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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
8
Fragmentary church notice lists Rev W W Weiser and E Hower with classes and services on an unclear Wednesday. Names and times are partially legible, making details uncertain.
A speaker laments homesickness for the Ohio River and the hometown in vivid lines. The passage expresses longing to return to familiar friends, places, and the old town, underscoring a deep attachment to home despite being away.
ZANESVILLE January 23 Sheriff John W Aller 58 8 of Murray County died in Bethesda Hospital yesterday while awaiting an operation for internal disorders He became ill Wednesday after coming to the hospital from MacConnelsville He would have undergone surgery today He was the first Democrat elected sheriff in Morgan County in nearly 59 years
In Wes 60es Ginger Tolliter leads a drive to organize a private, childless country club on the Rush farm, enlisting Jenk y Brooke and Benny Brogoes as chaperons. High schoolers back the project as renovations begin, while a stranger artist offers to sketch Ginger during kitchen duties.
Ginger and Gooby stage a playful art scene with a New York artist visiting. The exchange reveals a flirtatious tone as Ginger offers to have portraits drawn of herself and Miriam for fifty dollars, inviting the visitor and Miriam to tea the next day. The dialogue hints at bold social dynamics and a curiosity about color and life.
Ginger explains Phil Updike controls Doomadee and money, aiming to influence estate matters through mock affection. She asks for bold, colorful wall designs for a country club project, imagining glamor and jealousy from rivals as Gooby jokes on Gooby’s taste.
Abbott Y. Wilcox minister leads service at Athens Presbyterian Church. Miss Raby Hank er directs student executive Bible class and crafts program with sermon by Reverend Wilcox Pecconsca. School choir performs at 86 eo’cleck Verpers program arranged by Miss Hankey.
The Episee Chapel, led by Pastor Arthur H. Auhiman, will hold worship at 6:45 p.m. and a 7 p.m. service. The Lutheran Chlech State and Center Streets area announces the evening program titled “She Power of a Shadow.”
Church of Christ invites worship and communion times at 4 Stimson Avenue with study sessions and evening service listed, detailing start times for a midweek gathering and related worship events.
Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter and Congress Streets led by pastor B. Br. Smith will host morning worship and communion at 9 45 with Miss Mellie Pettiford as superintendent. YP meeting at 6 34 will discuss How Far Can We Frost Our Conscience drawing from I Peter 2 33 17. Evening service features sermon Who Shall Be Able To Start with scripture readings and choir.
A fragment notes a Free Methodist Church sermon and prayer service led by Semtar Schon. Details of time and location are unclear in the readable text.
E C Keomr presides at Sunday services with Sunday School at 6 and prayer service at 2 40.
Fragmentary text references Isaiah verses, a Sunday service time, and a Sunday school offering amount. Details about location, event specifics, and participants are unclear due to OCR errors.
The L B M Stanley, pastor, and Rev G W Appiemen of Absencevrille are scheduled to lead Saturday evening services at Nazarene church. HH and Saccay announce January SB date for the event.
Ward Radford pastor invites all ages to attend a seaman service followed by a baptism series led by Rev Bishop. Services at 13 am with a prayer service after. Location Clarks Chapel.
United Brethren Church led by Rev. Harry Fraser announces revival services at Srader School. Sunday worship at 10 a.m. and 6:26 p.m. will precede preaching. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. and Brotherhood night Tuesday at 7:66 p.m. Also Sunday school and religious activities listed with mixed times.
Church schedule lists preaching services at Guyville and Stewart churches this Sunday and midweek services. Sunday School times and superintendent names are shown along with officers' reelections and midweek services each Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Street meeting Saturday 7 p m and 8 p m service of praise. Sunday services at 10 35 a m 2 35 p m Sunday School 6 p m Young People’s League Sunday 7 0 p m street meeting. Sunday 7 45 p m ration meeting with Mrs Stose speaking on Can These Bones Live. Adits and Mrs Bernard Stone in charge.
Bates announces the second quarterly conference on January 24 with services at 10 36 a m. and preaching at 10 36 a m at Buoday School priced at 36 dollars.
Fragmentary item mentions preaching and a time 2 230 with unclear location. Name fragments include Strolls, Huech, Beech, and Sanday. No coherent event or outcome can be confirmed from the readable text. Further readable context is needed to form a proper summary.
Sunday school meets with preaching at 10 a m and services run from 2 to 7 p m An evangelist Rev Charles Hill of Columbus will lead the Vita meeting next week at the church in town
Andrew M. Tanner serves as minister. Chures Scheel receives $30 as superintendent, C. O. Gibsom is primary, Miss Eater Wien leads music, and Miss Effie Glazier performs. A special Young People program begins at 7 30 with the Commontive orchestra directing the address on The Golden Hour of Life.
