Category: Blog

by Donna Ufferman / on 16 November, 2022

Buckeye Hats

Taken from The Buckeye Hat Story by Kenneth I Lea / Bicentennial Edition 1976 on file at the MCGS Library. Refer to a prior blog, Buckeye Hat Story, for additional […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 16 November, 2022

The Buckeye Hat Story

Myrtle Westbrook of Ashley, Ohio made this hat from buckeye shavings around 1890. it is 18 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall. The buckeye tree, Aesculus glabra, is the […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 16 November, 2022

A Day in the Life of a Library Volunteer

While updating our library holdings for our new Website, we discovered the following interesting article. Here is a brief portion of that article. If you are interested in reviewing it […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 5 October, 2022

Kings Corners School Reunion September 5, 1936

In a prior blog, we provided a poem written by Adam F Bechtel when he was a teacher at Jugs Corners School. He taught 3 semesters at Jugs Corners and […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 28 September, 2022

Jugs Corners School – 13th Reunion

The following poem was written by Adam Bechtel, a teacher at Jugs Corners School in 1868. This was Mr Bechtel’s first teaching assignment. The poem was written August 8, 1936 […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 28 September, 2022

New to MCGS

The following Family Histories have been added to our collection: Descendants of John and David Ferguson, Armack County, Ireland Descendants of George King Descendants of Henry Ludwig Shauck Seif Family […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 29 June, 2022

Updated Family Histories

As of June 29, 2022 the Family Histories Section of our library has been updated, cataloged and published under Library Holdings. Please check it out. Just one more source to […]
by Donna Ufferman / on 17 May, 2022

First Families Luncheon 2022

The 34th Annual First Families Luncheon was held on May 21, 2022 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Mt Gilead. After a delicious lunch served by the church ladies, the […]