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The Athens Messenger weekly weekday edition with a Sunday morning issue covers Athens and surrounding counties in Southeastern Ohio and lists offices in Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy Middleport Coolville Gallipolis and nearby communities. Subscription rates include 4.50 per year by mail and 15 cents per week by carrier with various shorter term options.
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Estapus Neo
W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles A Barris
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Logan Pomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
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Pensions Dominate Agenda as Congress Opens
Army pensions will occupy much of the new Congress. Statisticians uncover vast outlays, with over a billion dollars yearly for veterans. More than a million pensions were scrutinized and many veterans without disability were on rolls. Hospital care totals exceed one million veterans in 14 years.
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Congress
Tno
Prosperity hinges on autos and building revival
The piece argues that auto manufacture and construction drive recovery from the 1920s recession. Financing is blocked by deflated assets, needing 500000 new residences and long term mortgage loans. Government reliefs via NRA, AAA, and PWA may unlock loans through mortgage companies and banks, spurring a sound recovery and value rebound.
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Nobdy
Afi Guibu
NRA
AAA
Late Comers Out of Luck Onio Calls for Roadside Beautification
The piece urges improving road aesthetics in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan via shoulder planting to cut maintenance costs. It notes Civil Works Administration funding and urges women’s clubs to submit roadway beautification suggestions to the Council promptly.
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Onio
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Protection All the Time Traffic Laws Target School Buses
A new state highway patrol arrest fined a motorist $100 and costs for failing to stop for a school bus discharging children. Ohio statutes require any vehicle approaching a stopped bus to halt at a safe distance, protecting ride and pedestrian safety. The article notes the dangers and recalls an early case where a driver struck a child after not stopping for a bus in Northeastern Ohio.
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New
State Highway Patrol
Echool
Ohio
Echoo
Hille
No age limit for wise choices in marriage says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that no age or worldly wisdom guarantees sound mate selection. Youths, adults, and the seasoned alike make marriage blunders, driven by changing tastes and faulty judgments. The piece concludes there is no true time when one can choose a spouse with certainty.
Marriage Licenses Granted and Community Christmas Events
Marriage licenses issued to Charles Koska and Pansy McMasters, Thomas V Withers and Agnes Opal Nanna, Douglas Luster and Dessie White, Lyle Hawthorne Powell and Bonnie Lou Dawson, Clinton T Graham and Mildred H Gully, Glen O Stewart and Lil Nanda Horn, Jeffrey Dwight Adamson and Ethel Beatrice Cook. A Presbyterian Church dinner in Nelsonville honors Rev. Leon Arpee after 14 years. Haydenville held a Christmas party at the Brown House with a large tree lighting and Athens High School staged Kris Kingle's Visit distributing gifts. Athens County carolers visited sick and shut-ins on Christmas Eve. Mrs. H D Mirich from Washington visited with sisters Bertha and Mabel Brown.
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Charles Koska
Pansy McMasters
Thomas V. Withers
Agnes Opal Nanna
Douglas Luster
Dessie White
Lyle Hawthorne Powell
Bonnie Lou Dawson
Clinton T. Graham
Mildred H. Gully
Glen O. Stewart
Lil. Nanda Horn
Jeffrey Dwight Adamson
Ethel Beatrice Cook
Athens High School
Kris Kingle
Athens County
Athens
Christmas program brightens Stewart Sunday School
Children of the MEB Sunday School Stewart performed a Christmas program with participants including Evelyn Brill Gertrude O Connor Sylvia Townsend Jessie Hotsington Flossie Cole Blanche Starkey Octa Kincade Jessie Boles and Virgine Brill under the direction of Miss Lois Busch and George Antic Leona Carsey and Leona Antic were linked to Parkersburg and Maynard. C F Walker an engineer on the Hocking Valley Railroad was reported ill while officials emphasize patrols to protect school buses and enforce safety in heavy traffic.
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MEB
Stewart
Evelyn Brill
Gertrude O'Connor
Sylvia Townsend
Jessie Hotsington
Flossie Cole
Blanche Starkey
Octa Kincade
Jessie Boles
Virgine Brill
Miss Lois Busch
C. F. Walker
Hocking Valley Railroad
Mary King
William Francis
Hocking Valley
Marathon Kiss Sets World Record At Fair for 397 Minutes
Paulette Day and Lee Knight staged a 6 hour 37 minute kiss at the World’s Fair on September 13 1933, earning a loving cap and $25. The note also recalls Mr Kuper's late life return to high school, graduating De Witt Clinton in 1931 after entering NYU Law School earlier.
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Paulette Day
Lee Knight
Kuper
de Witt Clinton High
New York
New York University Law School
de Witt Clinton
New York State
You Neednt Pay Much For Good Diet
The article outlines a budget diet using cereals as the economical base, with milk and vegetables as essential components. It specifies daily calorie targets, recommended fractions from cereals, milk, fats, sugars, and proteins, and provides a practical 6 item daily plan emphasizing oats bread milk vegetables fruits butter and lean meats for balance and cost efficiency.
