Meigs County Land Appraisement Shows Decrease Over 1930 Values
Meigs County reports a sharp drop in taxable property for 1981, with townships falling from 7,378,050 to 6,048,470 and villages down to 2,128,070 from 2,323,470. The twelve townships lose 930,480 and four outside villages lose 106,500, while Pomeroy remains a major value holder.
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Meigs County
Omeroy
Maigs
Aamior
Pomeroy
Chester
Celorabia
Lebanon
Delart
Olive
Orange
Rutland Gae
Salem
Ansbury
Seipto
Sition
Middleport
Racine
Rutland
Syracuse
Men Who Stole Beef Confess to Police
Hivarett and Bob Shumaker held in Gallia jail confessing to the beef theft from Arthur Scott, Cheshire farmer. Three other Middleport men Sidney Ervin Harley Jones and Harrison Buel allegedly helped kill the cow and were arrested in Gallipolis Jail. Scott said the pet cow brought a high price and the head and skin were found near a creek on the farm.
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Scott
Mrs. Cora V Webb to Live In Old Pomeroy Home
Pomeroy report notes Mrs. Cora V Webb returns to her repaired former residence in lower Pomeroy after selling property in Cheshire. Webb, longtime teacher in Melg and Gallia counties, retired on a pension, and has two sons, one in Washington County education administration and the other in Portsmouth business.
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Pomeroy
Cora V. Wabb
Melg
Gallia
Cheshire
Lower Pomeroy
John V. Webb
Portsmouth
Webb
Trimming Trees With Expert Linemen Sweetens Pomeroy Line
The Ohio Power Company trims shade trees along lines from the lower end of Pomeroy to Racine and beyond to Butland with a nine-man squad from Canton, removing trimmings. The effort follows a growing push for systematic tree care. Detailing a separate note, the Heath M. 1 Church Bible School class met at Mrs. Agnes Spies’s Rutland Street home with officers presiding, a brief business session, and a social gathering with light refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Power Company
Racine
Butland
Canton
Middleport
Heath M. 1
Church Bible School
Agnes
Rutland Street
C. F. Haw King
Jennie Smith
Adam Ding
Fred Holmer
Evangelist Floyd W. Dick to Lead Pomeroy Meetings
Evangelist Floyd W. Dick, recently from Joplin Missouri, arrives to start a series of Church of Christ meetings in Pomeroy on October 13. The nightly sessions run at 7 o'clock through October, with a subsequent series planned in Bethany West Virginia.
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Church OF Christ
Pomeroy
Floyd Wick
Joplin
Christian Church
Church of Christ's
Bethany
W. Va
Graham W. Walker
Parkersburg
Ir. Walker
Evangelist Dick
Ravenswood
St. C. Steffy
Bible School
Aged Blacksmith Is Stricken at Pomeroy
Meigs County obituary notes John Bentz 60 died at his Lincoln Street home in Pomeroy after a paralysis stroke. He was a longtime blacksmith from Alfred and Syracuse before moving to Pomeroy. Survived by two daughters Bessie and Bertha, two grandchildren Walter and Veneda, burial planned in Alfred. Also reports local items including court case and a gas well, church reception for Rev Henthornen, and a marriage license for Richard Carter and Daisy Heiney.
