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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
2
Sunday school lesson The Spirit and Mission of the Church Acts 2 37 42 Ephesians 4 1 13 Epworth League Our Relation to Others Toward Enemies Romans 12 17 21 Christian Endeavor Topic Consecration meeting The Church theme outlined for church services and youth groups.
Regular services at the First Baptist Church will be held in the Music Hall this Sunday at 10 30 A M and 7 30 P M Sunday school starts at 9 45 A M Rev A K McCall of the Mission Society and Baptist State Board will preach All welcome.
B D Murch, minister, and J H Burt, superintendent, announce 9:00 A M morning worship and 10:15 A M sermon Four Kinds of Spiritual Energy. Evening service 7:30 P M with Christian Endeavor in charge. Reports from Ohio C EB delegates and special music. Junior Endeavor 6:30 P M. Mid week prayer 7:30 P M. All welcome with student body invited. Organized Bible School for all ages. Home like atmosphere.
Sunday morning service at 10 30 oclock led by Rev C B Plummer rector. all welcome to attend.
All services tomorrow will be held in the church. Dr Wilcox will give the sermon at both services with topics Gods Love and Doing the Best We Can. Communion will follow. Edward Arpee returns from Princeton to teach the Mohican Class and lead the young people meeting at 6 30 PM. Prof Cooper leads the Sabbath school class of young women, assembly at nine oclock.
Lloyd Strecker pastor leads Sunday school at 9 A M with superintendent Ray mond M Slutz. Morning worship 10 30 Communion meditation weak spots. Class meeting 2 30 Epworth League 6 30 Our Relation to Others Toward Enemies. Evening 7 30 Sermon series to teachers Jesus as a Teacher. Mrs Strecker soprano solo and chorus anthem. Summer school students invited. Everybody welcome.
Red Moon is one of several American Indian babies reaching for education as the Episcopal church begins a nationwide campaign to expand its missionary work. The drive aims to broaden educational and enlightenment efforts nationwide.
Charles C. Hart minister leads Sunday school at 9 30 with Mrs Lizzie Daniels and soloists Harry McCarter violin and Beryl Winston piano. Sermon What is the Church at 10 30 B Y P U 6 30 and 7 30 Steadfast Faith. All summer students invited. services begin promptly.
The piece urges keeping a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to avoid delays from neighbors or medicine access during sudden bowel illness. It warns of deaths from cholera morbus in neighborhoods and promotes buying the remedy for 35 cents.
The Camp Sherman team managed two runs in the July 4 doubleheader with Athens Wilks as Barstow and Chapman pitched well for the Elks. Athens Elks announced Thursday July 16 start of home games through August, with strong Southeastern Ohio teams booked to entertain fans.
St Paul report cites Albert Henry aged 16 as the first Fourth of July casualty after a revolver discharged by Nish Jamgotchian, 16, killing Henry. Jamgotchian says he did not know the weapon was loaded.
Athens patrons witnessed a rapid wire report of the Willard Dempsey fight at the Athens opera house. The towel thrown in signaled Willard’s surrender in round three while E G Burt won fifteen dollars for correctly guessing the winner and round.
Athens observed a safe Fourth with no serious accidents. Elks beat Camp Sherman in both games at O U Field as crowds enjoyed concerts at the opera house and a hospital field event with prizes. Fireworks display faced a city ban and heat affected players, while veterans and ex servicemen joined the celebration in Athens Glouster Milfield Nelsonville also held events.
Lulu Mann has been appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Elizabeth Mann late of Athens County Ohio, deceased. Dated June 19 1919. H T Phillips Probate Judge of said County. 6208 o & w.
An inventor files a patent for a handkerchief containing a receptacle in its center holding face powder and a powder puff for on the go cosmetic touch ups.
At a Toledo meeting the Ohio Bankers Association adopted a resolution urging bankers to promote the sale and distribution of War Savings Stamps and to continue thrift education, stating the benefit to government and people from steady purchases.
Mor row county remains the leading War Savings Stamp county in Ohio and the banner stamp seller nationwide. Ashtabula is second, Logan third, followed by Knox Coshoc ton Brown Warren Highland Marion Fairfield Clermont Licking. Chairman McMillan begins the summer drive aiming to hold the national lead.
Columbus special report notes the Ohio War Savings Committee has finalized the design for the Victory Memorial Shaft to honor the county with the highest percentage of its 1919 War Savings quota during June to August. The granite obelisk trophy, praised as simple and strong, was developed by the Barre Quarriers and Manufacturers' Association.
Prominent editor William C Free man and motion picture producer D W Griffith praise the CCC Centenary Celebration in Columbus Ohio. The event at the State Fair Grounds features grand pageant colorings, thousands of dollars in costumes and stage effects, and a cost of 59 cents for daytime admission plus 50 cents for the evening pageant.
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