Welfare offices not county expense in McArthur
Maude B. Lohr says Vinton County does not fund Welfare Department offices in the McArthur Hotel. Two county commissioners weighed moving the department back to the courthouse due to high maintenance. The department leases the hotel room for two years and would need adequate space or surplus commodity storage would cost poor relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County
County Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Court House
County Home Demonstration Office
Health Department
County General Fund
Albany News Notes Highlight Local Army Dignitaries
Frank Jensen recently released from the armed forces arrived home. Families and friends gather for visits and leave plans as service members resume civilian life. Read about local reunions and birthday observances across Albany and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Frank Jensen
Mrs. Jensen
Little Rock
Ark
Judge Finds Henry Guilty in Slaying Case
Judge C. W. Smith finds Willard G. Henry of Wellston guilty of second degree manslaughter in the auto death of Margaret Eileen Cray near Wilkesville on Sept 9 1960. Henry’s license is suspended for one year a $500 fine and costs and six months in jail with five months suspended if he pays the fine and behaves lawfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Margaret Eileen Cray
Wilkesville
Smith
Mount Olive Cottage Prayer Meeting Reported
The Mount Olive Cottage Prayer Meeting was held at Cora Swan's home. Local residents including Bill and Nell Grace returning from New Mexico and Parkersburg and several visitors from Pittsburgh Guysville and Reno are noted among the gatherings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Mount Olive Cottage
Cora Swan
Bill
Nell Grace
New Mexico
Parkersburg
W. Va
Oscar Babcock
Ray
Gene Riggs
Johnnie Damewood
David Riggs
Wilbur Weber
Pittsburgh
Norman Weber
Ralph Calvert
Guysville
Dora Pierce
L. D. Pierce
Everett Sisson
Billie Jean Frost
Chester
Curtis Deems
Emma Powell
Harold Brewer
Clyde Lawrence
Gene Ritchie
Portland
Leona Sisson
Dorothy Cowdery
Florence Limberger
Bob Coleman
Reno
Helen Coleman
Audrey Smith
Patricia Smith
Edna Stewart
Reedsville
WSCS Meets April 5 in Circleville
Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service of Methodist churches in Vinton County are invited to attend the Chillicothe District WSCS annual meeting at the First Methodist Church in Circleville on Wednesday April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Society of Christian Service
Methodist ‘Churches
Vinton County
Chillicothe District
WSCS
First Methodist ‘Church
Circleville
Total Bond Sales Fall Reported by Savings Bonds Chairman
Chairman R. B. Will reported February sales of Series E and H U.S. Savings Bonds totaling 9349, a drop of 21965 from February last year, revealing a sizable decline in bond purchases.
Weekend Guests Include Bakers and Families
Mr and Mrs Robert Baker of Columbus visited the Rev and Mrs Wiley Baker over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Bert Ingimire and Mrs Libby Patton hosted Sunday dinner guests Mr and Mrs Don Castell and children of Logan and Robert Patton and Frank Hartzell of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Scott
Keith Scott
Athens
Ronnie Scott
Debbie
Columbus
Dale Scott
Merrill Chase
Charles Chase
Jerome Fenske
Terry Jewell
Carol Ann
Minta Chase
Lloyd Graham
the Plains
Arthur van Dyke
Vernon West
A. T. Tewksbury
Florida
Union Furnace
Robert Baker
Wiley Baker
Bert Ingimire
Libby Patton
Don Castell
Logan
Robert Patton
Frank Hartzell
Lee Henderson
Clarence Henderson
Linda
Vernon Swartz
Belpre
Vere Swartz
Clair Woode
Conni Sue
Chester
Charles D. Woode
Clarence Atherton
Arthur Atherton
Wilma Jean
McArthur Post Office Sets New Closing Hours
Postmaster J. E. Rosser says McArthur post office windows close at 5 p.m. and lobby doors at 5:30 p.m. Vera Woodward of McArthur Rt. 2 appears on the eligibility list and is hired as a part time mail distribution clerk working two hours each morning including Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Woodward
McArthur Rt. 2
Population center shift from Baltimore to Illinois
The U S center of population in 1790 stood 23 miles west of Baltimore. Today it lies in Clay County Illinois about nine miles northwest of Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Baltimore
Clay County
Ill
Centralia
Miami University picks Karen Kinnison as Tribe Miami sponsor
Miss Karen Kinnison of McArthur becomes the new sponsor and secretary of the Tribe Miami at Miami University Oxford during halftime of the Miami Toledo game. She replaces Judy Reed and is a junior in physical education and a Miami University graduate from McArthur High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Karen Kinnison
Herbert Kinnison
Miami University
Oxford
Tribe Miami
Miss Kinnison
Judy Reed
McArthur’ High School
Miami
Alfred Church Services and Local Social Roundup
Alfred worship services were led by the Rev. Card at the Methodist Church with a baptism for Theodore Talbott. Neighbors and families gathered for a quarterly conference at Chester Methodist Church. Moorings of visits and meals were shared among Woode, Swartz, Atherton, Henderson, and related households. Ricky Buckley is ill with measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Alfred Methodist Church
Card
Theodore Talbott
Charles D. Woode
Lloyd Dillinger
Millard Swartz
Ernest Taylor
Eleanor Boyles
Charles Taylor
Albert Warner
Chester Methodist Church
Meeting Cancelled By Point Pleasant Cub Pack 254
Cub Pack 254 of Point Pleasant backed by the Presbyterian Church has cancelled its March 29 gathering due to Easter and the Scout-O-Rama. The unit plans to meet again on April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Men of the Presbyterian Church
Friendship Night Observed by Order of Eastern Star
Friendship Night set for April 3 at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple in Point Pleasant Chapter 75 invites several chapters to attend event hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
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Maude B. Lohr
Major Stark
Banks
Major Sheppard
Texas Tower
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Reginald L. Stark
Altona
N.Y
4604Th
William M. Banks
Boston
Newburgh
William R. Sheppard
Cambridge, O
Otis Afb
Mass
Albany News Notes
By Melva Radcliffe
Terry Clark
Lola Haines
Oak Harbor
Tom Dibble
Ann Arbor
Mich
James Francisco
Faye Francisco
Norfolk
Ben Dorsey
Dorothy Williams
Waldo Poston
Frank Pugh
Grace Whaley
Pomeroy
Mrs
David Smith
U. Furnace
J. E. Rosser
Rosser
Smart Savings
Logan Home Furnishings Co
Buitemiur
Vinton Coed
By Helen Woode
W. E. Robinson
Ruby Burke
Ricky Buckley
Beautiful
West Main Street
Logan, Ohio
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