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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1939
Page
2
A large Nelsonville crowd followed the Scarlet and Gray football team to Pomeroy for the annual game. A public pep meeting on the Public Square featured a bonfire cheers from the school and band selections, drawing a large turnout.
Sunday services at the Church of Christ begin at 9 30 a m with church school at that hour Roy Barron is superintendent The morning worship and Holy Communion is at 10 30 a m The choir will be heard singing the morning anthem Rev Lawrence Crawford Butler will bring the message of the morning A Flaming Cross The Young People Society meets at 6 p m with their sponsor At 7 p m there will be no evening service at the Church of Christ The union service will be held at the Presbyterian Church Monday night the Workers Council will hold a dinner meeting Sunday Nov 19 is Men and Missions Sunday when also the Berean Class of the church will celebrate a third of a century of its existence Nelsonville City light and water offices will be closed all day Saturday Nov 11 on account of Armistice Day
The Nelsonville congregation of St Andrew Church hosts a benefit party in the Parish Hall at 7 30 o'clock this evening.
The Nelsonville High School ensemble of Meredith Awe Charles Long Donald George Jimmy Arnold Bob Sowers and Alice Duskey will broadcast two selections from 7:30 to 7:45 Saturday night on WOSU and WHKC Columbus.
Red Cross begins a November drive with Red Cross Sunday and Roll Call through Nov 20. Local chairman Rev Lawrence Crawford Butler coordinates solicitations as Red Cross workers seek citywide memberships and support from residents.
Nelsonville reports the Eagles ping-pong team travels to Gallipolis for a stiff test against a local Eagles squad. Fans plan to accompany the boys and five players are listed to report at 12:30 Sunday. Dewey Whyte requested to write.
Officers Club in Nelsonville plans a benefit party Saturday night at 8 o clock in Spray Hall. The event aims to raise funds for the club and community activities.
Mrs. George Barrows hosted a 7th birthday party for Billy Barrows with 25 guests and contests won by Nancy Shafer Russell Barrows and Barbara Evans, followed by rubber ball favors and a decorated birthday cake from Billy’s grandmother. An newborn Carol Barber announced. Past Chiefs Association of the Pythian Sisters met at Mrs. Clara Bateman’s for dinner and games. Cosmopolitan Club to meet with Mrs. Harry Jackson at 7:30.
Local notes list Mr and Mrs John Baker of Coolville visiting the Alvin Reed family and Ancil Barber of Parkersburg visiting relatives. Several others, including Miss Clarestine Randolph and Mrs Helen Cowdery, are mentioned with travel, school events, and family gatherings spanning Coolville to Nitro and Greenfield.
Obituary notes James Price of Webster Pa former Welshtown resident leaves two daughters two sisters and three brothers listed. Local fire losses Edgar Roush Pomeroy and Oscar Wince Middleport noted. Travel updates brief on Mrs Will Fisher Denver and New Mexico visits. Church moves and homecoming set at Methodist Church for November 19 with service details.
Nelsonville music instructor Roy Cline, Athens director of the Eagles drum and bugle corps, reports progress by the new unit. Two members were dropped for missing a practice. Watson Wolf and Max Bartoe, who organize the corps, announced rules governing the group. Twenty four attended last night. The next meeting is Thursday evening at the American Legion Building.
The Colegrove Evangelistic party led by W. S. Colegrove will start revival meetings at the Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville on Sunday evening November 12. Sponsored by the Methodist Presbyterian and Church of Christ denominations, sessions begin at 7 30 each evening with Howard L Fleming Moody Bible Institute graduate in charge of music and Miss Louise Gray as pianist soloist and youth worker. The party arrives Saturday.
Sunday morning services at Plants and Sunday evening worship noted. Ladies Aid served dinner on election day. Families and friends, including Gibbs, Bar rett, Varian, and Grimm, visited local residents. Funeral services for Mrs. Finney and J. J. Roberts were held with attendees from nearby cities.
Nelsonville service details list Sunday school at 9 30 for Walter Primer, then 10 30 preaching. A 2 30 special with evangelist Rev J M Hames on Signs of the Second Coming. Churches invited. Young People 6 00, final sermon 7 00.
Forecast says a difficult day with risks of quarrels and self-indulgence leading to reprisals. Caution urged with tact and strategy to avert negative outcomes. Birthdays signal a year of trials unless energy is redirected into constructive, disciplined action.
An Orange Greyhound Club official solved a misty track problem by tying an electric torch to the mechanical hare's tail. The fast lights drew the pack as the dogs pursued the glow over the racing ground in New South Wales.
Nelsonville announces a December 8 carnival at the high school starting 7 30 pm. The Carnival Committee lists sponsors for door prizes games booths food and entertainment including dance music minstrel acts and a queen with various volunteers assigned to tickets decorations and publicity. In Milan Italy clown Venturelli leaves his son a top hat joke and a 30000 lire deposit slip.
Nelsonville area social items list visitors from Barberton Columbus Nelsonville and nearby towns. A high school carnival is planned at Union Furnace High School gymnasium on November 17 at 7 30 with local families attending.
Residents gather at Tubb's Cemetery for a graveyard cleaning and bring tools and dinner for a town picnic. The Jasper ad invites all interested to participate. A note adds that Professor Douglass of Arizona studied tree rings and traced a 3000 year sequence.
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