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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
2
Nelsonville church hosts a large Easter program led by Mr. and Mrs. E C Mills with 200 youth performers. Dr. Clark discusses The Christ of the Cross and delivers a sunrise service with a pageant, baptism, and gospel singing.
Easter services will be held Sunday morning at 9 in the Episcopal Church with Rev. S. H. Lindsay of Cincinnati in charge. Holy Communion will be observed.
The Epworth League service begins at 6 30 p m with Mr Mills as speaker At 7 30 evangelistic services conclude with a sermon by Dr Clark and music by the choir and the Victory Singers.
The Nelsonville Methodist Church choir and Sunday School will present the Easter pageant As It Began To Dawn on Easter Sunday at 6 a.m. The play depicts the resurrection story with a large cast in oriental costumes including Mary Magdalene Esta Warren and Peter. The pageant features soloists and narrators from the senior intermediate and junior groups with organist Charles E. Poston and pianist Miss Bessie Stephenson to accompany.
Four Easter services will be held Sunday at the Presbyterian Church all before noon. The church will be decorated with flowers sent by members in memory of loved ones. Adult and children's choirs will appear at the Sunrise Service at 6 30 a m and the other services proceeding thereafter.
Nelsonville Church of Christ plans sunrise service at 5 30 with youth led program. Easter cantata Rise Glorious Conqueror to be performed at 4 00 directed by Charles E Poston with Miss Sigrid Love at piano and Miss Alice Mechem as assistant.
The Pythian Sisters announce their annual inspection on Thursday evening April 13 with dinner at 6. Members must reserve with Thelma Hutchins by 10 pm Tuesday April 11. Nelsonville civic notes: McKinley Republican Club meets at the Legion building Monday April 10 at 7 30.
Rev B A Awe of Chestnut St First Pilgrim Holiness Church says repairs and redecorating with new pews will finish by Easter Sunday. Sunrise communion and 9:30 Sunday School aim for 500 attendees, with 200 men in the large class. Morning sermon on The Risen Christ at 10:30, evening service at 7. Young People revival April 16 to 23 with Kathryn Kinsey leading nightly at 7:30.
Nelsonville Eagles manager Johnny Brown calls players to meet Monday at 6 PM at the City Playground weather permitting. Gilbert Smith notes uniforms from Columbus Red Birds. Dewey Whyte to book games. Season may open Sunday April 30 possibly at Mead Paper Co Chillicothe.
A building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ingram in Neilsonville is being remodeled for the Dorr Run Sunday School. The Sunday School will reopen at Dorr on Sunday afternoon April 16 at 2 p m. All community residents are invited to attend.
Easter services will be held Sunday at the Doanville Community Center with Good Friday service tonight at 7 30 at the church. Special music by Ludema Beany Betty McGuire Verna Thompson Dorothy Covert and Bob Coon. Sunday School at 9 30 Mrs. Knox will speak and the Junior Choir will sing. The Young People meet at 6 with Rev. Lloyd Evans speaking at 7 30 as the combined Junior and Senior Choirs sing.
Funeral services for Bob Frazee will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Tinker's Funeral Home in McArthur.
The Nelsonville G A Club announces a benefit party to be held Saturday night at 8 o clock in the I O O F Hall.
A Wednesday assembly at Nelsonville High featured the school orchestra under Mr. Franks, a garland of readings and music. Participants included Don Sanders, Lowell Donley, Charles Selbee, and Shirley Knight who directed ceremonies and quizzed a tableau with student librarians in attendance.
A sewing machine clinic at Columbia School on Saturday April 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. invites owners to bring troubled machines for repair or adjustment followed by a pot-luck luncheon. The Junior Class Play Mitzi Mixes In was well presented at the Columbia Auditorium with noted performances.
Nelsonville hosts a revival led by visiting ministers. Hubert Bunyon a 12 year old pastor from Huntington West Virginia will preach Saturday and Sunday evenings April 8 and 9. The pastor Rev Brown invites the public to attend these services.
The 12-year-old Boy Preacher from Huntington West Virginia will visit Oak Grove Holiness Church for Saturday night and Sunday services.
Our House Museum adds a pair of white kid doll shoes and a miniature chimware tea set bought in Paris France by Mrs Lowell Burnell of Glouster on a trip abroad.
Calvin Massie was fined $20 and costs by Judge W. R. White in Gallipolis for embezzling $20 from a local washing machine company. He was ordered to reimburse his former employers to the extent of his speculation. During 1938 aeronautical manufacturers exported $68,209,050 worth of products, a 73 percent rise from 1937.
Logan residents weigh a bond plan to buy new fire apparatus and improve Oak Grove cemeteries. Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith invites public inspection of 12 year old gear at the engine house while officials note repairs require downtime. Supporters cite assembly method cost about 2300 dollars and a total bond of 5000 dollars for both projects.
A benefit party at the Nelsonville Parish Hall tonight has been postponed due to Good Friday observances, altering the scheduled fundraiser event and related plans.
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