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Remember penmanship from school?

I received and forwarded an e-mail showing the blackboards found behind the ones being replaced in an Oklahoma…

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Remembering Joe Williamson

When I noted that Charlie Covil, who painted much of the house I built in Holly Hills (I…

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Falling in love again and again

This probably should have been written for Valentine’s Day, but perhaps it is not too late for us…

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Remembering Mary Ellen and South Trade beyond the tracks

McFarland’s just reported another good friend’s passing from this life to the next. I met Mary Ellen Krydynski…

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Remembering Dr. George A. Jones

It cannot be Trade Street this time, for my friend Dr. George Alexander Jones has left us unexpectedly.…

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Remembering South Trade to the tracks

The new storefronts replacing the combined former Tryon Federal offices represent Missildine’s Drug, the Exclusive Ladies Shoppe and…

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Remembering Booger, Hazel, Marvin Jr. and Meadowlark

I remember a younger blond boy climbing into the school bus in Lynn as well as the feisty…

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Behold: I have been given another Christmas

My last year’s Christmas column was composed while I was recovering from my second re-plumbing of my pump.…

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More about Trade Street in the 40s

Continuing the Trade Street evolution from the 40s, we will look at the block containing the Bulletin building…

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Remembering Ann, Frances and Gary

Ann Richardson used to come into Mary and Fran’s Yarn Shop in Columbus about the time Ann Richards…