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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1935
Page
5
Kenneth Mulligan notes NYA aid to county high schools rose from 164 to 348 with many students earning 12 a week. Youth Admin officials say funds support work at schools, including mimeographing, record keeping, hallways, labs, and grading, with some clothing and school supplies provided.
Mrs. Lillie B. Hedges who just returned from missionary work in the Belgian Congo spoke at the First Christian Church during Sunday morning worship. She reported improvements in religion education and medicine among the peoples in the last 530 years and urged further aid. Mrs. C. R. Cline read the Missionary Psalm and preceded the address.
Initiates into Kappa Beta Christian Church sorority are Anne Margaret Thompson and Helen Nichols Athens Joyce Keckley Newark Suzanna Reeser Gates Mills Ellenor Close Millfield Nellie Adcock Logan Mary Bridge New Marshfield Velma Kellogg Caledonia Margaret Ransdell Kenton Avanell Frush Newark Initiates into Phi Sigma Upsilon Christian Church fraternity are John Pratt Hillsboro Robert Felmly Cleveland Edward Keirns Amesville Stacie Wickens Lowell Elden Drummond McConnelsville Clarence Matthews Fredericksburg
Early stock market firms show a steady undertone with broad interest in carriers and rails. Grain and produce prices are listed across multiple classes including corn, oats, potatoes, poultry, rabbits, butter, and eggs with varied regional values.
Market update lists chickens steady, turkeys weak, heavy hens at 18 to 20 cents per pound, leghorn hens 13 to 15, heavy springers 4 pounds and over 18 to 20, under four pounds 17 to 18, leghorn springers 15 to 16, old roosters 19 to 15, ducks 16 to 18, young turkeys 23 to 25, fresh full dressed hens 33, hog dressed 28.
Market report lists eggs with steady price and current receipts nearby 32034 southern 500732. White eggs large 37 38 medium 32435. Butter priced per tub with 49 tubs and 238 cases of eggs.
Butter unsettled with extras in tules and standards. creamery items steady. Eggs steady with top quality extras meeting Cleveland board specifications. current receipts and graded firsts noted. Prices shown for butter and eggs include percentages and scores, with extras and standards highlighted.
Livestock auction reports show 3 300 hogs with 1 800 direct entries mostly 10 cents lower. Top hogs at 10.15 for 140 to 220 pounds and 230 to 240 pound ranges. Cattle 1 200 with 400 direct, steers around 9.50 top for 890 pounds, bulk 8.50 down. calves 1 100 with vealers up to 11.12. Sheep 1 650 steady. lambs top at 11.50, yearlings 9.25 down, mid grades 5.6.
A Chile mining camp is claimed to be the highest inhabited location, reported at 18,480 feet above sea level. The note contrasts livestock market data from Cincinnati with the extreme altitude fact, underscoring surreal elevation and economic markets in one brief item.
WPA projects in Athens County push new workers onto the payroll. Ray Noble reports 1,639 at work last week, up nearly 100, with 55 more men and 25 women added to start Monday. Charlotte Cooper coordinates extension library revamps while 30 more workers join the Athens District census effort in Columbus.
Five were discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital Saturday including Mrs. Rolland Smith New Marshfield who had major surgery Raymond Tinkham The Plains who had a finger amputation Dorothy Morrison Athens who had an eye operation and William Gregory McArthur treated for an infected hand Mrs F J Hill Athens Route 4 who had an eye operation returned home Sunday and Mrs Donald Amos Glouster who underwent a minor operation this morning
State Senator Thomas Vernon Smith of Illinois, educator and author, will present five lectures on Ohio University campus this week. He will address liberal theory, politics, and social order in talks at Fine Arts Auditorium Music Hall and Alumni Memorial Auditorium with a convocation Thursday morning.
December brought no marriage licenses at Athens County Probate Court to date, according to deputy clerks Dorothy Frank and Marian Danford. In December 1934, 25 licenses were issued, marking a sharp drop in the current month.
Hock Hocking District leaders approve rotating monthly sessions to cover different scoutmaster problems. Paul Handel will conduct the 12 hour course earning attendees a certificate. meetings move among Athens Hockingport Nelsonville Pomeroy Albany Parkersburg with Roy Dupler and J W Long leading ceremonies.
Warren McClure of Athens High School won the county Prince of Peace declamation contest held Sunday night at the Presbyterian Church. He spoke on The Way to Peace in a field of four other competitors and earned a silver medal with the state contest in view.
Gall Deeter of Coolville pleaded guilty saturday before Magistrate TR Bennett to hunting without a license. He was fined twenty five dollars and costs after arrest near Coolville by State Game Protector B F Swartz.
After a dreary stretch in the Athens district, Monday brings sun and warmth with noon temperatures around the expected mark. Mrs N Vrance notes about one inch of rain fell over the weekend and forecasts show fair weather into Tuesday with a cooler trend and possible snow later in the week. A black bear cub weighs 9 to 12 ounces at birth, about one two hundred fiftieth of full growth.
Elias Ambrose Dartt, father of Mrs. Wayne Wingett, died Saturday night at 9 45 o clock at Sheltering Arms Hospital from complications after a fractured hip. He would have been 86 yesterday. He leaves his daughter and three grandchildren. wife and one daughter predeceased him. A United Brethren Church member and Mason, he lived with the Wingetts at Pratts Fork since September. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Wingett home with burial in Pratts Fork Cemetery. calls at home any time.
Carrie E. Steikley who ran a funeral home in Columbus Mississippi died Sunday. She was the town's first woman embalmer and had practiced embalming for 40 years.
A vintage Crest advertisement touts Creomulsion for lingering coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims the product reaches the source of the trouble, soothes inflamed membranes, loosens phlegm, and guarantees satisfaction or refund if not effective from the first use.
Mrs. Raymond Foreman of Mill Street reports dramatic relief from sour stomach gas dizziness and headaches after using Vendor a triple strength root and herb remedy sold at Athens Pharmacy. The Vendor Man tour promotes the medicine as prescribed by a Southern physician and available now from druggists.
Owners report 18 to 24 miles per gallon and very low oil use. The 1936 Plymouth is advertised as America's most economical full size car with strengthened frame, Safety-Steel body, 100 percent hydraulic brakes, and Vibra tionless Floating Power. See Chrysler, Dodge or De Soto dealers.
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