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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1937
Page
4
Publication detail notice for The Athens Messenger by Gorgon K. Bush and Charles Harris. Notes publishing schedule weekdays and Sunday edition. Lists staff roles, associations, national reps, circulation terms, and subscription rates.
The university grapples with record enrollment and acute shortages of dormitory rooms and classroom space. Students are sent home or diverted to other schools as Athens faces limited housing and no budgeted teaching space.
Athens anticipates the county basketball tournament and district high school meet held at the Ohio University arena. Coach Grover leads a strong county squad as players showcase the region’s top talent in a preview of state wide competition amid local enthusiasm.
In seven days two pedestrians were killed by hit and run drivers in Athens County raising the local toll. The piece notes pedestrians face danger from speeding vehicles and poor lights, urges safer road design, and warns that fleeing accidents haunts the responsible person for life.
A British gentleman falters over his cheese as his wife and children sit nearby in gas masks, creating a jarring domestic scene amid wartime comfort.
Washington officials show mixed signals after Britain announces a vast rearmament program. Edison attends a White House briefing on naval labor impact while Norman Davis probes possible disarmament moves, amid cautious optimism about peace prospects.
A poll cited by the NAACP indicates 65 percent in the South favoring anti lynching legislation, with House support building as hearings and a floor vote loom. Senate prospects are uncertain but advocate Wagner backs the measure while a court reorganization plan faces Republican and Democratic reactions.
Poet laments longing for the sea while chained to home. A reader submission questions why waves call and recalls English ancestry and pirate legends. The verse contrasts restless ocean desires with the pull of family roots and home.
Miss Mary Connett and Miss Irma Voigt travel to Dallas for the national conference of deans of women. Birth announced for Mary Frances Bean born February 21 at 105 Franklin Ave. H. M. Crippen recovers after a fall through a skylight while cleaning snow. Middleport High School reports break in and theft of manual training tools. Circle of Ruth announces new officers in Nelsonville.
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd met with Mrs. T. A. Chapeland. Dr. Spires conducted Ash Wednesday services and gave a short address. Mrs. W. E. McVey read a paper while Miss Ida Bowser, Mrs. W. B. Bentley, and Miss Dowsing read short articles. Mary Stalder was birthday party honoree with many guests listed. Edith Landsittel hosted a Washington’s Birthday party. University students assisted and entertainment committee named attendees.
In Civil War times a small courthouse stood thirty feet from Court Street in Athens. The yard, shaded by maples and lilacs, was fenced with iron. Grandpa recalled Perkins Drug Store nearby and a vacant lot later occupied by Grones and Link. Prices rose during the war and residents debated real estate as they passed shops and a Woolworth monument works. Continued tomorrow.
Health column notes measles spreads via nasal and throat secretions and ear discharge may carry the virus. Measles lowers resistance to TB and pneumonia, and epidemics can trigger other diseases. Experts debate hospitalizing all cases, but cleaning, ventilation, and careful isolation lessen risk.
Successful New York advertising executive Daphne Brett inherits a Connecticut country estate after her father's death in a hunting accident. She cleans the house to prepare it for showing to renters while funding her sister Jennifer's college education. An unknown handsome man unexpectedly hides in the estate, then rescues her and asks to rent the property himself.
Daphne Brett hides relief at twelve hundred dollars nearly saved by a renter while a mysterious Derek Van Dusen appears as a poised visitor. He skillfully flatters Mrs Snyder and then questions Daphne about the rent, hinting at more danger as he crafts a sly, unsettling impression in the drawing room.
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