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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1935
Page
13
Stewart brief notes list multiple local visits births and visits. Families from Denver Alexandria Parkersburg Columbus and Athens are mentioned with social calls and civic activities. A Rome High School leadHarland Martin oversaw a potato project shipping ten bushels to Columbus.
The Music Club met at Canaanville Grange Hall on July 95 with Robert Hugus presiding. Plans announced to perform at the 4-H Club picnic at Athens County Fairgrounds. Dale Hugus led recreation after the meeting. Next gathering at Eleanor Kincade’s home on Monday afternoon July 2.
Fred R Baker recalls a 1963 visit of Morgan's raiders to Perry County as told by Col. BR. W. McFarland. Mil lertown's lone store was looted of cotton cloth, tied to horse tails and carried off. Cloth strewn for miles along the raiders' northwest sweep through Perry County.
The Hocking Sewing Club held its annual election at Mrs. Clara McDonald’s home after a quilting session. Officers were chosen as members list included Mrs. Sylvia Wallace Mrs. Jane Foit Mrs. Anna Quinn Mrs. Allie Buffington Mrs. Anna Shust Mrs. Nancy Shrieves and the host. The next meeting on Aug 1 will move to Mrs. Silvia Wallace to start a quilt for sale by the clay.
Stocks showed fractional gains in early trading led by American Telephone Bethlehem Steel and Goodyear others. Trade reviews from Dun & Bradstreet cited strong retail activity amid high temperatures and a broadening consumer demand despite heat across the country.
The Garden reports Donna Jean Butts granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Goldsberry died of scarlet fever in Johnstown. Mrs Goldsberry and Mrs Velma Barnhill traveled to attend the funeral, joined from Athens by Mrs Glenna Weatherby and Mrs Elaie Jewell. George Smith of the National Guard 166 Infantry Athens visits Camp Perry. Dorcas Souther returns from Indiana with daughter Mae Shanafelt and two granddaughters, and Mrs Erickies.
Athens Aerie 929 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles announces an intensive membership campaign running until August 4. President Virgil Davis said the effort runs with 217 other Ohio Aeries and leads to Ohio State and Grand Aerie conventions in Dayton August 12 where a main initiation is planned.
Police Chief Henry Deboest proposed sending workers to the jungle camps with 14 borers and $2 daily wages to spark job placement. As time passed with no applicants, the chief visited the camp himself and found only ashes of cold fires.
The report lists prices and receipts for poultry cattle and dairy products. It notes steady poultry demand with various breed categories and weights, kept prices for hens broilers and roosters, and fresh dressed meat values. Beef and butter quotes show weak to firm trends alongside current receipts and extras.
Market notes show butter and eggs with firm or active activity. Poultry markets indicate strength while a value of 1450210 appears for petrel. Sweet potatoes priced at 9001.40 per bushel.
Hogs and cattle markets show mixed movement with direct sales steady to higher on some weights, while sheep and sows trade varied. Treasury figures for July 24 show expenditures outpacing receipts by about 422.8 million, gold assets near 9.13 billion. News notes include a Indiana wedding and a niece’s marriage announcement in Haydenville.
Kenosha Wisconsin report: Tony Steponitis, exposed to smallpox and under quarantine, swam at the beach twice. He was charged with imperiling bathers and received a two month jail sentence to reflect on his actions.
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