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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
2
Nelsonville church honors Lillian Johnston a former missionary to the Congo. She will speak at morning worship about her work at Wema in Belgian Congo where she led a school and served with The United Christian Missionary Society.
Mrs. C. W. Backus and Mrs. Martin Ohlinger hosted the Presbyter ian Missionary Society meeting in Nelsonville to join the Board of National Missions centennial celebration. Mrs. Lloyd Evans led a program featuring The Litany of Thanksgiving and a prize hymn by Jay Glover Eldridge. The district meeting and mission study sessions are planned, with offerings to the Jubilee Fund.
Mayor Len B. McCune fined Jack King and Emerson Burson five dollars plus costs after they pled guilty to intoxication. Both were sent to City Jail when unable to pay. Also notes that in 1930 thirty three thousand five hundred ninety six scientists worked in fourteen hundred US laboratories.
NELSONVILLE The Girl Scouts met Wednesday evening to plan an assembly to be presented at the high school on Wednesday morning October 27. Members present include Mary Cox Anna Mae Allen Doris Mender Betty Jane Ross Alice Richardson Frances Reeves Shirley Sayers Margaret Warren Eva Jane Edson Ruth Coakley Dana Barber Martha Pergrin Mary K Shields Rita Mae Dunkle Ruth Matherson Leora Allen Doris Warren Jessie Pergrin Elizabeth Shafer Polly Johnson Charlotte Smith Mary Jane Howe Imogene Sayers Jo Sharp Emily Sharp and guest Anna Mae O’Hara.
Seven Glouster boys were inducted as Scouts at Glouster Methodist Episcopal Church led by G E Ashwill. The ceremony for Troop 71 included a Board of Review for 17 candidates and merit badge exams for Bernard Rice Fred Thomas and Glen Mathews.
Vivian Coakley daughter of Ada Coakley married Leon Keller at 11 30 this morning in the First Presbyterian Church with a violet blue gown and white gardenias. Vera Coakley served as maid of honor and Clarence Parsons was best man. The couple will reside in Corning after a motor trip and a furnished home awaits them there.
The Garden Club sponsored three act musical comedy Sky High was hindered by rain but will be repeated tonight at 8 in the Nelsonville high school auditorium. Proceeds support civic improvement as costumes and scenery drew praise and the show received a favorable reception.
Nelsonville hosts a district meeting of missionary societies from New Plymouth Union Furnace Logan and Nelsonville with Edith Stiers as president. A potluck luncheon at noon kicks off at the Presbyterian Church with speaker Mrs E B Townsend from Marietta. district gatherings follow in Middleport Oct 26 McConnelsville Oct 28 and Marietta Oct 29.
Nelsonville announces Rev Lloyd Evans will preach at 10:30 Sunday morning at the Presbyterian Church on The World Is the Field. He will discuss a century of Presbyterian missions and the 5,000 missionaries shaping races worldwide, with singing by Mrs Mary McCune and Miss Margaret Johnson and organist Miss Margaret Galvin.
Revival services at Asbury Church begin Sunday night with the topic Things that Happen While Church Members Sleep Reverend Walter V Harter leads daily topics through October 31 including Grasshoppers Mephibosheth The Scarlet Line in the Window Jesus Meeting Man s Deepest Needs Jesus or Barabbas and The Man Who Pitched His Tent in the Wrong Direction No service at Silver Ridge Sunday night due to the revival and a rummage sale planned by the Nelsonville Methodist Guild Saturday 9 30 to 5 at Barron Building The president of the United States can modify or cancel air and ocean mail contracts.
Miss Precious Correll of Logan is set to address the McKinley Republican Club in Nelsonville next Monday at 7 30 PM. She is private secretary to the late Edwin B. Ricketts, former congressman, and will speak on current political issues. A short Young Republican business meeting follows.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Smith announce the birth of a six pound daughter on October 20 at Grant Hospital Columbus. The baby is named Deanna Sue. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Howard Robbins Read and Mrs. Belle Smith. A form of bronze is highly porous and absorbs oil up to one quarter of its mass.
Mrs. Harry Kelly Sr hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at her Nelsonville home with no substitute players. High scores were earned by Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Kelly, and Mrs. Mechem.
Reverend L O Lineberger will preach at Haydenville 9 30 Sunday morning, at Buchtel 10 30 and Murray City 7 p m. World Missionary Day will include a special offering for Foreign Missions. Epworth League formed at Haydenville with officers Weede Swain Guinther Carter Locke Swaim Allen. Skunk numbers in the U S have declined in the last decade due to highway deaths.
Mrs Hannah Hillis a Nelsonville resident aged 79 died after a recurring stroke in Toledo where she was visiting her daughter May Ward. She had been living with her son John in Nelsonville and also leaves a daughter Margaret.
In Detroit, several brothers and sisters await the body expected to arrive Saturday morning as funeral arrangements are not yet complete.
Cloudy skies and a drizzling rain dampen outlook for tomorrow's Ohio Dayon football game. Yesterday's high of 64 cooled from 78 the day before. Last night fell to 40 then noon today rose only to 41. About 40 inches of rain fell Thursday.
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