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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
6
The bulletin lists Sunday School at 9:00 and morning worship at 10:00 at Saint Matthew's Church. The Women's Missionary Society meets Thursday evening at 7:30 at the church.
Heyde Pastor leads Sunday services at St John Lutheran in Enterprise and Ames. Sunday School at 1:00 PM worship at 2:60 PM with sermon topic We Are Unpardonable Servants.
The day’s services include 9 00 a m Sunday School and Bible Class 10 00 a m divine service with Holy Communion and 2 30 p m divine service in Fairfield County.
R B. Frederick, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m. with preaching at 10 50 a m and again at 7 30 p m. details reflect church activities and service times.
Sunday School at 9 00 am led by Harry Smith followed by morning worship on the theme At Kadesh Barnea. Evening service at 7 30 pm with What Does Your Church Mean to You. Wednesday mid week meeting at 7 pm on What I want my church to be and what I will do. If needed services move to the Methodist Church.
Piclow rector announces services at St Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church on Sundays Holy Communion at 8 00 a m Church School at 9 30 a m Evening prayer and sermon at 7 00 p m on Sundays and other sundays service times vary with evening prayer and sermon at 7 00 p m
Sunday School at 9 30 a m Lord's Supper 10 30 a m preaching 11 0 a m sermon What God ex pects of me as a Christian Evening worship 7 50 o clock sermon The Wonderful Jesus Young People's Meeting 6 30 p m Prayer Service Wednesday 7 30 p m
The First Presbyterian Church lists 9:30 Sunday School led by C. W. Backus, with classes for all ages and Ruth Kelch supervising the children's department. 10:30 Morning Worship features a pipe organ duet by Louise Rice and Helen Jackson and a sermon titled Respected Youth. An evening service at 7:30 offers an organ recital by Louise Rice, longtime organist, before she leaves for college.
The Church of Christ meets at No 4 Stimpson Avenue on block No 67 Morris Avenue for a 9 30 Bible Study and a 10 30 worship and communion service.
A religious card lists Genesis 1 26 and Galatians 4 22 to 31 as reading material. It notes Sunday School at 9 30 a m Sunday service at 11 45 a m and Wednesday meeting at 7 00 p m. The reading room opens Tuesday Thursday Saturday 2 to 4 p m.
Mrs Nellie Pettiford is church organist and Mrs Angie Cooper superintendent. Gwendolyn Lynch plays piano. Bible School at 7:30 with theme Cooperation In Religious Work Neh 4 6 15 21. Worship and sermon at 4 45 Subject Our Supreme Business 7 30 worship. Subject Faithfulness. Mid week service Wednesday 7 39. Mrs Marie Jackson leader.
Christian Church at West State and Congress in Athens lists M EF Chatley as minister and Miss Joy Cutler as music director. Bible School at 9:15. Morning worship and sermon at 10:15 with Mr Chatley speaking. Christian Endeavors at 6:39 p m and Evening sermon at 7:39 p m.
No morning service scheduled. Evening service at 7 50 o clock with Rev. H A Sherwood to preach.
The Alexander Presbyterian Church on Athens Albany Road schedules a Church School at 9 45 a m with Ralph Ladd as superintendent and Madge Dixon as pianist. Public worship at 11 00 a m features a sermon titled A Goodly Heritage delivered by Howard Ely Warner. The Young People’s Discussion Group meets at 8 p m with Elizabeth Riley directing music and Chester Eniow leading.
Carthage Presbyterian Church schedules a 2:20 p m worship with sermon theme Our Relents Exposure to Freedom focusing on faith and liberty.
Andrew M. Taylor will preach at AMESVILLE PRESBYTERIAN Sunday Service with Sunday School at 9 40 a m and Evening Worship at 8 p m Harry Henry serves as superintendent The address titled God and the Mountains will be given during the service.
The New England Presbyterian Church lists Sunday events with a 0 30 am Sunday School and a 10 39 am Morning Worship. The service topic centers on the subject God and the.
The New Marshfield Methodist Protestant Church Circuit lists Sunday School at 9:50 a.m. with G N Sidders as superintendent and worship at 10:20 a.m. led by Mrs. Cartwright. Thursday prayer service at 7:50 p.m. led by Mrs. Stright. Other churches include Union Church with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and Bates Church with 1:40 p.m. Sunday School and 2:50 p.m. preaching followed by Her man Secoy supervising worship at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. special music by Secoy.
There will be no preaching services on the charge this Sunday as the pastor attends a conference. Services resume next Sunday September 15 with Sunday schools at the usual hour except Canaanville at 9:00 AM.
