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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
8
Local religious notices and church service listings are compiled, mentioning area entities such as Milling & Grocery Co and Athens Nome Telephone Co alongside small businesses. The fragment references several community names and potential collaborators but lacks a coherent event or schedule.
Listing shows The Hatch Library with entries for The Bank of Athens N B Athene National Bank among financial institutions. It appears as a local directory snippet referencing banks and libraries in the area.
In The Southern Ohio Electric Co. document, OB Okt red Star wuss Siauvn appears as damaged OCR text with unreadable fragments and no clear event details. The readable portion does not specify actions, dates, or parties beyond the company name.
The Church of Christ lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30. Anthems include The Lord is my Rock and O Lord Thou art my God. Sermons titled The Beginning at Pentecost and The Most Deadly Poison in Nelsonville. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and mid week prayer service at 7 30 p m.
Edwin Lewis Morrell and Prof Chas FE Poston led a Sunday schedule with 9 30 Sunday school and 10 30 morning worship. A music program followed with organ preludes ant he King of Love and more. Evening worship at 7 36 featured solos and a sermon Believing in Christ. Wednesday service at 7 30.
John Lloyd Evans to lead Memorial Day observances with 9:30 Sunday school under W. L. Hudson, 10:30 morning worship featuring a vested choir and solo, sermon Joyful Memorial from Deut 26 11, and 7:30 Evening Worship. Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor sessions led by Eula Schuler Elizabeth Smith Josephine Porter Virginia Wolf and others.
Sunday school at the usual hour led by A. & Pickering. Music appropriate for the day. Worship and sermon at 7 39 p m. Young people's services at 6 30 p m. Worship and sermon at 7 30 p m on Memorial Day and its significance. Prayer services Wednesday evening at 7 39 p m.
Rev. M. FE. Chatley leads Bible school at 9 15 a m. Morning service at 7 15 p m with a sermon on Contentment. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m followed by evening service at 7 30 with The Grace of Gratitude.
Sunday school starts at 10 oclock with preaching at 11 15 led by Pastor F T Kimbrough on Strength of Unity There will be no evening service at this church location on Carpenter Street.
Abbott Y. Wilcox, minister, leads a morning worship at 10:30 with special reference to Civil War veterans as the G. A. R. posts attend. Dr. Wilcox preaches the sermon and later speaks on John Wesley and closes with an evening service at 7:30 on "Heaven."
Sunday school at 9 a m. Morning preaching at 10 a m. Evening service at 7:30 p m.
Christian Science Church at 6514 South Court Street denounces ancient and modern necromancy mesmerism and hypnotism. Golden Text from Malachi 4:2 promises healing and sun of righteousness. service times include Sunday 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Reading room hours are Tue Thu Sat 2 to 4.
Carpenter and Congress streets pastor R. Smith leads Bible school at 9 30 a m Violet Russell superintendent Worship and communion at 10 48 a m Young people meet at 6 30 p m Memorial day services at 7 45 p m with address by Prof S H Bing of Ohio University Athens Music club to provide music Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 p m Miss Blanch Russell president Mary Louise Pettiford pianist
Rev. EF L. Pielow rector leads morning prayer and sermon at 10:34 oclock on Whitsunday on State and Carpenter streets. An ecumenical gathering invites parishioners and visitors to join the service.
Lutheran worship will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the Episcopal church located at East State and Carpenter streets.
Bible school begins 9 15 a m with Alex Root as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 30 features Life to the Fall. Wesley choir provides special music directed by C C Robinson and organist A R Kresge. Vesper at 6 20 p m includes the one act play Neighbors by Zona Gale by Wesley players with Epworth League guests. Evening worship at 7 30 tackles How Can We Build a Program for Our Youth. Mid week prayer led by M P Totman.
Alexander Presbyterian in Athens Albany Road hosts Memorial Day events starting with a 10 a m Sunday school led by Ralph Ladd. A noon picnic on the church lawn precedes 1 45 pm Albany high school orchestra and 2 pm memorial service for the Albany Odd Fellows Lodge with invited lodges from Athens Marshfield and Carbondale.
Pastor Trimble will lead services at The Plains at 7:30 PM and Trimble at 7:36 PM with special music planned. The announcement lists preaching times and locations for local congregations.
Ira P. Day is minister with Mrs Nellie Phillips as superintendent of Sunday school. Sunday school at 1:29. Preaching services at 2:30.
A church schedule lists Sunday school at nine in the morning followed by a preaching service at 7 30 in the evening. The short notice emphasizes the day’s worship times.
A description of Mather Pennsylvania after a deadly May 19 mine disaster at Mather Collieries. The piece contrasts the town's sunny surface with the tragedy underground, detailing rescue efforts, casualties, and the impact on families and children. It emphasizes the ever present danger of coal mining and the somber scene at the shaft heads.
Pattern describes dress options in crepe de chine velvet guimpe and fabrics such as china silk georgette or batiste. The pattern fits sizes 8 10 12 and 14 years with material requirements listed for a 12 year size. Mail order price is 15 cents in silver or stamps.
Chicago swimmer Mrs Myrtle Huddleston, famed for more than 50 hours in water last week, has entered Norman Ross in the Mississippi River swimming marathon set to begin August 1.
War hero William J. Donovan, now Assistant Attorney General in Washington, is being touted for the Republican vice presidential nomination. He is the only American to hold the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal.
Readers are invited to play letter golf where COW becomes HEN in three steps HOW HEW HEN. Each step changes one letter with a valid common word kept in the same letter order. A solution appears on the last page today.
A church forum proposes alternatives to Sunday school announcements. Ideas include a weekly church calendar space, a bulletin board at the entrance, targeted postcards, mimeographed circulars, and selective mailings to individuals to avoid diverting large-group time.
Louis Hansen, 56, a well known farmer near Port Clinton, was found dead in his home late yesterday. Police say he hanged himself. Mrs. Hansen was at a church federation meeting in Oak Harbor when the body was discovered.
Samuel Topper aged 69 from Toledo died by hanging in the county jail in Marion after he sought police protection late yesterday amid a fear someone intended to harm him.
A church urges members to make effective resolutions for moral character and to confess openly through church influence. It emphasizes publicity, open confession, and divine strength guiding action, inviting readers to attend services next Sunday.
This sermonogram passage argues malice wounds character and faith requires deeds. It urges self examination, loyalty, and prudent work, stating work completed outweighs intentions and that daily actions shape a man’s credit and debit in life.
Reservations on at least 25 special trains are set for delegates to the World Sunday School association convention in Los Angeles July 11 18 1928. A Boston New York City Madison Avenue gift chapel reports extensive funds for famine relief in China including a Massachusetts drive for 1 600 000 and a national committee led by Fosdick Manning and Cannon.
A near Detroit project builds a five member sect church to serve the whole community regardless of creed. The Booth Publishing head leads Michigan dailies, strengthening local media involvement in the effort.
Retired flyweight champion Vide La Barba, now a Stanford freshman, will appear in a boxing bout to raise funds for the Olympic trials in Los Angeles on June 16.
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