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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1931

Page

8

Troy Poultry Association Discusses Good Housing

Troy Poultry Association meeting in Coolville Ohio reviewed modern poultry housing needs. Key points covered ventilation temperature insulation and house sizing to improve egg production and flock health with guidance on remodeling existing houses and official recommendations from the Vocational Building session led by Samuel Pailet.

Troy Poultry Association Coolville Samuel Pailet Ohio Troy Poultry Improvement Association

Local Home Restorations and Upgrades Around Athens

Renovations and improvements fill homes on High Street Elmwood Place and East Union Street with second floor bath remodeling new bathrooms repapering and refinishing. Nearby work includes weather stripping a garage built in a cellar and kitchen remodeling at multiple addresses along Richland Avenue Brantlin Avenue and Mill Street. Old Age Pensions offer tax relief for cars over five years in the Dantzig area with increasing reductions up to sixty percent.

Dantzig

Title Changes in Athens County Lots and Homes

Athens County records show multiple transfers and affidavits across townships including Athens City, Alexander, Bern, Dover, Lee, Trimble, Waterloo, York, and The Plains Special School. Transactions include quit claims, warranty deeds, and certificates of transfer involving residents like Burk, Webb, Goodin, Crosten, and the Adams family, with parcel sizes from small lots to hundreds of acres and numerous inlets. A separate Farm Tenants note highlights cash scarcity and expected migration of 15,000 to 20,000 tenants from eastern North Carolina by spring due to low prices for cotton and tobacco.

Athens Township Ade W. Burk Ethel L. Wee Allendale Micheel Worstell Margaretta Phillips the Plains Special School Inlet East Samuell Buffindon Solica Bean Et al Athens City John W Mildred Buck Ethel Burk F. W Ezra L. Webb Murray Rubber Co Alexander John Cynthia Goodin Sam Loretta Goodin Bern Clarence Olga Crosten Mary A. Clark Dover Township The Greens Run Coal Co C. c. Sharp LEE, Township Co B. Burdette Kate Burdette Waldo T. Nice Ida M. Niece Trimble Mike Kastely Margaret Dakos Anina Kastely Daniel and Hazel Adams Waterloo Elmer and Grace Tom John and Ethel Anderson Daleton Special School Central Coastal Plain North Carolina

1931 Farming Highlights To Be Broadcast

Radio program schedule details the 1931 farming highlights to be aired December 3 and week of December 29 through 31. N A Olsen and Morse Salisbury lead discussions on agricultural economics, markets for grain food dairy and poultry and eggs, plus the Farm Business Year 1931. Stations listed include WJZ WLW WGAR WHAS KYW and KDKA with a 12:30 to 1:30 pm slot Eastern Time.

Progressive Garden Club Bureau of Agricultural Economics Roy C. Potts N. A. Olsen WJZ New York WLW Cincinnati

Ohio Grows Pecans in Rare Northern Climate

The Ohio Department of Agriculture reports there are 1,834 pecan trees in Ohio and last year they produced 1,310 pounds of pecans. It is unusual for pecans to be grown north of the Mason Dixon Line.

Ohio Ohio Department of Agriculture

Patterned dress patterns offered by The Athens Messenger

The Athens Messenger Pattern Department advertises frock designs with new features such as diamond inserts, draped collars and alcove cuffs. Descriptions cover canton crepe and plaid scarf accents, with size ranges and fabric yardage requirements for patterns 1146 and IMS, plus catalog details and ordering instructions.

Theas Almple Avery Aixe Zach Angeria Kiddiss Athens Messenger Pattern Department West

Jurors Drawn for January Term in Athens County Court

Athens County Common Pleas Court announced January term jurors. Grand jurors include Fiverett Carbaugh Alexander Daniel Mooney Trimble Erin Pritchard York DD M Sawyer Trimble R C Sharp Carthage James Whaley Alexander Alex Smith Canaon Ina Coleman Rome Harvey Nye Dover R B Smith Trimble Fred Kiltan Athens Charles Guinther Trimble Henry Sauer Lodi Etta Dunfee Troy Edward Cage York. Petit jurors listed include William Sayre Trimble Claire Backus York Norma Gillogly Lee Harry Traysom Trimble Minnie Humphrey Dover Bessie Wemmer Dover A E Wallins Athens Jessie Ehaffer York Ira Wolfe Athens Grace Rosa Athens Elsie Barber York Lucy Stitt Trimble Earnest Loefler Canaan Carlos Dorr Canaan Charlies Darling Trimble Faye Welker Lee Cecil Lumsford Trimble Arch Johnson Lee Mrs Jessie Thomas Ames John Altman Trimble Anna Scott Athena Guy J Fleree Athens Emma Tedrow Mark Charles F Kircher Athens S J Biddison Rome.

