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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
5
Informal discussions set the stage for a shorter summer term with a large continuum of sessions. Faculty advisers will guide expected periods of instruction as details of the plan are released in the summer school bulletin.
Six top pulmonary specialists meeting in Chicago on spring colds endorse handkerchiefs as the best aid. Dr Charles Hendee Smith of New York quips that the wise man should buy extra handkerchiefs to cope with the sniffles.
The regular session opens June 11 and runs to August 3 with a post session from August 6 to 24. The 1934 schedule includes a coaching school June 11 to July 7 and special work for critic teaching. The program lets students complete a year’s training in three summers, aided by independent study and library research.
Four air transport operators filed legal action in Washington to compel Postmaster General James A. Farley to reinstate cancelled air mail contracts. The move follows government actions on subsidies and contract terminations affecting multiple carriers.
More than 65,000 relief families in 44 Ohio counties are operating vegetable gardens as part of the subsistence gardening program. Reports from 32 counties show about 44,000 gardens on 8,100 acres, run by 45,000 needy families, with Hocking Perry and Meigs counties listing significant activity.
Airlines seek damages from Farley personally for losses from his February 9 cancellation order claiming he lacked power to annul contracts without notice and hearing. The case centers on subsidies of the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation and the legality of the termination actions.
Nelsonville presents a three act comedy "Before Break fast" by the Senior Class on May 10 11 1934. Directors are Miss Hyde and Mr Washburn. Joe Nightingale and Jack Johnston roles rotate with Joe Galvin Harold McCray. other cast members include Frances Jo Riley Eileen Wilson Sylvia DeLong Mercedes Keeton Anna Mae Voigt Mrs Pemberton Betty Howe Mary Frances Groves Doctor Lansing Rex Dilcher Jack Kerr Williams Warren Badger and Joe Pritchard.
Two well dressed hold up men demanded money from two young women at the Charlesgate Hotel in Boston Back Bay. After $25 was handed over they tossed it back saying the sum was not enough to justify a hotel job and left empty handed.
Ada Frances Darling of Jacksonville Trimble High School won the advanced division with 49 words per minute in 15 minutes at The Plains High School on April 13. Marjorie Dickson led beginners with 41 wpm, as eleven high schools entered 22 advanced entrants. Pins will be awarded at the Field Meet on April 27. Miss Doria Sponseller of Ohio University led the test, the county’s first.
A charming frock celebrates a young girl who plans and makes her own wardrobe. It features a slender waistline with a chic yoke, youthful shoulder flares, and a smart back, ideal for parties and gala fairs this season in dainty prints.
Mrs B R Rose and Stephen Burlitte visited relatives in Chillicothe last week. Numerous local families hosted out of town guests including Mrs Rachel Saunders Huntington and Grace Houck Northup. Various residents traveled for work or visited relatives in Flat Rock Columbus Parkersburg and Gallipolis as well as attending church and camp activities in Gallia county. A death notice reports the recent passing of Jonathan Thompson in Alger Ohio.
The planetary influences favor social and artistic matters over business pursuits. Exercise prudence to avoid excess in pleasure, and diplomacy may drive major plans through secret societies or tactful deals. A year of social activity and domestic harmony await those born on this day, with Harold Lloyd noted as a notable nativity.
In Portsmouth on April 10 Miss Kathryn May Stumpf, 19, who never attended school, joins Minford High School’s graduating class. Despite infantile paralysis, she earns high grades with a daily study routine from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., plus a tutor from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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