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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1945
Page
10
New York stocks rose on peacetime prospects while war related shares lagged. Midday volume was moderate as rail and aircraft stocks waned after Japan victory news. Industrials and metals showed hesitancy with several leading issues and rate figures noted among diverse names including General Electric, Procter Gamble, Goodyear, and United Aircraft.
At the corner of Church and Elm Streets two cars collided injuring three people. Ruth Goodwin a Logan school teacher was driving and was hit broadside by George Warren. In the Goodwin car were her parents Burl and Elie Goodwin and their says grandmother. All required X rays and treatment. Full extent of injuries not immediately known. Mrs Warren had facial lacerations. Both cars badly damaged.
Local service members and families in Logan share leave updates and transfers. Fetty officer 3-c Wallace Brown arrives from Patuxent River to spend leave with family at 431 BE Front St. Pvt Merlin Rose and daughter return to Logan from Columbus hospitals after treatment. Sgt Don F. Graham returns to Logan on furlough after service in England with six battle stars and a presidential citation. Col William J. Evans arrives in Florida after a year in Europe and will have a 30 day furlough in Clearwater with wife and daughter Betty Flo. Co William J. Evans at Fletcher General Hospital spends leave with his mother. Cpl ? Goss returns stateside after two years in Germany and France. T-5 Elien Rowley from Rome Ga will spend leave with husband Joe Rowley and daughter Miriam. Mrs Margaret Matheny Hess, living with her parents in Haydenville, reports her husband has entered Officers Candidate School in New Orleans. Mrs Chas Lehman remains in Wilmington Calif with her husband L M 3c Chas Lehman after returning there.
Logan Venus Social Circle held its annual Thursday picnic at Rachelmacher Park with Eastern Star and Masons members and families in attendance. Transportation was organized by Mrs Herman Leonard, with many members listed including Mr and Mrs Wayne Timberlake, Mrs C D Notestone, Mrs H H Shriner, and others from Columbus and Nelsonville.
Funeral services for John F. E. Matheny were held at Haydenville Methodist Church with Rev. L C McClandish and Rev A B Lees officiating. Music by William Davis and Thea White. pallbearers were six sons. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Out of town relatives listed from North Canton Birmingham Akron Zanesville Columbus.
The federal state crop reporting service said 85 inspectors have been assigned, mainly to Northwestern Ohio, for the commercial tomato canning season, expected to begin next Monday ten days later than usual.
Grain and produce quotes from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Cleveland show varied egg and butter prices, with grades AA A and B listed for extra large large medium and other sizes. Egg receipts and standards range across markets, including government graded cartons and consumer grade fractions amid unsettled butter markets and mixed dairy notes.
Auction notes from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets show cattle and hogs steady with varying demand. Prices indicate active spring pigs 189 to 220 pounds, good steers and yearlings around 19, calves around 15, hogs mostly 14 to 15.5 per hundredweight, with canners and cutters lower and bulls mid-teens.
Pfc Homer Lee arrives home from Germany on a 30 day furlough visiting Mr and Mrs Will Hess. Phillip Stauffer receives medical discharge from US Navy. Wade Bean celebrated at Ath ens birthday party. Athens residents host relatives and attend church events. Local 5096 UMWA plans a picnic on Sept 2. Community members attend Putman Chapel homecoming and other social gatherings.
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