Meigs County Will Draw More Than $12 000 in Tax Sharing
Meigs County will receive 12012.13 from the 1932 tax on intangible property as part of a state audit report. The document outlines the distribution of receipts lost to municipal corporations and school districts due to the intangible tax law and compares old versus new tax projections across Ohio counties. It notes Hamilton County’s large contribution and Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County receiving substantial sums, with county officials and wedding details interspersed in the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
H. 3. Blackmore
State
Joseph T. Tracy
Blackmore
Ohio
Tracy
Tne
Hamilton County
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Patterson Knight Nuptials Announced in Middleport
Mrs. W B Patterson hosted 40 Heath Bl. E. Church young women for a party honoring Elizabeth Patterson. The event hinted at a June rose theme with music by Mrs. Willis Aleshire and Miss Esther Hoyt. The couple Wade and Elizabeth were announced for August 4 at Heath M E Church. Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Patterson, is a Wilmington College alumna and longtime Jamestown teacher. Wade Knight is son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Knight of Findlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
WB. Patterson
The
Heath Bl. E. Church
Elizabeth
Willis Aleshire
Esther Hoyt
Jacksonville
Fle
Freda Faehnie
Hallie @erkle
M. McCarty
Wade
Heath M. E. Church
Patterson
W. B. Patterson
Wilmington, College
Tau Theta Chi Sorority
Pim’ Beta Phi
Jamestown
Wade Knight
Edward Knight
Findlay
John Demands Service Becomes Jail Night Drama
In Pomeroy on June 5, John Jividen threatened arrest via telephone to Sheriff A O Tracy who warned him to sleep. He persisted, leading to the sheriff arresting him and taking him to the county jail for the night, with release after a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Sheriff Tracy
Tracy
Pomeroy
A. O. Tracy
John Jjiiden
John Jividen
Racine
Bowman's Run
Jividen
Treacy
Olin
Verdict Reversed in Meigs County Auto Case Appeal
In Meigs County, a verdict for Charles Smith against Auto Underwriters and Robert Marquardt was reversed on appeal. The suit arose from a Nov 6 1986 auto crash near Silver Run where Homer Smith died. Marquardt’s insurer faces liability only if the appeal ruling shifts fault away from the insured driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Smith
Pomeroy
Charles EL Smith
Homersmith
Auto Underwriters, Inc
Indianapolis
Robert Marquard
Gallipolis
Smith
Meigs County Common Pleas Enort
Marquardt
Iiomer Smith
Middleport
Silver Run
Hobson
Charles Smith
Insurance Company
Court of Appeals
Liabie
Boy Warned After Stray Bullet Incident in Naylors Run
In Pomeroy June 25 Mayor C J Hess warned local boys about careless rifle shooting after a Naylors Run boy narrowly escaped injury when a stray bullet struck the limb of a cherry tree where a bucket hung. A second bullet whizzed by as the boy jumped to safety. In Rutland June 25 a manhunt led to the capture of a mentally unbalanced intruder at Webb Hall home. Roy Grimes and Lee Ero aided sheriff. the suspect Mr McFarland, patient of Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, was jailed.
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Cawlons
Pomeroy
C. J. Hess
Naylors Run
Rutland
Webb Hall
Roy Grimes
New York Central
Lee Ero
Hall
Land
McFarland
Ohio Hospital
Roseville
Funeral of John H. Barker Held at Home
The funeral for John H. Barker aged 68 who died after a several weeks illness of paralysis was held Tuesday at 10 o clock at his home, conducted by Reverend Barton. He leaves a widow, two daughters and one son. Interment was in Wright Cemetery.
