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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1936
Page
5
The Athens Christian Science Church will read a lesson sermon titled Man on Sunday September 6. The golden text from Psalms 37 37 proclaims the perfect man leads to peace. Galatians 3 26 and Mary Baker Eddy quote on freedom and liberty appear among the cited passages.
The Richland Ave M P Church begins at 9 30 Sunday morning with Sunday School followed by a praise meeting at 10 30 led by Harley Dowlard. Rev Ray Huff will preach at 7 45 Sunday night on Our Needs for the New Conference Year.
Albany and South Canaan circuits list their weekly times. Albany hosts Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. and preaching at 7:30 p.m. Carpenter notes Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and B.Y.P.U. at 6:30 p.m. South Canaan offers Bible Study by Rev. Ewing Walters at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday School 9:30 a.m. with a 10:30 a.m. Sunday preaching service.
Dorothy Elaine Erwin ten month old daughter of Mr and Mrs French Ervin Whitehall died Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital She leaves two brothers Kenneth and Eugene and one sister Bertine in addition to her parents Funeral services will be conducted at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon at The Plains M E Church in charge of Reverend Warner Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery Friends may call at the home any time.
Rev. R. O. Lemons becomes pastor of the Free Methodist Church and will preach on The Pentecostal Power at the 10:30 morning service. Sunday School starts at 9:30, with a Thursday evening prayer meeting at 7:30.
A local testimonial promotes Vendol sold at Athens Pharmacy with claims of rapid relief for stomach issues gas indigestion and soreness. Mrs J O Snider of 22 Race St recounts years of discomfort improved bowels digestion and stamina after using Vendol and urges others to visit the Vendol Man to learn more. Vendor also listed in Nelsonville at Hickman’s Pharmacy Adv.
The Route 31 improvement should be completed and opened to traffic within three weeks if weather stays favorable. John W. Dowler, resident state highway engineer, reported. Brick surface being placed atop a concrete base. two 6-hour shifts operate daily for 12 hours total. About 100 feet of brick laid per hour, 1,200 feet daily. Traffic maintained on old road. once section through Stout farm to The Plains Road is complete, traffic will use new pavement. Beightler & Hussey are contractors. project runs nearly three miles from Floodwood to The Plains Road intersection. At Ridge Road, Merry & Cisler construct four miles of tar-bound road. grading underway with completion targeted for fall.
Rev. Robert E. Leake of Pomeroy will officiate the Sunday service at the Church of the Good Shepherd and deliver the sermon during the evening prayer service.
Dr. A. Y. Wilcox will preach at the First Christian Church of Ath ens Sunday morning. Gaines M. Cook of Cleveland will preach at the evening services at the same church.
Revival services will be held Friday Saturday and Sunday nights at 7 o'clock at the Dexter Church of Christ with Rev. O W Williams of McArthur as evangelist. Sydney NSW U P Beau ties here may soon powder their noses with shark s brains. Face powder by product of shark brain drying and powdering.
Athens County amateurs from more than ten communities perform in the county finals at The Plains High School Auditorium. Over 50 contestants, including singers dancers and instrumentalists, compete for district show selection and radio exposure. Participants include Luhrig Armbruster Savages Chesser Smith Shields McDonald Birdsong and many more from Carbondale Miner al Plains Nelsonville Buchtel Plantsville Kilvert Lathrop and Plantaville plus the Plantaville Band. Report to The Plains by 7 pm. admission 10 and 20 cents to cover prizes and expenses.
Miss Geraldine Hurst a 16 year old evangelist leads revival services at the Church of God next week. A nightly 7:30 pm service follows a 7:00 pm prayer gathering in the junior assembly room. She will speak at morning and evening services on Sunday and address the unity meeting of Hocking Valley Churches of God at 2:00 pm Sunday afternoon in the Hocking Street Church.
Fifteen Athens County 4-H members earned prominence at the State Fair with prize exhibits judging contests and demonstrations. Dairy judging placed Robert Smith Amesville and Edward and Leo Sheridan Athens sixth. livestock judging team Barrows Stewart Keirns Amesville Phillips Athens eleventh. Individual exhibitors included Phillip Linscott Trimble second with a steer 700 to 900 pounds Ellen Terrell Athens twelfth in Holstein calf Paul Linscott Trimble eighth with steer over 900 pounds and Tiden Ball Athens tenth with a Jersey yearling. Mary Gilham New Marshfield competed in the style revue along with home economics and agriculture demonstrations led by advisers.
