Gospel of Work Topic Featured in Fowler Sermon
Labor Sunday services at First Methodist Episcopal Athens begin at 10 30 with Rev Dr Wilbur H Fowler returning from vacation to preach The Gospel of Work A Labor Sunday litany and church quartet will be included Also Rev Albert G Jenkins arrives to lead Methodist student religious work at Ohio University and other church notices follow including arrivals and upcoming dedications
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Fowler
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens
Wilbur H. Fowler
Albert G. Jenkins
Wesley Foundation
Ohio University
Jenkins
Ohio Conference
Ohio
East
Bowling Green State College
Boston University School of Theology
Bowling Green
Albert Eugene
Atkins Chosen At Meeting of Church of God
Atkins Athens was elected secretary-treasurer of the 1936 Church of God Young People’s Convention at Springfield state camp. Rev George A. Palmer was elected president with Rev Orville Cunningham of Columbus as vice president. About 1500 attended and guest speakers included Rev Hate E. Perry and Rev Harvey Wright. The camp next year will run August 14 to 24. Attendees from Athens included Mr and Mrs Atkins and Miss Mary Sams, Miss Mary Jinks, and Charles Moe.
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Raymond
Canaan Church Plans Series of Meetings and Talks
The Rev W 8 Colegrove Union Gospel Mission head will preach at 10 30 Sunday at South Canaan Baptist Church and speak nightly through September. Bible School starts 9 30 Sunday with H R Kayser supervising. Delegates to Nazarene assembly in Ohio choose Rev Charles A Gibson Columbus for eleventh consecutive year. Colorado rivers Rio Grande Platte Arkansas and Colorado noted.
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Colegrove
Union Gospel Mission
Parkersburg
W. Va
South Canaan Baptist Church
H. R. Kayser
Columbus
General Assembly of the
Ohio District Church of the Nazarene
Charles A. Gibson
Glouster M E Choir Set to Sing Sunday Night
Glouster M E Church plans a Sunday night singing event at 7 30 as fall programs resume after summer break. Rev O P Smith preaches morning and evening services with Sunday School at 9 30 and Epworth League at 6 50. Services include Rally Day and Homecoming on Oct 6 with committees forming and former members expected.
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David P. Morris
Church of Christ
Jesus
Paul
Phillipians
Christian Union
Christian Endeavor
Grace Church in Pomeroy to Have Services
Churches in Pomeroy schedule Sunday services with changes in times. Grace Episcopal Church will have sermons by Roger Connor and Robert Leak at 10:30 a.m. Regular services resume later in September. Federated Church hosts Christ's Attitude Toward Labor at 10:15 a.m. First Baptist and Simpson Methodist also conduct morning and evening services with noted pastors and Sunday School sessions.
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T. E. Maness
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy
A. R. Blark
Aten Shain
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Alexander Church to Resume Services After Pause
Alexander Presbyterian Church will resume services on Sunday September 1 with morning worship at 11 o clock led by pastor Reverend Howard W Warner. Soloist will be Mrs Hattie Webb and the sermon titled The Last Things. Bible School meets at 10 a m.
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Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hattie Webb
Howard BE. Warner
Bible School
Revival at Coolville Church Begins Sept 2
The Church of God in Coolville will hold a revival starting Monday night September 2 at the Town Hall. Evangelist Rev. Orville W. Cunningham of Columbus will lead the services. Public is invited.
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Church of God In
Coolville
Orville W. Cunningham of
Columbus
History of Mt Zion Baptist Church Athens Ohio
The Mt Zion Baptist Church in Athens occupies a stone edifice at Congress and Carpenter Streets. Founded in 1872 by local Black residents the congregation grew from a frame building moved from Lancaster Street to its present site in 1909. The late Ed C Berry funded most of the current church, and the church now has about 30 members with Sunday School at 9:30, prayer service at 11, and a Young People's Union at 6:30. The last pastor was D R Smith who left in 1931. dedication services for the present church occurred in late September 1909 with sermons by A M Thomas and J W Carter among others.
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Mt. Zion
Ed C. Berry
Berry Hotel
Young People’s Baptist Union
Angie Cooper
Katherine Price
Athens
Workman
the Plains
D. R. Smith
George Washington
Rutland Hosts Basket Dinner After church services
The Rev. C. A Pearce of Cleveland will preach at the Rutland Christian Church Sunday at 11 AM. A basket dinner follows in the K P Hall with a program featuring Pearce and Rev. P W Williams. Members of Bradbury Bradford and Dexter churches attend, public invited. Sunday night Pearce preaches at Bradford Church at 8.
