McArthur Couple Welcomes Ohio's Largest Family Twins
Edward and Violet Smathers of McArthur Route 2 welcomed twin daughters Patricia Eileen 6 pounds 8 ounces and Deborah Darlene 7 pounds 5 ounces born Feb 20 at a Nelsonville hospital making 17 living children for the 38 year old couple. Seventeen total, 14 at home, fill the small frame farmhouse near Shiloh Church Grove. The family, once near Columbus, now claims the state’s biggest clan as Eddie runs a coal-hauling truck and seven children attend Allensville Consolidated School. One daughter is deceased. others age 2 to 17 live at home or away. Patricia and Deborah join a sizeable brood living in Vinton County.
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Mcarthur
Patricia Eileen
Deborah Darlene
Edward Smathers
McArthur Route 2
Vinton County
Hamden-Allensville Road
Shiloh Church Grove
Richland
Mrs. Smathers
Violet Bentley
Eddie Smathers
Smathers
Allensville Consolidated School
Clara Ann Scarberry
Irene
Zaleski
Tom
Nelsonville Hospital
Louise
Robert
Marie
Sue
Sharon
John
David
Barbara
George
Violet
Henry
Sara Lynn
Columbus
Infant Dies Of Meningitis
Ronald Lee Morgan Morgan age two months son of Mr and Mrs John M Morgan Jr of Dundas died Saturday morning at home of meningitis Graveside services were held Sunday at Elk Cemetery Rev Jerry Griffith officiated Surviving are his parents one brother John M Jr maternal grandparents Ott Perry of McArthur paternal grandparents Cleve and Mrs Morgan
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Mcarthur
Ronald Lee Morgan
John M. Morgan
Dundas
Elk Cemetery
Jerry Griffith
John
Dorothy Perry Morgan
John M. Jr
Ott Perry
Cleve Morgan
County Bridges Count in Vinton County and Townships
Vinton County and its townships report 212 bridges. The county highway system includes 47 cement, 5 wooden and 32 steel bridges ranging 10 to 134 feet. Township roads hold 48 cement, 44 wooden and 36 steel bridges from 10 to 194 feet. Cement, wooden and steel totals are 95, 49 and 68 respectively, with five covered bridges and five overhead railroad bridges also noted.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Kenneth E. Huggins
J. E. Lee
Huggins
Stray Truck Wheel Strikes Parked Car
McArthur area reports a spare wheel from a rack caused damage when a stationary 1951 sedan was struck broadside on Route 50. Sheriff deputies searched for a missing dual wheel from a passing semi truck, but authorities found the wheel belonged to a spare rack and the truck was not stopped. The car suffered extensive damage.
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McArthur
Stanley Ervin
Ervin
Record cold snap at Vostok base in 1958
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica reached minus 125.3 degrees at Vostok base in 1958, according to Russian reports.
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Antarctica
Vostok
Spelling Bee Planned for Vinton County Town
The annual Vinton County Spelling Bee will be staged at Hamden School on Friday March 3 at 7 30 p m Contestants from multiple schools include Donna Tripp Ronda Coleman Donald Graves Larry Young Linda Hinson Donna Purnel Pam Moli han Carol Pierce Cynthia Ferguson Brown Zaleski Branda Allen Dundas Russell Perry Eagle Central Shirley DePue Jerry Massie Sherry Gregory Hamden McArthur Keith Prater Jeff Wyckoff Ceci Calvin Ann Daft Carol Caul Gary Swingle other representatives include Lois Lambert Swan Glenna Hall Helen Perry Ruby Caudill and David Rose Wilton North.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Hamden
Donna ‘Tripp
Ronda’ Coleman
Donald Graves
Larry Young
Linda Hinson
Donna Purnel
Allensville
Pam Molihan
Carol Pierce
Cynthia Ferguson
Brown Zaleski
Branda Allen
Dundas
Russell Perry
Eagle Central
Shirley DePue
Jerry Massie
Sherry Gregory
Keith Prater
Jeff Wyckoff
Ceci Calvin
Ann Daft
Carol Caul
Gary Swingle
Lois Lambert
Swan
Glenna Hall
Helen Perry
Ruby Caudill
David
Rose
Wilton North
Vinton County Traffic Deaths Jump in 1960
The Ohio Department of Highway Safety reports six traffic deaths in Vinton County for 1960 up from one in 1959. Accidents rose to 152 from 150, injuries fell to 61 from 65, and property damage totaled 84 400 dollars versus 70 720 dollars the prior year.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Chicken Thief Evades Shooting Near Creola Henhouse
Cecil Stewart of Creola reported a chicken thief entered his henhouse on Saturday night and fled after Stewart fired several shots with a .22 pistol. The intruder escaped into darkness and was uninjured, per Sheriff Harold Steele's account.
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McArthur
Cecil Stewart
Creola
Stewart
Harold Steele
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