Wages by Industry For Vinton County 1956
A Bureau of Unemployment Compensation report shows 935 workers in Vinton County earned 3,081,925 dollars from 70 companies last year. Manufacturing employed 534, mining 147, retail 142, wholesale 28, finance 26, and other sectors including contract construction and transportation. Weekly averages ranged from 28.88 to 79.49 dollars with notable lumber and miscellaneous manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Holzer Hospital Births and Removals Notice
A hospital column lists births at Holzer with couples from Gallipolis and nearby towns including Middleport Grimms Landing and Bidwell. Dismissals include numerous patients and relatives. Thursday admissions feature several medical and surgical cases from Gallipolis Point Pleasant and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Thomas
Middleport
Densil O. Sayre
Grimms Landing
W. Va
Earl Tope
Gallipolis
David E. Sullins
Bidwell
Lee Coder
Willie Glover
Bladen
Lewis M. Peters
Floyd M. Wright
Jackson
Jeffrey Conroy
Barbara Weatherholt
E. K. Staley
T. J. Maerker
Coalton
Surgical
Anna Ritchie
Carl Smith
Thomas L. Maerker
Jesse Jude
William Buchanan Jackson
James A. Farrell
Point Pleasant
Oscar Smith
Kerr
Sam Clark
Lowell Livingston
Morris Blazer
Northup
Mannie Smith
County Plans Underway To Aid Needy Families
Vinton County organizes a Christmas drive for needy children and families. Frank M. Wallar is general chairman with representatives from Moose Lodge American Legion and more. A Dec 2 planning meeting and a Dec 12 Wellston toy fundraiser support the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Frank M. Wallar
McArthur Garden Club
Helen Fout
Allensville Union Grange
Blanche Snook
McArthur Home Demonstration Group
Gerry Frye
Arthur Crow
Ivan Miller
New Plymouth Grange
Vinton Two Garden Club
Vinton Grange
Tribune
Neale Kitchen
Wallar
Bernard Reynolds
Virginia Ford
Ralph Crow, Jr
James Gibson
Robbe Carpenter
Carl Kinney
Joe Chesser
Garvin Saltz
Delbert Crow
D. B. Harper
Neil Hysell
Otto Depue
Hamden General Store
D. M. Chapman
Hamden
George Ford
Meeksville
Quarters For Deer Hunters Are Available
McArthur area offers rooms for the Dec 11 14 four day deer season in Vinton County. Lloyd Steele of Steele Motel coordinates hunting accommodations placing hunters in hotels motels and private homes. County deer population described as good with 2000 estimated last year and McArthur housing about 200 hunters at the peak. Zaleski State Forest remains a top site with Wilkesville and Vinton Townships showing higher deer concentrations this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County
Lloyd Steele
Steele
Zaleski State Forest
Wilkesville
Vinton
Schools To Close Dec 20 for Christmas
McARTHUR Vinton County schools near normal attendance after completing the second six weeks. The last day before holidays is Friday December 20 and schools reopen Thursday January 2.
McARTHUR New 1958 dog tags on sale in Vinton County
Auditor Glenn L. Peters announced new dog tags will go on sale December 1 in Vinton County. Tags may be obtained at the auditor's office with a January 20, 1958 deadline to avoid penalties.
House Burns Down in Lincoln Hollow
The former Harry Morton house in Lincoln Hollow owned by Harold LeMay burned to the ground Wednesday. Sheriff Harold Steele reported the property was insured.
