McArthur Marcus McCoy, chair of the Vinton County Republican Central Committee, called a 10 a.m. Saturday meeting to name a successor to Carl R. Smith as county auditor after he withdrew from the November ballot. Smith had served as treasurer and was appointed auditor after a resignation. Independent candidate William Arthur Oiler filed for clerk of courts. Hamden residents seek a local option election, and McArthur village school requests a renewal of a three mill levy for five years.
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McArthur
Marcus McCoy
Vinton County Republican Central Committee
Carl R. Smith
Board of Elections
Smith
Ohio
Central Committee
Vinton County
Franklin Frazee
Hamden
William Arthur Oiler
Oiler
Arth Oiler
Hamden Drys
McArthur Village
McArthur School Receives Major Improvements for 1948-49
McArthur school completed state rehabilitation work including water proofing walls and roof coating at the high school. Exterior painting, new trophy case memorials, science cabinets, band uniforms, band music, library supplies, a 1944 class memorial, a 1945 auditorium light dimmer, 1946 1948 class gifts, a public address system, custodians refinished the gym floor and crews applied roofs and paint to storage buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Wallace E. Blake
Frank Allison
Ivan Cozad
Scott Taylor
Two Cars Are Damaged in Weekend Crashes
No injuries were reported in two weekend accidents near McArthur. James T. Leach of Wellston drove into a utility pole on Route 75 near the Leach rest home, snapping the pole and damaging his vehicle. Jack White of Radcliff lost control after hitting a rough patch by Lopez's store in Dundas, skidding into the Zimmerman residence without damaging the house. his car front was damaged. Deputy R. W. Weese investigated both incidents.
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Mcarthur
James T. Leach
Wellston
Route 75
Leach Rest Home
Leach Auto
Lopez
Dundas
Jack White
Radcliff
Zimmerman
R. W. Weese
Library program set at Vinton County library in McArthur
A library program at the Vinton County library in McArthur is planned for August 20 and August 27. Librarian Evalan Fischer announced the event inviting all children. On the 20th Barbara Hull will bring children's story phonograph records and on the 27th Mrs Joseph Phillips will present Flannelgraph illustrated storytelling for both adults and children.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Evalan Fischer
Barbara Hull
Logan
Joseph Phillips
Son Born to Widow of Monoxide Victim
A son was born Saturday to Mrs. Herbert Norton of Radcliff at a sister’s home near Londonderry. The infant’s father, 20 year old Herbert Norton, died from monoxide gas at his father’s home near Lincoln on July 18. A son was also born to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Glandon of Londonderry Route 1 at the Chamberlain clinic on August 7.
Sally Tompkins, Confederacy’s lone woman cavalry captain
The article notes Sally Louise Tompkins as the only woman commissioned in the Confederate army, serving as a cavalry captain and running a hospital in Richmond, per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Sally Louise Tompkins
Richmond
Elk Fork School Case Hearing Under Way
Oral arguments were heard Monday morning in the Elk Fork School house case before Common Pleas Judge A. L. Chatfield. An opinion will be drafted soon. Plaintiffs Willard R. and Ola Peck allege claims against FE. R. King and the MacArthur Elk board of education with a cross petition filed by the defendants.
New Issue In Vinton County Courts Faces Trial
A forthcoming Vinton County Common Pleas Court decision asks if partners in a small business count as employees for industrial compensation eligibility. Plaintiff Mrs. Icel Henderson seeks to include Henderson partners Clyde Henderson and Edgar Ferguson in the three required workers. The case stems from a fatal 1942 Henderson coal mine accident.
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H. B. Reese
Wellston
M. M. Carlisle
Jackson
Vinton County Land Transfers
Zollie and Lizzie Huffman transfer 72 acres in Vinton Township to Robert Mitchell. A. K. Walker sells 6414 acres in Clinton Township for 800 dollars to the state of Ohio. A. W. Paffenbarger conveys part outlet 16 in McArthur to Ernest Jr and Ruth Jane Sprague. Harrison Township parcels and other transfers to Stroth Brothers Coal Co and several buyers are detailed.
