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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
8
Church groups in Athens hold services and events through Sunday. WestMinster Presbyterian led by Miss Rowena Kesler discusses The Cost of Following Christ and hosts a May Day Party for Athens County Children's Home from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church.
The Concert Band of Ohio University with 50 students from the regular band will perform an open-air concert at 7 30 Sunday night on the Presbyterian Church lawn. Prof C W Janssen directs and Carl Moore is the instrumental soloist.
Certificates for finished work will be given to all pupils with special honor certificates. The church school continues to end of June at 9 15. Sunday School at 9 15 at Hocking Street Church of God. Rev Calvin B Hanes preaches at 10 30 on Changed Life. Young people meet 6 30 and preaching 7 30 The Unexpected in Life. Prayer meeting 7 30 Wednesday. Sunday School 2 Pratt Street Wesley an Mission praise 3 evangelistic 7 30. Prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30. Prayer band 2 Thursday. Bible Class Friday 7 30. Public invited.
The Chillicothe District Conference of the Methodist Church will convene in Richmondale on Thursday June 2. The Richmondale church, part of the Chillicothe Larger Parish, serves over 22 000 constituency across 48 charges and 50 ministers. Reverend H H Abels leads with Rev Paul Niswander as Director Religious Education.
The Rev Arlie Krussell former Wesleyan Foundation pastor at the local Methodist Church underwent two pleurisy lung operations at Madison Wis Methodist Hospital. His condition is favorable and he now serves as pastor at the Truesdale Methodist Church in Madison.
Pomeroy Ohio hosts a Memorial Day program with multiple church services. Rev H L Henthorne delivers the evening sermon titled American Supremacy at Pomeroy Baptist Church. Events include morning services, Sunday School, and a Bible school starting June 6.
Memorial services at the Baptist Church near Frost alter Fifth Sunday meetings at the Universalist Church in Frost. No services at Little Hocking Universalist Church next Sunday due to regional Sunday. Sunday School at 11. Belpre Universalist Church Rockland holds Sunday School then worship with Rev Minor’s patriotic sermon. Large attendance urged for Sunday School Convention in Marietta Sunday.
Elizabeth Ramsey in sixth grade at Rufus Putnam Training School is celebrated for her birthday with the rule that birthdays are a joyous day. Martha Jones, oldest class member, also in sixth grade at Rufus Putnam Training School, shares the feature. Rachel Hoffman, first grade student at West Side School, is a shorter celebrant in the column.
Essay by WM E Gilroy compares Joseph in the biblical tale to modern dreamers. It argues Joseph’s ambition, while generous and capable, risked vanity and selfish talk. The piece links his obedience to a higher vision with moral growth through adversity and cautions against hating dreamers.
The Memorial Day service at St. Matthew Lutheran Church will feature Rev. Amos L. Heyde delivering The Christian Soldier. Guest groups include the G A R Women’s Relief Corps American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of Veterans Auxiliary. They meet at the Relief Corps hall at 9:30 and march to the church.
Virgil Argo, extension bee culture specialist, addressed 25 Athens County beekeepers at the Athens Grange Hall urging strong queens and regular queen removal to boost worker numbers. He described wing clipping to curb swarming, grouping hives for winter protection, and using shrub screening to cut wind. Argo planned district home visits to inspect bees for disease and advise improved methods.
The Rev G J Johnson of the First Baptist Church will deliver the Memorial Day sermon at union services Sunday morning at the Baptist Church. Veterans are guests of honor. Morning services at the Church of Christ and the Methodist Church are omitted. Sunday School and communion will be at the Church of Christ. Sunday School at the Methodist Church. The Rev M S Rogers of the Church of Christ will speak Sunday night on The Challenge of the Heroes of Faith. The Rev F J Batterson of the Methodist Church will have as his evening subject Our Heritage.
In Coolville on May 27 the Troy Chapter Future Farmers of America declared war on pests. Two teams led by Virgil Berdine and Billie Dixon will target rats mice hawks crows and sparrows with an ice cream supper for the losers. Planning also covered the annual judging contests at Ohio State University on June 3 and 4.
Salvation Army announces weekly services with times for Saturday street meeting at 7 and praise meeting at 8. Sunday program includes 2:30 gathering, Young People Legion at 6, street meeting at 7, and a salvation meeting at 7 45 where Adjt Bernard Stone will speak.
May 27 in Coolville Billie Dix, a vocational agriculture student at Troy Township High School, won fifth prize of $10 in a prize essay contest sponsored by a large packing firm. Fellow student Erwin Cain took sixth prize. The essays covered agricultural marketing procedures.
Thomas J. Mooney, jailed at San Quentin for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, says he is ready to put his head in the noose and seek trial on a 16 year old murder indictment to win freedom. The statement, issued by the Mooney Defense Committee, quotes him: If I am guilty I should hang. If not, I must be vindicated and freed. Mooney was sentenced to death, later commuted to life after President Wilson intervened, and the second indictment was never acted on.
May 27 memorial service at United Brethren Church Mt Liberty features special singing and recitations. The Rev Bennington is scheduled to speak at the event.
Nelsonville area churches announce guests for Memorial Service at First Methodist Church Sunday at 10:30 with the Senior Choir singing And It Shall Come to Pass. Epworth League discusses Can We Influence Changing Home Life at 6:30. Church Night follows with pot luck dinner at 6:30 and program. Memorial Day services at Presbyterian Church feature Rev Lloyd Evans and soloist Cecil Shafer. Pilgrim Holiness Church holds 9:30 Sunday School and 10:30 morning service under Rev D C Shearer with A Peaceful Heart Amidst a World of Strife. Young People meet Tuesday at 7:30, prayer Wednesday at 7:30.
The Christian Science Church in Athens will hear a lesson sermon on Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced next Sunday May 29. The Golden Text invokes mercy and truth for those who devise good, with Psalms 41:1-2 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting that true power comes from good and the divine scale.
Memorial services at Alexander Presbyterian Church in Athens Albany Road start at 2 pm on Sunday. Prof T N Hoover of Ohio University will deliver the address as part of Washington Bicentennial observances with readings by Miss Elizabeth Riley and music under Mrs Maud Vorhes.
The Rev. C. S. Thompson lists services for Murray City Methodist Charge at Murray City Epworth League at 6 45 p m public worship at 7 30 p m and Thursday prayer at 7 30 p m at Buchtel Church School 9 30 a m preaching 10 30 a m Epworth League 6 30 p m and 9 30 a m Sunday prayer Church School Carbon Hill Sun day preaching at 7 30 p m Jobs church tonight 7 30 p m Church School Sunday 9 30 a m prayer 7 30 p m.
On May 27 in Albany the Sunday School meets at 9:15 at First Baptist Church with Adrial Welker as superintendent. A gospel service follows at Carpenter at 10:30. Rev. G H Wiggin preaches on What Is True Patriotism at 7:30 Sunday evening.
Canton Ohio school officials announce a 19 percent salary reduction for next year due to a drop in tax income.
The day’s timetable lists services and programs: Bible School at 9 15, Sermon by Dr A Wilcox at 10 30, Home Hour at 4 30, Westminster Fellowship at 6, and a 6 pm meeting for high school students.
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