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 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1948
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeney who lost their High Street home by fire move into the late George Pendergrass property at Converse and High Street. Since the blaze the SWEE N EYS stayed with their son in law and daughter the Rev Robert Phillips at Albany.
Laurelville notes report Pythian Sisters meeting with ice cream cake and coffee served by Grace Dumm Evelyn Bowers and Helen Lively. Several funerals and visits are listed including Rev Vause Snyder at Colerain Church and Stacy Hoy 96 at Mt Carmel Church. Contests talks and visits by local families populate the weekend.
Junior Veith and friend return to Columbus after visiting relatives in Leon Chauncey and surrounding locais. Several households spend a day with Squire Taylor Wesley Ward and Oliver Kail Mild notes of illness and hospital stays reported among residents including Stanley Shively and Glen Priddy with改善 condition.
The Mothers Club raised 63 dollars in a minstrel to fund paint and draperies for a Youth Center room in Corning. Mrs Norma Hawkins hosted with Rev Robinson leading prayers and games. Guests included Rev and Mrs Frank Robinson and others. later, Dee Hawkins and Anne Parsons were noted co-hosts.
Funeral services for Hattie Mae Howard 71 died at her home east of Trimble were conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney at the Church of Christ. A Chauncey quartet sang three hymns before burial in Maplewood Cemetery. She leaves her husband and two sons.
Britannica notes that in pharaonic Egypt beer held food importance and mothers were said to bring beer to their sons in school, reflecting cultural norms around sustenance and education.
CHAUNCEY The Men s Class of Church of Christ Chauncey will meet Thursday night with Carl Shafer in charge Plans will be made to attend the County Men s Brotherhood meeting at Nelsonville next Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sisson and daughter Anita held a dinner at their Trimble home for Mrs. Elizabeth Robinett Mrs. Jessie Fulton Mrs. Ida Hill Miss Helen Howard and Miss Olive Brookins, all of Millfield.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Berry announce the birth of daughter Eleanor Elaine at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leslie Bradfield of Athens and Mr and Mrs William Berry of Woodsfield Ohio.
Chauncey Bullock was returned to Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta for further care after a serious illness. His wife Mrs. Bullock recently fractured her right arm in a fall. Zelda Mae McKinney, a sophomore at Chauncey Dover High School, returned to school two weeks after an appendectomy. She is the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Andrew McKinney.
A Morristown finesse church gathering is set for Friday at 7 p.m. at the Chauncey home of Mrs. Mabel Hiles on High Street.
Chauncey Pilgrim Church schedules a weekly cottage prayer meeting this Friday at seven p.m. at the home of Clifford and Goldie Fink on May Avenue.
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.