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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1934
Page
7
Week long Holy Week services are announced across Gallipolis with joint communion and noon services. Rev H H Wilbur Rev W W Duff and Rev L C Thurman lead Palm Sunday through Good Friday programs at First Presbyterian Grace M E and First Baptist with special music and a sequence of sermons themed around biblical events and phrases.
Gallia County employers are urged to use the Gallipolis Re-employment office facilities as spring hiring begins. Richards, manager, reports a roster of men and women classified by work type and notes that after CWA work ends, private business placements are expected to rise.
Lafayette Post of the American Legion accepted the option to renew the lease on the Boy Scout Camp at Raccoon Creek at its regular meeting. The jointly leased property spans several acres and three buildings. A relief investigation committee of Houck, Coffey, and Carter was made permanent.
Albert Mossbarger of Gallia received a suspended sentence and two years probation after pleading guilty to shooting his wife with intent to kill. Trial set for March 30. he had been jailed since November 25. Also notices include suit by A L DeWitt for 1190.63 with 6 percent interest, a foreclosure request on a 100 acre Springfield Township farm, and a district meeting for Southern Ohio Electric Company employees in Gallipolis led by C G Neff and Ruth Peters. An Episcopalomics county race sees J A Plymale seeking Republican county commissioner nomination. Gallia County Jail reports its first empty cellblock in months, with Albert Mossbarger released and two women remaining.
In Gallia County Rio Grande hosts All-High-School Day at Community Hall with readings and music from Bidwell-Porter Mercerville Gallia Cheshire Vinton Crown City Cadmus Centerville and Rio Grande High Schools. The event features an all county band chorus and glee club conducted by local music supervisors.
About 866 Ohio State University students will gain work opportunities in Columbus as part of a federal emergency relief program. The initiative, dated March 23, aims to provide employment for more than 500 OSU students through relief funds.
The Rev O P Smith pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glouster opens a pre Easter sermon series at 10 30 Sunday with A Day of Triumph The evening service theme is The Willing Sacrifice Additional nightly services follow through the week with topics Disappointments A Day of Temptation The Promise of Paradise Holy Communion The Design of His Death Reach of Divine Compassion A candlelight communion and baptism are planned Friday night in the Jacksonville Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church Also Sunday School at 9 o'clock Epworth League at 6
Pomeroy Minis terial Association sponsors the religious pageant The Dawning by Lyman R. Bayard. It will be presented Good Friday evening and Sunday April 8 at 7 30 at the Church of Christ. Forty seven participants from cooperating churches plus six production helpers. All are welcome. Children under 12 seated with parents. A silver offering will be received.
Large audiences attend the revival at Hocking Street Church of God led by Rev. Hollie C. McClana han, an Irish evangelist from Kentucky. Local singing precedes sermons. Sunday schedule includes Sunday School 9:30, morning worship 1:40 with Great Salvation, Young People 6:30, song service 7:30 and Final Judgment preaching.
Kellogg promotes Att-Bran cereal as a simple daily aid to prevent and relieve common constipation. Two tablespoons daily often suffice, with meals in chronic cases. It emphasizes natural bulk from fiber and iron, compares favorably to patent medicines, and notes availability in red and green Kellogg packaging.
A stylish sporty model sketch captivates season trends with a unique one-piece yoke and sleeve construction. The design emphasizes minimal tucks and tiny buttons, spotlighting fabric choices like gay cotton or silk for a fresh, versatile look.
The Rev. Roy D. Wood of First Baptist Ironton will speak at 10 15 Sunday on The Seven Pillars. The evening service at seven will cover The Four Calls. Sunday School starts 9 15 and the senior intermediate B Y P U at six. A youth service tonight will present The Wild Man of the Mountains. Public invited to all meetings.
The Rev. Miles E. Hoon will speak to the Athens and New Marshfield Granges in the Christian Church Sunday at 7 30 PM on Ye Are Gods Husbandry, opening pre Easter services. Bible School is at 9 30 AM and worship follows with the sermon Communing With God.
Annual Passion Week services at First Methodist Church begin Tuesday night at 7 30 with Rev C M Coulter as speaker The messages cover In the Wilderness On the Mountain In the Garden and On the Cross from March 27 to March 30
Stewart Methodist Episcopal Church hosts ongoing weeklong gatherings with Sunday School at 9 30 and 10 30 at Canaanville. Guysville church also holds Sunday School at 9 30 and worship at 10 30 with The Triumphal Entry the subject. Ruth Harrel of Stewart leads Epworth League at 6 45 Sunday night.
Middleport March 23 The goal for the Middleport Church of Christ Bible School this Sunday is 400, with last Sunday’s attendance 387. Palm Sunday sermons will be St Can Be Done at 10 20 a m and Christ Viewing Our Lives at 7 p m. Homer Rice leads Wednesday devotion. Attendance last week was 102. The Syracuse Nazarene Church schedules Sunday School 9 30 and preaching 10 30 with N Y P S at 6 15 and another sermon at 7. A Friday 7 o'clock young people Bible study begins. A drive seeks 125 participants.
A group of persons will attend Sunday School on Easter Sunday and a photograph of the gathering is planned for that day.
Baptismal services were held in Nelsonville by Rev. G B Courtney for converts from Chauncey revival. New members received into Chauncey Church of Christ include Mr and Mrs Paul A Theisen, Mrs Paul R Fiske, Frances Fiske, Andrew Simpkins, Clifford Shafer, Miss Ruth Leffler, Kenneth Nye and Carroll Tippett.
The Chauncey M. E. Church class led by Mrs Ruth Bridgewater met Wednesday night at Joe and Carl Stalder’s Main Street home with Mary Stalder assisting. Jack Smith and Victor Tucker won contest awards. a refreshment course was served. The group plans another meeting in two weeks with location to be announced.
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