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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1936
Page
7
Members of the Masons attended an educational session at Glouster Lodge on Thursday as part of their ongoing community and fraternal activities. The event highlighted their commitment to learning and public service within the lodge.
Seventy two Masons from Glouster Lodge No 607 and visiting lodges packed the Glouster home Thursday night for an educational meeting sponsored by Glouster No 607 and Bishopville No 470. Parkersburg member spoke alongside Dr H T Phillips of Athens.
Former residents are expected for the Bishopville Church of Christ home coming. Sunday School at 9 30, prayer service and communion at 10 15. A basket dinner is served at noon, with an afternoon program and social time. Rev. Charles Perry preaches at 7 30.
A meeting to form a city bowling league will be held at Wolf & Sons bowling alleys in the Odd Fellow Building on Sunday at 2 oclock. Several bowling teams are expected to organize at this gathering.
Miss Flora Kittle returns to Christian Mission Heights West Virginia after a week with family and expects transfer to an orphanage in Kentucky for continued work. Miss Lila Parsons returns to Heights after visiting Ringgold and likely to teach at a church school in Florida this winter.
Miss Margaret Wogan daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearl Wogan underwent an emergency appendectomy Monday in a Zanesville hospital after sudden illness She is a Mountville High School freshman Also notes attendances and probate notices from Athens County Ohio including administrator appointments estate accounts and hearings set for September and October 1936.
Glouster churches announce morning worship at 10 30 a m with Rev F G Boroff of the M E Church using The Challenge of the Present Hour as the theme The evening service at 7 30 p m features No Other God with the choir singing Sunday School at 9 30 a m Epworth League at 6 30 p m Rev David P Morris pastor of the Church of Christ preaches at 10 a m with Communion The Power of These Promises and at 7 30 p m Christ and His Enemies Caged song service precedes the sermon Bible School at 9 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m led by Jack Millington
Mr and Mrs Eber Vess of Hebron announce the birth of a daughter in City Hospital Newark. Mr Vess is noted as a former Bishopville resident.
Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rogers of Baltimore Maryland are visiting Mrs. Rogers' parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones.
Carl Craig of Glouster accepts a position with White Seal Oil Co of Nelsonville, shifting his employment to the oil firm.
Rangers caution visitors that bears are wild, not pets, after 17 people sustained hand injuries this month for feeding bears despite warnings.
Portland patrolman John Richardson may possess psychic powers to aid the search for a missing 3-year-old girl. Responding to a mother's plea, he said the child was probably in the back yard, where she was later found sleeping under a swing.
Rutland area families marked Mr. and Mrs. G E Darst forty years of marriage with a home celebration including their children Dayton Tate and Longstreth families. Attendees also included Mary Rupe Bradbury and others, with prayers and refreshments observed.
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