First ticket purchased by Sarah Ella ‘Byrde’ Ayres By Christopher S. Duckworth For The Times-Gazette The 1930s had been a difficult time for motion pictures, as the years had been for most Americans. To help stimulate sagging attendance, Hollywood came up with a nationwide movie quiz, as evidenced by this photo of a poster from […]
By Amy Eddings Photo by Amy Eddings The bar area at Jameson Manor. Photo by Todd Kivimaki. Photo by Todd Kivimaki. The lounge at Jameson Manor. "It’s a room everyone just wants to be in," said Shannon Wannamacher. Photo by Todd Kivimaki. The lounge at Jameson Manor. Photo by Todd Kivimaki. Photos by Todd Kivimaki […]
By Beth Sergent Photos by Beth Sergeant No. 1 Mason County has ties to literary giant Mark Twain with Clements State Tree Nursery located in West Columbia, north of Point Pleasant. The nursery, owned by the West Virginia Division of Forestry, sits on property once owned by Twain’s grandparents. According to the division, bare-root […]
By Scott Halasz [email protected] Courtesy photo The Collins School in Xenia Township has been educating kids since the 1800s. Courtesy photo The one-room schoolhouse in Greene County holds summer camps and daily classes for kids throughout southwest Ohio. It started as a means to educate neighborhood kids in northern Xenia Township, and nearly 120 […]
By Angela Shepherd [email protected] Angela Shepherd|The Times-Gazette. The upstairs hallway, partly damaged by a fire years ago, of the Elliott Hotel is pictured facing toward the main staircase which leads to what used to be the hotel’s lobby. Photo courtesy of Doug Karnes. An old photograph of the Elliott Hotel shows what it once […]
By Whitney Vickers [email protected] Submitted photo Dr. Christopher Oldstone-Moore teaches history at Wright State University and recently authored “Of Beards and Men.” ‘Of Beards and Men’ is available on Amazon, Kindle and through local book stores. FAIRBORN — A fifth “beard movement” could be underway, which has the potential to offer a new perspective […]
By David Trinko The founder of Williams-Sonoma died earlier this month. Lima’s connection to his fine cookware lives on, though. Chuck Williams died of natural causes Dec. 5 at the age of 100. During that long lifetime, he ushered in an era of culinary retail where people bought pots, pans and utensils well above […]
How one family’s Christmas tradition became a regional event By Amy Eddings Photos courtesy of Fred Steiner Photos courtesy of Fred Steiner Photos courtesy of Fred Steiner Many families decorate their homes and front yards for Christmas, hanging colored lights from the gutters and wreaths on the front door. Very few families have those […]
By Angela Shepherd [email protected] The bell of the Greenfield First Presbyterian Church is shown in the steeple where it has sat for more than 100 years. The tower that houses the bell of the Greenfield First Presbyterian Church is pictured. The top, right steeple window is the point from which a crane will remove […]
By Lindsay Kriz Lindsay Kriz Mayor Michael Gerlach leads a group on a trail that parallels the Underground Railroad trail taken by slaves hoping to escape to freedom in the northern United States or Canada. Lindsay Kriz Mayor Michael Gerlach leads a group on a trail that parallels the Underground Railroad trail taken by […]