Editor’s note: This is the 61st 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Flossie and Herssie In 1944, when I was 12 years old, I had a paper route for the ”Columbus Dispatch,” and I had 52 customers. On Thursdays, however,…
Author: Bill Boyd
Editor’s note: This is the 60th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Wartime travel I believe it was the summer of 1943 or 1944, when I was 11 or 12 years old, that I received some really good news. My…
Editor’s note: This is the 58th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Remembering Skinny Like most other young boys, I had a fascination with fire trucks when I was a kid. I got a really nice toy fire truck for…
Editor’s note: This is the 56th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Run, Jackie, run At the risk of seeming un-American, let me begin by confessing that I’m not a baseball fan. In fact, I would just as soon sit…
Editor’s note: This is the 56th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Run, Jackie, run At the risk of seeming un-American, let me begin by confessing that I’m not a baseball fan. In fact, I would just as soon sit…
Editor’s note: This is the 55th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Church Memories Let’s say it’s sometime in the 1940s, and unless I have miscounted, there are at least eight churches in Marysville. I’d like to tell you about…
Editor’s note: This is the 54th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– A Nasal Experience I’m not sure how far back my memory goes, but what I am going to relate now must have happened when I was about four…
Editor’s note: This is the 53rd 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Blackout In Marysville 1944 was an exciting time to be a 12-year-old boy in Marysville. There was a war going on in Europe and another one in the…
Editor’s note: This is the 52nd 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Start your engines I believe it was in the summer of 1941, when I got word that kids in Marysville were going to be able to compete locally…
Editor’s note: This is the 51st 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Cannon memories One of my favorite things in Marysville when I was a six-year-old kid was the World War I cannon in the courthouse lawn. It stood on…
Editor’s note: This is the 50th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– A day behind bars Hitchhiking was pretty common in the 1940s, even among teenage boys. –––– (Those wishing to contact Bill Boyd can email him at bill@davidwboyd.com)
Editor’s note: This is the 48th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Fly rod fishing My dad’s favorite pastime was fly-fishing. He had a split bamboo fly rod that was his pride and joy. He bought it a long time…
Editor’s note: This is the 47th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– My nose knows Not long ago, I had a basement window which needed to have its glass replaced, so we took it to Zettler Hardware on East Broad…
Editor’s note: This is the 46th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– A strange football game When I was around nine years old, there were a number of popular places where boys my age could enjoy a game of touch…
Editor’s note: This is the 45th 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, graduated from Marysville High School in 1950, and lived the greater part of his life here. –––– Part Time Jobs In the 1940s, it was pretty easy for a teenager to get a part-time job in one of the downtown businesses in Marysville. I think…