Archives: August 2012

Brecksville Bicentennial Book Offered for Sale

I just obtained a copy of the book commenorating the bicentennial of Brecksville, my home town. The bicentennial of Brecksville Township’s founding actually was celebrated last year in a year-long celebration, with a specially emphasis during Home Days in June. A historical subcommittee had been working for a couple years on the book and originally

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Newspaper Article about a Dog Named Buster Adds Information

One day last week I received a phone call from Carl Feather, a feature writer for the Ashtabula, Ohio, Star Beacon. He was calling at the suggestion of Penny Redmon, my wife’s first cousin once removed, to see if we had a photo of Buster, the beloved pet of my wife’s grandfather, James Van Court.

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