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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
5
Brew York visitors in Ohio will find addresses at 8 E Cor 47th Street and Broadway 43rd St opposite Grand Central N E Cor 32nd Street and 6th Ave. The Schultz News Agency provides these locations.
Dr. W. W. Lee F Tedrow Gibbs and Orlan G Houck attended the annual meeting of the Actual Past Masters association of the Seventeenth Masonic district at the Masonic Temple in Marietta. Seven Master's elect received the Past Master's Degree. Doctor Lee was elected second vice president. Seventy five Past Masters attended and a banquet was served.
Captain Wilbur McReynold of Fort Clayton Canal Zone Panama is guest of Phi Delta Theta brothers in Athens. A Ohio University graduate, he is on a two months leave from the army and visiting his parental home in Columbus.
Mr. K. Mardis departed at noon for Hendersonville North Carolina to spend several weeks with his son Harold C. Mardis and family.
The Sayre Study circle held its annual Christmas party at 28 West Washington Street, Tuesday afternoon. Gifts were exchanged and stockings were made for the Community Christmas tree. Frances Clutts played a piano solo and Anna May Fenzel sang with Clutts accompanying. Refreshments were served by Mrs. James Williams and Mrs. H. L. Atkinson.
The Gleaners Sunday school class met in the Christian church social rooms for a monthly session led by Mary Helen Lee. The program featured songs readings and Christmas stories with light refreshments and games to close. Also noted are Phi Mu Alpha initiates dinner at Windsor and Marian Bush Snyder visiting Athens from Tampa to see relatives over Christmas.
Mrs Harley G Vance and son Gerad travel to Miami for Christmas with contract worker Mr Vance. W B Golden departs for Washington DC to visit son Captain James B Golden and Mrs Golden. Presbyterian church Bible class hosts held annual Christmas party with tree gifts and charity offerings. Business Women's Club hosts a kid party with doll exchanges and carols. Harland Hartman and Margaret Ford arrive from Cleveland as holiday guests of Mr and Mrs George Ford. William H Dewitt attends as a local representative at the gathering.
A representative from the veteran’s bureau in Columbus visited Athens to examine vocational students enrolled at Ohio University and stayed as a guest at Hotel Berry.
Nabby Lee Ames chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 2 30 o clock Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Mrs Fred M Hutchinson and Mrs John H Preston entertained yesterday afternoon at bridge at 11 Park Place. Three tables played. Mrs Harry Buckley won the high score trophy and Mrs Louis I Brown took second honors. Guests Mrs Walter Gunion and Mrs Charles Radcliff returned home.
Christian Church at State and Congress Streets announces Bible school at 10 30 and a morning sermon The Star of Peace at 9 351 and evening sermon Man with a Might Mission The last in a series on Great Men of the New Testament Choir special music by Mr Lee Tom and Reverend Bradshaw delivering nightly messages Missionary from the American Sunday School Union visits Deanville Sunday morning and Floodwood afternoon Glen Ebon meetings ongoing Reitz leads music
Next Sunday at 10 30 the pastor will preach Christmas a Fact an Experience one of Hope and at 7 00 the subject A Religion for Tomorrow Epworth League meets at 9 15 and 10 30 with Jun ua at 10 30
Frederick Brown ministers at Central Ave M E Church announces Sunday school at 9 10 morning worship with a Christmas sermon and Epworth League at 6 00 The Nativity pageant appears at 7 00 with a male quartet from Letart Falls and a Clarks Chapel Church service follows at 7 30 The Central Ave children present a program on December 25 at 7 00
Mt Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter and Congress streets schedules Sunday school at 9 30 with Miss El Cooley as superintendent worship at 10 45 sermon Thou Shalt Call His name B Y P U at 6 30 led by Mrs Lynch Miss Bernice Gaines and others. Mission Conquests 11 28 at 7 45 with worship and sermon No Room for Christ midweek Praise and Prayer. Christian Science on South Court with Sunday school 9 30 and Wednesday 7 00. Athens Presbyterian Abbott Y Wilcox minister Bible school and youth meetings plus Christmas season activities and Sunday schools listed for several nearby communities.
The church sets Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 Young People meet at 5 45 and evening service at 7 00 The pastor Rev G C Johnson will preach both services.
Rev E L Pielow rector leads Fourth Sunday in Advent with morning prayer and a sermon at 10 30 in the church on State and Carpenter streets offering seasonal worship and reflection.
The Sunday program lists morning Sunday school at 9:00, class service at 10:00, and evening preaching at 7:00. Additional preaching is planned at West Jack with a 1:00 session and Stroud Run.
The Christian Church O J How earth presents a Sabbath school program Sunday morning with a Christmas sermon by the pastor. An evening program by the choir and orchestra follows. Gifts may be donated at both services for distribution to the needy.
Ed L. Morrell minister Ralph Parks choir director Velma Young organist lead services including junior church at 9 00 Sunday school at 9 30 and morning worship at 10 30 with a Christmas sermon announced.
