Large Coal Operation Closes In Vinton County
McARTHUR Benedict Inc the largest strip coal operator in Vinton County has shut down and begun liquidating assets and equipment. Floyd Benedict Jr cites a coal market shift toward cheap coal as the reason. The firm once employed 55 workers with a 5000 dollar weekly payroll and owned about 3000 acres. It started in 1937 as Benedict Sherman and later expanded operations. retirement plans arise as liquidation proceeds continue.
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McArthur—Benedict Inc
Vinton County
Floyd Benedict Jr
Ohio
Zaleski Co
Benedict
Creola
McArthur
Floyd Benedict, Sr
Floyd, Jr
Beaver trapped then released in Vinton County
A large beaver weighing 68 pounds was trapped on Racoon Creek in Vinton County by Game Protector Richard Schuermann. The animal, likely from Wildlife Division releases years ago, was examined tagged and released back to the creek.
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McArthur
Raccoon Creek
Vinton County
Richard Schuermann
Wildlife Division
McARTHUR Road Work Near Lake Alma Nears Finish
Resurfacing of the Lake Alma road by the Vinton County division of the State Highway Department began two weeks ago and should wrap up this week. Roy Sowers directs scarification seal coat and beach approaches. McArthur: sixty eight school cooks custodians and bus drivers underwent physical exams at the health department with Dr H M Boocks assisted by Mrs Janet Harris. Marriage licenses issued to Robert Harold Quesenberry and Patricia Jean Thornton and to William K Sperry and Wuanita Mae Peo.
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Mcarthur
Health Department
H. M. Boocks
Janet Harris
County Education Office
Robert Harold Quesenberry
Ray
Grill Cook
Patricia Jean Thornton
William K. Sperry
Hamden
Wuanita Mae Peo
Vinton County Sets Bid For 29000 General Election Ballots
McARTHUR The Vinton County Board of Elections calls for bids on 29000 ballots for the November general election. Ballots include 6800 of each office type plus tax levy and library measures for McArthur and Hamden villages. Names of local judicial and county candidates are listed along with state and federal contests.
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McArthur
Vinton County Board of Elections
Hamden
George Booth
Board of Elections
Herbert Wescoat
Vinton County
Booth
Garnet E. Sharp
Common Pleas
C. W. Smith
F. L. Newdick
James Sherman Porter
C. E. Fout
Locust Grove
Owen Harner
Glenn L. Peters
Eagle Two
Otis Holdren
Theodore R. Boring
Edwin P. Reffett
M. M. Carlisle
Jackson
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Fee Suffers Broken Leg At Horse Show
Wayne Fee, 34, of McArthur Route 1, fractured both bones in the middle third of his right leg Saturday during dis mounting from a horse at a Vinton Hills Riding Club event held at the Zaleski Volunteer Fire Department fete. Dr. David Caul of McArthur transported him to Mount St. Mary Hospital for treatment.
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McArthur
Wayne_ Fee
Oral Polio Vaccine Program Dates Set
The Sabin oral polio vaccine program starts in Vinton County on Sunday September 9 with immunizations from 9 a.m. to noon at Allen ville McArthur Hamden Wilkesville and Zaleski schools. Type 1 on Sept 9 Type 3 on Oct 14 and Type 2 on Nov 18 cost 25 cents per dose. The vaccine is for ages six weeks and up and may be taken if Salk vaccine has been administered.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Allensville
Hamden
Wilkesville
Zaleski
Death of Crown City Farmer Chauncey Sheets at 79
Chauncey Holcomb Sheets 79 of Crown City Route 1 died suddenly at 4 45 p m Thursday at his John s Creek Road home He was born in Guyan Township one of 11 children of Rev Ira and Martha Fil linger Sheets He married Minnie Bush June 1 1907 She survives with six of their nine children Dallas Carol Dallas Dallas Sheets and Mrs James Hector plus others in Columbus He was a Siloam Baptist Church member Burial planned at Ridgelawn Cemetery Cerverville with arrangements by Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home
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Gallipolis
Chauncey Holcomb Sheets
Crown City
John’s Creek Road
Guyan Twp
Ira
Martha Fillinger Sheets
Minnie Bush
Carrol Sheets
Eureka
Dallas Sheets
Dayton
James
Hildred
Sheets
Siloam Baptist Church
Waugh-Halley- Wood
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Mercerville
Mail Box Destruction Under Investigation in McArthur
Deputy Homer Haburn investigated the destruction of three Vinton County mail boxes this week. Boxes belonging to Earl Ratcliff Denby Bledsoe Ray Route 1 and Ed Nichols McArthur Route 2 were taken. Ratcliff later found his in a field. Nichols lives on Sam Murphy Rd with others near Kelly Church on a township road.
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McArthur
Homer Haburn
Vinton County
Earl Ratcliff
Denby Bledsoe
Ray
Ed Nichols
Ratcliff
Nichols
Sam Murphy
Kelly Church
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