Charles McClintock of New Lexington sustained painful but not serious injuries when an auto driven by James Tucker of Akron struck his buggy on the Somerset Road north of town. The buggy was wrecked and the horse injured in the collision.
Athens Fire Department under Chief Edward R Laughlin conducted weekly practice on Morris Avenue. Five test plugs produced unusually strong pressure with water forced 175 feet into the air as all members participated.
Ohio University registrar F B Dilley reports a surge in summer admission applications, totaling 828 approved from June to August and signaling one of the largest freshman classes in history. Total enrollment may reach 2500, compared with 2100 last year, as Athens County applicants lag behind others.
The article draws parallels between the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls and modern cooperative effort. It the lessons emphasize leadership Nehemiah and the need for collective work, vigilance, and readiness to act at the trumpet call for the common good. It urges readers to identify walls to strengthen in modern America and to answer the community task with willing hands.
Gardner C. Young coast guardsman charged with shooting Rutherford Hayes 83 Port Clinton prepared to surrender today, according to Captain Ray Morton. Hayes was wounded after Youngs crew fired on his craft suspected of carrying liquor. Lieutenant Commander Rasmussen ordered 29 new cutters and picket boats to the district. he supports Young and calls rum running in the lakefront district notorious.
Columbus report from September six notes Educational day for the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ministers met for conference business at Central M and E Church. Governor Myers Y Cooper planned to address the ministers. Friday morning agenda included ratifying two 1928 amendments allowing laymen as delegates and electing bishops in foreign fields.
A bomb exploded in Lüneburg Germany damaging the administration building and nearby houses. No injuries are listed in the fragment.
Columbus September 6 The National convention of the Railway Mail Association closes with election of officers and possible action on several legislative proposals. Final activities for the women’s auxiliary include a board meeting and luncheon. Governor Cooper postmaster general delegate Jones Mead spoke at the banquet last night.
William Stanley, who died in Chester Thursday morning, will be honored with funeral services at the Downington M. E. Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon conducted by the Rev. Howard War ner. Burial will follow in Wells Cemetery Downington.
Two aviators Charles Tygard 25 of Dormont and Leo McElliott 25 of Butler were burned to death when their air plane stalled after takeoff and crashed at Rodgers Field Pittsburgh. The crash occurred during a brief flight as flames engulfed the wreckage.
On the day Burleigh Grimes clinched his fifteenth victory in the National League Lefty Grove matched him in the American League. Both pitchers reached the same win count signaling a strong pace midseason.
Captain Richard Benton reports strong local donations for the new Salvation Army building on West Union Street. Gifts include a kitchen gas range from Charlie and Belle Brown, beds and a piano from Mrs. Charles Moore, and room fittings from the Eagle lodge Red Men Masonic lodge and Mrs. W. R. Phillips. The goal is to complete all rooms by next Tuesday for dedication September 13-16.
In Marietta on September 6 W F Reed of Vincent won the grand prize money of $50 for his champion pulling team at the Washington County fair marking the fourth consecutive year he took the top prize. He also earned $25 first prize in Class B after competing against a machine weight of 2750 pounds.
A Congregationalist editor reflects on a funeral where an eminent inventor of a deadly machine gun refused religious service and flowers. He contrasts the life giving message of Jesus with destruction, noting the beauty of nature and the soul complements faith and joy rather than opposing them.
The fragment notes that 27 percent of feet met the standard and that his team was the sole squad to achieve the grade. No further names or places are provided in the readable text.
Syracuse September 6 Today marks Mrs Elien Butcher’s eighty first birthday. She lives alone by the Syracuse United Brethren Church and remains in strong health, doing her own housework. Born in Rutland in 1848, she later lived in Cheshire for two decades and has four children, three of whom survive.
The Messenger misspelled Beveridge as Beverage in reporting a Beveridge family reunion held in Athens last Sunday. 8. F. Beveridge, a family history authority from Athens, urged the correct spelling Beveridge during his talk about the reunion, noting the error occurred in the Messenger before publication.
Ninety seventh annual meeting opens in Little Hocking Universalist Church with officials led by Harry P. Curtis and C. C. Palmer. Member churches include Belpre Frost Little Hocking Lower Salem Marietta Watertown. Ministers Rev Hall H. Lloyd Marietta and Rev Edward M. Minor Rockland.
Columbus authorities report the body of 43 year old Mathias Frank, a meat dealer missing since Monday, recovered from the Scioto River. Police believe he died by his own action after months of ill health.
An ad claims 666 is the speedy remedy for colds grippe flu dengue bilious fever and malaria, presenting it as the fastest treatment in the market.
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