Thanksgiving Day Guests Across Town and States
Mr and Mrs Dave Jones of Oak Hill were guests of Mr and Mrs W D Copeland of Court St for Thanksgiving. Mrs Nellie Secarberry will return to Columbus. she is a retired teacher who substitutes there. Mrs Gusta Rose spent Thanksgiving in Columbus visiting nephews and their families. Julia Ann and Alice from St Joseph Michigan visited Mrs Virgil Martin for Thanksgiving. Miss Joan Winters spent the holiday with her Columbus parents. Webster Smith, an engineer with Tennessee Gas and Electric, visited his sister Xylphia Smith en route to Florida and then Houston after a short vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Jones
Oak Hill
W. D. Copeland
Court St
Nellie Secarberry
Columbus
Gusta Rose
Freddie
Engi Baker
Edwin Irgens
Julia
Ann
Alice
St. Joseph
Mich
Virgil Martin
Clarence Betz
Nina Burkett
Marion
Joan Winters
Webster Smith
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Xylphia Smith
Smith
Florida
Houston
Tex
Tennessee Gas and Electric Corp
McArthur Brick Plant to Close After 50 Years
The McArthur Brick Co. will shut down its 50 year old plant around December 1 due to a prolonged building trade slump. Production will cease while brick inventory remains large, with a force kept to ship bricks and the plant to undergo remodeling and cleanup during the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
McArthur Brick Co
Herbert S. Hamilton
Hamilton
Land transfers in Vinton County list multiple property deeds
A sequence of transfers records property deeds in Vinton County. Benjamin Yaple to Jerry Walker 40 acres in Eagle Two, others to Cottrill and ONeal groups, 80 and 119 acres. Wells to Cahoon. Graves to Ferguson 4 acres. Perdew to Ohio Power Co 139.5 acres mineral in Eagle Two. Morris to Ohio Power Co 61 acres. Wickline to Federoff. Hartsough to Christian. Mitch ell to Miley. Higganbothan to Sunnyhill Coal Sales Co 136.7 acres in Brown Twp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tase
Ella O’neal
Chillicothe Realty Co
Harrison
O. B. Armstrong
Eagle Two
W. H
Bessie Wells
George S. Cahoon
Wilkesville
Harley
Susie Graves
Bertha Ferguson
Earl
Ethel Perdew
Ohio Power Co
Vinton
Daily V
Even Morris
Glenn
Bernice Albright
Paul J
Duddie Davidson
William
Irma Wickline
Peter Federoff
Zaleski
Rosetta Hartsough
Rosalie Christian
Hamden
Walter N
Marvine Mitchell
A. R
Marjorie Miley
Clinton
Cecil
Clara Higganbothan
Sunnyhill Coal Sales Co
Brown
Rainfall in Vinton County Nears Two Inches for Week
Vinton County records 1.91 inches of rain at the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest weather station. The weekly low hit 22 degrees and the high reached 64 degrees as Superintendent Russell Walters noted. Yearly total stands at 34.74 inches, behind last year’s 42.92 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest
Russell Walters
Five BIS Inmates to Occupy Former CCC Camp Buildings
Five buildings at Camp Light in Zaleski are being prepared for the first contingent of Boys Industrial School inmates. The BIS camp staff are winterizing a shop, recreation hall, bath house, latrine and mess hall ahead of a limited-term occupancy while a new BIS camp is built in the Zaleski state forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
First Bis
Hoss) Burke
Ohio Division of Forestry
Lake Hope and
Zaleski State Forest
BIS
Lancaster
BIS Camp
William Ross
Atkinson Ridge
Madison Two
Waverly
Ohio
Petit Jury Names Drawn For Common Pleas Court
McArthur Petit jurors were drawn for a Monday call to hear a common pleas court case. Names include Thelma Mae Case, Willis McManus, Pauline Camp, Marjorie Ward, Geraldine Long, George L. Brown, Charles Montgomery, Eloise Harper, Ernest Barney, Martha Murphy, Guy Peck, Dora Shifflet, Clarence B. Friend, Robert Wells, Retta Wiseman, Dwight Harris, Francis Ireland, Soulie Davis, Bert Harkins, Carl Webb, Mary M. Barleon, Grace Mercer, Virginia Graves, Etta Egleberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Mae Case
McArthur
Willis McManus
Hamden
Pauline Camp
Radcliff
Marjorie Ward
Geraldine Long
Wilkesville
George L. Brown
Charles Montgomery
Eloise Harper
Ernest Barney
Allensville
Martha Murphy
Guy Peck
South Bloomingville
Dora Shifflet
John Mahaffey
Ewington
Clarence B. Friend
Zaleski
Robert Wells
Retta Wiseman
Dwight Harris
New Plymouth
Francis Ireland
Soulie Davis
Bert Harkins
Carl Webb
Mary M. Barleon
Grace Mercer
Virginia Graves
Bay
Etta Egleberry
Auditor Mails Checks For Tax Settlements
McARTHUR The October 1957 tax settlement totals 32 262.41 with 32 262.41 increasing from 21 184.18 due to higher levies and state assessments. Glenn L. Peters notes 12 townships and four village corporations share the distribution along with Brown Zaleski Swan Duncan McArthur Hamden Wilton Allensville school districts with specific payout amounts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Glenn L. Peters
Ohio Department of Taxation
Peters
Brown-Zaleski
Swan
Dundas
Hamden
Wilton
Allensville
Copper Wire Stolen From John Fuller Mine
Sheriff Harold Steele reports a theft at the John Fuller coal mine on Route 278 near Route 56. About 400 pounds of copper wire were taken from the outside of the mine.
