Memorial Day Observances Across Vinton County
Memorial Day services planned by the American Legion in Wilkesville Hamden and McArthur with 1300 veterans' graves to be decorated in 72 cemeteries. Elk Township led by Ray Arnett will decorate 250 graves across five cemeteries. County bands auxiliaries scouts and Little League participants invited. Parades assemble 10 am Wilkesville Auxiliary Hall. Radcliff Cemetery rites at 11 am. Mt Olive services at noon. McArthur Hamden joint service at 9 30 am at the Outside Inn and Hamden Cemetery. wreath laying at 11 am at the courthouse monument led by Robert Wyc koff Post Commander Richard Schuermann. Beach openings at Lake Hope and Lake Alma with lifeguards on duty. Lake Hope opens May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Marvin J. Huston
Vinton County
Veterans’ Service
Wilkesville
Hamden and
McArthur
Elk Township
Ray Arnett
Vinton
Albany News N By MRS. MELVA RADCLIFFE
Albany brief items note Mr and Mrs George Bailes returned from a Florida winter. Mrs Frank Pugh and Mrs Tracy Whaley visited Lebanon with relatives. Joanna Hatch stayed with Davis and Farner families at New Marshfield. Kenneth and Andrea Young visited Linda Ice at Felicity. Anita Young attended 1935 class reunion at Conkey home and alumna banquet at New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melva Radcliffe
Albany
George Bailes
Florida
Frank Pugh
Tracy Whaley
Pomeroy
Lebanon
Pugh
Charles Crammer
Joanna Hatch
Stella
Ova
Dora Davis
Bertha Farner
New Marshfield
Kenneth
Andrea Young
Linda Ice
Felicity
Anita Young
Charles Conkey
Eldon McDaniel
Dwight Scott
Camden Park
Huntington
Paul Williams
William
New Madison
Lewis Maynard
Alma Trainer
Howard Stout
Grange
A. C. Rickard
Rickard
Bob Grinstead
James Rickard
Charles Lieming
Leonard Rickard
A. C. Ricard
Lowell Lewis
Piqua
Lewis
Frank Clark
Jerry Hanning
Athens
Perry Munn
Horace Grover
Elizabeth Beatty
Foster Hamilton
Transfer of funds in Vinton County court notes
In Madison Two, a petition requests transferring 1000 dollars from road and bridge fund to general fund, signed by Trustees Everett McKibben Orland Burke and Clarence Friend. Ruby M. Miller sues Leo Miller Ray. a divorce petition by Harry B. Reese attorneys for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Two
Road and Bridge
General Fund
Everett McKibben
Orland Burke
Clarence Friend
Ruby M. Miller
Leo Miller
Ray
Harry B. Reese
Plaintiff
Baptist Choir Guests Across Columbus Area Services
Nelsonville First Baptist Church choir sang at Mt Olivet and Mt Olivet in Columbus and at the Second Baptist Church of Washington Court House. Pastor Rev Richard A Bridges led the Mt Olivet sermon while accompanists included Dollie Hall and Rev Bridges. Traveling members listed with several spouses and Sgt Al Ayers among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville First Baptist Church
Columbus
Second Baptist Church
Washington D.H
Macedonia Baptist Church
Mt. Olive
June Polley
Sandra Polley
Becky Dexter
Dollie Hall
Sue Brunston
Ruthann Brunston
Sharon Long
Jean Miller
Linda Conrad
Marcia Conrad
Robert Polley
Charles Miller
Bridges
Frances Polley
Raymond Brunston
Orin Miller
B. J. Hall
William Miller
al Ayers
Weekend Visits Spread Across Morgantown and Charleston
Hartford residents A K McClung spent the weekend in Morgantown. William McKnight family and Adda McKnight of Huntington joined relatives in Hartford. Merrill Johnson family of Gallipolis and George James family from Hartford visited the Stones in Hartford. John Irvin Fiber visited grandparents J W Kell in Parkersburg. James Fiber and Charleston guests also visited J W Kell. Mrs. Hugo Juhling shows improvement after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Mc.Clung
Morgantown
Harry Keans
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
George Adam McKnight
Adda McKnight
Huntington
William McKnight
Earl Hoffman
Merrill John
Nicky
Merrilyn
Betty Jo
Gallipolis
George James
Billy and
Jennie
Hartford
W. T. Stone
John Irvin Fiber
Charleston
J. W. Kell
Hugo Juhling
G. B. Lerner
J. M. Crump
Parkersburg
James Fiber
John Iron
Joyce Ann
G E G Club Holds Monthly Meeting in Nelsonville
The GE G Club May gathering at Mrs Norma O Nail home Pleasantview Ave featured prize winners Mrs June Fisk and Mrs Shirley Shafer and a buffet. The June meeting is set at Mrs Donna Kuhn home. Oliver Savage family visited Bucyrus with Edward Savage and Ruth Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ge.g
Norma O’nail
Pleasantview Ave
June Fisk
Shirley Shafer
Donna Kuhn
Oliver Savage
