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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
2
Charles Ratzlaff local road contractor started clearing the Sprague property opposite McArthur Supply Co. on East High Street for a new equipment garage and tool house.
In McArthur the January term grand jury returned 15 true bills after a two day session with 28 witnesses across 21 cases. Indictments named Paris Ferguson Abe Jenkins Ishmael Patton Matthew Patton Herbert Henson Sammy Masters John Boyer and Eddie Helmick for various burglary grand larceny and assault charges, with one secret indictment. Charges against six persons were ignored and several named individuals escape indictment. The jail condition was reported satisfactory.
MCARTHUR The Vinton County commissioners have taken no action on an appropriation for $1200 for clerk hire for the prosecutor's office requested by Judge A L Chatfield. The marriages listed include Jesse McManus 18 and Gertrude Montgomery 20 both of McArthur. Wilbur Bray 34 and Dolly Sargent 25 of New Plymouth Route. Charles Marshall Conley 22 Byer and Thelma Juanita Knox 16 Ray.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as relief for persistent itching. It claims immediate comfort from a lanolin-based formula with six active soothing agents that stays on overnight, promising lasting peace from irritation.
The Baker Wood Preserving Co of McArthur hires W. C. McMaster as an innovation forester to serve farmers. He and Mrs. McMaster will reside in McArthur. The service aims to provide advice on timber crop management and harvesting. McMaster is a University of Michigan graduate from Northeastern Ohio.
A son, James Edward Bare, born January 23 at Chamberlain clinic to Mr and Mrs James Bare of McArthur Route 2. A son, Doyle Clifton Miller, born January 25 at Chamberlain clinic to Mr and Mrs John Miller of McArthur Route 1.
The individual served with the Ohio Division of Forestry before the war and, after discharge in 1945, worked as a forester in Arkansas and Tennessee, continuing a long public service in forestry.
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