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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1940
Page
6
Athens religious groups plan special services and social events for new Ohio University students this Sunday. The First Methodist Church will host a rally day program and a hike with Wesley Foundation on Saturday.
Sunday services at the Wesleyan Methodist Church begin with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Rev E C Kenney preaches at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Young people meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Bible classes All day service and home coming set for Sunday Oct 6 marking the eighth anniversary Revival by Rev Vess former Marion College theology teacher will be held next February dates to be announced
The Church of the Nazarene schedules a 9:30 a.m. Sunday School lesson led by Cecil Cox and a 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. sermon by Rev. Floyd Hondell. A baptismal service is planned for 2:30 p.m. with location to be announced. N.Y.P.S. meets 6:30 p.m. and prayer groups gather Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Choir practice also at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. N.Y.P.S. zone rally set for Sept 24 at Logan church.
Pilgrim Church Washington and Congress Streets hosts a Sunday School at 9 30 a m led by Floyd Kasler superintendent A sermon by Rev Eddie Moran boy evangelist at 10 30 a m Evening services led by Moran daily next week with young people meeting at 6 45 p m
Water loo Consolidated School District schedules a general election for November 5 1940 in Waterloo Township Athens County Ohio to approve an additional tax above the ten mill limit set at three mills per dollar of valuation equal to thirty cents per hundred dollars for a five year period. Board members Frank W Poston chairman and K Parrett clerk oversee the proceedings.
Legal notice states The New York Central Railroad Company asks the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for authority to discontinue operations at Millfield as an agency station and run it as a non agency carload station. A public hearing is scheduled for October 15, 1940, at the Ohio Department Building in Columbus. Also included is Albany village election notice seeking a 2 mill tax levy for street lights for three years.
A Corporate Communion of the Women of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church occurs at two Sunday services. The early service is without music or sermon, the late service features a choir and preaching. The United Thank Offering gathers funds for a missionary service at the Episcopal Church General Convention in Kansas City this October. Good Shepherd will host Ohio University Episcopal students and organize the Episcopal Student Club for the university year. The new Iowa men’s society began work serving outside churches. Rev. Robert G. Purrington returns from the Old Barn Conference Friday evening.
The Portland Methodist Circuit releases services and classes led by Rev. Earl T. Scott. Great Bend holds Church School at 2 p m and church services at 3 with the sermon God s Trustee. Morse Chapel School at 9 30 a m and 10 30 service on The World s Greatest Need. Silversville School at 10 a m led by Allen Brewer. Bible study Thursday 8 p m. Portland Church School 9 30 a m under W G McKelvey. 8 p m sermon God s Challenge To Us. Bible study Wednesday 8 p m.
The Church of God on Hocking Street schedules morning worship at 9 30 with pastors and lay leaders guiding study and praise. Rally Day announcements follow the 9 30 service, and a young peoples service is set for 6 30 p m led by Mrs R S Atkins. Evening worship at 7 30 features singing and a sermon titled A Natural Desire. Midweek service occurs Wednesday at 7 30.
Robert Cook will resume the 10 30 Morning Prayer and sermon at St Pauls Episcopal Church Logan under his direction. Ohio University students will assist this season and services last year were led by Samuel F Downer and Mr Cook plans to continue the collaborative approach.
McArthur reports church services resume at 10 30 a m with the return of W P Thomas Jr from summer vacation. Summer services were 10 45 to allow Logan gatherings. The United Thank Offering fall gathering will be observed with Mr Thomas preaching on Thankfulness.
Hebrew Christian evangelist Adler Levite will share his conversion story at a Salvation Army Hall in Athens on Saturday night September 21. The event highlights a personal faith journey and outreach.
A Christian Science Church in Athens schedules the Sunday lesson with the subject Matter and the golden text Little children keep yourselves from idols. The cited Bible verses include Genesis 2 15 and 1 John 5 21 and a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy explaining Eden as mortal body and that God cannot put Mind into matter.
The Bradbury Bradford Dexter Circuit of Churches of Christ lists a 9:30 Bible School for all three churches, 10:30 preaching by Rev. J. P. Miller at Bradbury, 2:00 Meigs Victory Band concert at the County Infirmary lawn, 6:30 Christian Endeavor at Bradford, 7:30 Bradbury Tuesday night, and Dexter preacher Rev. O W Williams at 7:45. The revival runs through Sept 30 with Circuit Night Monday and Rutland as guests. a joint four-board meeting follows services to plan the 1941 circuit program.
Morning Bible study at 9 45 Sunday at Church of Christ 6 Stimson Ave with Lulu Ward and Pearley Gaskill leading. Communion and preaching at 10 15 led by Bernard Cashin. Bible study Thursday evening at Kenneth C Ward home Richland Ave a senior at Ohio University.
