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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
2
The York Township Roosevelt Club will meet Sunday at 2 30 p m at the American Legion Home in Nelsonville. Refreshments will be served and a bake sale conducted by the ladies of the club. Members without 1947 cards are asked to obtain them at once.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. W. Codding left Nelsonville today for Atlantic City New Jersey to attend the National Association of School Administrators sessions in that city from March 1 to 6.
Judge Francis D. White reported a seven percent drop in county juvenile delinquency but urged more action. Dr. C H Calhoun commended Nelsonville city recreational efforts funded by taxes and partnerships with churches and groups. The meeting will continue March 13 to develop further plans. Mrs Hulduh Northcutt is improving after a stroke and staying with sister Mrs Tom Curry.
Multiple legal notices filed in Athens County Ohio include a divorce petition in Cause No 18920 against Darrell R Yoakam, executrix appointment for Mary Wilcox Finch, public utility and bond sale notices, and a Pare sale of land by First Methodist Church trustees. Public bids for school bonds totaling 21000 dollars are invited with details and deadlines.
Charles B. Tuttle will speak at the Wesleyan Methodist Church corner Poplar and Watkins Streets Sunday at 10 30 a m on An Incorruptible Undefiled and Fade less Inheritance His evening topic at 7 30 p m will be The Half Was Not Told Me.
Nelsonville awaits J A Hayes district deputy grand master from Mc Connelsville for the annual inspection of Philadorian Lodge 157 F and AM. Dinner at 6 30 p m in the Masonic Temple dining room with reservations due by Saturday night. Dinner committee members are Joe Hardy Amos Pollock Leonard Powell Glenn Allen Arthur Kennedy and Elmer Siddle. The master mason degree will be conferred by Raymond Raine and lodge officers.
Nelsonville observes Week of Compassion at Christian Church with a Brotherhood Dinner at 6 30 pm and a special offering for Church World Service at Sunday Bible School 9 30 am. Pastor L E Evans delivers The Divine Law of Growth at 10 30 am worship. Christian Youth Fellowship meets at 6 pm and evening service is at 7 pm.
Nelsonville schedule for Sunday at First Methodist Church lists Bible School at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 with sermons by Rev. William M. George titled Do You Remember and What is Man
Mr and Mrs Steve Sorrell of Orbiston reported a telephone call from their son Sgt Clyde Sorrell stationed in the Panama Canal zone. He said he was OK and hoped to return by July 1 on a 30 day furlough after 22 months in service, including time in Japan. He has been in Panama since May 1946.
Nelsonville church sets morning prayer at 9 30 in the Church of the Epiphany with lay readers in charge. John Hannahs will sing the offertory solo and the church school will meet at the same hour.
AP Cincinnati markets list egg prices for various grades and sizes, poultry and butter rates, potato price range, and Cincinnati livestock figures. Hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, and lambs are itemized with weights, prices, and trends. notes show early trade steady to stronger, with selective highs for heavy hogs and beef cows.
Funeral services conducted Friday at the Methodist Church for Frank B Arnold 78 who died February 18 at home. Rev. L E Buell officiated and burial followed in Bartlett Cemetery.
The Lend-A-Hand Circle gathered at Mrs. B. E. Carl’s home with Mrs. Lillian Jewell assisting. Mae Ball visits Dayton. Frank Halliday weekended with Pearl Anderson in Columbus. Leelyn Kramer arrives in Cleveland to assist Rush Diehl. Amy Chase visits her brother Ed Smith in Huntington hospital. Harry and Clair Waggoner hosts. Garden Club meeting at Amy Chase’s. John Blackwood visits Canton to help Cecil and his wife with a newborn granddaughter. Ivan Cotterill recovering from appendectomy in Columbus hospital. Robert King and son Robert Thomas join Sunday dinner with the Cotterill family.
There will be a preaching service at the Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville Sunday afternoon by the Rev. William M. George of Nelsonville.
The Hyperion Club plans a Saturday meeting at 2 p m at 80 East Columbus Street home of Mrs W M George. Mrs L E Evans and Mrs Joe B Davis will present the program.
Fred Foss of Nelsonville is convalescing at his daughter Mrs Emma Connor’s home on West Washington Street after spending eight weeks at Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus following an operation.
A sequence of short items lists visits by residents to relatives in Columbus Gallipolis Vinton and Clifton. Substitutes fill teaching posts due to W A Stage illness and Andrew Taylor ill. A yeast breads demonstration is noted with numerous attendees.
Funeral services for Mrs Lulu Jones of East Hill were conducted Wednesday at the Church of God with Rev Aubrey Mitchell officiating. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery New Lexington. The piece notes relatives and visitors including Mrs Harriet Cibu and Myrna from Pennsylvania and Rodgers Briggs returning to Ft Knox after a weekend at home.
Mrs Rosa Crabtree of Millfield is reported confined to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens with her husband Herbert Crabtree at her side.
The Rev. Charles Caffrey of The Plains Methodist Church announces Sunday services including Church School at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with a sermon and a Stewardship talk by Jane Nida, Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p.m., and an Evangelistic sermon at 7:30 p.m. Midweek prayer Thursday at 7:30 p.m. led by Mrs. Clyde Deeters. Tuesday the pastor preaches at Connett Church, minister Phyllis Lemaster.
Chauncey Pidcock pastor of the Pilgrim Church Chauncey will preach Sunday at 10 30 am and 7 pm Sunday School 9 30 am Young Peoples service 6 15 pm Midweek prayer service Wednesday 7 pm Cottage Prayer meeting Friday 7 pm.
CHAUNCEY J. N. Lakin pastor of The Plains Nazarene Church will preach Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. Junior and Senior M.Y.P. meet at 6:30 p.m. Midweek prayer service is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Church of God in Chauncey will hold a combined Sunday School and church service Sunday at 9 30 a.m. Sermons by Pastor Clarence Way at 10 30 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Preaching is scheduled for Thursday.
The Bashan Ladies Aid Society met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orra Gainer for Mrs. Gainer's birthday anniversary with twenty in attendance and refreshments served. Funeral attendance included Arthur Orr Paul Orr and Bert Orr traveling to Delaware for Mrs. Cora Wilson's funeral. Local visits featured Canton residents Leo Eddy and Grover White and Syracuse visitors Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris and sons Richard and Jimmy. Mrs. Fannie Morris died at her son Clifford Morris's home.
The Rev. A. R. Ervin of Athens will preach Sunday at 2 30 p m in The Plains Church of God after Sunday School at 1 30 p m There will be special singing by Clarence Hill of Athens.
Morristown Holiness Church announces services with Sunday school at 9 30 a m sermons at 10 30 a m and 7 p m by Rev Andrew McKinney Young Peoples meeting at 6 15 p m prayer service Tuesday at 7 p m and a cottage prayer meeting Thursday night
The Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey were Athens Tuesday dinner guests of Mrs. Gladys Williamson, sister of Mr. Courtney.
Pauline Gilles pie, employed in Athens, was in Millfield recently visiting her mother Mrs Helen Gillespie.
Mrs Louise Forbes Chauncey has returned to her Millfield home after visiting her daughter Mrs Marie Sayer in Concord.
Chauncey Millfield Greens Run and Trimble churches plan regular services with church school and the Lord's Supper at the usual hour. Rev. Gilbert Courtney preaches at Trimble at 9 30 a m Chauncey 10 30 a m. Greens Run 9 30 a m Richard Wilcox preaches 10 30 a m at Greens Run Millfield Taylor Ridge 2 p m.
Chauncey governess Elizabeth Simmers spent Sunday at her Mound Street residence in Chauncey after visiting the Athens County Children's Home.
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