The New England Presbyterian observed a 1.27 39 p m service led by a superintendent over Bryson. The service concluded with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at 16 30.
Rev. G C Nutter pastor and school hold morning worship at 7 00 with Nutter speaking on Christian Experience. Thursday night prayer and revival meeting begin at 7 30 with religious services. Home game against Jameson noted.
The bulletin lists B. L. Geddes as minister with Sunday School led by Barry Smith at 9:15 a.m. Morning worship at 9:15 a.m. with the sermon God’s Summon to Better Days. Evening service at 7:00 p.m. titled Life’s Supreme Triumph. The choir will present a musical program including several special numbers.
St Matthew Lutheran marks the fifth anniversary of its improved church and the seventy fifth of the original dedication with morning and evening services. St John Lutheran Enterprise schedules Sunday School and worship with election of officers and a 2 50 service time.
James RB Fields pastor invites for Sunday School at 10 29 am worship morning service and 7 pm evening service With Corwin Costson and Elmer Siddle of Nelsonville to sing baritone solos Young men's chorus to debut at evening service.
The Bockeridge Advent church lists Pastor L Woodworth at 939 a.m. Sunday School at 19 34 a.m. Preaching at 7 36 p.m. and 7 38 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 1 06 p.m.
The excerpt outlines a Sunday program at First Baptist Church Pomeroy with morning combined service Sunday School at 9 15 am Walsh's service after. It mentions sermon subject The Watchman and multiple BYPU groups with times including 3 30 pm and 7 00 pm. It notes a reform or reorganizing commission and a week of intensive study of a new method affecting church operations.
Rev. I A Waiden leads services with Sunday preaching at 7 20 pm. Members will vote on a conference merger. Trustees host a supper in January to raise coal funds. An Allen 7 Rally on February 8 and the February 12 meeting include a Valentine party. A campaign to raise 4000 is underway.
Rev J A Walden pastor leads Sunday School at 9 30 and service with communion at 11 o clock Feb 8 is rally day to raise funds for Allen Pond Church.
Local notices announce a Wednesday event by the ary Prayer Band and a Thursday meeting on 7tage. A Friday session is also listed, indicating a sequence of prayer gatherings this week.
Evans, minister Seescoe R. A. Snack morning worship. Chimes at 7 by the choir. Hello Young Propie's meeting at evening worship. Asia by men's choir. Sermon. Tuesday 7 p m Boys' club led by Charles Hster. Wednesday 7:05 p m Junior Endeavor led by Mrs. Ed Eberp. Mid-week service Thursday 4 p m. Boys' choir led by C W Pintuen at 7 p m. Adult choir led by C W Janssen.
Herman A Sayre pastor leads morning worship at 10 36 subject The Bible and the Working Man Music by Junior Orchestra directed by Miss Bessie Stephenson Evening Epworth League gathering at 6 with discussion Tos Youth and the Kingdom and a Bible usage topic Prayer service Wednesday at 7 and choir practice Friday at 7 with Senior Choir and Junior Orchestra participation.
Chas. K. Grammer, minister, leads Bible School at 9:30 a.m. with Key Barron as superintendent. Church worship at 7:02 p.m. Sermon: Thy is Be Done, fourth in eight on The Lord's Prayer. Evening worship at 7:02 p.m. Sermon: The and Most Interesting Thing, third in four on The Most Interesting Thing in the Word. Prayer services Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m.
McArthur Presbyterian led by Rev. Albert J. Wilson holds Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and divine worship at 6:30 p.m. McArthur Church of Christ with Rev. B H Morris features Sunday School at 9:39 a.m. preaching at 10:30 a.m., Mission Band at 2:30 p.m., Epworth League at 6:15 p.m., and divine worship at 7 p.m.
The Rev. Frederick Brown presides with Sunday School at 10 13 am and sermon by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 with optional exhortation.
The Rev. Albert J Wilson, pastor, leads church services at Sounds School at 9.0 a.m. with a preparatory service.
Fragmentary OCR notes show references to Zalesat M. Echlrch Ger, Frederers Brown as pastor, a superintendent, meeting details, and names like Robert Webb. Readable elements point to a church or community gathering with listed participants and roles.
Fragmentary notes mention St Sylvester's Church in Zaleski with a Mass schedule reference to every second and the sixth Sunday and a 2 percent rate or collection. Details are incomplete and unclear.
