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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1942
Page
12
A garbled local trade entry lists coal and firewood delivery terms. It mentions Bar din Brothers Firewood offering 12 to 16 inch logs at 87 for 6 Gu ya had delivered 4 per card as farm. An unclear line references Halbirt in Athens.
Melvin Heft, newly named secretary of the Hocking County Fair Board, attended the fair managers meeting in Columbus to learn duties. Hocking County seeks Sept 16 to 19 for its fair, hoping state approval will follow.
Logan clubs meet with Mrs. Dessa Hanna presiding and welcome Miss Mary Ruth Krinn. National president urges defense work. Founder's Day banquet planned. Red Cross first aid class discussed. Tuesday Contract Club hosts next. Tourist Book Club reads Berlin Diary and plans Victory Book campaign.
Mrs. Kate Bort hosted the Among Ourselves Club with a 1 o'clock luncheon at Pritch ards on Wednesday. The group then moved to the Bort home for a program and business meeting. The club voted $2 for the selectee breakfast fund, repeating a gesture common among local groups. Kittie Dill spoke on Shrine of Water Gods and the roll call topic was Thoughts for New Year. Attendees included Mrs. Rudolph Brandt, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Dill, Mrs. Bort, Mrs. Paul L. Collison, Mrs. Harley Gooding, Mrs. Grayton Scheide Sr., Mrs. A. T. Spears, and Miss Ida Steinman.
Clyde Nixon of Steubenville Logan is held on a non-support charge after being returned by Sheriff Floyd Duffy. He will be arraigned before Magistrate Frank St. Clair. Nixon recently left a Steubenville hospital and has been working in nearby mines.
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New York shares show small advances and slight declines in early stock market hours. Dunn & Bradstreet week end bank clearings rise 16.6 percent from a year ago to 302.4 million under the prior week. In Pittsburgh livestock, hogs and cattle range with varied prices across weight classes as calves and sheep move slowly. Major industrial names appear in market listings with mixed prices and gains or losses varying by issue.
A Red Cross statement from headquarters notes Perry Township has met its $100 quota, becoming the second rural community to report meeting the target.
Grain and produce prices listed for wheat corn oats soybeans eggs and butter with receipts and grade details. Legal notice from Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio announces Woodrow Tippie vs Wilma Tippie divorce action with hearing set after February 14 1942.
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