The Home Guard - August 1942

The concept of the Home Guards was explained in this article in August 1942 newspapers. 

Two County soldiers killed in WWI in August 1942

Sutton Service Men - August 1942

The Sutton Register attempted to keep up with the list of man serving in the armed forces during World War II. This list appeared in the August 27, 1942 issue of The Sutton Register.

E. T. Nuss's 1931 Football Team

The Clay County News issue of August 17, 1967 related this story about Sutton baker E. T. Nuss's semi-pro football team in Sutton in 1931.  

E. T.'s bakery was the noon-time destination for many of us who parlayed our lunch money into a kuchen in lieu of the school's offering in the auditorium. 

The fifty-year-old newspaper photo from 36 years prior is sketchy, but you get the idea. 

E. T. Nuss's 1931 Football Team

From Page Five of The Clay County News on August 17, 1967

Sutton Register Shopper Summer 1942

The Sutton Register newspaper had a shoppers' insert in their weekly newspaper. We've captured several weeks of this two-page advert that identifies a number of Sutton businesses in 1942 and tells us what they were hawking that summer.

From the June 2, 1942 Sutton Register newspaper.