Book: Wintersville Citizen

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964- TWELVE PAGES


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IT COULD BE WORSE!

                     By EVE SEITER


Water Extension Contract Awarded.


  More snow   is predicted!
This writer has it on no less
authority   than    Marshall
Fatkin, local weather prophet,
who insists that weather prog- -
nosticators  are right "85%:
of the time." Old Man Winter
still has an icy grip on the
Wintersville Area!
  If you have tunneled your
laborious way out of your own
driveway   several times  a
week; if you have sprinkled
pounds of salt: on steps too
glacial to risk; if the monoton-
ous sing-song of heavy snow
tires beats a refrain in your
ears as insistent as a TV
head-ache commerciat---take
heart!It could be worse! By
comparison, that is!!
  How   would you like to
shovel 42 miles of roads
clear of snow? Could you work
at it 35 hours without sleep?
Can you imagine spreading
270 tons of cinders?
The hazards of winter in
Wintersvillehave been greatly
reduced by the conscientious
job of work done by three
men, willing to work around the
clock when necessary! Harry
Hendricks, Street Commission-
er, and   his   co-workers,
,Burke Sullivan and Jack Jen-
kins, have twice this winter
battled snow for 35 hours with
no more rest than a brief
breather.
  With two big International
trucks equipped with a 7
foot and a 9 foot plow re-
spectively they have actually
cleared and kept clear 42
miles of roads. They have
spread   approximately  270
tons of cinders.
  Preparation  of   winter's
onslaught began early last
summer. These men made a
weekly trip to the Federal
Paper Mill where every Fri-
day they cleaned out the
cinder bin. The cinders were
then stockpiled in Winters-
ville in preparation for ice
and snow this winter.
W.intersville got its first
cinderin g on November 30.
Since that date these three
men have    actually put in
579 man hours plowing and
removing snow and cindering!
This figure does not include
any time for repair or time con-
sumed by the Wintersville


,Cars parked overnight on the
streets or abandoned during a
snow storm present real ob-
stacles to the crew removing
snow.   Thoughtful citizens
will pull their cars off the
streets during a snowstorm.
permitting free passage of the
the plows. Most cities en-
force car removal by Ordin-
ance permitting the owner
just two hours after a storm to
have his parked 'car off the
street. Harry Hendricks. is
tolerant but comments: "We
feel that in a reasonable
length of time after a storm
cars should be removed from
the streets."
  Mr. Hendricks says that al-
most all citizens are co-
operative during a storm and
that really very few complaints
are made. The road crew can-
not cinder as snow contin-
ually falls. Failure to realize
this prompts most calls.
  The only actual snow re-
moval (from    me   area  to
another) in Wintersville is per-
formed on Main Street in order
that citizens may park near
the local stores. Permissio n
has been given by several
vacant lot owners to pile
such snow on their property*
  If it has stopped snowing
our road-crew can clean Win-.-
tersville's streets of snow in
about 3 to 31/2 hours of steady
work. The work is tiring; the
neck grows weary, for one
must always be on the alert.
The arms grow weary, too,, for
the big plows make for heavy
management of the truicks.
  Riding a big plow in the
still of the night, with little
or no traffic to contend with,
has its satisfactions. The
world is quiet and beautiful
and one may think his private
thoughts even as he man-
handles the big machinery.
It's   good,  to  hear the
Villagers and visitors speak
in glowing terms of the fine
passability of' Wintersville's
streets, as they did after the
last storm.
  Yes, Marshall Fatkin pre-
dicts more snow but with a
road crew   like our's... it
could be worse!


  The Board of Trustees of
Pu bli c Aff irs have. 1 et th e
contract for Extension of the
water system to the. territory
newly annexed along Route
43. The lowest and best bid
made by the Wintersville Ex-
cavating Company was ac-
,cepted. Work on this project
will get under way immediately
if weather conditions permit.-
  Final plans for Wintersville's
Sanitary sewer system have
been received from The J ennings
Lawrence Engineering Com-
pany and have been approved
by the Village Council.
Mr. Bruce Cox, representing


   By WILMA THOMPSON
the Ohio Valley Gas Company,
addressed Co ,ncil regaring
that company's proposed raise
in gas rates in this area which
are being asked to bring their
income up to operation costs.
No settlement has yet been
announced.
  Girl Scout Troop 449 attended
Council meeting on February
4 in order to witness operation
of Village Government in ac-
tion. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Carl Boyd and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Richey. After
the meeting Council-woman,
Mrs. Eve Seiter talked to the
Scout troop and answered their
questions.


  A new Con mittee tp work for
  Advancement of Wintersville
has been announced. Members
are   T.D.   "Bud"   Hunter,
Leyshon    Townsend,    Paul
Wells, who  represents the
area Chamberof Commerce, Mrs.
Eve Seiter, Council represen-
tative  and  Mayor Thomas
Albaugh.
  Regular Council meeting dates
for March have been set for
March 10 and March 24 at 7:30
pm. The\Planning Commission
will meet on March 10 at 6:30
pm proceeding Council meeting.
The Board of Affairs will hold
their regular monthly meeting
on Friday, March 13 at 8:00 pm.


Chamber of Commerce Membership Drive


Excavation, Company in load-
ing up the big trucks.
Much ot the work of making
our streets passable has been
done at night. While fellow
citizens sleep the wide awake
crew plows, making good time
while traffic is light during
the wee hours. At five in the
morning, have  cut double
swathes with the plows, cin-
dering is begun, Thus you and
I are able to go about our
business with the light of
day.


The Wintersville Chamber of Commerce has launched it's 1964 Membership Drive. Shown above are
the newly elected officers-left to right-Paul Wells, President; Cecil Allaway, Secretary; and Ivan
Mallett, Treasurer mapping out plans for their membership drive. Membership committees have been
appointed and will contact all the business establishments in the Wintersville area. President
Wells stated that with the coming of the new sewage system, Wintersville will be able to attract
new business and small manufacturing plants. (Not present when picture was taken-Arthur Bar-
tell, Vice President.)


VOL. 2, NO. 13


The water line extension contract was awarded to the Wintersville Excavating
Company. Seated left to right-Delbert Vance, Village Clerk; Harry Hendricks,
Superintendent; Mayor Tom Albaugh and Bud Martin, representing the Wintersville
Excavating Company.


Council Activities


     NOTICE!!!
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phone calls and inquiries
regarding our discontinu-
ing the publishing of the
Cross Creek School Cafe-
teria Menu, we wish to
make the following an-
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as the school officals
furnish us with the infor-
mation, we will again
publish the Menu.
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