Grant Deed Records 40 Acres in Clinton Township
Vinton County records from July 1957 note a land patent dated March 5, 1834 recorded for David Huffines, with the grant certified at the Chillicothe Land Office. Huffines lived in Athens County at the time, and the land sits in Clinton Township near Dundas. Other deeds named include Frazier Geer Denton to Glenn, Townsend transfers, and multiple 32 to 75 acre parcels in Wilkesville Two Richland Two Knox Two and nearby lands.
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David ‘‘Horfhines
Alice
Ivan Frazier
Opal Geer
Florence O. Denton
Harley W. Glenn
Wilkesville
Jud
Ada Mae Townsend
Burman
Jean Stewart
McArthur
Russell
Helen Thompson
Monroe
Darcus Newsom
Richland
William
Hattie West
Harry
Lennie Grigsby
Knox
Oren Patterson
Ray
Phyllis Fee
Milton
Nellie Jordon
Charles
Florence Goodrich
Vinton County Women Plan Annual Christmas Workshop
McARTHUR November 20 at the American Legion hall hosts the Vinton County Home Demonstration Christmas Workshop. Officers Mrs. Eileen Cahoon and Mrs. Ruby Harden lead the event with demonstrations by Mrs. Leah Pierce and displays by chairmen across crafts including candle displays cookie tree and leather tooling plus copper planters and a Humpty Dumpty doll display.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
American Legion Hall
Eileen Cahoon
Ruby Harden
County Home Demonstration Council
Maude Pearse
Gladys Morgan
Betty Cottrill
International
Elsie Boyer
Leah Pierce
Viola Smith
Cecile Conkle
Winnie Stanley
Edna McVay
Roxie Arbaugh
Grace Rheinscheid
Cochairmen
Wilkesville
Winnie Rinehart
Protest over Camp Location in Vinton County for Boys Industrial School
McArthur residents confront site choice near Lake Hope in Vinton County. Citizens Committee of Vinton County led by John Potter urges Ohioans to write to Governor O Neill and lawmakers while petitions circulate. BIS uses Camp Light and OSU sites as temporary housing before the permanent camp opens with utilities installed and daily transport from Lancaster to Zaleski.
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McArthur
Lake Hope
Vinton County
Citizens Committee of
John Potter
Zaleski State Forest
O'Neill
BIS
Camp Light
Lancaster
Zaleski
$100 Offered to Negro To Move Next to Veep
A local resident Har old D. Hite of Vinton County offers $100 to the first Negro family with 10 children to buy property and move next to Nixon’s new Washington DC home office. He provides a certified check via a McArthur trustee to begin a fund for the purchase.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Harold D. Hite
Washington D. C
Richard M. Nixon
Hite
Wallace honored in McArthur division quarter century club
William A. Wallace, manager of the McArthur division of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric, joined 11 others as a new member of the utility’s Quarter Century Club in Columbus. He received a diamond pin and a special membership certificate as part of the ceremony.
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McArthur
William A. Wallace
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric
Utility
Columbus
Wallace
Recount Requested in Harrison Township Trustee Race
A recount of Harrison Township votes in Vinton County will be held next Wednesday night at the board of elections. Trustee candidate Thomas Park requested the recount after a one vote defeat by Alva Clark, 96 to 95, with Park posting $10. The overall November election results were confirmed with no material changes. Cemetery levy in Harrison Township failed 124 to 99, while a village tax levy in McArthur passed 315 to 152.
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McArthur
Harrison Township
Vinton County
Board of Elections Office
Thomas Park
Alva Clark
Clark
Park
Board of Elections
Fire Strikes Martindill Family Again in Harrison Two
Irvin and Mrs. Martindill suffered another blaze that destroyed their eight room house near Ratcliffsburg. Neighbors saved some furnishings including a living room suite and TV. The couple previously lost their home on February 25, 1956.
Burley Receives New Post with Air Materiel Command
Second Lieut. Charles Burley Jr. of Zaleski has been named production officer in the Directorate of Procurement and Production at the Air Materiel Command in Dayton. The command oversees procurement, maintenance and supply for the Air Force. Burley, a Brown-Zaleski High School and Ohio University alum, married to JoAnn Stonerock of Dayton, is advancing in the material command.
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McArthur
Charles Burley, Jr
Zaleski
Air Materiel Command
Dayton
Air Force
Burley
Brown-Zaleski High School
Ohio University
JoAnn Stonerock
Vinton County Schools Reopen After Illness Peak
Vinton County schools were open and operating Tuesday after a bout with influenza and other illnesses. McArthur Hamden Swan and Wilton schools reopened with generally improved attendance figures. At McArthur high school absenteeism was 18 percent and all faculty members were back on the job.
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Mcarthur
AI Vinton County
Hamden Swan
Wilton
Brown Serves At Fort Huachuca Ariz
Pvt. William W Brown age 22 son of Mr and Mrs William W Brown McArthur has been assigned as a radio relay and carrier operator in the 93d Signal Battalion Company B at Fort Huachuca Ariz He entered the Army last May and completed basic training at Fort Carson Colo A 1954 graduate of Graceland College Lamont Iowa and a 1956 graduate of Ohio University
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Brown
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
McArthur
William W Brown
Wiliam W. Brown
93D Signal Battalion
Fort Carson
Colo
Graceland College
Lamont
Iowa
Ohio University
Bookmobile Delivered to Vinton County Libraries
McArthur Vinton County receives a new bookmobile costing about 6500 dollars with a 1600 volume capacity. The vehicle will be used to take books to schools and libraries within the Vinton County Library system.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Vinton County Library
Missing McARTHUR Girls After Return
Two 16 year old McArthur girls Becky Martin and Melanie Thompson were reported missing again after returning home last week. Sheriff Harold Steele said they were last seen Sunday night.
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McArthur
Becky Martin
Melanie Thompson
Harold Steele
Tax Receipts in Vinton County Rise Over Year
McArthur reports last week sales tax receipts total 1931.73 in Vinton County, up from 1933.29 a year ago. Year to date receipts since July 1 reach 26871.19, topping 22010.12 for the same period last year.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Ogier Estate Administrator Named With Bond Set
McARTHUR Benson Ogier appointed administrator of the estate of the late John T Ogier Sr under a 4000 dollar bond this week.
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McArthur
Benson Ogier
John T. Ogier Sr
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