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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1947

Page

3

Tax Veto Causes 213 Million Loss to Ohio Taxpayers

Ohio residents face a 213 million dollar loss from President Truman's veto of the 4 billion dollar federal income tax cut. The hit translates to about 126 dollars per 1.7 million Ohio families and roughly equals last year’s state property taxes and general revenue funding. Also included is a formal certification from Ohio Superintendent of Insurance noting compliance of Implement Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Grand Forks North Dakota with state law and presenting 1946 financials: assets 1,700,678.47. reserves 1,911,519.20. surplus 589,504.27. income 1,351,905.94. expenditures 670,214.75.

Columbus Ohio Truman General Revenue Fund State of Ohio Ins Implement Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company Grand Fork North Dakota W. Lee Shield

New Straitsville Notes

Mrs Nell Mitchell visits in Canton Ohio and Mrs Florence Huston seen in Marion. Families in Jackson Dayton Little Rock and Detroit. Carnation Club meeting at Myrtle Wallace home with prizes and pot luck lunch. Dan Daugherty learns son Charles in Seoul Korea had appendix operation and recovers. WSCS church picnics NSHS Band practice weekly. Dexter Gillispie of Toledo visits Dan Daugherty and Myra Wallace.

New Straitsville Nell Mitchell Clarence Mollenkamp Canton Ohio William Rollins George Brame Jackson Florence Huston Marion Phylis Lloyd Dayton William Bell Pearl Cheetham Jack Little Rock Ark Lewis Holst Jim Costero California Chester Wade John Bass Jim Montgomery Detroit Myrtle Wallace Carnation Club Sue McQuade Genevieve Hartman Ethel Wade Seoul Korea Ivy Dishon Myrtle Boyle Jake Holcomb Stanley Dishon Chicago WSCS M.E Waterworks Park New Lexington Rebekah Mean Williams NSHS Dexter Gillispie Toledo Dan Daugherty Myra Wallace

Community Notes From Parkersburg And Vicinity

Social news items recount visits and passes of relatives from Parkersburg to nearby towns including Hamburg Hamburg N Y and Columbus Ohio. Attendees include Alberta Foutty Fred Jenkins Herman Kelch and Charles Stall with funeral in Pittsburgh and WSCS meeting activities. Various residents including Gerald Price Cora Allen Earl Henderson and Bobby Johnson are mentioned with short travel and family visits across Belpre Wheeling and Santa Anna Calif.

Portland Alberta Foutty Fred Jenkins Parkersburg Vaugn Adams Herman Kelch Charles Stall Pittsburgh Frank Randall Hamburg N. Y W. J. Henderson Gerald Price Nebraska I. E. Price WSCS Edna Cottrill Joy Webster Dayton Lyda Waterman Belpre C. J. Riley Santa Anna Calif Earl Jewett W. C. Moser Columbus Fred Aumiller Cora Allen Washington Bottom Ralph Henderson Earl Henderson Wheeling Mattie Henderson Clyde Johnson Bobby C. FE. Johnson Emerson Johnson M.S. Place Harry Price Lucy Throck

Pennybacker Files Suit Against Shepards in Ohio Court

Pennybacker Heating & Plumbing Company files petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio Case No 10010 seeking 743.96 dollars plus an attachment of Joseph L. Shepard and Clara D. Shepard property in the county The defendants are ordered to answer by August 7 1947 or a judgment will be entered. Attorneys Pennybacker & Crofton Gordon B Gray represent the plaintiff.

Joseph J. Shepard Clara D. Shepard Newton Grove North Carolina Pennybacker Heating & Plumbing Company, Inc Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Pennybacker Heating & Plumbing Comeny, Inc Pennybacker & Crofton Gordon B. Gray

Marion College seeks foreclosure in Ohio case No. 19027

Ewart C Bond and Erma M Bond of Marion Indiana are notified that Marion College files a petition in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio to determine the amount due on a promissory note and mortgage and to obtain judgment for 2975.03 with 4 percent interest from August 26, 1946, and to foreclose a mortgage on Lots 893 894 and part of 895 in Johnson Coe's Addition to Nelsonville Ohio. Defendants must answer by September 22, 1947.

Ewart C. Bond Erma M. Bond South Harmon Street Marion Indiana Marion College Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio York Township Johnson Coe Nelsonville James Russell N. W Said Lot Woolley & Rowland Attorneys

Annexation Petition for Athens Ohio Territory Presented

On June 16 1947 residents near Athens Ohio presented to the Athens County Board of Commissioners a petition praying to annex a described territory adjacent to the city into Athens. The board set August 18 1947 at 10 a m in the courthouse for a hearing, with L G Worstell Jr named agent for the petitioners.

Board of Commissioners Athens Ohio County of City of Inlet No Northwood Peach Ridge Road L. G. Worstell, Jr Stroud’s Run Road Stroud's Run Road Stroud’s Run Corporation Court House

Wife Wins Relief From Neuritis Pain

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Community News From Kyger Kyger and Nearby

The WSCS met at Mrs. J. P. Bradbury’s home with Flora Bradbury leading scripture and members including Mrs. Hannah Harrison and Mrs. Sadie Durst. Guests included Mrs. Alice Grover. next meeting at Mrs. Harrison’s home. Local notices report several injuries at work sites, visits between locals and relatives, and residents taking jobs in Columbus, Parkersburg, Tipp City, Huntington, and nearby towns.

Kyger WSCS J. P. Bradbury Flora Bradbury Hannah Harrison Sadie Durst Cora Ward Mary Sisson Alice Grover Raymond Clark Harry Powell James Conkle Eugene Rudd Holzer Hospital Walter Cranston Marion Ohio Rex Lemley Frank Simms Philo J. M. Cooley Logan Cooley Simms Leverett Amos Thelma Evans Dayton Zola Ball Faye Ball Tipp City Mabel Eakin Middleport J. M. Conkle Walter Rife Huntington Maxine Durst Columbus Everett Milhoan Chester Albert Milhoan Isabelle Spires

Porter family attends multiple funerals and visits in region

The report lists numerous social glimpses including the funeral of John H. Matthews in Columbus with Porter and Groves families, and multiple visits and returns in Barberton Findlay Port Clinton and surrounding areas. Several residents are noted visiting or hosting others in West Virginia and Ohio communities.

W. Va Marcel Ross Charleston Nan Savage Buzz Roush Ida Rife Bulaville Nellie Topping Bidwell Anna Topping S. C. Halley GSI Herbert Mitchell Quick Jennings Mitchell Charleson Robert Anderson Cecil Anderson Srader Roy Chapman Belle John Ferguson John Rolsen Campaign Seymour Lawless Delbert Harrison Gallipolis James Donnally Columbus Will Phillips

Nelsonville Produce Firm Sued for $643.50 Demand

Deshler Farmers Elevator Co files suit in county court against W. A. Miller doing business as Miller Produce Co of Nelsonville. They seek 643.50 plus six percent interest from March 8 for 390 bushels of shelled corn delivered to Miller. Alberta C. Grones is the clerk of courts.

Miller Produce Co Nelsonville Deshler Farmers’ Elevator Co Deshler Alberta C. Grones W. A. Miller

Appointment of Administratrix for Ohio Estate

Cassie Vaughan of Glouster Athens County Ohio is appointed Administratrix of the estate of Sarah Redpath deceased of Glouster. Creditors must file claims within ten months or be barred. Dated July 10 1947 Francis D White 36th Probate Judge Athens County Ohio.

Cassie Vaughan Glouster Athens County Ohio Sarah Redpath Francis D. White Said

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