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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1936
Page
4
The Athens Messenger provides weekly and Sunday morning editions under The Herald Printing Co. roster with general circulation details. Subscription rates list cents a week in Ohio. annual and short-term options include four dollars fifty cents per year and other varying terms.
The piece argues that relief rolls may fall with policy shifts in Washington while new jobs must be created and workers trained. It notes 1929 idle populations and rising births, suggests better machinery raises output, and urges Washington to define unemployment causes, keep youth in school, raise wages, create new work and explain the issue clearly to the public.
The article explains why residents should contribute to the Athens community chest. It argues donors want to know how their money helps neighbors and stresses that gifts relieve local need and build citizenship. It notes tax relief work is impersonal and distant without personal giving.
The winter road program in Ohio costs over a million dollars for snow removal and safety work. State highway crews focus on icy grades and snowdrifts to keep travel moving, boosting gasoline taxes as more travel follows. Keeping roads open aids commerce and local customers, balancing public costs with revenue.
The article argues against burning or hauling away leaves, noting heavy clay soils need loosening and leaves from maples can improve lawns in winter. Leaves may be left on grass unless forming a dense mat, and can be spread among shrubs to decompose.
In Washington Paul Mallon notes Roosevelt views neutrality as the era’s top issue for Congress and his message, with plans to seek renewal of reciprocal trade powers, continued Reconstruction Finance Corp, and debates over public works funding and tax revisions.
A lobby campaign for crop insurance is forming with Great Plains farmers gathering to support it. Washington representative M. W. Thatcher of the Farmers National Grain Corporation leads the effort, linking insurance to government wheat reserves and potential Farm Credit Administration support. The piece anticipates Congress action and a broader soil conservation reorganization that could sustain AAA benefits and production control.
Legislation from the wage and hours debate remains unclear pending two Supreme Court rulings on Wagner labor board cases and the holding companies test suit. The thirty hour week bill and federal charter proposals are unlikely to pass. No constitutional amendment is planned unless unforeseen events occur. The civil liberties inquiry will be renewed to aid John Lewis in organizing steel, with minor social security changes but no tax alterations.
The forecast notes budget balance seems paper thin with no definite relief figure. Roosevelt delays relief estimates, A T and T probe likely to restart with fanfare while Wheeler rail financing inquiry opens quietly. Father Coughlin probe may be dropped as housing bills stall and Roosevelt remains central to a split but controlled Democratic majority. The session drags toward June or beyond.
Compost and used as mold for loosening soil or mulching flower beds during the summer season to conserve moisture. The growing interest in flowers is not confined to people who can spend a great deal of money to create fertile soil. Everybody can use leaves and get much the same result in soils which otherwise would produce little greenery.
Frank Dwyer of Athens Ohio, a veteran of IL Company 7th Ohio Infantry who enlisted June 11 1917, returns home after visits to Athens. He praises Major Sam Johnson Captain Loring Connett and Lieutenant Horace Hokie Palmer for leading his unit. He recalls camp Sheridan Alabama and expresses deep affection for Athens and Court Street.
Young Ladies Missionary Society hosted a potluck at 44 Maplewood Drive. Five new members joined: Louisa Beck, Louisa Steele, Lawene Shields, Rowena Sprout, Bessie Linscott, Irene Devlin. Miss Devlin is Theta Phi Alpha organizer. Birth announced for James Franklin Duncan on November 9. Nelsonville events include birthday party for Vernon Anderson and bridge club gatherings hosted by Mrs. J L Murphy and Mrs. Frank Jackson. High scores recorded for Mrs. John Zeller Jr, Mrs. Leonard Cooley, and Mrs. Emmet Preston.
The program at the Women’s League Dance in the Ohio University gymnasium included a Spanish dance by Miss Louise Dana. Other items covered a luncheon with Ohio University figures and remarks on athletics, a discussion of the Lloyd Bill to rename the University, and social notes about Miss Bernice Fauser and Mr. Harry Roach.
Poet readers recall childhood in Meigs County Ohio. J A Cuckler and Mrs John Cuckler share verses about a Gravel Run home and a Pleasanton Road brick house once owned by their mother and grandfather. The pieces note change, memory, and family roots.
A collage of opinions on politics and public life cites Edward A. Alexander criticizing the political racket, Rev. Clifton E. Rash asserting religious aims should guide earnings, Dr. E Stanley Jones praising resilience in marriage, and H G Wells lamenting human history and chaotic modern life.
Overview of changes under a new social security law and how they affect retirees. Explains whether a job change impacts existing old-age benefits, with emphasis on eligibility, benefit calculation methods, and exceptions under the amended rules.
The tale centers Marcia Canfield engagement to Frank Kendrick and his sudden disappearance amid gossip. A restaurant hold up, thefts tied to Carlo Stellicci and Tony Stellicci, and Bruce McDougall join a storm bound trek home. Carlo returns, plans unravel, and danger tightens around the group as police seek clues.
A Carlo in need of funds prompts Bruce McDougall to spring from a stopped Osborn car. He checks pockets for keys and a cigarette then hurries indoors, lights out, as the scene shifts to Page 12.
In a tale from District Tales of Long Ago, Carlo Stellicci flees from Bobbs Neck hoping prison looms. He warns his garage workers, is betrayed by them, hides in New York, and later resurfaces during a tense gathering with his former acquaintances.
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes rhinitis or common cold with stages from dry nose to discharge. He notes multiple potential germs and predisposing factors like drafts and improper attire. Prevention focuses on avoiding cold exposure and maintaining balanced winter diets with adequate vitamins A and D for mucous membranes.
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