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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
2
Sunday School lesson on prayer in Peter's life focuses on deliverance from prison. Cites Luke 22 31 32 Acts 4 31 Acts 12 5 12 and highlights prayer as a key to rescue. Includes general lesson title Peter Delivered from Prison and associated scriptures.
Pastor C Lloyd Strecker leads Sunday School at 9 with R M Stutz as superintendent. Morning worship 10:30 sermon Experiencing the Kingdom of God. Class meeting 2:30 Epworth League 6 Topic Necessity and Value of Christian Education. Evening 7 illustrated lecture The Passing of the Melting Pot. Amer icanization theme. Junior League tonight with music and simplified program at 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7. Invites all to services.
Evangelist J A Hines leads a worship service in YMCA rooms at Carnegie Library corner Court and Mulberry Sts. Bible study begins at 9:00 A M, Lord's Supper and preaching at 10:00 A M on The Ministry of Angels, with evening service at 6:30 P M.
The pastor will speak in the morning on Awake, Put on Thy Strength, O Zion. Evening sermon continues the Young People series with a High School age focus. Miss Rutherford leads the six o'clock service on The Christianization of Industry. Dr. Gard leads the Sabbath School at nine.
Pastor B F Timmons leads Sunday school at 9:00. Morning sermon at 10:00. Evening service at 6:00. Thursday service at 6:30. All are cordially invited.
At 9:30 A M the morning Sunday school meets with Mrs Mary Haining as superintendent. The 10:30 A M worship follows. The text notes the deans of the Sunday school and a general service schedule.
The Rev James A oe will conduct a service at the Al Pres in Presbyterian church at 10 30 with the topic Why 1600 Pastors Conferred for Three ye Last Week at Columbus There is no service at the Hebbardsville church.
A Presbyterian service at 10:80 in the morning will be led by dlp with listeners speaking on friendship church membership and ten years in this field. In the evening the congregation will join a union service under the auspices of the American at the Opera House.
Mt Zion Baptist Church announces Sunday services with Sunday school at 9:30 A M and sermon at 10:45 A M titled The Imperishable Word from B P VII 6:30 and a 7:30 P M sermon. Services begin promptly under Minister Charles C Hart.
Church notices list services at The Plains Millfield Sugar Creek and Epworth League meetings. Morning classes begin at 9 30, preaching at 9 30, and Sunday school at 1 30 with Epworth League gatherings in the evening.
The Christian Science Society at the Masonic Temple invites all to Sunday service at 10 45 A M with the subject Mind and Golden Text II Timothy 1 7. A Wednesday meeting at 7 00 P M is also scheduled and attendees are welcome.
The Church of the Good Shepherd at Corner State and Carpenter streets invites all to Sunday service at 10 30 and Friday Lenten services at seven. Rev C B Plummer rector extends cordial invitation to attend these services.
A First Christian Church service features a morning sermon on Our Debt to Unfortunate Colored Children by Rev. B. D. Murch with speaker Rev. Singleton from the National Home Finding Society Louisville for Colored children. Evening service presents The Uncrowned Queen with Union W C T U Willard day observance noted.
The item highlights efforts by Goodyear and local dealers urging better roads to improve truck and tire use. It quotes F W Cone of Athens County Buick Co on clincher tires, Goodyear plant capacity, and service stations offering tire testing. It notes Cleveland Light Six production gains and planned factory expansion near March, plus Moler Auto Sales on roads aiding farmers and consumers.
A four model Willys Knight presentation draws attention at a local astro building event. H. W. Whitehead of the USS Service Station discusses battery care with a reporter, noting that unsafe charging harms plates and that newer machine pasted plates resist damage better than older hand pasted ones. He urges motorists to avoid excessive charging and discharging and to use proper charging rates to prevent battery failure.
Weather forecast from Washington reports rain for Ohio Valley and Tennessee likely on Wednesday and late in the week. Temperatures rise early week then level to normal. Great Lakes area expects fair conditions early, with snow along the lower lakes Monday and possible snow Thursday with higher temperatures near normal thereafter.
Police launch city wide search for 15 year old Annabelle Hughes who disappeared after bidding her mother goodbye and leaving for school on Thursday. Teachers report she was absent from class and no clues have emerged.
The Gym hosts Monday evening events with two boxing matches as part of the Ol son-Willia wrestling program. Boxing coach Bob Loomis will coach Bill Walsh in a public lesson while Hoisington and Everett Bowles are set to face each other. Wrestling preliminaries include Pope-Lowther duu i uey bouts as listed in the Messenger.
Vincent Martin of Buffalo and Joe Janson of Milwaukee fought ten rounds to a draw in Boston. Martin sustained a broken right hand in the first round, a fact revealed after the bout.
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