Opinion

Remembering names from the past
Many of you tell me you like to read names from the past. This week I will share some names published in the January 1963 edition of the school paper ...

Just 200 years ago
I have had inquiries since the Focus page was published describing the program when the addition to the Nichols Street School was dedicated.“Whe...

Previous newsworthy topics highlighted
This week I am looking back at some newsworthy topics in past January’s, as printed in the Morrow County Independent.January 1943: Saturday clas...

It’s 70 years old
I’ve been scanning Cardington School Searchlight newspapers from the past and was surprised to learn the addition to the Nichols Street School w...

A memory of my mother at Christmas
Christmas is a time when so many memories can be brought forth. I have a tendency each Christmas to go back as far as when I was a little girl growing...

A glance at past December’s
I appreciate your comments about this weekly column. I receive many favorable comments on names from different events. So, this week I’m concent...

Some Cardington School memories
A newspaper account from May 1947 describes a new school song introduced at the closing assembly of Cardington High School.This song, both words and m...

A historian to remember
I love to talk to historians. I admire their search for history because I want to know more about my home county and home town. This week I want to re...

Alice Van Sickle writes about Riverside Dairy
Most readers are familiar with the Riverside Dairy but probably not so familiar with Alice Van Sickle. Alice was a popular and well known writer for t...

Extinguishing a fire in Cardington in the 1940s
Although the village of Cardington was founded because of its access to water, reading news stories through the years so often they had trouble access...