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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
6
Columbus report says hog prices may have hit bottom with slight gains. C. J. West of the Ohio Farm Bureau notes mixed improvement after volatility and a possible brief decline from cold weather rush to market. Wholesale pork prices have risen sharply.
Mrs Ida Branch daughter of the late William Shoe Maker dies Monday at 2 30 PM at her daughter Mrs Amos Smith’s home in Harpester. Funeral at Christian Church Tuppers Plains Thursday at 1 PM. Burial in nearby cemetery. Survived by five daughters and three sons. husband predeceased. G U Shoemaker of 138 Mill Street listed as a brother.
The Glouster Postoffice will open from 10 am to noon on Christmas Day and will close for the balance of the day. No mail or parcels will be delivered by rural or city carriers as Christmas is a holiday for the workers.
A gathering at Mrs. C. H. Pettit's home in Trimble marked the 2 pm service for Dr. John G. Pettit. He had served six years as head of the state tubercular sanitarium in Hopemont West Virginia. His mother Mrs. Pettit, crippled by a fall, could not attend the funeral in West Virginia.
In Glouster on December 84 Edward McMenamy of Millfield was killed by a top fall at the Freeport Mine near Chauncey, the second death there in December. Earlier on December 5 Elmer Rutter, 26, of near this city, was buried by a mine fall and died instantly after only three days on the job.
Glouster schools collected 32000 dollars in state aid during 1929, per the board of education clerk. The report suggests Glouster fared well among Ohio state aid districts, likely better than many others despite overall conditions.
More than 15000 singers from operatic political religious and business circles will join the international Christmas carol sing to be radiocast from Madison Square New York on Christmas Eve at 8 oclock. The program includes carols from all denominations and marks a drive to promote religious worship without creed under the New York Advertising Club which has 2500 members.
Markets report a sharp early surge on Wall Street followed by a brief retreat as procteteking hit trading, then a resumption of the advance into mid day. Toledo grain prices show mixed readings with wheat corn rye oats barley and feed values listed alongside eggs hay and timothy figures.
A Cleveland market listing shows butter extras 43c and 41c, eggs extras 56c and 50c, poultry prices for fowls 23c, medium 26c, spring ers 28c, leghorn 22c, springers 15-22c, ducks 25-28c, old cocks 18c, geese 25c and turkeys 33G 35c.
Live poultry rates show hens 28c, roosters 19c, geese 24c, turkeys 38c, springers 27c, ducks 25c. Dressed hens 43c. Butter prices listed for prints 474ic, tubs 46c, Ohio 43c, fresh 53c, western 55c.
The wool market shows improved tone as buyers maintain inquiries. Finer domestic wool prices remain fairly firm amid the week’s sales, with receipts in Boston for the week ending November 21 totaling 1,626,000 pounds, down from 4,594,000 the prior week.
Receipts: hogs 2 200 cattle 400 calves 325. Hogs 25 to 40 cents higher than Monday with most 150 to 170 lb at 10 75. 180 to 270 lb bulk 10 50. Sows steady to slow. bulk 8 to 25. Cattle and calves show gains with yearlings around 68 hundred and cows and bulls about 5 to 9 dollars. Lambs to 13 7.
Cincinnati and Chicago produce listings show ranges for fresh gatherers firsts seconds and ungraded items with prices from 45 to 36 cents. Entries include nearb ungraded and various extras and delicacies as market notes for dealers.
In Glouster on December 24 the annual Christmas program was presented by the church's children. The program pleased the congregation and the evening offering benefited the Children's Home at Cleveland with an unusually liberal response reported by church officials.
On account of Christmas the regular Wednesday night prayer service at the M E Church in Glouster has been postponed to Thursday night at the usual hour. Rev Paul E Kemper and Mrs Kemper with daughter Florence of Crooksville visited Columbus for Christmas with Mr and Mrs William Guy.
Word from Newark reports Amos Secrist, Civil War veteran and Trimble Township resident, has shown improvement after weeks of illness and transfer from McLeish to his daughter’s home in Newark.
Carl Hilderbrandt of Taylor Ridge, injured with a fractured foot at Mine No. 255 weeks ago, is now mobile with crutches.
In Washington on December 24 a new request arose for President Hoover to issue a comprehensive statement about alleged contact with Cuban sugar interests seeking tariff reductions. The move followed talks among Rep Will R. Wood and House Leader Garner and the Democratic National Committee chairman Jouett Shouse.
In McAlester Oklahoma a vast Christmas tree will rise in the miners settlement for about 170 fatherless children following a disaster that claimed 61 lives. Civic groups arranged the gift while J G Puterbaugh reported $60 000 subscribed to aid the bereaved families.
New York December 24 German inventor Fritz Von Opel says he plans to fly the English Channel next summer in a rocket plane capable of 5000 miles per hour. He is en route to Detroit to confer with General Motors officials about the German auto industry. He recalls setbacks from a rocket car that reached 138 miles an hour and a rocket plane that flew five miles before a crash.
Mrs. Etta McKee and her three children from Buffalo were stranded in Toledo when a thief who greeted them at the station stole her pocketbook. The loss included money, bus tickets, and credentials, interrupting their plans to travel to Indianapolis for the holidays.