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Inlet
McArthur
W. H. Dixon
Ross Shaffer
R. R. Spangler
Swan Township
Saleman Wins Prize In District Competition
Danny Brewer of John D. Gill Chevrolet Co McArthur won second prize a deep freeze unit for selling the second largest percentage over quota in the May and June district contest sponsored by Chevrolet dealers The award was presented Friday night at a banquet and dance at the Pritchard Hotel Huntington West Virginia attended by Mr and Mrs Brewer and Mr and Mrs John D Gill Jr
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McArthur
Danny Brewer
John D. Gill Chevrolet Co
Brewer
Chevrolet
Pritchard
Huntington
W. V
John D. Gill, Jr
Scorpion Anatomy Challenges Tail Sting Assumption
A description notes that a scorpion lacks a distinct tail and that its alimentary canal extends through body segments to the venom delivery apparatus.
McArthur Hospital Poll Seeks Local Support in Vinton County
An informal poll in McArthur aims to gauge countywide backing for a proposed ten bed hospital. Dr H P Chamberlain notes the area lacks medical facilities and that a non profit group could lease the building with two nurses and a student nurse, relying on local physicians as staff.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
H. PD. Chamberlain
Ohio Association
Mca
Chamberlain
Services Held For McArthur Resident Edgar Griffin
Funeral services were held for Edgar Eugene Griffith 75 a longtime McArthur resident who died suddenly of a heart attack at home Saturday He was a lease contract agent for local gas wells and had worked for Ohio Fuel Gas Co He had completed contracts for a new high pressure gas trunk line through Vinton and Jackson counties He was born April 9 1873 in Vinton County and survived by his wife Nell a stepson and five grandchildren Burial was in Elk Cemetery with Rev H L Weir officiating
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McArthur
Edgar Eugene Griffith
Griffith
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Vinton
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Vinton County
William and Harriet Prose Griffith
McArthur Presbyterian Church
Nell
Byard Cherry
Toledo
John Peterson
Milford
Mich
Wrightsel
H. L. Weir
Elk Cemetery
Draft Board Faces Reduction After Staffing Notice
A five member draft board was appointed but only a three man board is allowed. The Vinton County Selective Service Commission must cut two members from the listed slate including Lt. Col. Raymond Cooper Homer Wells and Homer Burt and reconstitute a three man board as ordered by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Wilkesville
Homer L. Burt
Londonderry
State
Selective Service
Common Pleas
A. L. Chatfield
Commission
Knox Sew-So and Jolly Circle 4-H Club Notes
The Knox Sew-So Club met at Picnic Grove School House on August 5 with Phyllis and Charlotte Tackett reporting on 4-H Club Camp. The next meeting is planned for Thursday at 8 p.m. at Picnic Grove School. The Jolly Circle 4-H Club girls met at Janice Graves home.
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Knox
Picnic Grove
Phyllis
Charlotte Tackett
Picnic Grove School
Jolly Circle 4-H Club
Janice Graves
Holcomb Family Fetes Ruth Ann's Second Birthday
Aug 8 gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holcomb in Vinton honors Ruth Ann Holcomb great granddaughter. Attendees include Roy Huntley and Seth Huntley with families. News notes cite several visitors and enlistments at Camp Bix.
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Dave Vance
Ruth Malonie
Jackson
Hobart McGinnis
Columbus
Walters
Walter Kessell
John Pegg
Vinton
Camp Bix
Laura Dowler
Betty, Logan
Bill Dowler
Stella E. Wilcox
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C. R. Smith
Elk Fork
F. L. Newdick
Vinton County National Bank
Orson H. Ogier
John T. Ogier, Sr
Kenneth Biffle
Hocking County
Pierce
Floyd Davis
Nellie Davis
F. M. Wallar
Thurman B. Haas
Nina Haas Federoff
James Goodwin
W. P. Goodwin
Carl Parker
W. Sherman Parker
J. G. Will
George Knox
Harry J. Swaim
John Wesley Edison
Homer Hugg
Nellie Hugg
Leo H. Quick
O. E. Vollenweider
Warren McMillen
J. E. Beckley
Gard McLaughlin
Ella McCarley
Saleman
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