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Pomeroy
John Bentz
Oma
Meolgs County
Lincoln HU
Bentz
Alfred
Lewis Nease
Syracuse
Grange Township
W. A. Thompson
Melas County
Bixby
Olja
H. K. Mowry
Harold Crumley
Lancaster
Dover
Harry Roush
Alma Diehl
Columbus
Ponteroy
Middleport
Pomer
Richard Carter
Coolvills
Daisy Heiney
Reedaville R. D
Girls Organize Middleport High School Athletic Group
A Girls Athletic Association is forming at Middleport High School. The nominating committee proposes President Henrietta Ewing Marguerite Hussil Dorothy Fultz. Treasurer Dorothy Dillard Betty Reed. Secretary Julia Withurn Betty Michel. Voting will occur next Thursday in the assembly room. all students interested in athletics urged to attend. In other news, J Rodney Ball of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was re elected president of the Morris Plan Bankers Association at its annual election in Columbus.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Girls Athletic Association
Henrietta Ewing
Marguerite Hussil
Dorothy Fultz
Dorothy Dillard
Betty Reed
Julia Withurn
Betty Michel
Lst
Pir
Columbus
J. Rodney Ball
Lawrence
Masa
Morris Plan Bankers’ Association
Cherry Tree Has Blossomed Twice
TUPPERS PLAINS Oct 10 Nature has showered favors on Leslie L Keller a prominent citizen of this community His cherry tree bore three or four clusters of cherries this season Yet the tree is again in full bloom resembling a huge bouquet It carries 23 many blossoms on it and last spring with Jack Frost nipping a big crop of fruit the tree yielded well
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Tuppers Plains
Nature
Leslie L. Keller
Mr. Keller
Jack Frost
Fire alarm at Ray Morris store warns of attic nest blaze
Chester residents rush to the general store of Ray Morris after a morning fire alarm. Smoke issued from the tin roof as firefighters removed sections of roofing to reveal a smouldering fire in the attic caused by a bird nest and a stove. The roof suffered heavy damage but no major harm.
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Chester
Ray Morris
Typhoid Epidemic Report From Meigs County
Health officer reports multiple typhoid cases across Meigs County including Rutland Flora Reedaville Dead Man's Curve Minersville Carpenter Long Patton and Setple Township with 15 to 20 cases in Rutland and no deaths. Scarlet fever also reported in Horselt Run Rutland Township Letart and recovery noted for many ill. Meigs County health work continues.
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Long Pattomn
Setple Township
Ella
Rutland Township
Letart
Originator of Banking Plan Revealed in Letters
Cleveland report details a banker, Stanley Klonowski, who claims he may have inspired President Hoover’s banking plan. He sent proposals to Hoover and Treasury officials in late August, with several officials replying favorably though, he says, the plan’s origins remain unclear.
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President Bank of Cleveland
Hoover
Idea
Cleveland
Stanley Klonowski
Bank of Cleveland
Secretary of the Treasury
Metlon
Mellon
Federal Reserve System
Qulet
Yionowk
Pomeroy Dominates Cheshire 26-0 In Friday Game
Pomeroy High defeated Cheshire High 26 to 0 as fumbles and penalties plagued Cheshire. Guinther scored two end runs including a 60 yard punt return for a TD, Pierotti added an extra point, and Pierotti again scored on a end run. Clatch booted a point after, while Blackwell and Guinther stood out for Pomeroy as the regulars returned in the second half.
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Pomeroy High
Cheshire High
Cheshire
Pomeroy
Panthers
Mae
Guinther
Pierotti
Crow
Scott
Clatch
Locars
Rite
Blackwell
P ‘Ws Nases
Bandit Captive in China Over Year Says Nelson
Zert Nelson, an American missionary, has been held by Chinese Communist bandits since October 5. A ransom of 510,000 was paid but release refused as the captors seek an English teacher. Nelson writes his family that he is being well treated. Ohio league results: Gallipolis beat Middleport, then defeated Nelsonville, and Pomeroy leads the league with undefeated or strong showings as Marietta first team is held.
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Zert Nelson
Ia Nelson
Minneapolis
Gallpolis
Middleport
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Marietta
DIES AT INN INIOPARY POMEROY WAIF CENSUS
George W. Pomeroy, 25, formerly of Doewnsington and inmate at the county infirmary, died Thursday night. The body was taken to Scipio for burial. A separate item reports Martin Smith, 48, porter, shot and killed during a robbery attempt at a downtown Cleveland speakeasy restaurant.
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Infinmary Pomeroy
George W. 25
Doewnsington
Coun
Thursas
Old Home
Scipio
Porter Cleveland
Martin Smith
Porter
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Misa Kreaper
Arthur Skinner
George Swallow
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J. C. Leonard
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Needle and Thimble Club
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Coshocton
Ralph Young
Gallipolis
H. M. Russell
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John Romie, Sr
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Zanesville
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Amy Whaley Kingsland
New York
J. E. Harley
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A. B. Chase
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