by Shelby Boatman | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Pictured: Wilmington High School Majorettes, September 30, 1941. From left: Adele Raizk, June Brandenburg, Anna Mae Schramm, and Yvonne Raizk. The additional two girls were unfortunately not named. The following was submitted to the Wilmington News Journal as a follow...
by Shelby Boatman | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the hard work and help of Tom Barr, Editor at the Wilmington (Ohio) News Journal, we are excited to share that TONS of new WNJ stories and clippings have been added to Newspapers.com as a result of digitization of News Journal microfilm. Some stories are as...
by Shelby Boatman | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wilmington News Journal article, written by Gary Huffenberger. Online on 10/14/2022 –...
by Shelby Boatman | Oct 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Judge Charles Kirk was a Judge for the Clinton Co. Common Pleas Court for 10 years and Mrs. Dorothy Kirk was a local philanthropist and world travler Molly Boatman staring as Dorothy Kirk Jonathan Mckay staring as Judge Charles Kirk Mrs. Verna Mae “Beany” Crawford...
by Shelby Boatman | Oct 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last month I began the story of the settlement of Oakland as told by Mr. John Harlan, who came from North Carolina. Today we read the remainder of Mr. Harlan’s story. The original story was in The Wilmington Journal published August 22, 1872: The settlers from New...
by Shelby Boatman | Sep 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
LOCAL HISTORY IS GROOVY! The History Center has entered the 2022 Schappacher Farms community hay bale decorating contest! The organization with the most popular hay bale will win $200. Voting for our “Love History Van” begins on Saturday, September 17 and must be done...
