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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
3
A Wilkesville request asks township residents to vacate a rural road. In a separate filing, McArthur’s John Robert Peters seeks a divorce from Evangeline Peters in Vinton County Common Pleas Court, Aug. 15.
The Vinton County Commission in session Monday received a petition signed by 17 Wilkesville Township residents to vacate a road from Route 160 east for a mile and a half to Route 68. The board will view the road on Monday, Sept. 16. The panel approved a $950 grant to Richland Township trustees to gravel the east end of Randerson Road with 1,000 yards of gravel and a $700 grant to Knox Township trustees to improve the Bunker Hill schoolhouse road. Lawrence and McGuffey have returned from vacation.
The estate of 83 year old bachelor Noel V James who died June 9 at Old Homestead Rest Home in Zaleski is valued at 80000. He leaves four surviving siblings Velinius James Euclid James Albert James and Miss Cleire James and three brothers and one sister among heirs. Noel V James is deceased.
Wilkes Grange 2716 will meet August 27 at the Wilkesville hall with Dorothy L. Hill as lecturer. The group will practice the Albeninsville Grange drill and hold a potluck refreshments. The evening topic is Fun for August with a recipe donation by roll call.
A tribute of honor will be held for the late Sgt Jack L Garrison at the McArthur Presbyterian Church on Sunday September 1. Rev S J Fleming the former pastor will conduct the services for the McArthur flier declared dead recently after being missing in action over Honshu Island Japan on July 28 1945. His widow Helen Ruth Foreman and daughter Bonnie Jean live with his parents in McArthur.
Nine year old John Lee Molihan of McArthur Route was playing with a found dynamite cap at a strip mine when it exploded. His left hand suffered mangled thumb and finger injuries, and his face was severely lacerated. His eye sight was endangered. He received emergency care in McArthur, then in Logan and finally at Children’s Hospital in Columbus.
Frances Radcliff and Bruce Frye married at Church of Christ on Wednesday August 14 at 9 p m. The Rev J P Daab performed the vows. Both are McArthur High School graduates. Frye served seven years in the Marine Corps, was wounded overseas, and now works with the State Highway Patrol at Georgetown Ohio.
Mrs George Reihing and Mrs George K Gibbs with Rose Marie left Los Angeles to Washington DC after a month with Mrs J L Sprague. Mr and Mrs J H Sands departed for Washington DC then Florida for three months. Mr and Mrs James Benedict moved to Wellston buying property. Eleanor Arnett, guest of Albert Few Cortez Fla, flew home to McArthur. Kenneth Ward and daughters Joyce and Dorcas of Conesville visited McArthur Dundas and Hamden over the weekend.
John Lee Molihon eight was severely injured Monday when a dynamite cap he played with exploded. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Olis Molihon. The notice also lists various local social visits and moves in Dundas and surrounding communities.
McArthur police hunt John Willis Hill a 24 year old Black man who fled the Vinton County Jail Thursday morning as Marshal William Brown locked other prisoners Hill was to be transported to the Cincinnati workhouse after sentencing by Probate Judge E C Motter for attempted assault on a white girl near Alice.
McArthur Kaye Blosser of Carbon Hill replaces Irwin Kain of Batavia as the VA contact representative for Vinton County. Blosser will visit the Memorial Building in McArthur every Monday to advise and counsel local veterans. Kain, now on vacation, is expected to be stationed with the VA in Cincinnati.
Recorder Agnes Scott lists multiple land transfers in Vinton County from Aug. 11 to Aug. 29 including Roy Pierce to James King 25 acres in Vinton Township and Daniel Bagley to Joan Holtz lot 136 Hamden Village. Also deeds for Elk Wilkesville Clinton Eagle and Richland townships plus several Auditor's Deeds for delinquent taxes and small lot transfers.
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