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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1960
Page
5
McARTHUR-Vinton County Sheriff Harold Steele and Deputy Homer Haburn will wear standard uniforms under a new Ohio law effective January 1. They already use most of the uniform, currently don Eisenhower jackets. new blouse coats with Sam Browne belts are planned. Cars may remain unmarked during secret investigations, and officers may still wear plain clothes.
Don Mac Blaine and family of Columbus were guests of Mr and Mrs W R Holcomb for Sunday dinner. Judy Holliday and Carl Everett Shenefield celebrated a granddaughter’s birthday with family. Laurel Grange members attended the Rock Springs officers conference and plan a visit to Harrisonville Grange with Star Grange as guests.
Four hub caps from a 1957 auto were reported stolen by owner Robert Betts of McArthur to Sheriff Harold Steele.
A surprise reception in the McArthur school auditorium honored 65 year old County Agent George L. Brown who retires Jan 1 after 15 years in Vinton County. Family, OSU extension staff, 4 H members, and local leaders praised his work in youth leadership dairy production and farm technology. Mrs Brown teaches in Wilton schools.
Contractors asked to submit bids for three Ohio Department of Highways projects in Vinton Monroe and Athens Counties. Work includes replacing two Pony Truss bridges on SR 828 with concrete 32 foot bridges widening pavement from 11 feet 8 inches to 20 feet and related road realignments. Estimates total around 180000 dollars. A second contract covers straightening and leveling SR 379 in Monroe County at about 194000 dollars. A minor relocation at SR 379 SR 78 will remove Seneca Creek bridge. A third contract replaces five culverts on SR 144 in Rome Township Athens County and widens the roadway for safer driving.
Christmas decorations are being erected in downtown McArthur this week. Overhead electrical decor was strung by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co crew with other street decorations posted by Zaleski Youth Camp boys who cleaned and stored last year’s displays.
Ohio Fuel Gas Co and Ohio Pipe Line Construction Co crews lay a new three inch gas line along East High Street in McArthur from Market Street to the C and O tracks. Some feeders to homes are installed simultaneously.
Rev. Glen Evans of Henderson Settlement Kentucky will speak at the First Methodist Church pancake and sausage dinner December 12 from 4 to 7 30 p m hosted by the Methodist men.
Stewart, identified as Mrs. Everett H. Parsons, finishes barber course at Ohio State Barber College in Columbus. Other notes mention visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Van Dyke to Broadwell, and Thanksgiving dinner gatherings hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goodfel low, plus visits among Mrs. Lucille Taylor, Mrs. Bernice Rascussen, Rev. and Mrs. Guy White, and Mrs. Mae Lynn.
Bowling Green State University forwarded a $6300 check to California State Polytechnic College to aid dependent relatives of football players killed in the Toledo chartered airplane crash.
Two thousand firemen in ancient Rome were organized into seven cohorts. The emergency corps operated as a structured municipal unit, with each cohort serving under a central fire administration.
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