Precinct Judges and Clerks Named for Vinton County Election
The Vinton County Board of Elections announced the appointed election officials for 24 precincts for the November 3 vote. Officials include judges and clerks across many towns such as Brown NW Brown SE Clinton Dundas Eagle Madison McArthur NW McArthur SW Richland NW Richland SE Vinton W Wilkesville Wilkesville EB Wilkesville W Zaleski and others with names listed for each precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Seitz
C. E. Fout
G. T. Wine
Walter Hardin
Charlotte Amerine
Knox
Robert Jones
Howard Townsend
G. A. Lash
Charles Quick
Charles Dickson
Edwin Zimmerman
Clerks
Madison
W. E. Dearth
Marvin McKibben
James Mace
Julia Webb
Orville Lewis
Fred Ogle
McArthur FE
Cline Holcomb
Julia Morley
Emmett Dixon
Cressie Blake
Zella Partee
Nettie Hopkins
McArthur NW
L. C. Burson Jr
Edith Dunkle
Porter Frye
Dorothy Kinnison
Ruth Souders
Mary Pilcher
McArthur SW
Mary Crow
Celia Smathers
A. W. Thomas Grace Warren
Mabel Wykle
Alice Chatfield
Richland NW
Roy Nixon
Edwin Remy
Raymond Sowers
Richland SE
Irvin Martindill
Eva Herron
John Reynolds
Ernest Brown
Alfred Tripp
Bonnie Graves
Swan
Otho Huntley
Pear L. Bray
Pearl Bowen
John Lee
Mary Maxwell
Mildred Burroughs
Vinton FE
Merlyn Bail
Preston McGee
Bessie L. Bay
Ray Knox
Maybelle Cottrill
Mildred Gregory
Vinton W
Helen Carr
Ida Pierce
Edna Radcliff
Etta Cottrill
Ethel Collins
Pauline Camp
Wilkesville
Homer Wells
Bonnie White
Dorothy Sayre
Freda Mulholland
Madeline Wiseman
Gertrude Strausbaugh
Wilkesville EB
William Cottrill
Frances Walters
Leland Terry
Edward L. Parsons
Marie Radcliff
Edith Johnson
Wilkesville W
Carl Moler
Charles McGinnis
Dora Bishop
Mae Delaney
Irene Jackson
John Woods
Zaleski
Genevieve Atkinson
Walter Woods
Mary Tripp
F. M. Taylor
Alice Hayes
Evelyn Potter
McARTHUR School Adopts New Grade Report Card Method
A new report card and grading system are introduced for grades one to three in McArthur. The card records attendance and subjects on one side and attitudes and habits on the other with marks E excellent S satisfactory U unsatisfactory. County Supt. D M Bryson to serve on a state committee representing Southeastern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Sec
D. M. Bryson
Southeastern
Ohio
Junior Fair Set For Vinton County This Weekend
The annual Vinton County Junior Fair comes to the McArthur school auditorium on Friday and Saturday October 23-24 with 4-H clubs vocational agriculture and home economics students and scouting groups taking part. Exhibits open 4 to 9 p m Friday and at 10 a m Saturday. A 4-H auction starts 10 a m at the county garage with proceeds funding the 4-H club foundation. Livestock judging at noon style revue at 1 p m tractor contest at 3 p m and a talent show at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County
East Mill St
4-H Club Foundation
County Agricultural Extension Office
Schmidt Rites Conducted in McArthur for 76 Year Old
Funeral services were held in McArthur for Mrs. Billa Ethel Schmidt 76 who died Friday at the Methodist Home for the Aged Cincinnati where she was employed. Born in Vinton County on September 28 1874 she was a former McArthur resident and daughter of John Fletcher Dickson and Mary Rowena Howell Dickson. She is survived by two sisters Rowena Smith Lucy Dickson of McArthur three brothers Truman James and Earl Dickson of Columbus and several nieces and nephews. Last rites were at the McArthur Methodist Church conducted by Rev J H Ludiow with burial in Elk Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Billa Ethel Schmidt
Methodist Home For
Cincinnati
Vinton County
Additional Safeguards For Mine Proposed
A coal mine inspector urged tighter safety measures at Leper Coal Company's Tar Heel mine in New Plymouth Ohio. The six man operation producing 25 tons daily should improve timbering use of permissible explosives preshift gas checks and rock dusting of dry areas to reduce coal dust hazards per the U S Bureau of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Leper Coal Company
Tar Heel
Ohio
U. S. Bureau of Mines
F. E. Hughes
Autumn Color Draws Large Crowd to Lake Hope Area
