In
September 11, 2025

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
From Sept. 10, 1925
Rev. C.L. Gowdy, for the past three years pastor of the M.E. church here, was transferred to Piqua, Ohio, by the conference, which met at Lima. Rev. W.T. WIlliams, formerly of New Carlisle, will be the new pastor at Richwood.
. . .
Bruce Street won third, fourth and fifth cockerel and fifth cock on his dark Cornish fowls at the Ohio State Fair last week. Ralph Vestal won first on Ancona cock.
. . .
The Daniels family held their fourth annual reunion at the Richwood fairgrounds. A fine dinner was served to over fifty people. The afternoon was spent socially and the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Olive McKinzie, of Columbus; secretary and treasurer, Miss Ethel Rinehart, of Columbus. The 1926 reunion w…

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