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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
6
Livestock sales show steady to firm demand with good and choice lots. Cattle and calves mixed yearlings and hogs hold prices. veal steady. sheep and lambs mostly steady with good to choice clipping values. lighter weights scarcer and buyers active on midweight steers and heifers.
Grain and produce figures from Cincinnati include wholesale grades and case counts. Standards, current receipts, and consumer trade data show grade A and B lots with sizes and color descriptors. Prices vary by size and color, with white and brown categories noted across large, medium, and unclassified lots.
Mrs Thelma Rose Logan learns her husband Pvt Merlin Rose was captured by Germans and held in a prison camp after being listed missing. Sgt John P Parry of Logan, missing over Yugoslavia, is returning from Italy. Sgt Paul McManis liberated after German captivity. sir Lester Sparks on 10 day leave in New York with wife. summaries of family connections and training locations through 1945.
Corning notes show Mrs Martha Benedict Mrs Helen Wonnell Mrs Josephine Hermey and others attending a Euchre gathering at Mrs Jean Wilson's home with prizes awarded to Mrs Thomas Mrs Wright Mrs Frasure and Mrs Hermey Dinner and social events referenced plus a June 5 Women in Service meeting at the Methodist Church and visits among locals.
Markets opened with mixed to slightly higher tones on light volume. The impact list includes Bethlehem Steel, Sperry, North American, Radio Corp, Crucible, and American Water Works trading near unchanged to up, while U S Steel, General Motors, Phillips Petroleum, Westinghouse, Chicago Great Western, and several others drift lower. Notable movers include Goodyear, Johns-Manville, Kroger, and Procter & Gamble with scattered gains and losses across the tape. Total shares traded around 580,000.
Albany society notes detail dinners for Mrs. Duffield and Mr. Baughman birthdays with bridge afterward. Guests include Stuart, Mary Duffield of Los Angeles, H. M. Stinson, E. Gillogly, O. D. Dailey of Columbus, and extended visits by Gillogly and Armentroit families. Community Garden Club to meet June 8 with Lucile Stinson program. several local residents and relatives travel or stay with Albany hosts.
Saturday night and Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Noah Turner and daughter Mrs Muriel Lust and son Allan plus Miss Barbara Blue of Marion Afternoon visitors were Mrs Freda Spears and family Mr and Mrs Vernie Koker and son Mr and Mrs John Batchelder and Mr and Mrs Charles Ackley John Gaston of Athens came Sunday to visit his children and friends U B Christian Endeavor held in John Archer home with Naomi Archer elected president and Eleanor Aller treasurer Contests led by Mrs John Morgan Luncheon and social hour June meeting at Albert Warner home Ruth Warner and niece Almeda Warner visited Mrs L H Allen Johnny Chevalier ill at home Mrs Carrier Gainer Mrs RM Allen and Mary Alice visited John Archer home Carson Boggs and daughters visited Boggs mother Ella Tilton seriously ill at St Joseph Parkersburg Lee Gaston visitors included Eber Russell Sadie McDaniel Charles Reynolds Glen Gaston Blanche Fuller and others Wednesday dinner guests included Charles Reynolds Pearl Robinson Mrs Fred Hooper and Patty Robinson and Mrs William McConaha Athens area families and friends gathered for Mutual greetings
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