Columns/Editorials
January 24, 2025

The Way It Was – A special day

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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In late September of 1958, my wife Janet and I were expecting our ...

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