Common Pleas Court Athens County Athens Charles Guinther Trimble Henry Sauer Lodi Etta Dunfee Troy Edward Cage York William Sayre Claire Backus Norma Gillogly Lee Harry Traysom Minnie Humphrey Dover Bessie Wemmer A. E. Wallins Jessie Ehaffer Ira Wolfe

Margaret Newman Child Of Anna And Henny Newman

Margaret Newman daughter of Anna and Henny Newman of Buehtel, born February 2, 1917. She attends school, enjoys arithmetic, dislikes history, and walks a route of half a mile delivering The Messenger to Louis Ankle after St Ja Robert Oak ley. Basketball is her favorite sport and she likes Clara Bow films.

John Schneider Margaret Newman Anna and Henny Newman Buehtel Margaret St Ja Robert Oakley Louis Ankle Clara Bow United States

Winter car care: Patience and slow warmup advised

An article on winter driving cautions for 28 automakers, stressing patience when starting cold engines. It warns against high idle warming, explains choke use, and notes risks of fuel dilution, water in gasoline, and potential crankcase damage. Regular oil checks and carburetor care are advised to prevent freezes and engine wear.

Study on rural changes spans 25 years in farming communities

About 7,000 rural residents participate in a survey of community changes over the last quarter century. The study is conducted with help from some 100 Farmers' Institute speakers at roughly 700 institutes nationwide.

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Farm Chats on Butter Fraud Probe and Dairy Growth

Ohio fields glow with dairy progress and enforcement. Inspectors tested adulterated butter marketed statewide, showing butterfat mostly below standard, costing consumers millions and boosting farmer profits. Meigs County dairy gains lift incomes. 1930s milk production climbs with Wayne, Ashtabula, Starke, and Trumbull counties leading.

Guthery Ohio Department of Agriculture Wayne County Ashtabula Starke Trumbull O Bio

Certificates To Be Distributed

Certificates of achievement are being prepared at the on Service Office for distribution within the next few weeks. Harold Chambers stated that a total of 261 of these certificates would be presented and that club pins would be given in addition to the certificates. Under the club regulations bronze pins go to the members who have successfully completed their first year's work. Silver ping will be given to second and third year members and gold ping to those who have completed four or more years work. Leadership pins will go to the jead ers under the same regulations.

Logan On Service Office Harold Chambers Jeaders

Building Work Spreads Through Messenger Area and Pratts Fork

Reports from Messenger Area and nearby Pratts Fork detail multiple home improvements. Evidence shows Morris W builds a chicken house. Laws Stedman undertakes carpenter work. William Hampton expands his house with a bath kitchen porch and increases overall size. J Christis remodels a home adding kitchen and rear porch. Buryou and Son re-roof and repaint. C W Jones buys 28 acres in Carteton Hollow to develop a tourist camp with filling station store and cabins near Chenang Springs. spring water noted when Irish emigrants stopped there. Camp located about one mile east of Pomeroy.

Pratts Fork William & Hampton Kitchener Pomeroy C. W. Jones Carteton Hollow Chenang Springs

War on Icy Roads Pushes 100 Spreader Plan in Ohio

Columbus reports Grover Snyder of the state highway department ordered 100 cinder spreaders to combat icy roads. The machines cost 26 500 dollars, purchased from Greenville Manufacturing Co. Bid from The Good Roads Machinery Co. was 24 002 dollars. State spends about 32 500 yearly on protection using cinders sand and gravel, mainly at intersections curves and hills. Snyder aims to extend ice fighting to most through roads this winter.

Columbus Grover Snyder State Highway Department Snyder Greenville Manufacturing Co Greenville Good Roads Machinery Co Pittsburgh

Cold Engines Hazardous in Traffic Warns Motor Club Chief

H M Burgett secretary of Booth Hast Ohio Motor Club warns motorists not to move a car from a parking place until the engine is warmed. He says cold engines distract drivers and can cause accidents as cars coast with eyes off the road. He also notes the importance of engine power and performance for safety and cites broader concerns about idle engines in traffic. The text also abruptly mentions the U S potato crop outlook by a rural economist.

H. M. Burgett Booth Hast Ohio Motor Club American Momobile Association Burgett

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Lequiremion Aj Cecil Westfall Maptswood Rive Wil Carpenter Elmwood Place Frank Rauch Mill Street Carl Buck East Union Street Clarence Road Richland Avenue Charles Roberts Brantlin Avenue Ghia University G. W. Pierce Carpenter York Township Oakley P Emma L. Nixon Nelsonville Home and Savings Association Deanville Sheriif Nelsonville Charles Turner Viola Turner Donn. James Florence Ida James Aliee Dora Fickett Joe K. Picklett Minnia Sanders Fern Leroy Lillian Silcctt Anna James Bae Dial Athens Lumber Co Israel Klein Ibraee Klein Wwe Dese Heck C. V. Strawn Meigs County Gilbert Goode Pegtown Bruce Mr. Goode Messenger Area Rightstown Clyds Morris W Big Farm Laws Stedman S. J. Christis Pratta Fork BR. O. i Buryou and Son West Virginia Motoris Price Pomeroy Cement Block Co Nelsonville Brick Co Gitl Smiths Congress
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