Lake Hope Beach Area Set to Open Memorial Day Season
Lake Hope state park in Vinton County announces the beach area will open Memorial Day with two guards on site and a third this spring. Laurel Lodge will open June 1 as a hotel for overnight visitors, housing 32 when completed, while the dining lodge runs April 25 to Oct 26. Lake Hope reports 15 000 weekend visitors, 5 000 Saturdays and 10 000 Sundays, with 800 meals served over a weekend.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Lake Hope
Robert Denning
Tom Littler
Athens
James B. Clawson
Lancaster
Dick McDaniel
McDaniel
Laurel Lodge
Zaleski
Vinton County Gears Up to Honor War Dead
Volunteers under Lawrence Thompson organize decorating 1300 graves in 113 cemeteries with flags for Memorial Day. The American Legion, DAV, and World War I group plan services in McArthur and Hamden with high school bands aiding.
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Vinton County
McArthur
Lawrence Thompson
Hamden
Veterans Service
Thompson
Fred Camp
Dundas
Crayton Tatman
Eagle Two
Olba Seitz
Jackson
Edna Radcliff
RuthiSwisher
Vinton
Gomer Bowman
Ray Arnett
Nellie Zimmerman
Knox
Rosella Hixenbaugh
New Plymouth
Brown
William Cram
Madison
Joseph Freeman
American Legion
Wilkesville
Hamden and McArthur
DAV
Veterans of
Senior Class Plans Three Act Comedy All in the Family
McARTHUR high school seniors present the three act comedy All in the Family tonight at 8 p m. Cast includes Mary Cline Doug Wrightsel Vance Rannells Janet Knox Karen Kinnison Don Durkin Gaylord Reed Dorothy Brennei sen Sue Thompson Judy Gilli land Pat Murphy Carolyn Morgan and Gary Oiler.
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McArthur
McArthur High School
Mary Cline
Doug Wrightsel
Vance Rannells
Janet Knox
Karen Kinnison
Don Durkin
Gaylord Reed
Dorothy Brenneisen
Sue Thompson
Judy Gilliland
Pat Murphy
Carolyn Morgan
Gary Oiler
Do It Yourself Officials Paint Courthouse in Vinton County
In McArthur, Vinton County courthouse offices undergo a DIY paint project. Custodian Cowgill Bobo and Deputy Clerk Alfred Tripp assist with brushes as the county provides the paint. Other recently painted spaces include the probate court welfare office and the common pleas judge's office.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Cowgill Bobo
Bobo
Alfred Tripp
Probate Court
Common Pleas Judge’s
Marriage License For Melvin Mays And Glenna Webb
Melvin Dwight Mays 20 of Ew ington Route 2 and Glenna Ruth Webb 19 of Radcliff received a marriage license.
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Melvin Dwight Mays
Ewington
Glenna Ruth Webb
Radcliff
Ruth Smith Earns Lions Scholarship to OU Music Workshop
McARTHUR The McArthur Lions Club named Miss Ruth Ann Smith daughter of Earl Smith of McArthur Route 1 as recipient of their Lions scholarship to the Ohio University Music Workshop. The McArthur High School sophomore, chosen from the top four MHS music students, will attend a two week session starting June 17.
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McArthur
McArthur Lions Club
Ruth Ann Smith
Earl Smith
Ohio University Music Workshop
Miss Smith
MHS
Miss Marianne Gill Weds George A Knox in McArthur
Miss Marianne Gill became the bride of George L Knox at the Christian Church of McArthur on May 4. Rev J P Daub officiated. The couple plans a honeymoon trip to the South and will reside at the Hamilton Apartments.
