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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1944

Page

6

Letart Falls Social Notes and Local Market Report

The Letart Falls WSCS plans a Friday meeting with Mrs. Orpha Hill. Reports note church activities in Pomeroy, visits by families to Athens for blood donations, and a German-based souvenir gifts from Pfc. Chas Burri. Social visits include the Grimms and McKenzie families in Parkersburg. Market updates show hogs and cattle trading with prices across weight classes and grades.

Letart Falls WSCS Orpha Hill Hazel Allen Bert Grimm Mabel Roush William Coyle Pomeroy Beatrice Gaches Bridgeport W. O. Crow Coulter Guy Earl Shuler Ohio Athens Ralph Badgley John Wolfe Orpha Barr Doris Sayre Emma Hayman Early Roush Mabel Shields Charles Burri Pfc Chas, Burri American First Army Germany Eiffel Tower Church of Hearts Russell Ralph McKenzie Addalon Racine Parkersburg

Fractional advances lead early stock market session

New York AP reports a quiet opening with fractional gains for many names. Bethlehem Steel General Electric General Motors and U S Rubber show slight upside while miscellaneous producers and minor lines mix in.

NEW York Bethlehem International Harvester U. S. Rubber Public Service of N. J Northern Pacific Westinghouse North American

Cattle and Hog Sale Prices Steady Amid Mixed Grades

Salable cattle 650 with steers from good to choice dry fed 16.50 to 17.50, cows 8 to 11, canners 4 to 7, grass steers 9 to 15.50. Hogs 750, 160 to 350 lb ranges from 12.50 to 14.75 as lighter loads rise 10 cents. Sheep 600, lambs 14 to 14.75, ewes 4 to 6, wethers 2 to 4.50. overall gains noted on choice lambs and active hogs.

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Gallia County Farmers Institutes list 22 programs

Gallia County Farmers Institutes opened in Harrisburg and run through December 20 at Bidwell with 22 programs. Notable speakers include Charles W. Peters D. D. Moyer Virgil Overholt and Roger Denney along with E G Royer and Clara Bell Motter. Sessions occur mainly at night with all day meetings in Gallia and Fairfield.

Gallipolis Gallia County Farmers’ Institutes Harrisburg Bidwell Gallia Fairfield E. G. Royer Clara Bell Motter Charles W. Peters Minerva D. D. Moyer Ohio State University New York State Ohio F. W. McDermott Rio Grande College Virgil Overholt Eureka Francis Maryland Story Paint Creek Baptist Choir Bulaville Roger Denney Ohio Hospital Ivan McKellip L. P. McCann Mildred Anderson Indiana Home Ohio Home George Lasher Ohio Rural Health Committee Thursman S. H. Wollborn Clyde Morris Wendell Homer Garnet Meeks Peters Motter Anderson and Moyer McCann and Movies Thurman Fred Beman Elias “Farmer” Jones D. M. Beman Irene L. Lloyd Royer Lasher Anderson H. K. George N. B. Price Earl Mink Little Kyger James Roush Briggs Kirby Ruth Thomas Georgia Burleson Peters and Motter Gardner McCormick William Tanner McDermitt F. F. Thornton Stephen Sisson Wendell Roush Roger McKellip

Cincinnati Produce Grain and Poultry Prices Summary

Grain and produce rates list Eges wholesale grades extra No 1 and 2 50 percent standards 1 and 2 45 current receipts 45 consumer grade A candied large 24 oz white 65 brown 55 grade B large 24 oz white 49 brown 49 medium white and brown 43 fowls colored 5 percent pounds and over 24 44 to 8 percent Bos 24 under 4 Ibs 18 leghorns 3 lbs and over 17 4 lbs and over 20 roosters old under 5 percent Ibs 14 5 percent Ibs and over 30 spring chickens broilers under 8 Ibs rocks 28 leghorns and other breeds 28 fryers 3 and 4 Ibs rocks 28 leghorns and other breeds 24 roasting chickens rocks 4 and colored 4 to 5 percent Ibs 28 5 percent Ibs and over 28

Government Graded Eggs in Cartons Feature Prices

Figures show eggs graded by government standards with varieties including extra large A at 60 and large 88, plus A and B grades for large, and notes on dirties checks current receipts and carton packaging.

Uncertain Butter Firm Receipts and Scores Report

The report lists butter firm receipts at 293 255 with AA 41 percent and 92 score 3 41 percent as well as 90 B 40 percent. It notes 9090 5 404 cooking 88 39 and centralized carrots 88 40 with Eeg receipts 8 801 top steady balance 0. 8 extras 46 to 49.8 and standards 40 to 44 current receipts 38 to 41 dirties 30 33 checks 30 to 33.

Cleveland Produce Government Grading Rates Eggs by Class

Government graded eggs set pricing by consumer grade. Large AA 60 cents, large A 58 cents, medium AA eliminated, medium A 52 cents per case.

Weisweiler Falls to American First Army in Cologne Drive

Allied and German lines clash fiercely near the Cologne Plain as Weisweiler is captured by U S forces after 24 hours of street fighting. Von Rundstedt delays open battle while Eisenhower masss forces for a broader drive toward the Roer and Cologne. The French and American gains in the south grow, but the northern front remains pivotal.

Dewitt MacKenzie Cologne Aachen Europe Weisweiler First Army Hitler Roer von Rundstedt Eisenhower Rhine

Three Upcoming Auctions Near Albany Shade and Guysville

Notices announce farm sales by John West Auctioneers. On Thursday November 30 sale starts 10 59 six miles south of Guysville and five miles east of Shade near St John’s Church with cows sheep hay fodder machinery and household goods. On Tuesday December 5 sale at 10 begins two miles east of Albany on Route 680 offering 16 cows machinery and household goods. On Thursday December 7 sale at noon four miles west of Albany on New Marshfield road with two ponies 18 cows machinery tools 600 bushels of corn 40 shocks fodder baled hay and more.

Guysville Shade Dutch Ridge St. Johns Catholic Church Ohio Lawrence Niggemeyer St John's Catholic Church John West Albany Howard T. Woodyard New Marshfield Road Henry Hutchison and Sons

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