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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1949

Page

3

Demonstrators Reelect Officers at McArthur TVA Meet

The Farm and Home Test Demonstrators met March 22 in McArthur with 46 cooperators and families. Forty five Vinton County farm families participate. Officers were reelected: H. M. Wells chair, Kent Campbell vice chair, Mrs Edna Hartley secretary. A summer TVA farms tour is planned for May 26. W M Landers praised the demonstrators and gave an illustrated lecture on soils and health.

Vinton County H. M. Wells Kent Campbell Edna Hartley Justice Harden Vernon Hartley Lee Harper Ruth George George Minton TVA Farms W. M. Landers Educational Department of Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Landers

Roundup farm work advances ahead of Vinton event

Preparatory work on the John Zimmerman farm for the third Annual Vinton Soil Conservation District Round-Up is underway. Veterans on a work swapping plan cleared brush and spread lime on the pasture renovation site. The April 14 gathering aims to show conservation farming with ordinary tools and introduce a bush and bog harrow for broader use.

Mitchell

Dog Rabies scare in McArthur ends with hunting dog shot

A foxhound owned by Raymond George escaped its kennel in McArthur and bit about a dozen dogs before being shot by Joe Prater. Dog Warden Otto Dearth sent the head to Columbus for a rabies test.

Mcarthur Raymond George Joe Prater Otto Dearth Columbus Dearth

Funeral Services Held For Patsy Ann LeMay

Brief funeral services were held for Patsy Ann LeMay infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold E LeMay Elk Two. The infant died in Hocking Valley Hospital at Logan on March 24. Survived by parents two brothers and two sisters. Rev Everett McKibbens officiated at 10 a.m. in Zaleski Baptist Church with interment Elk Cemetery.

Easter Seals Mailed To Vinton Countians

McArthur Easter seals are mailed this week to Vinton County residents by the County Society for Crippled Children. Chairman Sheldon Ry Cline and officers urge buying seals to fund braces crutches medical care and educational opportunities for crippled children.

Forrest Dearth James L. Doran Gerry Frye Iber E. Fri Ralph W. Heistand J. W. Hunter Kenneth Leach Nina M. Nelson J. W. Saltz Ruth Swisher Boyd Tackett E. B. Webb H. M. Wells Cline

Delinquent draft registrants named in Ohio notices

Roger Haynes posts Raymond Leroy Glenn age 24 Hamden Route 1 as delinquent after a returned unclaimed questionnaire. FBI fails to trace Glenn at his home. U.S. Attorney refuses prosecution for Thomas Henry Cornwell as delinquent. he moved from Minerton Route 1 to Galloway Ohio and later reported to FBI in Chillicothe. Cornwell is cleared.

Minerton FBI Chillicothe

McArthur Auto Crash Causes Slight Damage

Heavy rainfall Saturday morning caused a minor collision on Route 75 in McArthur in front of the Vinton Theatre. Clifford Oberholzer backed into William D. Jeffers, damaging the right front fender. Sheriff William Brown and Deputy Wayne Weese investigated.

Mcarthur Clifford Oberholzer Hamden William D. Jeffers Wellston Vinton Theatre Jeffers William Brown Wayne Weese

Personal Property Tax Deadline Is Today

McARTHUR residents face today as the deadline for filing returns and paying personal property taxes. Auditor Theodore R. Boring urged timely payment noting many returns remain outstanding. A five percent penalty will be charged after March 31.

McArthur Theodore R. Boring Boring

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