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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1941

Page

2

Christmas Program to Be Held by Nelsonville Church of Christ

On Sunday December 21 at 7 pm the Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of Christ in Nelsonville presents Maud Taylor Sarvis play The Word for Christmas with cast including Donna Patton Arlene Hall Enda Mae Shaner and Mary Jack Miner. Anna Mae Allen presides as others perform musical pieces. Bible school at 9 3 am offerings for benevolences. Morning worship at 10 30 features The Star of Hope. Concord Union Church in Nelsonville hosts Rev William Martell George at 2 30 pm with a sermon titled The Holy Quest.

Nelsonville Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of Christ Maud Tayior Sarvis Donna Patton Arlene Hall Enda Mae Shaner Mary Jack Miner Matlie Davis Audrey Ingram Mary Elles Shaner Doris Blrtcher Mary Anna Mae Allen Star of Hope The Christian Endeavor First Presbyterian Church of Bark Street Margaret Barker Mary Elizabeth Kessinger

Nelsonville Social Notes and Christmas Services

Nelsonville social items include the Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting at Mrs Homer Krieg home with plans for a February all day session on Thoroughfare for Freedom. Christmas services are listed for First Methodist First Presbyterian Pilgrim Holiness churches plus community events and hospital visits.

Nelsonville Presbyterian Missionary Society Homer Krieg E. J. Kessinger R. F. Jones Harbison Institute South Carolina John Saltz Iran Iraq Syria Krieg

Christmas Operetta Presented by Monday School

A Christmas operetta titled A Topsy-Turvy Christmas will be performed by the first six grades of Monday School on Monday evening December 22 at 7 30. Cast includes Shirley Dujper Lois Hawk Jimmy Sanborn Nina Stufflebean Bobby Dane Estel Dane Dixie Kinneer Gloria Jean Christian with choruses of elves fairies and toy soldiers. Directed by Louise Rice Wolfe with Lulu Smith and Jenelda Smith as assistants.

Shirley Dupjer Lois Hawk Jimmy Sanborn Nina Stufflebean Bobby Dane Estel Dane Dixie Kinneer Gloria Jean Christian Louise Rice Wolfe Lulu Smith Jenelda Smith

Nazarene Church Announces Special and Holiday Services

Special services will be held tonight at 7 at the Church of the Nazarene on Adams Street. Sunday schedule includes Sunday School at 9 30, preaching at 10 30, evangelistic service at 7 led by Pastor W L Williams. A Christmas praise service is planned for 7 in the evening with public invited.

Nelsonville Church of the Nazarene Adams St W. L. Williams

Donations of Food Sought for Baskets

Nelsonville High School reserves ask residents to donate all sorts of food for baskets for the needy. Donors may give to a student who will deliver to the school. Food should be wrapped in white and placed under the Christmas tree in Rooms 216 217 for delivery on December 24.

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School

Nelsonville High Chorus to Present Christmas Cantata

The Nelsonville High School chorus of 75 voices directed by H. W. Seelbach will give a Christmas cantata at First Methodist Church Sunday morning at 9 30 Miss Warren will play the organ at the service

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School H. W. Seelbach First Methodist Margaret Warren

Irregular Gains in Early Stocks Amid War News

New York markets rose modestly despite dull war headlines and mixed business data. The page lists varied produce prices including butter and eggs along with a legal notice on divorce and probate accounts in Athens County Ohio, and a dense table of noon stock prices from American industries.

NEW York Aretta Irene B. Pierce Elkins West Virginia Donald Pierce Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio Donald ©. Pierce John ¥. Newcomb

Cincinnati Livestock Market Report and Egg Prices

Hogs show a steady to higher tone with 160 to 200 lb. hogs at 11.50 and above. cattle, calves, and sheep listed with mixed steady to weaker undertones. White eggs and brown eggs priced across multiple sizes, with total sales at 383 cases and various grade quotes.

