Staff Writer Photo Provided LARRY BARNES, left, commander of the St. Clairsville American Legion, recognizes Michael G. Maistros as Veteran of the month for December. ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Michael G. Maistros, originally of Martins Ferry, served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and closed out 2020 at the St. Clairsville American Legion Veteran of the month for December. Maistros was joined along with a fellow Ferry native. “I went in on September of ’58 with a friend of mine, Ray Swearingen from Martins Ferry,” he said. “We went in under the buddy system.” He served from 1958-61. They went through infantry training near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.