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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1942
Page
8
A fragmented dream note from a reader mentions Mesa motifs and surreal imagery. It references a person seeing a horse like figure and a snake like patch, with playful phrases about a future meeting or festival.
Leading shares hovered around the flat to modestly higher zone with Sears Roebuck Pennsylvania Standard Oil Radio Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler up while U S Steel General Motors Great Northern Anaconda J I Case United Aircraft and Goodrich lagged. A New York Fed weekly retail scan showed department store sales in the Metropolitan area for the week ended Aug 22 down 6 percent from 1941. Iron and steel scrap totals rose in July as WPB reported 434 448 tons from auto junkyards versus 150 000 a year ago, though analysts warned the scrap shortage remains a risk to mills.
Chauncey resident Chauncey Everett Patterson son of Mrs Evelyn Spearry Patterson suffered a compound fracture of the right wrist after a fall on a Columbus restaurant floor. He is also recovering from a prior injury when he fell from a truck and his leg was run over while aiding a rubber drive. He traveled to Columbus Saturday with William Knapp instrumental instructor Chauncey high school and several local youths.
Chauncey area notes show Mrs Victor Grinsted and Betty Lou Lands visiting in Chauncey from Columbus. Leah Love and daughter Janice Sue return to Chauncey with Alden Love headed for army service. Mabel Sanders and Olive Sanders visit Millfield relatives. Local children undergo a tonsillectomy. Families from Chauncey Millfield Port Clinton and Goluster are mentioned with several visits and funeral attendance.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J. Cooksey age 81 a Fallsburg Ky native and 27 year Sugar Creek resident were held Saturday afternoon at Sugar Creek Church with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating Christine Brown and Charles Bradfield sang three hymns. Burial was in West State Street Cemetery in Athens Surviving children include three sons and three daughters and eight grandchildren. Nearby notices report births visits and auctions in Chauncey and Millfield along Route 50 near Bartett and a legal bidding notice for county purchases.
Pittsburgh produce firm reports grade ratings for fats and standards with white and brown extras and firsts. Current receipts total 3314 with government grades unchanged. Poultry market remains steady and unchanged.
Mr. and Mrs Mila C Stalder of Chauncey entertained at a dinner Sunday at their East Main Street home. Guests included P F C Gilbert Stalder from Washington D C Margie Hickman of Nelsonville Clarence Stalder Joe Stalder of Sandusky D Robert Hixson and son John Porter Mrs Elizabeth Russell and Mrs Brown of Catlettsburg Ky and Robert Hixson of Chauncey along with Stalder family members.
Chauncey-Dover coach Carl Kemp invites all interested boys to a Wednesday 10 a.m. meeting at the high school. Stewart Robinette, son of Mrs. Lucille Morgan of Millfield, has enlisted and is in the Quartermaster Training School at Newport RI.
Dexter and area residents hosted and visited over the weekend with multiple families in Springfield Char leston Pomeroy and Langsville. Notable names include the Amos Cook Vale Saxton Underwood Davis Braley Hager Cleland Nelson Pierce Martin and others. A trivia line notes Niagara Falls heights exceed eighty seven waterfalls worldwide.
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