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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
6
New York stocks moved fractions to over a point in quiet pre year end trading. U S Steel opened at 53 1 2, slipped to 52 1 2 then recovered to 53 1 4. Bethlehem fell over a point but finished around 57 1 4, with overall losses in other funds limited to fractions.
A diverse list of industrials oils and utilities shows mixed moves with several gains noted. Major names include Allied Chem DuPont General Electric American Can Westinghouse and Ford while tech and consumer stocks show varied activity including Sears Roebuck and Goodyear. Market watchers note anticipation of broader sector rotation amidst earnings and economic signals.
Wheat No. 2 red 92 142c, Corn No. 2 yellow 60 61c, oats No. 2 white 34 34c, Butter steady to 31c fat. Eggs weak 24 29c. Poultry mixed with hens 25 24c, turkeys 30c, geese 18c, ducks 21c. Cincinnati hogs 1600 head steady to $8.75, cattle and calves varied, receipts totals and price ranges listed. Ohio birthday balls target $100,000 for Jan 29 in honor of the President.
Athens churches plan New Year themed sermons as the Ohio University student body returns. Watch night services and special music are on many programs. Wes leyan Methodist focuses on missionary work and Dr. William G. Seaman looks toward 1938. Pilgrim Church highlights organ and choir numbers with praise services at others. A student fellowship hour and supper is planned.
Regular services include Sunday School at 9 30 a m Prayer Service at 10 30 a m There is no preaching Sunday evening due to Rev Ray Huff away at Bates Church A praise meeting is set for 7 30 p m Sunday Bible Study Wednesday at 7 30 p m
Pilgrim Church at the corner of Washington and Congress Streets hosts watch night services Friday night starting at 7 30 p m featuring speakers and special music announced by Pastor Rev H E Osborn.
Sunday offerings include Sunday school at 9 50 a m and sermons at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m by Rev E C Kenney The Women s Missionary Society presents a program tonight at 7 30 with Mr and Mrs C E Knight in charge The Young Missionary Workers Band meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m for the monthly session featuring talks on African Mission work and Melvin Mitchell on Some Reasons Why We Believe in Foreign Missions Regular services Thursday 7 30 p m and Wesleyan Prayer Band meets Friday at 2 p m
Rev. Bettina Farley will preach during evangelistic services at 7 30 p m Sunday at the Free Methodist Church. Pastor Rev Walter Martin leads the morning service at 10 30 a m. Church School meets at 9 30 a m and a prayer meeting is planned Friday evening.
Dr William G Seaman of the First Methodist Church will preach Making the New Year at 10 30 Sunday morning. The service includes Mendelssohn Andante Dickinson Andante and Thomas Postlude organ selections. choir to sing God Is Love with James Cassell baritone. Various church groups hold meetings through Friday and Saturday. There is no student class Sunday morning, but a 5 pm session follows.
The notice lists railroad time cards and schedules for multiple routes including Chesapeake & Ohio lines with arrivals and departures daily and on Sundays. It also describes Athens Municipal Airport air taxi service, through airline tickets, and connections with TWA and AAA at nearby airports. Westbound and northbound departures from Athens are shown with specific times.
Sunday services at the Independ ent Holiness Church Nelsonville begin with Sunday School at 9 30 a m followed by the morning sermon at 11 a m a class meeting at 2 30 p m and evening services at 7 p m. Rev Albert Selbee pastor George Cail superintendent. A class and prayer meeting will be held Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p m with a men s prayer meeting Friday at 7 p m. Jan 9 features Rev Frank Wolfe and Morton Sullivan with his band from Huntington W Va.
Rev. Ewing Walters will discuss Life in Egypt at Albany Baptist Church during the 7:30 p m service. Bible school begins at 9:40 a m with an Exodus theme. Bible school also at Carpenter Church at 9:30 a m and South Canaan at 9:30 a m. Morning worship at South Canaan at 10:30 a m with Walters delivering the sermon.
The subject is God with the golden text Thy way O God is in the sanctuary from Psalms 77 13. The lesson includes James 1 16 17 and a passage from Science and Health stating that God is good and Spirit while evil and matter are mortal error and unreal.
Rev. R. E. Stewart of Moody Bible Institute will speak daily at First Baptist Church Gallipolis from Sunday to Jan 23 excluding Saturday. Bible study 2 PM and services 7 30 PM on Saturdays. Stewart, a former evangelist and conference leader, is also a radio broadcaster with a youth oriented message.
Rev. J. P. Miller begins duties as pastor of the Dexter Bradford and Brad bury Churches of Christ with a Sunday service at 10 30 a m at Dexter. The new leader will deliver the sermon to congregants.
Haydenville pastor Rev L O Lineberger conducts services Sunday at Haydenville 9 30 a m and at Murray City 7 p m Epworth League meets Haydenville 5 45 p m. Legal notice Frank A Danford of New Brunswick NJ must answer William A Morgan petition by February 1938 in Athens County Court for temporary restraining order quieting title and equitable relief on In Lot 305 and part of In Lot 504 in Barbour and Breun Addition Glouster Ohio with coal rights excepted.
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