Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Winning Shady Grove Basketball Team of 1936

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March 13, 1936 – All District Team Shady Grove swept to the championship of District Five Saturday night at Fohs Hall by defeatin...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Crittenden County Folks - Dr. Ollie T. Lowery

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Crittenden Press   Aug. 12, 1938 – In the passing of Dr. O. T. Lowery the county has lost a good citizen, and the community in whi...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Fire Truck and new City Hall Building Signaled Exciting Times In Marion in 1927.

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May 4, 1920 Marion City Council Meeting The matter of the purchase of a fire truck equipped with the necessary apparatus for exting...
Monday, October 28, 2019

How The Ohio River Got It's Name

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      A view of the beautiful Ohio from the hills of Bells Mines. Away up in the Alleghenies, a tiny streamlet starts rolling, and t...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

The Church That Was Never Finished

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I wrote this article in April of 2008.  Has some good history about Tolu. The Church That Was Never Finished This is an interesting...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Marion's 1958 Pony League

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  Front row L-R: Truman Croft, Jim Guess, Lynn "Lefty" Birdwell and John O. Hodge;  Middle row: Jimmy Alderdice, Eddie J...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Declamatory Contests - An Important Part Of School Activities Of Long Ago

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A much looked forward to event of the schools of long ago were the Declamatory contests. The dictionary states that Declamatory is a f...