McArthur Council Awards Fire Tanker Bid and Bonds
The McArthur Village Council awarded a bid for a new 1963 Chevrolet tanker chassis to Gill Chevrolet Co. They designated Graves Marathon Service for village gasoline and selected Charles Curran as solicitor pro tem. The council also approved selling 60,000 in general obligation bonds for the sewage lagoon project with bids opening December 28.
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McArthur
Gill Chevrolet Co
Weyand Dodge Sales Co
Council
Graves Marathon Service
Bethel
Sohio Service
H. E
Pete) Abele
Abele
Charles Curran
R. B. Will, Jr
Vinton County Faces Tax Loss After Industry Closures
New all Republican Vinton County commissioners will face a 1963 personal property tax shortfall of about $8000 caused by two industry closures in 1962. About 70 percent of the loss goes to schools and 17 percent to the county general fund. The Swan Local School District and McArthur area districts will feel the impact from the Benedict Inc. coal mine and the Baker Wood Serving Co. mill shutdowns. New commissioner Owen Harper joins Mike L. Shea and Raymond Cot trill, replacing C. E. Fout who was defeated.
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John Weber McArthur
Vinton County
Board of County Commissioners
Glenn L. Peters
Peters
Benedict Inc
Swan Twp
Swan
McArthur
D. B. Frampton
Baker Wood Preserving Co
Owen Harper
Harrison Twp
Mike L. Shea
Hope
Raymond Cottrill
Hamden
C. E
Cliff) Fout
Locust Grove
Democrat
Harper
Judge Denies BMV Suspension in Manslaughter Case
Ohio BMV sought a one year suspension for Ralph Eugene Irelan McArthur Route 2 but Common Pleas Judge C W Smith denied the request noting a prior three year suspension Irelan had already received. Irelan pled guilty to second degree manslaughter for the Sept 2 Route 75 crash near Hamden that killed Ernest S Helmic of Weston.
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McArthur
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ralph Eugene Irelan
Common Pleas
C. W. Smith
Irelan
Bureau
Smith
Hamden
Ernest S. Helmic
Wellston
Wells to Speak at McArthur Development Meeting
McArthur Ohio Apple Institute head H M Wells will speak at the McArthur Development Association dinner meeting on Monday night December 17 at Jacque's Supper Club. He will present colored slides from his trip behind the Iron Curtain to Russia and Poland. Sheriff Harold Steele and Mrs Steele left for Columbus to attend the Buckeye Sheriff's Association convention, returning Wednesday night. James Lewis Carpenter 23 of New Plymouth and Betty Ruth Green 20 of Hamden filed a marriage license in Vinton County.
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McArthur
Howard M. Wells
Ohio Apple Institute
McArthur Development Assn
Jacque
Wells
Russia
Ty Sheriff
Harold Steele
Columbus
The
Buckeye Sheriff’s Association
Vinton
James Lewis Carpenter
New Plymouth Co. 1
Betty Ruth Green
Hamden
Judge Smith Sworn In For Third Term On Dec 3
McARTHUR Common Pleas Judge C. W. Smith sworn in for a third term on Monday December 3 by County Judge Garnet E. Sharp. The Democrat won re election in November and plans a Florida vacation December 5 with relatives in Fort Myers. Probate and Juvenile Judge W H Lohr will handle Common Pleas Court duties in his absence. Term officially begins January.
Jury Wheel Expanded In Vinton County Election Process
Jury commissioners Frank Gray and G F Wrightsel added 387 names to the Vinton County jury wheel last week in preparation for a prospective jurors drawing. The public drawing of jurors is set for December 13.
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Mercer
van Wert
H. M. Wells
Judge Smith
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Packa
General Electric Mobile Maid
Athens Appliance CO
Fenway Club
Beckley
Carpenter
Athens, Ohio
Cesar Vane
Peomr Etess
Wayton
Aurora
Chapman's Jewelers
Courthouse
Athens
Artcarved
Evening Star
Midnight Star
Fed. Tax
S. Court St
Pendleton
NTL
Jameee Obe
Earl Gibbs
Berry Hall
MIRRO
Kerr-Hunter Hardware CO
Lamborn
Superba
Luckoffs Glouster, Ohio
Electric Eye
Mom
Dad
Big Sister
Kid Brother
the Athens Messenger
Dacron
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