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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1939

Page

2

Men Are To Give Program Marks Church of Christ Anniversary

Nelsonville church announces Men’s Berean Class anniversary with a third century history. Services start 9:30 Sunday with church school and Holy Communion at 10:30. The morning worship, led by church men, features missions messages and a full morning program. Young People’s Society meets at six. no evening service.

Nelsonville Church of Christ Church School Men and Missions Young People’s Society

Family Night in Coonville Ready by Special Committee

Nelsonville reports the Family Night program at Miners Hall is set with 75 capacity. The Dewey Whyte Joe Evans asi Whitlatch Clarence Fuller committee leads the event. Prizes will be awarded and a floor show with dancing follows from 9 30 to 12. All Eagles near Coonville urged to attend with families. Music by Fuel City 5 featuring Warehime the yodeling cow girl.

Nelsonville Coonville Dewey Whyte Joe Evans Asi! Whitlatch Clarence Fuller Fuel City 5

Buchtel Plans Independent Girls Basketball Team

Nelsonville reports Buchtel will field an independent girls team with first practice at Buchtel High School gym Thursday. Prospects include Lafollette Wagner Worthington Culley McEllen Lanning. Dewey Whyte schedules home and away games for the team with contact through the Nelsonville Eagles.

Nelsonville Buchtel Buchtel High School Lafollette Wagner Worthington Culley McEllen Lanning Dewey Whyte Nelsonville Eagles

Nelsonville Mayor urges Red Cross membership drive

Mayor C. G. Dew of Nelsonville Ohio proclaims November 12 to 30 as the Red Cross appeal period urging citizens to renew or enroll membership to bolster disaster relief disease control and wartime aid efforts amid heightened responsibilities from Europe’s conflict.

Europe American Red Cross Red Cross Nelsonville Ohio

Stocks Rise on High Grade Issues in Early Trading

New York stocks extended yesterday's advance as high grade issues led the market. United States Steel rose to 73 1 2, Curtiss-Wright up 1 1 2, Montgomery Ward up 5 8, Armour up 5 8, Commonwealth Edison up 3 8, and International Nickel up 4 8. Allied Chemical gained 1, Bethlehem Steel nearly 1, with fractional gains in Sears Roebuck, A B Rubber, American Smelting, Sperry, Anaconda, Westinghouse Electric, Santa Fe, New York Central, United Aircraft and Kennecott. Chrysler up 5 8 to 89 1 2, GM steady at 5 3 8.

NEW York Tocks United States Steel Curtiss-Wright Montgomery Ward Armour Commonwealth Edison International Nickel Allied Chemical Bethlehem Central Pacific Penna Alaska Commonwealth Ccusne Crosley Covina Kroger Mont Ward Mat Dairy Nat Distillers Tangmeereserseeenene Seare Roebuck Industrial Ab Loco Motors Ee Stewart Warner Goodrich Goodyear Packard U. G. Rubber Wanveneonensee

Grain and Produce Prices From Toledo Cincinnati Pittsburgh

Grain and produce price listings from Toledo and Cincinnati show wheat oats and corn with varied grades and percentages. Cincinnati prices list live poultry rates by age and breed, while Pittsburgh reports bread and poultry figures including hens roosters and turkeys.

Toledo

Cleveland Produce and Chicago Butter Market Report

Cleveland produce notes strong mixed grades with Egge-Gready extra grade clean 30 percent current receipts 41 live poultry figures by weight and grade including heavy leghorn broilers and spring varieties. Chicago butter receipts 612 156 pounds market steady with reported scores 30 4 and 30 91 and 88 score prices and car movements. fresh graded firsts and extra firsts with current receipts 23 and 24 cars.

Cincinnati Baes White Rocks Plymouth Rocks Cleveland Chicago

Livestock Markets Report From Cincinnati and Pittsburgh

Cincinnati and Pittsburgh livestock figures show hogs and cattle trading unevenly with declines in certain weight classes. Hogs under 160 pounds steady to higher. sows steady. Cattle and calves mixed with general softness on week closing levels. Ecuadorian president Mosquera Narvaez dies. Howard Hughes wins the Collier Trophy for 1938 aviation feats. Mt Vernon hunter dies from wounds.

Pittsburgh Hughes New York Howard Hughes

Area Meeting Set for Glouster by District No. 25 Eastern Star

Mrs Grace D Kelch president of District No 25 Order of Eastern Star has completed plans for the annual meeting to be held at Glouster on Thursday Feb 29 1940 If weather is favorable a large crowd will attend The Glouster Chapter leases a special building for the affair The meeting opens at one oclock with Mrs Kelch presiding In the evening Glouster Chapter will hold its annual inspection The honored guest will be Miss Cwladius Thomas Niles worthy grand matron of Ohio the grand marshal Flossie Kiltan Athens and deputy G M Sylvia Burford Middleport A complete program will be announced later The district includes Washington Athens Morgan and Meigs Counties

Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Franklin County Council Leonard A. Myers Wanda Schoeller Newark Fifth District V.F.W Grace D Kelch Order of Eastern Star Glouster Ance

Nelsonville Social Notes and Funeral Attendees

Mrs. Oral Daugherty and Mrs. R R Stalter substituted for the Wednesday Bridge Club hosted by Mrs A B Johnson. High scores were earned by Mrs Glenn Mrs Mechem and Mrs Mills. Attendees at the funeral of the late William Bumgardner came from out of town including Mr and Mrs Frank Primmer and family Mr and Mrs Floyd Courtney Mr and Mrs Roy Morgan and family and others from several towns. Mrs Mre na Windon attended the funeral of her aunt Mrs Joanna Pheny in New Straitsville.

