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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
12
Mayor Robert S. Wood announced that during the last week five Athens residents were fined for over-parsing. The men paid fines of one dollar each and were named as Claud Westfall E C Staneart Steve Taitios P O Nichols and W H Shafer.
A woman discusses how a husband appears to be becoming two people as Jane Barry seems to control Jim Barry. She fears Jim will lose his individuality, friends, and spirit, becoming only an echo of Jane, and contemplates avoiding both Jim and Jane to preserve her view of a man for himself.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church lists Sunday activities with 9:30 am church school under superintendent B F Allen, opening by the Junior orchestra led by Miss Bessie Stevens. Worship at 10:30 am on a topic "A Dependent People" with special music. Junior church suspended until September. Epworth League at 6:30 pm led by Mr William Howe. evening and midweek services noted but text trails off.
Reverend R P Fitch conducts revival at Pilgrim Holiness Church preaching Sunday morning at 4 30 and evening at 7 30 with Sunday School at 9 30 and Young People's meeting at 6 36 p m leading parish gauge of spiritual activities.
John Lloyd Evans serves as minister at 9:30 a m Sunday School with Fr A Snackenburg as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 30 features chimes anthem solos and a sermon Masonry World’s Force. St Johns Day service with Masonic Lodge worship at 7 30 p m Evening service and Children’s Day program directed by Edith Stiers Ruth Kelch Margaret Johnson and Ed Sharp.
BR Fields hosts at 8:00 a m Sunday School. 10:30 a m sermon by Rev A H Brus sell Wesley Foundation pastor of Athens. 6:30 p m Epworth League and Class. 7:30 p m evening services with brief sermon by the pastor.
The notice lists morning service from 9 to 10 30 and evening worship at 7 30 with a 6 30 intermediate C E. Prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 20.
E L Woodworth pastor of Roceepnce Advent Church will preach at 2 p m and 7 36 p m on Sunday with the topic Winn al to Community for Christ and What sanest Thou Prayer meeting will be led by Rev R L Chambers of Ravenswood West Virginia with morning and evening sermons next Sunday.
A Locke pastor leads Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Classes at 9 30 and 10 20 a.m. Children’s Day program at 8 a.m. Gibisonville and Enterprise Sunday Schools at 9 a.m. Preaching 10 a.m. Christian Endeavor follows.
Church notes show morning services at 7 and 7:? with Holcomb district superintendent presiding. Thursday night prayer meeting at 7:30 features updates on league events and weekly speak and hold quarterle conference.
Middleport Ohio Ichinger pastor preaches at Sunday School led by I E superintendent. Morning worship on theme word I Believe. Epworth League led by Julia Miller. Evening service on This Machine Age. Mid week service announced for Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Morning worship at 16 29 with sermon Are You in Trouble in Need of Vision Strength and Senators for Life's Battle. Evening worship at 7 30. Bible classes at 9 15 on The Risen Lord and His Commission. Christian Endeavor 6 30. Meditation at 7 30 and Review of Quarter's Lessons. All are welcome.
A fragmentary notice describes a Sunday service at 9 15 oclock led by Reverend Johns. William e appears as superintendent while Mrs Bess is named as president in incomplete text.
Friday at 8 p.m. junior choir practice led by Robert Johnston. On the fifth Sunday two services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. at Rutland. Sunday School at 9 15 a.m. F A Bryant superintendent. Class meeting at 10 a.m. J J Tolliver leader. Preaching at 10 45 a.m. subject The Golden Wedge.
Fred I. Gardner leads Bible School at 9 15 with Homer Rice as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 20 features a sermon on Hill tops of re. Evangelistic evening at 7 20 titled Prison Doors. Wednesday 7 30 Hour of prayer and study with devotional service led by Homer Rice.
