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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
11
In 1956 Vinton County recorded 107 births with 72 boys and 35 girls. There were two stillbirths and 74 deaths. Coronary disease led deaths with 23, cerebral hemorrhage 18, cancer 10, pulmonary causes six, suicides three, accidents two, tuberculosis one, and 11 from other causes. The health clerk issued 26 birth and 35 death certificates.
McARTHUR Ivan W Miller was re elected president of the Vinton County Board of Education at a recent organization meeting Kermit Ward was re elected vice president The board will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 30 p m in the office of the board Jerry M Martin was employed as county attendance officer effective Feb 1 Four applications had been received for the position left vacant by the resignation of Earl Stuck who became county recorder The board set Tuesday Feb 12 as the date for the annual meeting of school boards Elliott Myers vice president of the state board is expected to speak A petition was received requesting the transfer of a section of territory from the Hamden to the Dundas district Action was postponed.
The Elizabethan Group of the Presbyterian Church met at Mrs G C Fryes home. Mrs Lloyd Johnson opened with devotions led by Mrs Harold Felton. They set March 21 for the annual Dessert musicale at the school auditorium. An open discussion on a group library followed. Co hostesses were Mrs Vaughn Jones and dessert was served. Ethel Saltz hosted the E Z Bridge Club on S Market St with prizes to Elizabeth Beckley and Erma Lomax.
Contractor Robert King remodels Gorsuch Drug Store on W Main St McArthur. The project enlarges floor space by a third, shifts the soda fountain to the new rear area, and relocates the prescription department.
The Millfield Trimble Grange Home Ec Club met in the Grange Hall for a weekly quilting party with a pot luck dinner. Birthday cakes honored Mrs. Bessie Cartwright, baked by Pearl Donley and Lavada White. Guests included Elizabeth Robinett Adlie Carr and Jessie Fulton with members present Mabel Danford, Mabel Sanders, Susie Kasler and others. A youth Christian Church group is forming with James Danner and sponsors guiding sixth to eighth graders and high school students.
Emmitt and Frances Smith and others sell 522 acres in Eagle Township to Chillicothe Realty Co. Ocie May Dutcher conveys 5 acres in Jackson Township to Willard and Harley Dutcher. Margaret and H C Morgan transfer 52 acres in Elk Township to Paul and Jean Elizabeth Morgan. W H Lohr as commissioner transfers lots in Wilkesville and McArthur to Bonnie Parsons and Harold Hewitt respectively.
McArthur chief petty officer Robert C. Sparks son of Mrs. Carol Sparks of McArthur marched in Washington Monday for the inaugural parade. He joined three other chiefs with the Bainbridge unit a band WAVES and 360 recruits from the training school in the event.
Sunday School attendance on January 20 was 47 with an offering of 8.26 dollars. Worship service at 10 45 drew 26 attendees. The WSCS meeting was postponed due to bad weather. Phillip Bowles, ill with flu and tonsillitis, and William Bentz, sick for a week, are listed. Mr and Mrs Gerald Swartz of Marietta visited at local homes. Neighbors Warren Bentz and grandsons from near Athens visited William Bentz and Vere Swartz.
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