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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1932
Page
9
High grade paint at $2.25 per gallon and Weathershield option. On screen doors priced at $1.90 stained and $2.15 varnished. Floor varnish offered at $1 per quart. Sale presented by Carpenter's Nelsonville Store.
The Athens County Department of Health announces a pre-school health conference for children entering school. Dr J M Higgins health commissioner said the clinic will be held July 26 27 28 and 20 with the Director of Child Hygiene and local nurses assisted by a State Health nurse.
Regular daily attendance is noted at Athens High School summer program as faculty counteracts student absences by assigning a grade of F for the day.
Carbondale District Board of Education requests that Carbondale High School remain a second grade school for next year. The petition to Auditor C D Hutchins asks continued current arrangement while a state education review is conducted. Hutchins estimated saving 1400 from the Educational Equalization Fund. board met to consider the statewide suggestion to cut to third class.
Glouster June 22 An adjourned council meeting with all members present except Harry Trasin passed several ordinances. Porches on High Street must be four feet off the curb and braced to the building. A curb change to concrete is favored and curb filling stations restricted. Firemen receive $25 for out of city runs and intoxication penalties are updated. Athens National Bank was chosen for depository with 2 percent interest.
A dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sam McClelland in Greens Run honored Mrs. McClelland for her 39th birthday. A birthday cake by Mrs. Chasate Judson featured colored candles and a party program included numerous attendees such as Bill Wade Willard Craig Clarence Rigney Carl Craig Sylvester Reeves and many others.
The Willing Workers Class of the M. E. Church gathers at Mrs. Ben Hooper home at 7 30. The Priscilla Class meets at Mrs. Clarence Lewis home at 7 30.
The W. C. T. U. will meet Thursday at 2 PM at the home of Sam Kasler with Mrs. Alice Eddy as hostess. All women interested in the cause are invited, whether members or not.
Kiwanis Club in Glouster met at the Hotel Gordon with heavy emphasis on business matters. Attendance prize, donated by M. M. Murphy, awarded to B. R. Angle. The club plans joint program with the Rotary Club at McConnellville Friday night.
Miss Martha Lent of Glouster was taken by local ambulance to Grant Hospital in Columbus Tuesday for an appendicitis operation after falling ill Sunday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nunsell Lent, accompanied her and the surgeon recommended surgery Monday night.
Announce ment reports the marriage of Dan Kelton of Gallipolis to Natilda Rife of Cheshire a graduate nurse at Hober Hospital in Gallipolis. The notice lists family greetings and local visitors, with minor health notes and birthday celebrations among residents.
Eighth graders from Doanville and nearby York District schools will hold commencement at Doanville School Friday at 2 p.m. Thirty eight graduates will receive diplomas with class leader declamations. Listed diploma recipients include Russell Adama and Elsie Cable with others from Deanville, York District, Oak Grove and Connett.
Thirty five eighth grade graduates of Waterloo Consolidated School District will receive diplomas in Waterloo district Friday afternoon. Commencement will be held in the grove at the grade building if fair weather. In rain, services move to New Marshfield High School at 3 p.m. Names include Audrey Buckley Francis Clesser William Clark Octa Crow Thelma Ely Margaret Lowry Ralph Lynch Helen Martin Howard Shingler Eileen Woods Lucille Smith Sarah Covert Evelyn Morris Paul Evans Wilbur Young Doris Dicken Adelaide Stright Denver Andrea w a Milda Rosser Olive Hulbert Elizabeth Katzenbach Helen McNeal Robert McKibben Donna Nanna Charles Hawk Nannie Robinson Kenneth Reeder Inghram Herron Merril Tewksbury Frank Steinmeyer Edgar Morgan Mary Stedman Charlies Pidcock Evelyn Siddern Melvin Edgar from Scott Hocking.
The Rufus Putnam Playground directed by Carl House and City Playground directed by Sherman Gilmore are combined and open for the summer. Play supervis ed Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 to 5. Gilmore supervises at West Side Elementary on Mondays and Thursdays. An effort is made to provide a strong physical education program. Parents are urged to have children participate.
