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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
5
Eva Harley attempts suicide after a tense night with Mona and Anne. Dan, Paul, and Mona summon a doctor who recommends hospital observation and a psychiatrist. Eva remains in care while Mona and Anne face the emotional strain and Dan weighs Eva’s future away from Hollywood.
The rural schools of Athens County prepare to begin around Labor Day with May 1 closing dates for many. Preparations include expanded transport by bus and improved country roads for the new year. Salvation Army appeals seek clothing and shoes for children as local dealers report strong demand for school supplies and openings upcoming after county graduation events.
Dan Rorimer a failed scenario writer in Hollywood pines for Anne Winter an aspiring extra now under contract at a major studio. Eva Harley loves a recalled heartbreak by actor Frank Maury who abruptly flees when they meet on Hollywood Boulevard. Paul Collier Dan’s roommate and movie columnist helps Eva home as Anne arrives with a urgent call to come over.
Reverend E. B. Dean leads Sunday worship at 9 30 with Sunday School superintendent W. P. Wells. Evening service at 7 30 follows. Thursday night prayer meeting at 7 30. Promotion Day activities planned for August.
Church announcements list Sunday worship with Holy Communion at 8:00 a m and church school at 9:00 a m prayer and sermon at 7:00 p m on first Sunday. Other Sundays feature evening prayer and sermon at 7:00 p m.
Gore Sunday School at 9 30 with sermon at 10 30 followed by fellowship. Another service at 9 00 with sermon. Conference convenes September 2 at Fifth Avenue U B Church Columbus Ohio. Eber Mowery named as delegate.
The Rocksridge United Brethren church lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m Church services at 10 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 20 p m A chicken and fish supper is planned for Labor Day The Enterprise Bandas School session runs at 9 00 a m with class at 10 00 a m and Endeavor at 7 30 Gibisonville offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m class at 7 39 a m and Endeavor at 7 39 p m
L Woodworth, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 1 20 p m. Local Workers meet at 8 00 a m for preaching. The annual church business meeting is set for Wednesday September 3 at 7 30 p m.
Pastor Tierman A Sayre leads at First Methodist with 9 30 Church School and 10 30 morning worship. Sermon Blessed To Bless. Mrs Pete Schough sings and Marjorie Hickman Jo Barnicut play violin duet. Prayer service 30 Wednesday evening. Pastor to attend conference. Official Board meeting 8 o clock Sunday in the Church Auditorium.
Reverend D. Shearer and wife preach at 10:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday School at 9:30. Evening service at 6:30 p.m. Mid week prayer Wednesday 7:30. Ladies Missionary Thursday 1:30. Cottage prayer at Dowier home 7:30. Children's meeting Friday 2 p.m. Parsonage 616 Walnut Street.
At Wylie Chapel A M E Church preaching at 10:30 and 2:00 pm with a missionary program led by Pastor M H Johnston. Bible readings and prayers follow, featuring Sister Murry and choir, solos by Alice Ward and Mrs Davis, and talks by Rev B J Hall and Mrs Anna Brith.
Land marks the event with soloist Mrs. Ida L. Thornton in Long Eves Class. Remarks by Evangelist Jason Lifting, with Brother Moses Thornton. Benediction follows. Dinner served by missionary ladies after morning services.
Guanick church reports Sunday school 9 30 morning worship 9 30 Epworth League 7 15 evening worship 8 Wednesday choir 8 30 and services. Annual laymen conferences set for Oxford Ohio September 4 7 with junior meeting to follow. Delegates listed including Mrs J M Murphy Cynthia Hamilton John Howell Jr Lloyd Gill.
Albert J. Wilson presides at McArthur Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and divine worship at 10 a m followed by a preaching service at 10 30 a m
Rev Albert J Wilson leads Sunday worship at Hamden Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 9:00 A.M. Special effort to gather families and neighbors for weekly faith activities.
Vinton County churches list Sunday School times for P. A. Harlan Asbury Center Ebenezer Starr Locust Grove Pleasant New Plymouth with 10 30 am and 2 40 pm sermons. Last conference year note sees a Job sermon concluding a series on Old Testament books.
Frederick Brown minister leads worship and sermon at 9 15 am with communion and men's choir. Sunday School at 10 15 am. record service. Thursday evening prayer service and chorus practice Wednesday. Chapel Church Sunday School at 9 30 am with G F Henderson superintendent. Evening worship 8 pm with pastor sermon. Zaleski Church Sunday service 10 am Elmer McKibben superintendent prayer service held.
