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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1942
Page
8
Toledo wheat No 2 red 1.31 1.32. corn No 2 yellow 79 42 80%4. oats No 2 white 48 4 49%. Cincinnati butter 46 47. eggs and fowls priced by weight and grade. Pittsburgh and Chicago summaries show eggs firm, butter firm, and live poultry varying by size and type.
Hog receipts 5025 with underTone 25 cents lower top Saturday 15.25. Cattle 2025 calves 400 with early lead steers steady 12.50 to 13.75, common steers 10.12, calves 13.25, beef cows up to 10.50, top bulls 11.50. Sheep 800 fat lambs steady around 14, ewes 6. Salable hogs 400 active 25 cents lower by weight. Cattle salable 700 steady, steers 15 to 16, heifers 12 to 13.5, cows 9.50 to 10.50, bulls 12 to 13, calves 16 to 17. Select sheep 800 slow 25 percent lower, lambs 13.75 to 14.25.
Albert Hughes of Middleport visited West Columbia last week for business. Judy Ann named at birth to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Miller. Jimmy Riley to leave for Army service in Fort Thomas Ky. Mrs. John Steward building a new home. Clyde Barnett painting home. Peggy Coleman ill. Mason City couple visiting Cartwrights and Coleman family. Elizabeth Gilmore returned home to Middleport after visit. heads to Fort Wayne Ind. later this week. Paraguay population fell 80 percent in 1865 70 war. men to women ratio ended at one to seven. Polo boots stiff, riding boots soft at ankles.
Mrs. Bertha McDade attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McDade at Kananga on Sunday. The Hill families and Joe at East Liverpool were guests of the Hills. Eileen Shields visited Jane Darby in Racine. Lieut Everett Wayne Balser Jr. and Miss Willa Ruth Combs wed at Glen Echo United Presbyterian Church in Columbus on Sunday September 27. Burl Ashley, now in Sacramento for overseas duty orders, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ashley. Arthur Conrad and family of Athens visited Ervin Green’s family recently.
Mrs Arthur Hoover hosted an open house in Columbus to honor her aunt Mrs Maude West Brown on her birthday. Relatives and friends visited all day with greetings and gifts while refreshments were served. Mrs Brown is sister to Mrs Alice Glancy and has sisters Mrs Ella Glancy and Mrs Kate Blackston.
The October meeting of the Friendship Class of the Church of Christ will be held Wednesday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Rice Thomas. A wiener roast will feature the gathering and members are asked to bring wieners and buns or another food item. All class members are urged to attend.
A joint Chauncey Council and Board of Public Affairs meeting is set for Monday at 7 p m at the city building. The discussion will cover insuring Chauncey water and sewage properties.
Chauncey Raymond Russell an 11 year old from Millfield fell from an arbor at his home Saturday and sustained a fracture to the right arm above the wrist.
The group met Friday evening at the M. E. Church to elect officers. Elected were president Mrs. Russell Davis, vice president Mrs. Walter McCaskey, secretary and treasurer Mrs. James Meeks. Refreshments served to 19 members and seven guests. Next meeting set for the first Friday in November. Stud books note horse colors bay black brown chestnut dun gray and roan.
Dover Christian Church marked its annual home coming and the 102nd anniversary of Chauncey First Church of Christ with an all day service. The program included a Church School, Communion, a home coming sermon by Gilbert Courtney, a basket dinner, and an afternoon talk by Dale Fiers of Newark.
Mrs. Carl Shafer will host at her Ellis Avenue home Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 for the Loyal Woman's Club of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Burg Johnston to lead. Mrs. William Hartley to give devotions.
The October meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of Millefield Methodist Church will be Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Lucille Morgan in Millfield with Mrs. Gertrude Brown as president. The society will hold all day quilting at the church on Wednesday.
A list of residents and families appears including Dr. R. E. Nye of Columbus and many neighbors such as Charles ton Roy Henry Alawilla Henry Paros Ed ward Daugherty Coolville Rev. L. E. Evans Edith Stiers Gilbert Johnson Nelsonville Elmer Bingman Athens Ernest Bingman Glouster Viola Howard Olive Brookins Lucille Sanders Millfield Charles E. Spearry Chauncey Alice Johnson Dayton Lois Ann Shafer Isabel Courtney Columbus Viola Sanders Margaret Rothermel Stella Cunningham Albany Glaze Thompson Columbus.
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