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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1950
Page
2
McArthur area residents prepare for a county wide centennial as bells ring county churches and a Sunday service is planned at McArthur High School auditorium. Funds raised will support church redecorations and related events with specific contributions urged to Gordon Will or Clyde English.
In Knox Township Clayton Hager transfers 22 acres to Ernest J Barker of Albany. Gerald and Grace Biffle convey to Melvin and Dorothy Jayjohn two lots in Kamenen. Wilkesville sees Robin H Whyte and Bethel S Whyte transfer to Alva and Evelyn De Vault two lots and part of another. Austin Powder Co receives 143.68 acres in Elk Township from Welbert and Maude Pearse. Reffetts move one lot in McArthur to John F and Emma F Biffle. Will et al transfer three lots in Fairground addition to John and Marie Crow. Keesee couple transfers 2.5 acres in Clinton Township to Ebbert Chitwood.
McArthur announces new hours for the New Plymouth post office effective June 1. Opening at 8 45 a m closing 12 15 to 1 15 p m and closing at 5 45 p m. The change follows a recommendation from a post office inspector.
McARTHur Vinton County Democratic Executive Committee met Monday evening in the mayor's office to organize for the year ahead. Twenty one committeemen elected H R Morrison as chairman of the Central Committee and Arch Herron as secretary treasurer. The former executive committee remained in place with T R Sowers as chairman, Morrison secretary treasurer, and James O Leary Roy Murdock and Herchel Partee.
A dairy-service cooperative in Vinton County was organized at a recent McArthur meeting. It will offer artificial breeding, butterfat testing, and improved market outlets. Lee Harper of McArthur is president with Roy Burt and W H Maxwell as officers. An artificial breeding service is planned to operate by June 1 with Jerry George as technician.
Miss Dorothy Lomax to wed Delbert Brown in a June 11 McArthur Trinity Episcopal Church ceremony at 2 30 led by Rev G C Fahner. Matron of honor is sister Frank E Robinette of Chillicothe. bridesmaids Mary Rachael and Charlotte. best man George E Brown Cadiz. Community notes cover centennial club activities with Mrs Harvey Roof and others. bulbs and seeds exchanged. paper on Spring Salad read by Mrs Clarence Morrow. contest on song titles by Mrs Bart Allen. hostess and visitor details.
Mrs Ray Blake hosted a Wednesday bridge gathering at Maple Drive with gifts awarded to Mrs Cecil Allison high, Mrs Clarence Allison second and Mrs Helen Garrison third. The Elizabethan Group met Monday in church parlors with Mrs Glenneth Frye presiding and planning for the centennial booth together with basement improvements. Hostesses were Mrs Harold Felton and Miss Charlotte Davis. A Lake Hope picnic is set for June 19 with members meeting at the church between 5 15 and 5 30 p m.
Mrs Otto Salts hosted the Towns Country Garden Club at Mrs Henry Magees Dundas home for a meeting. A white elephant sale will be held at Mrs Jennings Fouts home with Mrs Henry Magee as auctioneer. Members voted a donation to the Vinton County Centennial program and named committees to plan the event.
Dr H B Wyman honored at a family picnic at Lake Hope Sunday before returning to Berlin after a 10 day stay with Mrs Wyman in Phoenix Artz. Wyman is chief of general education in the western sector of Berlin. Several local families and friends attended the event including McArthur residents Mrs O S Cox and Mrs G C Smith plus numerous Wallar and Rudolph family members from Sugar Grove Lancaster and Athens. Visitors from Columbus also joined the afternoon gathering.
McArthur The Choral Club led by Mrs Carleton Brooks will perform at McArthur High School Auditorium on Sunday May 28 at 7 p m The program features spirituals and modern music.
State Examiner Earl Serbu audited the county offices last fall and the report is on file in the county auditor's office for taxpayer inspection. The Junior Civic Club will install officers Monday May 22 at the club rooms.
George Gates 64 a retired miner and Hazel Stephenson 59 filed on May 10 for a marriage license in the county clerk’s office. The couple plans to wed after approval.
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