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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
13
Plants for sale at 812 High Bt. W Hitchings. Bulk garden seeds field seeds and onion sets Sayre's Nelsonville Store Phone 1000.
Regular readers and users of these ads know how to spend less money and still have all the things they need. The same opportunities to save and to have are open to you, too.
At the Fairgrounds on a Tuesday night a recalcitrant Battery E team led by Sgt. William Long bucked and pulled before being controlled. The episode occurred during a practice drive of four double teams, with Sgt. Elbert Carmichael directing the lead on his charger. After unhitched, the battery planned inspections and drills on the armory lawn under Lieut. Paul Hall and Lieut. Ben Brown, ahead of a May 23 quarterly inspection. The Battery E baseball team also prepared for a season opener against Wheaton Hardware at Mil Street playground, while the NCO School set for Thursday at 7 at the Armory.
Athens Grange holds a lecture hour program in Athens tonight. Candidates who earned first and second degrees are expected to attend. Phil Briley will sing with guitar accompaniment by Clarence Mansfield. A minstrel show starring John Hope Agnes Terrell Everett Russ and 8. S. Shaw will be featured. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. John Cabeen of Athens receives word of the death of her uncle Adam L. Ellis formerly of the Athens area who died Tuesday morning in Waukesha Wisconsin Funeral services were held today Ellis was also related to Mrs. Herbert Parker of Athens.
Miss Myrtle Mitchell president of the Athens Chapter and Mrs. J. R. Harvey with Mrs. John Cross and Mrs. H. L. Atkinson left by motor this morning to attend the thirty third annual state conference of the U S Daughters of 1812 in Columbus.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Central Avenue M E Church will meet at 7 o'clock tonight at the church instead of 7:30 as announced earlier.
A meeting of The Plains Unemployed League will be held at the Grade School Friday evening at 7 30. Charles Workman will feature a trombone solo as part of the musical program.
Athens Police arrested Howard Grimes and Donald Pierce last night and confined them in the city jail on a charge of stealing gasoline from an automobile on High Street. They will be arraigned before Mayor R. B. Wood today.
Hollywood fashion notes show Madge Evans in a gold suede windbreaker and green skirt with beret, Janet Gaynor in a blue pique sports dress and matching brimmed hat, Miriam Jordan in a yellow linen sports suit with white accessories, Heather Angel in a gray linen dress, Mae Clark in a yellow swimsuit trimmed in navy during Palm Springs outings.
Pomeroy reports the jail population at five prisoners this morning the year’s lowest count. Mrs Ethel Cass of Middleport was sent to Athens State Hospital per pro bate court order. Cordelia Curtis of Rose Hill School earned perfect marks in eighth grade exams with all A’s. Genevieve Will of Rose Hill and Franklin Riser of Minerville tied for second with all but one perfect.
In Pomeroy on May 14 a meeting behind the Courthouse heard that relief orders will use a new schedule. A man and wife will receive $1.50 with 25 cents more for each dependent.
POMEROY May 18 Harry Jacobs recovering after second eye cataract operation hosted a birthday anniversary gathering Wednesday evening with sixteen friends in attendance.
Funeral services were conducted at Mt Zion Church at 2 pm for Frederick Ellison age 61 who died Tuesday at his home 116 West Washington Street Athens. Burial followed in State Street Cemetery Athens. He is survived by his wife Louise.
Emma H Donaldson aged 79 dies at daughter’s home near Amesville on Wednesday night. Survived by daughter Mrs. Fred James Amesville and son William Donaldson Chauncey. Funeral 2 PM Saturday at McDougall Church near Amesville. burial in McDougall Cemetery. Rev A Y Wilcox to officiate. Friends may call at Mrs James’s home. family requests no flowers.
New York stock activity shows American Can taking leadership on the Exchange with a rally while United States Steel fluctuates near prior closing levels. Trading volume eased from the previous day though many issues held steady or advanced with Allied Chemical hitting a yearly high and Chrysler near its peak.
