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 38 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1942
Page
2
Fragmented text describes a water level issue and emergency plans in Logan County with mentions of Smoot and medical corps officers. Several readable fragments reference surveys, towns, weekly tests, and request for information, but details are largely obscured.
Nelsonville scouts and scoutmasters are asked to meet at City Hall Friday Oct 2 at 7 30 pm with the Salvage Committee to arrange the weekend salvage drive. Scouts will contact homes Saturday to help haul scrap to the curb for Monday collection, donations go to Civilian Defense or U S C funds, metal is urged before winter.
Mrs. Mary Covert requests the Buchtel York P T A committee to have all membership drive collections ready at the next meeting on Monday October 12. In charge are Verna Dearing Lottie Omas Mable Smart Mildred Shesky Freda Wright Mrs Clyde McCullough Mrs John Robson Mrs Gerald Corwin Mrs Frank Martin Josie Graham Mrs Herschel McKee Mable Smathers Flossie Whitmore Mary King Nora Collins.
Pvt Gay FE Dishong 18 son of Mrs Florence Dishong enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aug 4 1942 is at Jefferson Barracks Mo. John Ray Dishong 17 enlisted as apprentice seaman in the Navy Aug 28 1942 stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training School A war benefit party will be held at Longstretch residence hall tonight with refreshments served.
The Church of the Nazarene Adams S&J led by pastor W. L. Williams announces Sunday services in Nelsonville including Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship 10 30 N Y P S 6 30 evangelistic service at 7 Rev Goss and Rev Mathews from Logan will supervise with Goss sisters supplying music. They also lead services at Kimberly Community Center at 2 o'clock Sunday School. Evangelistic services are held Tuesdays at 7 30.
Mr and Mrs Ray Lent of Athens route 1 formerly of Nelsonville await word from the Navy on their son Bill Lent an assistant steward on the George F Elliott thought lost off Guadalcanal on August 8 The vessel was set afire by a Japanese plane but most aboard were saved Lent enlisted December 9 and has had no word since June 1 His brother Robert serves on the U S S North Carolina and has recovered from an appendicitis operation before sailing The Lent family also includes Max in Newfoundland and David Barnhart both in Navy service.
Special services at the Church of Christ include Rally Day and installation of Bible School officers during a general assembly at 9 30 in the church auditorium. World Wide Communion Sunday is observed at the 10 30 morning worship with Rev L E Evans preaching Looking to Jesus. Christian Endeavor at 6 p m. No evening service due to district convention in Marietta. Week activities include Monday board meeting 7 30 p m Tuesday choir rehearsal 7 p m Wednesday mid week meeting 7 30 p m.
South Haydenville Church of God lists Sunday School at 9 30 with John Norris superintendent. Morning service at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30. Thursday preaching by Rev Calvin Nickles of New Lexington at 7 30.
Sunday services at Pilgrim Holiness Church in Nelsonville include Sunday School at 9:30 led by Walter Primmer, morning worship at 10:30 with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and a 7:30 sermon by Rev. C. P. Pridgen district superintendent of the Ohio District. A Sunday School rally is planned for October 11.
Doanville hosts a Sunday School rally with world wide communion observance. Officers for the Sunday School were elected including Helen J Chappie as superintendent Vera Reynolds secretary and Mrs Lucy Covert treasurer. Dorcas Society met at the Community House and Bill Meffin spoke. All are urged to attend the morning promotion and music and the 7 30 p m evening service.
Lighthouse Tabernacle at Poplar and Watkins announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m with Mrs Mable Call superintendent and morning worship at 10 45 followed by evangelistic service at 7 30 p m led by Rev Ewart C Bond pastor Prayer meetings are Tuesday and Thursday at 7 30 p m with Henry Nutter as class leader.
Elder D. O. Norris of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints announces Sunday Church School at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed. Evening services are at 6 and 7 o'clock.
Mrs. W. E. Stilson of Richmond Hills N Y is the guest of Dr. and Mrs J M Hyde. Mrs J Van Horn of Columbus and her grandson Carl Van Horn Jr a Canadian airplane instructor are Wednesday guests of Mrs J L Wilson. Miss Ann Cottrill recently left for Chattanooga Tenn to visit Pvt Paul Henry.
County nurse Naomi Evans is appointed chairman of the Red Cross Reserve by state chairman Miss Nelle Martin. Martin will visit Gallipolis on Oct. 9 to address local professionals and seek enlistments.
The First Methodist Church in Nelsonville observes Holy Communion at 10:30 A M with the sermon The Table of the Lord by Rev. Wm M George. A dedicated honor roll of men serving the country from church organizations will be announced at the 10 30 service. Families are urged to attend and submit names addresses and birthdays to the pastor or stewards.
Murray City Methodist Church announces a Sunday School at 9 30 am with evening communion. Special offerings will support overseas relief and camp activities. A prayer meeting is planned for Thursday at 7 30 pm.
Sunday School and church services at Buchtel Methodist Church moved to 2 pm and 3 pm respectively. This Sunday will feature communion with offerings for overseas relief and camp activities. A prayer meeting is planned for Tuesday evening at 7 30.
