Columns/Editorials
August 4, 2017

Memories of Growing Up in Marysville

By Bill Boyd

Editor’s note: This is the 97th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities during that era as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
Boyd was born in Marysville in 1932, grad...

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