Reminisce

L  IMA — Greenfield Heights was built as a family neighborhood and remains so today.Earnest Townsend is a former resident of the subdivision. His parents moved into a home on Cedar Street in 1961, the same year he was born. The...... Full story

L  IMA — Today, it's easy to overlook if you don't know the history. But in the 1960s, it was big news.“A low-cost housing development, containing 180 homes priced at $10,500 each, will be built on a 40-acre tract adjacent...... Full story

LIMA — Lima has an African-American man to thank for the post office downtown.Lowell W. Baker was supervising architect, a federal government position, for the building project that took place in the 1930s.Baker was born in Ohio, appearing on...... Full story

LIMA — World War II saw many around this country stepping up to meet the manufacturing demands of a war machine, and the Lima Tank Depot was no exception.Operated by United Motors Service, a branch of General Motors, the tank plant building...... Full story

L IMA — The 1900s did not begin 
well in Kossuth.The village had high hopes at the end of the 1800s, voting to incorporate in 1897 and electing town officers like a clerk and councilmen.It was trying to shake off its reputation,...... Full story

KOSSUTH — The Miami-Erie Canal brought commerce and progress to this area.During its heyday, however, the canal also brought a good deal of rowdy behavior.It was the main mode of movement, bringing settlers north from Cincinnati and others...... Full story

KENTON — Max Hunsicker, now of Wapakoneta, was born in McGuffey. His grandfather was wealthy, Hunsicker explained, but he lost his oil wealth in the Great Depression. So the Hunsicker family did what many families did at that time — got...... Full story

LIMA — Handel's “Messiah” has long been a Lima tradition.Composed in 1741, “Messiah” was first performed the following year in Europe. It has become a Christmas tradition, although its text also deals with the Easter...... Full story

LIMA — It had a mission in mind — and still does.South Side Christian Church (Disciples) started in the late 1880s in Lima. It was an offshoot of the West Wayne Street Church of Christ, with the idea that a small group of people would...... Full story

LIMA — Chalk it up to things that would never happen today.In summer of 1916, a group called the Allen County Centennial and Home-Coming Association led by Dr. George Hall started to organize a centennial celebration for August 1917. And they...... Full story

LIMA — Softball came into its own in the 1930s in Lima.Starting in the late 1920s, women's softball leagues continued to grow until the parks were filled with games. The teams were made up of women of all ages. There were 14 teams vying for a...... Full story

NEW YORK (AP) — The resort season is not a time for fashion to take a vacation. Resort collections, which hit stores during the all-important Christmas holiday shopping season, are a growing part of designer businesses as consumers move toward...... Full story

LIMA — It went by plenty of names — kitten ball, diamond ball, playground ball — but the game was the same.Ladies softball came to Lima in 1926, with a league starting here in 1929. Women of all ages simply signed up if interested...... Full story

BLUFFTON — “There's a perfect Boss glove for every job,” the sales literature boasts.And this may be one case where the boasting is backed by truth.The Boss glove company, which had a main factory in Bluffton, was based in Kewanee,...... Full story

PIQUA — George William Hill was born April 22, 1823, in Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish descent and worked his way through school. He eventually became an attorney and later graduated with a medical degree. Dr. Hill was a volunteer surgeon at...... Full story