This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
3
A meeting to organize a Dover Girl Scout Troop is set for 7 pm at Chauncey Dover High School. Girls ages seven to 17 may join, and parents may attend.
Mr and Mrsimer Morris and Mrs Caroline Tedrick Chauncey spent Easter in Springfield Ohio as guests of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Sharpe and daughters Beverly Ann and Mavis Louise, visiting Morris' son and daughter in law.
Sunday visits highlighted Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs. A. L Reston hosting Emmett Dowler and wife from Ibondale and George Potts and wife from The Plains. Dowlers and Potts are former Chauncey residents.
Chauncey Mr and Mrs Garfield Nicholson hosted Easter guests at 32 High Street Chauncey including Mrs Nicholson's son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lewis Kottgan and children Butch George and Tacinda of Garden City Michigan Mr and Mrs Otto Chapman Columbus and Mr and Mrs Oval Sweeney Dayton sisters of Mrs Nicholson attended
The Rev. and Mrs. Ray Pidcock and daughters Sylvia and Adrien of 35 High Street Chauncey hosted Easter dinner for Harry Russell of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fink with son Paul David of Chauncey.
Mr and Mrs A L Preston of Chauncey observed their forty-eighth wedding anniversary on Thursday April 13 with family and friends marking the milestone in the hometown.
Therman Gartin Joy May Vincent and James Roy of Columbus were Easter guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Vincent at Millfield.
Mrs Henry Morgan of 20 Elm Street has returned from a Columbus visit with her son Eugene Morgan and daughter-in-law Marie Love.
Martha Chauncey led a Millfield Church of Christ quilting and pot luck dinner in the social room with 14 members and two guests. Guests were Mrs. Jean Looper Cleveland and Richard Wilcox. Members present included Edith Heffken Jessie Fulton Nella Russell Alice Carr Mollie Mazoros Edith Mc Daniel Mable Shaner Olive Brookins Garnet Blower Viola Howard Ruth Johnson Elizabeth Robinett Frances Wallace and Myrtle Wilcox.
Mrs Ida Hill of Norwalk Ohio and former Millfield postmaster is spending a week in Millfield visiting friends at the home of Miss Olive Brookins. She is accompanied by her grandson Dwight Sharick of Norwalk who spent the weekend there.
An Easter program was presented by children of the community under Mrs. Genevieve Atkinson with Lydia Mercer at the piano. Several local families are mentioned visiting relatives and recovering from illness during the holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. William McAfee of Akron hosted Easter with Mr. and Mrs. William Mahugh. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Oliver. Miss Donna Law of Columbus and Miss Elizabeth Law of Marietta visited Mr. and Mrs. Newell Law. The Kee sisters from their parents house joined by O D ee and Mrs Albert Gould of Marietta spent time with A J Gould. Harold Gill and family from Cottageville W V vacationed at their relatives home. Ralph Masters of Marietta College spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. D F Masters. Mrs Lyle Basim contributed to the shared family weekend.
Point Rock resident L. V. Lowther underwent surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Laurel Grange staged Pictures and Hats in Harrisonville. Land changed hands with W. R. Holcomb selling land to Harlan Rife. Elmer Fairchild bought a new truck. Easter guests visited the G. A. Radekins. Clarence Bolton sold his farm to Springfield buyers. J. E. Radekin was injured by a bull. Ruth Nelson of Dayton spent Easter at home. A large crowd enjoyed the Easter Light pageant by Columbia Chapel Sunday school.
The weekly cottage prayer meeting of Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Friday at 7 30 p.m. Mrs. J. C. Snider of New Marshfield, mother of Mrs. Ray Pidcock of Chauncey, is reported improved after several weeks of serious illness.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.