A dense ledger style item lists percentages and holdings for numerous companies across industries. It names Armour, Coca Cola, Curtiss Wright, DuPont, Loews Theaters, Sears Roebuck, General Foods, Gillette, Phillips Petroleum, Pure Oil, Texas Corp, Goodyear, Hudson Motors, Packard, Studebaker, Timken, United Aircraft, Woolworth, and unions in copper and mining sectors with stake figures and corporate ties.
Prices show Eyes-Nearby fresh at 12 to 13 cents, live poultry chickens young colored 16022c and white leghorns 15 Ife. Butter Creamery extra 92 score 23 to 24 cents, standards 90 score 22 to 23 cents, firsts 88 score 21 to 226 cents per pound, ib white leghorns 15 21 cents. All other items unchanged.
Butter prices hold firm with no change in butter fat delivered at 23 cents and butter No. 2 14e No. 3 12c. Eggs show mixed moves with extra firsts at 12446 seconds 10 6e and nearby ungraded at 1c. Receipts total 36 870 cases with various firsts and dirties noted. Market unsettled for eggs. some prices eased.
Nearby regions report 93 score extras at 24¢ and 89 score at 22¢ for butters and eggs with firsts and extra firsts listed. Poultry prices include colored hens 12¢13¢, leghorns 10¢, colored springers 13¢14¢, broilers 14¢15¢, turkeys old toms 7E, young toms 10W12¢, and fresh killed fully dressed beef and hog dressed prices noted.
Butter market steady extras 26 percent and standards 26 percent. Eggs market steady with various quotes for extra large and leghorn broilers. Poultry prices listed for heavy fowl, medium fowl, leghorn fowl, heavy broilers, chicks, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Potatoes from Michigan New York Ohio and Pennsylvania priced per 100 lb bag with cobblers round white and graded categories and price ranges.
Live Stock column shows hog receipts 750 with market up to 25 cents higher. Prices listed for 160 240 lb hogs at 5.50 to 5.65 and 250 to 300 lb hogs from 5.25 to 5.95, sow prices around 5.00. Cattle receipts 25 with steady to strong tone. steers and yearlings 50.50 to 56.25 per hundred, cows 37 to 43.85, calves 50 to 56. Sheep receipts 100 with steady market. spring lambs 7.50 to 8.50, shorn lambs 6.35 to 7.09, ewes 3.50 to 4. Bw
Cattle and calf receipts rise with most classes firm to higher while veal and bulls hold steady. Sheep receipts total 2200 with better grades near 7.50 per hundredweight and old crop lambs around 9.79, light demand on others.
In Boston on May 17 demand remains fairly strong for 645 and finer wools in original bags while actual sales are limited due to scarce old wools and few arrivals from primary markets. Ready sales range 58.260 cents for Boston shipped wool and 4s and finer French combing wools around 57 cents, with choice Maple territory wools at 61 to 63 cents.
The snippet lists noon quotations for Liberty bonds and Treasuries with varying maturities and coupon rates. Items include Lib 3 47 at 103.29, Lib 4 47 at 103.28, Treas 34 47 at 103.28, Treas 62 at 108.25, Treas 41 62 at 108.25, Treas 4 84 at 105.9, Treas 3 47 101.12, Treas She 43 March 101.19, Treas 3 43 June 101.10, Treas 24 49 at 0.9, Treas 3 56 at 8.7.
The bulletin lists grain bids for Wheat No 2 red and No 1 red with prem. and Wheat No 1 red values 3984 and No 2 8283, Corn No 2 yellow 50 51 and No 3 yellow 444 q 45s, Oats No 2 white 29 30 and No 3 White 26427, seed rose clover and alsike, cash bids for hay timothy at 70 cents per cwt, butter creamery at 27, and miscellaneous Eells-Extras 12912 cents. Also notes Oct and Aug cash figures 87.50 and 87.90 respectively.
Fragmentary timetable lists westbound No 1 National Limited with departure around 3:45 and No 3 routes. It shows daily services No 4 No 11 and No 12 times and notes daily except Sunday patterns with late afternoon or evening departures.
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