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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1930
Page
4
A Ohio attorney general ruling allows school boards to purchase musical instruments for elementary and high schools. It signals a shift toward broader education, with music becoming as essential as basic shop skills and spelling, fostering bands and orchestras and lasting appreciation among students.
The Ohio State Museum on North High Street, created by the Ohio Historical Society, draws thousands yearly. Its renowned Mound Builders and Ohio Valley Indians displays, plus relics from Northwest Territory history to World War I, include pieces linked to General Anthony Wayne, Civil War figures, John Brown, and Eddie Rickenbacker.
The piece praises the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society and the Coonskin Library collection in Athens County, noting archives, a museum in Columbus, and the society’s role in managing parks and promoting Ohio history. It then reflects on youth and aging, arguing both sides show injustice to each other and that understanding grows with time.
Ohio educators report vocational agriculture in high schools drawing strong interest from students with 75 percent of farm boys enrolling. Nearly 260 rural high schools now offer the courses, with new facilities in every rural school. Specialized teachers with farming knowledge teach both in class and field, and enrollments rise yearly. About 1,500 farm boys who left school return part time for instruction, reflecting a belief the program helps those who stay on or return to farming.
Special writer Gilbert Swan Stresses close-ups of people in New York society, detailing Oscar Straus as a driven, personable director who enjoys anecdotes, light exercise, and a fondness for Berlin. The piece recalls his Vienna experiences, stage works, and a humorous hat tale from Petersburg to Vienna.
In 1931 plans debated by Britain and the United States, fifteen battleships proposed at high cost face opposition from Italy and Japan. Proponents argue for submarines to guard coasts and the Panama Canal, while critics warn of missed needs and dangers of a submerged fleet.
Dagseatt of Athens and Harry McBea Tagheen selected to a welcome editor-in-chief role for The Ohioan during a Jobsbers Association meeting. The new venture, The Southern Hotel in Columb Board, names Bower and Mary J. Elon as assistants with Miller as business manager. A college play funding of two hundred dollars supports The Merchant of Venice to be staged by Public Speaking in February. Revenue official Hur cingular visited Columbus on related Internal Revenue matters. The Mberezer Batchelder estate near Coolville was sold to Athens Lumber Company for 13200, marking a notable local transaction.
A report notes a drowning incident involving Mrs H W G Wheaton’s guest Cynthia A Cleveland and a failed murder attempt linked to Caldwell of Hornell. The piece also covers the monthly meeting of the Eneneh Chubb group at Lie home on South Court Street and a basketball game between Philomathean and Athenian Literary Societies ending 22 to 31 in favor of the Philos.
Dr Frank McCoy discusses a vitalistic life force distinct from matter and heat, arguing energy in the body arises from an unseen principle beyond food. He cites cosmic rays, quotes psychological findings, and answers reader questions on neck clicks, diet combinations, and heredity, in a tone of early 20th century wellness discourse.
A collage of crossword style prompts lists many clues and partial answers. It mixes country fame, capital queries, and word definitions across horizontal and vertical figures with scattered numbers and garbled phrases.
Questions and answers cover early drama origins from Arion and Thespis in Attica, noting the step of adding an actor. They also recount Anatole France marrying his friend’s housekeeper Mme France, with biographical details, and brief home decor and candy production notes from period Q&A items.
The Nabby bee Ams Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution reports placing temporary metal markers on Revolutionary War soldiers graves in West Street Cemetery. They seek information to locate buried soldiers Alten Binnham and Hopson Beebe, both believed interred there, with Helen Marcus Ebeng noted as a local figure in Athens Ohio on February 5, 1934.
In a study by the U S Women's Bureau chief Miss Mary Anderson reports many women are laid off in the ten cent spell of unemployment. The survey covers radio industry plants in New York Penney district showing women workers displaced faster than men. Wages remain crucial as women become breadwinners, with many turning over earnings to families and facing economic insecurity.
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