About 16 000 visitors packed Lake Hope and Zaleski State Forest as autumn hues drew crowds Sunday. Park Manager Dale Hopkins said the dining lodge overflowed all day and picnic areas stayed busy. A few small fires started by smokers or campers were quickly extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Lake Hope
Zaleski State Forest
Dale Hopkins
Lake
Hopkins
Man Apprehended After Two-County Car Chase
Walter Coleman McArthur, near McArthur, was arrested after a chase spanning Athens and Vinton counties. Sheriff William Brown took him into custody on old charges of disturbing the peace driving while intoxicated and assault. Bond set at $500. hearing scheduled for Oct 28 before Judge C W Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Walter Coleman
Athens
Vinton
William Brown
Coleman
C. W. Smith
Road Repair Costs Okayed in Vinton County Session
Vinton county commissioners approved estimates totaling 12084.13 for repairs on Pretty Run road in Jackson Township plus related projects. J M Ogan itemized 350 for crane work at Pretty Run bridge 5842 for limestone resurfacing of Pretty Run 500 to repair a culvert Amerine home 263 to resurface Buckeye Branch 753 for stone work on Kelly and Headley roads 2375 to resurface Minerton road and 2000 to repair county equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Pretty Run Road
Jackson
Twp
J. M. Ogan
Pretty Run Bridge
Amerine Home
Buckeye Branch
Kelly Road
Headley Road
Richland
Minerton Road
Preventing whiplash injuries in rear crashes a driver’s guide
A medical study of fifty whiplash cases shows rear collisions mostly at intersections cause neck strain with delayed symptoms. Prevention stressed via looking ahead and signaling drivers behind through hand signals and rear-view mirror checks.
Bolton brothers called for service as Ohio draft board acts
McArthur, Oct 28 induction date set for Norman Paul Bolton. He is the third Bolton son from Vinton County to be drafted since 1950. His brothers Milford and Lawrence Bolton serve overseas in the Marine Corps and Air Force. Two others to undergo physicals on Oct 27. November physical quota canceled. one induction requested for Nov 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Clarence Bolton
Armed Services
Norman Paul Bolton
Vinton County Selective Service Board
Milford A. Bolton
Marine Corps
Lawrence D. Bolton
Air Force
Vinton County
Ohio Selective Service
Sollars Rites Are Held
Henry Lewis Sollars 78, a Drummond Implement Co. salesman from Chillicothe, died Tuesday at home in Londonderry after a brief illness. Born October 1 1875 in Liberty Township, Ross County, he was the last of his siblings. Survived by wife Lina Ault, daughters Laura Walter and Mary Walker, sons Harold Lloyd and James, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Friends Church, Rev. Herman Hollis officiating, burial Londonderry Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Lloyd
James
Friends Church
Herman Hollis
Londonderry Cemetery
Land transfers recorded in Vinton County titles
Vinton County records show transfers including Terry and Vera Sauders to Charles Waldron Jr. for lot 218 in Hamden. Walter Bernice and Alice Frazee to Charles and Hilda Montgomery for one acre in Clinton Township. Gracie Bentley and Pluma Bentley to Ezra Allen for 10 acres in Elk Township. Margaret Henderson estate administrator to Glenn and Lola Reed for 139 in McArthur. M Herrold and R B Will to Robert E. King for lot 438 in McArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Vera Sauders
Charles Waldron Jr
Hamden
Walter
Bernice
Alice Frazee
Charles G
Hilda Montgomery
Clinton Township
Thomas
Gracie
Aay
Pluma Bentley
Ezra Allen
Elk Township
Margaret Henderson
Brack M. Henderson
Glenn
Lola Reed
McArthur
M. Herrold
R. B. Wil
Robert E. King
MccArthur
Fire Warden's Widow Sues for 25000 Damages
Mrs. Ethel G. Tripp of Hamden executrix of Harry B. Tripp's estate sues Pearl Crow of McArthur for 25000 in Vinton County Common Pleas Court alleging Crow's negligence caused the death of Fire Warden Harry B. Tripp when his vehicle was struck on Route 75 on March 12, 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Ethel G. Tripp
Hamden
Harry B. Tripp
Pearl Crow
Vinton County Common Pleas Court
Reese and
Willard
Welston
Tripp
Crow
Marriage Licenses Recorded for Several Couples
