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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1943
Page
8
Modern four room cottage with furnace garage and slate roof. Owner will sacrifice for immediate sale. See E R Walker Insurance and Real Estate Office Security Bank Building for details.
Chester High School senior class presents a three act comedy Oh My Stars Friday at eight in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Marion Meredith Ruth Wolf Charles Humphrey Dorothy Edwards Phyllis Buckley Hosmer Will Avice Gaul Phyllis Daniels Earl Dean Cash Bain.
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to several couples including Lt Louis E Harper 23 and Helen Locke 19 both of Pomeroy. Samuel Stewart 21 of P.Pleasant W Va and Emma Jean Scarberry 18 Middleport. Ray McMannis 39 Columbus and Iva Woodard 35 Middleport. Ray Shaffer 21 Springfield and Florence Schwan 21 Pomeroy. Loyd Hetzer 40 Huntington W Va and Ruth Morris 51 Pomeroy. Thomas Cleaver 21 Wilmington and Mary Walter 21 Pomeroy Rt 1. Mildred Cain 21 Akron and Andora Smith 21 Middleport Rt L.
Robert B Swisher former local druggist 40 will be granted an honorable discharge from the Army in a few days He is in an Army hospital for a foot infection On return to Pom ery he will resume work as druggist at McCullough Pharmacy The release will help the store which faced a shortage of a registered druggist Kenneth McCullough manager was fined 100 dollars plus costs in Mayor Hartley’s court on a complaint by John E Longnecker State Pharmacy Board inspector
The Rutland High School junior class stages Henpecked Henry on April 8 in the school auditorium. Cast includes William Buck Margaret Davis Betty Buck Esther Warner Jean Plummer Howard Sleight Edwin Nelson Eleanore Taylor Marie Hoffman Esther Ralph and Carl McClure.
A Lenten service will be held at 7 30 PM Wednesday at St Paul Lutheran Church. Rev W F Lodt will deliver the sermon continuing the Beneath the Cross of Jesus series. The public is invited.
New York stocks rise modestly with steel issues among leaders including Chrysler U S Steel Bethlehem Anaconda Standard Oil NJ Armour American Sugar and Aviation. Federal Reserve data show loans to commerce industry and agriculture down 59 million in 101 cities for the week to March 31 and demand deposits down 280 million overall.
Grain prices in Toledo on April 5 show wheat No 2 red at 1.62 to 1.63, corn No 2 yellow 1.01 to 1.02, oats No 2 white 67 to 68, soybeans No 2 yellow 1.70 to 1.71. Eggs and poultry prices vary by grade and weight, with government graded eggs listed and broilers ranges from 27 1/2 to 34 cents per pound.
Hog prices range 15.50 to 17.00 with top 15.70 for 160 250 lb. 300 head of hogs reported. Cattle totals around 300 with steers and heifers steady. dairies and fat cows 11.50 to 13.00. Calves 14.00 to 17.00, vealers 15.00 to 16.00. Sheep about 100 head nominally steady. Receipts: cattle 300, calves 450, hogs 2700, sheep 350.
Robert Hoover Pomeroy a Navy seaman first class, enlisted November 22 1942, now in the Hawaiian Islands. Herman L Wilson recently inducted into the Army stationed at St Petersburg Florida. Victor Hannahs and Renzo Menchini of Patterson Field Dayton visited with parents Hurl Hannahs and Ned Menchini in Patterson.
Greenacres Ind AP reports Dr Harold F Carr pastor of the Lakewood Methodist Church urged DePauw University coeds to avoid smiling in photos sent to servicemen. He said soldiers are in serious war work and back home should not seem carefree.
U. S. conciliator H J Montoney arrived to mediate a dispute causing a strike at the Mead Corporation. About 1,200 workers idle after yesterday’s walkout prompted by union demands for a closed shop and checkoff system. Ralph Courtney, union representative, cited company slowness in recognizing the union.
Regional Price Administrator Birkett L. Williams pledged swift handling of rent control applications and registrations. He noted 53 rent control offices across Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia cut processing time to 30 days except Detroit and Cleveland offices.
Republicans swept into control of major Michigan state offices in spring elections. Charles M. Ziegler Lansing city assessor won the highway commissioner post, a Democratic possession since 1933. Republicans also won half a dozen other contests.
Mrs. Ernest R. Peyton aged 26 and her six children aged one to nine died in a late night house fire in Greenville Mississippi. The blaze of unknown origin consumed their four room dwelling.
O E Hill, assistant state superintendent of education since 1941, announces resignation to become superintendent of suburban Upper Arlington schools on August 1. Public notices follow including a sale calendar listing items from Levi Nichols farm and a jurors drawing for Athens County May Term cases.
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