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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
11
Two defendants changed pleas in a local court session. Clark LeFever of Trimble Township pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge and was fined $15 plus costs. Eilel Wade of Rock Riffle Road was fined $100 plus costs for possession of intoxicating liquor.
Glouster March 24 work on the Glouster High Street bridge proceeds as a second sand test is to be completed. If the new sand meets specifications pouring of the concrete floor will begin today. if not, the project may be delayed a day or two until acceptable sand arrives.
Charles Moulden of Glouster was cut across the left foot by an ax while clearing brush at Sunday Creek on Wednesday afternoon. The four inch gash required medical attention at a local physician's office. Moulden, employed by the city, was injured during the work.
Notices posted in Glouster announce Local Union 648 meeting for Mine 255 workers at Greens Run school house Saturday at 1 PM. All men employed at Mine 283 when it closed are urged to attend. notice signed by the mine committee.
In Glouster on March 24, church officials announced that the Easter evening service in the Palmer building has been canceled.
Columbus March 24 The butter fat content of butter manufactured and sold in Ohio was found to have increased in a second investigation. W K Leech chief of the state division of foods and dairies reported completion of the study with 100 samples analyzed. Prosecutions rose from three in the first investigation to 18 in the second, with violations mainly among small producers.
The 134th Field Artillery battery of the Athens National Guard passed the federal inspection held Wednesday night at the Armory. Capt. Roy Carter of Indianapolis led the group with Lieutenants Thomas Moore and Chester Wolfe of Columbus. The official grade will be announced within 10 days and could be unsatisfactory, satisfactory, or very satisfactory. Capt. Frank Watkins said regular drills next Tuesday will be omitted and practices resume April 5.
Athens deputy registrar David Johnson says license tags will cost three-fourths of the normal 1932 tax from April 1 to July 1. The reduction applies to all applications except dealer licenses and chauffeur licenses. Transfer fees based on the three-fourths tax, but the $1 transfer fee remains unchanged.
Luhrig reports an all day meeting at Pilgrim Holiness Church led by Rev. B. H. Pugh. Sunday School starts at 9 30 with additional services scheduled throughout the day.
Brick work on the North Street sewer from the F. F. Jones residence to the corner of North and Main has been finished except for replacing bricks removed for access. Bricks will be relaid once the dirt cover above the line settles. the sewer was lowered to improve drainage on a long troubled section of Spring Street.
Students at Glouster Junior High School performed a miscellaneous program during the regular assembly. Acts included piano solo Star of the East by Mary Frances Carpenter, a physical torture club dialogue, Cuban Love Song sung by Leanga Stephenson, piano duet Above the Stars by Theo Williams and Margaret Trasin, Somebody's Sweetie In Sweet on Me sung by Anna Louise Logue, tap dancing by Mary Lou Triax and Blanche Clark, Highland Fling by Jane Cunningham and Jack Crawford, and Carl Craig and Jack Crawford performing songs.
A meeting of the Glouster High School Alumni Association is set for next Monday at 7 o'clock in the Glouster High School building. Officers for the association will be elected at the gathering.
H A Wooley reports Mrs Lillian Smith of Pomeroy Star Route preserves a citron through winter weighing about pounds. Ashworth of Pratta Fork raises 20 Leghorn hens laying around eggs daily. John Arnold of Five Points Meigs County builds a new dwelling and filling station. T J Reynolds of Athens holds a 20 shilling piece from May 1777 per Pennsylvania act. M Q Johnson owns a six bladed knife carried by his Civil War-era father.
J W Will of Pomeroy R F D No 4 holds a century old Third Part Ray's Arithmetic by Joseph Ray of Woodward College Cleveland Cincinnati origin. Mrs Will owns a chain of over 400 buttons and a merit card given to Wendell Geogiein by August Mast at age 75.
Joe Burson of Shade preserves a chair aged 150 years and a quilt aged 175 years from his great great grandmother. The wool quilt, made at home, has passed through several generations and remains in good condition.
New York stocks slipped early on light volume with mixed leadership as steel and railroad shares fluctuated. Allied Chem and General Foods moved modestly while utilities steadied and several major names touched intraday highs before retreating.
Ohio residents react to pleasant weather with doubt as forecasts warn of Friday showers. Records show temperatures near 60 degrees yesterday dropping to 26 overnight, with this morning’s readings in the high 30s. The Hocking River fell from near record highs to 5.60 feet by morning.
A west bound train at Belleville Ontario pulled into the station with wreckage of an automobile beneath its cowcatcher. Two people were killed, two more bodies were found along the tracks, and one person was injured.
A fragmented market note lists butter, poultry, and various items with prices and percentages. Entries include colors, breeds like springers and hens, and counts such as 16 to 20, along with references to ducks, geese, and unclear stock figures.
Faco Market shows 10 808 cases with 18 percent extra firete and 12 percent firsts. Curren x ceipte at 1ige, seconds ie. Hutter Market steady with 738 tubs and 22 percent extra firete a8. We fim 21 percent 21 percent, seconds 20G20iec. Atten 23 percent 6.
Market notes show Butler Market steady with gains 16 percent and standard receipts at 2850. Metra Market firm on current receipts 12ige. Poultry market lists heavy tows and midsized offerings with leghorn and springers priced around 19 and 160180 respectively. Brokers handle heavy bollers at 22qMite and assorted pears, stags and capone items noted. potatoes list Ohio and New York types, green mountain and Idaho russet prices per sack.
The Baltimore market shows mixed changes with specific items like Egeo-Nearby produce lagging 14 percent in fresh receipts. Rutter-Creamery and other dairy products show minor gains while poultry items display varied figures across young chickens leghorns and roosters amid general stability.
Prices from Cincinnati produce listing show butter fat and packing terms with quotes for butter and eggs. Entries include sections labeled numbers and weights with cents per unit and nearby stock indicators. The fragment references duck eggs and goose eggs with small price figures.
Hogs receipts 1,200 with steady to higher bids. calves and cattle show gains. choice vealers quoted up to 8.60. sheep receipts 1,250 with steady to higher prices. goats listed at 4.25 and below. Market activity reflects overall upward trend across hogs cattle calves and lambs.
Hogs 9500 head with mixed results. large heavy hogs down to $4.68 and lighter sows weaker. Cattle and calves largely steady to higher with good beef cows around $8. vealers steady at $6.50 to $7. Market reports show light supply and varied demand across weights. Sheep steady with better lambs at $7.50 and common to medium at $6 to $7. ewes down to $3.50.
In Boston the wool market reports a few small lots of flegee wools selling slowly while prices trend upward on 48s and 50s Ohio type wools. Wools around 80 Ohio fetchs 21 in grease and 471 49 scoured, with finer grades commanding around 21 in grease though buyers are scarce.
Toledo market brief lists wheat and corn prices with various grades and discounts. Figures show No 2 red wheat around 4.94 to 5.0 per bushel, No 2 yellow corn near 310 to 320, oats around 23 to 24, and clover around 8.75 to 8.80. The report notes March and cash bids and includes miscellaneous price differentials.
The timetable notes Northbound No 3 leaves Athens at 12 29 p m No 9 leaves Athena T 6 mm No 2 leaves Athens at 12 90 a m No 4 leaves Athens at 6 24 p m with reference to daily trains.
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