Rev W W Weiser leads Sunday School at 9 30 with John H Howell superintendent A class for every age Morning worship at 10 30 on Religion and Morals Epworth League meets at 6 45 p m Children’s Day program at 2 00 p m Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 p m led by Mrs Alice Wyckoff
McArthur Presbyterian Church led by Rev Albert J QW Wilson holds a 7 30 p m preaching service with the sermon Leper Held The Sunday School session begins at 9 30 a m and welcomes parishioners.
Rev. Albert J. Wilson presides at Hamden Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 9 a.m and divine worship at 10 a.m.
Sunday School at 9 30 a m from April to December and 10 00 a m April to December superintendent C B Wells oversees worship first Sunday monthly 10 00 a m marching second and fourth Sundays 9 00 a m prayer service third Sunday 10 30 a m branch president Co B Wells leads the branch in this Welsh Mills Ohio congregation pattern
Christian Endeavor at 2:00 p.m. and Mission Band for children at 9:30 a.m. with MCARTHUR Bible School sessions at 9:30 a.m. and a 7:15 p.m. program.
Rev. L. B. Wissinger, the pastor, announces a secular preaching service will be conducted on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at New Plymouth Presbyterian Church.
The Church of the Good Shepherd on State and Carpenter Streets announces services led by Rev. E L Plelow with Clutts as organist. Church School at 9 15 a m and morning prayer and sermon at 10 30.
The Church of God on Hocking Street lists Bible School at 9 39 and morning worship with Prayer at the morning service. A 7 00 p m meeting follows with an 7 45 p m evening service and a 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer gathering led by Minister V Weber.
Pastor F C Kreager leads a 9 15 a m morning service and Sunday School at First Baptist Church. Evening worship follows with a sermon titled Seeing plus The Children s program at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Carpenter and Congress Street church led by Pastor R. Smith opens Bible School at 9 30 with topic The Great Matt 28 1 20 Superintendent Mrs Nelle Pettiford. worship and sermon at 10 45 followed by BYPU and leadership talk about Addie Marie Guthrie and Louise Pettiford with pianist Gwendolyn Lynch. weeknight service Wednesday at 7.
West State and Congress Streets notices list M. E. Chatley as minister and Howard Bobo as music director with Mrs. William Ruston at the organ. Bible School at 9 15, Morning worship at 10 15 titled The Challenge of Doubt, Christian Endeavor at 6 30, and a union service at the Presbyterian Church at 7 30 with Wednesday prayer at 7 30.
Lutheran Church and Episcopal Church list Sunday services led by Pastor Arthur P. Michelfelder at 9 15 a m on state and carpenter streets with sermon Your Choice Heaven or Hell.
Pastor James A. Fields leads morning preaching at 10 30. A Young People’s meeting follows at 6 30. Evening preaching resumes at 7 30 with the usual parish activities.
Ira P. Day presides as minister with G W Pierce leading Sunday School at 9 15. Sermon at 10 15. Evening Junior League at 6 and Senior League at 6 30 with Miss Dora Burleigh directing a special program. Worship at 7 30. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30.
The Church of Christ (loyal) gathers at No 4 Stimson Avenue East Athens with Bible Study at 9 30 and worship and communion at 10 30. All Bible questions are scripturally answered at this hour following the apostolic order.
The Albany M E Circuit lists Sunday School at Temple 9:30 with Mrs Velma Carpenter as superintendent. Albany 9:15 with E H Lasch as superintendent. Hebbardsville 9:30 with Frank Davis as superintendent. Town House 1:30 with Floyd Fought as superintendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 10:30.
Charles M Coulter and Arlie H Krussell preside with Bible School classes for Summer School students led by Mr Henry Atkinson. Morning worship at 10 30 features a sermon Be of Good Cheer by Mr Coulter. Home Hour at 5 00 and Fellowship Supper at 6 00 followed by a Student Vesper service at 6 30 with Coulter speaking. Epworth League at 6 30 led by David Reading on Books. Congregation joins other churches for the Woman's League of Voters meeting at the High School with Judge Florence Allen as speaker. Mid week prayer next Wednesday at 7 30.