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John H. Barker
Here
Barton
Barker
Wright Cemetery
Meigs County 4-H Club Leaders Meet. Camp Plans Discussed
Pomeroy June 25 Meigs County 4-H Club officers and teachers held their annual convention at the Pomeroy Presbyterian Church attended by about one leader and seven officers. Ohio State University official CG Lang delivered the principal address on opportunities in Ohio 4-H Club work. Plans covered the August eight annual 4-H camp on Little Raccoon Creek near Jackson County and the season’s continuation of the program. Enrollment reached 437 members across 24 clubs, with clubs in clothing, woodwork, and various agricultural projects led by local leaders in Dexter Carpenter Letart and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. & Lung
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Presbyterian Church
Co. CG. Lang
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Hi. Johnson
Athens County
Geo. W. Kreitler
Raccoon Creek
Jackson County
Vitas
H. E. Davia
Dexter
Malva Radcliff
Carpenter
Daimg Clothing
Wayne Turner
Portland
Dana Brywntsg
Pearl Smith
Darwin
Letart
Harriet Alen
Ty Garen Roush
G. Marrs
Great Bend
Racine
Helen Bridgett
Helen Roush
Dana Swartz
Alfred
A. H. McLane
Tuppers Plains
W. H. Cowdery
Helen Jemic
Reedsville
Olive Township
Arenat Bend
Elsie Hall
Locust Grove
Mila Caldwell
Avice Smith
Hemlock
Grove
Harry Swan
Pooland
Emma McKinney
Salem Denver
John F. Baily
Forest Fun
Ethel Guthrie
Flora
Mary E. Ritchie
Keno
Lena Hines
Melga County
Mrs Covert Entertains Six o'clock Winner in Honor of Her Daughter
Mrs Arthur Covert hosted a six oclock dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe in Middleport on Friday night for her daughter Miss Magma Elizabeth Covert who turned 18. Guests from Middleport included Mayme Elizabeth Covert Stella Palmer Pauline Tuckerman Ruth Wise Buff Juhling Ruth Grate Maxine Burns Ruth Hawkins Vena Russell Mrs Gladys Hughes Mrs Charles Barnett and Frances Worman of Gallipolis with Mrs Warren Ellinger of Toledo. After dinner the group returned to the Covert home for social time and Miss Covert received several birthday gifts from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Arthur Covert
Mary Jane
Magma Elizabeth
Covert
Miss Covert
Mayme Elizabeth Covert
Stella Palmer
Pauline Tuckerman
Ruth Wise
Buff Juhling
Ruth Grate
Maxine Burns
Ruth Hawkins
Vena Russel
Gladys Hughes
Charles Barnett
Frances Worman
Gallipolis
Warren Ellinger
Toledo
Bank Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Citizens National Bank
MIDDLEPORT June 25 Celebration marked the 25th anniversary of Citizens National Bank. The bank showcased flowers and visitors received souvenir gifts. Officers include President C F Rathburn Vice President J B Downing Cashier W E Russell Assistant Cashier Paul Smart Directors B H Rawlings E A Reed L L Carney A W McKay R B Loughead C G Smith. DISTURB PEACE POMEROY June 25 Charles Rttts of Thomas Fork pleaded before Justice H H Mees for disturbing the peace. He paid $5 and costs and was jailed for the balance of the sentence. C F Besserer retires MIDDLEPORT June 2 C F Besserer longtime Beaserer Meat Market owner closed shop and retires after 40 years in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens' National
Middleport
Citizens National Bank
C. F. Rathburn
J. B. Downing
W. E. Russell
Paul Smart
B. H. Rawlings
E. A. Reed
L. L. Carney
A. W. McKay
R. B. Loughead
C. &. Smith
Disturb Peace
Pomeroy
Charles Rttts
Thomas Fork
Justice of Peace
H. H. Mees
C. F. Besserer
Beaserer
Fiat
Writer Insists County Has No Official Leader
An editorial argues county government lacks an executive head and is inefficient. It urges reorganization, France promoting a constitutional amendment, and notes petitions in Athens County to place the issue on the ballot.
Mrs Young Honored Daughters of America in Middleport
A gathering at Mrs B O Gilfillen home on Brownell Ave honors Mrs Ralph Young, daughter of Mrs Gilfillen, with Daughters of America and Pythian Sisters in attendance from Middleport, Pomeroy, Coalville and Columbus. Gifts were presented and light refreshments served at 9 pm.
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Daughters of America
Pythian Sisters
Middleport
B. O. Gilfillen
Brownell Ave
Gilfillen
Ralph Young
Olive Young
Coalville
Lodge
Pomeroy
Young
Funeral attendance set by Junior Order at Scott funeral
In Nelsonville on June 25 the Junior Order United American Mechanics announces a 2 PM meeting at their hall to accompany the funeral of the late Jacob Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Order
United American Mechanics
Jacob Scott
Trustees To Meet Over Athens County Relief Plans
Trustees and clerks of all Athens County townships are summoned by County Surveyor I W Whigon at the request of Alyde J Kristy to meet July 1 at 7 30 p m in the County Court Room. The session focuses on relief work uniform payrolls poor relief and gas tax fund expenditures and calls for executive control to reduce duplication and improve administration across welfare services. The discussion notes the fragmented system and favors countywide consolidation under a single department, aided by the proposed constitutional amendment for county government reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Institute
County Home Rate Association
Athens County
Bank of Athens
Athens National Zoue
MES
S. H. Bing
Ught
I. W. Whigon
Alyde J. Kristy
Department of the Auditor of the State
Hhe
Common Pleas Court
Children's Home Board
Probate
Marriage Licenses and a Corning Death Report
Marriage licenses listed for William E B White and Velma I Young, Raymond R Pyle and Bertha A Shears, James N Maxwell and Frances Elizabeth Reading with waivers granted. Corning report notes Anna Weaver 84 died at home near Ivening after five months with heart trouble. survivors Elmer and Charles in Corning and Eliora at home. Funeral set Sunday at 2 p.m. from the home, burial in New Lexington cemetery.
