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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1939
Page
7
A London gallery displays a belated war painting of a Canadian soldier by Augustus John. John and about a dozen younger, lesser known artists pay half a dollar weekly rent to exhibit their works there.
The Albany Baptist Church group met at Nora Radford's home and noted White Cross medical supplies sent to a China hospital. A PTA election named Clyde Hooper president and Dana Williams vice president. Local families welcomed a newborn John Reagle and others visited from Columbus and Akron. The Central Railway of Peru dates between 1871 and 1891 and includes 132 tunnels and bridges.
Mrs Victor Carpenter hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs J A Bell at Clarks Chapel home. Guests enjoyed Chinese checkers quilting and cake with the Bell quilt on display. Music by Charles Seiple Harold Douglas and Victor Carpenter.
Evening services at M E Church 7 30 nightly all week except Saturday Candle Light Communion Thursday and Easter worship at 6 am. Sunday sermon by Rev E B Dean. Community notices include births deaths illness travel and social visits with many local households named.
Concord Church of Christ in Ferndale plans 10 am Sunday services with communion and a noon Easter basket dinner. Notables include Mrs. Fred Sanders facing surgery, Dean Sayers recovering from mastoid operation, and Carl Sayers preparing to manage a newly purchased farm in Minerva.
Jacob Houser 88 died suddenly at his son John Houser’s home in Murray City on Friday. His wife had died March 21 and he lived with the son for 15 years. Burial was in Creola after services in Creola two o’clock Monday. He leaves one son, two grandchildren, and a large extended family noted in updates from surrounding towns.
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