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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1943
Page
6
Capt. Frank Ruvio and Lieut. Sarah Seawell will open a WAAC recruiting office upstairs at the Athens Post Office room 21 on Monday March 22. Applicants aged 21 to 44 must be American, fit, with no dependents and good character. women with children under 14 are ineligible.
Ohio University YWCA invites members and non members to its annual luncheon on Saturday at noon in the Student Grill. Miss Frances Helen Mains national secretary of the National Student Council YWCA Geneva Region speaks, with Dean Irma Voigt and Miss Dorothy Nethering also on program. Tickets available from cabinet members.
Mrs. Fred McCoy presided at 65 N Congress St as Hobson Study Circle met Tuesday evening. Seventeen members and guest Mrs. Charles Farrow attended while roll call cited southern and central U S state capitals and plans were set for an April 6 gathering.
F.O.E Auxiliary will gather Monday at 8 p.m. in the F.O.E Hall with a 6 45 p.m. birthday dinner for members born in Jan Feb and March. Drill captain Mrs Walter Bartlett asks members to bring their uniforms to the meeting. Committee: Mrs Roy Mullins Mrs Leo Merchant Mrs George Merchant Mrs Fred Van Meter Mrs Frank Watkins. All members are cordially invited.
Mr and Mrs Andrew McKinney of Chauncey announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Dorothy to Horace S Sovereign of Milaca Minnesota. The ceremony will be at Beulah Heights Kentucky on Saturday March 28. Dorothy is a Chauncey Dover High School and Intercession City Theological College graduate and an ordained Holiness minister and Beulah Mountain Orphanage superintendent.
Alexander Presbyterian Church sponsors a series of non denominal Lent prayer meetings starting at 7:00 p.m. The first service will be at Miss Anna Pearl McVay’s home near Hebbardsville conducted by Mr. George Wakefield. Other communities’ meetings are planned for church members and friends.
A first person account follows donor M6488 at the Red Cross Athens Center as he donates a pint, undergoes hemoglobin testing, temperature, and blood pressure checks, and learns about non anemia thresholds. The piece notes 93 percent plan repeat donations, a Navy doctor, and the eight week return schedule for the mobile unit.
Chattanooga couple Mr and Mrs Charles Charnott show how a guard receptionist and a department store worker run a full pantry. They maintain a 500 quart reserve of preserved meat vegetables fruits jellies and juices, garden at home and a basement brooder. They can almost every evening and plan to keep ample supplies for winter, joining a local trend of large scale home canning.
A random cross section of forty families canned and stored large quantities of food to feed soldiers for a year. They produced 17 348 quarts of fruits and vegetables and 583 quarts of meats, plus dried produce and sugar substitutes. One family preserved 1040 quarts plus other items, highlighting home front efforts to ease supply strains for troops.
The Current Events Club meets Friday March 19 at 7 30 p m with Mrs. Lewis Ondis at 494 Morris Ave. Gasco Women's Club gathers Friday at 7 30 p m with Mrs. A W Smith at 78 Richland Ave. Group Six of the Presbyterian Church meets Friday March 19 at 6 p m at the home of Mrs. L J Addicott and Miss Genevieve Apgar, 55 Elmwood Place. Nabby Lee Ames Chapter D A R meets Saturday March 20 at 2 p m at the Eastwood for a state conference report and a book review of Paul Revere by Esther Forbes, presented by Mrs. Harry Lackey. Hostesses include Mrs. E T Hellebrandt, Mrs. W F Mercer, Miss Helen Howard, Mrs. E S Koons, Mrs. Anna E White, Mrs. O D Dailey, and Mrs. J E Cline.
The First Methodist Church High School Group plans a Sunday hike for any interested students. Meet at 6 p.m. in front of the College Street church with a picnic lunch. if it rains, stay for a program inside the church.
The Rev. Ralph Koether will speak at 6 p m Sunday at Westminster vesper service in Athens Presbyterian Church chapel with a duet by the Koethers. Other events include a Friday wiener roast, devo tional led by Ruth Cook Saturday, and a Student Class discussion Sunday. Phi Chi Delta to hear Nelsonville missionaries Tuesday at 7.
Dr Earl L King of India and Burma will speak at 10 30 Sunday morning at the First Methodist Church on issues facing the Christian Church in Asia He is a professor at Leonard Theological School Jubbalpore India The Sunday School Board meets 7 30 Tuesday evening led by Ross Wright The midweek Lenten service with Dr Brown is 7 30 Wednesday followed by a teacher training class at 8 30 The Women’s Society of Christian Service holds an all day sewing Friday with a potluck lunch The junior choir led by Mrs A L Vandeveer meets Saturday 1 to 1 45 at the church
The Rev. Charles P. Taylor will preach at Albany Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. on I Do Not Know and at Snowville at 8 p.m. The sermon topic for 3:15 p.m. at Pearl Chapel is The Sin That Hath Never Forgiveness. Sunday School sessions begin in various locations.