The L B Wissinger pastor will preach at New Plymouth Presbyterian Church on the second and fourth Sundays.
The Rev. P. A. Harlan presides at Vinton County Parish with Sunday School at 1:39 p m and service at 3 p m. Teaching service on Saturday, Sencsy School at 9:36 a m, Mt Pleasant and New Plymouth Sunday School at 3:39 p m.
Sunday School times and service schedule listed for the Church of Latter Day Saints Wales Mill branch. Services occur on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 30 a m with a branch president listed and additional dates April December noted for Sunday activities.
A Meigs County survey shows annual cash flow from gas and oil leases and federal pensions reaching about one million dollars. Civil War veterans, Spanish American and World War veterans and widows receive monthly pensions, boosting local income. Bedford Township has 40 to 56 wells paying landowners about 209 dollars per year per well, with Scipio, Salisbury, and Rutland townships contributing similarly.
Landowners receive about 59 000 dollars yearly from 256 wells with leases in Scipio Bedford Rutland Salisbury Olive Orange Sut tom, plus pipe lines and booster stations. Ohio Fuel Supply Company payouts may reach 500 000 dollars and independent leases plus royalties push totals toward a million dollars as spring drilling returns.
At Pomeroy county jail the latest tally reads 16 inmates. New arrivals include Wendell Enzenauer of Lincoln Hill on a liquor possession plea with a $190 fine and costs. Also admitted were Jack Evans and Rich Landers for minor offenses, while Tom DeWees Mike Curtis Perry Hent and Romeo Goad were discharged during the day.
Mrs. Jenny Leachman, longtime Columbus resident, came to Pomeroy to honor her first husband Joe Ament, a Spanish American War veteran buried in Beech Grove Cemetery. She spoke of her lifelong connection to Pomeroy and the town’s frequent mentions in print.
E J Meinhardt of Chicago promotes the Meinhardt Rupture Shield with a one day visit to the Lafayette Hotel Marietta Ohio on Monday the 26th from 10 00 A M to 5 00 P M Public invited to inspect and talk with past customers no charge for demonstration This visit is for white men only and warnings about imitators are included
The Plains Mount Churen church plans a sermon on January 25 at 7 p.m. The North League will convene at 6 99 p.m. The notice mentions religious services and a league gathering in the same heading.
Jacksonville The Pisins Millfield and Trimble Epworth Leagues convene at Trimble Mt E Church on January 23 at 7 PM. Each league will present a short program.
Pastor Fred Gardner leads Bible School at 9 15am and morning worship at 11 with topic The vaccination sickness is near. Evening service explores Clothe in His Right. Prayer and Study Wednesday at 7 pm.
Public worship is listed for Reedsville M E church with 10:30 session at Joppen Public Worship and 9:20 session at Reedsville Bible School. L R Barr is noted as superintendent. Long Bottom Bible School is listed with 16:1 and 9:20 times and Pred Paver listed as superintendent.
Sunday School at 9:20 a.m. led by J. R. Baker with Bible study. Services list age 26 and 1:00 p.m. unclear.
Sunday School at 15 a m led by J B Miller. Morning worship at 16 30 a m with the message What I Promised the Lord. Epworth League at 4 p m chaired by Orville Chambers. Evening service at 7 06 p m on Jesus Attitude Toward the Moneyed Interests. Midweek service announced for Wednesday with plans for the future and assignments for the day ahead.
The town moralist notes Amos n Andy on air at 7 pm interferes with social dates gatherings and church socials. Village Council delays action until the show ends as discussions form over what the comedians said and did.
The Pomeroy-Athens Road project with $285 009, Kerrs Run fill at 306 060, a $56 000 Masonic temple and a $16 099 remodel of the Pomeroy Opera House into a picture show house are expected to provide jobs for many unemployed men in the Pomeroy Bend next spring.
Three unindicted prisoners were released from the Meigs County Jail in Pomeroy. Perry Hunt of Mineral Athens County had been held as a murder suspect for 38 days and received 114 meals. Hubert Shumaker and Rodney Good were each counted with 27 and 24 meals respectively. The releases eased jail crowding.
Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Author Booth Tarkington has completed a third eye operation in Baltimore to restore normal sight. Mrs. Tarkington announced the procedure was successful and that Tarkington will recover at home.
An Ohio advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children from ages two to twelve, claiming it cleanses and regulates bowels without habit formation. It highlights testimonies such as Mrs. C J Polzner of Cleveland praising its effects on her daughter Rita Agnes and urges buyers to look for the product name on every carton.
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