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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
11
A 1929 Dodge Six sedan for 165 dollars and other classic cars are listed. A legal notice from Nelsonville Ohio seeks sealed coal bids by January 31 1984 with a 500 dollar bond and city guarantees.
United States District Court Southern District of Ohio presides over a trustee led sale of The White Ash Coal Company assets. Frank G. Smith trustee will auction real estate and personal property in Hey Run Dover Township Athens County on February Wth 1934 at 1 PM. Two tracts described in Chauncey include Lot 150 Nye Addition and Lot 159 corner details. Personal property lists generators, mining equipment, fans, pumps, welders, scales, and more with appraised value of 4431 00. Auction reserves a 75 percent minimum to avoid withdrawal. FRANK G. SMITH Trustee Attorney E J JONES 1-19-4otw
Clarence F. Lewis, 43, died at 4 a m from a stroke after two weeks of ill health. A native of Gallipolis, he moved to Glouster 14 years ago and worked for Ohio Collieries Co then as superintendent of the city water and light plant. He leaves a wife, a 15 year old daughter Alice, his parents, a brother Warden Lewis, and two sisters. Funeral plans not set, services expected Monday at the M E Church with Glouster Lodge No 607 F and A M presiding.
Mountville, Jan 2. Mrs Elizabeth McLain Homer Township's oldest citizen recently observed her 89th birthday at home. She has spent most of her life within one and a half miles of her present home and stays active with housework sewing tag rugs and caring for her three children Tim R S McLain and Mrs W H Harper. Her husband the late John McLain died two years ago.
In Nelsonville on Tuesday night seven tenderfoot girls joined Girl Scout Troop One during investiture. New officers for year Elaine Nichols treasurer Kathryn Lee scribe and Betty Figgins historian were elected. The group plans senior patrols mentor tales and a Scout's Own while adopting Indian names and myths for the year.
The Athens alumnae of Zeta Tau Alpha hold their monthly gathering at 7 30 p m tonight at 52 Grosvenict Street home of Mrs Christine Porter.
Middleport residents hailed Minstrel Chuckles as one of the best amateur shows locally after its two night stand. A correction notes the young performer as Miss Jenny Jo Wise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wise Jr.
Mrs. Mabel Collins of 23 Smith Street is improving after an abdominal operation performed Wednesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Kenneth Sands of Chauncey, treated for appendicitis Wednesday night, is also reported to be recovering well.
Conductor C. H. Snider of the New York Central Railroad is at home on South Pearl Street with a fractured rib after treatment at McMillan Hospital in Charleston. During his layoff Conductor Charles Burdett will operate his run.
Local relatives report the death of Lydia Howard Chapplear aged 82 at her Komomo Indiana home. Born near Concord in 1851 she was the last survivor of 18 children of Jack and unknown Howard parents who moved from Cameron West Virginia in 1836. She traveled from Indiana last August to attend a Howard family reunion in Marietta.
The local NAACP will meet at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Athens Sunday at 2 30 pm. The junior branch will present a program including a mock trial and other specials, with a cordial welcome for visitors.
In Glouster on January 24 the attendance banner for April was won by 9 P Class in the high school under Miss Beta Cunningham with a 95.75 percent rate. In the Monroe Building the 5-B Grade led with 102.63 percent under Miss Mildred Howard. The Madison Building banner went to 2-B with 102.61 percent under Miss Frances Thomas.
Athens County auditor J Clyde Edmundson says special forms from the State Department of Liquor Control are available soon. Examinations for supervisors and employees will be February 12, 14 and 15 at various locations, with Marietta, Zanesville and Portsmouth the nearest. Applications must be received by February 7 and can be obtained from the county auditor or the State Liquor Control Department in Columbus.
Prizes for faithful Sunday School attendance during 1933 will be awarded to members at the Salvation Army Sunday afternoon recognition service replacing the regular praise meeting. The service, with graduation exercises, begins at 3 15 o clock. The public is invited.
Bureau of Animal Husbandry chief Dr. J. C. Mohler announced a probe into alleged excessive charges against Ohio livestock producers by the Cleveland stock yards company. The investigation aims to determine if pricing practices violated regulations.
The Ohio Parole Board, after hearing 41 cases from the London Prison Farm, granted 14 paroles and continued 27 cases today.
Lively trading in auto and allied stocks boosted turnover on the New York Stock Exchange. Nash Motors led gains rising toward a new high, with Chrysler General Motors Hudson Studebaker and others advancing. American Tobacco rose, while steels and oils moved irregularly as bonds steadied and wheat eased.
The Standard Statistics Company fire insurance stock index sits at 619, the high of 1933 reached mid July. A year ago the index was 44.1, showing a 40 percent gain to date. The 1933 range was 41.993.1.
The Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted index of 30 basic commodities shows values for today and prior periods. Today 104.23, yesterday 104.85, week ago 104.01, month ago 100.23, year ago 60.14. The high and low for early January are 104.8 and 101.05 respectively.
In Avondale Cincinnati a four month old boy Charles Updike died after being struck by a car driven by Louis J. Miller The infant and his mother Elsie Updike received skull fractures with the mother expected to recover The incident marks the fourteenth auto fatality of the month and fifth this week in the area.
Granville January 26 veteran Denison University figure Dr Henry Rhodes Hundley aged 67 died after being struck by a bit skip driver while crossing a street Monday night. Hundley joined Denison in 1900 as first principal of Doane Academy later becoming professor of English and German when the academy joined the university in 1927.
Live poultry and eggs pricing details show chickens in various weight ranges from under 2 pounds to over 9 pounds, with color and size distinctions. Egg listings include hennery whites and graded eggs, with pricing for butter and packing stock, plus notes on receipts and exchange restrictions.
Market quotes list butter nearby extras and standards, 22 score extras, and various chicken and egg items with per unit prices. Poultry markets include colored fowl, leghorn epringers, old roosters, and ducks with assorted weights and rates, plus potatoes and New York beet prices across regions in 1907 style listings.
Fragmented OCR text describes B14 items with receipts, score figures, storage standards, and extras. Mentions Jon C1Pe, Manderds, 194c, and various storage terms. Overall details are garbled with no coherent event or clear entities.
Market activity shows hogs up about 9 percent with top and bulk around 180 and 99.75 for large lots. Cattle receipts 60 with calves 366, demand slow. cows weak to cents lower, bulls 2.50 to 5.28, opening calves 7.56, later bids down, hides average mid to lower values.
Boston bids show steady wool values with firm prices despite lighter volume. Reports from Boston reflect renewed interest in Ohio wools, futures for Oslo Delaine and territory grades unchanged, while grain and Liberty bond quotes fill market pages.
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