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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1941
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces weekday editions with a Sunday issue. It lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris and notes membership in multiple press associations and AP ownership of news. Subscriptions are shown for Athens and surrounding counties.
Retired workers from Southeastern Ohio return to the shop to aid defense efforts and confront modern labor rules. They report clashes between the right to strike and the duty to work, including hefty union fees and pressure to slow production. Some fear postwar coercion by unions and criticize wartime dictatorship at home while noting long memories of the price of employment.
The new organization led by Dr. Charles Holzer aims to advance soil conservation and tree planting. CCC workers from Nelsonville and W. H. Mowery of Hocking County highlight growing citizen involvement in preserving farms and preventing soil erosion for the land’s future.
The 1939 Census Bureau survey shows in 47 states more independents than 1935, in 36 states fewer chain units, and in 30 states independents increased their share. Nationally independents held 62.9 percent of retail business, outpacing chains in 34 states while chains exceeded 40 percent in 10 states and remained below 30 percent in 20. The report praises independent merchants and the American free competitive system.
Raymond Clapper reviews how the Selective Service Act allows extending service beyond 12 months under two conditions. He notes Congress could declare national peril or place selectees in the organized reserve where further training is prescribed by law.
Peter Edson notes Washington faces a tight rent market with percent vacancies and many new government workers. A proposed bill would appoint a federal rent administrator with power to set fair rents and hear appeals, aiming to keep heat and light in contracts. The plan would make Washington a testing ground for U.S. defense areas if successful.
A short poem from Rosalie West of Kanauga Ohio describes an old chair by the fireplace that once held a cheerful face now empty and dusty. The speaker laments the absence of a homecoming and the room’s hollow quiet.
Nora and George Harris hosted Epworth League members at their Minersville home with Rev. Paul Streich of New York City as guest speaker and pianist. The group enjoyed games and refreshments as Miss Mary Schaefer returns from New York with her sister Mrs Alma Streich and Rev Paul Streich. A two weeks Vacation Bible School begins July 14 at the Methodist Church with Miss Letha Sayre in charge and Rev James Taylor assisting.
Straitsville community updates include visits from Campbell families of Saginaw and Columbus, an ice cream social planned on church lawn, a Cantwell Cliffs all day picnic crowd, and local social events. Obituary notes Hannah Thomas aged 63. church sermons July 20. multiple social gatherings and travels around Newark Columbus Marion Saginaw Findlay Murray City Delaware and Rock Island referenced.
Lieutenant Rollins on a troopship T 9 recalls a nurse he met earlier as orders tighten around sentries. A nighttime encounter, a cigarette, and a stealthy glare from the nurse foreshadow a mystery as the convoy sails from the dock with submarines and battle cruisers in view.
Murray City readers note a flurry of weekend visits and kinship ties. A parade of relatives from Columbus Blaine The Plains Hemlock Akron Athens New Lexington and more stop by or stay with family members, including furloughs from Camp Shelby and return to duty.
Mrs. Albert Cone of the Meigs County Children’s Home spent the weekend at her home. George Barnes is seriously ill. W C Cottrill visited his son in Poca West Virginia with Wood and family. W M and D W Morris and families attended an ice cream birthday supper at the K P Lodge Hall. Laurel grangers enjoyed a pot luck supper. Mr and Mrs Lewis McLaughlin, employed near Dayton seven months, moved back home. Mrs Emma Harder visiting Worth Harder and family at Basil. Sunday guests included Haze Hudnall Hebbardsville and others from Wilkesville Union Ridge Middleport Oreton and Wilkesville.
Pearl Chapel hosts an ice cream supper on Saturday evening July 19 on the church lawn sponsored by the Women s Division of Christian Service. The division met Tuesday with readings on Far East missions and a birthday handkerchief shower for Zelda Gibson. Frances and Bobbie Woodyard visited grandfather Charles Woodyard, while the Kingans and the Gibsons were guests of Brad Gibson.
Ralph Rutherford of Camp Shelby visiting parents in Carbon Hill. Logan residents stay with Clouston and Sweazy families. Several Nelsonville and Columbus area families host relatives and friends over the weekend. Frances Corby and John Corby travel to Corning. Roberta Billy Hardy visit Nelsonville and Baltimore. Fern Devol spends a week in Haydenville with Russel Devol and family.
The U S Marine Corps announces recruitment in the Post Office Building Chillicothe inviting volunteers for service during the national emergency and also enlisting for a four year term with an unlimited local quota at the Chillicothe station.
Rutland society notes a busy period of social visits and gatherings. Visitors include Dr. and Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Titus, and families from Weirton, Crooksville, Rathburn, Mason City, and Syracuse. A bridge party awarded Mrs. Titus as prize winner and several weekend trips and hospitalities are recorded.
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