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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
8
The text notes W. Pierce and Sunde Bennet ouert and W. ree as Sunday school superintendent and minister respectively. It mentions a school at usual near 715 dollars and services at 7 30 pm with Wednesday evening service at 7 30.
Abbott Wilcox, Minister, will lead Bible School at 9 15. The 10 30 service features Rev Wilcox with CAL sermon. The quartette sings The Lord is My Light. Young people meet 6 30 for devotional. Union service 7 30 at First Methodist with Rev M E minister delivering final in Prohibition series on Why not Repeal the Prohibition Law.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a Church of Christ gathering near numbers 4 and 67 with Bible verses Galatians chapter five guiding questions for worship.
A Salvation Army event listing shows haliday night programs with open air services at 7 p m and 7 30 p m. It mentions a People's meeting at 7 p m and a Salvation meeting at 7 30 p m. Sunbeams program and Monday night activities are also noted under a church style schedule.
Carpenter Zion Baptist Church on Congress Streets rents Smith as pastor Nellie Pettiford is church organist School session starts at 9 30 Topic for study notes 8 beers in Community and Mrs Cooper with Gwendolyn Nech pianist and communion at 10 45 Wednesday evening service at 7 45 Do We Need the Summer Time service time reflects a summer schedule
The note lists a Bible School under F R Richey and a First Methodist Church service schedule. It mentions a talk titled Modern Atheism or a Tute for God and a Wednesday evening session at 7 30. The reader is invited to attend morning prayer and a Wednesday event at 7 30.
Charles V. W. Ministlib leads Sunday School at 3 30 PM Morning worship 10 30 AM Young People 7 00 PM Evening meeting Wednesday 7 30 PM Local church on Hocking Street conducts weekly services and activities for all ages.
Pastors M Coulter and Arlie H Krussell lead early worship at 8 a m. Classes at 10 30 am with Mr Krussell presiding. Evening service at 7 30 pm features Rev Chat preaching on Why the Prohibition Law. Union service planned for next Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church.
Morning worship at 9:30 with theme Ahead. Sunday School at 10:15 covering Judges 4 1 15 on Deborah a leader in a national effort. Discussion question asks What will be the impact of enfranchising women.
The notice lists evening services at Pratt Street church with Tuesday and Friday nights at 7. The text includes leaders C Kenney and Mrs Cerene and mentions class terms and Sunday 2 pm details.
The Christian Science Church at 15 South Congress Street announces services at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., with a reading room open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. The text includes biblical passages and psalms cited for contemplation.
The minister preaches at 11 o clock after Sunday School at 10. Mrs Wellie Phillips serves as Sunday School superintendent. The services are announced by P Day.
The Bible School with Superintendent Elmer Mills and Charles Car will open at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. Mrs. Maud Vorhes serves as pianist director. The sermon title is The Compulsion of Jesus. Woman's Auxiliary sets its meeting for Thursday in August instead of July 1 as formerly announced.
Public worship at Carthage Presbyterian Church at 2 30 PM with the minister preaching on the sermon topic What Time Is It in Religion.
Circle Hill will start Sunday School at 9:00 on Sunday July 27 and Bible School on Monday July 28 at Circle Bill schoolhouse.
G H Wiggins, pastor, invites to Sunday School at 9 30 and Preaching Service at 10 30. Subject Who Will Be at the Judgment Seat of Christ and What For.
Sunday School at 9 14 with Clarence Morris superintendent for all ages. Men’s class invites men to visit with Mr. Walker teaching. Vesper service on the church lawn at 6 30 with the subject Good Advice to a Dirty Man.
Albany Methodist Church led by Pastor F. Roberts lists morning worship at 10 15 with E Lasch Sunday School at 9 15. Hebbardsville and Temple report 9 30 Sunday School plus prayer services, with Frank Davis and Howard Stout as superintendents. Town House and Floyd Fought oversee Sunday School at 9 30.
Richland Avenue details set church hours with J L Cartwright and G W Shaffer leading. evening worship at 8 and prayer service on Wednesday at 8. New Marshfield center school hosts meetings with G M Sidders and preaching slots. circuit quarterly conference Friday August 1 at 8 p m.
The morning worship at 4:30 PM features The Seven Years Work in Mid oae and How God Cares for His Own. Evening service at 7:30 PM presents A Banquet in a Royal Home with a Head at the Table. The pastor departs Tuesday for Indianapolis then the Pacific Coast.
In Middleport Ohio Heath Methodist Episcopal Church led by Pastor H Eichinger hosts Sunday School at 9 15 am with I Miller as superintendent Morning worship at 10 30 am on The Way of the Kit Evening League at 6 30 pm and Evening Service at 7 30 pm with the sermon Reckoning Without the Soul Mid week service at 7 30 pm Wednesday Group No 4 led by Mrs C F Hawkins will provide a cafeteria supper at the church on July 25 starting 5 30 pm
Middleport Church of Christ led by Fred I Gardner hosts Bible School at 9 15 and morning worship at 10 20 with sermons on Bursting Wine skins and Giving Our Best Evening service at 7 30 and midweek prayer and study on Wednesday at 7 30 led by Mrs Mabel Weese. The article notes hot weather affects services and a large attendance at prior weeks.
Fragmentary church schedule shows a morning worship at 9:15 with a sermon titled Parcsand Foolish Gare and an evening service. Bible reading in the Wednesday lesson cites Philippians 2:1-11.
Glenn L Tennell ministering at Bethany M E Church with 9 15 a m church school 10 30 a m morning service choir anthem theme The Useless Struggle evening service at Simpson Church meditation The Continuous March of Life choir practice Wednesday evening
The Forest Run Methodist Church lists Sunday events with Church School at 1 00 p m and a Service of worship at 2 00 p m Reflecting a simple historic rural church timetable
Pilgrim Holiness Church led by Pastor P Pridgen announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 p m. A young people's meeting is set for 6 30 p m followed by preaching at 7 30 p m.
