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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
6
The Millfield Church of Christ Ladies Aid Society led by Mrs. Mabel Smith will hold its monthly business and social meeting tonight at the home of Mrs. Daniel Fulton.
Chauncey Dover superintendent Wayne Mathews announces Chauncey Dover schools will open Tuesday September 8 at 9 am Bus routes remain standard. The Sand Ridge one room school is closed and students transfer to Millfield with an 830 am Sand Ridge bus departure. A teachers meeting at Chauncey High School is set for Saturday at 10 am.
New York stock leaders eased or rose modestly with Continental Can American Tobacco and Socony Vacuum among gainers while Loew's Great Northern Bears Roebuck and Western Union slipped. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index of prices in 900 primary markets held at a record high for the third straight week as Dun & Bradstreet reported a rise in retail spending above last year. The year over year gain was 2 to 6 percent, noting the Labor Day holiday last year.
Noon stock prices show a wide list of major firms including Am Can Am Car and Fdy Am Rolling Mills Gmalt Tei Chrysler Gas and Electric Curtis Wright Gen Motors Goodrich Kennecott Kroger Libby Ford Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Procter and Gamble Public Service United Airlines United Aircraft Westinghouse Wheaties Woolworth Youngstown Sheet and Tube among others with varied trading and price movements noted.
Market notes show hogs weak to strong with yields 140 to 180 pounds at 1475 per hundredweight and 200 to 260 pound ranges around 14 to 14.50 per pound. Cattle and calves show steady or slow trade with steer and cow values around 9 to 15 dollars, baby beef calves at 13.50, and sheep with spring lambs near 14.50 to 15.00, totals and top bids listed for several weight classes. Trading activity limited, with volume around 4,000 head reported and varied demand across lots.
Mrs Adalyn Channell of Mansfield visits Camp Shelby Mississippi to spend Labor Day with husband Glenn R Channell. The Patton and Rice families from Millfield Columbus and The Plains attend Buckeye Lake weekend. Frank Shirkey Tuppers Plains visits Millfield and Jacksonville. The Frazee family relocates to Jacobs Avenue. Hal Osborne Chauncey visits family in Chauncey. Mrs Donald Henry Chauncey visits Columbus for Ethel Henry recovery. Dan Johnson Chauncey accompanies Robert Harvey to Dayton where Florence Harvey is a Miami Valley Hospital dietitian.
Chauncey Church Schools and Communion of the Lord's Supper will be held as usual in the Church of Christ Parish including Chauncey Millfield Taylor Ridge Greens Run and Trimble. Preaching will be Gilbert Courtney at Trimble 9 30 a m and Taylor Ridge 10 30 a m. Glaze Thompson preaches Greens Run 9 30 a m Millfield 10 30 a m and Trimble 7 30 p m. First fall evening service in the Parish.
The annual Chauncey North family reunion will be held in Chauncey on Labor Day at the home of Mrs. Nellie North McConaha on High Street. A basket dinner starts at noon followed by an afternoon program and officer elections. all members and friends are invited.
Mr and Mrs Andy Anderson announce the birth of an 8 pound son at their Trimble home this week. Andy a former Jacksonville Trimble high school coach. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alva Morrison Trimble.
Chauncey Harold Hi Locke, son of Mr and Mrs J H Locke, arrives home from Louisiana on a ten day furlough.
Mrs Omelia Johnson, 54, wife of Ferlan Johnson, died after a three year illness. A resident of Glouster, she leaves two children Pearl Edward Matthews of Canton and Annabelle Howard, Glouster. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church. Rev Crable officiates. Burial in Glouster Cemetery.
Mrs. Colelie Wogan of age 75 died Sunday afternoon after a period of poor health. Attending were Mrs. Altha Williams Mrs. Lona West and others from Glouster. The obituary notes a funeral in Chillicothe with details of a Sept 5 sale nearby listing livestock and farm implements.
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