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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1934
Page
11
Ice cream social hosted by 4 H club girls at Manesville Church drew strong attendance with net proceeds near 380 dollars. Local families from Cuyahoga Falls Wilkinsburg Pa Mather Pa Bradbury and Vinton among others visited relatives and attended events in the area. Various births birthdays and illnesses noted as residents travel regionally.
O. E. Reading of Athens Ohio has been appointed Administrator of the Estate of Penia M. Radeliff deceased of Athens County Ohio. Dated June 20 1934. 8. M. Johnson Probate Judge.
Harrisonville hosts ice cream social for Kingsbury Recreation Ball Club with another planned July 7. Local residents visit relatives in Columbus and West Bedford. Rev. Carl Bolin leads a well attended meeting in town. A newly formed 4 H club led by Harley Musser includes Cotterill, Gilkey, Knopp, Alkire, Dye, Chase, Hull and others with several girls under Hazel Clark supervision.
New England church ladies announce a social to benefit the church on Saturday evening July 7 at Eli Spaulding home. Several local families and visitors share news of travels and visits, with a shower hosted by the Copelands for their son and daughter-in-law, amid music, games, and refreshments.
Edith Springston and children from Middleport stayed with H. H. Genheimer's family in Bunker Hill. Emma Sly visited Jessie Carr. Norman Heilman and son Harold visited Heilman relatives in Rock Springs. J. P. Will hosted guests including Richard Heilman family and Clarence Will. Gladys Clark of Midway attended with Flora Carr. Eva Shreiber and daughters of Ball Run visited Genheimer. Susan Thoma stayed with Len Epple. John Heilman and party attended George Baer birthday in Forest Run.
Oak Grove Michael Ely and relatives visited Lane Ely in Wellston where he observed his seventy sixth birthday. Charlies Wachenschwan and Wayne Bumgårdner hosted guests at York. Ed Carter and family from Nelsonville visited the Hartman home, as a protracted meeting led by Rev Don Swinehart concluded. Arthur Hartman of Nelsonville visited the Hartman home Monday evening.
Bishopville and nearby towns report numerous visits as residents from Glouster Barberton and Jacksonville spend evenings and weekends with McDonald Houenstine Householder Milhoan and Mil lioan families. Guests include Mr and Mrs Raymond Robinson and children Ralph and Betty Lou Miss Mary Milhoan Miss Marjorie Standley and others.
Broadwell and White families from Sandusky Malta and Mt. Liberty visit nearby relatives. Parkersburg Chester Hill and Columbus guests attend church and Sunday School. D. D. Smith ill. William Jackson and family from Zanesville stay with Frank James. 4 Club meeting in Athens with Freda Nice and Mildred Parsons.
New York stock activity shows small gains with U S Steel and other major names posting minor moves. Weekly Dun and Bradstreet reviews note faster distribution and prospects of manufacturing revival in fall while Federal Reserve reports write off 139 million in FDIC stock. Second quarter earnings begin to trickle in with improving profits over last year.
A garbled OCR list shows percentages next to company names including Bethlehem Steel DuPont Kodak Procter and Gamble Goodyear Tire and Rubber Goodyear Westinghouse and others. The fragment hints at a broad stock totals section with overall totals near 850 009.
Mrs. Elan Guthrie returned home to a surprise gathering of about fifty neighbors and friends with lunch baskets. Numerous guests arrived from Akron Coolville Parkersburg Laurelville Fisher Station Sharon Center and Pittsburgh for meals visits and family celebrations over the holiday weekend.
Mr and Mrs Peter Steinmetz near Stewart hosted a birthday gathering Sunday with over 40 relatives and friends. Mr Steinmetz turned 68. children and grandchildren attended. two five layer cakes baked by a daughter and daughter in law were served at noon. Mr Steinmetz had been ill for several weeks.
The market list shows eggs near steady with several grades and nearby receipts. butter and various fruits and vegetables priced by unit or crate. Featured items include Tennessee and North Carolina cobblers, Ohio greens, sour and black cherries, cucumbers from Ohio, and hothouse tomatoes with assorted basket sizes and grade ranges.
Friday sales June 29 show hogs 160 to 250 lb mostly steady to lower with $5.20 and $3.50 pig prices and lighter weights up to $3.85. Cattle receipts 322 with steers around $5.05, heifers $2.40 to $4.85, fat cows $1.00 to $3.40, calves $4.05 to $6.50. Lambs receipts 107 with tops $7.80 and weights down to $4.60.
Demand was active with buyers in a cattle sale that included 253 head of cattle, 449 head of veals, 1 head of sheep and lambs, and 3,125 hogs. Prices ranged with good cattle $5.50 to $5.25, fat cows $3.80, stockers $2.50, prime veal $5.25, and lambs around $7 to $9 per head. Slaughter hogs were steady to higher on lighter weights, while heavy weights showed slower activity.
At York trading, Liberty prices show slight gains while Treasury and U S Treasuries hold around 4 percent. London opening weakness deepens with European financial distress, Germany cited as deteriorating. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces list Delaine unwashed 30 32 and blood combing around 31 to 33.
Toledo reports grain quotations and warehouse notes with No 2 red wheat and No 2 yellow corn pricing. Treasury data shows July 3 receipts and expenditures and year totals, plus gold assets. Marriage announcement from Haydnville lists Grace Hupp and Dale Primmer wed at Kentucky J 27 with primmer family at home.
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