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Marianne Gill
George A. Knox
McArthur
Sabrina
Carl Knox
Mike Gill
David Gill
Harold Knox
Oscar Funk
Lois Gray
Nelsonville
Miss Gray
Christian Church
Oliver Pekkala
Marvin Fishman
Judy Wrightsel
Kay Fri
Cara Dawne Allen
Richard Benadum
Knox
Knox and Son Insurance Agency
McArthur Savings and Loan Company
Hamilton
County Hires New Clerk In Welfare Office
Helen Garrison was hired as a clerk in the Vinton county welfare department by the commissioners. She succeeds Maude Lohr as welfare director after Garnet Engle’s resignation. Garrison, among eight applicants, previously worked for the McArthur board of education and for Dr. A R Lee. The board also awarded county contracts for gasoline and oil to Ashland Oil and Refining Co and 250 gallons of weed control concentrate to Gledhill Road and Machinery Co. An estimate of 1889.39 was approved to replace a wooden Bay road bridge in Harrison Township with a concrete one.
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McArthur
Helen Garrison
Vinton County
Garrison
Maudé Lohr
Garnet Engle
McArthur Board of Education
A. R. Lee
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Raymond George
Standard Oil Co
Gulf Refining
Gledhill Road and Machinery Co
Bay Road
Harrison Twp
Sowers named chairman of Vinton County Democrats
McARTHUR Theodore R. Sowers, a sawmill operator on McArthur Route 1, is elected chairman of the Vinton County Democratic Executive Committee. James Mahaffey of Wilkesville is named chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. Orville Hutt of McArthur Route 2 becomes secretary treasurer. New executive members include John S. Bishop Ewington Route 1 Coet Conley New Plymouth Route 1 and Edward Griffis Hamden.
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McArthur
Theodore R
Ted) Sowers
Vinton County
James Mahaffey
Wilkesville
Democratic Central Committee
Orville Hutt
John S. Bishop
Ewington
Coet Conley
New Plymouth
Edward Griffis
Hamden
Honor J. Miles Ogan Dedicate Tree Farm Ceremony
Development Association will meet at the Lake Hope dining lodge on Thursday June 26 after dedication ceremonies for the J. Miles Ogan Memorial tree farm. Emmett Conway announced the ceremonies start at 1 15 p m June 26 at the tree farm in Hope Hollow north of Lake Hope on Route 278. The tree farm is dedicated to Ogan, a veteran Vinton county engineer, to recognize his conservation contributions.
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McArthur
McArthur Development Association
Lake Hope
J. Miles Ogan
Emmett Conway
D. B. Frampton Co
MDA
Tree Farm
Hope Hollow
Conway
Ogan
Vinton County
Charles Sweeney and Mary Martin Listed in Local Notices
Charles Edward Sweeney 49 a steamfitter of New Jersey and Mary Elizabeth Martin 47 of New Plymouth are named in a public notice. The brief lists ages and occupations with no further details provided.
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Charles Edward Sweeney
N. J
Steamfitter
Mary Elizabeth Martin
New Plymouth
Brenda Griffith Elected Convention Reporter
Miss Brenda Griffith of McArthur and Ohio University was elected reporter for the Ohio State Convention of the Baptist Student Union. The election followed a retreat with OSU Ohio U and Kent State at Seneca Lake. Griffith serves as president of Ohio U BUS chapter.
Girl Scouts to Attend Seven Summer Day Camps
Scioto Council plans seven day camps for McArthur Wellston and Jackson area troops this summer. McArthur Wellston groups join Lake Alma in Vinton county near Wellston June 23 to 27, led by director Mrs Edwin Rhodifer and business manager Mrs Carl Dahlberg. Jackson area campers meet at Lake Jackson on the same dates with director Mrs Clay Booth and business manager Mrs Willard Fitzpatrick.
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Mcarthur
Wellston
Scioto
Edwin Rhodifer
Carl Dahlberg
Jackson Area
Lake Jackson
Willard Fitzpatrick
Clay Booth
Boys at Camp Light repaint and restore state park areas
Camp Redecorated McARTHUR-Boys at the Boys Industrial School camp at Camp Light Zaleski have painted cabins at Lake Hope cleaned the Methodist cemetery at Zaleski and worked on trails at Irish Ridge in the state park this past week.
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McArthur
Camp Light
Zaleski
Lake Hope
Irish Ridge
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