Four choirs join in a prayer meeting held at evening seven o clock to sing and reflect on efforts toward world peace.
The Caen Presbyterian Church invites worship at 9 30 a m for the Christmas season with a people's choir and sermon by the pastor. Evening choral anthem at 5 00 featuring the young choir, Cantata at 6 00, gift exchange, and a Young People’s mass. Wednesday December 23 at 7 30 read The Other Wise Man by Harry Van Dyke in the manse.
The Episcopal church holds a weekly Sunday service at 7:00 PM and church school at 9:30 AM Sunday. A special midnight service is planned for Christmas Eve.
Trinity Lutheran Church lists 9:00 Sunday school and Bible class 10:00 Divine service and 2:00 Divine service in Fairfield County. Elmer Bliss is pastor.
Sunday school at 9:00 and morning worship at 10:30. Christmas sermon titled Thy Light Is Come with Christmas music by the choir. Miss Mary Leulee Bowen conducts the opening, Mrs. Ed Cooley directs the choir under Dourlens minister.
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds a quarterly conference and official board meeting at 7:00 p m on Friday December 18. Sunday services include Sunday School at 9:00 followed by My Christmas Gift to Jesus at 10 30. A white offering benefits the Methodist Children's Home Worthington and Homes for the Aged Cincinnati and Elyria. Junior church at 10:30, class meeting at 6:00, Epworth League at 6:00, and the annual Christmas cantata by the choir at 7:00. Mid week service is Wednesday at 7:00.
St Pauls Episcopal holds a 7 o'clock service with special Christmas music. Perkins and E Roe are listed as participants in the readings or music.
Sunday School at 9:00 Advent service at 10:00 Evening service at 7:00 themes center on Christ and Christmas. The first service in the new church will be Christmas Eve with a children's program. Dedication is delayed until all details are finished.
Sunday school at 1:00 resumes as final touches are added to the Christmas program at St John’s Enterprise chapel.
The church schedules a 2:00 service with The Lord’s Supper and a confessional service after the sermon. A special benevolences offering will be taken. The Sunday school Christmas service is Wednesday at 7 30 with songs recitations a tree and a treat. C F Lauer is pastor.
The pastor FP M North will preach Saturday evening Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Prayer meeting at 7. Sunday school at 9 30. Loyal Workers program at 7 every Sunday.
Pastor Stanley F. Roush leads the M. E. Church with Sunday school at 9:15 led by E. H. Lash, Epworth League at 6:00, and evening worship at 7:00. District Superintendent Dr. Holcombe will conduct the first quarterly conference of the year with sermons at Temple and Townhouse titled When Will Christmas Come.
The Methodist Episcopal Church presents The End of the Santa Claus Trail a cantata by the Young People chorus directed by Ms William F Yenee on Saturday evening December 19 at 7 with Sunday school at 9 30 and Epworth League at 6 00 A sermon Pr em of Suffering as Related to the Incarnation and a Christmas program by the Sunday school children follow The service time changes for Sunday evening and the program is conducted under church leaders Ha Barnett and Harry M Walden with a boys and girls performance Wednesday at 7 o'clock
Campbell McCarthy a 19 year old African American youth facing execution for murder in Chicago received a stay two hours before hanging. His lawyers contended he had become insane and filed affidavits with Judge John P. McGoorty. Deputies were preparing the gallows when the stay arrived at the county jail.
The Marion Star comments on a hypothetical scene imagining the burden of hauling enough ice to support a stage beauty, reflecting on the era’s humor and cultural references.
Athens enjoys a school holiday as Ohio University’s break runs from December 18 to January 5. Students flock to trains and buses while local confectionaries and restaurants feel the slowdown. Ohio University’s absence casts a mourning-like atmosphere over the city.
Tiensien dispatches from China report two thousand soldiers killed in the fighting between Peking and Tianjin. General Feng Yu Hsiang lost to Li Ching Lin, governor of Chihui province and ally of warlord Chang Tso Lin. Chang Taur Chang, son of Chang Tso Lin, leads forces toward Machang to relieve Tien Tain.
Berlin dispatch reports widespread distress from deflation across Germany. Firms collapse and layoffs surge, with Berlins crisis notes and car makers shrinking. Unemployment nears a million, dole support limited, and tax and hiring pressures add to social unrest.
Cleveland judge selects January 12 as trial date for Josiah Kirby, longtime head of the Cleveland Lime Company, as jurors deliberate two days on charges arising from the firm’s collapse and alleged mail fraud.
In a brief squabble reported by Newark American, tensions rise as wives outmaneuver husbands during a summer heat wave. The exchange centers on household frictions and social expectations, highlighting enduring domestic dynamics in warm weather.
A brief notice reports McKee Drug and Fountain Pharmacy along with Sol and recom offering quick choking remedies. Local druggists are highlighted as supplying effective remedies.
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