Canacn B Wissinger will conduct preaching services at Plymouth Presbyterian every second and fourth Sunday of each month.
Wales Mills Ohio branch of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m from April to December and December to April at 10 00 a m Sacrament service on the first Sunday each month at 10 30 a m Preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 30 a m Prayer service on the third Sunday at 10 36 a m C B Wells serves as superintendent and branch president.
The Bible School at Alexander Presbyterian on Athens Albany Road will open promptly at 9 a.m. The morning worship service will feature a sermon by Minister Howard Ely Warner with assistance from Elmer Mills and Charles.
The Heath Methodist Episcopal Church in Pomeroy Ohio lists Sunday activities led by Pastor C. H. Eichinger. Sunday School at 9 15 with L E Miller as superintendent, morning worship at 10 30 on the topic The Lord's Supper, communion at 6 30 Epworth League led by Miss Nellie Zerkle, evening service at 7 30 titled There Be Done, last service of the year, and a Wednesday mid week service at 7 30.
Pastor Fred I Gardner leads 9 15 Bible School with three classes tied for first in attendance last Sunday. Morning worship at 10 20 and evening service at 7 30 with subject sermons Our Glory and Prom Pit to Throne. Prayer and Study Hour Wednesday at 7 30. Attendance rose from 55 to 63 this week with 75 expected. Ed French devotional leader and Miss Susan Russell arranging special music.
Bethany Methodist Episcopal Pomeroy O Glenn L Tennell announces 9:15 a.m. church school 10:30 a.m. worship with special music and sermon Has Christianity anything to offer Evening service at Simpson Church led by Mr Bright Officials meet after service Annual Conference convenes this week so no worship here Sunday Both ministers will attend conference
The Forest Run M. E. Church lists a church school at 1 09 p m and a service of worship at 2 00 p m for Sunday activities.
Ira F P Day minister G W Pierce Sunday School at 9 15 Sermon at 10 15 followed by communion Evening service 7 30 with musical program Letart Falls quartet to provide music Several spirituals and hymns led by the pastor Wednesday evening services planned
The Guysville Stewart and neighboring churches list pastors and schedules for Sunday preaching and Sunday school times. Superintendents include Chapman Biddison Moore Crawford Williams Velma, with prayer meetings on Tue Thu evenings. This marks the last preaching services of the conference year.
The Albany Methodist Church led by Pastor F Roberts lists Sunday School at 9:30 with Howard Stout as superintendent and Town House at 1:30 with Floyd Fought. Albany Sunday School at 9:15 led by E H Lasch, and Ebardsville at 9:30 with Frank Davies. Prayer service at 10:30, Epworth League at 8, and Wednesday prayer meeting at 8.
Ira P. Day, minister, leads Clarks Chapel M E Church events with a Sunday School picnic at Carpenter's Agricultural Farm. Sunday School is held before noon, followed by a 1 30 pm sermon by the church minister at the same location.
J L Cartwright serves as pastor at the Methodist Protestant Church in New Marshfield. Sunday School meets at 9 30 a m led by G N Sidders, with a worship service at 10 30 a m titled The Pre eminent Christ.
Richland Avenue listings show Sunday Gebest 9 30 a m and 10 30 a m services by G B Shafer with a sermon at 8 p m. Ayer Service at 10 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m appear in the fragment.
James A. Fields, pastor, announces Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Worship services at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the corner of Washington and Congress Streets.
Rev J W Barnes conducts August 31 services at Bethel with Bible School at 10 30 led by Superintendent Rev Cole. Lawrence Chapel Bible School 9 30 and sermon at 11 followed by basket dinner on ground. Afternoon services. Tuppers Plains Bible School 10 am and sermon 8 pm all welcome.
The Church of Christ is located at No 4 Stimson Avenue in east Athens. A 9 30 Bible Study is held with the lesson from the first chapter of Eph and a 10 30 worship and communion conducted under the direction of the apostles.
Andrew M Tarnet minister conducts Sunday worship at 9 30 am. Superintendent Mr C O Gibeso leads the Primary Department with Miss Esther Wilson. Morning worship begins at 10 30 am with an address by the pastor. No evening service.
