Columns/Editorials
March 22, 2025

The Way It Was – The pin

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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It was some time in 1947 when I went to Bert Sawyer’s house to ...

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