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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
6
Charles Gates 68 died at his Beaver Pennsylvania home after visiting Middleport. He was cousin of Mrs. C M Hennesy and the late Mrs. W G Davis and the late Charles Crary. The note adds gas lighting first introduced in Rhode Island in 1806.
POMEROY staged a safety poster campaign with five locations including Pomeroy Senior High School and Police Headquarters. The posters show highway death scenes from negligence and intoxication to urge drivers to stop at intersections. Chief Frank Hudson says the ads speak for themselves and aim to reduce wrecks.
Middleport soldiers in Germany carried out a Christmas aid tradition by bringing 14 German orphans to their day room in Barmholder for a decorated tree and gifts. Clothing was collected by Boy Scouts. Wayland planned to meet Ronnie Fultz nearby, and on Christmas Day visited a famous church to see the Passion Play. He tried to call his parents but found phone reservations required.
Captain Buster Farrell his wife and two children flew from Hawaii to spend the holidays with his parents in Syracuse. They are spending several days in Charleston before his return to report for assignment in Japan. Mrs Farrell will visit her father in Turkey and may reside in California on returning.
In Middleport police report that about 75 Christmas lights were removed from Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Maag’s Lincoln Street home and 25 blue lights from Mrs. Garnet Davidson’s S Second and Lincoln Street residence, with neighbors hearing a car engine idling New Year’s night. The theft, likely by multiple people, echoes prior burglaries of the Maags’ holiday displays which drew many visitors to town.
Committees on the survey action in the Southern Local School District will present Thursday at 7 30 p m in Letart Falls Grade School. The public is invited.
Mrs. Thelma B. Campbell a Red Cross Disaster Service worker left Pomeroy to supervise aid for Hungarian refugees arriving from Austria. She is ordered to Camp Kilmer New Jersey via Washington to receive instructions before helping airlines and the U S Air Force care for evacuees now increasing after President Eisenhower approved 5000 more refugees.
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.