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This Week in Danvers History

What happened in Danvers in 1942? Find out!

This Week in History in...1942

  • Schools were scrambling to find teaching replacements for the men who had gone off to war.
  • The District Ten Blackout Club was holding a "barn dance" for Danvers.
  • An Army Officer, by the name of Frank Nowers, was able to visit relatives for the first time in Danvers while on leave.
  • Charles Tapley left Danvers to join the Navy.
  • The Danvers Women's Association began the War Relief Committee.

 

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