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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1941
Page
5
Minister Tigner will preach at the Ferndale Church of Christ with sermons on The Man by the Side of the Road and The Lilies of Arimathea. Services start with Bible School at 9 AM and include communion, morning and evening sermons, youth meetings, and junior activities.
B F Goodson surviving spouse of Mattie E Goodson files petition in Athens County Probate Court Cause No 16946 seeking authority to purchase at appraised value real estate in Chauncey Ohio. Defendants Hershel A Goodson Warren Hale minor and others require answer by September 6 1941. Attorneys Jones Jones Erskine.
Glouster Garden Club to establish a free Landscape Gardening School directed by Paul Brown of Ohio University Ath ens. Meetings begin next Monday at 6 p.m. in Room 26 Glouster High School Building and will run through the summer.
Funeral services for 16 year old Alex Joseph Toth will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Corning Methodist Church following his drowning in a Congo creek on Wednesday. He was a Corning High School junior and basketball team member. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Toth of Congo, several sisters and brothers, and grandparents.
Hollister couple Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rothery celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary in Pontine Mich on Sunday July 6 while visiting. They traveled with their son Jack Mr and Mrs Herman Grossman Betty Rothery and Mrs F D Scheel sisters and relatives from Ashland Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Os car Reeves announce a son born Wednesday July 9 at their Glouster home. Grandparents are Harvey Sampson Burr Oak and Charles Reeves Glouster. Mr and Mrs Harley Blower Akron announce a son born Tuesday at the Shirey home Glouster. Paternal grandparents are Thomas Blower near Glouster.
GOES TO ALASKA GLOUSTER Private Delmont Skinner stationed at Fort Stephens Oregon for several months is transferred to Sitka Alaska. New address listed as Private Delmont Skinner A W Battery 63 C A Sitka Alaska.
The Pomeroy Church of Christ pastor B H Morris will speak on The Prophet's Vision of Peace and Prosperity at morning worship starting 10 30 with Sunday School at 9 30. The article notes the service and schedule.
Wesleyan Methodist Church outlines Sunday School at 9 30 with Franklin Maerker as superintendent The Rev E C Kenney to speak at both morning and evening services The choir to sing at the evening service A prayer meeting Wednesday evening followed by a business meeting The prayer band meets Friday afternoon The WYPS meets Friday evening at 7 30 followed by Bible study led by Rev E C Kenney
Glouster Conservation Club met Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Fitch with Mrs Fitch presiding. Topics were Ever Normal Granary and Wheat Allotment Card. Guests from Albany Millfield Bishopville and Glouster attended. Refreshments were served. next meeting at the Boudinot home in Millfield.
Mrs. Lennie Snowden and Mrs. Edna Embrey hosted at Snowden home. The group opened with America and the Lord's Prayer. Readings were roll call responses. Mrs. Allison Jones won the mystery box. Nine members and guests enjoyed prizes and a refreshment course.
Mrs. Marvin Murphy hosted a Sewing Club gathering Wednesday at her Hill Street home. The mystery box prepared by Mrs. Orville Bingman was opened by Mrs. Herbert Zimmers. Attendees included Mrs. Frank Price, Mrs. Chester Keith, Mrs. Zimmers, Mrs. Lovell Brunton, Mrs. Lloyd Whitehouse, and Mrs. Enlow Grubbs.
Mary Lou Sondra Kay and Floyd Price return to Columbus after a week with grandmother Mrs. Algie E. Price. The Price party plans a St Louis visit to relatives. Grace Holzschuh is called to Salem by sister-in-law Mary Shafer’s death and will visit Akron relatives. Lucy Herbert returns to Terre Haute after visiting her mother, Emma Kasler, ill in Fairlawn Ave. Garmon Conaway and son Brent visit C. A. Post’s home in Crooksville. Ed McGlone of Terre Haute visits sister Kate Bartels. Anne Weymueller returns from Buckhill Falls and Asheville. she led Mortar Board and Alpha Gamma Delta conventions. Donna Vaughan and Harry Vaughan spend weekend with Isaac E. Vaughan’s family in Trimble. Mrs. Andrew Alderman of Cleveland and Mrs. Henry Zimmers of Glouster visit the Vaughans in Trimble.