Dr Whitaker of Chesterhill will present a report on the annual Methodist Conference held at Lakeside Ohio. The talk at Amesville Methodist Church Sunday at 9:30 a.m. invites all interested in reorganizing Methodist churches of America into a single group.
At the Athens Christian Church the 10:15 a.m. worship will feature Rev. I J Cahill preaching on A New and Better Covenant. The choir will perform Break Forth Into Joy with a bari tone solo by Robert Wendell.
Poston Community Church will hold Sunday services on September 22 at 7 30 p m with Miss Betty Story from Ohio University assisting in training the girls choir which will sing at all future services.
Pomeroy Church of Christ lists Bible School at 9 30 with R C Steffy superintendent worship at 10 30 with sermon topic The Obligation of the Church to Teach message details from the local church notice for Sunday services.
The First Methodist Church frames Rally Day across all departments including Sunday school worship service Epworth League and Wesley Foundation welcoming Methodist and Ohio University students and new faculty. Rev Dr John W Danford will preach Building Your Own Future with choir organ and violin offerings and a student event schedule follows.
Alexander Church Hebbardsville plans Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. Redevelopment starts next Monday so services move away Sept 29 and Oct 6. Members urged to check Messenger notices for worship locations. Harrisonville Union School meets at Presbyterian Church 9 30 a m with Christian Endeavor 6 45 p.m. and evening service at 7 30 p.m.
The Athens Presbyterian Church led by Rev. F. E. Luchs will host student classes at 9:25 a.m. Sunday followed by a 10:30 a.m. church service in which Luchs preaches "Stable Students in Changing Worlds." Westminster Fellowship supper is at 5 p.m. and student vespers at 6 p.m. Rally Day observance is being planned for Sept. 29 during Sunday School.
A revival meeting starts Sunday evening September 22 at Graham Chapel Church and runs through October 6. The opening service features the Heights Mission Workers of Pt. Pleasant West Virginia and a pantomime by Grace Haney the deaf mute evangelist. Evening services at 7:30 will be led by Pastor Rev. Melvin Mitchell.
Birth announcements include a daughter born Sept 17 to Mr and Mrs A J Hagerty their eleventh child. Local updates note visits, showers, university enrollments, a funeral for Edward McDaniel and recent moves among residents. Road repairs continue on Radcliff Hill under Frank Collins.
A religious program The Ten Virgins will be presented at Buchtel M E Church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Ohio University students will be welcomed Sunday at Richland Ave. Methodist Church where Rev. Dr. J. H. Baughn serves as pastor. Sunday School at 9:30 includes a college class led by D. C. Vorster. Ep worth League meets at 6:30 led by Miss Peggy Shaffer. Evening worship at 7:30 features the sermon Eyes of the Soul. Mid week prayer is Wednesday at 7:30 with Mrs. Nora Worster leading. The Women s Division of Christian Service charter meeting is Friday at 7:30.
Nelsonville church to have Spencer read Morning Prayer and preach at 9 a m. He has been appointed lay reader and will oversee services throughout the year at Epiphany Episcopal Church.
Pleasanton Services announced at the Pleasanton Methodist Church for next Sunday. Sunday School begins at 9:30 led by Warren Graham, superintendent. Rev. Bernard Baughn will preach the sermon at 7:30 p.m. on My Church and What it Does.
Mrs. L. T. Cottrell hosted the Hemlock Church Ladies Aid at her home with lunch for many members and visitors. The column notes several deaths, family visits, injuries, and relocations including the death of Harry Sullivan, a cousin's funeral, various travels to Columbus Athens Mansfield and Nelsonville, and the move of the Linscott family to New Lexington.
Grass Run Side Hill notes visiting relatives and friends across the region. Local residents such as Miss Betty Amos from Columbus and several area families are listed as Sunday or weekend guests and gatherings.
Solon the ancient lawgiver banned Athens women from carrying market baskets beyond a fixed size to curb ostentation by wealthy women. The rule reflected social control over display and status in classical Greek society.
The Athens Free Methodist Church announces a prayer meeting tonight at 7 30. Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m followed by preaching at 10 30. The Rev Walter Martin will preach again at 7 30 p m. The prayer band meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m under Bertine Farley.
Voters in Waterloo township Athens County Ohio will decide at the general election on November 5 1940 whether to authorize an additional tax for hard surfacing roads. The levy would be up to one mill per dollar of valuation equaling ten cents per hundred dollars for three years. Frank W Poston chairman QC K Parrett clerk.
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