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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co lists publication schedule and memberships. Rates shown include carrier 15 cents weekly and mail options: one year 4.50, six months 2.50, ten weeks 1.00, four weeks 0.50, and one week 15 cents.
An editorial compares 17th century Pilgrims’ gratitude for survival with modern Americans facing hardship. It argues current dangers have eased, institutions are secure, and a shared sense of deliverance invites renewed thanksgiving and faith in Providence as the nation faces ongoing challenges.
The November elections showed strong conservative sentiment as Washington and Oregon voters rejected proposals to create publicly owned electric plants financed by bonds. Across other states, similar measures failed, reflecting broad opposition to government ownership and tax burdens on private enterprise.
The piece argues the Supreme Court ruling supports insurance for the jobless through legislation and urges understanding of old age security. It praises United States potential to fund pensions via broad business, contrasting European results and noting limited public grasp of social security provisions.
Rodney Dutcher reports on potential personnel raids as Big Business reengages with the New Deal. Rumors touch Jim Farley’s exit to Hollywood, Joseph Kennedy Jr and a public utilities czar, J Edgar Hoover, Rex Tugwell, and prospects for industry influence in Washington amid ongoing regulatory debates.
The act is read by few and its application is indefinite. Congress may divert the money once collected, risking pressure from groups. It will take years to clarify eligibility and implement a workable plan, or risk disruption in Washington.
Report reflects on recurring forest fires north of Nelsonville and warns motorists and hunters about careless cigarette disposal. Notes roadsides being cleared and roadside planting as you slowly learn conservation, while forests struggle to recover decades later.
Poet's Corner features a reader contributed verse about the wife as helper and comfort through trials. The poem extols a wife's devotion, courage, and enduring presence from love on earth to companionship in heaven. Baltimore writer John Moses Bakef signs the piece.
In Chauncey a large coal yard built after 1901 and connected via the Hocking Valley network spurred shipments from Corning and Rendville to lake markets. The coal boom transformed Chauncey into a commercial hub, accelerating housing, population growth, and eventual incorporation for municipal services and police protection. Adolf Hitler's quote appears as an inserted remark on power.
The Public Forum letter by Aquilla L. Hysell notes the US Thanksgiving origins and urges daily thanks for blessings, peace, food, clothing, warmth, and freedom to worship. It calls readers to drop grumbling and adopt a grateful spirit in the new year, dated Bradbury November 25.
Mrs. Mabel G Bonifield and Mrs Stark guests of Mr and Mrs F S Grones in Columbus. Prof A A Atkinson visits General Electric Co Lynn Massachusetts. Miss Helen Hedden and friends host swimming party at Ohio University gym honoring new faculty Faye Farmer and Dorothy Belse. Thanksgiving guests include Mr and Mrs Fred Carpenter and Mrs G D Swett in Logan. The Fogel and Howard families share Thanksgiving with Mrs Howard's parents Mr and Mrs Warren Border.
Twenty years ago Herbert Bush a senior at Ohio University was seriously ill. Thor Olson defeated Al Hart in two straight falls at the Athens Opera House. Miss Mildred Banks hosted a party for Rozella Morris of Glouster. A dinner party at University Terrace included A E Whaley Bart Davidson and others. First Methodist Church session committee on mens work held with I M Foster as toastmaster R D Williams elected president and officers named. Gasoline tax collections over 17 years totaled more than 5 750 000 000 by federal and state governments.
The article explains privacy assurances under the Social Security Act for workers and employers as they file for identification numbers. It lists five methods to return applications including sealed mail, in person at the post office or to the employer, a labor group, or a letter carrier, all without postage. It notes minimal personal data on the form. NEXT: Wage earner cautioned against losing card. What assurance has John Smith that his account is not going to be claimed by another John Smith?
Marcia Canfield confronts gossip over Frank Kendrick's disappearance and a citywide crime spree. Carlo Stellicci suspects his brother and plots with a four man gang in a bank and jewelry theft. Bruce McDougall, an artist, appears amid post holiday robberies and a storm stranding passengers.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes color blindness as more common in boys, with red green and blue light signals posing risks for drivers. He recalls John Dalton as an early case and describes testing methods and coping strategies while urging testing before operating vehicles or performing color dependent tasks.
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