In Los Angeles on December 24 the district attorney may summon Mrs Charlotte Shelby mother of Mary Miles Minter as the revived probe into the unsolved William Desmond Taylor case continues. Notes and Minter’s belongings were found in Taylor's apartment and both women were previously questioned with no charges filed.
Gas fumes killed Craig Helms 27 and Myrtle Van Winkle 28 in a Cincinnati apartment. Firemen found their bodies and ruled the deaths accidental.
Columbus officials and the school district may pursue a cooperative agreement to run recreational activities. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman issued an opinion supporting the plan to Canton city officials and the Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of public offices.
The Athens Messenger presents a 1724 practical pattern for a youthful frock. The item, labeled 15c, reflects early 18th century dress guidance with simple construction notes and sizing suitable for young wearers.
Two candidates will be conferred the Master Mason Degree as Capitol City Lodge No 656 F and A M Columbus visits Paramythia Lodge No 25 F and A M in Athens Saturday. The Capitol Lodge ranks among the state’s leading teams and many lodge members are expected at the conferring. The Athens Commandery meets tomorrow at 9 30 for Christmas services with an address by Prof H T Houf of Ohio University per Merrill M Kerr commander.
Greens Run High School hosted a Christmas program Thursday featuring a play titled Old Father Christmas performed by students. Grade school pupils delivered short plays and Christmas songs as a large crowd attended, with the event sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association.
Six youths at the Ohio State Reformatory were trapped in a failed jail break aimed to beat Christmas. Guards had monitored the plan for over two weeks according to Superintendent T. C. Jenkins.
Three Detroit residents were killed when their car collided with a T. H. I. & F. traction car on the National Road near Hicer's Station, ending their Christmas visit plans with Kentucky relatives.
Pattern 1724 creates a simple front opening dress with pleated side panels and a contrasting collar. Sizes 10 12 14 require specific yardage of 40 inch material and trimming. Patterns cost 15 cents or 10 cents with a pattern. send name address style number size to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department New York City.
Nelsonville residents and others visit Columbus for Christmas. families travel from Akron Wadsworth Athens Raceland Ky and Cleveland. Notables include Paul Weltzheimer Ohio State University and veterans of illness in Radium Hospital with updates on Mrs Gaffey and Mr Paulus recovering.
The W. E. A. Club held its annual Christmas party Friday evening at Mrs. Jam Gland’s Fort Street home. Members exchanged gifts around a prettily decorated tree and enjoyed a social time with refreshments. seventeen members attended.
Snow coats the nation as Christmas Eve approaches with blizzards and drifting snow causing travel delays and casualties. In Illinois near Paris a group towed by 18 horses dragged a snow plow line for nine hours to reach a teacher with a broken leg.
Washington December 24 Senator Fess Republican Ohio announced he would introduce a bill after the holidays to set a controlling law for railroad mergers. He will revise his consolidation bill to give the Interstate Commerce Commission complete supervision over holding companies in railroad securities while preserving railroads veto power over proposed consolidations.
A Washington Bureau etiquette booklet invites parents to mail their name and address with six cents to receive a copy. It urges early training in manners to soften daily life and recommends adults model polite behavior for children.
Frederic J. Haskin of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC encloses six cents to obtain a copy of the booklet Modern Man Ners. He provides his name and street address for delivery.
Miles out in Lake Michigan from Chicago a tug broke through three inches of ice to bring provisions to men trapped in a tower. They faced starvation as storm ice coated windows and doors and prevented fire. Chief keeper John Beukman, 46, said it was the worst lake storm he ever saw after 12 years on the lake.
Mrs Alice Clark Shayne of Sugar Creek remained unconscious after a Saturday automobile strike in front of her home. Shelter ing Arms Hospital reported improving by Tuesday noon as investigators pursued the driver believed from Dallas City Illinois. plates traced to Terrence McSweeney.
Frank P. Schuh and Mrs Emma Schuh Galow, once close friends, played bridge after divorces and remarriages. Schuh bid, Galow played the dummy, Schuh lacked re entry and was set. Galow claimed 88 cents. she sought 4132 dollars back alimony, but Judge Williams dismissed due to remarriage.
Checks totaling 250 dollars each were mailed to 14 township trustees in Athens County from County Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson as the fifth 1929 gasoline tax apportionment. Athens City Auditor Griff Evans received the city’s final check of 2531 dollars, contributing to about 12000 dollars in statewide gasoline tax receipts for the year.
Tony Watson, a Black man, was arrested Monday night by Parkersburg police and jailed in Athens City Jail to await extradition for allegedly passing worthless checks.
NBC and CBS schedule listings show WIZ and WEAF programs at 7:30 and 8 to 9:30 p m E S T. The lineup includes Westinghouse salute Golden gems Mobil oil hour Palmolive hour and Hank Simmons showboat on CBS at 11 p m.
In Evanston Newfoundland Labrador at 3 a m a man tumbled from a sedan and stood in a snow drift Policeman Henry Atwood approached He said his wife put him out and he might walk home A call to Mrs Sullivan confirmed the claim and she noted he used bad language and showed no respect
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled two contracts legal for building two dams at Gilead in Morrow County. The $35 002 project funds lake creation to aid fish rearing under the state fish and game department supervision.
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