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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
2
Butter receipts show 692,602 unsettled with creamery figures at 03 score 24 percent and 92 34 percent. egg receipts total 6,749 with fresh graded extra firsts. Local price changes listed for cars and dirties. crude oil prices note Corning at 1.31.
A large delegation from the Booster’s Club will occupy seats for the Greyhounds opening home game against the Chauncey Blue Devils on Friday. The program includes a 7:30 curtain-raiser by the Reserves and an 8:30 varsity clash.
Nelsonville expects one of its largest benefit parties next Tuesday evening December 9 at the Elks Club to raise a fund for sending the 1941 Nelsonville Schools graduating class of 73 students to Washington for an educational trip. Class officers and senior helpers are listed, with chairmen named for tickets, bridge, food, cake walk and games. Senior parents should call 169 J for information.
New York reports a cautious market gain led by industrials with Dun and Bradstreet data showing bank clearings up 13.2 percent week over week and 204 percent versus last year. Cincinnati livestock markets reflect varied hog and cattle prices with steady to higher potential in select classes.
The list shows percentages for major companies including Baldwin Locomotive Works General Motors Goodyear Trust and Westinghouse, with figures like 13 percent 30 percent and 77 percent. Names like DuPont Johns Manville Anaconda and United Airlines are present among varied industrials and manufacturers.
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association will cross at City Hall Friday evening December 5 at 7 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. James Madison was the shortest President of the United States at 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Grain and produce figures from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh show mixed results. Cincinnati lists graded firsts and various egg categories with small changes. Pittsburgh notes steady feeds and unchanged poultry and government graded eggs.
The Excelsio Class of the Methodist Church held a reorganization meeting at Mrs. Rodney Linscott's home on South High Street. Meetings will be monthly. Glenna Morris and Lorella Tipple retained as president and treasurer, with Dorothy Gaskella and Lonno Jo Dennison elected to vice president and secretary. A Christmas party was planned and refreshments served. Mrs. J. H. Elias teaches the class.
Services for three month old Bonita Elea Matheny who died yesterday in Children's Hospital Columbus will be held Friday at 2 PM at Stout Funeral Home burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by her parents Alfred and Bonita, two brothers and grandparents James Ellis and Ida Matheny of Nelsonville.
Egyptians believed malice would cause statues to move so they cut legs from animal hieroglyphs to stop them from running away.
Prices listed for cattle Cattie Pen 119 to 1200 lb cattle and stock cattle with various weights and classes. Hogs range 140 to 300 lb with different price bands and by product type. Sheep include common lambs and ewes priced per head and by category.
Toledo grain prices listed with No 2 red wheat at 1.15 per bushel, No 2 yellow corn at 75.976, and No 2 white oats at 5.14 per bushel. The brief figures reflect a snapshot of the local trading session.
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