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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists advertising rates and obituary card charges, noting affiliations with the American Newspaper Publishers Association and other bodies. Subscription options include 15 cents per week, 450 per year in Ohio, and various ten week and monthly rates, with mailing details and post office entry information.
The piece surveys 1934's shocks from the New Deal to drought and crime cases, noting mixed business improvement and public disillusion. It warns Congress, politics, and the Left about ongoing reforms, urging restraint, principled action, and solidarity as 1935 begins.
Washington observers dismiss talk of war despite Japan denouncing the naval treaty amid naval maneuvers. Hull maneuvers publicity, oil orders and denouncement notes frame the diplomacy. New Year resolutions from New Deal figures reveal recovery goals and political shifts.
For the first time in diplomatic history the word I appears in a note Mussolini sent to the League of Nations. Delegates still wonder what he means by the self referencing pronoun.
Relatives of Mrs. I J Fisk of Nelsonville gathered at 944 Poplar Street for Christmas. Miss Margaret Louise Hyde of Nelsonville wed Aiden Earl Stilson. Hocking Club girls in Logan hosted a kid party. Local dances attended by Dr and Mrs Halbirt hosted by Hutchinson and Harris. Dorothy and Christine Dailey visited grandmother Adaline Dailey in Albany. Twenty years ago Mrs Homer Love hosted a Christmas party for her boys class. Christine Law, Chauncey, Ohio University student, spent holidays with family.
A book by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth presents a moving picture script style for The Mighty Barnum. It describes Barnum from storekeeper to showman, detailing his rise from fraud to fame and the era it reflects. The piece notes potential influence on future novel writing and mentions Dos Passos as an early experimenter.
Delinquent youths arise from varied backgrounds with economic status not the main cause. Heredity and home conditions dominate, especially broken homes and parental death or desertion. Mothers' employment and rooming situations correlate with delinquency, while trust and guidance from parents lag behind that of public school children.
A mother observes Arthur lose control as baby plays with his builder house. She intervenes without words, soothing the child with quiet presence. By stepwise reading and silence she helps him calm, reflect, and return to play, illustrating the value of quiet maternal guidance.
Leonard Tucker argues in The Messenger that the Christmas accounts differ in divine endorsement with shepherds favored by angels and the humble worship, while the wise men seek Herod and bring costly gifts. He contrasts the two narratives and questions which path Christ endorses.
P D Carr of Athens announces transfer from Route 1 to Route 5 after 15 years on Route 1. Route 5 is served by retiring C V Dixon after 30 years, with Carr noting the close ties formed with hundreds of families and their acts of kindness while looking forward to new friendships on Route 5. Carr signs off from Athens C December 31, 1934.
The passage urges supervising a child’s leisure time and selection of friends, guiding late night outings, and managing many other interests to prevent delinquency. It stresses parental guidance as a key factor in keeping a child on a proper path.
Explains an isolation hospital at Ballyratton in County Donegal that has never received a patient since its construction for ships entering Londonderry Port. Notes a potential governance clash after the 1921 Britain Ireland treaty placing facilities under both Irish Free State and Northern Ireland authorities. Tomorrow features a cartoon titled A One Man Club.
Ann Hollister ends engagement to Tony Mickle the same day Peter Kendall tells fiancee Valeria Bennett that they are over. Valeria plots to win Peter back, discovering rumors about Peter’s past and a new life with Ann. She rediscovers purpose through charity work while plotting to reclaim Peter.
History of Troy Township Athens County tracing settlement from 1798 by Ohio Company, with earlier activity around Hocking River. Notes include Gower’s fort at Hockingport in 1774, canoe entry to Hocking, initial settlers from Mass, and formation changes dividing Olive and Oram into Meigs, Rome, and Carthage. First township election in 1808 at Ebenezer Ingham’s home.
The Rev Fr John F president of Notre Dame laments a tendency to choose watching 22 man football games over listening to six dates.
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