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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1953
Page
13
A record of neighborhood greetings and travels across Kingsbury and nearby towns. Families visit relatives in London Athens Chauncey Huntington Racine and Ravenna. Children start first grade in Bedford. Reunions and vacations span Indiana Canters Cave and Jeffers gatherings.
Mrs Evel Russell of Chillicothe visits A tives area. Mia Georgia Huffman and Karen Turner of Metz WV visit relatives before Florida home. Lawrence Smith Oscar Larry and Mary Lou visit Wisconsin relatives. Rev Harry Bates spends days in Mansfield. Various guests from Columbus Gallipolis St Albans visit Mr and Mrs Diehl and Parker family over weekend.
The Hemlock Grove Christian Church will hold a home gathering this Sunday with a noon basket dinner. Local residents and guests from nearby towns visited relatives and shared meals with families including the Schultheiss, Midkiff, Euler, Sargent, Heilman, and Hess households.
A parade of relatives visited the Blauser home as Col Um bus and Virginia guests joined local families. Dean Dunbar and others dined at the Blauser residence. Columbus visitors stayed with the Goddards and Eva Landers hosted gatherings. Kee brothers from Lima and Navy service joined the weekend events.
The heavy cruiser St Paul, which fired the salvo before the Korean Armistice was signed, is due in Long Beach California on Friday from its third tour of duty in Korean waters. It is bringing crew members and equipment home.
Classified page shows advertising rates for 16 word sequences with per word overage, cancellations policy, and contact details. Local items include pharmacy ads, linoleum care tips, a rummage sale by Presbyterian Church, a 7 hour photo service at Lamborn's, and drugstore promotions. Names like McKee Drug Co and Athens Pharmacy appear among the notices.
Mr and Mrs Frank McKibben and children Nancy Helen and Paul visited Mr and Mrs Ray Garrison of Columbus. Fred Ogle stayed with Mrs Harry Summers in Columbus and attended the Ohio State Fair. Ralph Dearth visited his sister Mrs Robert Clemens and relatives in Columbus. Verna and Vernon Lewis and others visited Mr and Mrs Orville Lewis. Aaron West has been discharged from the Army and is visiting his parents. Mr and Mrs C W West and Mrs Forest Dearth with Neil spent an evening with Mrs Dale Dearth of Wellston. Edward Perkins of Columbus spent a weekend at their home and store here. Mrs Edna Daft.
In Cincinnati the USDA reports hogs active at 240 lb down to 10 higher, heavier weights unevenly tested. sows mostly steady to 50 higher with higher weights rising. Bulls steady. calves, sheep, and feeder lambs show scattered gains and declines across weight classes, with dealers firm on some slaughter benchmarks and feeders showing modest advances.
In Cincinnati a mix of egg and butter quotations from AP shows U S consumer grades for large white eggs at 64 to 70 percent and brown and mixed at 62 to 64 percent. Medium white at 52 to 54 percent and brown and mixed at 52 to 53 percent with wholesale grades extras and large minimal quality noted around 60 percent.
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