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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
8
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Ruth and Robertine Edwards of Columbus visit Glouster friends and relatives. Lois and Delores Jones travel to Cincinnati to visit kin. Mr and Mrs Robert Bulloch and Danna Lee join Iva Pedicord Phyllis Dyer and John Bryson at Buckeye Lake to stay until Saturday. Frank Williams of Youngstown visits his mother Margaret Williams in Youngstown. Frances Thomas and nephew Bobby Thomas depart for Edwardsport Indiana to visit relatives.
Mr and Mrs Zack Williams guest of Mr and Mrs Errett Davis and family in Athens. Miss Ardella Seiple Dayton visits Miss Jo Lavon Faires. Mrs Alta Sweeney returns to Akron after week with Wren McAfoos family. Mrs J H Elias returns from Logan to see her father John Connor. Elsie Glover back to Bartlett after time with Zern Cunningham family. Thomas Campbell New Philadelphia visits Rev and Mrs Morris to see ill father Campbell.
Sunday noon Frank C. Hoon and Miss Clara Gottschalk of Columbus were married at Rev. M. E. Hoon’s home in New Marshfield. Officiant Rev. Miles Hoon, brother of the bridegroom, conducted the ceremony in the minister’s family presence. The couple will reside at 1743 Clifton Ave in Columbus.
A Sunday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stansberry welcomed guests including Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Van Horn Malta, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Van Horn Ringgold, Mr. and Mrs. Jap Lin Scott Drakes Gap, Drakes Station, Mr. and Mrs. John Embry and Miss Beatrix Drummond Barberton, Cora John George and Donald Williams Glouster R F D, and the Stansberry family.
Rev and Mrs F G Boroff announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Boroff to Richard McComb son of Mr and Mrs Clyde McComb Fowler Mich The two plan a marriage in the early fall.
William Henry Janes, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Frank Janes, has been notified of his successful passing of the state bar examination in June. He has not announced where he expects to enter practice.
A new beauty device in Great Britain sprays champagne as a hair tonic. A West End salon installed a champagne fountain and uses dozens of magnums weekly to treat clients.
New York trading opened in a narrow band with moderate volume. Railroad stocks led gains with Chesapeake & Ohio up 0.3, Union Pacific up 0.9, and Pennsylvania up 0.2 percent. several names fell modestly including Western Union and Du Pont. Overall trading softened after the open, with prices around initial levels and mixed activity across sectors.
The Toledo grain section shows Wheat No 1 red 62 1296 12, No 2 red 61 12 76 21. Corn No 2 yellow 51 12 52, No 3 yellow 50 4 51. Oats No 2 white 24 25, No 3 white 22 24. Cincinnati produce prices include eggs steady with various firsts seconds and ungraded, butter prices per fat and creamery, and numerous live poultry prices for fowls, roosters, broilers and fryers across multiple breeds and finishings.
Butter steady and eggs steady with mixed yard figures. Heavy hens, leg horn hens, roosters, springers, turkeys, old toms and waterfowl listed with counts and dress statuses. Fresh killed hens dressed and drawn, 34, feathers removed 29.
Butter market remains steady as receipts reach 1,447,052 gross pounds. Extra firsts and specials show strong percentages, with firsts at 24 to 25 percent, seconds around 21 percent, and standards near 25 percent, plus centralized scores in the upper 80s.
Butter market steady with extras 301 percent and standards 29. Eggs steady with extra grade clean 25 and extra firsts 21. current receipts 20 and ordinary firsts 18. Live poultry market weak with hens heavy 20 and mediums 19. leghorn heavy 16 and light 14. others mixed with broilers 17 and ducks 15. Potatoes list New Jersey 1741.25, Ohio Cobblers 95, Kathadin 1.25 per bag. Idaho Reds 1507 1.60. Russet Bakers 2.25.
Poem by Charles E. Sellars of Glouster Ohio reflecting on nature dawn and creation. Describes rivers, sun, lightning, thunder, forests, seas and wind as signs of divine order. Concludes with God opening his school and presenting the Golden Rule to every scholar.
The clipping lists multiple rail services including Diplomat Daily and National Limited trains with times such as 3:48 a.m. for No. 3 Diplomat Daily and 4:20 p.m. for No. 29 Daily Except Monday. It notes Chesapeake & Ohio No. 30 and No. 37, and New York Central South No. 2 and North No. 7 with varied daily patterns.
Hogs 1800 head with weights 160 to 350 plus. top $8.60 for select 180 to 2285 lb range, with 200 lb average around $8.35. Weights under 180 lb down 25c, sows off 50c. Cattle calves 350 loads steady to strong. lightweight heifers to $9.75, beeves to $10, light steers and heifers $8.24 to $8.75, cows $5.25–$6, bulls $5.50–$6.06, practical top $6.25 for a few. Wealers steady to 10c higher. good and choice 150–175 lb stock $8.16–$10.50.
Hogs 1500 with 1200 direct down about 40 cents. good and choice 180 to 220 lbs 999.10. 260 lbs 8.25. 290 lbs up to 7.50. 100 to 140 lbs 898.50. sows down. Cattle 209 total with 100 direct. four grass steers 9.25 to 9.50 or better. Calves 350 including 150 direct steady to stronger. good to choice dealers 10 to 11.50. Sheep 300 steady. spring lambs 8.50 to 9. top 9.25. ducks 1 less. light weights 7 down. sheep 4.25 down.
Quotations for domestic wools remained steady while trade moved slowly, the U S Department of Agriculture reported Tuesday, alongside a listing of government bond prices and yields.
Mr and Mrs R M Switzer hosted a buffet supper and garden party with son Robert Switzer of Chicago and daughter in law Mrs Paul Switzer of Hamilton assisting. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Raymond Mossman of New Orleans. Other locals and relatives visited in Gallipolis and Huntington over the weekend.
Three month old Jackie Alvin Roberts, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Roberts, died at the parents home in Waterloo. Local obituary notes the infant’s death.
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