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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1957
Page
4
The Athens Messenger is a daily newspaper published in Athens Ohio with a Sunday morning edition. The issue notes Frederick W Bush served as publisher 1896 to 1929 and lists Gordon K Bush John W Webb and Charles W Reamer among editorial staff.
A state universities policy statement upholds entrance standards for Ohio high school graduates while recognizing a long standing problem of many freshmen not completing the first year. The Inter University Council notes rising quality with enrollment growth and calls for continued access for qualified students, blaming preparation gaps and urging better study habits among students, parents, and teachers.
Norwalk businesswoman Margaret Rudkin rose from Wall Street to bakery founder. She started with whole wheat bread, expanded to a Farming-like operation with neighbors, now Pepperidge Farm employs 500 people, runs seven plants, and projects over $15 million in yearly sales. Rudkin encourages middle-aged women to start their own business with cooperative husbands.
Case U-326 details ten year old Marvin L a problem child headed for delinquency. A teacher uses flash cards to lift his reading from failure to fluency within a week boosting morale and restoring classroom performance. The method aims to curb educational inferiority and prevent future misconduct.
Wild Jack screens guests for weapons as General Simcoe and Sam Acres arrive. Morgan dances with Cass Simcoe while Helen Jagger flirts with Chad Morgan, and Tom Alder shivers in a bearskin coat before Joe Jagger steps in to claim a dance with Cass.
Bruce Gustin cites 10 percent passenger and 3 percent freight taxes as wartime measures still on the books, arguing they penalize users and raise costs through a fixed rate. The piece notes comparable WWI repeal, Canada’s repeal in 1949, and critiques of the tax’s multi layer impact on raw materials and finished goods. Eisenhower foreign aid efforts face year by year limits, with Senate studies urging long term aid and several groups backing multi year programs, focusing on Turkey Pakistan Iran South Korea Viet Nam and China.
Mrs. W T Stone hosted a turkey dinner for Mrs. John Breen of Eli Minnesota visiting Mason. Numerous locals attended. Philip Sporn Plant supervisors hosted a Moose Club dinner in Point Pleasant with home heating program and a movie. Various residents visited, toured or hosted at Chester, Chester area and nearby towns with multiple hospital, church, and club activities noted.
Logan Mayor Francis Myers fined Arnold Webb 18 from Athens ten dollars and costs for speeding. Jay Simms 58 of Nelsonville Route 2 was fined for unsafe operation. Simms’ charge followed a two car crash last Friday on Route 33 in Hocking County.
Tomorrow brings a cautious view on emotions and social plans. For birthdays, a favorable year with strong business and personal gains through initiative. Expect October to December profits and domestic harmony, but avoid late June nerves and August overindulgence. A highly emotional, sensitive child may become discouraged easily.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said on Monday that only 10 percent of the under 40 population has completed a full Salk vaccine series. By March 1, just 15 percent of those under 20 and pregnant women had received all three injections.
Mrs Roy Broadwell hosted a quilting day with Mrs Mary Lewis and Mrs Flossie Mosier at Mrs Van Dyke’s home. Dinner guests at Rev and Mrs Snyder included McArthur residents Mrs Rufus Wolf Mrs Arthur Wolf and Paul. Also present were Mrs Lewis Dotson Freda Van Dyke and Mrs Mosier from Mt Hermon Church. Visiting Mrs Edith Smith of Chesterhill were sister Alvina Brill and nephew Keith Mr and Mrs Albert Ogg of Athens and Mr and Mrs Ralph Westbrook and daughter Donna Jean of Marietta visiting Mr and Mrs Frank Parsons.
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