George R. Norton 21 Menomonie Wisconsin U S Air Force w Ruth R. Collins 27 Allensville label inspector Edward M. Brown 24 Columbus w Joanne McWhorter 18 Londonderry Route 1 bookkeeper Homer E. Thacker 21 Ewington Route 1 Navy w Ellen L. Salimons 21 Hamden Route 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Norton
Menomonie
Wisconsin
U. S. Air Force
Ruth R. Collins
Allensville
Edward M. Brown
Columbus
Joanne McWhorter
Londonderry
Homer E. Thacker
Ewington
Navy
Ellen L. Salimons
Hamden
Vinton County Grand Jury Indicts Two In Auto Theft and Break In
The October term grand jury in Vinton County returned five indictments after a one day session. El don Sowers and George Albaugh face charges of auto theft and breaking and entering with larceny respectively while Albaugh is in an Army stockade as a deserter. Several other cases were ignored or dismissed. Jury forelady Mrs. Cynthia Hamilton and multiple jurors were listed with witnesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Jenkins
Wilkesville
William Reeves
James Mahaffey
Robert S. Tschudy
Logan
Clarence Kimmey
Sheriff Brown
Cynthia Hamilton
McArthur
Goldie Denny
Irma Tripp
Helen Foote
Willis Wing
John Worrix
Bernice Wilt
Ellen Levis
Muriel Huggins
Selah Davis
Ora Lee
Anna Mae Graves
Fred Elrich
Rhea Rutherford
Margaret Reed
John Kimmey
Gordon White
Charles Waldron
Freda Mulholland
Ralph White
Paul Nelson
William Spires
Gerald Grate
Lewis Bill
Bonnie White
James Mehaffey
Gerald Biffle
Otto Perry
Frances Walters
Dorothy Cox
William Brown
J. R. Thomas
Homer Chamberlain
Helen Smith
Roberta Smith
Esther Guild plans bazaar dinner and committees
Thirty one members of the Esther Guild of the Methodist Church met in the church basement with Hortense Robinson presiding. Nellie Cullums led devotions and Marie Blackstone presented a McGuffey program. Plans for the annual bazaar and buffet dinner on Nov 18 were set, with numerous committees named for bazaar, social events, decorations, dining, serving, and needlework. The next meeting will be at Mrs Emerson Bigony’s Albany home on Nov 11 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cullums
William Howard McGuffey
Marie Blackstone
McGuffey
Ruth S. George
Hazel Ludlow
Ellie Cullums
Blanch Cline
Carroll Sparks
Faye George
Bazaar
Blanche ‘Cline
Cora Steele
Elizabeth Bogstie
Deborrah Hutchinson
Ruth T. George
Virginia Atkinson
Peg Frn
Florabell Funk
Marcella Smith
Lola Crow
Blanche Cline
Tincie Robinson
Loise Witte
Margaret D. Reed
Helen Crow
Mayme Wallar
Addie Abele
Charleen Carlson
Charlotte Chamberlain
Marie Crow
Judy George
Juanita Robinson
Helen Wiseman
Betty Waldron
Mary Steele
Lola Shry
Gwen Heistand
Celia Smathers
Virginia Oller
Mary Kolk
Olive Partee
Helen Salts
Myrta Boring
Goldie Brown
Patricia Lee
Loretta Morgan
Marie Penrod
Margaret A. Reed
Martha Rosenberg
Velma Karnes
Clara Laverty
Gladys Morgan
Laveeta
Deborah Hutchinson
Jean Johnson
Mary Bobo
Joan Brown
Lorretta Morgan
Laveeta Morrow
Lydonnia Cooper
Virginia Osler
W. B. Martin
Albany
D. H. Jeffers
Athens
Emerson Bigony
Circle of Ruth Plans Fall Social and Fundraising Events
The Circle of Ruth met in the church social room with Juan Burson leading a harvest devotional. Novella Wallace opened the business meeting and a project to buy a new communion table was approved. Committees for the Thanksgiving breakfast were formed and events include a Halloween party on October 28 and a bake sale on November 21 at Gorman's Department Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle of Ruth
Juan Burson
Novella Wallace
Helen Morrison
Marie Crow
Zella Partee
Virginia Ward
Rosaline Harkins
Bernice Gulley
Gladys Mason
Hester Kinnison
Gorman’s
Myrta Boring
Madeline Smith
Bernice Daugherty
Ruth Daab
Kenneth Wallace
J. P. Daab
Virgil Harkins
Clifford Wills
Paul Morgan
Pearl Crow
Ernest Partee
Ralph Mason
Garfield Dodrill
Frances Quick
Lucius Burson
Herschel Partee
Alvin Gulley
Max Ward
Vinton Garden Club Dinner Highlights Masquerade Party
Mrs Alva Collins Jr hosted a masquerade evening at Vinton Township School for the Vinton Township Garden Club. Prizes went to Thelma Leitch for funniest mask Lucille Perry for ugliest mask and Myrta Boring for best mask. A report on a Gallipolis meeting was given by Dena Jeffers and Lucille Perry. The club pledged a donation to the Band Boosters and served refreshments to numerous members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Collins Jr