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Rutland
C. A Pearce
Cleveland
Churches of Christ In
Ohio
Christian Church
K. of P. Hall
Pearce
P. W. Williams
McArthur
Bradbury, Bradford
Dexter
Bradford
New England Presbyterian Social On Church Lawn
The New England Presbyterian Sunday School hosts a miscellaneous social on the church lawn in New England on Wednesday evening September 4. Home made ice cream cake and sandwiches will be sold.
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New England Presbyterian Sunday School
New England
Salvation Army Week Services Listed by Adjt Hinshaw
Adjt W W Hinshaw announces weekly Salvation Army services. Saturday night street service at the Courthouse 7 30. Sunday School 2 30 lawn service Athens State Hospital 1 50 Young People Legion 6 30 street service 7 30 evangelistic services 9 o clock with Mrs Hinshaw preaching. Young People Tuesday 6 pm senior services omitted until Thursday.
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Adjt
W. W. Hinshaw
The
Salvation Army
Army Hall
Athens State Hospital
Young People’s Legion
Hinshaw to Preach at Burlingham Church Sunday
Adjutant W. W. Hinshaw of the Athens Salvation Army, aided by Rev and Mrs Cowan of Jerseyville, will conduct an evangelistic service at Burlington M E Church Sunday at 7 30 pm It may be the last of a Burlington series and he urges all interested persons to attend.
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W. W. Hinshaw
Athens Salvation Army
Plan Revival At Chauncey Church Of God Opens Tent Campaign
The Chauncey Church of God launches a three week revival in a large tent near the Chauncey Post Office starting Sunday September 1. Pastor Rev Clarence Way brings evangelist Rev Hollie C McClanahan from Apollo Pennsylvania after successful Athens Church revivals. The eight Churches of God in Hocking Valley hold a unity meeting in the tent Sunday at 2 PM. Rev R W Huff preaches at Bethel M P Church Knox Township Vinton County Sunday at 1 PM with Sunday School at 2 PM.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of God
Chauncey Post Office
Clarence Way
Hollie C. McClanahan
Middletown
McClanahan
Athens Church of God
Apollo
Unity
Churches of God
Hocking Valley
R. W. Huff
Bethel M. P
Knox Township
Vinton County
Johnny Appleseed Saves Mansfield from Indian Attack
Ohio tale recounts how Johnny Appleseed learned of a siege at Mansfield fort and rode five hours to warn and rally troops. He led a relief force that returned at sunset, saving the garrison. Monuments in Mansfield and Ashland honor his frontier deeds and apple orchards along the Mohican River.
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Mansfield
Jonathan Chapman
Johnny Appleseed
Ohio
Johnny
Ashland
Mohican River
Ruffner
Zimmer
Copus
Strickler to Speak on Keeping Faith at Christian Church
In Nelsonville the Rev. R F Strickler will preach Keeping Faith With God at 10 30 a m and An Inseparable Love at 7 30 p m Sunday. Church School starts 9 30 a m with prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m.
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Nelsonville
R. F. Strickler
Christian Church
L. R. Roberts
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Walter 8. Primmer
Mary Francis
Juanita Brown
Pilgrim Holideys Church
Marguerite Jones
Helen Francis
Deanville Church
J. L. Evans
Evans
Sand Run
Young People Rally At Tuppers Plains Church
Young people from all churches on the Tuppers Plains United Brethren Charge will join a rally at the Tuppers Plains Church on Saturday night August 3 at 8 oclock. Mrs Mary Shields directs the program and the Belpre male quartet will sing. Rev D Vause Snyder, pastor, will preach his last regular appointment here next Sunday at South Bethel at 11 am and at Fairview at 8 pm before leaving for Columbus for the Southeast Ohio Conference.
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Tuppers Plains
United Brethren Charge
Mary Shields
Belpre
D. Vause Snyder
Snyder
South Bethel
Fairview
Columbus
Southeast Ohio
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Will Rogers Will Be Quoted In Probate Filing
The humorist Will Rogers left his wealth to his widow in a last will filed for probate in Los Angeles. He drafted it two days before dying in the Alaska air journey with Wiley Post. A forest regrowth note mentions a double burn destroying seeds and complicating replanting efforts.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
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