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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
2
Sunday schedule at the Nelsonville Church of Christ includes church school at 9 30 morning worship with Holy Communion and a guest sermon by Rev Lawrence Crawford Butler on Oil For the Lamp of Wisdom. Evening services follow with a 6 pm Intermediate League and 7 30 pm worship.
Nelsonville parents wishing to enroll children in kindergarten classes taught by Miss Peggy Shafer may register Monday morning at 8 30 o clock at the Central School building.
The Nelsonville-WBA Review schedules a special meeting tonight at 7 30 in Spray Hall. The Ways and Means Committee will meet to discuss plans for the dinner.
Nelsonville flower lovers and Garden Club members hosted a two day judging event at the Warren home on E Washington St. with about 200 visitors from Marietta Athens Logan and nearby towns. Judges Robert and Egbert Whitmore selected winners as piano music and tea service complemented exhibits of baskets bowls and vines.
The Nelsonville column reports the Woman's Christian Missionary Society gathering at Miss Sigrid Love’s home with 23 members, plus Martha Class of the Methodist Church meeting hosted by Mrs Miles Howe and social events at Mrs Burl Wallace’s Pythian Sisters dinner for 14 guests. Included are brief travels of members and visitors from Warren Akron Zanesville Columbus and local remarks on hymns and devotional topics.
Awards named for grand prize recipients in marigold ageratum baskets and asters. Multiple first second and third prizes list winners including Miss Mary Sharp Craig Kinney Mrs Susie Newman Mrs Walter Hudson Mabel Haffner Wilhelmina Mender and others with various blooms and arrangements noted.
United Press staff correspondent Edward W. Beattys Jr. reports heavy bombing of Warsaw by Nazi planes targeting the Vistula bridges. He describes intense air raids near East Station and large bombs causing building tremors and smoke as German columns push north of the city.
Paris reports a widening Saar front battle marking the first major clash in the French German phase. French and German divisions clash with hundreds of tanks as French advances push beyondMaginot Line toward Bienwald Forest. Analysts say no swift war of movement is expected due to heavy fortifications.
Carbon Hill defeated Buchtel 6 to 4 in a Twilight League game. Key hits came from Blosser Woody Devol and Lefty Herrold while Bill Shirley went 2 for 2 with two great plays at first. Camp Nelson and Carbondale were scheduled to play that evening at 5 15.
German army high command reports troops closing on Warsaw from two sides with Warsaw evacuated and highways clogged as civilians flee. A Silesian force reportedly advanced nearly 50 miles in a day, driving Poles from Tomaszow toward Rawa, while the main Polish army remains between the Vistula and Bug rivers. Britain and France deny damage to ships in Kiel Canal region amid frontier evacuations on both sides. a Swiss radio claimed the Gneisenau sinking, which was categorically denied.
City stores promote Back-to-School shoes for fall, promising long wear and comfort for boys and girls as the new term begins. Shoppers are urged to fit out children with durable footwear noted for style and value.
The Pilgrim Holiness Church on Chestnut Street Nelsonville holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m with 2058 more attendees than last conference year The morning worship is at 10 30 led by the pastor An evening tent service is one mile east of Nelsonville on U S Rt 33 nightly at 7 30 Evangelist Rev E P Qualls of Portsmouth arranges special singing by William Stone and wife of Maysville Ky.
Reverend Lawrence C. Butler of the Christian Church returns to Nelsonville after a monthlong East Coast vacation.
A benefit party for the Congregation of St. Andrews Church will take place tonight at 8 o'clock in St. Andrews Parish Hall.
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