TUPPERS PLAIN S The congregations of the Church of Christ in Northern Meigs County will sponsor a meeting of weeks at Tuppers Plains on a lot adjoining the Cream Station beginning July 17. H T Dotson of Tuppers Plains Edward White Jr of Flora and others will deliver gospel messages with song services nightly at 8 oclock No services on Sunday night Worship is held at Success each Sunday at 10 am with Bible study reading exhortations communion and contribution Mr Dotson preaches there occasionally.
P Pridgen district superintendent will speak at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Stewart on Saturday evening July 12.
Communion will be observed Sunday during the morning service at New Plymouth Presbyterian Church. Mount Aconcagua in Argentina stands as the highest peak in South America.
The First Methodist Sunday School opens next Sunday at 9 30 with C T Warren leading every bodies sing for 20 minutes before the lesson. Rev Theodore Shoemaker will preach at 10 30 on Will a Man Rob God. Choir sings At Thy Feet and organ pieces. Shoemaker to Lancaster Camp Ground for Epworth League Institute then returns for Wednesday 7 30 service. Summer students hike and picnic Saturday meet at church 5 p m bring lunch. Shoemaker in charge of student class Sunday at 9 50.
The service centers on the Sacrament of love with the golden text urging believers to love one another identified as disciples. Readings include Luke 9 1 2 detailing apostles empowered to heal and preach and Eddy's Science and Health stressing living truth over rituals.
The Richland Ave Methodist Church School will observe Student Day at 9 30 a m with a short play A Journey to Ever Ever Land by youths. At 7 30 p m Dr J Herman Baughn will speak on Dying To Live and begin a study series on John Wesley. An ice cream social is planned Friday July 18 on the church lawn.
Rev. E. E. Cole of Central Methodist Church selects Courage For Our Day as the theme for a unified morning service at 9 15. He will speak at 7 30 on Living in The Land of Make Believe as part of the church program.
The Rev. Frank Donaldson will lead a 10 15 Sunday service with the sermon Beside Still Waters. The choir sings Remember Thy People with bass solo by Robert Wendell and soprano solo by Virginia Segale. Donaldson will be away July 20 and 27 while painting occurs.
The Closed Mind will be the topic of Rev. Sydney C. G. Eversons sermon at the Albany Methodist Church Sunday morning at 10 30. Awards for perfect attendance at the recent Vacation Bible School will be given at Sunday School at 9 30. Epworth League meets at 6 45 pm. Snowville Sunday School starts at 2 pm followed by the bi weekly preaching service. On Growing Up will be the sermon topic. Pearl Chapel bi weekly service is at 8 pm Sunday with the message The Belief That Saves.
The Church of God on Hocking Street plans a Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning services at 10 30 with a guest speaker. Evening evangelistic services at 7 30 will feature guest speaker Rev and Mrs Lars Olsen from Denmark. Wednesday includes a 7 30 mid week praise and prayer service.
Children will observe the day at Airline Church near Albany on Sunday July 13. Sunday School begins at 9 30 in the morning followed by a basket dinner at noon. The program by the children will be presented at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The Presbyterian Church will host a Sunday sermon on “When Life Becomes Difficult” by Rev. Fred E. Luchs with Mrs Grace Martin as soloist. The Married Couples Class plans a picnic at E A Cunningham's summer home on The Plains Road Friday evening July 18, with members meeting at the church at 5 30.
Major and Mrs W W Hinshaw of the Salvation Army in Athens have returned from a week long vacation in Indiana. Major Hinshaw will lead the Salvation Army worship service at 11 am Sunday, preceded by Sunday School at 9 45. An 8 o clock service will be held Sunday night and the mid week service will be held Tuesday night.
Sunday School begins at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30. Evangelistic service at 7 45 pm conducted by Rev Floyd Hondell. NYPS meets 6 45 Sunday evening and prayer meetings are held Wednesday at 7 45 pm.
