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Reflections: Mystery of bones discovered at Shaw Creek
Normally I like to write upbeat pieces about people and the community and leave the macabre type to others. But I found this story in the March 14, 19...
Reflections: Cahoon: Remembering the Midway Truck Stop
It was 1951 and Route 42 was a main highway route for traffic ranging from automobile to heavy trucks. So in June, 1951, The Midway Truck Stop opened ...
Reflections: Cahoon: A Cardington business entrepreneur
I have referenced W. C. Cahoon in previous columns. I realize there is a dwindling number of people who remember him but others have responded with th...
Reflections: Jim Thomas, wooden toy craftsman
I wonder how many readers have a wooden toy crafted by Jim Thomas.Jim, dubbed “Santa Claus without the elves,” was known throughout the ar...
Reflections: Snippets from the past
Several readers of this column have voiced their appreciation at seeing names from the past, including relatives, friends, friends of their parents, e...
Reflections: Tombstone unearthed in back yard
It was almost 30 years ago that Jay and Diane Haycook were Roto-tilling a small plot of earth behind their home, 534 S. Marion St., in Cardington, pre...
Reflections: Cardington native’s escape from Germany
I want to share with you a story I read in the March 20, 1952. edition of the Union Register about Cardington native Otto Koeppe, his wife and daughte...
Reflections: Remembering Singer Livery Barn
Although it was razed exactly 45 years ago, I wonder how many remember the Singer Livery Barn. It was located on North Marion Street at the southeast ...
Reflections: Potpourri of Cardington history
I love reading items about Cardington’s people and what they contributed in the past.For instance, in a story published in the Morrow County Ind...
Reflections: Village bios interesting
I collect information about Cardington and Morrow County. Some are short pieces so am using this last edition of 2018 to share one.There was a publica...
