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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
9
Calvin B Hanes pastor directs Sunday School at 9 30 with preaching at 10 49 Young People's Meeting at 6 30 and Children's Day Program at 7 30 Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 30.
The service this Sunday will be a union service at the Presbyterian Church. Charlies M. Coulter will lead a sermon titled How the Kingdom Grows during morning worship at 10:30. The Athens City Federation will oversee the memorial service.
Bible School at 9 39 includes topic The Meaning of the Ascension led by Pastor KR Smith with Nellie Fettiford supervising and Mary Louise Pettiford at the piano Morning worship at 10 45 features God s Word Endures Mid week service Wednesday at 7 89 p m and evening worship at 7 30 with topics The Need for Christian Thoughtfulness and Kindness and Trans and Palse Friendship presented by RY PA with BE Smith president and Ermine Cooper pianist
The text lists a Bible study led by Pearly Gas at 9 39 on Stimpson Ave Nov 4 and a 10 20 worship and communion directed by the Apostles, outlining a church schedule.
Reed J. Downs leads morning worship at 918 Bible School with communion. Sermon titled The Abundant Life. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Thirty union services planned at the Presbyterian Church with a memorial service conducted by the Athens City Federation.
The Christian Science Church at 15 South Congress Street lists God the Preserver of Man as Goldentext with Psalms 121:8. Responsive readings include Ezekiel 34:11 12 14 16 25 26 31. Week services: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and Sunday service 10:45 a.m. Wednesday meeting 7:30 p.m. Reading room open Tue Thu Sat 2 to 4 p.m.
Abbott Y. Wilcox serves as minister of Athens Presbyterian Church. Bible School at 15 with Superintendent John R. Gentry in charge. Morning Worship at 16:30 with sermon by Rev. Wilcox on Does God Care for the Individual. At 18:00 a rally of young people led by Miss Pauline Cone. Also a Union Memorial Service at 30 under the Athens City Federation of Women.
Pastor C Kenner leads Sunday School at 2:00 and Praise service at 3:00. Evangelistic service at 7:30. Weeknight Prayer Meeting held Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7:30. Mrs Everett Cross serves as class leader for the Sunday School.
The church calendar lists Ward Radford as pastor with 8:15 Sunday School led by G. W. Pierce as superintendent. Morning worship and sermon begin at 10:15, Epworth League at 6:30, and evening worship and sermon at 9:30.
Mrs Nellie Philips serves as superintendent at Clark's Chapel Sunday School on a September date with 90 09 division noted in the church notice.
At 10:00 a.m. Sunday School begins followed by a basket event at noon and a program in the moon. All are welcome.
A series of services is listed for the weekend including street meetings Saturday at 7 p m and 7 p m. Praise service Saturday at 8 p m. Holiness meeting Sunday at 10 30 a m Sunday School at 2 20 p m Young People’s Legion at 6 p m Street meeting at 7 p m and Salvation Meeting at 7 45 p m with Mrs Stone as speaker.
The local Protestant church lists Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:18 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor is Mr. Wright at land Ave.
Sunday School at 9 a m. Preaching at 10 a m. Prayer Meeting 7 30 p m. Thursday Prayer Meeting 7 50 p m.
Strouds Run schedules Sunday activities with Sunday school at 1 30 p m and preaching at 2 30 p m in the afternoon.
Rod Town Free Methodist announces a Class meeting at 10 a.m. and a prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 59 p.m. for parishioners and parish activities.
The article lists preaching times and Sunday School sessions for several churches in the Guysville Stewart area. Canaanville Steward Jesse B Poston leads Sunday School, Stewart Church offers 8 p m service, New England Church holds 2 30 p m service, Guysville Church hosts 10 45 a m service, with midweek meetings and class leadership by Homer Morehead and W. W. Buck.
At 9 30 am church school led by Supt C O Gibson with Primary Esther Wilton. Music by Mrs J Hartley and Miss E Glazier. Evening worship at 6 00 pm with the subject Jesus and the Children.
On Sunday September 30 the New England Presbyterian Church invites attendees to Sunday School at 9 30 and morning worship at 1030 led by Mr Oliver Bryson the sermon titled Consid er the Lilies.
The Little Hocking Universalist Church will celebrate Children’s Day next Sunday morning with a 10 o’clock church and Sunday School program. Reverend Edward M. Minor will speak and christen children, followed by a 2:30 afternoon service at Lower Salem where a church business meeting to elect delegates to the Ohio Universalist Convention in Cincinnati, June 22 to 25, will occur.
D C Shearer and wife pastors. Sunday School 9 30 Morning worship 10 30 special song Young People service 6 30 Miss Margaret Cornes president Evangelistic service 7 30 Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 30 Camp meeting on Grotto Grounds Route 31 between Haydenville and Logan June 26 to July Rev W L Surbrook evangelist Rev C Myers song leader Three services July 4th.
John Lloyd Evans presides over a Sunday schedule including morning worship at 10:30 and Sunday School at 9:30. Children’s Day service by the children’s department, infant baptism, and an offering for Sunday School Missions are planned, with evening services and an anthem directed by Prof. Janssen after a sermon titled Spain the Invincible.