Oral Daugherty R. R. Stalter A. B. Johnson Glenn Mechem Mills William Bumgardner Frank Primmer Floyd Courtney Roy Morgan Kenneth Lauer George Fenner Delores Harry Bumgardner William Grace Charles Matheny John Traugh Theodore Columbus Robert Hawk Robert Belford Hawk J. A. Keyes Akron William James Charles Farrow Athens Oscar Bates Cambridge Vance Stewart Logan Audrey Bumgardner Fred Bumgardner the Plains Virginia Jonas Josephine Startcher Edison Jonas Murray City Rosemary Sayre Buchtel Katie Hardgrove Michigan Luther Wyskiver Bob Matheny Haydenville Gors Na Windon New Straitsville Joanna Pheny

German products on Latin blacklist in Venezuela pact

President Roosevelt proclaimed a reciprocal trade agreement with Venezuela that blackslists German products from tariff concessions. The proclamation, sent to Secretary Morgenthau, Jr., says the pact takes provisional effect on December 16.

Washington

Ohio Panel Grants 69 Paroles at Mansfield

The Ohio pardon and parole commission today granted paroles to 69 prisoners at the Mansfield State Reformatory, marking a notable action in state corrections.

Columbus Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission Mansfield State Reformatory

Bethel 19 Dies in Fremont Road Wreck

James E Bethel age 19 of Fostoria was killed when his automobile struck a boulder on the Hesaville Gibsonburg Road and overturned last night.

Fremont U.P James E. Bethel Fostoria Hesaville Gibsonburg

Toledo Officials to Meet Cleveland on Relief Plan

Toledo officials join Cleveland representatives in a conference with state legislative leaders in Governor Bricker's office on Monday to discuss relief actions.

Toledo Cleveland Bricker

Union Thanksgiving Service Planned at First Methodist Church

ELSONVILLE The Nelsonville Ministerial Association announce a union Thanksgiving service at 9 a.m. on Thursday November 23 at the First Methodist Church. Rev J Lloyd Evans of First Presbyterian Church will be the speaker.

Elsonville Union First Methodist Church Nelsonville

Services at Pilgrim Holiness Church Nelsonville

The Pilgrim Holiness Church in Nelsonville schedules Sunday School at 9 30 led by Walter Primer followed by morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by Rev B A Awe The Young People’s service directed by Miss Lillian Kinsey is at 6 and the evening service at 7 features another sermon on The Seed of the Woman Shall Bruise the Serpent's Head The church invites you to attend

Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church Walter Primer B. A. Awe Lillian Kinsey

District Leader To Visit Nelsonville

Nelsonville First Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 and 10 30 service with The Great Commission as the sermon text. Evening service features Reverend George on Gods Plus Sign for Minus Men. District Superintendent Dr J Ira Jones to speak at the first quarterly meeting with a 6 o'clock covered dish dinner.

Nelsonville First Methodist Church George J. Ira Jones Chillicothe

Firemen Contain Grass Fire Near Fort St Cemetery

Nelsonville firefighters answered a grass fire report behind Fort St Cemetery on Thursday evening and brought the blaze under control without injuries or further damage.

Nelsonville Fort St

Doanville Service Heads Truman Evangelistic Party Visit

Doanville hosts a Sunday morning service at 9 30 o clock with the Colegrove Evangelistic Party present. The gathering takes place at the Community Church Center.

Doanville Colegrove Evangelistic Party Community Church

Street Work Completed in Nelsonville WPA project finishes street and sewer work

Nelsonville reports the W. Frank lin St. WPA improvement finishes re laying between Madison St. and Cables Alley and opens to traffic. Sewer lowering on Franklin St between Cables Alley and Fort St proceeds, with WPA workers guiding the operation. A separate grading effort continues on Church. Rainbow Class of the Christian Church announces a bake sale.

Nelsonville W. Franklin St Madison St Cables Alley Franklin St Fort St Church Rainbow Class of The Christian Church

Nelsonville to distribute surplus commodities Saturday

Nelsonville will distribute surplus commodities for eligible relief clients at City Hall on Saturday November 18 from 8 a m to 3 p m. The event aims to provide food supplies to residents in need through city assistance programs and is open to qualified relief clients.

Nelsonville City Hall

Will Give Party Nelsonville G A Club Benefit

The G A Club in Nelsonville will hold a benefit party at the 1 0 C F Hall on Saturday night at 8 o clock.

Nelsonville G. A. Club C.F

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