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Albert King Shauck

Donna Ufferman

Following is a poem written by Mr Shauck. Having grown up around Steam Corners in the late 1850’s, he went …

Buckeye Hats

Donna Ufferman

Taken from The Buckeye Hat Story by Kenneth I Lea / Bicentennial Edition 1976 on file at the MCGS Library. …

The Buckeye Hat Story

Donna Ufferman

Myrtle Westbrook of Ashley, Ohio made this hat from buckeye shavings around 1890. it is 18 inches in diameter and …

Alum Creek Friends Meeting Sesquicentennial Observance – October 15, 1967

Donna Ufferman

The following article was found in the above notebook, available for your review at the Genealogy Library. INTERVIEW OF AN …

A Day in the Life of a Library Volunteer

Donna Ufferman

While updating our library holdings for our new Website, we discovered the following interesting article. Here is a brief portion …

Kings Corners School Reunion September 5, 1936

Donna Ufferman

In a prior blog, we provided a poem written by Adam F Bechtel when he was a teacher at Jugs …

Jugs Corners School – 13th Reunion

Donna Ufferman

The following poem was written by Adam Bechtel, a teacher at Jugs Corners School in 1868. This was Mr Bechtel’s …

New to MCGS

Donna Ufferman

The following Family Histories have been added to our collection: Descendants of John and David Ferguson, Armack County, Ireland Descendants …

Updated Family Histories

Donna Ufferman

As of June 29, 2022 the Family Histories Section of our library has been updated, cataloged and published under Library …

First Families Luncheon 2022

Donna Ufferman

First Families

The 34th Annual First Families Luncheon was held on May 21, 2022 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Mt Gilead. …