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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger is a weekday paper with a Sunday edition and Bald Printing Company as printer. Gordon K. Rush serves as Publisher and General Manager while Charles H. Harris is Managing Editor.
A commentary reflecting on Constitution Day 148 years after the founding, praising the document's durability and warnings against expanding federal power. It notes debates over amending the Constitution after the NRA ruling and argues that government should protect citizens from oppression, preserving minority rights against majority tyranny.
Obituary style reminiscence reflects on older residents who were once teachers. It notes how many attended one room schools, the long association with single instructors, and the strong community role of teachers. It contrasts past and present education and recalls discipline and formative memories.
The Messenger invites readers to contribute poetry to the Poet's Corner. The writer notes poetry’s historical role in recording events and urges modern readers to share their rhymes, even if they do not seek publication. Many write for personal edification, and the plea encourages broader participation.
A test finds men brake faster than women though the fair sex resists demonstrating it atop a car in the middle of a block.
Willis Thornton reports on the fledgling Social Security Board in Washington as it waits for funding. About 25 borrowed employees work in borrowed quarters facing delays to hiring, salaries for commissioners, and a two year wait for pensions while the public floods the office with job and benefit inquiries.
The text notes congressional filibusteres and job seekers as a social security system planned for 1937. It describes a social psychiatrist seeking work, a pension request for a sick sister and husband, and a mailroom expanding into a personal employee file concept. The Social Securities Board will occupy much of the Labor Department building and grow from about 500 staff to 10,000 to run the program.
The money paid to federal employees circulates nationwide, with Washington Post Office lines for money orders expanding. One clerk sends $40 monthly home from a $90 pay, raising questions how $50 covers basic needs. A longtime merchant cites 10 percent less payroll spend than years ago, while local prosperity stems from visitors and government business, not payrolls, amid high rent for unused old buildings.
A U S Navy chief petty officer sought an annulment after a 1950 Halloween party marriage that lasted five years. The couple left a party, married, lost contact and never reunited. The column derides the tale as extreme goofiness and notes other quips about police, politics, and social habits.
A provocative remark suggests even totalitarians avoid naming a weapon plainly as such. The quote frames a paradox where the term spade is avoided despite its military connotations, indicating fear of blunt terminology in authoritarian rhetoric.
The Messenger editor invites signed letters on Dr Grenfell and his efforts to aid deep sea fishermen in the Far North. The piece recounts his Labrador voyage, the Gaspe Coast route, and missions at Forteau St Anthony Battle Harbor and Harrington. It notes hospital work schools and greenhouses aiding nutrition and TB prevention, with broad U.S. support.
The article chronicles Barlow in Washington county as among the first formed townships from the territory. It notes The White Oak Settlement, the naming after Joel Barlow, and the unique U S post office. It describes early school life in the 1800s, the Old Hickory schoolhouse, and pioneer classrooms built of logs with cedar ink stands and improvised sash windows. It records two churches, a 1930 grade school, Central cemetery’s 1833 use, and the 1871 founding of the Barlow Agricultural and Mechanical Association with F P Deming as the surviving early official.
Poem printed from Messenger readers invites verses with name and address. Claire Belle Baker, 525 Fifth St Marietta Ohio, contributes a light verse about her kitten Tommy who is playful, furry, and cuddly though bites and scratches during play.
A compilation of provocative quotes from Dixon Ryan Fox Union College president Representative Snell of New York Adolf Hitler and Mrs Arnold Hall praising youth discipline women leadership and domestic self defense while criticizing mob violence and political racket.
A report notes public interest in humane work may fade with Dr Grenfell’s serious illness at his home south of Burlington Vermont. The item from Battle Harbor Lab on Sept 7 is attributed to R M Slutz. A Japanese scientist has discovered a serum that greatly reduces smallpox caused scarring.
Ruth Mack seeks shelter in a creaky stone house and bonds with neighbor John McNeill while a wary caretaker Penny or Bertha Gibbs guards secrets. Elaine Chalmers plots to win John, and a fugitive from an asylum lurks nearby as Ruth contends with her future and a letter she may leave behind.
Calf cramps at night or morning may signal serious issues like intermittent claudication or arterial disturbances. Doctors check blood vessels and pain relation to effort to rule out conditions. calcium deficiency, varicose veins, or blood issues can contribute. Treatments include calcium intake, dilute hydrochloric acid studies, breathing in a paper bag, and addressing any blood deficiencies.
Fragmentary OCR note lists names and places including Jacob Darnell Ke and Hoover Dayton Kiwanis Club and Ke Heaton. Mentions traveling plans and social hosts. No clear single event. appears as scattered personal notices and local society references.
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