City Park Development Urged by Association
The McArthur Development Association urged the village council to accept a free four-lot tract offered by County Treasurer John Crow to create a city park. A 19 member committee was appointed to assist in developing the land for a picnic area with shelter, tables, and landscaping, contingent on city water and toilet facilities and ongoing maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crow
Donald Radcliff
Darrel Craig
Charles Slusher
McArthur
Charles Crow
Pearl St
MDA
Licensed To Marry William Covington And Others
A list of individuals with ages and residences records license to marry. Names include William W Covington Vera Jo Driggars Gerald Waldren Priscilla Haven Homer Conley Lorna D Vinson Fred Erickson Maxine LeMay Ray Everett Palmer Effie Rachel and others from McArthur Prattsville Londonderry and Dayton areas. The notice cites applicants and their occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Covington
McArthur
Vera Jo Driggars
Gerald Waldren
Ray
Priscilla Haven
Homer Conley
Dayton
Lorna D. Vinson
Fred Erickson
Prattsville
Maxine LeMay
Mrs Ward Services Held in McArthur
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs Missoura Jane Ward who died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Londonderry Route 1 of a heart ailment. Born December 25 1868 in Martha Kentucky she was the daughter of Jackson Dobyns and Pearlina Sparks. She married Marion Ward in 1856 who died in 1934. Survived by two daughters two sons 12 grandchildren five great grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Burial was in Londonderry Cemetery after services at Poe's Run Baptist Church with Sandy Phillips officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Conrad Ward
Chiliscothe
Goebel
Escame Ward
Circleville
Elizabeth Lyon
Waverly
Kilda Sparks
Calvin Dobyns
Martha
Poe's Run Baptist Church
Ward
Sandy Phillips
Londonderry Cemetery
Auto accident injures state inspector on Route 75
McArthur Harold W. Combs, 51, a state highway inspector, was hit by a southbound car driven by Byersel J. Spurbeck, 56, of New Lexington, while working in a road construction area north of McArthur. Combs suffered a facial laceration and multiple bruises. State Highway Patrol investigated. Spurbeck was not held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Harold W. Combs
McConnelsville
Byersel J. Spurbeck
New Lexington
Combs
State Highway Patrol
Spurbeck
George R. Keese
Charles Crow
Clint Wyatt
Oscar G. Walker
Radcliff
Harry Dorsey
Wilkesville
Donald W. Hagerty
Hamden
Common Pleas
Donald W. Schilling
Justice of Peace
G. FE. Sharp
Richard A. Cooper
Gallipotg
Denson John Mott
Rio Linda
California
Crow
James C. Kirk
Pottsville
Penna
O. D. Pincelli
Albany
Teachers and Drivers Plan Early County Meetings
Vinton County teachers announce a September 7 gathering at Hamden School Auditorium with talks by district librarian Evelyn Hansel and health commissioner H. M. Boocks plus safety and attendance guidance. Allensville bus drivers meet September 9 at Allensville School with W. D. Darling and a safety film. The lunch program includes statewide consultants and a 2 pm forum at McArthur School. The Southeastern Ohio County Superintendents meet at Lake Hope Lodge with librarian Walter Brahm speaking on Ohio library history and trends. Reffett and Matthews head to Muskingum camp for a leaders training conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
State Highway Patrol
Allensville
Ohio County Superintendents Association
Lake Hope Lodge
Vernon W. Barnes
Jackson County
Walter Brahm
Ohio
Vinton
Hocking
Edwin P. Reffett
Vinton County
Tar Wagon Destroyed By Flames
McArthur Vinton County’s tar wagon burned Tuesday morning on Route 327 near the Clyde Benson home. The 1953 Chevrolet truck and 900 gallons of oil were destroyed, drivers Orville Shively and operator Otto Dearth escaping with arm burns. The fire raged hours, the frame twisted, and commissioners discussed replacement while the blaze continued. Insurance fully covered the loss.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Clyde Benson
Route 50
Orville Shively
Otto Dearth
Shively
County Board of Commissioners
Drilling Activity Increases Across Vinton County
In Vinton County drilling activity has risen with two additional rigs near Swan Township and Hue, and a third operation at Green Rice’s old Frank Rannelis farm in Swan Township near New Plymouth. Clark Talbott reports 12 leases in Allensville-Eagle Mills, while Arnold Oil Co. faces set backs and explores Clinton sand at 2800 feet with over 10,000 acres leased for future drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Phone Book Distributed McArthur Area Expanded Listings
The August 1954 edition of the Ohio Commonwealth Telephone directory is mailed to Vinton County subscribers. It contains more than 5000 listings, showing growth in the Wilkesville exchange with 59 subscribers and over 600 telephones served across McArthur Zaleski Dundas Allensville rural Creole Prattsville Locust Grove and nearby Logan Bremen Union Furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creole
Prattsville
Locust Grove
Logan
Bremen
Union Furnace
Local Social News and Family Updates From Laurelville
A Laurelville social column lists a Sunday Lake Hope picnic with the Laffertys Karshners and Hinton families. Carr ie Karshner suffers a stroke and remains seriously ill at her home. Other notes include births, visits, a Dixie Ross engagement shower, travel for Claude Chilcote, and obituaries for Mrs. John Hedges with survivors listed.
