Wild Fowl Project Expands in Vinton County
McArthur reports a county effort to propagate wild turkeys in Vinton with six broods raised. Birds are in the Vinton Furnace Forest Zaleski and Oreton State Forests under Eugene Knoder of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Kilmer urges protection as the project seeks future releases and potential hill country adaptation.
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McArthur
Vinton Unty
Robert Kilmer
County Game Erector
Pennsylvania
Vinton’s Hills
Vinton Furnace Forest
Zaleski State Forest
Oreton State Forest
Eugene Knoder
Ohio Division of
Births at Bullock Clinic in Vinton County
A son was born Nov. 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faris of McArthur Route 1. A son was born Nov. 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Patton of Hamden. A son was born Nov. 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peoples of McArthur Route 2. A son was born Nov. 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Willis McManus of Hamden.
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Bullock Clinic
Frank Faris
McArthur
Harold Patton
Hamden
Harold Peoples
Willis McManus
Hamn
Three Fires Reported In McArthur Area This Week
McArthur Fire Department responded to three fires in the past week. Tuesday a chimney fire at Louvina Townsend’s Dundas home caused $150 damage before Dundas firefighters took control. Friday a Creole Route 1 home owned by Mr and Mrs W F Eggleston burned completely with $2000 in damages to structure and another $2000 to belongings, insurance partly covering losses. Sunday a Knox Township Akers residence occupied by Roy Hamilton burned to the ground and was outside McArthur’s jurisdiction.
Cline and Murphy Open Town Barber Shop on Main
McARTHUR Playford Cline and Gene Murphy have opened the Town Barber Shop in the former Cozad shoe repair rooms beside the McArthur Post Office on West Main Street. Cline backs two years at MacDonald barber shop and has bought Lloyd Oiler’s equipment. The shop opens 8 am to 6 pm daily, closes noon Thursdays, and stays open until 8 pm Saturdays.
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Cline, Murphy
McArthur
Playford Cline
Gene Murphy
Cozad Shoe
West Main Street
Cline
MacDonald
Lloyd Oiler
Lad Injured Again in Car Accident
A youth who recently lost his arm in a shotgun accident was re injured and hospitalized after a Sunday morning crash on Route 346 east of the Vinton Meigs County line. Clayton Graham 24 of Carpenter Route 1 failed to negotiate a curve, struck a tree and boulder, suffered scalp and facial lacerations and possible neck fracture, and was cited for driving left of center and no operator's license.
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McArthur
State Highway Patrol
Clayton Graham
Carpenter
Vinton-Meigs County
Graham
Local Notes From Chesterhill Area Busy With Visits and Birth
Lena Whitacre and Nina Whitacre visit Parkersburg and St Josephs hospital. A daughter Patricia Ree born Nov 28 to Mr and Mrs Fred Worthington. grandparents listed. Mary Nolan visits Midlport. May Creighton recovering at Drake Rest Home. Pauline Harris hosts Thanksgiving dinner. A misc shower for Danny and Patricia Carr. WSCS bazaar planned. plus several local visits and a nursing update about Nelle Lochary and Loul Wright improving after illness and injury.
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Howard Nolan
Middleport
May Creighton
Drake Rest Home
Pauline Harris
John Harris
Price van Ness
Bob Maynard
Danny Carr
Lucille Lochary
Carrs
C. I. Schofield
Hettie Woodward
Sadie Tipple
Rock Hollow
Edna Woodward
Tabor Ridge
WSCS
Fast Hardware
Clarke Talbott
Talbott
Charley Gifford
Sharpsburg
Alva Green
Bartlett
Nelle Lochary
Carl Woodyard
Women share of U S workers rises from 1890 to today
A historical comparison notes about 17 percent of U S workers were women in 1890, rising to roughly 30 percent in contemporary times, highlighting long term gender participation growth across the labor force.
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U. S
Engle Co Awarded Route 328 Improvement Contract
The W. R. Engle Construction Co. of McArthur received the bid to widen Route 328 at Starr with a low bid of $53,819.91. The project includes a new bridge over the east fork of Raccoon Creek and is slated for completion by October 31, 1955.
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Mcarthur
W. R. Engle Construction Co
Starr
Raccoon Creek
Vinton Reports Sales Tax Receipts Totals
McArthur district notes prepaid sales tax receipts of 979.79 last week in Vinton County versus 663.24 the prior year. Year-to-date collections since July 1 total 19,742.91 compared with 18,596.54 for the same period a year ago.
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McArthur
Vinton County
McArthur Lions Plan Turkey Shoot at Al Robinson Lot
The McArthur Lions Club sponsors a turkey shoot Sunday December 1 at the Al Robinson used car lot south of McArthur near the Rotomatic shop. Attendees must bring their own guns. ammunition provided. Proceeds support club activities.
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Stortemen
Mcarthur
McArthur Lions Club
al Robinson
Venison Furnished to Children at Vinton County Home
Children at the Vinton County Children's Home are eating venison provided by the local game warden and Sheriff William Brown. The deer died after breaking its neck running into a fence on the Delbert Pearse farm on November 11. The carcass was prepared by the game warden and stored at the McArthur Locker.
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McArthur
Vinton County
William Brown
Delbert Pearse
Childrens Home
Six Per Cent Dividend Voted by Corporation
McArthur Development Corporation directors voted a six percent stock dividend. The firm formed by local businessmen to buy the $18,200 block factory building for the Automatic Corporation in South McArthur will distribute $618.00 among shareholders, according to secretary-treasurer John Crow.
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McArthur
McArthur Development Corporation
The
Automatic Corporation
South McArthur
John Crow
Estate filing for administrator in New Plymouth case
William H. Maxwell of New Plymouth has filed an application to be appointed administrator for the estate of George William Merz. The filing seeks court approval to handle the decedent’s affairs and manage assets.
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George William Merz
William H. Maxwell
New Plymouth
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