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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1942
Page
8
Complete string of tools and equipment offered by C. T. Bond Parkersburg West Virginia P O Box 543 phone 1898. All steel Ramely separator 28 by 46 inches. Ready off work R. Be Wilson Athens R 5 phone through Jerseyville.
Seed and garden shop offers arsenate and rotenone dusts and mixtures for pest control. Free spray guide provided. Dial 907 for Athens area store at 74 North Court or Garden Seed and Fertilizer stock listings. Farm Bureau Coop depot also mentioned.
Former Ohio congressman Charles West who once served as undersecretary of the interior reached an out-of-court settlement with Empire Ordnance Corp. West had sued for 1 percent of the firm’s sales, claiming $687,000 from 1940 to 1941 when sales totaled about $70,000,000 but he received $13,000.
NY AP report shows stock swings small with Genear Electrc, General Motors, U. G. Rubber and Sperry declining. American Telephone and Eastman Kodak fall about a point. U. S. Steel and Western Union linked to Edison Electric Institute data. power use up 1.5 percent from the prior week. AP index of power production drops to 158.2 percent of the 1929-90 average, below year-ago levels.
Grain and produce prices listed for wheat corn oats and soybeans in Toledo. Cincinnati including raggs eggs fowls spring chickens and live poultry. Chicago butter eggs and carrots with graded eggs and poultry prices. Columbus egg prices and whites standards and extras.
Cincinnati prices show hogs up to 14.20 for 180 to 275 pounds with varied weights around 14.05 to 13.95 and sows at 12.25. Cattle and calves: receipts limited, mid to good weights around 12.75, dealers up to 14.50. sheep and spring lambs mixed with some sales to 15.50 but bulk unsold. Pittsburgh hogs active, 160 to 180 pounds at 14.10, 200 to 220 at 14.30, 250 to 400 pounds listed. cattle and calves steady with overall light receipts.
Columbus city officials planned a meeting to outline drastic operating expense curtailments after voters rejected a charter amendment by more than four to one, eliminating funds for police and fire departments this year and next.
Glouster Kiwanis members met at the Hotel Gordon and approved outdoor gatherings at Annie's Grove for the summer. President C. F. Wallace and Dan Kovach will attend the international convention in Cleveland June 14 to 18.
Glouster residents attend state Federated Women’s Clubs sessions in Columbus with Mrs Bryson and Mrs Ley featuring a dinner headlined by author Louis Bromfield. Other locals, including Miss Cunningham and Miss Beshara, travel for commencements and hospital stays while families host visitors and news passes through the town.
Mrs. Alice Wade age 73 died at her Goose Run home at 2 30 this morning after a paralysis stroke on Friday. A Goose Run resident 40 years she leaves husband David Wade and many children including Mrs Jacob Waldeck of Glouster and Mrs Melvin Tolliver of Byesville. Funeral arrangements pending. friends may call.
Bride elect Florence Shepard of Glouster will wed Vincent Kovach Jr. of Glouster Route 4. Kovach was inducted into the Army on Tuesday.
L. E. Evans of the Nelsonville Church of Christ will lead the quarterly County Brotherhood of Churches of Christ meeting in Glouster at 8 pm Thursday. All county Churches of Christ will be represented with W. W. Wallace directing music, Harry Vernon handling refreshments, and E. K. Peugh of Glouster organizing the session.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nelson Coffman who died at the Cherrington tar Logan will be held Thursday at 2 p m at the family home near Maple ton wood Burial will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery
Obituary notes E F Stocklin survived by nine children and siblings with calls at home after 6:30 pm. Appointments announce Harold J Rose named administrator of Elisa C Spitzer estate and August Jonas estate with four month claims period. Muriel W Simonton divorce case filed by William N Simonton set for hearing after July 22 1942.
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