Pomeroy Social Notes And Birth Announcement

Christmas party scenes unfold with a dinner at Rivervue in Pomeroy and a Meigs Theater show. Attendees include Lucille Duckworth Freda Duffy and Elizabeth Duckworth among many others. Also Harriett Beards hosts the Nifty Stitchers Club with a gift exchange and potluck lunch. Announce birth of twins a boy and girl at Holzer Hospital with grandparents and great grandparents named.

Pomeroy Syracuse Daughters of America Rivervue Meigs Theater Lucille Duckworth Freda Duffy Margaret Diddle Mattie Springer Emma Duckworth Lillian McBride Rachael McBride Ural Thomas Clara Sellers Wilson Carpenter Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Howard Carpenter Apple Grove W. O. Barnitz A. B. Alexander Letart

Middleport Social Notes Highlights and Events

Jolly Bunch Sewing Club hosted a Christmas party at Mrs Lawrence Milhoans home with festive decor and a gift exchange after sewing. American Legion Lewis Manley Post announces a Mt Moriah Baptist Church fish supper open to the public Saturday evening. Local students spending Christmas vacation include Catherine Hennessy Janet Hecox Jane Stansbury and others from Capital University Ohio University Ohio State Western College for Women Wooster.

Jolly Bunch Sewing Club Lawrence Milhoan Santa Claus Noah Haskins Orin Smith Harley Devol Perry Mitch William Reynolds W. A. Brit Lewis Manley American Legion Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Catherine Hennesy Janet Hecox Jane Stansbury Capital University Lewis Koehler Alyce Ebersbach Marion Fugate Ohio University Alan Bradford Gene Harris Mary V. Carson Richard Featherstone Robert Tompkins Bill Riley Ohio State Joan Hamilton Western College For Women Dorothy Nelle Margaret Isabelle Stewart Wooster

R G Bailey Recovers After Hospital Operation

R G Bailey, former Dailey Dairy Store proprietor from Bradbury, is recovering satisfactorily after an operation at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington. He had been a patient there following his procedure.

Middleport R. G. Bailey Veterans’ Hospital Huntington Mr. Bailey Dailey Dairy Bradbury

Probate Inventories Filed for SeveralOhio Estates

The notice to executors administrators surviving spouses and heirs states inventories and appraisements have been filed for the estates of Achsah Porter H G Gibson Elizabeth Aumiller Edith E Totman Lena C Dean Anna Bolinger and others. Hearings are set for December 20 1941 at 9 AM with exceptions due five days before.

Athena Ohio C. Leadinghaus Orissa Lantz Viola M. Burleigh Wesley B. Lawrence Nettie Kenney Mary C. Kenney Clifford E. Cornwell Benjamin M Covert David C. Cornwell A. ©. Judy Caroline Knowlton Amy Jeon Rinaldo Rosa Leon Bank of Athens N.B.A Fern Sewell Southgate United Mission Nankin China George W. Tucker R. W. Finsterwald Dests Colmer E. W. Cole Bernice Francis D. White Achsah Porter H. G. Gibson Elizabeth Aumiller Edith E. Totman Lena C. Dean Anna Bolinger

Local Births and Visits Reported Across Area

Announcements note the birth of Sarah Louise to Rev and Mrs Warren Fright of LaRue Ohio on December 16. Karen Dee born to Mr and Mrs Edward Thomas of Rutland at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg. Relatives and friends travel to Huntington Pittsburgh and Washington for family visits and new job starts.

Warren Fright LaRue, O Sarah Louise Bright Simpson Methodist Church Pomeroy Cora Roberts Union Ave John Roberts Pt. Pleasant Huntington W. Va Roberts Ethel Carr C. E. Blakeslee Geneva Humphreys Chillothe W. E. Holtzworth Washington, D.C

Messiah program at Nelsonville church service

The First Presbyterian Church choir in Nelsonville will perform portions of Handel’s Messiah at Sunday vesper services beginning at 4 30 pm with a full vested choir and a guest tenor from Marietta. A large audience is expected and charity donations have increased through Messiah presentations.

Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church George Frederic Handel Marietta Rng London

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