Vinton County Cited For Soil Bank Violation
Vinton County is one of four soil bank violators cited by the county ASC committee for hay cut on 30 acres owned by the Vinton County childrens home. The county faces repayments of 238.08 for 12 wheat reserve and 850.70 for 18.2 corn reserve, plus civil penalties. A new Childrens Home administration was not aware of the contracts.
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McArthur
Vinton County Childrens’ Home
ASC
Swan
Wilkesville
Knox
Elk
Childrens
Soil Bank
Essex native Martin W seeks head of national school group
Martin W Essex 49 of Akron is Ohio’s candidate to lead the American Association of School Administrators. A Ray native, he taught at Middleport and served as superintendent there and in East Liverpool Ferndale Michigan and Lakewood. The Akron Beacon Journal calls him one of the nation’s most respected school administrators. His sister Helen is a Vinton County teacher.
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Martin W
Essex
County
McArthur
Vinton County
Martin W. Essex
Akron
Ohio
American Association of School Administrators
Ray
Middleport
East Liverpool
Ferndale
Mich
Lakewood
Akron Beacon Journal
Helen
Decline Expected At Lake Hope Despite More Campers
Park Manager Dick McDaniel reports Lake Hope attendance may drop from 1956 levels, with total visitors reaching 691 150 so far this season and two months remaining, while campers swimmers and cabin occupants rise. The Labor Day crowd was the smallest in years and no accidents have been reported.
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McDaniel
Vinton County Land Transfers Highlight Local Deeds
A series of land transfers in Vinton County lists James S and Ella Cox with others to Polk and Geraldine Saunders for 176 acres in Clinton Two and Leroy Dye to Roger Grove with lots in Hamden. Anna W Clements deeds six acres in McArthur to Robert and Thelma King. Bryan and Edna Castor to Arnett Castor for half an acre in Elk Two. Merrill Mace transfers 48 acres in Madison Two to Cecil Mace. Forest and Mabel Martin convey a fraction in Swan Two to Roy and Grace Conley. Douglas and Miriam Holmquist to Franklin P Newell for 150 acres in Swan Two. Estate of Blanche Davisson to Otto and Alberta Depot for seven acres in Clinton Two. Estate of Omey Verney to Robert and Maudie McCoy for 35 acres in Wilkesville Twp. Robert and Maudie McCoy then deed 35 acres in Wilkesville Twp to Ida McCowan. Elizabeth Hanners transfers five acres in Harrison Twp to Lucille Childers.
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Edna Castor
Arnett Castor
Elk Two
Merrill Mace
Cecil Mace
Madison
Forest
Mabel Martin
Roy
Grace Conley
Swan Two
Douglas
Miriam Holmquist
Franklin P. Newell
Blanche Davisson
Otto
Alberta
Clinton
Omey Verney
Robert and
Maudie McCoy
Wilkesville
Ida McCowa
Committee Returns Same Officers for Year
McARTHUR Vinton County’s ASC committee re elected its officers for the coming year with William V. Depue as chairman, Robert A. Jones as vice chairman, and Lawrence O. Bray as member. Frances T. Wills named office manager again and Pauline A. Chesser as program clerk. The committee will meet the first and third Tuesday of each month.
County Represented at Ohio State Fair With Entries Judged in Four Contests
McARTHUR Vinton County sent contestants to the Ohio State Fair in four events. Winners include Carolyn Louise Ull man from Washington County and Janis Burns from Union County in dress revues. Other participants came from Hamden Merry Sewers 4-H and Green Valley. exhibits featured an Angus Heifer by Charles Zinn and floral displays by John Jackson.
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Washington County
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Janis Burns
Union County
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Shirley Buskirk
Hamden Merry Sewers
Doris Pearse
Vinton County
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Franklin County
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Gloria Herrold
McArthur
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Sue Funk
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Virginia Hall
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Zelda Hall
Charles Zinn
Vocational Agricultural Department
McArthur High School
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Vinton
Bank Adopts New Checking System at Vinton County Bank
Vinton County National Bank adds a new electronic checking account system and a bookkeeping machine. President R. B. Will says the system reduces fraudulent checks, prevents misposting to wrong accounts, lowers overdrafts, cuts returns for not sufficient funds, and eases reordering of checks.
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McArthur
Vinton County National Bank
R. B
Accident Investigated By Highway Patrol in Ohio Area
One accident investigated by the State Highway Patrol involved Nellie Mahaffey, 28, backing from a private drive in Wilkesville into Harold F Jordan's parked car. Harold Jordan's vehicle owner. William Ogdin, 37, Wilkesville, fined $10 and costs for speeding. David Butler, 26, Wellston, cited for unsafe operation. William Pierce, 21, Radcliff, cited for speeding.
No Fatalities In Vinton County In First Half Of 1957
The highway department reports for January through June 1957 in Vinton County show no auto fatalities, 65 accidents, 21 injuries, and 51 property damage incidents totaling 29 960 dollars. One pedestrian was injured.
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McArthur
Highway Department
Vinton County
Picnic annoncment and social notes from Letart area
Herbert Shields of Ohio Valley Grange No 2612 invites members to a Middleport Park picnic at 6 p m on September 14 with Laurel Grange participation. Local visits include Louise Stevens in Parkersburg, Mildred Chapman, and multiple weekend gatherings among area families and friends. Donald Miller, a Chanute Air Force Base recruit, is noted as a polio patient in hospital.
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Ohio Valley Grange
Middleport Park
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Louise Stevens
Parkersburg
Mildred Chapman
Chapman
Lewis Young
West Columbia
Gerald Hayman
St. Clair Hill
Lincoln
Court Notes: Estate, Tax Suits, Divorces in Vinton
Estate of Ira Hollingshead app for administration by widow Etta filed. State tax commission sues Larry Loyd and James Nier with assessments filed. Ethel Bowers sues Phena Bennett et al in partition. Freda Brenneisen sues Emmett Mack Thompson for damages, Ellsworth Peters sues Thompson for damages. Serena Patrick vs Ashland Patrick decree of divorce issued.
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Etta
State Tax Commission
Larry Loyd
James
Helen Nier
Ethel Bowers
Phena Bennett
Freda Brenneisen
Emmett Mack Thompson
Ellsworth
Clyde Peters
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Ashland Patrick
Panda Not a Bear But Related to Raccoon
The giant panda, though resembling a bear, is actually related to the raccoon, sharing a closer kinship with other carnivorans than true bears. This distinction clarifies panda taxonomy and evolutionary history.
Hunter fined for illegal squirrel hunt in McArthur area
McArthur official Justice G E Sharp fined Spurlock of Swan Township twenty five dollars and costs for squirrel hunting on Ira Schurtz's farm without permission and without a license.
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Stears Spurlock
Swan Twp
Justice of Peace
G. E. Sharp
Ira Schurtz
Cline Enrolls as Sophomore at Arizona State University
McArthur resident John Cline the son of Mr and Mrs S S R Cline enrolled as a sophomore at Arizona State University Tucson.
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John Cline
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