The Reedsville Methodist Circuit led by Rev. E. L. Miller lists Sunday events at three churches. Tuppers Plains offers Church School at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 8 p.m. Bethel Church starts at 10 a.m. with 11 a.m. preaching. Lawrence Chapel has School at 1:30 p.m. and preaching at 2:30. Communion and new member reception follow.
The Rev. Pirkey from Anderson Indiana will assume the pastorate at Hocking Street Church of God in Anderson Indiana. Born in Oklahoma City he served as assistant pastor and evangelist before studying at Anderson College and Theological Seminary. He and wife Lulla Belle Wampler have a daughter 18 months old Jerry Lurine. They reside at 250 Highland Ave. Sunday services include 9:30 am sermon 10:15 am Sunday School and 7:30 pm evangelical service both led by Rev Pirkey. Wednesday prayer is at 7:30 pm.
The Rev Frank Donaldson will lead the morning communion service at 10 15 with the topic The Redeemed of God The Church School under Supt M T Vermillion prepares an Easter program and urges child attendance A student supper is set for 5 30 p m Sunday Vespers and Christian Endeavor follow at 6 30 with the Training for Service class at 7 The Junior choir meets Wednesday at 4 15 in the Junior Department.
Chesterhill high school and junior high students are invited to hear the address "America's No. 1 Saboteur" at the Methodist Church at 11 a.m. The local WCTU is asked to attend as a body and sing one song. Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. and Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p.m.
Torch Baptist Church announces preaching services Sunday at 11 o'clock led by Pastor Rev. Filmore Cobb. The notice invites members and the community to attend worship and praise.
In the Hotel Lansfield suite theater impresario Philip Veritzen hosts fugitive King Georges with Olga, Olina, and Madge Graham awaiting Noel and Mary. Mary, in heavy makeup, flirts with Georges, prompting Noel and Dicky’s arrival as Madge notes Mary’s dramatic change from her usual self.
The Jacksonville Methodist Church announces March 21 services led by Rev. Charles E. Palmer. Jacksonville offers morning worship at 9, Church School, Junior MYF at 6, and Senior MYF at 6 30. Weekday prayer services are set for Thursday at 7. Dedication week begins with 7 30 services nightly through the week.
Hollister U. B. Church plans special prayers and recognition for servicemen this Sunday with the theme Our Patriotic Day of Prayer and Consecration. Rev. Roy Stanford urges families with service members to attend as Family Day is set for March 28. Easter observances include extra classes and a 98 attendee goal for the Easter service.
Evangelist C. M. Clouston will lead services at the Church of Christ 6 Stimson Ave with topics What Did God Give Us and What Are We Giving God. Schedule includes 9:45 a.m. Bible study 10:30 a.m. sermon 11 a.m. communion 7:30 p.m. song service and sermon.
At the Coolville Church of God Sunday School led by superintendent E. J. Daugherty. Services begin at 3 p.m with Pastor Rev John J. Bailey preaching on the Vision That Preserves the Church. Sunday School meets at 2 p.m.
Sunday school starts 9 30 a m at Graham Chapel with a preaching service at 10 30 led by The Rev Melvin E Mitchell. Evening services begin 7 30 with Pvt Charles Gaston in charge.
The Rev. John J. Bailey will preach at The Plains Church of God tonight at 7 30. Sunday schedule includes Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 and evangelistic service at 7 30 p m.
The Asbury Methodist Church near Guysville will hold Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. led by Pastor Rev. Melvin E. Mitchell.
South Canaan Canaan Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and a preaching service at 11 a.m. The pastor Rev. Stephen Nenoff will speak on What the Bible says of Our Days.
The Union Class gathering is scheduled for Sunday March 21 at 2 30 p m at Joppa Methodist Church. Members are urged to attend and participate in the afternoon session.
The United States saw a record three million births in 1942, the highest in history as the birth rate rose since 1934. Amid wartime fashion notes, the era highlights the peek-a-boo shirtwaist while General Marshall’s daily grocery bill totals 2800 dollars to feed five million enlisted men at 60 cents per man.
The lesson sermon titled Matter will be read at the Christian Science Church in Athens this Sunday. The golden text declares It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing from John 6 63. The citations include Matthew 6 24 and passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Albany Baptist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a m and a Young People's Open Forum at 7 p m led by Sheron Vor and Mildred Springston. Evening service at 8 p m covers a prophecy topic on Russia Germany Italy and England with Bible reminders. A Saturday young people's social and Bible quiz hosted by Blain Farley and Donald Gibbs precedes a Wednesday 8 p m prayer meeting and study.
The Rev. E. C. Kenney will preach on Setting Our Sails at the First Wesleyan Methodist Church Sunday morning. In the evening he speaks on Sowing. WYPS gathers Sunday at 6 30 p.m. Mid-week prayer services are set for Wednesday night.
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