New York June 3 Stock exchanges show a dull session with prices fluctuating in a thin tape. American Telephone falls on dividend fears while Auburn Automobile and American Smelting display weak results. Major issues like Steel Common and General Electric show only fractional gains as traders pull back.
The report lists varied gains and losses across sectors with Union Pacific, Allied Chemicals, Coca Cola, and Paramount among notable names. Utilities show modest advances while steels and oils display mixed to small moves as investors digest steady corporate results.
A surprise party was given Monday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Person near Guysville to celebrate the twenty ninth wedding anniversary. Attendees included Elmer Poston Thomas Vercoe Martha Hitchcock Julia White C J Flowers Rowena Sprout Miss Blanche and Rose Price Athena Lewie Person Pomeroy Roy Calvert Myrtle Calvert Glen and Oma Gaston and others.
Columbus June 22 40 R Leonard J Fletcher president of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers spoke at the society’s convention. He argued engineers must guide agriculture not create factory farms and that the family farm remains the most efficient producer due to machine labor reducing hired hands.
The report lists live poultry including young leghorn and colored chickens with prices 18 to 24 cents. Creamery items show scores and weights such as 196300 pounds and 90 score, with packing stock noted and various lots renewed.
Nearby prices list for tules and hens across Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky with current receipts. Includes scores 92 17 16 and 12 percent, fresh extra firsts 140, colored broilers 17 21c, leghorn broilers 12 140, ducks 10 130, geese 100 and fresh killed hens 23 300.
Rutter Market holds steady with extras 20c, receipts around 12,000. Poultry prices show fowls 12 180c, medium 19 140, leghorn 100, heavy broilers 209%, ducks 12e, geese steady. Potatoes report Marie Green Mt 101.10 and Idaho Russet 1500 per 100. sacks around 1.60. Hutter Market steady with 16,396 tubs and extras 16c. firsts 16s.
The report notes butter packing stock levels with No. 3 and related grading terms. It references butter fat content and price ranges with terms like fene steady cases and extra firsts, alongside nearby ungraded lots. No clear events or named entities beyond Cincinnati and standard commodity terms are evident.
Livestock receipts show steady markets across hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs bring 4.35 to 4.98 for lighter stock and 4.10 to 4.30 for heavier ranges, packing sows to 2.75 down. cattle steady with steers and yearlings 5.35 to 7.00, heifers 6.50, beef cows 2.85, bulls 2.84 to 3.50. veal calves 5.50 to 6.60. sheep steady with lambs 6.50 to 7.40 and yearlings 3.93 to 7.75. wethers under 2.50.
Hog prices range from 3.75 to 4.35 per cwt with weights 130 to 360 pounds. Cattle and calves show steady to light supply with fats and stockers moving. steer and heifer prices around 4.00 to 4.25 on several classes. Sheep and lamb markets weaken with lambs near 7.25 to 7.80 and ewes around 2.00. Dealers report active trading and mixed quality offerings across categories.
Chicago June 20 wheat futures advanced more than a cent a bushel as profit taking faded and buyers absorbed the rise. Corn and oats followed wheat with modest gains as the market closed near session highs with corn up about half to three quarters of a cent and oats higher.
Wool values appear firmer as limited sales occur at current prices. A Boston wool buyer placed bids above prior lows, signaling demand. Domestic wool receipts for the week ending June 18 reached about 14.35 million pounds, up from 4.46 million the prior week, per the Boston Grain and Flour Exchange.
Government bond market on June 20 shows Liberty 3s at 100.30 and various Liberty and Treasury issues with modest changes. Notable quotes include Liberty 4s and 3s series as well as Treasury issues with prices ranging around 90 to 104.25.
Grain prices listed include Wheat No 2 red 44 45 No 1 red 1 cent premium No 3 red 8 cents discount No 4 red 2% 4 cents discount Corn No 2 yellow 294 30 No 3 yellow 28% 29 Oats No 3 white 914% 32 No 3 white 20% 22 Clover prime Alsike cash $8.75 Butter 22 Eggs 190194 Hay 60 cents per cwt.
Notice that copies of the tax budget be adopted by Rome Township are on file with the clerk for inspection. The budget will be available at the office from June 22, 1932, during regular hours and through July 6, 1932.
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