Book: The Citizen

              VOL. 5, NO. 10                                       THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1968 - SIXTEEN PAGES                                      $5.00 per year 10  p


lean L. McCoy Closes After 48 Years Of


  A familiar quartet to the residents of Wintersville was the staff of the Jean L. McCoy's Grocery.
(1 to r) Mrs. Helen Burkhart, Ralph McCombs, Jean L. McCoy, and Mrs. Frances Jenny.


James George Studio


  Jean McCoy is shown with three of the first customers who dealt with McCoy's grocery on opening
day in 1920. Pictured (1 to r) Merle Donaldson, Charlie Hindman, Mrs. McCoy and "Mickey" Richmond.


Traffic Conditions Cited By Wintersville CofC


  Traffic conditions that exist in
Wintersville proper and on U.S.
Route 22 and State Route 43
inside the corporate limits of
the village has been a problem
of growing concern to residents
of Wintersville and to area resi-
dents who pass through Winters-
ville to get to their homes.
   Jack Christoff, President of
the Chamber of Commerce for the
Village  of Wintersville, has
issued the following letter re-
garding the problem. Copies of
the letter have been sent to Mr.
P. E. Masheter, Director of High-
ways in Columbus, and Mr. L.
Kimball, Division Engineer of


Ohio   State Highways in New
Philadelphia, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
  We wish to call to your im-
mediate attention our concern
about traffic conditions that exist
in Wintersville on U.S. Route 22
arid State Route 43 inside the
corporate limits of our Village.
As you know the above mentioned
routes are four lanes to the east
corporation limits of Winters-
ville, where they are reduced
to two lanes. This creates avery
serious traffic problem, es-
pecially at peak hours.
  In an effort to solve these
conditions our street and traffic


committee has objectively ob-
served the problem but to date
we are unsuccessful.
        Respectively submitted:
            JACK CHRISTOFF
                    President,
        Chamber of Commerce
        Village of Wintersville

            GIRL
            SCOUT

         COOKIE
      SALE BEGINS
      FEBRUARY 2


benville or at the following Jeff-
erson County Banks:
  Amsterdam State Bank in Am-
sterdam
  Bergholz   State  Bank    in
Bergholz
  First National Bank & Trust
in Brilliant
  First National Bank in Dillon-
vale
  First National Bank & Trust
in Smithfield
  First National Bank & Trust
in Tiltonsville
  First National Bank & Trust
in Toronto
  Peoples National Bank in Mt.
Pleasant
  Union Savings Bank & Trust
Toronto
  Community Savings Bank in
Yorkville


  Business
  suea each time a group would
gather for supplies at the store.
Ralph   McCombs   also recalls
when the store carried a complete
line of Mining supplies to ac-
comodate those men who worked
the mines, which numbered 10 to
12   and  circled Wintersville.
Ralph said that each Saturday
evening, the miners would, regu-
lar as clock-work, come to the
store, order their supplies for the
coming   week, then  would set
themselves for an evening of
relaxation and later return to
the store for Ralph to pack the
miners, groceries and supplies
on the delivery truck when he
would   deliver them  to their
shacks and get them settled for
another week.
   There were no sidewalks, just
cinders, but Frank Mansfield
used to make a mile trek each
morning with a 5-gallon can of
milk to the store to assure the
McCoy customers they always
had fresh milk for their families.
  Also included in the store's'
m erchandise was a 50-gallon tank
of lamp oil and all the acces-
sories for the oil lamp before the
days of Gas and Electric. Also.
noted, while reminiscing, was
the fact that Mrs. McCoy andher
son were criticised as the first
           JEAN McCOY S&TORY
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   After 48 years, Jean L. McCoy
 and her son, Ralph L. McCombs,
 wil close the doo-rs fo ti-e Jean
 L. McCoy    Grocery  store at
 462 Main St., Wintersville. The
 store, opened in 1920, was built
 for Mrs. McCoy by her husband,
 Armstrong McCoy, when Main
 Street, Wintersville was a Pike
 Stone Road. The Limestone for
 the road was quarried out of what
 is now known as Westwood. In
 the time Ralph and Jean have had
 the store, they have seen 3 new
 roads built.
 Searching in her memory to
 that opening day of business, Mrs.
 McCoy recalls that she waited on
 her first customer by oil lamp
 and that the first day of sales
 totaled to $8.00 with four families
 who were the first customers,
 still dealing at McCoy's Grocery.
 Wintersville  residents   who
 visited McCoys on that first day
 were   Mrs.   Fred    Marker,
 "'Mickey"  Richmond, Charlie
 Hindman, Mr. M. Donaldson and
 George Jordan, local Blacksmith.
 The first three of these cus-
 tomers still reside within walk-
 ing distance of the store. Charlie
 Hindman, 83 years old, relates
that when he came to Winters-
ville on December 18,1907, there
was only one man in the town
here before Charlie took up resi-
dence, "Mickey" Richmond, and
that "Mickey" is one month and
1 day older than Charlie.
   McCoys Grocery, to this day,
is much more than a Grocery
Store, it borders more on the
oldtime "General Store" with a
"fSoups  to Nuts"   variety of
merchandise on the shelves, from
the Highest grade of Meats to
finest name   in shoes, from
thumbtacks to shovels and house-
paint. Mr. Hindman said that
many local issues were solved
in past days in the "Cracker-
Barrel" Discussions which en-

It's That Time Again !!!
  Micheal E, Entinger, Jefferson
County   Treasurer, announced
that real estate tax bills for the
1st half of 1967 will be placed
in the mail on Saturday, January
2 7th.
  Final date for payment of these
taxes without penalty is February
27, 1968. After this date, a 10%
penalty will be added to all de-
linquent taxes.
   Property owners who do not
receive statements of taxes with-
in the next two weeks, are ad-
vised to contact the Treasurers
Office.
  Taxpayers   may make their
payments at the Treasurers Of-
fice in the Court House, Steu-


er copy


       Cleanup

    Sidewalks
    Wintersville Mayor Anthony J.
 Petrozzi has stated that it has
 been established by Village Ordi-
 nance, that the responsibility of
 keeping said sidewalks clean is
 the obligation of the property
 owner.
   Ordinance  #1,  Chapter VI,
 Streets and Sidewalks, Section
 62, reads:
   It shall be unlawful for any
 person or persons, firm or cor-
 poration, to pile, deposit, place
 or cause or permit to be de-
 posited, piled, or placed any
 rubbish, wood, coal, or merchan-
 dise, dirt or any IMPEDINENT
 or construction of any kind upon
 or over any sidewalk as to inter-
 fere with the convenient use of
 the same by all travelers. Any
 person who shall violate any of the
 provisions of this section shall,
 on conviction thereof be fined not
 to exceed $25.00 and pay the
 costs of prosecution, and each
 day such violation is continued,
 shall be a separate and distinct
 offense.
   Failure to comply will result
 in enforcement of said Ordinance.

 "CITIZEN'S NIGHT"
 RESET TO FRIDAY
   Mayor  Anthony J. Petrozzi
announced today that the regu-
1 arly  scheduled   "Citizen's
Night" at City Hall will be post-
poned from Thursday, January
25, to Friday, January 26, from
7:30 to 10:00 P.M.
  Mayor Petrozzi stated that this
night is set aside to hear the
problems of the citizens of the
community and to discuss any
suggestions they may have. The
invitation is extended to all citi-
zens of Wintersville.
  This is an informal affair,
scheduled the second and third
Thursday of the month. The pro-
gram is aimed at better public
relations  and  continued com-
munity improvement.