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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
4
Dear Abby advises identifying fairy tales as fantasies and explaining them when the child questions their validity. She notes the parents' joy in their adopted son and urges honesty to prevent confusion from early questioning.
A reader asks how to request cash politely while another seeks help refusing unwanted gifts like perfume or jewelry. Abby suggests gracious acceptance and passing gifts along. A couple shares marital swearing issues with playful advice such as a swear box and flower substitutions.
A page 1 portrait of Karl and Theresa Szabo refugees from the 1956 Hungarian Revolt. Karl shifted from custodian to engineering student as English improved, while Theresa worked waitressing to care for their child. The piece contrasts past American grit with a perceived loss of that spirit today. Don Pease in Oberlin Ohio News-Tribune.
An annual survey by Dr. Gar land G. Parker at the University of Cincinnati tracks 1050 colleges showing a 6.5 percent rise to 3,496,626 students. Full-time enrollments grow 6.2 percent and part-time 7.3 percent amid renewed youth commitment to education.
Oregon Democrat Edith Green criticizes seven government agencies for maintaining schools or colleges for their employees. She argues the fragmented education serves no public purpose and is unnecessary in the District of Columbia where many institutions already exist.
A reader argues math is essential for science and broad knowledge, cites colleges with no math requirement, and questions reason for athletic scholarships. The piece laments low standards, urges high admissions criteria, and stresses that education should cultivate the mind, not muscles.
A father Dr Galen S 39 seeks to coax his son into medicine without coercion. The article argues domineering fathers deter sons who prefer autonomy and different careers, advocating tactful praise and ego reinforcement to spark interest. It suggests a 200 point test set for parents and hints the son may join the field a decade later.
Athens County transfers include Charles B. Faires to John R. Shaw a lot in Glouster and Paul M. Hawk to E. E. Byrne a tract in Lodi Township. Betty L. Morgan to Ervin F. Carlisle two tracts in Athens and Blaine Price to Virginia S. Sprott two tracts in Glouster. Frank Skinner to Mike Lyons and George Sherwood to Emma Sherwood two lots in Verity. Roy C. Shirley to Dane W. Lease a lot in Athens and Theodore Winner to Glen R. Burt a tract in Athens.
Street humor sketches describe a shabby Santa and inspectors from the City License Department harassing him for licenses and bread money. Bystanders comment on shop window greed and polar jokes while a child questions Santa’s gifts. The piece ends with a nudge to cheerfulness.
James Marlow notes West Germany’s Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 87 next January, faces pressure to retire mirroring Churchill’s 1955 exit. Adenauer, architect of postwar democracy, leans toward tighter France ties and the Common Market while successors shift focus to domestic issues.
Reader Views Editor at The Messenger is thanked by the Village of Pomeroy Officials and Fire Department for aid during an extreme emergency on November 23, 1962. Mayor Charles W. Legar and Fire Chief Henry Werry commend the cooperation between communities.
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