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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1957
Page
5
A TV program titled Your Heart airs Sunday at 4 30 p m on WBNS TV to explain how the annual drive funds heart surgery research. The door to door solicitation runs 1 30 to 3 30 p m with Nelsonville Pandalorian Club members and high school girls.
Church notices list ministers and service times for Hauncey Parish Greens Run Millfield Taylor Ridge Trimble Chauncey Morristown Pilgrim Concord Union Millfield Methodist Chauncey Methodist with events including Sunday school worship evening prayer and youth activities. ?>
Morristown Holiness Church hosts a Friday 7 30 p m prayer meeting led by Mary Babbs with Mr and Mrs Pearly Smith of New Straitsville in attendance.
A list of area church schedules includes Epiphany in charge with services at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., First Methodist, Christian, First Presbyterian, Pilgrim Holiness, Evangelical United Brethren, Mt. Zion EUB, Church of the Nazarene, and Reorganized Latter Day Saints. Activities include Sunday school, worship, sermons, youth groups, choir rehearsals, and midweek studies. Names of pastors and specific service times are provided.
Mrs Susan Theo bald hosted the Afternoon Circle WSCS meeting with 12 members. Funeral attendance for Ellen Kennedy noted. families from Spencer W Va and Belle W Va visited relatives. Numerous visitors from Minersville Pomeroy Huntington Raine and nearby towns attended gatherings and parties.
Mr and Mrs Don Swick hosted by Clarence and Elzia Swick in Columbus. Worthy Cremeans guests of Edward Scarberry in Glenwood West Virginia. L B Ring moves to Jacksonville Florida with wife to join soon. families in Columbus and Tipp City visit. Several locals travel and host, including Sherritt, Burkle and Mahan households. The Women's Bible Class meets at Methodist Church with seven members.
Glouster launches Heart Sunday with Mrs. Roger Kittle directing a house to house drive starting 1 30 p m. Volunteers will visit homes to collect donations with envelopes left when no one is home. Mrs Elmer Davis Jacksonville and Mrs Charles Johnson Trimble lead campaigns in nearby villages.
Circle Five of the Presbyterian Women’s Association met at Mrs. William Fraedrich’s home with fourteen members and one guest Mrs. Emil Fraedrich. They planned a memorial service for Mrs. George Johnson in March and set the third Tuesday monthly as meeting date. A rummage sale is set for March 30.
The Central School PTA marked its 60th founding anniversary with a blue and gold tea. Guests included past presidents and mothers from junior and senior high schools. A four tier cake with the numeral 60 and yellow roses highlighted the event, with readings on PTA history and minutes from past years.
Glouster area churches publish their weekly services with times for Bible school morning worship and evening services. The listing includes Glouster Church of Christ, Glouster Methodist, Holy Cross, Trimble West Side, Jacksonville EUB, Hollister EUB, First Baptist, Glouster Church of Christ, Pentecostal, Oakdale, Jacksonville Methodist and Seventh Day Adventist with service times and special events.
The Catholic Ladies Study Club gathered Tuesday evening with Miss Josephine Hedfield as hostess. Mrs. Mark Ginn han led the sacred reading, others read including Mrs. Joe Wolfe and Mrs. Ed Ley. A $10 donation to Father Dan Rice of Patna India was approved. New member Mrs. Mark Ginn han welcomed. Twelve members attended with games and lunch. Next meeting set for March 19 with Mrs. Joe Wolfe hostess.
The NT Club will gather at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs N R Maxwell s home this evening for a club meeting.
The Eagles host a dance on Saturday from 9 p.m. to midnight for members and their families. Music will be provided by the Four Dueces, offering a lively evening at the club.
Attendees from the First Baptist Church for the Hocking Sub-District Missionary Institute at Rendville include Rev. Clinton Powell Frederick Points Wiley Harris George James Anna Mae Williams Mrs. Ethel Riley Mrs. Mary Lee Williams Miss Elia Brooker Mrs. Helen Leach Mrs. Ora Viney and Mrs. Gladys Viney.
The Berean Class of the Gloster Church of Christ will meet Mrs. Sybil Kittle with Miss Wilma Ferrer as co host. A church kitchen shower is planned and all members needing transportation should meet at the church at 7 30.
Cuba ranks third worldwide in nickel production after Canada and New Caledonia. The mineral’s value highlights a historic note as the discoverer credited is Christopher Columbus.
The Elizabeth Zane Dew chapter gathered at the Christian Church social rooms for February. Mrs. William Evans and Mrs. William Siddle hosted. Laurence Solomon spoke on Profiles in Courage focusing on Daniel Webster and Robert Taft. Special music by William Siddle and Bessie Stevenson. A memorial for Mrs. George Johnson preceded dessert.
William A. Brooks of Mineral was fined $15 and costs in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court for a charge filed by the state patrol alleging improper starting from a parked position.
Admitted list includes Miss Mary Tolbert Logan Miss Mary Walters New Straitsville Mrs Josephine Proctor Logan Jacob Shaw Carbondale Rt 3 Frank Lowry Nelsonville Paul Maccombs The Plains Dismissed include Miss Susan Shanley Logan Harold Young New Marshfield David Linton Nelsonville Route Mrs Zella Elder Moxahala David Smith Glouster
Funeral services for Miss Sarah Penrod Carbondale will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Carbondale Methodist Church with Rev. Carroll Chesser officiating. Burial follows at Asbury Cemetery. The body lies at the funeral home until services.
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