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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1935
Page
10
Hogs trading around 2000 head with prices up to 10.10 for 140 to 220 lb pigs and support at 9.90 for lighter weights. Cattle and calves show steady demand with fat cows around 4.50 to 6.25 and calves near 11.50, while sheep move lower on poor quality, lambs listing up to 11.25 for fat lambs. U S Treasury and mortgage securities figures follow, noting receipts and expenditures for the period.
Athens Junior High School Art Club held a treasure hunt party at Florence Elkins home 31 Maplewood Drive Tuesday night. Twenty seven members paired off for the hunt recording hiding places for prizes awarded to Anna Morrison Elizabeth Wood and Phillip Swanson. A noted scientific fact about radium concludes the piece.
Wheat gains push prices higher with No 2 red at 95 97 and Liverpool market strength countering European oil embargo delay. Corn and oats show mixed moves, with futures opening down then rising for some contracts. Nebraska potatoes fetch 1.60 to 1.75 per 100 pounds. poultry and turkeys listed with varied prices.
Market notes list butter and cheese largely unchanged while poultry rates vary. Heavy hens and leghorn categories show wide price ranges from 13 to 34 cents with fresh dressed hogs also cited. Egg receipts total 2,267 cases with whites for large size around 34 to 36 cents.
Butter prices remain steady with 5 175 seen, extra firsts 30 and fresh graded firsts 20, current receipts 27 28 and refrigerator extras 21 percent. Live poultry steady with medium fowls 18 and No 2 at 13 cents. Potatoes at 2.50 per 100 pounds and sweet potatoes 1 66 per bushel.
The Boston Wool Market saw solid volume with 648 and finer and 58s 69s fleece classes leading. Scattered sales included fine Ohio Delaine at 32 23 cents grease and strictly combing 56 3 blood and 48s 50s blood, with other prices noted.
Chauncey elementary grades presented a Thanksgiving Assembly with Victor Tucker presiding and Mrs. Christine Brown directing. Each grade performed themed songs and a reading titled The Origin Of Thanksgiving highlighted the program.
Nineteen mines listed for work on Wednesday include Nos 267 28 24 9 255 68 107 219 10 P Salem Hollow Chauncey N Y 23 and other spots in Ohio. Chauncey also hosts a Thanksgiving Day high school basketball game between the Alumni and the high school at 2 30 PM in the gym.
Mark Sutton of Mill Street Chauncey dug a radish 21 inches long and 10 inches wide reported in good condition. In Chauncey Mr and Mrs Dwight Hartley announce the birth of a son Jerry Dwight born November 21 with grandparents Albert Hayden and William A Hartley.
The Chauncey Dover Alumni Thanksgiving dance will be held Thanksgiving night at the German Village near Chauncey on Route 13. Pinkie Cullis Orchestra Columbus will provide the music with committee members Carroll Tippett Wilma Ferrer Charles Sweeney Willard Fielder Ruth Gardner Charlotte Bricker Marjorie Thomas and tickets handled by Sarah Thomas Homer Omen and Glenn Gardner.
A revival service at Morristown Holiness Church ended after an all day meeting that attracted many from surrounding communities. Evangelists Rev. John Peel and Rev. Victor Glenn of Bedford Indiana led the event assisted by Pastor Rev. Lester Stanley and song leader Rev. Charles Hook. The meeting lasted two weeks and the evangelists returned to Indiana Monday.
Mrs Christine Brown entertained with a two course dinner Sunday complimentary to her husband Ralph Brown who was home from Mansfield Ohio where he is employed. Guests included William Hughes Allen Balliett and Russell Tithers all of Mansfield.
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