Delinquent Taxes Targeted to Relieve Municipal Burdens
State officials and county auditors push to accelerate tax collection in Meigs and surrounding townships. Gov. Martin and lawmakers plan to bolster municipal finances by forcing delinquent taxes to be paid, with projected recoveries reaching into thousands of dollars to aid county treasurers and local governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Webster
P. Daniels
Meigs
Arm- Lawrence Ward
Asby Gov
Marting
Ted County
Treas
Treasy
Meigs Club Workers Will Gather Friday
More than one hundred leaders and officers of Meigs County 4-H Clubs will attend the annual meeting Friday at the Presbyterian Church. The event includes a general program and officer study periods with C. C. Lang, state club leader of Columbus, R. R. Starbuck, Gallia County agent, and Norman H. Dillinger of New Rochelle, athletic director of the YMCA, among participants.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Presbyterian Church
C. C. Lang
Columbus
R. R. Starbuck
Gallia County
Norman
Friendship Circle hosts monthly meeting at Nora Gilkey home
About 30 members of Harrisonville Friendship Circle Sunday School class met at Miss Nora Gilkey’s home Tuesday night. Rev. and Mrs. David Williams attended. Refreshments were served and a social hour followed. Rolland Chase, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chase, is at West Virginia Wesleyan Music Camp Buckhannon W Va for two months.
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Harrisonville
Friendship Circle
Nora Gilkey
David Williams
Rolland Chase
Carl Chase
West Virginia Wesleyan Music Camp
Buckhannon
W. Va
D. L. Reisinger
Gallipolis
E. V. Aiking
Thurman Edwards
Sally Gilmore
Wm. Day
Evelyn
Lorene
Raymond Wilson
F. Ray Wilson
Pomeroy
O. J. Edwards
Frost
Ohio
W. A. Morris
Farm Women Meet For Social Program in Long Bottom
Members of the Muses Bottom W Va Improvement Club visited the Farm Women's Club at Nerva Pryor home Long Bottom for a social evening. Thirteen visiting and thirteen local members attended with nine other guests. Two new members joined amid merriment. Hostesses shared a favorite recipe. president Mrs Iva Buckley led no formal program with readings songs and stunts. Refreshments were served. invitation extended for joint meeting soon. Lucy Cowdery to host Farm Women's Club June 27.
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Long Bottom
Muses Bottom
W. Va
Farm Women's Club
Nerva Pryor
Iva Buckley
Long Bottom Club
Lucy Cowdery
Pomeroy Social Highlights and Court Plea
Pomeroy social notes report Rachael Owens and Truman Russell with the Stovers and Bertha Pickens at Antiquity where an accident injured Mrs. Stover’s father after a fall from a truck. Clyde Allfriend pleads guilty to a car theft and is bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond. Tom Davis fined five dollars and costs for intoxication. Walter Thornton, inmate at Athens State Hospital, held for custodians’ arrival. Regular Sons of Legion meeting led by Captain Phil Malbrecht at Legion Hall.
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Charles Gilkey
Gallipolis
James Everhart
Springfield
L. L. Ward
Lima
Pomeroy
Clyde Allfriend
H. H. Mees
Tom Davis
Walter Thornton
Athens State Hospital
Will Tour England
Mrs Homer Grant and two daughters Christine and Kathryn depart for Washington to join Mrs Henry Albers for several weeks. FromWashington the two sail Saturday on the Penland to Europe with London as first stop heading to various tours, returning late August.
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Middleport
Homer Grant
Christine
Kathryn
Washington, D. C
Henry Albers
Washington
New York City
Penland
Europe
London
New Civil Cases Filed in Pomeroy Clerk Court
Dorothy Mae Ralph minor by Stanley Ralph vs Ohio Fuel Gas Company settled with award of 96.54 dollars. Katherine Ralph vs Ohio Fuel Gas Company dismissed with no record. Motions for new trials in John Jackson vs Industrial Commission of Ohio and Dan Rizer vs Stalter and Essex Mining Company overruled.
Water Carriers Regulation Bill Advances in Senate
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved the administration measure to regulate water carriers. It outlines standards and oversight for waterway shipping practices as the bill moves toward broader consideration.
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Washington
Administration
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Meigs County Picnic Planned at Franklin Park
POMEROY Items show Meigs County Society of Columbus will hold its annual picnic at Franklin Park in Columbus next Sunday with a basket dinner at noon and a program of games and visiting. Miss Mabel Race plans a summer trip to Los Angeles and the San Diego World’s Fair. State auditor checks total 8,806.80 to Meigs County. 13,108.50 in aged pensions to 988 Athens County residents. 6,797.50 to 496 Gallia Countians. 7,075 to 522 elderly in Hocking County. Conservation chief Wooddell notes a good Meigs outing and offers civil engineer employment. 4-H Wolf Pen Club to stage an evening benefit program at Wolf Pen school with refreshments.
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Meigs County Society, of
Columbus
Franklin Park
Will Scott
Mabel Race
Highland Avenue
Los Angeles
San Diego
Meigs
Athens County
Hocking County
Wooddell
Meigs County
Relief Reaches Phillips Family in Meigs County
In Meigs County relief finally arrived for Elmus Phillips and his eleven-member family living in a two room shack near Leading Creek. A $10 grocery order and a bed were provided after Sheriff Roscoe Fowler intervened, aided by the Workers and Farmers Association which had pursued the case in Gallia County. The family, including nine children at home, had faced severe poverty with a leaky roof and scarce food.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Gallia County
Elmus Phillips
Phillips
Leading Creek
Meigs County
Roscoe O. Fowler
Workers and Farmers Association
Hobart George
Foster Littie
Mrs. Phillips
Silver Ridge Personal News Briefs
Mrs Hort on Smith made a business trip to Pomeroy Tuesday. Garrett and Stanley Christy spent Sunday at Higsby Ohio. Mr and Mrs C F Betzing and daughter Bernice Junior McGinnis and Archie Wells spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Alvin Myers and family. Wassel Diller of New Lexington helps her mother Dora Tuttle with housecleaning. Mrs Janey Cole of Sumner called on Mrs Leona Myers Saturday afternoon. M L Parker was in Pomeroy recently. Mr and Mrs Vern Shumway and son Charlies and Mrs Edith Betzing were in Parkersburg Saturday. Mr Garf Hope and Margaret Ann Audrey and Freddie Harper of Athens called on Mr and Mrs Raymond Harper and family Sunday. Mildred Christy of Athens spent Sunday with her parents G W Christy.
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Pomeroy
Vern Shumway
Charlies
Edith Betzing
Parkersburg
Garf Hope
Margaret Ann Audrey
Freddie Harper
Athens
Raymond Harper
Mildred Christy
G. W. Christy
Grass Run-Side Hill social notes feature several visits
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winn visited Akron and Columbus relatives last week. Kennard Forrest of Columbus spent the weekend with the Nicholsons, returning with his father Earl Forrest and great-aunt Mrs Noraham. Charleston guests, Midlport helpers, and Mt. Union moves add to a busy local social cadence.
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Paul Winn
Akron
Columbus
Kennard Forrest
Philip Nicholson
Earl Forrest
Noraham
Bidwell
Western Union Sued In N J Supreme Court For 3.6 Million
Trenton New Jersey Western Union Telegraph Co. faces a Supreme Court suit seeking 3.6 million dollars alleging violation of gambling laws by sending chain telegrams.
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Trenton
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Co
Supreme Court
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Alma Chase
Wm. Nicholson
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