Is the Universe including Man evolved by Atomic Force reads as the golden text from Psalms and responsive readings from Isaiah. Sunday School 9 30 a m Sunday service 9 45 a m Wednesday meeting 7 p m Reading room open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 2 to 4 p m TM
Abbott Y. Wilcox leads a summer church program with a 9 15 meeting time. Prof J R Gentry introduces lectures on The Influence of Geography on the Bible. Morning worship at 10 30 features a sermon by Rev Wilcox. Young people gather at 6 30, vesper follows, and a memorial service is planned at 7 30 by the Athens City Federation at the Presbyterian Church.
The article lists service times and Sunday School details for multiple churches. Linton Mattox leads Spansmibe Church with 7:00 am service and 10:00 am Sunday School. Stewart Church offers 10:30 am service and 9:30 am Sunday School. New England Church hosts 2:30 pm service and 1:30 pm Sunday School. Velma Williams oversees Velma’s church with 8:90 pm service and 9:30 am Sunday School. P G Chapman serves Guysville Church with 8:00 pm prayer meeting and 9:30 am Sunday School. J Biddison and T M Crawford are listed as superintendents and organizers for respective churches.
Charles V. Weber serves as minister with Sunday School at 9:30. Mrs. Cunningham presides as superintendent and leads the evening service at 7:00. A Children's Day program is planned for the evening service with Mrs. Cunningham in charge. Thursday night prayer service at 7:30.
Mrs Nellie Phillips Sunday School superintendent announces services at Clarks Chapel M E Church. Sunday School starts at 10 o clock followed by a sermon by the minister at 11 o clock.
The Aren Baptist Church in Wiggins invites attendees for Sunday School at 9:15 followed by a teaching service led by superintendent Lawrence Morris. The Lord's Prayer service on the church lawn runs 6:30 to 7:15 with a rain plan moved inside if weather is bad.
The Bible School meets at 10 a m with Elmer Mills and Charles Carsly as superintendents and Miss Madge Dixon and Miss Elizabeth Riley as pianists. Morning worship follows at 11 o clock with Mrs Maud Vorkes as pianist-director. The minister will speak on a disturbing gospel.
Benjamin Ritt age 21 and James Dean age 31, residents of Circleville, were killed when their car struck a pole on Adelphi Pike. Fred Martin, 45, local barber, sustained serious injuries in the same wreck.
The poet Edna St Vincent Millay lived on bread and coffee in a small Greenwich Village apartment after being dropped from a Los Angeles theater cast where she had a minor role.
The Athens Messenger presents a 15c pattern for a child’s cape chic dress with dainty ruffling. Easy to sew using cimity voile pongee lawn or silk crepe, with bloomers for younger tots. Sizes 4 6 8 and 16 with yardage details and no dressmaking experience required.
The narrator recounts a car trip with Dicky as she reveals how themes of Noel and Mary’s engagement unfold. They discuss Robert Savarin, a detective, and the meddling producer Veritzen. Dicky speculates on Cameron’s motive and Noel’s mood to protect Mary from a troubled arrangement.
The notice asks readers to send fifteen cents for each pattern with exact yardage by size and to include name address style number and size requested written plainly for the order. It specifies coins or stamps and careful wrapping.
Coolville, June 26. Merchandise valued at zero dollars was stolen from Taylor and Son Drug Store when burglars pried open the front door with a bar. Cameras, fountain pens, watches, and cigars were taken as Sheriff William Williams investigates.
The day shows fair potential for e2 and eight hours of advancement as lunar transits rule. There is promise of favors at work and some financial gains, yet a warning of careless or extravagant money use and possible losses. Birthdays on the 18th may bring progress, honors, and recognition through efficiency and support from authorities.
A compilation of aphorisms from Augustine Plutarch Seneca Rousseau Wordsworth Syrus Spencer Carlyle Plautus Wellington Swift and others on vainglory leisure education character and moral judgment with a concluding fragment on cunning and folly.
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