Nelsonville residents plan to attend the annual Disciples of Christ district convention to be held at the Christian Church in Marietta on Sunday October 4 Sessions begin with a devotional at 2 p m a supper at 6 p m and an evening meeting at 8 p m Pvt Walter W Chapman is stationed with the U S Army at Fort McClellan Alabama his address is available from Mrs John Windle Box 144 Nelsonville Ohio
Gallipolis announces the Aid for the Aged office now operates from the Knights of Pythias building. The new setup provides commodious space with added equipment and separate quarters for investigators clerks and the director Ce cil Halley to speed work.
Gallipolis reports continued improvement in the condition of Judge W. R. White who remains hospitalized after a severe heart attack late last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grover purchase the Birch residence at 553 Fourth Ave and plan to move soon from their current home. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Champer buy J. H. Taylor’s residence in the 800 block on Second Avenue and will occupy it.
Gallia County reports no hunting accidents as the squirrel season ends quietly despite many hunters in the area.
A notice urges Bertha Engies to attend an upcoming public meeting. Details on date time and location are not clear in the fragment. The request appears to involve community matters and civic participation.
Assessor Morrison reports no lapse in activity between the completion of the county's assessment records and January 1. He will prepare a report for the State Department of Agriculture detailing the number of livestock and barnyard fowls on local farms, compiled from the thousands of assessment returns. Afterward, preliminary records for next year’s assessment will be prepared for field deputies starting January 1.
A sizable gathering of farm residents attended the S. H. Mc Neill farm sale at Hickory Chapel, with crops livestock and machinery selling well. The Mc Neill couple plan to winter in Florida and no successor has been named as secretary treasurer of the Patrons Mutual Fire Ins Co of West Virginia. J E Hunter of Ashton attended as sales agent.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gerlach returned from Hartford City Indiana where they attended the funeral of Arthur Francis Love 63 a former Mason County resident and uncle of Mrs Gerlach Love was born in Point Pleasant son of the late James B and Margaret Hawkins Love He moved to Indiana after his 1901 marriage to Olive Ann Greer of Mason County and farmed nearly 30 years in Indiana
The state using prison labor has laid the first six miles of stone base on the 11 mile gap in Route 2 between the end of concrete paving at Apple Grove and the Cabell County line. Rapid progress is reported as work continues.
State police report a large truck and trailer backed down Lewis Hill on Charleston Road near Dead Man's Curve damaging several sections of the highway guard rail. The truck sustained no serious damage. The power failed and brakes failed to hold after passing Dead Man's Curve.
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces to Mr and Mrs Sidney Smith of Leon on Thursday. Dora Warner and Clayton Ash are new surgical patients at the clinic. Notice of Election on Tax Levy in Excess of the Ten Mill Limitation informs Albany Consolidated School District voters of a five year levy for current expenses with a rate not exceeding 30 cents per $100 valuation, polling from 6:80 AM to 6:30 PM Eastern Standard Time on election day.
Davis and Morris Inc of Charleston began 28 new homes on the Guthrie tract north of Suncrest Cemetery. Plans call for 58 homes on 10 acres fronting Route 62 opposite Bellemeade. Four major projects aim for 1,285 homes in coming months, including 700 shelters by the Point Pleasant Housing Authority to be torn down after the war.
Grafton Yost spent the summer here with Murphy Construction Co at the ordnance works and left for Berkley Springs then Mississippi for new work. Mrs. Thomas Smith of Ripley visits her husband employed at Murphy Construction.
Athens County notices announce a November 1942 election on a tax levy above ten mills for Rome Township cemeteries. The measure would set a rate of up to 4 mills for five years. Polls open 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM Eastern. Hazel W. Coon, Clerk. September 23, 1942.
Herbert S. Kyle a Charleston architect said plans for the 60 bed Community Hospital to be built here by the government were still in formative stage. He confirmed the general design had been agreed upon and bids would be called shortly.
Robert Arnett Sayre, 29, of Henderson, died Thursday at Point Clinic after two weeks of illness. Funeral from his mother Mrs. Virgie Sayre’s home Sunday at 2 pm. Rev. Eugene Dick of Charleston to officiate. Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by wife Dorothy Withers, daughter Rose Marie, mother, two sisters Pauline and Thelma, brother Homer of Nitro. another brother perished in the G W McBride sinking. He was a welder at The Marietta and known on both sides of the Kanawha.
The sheriff's office began collecting 1942-43 taxes yesterday in the Cologne and Arbuckle Districts. Assessment records were supplied by Assessor Morrison and tickets for all districts will be completed in a few days. Tickets for Point Pleasant are expected to be ready by Monday.
San Diego bound ternary Wayne Barnett of Hickory Chapel joins the Naval Reserves Medical Corps after graduating from Marshall College with a pre medical course.
Funeral services for John Hudson of Springfield Ohio were held this afternoon at 2 30 from the home of Mr and Mrs Sterling Dunlavey 1300 Hogg Street A Rev A E Tulloch officiated burial followed in Lone Oak Cemetery He was a Mason County native son of Richard Hudson and the late Viola Hayes Hudson Surviving are his father a sister Mrs Franklin Wamsley two brothers Woodrow Hudson and Robert Hudson and a cousin Mrs Sterling Dunlavey
A Charleston report says the woman who died in a lodge hall was Lillian Noble rather than Jo Ann Martin, as earlier reported. Trooper Harry Coyner travels to Charleston to locate relatives to claim the body. undertaker Franklin has no further information.
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.