Vinton Township
Thelma Leitch
Lucille Perry
Myrta
Bernadean Eberts
Gallipolis
Dena Jeffers
Miss Marilyn Hottinger and Don Spires wedding in Richmond
Miss Marilyn Hottinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hottinger of Fremont and Don A Spires son of Mr and Mrs William E Spires of Wilkesville were married October 10 at 6 30 p m in the manse of the First Presbyterian Church Richmond Indiana The bride attended Ross High School Fremont and worked at Freehs Restaurant before marriage Mr Spires a Wilton High School graduate works for General Telephone Co Jackson The couple will reside with the bridegroom s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Hottinger
Joseph Hottinger
Fremont
Don A. Spires
William E. Spires
Wilkesville
First Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Ind
Ross High School
Freeh’s
Spires
Wilton High School
General Telephone Co
Jackson
Band Mothers Halloween Carnival Parade Sponsorship
McARTHUR oct 31 Band Mothers sponsor eighth annual carnival at McArthur school auditorium with parade through main streets in costume. Proceeds go to the band fund and prizes awarded for costume classes. Booths include country store fish pond and food. Mrs John Crow leads the Band Mothers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Band Mothers
Band
John Crow
Clu
McArthur Street Paving Completed After Seal Coat
McArthur’s streets and alleys received a seal coat and stone surface finishing October 18. Ohio Maintenance Co. of Athens resurfaced four and a half miles at a cost of 8950 under director Eugene Engler and Earl Harris with construction superintendent Earl Williams. Streets including Pearl Street and Spring Street were paved along with North Street Boundary Avenue and local alleys. Charles Crow chairs the street committee with Marion L. Brown and Jacob Gur ie serving on the village council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Ohio Maintenance Co
Athens
Eugene Engler
Earl Harris
Earl Williams
Pearl St
High St
North St
Spring St
Main St
Water Wells
Boundary Ave
Standard Oil Drive
Route 75
Cline
Theatre
Craig
Mail Car Damaged In Truck Accident Near McArthur
A 1953 rural mail carrier car on Rt. 50 west of McArthur was damaged when a pickup driven by Alfred Robertson of Franklin Ohio struck it. Mail carrier John E. Remy of McArthur sustained damage to the left rear fender and bumper, per Sheriff William Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Rt. 50
Alfred Robertson
Franklin
Ohio
John E. Remy
Remy
William Brown
Probate Court Notes on Harden Will and Sisson Realty Sale
The will of C. W. Harden was filed October 16 and set for hearing October 24. Eleanor D Sisson realty appraised at $900 sold at public auction October 17 to Harry Frantz for $800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Harden
Eleanor D Sisson
Harry Frantz
Social visit array at the Dailey Wood home
Chillicothe guests including Mr and Mrs Sixteen Sixteen and three grandchildren visit the Dailey Wood family. Belle Findley of Stockport and A B Randolph of Huntington join for the weekend. Also present are Fannie McClaskey, Leo Davidson, Paul McElroy and Marion Hutchison with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Huston
Chillicothe
Belle Findley
Stockport
Dailey Wood
A. B. Randolph
Huntington
Fannie McClaskey
Hamden
Mattie Lowe
Leo Davidson
Paul McElroy
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Genola Roof
Eagle
Guy Peck
Lloyd Speakman
Edwin McWhorter
Kenneth Graves
Walca Stevens
Gladys Seitz
Elk
County Automobile Club
Donald R. Clippinger
Graduate College, Ohio University
Athens City Board of Education
Southeastern Ohio School Boards Association
Clippinger
Ensign
WCTU
Schmidt
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
Vinton County Draft Board
Vinton County Grand Jury
Entertains Garden Club
Indiana
Mrs
Junior Steffen
Mrs. Dailey Wood
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Wrisley
Casey
West Bend
Procter & Gamble’s
Oodbury
Heinz
Magnesia
Konkler
Vicks Salve
Kaywoodie
Sueiller
Goly
Dublin
Falcon — V.F.Q
Medico — Yellow Bowl
Mastercraft
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