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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1945
Page
14
Livestock prices show steady demand in Cincinnati with Hoga at 2300 and good to choice ranges across cattle sheep and pigs. Cattle and calves trade moderate volumes with mixed weights. top steers reach around 1790, cows 1090 to 4960, bulls 1200 to 1350, sheep 100 with odd springers 1600 to 1700 and 700 plus for most stock.
American prisoner welcomed in CHILLEDON after liberation with ice cream candy soft beds and movies. War Production Board orders fiber containers drums boxes and keys. Pittsburgh livestock market reports steady cattle hogs and sheep prices with typical ranges and weights.
The Heath Methodist Church WSCS met at the church with hosts established for the meeting. Talks covered the home as a sanctuary and the sanctity of Christian home life. District conference highlights from Jackson and the Toledo center were shared, a donation to the Friendly Center and a $25 kitchenette project were approved, Red Cross layettes prepared, and Dr BE Fowler and wife attended the supper hour.
Grain and produce markets across Cincinnati Chicago and Cleveland show mixed pricing with Buttertub Total Creamery and Grade A large white bids noted. A four year old, Louis Skaggs, died in a barn fire in Portsmouth last night. his mother heard cries but could not reach him.
Vocational agricultural teachers from Meigs County gathered at the County Agent and Mrs. C. E. Blakeslee home on Monday to discuss the agricultural marketing program. Present were Clyde Stout and wife of Coolville Howard Nolan and wife of Middleport C N Jones and wife of Chester Tom Porter and wife of Rutland and the hosts. A potluck supper preceded the business session.
Harold Miller Pomeroy, 1 year old? No, 50, long time highway department employee, suffered a broken back Saturday after climbing a tree near Langsville to remove a limb obstructing his plow. He fell about 15 feet, was treated by a Middleport physician, then moved to White Crook Hospital. He is reportedly paralyzed below the hips.
Middleport resident Bart H Rawlings of Rawlings and Coats is a patient at Grant Hospital Columbus where he recently had an operation. A second operation is planned next week. His nephew Robert Rawlings of the U S Army stationed at Aberdeen Maryland and his partner Robert Coats were visiting him in Columbus on business.
Orbiston social page details May 8 events at the Halliday home a chicken dinner for Mrs Anna Banfield Mrs Steve Alexander and others. notes on visits to relatives Timken plant workers now home from Zanesville Trimble and Mrs Lessie McManaway visiting Clarence Banfield family. Virginia Banfield served ice cream and cake to guests including Elizabeth Roberts and Mary Alice Banfield.
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