Monthly Archives: May 2020

Temporary Tranquility

Posted on May 30, 2020 by admin

This photo from the Howard Kahoe glass negative collection is identified as the “Wolford Family Home, Short & Walnut” and was probably taken a few years before the 1918 flu pandemic (although the gentleman at the left does seem to … Continue reading →

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Life in the CCC Camp — May 1937

Posted on May 26, 2020 by admin

Excerpts from The Hooey of May 1937 show a concern for public health. THERE AIN’T NO FLIES ON CAMP BRYAN! The summer breezes bring nice green things—crops and beautiful flowers. But along with all the enjoyable things come pests. The … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 23, 2020 by admin

Of course honoring the fallen is a little different in 2020, but previous posts about past Memorial Days in Yellow Springs can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

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Medical Care (c) 1916

Posted on May 19, 2020 by admin

Before there was Glen Garden Gifts or Records and Fresh Vegetables or Furay’s Drug Store in the building shown in this photograph from the Kahoe glass negative collection, there was the drugstore of H. H. Hurd, in front of which … Continue reading →

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J. Peery Miller Memoirs — Part 20

Posted on May 16, 2020 by admin

J. Peery Miller follows up wheat harvesting with spring sowing and highlights a small technological revolution and the attitudes of eagerness and caution resulting from it, much as the transition from slide rules to calculators, land lines to cell phones … Continue reading →

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Stylish Transport

Posted on May 12, 2020 by admin

During Yellow Springs Center Stage’s tenure at its Dayton Street location audience members were occasionally treated to a special intermission “exhibit.” The narrow hallway leading to the restrooms had another door which led to a garage in which a 1932 … Continue reading →

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An Early Settler Family

Posted on May 9, 2020 by admin

Among some miscellaneous papers was discovered a couple of photocopied pages without attribution, detailing biographical data on one Ahimaaz Jacobs (“Ahimaaz” was a Biblical figure in the court of King David). AHIMAAZ JACOBS 1821 – 1905) & EMILY TROLLINGER ( … Continue reading →

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A Yellow Springs Woman of Convictions for Peace

Posted on May 5, 2020 by admin

Today, many local residents may not know about this entry in Women of Greene County, but in her time, she achieved national attention. Caroline Foulke Urie (1873-1955) Caroline Foulke Urie seemed destined to be a crusader for social justice. The … Continue reading →

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Community Theater Recognized by Shopping Center?

Posted on May 2, 2020 by admin

The following article was written for a February 1984 publication for the Salem Mall. How many issues did this publication run? Why was a Yellow Springs theater selected for this feature article? At any rate, it gives a good thumbnail … Continue reading →

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