Johnny, M. E. Sr
Bucyrus
Edward Savage
Ruth Ann
Mary Martha Circle Holds Recent Meeting
The Mary Martha Group of First Christian Church met at Mrs. Don Williams Home. Devotions were led by Mrs. Gerald Forbes with program by Mrs. Harley Hubble. Guest Verna Hand spoke about a Hawaii trip. ten members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mary Martha
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Don Williams
Adams St
Gerald Forbes
Harley Hubble
Verna Hand
Hawaii
Pupils Excel In District State Scholarship Tests
District results from Ohio University show Vinton County high schools with several top placements. Allensville Tom Faris 11th in general science. Deanna second in district Latino and seventh in state. Hamden performers Thomas McCluskey seventh in general science Glen Eberts second American history district fourth state Wayne Young first world history district second state Susan Fain eighth in bookkeeping II. McArthur Ted Atkinson second physics Joseph Wells first Algebra II district ninth state Richard Peters ninth plane geometry Kathy Chesser eighth English X Marion Wells second English XII district seventeenth state Shirley Brumfield first Latin II Wilton South Jerald Huston fifth senior social studies district nineteenth state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Ohio University
Vinton County
Allensville
Tom Faris
Deanna
Shirley Brumfield
Wilton South
Jerald Huston
Lightning Strikes Prattsville Barn on Cram Farm
Lightning hit the Charles Cram property in Prattsville destroying a barn and farm equipment along with an Leonard Perkins owned auto. McArthur volunteers battled the blaze amid a storm Sunday night. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars with partial insurance coverage noted by Fire Chief Loyd Gill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Charles Cram
Prattsville
Leonard Perkins
Perkins
Loyd Gill
Smith Tavern To Reopen West Of McArthur In June
McArthur reports Smith tavern on Route 50 west of town to reopen around June 1 under a one year lease held by Jack Elrich son of Fred Elrich and the late Mrs Elrich. The former establishment has been repaired and redecorated and will operate as a restaurant tavern. In a separate matter Thomas Salisbury 34 Beaver Route 2 was fined fifteen dollars plus costs for fishing without a license after arrest at Lake Alma by Game Protector Richard Schuer mann and entering an innocent plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
John P. Elrich
Allensville
Veterans Administration Hospital
Chillicothe
Smith Tavern
Jack Elrich
Fred Elrich
Perry County Court News Highlights Various Civil Actions
The report lists multiple Civil actions and divorc es in Common Pleas Court including Harold Ackerman and Dorothy Ackerman of Junction City and Norma Ackerman age 19 and others. Real estate disputes involve Simeon Saunders addition in Hemlock and guardianship cases for Dottie Woodruff. A personal injury appeal by Waldo Adams centers on Evans Reamer Co. and the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau. Universial Credit Corp. seeks 1374.40 from Carl Crossman over a 1958 Park Motor Sales car repossession and resale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Marian Florence Probasco
Rex Tracey Probasco
Walter CC. Dennis
Hemlock
Nial
Walter Dennis
Hazel Flowers
Alisa Berry Somerset
Dane Woodruff
Pekin
Rex Woodruff
Dayton
Zelma Haramis
Alliance
Dottie Woodruff
James Woodruff
Jamita Wenger
Velma Main
Columbus
Waldo Adams
Pennsville
Columbus Regional Board of Review
Evans Reamer Co
Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation
Sammie Keller
Somerset Route 1
Marjorie Keller
Universial Credit Corp
New York City
Carl Crossman
Somerset
Park Motor Sales
Detroit
Vinton Social Notes Highlights Weekend Guests
The eighth grade class of Vinton school had a picnic at Old Man's Cave. Mr and Mrs E F Caldwell have returned to their home here after spending the winter in Florida. Multiple households hosted or visited relatives and friends including Woods Elliott Hartsook Swerlein Lam bert and others during the weekend in Vinton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor White Vinton
D. Hollis Woods
Russell Woods
Elza Russell
G. E. Elliott
Chester White
E. E. Hartsook
Carpenter
Ray Swerlein
Max Hartsook
Columbus
Harold Cottrill
Wilkesville
Marie Story
Kenny Parsons
Grove City
Clinton Lambert
Anna Higgins
Juanita Lambert
Ted Harden
Gina
Ray Johnson
Dale Gleason
Earnest Welsh
Karen
Homer Casto
Lester Metcalf
Blanche Franklin
Athens
Robert Evans