Mr and Mrs L E Barnett will conduct revival meetings at the New Marshfield Christian Church next week. Barnett takes a vacation from Columbus to direct the services. Sunday morning will include communion with a sermon titled Praying for a Revival. Sunday night the topic is Climbing to Hell. Services run nightly through Saturday with junior hour at 7 and main services at 8. Special music programs are planned.
The rev W E Bancroft preaches at Haydenville Community Church at 9 30 am with Sunday School to follow A praise service at 7 30 pm and a Bible study Thursday at 7 30 pm Vacation Bible School starts July 14 at 9 am at Murray City Methodist Church and July 14 at 2 pm at Jobs Methodist Church Other churches list Sunday School at 9 30 am praise and worship times and midweek prayer meetings all set through Friday 7 30 pm
The Rev Melvin E Mitchell will preach at Asbury Methodist Church near Guysville after 9 30 Sunday School and 10 30 worship in the Asbury Graham circuit. He will also preach at Graham Chapel at 7 45 p m Sunday night with the 9 30 class meeting noted.
Morning and evening worship planned at New Straitsville Methodist Church Sunday. Morning sermon theme is The Church Is Christ's Only Permanent Institution. Evening topic is My Grace Is Sufficient for You. Rev. G M Hughes is pastor.
Sunday school at the Pilgrim Church Congress and Washington Sts begins at 9 30 am. The Rev H E Osborn will preach at 10 30. The young people meet at 6 45 pm. An evangelistic service is held at 7 45. The Ladies Prayer Band meets Tuesday at 2 pm. The mid week prayer meeting is Wednesday evening at 7 45.
The Athens County Union Class will meet at the Free Methodist Church on Campbell Street in Athens this Sunday at 2 PM for an afternoon gathering.
The Reedsville Circuit schedules baptisms Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock for Lawrence Chapel Bethel Tuppers Plains and Bethany churches. Morning services and church schools precede with varied start times. Bible classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
At the Church of Christ 6 Stimson Ave a morning service at 9 30 features Bible study at 9 45 on Nicodemus Religious But Not a Christian. C M Clouston preaches at 10 15 on Christ and the Poor. Evening service at 7 includes a sermon by Mr Clouston on The Cross and the Yoke. Thursday night offers song drill and Bible study at 7 30.
Sunday School at Alexander Church starts 10 am followed by 11 am worship. Harrisonville Union holds Sunday School 9 30 am and morning worship, with evening service at 8 pm. The Rev Louis Campbell serves as pastor.
The Athens County Holiness Class meeting will be held at the Free Methodist Church in Athens at 2 p.m. Sunday. Regular services are 9:30 a.m. Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. preaching by Rev. Walter Martin. Friday prayer meeting is at 7:30 p.m.
All day services and a basket dinner at noon mark the Wesleyan Methodist camp meeting at Coolville grounds. The afternoon program features preaching by Rev. Melvin Mitchell.
Bradbury parish plans Sunday Bible School sessions at 9 40 with the topic Christianity Expands in Asia. Rev J P Miller says special programs will center on patriotism. Dexter Rutland Bradford church services follow with Ye Olde Tymme Hymn Night and a 6 30 Christian Endeavor in Bradford.
A revival meeting sponsored by the Pilgrim Holiness Church at New Marshfield will begin Sunday evening with Rev. W. M. Whittmore of Hamilton as evangelist. The meetings run to July 27 under music director Charles York who will perform guitar and accordion solos. Services start at 7:45 p.m. Rev. W. E. Music is the pastor.
Weather permitting an outdoor meeting will be held Sunday July 13 at 2 30 p m at the South end of Orbiston on the East side of the creek Evangelist C M Clouston will preach on Searching for Knowledge Pearly Gaskill of Athens will conduct the song service
Sunday School starts 9:30 a.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church followed by worship at 10:45 with Rev. James T. Crable delivering the sermon. Sunday night at 7:30 Rev Crable preaches on The Battleship of Christ.
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