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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
5
Local church notes detail Sunday school and worship times for multiple congregations including Glouster Methodist Jacksonville Methodist Trimble and Millfield Methodist among others. Also listed are Christmas cantata rehearsals and joint events in the Plains chorus.
In ancient times priests provided banking functions within temples as part of religious duties. They stored valuables issued loans and recorded deposits for worshippers and merchants alike. The temple acted as a financial hub supporting community trade and ceremonial spending.
Postmaster Dan Mooney announces weekend hours from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and again on Saturday December 23. All mail services will operate as usual and residents are urged to mail Christmas cards and packages early to ensure delivery.
The Glouster Church of Christ youth choir will present a Christmas program in the church auditorium on Sunday December 24 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs Bonnie Christman will direct a set of stories and carols from many lands. The Christmas story will be told and shown via colored film strips.
The junior and senior choirs of Trimble First Church of Christ will perform a Christmas program titled When Christ Was Born in the church auditorium on Sunday December 17 at 7 30 p m. The public is invited.
William G. Hughes resigns from his post as manager of the Luckoff department store in Glouster due to failing health. He served 14 years with the store. Eugene Poling of New Lexington is named his successor after a long tenure with the Luckoff organization.
The Faithful Class of the Jacksonville Methodist Church gathered at Mrs Pearl Miller's home in Glouster for an evening meeting. Mrs Leona Orme led devotions while Mrs Lena Maxwell Mrs Pearl Miller and Mrs Wahneta Exenkamper read readings. A social hour followed with refreshments.
GLOUSTER Marcellite Rebekah Lodge will meet Saturday at Odd Fellows Hall for its regular session and annual Christmas party. A six o'clock dinner opens the evening, members should bring a covered dish and a small gift. After dinner a business session and initiation ceremonies will follow. Degree staff will not wear formals.
John Penrod Trimble attended a Church Brotherhood meeting at the Christian Church in Zanesville on Friday evening. Mrs. Penrod joined him, and they spent Friday night and Saturday with relatives in Zanesville.
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