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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
11
McArthur Vinton County donors are reminded the Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the EUB church Logan July 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local donors needing transport should call Mrs. Mabel Wykle at 253 or 412.
McARTHUR Thirty new cars were bought by Vinton county residents in June. Of these 30, 20 came from local dealers and 10 from out of county dealers. Mrs. Dorothy Cox Wells, clerk of courts, reported 285 titles issued, 96 liens noted, and 73 liens cancelled in June.
Social notes list Seaman Frank Cook of Norfolk on leave with Mrs. Cook. The column notes various local moves including families visiting relatives, Marines in training, weekends with kin, and travels of residents from McArthur to Columbus and Circleville.
McArthur reports sales tax receipts for the week ending June 23 totaling 1 366.28 in Vinton County, slightly higher than 1 357.59 for the same week last year. Year-to-date collections reach 71 461.80 vs 56 586.24 a year ago.
McArthur playground director Gordon Wallar leads a beginners baseball class with 25 boys. The sessions run daily from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and focus on basic skills and drills.
In June, 421 persons received $24,414 in aid for aged payments in Vinton County, averaging $57.99 per person, above the state average. An additional 41 people drew $1,716.39 in health care benefits.
The supervising county nurse will be in the Vinton County Health Department office Friday from 8 30 to 10 30 a m to give Salk polio vaccine shots to expectant mothers and to children ages 1 through 19 who have not had any or complete shots and cannot obtain them from a physician. Since 1955 the program has immunized about 750 people with the complete two shot series and 367 have received partial immunity.
The records show vaccination activity mainly for ages one to fifteen. A total of 769 injections were given in 1955 and about 1100 injections in 1956 across the program.
The data show farmers and other small herders control 57 percent of United States forest land, reflecting a wide spread of private ownership across rural areas. This share highlights how nonindustrial landowners shape forest management and uses nationwide.
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