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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
8
Readable data show white eggs prices by size Large AA Large A Large B Medium AA Medium A Small A and assorted category. Brown eggs prices and jumbo variations appear with routine quality remarks. Sheep sales report: 1,000 spring lambs weak to no lower, sheep steady. prices include $13,506.15 and $14.75 for spring lambs, $12.50 for common, $8 for fat slaughter.
Private Ben Bunthoff arrives in Logan on emergency furlough after his father’s death and spends 15 days with relatives. Private First Class Paul Schrader, Lakeland Florida, visits with his parents. Mrs. Hannah Liff hosts relatives on Church Street. Miss Betty Liff stays with the family. Corporal Robert Helber returns to Camp Butner after furlough with his parents. Community notices include Questionnaire Club at Mrs. Cyrus Rochester’s North Orchard Street home, United Brethren Missionary Society at the church led by Mrs. Margaret Knapp, Lutheran Youth Group midweek meeting with a park picnic, and a Logan family gathering with guests from Columbus and Haydenville.
Logan Cherrington Hospital reports Herman Waite 28 Laurelville admitted Sunday with severe internal injuries from an auto accident near Adelphi. Companion John Ebert sustained minor injuries. Details unavailable. Haydenseville Sewing Susies meet at Martin home. War Stamps $31.25 sold. fishing trip planned next Wednesday.
Seven Civil War veterans registered at the 77th annual encampment of Ohio's Grand Army of the Republic in Columbus, one more than last year. Frederick Pfiester, 97, of Cincinnati, said GAR members are dying at about one per day. He noted national membership 6 percent, 35 deaths in May, and fewer than 600 expected on the rolls by fall from 2,700,000 total enlistments.
The Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church closed after delegates took no action on a resolution disapproving Congress passage of the Smith Connally anti strike bill. The resolution was tabled as members felt they were not sufficiently informed to act.
Amid wary food administrator Chester Davis resignation, grain futures in Chicago dropped sharply as confusion mounted over the 1944 food program. Notices include Thomas Lt Brown named administrator of Mary A Leach estate in Ohio and street vacation petitions affecting Lancaster Street in Athens County.
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