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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
5
The Church of God family will hold a Sunday School at 9 30, morning worship at 10 30 and an evening evangelistic service at 7 30. A midweek prayer service is set for Wednesday at 7 30.
Mrs Olive Stumpf of Carbondale underwent a minor operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs Luella Miller and her infant daughter of The Plains, Durwood Cradlebaugh of Richland Ave, and Earl Thompson of The Plains were discharged today.
William F. Luthy, examined for selective service in Cleveland, was rejected after fluoroscopic tests showed a bullet embedded in his left lung. He said the injuries occurred when a farmer near Torch fired at him and others on November 1, 1935.
Emergency loans for winter wheat and other small grains and for livestock feed are available to farmers in Athens County. Applications are accepted in Athens at the county agent’s office in the Post Office Building by Clarence Fealty, field supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Section of the Farm Credit Administration. Loans will be issued to farmers with small cash needs who cannot obtain funds from production credit associations banks or other private sources.
Sunday School starts at 9 30 with the Rev H E Osborn preaching at 10 30. Young people meet at 6 45 followed by an evangelistic service at 7 45. Ladies Prayer Band gathers Tuesday at 2 pm and the mid week prayer meeting is at 7 45 pm.
Ohio Coal Operators' representatives planned to resume talks with the CIO United Mine Workers to settle work stoppages by Athens County miners protesting they did not receive $20 vacation allowances with their regular pay.
Esther Class of the Christian Church sponsors an ice cream supper on Wednesday August 6 at 240 East State Street home of Mrs J W Sands. Home made ice cream cake sandwiches and coffee served from 5 15 p m proceeds go to the church chair fund. Rain plan porch tables public invited.
Morgan County court actions include suits for damages from an auto wreck near the Noble County line on Route 78, probate filings for the estates of Amanda L. Spencer and Elma Edgerton, and the sale and purchase orders for property in McConnelsville. Attorney appointments, appraisers, and bond details are listed alongside marriage licenses and recorded transfers of property in Morgan and Chesterhill townships.
The Ohio University Summer Session Chorus of 81 voices, directed by C. C. Robinson, will perform Sunday at 8 p m in Memorial Auditorium with Mrs. Robinson as accompanist. Guest soloists Helen Hedden Roach contralto and Irene Witham pianist appear.
Sunday services feature Sunday School at 9:30 in Harrisonville Union Church and at 10 a.m. in Hebbardsville Alexander Presbyterian Church. Rev. Louis Campbell conducts the 11 a.m. morning worship and 8 p.m. evening service at the Hebbardsville church.
Westminster Fellowship students meet at the Presbyterian Church in Athens on Saturday at 8 p.m. for a visit to the Ohio University Observatory, accompanied by Dr. F. W. Reed. Sunday at 6 p.m. they gather for vesper service with Prof. J. R. Gentry as speaker.
Frank Hutchison filed suit in Athens County Common Pleas Court against Fred and Lillian Pritts seeking return of his property stored at Miners Inn on Route 33 near Nelsonville. He seeks recovery of goods valued at unspecified amount, $300 damages, and costs.
A meeting of the Clarks Chapel Cemetery Association will be held Sunday August 3 at 3 00 p m at the church. All interested, especially the trustees, are asked to attend as officers are to be elected and business transacted.
Averell Harriman the coordinator of the U S aid to Britain program has departed England by plane to report to President Roosevelt in Washington.
Gov. John W. Bricker appoints Don W. Wiper of Columbus to the board of review for the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation for a term ending Feb. 27, 1943.
A Chinese learner needs at least 3000 characters to read his native language. The goal is to acquire a large character repertoire to understand everyday texts and scholarly works.
Frank Pugh from Athens County AAA says marketing quotas for the 1942 wheat crop are proclaimed by the U S Secretary of Agriculture. Farmers will vote in a spring national referendum after the 1942 crop condition is determined. The quota level is 998 million bushels based on 10 year averages.
Epsilon Pi Tau honorary society held a dinner in Lindley Hall with Lambda chapter sponsoring. Six candidates were initiated: Alan A. Barnhill Joe S. Guerra Wayne W. Hummel Randall G. Milam Harvey D. Miner and David B. Squibb. Toastmaster was Wilbur J. Kuhn.
Walter L. Foster age 40 an exterminator died after inhaling cyanide fumes while spraying roaches authorities report he failed to adjust his gas mask during the job in Middletown.
Marion faced a reduced patrol presence as two officers remained available for outside duty after the police force adopted eight hour shifts to comply with a new state law.
In Wheelersburg during a rainstorm last night Constable Samuel Marshall age 60 stepped in front of a car at his home and was killed. The incident occurred near Portsmouth as the storm raged.
The Rev. Floyd Gale trustee of Olivet Nazarene College in Illinois and Camp Meeting Board member will assume charge of the Athens Church of the Nazarene Sunday. He comes from Fostoria where four years saw a new church built. Gale replaces Rev. Floyd Hondell and has 24 years in ministry. He and Mrs. Helen Gale reside on Richland Ave with children Esther 15 and Floyd Jr 13.
Elizabeth Kinney 63 a resident of Athens died at Shelter Arms Hospital Thursday night after a lingering illness. She leaves a daughter Ruth Swanson and a son James of Athens, four grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral services set for Sunday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with calling hours at Jagers Funeral Home starting Saturday morning.
The temperature rose to 92 degrees Thursday afternoon in Athens despite heavy cloud cover threatening rain. Last night dropped to 73 and late morning stood at 85 as conditions remained unsettled.
Joe Laird Clyde Spencer and Rex Clark honorably discharged from CCC join the U S Navy through the Athens recruiting office. They trained at Great Lakes and began in Cincinnati after sub station lettered orders. Laird and Spencer attended Nelsonville high schools while Clark graduated Logan High.
Charles F. Palmer announces the Jacksonville Methodist circuit timetable with Church School times at 9 a.m. Epworth League at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m Thursday prayer service 7 30 p m Chapels Trimble Millfield Chauncey and The Plains list 9 30 a m Church School worship or prayer services and meetings across the week.
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