Herman A. Sayre is pastor and B. F. Allen leads Church School at 9:30. Morning worship at 10:30 with Rev D H Householder of Murray City Methodist delivering the sermon. Special music. No evening service until September. Prayer service 7:30 Wednesday.
Church School at 9 30 with W P Wells superintendent. Morning worship service at 9 30. Church service at 7 30 with Rev E B Dean in charge. Thursday night prayer meeting at 7 30.
Rector E L Pielow conducts Holy Communion at 11:00 a.m. on the first Sunday with Church School at 9:00 a.m. Evening Prayer and sermon follow at 7:00 p.m. Other Sundays feature Evening Prayer and sermon at 7:00 p.m.
E L Woodworth pastor invites all to attend Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m Loyal Workers meeting 7 30 p m preaching 8 00 p m prayer meeting Wednesday 8 00 p m all are welcome
Elmer Bliss pastor leads a 10:00 a m Divine Service at Trinity Lutheran with a sermon by Paul Frisch a student from Lancaster. A 7 30 service is listed in Fairfield County.
In Laurelville Vir, pastors and Sunday schools hold classes with times listed. A home-coming basket dinner accompanies a program of singing and speaking, inviting all to attend with well filled baskets as revival grows through nightly song services.
A church notice lists Pastor Heyde at St. Matthew with Sunday School at 9:00 and worship at 10:00. Additional services at St. John near Enterprise at 1:00 and 2:00 PM are noted. reopening is planned later.
The Rev. W W Weiser presides over combined church and school service at 9 30 a m with Epworth League at 7 15 p m and evening service at 8 p m Mid week worship is set for Wednesday at 8 p m.
The Rev Albert J Wilson pastor of McArthur Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and a serves at 7 30 p m with Rev G Langford of Harrison County delivering the sermon.
The Rev. Albert J. Wilson leads Sunday School at 9 am with worship at 7 30 pm Rev G Langford of Harrison County will preach the sermon at the Hamden church.
Frederick Brown, pastor, presides over worship at 9 15 with communion. Men’s chorus provides music. Sunday School at 10 15. Last Sunday saw record attendance for July. Church holds Thursday service at 7 30 and men’s chorus practice Wednesday at 8 09 at 38 90.
Frederick Brown serves as pastor with Sunday School at 9 30 a m G F Henderson as superintendent, worship and sermon at 10 30 a m listed for the day.
The Zaleski M E Church hosts Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. with Elmer Mc Kibben as superintendent followed by a prayer service at 11:00. A sermon by the pastor is planned for 8:00 p.m. Prayer services are held every Thursday evening.
The Rev. L. B. Wissinger leads regular preaching at Plymouth Presbyterian Church with services set for the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
Wales Mills Ohio church announces Sunday School 9 30 a m January to December and 9 a m December to April C B Wells is superintendent Sacrament service on the first Sunday each month at 10 30 a m and preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 30 a m
In Vinton Pastor Parrish of Harlan delivers a sermon from an Old Testament book. Sunday School begins at 9 30 across Locust Grove Mt Pleasant and New Plymouth with sermons at 7 30 pm. Stoner and Gee also hold services.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on July 26, an 118 year old heir known as Uncle Ben Hodge cannot recall key facts to validate his claim to a $15 million English estate. He cannot supply his grandfather’s given name or his father’s middle name and misremembers family origins. He remembers emigrating from England as a child, served in the Civil War, and outlived all wives, but lacks precise details on children. Neighbors aided him until learning of his potential inheritance.
In Kansas City three men condemned for murdering a patrolman during a bank robbery were hanged simultaneously in the county jail execution chamber. A yard square trap opened beneath them and they dropped to their deaths.
funeral services were conducted at Zion Baptist Church Lower Plains for Pearley B. Robinett 77 who died at his son's home. Rev. Harry Pugh led the rites with church choir singing. Burial followed at the adjacent cemetery. Surviving son T R Robinett and two daughters Mrs Ira Barnes and Mrs Henry Smith. Several relatives and neighbors attended and other local residents were mentioned in visits and a picnic at Middleport.
Mrs F E Boudinot reports a Saturday porch party hosted by Mr and Mrs Carl Robinett with games and radio music. Guests included the Simpkins Hurd Gillespie Robinett Ferrell Andrews Males and visitors from Chauncey Athens and Pittsburgh. Tink Males ill in Salem hospital and Sarah A Males suffered a heart attack at granddaughter’s home following heat.
Chauncey solls host the Old Timers at Chauncey ball park this evening facing Dr Walkers in a postponed Wednesday game.
Ten mines operate in Chauncey district today with seven active Thursday. The working list includes No. 72, No. 267, No. 69, No. 68, No. 24, No. 28, No. 86, Poston No. 6, Chauncey No. 25 and Hocking. Chauncey mine was idle Wednesday and Thursday. Most mines mark a pay-day today.
Chauncey July 25 Mrs. F M McHarg entertained guests at her Lower Plains residence with a dinner party. The gathering highlighted local social ties and neighborhood hosting traditions.
Attendees included Mrs. Lizzie Barber of Nelsonville and Mrs. George Gabriel Jr and Mrs. Russell McHarg of Lower Plains, making up a notable group at the event.
Mrs. Sam Tippett of Chauncey traveled to Athens to attend the funeral of her cousin H. L. Morris. The service was at Athens Methodist Episcopal Church with burial in McDougall Cemetery near Sheltering Arms Hospital.
Mr and Mrs G B Courtney and their children return from a three days camping and fishing trip on the Muskingum River. They also visited Willie Burge at Beckett.
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