Columns/Editorials
April 19, 2024

The Way It Was – Encouraging words

By Bill Boyd

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information for his stories.
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Some time ago, I wrote about Earl Chiesa’s soda fountain and con...

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