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DE. Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
An observer recalls a family with abundant care for children yet frail offspring. She questions rigid training and extreme fresh air regimes, noting insufficient feeding and harsh outdoor play may have undermined health despite wealth, nurture, and prominent lineage. The piece suggests caution in asserting causes.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Roosevelt backs Johnson for California Senate bid
Roosevelt will support Republican progressive senator Hiram Johnson for re election in California. Johnson has backed Roosevelt and faces a GOP primary fight as the party realigns around New Deal ideals. The piece notes possible shifts in party control, TVA economic policy, and anti lynching legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
California
Hell
White House
Johnson
Tue Loover
Republican Party
Cutting
New Mexico
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Farm Authority
David Lilienthal
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Good Judgment on Child Rearing in Cold Weather
The piece defends flexible parenting over rigid schedules for clothing, outdoor time, and meals. It cites a family praised for common-sense limits and warns against extreme rigidity, noting fresh air and nutrition matter but not to the point of starvation.
Lone Eagle's Mate
Puzzle clues from a vintage newspaper page mix across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid references obscure full solutions but indicate a themed word puzzle about names, animals, and objects, with hints tied to a historical context and public domain clues.
Strouds Run Kiddies Have Christmas Fun
Strouds Run School pupils enjoyed a Christmas program organized by Mrs. Thor Olson and Miss Anne Morgan with 25 Girl Scouts. Each of the 20 pupils received three presents plus candy and fruit, followed by student recitations and songs and another teacher-provided treat.
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Strouds Run
Thor Olson
Athens
Girl Scouts
Anne Morgan
Cecil Westfall
Olson
Miss Morgan
Court News Names and Ages in Marriage Applications
The report lists multiple couples in marriage applications including James W. Mullins 29 Chauncey son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mullins and Florabel Hiles 19 Millfield daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hiles. Merritt W. Herron 27 New Marshfield son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Herron and Hazel V. Long 25 New Marshfield daughter of Mr. and Mrs George W. Hartley. Floyd H. Schrider 23 Lancaster son of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Schrider and Lucille Barnhill 23 Athens daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Barnhill. Howard Sephfus 30 Sharpsburg son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sephfus and Pauline Kennedy 17 Sharpsburg daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kennedy. (Application).
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James W. Mullins
Chauncey
William Mullins
Florabel Hiles
Millfield
Charles Hiles
Merritt W. Herron
New Marshfield
G. C. Herron
Hazel V. Long
George W. Hartley
Floyd H. Schrider
Lancaster
Thompson Fined for Intoxication in Carbondale
Henry Thompson of Carbondale was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication before Magistrate C H Porter. He was arrested by Sheriff Charles Stratton and other officers Sunday night.
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Henry Thompson
Carbondale
C. H. Porter
Thompson
Charles Stratton
Road Patrol Broadens Search for Slain Officer Suspect
Ohio State Highway Patrol widens its efforts to locate Bernard J McCann, alleged killer of an Ohio policeman, after a telegram from J D Proctor of Sandwich Ontario reports McCann detained but place unknown.
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Road Patrol
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Lynn Black
Highway Patrol
J. D. Proctor
Sandwich
Ontario
Bernard J. Mc-Cann
Mc-Cann
Second Christmas Fire Investigated by State
Newark Colorado December 27 state fire marshal to investigate two Christmas Day fires on the Rocky Fork Hills. A log cabin owned by William Pickering and Fred Reese valued at 4000 dollars burned. a previous year’s blaze occupied the same site. Authorities believe incendiary causes may be involved.
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Newark, CO
U.P
William Pickering
Fred Reese
Newark
Rocky Fork Hills
Here
Cambridge suit filed in Guernsey court over alienation of affections
Mrs Mabel Saviers Lawyer of Cambridge files a $50 000 suit in Guernsey County Common Pleas Court against her mother in law Mrs Stella Lawyer of Columbus alleging alienation of affections of her husband Elmer Lawyer.
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Cambridge
U.P
Mabel Saviers
Guernsey County
Oberlin Wins Power Fight in Federal Court
In Cleveland on December 27 the federal court ruled Oberlin may proceed with selling bonds to construct and operate a municipal light plant. The Ohio Electric Power Company had sought an injunction to stop the bond sale but Judge Wes denied that request while granting limited injunctions restricting Oberlin from violating parts of its contract with the power company. The ruling leaves the city to continue street lighting and the pumping plant under its municipal plan.
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Cleveland
City of
Oberlin
Wepen Federal Court
Baily
Samuel H. Wes
Ohio Electric Power Compa
West
Power
Prospects Dark for City Schools Cited in Survey
Washington reports that city schools face cuts and shortages after a nationwide survey. Education official George F. Zook notes fewer teachers in 1980, rising pupil counts, $133 million in reduced expenditures, and curtailments in music, physical education, economics, kindergartens, textbooks, and other services.
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Washington
George F. Zook
United States Missioner of Education
Stole Autos To Get Milk for His Bal
Henry Rohn 19 admitted stealing two cars on Christmas Eve to buy milk and toys for his baby. He took Elmer Hauder’s car and was arrested by State Highway Patrolman Herbert Velliquette while driving Clarence Beitze’s car to fetch milk for his baby and his 18 year old wife.
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NEW Philadelhia
Dec
U.P
Henry Rohn
Rohn
Elmer Hauder
Pat Herbert Velliquette
Drivin
Clarence Beitze Velliquette
Day of Mars Drives Bold New Ventures for Notable Births
The forecast highlights Mars energizing bold, experimental activity with plans and seven propositions to push progress. It notes a birthday child turning toward adventurous enterprise and a mind active in progressive, revolutionary directions, citing Woodrow Wilson as a notable nativity.
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Mars
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