Burglary Reported at Ringwald Co Near McArthur
Steele reports a burglary at the Ringwald Company three miles east of McArthur on Route 50. The office and tool house were broken into and a battery and several wrenches were stolen. The sheriff's office is investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Harold Steele
Ringwald Co
Sheriff's Office
State of Ohio vs Jack Walters Plea to Guilty in Non-Support Case
Jack Walters changes plea from not guilty to guilty on one indictment charging non support. Judge C W Smith sentences six months in the workhouse. Estate of Wilson Stoneburner files application to release estate from administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Jack Walters
C. W. Smith
Wilson Stoneburner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Holzer Hospital
D. H. Sharp
Chauncey Spires
Dores Arnold
Lilian Brannon
Charles Lewis
H. H. Cantrell
J. A. Midkiff
Robert Varian
C. M. Miller
Raymond Cupp
William J. Queen
R. M. de Moss
C. F. Poetker
Frank de Lay
J. J. Latka
R. C. Weiher
Elsie Greenwood
Samuel Raynes
W. L. Taylor
Edith Saunders
Laura Hager
Z. O. Sandize
Dwight Campbell
Brenda Vermillion
Donald Rayburn
Janet McGuire
Luther Pittenger
Lenville Silvers
A. C. McCarty
William Bett
George Bennett
John Simpkins
Earl Plummer
Farl Shain
Rachel Keller
Jesse Brookins
H. Justice
Herman Simms
Edwin F. Anne
Robert Allbright
Professional Womens’ Club
Morgan Johnson
Fraternal Order of Eagles
J. W
NATO
Ernest R. Meili
Scarsdale
N. Y
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Benjamin and
Elma Yaple
Jerry Walker
Mee
Donald
Nellie Pearce
Andrew
Etta Cottrill
Petit Jurors
Common Pleas
Petit Jury
Winton Court
Tse
Marguerite Eddy
Turkey
Hocking Valley
Sportsmen's Assn
Radford Road
Westminster House
N. College St
Yteens Club
Athens High School
Athens
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Lamborn's
Anderson Farm
Amesville
Albany
Sears
W&h Chevrolet
Logan
Will
Fred Wheaton
Messenger
FORD
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Chevrolet
Kinneer Motors
Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge
Studebakers
Platt
Hudson
W. Union St
Mercury
Canaanville
Willys Station Wagon
Tye
Plymouth
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Jet
AL Jones
Desoto Firedome
Ford-o-matic
Roger
Yea
Dannie's Trailer Sales, Inc
Waverly Mobile Home Sales
Dannie's
Marathon House
Little Service Station
Cheshire, O
Rosenberg’s
S. Depot St
Auto Service
Landis Gulf Service
N. Call
Brown's Pure Oil Service
N. Court
Schwinn
Cusheman
Whizzer
Jes
White
Dial
Buick
R&h
E. Carpenter St
Dr. Blue
Dr. Dust
Hornet
Fordomatic and
R& H
Olds
Hydra-Matic
R&l
Ranch
Fordomatice R&h
Victoria Fordomatic
Riviera
Pontiac
Columbus Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!