Ohio Unemployment data shows county wide 1949 employment shifts
Vinton County employers covered by the Ohio Unemployment Compensation law averaged 723 workers in 1949. Mining and quarrying employed 198, contract construction 40, manufacturing 335, lumber 98, miscellaneous manufacturing 237, transportation and utilities 33, wholesale and retail trade 79, finance insurance and real estate 19, and service 19. Highest employment was in November 777 and December 754, with March 684 the low.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Ohio
J. Dale Jackson
BUC
Raccoon Possession Leads to Fine in McArthur
Albert Crippen of Harrison Route 1 was fined 15 plus costs by Justice W. H. Swann after landing a raccoon illegally. He was arrested November 3 near Wales Mills by game protector R. L. Guilkey on a charge of hunting out of season near the Meigs County line. Routine county bills were paid as Vinton County commissioners met with C. W. McFadden ill.
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McArthur
Albert Crippen
Harrison Route 1
Justice of Peace
W. H. Swann
Langsville
Crippen
Wales Mills
R. L. Guilkey
Hamden
Vinton County
Meigs County
C. W. McFadden
Ray
McArthur High School Addition Foundation Nearing Completion
The concrete foundation for the new addition to McArthur High School is near finishing by S. T. Kenyon Co. of Portsmouth. Forms are prepared for pouring the final foundation wall and much basement plumbing is done. The addition rises on the north side of the current building.
Peace Contest Winners Announced at Two Churches
McARTHUR Carol Moore won first place in the Prince of Peace declamation at Asbury Methodist Church with Sally Swaim and Betty Ameline placing second. Judges were Mrs. Paul Smith T R Boring and Mrs. Grenneth C Frye. At Zaleski Methodist Church Mary Shaw won with Lydia Mercer second. Judges were H V Atkinson Arthur George and F L Newdick.
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Mcarthur
Carol Moore
Sally Swaim
Betty Ameline
Prince of Peace
Asbury Methodist Church
Paul Smith
T. R. Boring
Grenneth C. Frye
Mary Shaw
Lydia Mercer
H. V. Atkinson
Arthur George
F. L. Newdick
Engagement Announced for Garnet Murphy and Eugene Engle
Mr and Mrs Frank M Murphy of Mc Arthur announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Garnet Murphy to Eugene Engle son of Herman Engle Creola The wedding is set for Friday November 10 at the McArthur Church of Christ at 730 PM Rev J P Daah will officiate The couple are McArthur High School graduates with Miss Murphy serving as Vinton County welfare director and Mr Engle in general contracting They will reside in McArthur
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Mcarthur
Frank M. Murphy
Garnet Murphy
Eugene Engle
Herman Engie
McArthur Church of Christ
J. P. Daah
Russell Wallar
Mary Murphy
Miss Murphy
Mr. Engle
McArthur High School
Vinton County
Land transfers and WCTU meeting in McArthur
Vinton County records show Grace Imboden transferring 30 acres to Melvin Hunt er in Jackson Township and Lee Leiby selling 149 acres in Harrison Township to Sarah E and Philip Diehl. Additional transfers include Barr to Haddox, Leiby to Frank Hutton, Ward to Reffitt, and Owsley to Reffitt. WCTU to meet Friday November 10 at 7 30 p.m. hosted by Mrs Cora Gorsuch.
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Grace Imboden
Melvin Hunter
Jackson ‘Township
Lee Leiby
Sarah E
Phillip Diehl
Harrison Township
John T
Addie B. Barr
Clarence F. Haddox
Frank Hutton
Walter
Delma Ward
Joner Lee
Lizzie Reffitt
McArthur
Eddie Owsley
Clinton Township
WCTU
Cora Gorsuch
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Robbery Admitted In Pensioner's Theft Case
Calvin Potts 36 of Hamden pleaded guilty to stealing $200 from John Fox a partly blind pensioner. Police say Fox was robbed at his Hamden home Thursday evening with Potts later found in Jackson county holding $185.27. Potts denied hitting Fox and was bound over to the grand jury with $1000 bond and imprisoned in Vinton County jail at McArthur.
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McArthur
Calvin Potts
Hamden
John Fox
Potts
Jackson
Charles Bethel
Bethel
Fox
Wellston
Fred Matteson
Matteson
Vinton County
Meeting Set For Boards
All boards of education will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the McArthur High School library to discuss problems from inspection of records. Robert L Drury deputy supervisor and C R Acton examiner will speak. Petition circulators for a proposed bill to be presented to the state legislature for a new school will meet Thursday at 7 p m at the high school.
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McArthur
Boards of Education
McArthur High School
Robert L. Drury
C. R. Acton
Boy Scout Fund Drive Chairmen Are Chosen
Ralph W. Heistand and S. R. Tate Cline named co chairmen of the annual Boy Scout fund drive to start in Vinton County on Wednesday November 15. Scout Field Executive R. Wysong said the district now has a McArthur troop and a Cab Pack at McArthur and a Hamden troop. The Hamden unit includes two of the five Eagle scouts in the Chief Logan Council.
Sales Tax Receipts Show Gain for Week in Vinton County
McArthur reports prepaid sales tax receipts totaling 663.21 last week, up from 598.98 a year earlier. Since July 1, 12,134.63 has been collected, compared with 8,720.24 in the same period last year.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Absentee Ballots Set Record in Vinton County
A total of 477 absentee and disabled voter ballots were cast in Vinton County, per Election Clerk L. A. Wrightsel. The count marks a new county high and shows applications breaking all previous records.
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Vinton County
Birth announcements from Vinton County clinics and homes
Births recorded at Chamberlain Clinic and Hocking Valley include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Weaver of New Plymouth on Nov 1, a son Carl David for Mr. and Mrs. John Nall of Logan Route 2 on Nov 2, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Preston Collier of Dundas on Nov 4, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Chesser of Dundas on Nov 7, and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jayjohn of Hamden on Navy 5. Recovery is satisfactory after surgery for Mrs. Ralph Brown of McArthur at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. A divorce petition was filed in Vinton County Common Pleas Court by Paul Otis Pratt against Laurabel Pratt.
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Chamberlain Clinic
Howard Weaver
New Plymouth
John Nall
Logan
Carl David
Preston Collier
Dundas
Forrest Chesser
Diane Lee
Hocking Valley
Melvin Jayjohn
Hamden
Navy
McArthur
Ralph Brown
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Vinton County
Timms suffers fractured arm in school fall
Eugene Timms of Dundas broke his left arm Tuesday after a fall while playing at school.
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McArthur
Eugene Timms
Dundas
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