Charles V. Weber, minister, announces Sunday School at 9:30 morning worship at 10:30 with the sermon What Is Christ's Spirit. Young People meet at 7:00 and Evening service at 7:45 with Sin and Insanity. Wednesday prayer service at 7:30.
Pratt Street Wesleyan Mission will be closed until after the tent meeting at the fairground with exception for Union Sunday School at 9 30 o clock on Sunday September 7.
The Chauncey Church of God presents Rev W J Bailey missionary from Africa with an illustrated sermon Saturday night at 7:30. Bible School Sunday at 9:39, evening worship 7:00 with Bailey speaking. Thursday prayer services at 7:30.
New England Presbyterian announces a school session at 9 30 a m with Superintendent O O Bryson. Evening worship at 8 p m with an address by the pastor.
The notice presents a church message with a golden text I John 4 14 and responsive readings from Psalms 72 1 2 4 6 8 11 18 17 19. It lists Sunday service at 10 45 am Wednesday meeting at 7 pm and a reading room open Wednesday Thursday and Saturday 2 to 4 pm.
The Carthage Presbyterian Church announces a public worship service at 2 39 o clock with the minister delivering the sermon.
Rev C MeePeek of Mt Vernon will preach at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Athens Sunday morning August 31 at 10 34 relock.
In South Bend a kidnapped eight year old girl named Marberine Appel was strangled with wire and left in a vacant lot near her mother’s home. Authorities pursue an apparently unbalanced man after a days long captivity with varying clues including two men seen nearby and a suspicious phone remark.
Fifteenth annual reunion of Hapgood and Rebecca Wood Goddard descendants held at Mt. Hermon Church near Bartlett on August 16 with 70 attendees. A 1 p.m. roast beef dinner preceded a short business session and discussion of a family history. A letter from Loring H. Goddard of Bloomingburg was read. Officers for 1901 named: Wrank Goddard president, Betha Burgess vice president, Luelle Scott secretary.
The reunion drew numerous Goddard relatives from Wells ton Bartlett Belpre Amesville Philo Pomeroy Marietta Marietta Vincent Fleming Williamstown and nearby areas. Attendees included James Goddard and many spouses and children from families such as Chase King Connie Hearst Douglas Goddard and Homer Goddard with others from Oklahoma Columbus Bartlett and Cleveland.
Doloris Luker 11, of Mt Vernon, will sing at the Athena County Tent Meeting Association services in a large Fairgrounds tent. Rev. C B Winland and Rev. F C McPeek evangelists lead evening services at 7 45 with singing by Rev. John Guy of Delta, ongoing two weeks with nightly meetings and three Sunday services. average attendance 200.
Aug 29 report from Sandusky Conference of United Brethren Church quotes Dr. A R Clippinger of Ohio saying the church has suffered in membership and finances but notes contrast with other sectors. He recalls a difficult year and urges perseverance.
Chicago police said John Krusky a beer runner for Jack Cruszick a lieutenant of Scarface Al Capone was shot and killed in his South Side apartment early today The slaying blamed on a beer war as Krusky allegedly encroached on rival territory and paid with his life.
Stand ard Oil Company tankers flying the American flag are held by Chinese rebels who refuse to surrender them despite protests from the United States government. The State Department was advised of the situation as of August 29.
Police have worked a week on a crew tied to the kidnapping and murder of 10 year old Heatrice Rosenbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M B Rosenbaum, with a license plate of an automobile suspected in the May 16 1928 abduction. The girl's body was found May 27 in a Salem woods. A woman who quarrelled with the kidnapper supplied the plate number to two sources, but the number was not given at the time.
Ida Einghberg a 17 year old from New York City was found unconscious in a wooded farm area near Woedford Road after being there 60 hours. She recovered enough at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco to tell investigators she was abducted and beaten by a wealthy middle aged man with an expensive car, prompting a police pursuit.
Thirteen year old Charles Johnson from Anderson South Carolina traveled to shake hands with President Hoover. He became ill just before entering the Executive Offices. He was taken to a hospital despite his protests. Johnson led a 12 member Scout troop and his companions greeted the President instead.
A Russian refugee and possibly the world’s only titled barber travels from Berlin to Doorn Holland weekly to attend Germany’s royal exile with Kaiser Wilhelm and his family and household members.
Washington August 29 reports aviator Boardman was summoned by the President to attend the American Legion Convention in Boston from October 5 to 9. The invitation signals formal backing for a transatlantic flight plan slated to begin soon.
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