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Laurelville
Lawrence Lafferty
Carrol
Maxine
Pat
Johnston
Jay Karshner
Bernadine
Jean Hinton
Lake Hope
Two Vinton Soldiers Enlist in Fort Knox Basic Training
Two Vinton County soldiers, Pvt. Robert T. Ballard and Pvt. Robert L. Dodrill, are undergoing Army basic combat training at Fort Knox Kentucky with the Third Armored Spearhead Division.
Community Notes from Vinton Area Gatherings
Local residents and guests visited relatives across Morgan Center Marion Wellston and Parkersburg. Families including the Ferrymans Russell Lewises Ewings and McCarleys shared weekends and reunions with kin in Wilkesville Columbus Portsmouth Athens and Donaldsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Columbus
Bennie Deckard
O. M Stewart
Parkersburg
Brown Ewing
Cleveland
G. P. Ewing
Walter McCarley
Portsmouth
Ann Butler
Wellston
Vennie Butler
Paul Wilson
Athens
Walter McCarrey
Ewing
American Legion Hall
Wilkesville
Leroy Wilson
Walter MceCarley
Charles Brubaker
Donaldsville
Janet Cook
Springfield
Bernice Lambert
Anna Higgins
Wife questioned in fatal knife attack in Martins Ferry
Police arrested 37 year old Betty Hawkins in the fatal stabbing of her husband 35 year old Cumberland Ashley Hawkins. Lt Milbert said she claimed her husband knocked her down and she stabbed him with a butcher knife. Hawkins died in hospital Tuesday from knife wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Betty Hawkins
Cumberland Ashley Hawkins
Louis Milbert
Estimates Approved For Road Work In Vinton County
County Commissioners approved 11994.56 in road work estimates submitted by County Engineer J M Ogan. Allocations include 3450 for patching and seal coating West Junction and Dickey roads 3000 for corrugated pipe and labor on county and township roads 2001 30 to replace a wooden bridge with concrete on Gray road Jackson township 613 26 to remove a wooden culvert and replace with concrete 2930 to resurface Union Ridge road with crushed limestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Union Ridge
For Athlete's Foot Use A Keratolytic
An ad promotes strong keratolytic fungicide T-4-L to treat athlete's foot by sloughing off tainted outer skin to expose and kill fungi. It offers a 40 cent money back guarantee if not pleased after one bottle at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick
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Dicense
Romeo
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Mises
Wade D. Bush
A. J. Warken
Department of Public Welfare
Margaret Maxwell
Virginia Jones
Max Bunce
Carrie Karshner
Lillian Hoy
Lecca
Celesta
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A. H. Bottlemy
Walworth
Wis
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Charlotte Grattidge
Berger Hospital
Amy Jane
CT. Gratthige
Saundra Sue Karshner
Denny Drum
Grandville
Jack Karshner
Dixie Ross
Clark Devol
M. E
Robert Weaver
Betty Bowers
Flain Maxson
Miss Ross
Mr. Devol
Roy Sutton
Sutton
Tennessee
Wallace Sutton
Joe Ryker, Jr
Sue Brooks
Newport
Claude Chilcote
Minnesota
Lecca Hoy
Ohio University
Homer Strous
Main St
John Hedges
Melvin Dumm
Kermit
Edward
Ora Crider
Jack
Geo. Herron
Celesta Hoey
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