Herman A Sayre pastor leads morning worship at 10 30 with the theme The Seen and the Unseen The senior choir performs a special anthem Bessie Stephenson directs Miss Stephenson leads the morning school at 9 30 Knights of Pythias attend Epworth League 6 30 Don Campbell president Evening service 7 30 features sacred music directed by Prof Chas E Poston Prayer service is 7 30 Wednesday night
The schedule lists Bible School at 9:30 a.m. led by Roy Barron, Communion and worship at 10:30 a.m. with a sermon on The Eight Beattitude, 7:30 p.m. worship with The Church of the Churches sermon, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer service, and Friday choir rehearsal at 00 p.m.
Pomeroy churches announce morning sermon Human or Divine and evening Faith and Obedience led by Rev. T Boyd Gay Ph D minister in Middleport.
Middleport church announces Sunday School at 9 15 with TM M Ross as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 15 features Anna K Sparks from Philadelphia Christian Center. Evening programs include junior and senior BYPUs at 6 30 and a children’s day program at 7 30 with prayer meeting. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30.
Middlepoint Ohio Heath Methodist Church led by Pastor H Eichinger hosts a 9 a.m. Children’s Day service followed by class lessons. Epworth League gathering at 6 30 p.m. led by Mrs Eichinger. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. on Wednesday titled Under the Plague with the American Legion Post attending. Mid week service also at 7 30 p.m.
Logan Churches First Methodist Episcopal outlines Sunday worship at nine o'clock with Children's Day program to follow. Baptism will be administered to children presented by parents at the nine o'clock hour. An opportunity to unite with the church is offered. At 7:30 p.m. the 8.8 Orchestra directed by Mr Kinser will give a concert.
H. L. Geddes, Minister leads a morning service at 10 15 with the sermon The Attitude of the Presbyterian Church to Industrial and Economic Problems. Sunday School at a.m. with Harry Smith as Superintendent. Evening Service at 7 30 continues God in the Slums series.
Amos L Heyde is pastor with Sunday School at 9. Jacob A Keller leads Sept morning worship at 10 with Junior Mission Band at 2 and evening worship at 7 30 Lutheran Brotherhood night. The Brotherhoods sponsor the service and expect a fine program and large attendance. Women’s Missionary Society meets Thursday evening. St John Lutheran Church Enterprise Sunday School at 1 worship at 2 led by Clyde Dupler Superintendent.
The Union Furnace church reports Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. with R. D. Bray as superintendent and a 7:30 p.m. Thursday prayer meeting. Union hosts Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. with Harley Emmons as superintendent. Zion holds 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and a Children's Day program on Sept 8 in the evening. Pleasant Hill offers 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and a 10:30 preaching service. The Children’s Day service at Union Furnace last Sunday drew a good crowd despite rain, with a program lasting over an hour. The Quarterly Conference at Union Furnace on June 1 elected Walter North as delegate to the Annual Conference, O. M. Pence as alternate, and voted Rev. Arbell to return for another year.
All day gathering at Salt Creek Valley Nazarene Church Haynes Ohio Route 56 on June 14 begins with a 10AM morning service by Rev J W Steen of Junction City. A noon dinner will be served followed by an old fashioned Praise meeting in the afternoon. Brother and sister Schwartz return with Mr Russell Carpenter of Logan as a singer. Bring dinner baskets.
Elmer Bliss pastor leads 9 a m Sunday School and 11 a m divine service with a second service at 2 pm in Fairfield County. The schedule outlines morning and afternoon worship offerings for parishioners.
Rev. W. W. Weiser presides with Sunday School at 9:30 a m. Morning worship at 10:30 a m. Epworth League 6:45 p m. Evening worship 7:30 p m led by J. H. Howell.
Rev Albert J Wilson pastor preaches at 10 30 am. Children’s Day exercise at 7 30 pm. Church of Christ Bible School 9 30 am Communion 10 30 am Mission band 2 pm Christian Endeavor 6 15 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 pm.
Rev Frederick Brown leads Sunday School at 9 15 a m followed by Sant Arnett Worship with a sermon by the pastor at 10 18 a m
Rev. J. J. Hynes presides at St. Sylvester’s Church Zaleski with Mass on the second and fourth Sundays each month and on a fifth Sunday if it occurs.
Rev P A Harlan pastor at Locust Grove and New Plymouth holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m. Center Chapel also 9 30 a m with preaching at 10 30 a m Ebenezer 1 30 p m Asbury 9 30 a m preaching 8 p m Mt Pleasant 9 30 a m Children’s Day service 8 p m June 30
The notice from Wales Mill Ohio lists a sacrament service at 10 45 a m and preaching at 7 30 p m with B Wells as assistant pastor.
Miners in weight disputes against Ohio Miners Co and Hocking Mining Co are asked to contact E. H. Lantz at Glouster Ohio and Mike Krivesti at The Plains Ohio promptly.
A silk-covered diary from Starr Faithfull is used by Nassau County DA Elvin Edwards to argue premeditated murder in the Long Beach case. The diary reportedly contains intimate details of Faithfull’s life, linking her death to planned homicide and potentially involving prominent figures from two eastern cities. The case, unfolding before a grand jury, shifts from Manhattan nightlife to a broader societal intrigue.
The piece sketches Starr Faithfull amid prominent Boston circles and trans Atlantic liner officers and London hotel episodes. She remains elusive, sharing little of her life, with a diary hinting at adventures with men but few full names, many initials.
Fragmentary text suggests a hospital scene with a patient facing heart disease and an estranged wife nearby. Details are unclear but imply a personal drama centered on family relations during a medical event.
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