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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1957
Page
8
A preacher likens religion to salt that flavors life and warns that a church or community suffers when the faith is absent. He divides people into G F N and G F S and urges self reflection on personal saltiness and service to others. He questions if one’s life, worship, and deeds are savory or flavorless without faith.
Kathryn Louise Mallett, a 20 year old from Hartford in Trumbull County, returned from five months in England and Wales with the International Farm Youth Exchange. She says British dairy hygiene trails U S standards though farming methods are similar, notes less use of silos and more pit grass storage. The trip covered farms from 30 to 1000 acres where she helped with milking and tractor work before returning to Ohio State University to finish her biology and home economics studies.
A compact reflection weaving quotes from Joseph Cook Luke John Shakespeare and Daniel. The passage juxtaposes religious citation with literary lines to highlight the convergence of faith history and dramatic insight.
The piece notes modern Americans seek baths and showers daily, a shift from old Saturday night washups. It links cleanliness to longevity and sanitation and contrasts physical hygiene with lapses in mental moral and spiritual purification amid crusades and evangelistic campaigns.
Richland Ave Methodist Charge holds church school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Official Board meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. Clarks Chapel offers Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. Church school at 10:30 a.m. McDougal hosts Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Sunday evening. The Rev. D. D. Bumgardner, pastor.
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with preaching at 10 30 a m conducted by Rev Leslie Buck Evangelistic service follows at 7 45 p m led by Rev Roy E Deeter at Coolville and area churches.
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. worship at 10:30 a.m. Youth service at 7 p.m. preaching at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Roy E. Deeter is pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a.m and worship at 11 a.m with Evangelistic service at 7 45 p m led by the Rev Russell Beckett Speaker. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 45 p m with the Rev Hildred Kieffer pastor.
Sunday and midweek services listed for Athens Pilgrim Holiness Albany Methodist Charge Pearl Chapel Temple and Snowville. Includes morning worship church school MYF and prayer meetings under pastors R W Ives and Richard E Jarvis with times shown for each location.
Listings of weekend church activities across multiple Athens area congregations. Rummage sale Friday at 9 a.m. Parish halls host Holy Communion sermons, church school, nursery services, Canterbury Supper for students and faculty, and evening prayer. Additional groups include Boy Scouts, auxiliaries, choirs, study groups, and daily masses with varied schedules.
Morning worship at 9 45 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m YPS at 6 30 p m Evening service at 7 30 p m Midweek service Thursday at 7 30 p m G Howard Hein pastor
A dense listing of church services and church group events across multiple congregations. Includes times for worship, Bible study, prayer, choirs, and youth programs with pastors and leaders named. Also notes locations such as Memorial Auditorium and various church names and neighborhoods.
A church lists worship times including morning service at 10 45 a m evening service at 7 p m and Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 8 p m The Rev Charles E Magruder is the pastor Also noted are Sunday school at 9 a m worship at 10 a m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m The Rev Roy E Deeter is the pastor
The Rev. Duane Saylor is listed as pastor with preaching at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A prayer meeting is set for Tuesday 7:30 p.m. led by Carl Williams in Athens. Bertine Farley is noted as pastor.
Amesville hosts Sunday school at 10 a.m. and YF meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. New England offers Sunday school at 9 30 a.m.
The schedule lists morning worship at 10 30 a m junior church at 10 30 a m NYPS at 7 p m evening service at 7 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m led by minister A E Beckwith.
The notice lists weekly services at Apostolic Light House and a pastor. Weekly events include Wednesday service and choir rehearsal, Sunday school at 10 a.m., evangelistic service at 7 30 p m, Bible class on Tuesday and Thursday at 7 30 p m, and YPS Friday at 7 30 p m led by Elder John Pollard.
Sabbath school starts 9 30 a m. Worship and communion at 11 a m led by Pastor A D Leach. Young People's Missionary group meets at 3 p m. Services are on Saturday.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m YPM Sunday at 7 p m preaching 8 p m by Rev L A Robinson Athens prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 p m with preaching by Mrs L M Kimmey Athens.
The fragment notes a listing for Huffman Kyle's Shop for Men in Athens with references to Royal McBee Corp and McBee Products Division and mentions Athens Ohio and Gilbert Shannon's Store.
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