St. Albans
Jack Henrix
Bert Jones
Bidwell
Eleanor White
Don Swick
Kathryn Snyder
E. F. Caldwell
Florida
Vinton School
Old Man’s Cave
Four Attend Clinic By McArthur Vinson County Officials
Four Vinson County school officials attended a clerks clinic at Ohio University. Participants included Supt. Kenneth Leach Clerk Clara O Leary Zaleski William Kuhner Hamden school head and county Supt. D M Bryson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Ohio University
Kenneth Leach
Clara O'Leary
Zaleski
William Kuhner
Hamden
D. M. Bryson
Vinton Auto Safety Check Under Way
McArthur County conducts its annual voluntary vehicle safety check sponsored by the McArthur Development Assn. Free safety inspections run through June at McArthur and Hamden garages and other county locations. Windshield stickers issued to cars passing the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County
McArthur Development Assn
Art Bethel
Hamden
Zaleski
Wilkesville
Allensville
Bethel
Sohio
Graves Marathon
Green Gulf
Bill’s Ashland
Doddrill Ford
Gill Chevrolet
Weyand Dodge
Pearl Crow
Lloyd Gill
Kirkendall
Cottrill’s
Kibby
Gulf
Standards Board Meets Vinton County Officials on Education
McArthur Superintendent Morton and Glen Rich of the State Department met with the Vinton County Board of Education to discuss minimum high school standards and secondary education quality. Consolidation of several Vinton County high schools, raised last year, will wait for state high school inspections likely starting late in 1962. Dr. David Caul, a McArthur physician, also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton County
David Caul
McArthur
Vinton County Leaders Honored At Banquet
McArthur Development Assn honors industrial leaders from Vinton County at the annual industrial appreciation dinner in the new Methodist church social rooms. Guest speaker Willard H. Hildebrand of Mead Corp. discusses economic growth in Vinton County and Southeast Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
McArthur Development Assn
New Methodist Church
Willard H. Hildebrand
Mead Corp
Chillicothe
Ohio
Adelmann Lumber Co
Benedict Inc
W. W. Jeffers Co
Baker Wood Preserving Co
McArthur Stone
Wrightsel to Graduate With Honors at Denison University
Doug Wrightsel son of Mr and Mrs Paul E Wrightsel of McArthur graduates with honors from Denison University Granville on June 11 He earned a 3.63 average in government and political science and joins Pi Sigma Alpha He received full law school offers from Duke and Vanderbilt and will enroll at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville Tenn Wilkesville graduation exercises Friday night for the Class of 1962 followed baccalaureate services for 24 seniors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Doug Wrightsel
Paul E. Wrightsel
Denison University
Granville
Young Wrightsel
MccArthur
Pi Sigma Alpha
Alpha Tau Omega Social Fraternity
Wrightsel
Duke
Vanderbilt University Law Schools
Vanderbilt Law School
Nashville
Tenn
Wilkesville
Wilton High School
Mail Boxes Improved by Vinton Two Grange
The Vinton Two Grange will paint rural mail boxes in Vinton Two during Rural Mail Box Improvement week at no charge. Marvin J. Huston leads the community service committee and notes permission slips will be placed in routes’ boxes and collected by rural carriers. Also listed are Manden Isaac, Lola Marie Timms, Leonard Harley Beverly, and Beatrice Kay Steele with ages and occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
Vinton Two Grange
Grange
Vinton Two
Marvin J. Huston
Vinton
Huston
Manden Isaac
Lola Marie Timms
Dundas
Leonard Harley Beverly
Hamden
Beatrice Kay Steele
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Albany News N
Vinton County Court
G. E. G. Club
Mary Martha Circle
Mrs. Allen
Louise Perry Allen
Elwood
Neb
Mabel Davis
Fayette St
Allen
Harold N. Ackerman
Dorothy Lucille June
Junction City
Robert Lee June
Norma Rose Ackerman
George T. Haynes
Patricia D. Staley
New Lexington
Joseph Anders
New Straitsville
Australia
Guinea
Pacific Ocean
West New Guinea
Biak
Vogelkop
Hollandia
Teminabuan
Vinton Social Notes
Harry Tope
Gerald
the Plains
Harley Green
George Tyler
Vinton Auto
Board Views Standards
Austin Power Co
Jackson Sand Mining Co
McArthur Brick Div
Charles Waldron Lumber Co
Vinton County Agriculture
Dane Mutter
Edward R. King
Otis Holdren
Janet
Janice Booth
Neil Atkinson
Vinton County Masonic Singers
Ralph Booth
Irma Lomax
George Booth
William Wallace
MDA
Hildebrand
Conway
Denison
Wilton
Messenger
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