Dr. John Paul, president of John Fletcher College in University Park Iowa, speaks at the Nazarene Tabernacle camp meetings. The camp meeting board, with evangelical church leaders from Athens, reports services continue nightly through Sunday starting at 7 30 with a song service and an afternoon session at 2 pm Sunday.
Upi reports New York stocks showed small recoveries from yesterday with no clear leaders. Packard remained active amid a dull auto sector while Alleghany Corp boosted rails activity in slow turnover.
A jumble of ticker-like listings shows industrials, oils, motors, copper and curb stocks with percentages. Notable names include American Tobacco Coca Cola DuPont General Electric Goodyear Chrysler General Motors Nash Motor Anaconda Distillers Seagram and Cities Service, with varied percent values.
Hogs receipts 3500 with moderate activity and steady to slight gains across weight classes. Cattle receipts 900 with strong demand and steady to higher values for select steers and yearlings. Sheep and lambs 1200 head show strong to higher prices for better grades. various direct and loaded sales noted across categories. Bulls and sows steady to down slightly. overall market mixed but firm for prime lots.
Grain prices for wheat corn and oats listed with No 2 red No 3 yellow and No 1 white values. Eggs butter and live poultry rates shown with market firmness receipts and grade distinctions. Price matrix includes fowls broilers leghorn and Plymouth breeds with various weights and conditions.
A整理 of market style produce prices lists many items with units such as basket, bu or qt. Entries include apples beans beets broccoli cabbage cantaloupes carrots corn cucumbers grapes kale lettuce mangoes onions parsley parsnips peppers pickles potatoes squash tomatoes turnips with varied prices per unit or per quantity and quality notes.
Butter market firm with extras 39 stand ards 38 eggs market firm extras 31, current receipts 25. Live poultry market steady with hens 6 lbs and up 20, hens medium 14, hens leghorn 15, fowl and ducks listed by weight and grade, broilers rock 4 lb and up 19, rock 3 lbs and up 17, colored broilers 2 lbs and up 17, leghorn 2% lbs and up 16, leghorn small 15.
Thursday livestock sales show strong demand across cattle sheep and hogs. Receipts total 781 head with hogs at 11 to 11.30 and responsibilities cited for weights. cattle receipts 251 with steers and heifers selling around 5 to 9 dollars per hundredweight. veal calves and sheep receipts listed with mixed prices.
At the First M. E. Church Dr. Wilbur H. Fowler will preach on Gods Blessing on the Incomplete and there will be a reception of new members. Adult Sunday School classes meet at 9 15 and other classes resume Sept 153. Fowler leaves for Toledo church conference Tuesday. Edith McBee speaks on China experiences mid week. Mrs Hickman leads a song service and L W Kelley chairs the meeting. Martzolff Class social and business meeting Thursday at 730 p m.
Elder G H Martin will conduct tonight's services at the Apostolic Church on Richland Ave. Sunday School starts at 10 am with the pastor leading evening services. Prayer meeting is Tuesday at 7 30. Wednesday services move to Hocking. A special song program is planned for Peach Ridge Saturday night.
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Bean age 6 died Wednesday evening at her home near Guysville will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 50 o clock at the Guysville M E Church Burial will be made in Bean Cemetery
Carbondale Circuit Sunday School will be held at Connett Dowler Ridge Carbondale Salem and Mineral at 9 30 a m Sunday. The circuit pastor will preach at Dowler Ridge Church at 7 30 p m and at Connett at 10 30 a m. The annual home coming and all day service will be held at Connett. A basket dinner will be served at noon followed at 2 p m by a special program and addresses by visiting pastors.
Rev Warner will preach on Death Takes a Holiday at Alexander Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11 o clock. Bible School convenes at 10 and a preaching service is planned at Carthage Church at 2 30 p.m.
The Rutland Bradbury Dexter and Bradford Churches of Christ schedule a union rally and all day meeting at Will's Grove two miles south of Route 31 on Flatewood Road this Sunday. There will be no morning services, a Bible School session at 10 am, followed by communion. A noon basket dinner is served. Dr Gaines M Cook of Cleveland will speak at 1 50 pm. If bad weather, events move to Rutland Church with dinner and afternoon program in the K of P Hall.
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