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William EB. White
Montgomery
W. Va
Velma I. Young
Nelsonville
William Young
Raymond R. Pyle
Corning
Anna Weaver
Ivening
Elmer
Charles
Eliora
Melock
New Lexington Cemetery
Look Better Now Same Old Jobs in State Service
Columbus June 25. Public jobs once scorned for industry wages now attract hundreds of applicants. Fran Forsythe, secretary of the State Civil Service Commission, notes 1709 applicants in 1921 for all examined posts, versus 600 to 800 for 29 jobs to be tested next Tuesday and Wednesday across Columbus Cleveland Toledo and Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Fran Forsythe
The
State Civil Service
Mission
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Athens County Committee to Send 41 Ohio Authors Books
The Athens County Committee collected forty one books for the Martha Jinny Cooper Ohioana Library in Columbus. The project, begun in 1929, aims to compile works by Ohio authors or about Ohio into a permanent state collection at the governor’s mansion and Ohio State Library.
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Athens County Committee
Cooper Ohioana Library
Martha Jinney Cooper
Ohioana
Columbus
Athens
Ohio
Ohin
strFp
Ohbioana
Sirs. Myers A Cooper
Governor's
Ohio State Library
McGuirey
Ray
William Dean Howells
Sherwood Anderson
Ulysses S. Grant
Zane Gray
Lowell Thomas
DePew
Athens County
A. A. Atkinson
Ohio University
State Library
John Finsterwald
Coonskin
Amesville
Anne C. Keating
John Finsterward
E. W. Coubb
College of Liberal Arts
C. H. Harris
Athens Messenger
W. A. Matheny
Clvic
Evan J. Jones
Irma, EB. Voigt
Book notices list several works and presenters
Calvin Elliott's Usury presented by Rev Leon Arpee. L DB McCabe's Fare Knowledge of God and related works noted with Rev Arpee. Joan M Gillette Vocations Education presented by Mrs Henry Williams. Rev William J Hoge Blind Bartimeus presented by Brown children. A P Russell Library Notes presented by Brown children. Samuel Cox A Buckeye Abroad presented by Brown children. C W Gauls Vicksburg and Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried Ship presented by Edwi Russell Finsterwald and Jane Dow Dailey. J Crumsey Construct Forestry for the Private Own presented by the author. H M Daugherty The Side Story of the Harding Trago presented by the author. 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Elliott
Leon Arpee
L. DB. McCabe
Eon Arpee
Sat Chauncey Mineral District
Sunday Creek Valley
Joan M. Gillette
Henry. Williams
Wiliam J
Hoge
Blind Bartimeus
F .T. Brown
A. P. Russell
Librar
F T. Brown
Samuel
Cox
Cl W. P. Gauls
Vicksburg
Edwi Russell Finsterwald
Jane Dow Dailey
J. Crumsey
Hi. M. Daugherty
Fear Violence At Nelsonville Ends In Uproar
Three unknown colored men fled a freight yard after announcing they sought work at the Lick Run Mine. A vigilant reception committee and Police Chief Bateman reported the men departed quickly while violence was alleged in nearby strikes. In St Clairsville about 1,500 miners were at work as Eastern coal mines reopened despite reported strike disturbances. Miners at O P Unionva 200, Warner Collieries Steubenville 30, Wolfe Run 50, Gaylord Lorain Blaine Monaco Adena, M A Hanna Dillon No 16, Clarkson Cost 83, Powhatan Wheeling 155, Bradley Mine U Coal 3.
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Lick Ru
Bateman
ST. Clairsville
Chin
CADI
Unionva
Warner Collieries
Steubil
Wolfe Ri
Gaylard Lorain
Blaine
Monaco
Col Company
Adenai
M. A. Hanna
Dillon No
Clarkson Cost and Co
Powhatan Coal Company
Wheeling
Bradley Mine
U. Coal Company
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Patterson-Knight
G. H. Caldwell
Elberfelds
Mrs. Covert
Bank
Mrs. Young
Fred Shauver
Holzer Hospital
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Susie Taylor
William Bradford
Brownell Avenue
Bradford
Helen Beeson
Bob Beeson
Don Quefrid
A. A. Searbury
E. M. McCarty
New Salem
Lulu Mason
Neil Cooper
Walnut Street
Roberta Patterson
Christ Hospital
South Third Avenue
Elizabeth Patterson
Margaret Aker
Marion Stewart
Logan
Fern
Faye Abbott
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary Dewson
Boston
Mass
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Filmland
Oily Wood
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy
Minneapolis
Ohio First Project
Sioks
CG. W. Saper
Cleweill
Wil
Dickinson
Super
Irma E. Voigt
Therees Robinson
EB. B. Bryan
R. J. Morton
William E. Peters
Ohio Lands
Didh Helen McCarty
Marianyne
Cedars
Harry C. O'Bieness
Washington Gladden
Charles Grant Matthews
Ohio Hills
Maude Cryder Matthews
Edith KE. Beecher
Leon Aepee
Nelsonvill
Senso
Ice
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Newspapr
Chiva
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