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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1932
Page
11
An advertising appeal urges readers to place an advertisement by calling the ad-taker at dial 0243. The notice emphasizes acting today to secure space and response. No further details or dates are provided.
Special train from Athens at 10:82 a.m. to Marietta for the Ohio River Regatta featuring Marietta Co. ees, University of Wisconsin, and University of Pennsylvania. Return from Marietta at 6:30 p.m. with an open-top car train following races starting 2:00 p.m. Ten races total with strong attendance anticipated from Cincinnati and nearby cities. Contact J. B. Vance for information.
Dayton pins first game loss on Fort Wayne as Youngstown Buckeyes win 14 6 in series opener. Benny Piotrowski, ex Indians pitcher, defeats Akron’s Tyrites with 111 victory for South Bend Twins. Erie Sailors hand Dayton a 7 4 defeat keeping them in third place.
Delaware May 18 Ohio State University Big Ten titleholders defeated Ohio Wesleyan 8 to 1. Barnes was the sole Buckeye to lose, falling to Vandervort in their singles match.
The Columbus American Association club planned a home game against Indianapolis despite a 400 fire in the grandstand at their park. The blaze cause is undetermined but suspected to have started from a discarded cigarette.
Redtown defeated Athens Sunday on the home grounds by a 1 to 1 score. Redtown pitcher J. Dalton held the opposition to six hits and fanned nine batters.
The Birch Hollow Cats defeated Union Furnace 14 to 3 as Brown pitched a steady game and avoided danger. The win highlights Birch Hollow’s strong pitching and offensive tempo in the matchup.
Zaleski defeated Dexter 5-3 in an extra inning battle. The game remained tied until the eleventh when Zaleski plated three runs on five hits to seal the victory.
New York stock listings show many leaders advancing while a few issues pull back. Brooks and Allied Cheni variably rose, Du Pont and American Can posted notable gains, American Telephone held steady, and Union Pacific and New York Central rose modestly. Some insurers dipped slightly as overall market sentiment held firm.
William F P Hart of Mr Vernon, jailed for six months plus fines after an assault in Morrow County that left George Addison dead. Governor White commuted the sentence. Hart released from Columbus Workhouse as his wife nears childbirth. Evidence says Hart aided his brother and disarmed a man. Addison’s death not definitively linked to Hart’s knife wound.
Miss Pearl French of the Athens County Red Cross met Trimble Township Committee at Glouster to plan wheat distribution. The next distribution in Trimble is set for May 25 with sacks per beneficiary undetermined, while Athens Township distribution is scheduled for May 23.
Mrs Agnes Kircher Foley 55 died at Sheltering Arms Hospital Monday at 3 PM after a weeklong illness following a surgical operation. She was born December 26 1876 in Somerset and came to Athens 28 years ago as bookkeeper for Kircher and Company. Funeral at St Pauls Church Thursday at 9:30 AM with Rev Father J B Kircher singing the requiem. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. She leaves two children Bart and Elizabeth, two brothers, and two half sisters from New York city.
Athens police seek ree ree dition as wall forms were removed this week. Supervising contractor C B E King says forms for the retaining wall beside the west stairs are finished and pouring will start Thursday morning. Stone delivery delays may push completion behind schedule though work to date has proceeded on schedule.
Red Cross and officials search for Smith 16 of Greens Mu after he left a note to his family and disappeared Tuesday night. He was traced to Chauncey while wearing overalls a green sleeveless sweater and carrying a black satchel.
Wayne Lyle nine year old son of Lawrence Lyle a farmer living four miles south of Xenia was killed today while working a drag with a team of horses. The father found him beneath the implement with a broken neck.
Nearby fresh receipts show poultry prices and stock notes for leghorns and watered chickens. Entries mention young leghorns around 80 cents and old heavy ite stock with varied weights. Prices and terms appear unchanged from prior listings.
Nearby markets report current receipts and prices for various poultry and fowl. Listings include hens leghorns and broilers with prices, ducks and geese, plus fresh killed hens and regional entries from Keenery Whites and Southern Ohio W. Va. Ky. markets.
Butturo Market steady with limited extras and receipts. Poultry markets fix heavy fowls and broilers with small variances by region. ducks and fowls priced around mid-teens. Potato prices list New York Pennsylvania and Maine Idaho bids, with Russet varieties and sack pricing per 100 pounds.
Market figures show receipts at 29 704 for firsts and 166 seconds. Bultero Market posts 17 030 tubs while Tigtras reach 18 percent with 1 10Ke extra fivets and 1 407 firsts 14tue. 14414ye seconds and standards at 16 cents.
In Cincinnati on May 17 the market reports steady butter prices with graded quality notes. buyers and sellers discussed current levels for Grade A and Grade B batches and monitored nearby supply trends.
Live stock prices show mixed results across categories. Cattle and calves largely steady with better finishers up to about $5.84 per pound for heifers, steers mostly steady, cutters weak. cows around $3.26 to $3.76. Vealers steady to weak, veal prices near $4.40 to $5.60. Sheep at $8.25 to $8.60 for good grades, lambs steady to higher in spots. Bulls around $9.56 and down. Overall activity described as uneven with some improvements in select lots.
Hog and cattle receipts show steady to firmer prices with ranges from 3.50 to 4.25 for steers and heifers, and beef cows around 4.25. Calves and vealers hold strong values, while sheep and lambs stay steady to higher with Kentucky lambs near 9 and desirable shorn lambs at 6.45 to 6.60 per hundred.
The report highlights International Match’s tentative audit showing a net profit of 305 047 for January 1 to April 13 1982 after charges but before taxes. American Radiator notes European subsidiary profits hold better than US results. Bendix Aviation and Borg-Warner see production lift from Ford orders. Owl Drug offers exchange deal via United Drug Company. Penn Mex Fuel declares a regular 00 cent dividend payable May 25 to holders of record May 10.
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