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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1939
Page
8
Trading on the New York market fell to the lowest level in ten months with narrow fluctuations. Dow Chemical dropped six points to 111 on a single trade while Columbia Gas Preferred A rose two to 83. Steel issues led losses. rails utilities and aviation mixed. Chesapeake and Ohio inched up slightly.
A brief on New York stock showing varied gains and losses across sectors. Oil stocks listed include Atlantic Ref, Ohio Oil, and Stand Oil of Ohio with notable percentage moves. steel, motors, and copper sectors display mixed performance.
Livestock and poultry prices show higher firsts and steady markets. Cattle, fowls, and turkey notes include various grade and weight groupings with a mix of 1st and 2nd class quotes. Butter and eggs hold steady with specific score receipts and car lots detailed for Kentucky Ohio regions and Northern Ohio.
Mr. Stanley Osborne, zoological artist from Australia, spoke at the junior high this morning and the senior high this afternoon. He gave illustrated lectures with color views and motion pictures on Australia and New Zealand, covering life, history, and geography from his tropical painting work with museums.
The Athens Country Club hosts the annual stag banquet on Wednesday evening April 19 at 6 30. After dinner there will be announcements and discussions about plans for the upcoming golf season.
Ruth Bannon a first grader entertained classmates at a party at East Side School last week for her sixth birthday. Individual cakes decorated with candles and ice cream suckers were served. Favors of bells and flowers filled with candy were given to guests. Ruth made brightly colored tulip invitations.
Pittsburgh hogs mostly steady with 170 to 230 lb advertised at 7.55 to 7.60. Cincinnati bids show 160 to 250 lb hogs at 7.15 with other weights ranging 6.35 to 7.25. cattle and calves mixed with steers near 11.25 top and cows around 4.75 to 7.50. Parkersburg reports steady sales with hogs 5.50 to 6.90, veal to 9.55, and cattle mostly steady. Gallipolis lists hogs 7 to 7.25 for 175 to 220 lb, steers to 8.35, veal tops 9.80.
Fred C. Shafer relief director volunteers to help Athens County employers contact men for work on farms or other labor. Employers seeking laborers should telephone 935 to secure workers.
Eight pupils from East Side and Central schools received prizes for Bird House and Feeding Table entries in National Wildlife Week. Dick McKinstry won first prize, Patty Ayres earned second, with honorable mentions for Phillip Minnameyer and Philip Nye. In the fourth to sixth grade group, Jack Corwin won first and Blaine Grubb second, with honorable mentions for Conrad Josten and Don Rex Farrow. Story and Poster winners include Virginia Haley and Lou Ann Farrow, with others receiving honorable mentions. Prize entries were exhibited in each elementary school.
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